●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, March 19, 2026 ●● ● Mar 19 [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] admfubar https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/meta-tiktok-steal-sensitive-pii [00:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/meta-tiktok-steal-sensitive-pii ) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights [00:57] MinceR https://www.oglaf.com/capitalvices/ [00:57] TR Bot Capital Vices ● Mar 19 [01:37] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/mar/18/pushing-buttons-microsoft-indie-game-all-will-rise-no-games-for-genocide [01:37] TR Bot Why an up-and-coming indie developer is returning Microsofts money | Games | The Guardian [01:42] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/tesla-cybertruck-crashes-battery-fires [01:42] TR Bot Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck | Tesla | The Guardian [01:45] IsambardPrince MinceR, I was talking to mom about how McDonald's used to be so cheap. [01:45] IsambardPrince In 2000 they were doing two Big Macs for $2 sometimes. [01:45] IsambardPrince Even in 2002-2003, they had the Big & Tasty for $1. [01:50] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-fabricate-inch-scale-ultrahard-diamond.html [01:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-fabricate-inch-scale-ultrahard-diamond.html ) [01:51] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-video-streaming-frustrating-buffering-circle.html [01:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-video-streaming-frustrating-buffering-circle.html ) [01:51] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-tool-fully-online-financial.html [01:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-tool-fully-online-financial.html ) [01:55] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-demons-mega-behemoths-monstrous-scam.html [01:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-demons-mega-behemoths-monstrous-scam.html ) ● Mar 19 [02:35] IsambardPrince I always used to love McDonald's back when they were cheap. [02:35] IsambardPrince I went there too much really. [02:36] IsambardPrince That one in my neighborhood is horrible. It's only in business because there's no other restaurants nearby. [02:40] IsambardPrince They're always forgetting things like the tomatoes. Sometimes you bite into the burger and it's pretty pink or red inside. [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-180326.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-180326.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-180326.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-180326.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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[05:30] IsambardPrince https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2026/03/17/cve-2026-3888-important-snap-flaw-enables-local-privilege-escalation-to-root [05:30] TR Bot CVE-2026-3888: Important Snap Flaw Enables Local Privilege Escalation to Root | Qualys [05:32] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@aksg6tcpv6ixw.irc) has joined #techrights [05:45] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [05:47] IsambardPrince https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/13/digg-lays-off-staff-and-shuts-down-app-as-company-retools/ [05:47] TR Bot lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools | TechCrunch [05:47] schestowitz[TR2] to me, the best part seems [05:47] schestowitz[TR2] all the fools [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] who created an account [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] and added stories/comments [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] had them ALL deleted [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] wasted their time basically [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] for playing games in social control media [05:48] schestowitz[TR2] so there is a lesson there [05:49] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@aksg6tcpv6ixw.irc) has joined #techrights [05:53] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [05:54] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-03-19.gmi [05:54] TR News I haven't thought about software patents in a long time gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-03-18-software-patents [05:56] TR News The coming AI winter can't come fast enough for me gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/03/18.2 [05:57] TR News "i really wouldn't consider myself very active in the gemini space. but i have had a gemini server running for almost 5 years now! and i occasionally love to read the small posts people put on antenna. so thank you for sharing your random thoughts or learnings!" gemini://xoc3.io/blog/2026-03-19 [05:58] TR News Fancy Curl Sites gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2026-03-18 ● Mar 19 [06:00] TR News underwater gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/underwater [06:03] TR News Techrights Links 19/03/2026: LLM Fatigue (It Doesn't Work as Advertised), "Small Web Feeds" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/Links_19_03_2026_LLM_Fatigue_It_Doesn_t_Work_as_Advertised_Smal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/Links_19_03_2026_LLM_Fatigue_It_Doesn_t_Work_as_Advertised_Smal.gmi [06:03] TR Bot Techrights Links 19/03/2026: LLM Fatigue (It Doesn't Work as Advertised), "Small Web Feeds" [06:05] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_March_18_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_March_18_2026.gmi [06:05] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 [06:06] IsambardPrince https://www.foxnews.com/media/business-owner-says-we-dont-have-money-nyc-proposes-minimum-wage-hike-report [06:06] TR Bot NYC business owners warn against proposed $30 minimum wage hike backed by mayor | Fox News [06:07] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@aksg6tcpv6ixw.irc) has joined #techrights [06:07] IsambardPrince ""A phased-in minimum wage hike in Los Angeles that will mandate up to $30 per hour for airport and hotel workers was signed into law last year by Mayor Karen Bass. It mandates that their hourly wage must be raised by $2.50 each year until they reach $30 in 2028. [06:07] IsambardPrince The Hotel Association of Los Angeles (HALA) recently commissioned a study that found hotels have eliminated or expect to eliminate 6% of positions, roughly 650 jobs, since the Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect in September." [06:08] IsambardPrince Yes, some will get fired. [06:08] IsambardPrince Others will work harder. [06:08] IsambardPrince Prices will rise a lot. [06:10] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [06:11] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@aksg6tcpv6ixw.irc) has joined #techrights [06:20] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [06:20] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [06:20] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [06:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [06:27] IsambardPrince "Sean Hayden, who owns five restaurants that employ over 200 people in NYC, said the dream of opening a restaurant in the city wouldnt be possible for aspiring restaurant owners. (iStock) [06:27] IsambardPrince Hayden said the minimum wage should be $20 to $25 an hour. If the mandate goes anything beyond that, he would have to lay off a "dozen" servers while installing QR codes for diners to order on their phones." [06:27] IsambardPrince Like at McDonald's [06:27] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], There's QR codes on the tables at McDonald's now. [06:27] IsambardPrince It tells them what table you're at and what food you'd like. [06:37] schestowitz[TR2] what';s in it for the CUSTOME? [06:37] schestowitz[TR2] *MER [06:37] schestowitz[TR2] surely they price went down [06:37] schestowitz[TR2] ;-) [06:38] schestowitz[TR2] for the lack of service [06:39] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], No, price goes up. [06:39] IsambardPrince $4.89 for a large fries. [06:39] IsambardPrince $1.89 for a large soda. [06:39] IsambardPrince $5.99 for a Big Mac. [06:40] TR News The relicensing of chardet [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1061534/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1061534/ [06:40] TR Bot relicensing of chardet [LWN.net] [06:40] IsambardPrince Around 2002, it was 89 cents for the soda, $1.49 for the fries, and $2.18 for the Big Mac. [06:42] TR News (NEW): California's Digital Age Assurance Act and Linux distributions https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/California_s_Digital_Age_Assurance_Act_and_Linux_distributions.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/California_s_Digital_Age_Assurance_Act_and_Linux_distributions.gmi [06:42] TR Bot Tux Machines California's Digital Age Assurance Act and Linux distributions [06:42] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [06:42] TR News So people who cannot code sneak trash into Debian https://lwn.net/Articles/1061544/ [06:42] TR Bot decides not to decide on AI-generated contributions [LWN.net] [06:44] TR News Reconsidering the multi-generational LRU [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1060967/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1060967/ [06:44] TR Bot the multi-generational LRU [LWN.net] [06:45] TR News IBM kills Fedora by neglect https://lwn.net/Articles/1060190/ [06:45] TR Bot shares strategy updates and "weird research university" model [LWN.net] [06:50] TR News (NEW): Big moves in Linux filesystems as new bcachefs lands and KDE adds support for Apple's APFS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/Big_moves_in_Linux_filesystems_as_new_bcachefs_lands_and_KDE_ad.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/Big_moves_in_Linux_filesystems_as_new_bcachefs_lands_and_KDE_ad.gmi [06:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Big moves in Linux filesystems as new bcachefs lands and KDE adds support for Apple's APFS [06:50] TR News (NEW): LWN on Kernel, IBM Fedora, Python, and Slop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/LWN_on_Kernel_IBM_Fedora_Python_and_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/LWN_on_Kernel_IBM_Fedora_Python_and_Slop.gmi [06:50] TR Bot Tux Machines LWN on Kernel, IBM Fedora, Python, and Slop [06:55] TR News Techrights IBM Effect at Confluent: Mass Layoffs and IBM's Business Conduct Guidelines (BCGs) Said to be Violated https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/IBM_Effect_at_Confluent_Mass_Layoffs_and_IBM_s_Business_Conduct.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/IBM_Effect_at_Confluent_Mass_Layoffs_and_IBM_s_Business_Conduct.gmi [06:55] TR Bot Techrights IBM Effect at Confluent: Mass Layoffs and IBM's Business Conduct Guidelines (BCGs) Said to be Violated [06:57] TR News (NEW): I see why this Linux distro is the dream pick for gamers and content creators https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/I_see_why_this_Linux_distro_is_the_dream_pick_for_gamers_and_co.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/I_see_why_this_Linux_distro_is_the_dream_pick_for_gamers_and_co.gmi [06:57] TR Bot Tux Machines I see why this Linux distro is the dream pick for gamers and content creators [06:59] TR News (NEW): Meet Flow, a Fresh New Browser for Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Meet_Flow_a_Fresh_New_Browser_for_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Meet_Flow_a_Fresh_New_Browser_for_Linux.gmi [06:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Meet Flow, a Fresh New Browser for Linux ● Mar 19 [07:04] TR News Of course Microsoft Lunduke chooses and uses Microsoft GitHub [07:07] TR News "The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) says it is is investigating potential fraud, including the misappropriation of customers' money." https://www.itv.com/news/border/2026-03-18/first-time-buyer-forced-to-abandon-dream-home-after-law-firm-collapse [07:07] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.itv.com/news/border/2026-03-18/first-time-buyer-forced-to-abandon-dream-home-after-law-firm-collapse ) [07:08] TR News "Apple has won its legal battle against music streaming app Musi. A California federal court dismissed the case with prejudice" https://torrentfreak.com/court-dismisses-musis-apple-lawsuit-sanctions-law-firm-for-baseless-claims/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:08] TR Bot Dismisses Musis Apple Lawsuit, Sanctions Law Firm for "Baseless" Claims * TorrentFreak [07:09] TR News (NEW): Is Manjaro Done? Stick a Fork in It https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/Is_Manjaro_Done_Stick_a_Fork_in_It.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/Is_Manjaro_Done_Stick_a_Fork_in_It.gmi [07:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Is Manjaro Done? Stick a Fork in It [07:09] TR News "Italys "Piracy Shield" was designed to stop pirated live sports streams in 30 minutes, but Cloudflare says the "black box" system also puts the open Internet at risk." https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-challenges-legality-of-italys-piracy-shield-appeals-e14-million-fine/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:09] TR Bot Challenges Legality of Italy's "Piracy Shield", Appeals 14 Million Fine * TorrentFreak [07:09] TR News "This is the result of a portion of the Recorded Artists Actors Performers (RAAP) ruling in 2020." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/ec-delays-clarifying-rules-brodcast-public-performance/ | Source: Digital Music News [07:09] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/ec-delays-clarifying-rules-brodcast-public-performance/ ) [07:10] TR News "It turns out that the people posting the deepfake images and animations do not seem concerned about getting caught." https://yle.fi/a/74-20215926 | Source: YLE [07:10] TR Bot Explicit Finnish celebrity deepfakes hiding in plain sight, Yle finds | Yle News | Yle [07:11] TR News "Head of Ticketing for Venue Nation, Live Nations amphitheater division, became a star witness" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/us-v-live-nation-baker-first-witness/ | Source: Digital Music News [07:11] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/us-v-live-nation-baker-first-witness/ ) [07:12] TR News "In brief, the decision drew indie-side criticism and fueled significant sales-volume discrepancies." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/vinyl-sales-2025-analysis/ | Source: Digital Music News [07:12] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/vinyl-sales-2025-analysis/ ) [07:12] TR News "This is what my stack currently looks like: [...]" https://bitboxer.de/2026/03/17/music | Source: Bodo Tasche [07:12] TR Bot Bitboxer - No Subscription, No Ads - My Local Music Streaming Setup [07:13] TR News "Amid the Vietnam War and the Cold War, millions of Americans embraced commune living, LSD and hippie culture." https://www.dw.com/en/the-internet-was-supposed-to-be-free-what-went-wrong/a-75213121 | Source: Deutsche Welle [07:13] TR Bot The internet was supposed to be free. What went wrong? [07:13] TR News "AOL, also known as America Online, wasnt the first online service." https://dfarq.homeip.net/aol-history/ | Source: David L Farquhar [07:13] TR Bot NO TITLE [07:13] TR News "As a practical matter, however, President Trump has taken aim at a culture of public service grounded in expertise, evenhandedness and restraint." https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/03/why-president-trump-is-targeting-federal-workers/ | Source: Federal News Network [07:13] TR Bot Why President Trump is targeting federal workers | Federal News Network [07:13] *koo5_ has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [07:14] TR News "For those who need a refresher: back in 2022, the Adams County Sheriffs Office in Ohio conducted a raid on Afromans home with a warrant for drug trafficking and hilariously kidnapping. (Kidnapping. Afroman.)" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/18/afromans-defamation-trial-is-going-about-as-well-for-the-deputies-as-their-original-raid-did/ | Source: Techdirt [07:14] TR Bot Defamation Trial Is Going About As Well For The Deputies As Their Original Raid Did | Techdirt [07:14] TR News "You can read Tilsens dream on his fingers." https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/indigenous-activist-nick-tilsen-trump-wants-to-hear-nothing-about-the-genocide-against-indigenous-nations-a-7dd75e1c-ebec-4da8-b228-d6d0770258ed#ref=rss | Source: Spiegel [07:14] TR Bot Indigenous Activist Nick Tilsen: "Trump Wants to Hear Nothing about the Genocide against Indigenous Nations" - DER SPIEGEL [07:15] TR News "ABC's World News Tonight attracted 8.48 million viewers, according to Nielsen. NBC Nightly News scored 6.51 million. Both shows have about a million younger viewers; CBS Evening News has only 400,000. CBS Evening News' new host, Tony Doukoupil, isn't pulling it out" https://boingboing.net/2026/03/18/cbs-evening-news-viewership-slips-under-4-million-and-theyre-all-old.html | Source: BoingBoing [07:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/18/cbs-evening-news-viewership-slips-under-4-million-and-theyre-all-old.html ) [07:16] TR News "It's one of the most popular news sites in the country, and it's wildly profitable. It might be the right time for Yahoo to bounce back." https://werd.io/four-things-about-yahoo-news-that-may-surprise-you/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [07:16] TR Bot Four things about Yahoo News that may surprise you [07:16] TR News [Old] "Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he's stepping down, ending a troubled tenure three days after the newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/days-after-big-layoffs-at-the-washington-post-publisher-will-lewis-says-hes-stepping-down | Source: PBS [07:16] TR Bot Days after big layoffs at The Washington Post, publisher Will Lewis says he's stepping down | PBS News [07:17] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:18] TR News "Violence in Haiti is at an intolerable level, making it nearly impossible for journalists to do their jobs safely." https://cpj.org/2026/03/2-haitian-journalists-abducted-amid-intensifying-violence-in-port-au-prince/ | Source: CPJ [07:18] TR Bot 2 Haitian journalists abducted amid intensifying violence in Port-au-Prince - Committee to Protect Journalists [07:18] TR News "Restricting what media can report and how is the hallmark of an authoritarian government" https://cpj.org/2026/03/cpj-condemns-trump-administrations-intimidation-tactics-over-u-s-war-coverage/ | Source: CPJ [07:18] TR Bot CPJ condemnsTrump administrations intimidation tactics over US war coverage - Committee to Protect Journalists [07:19] TR News "Terrence Tomlin and Eugene McIntosh didnt expect to walk away from a week at Medills Media Innovation and Leadership Academy (MILA) with a check for $10,000." https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/03/18/medill-local-news-accelerator-MILA-2026/index.html | Source: Northwestern University [07:19] TR Bot Medill awards funding to Chicago local media organizations | Local News Initiative [07:19] TR News "Los Angeles-based musician Ramsey Elkholy has now tapped New York-based firm Aidala" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/17/epstein-pal-ramsey-elkholy-monotronic-cease-and-desist-digital-music-news/ | Source: Digital Music News [07:19] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/17/epstein-pal-ramsey-elkholy-monotronic-cease-and-desist-digital-music-news/ ) [07:27] TR News (NEW): Blender 5.1 Open-Source 3D Graphics Software Released with Many New Features https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/17/Blender_5_1_Open_Source_3D_Graphics_Software_Released_with_Many.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/17/Blender_5_1_Open_Source_3D_Graphics_Software_Released_with_Many.gmi [07:27] TR News (NEW): Games: Starfield, Winnie's Hole, Vectorio, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/Games_Starfield_Winnie_s_Hole_Vectorio_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/Games_Starfield_Winnie_s_Hole_Vectorio_and_More.gmi [07:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Blender 5.1 Open-Source 3D Graphics Software Released with Many New Features [07:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Starfield, Winnie's Hole, Vectorio, and More [07:29] TR News Techrights In Confluent Layoffs, IBM Vapourises a Quarter of Its Workforce (IBM Buys Something That It Destroys Already) https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/In_Confluent_Layoffs_IBM_Vapourises_a_Quarter_of_Its_Workforce_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/In_Confluent_Layoffs_IBM_Vapourises_a_Quarter_of_Its_Workforce_.gmi [07:29] TR Bot Techrights In Confluent Layoffs, IBM Vapourises a Quarter of Its Workforce (IBM Buys Something That It Destroys Already) [07:35] TR News (NEW): 4 ways to run a full Linux desktop on your Android phone https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/4_ways_to_run_a_full_Linux_desktop_on_your_Android_phone.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/4_ways_to_run_a_full_Linux_desktop_on_your_Android_phone.gmi [07:35] TR Bot Tux Machines 4 ways to run a full Linux desktop on your Android phone [07:37] *koo5_ (~quassel@vmi579006.contaboserver.net) has joined #techrights [07:37] TR News (NEW): Mastering the Linux file system: My go-to commands and tips https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Mastering_the_Linux_file_system_My_go_to_commands_and_tips.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Mastering_the_Linux_file_system_My_go_to_commands_and_tips.gmi [07:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Mastering the Linux file system: My go-to commands and tips [07:39] TR News (NEW): What's a minimal install for Linux? 6 reasons it can come in handy https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/What_s_a_minimal_install_for_Linux_6_reasons_it_can_come_in_han.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/What_s_a_minimal_install_for_Linux_6_reasons_it_can_come_in_han.gmi [07:39] TR Bot Tux Machines What's a minimal install for Linux? 6 reasons it can come in handy [07:40] TR News (NEW): Linux gives users too much choice, and that its biggest weakness https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Linux_gives_users_too_much_choice_and_that_its_biggest_weakness.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Linux_gives_users_too_much_choice_and_that_its_biggest_weakness.gmi [07:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux gives users too much choice, and that its biggest weakness [07:41] *superkuh has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [07:42] TR News Techrights IBM is Being Robbed, Companies and Jobs Are Destroyed https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/IBM_is_Being_Robbed_Companies_and_Jobs_Are_Destroyed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/IBM_is_Being_Robbed_Companies_and_Jobs_Are_Destroyed.gmi [07:42] TR Bot Techrights IBM is Being Robbed, Companies and Jobs Are Destroyed [07:44] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [07:47] TR News (NEW): Think Arch Linux is too hard? 5 myths that are officially dead in 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Think_Arch_Linux_is_too_hard_5_myths_that_are_officially_dead_i.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Think_Arch_Linux_is_too_hard_5_myths_that_are_officially_dead_i.gmi [07:47] TR Bot Tux Machines Think Arch Linux is too hard? 5 myths that are officially dead in 2026 [07:59] TR News (NEW): Peropesis 3.2 keeps the CLI-only world alive with the 6.18.2 kernel, Bash 5.3, and more https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/Peropesis_3_2_keeps_the_CLI_only_world_alive_with_the_6_18_2_ke.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/Peropesis_3_2_keeps_the_CLI_only_world_alive_with_the_6_18_2_ke.gmi [07:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Peropesis 3.2 keeps the CLI-only world alive with the 6.18.2 kernel, Bash 5.3, and more [07:59] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Mar 19 [08:00] TR News Techrights IBM Has Turned Red Hat and Fedora Into Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/IBM_Has_Turned_Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Into_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/IBM_Has_Turned_Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Into_Slop.gmi [08:00] TR Bot Techrights IBM Has Turned Red Hat and Fedora Into Slop [08:04] TR News "I set up the Oxford Literary Festival with a friend in 1997 nearly 30 years ago." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/news/sally-dunsmore-oxford-literary-festival-activists-speech/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [08:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/news/sally-dunsmore-oxford-literary-festival-activists-speech/ ) [08:05] TR News "In the ultimate culmination of Trumps interests, the US Mint may soon produce a 24-karat gold commemorative coin bearing his image." https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/mint-trump-gold-coin-ccac-video-removed | Source: Marisa Kabas [08:05] TR Bot US Mint takes down video of meeting criticizing proposed Trump 24K gold coin [08:05] TR News "In response to the March 17 Committee on Education and Workforce hearing" https://www.ala.org/news/2026/03/HR7661-passes-house-committee | Source: American Library Association [08:05] TR Bot 'Dangerous' bill inviting government censorship passes House committee | ALA [08:06] TR News "William Gibson is one of history's most quotable sf writers: "The future is here, it's not evenly distributed"; "Don't let the little fuckers generation-gap you"; "Cyberspace is everting"; and the immortal: "The street finds its own uses for things": [...]" https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/17/technopolitics/#original-sin | Source: CoryDoctorow [08:06] TR Bot Pluralistic: William Gibson vs Margaret Thatcher (17 Mar 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [08:06] TR News "Today Im burdening you with a longer-than-usual post one thats not about Trump, or his war, or Jeffrey Epstein, or even American politics. Its about something more powerful than any of these things: an idea." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-250th-anniversary-of-adam-smiths | Source: Robert Reich [08:06] TR Bot The 250th Anniversary of Adam Smith's Revolutionary Text [08:06] TR News "OpenAI keeps cutting deals left and right, one of the latest ones being a massive partnership with Amazon that ought to see a total of $188 billion circle between both companies." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-considering-suing-openai-over-altmans-recent-deal-with-amazon-report-claims-exclusivity-dispute-revolves-around-frontier-multi-agent-service | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:06] TR Bot Microsoft considering suing OpenAI over Altman's recent deal with Amazon, report claims exclusivity dispute revolves around Frontier multi-agent service | Tom's Hardware [08:07] TR News "Last month, Amazon and OpenAI signed several agreements, including one that makes Amazon Web Services (AWS) the exclusive third-party cloud provider for Frontier, OpenAI's enterprise platform for building and running AI agents." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-considers-legal-action-over-50-billion-amazon-openai-cloud-deal-report/articleshow/129649363.cms | Source: India Times [08:07] TR Bot Microsoft considers legal action over $50 billion Amazon-OpenAI cloud deal: Report - The Economic Times [08:10] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:11] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@aksg6tcpv6ixw.irc) has joined #techrights [08:12] TR News "That is why more independent hotels are replacing manual pricing with automated revenue management" https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-opinion/why-independent-hotels-are-replacing-manual-pricing-with-automated-revenue-management.html | Source: IT Wire [08:12] TR Bot - Why independent hotels are replacing manual pricing with automated revenue management [08:13] TR News "I somehow have a default payment method that isnt selected by default." https://rubenerd.com/default-payment-methods-that-arent/ | Source: Ruben Schade [08:13] TR Bot Default payment methods that arent [08:21] TR News "Enter the five-minute [cryptocurrency] price prediction" https://futurism.com/future-society/crypto-prediction-volatility | Source: Futurism [08:21] TR Bot Crypto Market Descending Into Chaos [08:22] TR News "In real life, Kings Cross consists of a large, magnificent main hall housing tracks 0 to 8." https://bentsukun.ch/posts/track_9_3_4/ | Source: Benny Siegert [08:22] TR Bot It's not Track 9 3/4 benzblog [08:23] TR News "In a statement made available to the media, EU Team Leader for Social Sectors" https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/03/18/eu-pledges-support-to-zambias-mineral-regulation/ | Source: Lusaka ZM [08:23] TR Bot Zambia : EU Pledges support to Zambias mineral regulation [08:23] TR News "Bell did not provide any additional comments on the legislation aside from introducing the bill." https://alabamareflector.com/briefs/alabama-house-committee-oks-senate-bill-regulating-data-centers/ | Source: Alabama Reflector [08:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alabamareflector.com/briefs/alabama-house-committee-oks-senate-bill-regulating-data-centers/ ) [08:24] TR News "The data center has met opposition from township residents and members of the University community due to concerns" https://www.michigandaily.com/news/news-briefs/umich-finalizes-purchase-of-textile-road-parcel-for-planned-ypsilanti-data-center/ | Source: University of Michigan [08:24] TR Bot UMich finalizes purchase of Textile Road parcel for data center [08:24] TR News "Oil companies are not trying to follow the winds of the sustainable transition anymore" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/big-oil-has-moved-on-from-greenwashing-heres-the-new-playbook/ | Source: Truthdig [08:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/big-oil-has-moved-on-from-greenwashing-heres-the-new-playbook/ ) [08:24] TR News "The question remains, will anything change? One must ask, how did this happen? The answer is clear." https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/03/oh-honey-where-did-you-go/ | Source: The New Lede [08:24] TR Bot Oh honey, where did you go? - The New Lede [08:37] TR News Techrights What People Impacted by the Bluewashing Layoffs at IBM Confluent Say (While the Media Says Nothing at All, in Effect Burying the News) https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/What_People_Impacted_by_the_Bluewashing_Layoffs_at_IBM_Confluen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/What_People_Impacted_by_the_Bluewashing_Layoffs_at_IBM_Confluen.gmi [08:37] TR Bot Techrights What People Impacted by the Bluewashing Layoffs at IBM Confluent Say (While the Media Says Nothing at All, in Effect Burying the News) [08:40] TR News "The other pages in the paper can be matched with their on-screen appearance." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/finding-the-right-bottom-hole-paper/ | Source: Terence Eden [08:40] TR Bot Finding the right Bottom Hole paper Terence Edens Blog [08:44] TR News Techrights The European Patent Office, Europe's Second-Largest Institution, is on Strike Today https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/The_European_Patent_Office_Europe_s_Second_Largest_Institution_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/The_European_Patent_Office_Europe_s_Second_Largest_Institution_.gmi [08:44] TR Bot Techrights The European Patent Office, Europe's Second-Largest Institution, is on Strike Today [08:44] TR News "This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Scripps editorial team..." https://abc7.com/post/afroman-lemon-pound-cake-rapper-trial-using-adam-county-sheriffs-raid-music-video-enters-second-day-ohio/18729198/ Heads up: ABC now publishes slop [08:44] TR Bot "Lemon Pound Cake': Rapper on trial over using Adam County Sheriff's raid in music video enters second day in Ohio - ABC7 Los Angeles [08:45] TR News sites that experiment with slop are sites that will die with slop, like buzzfeed and many others. They do not "adopt" or "pivot" to it, they die with it. [08:46] TR News "Paul R. Ehrlich, an American biologist, died on 13 March." https://overpopulation-project.com/goodbye-paul-ehrlich/ | Source: Overpopulation [08:46] TR Bot Goodbye Paul Ehrlich - The Overpopulation Project [08:46] TR News "Over a career spanning seven decades, he became one of the most cited and most debated scientists of his era." https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/a-tribute-to-paul-r-ehrlich-from-world-vasectomy-day/ | Source: Stanford University [08:46] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/a-tribute-to-paul-r-ehrlich-from-world-vasectomy-day/ ) [08:49] TR News "Lets Encrypt and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) published the ACME Renewal Information (ARI) standard which makes an endpoint available that provides a recommended window of time for the renewal to occur." https://letsencrypt.org/2026/03/17/acme-renewal-information-ari.html | Source: Let's Encrypt [08:49] TR Bot Simplifying Certificate Renewals for Millions of Domains with ACME Renewal Information (ARI) - Let's Encrypt [08:49] TR News "Additional security is great, but it often comes at a cost. GPG brings a number of usability issues which make managing it at scale, especially for a geographically-diverse team, incredibly difficult." https://wagtail.org/blog/wagtail-security-gpgectomy/ | [08:49] TR Bot Wagtail Security team no longer accepts GPG-encrypted emails | Wagtail CMS [08:50] TR News "Surprising no one, Metas new AI glasses are a privacy disaster." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/metas-ai-glasses-and-privacy.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [08:50] TR Bot AI Glasses and Privacy - Schneier on Security [08:50] TR News "Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are a privacy nightmare, with footage of naked people, sensitive information, and violent acts captured and seen by Meta's AI and an army of employees." https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/03/03/what-privacy-as-expected-meta-ray-bans-are-a-privacy-disaster | Source: AppleInsider [08:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/03/03/what-privacy-as-expected-meta-ray-bans-are-a-privacy-disaster ) [08:50] TR News "The app works by listening for nearby Bluetooth signals that contain a publicly assigned identifier unique to the Bluetooth devices manufacturer." https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/nearby-glasses-new-app-alerts-you-wearing-smart-glasses-surveillance-meta-snap-bluetooth/ | Source: TechCrunch [08:50] TR Bot new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses | TechCrunch [08:50] TR News "Fittingly, one of my translated and summarized decisions finally made it into the weekly newsletter last Thursday!" https://blog.avas.space/country-reporter-spotlight/ | Source: Ava [08:50] TR Bot i got featured @ noyb! | ava's blog [08:51] TR News "Public agencies and authorities in Finland will begin sending all official communications through the Suomi.fi portal, starting from Tuesday 14 April." https://yle.fi/a/74-20215908 | Source: YLE [08:51] TR Bot Finland ditches snail mail for official communications | Yle News | Yle [08:51] TR News Windows TCO: "The package is a pile of shit." https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-cloud-fedramp-cybersecurity-government | Source: Pro Publica [08:51] TR Bot Despite Doubts, Federal Cyber Experts Approved Microsoft Cloud Service ProPublica [08:52] TR News Windows TCO: "computer systems for evidence of cyberattack" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/greek-firms-scan-computer-systems-as-iran-war-raises-cyberattack-risks-sources-say/articleshow/129654465.cms | Source: India Times [08:52] TR Bot Greek firms scan computer systems as Iran war raises cyberattack risks, sources say - The Economic Times [08:52] TR News "Before that, the Reality Labs division of Meta lost $19.2 billion in 2025. Zuckerberg announced a 30% funding cut to Reality Labs, and Metas stock price went up 4%." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/18/facebook-shutting-down-its-horizon-worlds-vr-metaverse/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:52] TR Bot Any subject. [08:52] TR News "Rant of the day: Why is Microsoft not caring about making the LinkedIn app a better app, a better mobile experience? Arent they using designers? UX specialists? Even AI?" https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/03/18/a-little-rant-about-linkedin.html | Source: Numeric Citizen [08:52] TR Bot A Little Rant about LinkedIn - Numeric Citizen Blog [08:52] TR News "Already, a number of countries across the world are working on plans to curb children's social media access after Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/heavy-social-media-usage-erodes-young-peoples-wellbeing-report-finds/articleshow/129669190.cms | Source: India Times [08:52] TR Bot Heavy social media usage erodes young people's wellbeing, report finds - The Economic Times [08:53] TR News "engaged in discussions of a potential resolution that would mean further proceedings might not be necessary." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/elon-musk-us-sec-in-talks-to-settle-suit-over-2022-twitter-disclosures/articleshow/129646166.cms | Source: India Times [08:53] TR Bot Elon Musk, US SEC in talks to settle suit over 2022 Twitter disclosures - The Economic Times [08:54] TR News "This is my peers' moment with web development with AI." https://ohhelloana.blog/overthinking-ai/ | Source: Ana Rodrigues [08:54] TR Bot Oh Hello Ana - Overthinking: AI wasn't the first to break my heart [08:54] TR News "hat youre seeing in the remarkable chart above is that private sector spending on AI in 2026 is forecast to exceed $700 billion, which is not a number that is easy to think about." https://www.derekthompson.org/p/yes-ai-is-a-bubble-there-is-no-question | Source: Derek Thompson [08:54] TR Bot Yes, AI Is a Bubble. There Is No Question. [08:54] TR News "Following its previous denial, when Claude was confronted with my reading of the log, it accepted that its desktop app had triggered this dialog. Its explanation, though, isnt convincing: [...]" https://eclecticlight.co/2026/03/17/who-called-git-and-how-claude-was-caught-red-handed/ | Source: Howard Oakley [08:54] TR Bot Who called git, and how Claude was caught red-handed The Eclectic Light Company [08:55] TR News "Its like a Trojan Horse of craft: guidelines you might never agree to explicitly are guiding LLM outputs, which means you are agreeing to them implicitly" https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/opacity-of-generative-tools/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [08:55] TR Bot You Might Debate It If You Could See It - Jim Nielsens Blog [08:55] TR News "No one is trying to force the Department to contract with Anthropic. Instead, Anthropic is asking only that it not be punished on its way out the door." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/rallying-for-the-future-of-ai-and | Source: Robert Reich [08:55] TR Bot Rallying for the Future of Humanity and a Safe AI [08:55] TR News "random text generator" https://boston.conman.org/2026/03/18.2 | Source: Sean Conner [08:55] TR Bot The coming AI winter can't come fast enough for me - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [08:56] TR News "Faiz Siddiqui, writing at whats left of The Washington Post (Apple News) about the continuing fallout of xAIs CSAM scandal: [...]" https://512pixels.net/2026/03/tn-teens-grok-lawsuit/ | Source: Stephen Hackett [08:56] TR Bot Tennessee Teenagers Suing xAI After Grok Used Their Images to Make CSAM - 512 Pixels [08:56] TR News "macOS provides a custom ssh_config option to automatically use the keychain for SSH. This is a seamless integration and allows you to use SSH completely without any agents and still not have to manually type your passphrase." https://www.netmeister.org/blog/sshkeys-macos-op.html | Source: Jan Schaumann [08:56] TR Bot SSH Key Handling using the macOS keychain and 1Password [08:56] TR News "So this blog post is about my painful journey trying to find a nice piece of hardware that works and feels just as good as Apple's hardware as a web developer." https://blog.johnozbay.com/i-left-apples-ecosystem-for-a-lenovo-chromebook-and-you-can-too.html | Source: John Ozbay [08:56] TR Bot I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook, and you can too - Fragments & Reflections [08:57] TR News "I am less certain. You can complain as I did about the adhesive-attached batteries and unrepairable keyboards in the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, but the most recent updates are effectively speed increases with few other changes." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/macbook-neo-repairability-performance/ | Source: Nick Heer [08:57] TR Bot A Friendly Wager on the Future of Repairability and Performance Pixel Envy [08:57] TR News "Just when you thought systemd couldnt get any better, we get this discovery by Christine Lemmer-Webber: [...]" https://rubenerd.com/its-the-vibe-of-systemd/ | Source: Ruben Schade [08:57] TR Bot Its the vibe of systemd [08:58] TR News "This is a useful reframe of our relationship to technology, presented in an arresting way" https://werd.io/the-last-quiet-thing/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [08:58] TR Bot The Last Quiet Thing [08:58] TR News "I thought I was having a spiritual awakening. I was having a psychiatric emergency." https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-03-18-open_source_gave_me_everything_until_i_had_nothing_left_to_give | [08:58] TR Bot Open Source Gave Me Everything Until I Had Nothing Left to Give - Kenneth Reitz [08:58] TR News "Modern processors have the ability to execute many instructions per cycle, on a single core." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/03/18/how-many-branches-can-your-cpu-predict/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [08:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/03/18/how-many-branches-can-your-cpu-predict/ ) [08:58] TR News "Did I tell you Im in pain, so you have to pretend my jokes are funny?" https://rubenerd.com/a-new-thinkpad-unboxing/ | Source: Ruben Schade [08:58] TR Bot A new ThinkPad unboxing [08:59] TR News "A tidy PC interior is not only nice to look at, but also makes sense. Good cable management ensures better air circulation, facilitates maintenance, and can even extend the service life of individual components in the long term." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3067050/if-you-care-about-your-pc-clean-up-its-cables.html | Source: PC World [08:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3067050/if-you-care-about-your-pc-clean-up-its-cables.html ) [08:59] TR News "Some of these tasks were never part of the market" https://www.sicpers.info/2026/03/on-working-machines/ | Source: SICP [08:59] TR Bot On working machines | Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programmers [08:59] TR News "Also on that stretch of road was the Parkway Central Library run by the Free Library of Philadelphia." https://jamesg.blog/2026/03/18/library-memories | Source: James G [08:59] TR Bot Library memories | James' Coffee Blog [08:59] TR News "Not every war is yours. Not every point is worth fighting for. What is important is to know when to use your energy to fight." https://yordi.me/not-every-war-is-yours-to-fight/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost ● Mar 19 [09:00] TR Bot Not Every War Is Yours to Fight | Yordi - A Lifelong Journey of Growth [09:00] TR News "The researchers found that children were more likely to play socially and use language expressing emotions when playing with dolls compared with tablets." https://phys.org/news/2026-03-dolls-tablets-social-week.html | Source: Omicron Limited [09:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-03-dolls-tablets-social-week.html ) [09:00] TR News "That push to expand the voucher program comes just weeks after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee chose not to apply for millions of dollars in federal summer food assistance, a move that some advocates estimate could affect up to 700,000 children across Tennessee." https://www.memphisflyer.com/public-education-poisoned-by-choice/ | Source: Memphis Flyer [09:00] TR Bot Public Education: Poisoned by Choice - Memphis Flyer [09:00] TR News "Bennett and Brassard famously met in the water off a beach during the 1979 FOCS conference in Puerto Rico. That led to years of collaboration, most notably for their quantum secure key distribution protocol." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/03/bennett-and-brassard-win-turing-award.html | Source: Computational Complexity [09:00] TR Bot Computational Complexity: Bennett and Brassard Win the Turing Award [09:00] TR News "Today I wondered: did Ahmes (the author) have the best possible expansions for all the !!\frac2n!! values, or were there some improvements the Egyptians had missed?" https://blog.plover.com/2026/03/17/#egyptian-fractions-2 | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus [09:00] TR Bot The Universe of Discourse : Did Ahmes find the best expansions for 2/n? [09:01] TR News [Old] "Too many people confuse software innovations with other factors, such as the increasing speed of computer and network hardware." https://dwheeler.com/innovation/innovation.html | Source: David A Wheeler [09:01] TR Bot The Most Important Software Innovations [09:01] TR News "There was a time, roughly 2008 to 2016, when open source felt like a movement with a genuine ethos. Not a business strategy." https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-03-18-values_i_outgrew_and_the_ones_that_stayed | [09:01] TR Bot The Lego Bricks Era - Kenneth Reitz [09:01] TR News "Once you get into fly tying, you accumulate a lot of materials. If you arent careful, a lot of that gets thrown into a drawer or a box, which makes that small bag of CDC almost impossible to find." https://cagrimmett.com/2026/03/17/how-i-organize-my-fly-tying-materials/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett [09:01] TR Bot How I organize my fly tying materials Chuck Grimmett [09:02] TR News six [09:02] TR News "Almost six years to the day since I first started freelancing for LibraryPass, when it was just a URL and a landing page with a logo" https://loudpoet.com/2026/03/17/personal-news-librarypass/ | Source: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez [09:02] TR Bot Personal News: LibraryPass | As in guillotine... [09:02] TR News "Theres only a decade between Lord of the Rings and Dune but the latter is way more post-modern. Not that LotR isnt pomo, because it is, but Dune takes it a couple of notches further." https://idiomdrottning.org/dune | Source: Idiomdrottning [09:02] TR Bot Dune book review [09:02] TR News "I have set up a permanent redirect from the old domain to the new one. I wont be renewing the old domain any further, so the redirects will work till July. Those subscribed to the site via RSS can re-subscribe using the new URL by then to continue receiving posts." https://orgnizedmess.net/2026/new-internet-home.html | Source: Piya Gehi [09:02] TR Bot A new internet home | orgnizedmess [09:07] TR News Techrights Links 19/03/2026: "AI Glasses" as Euphemism for Mass Surveillance and ABC (US) Has Begun Publishing Slop as 'News' https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/Links_19_03_2026_AI_Glasses_as_Euphemism_for_Mass_Surveillance_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/Links_19_03_2026_AI_Glasses_as_Euphemism_for_Mass_Surveillance_.gmi [09:07] TR Bot Techrights Links 19/03/2026: "AI Glasses" as Euphemism for Mass Surveillance and ABC (US) Has Begun Publishing Slop as 'News' ● Mar 19 [10:09] *TMF (~TMF@ugtkf8gqfm7b2.irc) has joined #techrights ● Mar 19 [11:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Mar 19 [12:44] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [12:52] TR News "The release delivers 10 JDK Enhancement Proposals (JEPs), touching on things from HTTP/3 networking support to garbage collection efficiency, cryptographic tooling" https://thenewstack.io/java-26-performance-ai/ | Source: The New Stack [12:52] TR Bot Java 26 lands without an LTS badge. Here's why developers should care anyway. - The New Stack [12:52] TR News "If context werent an option, another way to avoid the repeated DB hit would be to cache the session behind something like Redis." https://rednafi.com/shards/2026/03/user-id-through-context/ | Source: Redowan Delowar [12:52] TR Bot Is passing user ID through context an antipattern? | redowan's reflections [12:52] TR News "So context exists for three things: deadlines, cancellation signals, and request-scoped values. Anything that doesnt fall into one of those three shouldnt be in a context. The first two are clear enough." https://rednafi.com/shards/2026/03/what-belongs-in-go-context-values/ | Source: Redowan Delowar [12:52] TR Bot What belongs in Go's context values? | redowan's reflections [12:53] TR News "Requests maintainer Nate Prewitt is planning to add support for type hints to Requests in the next three months." https://sethmlarson.dev/python-library-requests-is-adding-type-hints-and-needs-your-help | Source: Seth Michael Larson [12:53] TR Bot Python library Requests needs you to test type hints Seth Larson [12:54] TR News "A new release of Bio7 is available." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/bio7-3-6-released/ | Source: Rlang [12:54] TR Bot 3.6 Released | R-bloggers [12:54] TR News "I prefer to use the hyphenated task names ($task-name.words.join("-").lc ) as names for my programs." https://raku-musings.com/token-alphabet.html | Source: Arne Sommer [12:54] TR Bot A Token Alphabet with Raku - Arne Sommer [12:55] TR News "Bastien Guerry from Software Heritage recently nerd-sniped me with an idea for a git-remote-swh that would let you git clone from a SWHID, pulling source code directly from Software Heritages archive by content hash rather than by URL." https://nesbitt.io/2026/03/18/git-remote-helpers.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [12:55] TR Bot Git Remote Helpers | Andrew Nesbitt [12:55] TR News "I started writing about patterns because I wanted to put into words what I was seeing in software, and I wonder if, through their broader influence, Alexanders ideas of patterns influenced my thinking even before I knew about them." https://jamesg.blog/2026/03/18/the-timeless-way-of-building | Source: James G [12:55] TR Bot The Timeless Way of Building | James' Coffee Blog [12:55] TR News "I've been trying to use git on the command line more. I think it's a good way to get an understanding of what's actually happening behind the UI." https://www.neilmacy.co.uk/blog/some-git-stash-commands/ | Source: Neil Macy [12:55] TR Bot Some Git Stash Commands I Find Useful | Neil Macy [12:55] TR News "Now lets see what additional improvements we are getting with C++26." https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/03/18/cpp26-span-improvements | Source: Sandor Dargo [12:55] TR Bot C++26: Span improvements | Sandor Dargo's Blog [12:56] TR News "Zed is promising, and I think they nail a lot of the intangibles that make a product desirable. But it still isn't ready for full-time development work." https://www.seanmcp.com/articles/zed-still-isnt-ready/ | Source: Sean McPherson [12:56] TR Bot still isn't ready seanmcp.com [12:56] TR News "Big tech companies are laying off workers in the thousands, with CEOs expecting the worst and predicting soaring employment rates among college graduates while gleefully cutting costs at their companies and not looking back." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-cofounder-analysis-jobs-ai | Source: Futurism [12:56] TR Bot OpenAI Cofounder Deletes Controversial Analysis of Which Jobs Are Getting Steam Engined by AI [12:57] TR News [Old] "Here are a few ideas." https://dwheeler.com/essays/law-security.html | Source: David A Wheeler [12:57] TR Bot Creating Laws for Computer Security [12:57] TR News "With the rise of Actually Idiocy, its apparent most people dont understand or appreciate that." https://bentsai.org/posts/software-is-people | Source: Ben Tsai [12:57] TR Bot Software is people - Ben Tsai [12:58] TR News "Ive been preparing for it. Ive got like 35 minutes or so, and the concept of modern entry and exit styles is plenty for that time." https://chriscoyier.net/2026/03/18/meets-style-sheets/ | Source: Chris Coyier [12:58] TR Bot Meets Style Sheets Chris Coyier [12:58] TR News "It looks like anything fun and creative has been superseded by two tracks of talks - an AI track one day and a security track the next." https://mitten.lol/blog/2026/03/can-we-talk-about-the-pycon-schedule/ | Source: Laura Fisher [12:58] TR Bot Mitten | Can we talk about the PyCon schedule? [12:58] TR News "The event is scheduled for May 19-22 at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, Canada" https://rhaas.blogspot.com/2026/03/hacking-workshop-for-aprilmay-2026.html | Source: Robert Haas [12:58] TR Bot Robert Haas: Hacking Workshop for April/May 2026 ● Mar 19 [13:00] TR News "Mozilla announced via blog post that itll be launching Firefox 149 next week" https://www.pcworld.com/article/3092494/firefox-is-rolling-out-its-free-vpn-and-split-screen-mode-soon.html | Source: PC World [13:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3092494/firefox-is-rolling-out-its-free-vpn-and-split-screen-mode-soon.html ) [13:00] TR News "Now, in terms of what to do, I thought that Fraidycat solved the problem for me" https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/feeding/ | Source: Simone Silvestroni [13:00] TR Bot Minutes to Midnight - Feeding [13:07] TR News "The Thought Catcher uses whisper.cpp for offline speech-to-text." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/phone-free-thought-catcher/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [13:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/phone-free-thought-catcher/ ) [13:07] TR News "bring it to life through a costume" https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/18/5-fun-sci-fi-ideas-you-can-bring-to-life-with-arduino/ | Source: Arduino [13:07] TR Bot 5 fun sci-fi ideas you can bring to life with Arduino | Arduino Blog [13:08] TR News "cybersecurity regulation" https://thecyberexpress.com/water-infrastructure-cybersecurity-new-york/ | Source: Cyble Inc [13:08] TR Bot Water Infrastructure Cybersecurity Gets Boost In New York [13:08] *The_Doctor has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [13:08] TR News "Asahi Linux is an open-source project that ports Fedora to Apple computers that use Apple's Silicon-powered (AArch64) processors." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12765 | Source: Distro Watch [13:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12765 ) [13:10] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [13:11] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@c3c44vcs9kidg.irc) has joined #techrights [13:14] TR News "Many people know, or have heard of, the Motorola 68000 architecture." http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/m88k1.html | Source: Miod Vallat [13:14] TR Bot OpenBSD on Motorola 88000 processors [13:15] TR News "Too many choices, but Im determined to align my tech with my ideals and leave the Microsoft world behind." https://janlukas.blog/thoughts/2026/03/which-distro | Source: Jan-Lukas Else [13:15] TR Bot Which Linux Distro to choose? - Jan-Lukas Else [13:16] TR News "One thing I forgot to mention yesterday was this observation from the Brazilian cybersecurity researcher who emailed me: [...]" https://boston.conman.org/2026/03/18.1 | Source: Sean Conner [13:16] TR Bot More notes on the Brazilian SYN attacks - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [13:16] TR News "I've received several emails about the SYN packets I've been seeing." https://boston.conman.org/2026/03/17.1 | Source: Sean Conner [13:16] TR Bot A possible theory for the Brazilian SYN attacks - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [13:16] TR News "As someone who really loves DLSS, I gotta say, my first impression of DLSS 5 in these comparisons is that it looks like ass." https://birchtree.me/blog/dlss-5-looks-like-ass-and-this-is-coming-from-a-huge-dlss-fan/ | Source: Matt Birchler [13:16] TR Bot DLSS 5 looks like ass (and this is coming from a huge DLSS fan) [13:17] TR News [Old] "The Hurd can run on more recent Intel machines, but with no [Internet] connectivity! You can always use the Hurd via qemu." https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/faq/drivers/ | [13:17] TR Bot to connect to darnassus.sceen.net port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/faq/drivers/ ) [13:18] TR News "We start off by talking about giving presentations and the background to the dark patterns talk." https://kodsnack.se/international/694/ | Source: Kodsnack [13:18] TR Bot Kodsnack 694 - Dark patterns to rule them all, with Sergs Goma [13:18] TR News "This week we dig into ripping Bluerays, best practices for DIY IP camera systems, and your questions answered!" https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/483 | Source: The Ask Noah Show [13:18] TR Bot Ask Noah Show Episode 483: Ask Noah Show | 483 [13:22] *Adran (~adran@freenode-vmv.uk2.49h416.IP) has joined #techrights [13:25] TR News bunnie huang: "Dabao Evaluation Board for Baochip-1x" https://www.crowdsupply.com/baochip/dabao/updates/what-it-is-why-im-doing-it-now-and-how-it-came-about [13:25] TR Bot Dabao Evaluation Board for Baochip-1x - What It Is, Why I'm Doing It Now, and How It Came About | Crowd Supply [13:25] TR News "Innocent grandma imprisoned for 6 months due to AI mistake: enough is enough." https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/innocent-grandma-imprisoned-for-6-months:e [13:25] TR Bot Innocent grandma imprisoned for 6 months due to AI mistake: enough is enough. [13:26] TR News "Apocalyptic Beliefs Are No Longer Fringeand They're Shaping How People Respond" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/03/17/0827224 [13:26] TR Bot Apocalyptic Beliefs Are No Longer Fringeand They're Shaping How People Respond - SoylentNews [13:26] TR News "FCC Chairman Threatens To Revoke TV Licenses Over Iran Coverage" https://soylentnews.org/politics/article.pl?sid=26/03/17/0835230 [13:26] TR Bot FCC Chairman Threatens To Revoke TV Licenses Over Iran Coverage - SoylentNews [13:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [13:38] TR News Techrights People Who Decided to Boycott Novell Over Its Microsoft Alliance Should Also Boycott Canonical https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/People_Who_Decided_to_Boycott_Novell_Over_Its_Microsoft_Allianc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/People_Who_Decided_to_Boycott_Novell_Over_Its_Microsoft_Allianc.gmi [13:38] TR Bot Techrights People Who Decided to Boycott Novell Over Its Microsoft Alliance Should Also Boycott Canonical [13:38] TR News CHEETO "tariffs were ruled illegal. Wheres the refund of $166 billion plus interest? | Alabama Reflector" https://alabamareflector.com/2026/03/18/repub/trumps-tariffs-were-ruled-illegal-wheres-the-refund-of-166-billion-plus-interest/ [13:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alabamareflector.com/2026/03/18/repub/trumps-tariffs-were-ruled-illegal-wheres-the-refund-of-166-billion-plus-interest/ ) [13:39] TR News "Ingen frlngning av Chat Control 1" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/03/17/ingen-forlangning-av-chat-control-1/ [13:39] TR Bot Ingen frlngning av Chat Control 1 [13:40] TR News The cassette tax becomes the new memory tax https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/03/18/kassettskatten-blir-ny-minnesskatt/ [13:40] TR Bot Kassettskatten blir ny minnesskatt [13:40] TR News Private copying compensation https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://regeringen.se/rattsliga-dokument/proposition/2026/03/prop.-202526184 [13:40] TR Bot Privatkopieringsersttning - Regeringen.se [13:45] TR News "Originally launched in June 2023" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-ansible-automation-platform-24-end-maintenance-support | Source: Red Hat Official [13:45] TR Bot Announcing Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 end of Maintenance Support [13:46] TR News Securing Production Debugging in Kubernetes https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/03/18/securing-production-debugging-in-kubernetes/ [13:46] TR Bot Securing Production Debugging in Kubernetes | Kubernetes [13:46] TR News Security updates for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1063446/ [13:46] TR Bot updates for Wednesday [LWN.net] [13:51] TR News "members took an existing tool to roll out a launcher for openSUSE users that provides a web-based system administration interface, more accessible to users switching from the traditional YaST setup utility." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/03/18/new-launcher-aims-to-simplify-cockpit-installations/ | Source: OpenSUSE [13:51] TR Bot New Launcher Aims to Simplify Cockpit Installations - openSUSE News [13:51] TR News "The refreshed Thelio Mira is offered as a configurable system alongside preconfigured Premium and Elite variants." https://linuxgizmos.com/thelio-mira-desktop-updated-with-ryzen-9000-cpus-and-revised-chassis/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [13:51] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/thelio-mira-desktop-updated-with-ryzen-9000-cpus-and-revised-chassis/ ) [13:52] TR News keifu TUI that visualizes Git commit graphs https://www.linuxlinks.com/keifu-tui-visualizes-git-commit-graphs/ [13:52] TR Bot - TUI that visualizes Git commit graphs - LinuxLinks [13:53] TR News m5rcode modern programming language https://www.linuxlinks.com/m5rcode-modern-programming-language/ [13:53] TR Bot - modern programming language - LinuxLinks [13:53] TR News t2sz compresses a file into a seekable zstd https://www.linuxlinks.com/t2sz-compresses-file-seekable-zstd/ [13:53] TR Bot - compresses a file into a seekable zstd - LinuxLinks [13:54] TR News btlescan terminal UI for scanning Bluetooth Low Energy devices https://www.linuxlinks.com/btlescan-terminal-ui-scan-bluetooth-low-energy-devices/ [13:54] TR Bot - terminal UI for scanning Bluetooth Low Energy devices - LinuxLinks [13:54] TR News Pinchtab lightweight browser control system designed for Hey Hi (AI) agents https://www.linuxlinks.com/pinchtab-lightweight-browser-control-system-ai-agents/ [13:54] TR Bot - lightweight browser control system designed for AI agents - LinuxLinks [13:55] TR News 28 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Bioinformatics Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/bioinformatics/ [13:55] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Bioinformatics Tools - LinuxLinks [13:55] TR News TAYGA out-of-kernel stateless NAT64 implementation https://www.linuxlinks.com/tayga-out-of-kernel-stateless-nat64-implementation/ [13:55] TR Bot - out-of-kernel stateless NAT64 implementation - LinuxLinks [13:55] TR News RepoRover universal GNU/Linux package updater https://www.linuxlinks.com/reporover-universal-linux-package-updater/ [13:55] TR Bot - universal Linux package updater - LinuxLinks [13:55] TR News Alternatives to popular CLI tools: file https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternatives-popular-cli-tools-file/ [13:55] TR Bot to popular CLI tools: file - LinuxLinks [13:56] TR News 11 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight Graphical Web Browsers https://www.linuxlinks.com/smallfootprintwebbrowsers/ [13:56] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Lightweight Graphical Web Browsers - LinuxLinks [13:57] TR News batctl battery charge threshold manager for GNU/Linux laptops https://www.linuxlinks.com/batctl-battery-charge-threshold-manager-linux-laptops/ [13:57] TR Bot - battery charge threshold manager for Linux laptops - LinuxLinks [13:58] TR News Dooble minimal, scientific, and stable web browser https://www.linuxlinks.com/dooble-minimal-scientific-stable-web-browser/ [13:58] TR Bot - minimal, scientific, and stable web browser - LinuxLinks [13:58] TR News Lapse cross-platform flashcard app https://www.linuxlinks.com/lapse-cross-platform-flashcard-app/ [13:58] TR Bot - cross-platform flashcard app - LinuxLinks [13:59] TR News Best Free and Open Source Media Centers https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-media-centers/ [13:59] TR Bot Free and Open Source Media Centers - LinuxLinks [13:59] TR News Bigcapital accounting and inventory software https://www.linuxlinks.com/bigcapital-accounting-inventory-software/ [13:59] TR Bot - accounting and inventory software - LinuxLinks ● Mar 19 [14:00] TR News linuxteck slopfarms issued 4 fake articles in one day [14:00] TR News ubuntupit also 4 pieces of slop in one day [14:01] TR News A Slopfarms Survey for Today (linuxteck.com, linuxsecurity.com, linuxjournal.com) https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/18/A_Slopfarms_Survey_for_Today_linuxteck_com_linuxsecurity_com_li.shtml [14:01] TR Bot Techrights A Slopfarms Survey for Today (linuxteck.com, linuxsecurity.com, linuxjournal.com) [14:01] TR News UN Creates Open Source Portal http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/UN-Creates-Open-Source-Portal [14:01] TR Bot connection timeout ( status 0 @ https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/UN-Creates-Open-Source-Portal ) [14:04] TR News Is Manjaro Done? 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Butter run challenge churns up social control media in South Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/running-to-make-butter-butter-run-challenge-churns-up-social-media-in-south-korea [15:01] TR Bot Running to make butter? Butter run challenge churns up social media in South Korea | The Straits Times [15:03] TR News China Ramps Up Scrutiny of Metas Acquisition of Manus https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/technology/china-scrutiny-meta-manus.html [15:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/technology/china-scrutiny-meta-manus.html ) [15:04] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[15:05] TR News Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Axios, Ladbible, CNBC and Nexstar among latest layoffs https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/ [15:06] TR Bot Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Rolling updates - Press Gazette [15:06] TR News Lisa Nandy really concerned by lack of complaints upheld by IPSO https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/lisa-nandy-really-concerned-by-lack-of-complaints-upheld-by-ipso/ [15:06] TR Bot Lisa Nandy 'really concerned' by lack of complaints upheld by IPSO - Press Gazette [15:07] TR News "Gallagher also hit out at government lack of action on SLAPPs and IPSO 'overreach'." https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/tony-gallagher-times-digital-subscribers/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/09/UK_House_of_Lords_Recognises_the_SLAPP_Issue_in_the_UK_and_EFF_.shtml [15:07] TR Bot Tony Gallagher: Digital subscribers covering cost of Times newsroom - Press Gazette [15:07] TR Bot Techrights UK House of Lords Recognises the SLAPP Issue in the UK and EFF Pursues "Bill (That) Could Put A Stop To Censorship By Lawsuit" in the US [15:07] TR News Sony Music Says It Just Removed 135,000+ Deepfakes of Its Artists Music https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/sony-music-deepfakes-removal-comments/ [15:07] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/sony-music-deepfakes-removal-comments/ ) [15:10] TR News Samba 4.24.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1063517/ [15:10] TR Bot 4.24.0 released [LWN.net] [15:16] TR News EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.2.3 https://bkhome.org/news/202603/easyos-excalibur-series-version-723.html [15:16] TR Bot EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.2.3 [15:16] TR News How Advanced Cluster Management simplifies rule management https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/18/how-advanced-cluster-management-simplifies-rule-management [15:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/18/how-advanced-cluster-management-simplifies-rule-management ) [15:17] TR News Vietnamese trio caught setting up ecstasy lab in S. 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Korea after learning how to make it via ChatGPT | The Straits Times [15:19] TR News diff Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/diff/ [15:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/diff/ ) [15:19] TR News Docker Compose: Define and Run Multi-Container Apps https://linuxize.com/post/docker-compose/ [15:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/post/docker-compose/ ) [15:20] TR News Fedora Asahi Remix 43 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1063451/ [15:20] TR Bot Asahi Remix 43 released [LWN.net] [15:20] TR News (NEW): Feels Like Summer https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/Feels_Like_Summer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/Feels_Like_Summer.gmi [15:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Feels Like Summer [15:20] TR News Manjaro GNU/Linux Team Goes on Strike, Threatens to Fork the Project https://itsfoss.com/news/manjaro-team-strike/ [15:20] TR Bot Manjaro Linux Team Goes on Strike, Threatens to Fork the Project [15:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:26] TR News Nvidia CEO Says Gamers Are Completely Wrong About His New Hey Hi (AI) Feature That Yassifies Games https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-ceo-says-gamers-wrong-ai [15:26] TR Bot Nvidia CEO Says Gamers Are Completely Wrong About His New AI Feature That Yassifies Games [15:26] TR News Absurd AI-Powered Lawsuits Are Causing Chaos in Courts, Attorneys Say, Clogging the System and Driving Up Costs https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-lawsuits-chaos-courts-lawyers [15:26] TR Bot Self-Represented Litigants Are Clogging Up Courts With Ridiculous AI-Generated Lawsuits, Exasperated Lawyers Say [15:38] TR News EU Sanctions Chinese, Iranian Firms Supporting Hacking Operations https://www.securityweek.com/eu-sanctions-chinese-iranian-firms-supporting-hacking-operations/ [15:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/eu-sanctions-chinese-iranian-firms-supporting-hacking-operations/ ) [15:40] TR News Teaching your hands to remember: Hapticus and the future of motor learning https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/17/teaching-your-hands-to-remember-hapticus-and-the-future-of-motor-learning/ [15:40] TR Bot Teaching your hands to remember: Hapticus and the future of motor learning | Arduino Blog [15:41] TR News KDE Plasma 6.6.3, Bugfix Release for March https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.3/ [15:41] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.6.3, Bugfix Release for March - KDE Community [15:41] TR News Description of SWHID: syntax https://toscalix.com/2026/03/17/description-of-swhid-syntax/ [15:41] TR Bot of SWHID: syntax toscalix [15:49] *tessier has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:49] *tessier (~tessier@bkvnvf9i7ceyk.irc) has joined #techrights [15:52] TR News Microsoft considering suing Proprietary Chaffbot Company over Altman's recent deal with Amazon, report claims https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-considering-suing-openai-over-altmans-recent-deal-with-amazon-report-claims-exclusivity-dispute-revolves-around-frontier-multi-agent-service [15:52] TR Bot Microsoft considering suing OpenAI over Altman's recent deal with Amazon, report claims exclusivity dispute revolves around Frontier multi-agent service | Tom's Hardware [15:53] TR News Apple Debuts Background Security Improvements With Fresh WebKit Patches https://www.securityweek.com/apple-debuts-background-security-improvements-with-fresh-webkit-patches/ [15:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-debuts-background-security-improvements-with-fresh-webkit-patches/ ) [15:54] TR News Join Us at PGDay Armenia 2026 in Yerevan on April 30, 2026 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/join-us-at-pgday-armenia-2026-in-yerevan-on-april-30-2026-3255/ [15:54] TR Bot PostgreSQL: Join Us at PGDay Armenia 2026 in Yerevan on April 30, 2026 [15:54] TR News PGConf.dev 2026 Schedule Announced! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgconfdev-2026-schedule-announced-3256/ [15:54] TR Bot PostgreSQL: PGConf.dev 2026 Schedule Announced! [15:56] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/competition_watchdog_cracks_knuckles_probes/ [15:56] TR Bot CMA cracks knuckles, eyes Adobe's cancellation fees The Register [15:57] TR News Scans for "adminer", (Wed, Mar 18th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32808 [15:57] TR Bot Scans for "adminer" - SANS Internet Storm Center [15:57] TR News Interesting Message Stored in Cowrie Logs, (Wed, Mar 18th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32810 [15:57] TR Bot Interesting Message Stored in Cowrie Logs - SANS ISC [15:59] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/microsoft_startup_credits/ [15:59] TR Bot Microsoft startup credits are the gift that keeps on billing The Register ● Mar 19 [16:00] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/ai_skeptic_labels/ [16:00] TR Bot Struggling to describe your AI aversion? Here's a glossary The Register [16:01] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/micron_q2_2026/ [16:01] TR Bot Your next car might need 300 GB of RAM, and so will robots The Register [16:02] TR News Review of Open Nextion ESP32-S3-based HMI displays with the Arduino IDE and the ESP-IDF framework https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/18/review-open-nextion-esp32-s3-based-hmi-displays-with-the-arduino-ide-and-the-esp-idf-framework/ [16:02] TR Bot Review of Open Nextion ESP32-S3-based HMI displays with the Arduino IDE and the ESP-IDF framework - CNX Software [16:02] admfubar https://epic.org/senators-demand-answers-on-metas-facial-recognition-smart-glasses-plans-following-nyt-report-and-epic-letters/ [16:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://epic.org/senators-demand-answers-on-metas-facial-recognition-smart-glasses-plans-following-nyt-report-and-epic-letters/ ) [16:02] TR News South Korean company following Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot management advice forced to backtrack by court https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/south-korean-company-following-chatgpt-management-advice-forced-to-backtrack-by-court-krafton-improperly-ousted-subnautica-developer-bosses-to-dodge-usd250m-bonus-payout [16:03] TR Bot South Korean company following ChatGPT management advice forced to backtrack by court Krafton improperly ousted Subnautica developer bosses to dodge $250m bonus payout | Tom's Hardware [16:05] TR News Olivier Mehani: Git: ignoring temporary changes https://blog.narf.ssji.net/2026/03/18/git-ignoring-temporary-changes/ [16:05] TR Bot Git: ignoring temporary changes - Narf [16:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:07] TR News Bits from Debian: Debian pt_BR localization team and UFABC's mentoring program https://bits.debian.org/2026/03/debian-pt-BR-and-ufabc-mentoring-program.html [16:07] TR Bot Debian pt_BR localization team and UFABC's mentoring program - Bits from Debian [16:07] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: tidyCpp 0.0.11 on CRAN: Microfix http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/03/18#tidycpp_0.0.11 [16:07] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [16:08] TR News Zack Polanski lays out plans to back the caring majority in major speech https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/03/18/zack-polanski-lays-out-plans-to-back-the-caring-majority-in-major-speech/ [16:08] TR Bot Zack Polanski lays out plans to back the caring majority in major speech - Green Party [16:09] TR News Ohio Jury Sides With Afroman In High-Profile First Amendment Lawsuit Over Lemon Pound Cake https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/afroman-wins-lawsuit-vs-cops/ [16:09] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/afroman-wins-lawsuit-vs-cops/ ) [16:09] TR News Jakub Steiner: GNOME 50 Wallpapers https://blog.jimmac.eu/posts/gnome50-wallpapers/ [16:09] TR Bot GNOME 50 Wallpapers - 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JUVE Patent [16:17] TR News Reel and Hogan Lovells deflect damages suit in dispute with Fives ELC https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/reel-and-hogan-lovells-deflect-damages-in-dispute-with-fives-elc/ [16:17] TR Bot Reel and Hogan Lovells deflect damages suit in dispute with Fives ELC [16:17] TR News The European Patent Office (EPO) Holds a Public Demonstration Tomorrow and It'll be Live-streamed https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/17/The_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Holds_a_Public_Demonstration_Tom.shtml [16:17] TR Bot Techrights The European Patent Office (EPO) Holds a Public Demonstration Tomorrow and It'll be Live-streamed [16:17] TR News A Step Close to Shutting Down the European Patent Office (EPO) https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/18/A_Step_Close_to_Shutting_Down_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO.shtml [16:17] TR Bot Techrights A Step Close to Shutting Down the European Patent Office (EPO) [16:17] TR News UPC is Still Illegal and Unconstitutional (Kangaroo Court for Patents, Manned by Corporate Staff), Federal Court of Justice of Germany Receives Belated Complaint About It https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/18/UPC_is_Still_Illegal_and_Unconstitutional_Kangaroo_Court_for_Pa.shtml [16:17] TR Bot Techrights UPC is Still Illegal and Unconstitutional (Kangaroo Court for Patents, Manned by Corporate Staff), Federal Court of Justice of Germany Receives Belated Complaint About It [16:19] TR News Dominion Harbor entity, Sovereign Peak Ventures, image coding patent monopoly prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/3/17/dominion-harbor-entity-sovereign-peak-ventures-image-coding-patent-prior-art-found https://techrights.org/wiki/Dominion_Harbor/ [16:19] TR Bot Dominion Harbor entity, Sovereign Peak Ventures, image coding patent prior art found Unified Patents [16:19] TR Bot Dominion Harbor [16:20] TR News Taavi Vnnen: Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026 https://taavi.wtf/posts/wikimedia-hackathon-nwe-2026/ [16:20] TR Bot Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026 [16:27] TR News "AI Companies" is a misnomber, they are plagiarism vendors https://itsfoss.com/news/ai-companies-fund-open-source-security/ [16:27] TR Bot AI Companies Put $12.5M Into Open Source Security to Fix a Problem Their Tools Helped Create [16:30] TR News Intel Ends Work On Open-Source kAFL-Fuzzer For Fuzzing VMs https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Ends-kAFL-Fuzzer [16:30] TR Bot Ends Work On Open-Source kAFL-Fuzzer For Fuzzing VMs - Phoronix [16:31] TR News Software Patents: NL Giken video streaming patent monopoly challenged https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/3/17/nl-giken-video-streaming-patent-challenged [16:31] TR Bot NL Giken video streaming patent challenged Unified Patents [16:32] TR News maintenance script changes https://dan.langille.org/2026/03/18/maintenance-script-changes/ [16:32] TR Bot maintenance script changes Dan Langille's Other Diary [16:33] TR News "Crows hold grudges against individual humans for up to 17 years | Urban@UW" https://urban.uw.edu/news/crows-hold-grudges-against-individual-humans-for-up-to-17-years/ [16:33] TR Bot Crows hold grudges against individual humans for up to 17 years | Urban@UW [16:33] TR News Better memory than most humans https://www.earth.com/news/crows-remember-humans-and-hold-grudges-for-up-to-17-years/ [16:33] TR Bot remember humans and hold grudges for up to 17 years - Earth.com [16:34] TR News USA lost Europe's trust: "Danmark forberedte sig p muligt angreb fra USA: Flj poser med blod til Grnland og gjorde klar til at sprnge landingsbaner i luften | Grnland | DR" https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/danmark-forberedte-sig-paa-muligt-angreb-fra-usa-floej-poser-med-blod-til-groenland-og-gjorde-klar [16:34] TR Bot Danmark forberedte sig p muligt angreb fra USA: Flj poser med blod til Grnland og gjorde klar til at sprnge landingsbaner i luften | Grnland | DR [16:35] TR News Denmark will remember for up to 17 years those that attacked it [16:37] TR News In Microsoft LinkedOut too many people fill their profiles with buzzwords like clown and hey hi. The IT "industry" is profoundly sick and hijacked by marketing liars. [16:38] TR News Season of KDE 2026 https://sayandeep.bearblog.dev/season-of-kde-2026/ [16:38] TR Bot Season of KDE 2026 | A blog for eternal code [16:38] TR News LLM Compressor v0.10: Faster compression with distributed GPTQ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/18/llm-compressor-010-faster-compression-distributed-gptq [16:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/18/llm-compressor-010-faster-compression-distributed-gptq ) [16:40] TR News Researchers discover zero-day DarkSword exploit chain in iOS 18 https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/18/researchers-discover-zero-day-darksword-exploit-chain-ios-18/ [16:40] TR Bot discover zero-day DarkSword exploit chain in iOS 18 - SiliconANGLE [16:41] TR News IBM Red Hat insists on selling slop and plagiarism instead of GNU, Linux etc. [16:49] TR News Techrights "AI" 15 Times in Short 'Article' From The Register MS. And The Register MS Got Paid to Publish It. https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/AI_15_Times_in_Short_Article_From_The_Register_MS_And_The_Regis.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/AI_15_Times_in_Short_Article_From_The_Register_MS_And_The_Regis.gmi [16:49] TR Bot Techrights "AI" 15 Times in Short 'Article' From The Register MS. And The Register MS Got Paid to Publish It. [16:54] TR News Court again rules in favour of Bits of Freedom: freedom of choice for Instagram and Facebook (Farcebook) users remains intact https://edri.org/our-work/court-again-rules-in-favour-of-bits-of-freedom-freedom-of-choice-for-instagram-and-facebook-users-remains-intact/ [16:54] TR Bot Court again rules in favour of Bits of Freedom - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [16:54] TR News Artificial Insecurity: how Hey Hi (AI) tools compromise confidentiality https://edri.org/our-work/artificial-insecurity-how-ai-tools-compromise-confidentiality/ [16:54] TR Bot Artificial Insecurity: how AI tools compromise confidentiality - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [16:55] TR News hello @ Savannah: hello-2.12.3 released [stable] https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10867 [16:55] TR Bot hello - GNU greeting package - News [Savannah] [16:55] TR News GRUB Bootloader Development Moves To FreeDesktop.org https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-GRUB-To-FreeDesktop [16:55] TR Bot Bootloader Development Moves To FreeDesktop.org - Phoronix [16:56] TR News Local-privilege escalation in snapd https://lwn.net/Articles/1063453/ [16:56] TR Bot escalation in snapd [LWN.net] [16:57] TR News GNOME 50 released this is whats new https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/gnome-50-released [16:57] TR Bot GNOME 50 released this is what's new - OMG! Ubuntu [16:59] TR News FFmpeg 8.1 Released with Rockchip & JPEG-XS Support [Ubuntu PPA] https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/03/ffmpeg-8-1-rockchip-jpeg-xs/ [16:59] TR Bot FFmpeg 8.1 Released with Rockchip & JPEG-XS Support [Ubuntu PPA] | UbuntuHandbook [16:59] TR News Is Firefox getting a new logo? Mozillas socials go purple https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/is-firefox-about-to-get-a-new-logo [16:59] TR Bot Is Firefox getting a new logo? Mozilla's socials suggest so ● Mar 19 [17:00] TR News Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/firefox-adding-a-free-vpn [17:00] TR Bot Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data - OMG! Ubuntu [17:01] TR News Stack Overflow is no longer a stack? https://rubenerd.com/stack-exchange-is-no-longer-a-stack/ [17:01] TR Bot Stack Overflow is no longer a stack? [17:01] TR News Why this blog wastes horizontal space https://rubenerd.com/why-this-blog-wastes-horizontal-space/ [17:01] TR Bot Why this blog wastes horizontal space [17:01] TR News ICO must investigate Reform competition for data protection breaches https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/ico-must-investigate-reform-competition-for-data-protection-breaches/ [17:01] TR Bot ICO must investigate Reform competition for data protection breaches | Open Rights Group [17:02] TR News Break privacy to make privacy? Age verification isnt the answer https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/break-privacy-to-make-privacy-age-verification-isnt-the-answer/ [17:02] TR Bot Break privacy to make privacy? Age verification isnt the answer | Open Rights Group [17:02] TR News Blender 5.1 Released with Gnome Client-Side Decoration for Wayland https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/03/blender-5-1-released-with-gnome-client-side-decoration-for-wayland/ [17:02] TR Bot Blender 5.1 Released with Gnome Client-Side Decoration for Wayland | UbuntuHandbook [17:03] TR News texmacs @ Savannah: TeXmacs 2.1.5 released https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10866 [17:03] TR Bot GNU TeXmacs - News [Savannah] [17:05] TR News Five lessons from three years of risk assessments under the Digital Services Act https://edri.org/our-work/five-lessons-from-three-years-of-risk-assessments-under-the-digital-services-act/ [17:05] TR Bot Five lessons from three years of risk assessments - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [17:05] TR News EDRi-gram, 18 March 2026 https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-18-march-2026/ [17:05] TR Bot EDRi-gram, 18 March 2026 - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [17:08] TR News Iran Maintains Near-Total Internet Blackout Amid U.S.-Israeli Strikes https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/world/middleeast/iran-internet-shutdown.html [17:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/world/middleeast/iran-internet-shutdown.html ) [17:14] MinceR (cat) (video) (audio:important) https://imgur.com/gallery/tell-me-secrets-5PEzfvX [17:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/tell-me-secrets-5PEzfvX ) [17:19] TR News Iranian Hackers Likely Used Malware-Stolen Credentials in Stryker Breach https://www.securityweek.com/iranian-hackers-likely-used-malware-stolen-credentials-in-stryker-breach/ [17:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/iranian-hackers-likely-used-malware-stolen-credentials-in-stryker-breach/ ) [17:20] TR News Central log collection - more than just compliance https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-central-log-collection-more-than-just-compliance/ [17:20] TR Bot Central log collection - more than just compliance | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik [17:22] TR News DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit Used by State-Sponsored Hackers, Spyware Vendors https://www.securityweek.com/darksword-ios-exploit-kit-used-by-state-sponsored-hackers-spyware-vendors/ [17:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/darksword-ios-exploit-kit-used-by-state-sponsored-hackers-spyware-vendors/ ) [17:23] TR News Italian Prosecutors Confirm Journalist Was Hacked with Paragon Spyware https://citizenlab.ca/italian-prosecutors-confirm-journalist-was-hacked-with-paragon-spyware/ [17:23] TR Bot Italian Prosecutors Confirm Journalist Was Hacked with Paragon Spyware - The Citizen Lab [17:23] TR News centos [17:24] TR News CentOS 10-20260316 is out https://distrowatch.com/centos [17:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/centos ) [17:24] TR News GParted 1.8.1-1 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/gparted [17:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/gparted ) [17:25] TR News Misleading BS from Larabel https://www.phoronix.com/news/12.5M-Better-OSS-Security [17:25] TR Bot OpenAI & Others Pony Up $12.5M To Strengthen Open-Source Security - Phoronix [17:26] TR News Remi Collet: Valkey version 9.1 https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2026/03/18/Valkey-version-9.1 [17:26] TR Bot Valkey version 9.1 - Remi's RPM repository - Blog [17:27] TR News How to Install GNOME Extensions on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-gnome-extensions-on-ubuntu-26-04 [17:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-gnome-extensions-on-ubuntu-26-04 ) [17:27] TR News GNU/Linux Debian 13 (vm) how to install airllm, openclaw.ai what is picoclaw.io ? the cyber security implications of Hey Hi (AI) https://dwaves.de/2026/03/18/gnu-linux-debian-13-vm-how-to-install-airllm-openclaw-ai-what-is-picoclaw-io-the-cyber-security-implications-of-ai/ [17:27] TR Bot GNU Linux Debian 13 (vm) how to install airllm, openclaw.ai what is picoclaw.io ? the cyber security implications of AI | dwaves.de [17:28] TR News How To Install Blender on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-blender-debian-13/ [17:28] TR Bot How To Install Blender on Debian 13 - idroot [17:28] TR News How To Install Realtek Wifi Drivers on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-realtek-wifi-drivers-opensuse/ [17:28] TR Bot How To Install Realtek Wifi Drivers on openSUSE - idroot [17:28] TR News How To Install Monitorix on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-monitorix-fedora-43/ [17:28] TR Bot How To Install Monitorix on Fedora 43 - idroot [17:30] TR News UK Government backs down on plan to weaken copyright monopoly in favour of Hey Hi (AI) firms https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/uk-government-backs-down-on-plan-to-water-down-copyright-in-favour-of-ai-firms/ [17:30] TR Bot UK Government backs down on plan to weaken copyright in favour of AI firms - Press Gazette [17:31] TR News BMG Files Massive Copyright Suit Against Anthropic 45-Page Complaint Alleges Training Infringement, Piracy, Unlawful Copying, CMI Removals, and More https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/bmg-anthropic-lawsuit/ [17:31] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/bmg-anthropic-lawsuit/ ) [17:43] TR News US federal judge orders Voice of America broadcasting restored https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/us-federal-judge-orders-voice-of-america-broadcasting-restored/ [17:43] TR Bot US federal judge orders Voice of America broadcasting restored - JURIST - News [17:46] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:57] TR News hackers [17:57] TR News Second iOS exploit kit now in use by suspected Russian hackers https://cyberscoop.com/second-ios-exploit-kit-emerges-from-suspected-russian-hackers-using-possible-u-s-government-developed-tools/ [17:57] TR Bot iOS exploit kit now in use by suspected Russian hackers | CyberScoop ● Mar 19 [18:11] TR News "Current IBMer here. Thank you for letting us know that the grass can be greener on the other side of Big Blue." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kkygjcqz [18:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kkygjcqz ) [18:14] TR News "He just posted a picture for St. Patricks Day, and look whos in the background! You really cant make this up, no? Come onthis is pretty blatant favoritism at this point, and hes not even trying to hide it anymore." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05 [18:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05 ) [18:15] TR News IBM plunder. "WTF does Gary Cohn even do? Has anyone seen this guy at an IBM office or client site over the last 3 years?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1km0rz1w4 [18:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1km0rz1w4 ) [18:15] TR News "IBM has a geriatric Board of Directors with an average age close to 70. Arvind has these people wheeled out of their nursing home, drooling all over themselves, so they can rubber stamp his decisions and sign off on the compensation package." [18:19] TR News thelayoff.com casually and nonchalantly deleting entire on-topic and vibrant threads for no apparent reason and without prior notice (page just zapped)... hence we need copies/backups and sometimes screenshots [18:29] TR News Advantech MIC-770 V3W now certified on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://ubuntu.com//blog/advantech-mic-770-v3w-now-certified-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts [18:29] TR Bot MIC-770 V3W now certified on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | Ubuntu [18:31] TR News [Podcast] bgproutes.io: A next-generation BGP data collection platform https://blog.apnic.net/2026/03/19/podcast-bgproutes-io-a-next-generation-bgp-data-collection-platform/ [18:31] TR Bot [Podcast] bgproutes.io: A next-generation BGP data collection platform | APNIC Blog [18:32] TR News The mission problem: northern universities need to serve their communities https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-mission-problem-who-are-northern-universities-here-to-serve/ [18:32] TR Bot The mission problem: northern universities need to serve their communities | The Strategist [18:33] TR News Tiktok Lion Cubs Lure Children to War https://adf-magazine.com/2026/03/tiktok-lion-cubs-lure-children-to-war/ [18:33] TR Bot Tiktok Lion Cubs Lure Children to War - Africa Defense Forum [18:33] TR News DSA vs. Reality: Are children safer online? https://edri.org/our-work/dsa-vs-reality-are-children-safer-online/ [18:33] TR Bot DSA vs. Reality: Are children safer online? - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [18:37] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@9wq7eqqnznx26.irc) has joined #techrights [18:37] schestowitz[TR2] hi, IsambardPrince, wb [18:38] TR News snapd https://securityaffairs.com/189614/security/cve-2026-3888-ubuntu-desktop-24-04-vulnerable-to-root-exploit.html [18:38] TR Bot CVE-2026-3888: Ubuntu Desktop 24.04+ vulnerable to Root exploit [18:41] TR News 4 obscure Linux apps I use all the time https://www.howtogeek.com/4-obscure-linux-apps-i-use-all-the-time/ [18:41] TR Bot 4 obscure Linux apps I use all the time [18:42] TR News "COSMIC has evolved into a completely new desktop environment built from scratch. Not a theme, not a fork, but an entirely new stack, largely written in Rust and designed around modern Linux workflows. Naturally, my curiosity won." https://www.makeuseof.com/replaced-gnome-with-cosmic-on-ubuntu-feels-like-future-of-linux/ [18:42] TR Bot I replaced GNOME with the new COSMIC, and it feels like the future of Linux [18:43] TR News Slop about slop googlebombing "Linux" https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-is-as-big-of-a-deal-as-html-as-big-of-a-deal-as-linux-nvidia-nemoclaw-looks-to-make-openclaw-safer-and-more-effective-for-business-use [18:43] TR Bot is as big of a deal as HTML, as big of a deal as Linux: Nvidia NemoClaw looks to make OpenClaw safer and more effective for business use | TechRadar [18:44] TR News Linux phones could get even better with postmarketOS Duranium https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-phones-could-get-even-better-with-postmarketos-duranium/ [18:44] TR Bot Linux phones could get even better with postmarketOS Duranium [18:45] TR News The System76 Thelio Mira is the new Linux desktop workstation to beat https://www.howtogeek.com/the-system76-thelio-mira-is-the-new-linux-desktop-workstation-to-beat/ [18:45] TR Bot The System76 Thelio Mira is the new Linux desktop workstation to beat [18:47] TR News This classic chat app was way ahead of its time, and it's still alive 25 years later https://www.howtogeek.com/this-classic-chat-app-was-way-ahead-of-its-time-and-its-still-alive-years-later/ [18:47] TR Bot This classic chat app was way ahead of its time, and it's still alive 25 years later [18:47] TR News "The X11 session has been completely removed as GNOME goes Wayland-only, but running X11 apps and other X11 sessions is still supported." https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-tokyo-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new [18:47] TR Bot 50 Tokyo Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is Whats New - 9to5Linux [18:48] TR News "This release introduce support for the Mac Pro and support for microphones in M2 Pro/Max MacBooks." https://9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-remix-43-released-for-apple-silicon-macs-with-kde-plasma-6-6 [18:48] TR Bot Asahi Remix 43 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.6 - 9to5Linux [18:48] TR News Vadzo Imaging Demonstrates Production-Ready 13MP MIPI CSI-2 Camera Integration on Raspberry Pi 5 https://www.newswire.com/news/vadzo-imaging-demonstrates-production-ready-13mp-mipi-csi-2-camera-integration [18:48] TR Bot Imaging Demonstrates Production-Ready 13MP MIPI CSI-2 Camera Integration on Raspberry Pi 5 | Newswire [18:49] TR News Nope, they do the opposite https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/18/linux-foundation-open-source-security-12-5-million-funding/ [18:49] TR Bot Big tech companies step in to support the open source security ecosystem - Help Net Security [18:50] TR News This Linux feature is why Im not scared of updates anymore (and Windows should copy it) https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-feature-why-not-scared-of-updates-anymore-windows-should-copy/ [18:50] TR Bot This Linux feature is why Im not scared of updates anymore (and Windows should copy it) [18:51] TR News 4 ways to run a full Linux desktop on your Android phone https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-run-a-full-linux-desktop-on-your-android-phone/ [18:51] TR Bot 4 ways to run a full Linux desktop on your Android phone [18:53] TR News Misleads about the real purpose and root cause https://pulse2.com/linux-foundation-12-5-million-raised-for-open-source-security-initiative/ [18:53] TR Bot Linux Foundation: $12.5 Million Raised For Open Source Security Initiative [18:53] TR News Mastering the Linux file system: My go-to commands and tips https://www.howtogeek.com/mastering-the-linux-file-system-go-to-commands-and-tips/ [18:53] TR Bot Mastering the Linux file system: My go-to commands and tips [18:54] TR News Taking bribes from the culprits to shift attention (PR) https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/03/linux-foundation-launches-open-source-defence-against-ai-bug-surge/ [18:54] TR Bot Linux Foundation Launches Open Source Defence Against AI Bug Surge - Open Source For You [18:55] TR News Linux Foundation reputation laundering for Microsoft et al: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/18/linux_foundation_ai_slop_defense/ [18:55] TR Bot Linux Foundation wants to shield FOSS devs from AI bug slop The Register [18:56] TR News Fork = Freedom https://itsfoss.com/news/manjaro-team-strike/ [18:56] TR Bot Manjaro Linux Team Goes on Strike, Threatens to Fork the Project [18:56] admfubar guess the "ai" thing isnt working out.... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/at-the-last-minute-meta-decides-not-to-kill-horizon-worlds-vr-after-all/ [18:56] TR Bot Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all - Ars Technica [18:57] TR News Mesa 26.1-devel adds PS5 GPU support as AMDGPU patches follow https://videocardz.com/newz/ps5-linux-hack-leads-to-first-mesa-update-for-sony-gpu [18:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://videocardz.com/newz/ps5-linux-hack-leads-to-first-mesa-update-for-sony-gpu ) [18:58] TR News My Linux setup kept breaking after updates until I realized updates weren't the problem at all https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-kept-breaking-after-updates-until-realized-updates-werent-problem/ [18:58] TR Bot My Linux setup kept breaking after updates until I realized updates weren't the problem at all [18:59] TR News """When the best theory is that sailors tried to burn their way off the mission, maybe the problem isn't the sailors.""" https://boingboing.net/2026/03/19/navy-probes-whether-exhausted-sailors-set-fire-to-13b-warship-to-go-home.html ("Navy probes whether exhausted sailors set fire to $13B warship to go home") [18:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/19/navy-probes-whether-exhausted-sailors-set-fire-to-13b-warship-to-go-home.html ) [18:59] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: their debt is insane [18:59] schestowitz[TR2] see this: ● Mar 19 [19:00] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/07/Biggest_AI_Companies_Meta_Alphabet_Microsoft_Borrowed_Additiona.shtml [19:00] TR Bot Techrights Biggest "AI Companies" (Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft) Borrowed (Additional Debt) About $100,000,000,000 in a Year [19:00] schestowitz[TR2] Just before 2025 began we registered the following official debts: [19:00] schestowitz[TR2] Facebook ('Meta'): 49.047 B [19:00] schestowitz[TR2] Google ('Alphabet'): 29.289 B [19:00] schestowitz[TR2] Microsoft: 97.852 B [19:00] schestowitz[TR2] Total: 176.188 B [19:00] schestowitz[TR2] Now, as of end of 2025, it looks like this: [19:00] schestowitz[TR2] Facebook ('Meta'): 85.081 B [19:00] schestowitz[TR2] Google ('Alphabet'): 66.996 B [19:00] schestowitz[TR2] Microsoft: 123.3 B [19:00] schestowitz[TR2] Total: 275.377 B [19:01] TR News Linux gives users too much choice, and that its biggest weakness https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-gives-users-too-much-choice-and-that-its-biggest-weakness/ [19:01] TR Bot Linux gives users too much choice, and that its biggest weakness [19:02] TR News (NEW): Valnet on Updating GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Valnet_on_Updating_GNU_Linux_on_the_Desktop_Laptop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Valnet_on_Updating_GNU_Linux_on_the_Desktop_Laptop.gmi [19:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Valnet on Updating GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop [19:04] TR News "Think Arch Linux is too hard? 5 myths that are officially dead in 2026" https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-gatekeeping-arch-myths-that-belong-in-the-past/ [19:04] TR Bot Think Arch Linux is too hard? 5 myths that are officially dead in 2026 [19:05] TR News "I recently expanded my website beyond the traditional internet and brought it onto two alternative networks: Yggdrasil and I2P." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/SavaRocks/39962 gemini://station.martinrue.com/sava/9a3b95d5c93c4f46a93a42f0cce7682e [19:07] TR News (NEW): CVE-2026-3888 Allows Local Users Gain Root Via Snapd https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/CVE_2026_3888_Allows_Local_Users_Gain_Root_Via_Snapd.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/CVE_2026_3888_Allows_Local_Users_Gain_Root_Via_Snapd.gmi [19:07] TR Bot Tux Machines CVE-2026-3888 Allows Local Users Gain Root Via Snapd [19:09] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Security_Leftovers.gmi [19:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [19:10] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/today_s_howtos.gmi [19:10] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [19:11] TR News "Yggdrasil is a peer-to-peer IPv6 mesh network. Each node connects directly to others and participates in routing traffic across the network. There are no central servers and no traditional DNS. Instead, every node has a stable IPv6 address derived from its cryptographic key." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/joining-the-invisible-web/ [19:11] TR News xkcd: Landscape Features #3221 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3221.gmi [19:12] TR News "Presumably each parent knows the PID of its direct children as those PID are returned by the fork(2) call. Each parent must handle a signal and in turn raise a signal with its children." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/03/19/kad.gmi [19:13] TR News 2025 Week 49-2026 Week 11: Photos gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202603/20260319-2025-week-49-2026-week-11-photos.gmi [19:15] TR News "I failed the intelligence quiz. They think it is simple, but for me it's impossible. If It focuses on a specific pattern, specific words they said. The test starts easy, however, as more time passes and the more questions I complete, the more incomprehensible the questions are." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2799 [19:17] TR News (NEW): Samba 4.24.0 Available for Download https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Samba_4_24_0_Available_for_Download.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Samba_4_24_0_Available_for_Download.gmi [19:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Samba 4.24.0 Available for Download [19:19] TR News (NEW): Applications: Pidgin and More in Valnet https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Applications_Pidgin_and_More_in_Valnet.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Applications_Pidgin_and_More_in_Valnet.gmi [19:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications: Pidgin and More in Valnet [19:20] TR News (NEW): GNU: Emacs, hello-2.12.3 and TeXmacs 2.1.5 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/GNU_Emacs_hello_2_12_3_and_TeXmacs_2_1_5_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/GNU_Emacs_hello_2_12_3_and_TeXmacs_2_1_5_released.gmi [19:20] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU: Emacs, hello-2.12.3 and TeXmacs 2.1.5 released [19:20] TR News (NEW): Graphics and Kernel/Linux: DLSS 5 Horrific, PS5 GPU Support, and Hurd https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Graphics_and_Kernel_Linux_DLSS_5_Horrific_PS5_GPU_Support_and_H.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Graphics_and_Kernel_Linux_DLSS_5_Horrific_PS5_GPU_Support_and_H.gmi [19:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Graphics and Kernel/Linux: DLSS 5 Horrific, PS5 GPU Support, and Hurd [19:22] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.gmi [19:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More [19:24] TR News 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[21:33] TR News Techrights Microsoft "hiding behind bigger news of war, Epstein, other companies' layoffs" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/Microsoft_hiding_behind_bigger_news_of_war_Epstein_other_compan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/Microsoft_hiding_behind_bigger_news_of_war_Epstein_other_compan.gmi [21:33] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft "hiding behind bigger news of war, Epstein, other companies' layoffs" ● Mar 19 [22:00] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [22:06] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@c3c44vcs9kidg.irc) has joined #techrights [22:18] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 16 Out of 200: Detailing the Actors and Explaining Techrights' Own Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Network https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_16_Out_of_200_Detailing_the_Actors_and_Ex.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/19/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_16_Out_of_200_Detailing_the_Actors_and_Ex.gmi [22:18] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 16 Out of 200: Detailing the Actors and Explaining Techrights' Own Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Network [22:33] TR News (NEW): The Perils of Growing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/The_Perils_of_Growing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/The_Perils_of_Growing.gmi [22:33] TR News (NEW): SLAPP Efforts to Take Tux Machines Offline https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/SLAPP_Efforts_to_Take_Tux_Machines_Offline.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/19/SLAPP_Efforts_to_Take_Tux_Machines_Offline.gmi [22:33] TR Bot Tux Machines The Perils of Growing [22:33] TR Bot Tux Machines SLAPP Efforts to Take Tux Machines Offline [22:34] TR News In a Fidelious Land of Pilferage gemini://ardea.smol.pub/2026-03-19-inafideliouslandofpilferage [22:35] TR News after dinner gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/after_dinner ● Mar 19 [23:10] *TMF has quit (Quit: Leaving) [23:27] MinceR https://engrish.com/2024/08/gas-mask-recommended/ [23:27] TR Bot mask recommended - Engrish.com [23:51] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)