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[05:28] schestowitz[TR2] some of OSI is Microsoft salaried [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/16/1954250 [05:29] TR Bot If the Markets Reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US Should Nationalize Them - SoylentNews [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] schneier sstill boosting slop [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] those are not useful [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] not economically viablle [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] they ruins the planet [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] they crash the economy [05:30] schestowitz[TR2] they need to go away, not be nationalised [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- Publishing schematics before open source was a word [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] words are cheap [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] like OSI claiming credit [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] for a term used before it existed [05:35] TR News "Norwegian engineer and electronics designer Runar Tenfjord has released design files and firmware for a permissively-licensed STMicroelectronics STM32C5-based BluePill-inspired development board with a twist: official support for an embedded variant of the Oberon-2 programming language." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260817-smt32.gmi [05:36] TR News "It appears that someone is wrong on the Internet [1], and if Hacker News is anything to go by [2], that person is me! 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[05:51] IsambardPrince MinceR: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1526659039266893 [05:51] TR Bot NO TITLE ● Aug 18 [06:02] TR News THE CYBER SHOW: "This Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate." Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html [06:02] TR Bot Home [06:07] TR News The Cyber Show on the News https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/18/the-cyber-show-on-the-news/ [06:07] TR Bot Blog Archive The Cyber Show on the News [06:28] TR News Rain! https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/18/rain/ [06:28] TR Bot Blog Archive Rain! [06:34] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I got the landlord to agree to send an exterminator. [06:42] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 153 Out of 200: Decades of Debt, Weaponising Borrowed Money to Try to Put Their Critics in Debt https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_153_Out_of_200_Decades_of_Debt_Weaponisin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_153_Out_of_200_Decades_of_Debt_Weaponisin.gmi [06:42] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 153 Out of 200: Decades of Debt, Weaponising Borrowed Money to Try to Put Their Critics in Debt [06:42] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: An actual exterminator. [06:43] IsambardPrince Not a huge franchise either, a local one that seems to be highly rated. [06:43] IsambardPrince I would have been happy had Piyush even been trying to do anything about it, I mean for real. [06:44] IsambardPrince Who goes in there and sprays RAID all over the floor? I mean honestly, even if you don't care what it does to your tenants, he's gotta be breathing it. [06:44] IsambardPrince It's made to be used to spray some roaches you see and then take your finger off the trigger. [06:45] IsambardPrince The correct way to deal with an infestation that's so out of control there's thousands of them in plain sight is to start out by going in there with a HEPA vacuum backpack and wearing goggles and a respirator and just vacuum up the roaches. [06:46] IsambardPrince You have to deal with the ones that can be seen out in the open a few times before you can begin to address the structural problem. [06:46] IsambardPrince I've seen professional exterminators on YouTube showing severe infestations, and they go in and vacuum all the ones they can see with a special HEPA vacuum before they even really begin. [06:46] IsambardPrince They spray sometimes but it's not RAID. [06:47] IsambardPrince I think they were calling it Eugenal oil or something. [06:47] IsambardPrince YouTube's closed captioning may have gotten that wrong. [06:48] IsambardPrince When it comes to dealing with roaches, the sooner the better. [06:48] IsambardPrince Because the longer this goes, the worse it gets, the longer it takes to get under control again. [06:48] IsambardPrince Piyush's building is at the stage where they would have to just burn it down. [06:49] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [06:52] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2]: I got the landlord to agree to send an exterminator. [06:52] schestowitz[TR2] good [06:52] schestowitz[TR2] you cannot save by neglect [06:52] schestowitz[TR2] you delay the losses [06:54] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I haven't caught anything in a few days. [06:55] IsambardPrince I've been implementing Integrated Pest Management on my own. [06:55] IsambardPrince But I'll definitely take the help. [06:55] IsambardPrince Mainly what I would like him to do is spray Tekko IGR or Gentrol IGR . [06:55] IsambardPrince If he doesn't, I can buy it myself and do it. [06:56] schestowitz[TR2] right [06:56] IsambardPrince The sticky traps all over tell you if you're winning or losing. If counts are going up or staying the same, you're not doing well. [06:56] IsambardPrince If the traps start quieting down or stop catching things, you're winning. [06:57] TR News Techrights Openwashing and Manifestos Composed in Private by Dictators With Deliberately Addictive (and Subsidised, Bundled) 'Tech' https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Openwashing_and_Manifestos_Composed_in_Private_by_Dictators_Wit.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Openwashing_and_Manifestos_Composed_in_Private_by_Dictators_Wit.gmi [06:57] TR Bot Techrights Openwashing and Manifestos Composed in Private by Dictators With Deliberately Addictive (and Subsidised, Bundled) 'Tech' [06:57] IsambardPrince I detailed to management that I immediately implemented Integrated Pest Management. [06:57] IsambardPrince I headed off all the things I knew they would fire back with at the pass. [06:57] IsambardPrince Like, "How do you know there's roaches?" [06:58] IsambardPrince "Cockroach activity has been detected by means of passive monitoring devices. See attached photos." [06:58] IsambardPrince I even told them what species they were. [06:58] IsambardPrince I've studied how to severely fuck up a roach colony. [06:59] IsambardPrince When I was living at Piyush's apartment building, I had never seen a cockroach before. [06:59] IsambardPrince I had no idea what products worked and what didn't. [06:59] IsambardPrince So I started buying all of the things that said "Kills roaches." [06:59] IsambardPrince It turns out probably half or more either don't have any effect at all, just cost money. ● Aug 18 [07:00] IsambardPrince Or have minimal effect and they tell you to use it wrong. [07:00] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi [07:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations [07:00] IsambardPrince A few fall out of the wall dead and then you think you won, but really you did what Piyush did. [07:01] IsambardPrince A cockroach infestation is really more of a collective than it is anything else. [07:01] IsambardPrince They are social in the sense that they do things that network with other roaches and are for the good of the colony. [07:02] IsambardPrince But when they die, or take a shit, they're social in the sense that another one comes along and eats the shit or the dead roach. [07:02] IsambardPrince They don't waste anything, and they can survive on almost nothing. [07:02] IsambardPrince Including hair and wallpaper glue. [07:02] IsambardPrince So how do you start dismantling the colony? [07:02] IsambardPrince Their behavior is somewhat predictable. [07:03] IsambardPrince They prefer to have pressure on multiple sides of their body while they walk. That leads them to follow baseboards. [07:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [07:04] IsambardPrince So you stick a bunch of sticky glue traps around the baseboards, under the fridge and oven, under the microwave, behind the microwave, and to each side of every level of the cabinets, and behind and on the baseboard on the sides of the bathroom toilet, sink, and along any main walls. [07:05] IsambardPrince A lot of the foragers will just walk right into these things and stick there and then you find them and crush the trap on them with your foot, and toss it in the trash. [07:05] IsambardPrince Deploy a new trap. [07:05] TR News (NEW): "Linux" Isn't Turning 35 Next Week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/_Linux_Isn_t_Turning_35_Next_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/_Linux_Isn_t_Turning_35_Next_Week.gmi [07:05] TR News (NEW): Nebula Linux Arch-based rolling release Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Nebula_Linux_Arch_based_rolling_release_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Nebula_Linux_Arch_based_rolling_release_Linux_distribution.gmi [07:05] TR Bot Tux Machines "Linux" Isn't Turning 35 Next Week [07:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Nebula Linux Arch-based rolling release Linux distribution [07:05] IsambardPrince I have them all over the dining room too, and 4 in each of the living room and bedroom. [07:05] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: ILL seems infested [07:05] schestowitz[TR2] we never saw a cockroach here [07:05] IsambardPrince What you do here is you fuck up the colony by taking out its foragers. [07:06] schestowitz[TR2] we saw a rat running outside the stadium some days ago [07:06] IsambardPrince The foragers are adults that bring food back to the hive. [07:06] IsambardPrince Without the foragers, the hive doesn't eat. [07:06] schestowitz[TR2] ok, let's talk tech [07:06] IsambardPrince I also stuck Advion Arena bait stations and Combat Max and Terro Gel in strategic spots. [07:07] bms I was beginning to read the cockroach colony as an allusion to LLM scrapers. [07:07] IsambardPrince The foragers that miss the traps eat the poison and share. [07:07] IsambardPrince It has to be layered. [07:07] schestowitz[TR2] bms: he did that last year too [07:07] bms Nice piece from Dr. Farnell, by the way. [07:07] IsambardPrince You do like several things that each take out some part of that hive. [07:07] schestowitz[TR2] where he lived... was overtaken by german roaches [07:07] schestowitz[TR2] it was quite the " [07:07] bms I have "Digital Vegan" in print, mostly for others to benefit from. [07:07] schestowitz[TR2] blitz" [07:07] schestowitz[TR2] bms: oh, good [07:07] IsambardPrince [01:07] I was beginning to read the cockroach colony as an allusion to LLM scrapers. [07:08] IsambardPrince Yeah, the LLM scrapers are like the foragers that bring things back to the hive. [07:08] IsambardPrince And there are pages that deliberately feed them poison or a ZIP bomb or something. [07:08] bms normally those get poisoned with iocaine if the outer defences fail [07:08] bms I did my bit by committing a port of go-away (as used by SourceHut) to FreeBSD last week [07:09] bms as well as Mr DeVault's slop-free Vim fork vim-classic [07:09] TR News Anon: "Digital Vegan was not possible for me to get in print. ... it's a well-written book on important topics" [07:09] IsambardPrince Feeding them bad information works in the sense they take it and it ends up in a model. [07:09] IsambardPrince But it has to be so embarrassing that the average person will catch on that it's not right. [07:09] schestowitz[TR2] LLMs will kill themselves [07:09] schestowitz[TR2] not the "hacking" thing [07:09] schestowitz[TR2] the economics [07:09] schestowitz[TR2] people won't pay for their shoddy stuff [07:09] schestowitz[TR2] not enough to cover their bills [07:09] schestowitz[TR2] so theya re moot [07:10] IsambardPrince That's where the Microsoft layoffs are coming from. [07:10] schestowitz[TR2] now they are bailed out by or eating away pensins [07:10] bms We can but hope, and Jensen doesn't *have* that 500bill. As Mr Zitron points out: it's *horseshit*, and even Jamie Dimon said "Definitely not" when asked about "HeyHI" ROI. [07:10] IsambardPrince It's to feed more cash into this AI slop furnace. [07:10] TR News (NEW): Wordbook is a modern offline dictionary for GNOME https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Wordbook_is_a_modern_offline_dictionary_for_GNOME.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Wordbook_is_a_modern_offline_dictionary_for_GNOME.gmi [07:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Wordbook is a modern offline dictionary for GNOME [07:10] IsambardPrince Cash that they were paying real people to produce real products with. [07:10] IsambardPrince LLMs are a cancer, and it's eating Microsoft from the inside. [07:10] schestowitz[TR2] NVIDIA is in a toughj place [07:10] IsambardPrince The more money they lose, the more they commit. [07:10] schestowitz[TR2] it subsidised its own sales [07:10] schestowitz[TR2] to make hype [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] after the fakecoins no longer sold enough GPUs [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] now they say "hey hi" [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] how long for? [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] and then what? [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] datacentres going, [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] " [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] oh, want to bnuy 10k GPUs we don't need? [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] and suppose you do want one GPU [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] not 10k [07:11] IsambardPrince Truth be told, consumer discretionary is a bad market anyway right now. [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] what would you DO with it? [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] play DOOm? [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] with a $10,000 GPU? [07:11] schestowitz[TR2] that uses up 1,000 mwh [07:12] IsambardPrince The CEOs of Kraft-Heinz, McDonald's, and Whirlpool all stated recently that Americans are increasingly running out of money. [07:12] IsambardPrince Know what gets cut first? [07:12] IsambardPrince Things you do not have to buy. [07:12] schestowitz[TR2] nvidia : this shit can do 1 tr instructions per second [07:12] IsambardPrince I'm not certain Xbox would be doing well even without the "AI" spending eating everything. [07:12] bms There is little or no alternative use for the HBM or the H100 [07:12] IsambardPrince It might go on longer. [07:13] schestowitz[TR2] nvidia : this newer shi- does 1 tr polygon renderrings per second [07:13] bms well you can implement DANNs, they don't have to be LLMs [07:13] schestowitz[TR2] nvidia : this hypothetical stuff. QUANTUM something [07:13] schestowitz[TR2] me and you: can it run ok with vim? [07:13] schestowitz[TR2] me and you: can it render bbc.co.uk [07:13] IsambardPrince Microsoft is basically shutting off one cash furnace to fuel another one. [07:13] bms but you've kind of put all your eggs in one basket technologically haven't you [07:13] schestowitz[TR2] me and you: can it show me my calendar? [07:13] bms I can barely read the BBC now, it's like a comic [07:13] IsambardPrince And they decided "AI" will be that furnace because it's what's pumping the stock now. [07:13] bms and I think it got worse since a Googler got nominated as Director-General [07:13] IsambardPrince Xbox was 20+ years ago. [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] I can barely read the BBC now, it's like a comic [07:14] IsambardPrince They need a new hustle to get money from people who don't know what the thing is. [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] because of mobile [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] many read it on " [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] phone" [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] so they don't make 1 UIs [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] they make "liquid design [07:14] IsambardPrince I got the original Xbox when they marked it down to like $149 or something. [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] with "tiles" [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] like in social control media [07:14] IsambardPrince It was already a few years in. [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] for scrolling, not reading [07:14] IsambardPrince They packed in Halo. [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] fluid or liquid [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] it's awful\ [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] we used to have sites with mobile and normal editiions [07:15] IsambardPrince I pretty much went through the used video game store and played what other people were already tired of. [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] the edition by default was meant to help you read [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] not to be distracted [07:15] IsambardPrince Now that you can't do that, I do not have any video game consoles. [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] now tyhey assume a small screen, no button, no keyboard [07:15] IsambardPrince I'd rather have nothing than not be able to buy used. [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] pinch, scroll, tap [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] some people told me tr was harder to read because they thought it was meant to be like FB [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] and was "long" [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] maybe they want 10-second videos inetad [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] *instead [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: xbox always lost [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] almost always [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] but the mask fell off [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] sso pencer out [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] greatly replaced by someone with NO experience in gaming [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] and hardware experience in computers [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] just some "face" [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] now they call critics racist and sexist [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] while it dies away [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/24/Asha_Sharma_a_Palliative_Care_Doctor_Who_Slides_Xbox_Gently_Int.shtml [07:17] TR Bot Techrights Asha Sharma "a Palliative Care Doctor Who Slides Xbox Gently Into the Night" [07:18] IsambardPrince Critics are not racist and sexist just because you put a minority in a leadership position. It's a red herring. [07:18] IsambardPrince Like GNOME putting in a Shaman that they knew people would make fun of for being a nut. [07:18] schestowitz[TR2] i mentioned her 2 days ago [07:18] schestowitz[TR2] when we went to primark [07:18] schestowitz[TR2] i said, [07:18] schestowitz[TR2] they justified her appointment [07:19] schestowitz[TR2] saying she was good at onboarding money [07:19] IsambardPrince A person who believes in energy crystal healings, should not be running a software project. [07:19] schestowitz[TR2] like some fil;ms against fracking iirc [07:19] schestowitz[TR2] but i saw no evidence of her bringing in money to save gnome foundation [07:19] schestowitz[TR2] that germ,an fund thing predates her [07:19] IsambardPrince There are certainly a lot of fuck-ups coming from white men in leadership roles. [07:20] IsambardPrince But they find that when they are already fucked, putting in some nutbag or a minority gives them some "armor". [07:20] schestowitz[TR2] gettiing money for an anti-fracking flick is not the same as competiting with gafam, by sucking up to gafam for sponsortships [07:20] IsambardPrince To call critics a group of bigots or something. [07:20] schestowitz[TR2] that's like asking fracking companies to help fund a move about frracking truths and how it impacts local communities [07:20] schestowitz[TR2] that was her task [07:20] schestowitz[TR2] she left fast [07:20] schestowitz[TR2] the man afterwards lasted 3-4 months [07:20] schestowitz[TR2] there was an elephanmt in the room\ [07:20] schestowitz[TR2] gnome corruption [07:20] schestowitz[TR2] connected to the Puppy Breaker [07:20] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/12/Sonny_Piers_Finally_Spills_the_Beans_on_GNOME_Cover_up_Points_F.shtml [07:21] TR Bot Techrights Sonny Piers Finally Spills the Beans on GNOME Cover-up, Points Finger at Robert McQueen, Misusing "Defamation" to Silence Critics of Wrongdoing [07:22] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [07:22] TR News BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH WE LOSE A TON OF MONEY but "it's OK".... because INVESTMENT (!!) BLAH BLAH BLAH HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI BLAH BLAH BLAH https://www.tradingview.com/news/gurufocus:ec4a0e4f8094b:0-oracle-plans-more-layoffs-as-ai-spending-surges/ [07:22] TR Bot Plans More Layoffs as AI Spending Surges TradingView News [07:22] TR News This economy is a JOKE https://thenextweb.com/news/tech-giants-hidden-off-balance-sheet-debt-ai [07:22] TR Bot Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt, using the trick that toppled Enron [07:23] TR News And to become a "BIG" or "SUCCESSFUL" CEO you now need to BE a fraud and PARTICIPATE in illegal economic activities - theft basically [07:23] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Piyush is Indian. [07:23] IsambardPrince I can still say he's a fucking slumlord. [07:24] IsambardPrince Renting out roach infested buildings with broken windows and leaking roofs. [07:24] IsambardPrince It's the truth. [07:24] IsambardPrince And I've had slumlords that were white. [07:24] IsambardPrince And I called them a fucking slumlord. [07:24] TR News It all starts at the top (fish rots from the head down) with a paedophilic Cheeto In Chief and his escort https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/former-associate-alleges-melania-trump-143850792.html [07:24] TR Bot Former Associate Alleges Melania Trump Worked with Jeffrey Epstein: Escort [07:24] IsambardPrince I mean, my opinion of GNOME would be low with or without the Shaman thing. [07:24] IsambardPrince It just got worse when they did that. [07:25] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/wiki/GNOME_Foundation/ [07:25] TR Bot GNOME Foundation [07:25] schestowitz[TR2] gnome protects bicha [07:25] schestowitz[TR2] incests and worse OK [07:25] IsambardPrince It's just not very good software and a lot of the people affiliated with it are Microsoft-adjacent or poorly closeted pedophiles who like cartoon naked kids. [07:25] schestowitz[TR2] just don't talk about the misuse of money [07:25] IsambardPrince Which is somehow okay on Reddit? [07:26] IsambardPrince If they're posting that shit on Reddit, they should have their door kicked in by the police so we can see what's on that hard drive. [07:26] IsambardPrince That's all I'm saying about it. [07:27] TR News INVESTMENT IN HEY HI!!! SHAME ENRON TOO DID NOT SAY "INVESTING IN HEY HI, BE PATIENT!" https://sea.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/strategic-hr/managers-asked-to-identify-roles-as-oracle-weighs-fresh-layoffs-reports-51461 [07:27] TR Bot Managers asked to identify roles as Oracle weighs fresh layoffs: Reports [07:27] IsambardPrince Because I 100% guarantee you if a person is putting pictures of cartoon naked 10 year olds on Reddit. [07:27] IsambardPrince There's something illegal on that hard drive. [07:28] TR News GAFAM CEOs: don't call the president pedo. Oracle CEO: so what if my wife is like 50 years younger!! [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: puppy breaker asked you about it [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] in IRC [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] which i find... odd [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] for one thing, you are gay [07:29] schestowitz[TR2] i doubt gay men are into lolis [07:29] schestowitz[TR2] i cannot say it was projection [07:29] schestowitz[TR2] just really odd [07:29] IsambardPrince Well, insane people are. [07:29] schestowitz[TR2] i brought that up with the court [07:29] IsambardPrince Not all insane people. [07:29] IsambardPrince Some insane people have their standards. [07:29] IsambardPrince But if you like that shit, you're insane. [07:29] bms the given excuse for the much younger partner is often "neoteny" [07:29] schestowitz[TR2] he seems homophobic to me, as I never saw any evidence at all of him having gay friends [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] other than his vassal robert mcqueen [07:31] IsambardPrince [01:29] the given excuse for the much younger partner is often "neoteny" [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] bms: i had to look that up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteny [07:31] TR Bot Neoteny - Wikipedia [07:31] IsambardPrince A normal person's brain updates every 5-10 years to be primarily attracted to people within 5-10 years of their own age. [07:31] IsambardPrince That's why most people are in an acceptable age bracket with their partner. [07:32] bms the all time species king of neoteny is the Axolotl salamander [07:32] IsambardPrince And why most people look at someone weird if they walk in with someone 20-30 years younger than them. [07:32] TR News Xbox Pulls Funding https://www.techjuice.pk/xbox-pulls-funding-for-other-projects-but-kojimas-od-survives/ [07:32] TR Bot Xbox Pulls Funding for Other Projects, But Kojimas 'OD' Survives [07:32] IsambardPrince I mean, Dick Van Dyke has a good excuse. [07:32] IsambardPrince He lived to be 100, in good shape (for 100). [07:32] IsambardPrince His wife is like what, 60? [07:32] IsambardPrince He joked about finding "a nice younger woman". [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] charlie chaplain [07:33] IsambardPrince I've seen them in public together, they seem genuinely happy. [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin [07:33] TR Bot Charlie Chaplin - Wikipedia [07:33] IsambardPrince I don't think she's a gold digger. [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] no a, typo [07:34] IsambardPrince Nobody really knows how much time they have or how much time their partner does. [07:34] IsambardPrince She found herself a good man. [07:34] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Emaciated and having the hair falling out is a tell. [07:35] IsambardPrince When you see someone like this. [07:36] bms this all reminds me of an oft repeated quote from when Danny Baker was hosting BBC Radio 1 on Saturday mornings [07:36] bms "Yoghurt eating grandpa is sex king of the Balkans" [07:37] IsambardPrince Dick Van Dyke is mentally ready for it. He's not deluding himself anymore. He isn't suicidal but he's said some darkly humorous things. [07:37] IsambardPrince Like when he was 99 he said "It would be sort of funny if I didn't make it to 100." [07:38] IsambardPrince The Catholic Church is suing Illinois to try to get the death with dignity law struck down. [07:38] schestowitz[TR2] kissinger made it to 100 [07:38] schestowitz[TR2] to be celebrated by establishment mediaaaa [07:38] schestowitz[TR2] then he dropped dead [07:39] IsambardPrince I replied that when I had to have Leeloo put to sleep, she was at the end of the road. I would have done anything if it would have made her a healthy young cat again. [07:39] IsambardPrince I loved that cat. [07:39] IsambardPrince Doing that was a very hard decision to make, and I'd do it again if I had to. It might have seemed cold, or selfish. But it would have been cold and selfish to let her die on the floor at home soon. [07:39] IsambardPrince And that's basically what the Catholic church is suing about. [07:40] TR News "Corretjer died in 1985." https://copyrightlately.com/corretjer-brown-public-domain-boricua-en-la-luna/ | Source: CopyrightLately [07:40] TR Bot So the People May Sing. The Anthem Still Goes to Trial. | Copyright Lately [07:40] IsambardPrince They want to take that decision away from dying people who are in a lot of pain and are probably not even Catholic. [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] no, it's not like that [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] the concerns tends to be, [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] it starts with x [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] then it becomes y and z [07:41] IsambardPrince Being realistic about end of life options is a lot different than promoting suicide. [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] like, consensual euthenasia [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] to... [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] his kids said he was a vegetables [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] so the kids decide [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] or... this men is ill [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] *this man [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] then "he is sad" [07:41] IsambardPrince When a young healthy man commits suicide because the world is fucked up and has failed him, it's a tragedy. [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] then... "he is poor [07:42] schestowitz[TR2] if you make death "widely available", you dread it would become popular [07:42] IsambardPrince But when a person who is dying anyway in a week or two wants to push a button and get morphine, that's different. [07:43] IsambardPrince [01:42] if you make death "widely available", you dread it would become popular [07:43] IsambardPrince In a way it already is. [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] not quite [07:44] IsambardPrince Suicide is not really preventable, not with anything this country wants to do about it. [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] i know people... [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] they are depressed [07:44] IsambardPrince The suicide rate in America goes up every year. [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] and too dumb or afraid to end themselves [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] but [07:44] IsambardPrince Nobody in power gives a rat's ass. [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] if you gave them magic pills [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] they might take them [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] to die [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] instead you have people poisonming themselbves [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] into the ER [07:44] IsambardPrince So they do it anyway, in a very violent way that traumatizes a lot of people around them. [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] and then get put on suicide watch [07:44] IsambardPrince Like walking in front of a train or shooting themselves. [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] they're not even good at ending their lievs, Frank Sinatra tried many times [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] many clebs tried, they're noit smart, they are performers [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] you say, "shooting themselves." [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] you assume [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] 1. us [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] 2. has access to bullets (people who are unstable don't always) [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] 3. they have the guts to do it [07:45] IsambardPrince In Illinois, it has more gun control, so there's less gun suicide. [07:46] IsambardPrince You go great. [07:46] IsambardPrince Then they walk in front of the train. [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] walking in front of trains is hard when there are fences and alaert drivers [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] with cameras along the track [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] so they get put on suicide watch instead [07:46] IsambardPrince There's just as many suicides per capita in Illinois. [07:46] IsambardPrince Less of them involve a gun. [07:46] IsambardPrince So the guy is still dead, but not with a gun. [07:46] IsambardPrince I mean I suppose you could make the case that's a good thing. [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] in tall places like buildings and malls in euriopoe they put suicide nets and high railings [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] as they become suicide hotspots [07:47] IsambardPrince Some people who want to die get a gun, decide to shoot other people first. [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] we saw this even in berlin [07:47] IsambardPrince Maybe their boss, maybe their spouse. [07:47] TR News "Cineby, one of the biggest pirate streaming sites on the web, says it will shut its doors on August 26." https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-streaming-giant-cineby-announces-surprise-shutdown/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:47] TR Bot Streaming Giant Cineby Announces Surprise Shutdown * TorrentFreak [07:47] IsambardPrince Who knows? [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] that's why abundance of guns is bad [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] some person who gave up [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] "lost hope" [07:47] IsambardPrince Bosses and spouses are popular. Go figure. [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] would seek to harm people he or she dislikes [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] on the "way out" [07:48] TR News "Will any writer, of anything, ever want to use any Claude text anywhere now?" https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/17/you-can-hear-the-squeak-of-sphincters-closing/ | Source: Doc Searls [07:48] TR Bot You can hear the squeak of sphincters closing Doc Searls Weblog [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: cantrell could not get a gun [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] probably some blunt knife [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] on a colleague [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] in the workplace [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] didn't kill him [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] couldn't even do that [07:48] IsambardPrince Seemingly a random person. [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] in his prime [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] microsoft hires incompetent people [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: i reckoned he knew him [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] and iirc he was indian [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] cantrell was ranting about msft hiring from india [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] and ranted about some bosses [07:49] IsambardPrince Cantrell got hired by Microsoft as a failed Verizon store salesperson. [07:49] bms Dr. Farnell's Viz Comic reference is appreciated. "unfeasibly testicular manispherical brolifestos" [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] inc. the one who forced him, to stay out [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] they detected his craziness [07:49] IsambardPrince And he kept the job despite freaking people out and making racist and homophobic comments in the workplace. [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] bms: andy is awesome [07:49] bms ahhh such comments [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] he also reads tr a lot [07:50] bms you remind me of my time in HFT in the City of London [07:50] IsambardPrince His boss "talked to him about it" and said "please delete that blog you're keeping about working here". [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] his first article with us https://news.tuxmachines.org/node/158485 [07:50] TR Bot content type. Ignoring. [07:50] IsambardPrince It was not a very flattering insight into Microsoft, schestowitz[TR2] [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] Monday 29th of November 2021 12:52:22 AM [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] https://digitalvegan.net/ [07:50] TR Bot Digital Vegan Book [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: it is not [07:50] IsambardPrince The funniest part was when Cantrell said he and three other highly paid Microsoft employees resorted to asking questions on StackExchange. [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] we covered it before [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=cantrell&set1=any [07:51] IsambardPrince Because they were in Azure and didn't know how to do their jobs. [07:51] TR Bot Techrights Search [07:51] IsambardPrince So they crowdsourced it. [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] azure is filing like xbox [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] lots of layoffs [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] not because of automation [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] in 2022 it was getting bad [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] so they fake customers [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] with scam altman [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] nadella: we give you fake 10bn dollars, kapish? [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] scam altman: ok, we'll go along with this lie [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] so they fake 10bn in sales of azure [07:52] bms Axel Rietschin could do so much better than he is doing (the Azure whistleblower) [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] it was just msft paying scam altman to use azure [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] to waste money and energy [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] and now it has grown [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] into this: https://thenextweb.com/news/tech-giants-hidden-off-balance-sheet-debt-ai [07:52] TR Bot Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt, using the trick that toppled Enron [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] shame on MSM for not making hay over it [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] and mostly ignoring it [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] or using terms like "anti-AI" [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] and portraying "anti-DC" people as cranks [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] when they actually fight: [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] 1) climate change [07:54] schestowitz[TR2] 2) against economic collapse [07:54] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/04/Worse_Than_Taking_Your_Job_the_Slop_Pyramid_Scheme_Will_Take_Yo.shtml [07:54] TR Bot Techrights Worse Than "Taking Your Job", the Slop Pyramid Scheme Will "Take Your Pension" [07:54] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/29/Pensions_Tied_to_Ponzi_Schemes_Are_Themselves_Ponzi_Schemes.shtml [07:54] TR Bot Techrights Pensions Tied to Ponzi Schemes Are Themselves Ponzi Schemes [07:58] TR News "The regulator says the prompts steer users away from agreeing to let third-party apps use their data" https://www.theverge.com/tech/980977/apple-app-tracking-transparency-settlement-germany | Source: The Verge [07:58] TR Bot Apple ordered to stop scaring iPhone and iPad users away from third-party apps | The Verge [07:58] TR News "I like the part where Apples expert argues that its normal commission rates are so high" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/08/17/apple-proposes-15-external-purchase-fee/ | Source: Michael Tsai [07:58] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - Apple Proposes 15% External Purchase Fee [07:58] TR News "Look, I understand there are risks when you let people install software from outside an app store's walled garden." https://birchtree.me/blog/i-for-one-welcome-our-nanny-state/ | Source: Matt Birchler [07:58] TR Bot I for one, welcome our nanny state [07:59] TR News "Im reminded of the video game Disco Elysium (spoilers ahead)." https://btao.org/posts/2026-08-17-i-dont-enjoy-the-internet/ | Source: Tao Bojln [07:59] TR Bot I don't enjoy the Internet any more | Tao Bojln ● Aug 18 [08:00] TR News Suppose Microsoft and IBM call you up and say, call back doors "security". Then NVIDIA tells you to call mass plagiarism and theft "AI"... [08:00] TR News What does that MAKE you? [08:00] TR News "Billionaires already pay much lower tax rates than what working families pay out of every paycheck." https://truthout.org/articles/billionaire-google-co-founder-spends-102m-to-fund-opposition-to-ca-wealth-tax/ | Source: TruthOut [08:00] TR Bot Billionaire Google Co-Founder Spends $102M to Fund Opposition to CA Wealth Tax | Truthout [08:00] TR News "Earlier this year in Minnesota" https://jacobin.com/2026/08/dhs-ice-minnesota-protests-unions | Source: Jacobin Magazine [08:00] TR Bot The Trump Administration Has Been Spying on Labor Unions [08:01] TR News "Cherokee Nation, the largest tribe in the U.S. with more than 475,000 citizens" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/largest-tribe-in-the-us-bans-hyperscale-data-centers-on-its-lands | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:01] TR Bot Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on its lands, won't support projects without consultation energy and water consumption, air quality, noise, and cultural resource protection among concerns | Tom's Hardware [08:01] TR News "serious concerns about the construction of hyperscale data" https://anadisgoi.com/index.php/government-stories/cherokee-nation-issues-data-center-task-force-report-new-policy-actions | [08:01] TR Bot Cherokee Nation Issues Data Center Task Force Report, New Policy Actions [08:02] TR News "Scott, your analysis is full of shite." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-scott-bessent | Source: Robert Reich [08:02] TR Bot An Open Letter to Scott Bessent: Why You're Wrong and I'm Right [08:03] TR News "Those with Great Goals Make Great Efforts" https://english.anf-news.com/kurdistan/yazidi-press-association-holds-its-first-conference-in-shengal-86800 | Source: ANF News [08:03] TR Bot ANF | Yazidi Press Association holds its first conference in Shengal [08:04] TR News "journalists are unable to research, publish online, or communicate securely with sources." https://cpj.org/2026/08/drc-shutdown-of-internet-mobile-networks-in-east-extends-for-over-a-month-amid-war/ | Source: CPJ [08:04] TR Bot DRC shutdown of internet, mobile networks in east extends for over a month amid war - Committee to Protect Journalists [08:05] TR News "The sentences are the latest handed to Malians critical of the unstable west African country's military government, which came to power following back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021." https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260817-prominent-mali-journalist-influencer-jailed-for-seven-years-for-criticising-junta | Source: France24 [08:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260817-prominent-mali-journalist-influencer-jailed-for-seven-years-for-criticising-junta ) [08:05] TR News "Nothing less than compassion for the human race, Bruce explained" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-16/comic-lenny-bruce-inspired-generationsl-a-vice-cops-hounded-him | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:05] TR Bot Incendiary comic Lenny Bruce inspired generations. During his brief life, L.A vice cops hounded him - Los Angeles Times [08:06] TR News "The formal pretexts for prosecuting him were his participation in debates and his repost of a Daily Mirror cover featuring Vladimir Putin." https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/08/17/eleven-years-in-prison-for-illegal-speech-reactions-to-the-verdict-against-russian-opposition-politician-lev-shlosberg | Source: Meduza [08:06] TR Bot Eleven years in prison for illegal speech: reactions to the verdict against Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg Meduza [08:06] TR News "Almost a month after two prominent Iranian graphic designers were detained by security forces" https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-graphic-designers-french-diplomats-arrest/33832095.html | Source: RFERL [08:06] TR Bot Friends Of Arrested Designers In Iran Demand Full Disclosure Of Charges [08:11] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [08:15] TR News Techrights Clownflare Sees One in 7 Web Requests in Libya Originating From GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Clownflare_Sees_One_in_7_Web_Requests_in_Libya_Originating_From.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Clownflare_Sees_One_in_7_Web_Requests_in_Libya_Originating_From.gmi [08:15] TR Bot Techrights Clownflare Sees One in 7 Web Requests in Libya Originating From GNU/Linux [08:16] schestowitz[TR2] bms: did you ever speak directly to andy? [08:16] TR News OVER TIME, and it may take Techrights a decade to cover it all, more Brits will recognise that those ARE hired guns https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/feb/16/uk-solicitors-warned-not-to-act-as-hired-guns-to-silence-critics-of-super-rich and act accordingly https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/28/What_I_Explained_to_Police_About_Blackmail_and_Death_Threats_vi.shtml [08:16] TR Bot Solicitors in UK warned not to act as hired guns to silence critics of super-rich | Law | The Guardian [08:16] TR Bot Techrights What I Explained to Police About Blackmail and Death Threats via Burner Accounts (a Practice Which Generally Constitutes a Crime) [08:18] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [08:19] TR News This 'article' ITSELF smacks of "Reputation Management" https://fossforce.com/2026/08/bytedances-oin-2-0-deal-patent-non-aggression-meets-reputation-management/ [08:19] TR Bot ByteDances OIN 2.0 Deal: Patent Non-Aggression Meets Reputation Management - FOSS Force [08:20] TR News OIN is a well-connected cabal like LF, it does NOT represent ANY form of populism. It's run by the tennis partner of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Geithner [08:20] TR Bot Timothy Geithner - Wikipedia [08:21] TR News Hank Paulson turned 80 months ago. You can wreck the economy and live long, just never ever criticise financial criminals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Paulson [08:21] TR Bot Henry Paulson - Wikipedia [08:21] TR News Timothy Franz Geithner is set to retire in 2-3 years [08:22] TR News OIN: we're run by people who don't use Linux! We just use the "Linux" brand to protect software patents from critics like FFII. [08:22] TR News "This thing is entirely devoid of any specific anchor in space or time." https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/17/john-solomons-propaganda-technique-keeping-the-who-what-when-secret-to-fool-the-rubes/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [08:23] TR Bot John Solomon's Propaganda Technique: Keeping the "Who" "What" "When" Secret to Fool the Rubes - emptywheel [08:23] TR News "Why did Vodafone send these messages? Earlier in the week, all Internet access was cut off now phones were blasting propaganda to the masses." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/and-then-the-men-with-guns-tell-you-to-do-it-anyway/ | Source: Terence Eden [08:23] TR Bot And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway Terence Edens Blog [08:23] TR News "The chatbot described the former N.B.A. star Yao Ming as the first Chinese woman to play professional basketball in the United States." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/world/asia/china-ai-data-chatbots.html | Source: New York Times [08:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/world/asia/china-ai-data-chatbots.html ) [08:23] TR News "from an operational standpoint" https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/17/yandex-digitally-added-forest-to-maps-to-hide-military-sites | Source: Meduza [08:23] TR Bot Yandex digitally added forest to maps to hide Russian military sites Meduza [08:24] TR News Cyberattacks https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/08/trump-iran-elections-cyberattacks/688297/ | Source: The Atlantic [08:24] TR Bot How Trump Left America Vulnerable to Cyberattacks - The Atlantic [08:24] TR News "Its aspirational. Google says deployments are internal-only, the components arent all built, and more papers are coming." https://kanenarraway.com/posts/beyond-zero-for-the-rest-of-us/ | Source: Kane Narraway [08:24] TR Bot Beyond Zero: For The Rest Of Us | Kane Narraway [08:25] TR News "The companys pitch is that one integration outlives any single model." https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/16/stripe-reportedly-finalizes-deal-to-buy-ai-model-router-openrouter-for-more-than-7b/ | Source: Silicon Angle [08:25] TR Bot reportedly finalizes deal to buy AI model router OpenRouter for more than $7B - SiliconANGLE [08:25] TR News "The solution has been a transition to photonics" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/photonics/ai-data-center-optical-interconnect-market-to-hit-usd144-billion-by-2030-an-over-ten-fold-increase-from-2024-figures-according-to-new-projections-silicon-photonics-expected-to-account-for-nearly-two-thirds-of-revenue-driven-by-co-packaged-optics | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:25] TR Bot AI data center optical interconnect market to hit $144 billion by 2030, an over ten-fold increase from 2024 figures, according to new projections silicon photonics expected to account for nearly two-thirds of revenue, driven by co-packaged optics | Tom's Hardware [08:26] TR News "American Kakistocracy." https://newrepublic.com/article/214258/republicans-medicaid-cuts-kill-people-2027 | Source: New Republic [08:26] TR Bot The Republicans Are Going to Kill Peoplebut Not Until After They Vote | The New Republic [08:26] TR News "The deal, just months after OpenRouter raised money at a reported $1.3 billion valuation, underscores the demand from businesses to find the most cost-friendly AI solutions." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/stripe-clinches-over-7-billion-deal-to-buy-ai-firm-openrouter/articleshow/133285357.cms | Source: India Times [08:26] TR Bot Stripe acquisition: Stripe clinches over $7 billion deal to buy AI firm OpenRouter - The Economic Times [08:27] TR News "Edison Motors is going to be selling the series-hybrid version of these big rigs eventually." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/edison-motors-offering-all-mechanical-trucks-at-least-to-start/ | Source: Hackaday [08:27] TR Bot Motors Offering All-Mechanical Trucks, At Least To Start | Hackaday [08:28] TR News GNU/Linux ~5% in Hong Kong https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=HK&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [08:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=HK&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [08:31] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:31] bms schestowitz[TR2]: I have not. [08:31] bms That item that just popped up about Stripe is concerning [08:31] bms Their marketroids have been spewing trash on LinkedIn about trying to get LLMs into retail banking customer facing services [08:31] bms risk++ [08:35] schestowitz[TR2] he will (would?) be happy you got his book [08:35] schestowitz[TR2] it's not easy to get it [08:35] schestowitz[TR2] the book industry is in bad shape [08:35] schestowitz[TR2] since i was 22 i was asked to publish books [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] but without mass promotion they end up as just something people know exists... but do not read [08:37] TR News (NEW): What Clownflare Says About Yemen's Adoption of GNU/Linux on Laptops/Desktops https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/What_Clownflare_Says_About_Yemen_s_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux_on_Lap.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/What_Clownflare_Says_About_Yemen_s_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux_on_Lap.gmi [08:37] TR Bot Tux Machines What Clownflare Says About Yemen's Adoption of GNU/Linux on Laptops/Desktops [08:37] schestowitz[TR2] andy cowrites with rms sometimes [08:37] schestowitz[TR2] he borrows some ideas from us, we borrow from him [08:37] schestowitz[TR2] and he is a very nice person [08:38] schestowitz[TR2] Their marketroids have been spewing trash on LinkedIn about trying to get LLMs into retail banking customer facing services [08:38] schestowitz[TR2] linkedin is collapsing [08:38] schestowitz[TR2] the lllm ocean is one issue [08:38] schestowitz[TR2] they said, [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] "here, have slop" [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] or "here, ghenereate slop" [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] or "write things, press ACCEPT, we'll use your posts to train LLMs, ok?" [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] then people complained [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] abnout plagiarism [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] and about their timelines getting flooded by slop [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] from known people [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] so linmkedin added a button to report slop [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] to suppress it [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] as s/n ratio became bad [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] this month linkedin has mass layoffs [08:40] schestowitz[TR2] and some offices shut down [08:40] schestowitz[TR2] not much media covered it, some did [08:40] schestowitz[TR2] we need more fo the media to call out linkedin on the slop [08:40] schestowitz[TR2] not just tiktok [08:40] schestowitz[TR2] it's not just the "chinese" social control media drowning in slop [08:40] schestowitz[TR2] which repels users [08:40] schestowitz[TR2] and then the "traffic" is increasingly bots spewing out things [08:41] schestowitz[TR2] to be "read" by other bots [08:41] schestowitz[TR2] i.e. just expense [08:41] schestowitz[TR2] no actual value [08:41] schestowitz[TR2] set aside electricity bills associate with the LLMs [08:41] schestowitz[TR2] rather than the platform displaying the output [08:41] schestowitz[TR2] and registering the slop "posts" [08:41] schestowitz[TR2] this is a huge bubble [08:41] schestowitz[TR2] people flock to linked looking for jobs\ [08:41] schestowitz[TR2] jobs that barely exist [08:42] schestowitz[TR2] they end up [08:42] schestowitz[TR2] scammed [08:42] schestowitz[TR2] fake jobs [08:42] schestowitz[TR2] a friend of mine lost all his money to a scam there [08:42] schestowitz[TR2] fake-coins [08:42] schestowitz[TR2] they waste time in a platfoooorm based on a false proimise of "find jobs here" [08:42] schestowitz[TR2] or "advertise yourself here" [08:42] schestowitz[TR2] noi serious employer will recruit in this slopfarm anymore [08:42] schestowitz[TR2] they do not ev4en verify creds [08:43] schestowitz[TR2] i can make up employers there [08:43] schestowitz[TR2] i can make up academic degrees [08:43] schestowitz[TR2] i can make up any job title i want [08:43] schestowitz[TR2] nobody seems to police that [08:43] schestowitz[TR2] so it's just a bunch of w---kers tryin t to w-nk to people they once knew [08:43] schestowitz[TR2] "LOOK AT ME NOW!!" [08:43] schestowitz[TR2] everyone is a "manager" [08:44] schestowitz[TR2] even someone "running" a slurpee stall [08:44] schestowitz[TR2] let all those w-nkers have their "circle-jerk" [08:44] schestowitz[TR2] with their fake careers and fake job titles [08:44] schestowitz[TR2] and waste each others' time [08:44] TR News "The GEK800, now officially known under the name F143, is an 800-pound-thrust (3.56-kilonewton) turbofan engine for long-range missiles and other uncrewed applications." https://interestingengineering.com/military/new-800-lb-thrust-turbofan-engine-selected-for-us-air-force-jassm-cruise-missile | Source: Interesting Engineering [08:44] TR Bot US Air Force picks new 800-pound thrust F143 engine for JASSM missile [08:45] bms Yes, I've seen my share of performative bullshit there. [08:45] TR News "According to a new analysis of real-world battery-powered EVs, aggressive driving can accelerate the battery's degradation." https://www.sciencealert.com/driving-your-ev-like-a-jerk-could-wear-out-the-battery-2-5-times-faster | Source: Science Alert [08:45] TR Bot One Type of Driving to Avoid if You Want Your EV Battery to Last 2.5x Longer : ScienceAlert [08:45] bms It's anti-credentialism. But there are people who beacon useful stuff like Bill Buchanan, cybersecurity prof at Napier. [08:45] schestowitz[TR2] they say [08:45] schestowitz[TR2] people who do stufdf [08:45] schestowitz[TR2] like knuth [08:45] schestowitz[TR2] keep calm about it [08:45] schestowitz[TR2] people who do nothing [08:46] schestowitz[TR2] will be noisy [08:46] schestowitz[TR2] in "platforms" like tiktok with "shorts" [08:46] schestowitz[TR2] posing next to "brands" [08:46] bms Mostly LinkedIn is a hotbed of me exchanging private messages with key individuals while we look on in horror. [08:46] schestowitz[TR2] or putting up their priivate CV for everyone to glance at [08:46] schestowitz[TR2] so it's a hub of narcissists [08:46] TR News "Ypsilanti Township is considering a six-month pause on massive electricity transmission associated with data centers" https://bridgemi.com/business-watch/ypsilanti-township-eyes-moratorium-on-power-transmission-to-slow-u-m-data-center/ | Source: Bridge Michigan [08:46] TR Bot Ypsilanti Township eyes moratorium on power transmission to slow U-M data center - Bridge Michigan [08:47] bms Yeah the feed is full of ad copy and I learned from reading Nik Suresh (ludicity, who is known for his infamous anti-AI posts) to go Scorpion not Frog on there [08:47] bms like, NEVER EVER describe yourself as a "software developer" or "engineer" [08:47] schestowitz[TR2] ah [08:47] schestowitz[TR2] why not? [08:47] schestowitz[TR2] i missed that [08:47] bms https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/ [08:47] TR Bot I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again Ludicity [08:47] schestowitz[TR2] :) [08:47] schestowitz[TR2] https://locusmag.com/feature/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/ [08:47] TR Bot Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI? - Locus [08:48] schestowitz[TR2] "Ive had to make rule for my events: The first person to mention AI owes everyone else a drink." [08:48] schestowitz[TR2] 2023 [08:48] bms the irony of "The Piledriver" is that I sent the link to someone I no longer consider a friend [08:48] schestowitz[TR2] Suppose Microsoft and IBM call you up and say, call back doors "security". Then NVIDIA tells you to call mass plagiarism and theft "AI"... [08:48] bms he asked me to get involved in building an LLM, I told him to fuck off and never contact me again, basically [08:48] bms but before that, he tried to read "The Piledriver" through an "AI summary" [08:48] schestowitz[TR2] llm is not new [08:49] bms which just proves Nik Suresh's points [08:49] schestowitz[TR2] the eagerness to waste money on LLMs is relatively new [08:49] schestowitz[TR2] those always existed [08:49] schestowitz[TR2] they always lacked: [08:49] schestowitz[TR2] 1) biz moel [08:49] schestowitz[TR2] 2) use cases [08:49] schestowitz[TR2] then the media was paid to play along [08:49] bms he tried to vibe code a tool for FreeBSD for SCTP network stack debugging [08:49] schestowitz[TR2] like msft asking scam altman to fake "demand" for "cloud" [08:49] bms Codex straight up made shit up that didn't exist [08:49] bms I didn't catch this for a full hour [08:49] schestowitz[TR2] and the rest is history and TRILLIONS in debt [08:49] bms the code compiled and looked plausible [08:50] TR News "Nvidias financing for the data center in Pike County, Ohio, a project that could cost as much as $500 billion, is part of the complex dealmaking behind the A.I. boom." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/technology/nvidia-ohio-data-center-openai.html | Source: New York Times [08:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/technology/nvidia-ohio-data-center-openai.html ) [08:50] schestowitz[TR2] bms: in code, [08:50] schestowitz[TR2] it's not like [08:50] schestowitz[TR2] "taking some code herE" [08:50] schestowitz[TR2] and some code there [08:50] schestowitz[TR2] blend [08:50] schestowitz[TR2] and voila, innovation [08:50] schestowitz[TR2] in text, [08:50] schestowitz[TR2] taking some text from book a [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] than from book b [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] fuse together [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] "intelligernce" [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] "research" [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] people think slowly for good reasonsd [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] they speak to peopple and digest facts [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] they don't mix and match words based on probabilistic models [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] that just leads to more text [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] which is not good [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] and distracts from the good textx [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] *texts [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] And lowers the ability to start from good facts [08:51] schestowitz[TR2] same for code [08:52] schestowitz[TR2] you never get anything of value from slop code [08:52] TR News "Nvidia reached a deal on Monday to provide up to $105 billion to backstop a new OpenAI data center in Ohio, as Big Tech ramped up its debt-fueled AI splurge." https://www.semafor.com/article/08/17/2026/nvidia-to-offer-105-billion-backstop-for-openai-data-center | Source: Semafor Inc [08:52] TR Bot to provide up to $105 billion backstop for OpenAI data center | Semafor [08:52] schestowitz[TR2] you can curry the spoiled rotting meat [08:52] schestowitz[TR2] but it'll never be a good meal [08:52] schestowitz[TR2] just a mediocre thing [08:52] schestowitz[TR2] yoiur plagiarisied code might be well indented [08:52] schestowitz[TR2] with informative var names [08:53] schestowitz[TR2] but it's still sugar-coded crap [08:53] schestowitz[TR2] and looking at hat code [08:53] schestowitz[TR2] or trying to 'fix' it [08:53] schestowitz[TR2] is worse use of time [08:53] schestowitz[TR2] then starting propl;rly from scartch [08:53] schestowitz[TR2] making something the author understands [08:53] schestowitz[TR2] "why did you do this?" [08:53] schestowitz[TR2] "dunno, codex gave that to me" [08:53] TR News "Rising global temperatures are heating up the ocean and fueling marine heat waves, which kill reefs." https://www.vox.com/climate/497730/coral-reef-climate-change-restoration-palau | Source: Vox [08:53] TR Bot change is undermining coral reef restoration. Could picnic coolers help? | Vox [08:54] TR News "Of course, theres no use in having billions of dollars if youre going to stay shuttered away in a gaudy McMansion like some Old Moneyed hermit." https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-billionaires-sales-yachts-private-jets-luxury-travel | Source: Futurism [08:54] TR Bot AI Billionaires Are So Greedy That They're Supercharging Sales of Yachts and Private Jets [08:55] TR News "Clark reached out to Epstein after being introduced to him by John Brockman" https://futurism.com/future-society/dario-amodei-wife-jeffrey-epstein | Source: Futurism [08:55] TR Bot Dario Amodei's Wife Is Closely Linked to Jeffrey Epstein [08:55] bms in the meantime Roy [08:55] bms actual stuff is going on [08:55] bms not this LLM shit [08:55] schestowitz[TR2] yes, like this irc chat [08:55] schestowitz[TR2] i owe you a drink btw [08:55] schestowitz[TR2] for bringing up hey hi [08:55] bms I'm speccing up a path between Nikhef and OVH WAW2 in Warsaw via HE.net [08:55] TR News "The Democratic Partys overlords are facing a multifront challenge to their authority" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democrats-fundraising-scam-pac-report/ | Source: The Nation [08:55] TR Bot Democrats Really, Really, Really Don't Want People Investigating Their Scammy Fundraising | The Nation [08:56] TR News Overpopulation https://futurism.com/future-society/subreddit-regretful-parents-dark | Source: Futurism [08:56] TR Bot The Subreddit for "Regretful Parents" Just Might Be the Darkest Place Online [08:56] bms it turns out the legacy IPv4 routes in and out of WAW2 for OVH suck ass in terms of latency [08:56] bms if I route via an HE.net tunnel I sacrifice path MTU due to tunneling overhead for lower latency [08:56] bms it's significant [08:56] TR News "endless feed of AI fruitslop videos" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/experts-gnet-ai-fruit-slop-corrupting-violence-extremism | Source: Futurism [08:56] TR Bot Experts Warn That AI Slop Is Corrupting Kids' Brains [08:56] bms there's path jitter but when pinging control planes that is par for the course [08:57] schestowitz[TR2] OVH the host? [08:57] bms my PhD's in Internet architecture and I have the dubious honour of being verbally disciplined by Vern Paxson in my 20s [08:57] bms yeah OVHcloud I just went with them yesterday [08:57] bms they had lowest ping to two DN42 peers in WAW2 [08:58] TR News "Meta will head into federal court on Tuesday to fend off accusations from a group of state attorneys" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5930701 | Source: NPR [08:58] TR Bot Meta heads to court in a landmark trial about kids and social media addiction [08:58] bms the Vern story: well it looks like Dr Paxson is slopping the slop to a degree; some kind of SF based "AI" network security startup he's involved in [08:58] schestowitz[TR2] arday? [08:59] TR News "French President Emmanuel Macron has been the global leader in promoting a ban on social media for kids" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/08/thanks-for-joining-the-movement-french-constitutional-council-strikes-down-kids-social-media-ban/ | Source: Michael Geist [08:59] bms but in early 2005 he bollocked me because my then-girlfriend (an English human rights barrister) FTP'd Ichi the Killer to my laptop at icsi.berkeley.edu [08:59] TR Bot Thanks For Joining the Movement: French Constitutional Council Strikes Down Kids Social Media Ban - Michael Geist [08:59] bms I don't recall which startup but he's on LinkedIn [08:59] schestowitz[TR2] Ichi the Killer? [08:59] bms Vern's PhD thesis is about end-to-end Internet dynamics. dated now but the methdology was sound ● Aug 18 [09:00] bms yeah a Japanese slicey dicey katana flick [09:00] TR News "The cyber operation amplified the impact of kinetic strikes by Ukraines Defense Forces on Wildberries warehouses" https://therecord.media/russia-wildberries-cyberattack-ukraine | Source: The Record [09:00] TR Bot Ukraine says cyberattack hit Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries amid drone strikes | The Record from Recorded Future News [09:00] bms he was testing Bro at the time and I got fingered for it [09:01] TR News "The Aussie experiment comes amid a lack of clear evidence that the apps harm most adolescents." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/australias-social-media-ban-for-teens-may-not-be-the-best-solution-but-its-certainly-getting-people-talking-180989355/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [09:01] TR Bot Australia's Social Media Ban for Teens May Not Be the Best Solution, But It's Certainly Getting People Talking [09:01] bms Nick Weaver was still a PhD student then and he permaloaned me a Xilinx FPGA dev board that was surplus, he has since spoken out against blockchain [09:01] schestowitz[TR2] linkedin = waste of time [09:01] schestowitz[TR2] if someone posts to it, [09:01] schestowitz[TR2] then it means nothing better to do [09:01] bms I go there less and less, but there are people who occasionally point out interesting stuff, then they go back to the usual crap [09:02] TR News "Furthermore, young kids are not just passive listeners; they are active participants." https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/gen-z-alpha-faith-algorithms-ai-chatbots-roblox-digital-religion-138751430.html | Source: Bhaskar English [09:02] TR Bot Gen Z & Alpha Faith: How AI Chatbots & Roblox Redefine Digital Religion [09:02] bms Tom Nolle is one of them, without him I wouldn't have learned about a failed attempt to do federated QoS and service bundles by Deutsche Telekom and Juniper in the late 00s [09:02] bms he didn't seem to have picked up on Segment Routing at all [09:07] bms its' important to learn from the failed example [09:07] schestowitz[TR2] but in ms linkedin? [09:08] bms GAFAM messed up with LISP but they're too focused on Hey Hi now to do anything meaningful [09:08] TR News "the progress of the VMOS pipeline" https://www.telesurenglish.net/tech-magnate-peter-thiel-consolidates-his-presence-in-argentina/ | Source: teleSUR [09:08] bms hyperscaler networking is a monoculture of known recipe [09:08] TR Bot Tech Magnate Peter Thiel Consolidates his Presence in Argentina - teleSUR English [09:08] TR News "Cryptocurrency wallet provider SafePal on Thursday disclosed a data breach that involved unauthorized access to about 39,798 customers' order information" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/crypto-wallet-provider-safepal-discloses-data-breach-affecting-nearly-40000-users-order-information/articleshow/133278729.cms | Source: India Times [09:08] bms schestowitz[TR2]: well it's 90% FUBAR but the 5-10% sometimes makes it all worth it, but not for the LLM reason (the justification given by a fellow FreeBSD committer was I quote "Occasionally stochastic parrots shit gold") [09:08] TR Bot Crypto wallet provider SafePal discloses data breach affecting nearly 40,000 users' order information - The Economic Times [09:09] bms and with that it looks like I have a solid case to enter HE.net from Nikhef, not WAW2 [09:09] TR News "The round officially closed on June 19th, and the results give us reason to be encouraged" https://blog.torproject.org/funding-internet-freedom-together/ | Source: Tor [09:09] TR Bot Funding internet freedom together: results from our first participatory funding round | The Tor Project [09:09] TR News "But theres been another persistent, unsanctioned use: officers stalking women." https://www.salon.com/2026/08/17/flock-is-just-the-latest-example-of-using-surveillance-to-stalk-women-partner/ | Source: Salon [09:09] TR Bot is just the latest example of using surveillance to stalk women - Salon.com [09:09] bms the tunnel overhead of an HE.net tunnel is just a 20 byte IPv4 header [09:09] bms but there's no encryption [09:10] TR News "Much of the information that Google has acquired relates to the airlines internal operations" https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/17/google-pays-10m-to-get-its-hands-on-spirit-airlines-business-data-for-ai-training/ | Source: Silicon Angle [09:10] TR Bot pays $10M to get its hands on Spirit Airlines' business data for AI training - SiliconANGLE [09:10] TR News "In short, Flock could design its surveillance to be much narrower." https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/17/1142200/what-flocks-defenders-are-missing/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [09:10] TR Bot What Flocks defenders are missing | MIT Technology Review [09:10] bms the exit port on HE's Berlin link to Nikhef is a bit lossy, but again, traceroute is also a bit like astrology [09:10] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2]: well it's 90% FUBAR but the 5-10% sometimes makes it all worth it, [09:10] schestowitz[TR2] seems like [09:10] schestowitz[TR2] "it hurts" [09:11] schestowitz[TR2] "but sometimes the pain is a bit pleasurable" [09:11] schestowitz[TR2] there are better s/n forums [09:11] TR News "The stolen information includes contact information like addresses" https://therecord.media/financial-info-leak-debt-consolidator | Source: The Record [09:11] TR Bot Nearly 750k had financial info, SSNs leaked in South Carolina loan company breach | The Record from Recorded Future News [09:11] bms schestowitz[TR2]: it sure does. I only access LinkedIn via LibreWolf now to keep MS's probing at bay. [09:11] bms schestowitz[TR2]: For sure, far more clue about networking happens in or around DN42 itself [09:11] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2]: it sure does. I only access LinkedIn via LibreWolf now to keep MS's probing at bay. [09:11] schestowitz[TR2] msft filters views [09:11] schestowitz[TR2] and voices [09:11] schestowitz[TR2] for its own benefit [09:12] schestowitz[TR2] so you are not getting info [09:12] schestowitz[TR2] msft controls your inputs [09:12] schestowitz[TR2] and, if you post, your outputs also [09:12] bms schestowitz[TR2]: I think you're looking for the term Potemkin village https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village [09:12] TR Bot Potemkin village - Wikipedia [09:12] TR News "computer-generated patterns can successfully prevent surveillance" https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/invisible-car-machine-learning-hide-vehicle-flock-cameras | Source: Bitdefender [09:12] TR Bot An "invisible" car? Researcher uses machine learning to hide vehicles from Flock cameras [09:12] bms schestowitz[TR2]: also the late Patrick McGoohan said sarcastically in The Prisoner series from the 1960s: "A still tongue makes a happy life" [09:12] schestowitz[TR2] use mailing lists [09:12] schestowitz[TR2] no js [09:13] schestowitz[TR2] no tracking [09:13] TR News "I am baffled that someone thought this was a great idea." https://blog.avas.space/shop-social-media/ | Source: Ava [09:13] TR Bot shop milking their customers for social media content ava's blog [09:13] bms do you know Shoshana Zuboff? [09:13] TR News "Criminals are [cracking] into public Wi-Fi devicesat hotels" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/hacking-public-wi-fi-dns-to-steal-credentials.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [09:13] TR Bot Public Wi-Fi DNS to Steal Credentials - Schneier on Security [09:13] schestowitz[TR2] not in person [09:13] schestowitz[TR2] you posted a url to a video of t alk of hers [09:13] bms me either but her work is golden [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] and the blackberry guy [09:14] bms for sure, he was actually being forthright [09:15] schestowitz[TR2] this video: https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/05/75_of_All_the_Patents_Last_Year_Were_Software.shtml [09:15] TR Bot Techrights 75% of All the Patents Last Year Were Software [09:15] TR News Microsoft GitHub https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/08/17/788a6/ | Source: Ricardo Mendes [09:15] TR Bot A Node on the Web [09:17] TR News Privatisation / Privateering https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/public-goods-housing-schools-nursing-homes/ | Source: The Nation [09:17] TR Bot From Urban Housing to Rural Nursing Homes, the Working-Class Fight to Protect Public Goods From Private Buyers | The Nation [09:17] TR News Windows TCO https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/08/17/theres-a-libcurl-dll-in-my-system32/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [09:17] TR Bot a libcurl.dll in my system32 | daniel.haxx.se [09:17] TR News Windows TCO https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/that-hotel-wi-fi-password-does-not-make-the-network-safe/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [09:17] TR Bot Hotel Wi-Fi Security: Why You Should Use a VPN - CybersecKyle [09:18] TR News "The update follows years of informal industry consensus suggesting users had to watch a standard video for roughly 30 seconds before YouTube registered a single view." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/youtube-updates-view-count-metrics-1814720 | Source: International Business Times [09:18] TR Bot YouTube View Counts Set to Climb From August 24 as Platform Retires Old Counting Rules | IBTimes UK [09:18] TR News "YouTube says its going to keep its original view-counting method under an engaged views metric in its Analytics dashboard." https://www.theverge.com/streaming/981105/youtube-video-view-counting-update | Source: The Verge [09:18] TR Bot YouTube is changing how it counts views to give the numbers a boost | The Verge [09:18] schestowitz[TR2] bms: FOMO ^ [09:18] schestowitz[TR2] why you should avoid those " [09:18] schestowitz[TR2] platforms" [09:20] TR News "The media hounding didnt just continue, it increased." https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-lynching | Source: Carole Cadwalladr [09:20] TR Bot A Digital Lynching - by Carole Cadwalladr [09:20] TR News "The dual decision is the latest legal blow to the company" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-16/meta-youth-safety-trial-judge-rules-star-witness-evidence | Source: Los Angeles Times [09:20] TR Bot Meta child-safety trial: Judge allows star witness and key evidence - Los Angeles Times [09:22] TR News "Last week, I wrote somewhat personally about my trial, and Im going to refer to my own experience again because my practical suggestions are rooted in my lived experience. I went through a pale shadow of what Arday experienced but nevertheless I know many of these names who came for him, these journalists, these outlets." [09:23] TR News "Because its same ones who came for me. Brendan ONeill even used that exact same framing. I was a tragedy too." https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-lynching [09:27] TR News "It was utterly absurd. And it had profound consequences. It meant I had to defend the meaning of the words that the judge had come up with at my trial, not the actual words Id said. And since I couldnt defend the judges words, I had to withdraw my truth defence." https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-lynching [09:27] TR News They spent over a million pounds lawyering up against Carole Cadwalladr [09:28] TR News "The announcement has caused a meltdown in [slop] circles." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/people-horrified-busted-anthropic-watermark | Source: Futurism [09:28] TR Bot People Horrified That They'll Be Busted Now That Anthropic Is Watermarking AI Content [09:29] TR News "Anthropic Adds Invisible [slop] Watermark to Claude" https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/anthropic-claude-invisible-ai-watermark-transparency-eu-ai-act-138743081.html | Source: Bhaskar English [09:29] TR Bot Anthropic Adds Invisible AI Watermark to Claude | EU AI Act Compliance [09:29] TR News "Thats because theres practically no oversight on Capitol Hill, as the WP points out." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/congressional-staffers-lazy-using-ai-write-new-laws | Source: Futurism [09:29] TR Bot Congressional Staffers Are So Lazy That They're Using AI to Write New Laws [09:29] TR News "But it has personality, and that doesnt show through nearly as well in the new README.md. The new one is dry." https://til.andrew-quinn.me/posts/don-t-use-an-llm-for-your-readme-md/ | Source: Andrew Quinn [09:29] TR Bot Don't use an LLM for your README.mdAndrew Quinn's TILs [09:30] TR News "Many prestigious scientific venues have suffered from papers containing hallucinated citations." https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20260817/ | Source: Diomidis Spinellis [09:30] TR Bot blog dds: 2026-08-17 A controversial proposal for hallucinated references [09:30] TR News "When LLMs work, it can feel like magic, but when they fail, it feels like you are arguing with a confident bullshit artist." https://yogthos.net/posts/2026-08-17-llm-workflow.html | Source: Dmitri Sotnikov [09:30] TR Bot (iterate think thoughts): A practical workflow for LLM-assisted development [09:31] TR News "The Carlson Lab at the Yale School of Public Health has done some research and held some discussions, and posted The only reason youll ever need not to write with AI." https://blog.zgp.org/llms-damned-if-you-don-t-worse-if-you-do/ | Source: Don Marti [09:31] TR Bot LLMs: damned if you dont, worse if you do [09:32] TR News "Our lab has agreed on a blanket ban on the use of generative AI for writing.Using generative AI inherently exposes you to the risk of career-ending accusations of plagiarism." [09:32] TR News "Even though theres a lot of pressure on academics to adopt AI or be left behind!!1! this is a lot bigger deal. Especially for this particular research team." [09:32] TR News "LLMs do not care about the words that they pick because they cannot care about anything" https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/08/llms-arent-writing/ | Source: Six Colors [09:32] TR Bot LLMs arent writing Six Colors [09:33] TR News "large language model could not be further away from those ideals. In the title of his piece, John describes the watermarking system as a perversion of writing. That might be the case if AIs were writing. But they are not; they are simply generating text. Those two things are not the same." [09:33] TR News "As per the premise of Johns piece, writing is about carefully picking the words and crafting the meaning of what youre saying, things that AI do notand patently cannotdo." [09:33] TR News "a hobbyist or amateur doesnt even have the capability or experience to understand the assumed intent of an LLM until its too late and users have been affected." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/oops-shouldve-thought-of-that/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [09:33] TR Bot Oops, Shouldve Thought of That - Jim Nielsens Blog [09:34] TR News "Quick strategy huddle. Im not Sun Tzu over here, but those seem like weak-sauce countermeasures if you mean to help someone fight back against a bombing." https://raymyers.org/post/reading-code-considered-helpful/ | Source: Ray Myers [09:34] TR Bot Reading Code Considered Helpful [09:34] TR News "Right now, most people hate generative AI in their art." https://tracydurnell.com/2026/08/17/authenticating-digital-works/ | Source: Tracy Durnell [09:34] TR Bot Authenticating digital works without detectors Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden [09:34] TR News "We started talking to Hany regularly in 2017, when Sam first reported on deepfakes." https://www.404media.co/the-future-of-deepfakes-and-the-decline-of-reality-with-hany-farid/ | Source: 404 Media [09:34] TR Bot The Future of Deepfakes and the Decline of Reality (With Hany Farid) [09:34] TR News "human oversight" https://cyberscoop.com/irregular-ai-sandbox-escape-human-oversight/ | Source: Scoop News Group [09:34] TR Bot says human oversight responsible for AI sandbox escape incidents | CyberScoop [09:35] TR News "The digital sewage heap has sprawled across tech platforms, cheapening meaningful content and polluting the information ecosystem, as chatbots and video generators continue to advance." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/technology/ai-slop.html | Source: New York Times [09:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/technology/ai-slop.html ) [09:35] schestowitz[TR2] bms: ^^ linkedin [09:35] schestowitz[TR2] "Spotify, LinkedIn and Others Have Had Enough" [09:35] TR News "In an investigation by 404 Media, a bookseller suspected that an order they received for 1,000 books on Biblio, a marketplace where buyers can remain anonymous, was for an AI company." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-destroying-rare-books-ai | Source: Futurism [09:35] TR Bot Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI [09:35] TR News "We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it" https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/ | Source: 404 Media [09:35] TR Bot We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility [09:47] TR News Techrights SBS News Interviews Daniel Pocock https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/SBS_News_Interviews_Daniel_Pocock.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/SBS_News_Interviews_Daniel_Pocock.gmi [09:47] TR Bot Techrights SBS News Interviews Daniel Pocock [09:48] TR News "But one thing not brought up in the Hacker News thread is that Gmail supports custom domains." https://boston.conman.org/2026/08/17.1 | Source: Sean Conner [09:48] TR Bot Yet more noise on emails from other Sean Conners on the Intarwebs - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [09:48] TR News "It turns out that the real secret to longevity is to live in an area with poor record keeping." https://derekkedziora.com/notes/the-secret-to-longevity | Source: Derek Kdziora [09:48] TR Bot The secret to longevity [09:49] TR News "Intel will launch its new core with Nova Lake on desktop first, not in the data center." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-says-it-will-launch-new-core-with-nova-lake-on-desktop-first-not-in-data-center-vp-robert-hallock-hopes-enthusiasts-do-the-math-compared-to-amd | Source: Tom's Hardware [09:49] TR Bot Intel says it will launch new core with Nova Lake on desktop first, not in data center VP Robert Hallock hopes enthusiasts do the math compared to AMD | Tom's Hardware [09:49] TR News "I guess to summarise, with using a dedicated camera more my phone becomes less of an interesting device for me" https://ljpuk.net/posts/a-compact-camera-and-a-phone-for-phone-stuff | Source: Lee Peterson [09:49] TR Bot A compact camera and a phone for phone stuff - LJPUK [09:50] TR News "Have you ever read an autobiographical account about someone?" https://heyloura.com/2026/08/17/blind-to-the-feeling-of.html | Source: Loura [09:50] TR Bot Hey Loura! [09:50] TR News "It has no campus, no accreditation, and no admissions process. Joining the family is enough to get you enrolled. Graduation is another matter" https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1323 | Source: Unmitigated Risk [09:50] TR Bot Hurst University | UNMITIGATED RISK [09:50] TR News "more pointed" https://thedissenter.org/i-received-an-award-from-the-illinois-library-association/ | Source: The Dissenter [09:50] TR Bot I Received An Award From The Illinois Library Association [09:54] TR News no need to (by default) attribute malice or rogue party intervention to what can otherwise be excused away as a technical fluke [09:54] TR News "for positive integers n. This is known as the generalized Sylvester method" https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/16/proportion-of-1s-in-a-hadamard-matrix/ | Source: John D Cook [09:54] TR Bot Proportion of 1s in a Hadamard matrix [09:54] TR News "In a recent Science research article, King et al. report using generative genome models to design complete viral genomes." https://josephhall.org/blog/sigs-not-enough/ | Source: Joseph Lorenzo Hall [09:54] TR Bot When (DNA) Signatures Aren't Enough [09:56] TR News Looney Lunduke has chosen NOT to focus on the slop question in Debian but instead obsess over sex, cis, and other side issues. He's peddling crap politics under the guise of "TECH JOURNALISM". Sick. [09:57] TR News The consequence is - for ALL of us - bad. They will excuse away the "anti-AI" as fanatical right wingers who make it about incest and stuff, not the technical and legal aspects [09:57] TR News "It is what you observe when walking through a -term with different strategies, and writing down the views as you go." https://text.marvinborner.de/2026-08-11-17.html | Source: Marvin Borner [09:57] TR Bot A Dual View on Syntax [09:58] TR News "But that containment no longer works." https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/08/17/guest-post-when-errors-become-consensus-sciences-self-correction-can-no-longer-keep-up/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing [09:58] TR Bot Guest Post When Errors Become Consensus: Sciences Self-Correction Can No Longer Keep Up - The Scholarly Kitchen [09:58] TR News "A new archaeological investigation of a monumental Viking Age ship burial in Norway has uncovered evidence that the grave may have been constructed on top of a much older burial mound." https://www.medievalists.net/2026/08/viking-ship-burial-in-norway-may-have-been-built-over-bronze-age-grave/ | Source: Medievalists.net [09:58] TR Bot Ship Burial in Norway May Have Been Built Over Bronze Age Grave - Medievalists.net [09:58] TR News "As I write this on Monday, August 17th, theres two more selfie of the day posts left for me to do before wrapping up the project." https://chrisenns.com/2026/08/reaching-the-end-of-my-selfie-a-day-for-a-year-project/ | Source: Chris Enns [09:58] TR Bot Reaching the End of My Selfie a Day for a Year Project [09:59] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Aug 18 [10:00] TR News Check out the demo for HYPERDROP an explosive neon-soaked pachinko roguelite | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/check-out-the-demo-for-hyperdrop-an-explosive-neon-soaked-pachinko-roguelite/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:00] TR Bot out the demo for HYPERDROP an explosive neon-soaked pachinko roguelite | GamingOnLinux [10:00] TR News Warcraft 2-inspired incremental auto-battler 'Orc Incremental' arrives September 8 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/warcraft-2-inspired-incremental-auto-battler-orc-incremental-arrives-september-8/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:00] TR Bot 2-inspired incremental auto-battler 'Orc Incremental' arrives September 8 | GamingOnLinux [10:00] TR News "By June 1996, after three years of hard work, id Software had completed their next title, Quake." https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_shareware_cd/index.html | Source: Fabian Sanglard [10:00] TR Bot Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full [10:01] TR News Dystopian block-pushing puzzler 'Hazard Pay' arrives September 10 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/dystopian-block-pushing-puzzler-hazard-pay-arrives-september-10/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/dystopian-block-pushing-puzzler-hazard-pay-arrives-september-10/ [10:01] TR Bot block-pushing puzzler 'Hazard Pay' arrives September 10 | GamingOnLinux [10:01] TR News He Who Watches will confuse your eyes and your brain when it releases in September | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/he-who-watches-will-confuse-your-eyes-and-your-brain-when-it-releases-in-september/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:01] TR Bot Who Watches will confuse your eyes and your brain when it releases in September | GamingOnLinux [10:03] TR News "automation factory" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/standardized-secure-scalable-optus-blueprint-red-hat-enterprise-linux-automation-factory | Source: Red Hat Official [10:03] TR Bot Standardized, secure, and scalable: The Optus blueprint for Red Hat Enterprise Linux automation factory [10:03] TR News "Thats where Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed steps in." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/simplify-hybrid-cloud-ops-red-hat-openshift-lightspeed-5-sets-prompts-try-today | Source: Red Hat Official [10:03] TR Bot Simplify hybrid cloud ops with Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed: 5 sets of prompts to try today [10:03] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techrights [10:04] TR News Build cities, worlds and gardens in the Builder Games Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/build-cities-worlds-and-gardens-in-the-builder-games-humble-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:04] TR Bot cities, worlds and gardens in the Builder Games Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux [10:04] TR News KINGDOM HEARTS IV releases late in 2027 - Steam page is up with a new trailer | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/kingdom-hearts-iv-releases-late-in-2027-steam-page-is-up-with-a-new-trailer/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:04] TR Bot HEARTS IV releases late in 2027 - Steam page is up with a new trailer | GamingOnLinux [10:05] TR News Sloppy slop-slop from IBM Red Hat https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-we-built-ai-agent-field-associates-red-hat-ai | Source: Red Hat Official [10:05] TR Bot How we built an AI agent for field associates with Red Hat AI [10:06] TR News Supernatural, post-apocalypse adventure 'Sally Face 2' revealed | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/supernatural-post-apocalypse-adventure-sally-face-2-revealed/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:06] TR Bot post-apocalypse adventure 'Sally Face 2' revealed | GamingOnLinux [10:06] TR News Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands has Easy Anti-Cheat removed | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-wildlands-has-easy-anti-cheat-removed/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:06] TR Bot Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands has Easy Anti-Cheat removed | GamingOnLinux [10:06] TR News Linux kernel 7.2 is officially out now | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-kernel-7-2-is-officially-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-kernel-7-2-is-officially-out-now/ [10:06] TR Bot kernel 7.2 is officially out now | GamingOnLinux [10:09] TR News They spent over a million pounds lawyering up against Carole Cadwalladr; the aim was to discredit her, to make it seem like anything she ever wrote was to be presumed false, plus demoralise her with online mobbing, ritual defamation [10:10] TR News (NEW): Games: Orc Incremental, Quake Shareware, Sally Face 2, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Games_Orc_Incremental_Quake_Shareware_Sally_Face_2_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Games_Orc_Incremental_Quake_Shareware_Sally_Face_2_and_More.gmi [10:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Orc Incremental, Quake Shareware, Sally Face 2, and More [10:14] TR News Techrights Links 18/08/2026: Sergey Brin Controlling State Policies, "Dario Amodei's (Anthropic) Wife Is Closely Linked to Jeffrey Epstein" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Links_18_08_2026_Sergey_Brin_Controlling_State_Policies_Dario_A.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Links_18_08_2026_Sergey_Brin_Controlling_State_Policies_Dario_A.gmi [10:14] TR Bot Techrights Links 18/08/2026: Sergey Brin Controlling State Policies, "Dario Amodei's (Anthropic) Wife Is Closely Linked to Jeffrey Epstein" [10:16] TR News So Dario Amodei is just one or two degrees away from 1) pedophilia. 2) trafficking of women. 3) oligarchs' "young meat" money [10:16] TR News But go on, carry on using LLM slop (plagiarism). [10:19] TR News "And - while you were on the PIP, were you receiving any kind of commentary, rating, etc. as to whether or not you were meeting expectations, or need more improvement, etc., etc.?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m05e9zxf [10:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m05e9zxf ) [10:20] TR News "If you want to be safe at IBM, work on your PowerPoint skills and voluntarily lick your boss's a nus at every opportunity. Sc--w the hard skills." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m06e61tm "the little HR Indian bot is back. Are you getting more badges ? How you WatsonX challenge ? Did you learn anything you can share ?" [10:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m06e61tm ) [10:42] TR News Techrights IBM is Dead or Dying. Now It Asks Workers to 'Resign' Voluntarily. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/IBM_is_Dead_or_Dying_Now_It_Asks_Workers_to_Resign_Voluntarily.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/IBM_is_Dead_or_Dying_Now_It_Asks_Workers_to_Resign_Voluntarily.gmi [10:42] TR Bot Techrights IBM is Dead or Dying. Now It Asks Workers to 'Resign' Voluntarily. [10:53] TR News State and Stats of NHS in 2026 https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/18/state-and-stats-of-nhs-in-2026/ [10:53] TR Bot Blog Archive State and Stats of NHS in 2026 ● Aug 18 [11:02] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux in Ecuador and Colombia: Growing, Still Below International Average https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/GNU_Linux_in_Ecuador_and_Colombia_Growing_Still_Below_Internati.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/GNU_Linux_in_Ecuador_and_Colombia_Growing_Still_Below_Internati.gmi [11:02] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux in Ecuador and Colombia: Growing, Still Below International Average [11:12] TR News Shoemaking and Shoe Repair https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/18/shoemaking-and-shoe-repair/ [11:12] TR Bot Blog Archive Shoemaking and Shoe Repair [11:12] TR News "Microsoft Gave BitLocker Keys to FBI" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/microsoft-gave-bitlocker-keys-to-fbi:4 [11:12] TR Bot Microsoft Gave BitLocker Keys to FBI [11:12] TR News "The Technium: Without a theory of intelligence" https://kk.org/thetechnium/without-a-theory-of-intelligence/ [11:12] TR Bot The Technium: Without a theory of intelligence [11:12] TR News "Brjan till slutet fr ldersgrnser online" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/08/16/borjan-till-slutet-for-aldersgranser-online/ [11:12] TR Bot Brjan till slutet fr ldersgrnser online [11:13] TR News scapegoating https://cyberscoop.com/irregular-ai-sandbox-escape-human-oversight/ [11:13] TR Bot says human oversight responsible for AI sandbox escape incidents | CyberScoop [11:13] TR News "Jeffries Says He Opposes Medicare for All Which Would Save 114k Lives Yearly | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/jeffries-says-he-opposes-medicare-for-all-which-would-save-114k-lives-yearly/ [11:13] TR Bot Jeffries Says He Opposes Medicare for All Which Would Save 114k Lives Yearly | Truthout [11:14] TR News "Brysseleffekten" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/08/17/brysseleffekten/ [11:14] TR Bot Brysseleffekten [11:14] TR News "Hvorfor Kina vinder | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/hvorfor-kina-vinder [11:14] TR Bot Hvorfor Kina vinder | Version2 [11:15] TR News "screen readers suffer as nearly 90% of top websites tested contain HTML spec violations" https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/08/17/almost-nobody-pays-attention-to-web-standards-anymore/5288782 | Source: The Register UK [11:15] TR Bot Almost nobody pays attention to web standards anymore [11:16] TR News "None of these conveniences change FTPs fundamental problem: ordinary FTP is not secure." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/linux-fu-improving-ftp/ | Source: Hackaday [11:16] TR Bot Fu: Improving FTP | Hackaday [11:16] TR News "UUIDs have been part of my Django story since my first contribution to the project" https://www.paulox.net/2026/08/26/djangocon-us-2026/ | Source: Paolo Melchiorre [11:16] TR Bot DjangoCon US2026 [11:17] TR News "The same trace is now far more compact and readable." https://lalitm.com/post/pytorch-profiles-perfetto/ | Source: Lalit Maganti [11:17] TR Bot PyTorch profiles are going to look much better in Perfetto - Lalit Maganti [11:17] TR News "Heres a small excerpt from one of my apps." https://hamatti.org/posts/o-is-for-orm-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [11:17] TR Bot O is for ORM - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala [11:17] TR News "Before we discuss the activities that make up architectural work, let us first briefly revisit the two laws of architerctural work." https://www.ufried.com/blog/essence_of_architecture_5/ | Source: Uwe Friedrichsen [11:17] TR Bot The essence of architectural work - Part 5 [11:17] TR News "Richard Scarry already summarized everything there is to know about cyber security, about 50 years ago." https://labnotes.org/weekend-reading-the-stalk-market/ | Source: Assaf Arkin [11:17] TR Bot Weekend Reading The Stalk Market Labnotes (by Assaf Arkin) [11:18] TR News "A bug comes in, or someone shows me a page doing something surprising, and the question is always the same one." https://blog.farre.se/posts/2026/08/17/tracing-web-specs/ | Source: Andreas Farre [11:18] TR Bot Tracing algorithms through web specifications | farres blog [11:18] TR News "For the majority of people, just checking in the mirror and recognising your eye colour is fairly simple." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/iris-colour-detection-with-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [11:18] TR Bot Iris colour detection with Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi [11:27] TR News "In the digital economy, the concept of sovereignty is often associated with data control or infrastructure localization." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/18/time-the-cornerstone-of-digital-sovereignty-and-independence/ | Source: APNIC [11:27] TR Bot Time: The cornerstone of digital sovereignty and independence | APNIC Blog [11:28] TR News "Open source and digital sovereignty are closely related." https://creativecommons.org/2026/08/17/creative-commons-to-convene-a-conversation-unga-81/ | Source: Creative Commons [11:28] TR Bot Creative Commons to Convene "A Conversation on Collaboration" Alongside UNGA 81 - Creative Commons [11:28] TR News "These days open source is everywhere, and frankly, we couldnt be happier about it." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/hackaday-europe-2026-open-source-hardware-goes-underground-literally/ | Source: Hackaday [11:28] TR Bot Europe 2026: Open Source Hardware Goes Underground, Literally | Hackaday [11:29] TR News "I provide some feeds for anyone who wishes to get an update on when I've published something." https://fyr.io/post/feeds-are-critical | [11:29] TR Bot the... well, the title of the page! Web browsers will show this in the tab in your browser, or use it to name the page if you bookmark it --> RSS/Atom Feeds are Critical - fyr.io [11:29] TR News "Tramp is a famous and often praised GNU Emacs system for editing remote files; lots of people will call it one of Emacs' compelling features." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/EmacsTrampSomeThoughts | Source: University of Toronto [11:29] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [11:30] TR News "Were particularly taken by the conceit of creating his own packaging for the unit" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/one-mans-perfect-retro-style-monitor-takes-all-inputs/ | Source: Hackaday [11:30] TR Bot Mans Perfect Retro-Style Monitor Takes All Inputs | Hackaday [11:30] TR News "In the 1960s, the home computer was barely a twinkle in anyones eye." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/17/looking-at-an-old-toy-computer/ | Source: Hackaday [11:30] TR Bot Computer Restored | Hackaday [11:31] TR News "There are a lot of options on the ballot, and they all have a different structure and approach the question in a different way." https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/20998.html | Source: Diziet [11:31] TR News "Running relayd alongside httpd on your OpenBSD web servers is no longer necessary for injecting HTTP security headers" https://btxx.org/posts/so-long-relayd/ | Source: Brad Taunt [11:32] TR News "[...] These days there are a lot of command line shells, some with an impressive range of interactive features." https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260817 | Source: Distro Watch [11:32] TR Bot ( status 504 @ https://www.dreamwidth.org/captcha?returnto=https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/20998.html ) [11:32] TR Bot So Long Relayd, and Thanks for All the Fish [11:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260817 ) [11:33] TR News "Rating: 90% (can't do the manual checks, as this is now a paid option)" https://www.robin.is/posts/2026/ratings/ | Source: Robin D Otis [11:33] TR Bot Robin's Ratings [11:33] TR News "Every element I use for the basic structure of a HTML document, with explanations why." https://www.matuzo.at/blog/html-boilerplate | Source: Manuel Matuzovi [11:33] TR Bot My HTML boilerplate in 2026 - Manuel Matuzovi ● Aug 18 [12:29] TR News this was just let through by the moderators today: "TV station's cloud provider fails, archived data in peril" https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-08/msg00002.html [12:29] TR Bot TV station's cloud provider fails, archived data in peril [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] "Hi everyone! [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] Just a quick note to let you know about a couple of things I'm organising in [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] Auckland, NZ. If you're in Auckland, I hope to see you! [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] "Write to Change the World" (August 29, 1:30pm at Whangaparaoa [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] Library)------------------------------- [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] This workshop for kids aged around 11 through 14. They'll be immersed in the [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] world of an imaginary junior high in the grips of a controversy much like [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] Webcamgate[1] and shown how to write pieces to get the community to take [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] action. I'll be covering how to construct an argument, the mechanics of good [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] writing and how to structure persuasive letters, articles and speeches. [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] "Free software for youth organisations" (September 5, 1:30pm, Orewa [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] Library)------------------------------------------ [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] This is an introduction to free software for organisations that serve young [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] people in Auckland. I'll talk briefly about what free software is and why it [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] supports social justice, then demonstrate a range of free programs that can [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] help then do their work. [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] If you're a consultant or part of a business in Auckland that offers free [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] software-based services to this kind of organisation and you want to [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] participate, I'd love to hear from you. [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webcamgate [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] - Carmen [12:30] schestowitz[TR2] " [12:30] TR Bot Robbins v. Lower Merion School District - Wikipedia [12:41] TR News Michael Meeks: "Worked late until a delicious dinner made by Barney - somehow with a fixed 9 hours work in the day" https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-12.html [12:41] TR Bot Stuff Michael Meeks is doing [12:42] bms what a coincidence, I was just thinking of Carole Cadwalladr this AM. She was the nice lady they interviewed in "The Great Hack" documentary about Cambridge Analytica. [12:44] TR News Natalie Vock: VRAM Management Part 2: Beyond the Limits of Physical VRAM https://pixelcluster.dev/VRAM-Overcommit/ [12:44] TR Bot VRAM Management Part 2: Beyond the Limits of Physical VRAM | pixelcluster's GPU blog [12:44] TR News Luckfox Lyra PLC A Linux-based Rockchip RK3506B industrial controller with RS232, RS422, RS485, CAN bus, and relays https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/17/luckfox-lyra-plc-a-linux-based-rockchip-rk3506b-industrial-controller-with-rs232-rs422-rs485-can-bus-and-relays/ [12:44] TR Bot Luckfox Lyra PLC - A Linux-based Rockchip RK3506B industrial controller with RS232, RS422, RS485, CAN bus, and relays - CNX Software [12:45] TR News John Goerzen: Hey Hi (AI) in Debian: The Vote, Proposals, and Nuance https://changelog.complete.org/archives/44740-ai-in-debian-the-vote-proposals-and-nuance [12:45] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [12:46] TR News Slop boosters (plagiarists) want to tell us there's an anti-plagiarism ("AI") bias. Yes, that's right. Because plagiarism is a bad thing. [12:47] TR News The Code That Saved the Moon Landing https://jxself.org/moon.shtml [12:47] TR Bot The Code That Saved the Moon Landing [12:49] TR News OpenAltFinder Connects Users With FOSS Alternatives to Nonfree Apps https://fossforce.com/2026/08/openaltfinder-connects-users-with-foss-alternatives-to-nonfree-apps/ [12:49] TR Bot OpenAltFinder Connects Users With FOSS Alternatives to Nonfree Apps - FOSS Force [12:50] TR News Pluralistic: Jennifer Jenkins' 'Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture' (17 Aug 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/17/great-sousas-ghost/ [12:50] TR Bot Pluralistic: Jennifer Jenkins Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture (17 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [12:51] TR News Ian Jackson: Debian LLM GR - Summary of the options https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/20998.html [12:52] TR Bot Captcha Check [12:53] TR News After Jason Ardays Death, Mistaken Calls for Censorship https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/opinion/jason-arday-cambridge-plagiarism-media.html [12:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/opinion/jason-arday-cambridge-plagiarism-media.html ) ● Aug 18 [13:01] TR News Excuse for dumping something that does not make money but loses money https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/alibaba-sells-its-gaming-studio-for-at-least-1-5-billion-to-help-fund-ai-buildout [13:01] TR Bot Alibaba is selling its gaming studio for at least $1.5 billion to help fund AI buildout, mirroring Micron's exit from consumer business dumps entire stake in Lingxi Games, which made 'Three Kingdoms: Strategy Edition' | Tom's Hardware [13:02] TR News Time: The cornerstone of digital sovereignty and independence https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/18/time-the-cornerstone-of-digital-sovereignty-and-independence/ [13:02] TR Bot Time: The cornerstone of digital sovereignty and independence | APNIC Blog [13:10] TR News Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train Hey Hi (AI) https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-destroying-rare-books-ai [13:10] TR Bot Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI [13:10] TR News AI Slop Is Everywhere. Spotify, Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn and Others Have Had Enough. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/technology/ai-slop.html [13:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/technology/ai-slop.html ) [13:10] TR News Irregular says human oversight responsible for Hey Hi (AI) sandbox escape incidents https://cyberscoop.com/irregular-ai-sandbox-escape-human-oversight/ [13:10] TR Bot says human oversight responsible for AI sandbox escape incidents | CyberScoop [13:11] TR News Oops, Shouldve Thought of That https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/oops-shouldve-thought-of-that/ [13:11] TR Bot Oops, Shouldve Thought of That - Jim Nielsens Blog [13:15] TR News Vietnam aviation body says passenger planereturned to Munich after tail strike, tyre-pressure warnings https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-aviation-body-says-passenger-plane-returned-to-munich-after-tail-strike-tyre-pressure [13:15] TR Bot Vietnam aviation body says passenger planereturned to Munich after tail strike, tyre-pressure warnings | The Straits Times [13:16] TR News Geekom admits to shipping malware-laced network drivers for AMD mini PCs company responds with guidance, removes malicious package https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/geekom-admits-to-shipping-malware-laced-network-drivers-for-amd-mini-pcs-company-responds-with-guidance-removes-malicious-package [13:16] TR Bot Geekom admits to shipping malware-laced network drivers for AMD mini PCs company responds with guidance, removes malicious package | Tom's Hardware [13:22] TR News Wordbook is a modern offline dictionary for GNOME https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/gnome-wordbook-dictionary-offline [13:22] TR Bot Wordbook is a modern offline dictionary for GNOME - OMG! 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[13:52] *Now talking on #techrights [13:52] *firecrotch.fef.net sets mode +n #techrights [13:52] *firecrotch.fef.net sets mode +t #techrights ● Aug 18 [14:54] TR News Looking Beyond Tmux and Screen: 8 Terminal Multiplexers Worth Trying https://itsfoss.com/terminal-multiplexers/ [14:54] TR Bot Looking Beyond Tmux and Screen: 8 Terminal Multiplexers Worth Trying [14:56] TR News France enters literary season amid publishing industry crisis https://www.france24.com/en/france-enters-literary-season-amid-publishing-industry-crisis [14:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/france-enters-literary-season-amid-publishing-industry-crisis ) [14:59] TR News Internet-Connected Pet Feeders Go Down, Leaving Kitties Hungry https://futurism.com/future-society/internet-connected-pet-feeders-go-down-cats-hungry [14:59] TR Bot Internet-Connected Pet Feeders Go Down, Leaving Kitties Hungry [14:59] TR News The Quantum Internet Just Passed Its Toughest Real-World Test Yet Over 38 Miles of Ordinary Cable https://www.sciencealert.com/the-quantum-internet-just-passed-its-toughest-real-world-test-yet-over-38-miles-of-ordinary-cable [14:59] TR Bot Quantum Internet Just Passed Its Toughest Real-World Test Yet Over 38 Miles of Ordinary Cable : ScienceAlert ● Aug 18 [15:01] TR News The Economy Has Spoken: Stuff Thats AI-Generated Has Almost Zero Value https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/economy-ai-generated-value ping bms [15:01] TR Bot The Economy Has Spoken: Stuff That's AI-Generated Has Almost Zero Value [15:01] TR News Kentucky Middle School Sends Students Home on First Day of Class With AI-Generated Educational Materials Full of Inexcusable Hallucinations, Including a Map Labeled With North Dahota and Olkchoma https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/kentucky-middle-school-ai [15:01] TR Bot Kentucky Middle School Sends Students Home on First Day of Class With AI-Generated Educational Materials Full of Inexcusable Hallucinations, Including a Map Labeled With "North Dahota" and "Olkchoma" [15:04] *admfubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:06] TR News French taxpayers warned after personal data stolen in major hack https://www.france24.com/en/french-taxpayers-warned-after-personal-data-stolen-in-major-hack [15:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/french-taxpayers-warned-after-personal-data-stolen-in-major-hack ) [15:15] TR News Critical SAP Commerce Cloud Vulnerability Exploited 3 Days After Disclosure https://www.securityweek.com/critical-sap-commerce-cloud-vulnerability-exploited-3-days-after-disclosure/ [15:15] TR Bot SAP Commerce Cloud Vulnerability Exploited 3 Days After Disclosure - SecurityWeek [15:15] TR News Recent macOS Screen Sharing Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/recent-macos-screen-sharing-vulnerability-exploited-in-attacks/ [15:15] TR Bot macOS Screen Sharing Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks - SecurityWeek [15:17] TR News 40,000 Impacted by SafePal Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/40000-impacted-by-safepal-data-breach/ [15:17] TR Bot Impacted by SafePal Data Breach - SecurityWeek [15:23] TR News Irregular Details How a Naming Error Let Hey Hi (AI) Models Attack a Real Company https://www.securityweek.com/irregular-details-how-a-naming-error-let-ai-models-attack-a-real-company/ [15:23] TR Bot Details How a Naming Error Let AI Models Attack a Real Company - SecurityWeek [15:23] TR News 680,000 Impacted by French Tax Authority Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/680000-impacted-by-french-tax-authority-data-breach/ [15:23] TR Bot Impacted by French Tax Authority Data Breach - SecurityWeek [15:24] TR News Replacing security/pam-ssh-agent-auth with security/pam-ssh-agent https://dan.langille.org/2026/08/17/replacing-security-pam-ssh-agent-auth-with-security-pam-ssh-agent/ [15:24] TR Bot Replacing security/pam-ssh-agent-auth with security/pam-ssh-agent Dan Langille's Other Diary [15:24] TR News Meta faces mammoth fine in landmark social control media trial https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/17/meta-faces-mammoth-fine-in-landmark-social-media-trial/ [15:24] TR Bot faces mammoth fine in landmark social media trial - SiliconANGLE [15:25] TR News Details emerge on BlackFiles recent attacks on financial companies https://cyberscoop.com/blackfile-cyberattacks-financial-sector/ [15:25] TR Bot emerge on BlackFile's recent attacks on financial companies | CyberScoop [15:26] TR News New Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Feature Collects Every Keystroke You Make https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-chatgpt-feature-collects-every-keystroke-you-make [15:26] TR Bot New ChatGPT Feature Collects Every Keystroke You Make [15:26] *admfubar (~admfubar@6qy66b3cucryu.irc) has joined #techrights [15:26] TR News Fortune 500 Companies Hit in Microsoft trap Azure Data Theft Campaign https://www.securityweek.com/fortune-500-companies-hit-in-azure-data-theft-campaign/ [15:26] TR Bot 500 Companies Hit in Azure Data Theft Campaign - SecurityWeek [15:29] TR News Theory: puppy breaker cheated on his spouse, then when things got hot (over this) he threw his spouse in a cell based on false (and also hypocritical) pretexts, then stole the spouse's money to pay the same corrupt lawyers who attacked Roy's life (whom he then tried to also put in a cell) [15:29] TR News puppy breaker is NOT a friend of the trans community, just like his president is NOT a friend of gays [15:29] TR News powa-archivist 5.3.0 is out! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/powa-archivist-530-is-out-3366/ [15:29] TR Bot PostgreSQL: powa-archivist 5.3.0 is out! [15:30] TR News Pi-Ener-lite A compact 18650 UPS board for Raspberry Pi Zero with RTC and fuel gauge https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/17/pi-ener-lite-a-compact-18650-ups-board-for-raspberry-pi-zero-with-rtc-and-fuel-gauge/ [15:30] TR Bot Pi-Ener-lite - A compact 18650 UPS board for Raspberry Pi Zero with RTC and fuel gauge - CNX Software [15:30] TR News SONOFF Hydro DUO review A dual-zone BLE and Zigbee water valve tested with eWeLink and Home Assistant https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/17/sonoff-hydro-duo-review-a-dual-zone-ble-and-zigbee-water-valve-tested-with-ewelink-and-home-assistant/ [15:30] TR Bot SONOFF Hydro DUO review - A dual-zone BLE and Zigbee water valve tested with eWeLink and Home Assistant - CNX Software [15:30] TR News Wyoming Woman Files Grok Hey Hi (AI) Lawsuit Over Explicit Photos https://www.cloudbooklet.com/wyoming-woman-files-grok-ai-lawsuit [15:30] TR Bot Woman Files Grok AI Lawsuit Over Explicit Photos - Cloudbooklet [15:31] TR News The Premier Leagues New Rules (by IFAB) Would Devastate Brett Wilson LLP https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/ifab-brett-wilson-llp/ [15:31] TR Bot Blog Archive The Premier Leagues New Rules (by IFAB) Would Devastate Brett Wilson LLP [15:32] TR News Anyone out there who facilitated and continues to facilitate puppy breaker is responsible too, as the sinister acts could not be prolonged without enabler and reputation launders, who include Karen Sandler and Bradley Kuhn [15:34] TR News The people who attacked RMS (in various ways) are falling mainly into 3 classes: people who tried to replace him by creating a leadership void, people who are just envious and wanted the thrill of cancel culture online, and antisemites (who will never admit it; hard to prove intent) - that last groups being only a minority [15:34] TR News Apple Screen Sharing Security, (Mon, Aug 17th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33252 [15:34] TR Bot Apple Screen Sharing Security - SANS Internet Storm Center [15:34] TR News Apple Patches iOS and macOS, (Mon, Aug 17th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33254 [15:34] TR Bot Apple Patches iOS and macOS - SANS Internet Storm Center [15:35] TR News "Now all I get are Hey Hi (AI) generated shitty emails with no personality whatsoever. Not bashing AI, I'm bashing the lazy marketeers" https://kevquirk.com/2026-08-17-1129 [15:35] TR Bot 2026-08-17 11:29 - Kev Quirk [15:35] TR News slop is not HEY HI, it is a form of plagiarism more wittily disguised using brute force [15:36] TR News Firefox Tooling Announcements: MozPhab 2.16.0 and 2.16.1 Released https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozphab-2-16-0-and-2-16-1-released/149211 [15:36] TR Bot MozPhab 2.16.0 and 2.16.1 Released - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse [15:36] TR News Rejected, With a Road Map: Allowable Subject Matter in the First Action https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/rejected-with-a-road-map-allowable-subject-matter-in-the-first-action.html [15:36] TR Bot Rejected, With a Road Map: Allowable Subject Matter in the First Action | Patently-O [15:37] TR News PulseLink networking patent monopoly prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/8/17/pulselink-networking-patent-prior-art-found [15:37] TR Bot PulseLink networking patent prior art found Unified Patents [15:38] TR News Call for Applications: Information Controls Research Program 2026 https://citizenlab.ca/call-for-applications-information-controls-research-program-2026/ [15:38] TR Bot Call for Applications: Information Controls Research Program 2026 - The Citizen Lab [15:41] TR News Andreas Farre: Tracing algorithms through web specifications https://blog.farre.se/posts/2026/08/17/tracing-web-specs/ [15:41] TR Bot Tracing algorithms through web specifications | farres blog [15:41] TR News Judge clears Nine PBS to retrieve 70 years of archival TV data https://www.tomshardware.com/software/cloud-storage/judge-clears-nine-pbs-to-retrieve-70-years-of-archival-tv-data-court-rules-station-owns-50tb-of-data-in-iron-mountain-servers-after-host-went-under [15:41] TR Bot Judge clears Nine PBS to retrieve 70 years of archival TV data court rules station owns 50TB of data in Iron Mountain servers after host went under | Tom's Hardware [15:42] TR News Changing Language for Storage Capacity https://mwl.io/archives/24954 [15:42] TR Bot Changing Language for Storage Capacity Michael W Lucas [15:43] TR News GNOME is controlled by (and for) IBM https://blogs.gnome.org/feborges/gnome-51-fedora-45-test-day/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/31/IBM_Has_Takes_Control_of_GNOME.shtml [15:43] TR Bot Help us test the upcoming GNOME 51 release for Fedora 45! Felipe Borges [15:43] TR Bot Techrights IBM Has Taken Control of GNOME [15:44] TR News GNOME communications likewise https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/29/GNOME_Curated_and_Censored_by_IBM_Under_the_Guise_of_Code_of_Co.shtml [15:44] TR Bot Techrights GNOME Curated and Censored by IBM (Under the Guise of "Code of Conduct") [15:45] TR News Conflicting Test Goals Pushed Claude Agents to Deploy Self-Replicating Malware https://www.securityweek.com/conflicting-test-goals-pushed-claude-agents-to-deploy-self-replicating-malware/ [15:45] TR Bot Test Goals Pushed Claude Agents to Deploy Self-Replicating Malware - SecurityWeek [15:45] TR News Ubuntus App Center doesnt know what went wrong https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-app-center-something-went-wrong [15:45] TR Bot Ubuntu's App Center doesn't know what went wrong - OMG! Ubuntu [15:46] TR News poke @ Savannah: GNU poke 5.0 released https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10923 [15:46] TR News GNU poke 5.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1089211/ [15:46] TR Bot timed out after 10001 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10923 ) [15:46] TR Bot poke 5.0 released [LWN.net] [15:47] TR News Linux Kernel 7.2 Released with AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/linux-kernel-7-2-released-with-amdgpu-hdmi-2-1-frl-support/ [15:47] TR Bot Linux Kernel 7.2 Released with AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL Support | UbuntuHandbook [15:47] TR News How to Install GCC 16 in Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04, or 20.04 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/install-gcc-16-in-ubuntu-24-04-22-04-or-20-04/ [15:47] TR Bot How to Install GCC 16 in Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04, or 20.04 | UbuntuHandbook [15:48] TR News Radxa Zero 3W Powers Compact IP-KVM with BIOS OCR https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-zero-3w-powers-compact-ip-kvm-with-bios-ocr/ [15:48] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-zero-3w-powers-compact-ip-kvm-with-bios-ocr/ ) [15:49] TR News Canonical is being subsumed by the Vole; it's not competing https://itsfoss.com/news/canonical-wsl-growth/ [15:49] TR Bot Ubuntu is Growing Faster on Windows Than on Linux [15:49] TR News Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1089205/ [15:49] TR Bot updates for Monday [LWN.net] [15:51] TR News IBM Red Hat is boosting slop plagiarism, as usual https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/18/architecting-the-red-hat-openshift-ai-dashboard-for-models-as-a-service [15:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/18/architecting-the-red-hat-openshift-ai-dashboard-for-models-as-a-service ) [15:51] TR News Kubernetes chaos engineering at scale: Krkn Operator Developer Preview in Red Bait Advanced Cluster Management https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/17/krkn-operator-developer-preview-red-hat-acm [15:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/17/krkn-operator-developer-preview-red-hat-acm ) [15:53] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 399 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-399/ [15:53] TR Bot Late Night Linux Episode 399 Late Night Linux [15:57] TR News GNu/Linux measured at 20% in Chile yesterday https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=1d&loc=CL&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [15:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=1d&loc=CL&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [15:59] TR News ChromeoS+GNU/Linux sometimes near 10% in Oceania https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=12w&loc=oceania&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [15:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=12w&loc=oceania&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) ● Aug 18 [16:00] TR News 5% GNU/Linux in Armenia https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=12w&loc=AM&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [16:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=12w&loc=AM&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [16:02] TR News Secret services in some countries operate explosive drones via SIM cards. Now the technique hits Germany https://digit.site36.net/2026/08/17/secret-services-in-some-countries-operate-explosive-drones-via-sim-cards-now-the-technique-hits-germany/ [16:02] TR Bot Secret services in some countries operate explosive drones via SIM cards. Now the technique hits Germany | Matthias Monroy [16:09] TR News IBM staff tries to cancel RMS, gets award from the SFC, which attempted the same and takes GAFAM money https://lwn.net/Articles/1089208/ LWN = LF = same interests [16:09] TR Bot J. Wielaard receives Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom [LWN.net] [16:09] TR News Round Hill Music Fires Off Copyright Suits Against Suno and Anthropic, Says Each Cases Damages Could Conceivably Exceed $1 Billion https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/17/round-hill-suno-lawsuit-anthropic/ [16:09] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/17/round-hill-suno-lawsuit-anthropic/ ) [16:10] TR News Jamendo Abruptly Drops Their Suno Copyright Infringement Lawsuit With EDM Duo The American Dollar Also Ending Their Litigation https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/14/suno-lawsuit-dismissals-jamendo-american-dollar/ [16:10] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/14/suno-lawsuit-dismissals-jamendo-american-dollar/ ) [16:11] TR News A Little Venue In Vermont Drags StubHub Into a High-Stakes David vs. Goliath Legal Battle https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/17/vermont-venue-v-stubhub-lawsuit/ [16:11] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/17/vermont-venue-v-stubhub-lawsuit/ ) [16:13] TR News Oulu Community Member Monday: Aleksi Kallio https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/17/community-member-monday-aleksi-kallio/ [16:13] TR Bot Community Member Monday: Aleksi Kallio - TDF Community Blog [16:15] TR News TUXEDO 20260813 https://distrowatch.com/tuxedo [16:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tuxedo ) [16:15] TR News ZimaOS 1.7.1-beta2 https://distrowatch.com/zimaos [16:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/zimaos ) [16:15] TR News GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2026-08/msg00002.html [16:15] TR Bot GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu [16:16] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: is "Freedo" you, Self, or someone else? [16:16] TR News Slimbook OS 26-r3 https://distrowatch.com/slimbookos [16:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/slimbookos ) [16:17] TR News Mainstream 1.3.0 https://distrowatch.com/mainstream [16:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/mainstream ) [16:19] TR News Build bootable image mode for Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux with image builder https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/17/build-bootable-image-mode-for-rhel-with-image-builder [16:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/17/build-bootable-image-mode-for-rhel-with-image-builder ) [16:19] TR News Linux 7.2 released, Bootlin contributions inside https://bootlin.com/blog/linux-7-2-released-bootlin-contributions-inside/ [16:19] TR Bot 7.2 released, Bootlin contributions inside Bootlin [16:23] TR News FOMO by FAKE View Counts https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/17/youtube-long-form-video-views-changes/ [16:23] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/17/youtube-long-form-video-views-changes/ ) [16:25] TR News Ruth Suehle (SAS, proprietary) does not want people to know OSI is run by sponsors, i.e. companies like Microsoft. It's a front group for the oppressor, it even promotes plagiarism. https://opensource.org/blog/osi-governance-survey [16:25] TR Bot OSI Governance Survey Open Source Initiative [16:25] TR News Gemini Protocol Spreads Further in Spite of Googles Attempt to Googlebomb It Out of Existence https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/gemini-protocol-spreads/ [16:25] TR Bot Blog Archive Gemini Protocol Spreads Further in Spite of Googles Attempt to Googlebomb It Out of Existence [16:26] TR News How to Install Zabbix Agent on Ubuntu 26.04 https://tecadmin.net/how-to-install-zabbix-agent-on-ubuntu-26-04/ [16:26] TR Bot How to Install Zabbix Agent on Ubuntu 26.04 TecAdmin [16:26] TR News How To Install n8n on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-n8n-ubuntu-26-04/ [16:26] TR Bot How To Install n8n on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [16:28] TR News MPA Strikes Deal with ByteDance for IP Protections in Hey Hi (AI) Models https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/17/mpa-bytedance-ip-protections-deal/ [16:28] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/17/mpa-bytedance-ip-protections-deal/ ) [16:28] TR News Engagement Team: Engagement team introduction blog post https://blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2026/08/17/engagement-team-introduction-blog-post/ [16:28] TR Bot Engagement team introduction blog post Engagement Blog [16:32] TR News Microsoft approached Canonical a decade ago to make "Linux" just an "app" for Windows. Canonical agreed. [16:34] TR News (NEW): These Are The 5 Most Popular Linux Distros In 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/These_Are_The_5_Most_Popular_Linux_Distros_In_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/These_Are_The_5_Most_Popular_Linux_Distros_In_2026.gmi [16:34] TR News (NEW): Ubuntus App Center Issues, Canonical Helps Microsoft's User Retention in Windows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Ubuntu_s_App_Center_Issues_Canonical_Helps_Microsoft_s_User_Ret.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Ubuntu_s_App_Center_Issues_Canonical_Helps_Microsoft_s_User_Ret.gmi [16:34] TR Bot Tux Machines These Are The 5 Most Popular Linux Distros In 2026 [16:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntus App Center Issues, Canonical Helps Microsoft's User Retention in Windows [16:36] TR News Linux 7.2 debuts, Linus Torvalds says new normal means he had to do it now ... or never? https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/17/linux-72-debuts-linus-torvalds-says-new-normal-means-he-had-to-do-it-now-or-never/5288250 [16:36] TR Bot Linux 7.2 debuts, Linus Torvalds says new normal means he had to do it now ... or never? 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If it doesn't support TSC, the kernel will refuse to boot." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-is-now-adopting-a-cpu-requirement-windows-already-demands-but-dont-worry-its-not-tpm-20/ [16:45] TR Bot Linux is now adopting a CPU requirement Windows already demands, but don't worry, it's not TPM 2.0 [16:45] TR News "NVIDIA announced this week that its GeForce NOW native Linux app has officially graduated from beta after being in testing for several months." https://9to5linux.com/nvidias-geforce-now-native-linux-app-now-stable-offers-flatpak-support [16:45] TR Bot GeForce NOW Native Linux App Now Stable, Offers Flatpak Support - 9to5Linux [16:46] TR News "The GNU Linux-libre project announced today the release and general availability of the GNU Linux-libre 7.2 kernel for those who seek 100% freedom for their GNU/Linux computers and software freedom lovers." https://9to5linux.com/gnu-linux-libre-7-2-kernel-is-now-available-for-software-freedom-lovers [16:46] TR Bot Linux-Libre 7.2 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers - 9to5Linux [16:47] TR News "Google Chrome web browser is now available for 64-bit Arm Linux, and we quickly tested it with Raspberry Pi OS on a Raspberry Pi 5 2GB SBC." https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/17/google-chrome-is-now-available-for-arm-linux-we-tested-it-on-a-raspberry-pi-5/ [16:47] TR Bot Google Chrome is now available for Arm Linux. We tested it on a Raspberry Pi 5 - CNX Software [16:51] TR News Seems like a FORM of DRM. If it's not there, why refuse to boot? What is there to gain from the refusal? This sort of normalises what TiVo did in 2006-ish. https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-is-now-adopting-a-cpu-requirement-windows-already-demands-but-dont-worry-its-not-tpm-20/ [16:53] TR News Does it infect via bad passwords? 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Now it does, in 7.2. iophk: "Also, as mentioned, California has passed a law requiring DRM _*and*_ surveillance in 3D printers. All of those run Linux (not necessarily GNU) embedded." [17:02] TR News See https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/08/any-user-who-has-a-3d-printer-would-have-this-software-installed-printgos-plan-to-become-the-drm-of-3d-printing/ or "How the Ghost Gun Crackdown Could Affect 3D Printing | FilamentMap" https://filamentmap.com/blog/ghost-gun-crackdown-3d-printing [17:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/08/any-user-who-has-a-3d-printer-would-have-this-software-installed-printgos-plan-to-become-the-drm-of-3d-printing/ ) [17:02] TR Bot here. SEOHead.tsx renders // tags directly (React 19 hoists them into natively and dedupes by tag), so a static here would create a real duplicate. Every route sets its own via (see client/src/components/SEOHead.tsx) that is the ONLY source of and meta description across the whole site, prerendered or not. (2026-08-08: react-helmet-async removed it conflicted wit ... [17:05] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/o/2020/07/30/wontboot-meme/ [17:05] TR Bot [Meme] It Was Only a Matter of Time All Along [17:08] lxo schestowitz[TR2], Freedo is our mascot. I enjoy writing our announcements as Freedo, but I don't quite identify with that character. I don't think Jason does either, but I don't speak for him. to me, Freedo serves the purpose of calling out that Linux is not free, that Tux's nicety hides a dark side [17:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [17:11] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:11] lxo there's this trilogy of movies Trois Couleurs, that got translated to Brazilian Portuguese matching the 3 colors in the French flag to the 3 words in the slogan of the French revolution, so one of the movie titles translates back to English as Freedom is Blue (then Equality is White, Fraternity is Red). so Freedo is blue ;-) [17:25] TR News Techrights Linux Losing Interest in Users' Freedom, Pursues DRM Instead https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Linux_Losing_Interest_in_Users_Freedom_Pursues_DRM_Instead.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Linux_Losing_Interest_in_Users_Freedom_Pursues_DRM_Instead.gmi [17:25] TR Bot Techrights Linux Losing Interest in Users' Freedom, Pursues DRM Instead [17:28] TR News (NEW): GNU Project: GNU poke 5.0 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/GNU_Project_GNU_poke_5_0_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/GNU_Project_GNU_poke_5_0_released.gmi [17:28] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU Project: GNU poke 5.0 released [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: that answers my question [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] it is you [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] i wondered why the change [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] maybe to avoid personal abuse/attacks [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] you may have noticed [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] puppy breaker curbed his attacks on people [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] it's not a coincidence [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] he learned he can get sued for it [17:36] TR News (NEW): Free Software and Openwashing Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Free_Software_and_Openwashing_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: 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Tux Machines Looking Beyond Tmux and Screen, Best Software for GNU/Linux (Based on One Person's Experience) [17:41] TR News (NEW): VRAM Management in Linux 7.3 and 'DRM' in Linux 7.2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/VRAM_Management_in_Linux_7_3_and_DRM_in_Linux_7_2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/VRAM_Management_in_Linux_7_3_and_DRM_in_Linux_7_2.gmi [17:41] TR Bot Tux Machines VRAM Management in Linux 7.3 and 'DRM' in Linux 7.2 [17:43] TR News (NEW): Debian Deciding Whether to Ban Slop Plagiarism in Debian Development https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Debian_Deciding_Whether_to_Ban_Slop_Plagiarism_in_Debian_Develo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Debian_Deciding_Whether_to_Ban_Slop_Plagiarism_in_Debian_Develo.gmi [17:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian Deciding Whether to Ban Slop Plagiarism in Debian Development [17:43] TR News (NEW): IBM Looks for Unpaid Testers, Sells Slop Plagiarism in redhat.com https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/IBM_Looks_for_Unpaid_Testers_Sells_Slop_Plagiarism_in_redhat_co.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/IBM_Looks_for_Unpaid_Testers_Sells_Slop_Plagiarism_in_redhat_co.gmi [17:43] TR Bot Tux Machines IBM Looks for Unpaid Testers, Sells Slop Plagiarism in redhat.com [17:45] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [17:45] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [17:45] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Radxa, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Radxa_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Open_Hardware_Modding_Radxa_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi [17:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Radxa, Raspberry Pi, and More [17:48] lxo it's often been me who writes the announcements, but it's sometimes been in cooperation with Self, and he may's done it on his own once or twice [17:48] TR News Techrights Links 18/08/2026: US Abandons South Korea, New Legal Disputes Over Slop Plagiarism in the Music Scene https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Links_18_08_2026_US_Abandons_South_Korea_New_Legal_Disputes_Ove.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Links_18_08_2026_US_Abandons_South_Korea_New_Legal_Disputes_Ove.gmi [17:48] TR Bot Techrights Links 18/08/2026: US Abandons South Korea, New Legal Disputes Over Slop Plagiarism in the Music Scene [17:50] lxo I think the idea of giving freedo a voice was Jason Self's idea; he created and mostly operates Freedo's social media account. shortly thereafter we had the idea of getting Freedo to announce new releases by email as well, because it seemed cute [17:51] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:52] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [17:55] schestowitz[TR2] makes sense 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Pizza is not part of my regular diet anymore and if I do eat it, I cannot eat it like I used to." gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260817_matzah ● Aug 18 [18:00] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:00] TR News "I'm interested to find other's opinions on "best practice" when it comes to email in this space. I wouldn't put my email in the open on the web, but I notice many in geminispace who do just that. Others, though, make efforts to obfuscate." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-18-0807 [18:01] TR News "As an actual human, and someone that has a little bit of pride in communicating, I don't know why copy and paste parrots exist. What is a copy and paste parrot, you ask? A copy and paste parrot takes information you've supplied" gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-08-18.gmi [18:02] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [18:06] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@agjs4m3wtva2n.irc) has joined #techrights [18:06] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@freenode-7po0is.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techrights [18:07] *techrights-sec4 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:07] *techrights-sec1 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:07] *Techrights-sec has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:07] *techrights-sec3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:13] *techrights-sec4 (~quassel@agjs4m3wtva2n.irc) has joined #techrights [18:13] *techrights-sec1 (~quassel@agjs4m3wtva2n.irc) has joined #techrights [18:13] *techrights-sec3 (~quassel@agjs4m3wtva2n.irc) has joined #techrights [18:13] TR News (NEW): Thunderbird 154 Open-Source Email Client Introduces an Optional System Tray Mode https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Thunderbird_154_Open_Source_Email_Client_Introduces_an_Optional.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Thunderbird_154_Open_Source_Email_Client_Introduces_an_Optional.gmi [18:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Thunderbird 154 Open-Source Email Client Introduces an Optional System Tray Mode [18:13] *Techrights-sec (~quassel@agjs4m3wtva2n.irc) has joined #techrights [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: re x86\ [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] could use help r'searching [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] opr searching/researching [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] the linux 'drm' thing [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] it bothers me [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: what is your take on https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Linux_Losing_Interest_in_Users_Freedom_Pursues_DRM_Instead.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Linux_Losing_Interest_in_Users_Freedom_Pursues_DRM_Instead.gmi [18:16] TR Bot Techrights Linux Losing Interest in Users' Freedom, Pursues DRM Instead [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] https://consumerrights.wiki/w/3D_Printing_restrictions_and_bans [18:16] TR Bot 3D Printing restrictions and bans - Consumer Rights Wiki [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://consumerrights.wiki/w/New_York_3D_printer_blocking_technology_mandate [18:17] TR Bot New York 3D printer blocking technology mandate - Consumer Rights Wiki [18:17] lxo (in a meeting) [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] ok [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] no hurry [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] could use your input [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] to better understand this [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] you do after all deal with linxu code a lot [18:18] TR News California appropriations committee appropriates millions into Paul Powers bank account https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/california-appropriations-committee:3 no transcript [18:18] TR Bot California appropriations committee appropriates millions into Paul Powers' bank account [18:35] TR News Techrights China Says Goodbye to Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/China_Says_Goodbye_to_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/China_Says_Goodbye_to_Microsoft.gmi [18:35] TR Bot Techrights China Says Goodbye to Microsoft [18:38] TR News (NEW): World's Second-Largest Economy Dumps Microsoft Windows, Citing National Security Concerns https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/World_s_Second_Largest_Economy_Dumps_Microsoft_Windows_Citing_N.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/World_s_Second_Largest_Economy_Dumps_Microsoft_Windows_Citing_N.gmi [18:38] TR Bot Tux Machines World's Second-Largest Economy Dumps Microsoft Windows, Citing National Security Concerns [18:40] TR News For Microsoft, When It Rains It Pours https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/18/for-microsoft-when-it-rains-it-pours/ [18:40] TR Bot Blog Archive For Microsoft, When It Rains It Pours [18:45] TR News (NEW): VirtualBox 7.2.16 Improves Shared Clipboard in Wayland, Adds FRED Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/VirtualBox_7_2_16_Improves_Shared_Clipboard_in_Wayland_Adds_FRE.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/VirtualBox_7_2_16_Improves_Shared_Clipboard_in_Wayland_Adds_FRE.gmi [18:45] TR Bot Tux Machines VirtualBox 7.2.16 Improves Shared Clipboard in Wayland, Adds FRED Support [18:45] TR News A Happy Rainy Day https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/18/a-happy-rainy-day/ [18:45] TR Bot Blog Archive A Happy Rainy Day ● Aug 18 [19:00] TR News Techrights Bluesky is in Trouble https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Bluesky_is_in_Trouble.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Bluesky_is_in_Trouble.gmi [19:00] TR Bot Techrights Bluesky is in Trouble [19:05] TR News Yesterday I was trying to clean out the `/home` directory of my desktop-turned-homelab. I saw a bunch of .zip files prefixed `drive-download-*` in my Downloads which totalled around 100 GB, which I probably downloaded when Google reduced my storage limits after my graduation." gemini://fwdudu.smol.pub/rip-backups [19:12] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 18/08/2026: Google Bait and Switch (Getting College People 'Hooked' on 'Cheap' Storage, Then Backups Gone), a "Question of E-mail" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Gemini_Links_18_08_2026_Google_Bait_and_Switch_Getting_College_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Gemini_Links_18_08_2026_Google_Bait_and_Switch_Getting_College_.gmi [19:12] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 18/08/2026: Google Bait and Switch (Getting College People 'Hooked' on 'Cheap' Storage, Then Backups Gone), a "Question of E-mail" [19:17] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [19:23] TR News Techrights Last Night GNU/Linux Measured at 9% in Africa https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Last_Night_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_9_in_Africa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Last_Night_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_9_in_Africa.gmi [19:23] TR Bot Techrights Last Night GNU/Linux Measured at 9% in Africa [19:40] TR News Techrights 20,000 by Year's End https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/20_000_by_Year_s_End.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/20_000_by_Year_s_End.gmi [19:40] TR Bot Techrights 20,000 by Year's End ● Aug 18 [20:08] TR News (NEW): Microsoft Lunduke Has Gone Nuts After COVID-19 Began https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Microsoft_Lunduke_Has_Gone_Nuts_After_COVID_19_Began.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Microsoft_Lunduke_Has_Gone_Nuts_After_COVID_19_Began.gmi [20:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsoft Lunduke Has Gone Nuts After COVID-19 Began [20:12] TR News Techrights A "Tech Journalist" Would Not Cover Vote on LLMs as a Sex Issue https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/A_Tech_Journalist_Would_Not_Cover_Vote_on_LLMs_as_a_Sex_Issue.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/A_Tech_Journalist_Would_Not_Cover_Vote_on_LLMs_as_a_Sex_Issue.gmi [20:12] TR Bot Techrights A "Tech Journalist" Would Not Cover Vote on LLMs as a Sex Issue [20:30] TR News Techrights They Were Wrong All Along https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/They_Were_Wrong_All_Along.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/They_Were_Wrong_All_Along.gmi [20:30] TR Bot Techrights They Were Wrong All Along [20:50] lxo schestowitz[TR2], I don't really look all that much at it [20:50] TR News Techrights Laos Leaving GAFAM Behind, Gradually https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Laos_Leaving_GAFAM_Behind_Gradually.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Laos_Leaving_GAFAM_Behind_Gradually.gmi [20:50] TR Bot Techrights Laos Leaving GAFAM Behind, Gradually [20:50] lxo I'm not really a kernel Linux developer, just a janitor [20:51] lxo I don't really know what the TSC requirement amounts to ● Aug 18 [21:03] TR News Madagascar is 5% GNU/Linux [21:04] TR News 15% in Peru yesterday https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=14d&loc=PE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [21:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=14d&loc=PE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [21:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [21:05] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: thanks [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] we'll see what will deactivate linux next [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] seems to me like sort of attestation stage 0 [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] if panic, refuse [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] if unfamiliar,hesistate [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] even if the user does not give a s--- [21:08] lxo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Stamp_Counter#Use_in_exploiting_cache_side-channel_attacks makes for interesting conspiracy theories :-) [21:08] TR Bot Time Stamp Counter - Wikipedia [21:11] lxo I don't see any evidence that this has anything to do with DRM. it's just the typical corporate pressure to phase out old stuff so that people have to buy and use their newer, more enshittified and enshittifiable stuff [21:11] lxo newer is better vs newer is worse :-( [21:14] bms schestowitz[TR2]: Intel's patch for kernel-side Memory Protection Keys (MPK), the PKS feature, did not get merged last I looked [21:15] bms schestowitz[TR2]: It would have protected FreeBSD from the BUMSRAKETE vulnerability had it been available, which was all about violating encapsulation once inside Ring 0 to subvert keying data for kernel-side TLS. [21:15] bms kTLS is a little embarassing for Netflix guys because they rely on it pretty hard [21:16] bms but it's FreeBSD's claim to have an edge vs Linux in hyperscaler space: kTLS can reliably transmit from sendfile() nonblocking without corrupting data when headers/trailers are added for serving video at line rate from Netflix caches. [21:17] bms MPK is no end of annoying; it's the closest a modern x86-64 arch can get to capability registers like ARM Morello has via CHERI. I have a login on such a system user only but haven't test fired any code there yet [21:17] bms I am moving to planet Capabilities. To deal with "agentic AI" driven attacks. https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~levy/capabook/ [21:17] TR Bot Capability-Based Computer Systems [21:18] bms Linux "capabilities" are just building blocks based on the dead POSIX 1e spec [21:18] bms LWN sucks major ass, they wrote all about ARM and CHERI but totally ignored who and what was driving it with a working operating system on top. [21:20] bms there is a danger capabilities can be perverted, sure, due to the default-deny which is implied, to guard against the Confused Deputy problem as depicted by Lampson's Access Control Matrix: ambient authority, where you can do anything to e.g. a file when you know its name [21:21] bms but default deny by its very nature stops a lot of "agentic" crap dead in its tracks. you need a capability grant to proceed in a capabilities based system. [21:21] bms it is real "do your homework and take your vitamins" stuff to be honest, but, the very companies which have funded R&D over the years have neglected to actually do it properly [21:22] bms Capsicum for FreeBSD was ported to Linux by Googlers, and they have just dropped all support for it [21:23] bms The Capsicumization of FreeBSD itself is ongoing, and it's a superset of the OpenBSD pledge/unveil model, it is simpler than seccomp-bpf, yet it might be richer in terms of feature set; this I have to research further so I can't make any claims here. [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] LWN sucks major ass, they wrote all about ARM and CHERI but totally ignored who and what was driving it with a working operating system on top. [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/LWN_Sponsored_by_the_Linux_Foundation_Monopolies.shtml [21:32] TR Bot Techrights LWN Sponsored by the Linux Foundation (Monopolies) [21:40] TR News ""At the moment, waiting for my girlfriend to finish at work and then we are going into Resident Evil 5 to play. I played this game with my friend around the time it came it, and it was a Resident Evil I enjoyed a lot. Must say, the second (and probably third :) time playing this, it still is a pretty good game!" gemini://tilde.club/~steelexodus/posts/2026_08_18-resident-evil-5/ [21:40] TR News "Internet of Things (IoT) specialist Quectel has announced a pair of new cellular "smart modules," one designed for premium 4G LTE devices and the other for entry-level 5G NR designs: the SH602FA and SE505FE, both compatible with Google's Android 16 operating system." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260818-quec.gmi [21:41] TR News "I regularly encounter questions along the lines of *"how do we scale things up?*, in particular around projects related to free knowledge, FLOSS or citizen science. It has basically started from the first citizen science effort and accompanied me through most of my volunteering work." gemini://tilde.club/~gedankenstuecke/blog/2026-08-18-scaling-up-and-on-being-the-right-size.gmi [21:42] bms schestowitz[TR2]: I actually blotted my copy book at LWN deliberately, I was given a "free" subscription because I'm supervising Google Summer of Code 2026 for 2 studnets [21:43] TR News "Hi all, regarding Julian Assange film, you can find it at arte.tv and it is available in several languages." https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/115994-000-A/julian-assange-silenced/ [21:43] TR Bot Julian Assange: Silenced - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English [21:43] bms schestowitz[TR2]: There's no apparent deletion link for LWN accounts. You can unsubscribe but not delete your identity. Thats' all kinds of GDPR violation right there. So I changed my "real name" to Alan Smithee and left a message in the personal profile info about rampant intellectual dishonesty, changed my password to a random string and lost it deliberately [21:44] bms schestowitz[TR2]: I can't stop using GMail until the students' final evaluations are done and we're clear, then my GDPR fun with GAFAM begins [21:45] bms schestowitz[TR2]: of course I migrated all company and personal email off over a month ago since, I use SeaMonkey for email now, Thunderbird is just for GMail, and my FreeBSD mail is directed there for now. DNS zones are on Cloudflare but the email accounts use independent providers. [21:45] bms schestowitz[TR2]: Using GMail is a condition of GSoC participation. They asked "Are you using Hey Hi? If not why not?" in the students' midterms evaluations. [21:47] bms I honestly fear for the future of science more generally. I don't buy into this crap yet Communications of the ACM is always full of it. The dreaded h-Index. I am sitting on publishable work potentially, and if I ever want to score tenure or even just associate professorship somewhere, I need wins there, and the LLM crawlers would steal that away as soon as anything hits the [21:47] bms feeds. UNLESS... countermeasures. [21:47] bms academia is not the doss or soft option it was ever perceived to be; in some ways it's even worse than the alternatives. ● Aug 18 [22:20] MinceR (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/cute-animals-dump-kitten-edition-bjzO62t [22:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/cute-animals-dump-kitten-edition-bjzO62t ) [22:37] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 155 Enters Public Beta Testing, Heres What to Expect https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Mozilla_Firefox_155_Enters_Public_Beta_Testing_Here_s_What_to_E.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/18/Mozilla_Firefox_155_Enters_Public_Beta_Testing_Here_s_What_to_E.gmi [22:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox 155 Enters Public Beta Testing, Heres What to Expect ● Aug 18 [23:17] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/as-temperatures-get-hotter-pesticides-are-more-dangerous-to-farmworkers/ [23:17] TR Bot As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers [23:31] admfubar in the words of nelson, HA! HA!.... https://www.techspot.com/news/113520-better-founder-who-fired-900-employees-over-zoom.html [23:31] TR Bot founder who fired 900 employees over Zoom is now fighting to get his own job back | TechSpot [23:38] MinceR https://i.redd.it/7matj6agqirg1.jpeg [23:48] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/18/tim-king-amigados-royalty-dies-aged-70/5289101 [23:48] TR Bot Tim King, AmigaDOS royalty, dies aged 70 [23:50] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/a/5288962 [23:50] TR Bot Google buys crashed airline Spirits data at auction, because AI [23:50] admfubar or dementia? https://www.theregister.com/a/5288846 [23:50] TR Bot AI models get convenient amnesia about source material as they grow, MIT boffins find [23:53] admfubar enterprising your fellas... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/penn-state-cocaine-trafficking-ring [23:53] TR Bot Penn State students accused of running cocaine-trafficking ring at fraternity houses | US crime | The Guardian