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● Apr 20
[00:03]	IsambardPrince	I grabbed three samples. One from the Brita standard filter, one straight out of the faucet, one from the Amazon Basics. The Brita was only in there for about a month but already had a little chlorine taste in the water.
[00:04]	IsambardPrince	Tap unfiltered tastes heavily of chlorine.
[00:04]	IsambardPrince	Amazon Basics has no chlorine.
[00:07]	admfubar	https://scheerpost.com/2025/04/18/wiz-acquisition-puts-israeli-intelligence-in-charge-of-your-google-data/
[00:07]	TR Bot	 Wiz Acquisition Puts Israeli Intelligence In Charge of Your Google Data
[00:11]	admfubar	https://scheerpost.com/2025/04/14/why-trump-musk-ignore-the-largest-money-laundering-scheme-in-human-history/
[00:11]	TR Bot	 Why Trump & Musk Ignore The Largest Money Laundering Scheme In Human History
[00:13]	IsambardPrince	The Amazon Basics has about 25% more activated carbon in the filter than the Brita.
[00:14]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, That's just great. Brits charges almost twice as much and then they short you on the actual filtration material, which is very cheap.
[00:14]	IsambardPrince	*Brita
[00:14]	MinceR	even if i wanted to buy stuff from jeff bezos, my money isn't good enough for him
[00:14]	IsambardPrince	The Brita Elite filter is where they seem to be putting effort, of course they're $15 a filter.
[00:14]	MinceR	he can go fuck himself
[00:15]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The Orbanistani Peasant Token?
[00:15]	MinceR	doesn't matter what i convert it into
[00:15]	MinceR	i have brita maxtrapro hard water expert filters, but mostly just use them to soften my water
[00:27]	psydruid	https://www.heise.de/en/news/Microsoft-365-alternative-openDesk-version-1-0-announced-for-October-9955715.html
[00:27]	TR Bot	 Microsoft 365 alternative: openDesk version 1.0 announced for October | heise online
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	from Mooneymakes
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	 via /r/Indiana sent an hour ago
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	show parent
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	some people could believe you but they would have to have faith in what you say. but like i said why waist my time any more.
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I replied,
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	"It's "waste".
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	"Waist" is like "I tie my belt around my waist so my pants won't fall down."
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	Wasting something is like "Be careful you don't spill any of that, haste does make waste after all."
[00:28]	IsambardPrince	Don't feel bad. It's a mistake made by all truly stupid people."
[00:29]	MinceR	:>
[00:30]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The neighbors have their stereo on.
[00:30]	IsambardPrince	So it's time for some Disturbed and Rob Zombie on the Bose.
[00:30]	admfubar	https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump
[00:30]	TR Bot	 Why You Should Also Worry About Whooping Cough Amid Measles Outbreak ProPublica
[00:30]	IsambardPrince	Why should I worry? We're both vaccinated.
[00:30]	IsambardPrince	I'm smart enough to know why I should get vaccinated.
[00:31]	IsambardPrince	And Mandy listened to me when I said "Sit there. I don't want you getting sick."
[00:31]	MinceR	https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aZUgwjmYMhQ/hqdefault.jpg
[00:34]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, These basic GAC pitcher filters, most of them, actually significantly reduce a lot of things they don't get a certification on.
[00:34]	IsambardPrince	The basic Brita makes no claims about lead reduction, but a lab test showed it reduced lead by 68%. Brita said they don't make any claims about lead on that one and they recommend their Elite filter for 98% lead reduction.
[00:35]	IsambardPrince	They and most of the brands that compete with them to go in the same pitchers only make specific claims about five contaminants.
[00:35]	IsambardPrince	But they significantly reduce dozens when people who are just curious run the water through it and send it to the lab.
[00:36]	admfubar	https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-starlink-trump-white-house-spacex-microsoft
[00:36]	TR Bot	 Why Did Elon Musk Donate Starlink Service to Trump White House? ProPublica
[00:36]	IsambardPrince	Modern Castle on YouTube showed that the tap water in Arizona had some uranium in it.
[00:36]	IsambardPrince	But filtered through a Brita, none was detectable.
[00:37]	IsambardPrince	"Microsoft began offering the federal government free cybersecurity upgrades and consulting services in 2021, after President Joe Biden pressed tech companies to help bolster the nations cyber defenses. Our investigation revealed that the ostensibly altruistic White House Offer, as it was known inside Microsoft, belied a more complex, profit-driven agenda. The company knew the proverbial catch was that, once the free 
[00:37]	IsambardPrince	trial period ended, federal customers who had accepted the offer and installed the upgrades would effectively be locked into keeping them because switching to a competitor at that point would be costly and cumbersome."
[00:37]	IsambardPrince	They could delete Microsoft.
[00:37]	IsambardPrince	"Former Microsoft employees told me the companys offer was akin to a drug dealer hooking users with free samples. If we give you the crack, and you take the crack, youll enjoy the crack, one said. And then when it comes time for us to take the crack away, your end users will say, Dont take it away from me. And youll be forced to pay me."
[00:38]	MinceR	you'd have to be on crack to enjoy what MICROS~1 is offering you
[00:53]	IsambardPrince	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_The_Curse_of_the_Black_Pearl#Home_media
[00:53]	TR Bot	 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Wikipedia
[00:54]	IsambardPrince	LOL
[00:54]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Disney fakes a 4K blu ray release.
[00:54]	IsambardPrince	They did it off a 2K print.
[00:54]	IsambardPrince	Excessive digital noise reduction.
[00:55]	IsambardPrince	Oh right. God forbid anyone would know a film was filmed, on film..
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[00:55]	MinceR	but if it was on film, why couldn't they make real 4K out of it?
[00:55]		*includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights
[00:56]	IsambardPrince	They could.
[00:57]	IsambardPrince	It would mean going back and rescanning the film.
[00:57]	IsambardPrince	This reminds me of the studios that licensed "HDTracks" versions of their album.
[00:57]	IsambardPrince	Which were recorded on magnetic tapes.
[00:57]	IsambardPrince	So they took the tape and resampled it to 48/96 or something.
[00:58]	IsambardPrince	And there's no actual data there that's not on the tape.
[00:58]	IsambardPrince	But they resampled it! And increased the price.
[00:58]	MinceR	if you're lucky
[00:58]	IsambardPrince	At a certain point, it's almost impossible to build a better mousetrap.
[00:59]	IsambardPrince	CD already has great dynamic range. Studios have actually wasted that by using dynamic range compression on re-releases.
[00:59]	IsambardPrince	The original CDs for the 5 albums in the Talking Heads Brick release from 2005, go for more than Brick cost.
● Apr 20
[01:21]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Someone has Gladiator in their store on ebay. That's a great movie, only not something I really want to watch considering the current president is basically Commodus.
[01:21]	IsambardPrince	:(
[01:21]	MinceR	:>
[01:24]	IsambardPrince	"Commodus was also known for fighting exotic animals in the arena, often to the horror and disgust of the Roman populace. According to Cassius Dio, Commodus once killed 100 lions in a single day.[45] Later, he decapitated a running ostrich with a specially designed dart[46] and afterward carried his sword and the bleeding head of the dead bird over to the Senators' seating area, and motioned to suggest that they were to be next.[47] 
[01:24]	IsambardPrince	Dio notes that the targeted senators actually found this more ridiculous than frightening, and chewed on laurel leaves to conceal their laughter.[48] On other occasions, Commodus killed three elephants on the floor of the arena by himself,[49] and a giraffe.[50]"
[01:24]	IsambardPrince	Hmm, the real Commodus.
[01:24]	IsambardPrince	Sounds like he should open a sandwich shop and call it Jimmy Johns.
[01:24]	IsambardPrince	Oh wait, that already happened.
[01:24]	MinceR	goldenDawnald can't fight, though
[01:24]	MinceR	hell, he has trouble dealing with ramps
[01:25]	IsambardPrince	True.
[01:25]	IsambardPrince	He couldn't even handle an ostrich if they drugged it first.
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	[]Mooneymakes
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	[-5] [score hidden] 49 minutes ago 
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	you cant think you are ai
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[01:27]	IsambardPrince	[]Mooneymakes
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	[-5] [score hidden] 49 minutes ago 
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	can't*
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[01:27]	IsambardPrince	[]Mooneymakes
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	[-5] [score hidden] 48 minutes ago 
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	cant waist my time
[01:27]	MinceR	lol
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[01:27]	IsambardPrince	[]Mooneymakes
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	[-5] [score hidden] 32 minutes ago 
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	you are not real
[01:27]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I replied.
[01:28]	IsambardPrince	"I don't think you're real. Who the fuck replies to their own post three times to correct their stupidity, and adds more stupidity than they even managed to correct?"
[01:28]	MinceR	the average human, once let loose on the web?
[01:33]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The Democrats should have never spent a single penny hooking up rural areas to the Internet.
[01:33]	IsambardPrince	All they do is watch porn, crap up all the forums, and promote extremism.
[01:34]	MinceR	yeah, but they were probably operating on the incorrect assumption that bare apes behave in less stupid ways after being exposed to information
[01:34]	IsambardPrince	https://www.wifr.com/2025/04/15/319-people-become-us-citizens-during-ceremony-rockford/
[01:34]	TR Bot	 319 people become US citizens during ceremony in Rockford
[01:34]	MinceR	the poor bastards
[01:34]	IsambardPrince	Are we making sure they're the Reich kind of citizens yet?
[01:34]	MinceR	i suspect the IRS doesn't mind and the ICE doesn't care
[01:35]	MinceR	the IRS will milk them even as the ICE kills them
[01:35]	IsambardPrince	You know, like all those Indians that come here, run scam businesses, vote Trump, and hurl racist slurs at people who are still in India.
[01:35]	IsambardPrince	:D
[01:35]	MinceR	maybe the ones still in india are used to it
[01:35]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The IRS already signed an agreement with ICE to.....sell them out.
[01:35]	MinceR	from what i've heard, indians don't tend to be exactly kind to each other (or anyone else)
[01:35]	IsambardPrince	:)
[01:36]	IsambardPrince	Indians tend to be pushy, rude, and extremely right wing.
[01:37]	IsambardPrince	They would have gotten along with the Nazis fabulously, *if* Hitler had dubbed them honorary Aryans, but that would be unlikely.
[01:37]	IsambardPrince	Nazi Germany had flush toilets and people that used them.
[01:37]	MinceR	honorary? they came up with the word!
[01:37]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Hitler declared the Japanese to be Honorary Aryans.
[01:37]	MinceR	the dumbass painter ripped them off
[01:37]	IsambardPrince	To be fair, his admiration of the Japanese was well earned.
[01:38]	IsambardPrince	And given that the Jews have burrowed into America and are telling ICE who to deport....
[01:38]	IsambardPrince	Hitler isn't starting to seem so bad lately.
[01:38]	MinceR	a lot of this ideology was mediated by hitler and his underlings
[01:40]	IsambardPrince	They did end up going after gay people eventually, after the purge of the SA.
[01:40]	IsambardPrince	So that was unfortunate.
[01:40]	IsambardPrince	The worst thing about fascism is they're unpredictable.
[01:41]	IsambardPrince	They're unpredictable because they always need an "other" to blame problems on.
[01:41]	cmb	There was that Indian nationalist guy back in WW II, Subhas Chandra Bose (spelling unsure) who collaborated with the Nazis and tried to raise an army to fight for the Axis.
[01:41]	MinceR	that's not specific to fascism
[01:41]	MinceR	all bigoted ideologies and religions work this way
[01:46]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, They shunted most of their focus on gay people to trannies at least. Easier.
[01:46]	IsambardPrince	Almost nobody wants them around.
[01:46]	IsambardPrince	Even most gays.
[01:46]	IsambardPrince	But it could shift back.
[01:46]	IsambardPrince	Unpredictable.
[01:48]	MinceR	once they run out of trans people, homosexuals will have the crosshairs on themselves again
[01:48]	MinceR	it's a question of numbers
[01:49]	MinceR	these failures on legs need to have people they can victimize for something that is not a choice so that they can feel better about themselves
[01:51]	TR News	flights canceled https://www.dw.com/en/china-high-winds-see-flights-canceled-and-trees-felled/a-72229408
[01:51]	TR Bot	High winds see flights canceled and trees felled DW 04/12/2025
[01:54]	TR News	'turbo' construction boost https://www.dw.com/en/housing-crisis-germany-plans-turbo-construction-boost/a-72212980
[01:54]	TR Bot	building boom on the horizon? DW 04/13/2025
[01:54]	TR News	bailouts for Argentina https://www.dw.com/en/imf-world-bank-approve-new-bailouts-for-argentina/a-72225989
[01:54]	TR Bot	World Bank approve new bailouts for Argentina DW 04/12/2025
● Apr 20
[02:01]	TR News	"Call it collaboration, RTO, market focus, whatever - it is just a layoff without having to say its a layoff and without offering a buyout." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqyrkghq
[02:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqyrkghq )
[02:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrw6p1yn
[02:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrw6p1yn )
[02:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[02:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	Reading this post was actually a reliefit confirmed Im not losing my mind. The Albany site is a textbook case of mismanagement: They have no clue what they are doing but walk around with an unjustified arrogance that they are experts only for something flop and quietly sweep it under rug and never mention it again. Its all fake it till you make it. On top of that, theres pervasive favoritism, cronyism and nepotis
[02:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	mwhich makes the whole operation feel like a closed caste(not just for Indian race). Its strangely comforting to know this dysfunction is everywhere; its a good sanity check.
[02:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[02:04]	TR News	"Barfield office in Atlanta is closing by Aug 2025. Everybody has to move to the last office standing in Atlanta, Brookhaven, which is only 2 floors already occupied by Digital Sales. There is not going to be any space for everyone. Atlanta used to have so many big offices, 10-15 of them. Only one left after August!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrxqv3x6
[02:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrxqv3x6 )
[02:04]	TR News	"You nailed it. All the illogical things we are seeing is to achieve that. That is the logic behind it all" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js4j2d38
[02:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js4j2d38 )
[02:05]	TR News	"Train your own replacement in India or get PIpped" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js4j2d38 https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Sounds_Like_IBM_is_Preparing_for_Mass_Layoffs_Redundancies_in_R.shtml
[02:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Sounds Like IBM is Preparing for Mass Layoffs/Redundancies in Red Hat, Albeit in "PIP" (Performance Improvement Plan) or "Relocation" Clothing
[02:05]	TR News	"b0+1js4j2d38 is correct. [IBM CEO] AK wants to retire in the next year but wants the stock at $300 before he does. That's what all this bloodletting is about." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js4j2d38
[02:06]	IsambardPrince	I think the Jews that are not happy about Trump realize that he's pissing off people like me at Jews.
[02:06]	IsambardPrince	Because they're so obviously pointing at immigrants for ICE to get rid of.
[02:06]	TR News	"They are going to lose a lot of talent with this move. Several people I know who are impacted have told me they are leaving the company. These are very skilled and knowledgeable people in their respective areas. They just wont or cannot move to the sites IBM is requiring." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js53f2dh
[02:06]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js53f2dh )
[02:06]	IsambardPrince	Betar said that the one that just got arrested and put in proceedings to lose his green card was on their "deport list".
[02:06]	TR News	competitor
[02:06]	IsambardPrince	And they also lied and said he had a "visa".
[02:06]	TR News	"That is going to mean IBM customers will suffer and go to a competitor and IBM will lose more." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js53f2dh
[02:07]	IsambardPrince	It's a rare businessman that praises the competitor.
[02:07]	IsambardPrince	Everyone will think he's lost his mind, because he has.
[02:08]	TR News	"IBM... ...Caste system at its best! :)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js7v2kde
[02:08]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js7v2kde )
[02:10]	IsambardPrince	He'll have all his best employees trying to get jobs there.
[02:18]	TR News	"Indian techies in crisis: How the American dream is fast turning into desi nightmare" By Himanshi Lohchab and prachi verma
[02:19]	TR News	"23,000 IT Employees Fired In 2025 By Meta, Microsoft & Other IT Firms"
[02:19]	TR News	A misleadingly small number
[02:19]	MinceR	Vince Desi?
[02:33]	IsambardPrince	"You need to leave now, before WE find you!" -ICE email.
[02:33]	IsambardPrince	The human hunt will start in 7 days when your EAD expires.
[02:33]	IsambardPrince	Please use this time wisely.
[02:37]	IsambardPrince	https://old.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/1k33nzj/n400_canceled_on_oath_day/
[02:37]	TR Bot	 N400 canceled on oath day ! : USCIS
[02:37]	IsambardPrince	They canceled a naturalization oath for at least one tranny that asked for a gender marker change.
[02:37]	IsambardPrince	[]SadNAloneOnChristmas
[02:37]	IsambardPrince	
[02:37]	IsambardPrince	Permanent Resident 3 points 5 hours ago 
[02:37]	IsambardPrince	No idea whatsoever. I dont know if anyone else was canceled and I got no information as to why. The first time they told me nothing, the second time it was something about the case but then it got rescheduled. No changes. Nothing. My guess is the name and gender marker change. But no information was provided on their end.
[02:38]	IsambardPrince	----
[02:38]	IsambardPrince	Bad idea to out yourself to this government.
[02:38]	MinceR	not sure why they'd want to stick around in nazi america anyway
[02:38]	IsambardPrince	Maybe where they came from is still worse.
[02:38]	MinceR	or sign up for being taxed by nazi america regardless of where they go
[02:38]	IsambardPrince	You can only imagine what they're doing to that man in El Salvador that ICE deported "by mistake".
[02:38]	MinceR	there are plenty of places that aren't so bad _yet_
[02:39]	IsambardPrince	If you have a Green Card you have to pay taxes on worldwide income regardless.
[02:39]	IsambardPrince	You just don't have standing permission to leave as long as you want to.
[02:39]	IsambardPrince	If you're gone for more than 6 months, they can refer you to immigration court and try to take the green card away.
[02:40]	IsambardPrince	If you get US citizenship, you are no longer subject to the "Roland Freisler" court of immigration at least.
[02:41]	MinceR	does it matter if you just leave nazi america and never return?
[02:41]	TR News	Techrights Why GNU/Linux is Growing https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Why_GNU_Linux_is_Growing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Why_GNU_Linux_is_Growing.gmi 
[02:41]	TR Bot	 Techrights Why GNU/Linux is Growing
[02:41]	IsambardPrince	The immigration judges can be fired for any reason or no reason by Trump, you have no right to have an attorney with you in all cases, and many times where you do, ICE kidnaps you and takes you 1,000 miles from your home and won't tell your lawyer where you are.
[02:41]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Citizens can return to the US whenever we damned well please.
[02:42]	IsambardPrince	So *if* the country improves someday, you will have abandoned your green card if you've been gone for longer than a year and may be turned over to the Freisler Court anyway if longer than 6 months.
[02:42]	MinceR	i mean if you only have a green card
[02:42]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The difference is with citizenship you can leave and see if it ever is worth returning.
[02:43]	IsambardPrince	Even if that's 10 years from now.
[02:43]	IsambardPrince	You also get to vote in US elections even if you're outside the country.
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[02:45]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Normal judges are not executive branch employees serving at the whim of the president.
[02:45]	IsambardPrince	So it's harder to get bullshit past them than so-called "judges" in immigration court.
[02:45]	IsambardPrince	Trump already fired 7 of them.
[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-190425.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-190425.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-190425.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-190425.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, April 19, 2025
[02:46]	IsambardPrince	Having a kangaroo court for traffic shit is one thing. Being subject to deportation by one is higher stakes.
[02:47]	IsambardPrince	Trump will end up firing all the EOIR judges and appointing them with people who always do what the government wants.
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[02:47]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, April 19, 2025
[02:48]	IsambardPrince	It's easier to keep new citizens out than it is to take it away, so he'll escalate to "reforming" the immigration court so it's packed full 'o Nazis.
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[02:48]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, April 19, 2025
[02:49]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The biggest hurdle is that the EOIR decisions are reviewable by federal courts, so if he puts people in there as immigration judges that don't even know what in the hell they're doing, it's all going to fall apart under appeal.
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[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, April 19, 2025
[02:49]	IsambardPrince	Which is probably the only reason he hasn't so far.
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-04-19.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-04-19.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
[02:49]	MinceR	you seem to assume way too much of him
[02:49]	MinceR	he's probably busy destroying some other part of the state
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-04-19.txt
[02:50]	IsambardPrince	He's currrently destroying AmeriCorps.
[02:51]	IsambardPrince	That was Bill Clinton's "youth volunteering" thing.
[02:51]	IsambardPrince	It only costs a billion dollars a year, but he's destroying it to get rid of something Clinton did even if it is "couch pennies" to the federal budget.
[02:52]	IsambardPrince	This is a federal government that spends 7,400 billion dollars a year.
[02:52]	IsambardPrince	The net interest on the public debt alone is like $900 billion a year now.
[02:53]	IsambardPrince	He's also trying to find a way to sack the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve.
[02:53]	IsambardPrince	So he can install people who print up a ton of Trump Funny Money.
[02:53]	IsambardPrince	The Fed can buy anything it wants, with as many Dollars as it wants to say there are.
[02:53]	IsambardPrince	Imagine having a pliable Board that works for Trump.
[02:54]	MinceR	another way he can really accelerate inflation
[02:54]	IsambardPrince	Trump also sacked the Democrats on the FDIC and its counterpart, NCUA, so bank deposit insurance is questionable.
[02:56]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I've argued against most foreign aid for many years.
[02:56]	IsambardPrince	But gutting the vaccine, AIDS drugs, and food programs is cruel.
[02:57]	MinceR	cruelty makes sense for the nazi party
[02:57]	MinceR	also for bare apes in general
[02:57]	IsambardPrince	About 2/3rds of foreign aid was questionable.
[02:57]	IsambardPrince	But the food program and PEPFAR wasn't.
● Apr 20
[03:00]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Many people I know in Indiana who can get out are moving to Illinois now.
[03:00]	IsambardPrince	Indiana is a place for people who have no other option.
[03:00]	IsambardPrince	I called it the Hungary of the midwest, but I doubt even Hungary is as bad as that now.
[03:01]	MinceR	probably depends on the aspect
[03:02]	IsambardPrince	Well, Indiana benefits from the USD for now.
[03:02]	IsambardPrince	But we'll be comparable to the Orbanistani Gypsy Shekel or whatever you use soon.
[03:02]	IsambardPrince	:D
[03:03]	IsambardPrince	The Orbanistani Gypsy Shekel is official, but Euros if you got 'em, seems to be what you told me.
[03:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	IsambardPrince: draft?
[03:04]	MinceR	wikipedia has the gdp per capita figure for indiana from 1929 in the sidebar
[03:04]	MinceR	i guess they didn't have time to update it since wikipedia was started in 2001
[03:06]	IsambardPrince	https://usafacts.org/answers/what-is-the-gross-domestic-product-gdp/state/indiana/
[03:06]	TR Bot	 What is the gross domestic product (GDP) in Indiana? | USAFacts
[03:06]	IsambardPrince	$404.3B GDP for Indiana in 2023.
[03:06]	MinceR	they don't dare print the per capita figure
[03:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	these numbers are based on pseudo-science
[03:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's like asking people and companies to assess their "own worth:"
[03:07]	IsambardPrince	"In 2023, GDP per person in Indiana was $58,762, up 0.7% from 2022."
[03:07]	MinceR	58918.68260 per capita
[03:07]	MinceR	USD
[03:07]	schestowitz[TR2]	they tend to lie or exaggerate 
[03:08]	MinceR	still a lot higher than that of orbanistan
[03:08]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], That's not a good figure.
[03:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	they said tesla was worth like 2 trillion dollars
[03:08]	IsambardPrince	Most people don't benefit from GDP going up.
[03:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	now it just loses money
[03:08]	MinceR	but sweet potato hitler is working on lowering it, no doubt
[03:08]	MinceR	it's a race to the bottom
[03:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	master race to the bottom
[03:09]	MinceR	people all over the planet want to be destitute
[03:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	by very stable genius
[03:09]	MinceR	and their "leaders" are all too eager to help
[03:11]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], draft. Where?
[03:12]	IsambardPrince	https://www.nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities?sf221920080=1
[03:12]	TR Bot	 Updates on NSF Priorities | NSF - National Science Foundation
[03:12]	IsambardPrince	"These efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others, or directly/indirectly exclude individuals or groups. Research projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities.
[03:12]	IsambardPrince	NSF will continue to support research with the goal of understanding or addressing participation in STEM, in accordance with all applicable statutes and mandates, with the core goal of creating opportunities for all Americans."
[03:13]	IsambardPrince	"Sethuraman Panchanathan"
[03:13]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I'd like to buy some vowels. Jesus.
[03:13]	MinceR	lol
[03:20]	IsambardPrince	Amazon Basics silverware... Hmm.
[03:20]	IsambardPrince	Makes me remember the time Gonad the Barbarian told mom to buy new silverware because the designs were being etched into his skin while he death gripped them.
[03:21]	IsambardPrince	*bang*
[03:21]	IsambardPrince	I ONT SOME MEAT!
[03:23]	MinceR	A chainsaw! Find some meat!
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[03:24]	TR Bot	 Techrights Electronics in People's Bedrooms
[03:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> schestowitz[TR2], draft. Where?
[03:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	see <IsambardPrince> schestowitz[TR2], draft. Where?
[03:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Electronics_in_People_s_Bedrooms.shtml
[03:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	i reckon you have some stories to tell in relation to this
[03:29]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Nothing aggravates me more than the phone making noise while I'm trying to sleep. I just keep mine on Do Not Disturb all the time with two exceptions. A whitelist of about 50 contacts and people who call twice within 5 minutes. Everything else is silenced and the SPAM filter/challeng is set to High.
[03:29]	IsambardPrince	It doesn't wake me up that often because most people have no legitimate reason to contact me.
[03:30]	IsambardPrince	I deliberately leave it out of reach while I'm sleeping.
[03:30]	IsambardPrince	I remember when nobody had much in their bedroom except maybe an alarm clock and a small TV.
[03:30]		*admfubar (~admfubar@ngqaam7baxnug.irc) has joined #techrights
[03:30]	IsambardPrince	The TV never made noise you didn't want unless you accidentally rolled over on the remote.
[03:32]	IsambardPrince	When I'm sleeping, I do not want to be bothered unless it is an emergency.
[03:32]	IsambardPrince	Unless someone is dying or the house is on fire, don't bother me while I'm asleep.
[03:33]	IsambardPrince	I refuse to operate without at least 7-8 hours of good sleep. Unless something happens where I have a hard time going to sleep which is like once every several years.
[03:34]	IsambardPrince	Or something so important that I cannot miss it happens at a time I'm normally in bed.
[03:34]	IsambardPrince	But getting up after 2-3 hours and chugging coffee as a matter of habit is a good way to die years early.
[03:35]	IsambardPrince	I've had some awful jobs but only one of them was "on call" and they only ever called me during normal business hours and asked me if I wanted to pick up a shift that evening.
[03:35]	IsambardPrince	Preventing someone from sleep is a form of torture.
[03:36]	MinceR	a form of torture my neighbors are very fond of
[03:36]	IsambardPrince	I have no idea why anyone would allow such a device into their bedroom without putting boundaries on it.
[03:36]	MinceR	and so are communists in general
[03:36]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Yeah.
[03:37]	IsambardPrince	When I lived in that apartment in Chicago that Joy owned, she moved in these horrible people.
[03:37]	IsambardPrince	A white guy with his girlfriend and their baby that was always crying.
[03:37]	IsambardPrince	They moved in three fat Mexican women who moved furniture all night.
[03:37]	IsambardPrince	Dragging it across the floor.
[03:37]	IsambardPrince	A year and a half in.
[03:38]	IsambardPrince	I couldn't afford to just pay her for half a lease and leave so sometimes I had to go sleep in the shower because it was the only place that was quiet.
[03:39]	IsambardPrince	John thought it was funny that I made sure the shower was dry then lined up couch cushions on the floor and closed the glass shower door and slept in the shower.
[03:39]	IsambardPrince	It was the only way to escape the baby and the fat Mexicans with the furniture.
[03:40]	IsambardPrince	When we moved to the next apartment I fell face first into the bed and slept for almost 18 hours I think.
[03:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> John thought it was funny that I made sure the shower was dry then lined up couch cushions on the floor and closed the glass shower door and slept in the shower.
[03:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	you pay rent to sleep in the shower
[03:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	oh, joy
[03:43]	IsambardPrince	It was a nice apartment when Charles and Kat lived upstairs.
[03:44]	IsambardPrince	Then there were 5 adults and a screaming baby and Joy demanding to come in every day with some guy to fuck up the door bell a different way.
[03:44]	IsambardPrince	She became obsessed with the doorbell/intercom for some reason.
[03:45]	IsambardPrince	Hired some guy who didn't know how to fix it.
[03:45]	IsambardPrince	Bought him parts.
[03:45]	IsambardPrince	Had him there replacing some module.
[03:45]	IsambardPrince	Ripping all the wiring out of the wall going upstairs.
[03:45]	IsambardPrince	He never did get it working right.
[03:46]	IsambardPrince	It went from the only problem being that you couldn't listen when you pressed the Listen button on the second floor, but the basement, and 3rd and 4th floors worked fine.
[03:46]	IsambardPrince	To eventually the system was randomly buzzing the lock.
[03:46]	IsambardPrince	Roughly every 30-60 minutes it would go BUZZZZZZZ unlocking the front door and nobody was there.
[03:47]	IsambardPrince	And the doorbell in my apartment went from this normal BEEEEEEP to what can only be described ask RATKUNKJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASCRRREEEEEEEEEEEE!
[03:47]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, It's funny now.
[03:48]	IsambardPrince	It wasn't funny when she was showing up with no notice wanting in with that idiot almost every day for 6 months.
[03:48]	IsambardPrince	Wires hanging out of the wall going up the stairs./
[03:48]	IsambardPrince	Drywall busted out.
[03:49]	IsambardPrince	Someone left the back door to the basement open when they came down to do laundry during a polar vortex when the temperature (before wind chill) was -29F.
[03:49]	IsambardPrince	The pipes exploded.
[03:49]	IsambardPrince	Flooded the basement outside my apartment.
[03:50]	IsambardPrince	Then they did it again the next night and she had to get the plumber out after hours again because she wouldn't fix the door closer.
[03:50]	IsambardPrince	Then she told ME "You're sabotaging my building!!!!!"
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[03:53]	IsambardPrince	She has a habit of listing her apartments impossibly cheap compared to the others in the neighborhood then making insane rent hikes until she loses the tenant, then she starts over.
[03:54]	MinceR	ah, the savages upstairs have awakened and are walking in clogs on the bare concrete already
[03:55]	IsambardPrince	After I moved she was calling me at 3 AM threatening us for moving, after she said she wouldn't sign another lease.
[03:59]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I'll drop by and teach them to Riverdance to help things along.
[03:59]	IsambardPrince	I do have my passport.
[03:59]	MinceR	lol
● Apr 20
[04:01]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0v_pu6miJ8&t=240s
[04:02]	TR Bot	https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=w0v_pu6miJ8
[04:02]	TR Bot	( status 500 @ https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=w0v_pu6miJ8 )
[04:02]	IsambardPrince	:)
[04:20]	IsambardPrince	https://searchengineland.com/marin-software-shutting-down-454228
[04:20]	TR Bot	( status 502 @ https://searchengineland.com/marin-software-shutting-down-454228 )
[04:20]	IsambardPrince	An advertiser in San Francisco failed.
[04:20]	IsambardPrince	https://www.pocketgamer.biz/applovin-lays-off-97-staff/
[04:20]	TR Bot	Zone CEO out as AppLovin lays off 97 staff | PocketGamer.biz
[04:20]	IsambardPrince	Another had 97 more layoffs.
[04:20]	MinceR	"golden age"!
[04:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	achine Zone?
[04:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	never head of it
[04:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	another "hey hi" thing?
[04:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	*heardf
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[04:26]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[04:39]	admfubar	they're talking about what??  https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/04/19/1211220
[04:39]	TR Bot	 Everyone in AI is Talking About Manus. We Put It to the Test. - SoylentNews
[04:43]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], AppLovin has spyware libraries in a lot of Android apps.
[04:44]	IsambardPrince	They're an ad network for mobile apps.
[04:44]	IsambardPrince	They're one of the places that ICE buys data on people from so it doesn't have to get a warrant.
[04:45]	admfubar	https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/chatgpt-is-referring-to-users-by-their-names-unprompted-and-some-find-it-creepy/
[04:45]	TR Bot	is referring to users by their names unprompted, and some find it 'creepy' | TechCrunch
[04:50]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Another thing that makes me doubt humanity.
[04:50]	MinceR	what is there to doubt?
[04:50]	MinceR	humanity is a cancer
[04:50]	MinceR	and the sooner it's wiped out the better
[04:51]	IsambardPrince	Some guy on YouTube was talking about the Amazon Basics water filters for the Brita pitcher. He said it did not properly fit the Brita UltraMax dispenser.
[04:51]	IsambardPrince	There's a tongue and groove system 
[04:51]	IsambardPrince	You have to line up the filter with the tongue on the pitcher housing.
[04:52]	IsambardPrince	Otherwise it won't go down all the way.
[04:52]	MinceR	that's what she said.
[04:52]	IsambardPrince	So a lot of people jam the filter in backwards.
[04:52]	IsambardPrince	Then leave bad reviews because it "doesn't fit".
[04:53]	MinceR	20 053944 < admfubar> they're talking about what??  https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/04/19/1211220
[04:53]	MinceR	The Hands of Fate!
[04:53]	IsambardPrince	I have to swap out these filters so often. They never last two months.
[04:54]	IsambardPrince	By 30 days there's some of that "swamp water" taste from the city tap that's detectable again. Not bad, but tells me the filter's spent.
[04:54]	IsambardPrince	At least with the brita.
[04:54]	IsambardPrince	The brita brand is coasting.
[04:54]	IsambardPrince	The last pack of brita oe filters I bought clogged and just didn't last as long.
[04:54]	IsambardPrince	I think I know part of the reason why.
[04:55]	IsambardPrince	The Amazon Basics cartridges are not only a lot cheaper. They have a lot more carbon and ion exchange resin in them.
[04:55]	IsambardPrince	They weigh more.
[04:55]	MinceR	maybe clorox is coasting
[04:55]	IsambardPrince	I noticed brita standard filters are lighter than they used to be.
[04:55]	IsambardPrince	And more expensive.
[04:56]	IsambardPrince	They're shorting us on carbon and ion exchange resin beads.
[04:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> schestowitz[TR2], AppLovin has spyware libraries in a lot of Android apps.
[04:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	android is spyware
[04:56]	IsambardPrince	So the filter is spent after about a month.
[04:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	at the OS level
[04:56]	MinceR	apparently real brita was available in noth america from 2008 to 2016 as "mavea"
[04:56]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I suspect these Amazon Basic filters are made by the real Brita.
[04:56]	IsambardPrince	It says Made in UK.
[04:57]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Nobody knew what a Mavea was.
[04:57]	IsambardPrince	They couldn't use their own branding.
[04:57]	MinceR	:>
[04:57]	IsambardPrince	So it flopped.
[04:57]	IsambardPrince	I found a Mavea pitcher at the thrift store.
[04:57]	IsambardPrince	You can get filters for them.
[04:57]	IsambardPrince	Amazon UK, buy the Brita Maxtra filters.
[04:58]	IsambardPrince	They snap right in.
[04:58]	IsambardPrince	But you should buy a bunch because they charge a flat rate for shipping.
[04:58]	IsambardPrince	Doesn't make sense to keep paying $9.99 shipping for one 3 pack at a time.
[04:59]	IsambardPrince	I don't know if there's a reason why you would.
[04:59]	IsambardPrince	I doubt that they do a better job than certain filters you can easily buy in the US.
● Apr 20
[05:00]	MinceR	i wouldn't know
[05:00]	MinceR	clorox doesn't sell here and amazon won't sell to _me_
[05:01]	MinceR	not that i'd want to deal with that nazi asshole anyway
[05:02]	IsambardPrince	Plenty of off brand filters fit the Brita (Clorox) system, but there's a huge difference in the quality of those filters.
[05:02]	IsambardPrince	When you go off brand you don't really know what you'll get.
[05:03]	IsambardPrince	That's sort of the whole reason for a brand, or it used to be.
[05:03]	IsambardPrince	Now that Clorox is stiffing us on build quality, price, and amount of carbon/ion exchange pearls at the same time, the brand could suffer.
[05:03]	IsambardPrince	They think everyone's an idiot who won't notice.
[05:04]	IsambardPrince	They got me once.
[05:04]	IsambardPrince	I ordered 6 of them so I said this is going to be the last box.
[05:04]	IsambardPrince	If I want to pound the filter so some water goes through it, I could get Walmart filters for less than $3 each. :)
[05:08]	IsambardPrince	Okay, I ordered the brita standard filters from Amazon in 2021 for $17.99 for four.
[05:08]	IsambardPrince	They're now $21.99.
[05:09]	IsambardPrince	I tend to buy a ton of stuff at once and just keep it on the fridge or in a closet or something. for years if a good deal pops up.
[05:14]	MinceR	the only "brands" i remember seeing here are just off-brand replacements for brita
[05:14]	MinceR	or some sort of half maxtra thing that maybe was the predecessor to maxtra
[05:17]	MinceR	i saw it in a preview for an amazon page, but of course it doesn't show up on the page the link leads to
[05:17]	MinceR	yeah, apparently they had "classic" filters
[05:59]	IsambardPrince	I don't remember anyone with a water filter of any kind until the mid 90s maybe.
[05:59]	IsambardPrince	Then it became a thing.
● Apr 20
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[06:07]	IsambardPrince	https://www.amazon.com/BRITA-Schwarz-Elemaris-Filter-Maxtra/dp/B01MRROXFY?th=1
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[06:07]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, The xenomorph.
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[06:26]	TR News	"As more than a dozen lawsuits churn ahead, newly unsealed case files reveal the companys stance: The pirated books Meta used to train its AI, including ones by Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Woodson, and Andrew Sean Greer, are individually worthless." https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/meta-ai-lawsuit | Source: Vanity Fair
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[06:26]	TR Bot	 Meta Says It's Okay to Feed Copyrighted Books Into Its AI Model Because They Have No "Economic Value"
[06:26]	TR News	"As Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of Napster, we look back at the creation of the controversial file-sharing service, the impact it made and where the brand stands today." https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2024/06/01/napster-music-25th-anniversary-music-industry-impact/73871612007/ | Source: Gannett
[06:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2024/06/01/napster-music-25th-anniversary-music-industry-impact/73871612007/ )
[06:26]	TR News	"A quarter century ago, Napster was notorious on the [Internet] for allowing people to swap songs for free, long before the music industry had come up with a model for the digital age." https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/25/napster-pioneered-music-sharing-25-years-ago-bought-for-207-million-.html | Source: CNBC
[06:26]	TR Bot	 Napster pioneered music sharing 25 years ago, bought for $207 million
[06:27]	TR News	"One of the most widespread arguments in favor of Napster was the platforms promotional power, especially for artists whose songs werent widely played on radio and television." https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-04-19/when-metallica-took-on-napster-25-years-of-the-trial-that-changed-the-music-industry-forever.html | Source: El Pas
[06:27]	TR Bot	 When Metallica took on Napster: 25 years of the trial that changed the music industry forever | Culture | EL PAS English
[06:28]	TR News	2025-04-20 Picture Page Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-20.gmi
[06:28]	IsambardPrince	https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/us/international-visa-revocations-traffic-stops/index.html
[06:28]	TR Bot	 Judge issues temporary restraining order against deportation of more than 100 international students whose visas were revoked | CNN
[06:29]	IsambardPrince	"Baxter said the Trump administration is going well beyond targeting only student activists. Anywhere officials saw a student encounter with a police officer, they would revoke the student visa, he said."
[06:29]	IsambardPrince	So not only would they revoke the persons student visa, even if there was no conviction, if there was just an arrest, and sometimes there wasnt even an arrest, there was just an encounter and maybe a ticket, they would revoke the student visa, Baxter said.
[06:29]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1620.jpg
[06:29]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1270.jpg
[06:31]	IsambardPrince	https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/politics/supreme-court-alien-enemies-act-order/index.html
[06:31]	TR Bot	 What to know about the Supreme Courts midnight Alien Enemies Act order | CNN Politics
[06:31]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Possible pushback from the court with sour cream and tomatoes?
[06:32]	TR News	Palm Day cometh gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2025/APR2025/entry-3
[06:33]	TR News	Microsoft has long had "moles" or "operatives" inside the competition. This includes FOSS and Linux. Techrights gets "punished" for merely "unmasking" or showing the evidence about them: https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Microsoft_s_Lawsuit_Diplomacy_SLAPPs_Riding_UK_Libel_Law_and_Pi.shtml
[06:33]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft's 'Lawsuit Diplomacy' (SLAPPs Riding UK Libel Law and Piggybacking UK GDPR, Inapplicable!) Will Only Give a Worse Image to Microsofters (and Microsoft), Give Exposure to Even More Suppressed Facts and Scandals
[06:36]	TR News	"To tell the truth, I cant think of a time I wasnt interested in technology. We always had a family computer growing up and it seemed like magic to toddler me." gemini://moddedbear.xyz/logs/2025-04-19-blog-questions-challenge-technology-edition.gmi
[06:37]	TR News	"Recently I got a new phone since because everything nowadays relies on js frameworks my old one is too slow at opening apps. While searching for a virtual keyboard to replace stock one I have found Unexpected Keyboard." gemini://namno.duckdns.org/blog/2025-04-20.gmi
[06:38]	TR News	In the context of TLS, for at least 99% of cases, being a nuisance isn't about guarding your security, it's about blocking access for irrelevant technical reasons. The WWW is a pile of garbage, by design. We let GAFAM and Pentagon control the specs.
[06:39]	TR News	"A few chapters into Mark Carney's 2021 book 'Value(s)', I must have had a sour look on my face, because my spouse asked me what was wrong. I explained what the book was, and started to read a couple paragraphs out loud. She winced and cut me off almost immediately: "What is this, a textbook?"" gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/mark-carney-values.gmi
[06:40]	TR News	"The adage goes something along the lines of "to make music, one must listen to music"." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2590
[06:41]	TR News	"After participating in a Good Friday service (2025-04-18) I stopped briefly at the lookout parking spot at UAF West Ridge (8:15pm). The sky was partly cloudly, but I had a great view of some mountains in the Alaska Range, which is about 60 miles S of Fairbanks" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250419-0.gmi
[06:42]	TR News	"I started movies again after some time recently I watched Old Boy a 2003 Korean movie. I found it pretty interesting really had me thinking me thinking and guessing. Have a few favorite parts of the movie but the one I still remember the best was the 3 minute fight scene without any cuts." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2588
[06:42]	TR News	"Sunday dusk, I was sitting on the wooden bench at the plaza near the town's cemetery. There was this man, an elderly man, who came and sat on the same bench as me. Something slightly felt off with him, but I couldn't tell what it was, but all of a sudden, we started to talk." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2589
● Apr 20
[07:06]	IsambardPrince	https://mstdn.social/@nixCraft@mastodon.social/114367883487695310
[07:06]	TR Bot	 Mastodon 
[07:06]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], ^
[07:06]	IsambardPrince	nixCraft 
[07:06]	IsambardPrince	@nixCraft@mastodon.social
[07:06]	IsambardPrince	A verified ID is required to access AI models in OpenAI's API to prevent IP theft. They went from stealing everything from everyone to now claiming it's their original work, despite hundreds of pending copyright cases against them in the courts. Why is this even allowed? That's hypocrisy at best.
[07:07]	IsambardPrince	https://media.mstdn.social/cache/media_attachments/files/114/367/883/438/515/290/original/0295fdd9a83599bb.png
[07:07]	IsambardPrince	LOL
[07:07]	IsambardPrince	OpenAI wants your tax statements.
[07:08]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], This is illegal in Illinois.
[07:08]	IsambardPrince	BIPA
[07:17]	IsambardPrince	https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/configurator/cto/index.html?bundleId=21KCCTO1WWUS3
[07:17]	TR Bot	Your Lenovo Device | Lenovo US
[07:18]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Lenovo now subtracts $140 from the laptop's price if you select Ubuntu or Fedora instead of Windows 11 Home.
[07:29]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvqWQI11wjY
[07:29]	TR Bot	https://inv.zzls.xyz/watch?v=zvqWQI11wjY
[07:29]	TR Bot	inv.nadeko.net | Making sure you're not a bot!
[07:29]	darwin	i have to decline camgirl followbots on Twitter/X almost daily (sometimes several)
[07:29]	IsambardPrince	"the Foreigner belt"
[07:29]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, ^
● Apr 20
[09:11]		*psydroid2 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights
[09:22]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Amazon asked me to join Vine.
[09:22]	IsambardPrince	They said they would send free products to review.
[09:23]	IsambardPrince	But they also say you get a 1099 and they declare the full retail price as taxable income as if you were a contractor.
[09:26]	IsambardPrince	The IRS creeps me the hell out honestly.
[09:28]	IsambardPrince	https://old.reddit.com/r/AmazonVine/comments/193djt1/taxes_on_amazon_vine/
[09:29]	TR Bot	 Taxes on Amazon Vine : AmazonVine
[09:32]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], I've done freelance writing a long time ago.
[09:32]	IsambardPrince	I didn't especially enjoy it, but I liked the extra money.
[09:33]	IsambardPrince	https://i.redd.it/2ffiyzvz8sve1.jpeg
[09:33]	IsambardPrince	LOL
[09:33]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Request your free crucifixion nails.
[09:33]	IsambardPrince	Hold on, I'm gonna go test this out by crucifying the landlord.
[09:33]	IsambardPrince	:D
[09:34]	IsambardPrince	It's gig work, but it's the little things in life you cherish.
[09:36]	IsambardPrince	Today's Engrish Lesson: https://i.redd.it/vn9d94x2rsve1.png
[09:37]	IsambardPrince	https://old.reddit.com/r/AmazonVine/comments/1k2dmk3/dad_we_have_a_concert_at_home/
[09:37]	TR Bot	 Dad: "We have a concert at home".. : AmazonVine
[09:38]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I want this now. I could feed it Girlfriend is Better from Stop Making Sense.
[09:39]	IsambardPrince	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLFPDPMfrUw
[09:39]	TR Bot	https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=lLFPDPMfrUw
[09:39]	TR Bot	invidious.tiekoetter.com | Making sure you're not a bot!
[09:47]	IsambardPrince	"I heard from a man in Indiana who said he works for a company that's almost all Trump voters.
[09:47]	IsambardPrince	Even as they voted for him, the company loaded up on as much in materials as it could get and he told me there's barely enough room to turn around in their warehouses or factory. They ran out of every last inch in the warehouses, so they took 52 foot semis and started putting stuff in them too that's not going anywhere, and then the factory floor.
[09:47]	IsambardPrince	They seem to be confident that people will buy RVs."
[09:47]	IsambardPrince	"Even Apple seems to be stockpiling anything they can get. They supported Trump and now don't want to be affected by him, but we don't get to exist in some kind of vacuum where people can barely afford food and are behind on their rent, and will suddenly get a new iPhone because it's been a year."
[09:50]	IsambardPrince	"My plan is to run all of our stuff into the ground unless the tariffs ease up.
[09:50]	IsambardPrince	I bought an $8 Amazon Basics keyboard to plug into my ports dongle for this Chromebook Plus. I had HP custom build the best one I could buy pre-tariff and when AmEx would give me $150 of it back.
[09:50]	IsambardPrince	 If the tariffs don't ease up this will be my daily driver until it doesn't work, but it's usually keyboards that break before anything else, so I figure hammer on one that costs almost nothing."
[09:52]	IsambardPrince	"Much of my discretionary spending is thrifting anyway. 
[09:52]	IsambardPrince	Everyone throws out all their old CDs and movies and stuff and I can fill a lot of time that way.
[09:52]	IsambardPrince	I'm not terribly demanding when it comes to expensive frills. I'm pretty basic.
[09:52]	IsambardPrince	People are just going to have to be a lot more like me, or else they're going to go bankrupt trying to keep up with all the prices and stuff.
[09:52]	IsambardPrince	Tourism is already collapsing because nobody will risk coming here, next is domestic tourism."
● Apr 20
[10:04]	TR News	Preparing for hard times gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-04-19-prep.txt
[10:08]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 20/04/2025: Contradictions of Mark Carney and Blog Questions Challenge https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Gemini_Links_20_04_2025_Contradictions_of_Mark_Carney_and_Blog_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Gemini_Links_20_04_2025_Contradictions_of_Mark_Carney_and_Blog_.gmi 
[10:08]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 20/04/2025: Contradictions of Mark Carney and Blog Questions Challenge
[10:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	<IsambardPrince> They said they would send free products to review.
[10:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	this is not freelance writing
[10:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's spamming or astropturfing
[10:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	not the saaame thing
[10:21]	TR News	Techrights Chinese OEMs (and World's Largest) Pave a Path Out of Microsoft Windows https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Chinese_OEMs_and_World_s_Largest_Pave_a_Path_Out_of_Microsoft_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Chinese_OEMs_and_World_s_Largest_Pave_a_Path_Out_of_Microsoft_W.gmi 
[10:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights Chinese OEMs (and World's Largest) Pave a Path Out of Microsoft Windows
[10:24]	TR News	"Antitrust experts said two big antitrust wins for the government against a single company" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-makes-history-with-rapid-fire-antitrust-losses/articleshow/120422419.cms | Source: India Times
[10:24]	TR Bot	 Google makes history with rapid-fire antitrust losses - The Economic Times
[10:24]	TR News	"I do not think it is nitpicking to dispute calling margins of 35% on hardware tight." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-ads-forecast/ | Source: Nick Heer
[10:24]	TR Bot	 Apples Rebranded Apple Ads Probably Forecasts More Advertising Pixel Envy
[10:25]	TR News	Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://www.theverge.com/news/652364/synology-nas-third-party-hard-drive-restrictions | Source: The Verge
[10:25]	TR Bot	 Synology is tightening restrictions on third-party NAS hard drives | The Verge
[10:25]	TR News	"The founder of Mumsnet has said she feared it would be destroyed by trans activists after she stood up for womens rights." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/18/trans-boycott-nearly-put-out-business-mumsnet-founder/ | Source: The Telegraph UK
[10:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/18/trans-boycott-nearly-put-out-business-mumsnet-founder/ )
[10:26]	TR News	[Old] "Copts also suffer persecution from Islamic extremists. ISIS has targeted them and massacred over 100 in recent years." https://www.hudson.org/human-rights/are-egypt-s-christians-persecuted-why-some-copts-say-no | Source: Hudson Institute
[10:26]	TR Bot	 Are Egypt's Christians Persecuted? Why Some Copts Say No | Hudson Institute
[10:26]	TR News	"But Templeton acknowledged that surge pricing creates winners and losers, particularly if it cannot expand vehicle supply to soften price hikes." https://www.theverge.com/autonomous-cars/652010/robotaxi-surge-pricing-waymo-uber-price-demand | Source: The Verge
[10:26]	TR Bot	 Surge pricing, the scourge of ridehailing, is evolving for the robotaxi era | The Verge
[10:27]	TR News	"This means that the Trump administration has detained Abrego Garcia in the CECOT prison in El Salvador, against the rulings of the Supreme Court and a Maryland District Court" https://truthout.org/articles/cop-who-alleged-abrego-garcias-gang-ties-was-deemed-unfit-by-states-attorney/ | Source: TruthOut
[10:27]	TR Bot	 Cop Who Alleged Abrego Garcas Gang Ties Was Deemed Unfit by States Attorney | Truthout
[10:27]	TR News	"The recent death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a revered Tibetan Buddhist lama, in H Ch Minh City has raised serious concerns among human rights organizations and the international community" https://www.thevietnamese.org/2025/04/the-silent-passing-of-tulku-hungkar-dorje-a-call-for-transparency-and-justice/ | Source: The Vietnamese Magazine
[10:27]	TR Bot	 The Silent Passing of Tulku Hungkar Dorje: A Call for Transparency and Justice
[10:28]	TR News	"What is the rationale for the IRS revisiting Harvards exemption status?" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/harvard-trump-irs-nonprofit/682507/ | Source: The Atlantic
[10:28]	TR Bot	 The Conservative Case for Leaving Harvard Alone - The Atlantic
[10:28]	TR News	"That was just the first DOGE-related funding cut to hit the Internet Archive" https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/17/doge-neh-funding-cuts-sf/ | Source: The San Fancisco Standard
[10:28]	TR Bot	 Bay Area creatives jeopardized by sudden DOGE humanities cuts
[10:28]	TR News	"The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has proven invaluable to researchers, journalists, and archivists, allowing users to go back in time and see how websites looked in the past." https://futurism.com/elon-musk-cuts-funding-for-internet-archive | Source: Futurism
[10:28]	TR Bot	 Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive
[10:28]	TR News	"Kozyreva, 19, also faced charges stemming from an interview she gave to RFE/RL's North Realities, where she discussed her political views, among other things." https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-activist-ukraine-protest-poet/33389509.html | Source: RFERL
[10:28]	TR Bot	 Russian Court Sentences Anti-War Activist Who Glued Poem To Ukrainian Statue
[10:30]	TR News	"The EU is still expected to press ahead with fines and the cease-and-desist orders intended to make Apple and Meta further comply with the Digital Markets Act." https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/04/18/eu-puts-apple-fine-on-hold-while-us-trade-talks-continue | Source: AppleInsider
[10:30]	TR Bot	 EU puts Apple fine on hold while US trade talks continue
[10:30]	TR News	"I believe that humans sometimes do greedy and malicious things. Thats why market capitalism is a problem in the first place! It amplifies and rewards those impulses in a way thats a net negative for society." https://idiomdrottning.org/are-you-an-anarchist | Source: Idiomdrottning
[10:30]	TR Bot	 Are you an anarchist?
[10:31]	TR News	"But here's what even the reactionaries don't understand: coherence is not emergent, but ontological." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-ground-approaches | Source: Mike Brock
[10:31]	TR Bot	 The Ground Approaches - by Mike Brock
[10:42]	TR News	"costs the company tens of millions of dollars" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-spends-millions-to-process-polite-phrases-such-as-thank-you-and-please-with-chatgpt | Source: Tom's Hardware
[10:42]	TR Bot	 OpenAI spends millions to process polite phrases such as "Thank You" and "Please" with ChatGPT | Tom's Hardware
[10:42]	TR News	Scam Altman. "A late 2024 survey found that 67 percent of US respondents reported being nice to their chatbots." https://futurism.com/altman-please-thanks-chatgpt | Source: Futurism http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml
[10:42]	TR Bot	 Sam Altman Admits That Saying "Please" and "Thank You" to ChatGPT Is Wasting Millions of Dollars in Computing Power
[10:42]	TR Bot	 Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt
[10:43]	TR News	"Higher temperatures and CO2 levels are increasing rices uptake of inorganic arsenic from soil." https://truthout.org/articles/carcinogen-rising-in-rice-supply-due-to-climate-change/ | Source: TruthOut
[10:43]	TR Bot	 Carcinogen Rising in Rice Supply Due to Climate Change | Truthout
[10:44]	TR News	"We must recognize this for what it is: the constitutional crisis in action. This is not about legal technicalities or reasonable disagreements about procedure" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-bleeding-constitution | Source: Mike Brock
[10:44]	TR Bot	 The Bleeding Constitution - by Mike Brock
[10:44]	TR News	"the executive branch is seizing more and more power" https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/18/sen-king-gives-dire-warning-on-250th-anniversary-of-paul-reveres-ride/ | Source: Maine Morning Star
[10:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/18/sen-king-gives-dire-warning-on-250th-anniversary-of-paul-reveres-ride/ )
[10:45]	TR News	"Far from being sidelined, those who rioted, assaulted police officers or broke into congressional offices during the violent attack are now being spotlighted as honored guest speakers at local Republican events around the country." https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2025-04-19/some-jan-6-rioters-pardoned-by-trump-are-now-embraced-as-heroes-and-candidates-for-office | Source: US News And World Report
[10:45]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2025-04-19/some-jan-6-rioters-pardoned-by-trump-are-now-embraced-as-heroes-and-candidates-for-office )
[10:45]	TR News	"He has fused Turkish nationalism and Islamism with a renewed reverence for the Ottoman Empire" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/04/trump-turkey-erdogan-israel/682492/ | Source: The Atlantic
[10:45]	TR Bot	 Erdoan Sets His Sights on Israel - The Atlantic
[10:46]	TR News	"When Recall was first introduced in May 2024, security practitioners roundly castigated it for creating a gold mine for malicious insiders, criminals, or nation-state spies" https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11/ | Source: Ars Technica
[10:46]	TR Bot	 That groan you hear is users reaction to Recall going back into Windows - Ars Technica
[10:46]	TR News	"Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to bring together data from a wide variety of other U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)" https://www.404media.co/ice-plans-central-database-of-health-labor-housing-agency-data-to-find-targets/ | Source: 404 Media
[10:46]	TR Bot	 ICE Plans Central Database of Health, Labor, Housing Agency Data to Find Targets
[10:47]	TR News	"Some users of OpenAIs o3 and o4-mini models report the chatbot using their name unprompted, even when memory settings are turned off." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/creepy-chatgpt-calls-users-by-nameeven-when-it-shouldnt/articleshow/120432715.cms | Source: India Times
[10:47]	TR Bot	 Creepy ChatGPT calls users by nameeven when it shouldnt - The Economic Times
[10:58]	TR News	Techrights Deja vu: Hitler's Birthday, Andreas Tille elected Debian Project Leader again https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Deja_vu_Hitler_s_Birthday_Andreas_Tille_elected_Debian_Project_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Deja_vu_Hitler_s_Birthday_Andreas_Tille_elected_Debian_Project_.gmi 
[10:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights Deja vu: Hitler's Birthday, Andreas Tille elected Debian Project Leader again
● Apr 20
[11:00]	TR News	Windows TCO https://therecord.media/alleged-smokeloader-operator-charged-in-vermont | Source: The Record
[11:00]	TR Bot	 Alleged SmokeLoader malware operator facing federal charges in Vermont | The Record from Recorded Future News
[11:00]	TR News	Social Control Media https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/04/was-chatgpt-the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-openai/682509/ | Source: The Atlantic
[11:00]	TR Bot	 The Curse of ChatGPT - The Atlantic
[11:01]	TR News	"Amid these issues, the Foundation has announced a partnership with Google-owned firm Kaggle to roll out a new dataset in beta, filled with structured Wikipedia content in English and French" https://www.pcmag.com/news/wikipedia-rolls-out-solution-to-ai-bots-draining-its-bandwidth | Source: PC Mag
[11:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.pcmag.com/news/wikipedia-rolls-out-solution-to-ai-bots-draining-its-bandwidth )
[11:01]	TR News	"Many community colleges offer online courses. When students flood in, the teachers are delighted! Then they find that out of over 100 students, maybe 15 are real" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/19/ai-bot-scammers-flood-california-community-colleges/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[11:01]	TR Bot	 AI bot scammers flood California community colleges Pivot to AI
[11:01]	TR News	"The rest are scammers who signed up to get state and federal financial aid, using a stolen identity."
[11:02]	TR News	"Okay, so inner loop agents still do all that parsing. The only difference is that they handle the tool calling themselves instead of letting the client handle the tool call and making another API response." https://timkellogg.me/blog/2025/04/19/inner-loops | Source: Tim Kellogg
[11:02]	TR Bot	 Inner Loop Agents - Tim Kellogg
[11:03]	TR News	"In Seattle this week, some crosswalks started playing AI-generated messages spoofing tech tycoon Jeff Bezos." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/19/us_crosswalk_button_hacking/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:03]	TR Bot	 Hacking US crosswalks to talk like Zuck is as easy as 1234 The Register
[11:03]	TR News	"This marks the latest instance of AI confabulations (also called "hallucinations") causing potential business damage." https://www.wired.com/story/cursor-ai-hallucination-policy-customer-service/ | Source: Wired
[11:03]	TR Bot	AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policyand Created a Mess | WIRED
[11:05]	TR News	"Apples quiet rebrand of its search ads business to the more assertive Apple Ads may seem like a modest semantic update but in the context of platform power plays, language rarely shifts without intention." https://digiday.com/marketing/when-it-comes-to-ads-apple-isnt-playing-coy-anymore/ | Source: Digi Day
[11:05]	TR Bot	 Apple's rebranded Apple Ads shows renewed focus on advertising
[11:05]	TR News	"Apple today announced that it has officially rebranded Search Ads as Apple Ads, reflecting the expanding scope of Apples advertising business." https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/14/apple-rebrands-search-ads-business-as-apple-ads/ | Source: 9to5Mac
[11:05]	TR Bot	rebrands Search Ads business as 'Apple Ads' - 9to5Mac
[11:06]	TR News	"HP Inc has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in the US that alleged it used deceptive pricing tactics on its website, including fake discounts and misleading limited-time offers" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/19/hp_deceptive_pricing_lawsuit/ | Source: The Register UK
[11:06]	TR Bot	 HP settles deceptive pricing lawsuit for a pittance The Register
[11:08]	TR News	Richard Stallman Sigma https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIon9JKBHmp/ 17 h ago
[11:08]	TR Bot	FOSS | The reason why he's a legend #linux #linuxcommunity #linuxuser #opensource #linuxterminal #linuxmemes #linuxlover #linuxmeme #linuxfan... | Instagram
[11:10]	TR News	"Prop 65 is often presented as a story of overregulation, but I think it's a matter of underregulation." https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/19/gotcha/#known-to-the-state-of-california-to-cause-cancer | Source: CoryDoctorow
[11:10]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Against transparency (19 Apr 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[11:10]	TR News	"Some firms tested their robots for weeks before the race." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/china-pits-humanoid-robots-against-humans-in-half-marathon/articleshow/120422196.cms | Source: India Times
[11:10]	TR Bot	 China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon - The Economic Times
[11:11]	TR News	"The researchers say that this is one of the first simultaneous recordings of conscious perception" https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-think-theyve-found-the-brain-region-that-regulates-conscious-perception/ | Source: Wired
[11:11]	TR Bot	Think Theyve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception | WIRED
[11:11]	TR News	"Several years ago, I gave my teammates a virtual tour of my home office as part of a virtual retreat day." https://jeffbridgforth.com/getting-to-know-me-through-the-treasures-in-my-office/ | Source: Jeff Bridgforth
[11:11]	TR Bot	 Getting to know me through the treasures in my office | Jeff Bridgforth
[11:12]	TR News	"When you have a seemingly intractable problem theres an impenetrable door we cant open rather than focus on the door itself, you take a step back and realize the door may be impenetrable but the wall enclosing it is not." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/as-strong-as-your-weakest-point/ | Source: Jim Nielsen
[11:12]	TR Bot	 Youre Only As Strong As Your Weakest Point - Jim Nielsens Blog
[11:12]	TR News	"As Im sure any longtime reader of this site could have guessed by now, the concept of a blog or website as a virtual home is not a new idea, and Im definitely not the first to use that phrasing." https://justinvollmer.com/posts/2025/04/a-digital-home/ | Source: Justin Vollmer
[11:12]	TR Bot	 A Digital Home | Justin Vollmer
[11:12]	TR News	"Emotional security doesnt come from pretending everything is fine." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-path-forward | Source: Mike Brock
[11:12]	TR Bot	 The Path Forward - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus
[11:13]	TR News	"Disco introduced significant use of synthesizers, electronic pianos and orchestral instruments, such as brassy horns and silky strings, and often featured repetitive lyrics." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/fifty-years-ago-this-irresistible-disco-song-and-dance-craze-swept-the-nation-and-changed-the-music-landscape-180986460/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
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[11:13]	TR News	"Outside the US, Google has incurred fines for anticompetition charges and had to make business changes to comply with international regulations." https://www.theverge.com/policy/652170/google-search-ad-tech-remedies-antitrust-chrome-breakup | Source: The Verge
[11:13]	TR Bot	 Google is in more danger than ever of being broken up | The Verge
[11:13]	TR News	"USB Type-C is the most flexible connection for notebooks and smartphones." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2331534/the-bewildering-world-of-usb-c-charging-explained.html | Source: PC World
[11:13]	TR Bot	bewildering world of USB-C charging, explained | PCWorld
[11:14]	TR News	"GlassFish is a free and open-source implementation of the Java EE Platform developed by Eclipse." https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-glassfish-application-server-with-nginx-reverse-proxy-on-debian-12/ | Source: HowTo Forge
[11:14]	TR Bot	 How to Install GlassFish Application Server with Nginx Reverse Proxy on Debian 12
[11:14]	TR News	"You are given an array of words and a word." https://raku-musings.com/friendly-acronyms.html | Source: Arne Sommer
[11:14]	TR Bot	 Friendly Acronyms with Raku - Arne Sommer
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[11:20]	TR News	"After nearly a decade of building embedded systems in C, C++, and Rust, Ive somehow ended up writing Haskell for a living." https://bitbashing.io/haskell-concurrency.html |
[11:20]	TR Bot	 Concurrency in Haskell: Fast, Simple, Correct
[11:20]	TR News	"And these are all relatively similar programming languages. Naming conventions start to diverge wildly when you start talking about languages like SQL, HTML, or COBOL." https://unplannedobsolescence.com/blog/mostly-true-naming-rule/ | Source: Alex Petros
[11:20]	TR Bot	 The Mostly True Naming Rule
[11:21]	TR News	"Ive been thinking recently about what sets apart my coworkers whove done the best work." https://www.benkuhn.net/impact/ | Source: Ben Kuhn
[11:21]	TR Bot	agency, and taste | benkuhn.net
[11:21]	TR News	"An early, small hurdle diving into WebAssembly was allocating my allocator." https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/04/19/ | Source: Chris Wellons
[11:21]	TR Bot	 WebAssembly: How to allocate your allocator
[11:22]	TR News	"I'm delight to announce the first release of my opinionated HTML Pretty Printer for new versions of PHP." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/04/introducing-pretty-print-html-for-php-8-4/ | Source: Terence Eden
[11:22]	TR Bot	 Introducing Pretty Print HTML for PHP 8.4 Terence Edens Blog
[11:22]	TR News	"I just released a new open source package, SwiftTitleCase. This package contains a Swift function that tries its best to transform strings to AP style title case." https://mangoumbrella.com/post/new-open-source-package-swifttitlecase | Source: Yilei Yang
[11:22]	TR Bot	 New Open Source Package: SwiftTitleCase | Mango Umbrella
[11:25]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[11:25]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[11:30]	Sompi_	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paIVUBLvSAY
[11:30]	TR Bot	https://vid.priv.au/watch?v=paIVUBLvSAY
[11:30]	TR Bot	not resolve host: vid.priv.au ( status 0 @ https://vid.priv.au/watch?v=paIVUBLvSAY )
[11:31]	Sompi_	the owner of a new car cannot even turn off any of the tracking without having an Android or iOS phone
[11:31]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://yewtu.be/watch?v=paIVUBLvSAY
[11:31]	TR Bot	( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=paIVUBLvSAY )
[11:31]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/o/2022/01/02/no-control-over-cars/
[11:31]	TR Bot	 Index: Loss of Control Over Cars
[11:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	society is crumbling so to keep control   they want microphones everywhere
[11:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	they thhhen phone you upo
[11:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	"hey, CARL, why did you say THIS last night?"
[11:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	"no, i promise, i don't plan to kill him"''
[11:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	this is "the future"
[11:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	social control on steroids
[11:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	with "cool" gadgets
[11:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	"ok siri"
[11:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	"ok google"
[11:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	"alexa whatever"
[11:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	they teach people to want to transmit audio from home ALL THE TIME
[11:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	so COOL that apple settled
[11:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4rvr495rgo
[11:34]	TR Bot	 Apple to pay $95m to settle Siri listening case - BBC News
[11:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.reuters.com/legal/apple-pay-95-million-settle-siri-privacy-lawsuit-2025-01-02/
[11:34]	TR Bot	( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/legal/apple-pay-95-million-settle-siri-privacy-lawsuit-2025-01-02/ )
[11:34]	Sompi_	I was just pointing out that in order to decline anything you need an Android/iOS phone and somehow people don't even seem to notice how it makes it impossible for many people to do it
[11:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	so the "CAR" listening to you is nothing
[11:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	they do a lot worse
[11:34]	Sompi_	as if everyone had such device
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[11:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	what if even tables at coffee shops started having mics
[11:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	so a person you speaks to gets it logged centrally by Cheeto GAFAM http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml
[11:35]	TR Bot	 Techrights GAFAM Kissing the Ring of the Mafia Don
[11:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	because now they do this in kitchens
[11:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	and other rooms
[11:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	so doing it in public diner might be next
[11:35]	Sompi_	and how the fact that cars spy on every nearby human is still not common knowledge?
[11:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	<Sompi_> as if everyone had such device
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[11:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	people have good reaons NOT to have this
[11:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	BUT
[11:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	those same people
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	who know better
[11:36]	Sompi_	it's been a thing for at least a decade and normies are still surprised everytime when they hear about it
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	would not be stupid enough to go into such "modern" cars
[11:36]	Sompi_	or they don't believe it
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	let aaaaaaaaalone buy them\
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	if you take a taxi it's another matter
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	they need cameras for securjty reasons
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	driver does not trust you
[11:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	and you   cannot always trust the driver
[11:37]	Sompi_	and it's not just the car owner that's being spied on
[11:37]	Sompi_	and not just the people in the car
[11:37]	Sompi_	they have outside cameras too
[11:37]	Sompi_	so a parked car is a stationary spying device that tracks the movements of everyone who walks by
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[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	you know, i never thought of that
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	but
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	if you are outsiiiide
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	and eveyone must be
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	sometimes
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	then there are many other cameras poinnnting at you
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	e.g.
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	people's phones
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	CCTV
[11:40]	schestowitz[TR2]	shops
[11:40]	Sompi_	those food robots also
[11:40]	Sompi_	and no-one has given their consent for it
[11:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	in some placed that suggested placing microphones in lightihjng poles
[11:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	to eavesdrop on people nearby
[11:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	people's doors
[11:41]	schestowitz[TR2]	with things like "Loard of the RING"
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	moving cars won't supply good foortage
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	from the outside
[11:42]	Sompi_	in Finland it is legal to record a video in a public place, but only if the purpose is not to explicitly record the people who can be seen (and identified) from the picture
[11:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	parked ones might
[11:42]	Sompi_	but those are doing exactly that
[11:42]	Sompi_	otherwise they could not sell the data for money
[11:43]	Sompi_	they have to identify the people who are in the videos and pictures
[11:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	they just need some "hey hi" storytelling about how it's "innovative"
[11:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	it's not innovative
[11:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	just oppressive
[11:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	and unprecedented BECAUSE it is oppressive
[11:46]	TR News	"OPKSSH (also) is a clever way of using OpenID Connect (OIDC) to authenticate your OpenSSH sessions (it's not the only way to do this)." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/OpenPubkeyAndOPKSSHCleverness | Source: University of Toronto
[11:46]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[11:47]	TR News	How To Install Wine on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-wine-fedora-42/
[11:47]	TR Bot	 How To Install Wine on Fedora 42 - idroot
[11:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	not because it was infeasible
[11:47]	schestowitz[TR2]	there is a good reason why Google Glass died
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	just because you CAN do somethinf does not mean you SHOULD
[11:48]	TR News	How To Install FreeFileSync on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-freefilesync-ubuntu-24-04/
[11:48]	TR Bot	 How To Install FreeFileSync on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	but we already mentioned FB and Swartz the other day
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	how FB was mass downloading from torrent
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	taking 'pirated' papers
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	in quantity
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	tto plagiarise by LLMs
[11:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	and when Swartz just used his loggin to download many papers
[11:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	to studddy them
[11:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	they ended up killing him
[11:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	GAFAM is subjected to no real laws
[11:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/o/2019/08/06/fake-bargains/
[11:49]	TR Bot	 The Eric Lundgren Case and Similar High-Profile Plea 'Bargains' (Aaron Swartz and Marcus Hutchins)
[11:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/10/The_Standard_Need_to_Improve_Its_Standards_for_Fact_Checking_Aa.shtml
[11:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Standard Needs to Improve Its Standards for Fact-Checking, Aaron Swartz Had Nothing to Do With Reddit and He Detested the Company That Created It
[11:49]	TR News	How To Install Caddy on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-caddy-centos-stream-10/
[11:49]	TR Bot	 How To Install Caddy on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot
[11:50]	TR News	How To Install Calibre on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-calibre-fedora-42/
[11:50]	TR Bot	 How To Install Calibre on Fedora 42 - idroot
[11:50]	TR News	How To Install Nginx on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-nginx-fedora-42/
[11:50]	TR Bot	 How To Install Nginx on Fedora 42 - idroot
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[11:54]	Sompi_	"This stuff has been common knowledge among security experts for at least a decade.
[11:54]	Sompi_	The scariest part is how all of this seems to come as a surprise to the majority of people every time when they hear about it. The "normies" seem to forget everything almost instantly and then they just continue with their lives like there's no problem. It's like they have a collective dementia or something - things like cars having became a spying equipment is just wiped out from their memory.
[11:54]	Sompi_	"
[11:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  DietPi extremely lightweight Debian-based distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/12/DietPi_extremely_lightweight_Debian_based_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/12/DietPi_extremely_lightweight_Debian_based_distribution.gmi 
[11:55]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines DietPi extremely lightweight Debian-based distribution
[11:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[11:55]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
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[12:05]	TR News	Techrights Links 20/04/2025: Bleeding Constitution and ChatGPT Infuriates Users Some More https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Links_20_04_2025_Bleeding_Constitution_and_ChatGPT_Infuriates_U.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Links_20_04_2025_Bleeding_Constitution_and_ChatGPT_Infuriates_U.gmi 
[12:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 20/04/2025: Bleeding Constitution and ChatGPT Infuriates Users Some More
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[12:08]	TR News	SpellBinding: XEIMOTA Wordo: BLIMP gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-20.gmi
[12:09]	TR News	On IBM: "Atlanta used to have so many big offices, 10-15 of them. Only one left after August!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrxqv3x6
[12:09]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrxqv3x6 )
[12:17]	TR News	"my friend Alec Wong suggested that I switch storing data from CSV files to SQLit" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/exploring-rsqlite-with-dbi-a-note-to-myself/ | Source: Rlang
[12:17]	TR Bot	`RSQLite` With `DBI`: A Note To Myself | R-bloggers
[12:18]	TR News	"The main highlight Caddy now offers fully automated support for Encrypted ClientHello (ECH)." https://linuxiac.com/caddy-2-10-web-server-debuts-enhanced-tls-privacy/ | Source: Linuxiac
[12:18]	TR Bot	 Caddy 2.10 Web Server Debuts Enhanced TLS Privacy
[12:18]	TR News	"Quite a bit of the complicated work (calculating a bounding box and figuring out the scaling) is actually automated" https://www.sevarg.net/2025/04/19/prision-mail-part-2-pdfxup/ | Source: Russell Graves
[12:18]	TR Bot	 N-Up PDF Printing for Prison Mail
[12:18]	TR News	"Developed by Uri Herrera and based on Debian" https://thenewstack.io/nitrux-a-debian-based-linux-distro-with-modern-apps/ | Source: The New Stack
[12:18]	TR Bot	 Nitrux, a Debian-Based Linux Distro With Modern Apps - The New Stack
[12:22]	TR News	"EU OS is not a brand-new Linux distribution in the traditional sense. Instead, it is a proof-of-concept built atop Fedoras immutable KDE Plasma spin (Kinoite)." https://thenewstack.io/eu-os-a-european-proposal-for-a-public-sector-linux-desktop/ | Source: The New Stack
[12:22]	TR Bot	 EU OS: A European Proposal for a Public Sector Linux Desktop - The New Stack
[12:22]	TR News	"Fedora 42 was recently released, capturing much of the attention, as expected. However, their Atomic Desktops brand comes alongside it, which unifies all of Fedoras rpm-ostree-based (immutable) spins under one umbrella and introduces several exciting updates in their version 42." https://linuxiac.com/whats-new-in-fedora-42s-atomic-desktops/ | Source: Linuxiac
[12:22]	TR Bot	 Whats New in Fedora 42s Atomic Desktops
[12:25]	TR News	"UEK is heavily optimized for enterprise workloads, such as databases and cloud applications." https://linuxiac.com/oracle-releases-unbreakable-enterprise-kernel-8/ | Source: Linuxiac
[12:25]	TR Bot	 Oracle Releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8
[12:25]	TR News	"FreeDOS is an open source operating system that is largely compatible with MS-DOS and behaves just like it." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/how-to-run-freedos-an-open-source-version-of-dos-on-any-pc | Source: Tom's Hardware
[12:25]	TR Bot	 How to run FreeDOS, an open-source version of DOS, on any PC | Tom's Hardware
[12:25]	TR News	"One of the strong points of Linux has always been how solid the experience of installing and managing software is." https://thelibre.news/the-wonderful-world-of-linux-package-managers/ | Source: LibreNews
[12:25]	TR Bot	 The wonderful world of Linux package managers
[12:26]	TR News	"In a dream world, I'd have a laptop setup so minimally, that each of these were always open" https://chrishannah.me/posts/2025/04/my-ideal-work-laptop/ | Source: Chris Hannah
[12:26]	TR Bot	 My Ideal Work Laptop | Chris Hannah
[12:27]	TR News	This Week in Plasma: many many things https://blogs.kde.org/2025/04/19/this-week-in-plasma-many-many-things/
[12:27]	TR Bot	 This Week in Plasma: many many things - KDE Blogs
[12:27]	TR News	Electric updated https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Electric
[12:27]	TR Bot	 Electric - Free Software Directory
[12:28]	TR News	Ahmed Siam: My first post and writing plans https://ahmedsiam.com/posts/2025/my-first-post-and-writing-plans/
[12:28]	TR Bot	 My first post and writing plans Ahmed Siam
[12:28]	TR News	Leaf Node Monitoring v2025.01 released with Import/Export and Connectivity Check https://raymii.org/s/blog/Leaf_Node_Monitoring_v2025.01_released.html
[12:28]	TR Bot	Node Monitoring v2025.01 released with Import/Export and Connectivity Check - Raymii.org
[12:33]	TR News	The Forrest Dump Billionaires Who Run the Economy and the Things They Say https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/politics/trump-musk-billionaires-economy.html
[12:33]	TR Bot	 The Trump Billionaires Who Run the Economy and the Things They Say - The New York Times
[12:34]	TR News	New chip cooling technique is 7X more more effective than standard approaches https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/liquid-cooling/researchers-develop-two-phase-cooling-technique-that-dissipates-7x-more-heat
[12:34]	TR Bot	 New chip cooling technique is 7X more more effective than standard approaches | Tom's Hardware
[12:38]	TR News	Enoki mushroom packages recalled for possible listeria contamination https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/lifestyle/enoki-mushroom-packages-recalled-for-possible-listeria-contamination/
[12:38]	TR Bot	 Enoki mushroom packages recalled for possible listeria contamination
[12:41]	TR News	2025-04-18 white alice https://computer.rip/2025-04-18-white-alice.html
[12:41]	TR Bot	 2025-04-18 white alice
[12:46]	TR News	Don Marti: Surveillance Giant Google Ads Shitshow Report 2024 https://blog.zgp.org/google-ads-shitshow-report-2024/
[12:46]	TR Bot	 Google Ads Shitshow Report 2024
[12:47]	TR News	mintCast 459 Travel Digital Hygene https://mintcast.org/459-travel-digital-hygene/
[12:47]	TR Bot	 459 Travel Digital Hygene mintCast
[12:47]	TR News	Here's How to Interpret The Concerning Link Between Cooking Oil And Cancer https://www.sciencealert.com/heres-how-to-interpret-the-concerning-link-between-cooking-oil-and-cancer
[12:47]	TR Bot	How to Interpret The Concerning Link Between Cooking Oil And Cancer : ScienceAlert
[12:47]	TR News	How to install Signal on Ubuntu https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-signal-on-ubuntu/
[12:48]	TR Bot	 How to install Signal on Ubuntu
[12:48]	TR News	How to install Slack on Arch GNU/Linux https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-slack-on-arch-linux/
[12:48]	TR Bot	 How to install Slack on Arch Linux
[12:49]	TR News	Slack is proprietary spyware; use IRC or Jabber or something else instead.
[12:50]	TR News	EasyOS Scarthgap-series version 6.6.7 https://bkhome.org/news/202504/easyos-scarthgap-series-version-667.html
[12:50]	TR Bot	 EasyOS Scarthgap-series version 6.6.7
[12:50]	TR News	New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Drive Rally, Viscerafest and Hollow Survivors - 2025-04-16 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-04-16-edition/index.html
[12:50]	TR Bot	 New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Drive Rally, Viscerafest and Hollow Survivors - 2025-04-16 Edition
[12:51]	TR News	Initial Thoughts of the Framework 13 https://kevquirk.com/blog/initial-thoughts-of-the-framework-13
[12:51]	TR Bot	 Initial Thoughts of the Framework 13 | Kev Quirk
[12:51]	TR News	KubeTUI: Your Kubernetes Dashboard Right Inside Your Terminal https://linuxhandbook.com/kubetui/
[12:51]	TR Bot	 KubeTUI: Kubernetes Dashboard Right Inside Your Terminal
[12:55]	TR News	Nitrux, a Debian-Based GNU/Linux Distro With Modern Apps https://thenewstack.io/nitrux-a-debian-based-linux-distro-with-modern-apps/
[12:55]	TR Bot	 Nitrux, a Debian-Based Linux Distro With Modern Apps - The New Stack
[12:58]	TR News	Fact check: Will Bulgarians lose their savings once they join the euro? https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-will-bulgarians-lose-their-savings-once-they-join-the-euro/a-72199640
[12:58]	TR Bot	check: Euro won't affect Bulgarian savings DW 04/13/2025
[12:59]	TR News	Driscoll's strawberry plant patent infringement claim finally squashed http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/driscolls-strawberry-plant-patent.html patents must never be granted on naure in the first place, but EPO is corrupt and defunct http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/driscolls-strawberry-plant-patent.html
[12:59]	TR Bot	 Driscoll's strawberry plant patent infringement claim finally squashed - The IPKat
● Apr 20
[13:00]	TR News	Kangaroo Court of EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/beware-of-boilerplate-practical-lessons.html
[13:00]	TR Bot	 Beware of boilerplate: Practical lessons for patent drafting from G1/24 (Claim interpretation) - The IPKat
[13:01]	TR News	sig_atomic_t is a long on most architectures on FreeBSD https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3811
[13:01]	TR Bot	 3811 sig_atomic_t is a long on most architectures on FreeBSD
[13:03]	TR News	All Your "Github Projects" Will be Gone One Day (Just Like Skype) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/All_Your_Github_Projects_Will_be_Gone_One_Day_Just_Like_Skype.shtml
[13:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights All Your "Github Projects" Will be Gone One Day (Just Like Skype)
[13:03]	TR News	Microsoft's Attack Dogs Have Failed. Now What? https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Microsoft_s_Attack_Dogs_Have_Failed_Now_What.shtml
[13:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft's Attack Dogs Have Failed. Now What?
[13:03]	TR News	Sounds Like I.C.B.M. is Preparing for Mass Layoffs/Redundancies in Red Hat, Albeit in "PIP" (Performance Improvement Plan) or "Relocation" Clothing https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Sounds_Like_IBM_is_Preparing_for_Mass_Layoffs_Redundancies_in_R.shtml
[13:03]	TR Bot	 Techrights Sounds Like IBM is Preparing for Mass Layoffs/Redundancies in Red Hat, Albeit in "PIP" (Performance Improvement Plan) or "Relocation" Clothing
[13:06]	TR News	Free Software and Standards - Not Marketing Blitz - Needed Amid Growing Severity of Dependency on Hostile Suppliers (or Another Country's Sovereignty) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/19/Free_Software_and_Standards_Not_Marketing_Blitz_Needed_Amid_Gro.shtml
[13:06]	TR Bot	 Techrights Free Software and Standards - Not Marketing Blitz - Needed Amid Growing Severity of Dependency on Hostile Suppliers (or Another Country's Sovereignty)
[13:06]	TR News	Microsofters Say They Cannot Find a Job (That They Want) Because of Techrights, But Techrights Merely Reported on Their Behaviour https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/19/Microsofters_Say_They_Cannot_Find_a_Job_That_They_Want_Because_.shtml
[13:06]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsofters Say They Cannot Find a Job (That They Want) Because of Techrights, But Techrights Merely Reported on Their Behaviour
[13:08]	TR News	Adjusting Mouse Edge Stickiness in KDE Plasma https://cubiclenate.com/2025/04/19/adjusting-mouse-edge-stickiness-in-kde-plasma/
[13:08]	TR Bot	 Adjusting Screen Edge Stickiness in KDE Plasma: A Guide
[13:11]	TR News	Slop retrofitted for DOS, as slop has nothing of value left to show others than useless gimmicks? https://hackaday.com/2025/04/19/will-it-run-llama-2-now-dos-can/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:11]	TR Bot	It Run Llama 2? Now DOS Can | Hackaday
[13:11]	TR News	Hydroplaning RC Jet Boat Steers Clear Of Convention https://hackaday.com/2025/04/19/hydroplaning-rc-jet-boat-steers-clear-of-convention/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:11]	TR Bot	RC Jet Boat Steers Clear Of Convention | Hackaday
[13:11]	TR News	Exploring Pages, Links, Tags, and Block References in Logseq https://itsfoss.com/logseq-pages-links-tags-blocks/
[13:11]	TR Bot	 Exploring Pages, Links, Tags, and Block References in Logseq
[13:12]	TR News	The Bright Side: Robots race alongside humans in China half-marathon https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250419-%F0%9F%8C%9Fthe-bright-side-robots-race-alongside-humans-in-china-half-marathon
[13:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250419-%F0%9F%8C%9Fthe-bright-side-robots-race-alongside-humans-in-china-half-marathon )
[13:16]	TR News	Choose Europe!: Macron invites scientists to work in France amid US funding cuts https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250419-choose-europe-macron-invites-scientists-to-work-in-france-amid-us-funding-cuts
[13:16]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250419-choose-europe-macron-invites-scientists-to-work-in-france-amid-us-funding-cuts )
[13:17]	TR News	"They Hacked A Nuclear Power Plant!" https://hackaday.com/2025/04/19/they-hacked-a-nuclear-power-plant-whoops-dont-make-a-sound/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:17]	TR Bot	Hacked A Nuclear Power Plant! Whoops! Dont Make A Sound! | Hackaday
[13:17]	TR News	"While ham radio operators have been embracing digital mobile radio (DMR), the equipment is most often bought since at least in early incarnations it needs a proprietary CODEC to convert speech to digital and vice versa." https://hackaday.com/2025/04/19/open-source-dmr-radio/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:17]	TR Bot	Source DMR Radio | Hackaday
[13:18]	TR News	CM5-DUAL-ETH-MINI-BOX is a dual gigabit Ethernet router box for the Raspberry Pi CM5 https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/19/cm5-dual-eth-mini-box-is-a-dual-gigabit-ethernet-router-box-for-the-raspberry-pi-cm5/
[13:18]	TR Bot	 CM5-DUAL-ETH-MINI-BOX is a dual gigabit Ethernet router box for the Raspberry Pi CM5 - CNX Software
[13:18]	TR News	Fedora Already Lost Its Soul Under I.C.B.M. https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Fedora_Already_Lost_Its_Soul_Under_IBM.shtml
[13:19]	TR Bot	 Techrights Fedora Already Lost Its Soul Under IBM
[13:20]	TR News	Chinas TMSR-LF1 Molten Salt Thorium Reactor Begins Live Refueling Operations https://hackaday.com/2025/04/19/chinas-tmsr-lf1-molten-salt-thorium-reactor-begins-live-refueling-operations/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:20]	TR Bot	TMSR-LF1 Molten Salt Thorium Reactor Begins Live Refueling Operations | Hackaday
[13:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Kernel 6.13 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.14 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Linux_Kernel_6_13_Reaches_End_of_Life_It_s_Time_to_Upgrade_to_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Linux_Kernel_6_13_Reaches_End_of_Life_It_s_Time_to_Upgrade_to_L.gmi 
[13:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux Kernel 6.13 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.14
[13:21]	TR News	Frankenflair https://hackaday.com/2025/04/19/frankenflair-58-manual-roots-advanced-brew/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:21]	TR Bot	58: Manual Roots, Advanced Brew | Hackaday
[13:21]	TR News	When It Comes to the Web, Surveillance Giant Google is Evil and It Destroys the Web's Integrity With LLM Slop https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/19/When_It_Comes_to_the_Web_Google_is_Evil_and_It_Destroys_the_Web.shtml
[13:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights When It Comes to the Web, Google is Evil and It Destroys the Web's Integrity With LLM Slop
[13:21]	TR News	Egypt is Controlled by Google, Not Abusive Monopolist Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/19/Egypt_is_Controlled_by_Google_Not_Microsoft.shtml
[13:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights Egypt is Controlled by Google, Not Microsoft
[13:25]	TR News	unifont @ Savannah: Unifont 16.0.03 Released https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10757
[13:25]	TR Bot	 Unifont - News [Savannah]
[13:25]	MinceR	20 073116 < IsambardPrince> MinceR, Possible pushback from the court with sour cream and tomatoes?
[13:26]	MinceR	maybe the billionaire whose yacht they're vacationing on next wanted it this way
[13:26]	TR News	riscv: Add support for riscv-gnu (GNU/Hurd on RISC-V) https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commitdiff;h=869f2ab30ad53033ad6ac82569d74ce3a99fe510
[13:26]	TR Bot	Git - gcc.git/commitdiff
[13:26]	schestowitz[TR2]	lxo: ^
[13:27]	TR News	Why GNU/Linux is Growing https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Why_GNU_Linux_is_Growing.shtml
[13:27]	TR Bot	 Techrights Why GNU/Linux is Growing
[13:28]	MinceR	20 081822 < IsambardPrince> schestowitz[TR2], Lenovo now subtracts $140 from the laptop's price if you select Ubuntu or Fedora instead of Windows 11 Home.
[13:28]	MinceR	i bet they don't do this in orbanistan
[13:28]	TR News	Faizul "Piju" 9M2PJU: Understanding Yagi-Udas dipole Program for Antenna Analysis https://hamradio.my/2025/04/understanding-yagi-udas-dipole-program-for-antenna-analysis/
[13:28]	TR Bot	Yagi-Uda's dipole Program for Antenna Analysis - Hamradio.my
[13:29]	MinceR	> Hand forged nails are made of steel reinforcement.
[13:29]	MinceR	reinforcement of WHAT?
[13:29]	schestowitz[TR2]	steel wondering
[13:30]	TR News	11 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu 25.04 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-post-install-tasks
[13:30]	TR Bot	 11 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu 25.04 - OMG! Ubuntu
[13:30]	TR News	Proprietary Parallels Desktop 20.3 Brings GNU/Linux VM Fixes to Mac Users https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/parallels-20-3-fixes-linux-vm-issues-mac
[13:30]	TR Bot	 Parallels Desktop 20.3 Brings Linux VM Fixes to Mac Users - OMG! Ubuntu
[13:31]	MinceR	lol @ systemd/HURD
[13:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	GNU though
[13:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	systemd goes with Linux
[13:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	not other kernels
[13:33]	MinceR	https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/open_issues/systemd.html
[13:33]	TR Bot	 systemd
[13:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	and now Lollipop (LP) works for Microsoft
[13:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	hurd has its won replacement
[13:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	what was its name, i forgot..?
[13:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	*own 
[13:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/13/Video_Why_Hurd_and_MINIX_or_BSD_Didn_t_Get_Ahead_of_Linux.shtml
[13:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights [Video] Why Hurd and MINIX (or BSD) Didn't Get Ahead of Linux?
[13:35]	TR News	NVIDIA 575.51.02 Added Smooth Motion for Better GNU/Linux Gaming https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/nvidia-575-51-02-smooth-motion/
[13:35]	TR Bot	 NVIDIA 575.51.02 Added Smooth Motion for Better Linux Gaming | UbuntuHandbook
[13:35]	MinceR	20 143349 < schestowitz[TR2]> what was its name, i forgot..?
[13:35]	MinceR	systemd/Linux
[13:36]	TR News	PCLinuxOS Recent Updates https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5951
[13:36]	TR Bot	Updates PCLinuxOS
[13:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	shepherd iirc
[13:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-05/msg00005.html
[13:36]	TR Bot	 GNU Shepherd 0.10.0 released
[13:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/10/The_Shepherd_1_0_0_released.shtml
[13:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines The Shepherd 1.0.0 released!
[13:37]	MinceR	shepherd is a service manager
[13:37]	MinceR	and afaik it's just the new name of dmd
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● Apr 20
[14:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  Be Free to Have Multiple Clocks https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Be_Free_to_Have_Multiple_Clocks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Be_Free_to_Have_Multiple_Clocks.gmi 
[14:14]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Be Free to Have Multiple Clocks
[14:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: dm-d? you say?
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[14:22]	MinceR	"The Shepherd was formerly known as GNU dmd."   https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/
[14:22]	TR Bot	 The GNU Shepherd
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● Apr 20
[15:19]	TR News	"Hardware compatibility and kernel optimization: integrated 6.6/6.12 kernel updates; NVIDIA graphics driver upgrades; Intel/AMD CPU microcode updates for comprehensive improvements in hardware compatibility and low-level performance." https://www.deepin.org/en/deepin-23-1-release/
[15:19]	TR Bot	 deepin 23.1 Release Note Deepin Technology Community
[15:19]	TR News	"Since we released Yonada in December 2024 we worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it Zetar." https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-25-0-zetar-released/177008
[15:19]	TR Bot	 Manjaro 25.0 Zetar released - Releases - Manjaro Linux Forum
[15:21]	TR News	Ultramarine Linux 41 is Plugging In https://blog.fyralabs.com/ultramarine-linux-41-image-drop/ Source: | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//blog.fyralabs.com/ultramarine-linux-41-image-drop/
[15:21]	TR Bot	 Ultramarine Linux 41 is Plugging In
[15:22]	TR News	CentOS 10-20250414.0 and AUSTRUMI 5.0.4 are out
[15:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fedora-Based Ultramarine 41 Linux Distribution Is Now Available for Download https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Fedora_Based_Ultramarine_41_Linux_Distribution_Is_Now_Available.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/15/Fedora_Based_Ultramarine_41_Linux_Distribution_Is_Now_Available.gmi 
[15:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Fedora-Based Ultramarine 41 Linux Distribution Is Now Available for Download
[15:24]	TR News	T2 25.4 "It Only Does Everything" http://t2sde.org/#news-2025-04-14
[15:24]	TR Bot	 T2 Package Manager and Linux Distribution
[15:26]	TR News	Live Raizo 16.25.04.12 is out
[15:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  T2 Linux SDE 25.4 Released with Latest AMD ROCm for RISCV-64 and ARM64 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/T2_Linux_SDE_25_4_Released_with_Latest_AMD_ROCm_for_RISCV_64_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/T2_Linux_SDE_25_4_Released_with_Latest_AMD_ROCm_for_RISCV_64_an.gmi 
[15:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines T2 Linux SDE 25.4 Released with Latest AMD ROCm for RISCV-64 and ARM64
[15:27]	TR News	MX-23.6 now available! https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-23-6-now-available/
[15:27]	TR Bot	 MX-23.6 now available! MX Linux
[15:27]	TR News	MX News Week Ending April 18 2025 https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-news-week-ending-april-18-2025/
[15:27]	TR Bot	 MX News Week Ending April 18 2025 MX Linux
[15:29]	TR News	MidnightBSD 3.2.3 https://www.midnightbsd.org/news/
[15:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  MX Linux 23.6 Is Out Now Based on Debian 12.10 and Powered by Linux Kernel 6.14 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/MX_Linux_23_6_Is_Out_Now_Based_on_Debian_12_10_and_Powered_by_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/14/MX_Linux_23_6_Is_Out_Now_Based_on_Debian_12_10_and_Powered_by_L.gmi 
[15:29]	TR Bot	 MidnightBSD News
[15:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines MX Linux 23.6 Is Out Now Based on Debian 12.10 and Powered by Linux Kernel 6.14
[15:33]	TR News	Edmond cybersecurity CEO accused of planting malware on hospital computers https://www.koco.com/article/edmond-cybersecurity-ceo-accused-major-hack-at-hospital/64505584
[15:33]	TR Bot	( status 451 @ https://www.koco.com/article/edmond-cybersecurity-ceo-accused-major-hack-at-hospital/64505584 )
[15:33]	TR News	Enterprise Linux Security Episode 113 - Black Basta Exposed https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Y8Vv5LWsygc
[15:33]	TR Bot	( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Y8Vv5LWsygc?v=Y8Vv5LWsygc )
[15:34]	TR News	Biden attacks Cheeto Mussolini on Social Security in rare public speech https://www.dw.com/en/biden-attacks-trump-on-social-security-in-rare-public-speech/a-72256934
[15:34]	TR Bot	attacks Trump on Social Security in rare public speech DW 04/16/2025
[15:35]	TR News	BakerHostetlers 2025 Data Security Incident Response Report Finds Less Malware Used in 2024 https://admin.bakerlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-DSIR-Report.pdf
[15:36]	TR News	German Coalitions Troubling Plans on Social Security https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/15/german-coalitions-troubling-plans-social-security
[15:36]	TR Bot	 German Coalitions Troubling Plans on Social Security | Human Rights Watch
[15:37]	TR News	alt-right media https://www.theage.com.au/politics/campaign-security-concern-as-albanese-ambushed-by-alt-right-media-at-melbourne-hotel-20250415-p5ls27.html
[15:37]	TR Bot	 Video: Campaign security concern as Albanese ambushed by alt-right media at Melbourne hotel
[15:41]	TR News	How to Use Linux Exit Codes to Troubleshoot Your Linux System https://www.maketecheasier.com/use-linux-exit-codes-troubleshoot-linux-system/
[15:41]	TR Bot	 How to Use Linux Exit Codes to Troubleshoot Your Linux System - Make Tech Easier
[15:43]	TR News	Linux cut Command Usage Guide https://www.maketecheasier.com/linux-cut-command/
[15:43]	TR Bot	 Linux cut Command Usage Guide - Make Tech Easier
[15:44]	TR News	Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (15/2025): Boot your phone from USB https://linmob.net/weekly-update-15-2025/
[15:44]	TR Bot	- Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (15/2025): Boot your phone from USB
[15:45]	TR News	'Linux Mint Debian Edition 7' Gets OEM Support https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/04/12/0518218/linux-mint-debian-edition-7-gets-oem-support
[15:45]	TR Bot	 'Linux Mint Debian Edition 7' Gets OEM Support - Slashdot
[15:46]	TR News	Fedora Targets 99% Package Reproducibility by October https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/04/11/2143211/fedora-targets-99-package-reproducibility-by-october
[15:46]	TR Bot	 Fedora Targets 99% Package Reproducibility by October - Slashdot
[15:47]	TR News	Replace Your Regular Linux Commands With These Better Alternatives https://www.maketecheasier.com/linux-commands-alternatives/
[15:47]	TR Bot	 Replace Your Regular Linux Commands With These Better Alternatives - Make Tech Easier
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[15:54]	TR News	After 2 years of war, Sudan no closer to peace https://www.dw.com/en/after-2-years-of-war-sudan-no-closer-to-peace/a-72219165
[15:54]	TR Bot	2 years of war, Sudan no closer to peace DW 04/13/2025
[15:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  HamonirKR is a Korean Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/HamonirKR_is_a_Korean_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/HamonirKR_is_a_Korean_Linux_distribution.gmi 
[15:54]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines HamonirKR is a Korean Linux distribution
[15:54]	TR News	US remains by far the top market for German exports https://www.dw.com/en/us-remains-by-far-the-top-market-for-german-exports/a-72237171
[15:54]	TR Bot	remains by far the top market for German exports DW 04/14/2025
[15:55]	TR News	antitrust trial https://www.dw.com/en/us-meta-faces-landmark-antitrust-trial/a-72240476
[15:55]	TR Bot	Meta's landmark antitrust trial gets underway DW 04/15/2025
[15:56]	TR News	Windows TCO https://databreaches.net/2025/04/10/physicians-billing-and-revenue-management-firm-hit-by-lockbit/
[15:56]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/10/physicians-billing-and-revenue-management-firm-hit-by-lockbit/ )
[15:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux From Scratch build your own custom Linux system https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Linux_From_Scratch_build_your_own_custom_Linux_system.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Linux_From_Scratch_build_your_own_custom_Linux_system.gmi 
[15:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux From Scratch build your own custom Linux system
[15:58]	TR News	Preservation notice sent to Radford University in widening data leak case https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2025/04/10/preservation-notice-sent-to-radford-university-in-widening-data-leak-case/
[15:58]	TR Bot	 Preservation notice sent to Radford University in widening data leak case
[15:59]	TR News	Patient data leaked from cyberattack on Brunswick Medical Center https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article871867.html
[15:59]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article871867.html )
● Apr 20
[16:00]	TR News	No need to hack when its leaking: SavantCare edition https://databreaches.net/2025/04/11/no-need-to-hack-when-its-leaking-savantcare-edition/
[16:00]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/11/no-need-to-hack-when-its-leaking-savantcare-edition/ )
[16:01]	TR News	In Secret Meeting, China Acknowledged Role in U.S. Infrastructure Hacks https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/in-secret-meeting-china-acknowledged-role-in-u-s-infrastructure-hacks-c5ab37cb http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/Credit_to_Jessica_Lyons_at_The_Register_for_Covering_the_Commun.shtml
[16:01]	TR Bot	( status 401 @ https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/in-secret-meeting-china-acknowledged-role-in-u-s-infrastructure-hacks-c5ab37cb )
[16:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights Credit to Jessica Lyons at The Register for Covering the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), Proving That Authorities Do Not Want and Probably Never Wanted Computer Security (Except for Themselves)
[16:01]	TR News	UnitedHealth is demanding some struggling doctors immediately repay loans issued after last years cyberattack https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/unitedhealth-makes-doctors-repay-loans-issued-after-change-cyberattack.html
[16:01]	TR Bot	 UnitedHealth makes doctors repay loans issued after Change cyberattack
[16:02]	TR News	SK.com allegedly hacked by Qilin https://databreaches.net/2025/04/12/sk-com-allegedly-hacked-by-qilin/
[16:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/12/sk-com-allegedly-hacked-by-qilin/ )
[16:02]	TR News	Smiley calls for data sharing once Providence gets its schools back from state https://www.newsbreak.com/rhode-island-current-1641157/3961849375333-smiley-calls-for-data-sharing-once-providence-gets-its-schools-back-from-state
[16:02]	TR Bot	calls for data sharing once Providence gets its schools back from state - NewsBreak
[16:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi 
[16:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
[16:03]	TR News	Queensland has a new breach notification law going into effect July 1, 2025 https://www.ashurst.com/en/insights/queenslands-ipola-guidelines-new-mandatory-notification-data-breach-scheme/
[16:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.ashurst.com/en/insights/queenslands-ipola-guidelines-new-mandatory-notification-data-breach-scheme/ )
[16:04]	TR News	Psychiatric documents with sensitive patient info found loosely blown about near Regina medical clinic https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/psychiatric-documents-with-sensitive-patient-info-found-loosely-blown-about-near-regina-medical-clinic
[16:04]	TR Bot	 Patients' private documents found scattered near Regina medical clinic | Regina Leader Post
[16:04]	TR News	IAF jet on Myanmar relief operation faced cyber attack in air https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iaf-jet-on-myanmar-relief-operation-faced-cyber-attack-in-air/articleshowprint/120265334.cms
[16:04]	TR Bot	 IAF jet on Myanmar relief operation faced cyber attack in air - Times of India
[16:05]	TR News	Dialysis firm DaVita hit by ransomware attack https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2025/04/14/dialysis-firm-davita-hit-by-ransomware-attack
[16:05]	TR Bot	 Dialysis firm DaVita hit by ransomware attack, says patient care continues | The Star
[16:06]	TR News	Another entity reports the Nationwide Recovery Service data breach of 2024 https://databreaches.net/2025/04/14/another-entity-reports-the-nationwide-recovery-service-data-breach-of-2024/
[16:06]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/14/another-entity-reports-the-nationwide-recovery-service-data-breach-of-2024/ )
[16:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Nitrux, a Debian-Based Linux Distro With Modern Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Nitrux_a_Debian_Based_Linux_Distro_With_Modern_Apps.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Nitrux_a_Debian_Based_Linux_Distro_With_Modern_Apps.gmi 
[16:06]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Nitrux, a Debian-Based Linux Distro With Modern Apps
[16:06]	TR News	The Most Dangerous Hackers Youve Never Heard Of https://www.wired.com/story/most-dangerous-hackers-youve-never-heard-of/
[16:06]	TR Bot	Most Dangerous Hackers Youve Never Heard Of | WIRED
[16:09]	TR News	passage age-backed password manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/passage-age-backed-password-manager/
[16:09]	TR Bot	- age-backed password manager - LinuxLinks
[16:09]	TR News	sic offers image processing and conversion https://www.linuxlinks.com/sic-image-processing-conversion/
[16:09]	TR Bot	offers image processing and conversion - LinuxLinks
[16:09]	TR News	whalespotter finds big files and directories https://www.linuxlinks.com/whalespotter-finds-big-files-and-directories/
[16:09]	TR Bot	finds big files and directories - LinuxLinks
[16:09]	TR News	 (NEW):  Why I Dual-Boot But Choose Linux Over Windows Almost Every Time https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Why_I_Dual_Boot_But_Choose_Linux_Over_Windows_Almost_Every_Time.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Why_I_Dual_Boot_But_Choose_Linux_Over_Windows_Almost_Every_Time.gmi 
[16:09]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Why I Dual-Boot But Choose Linux Over Windows Almost Every Time
[16:09]	TR News	Linux Candy: doge simple motd script https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-candy-doge-simple-motd-script/
[16:09]	TR Bot	Candy: doge - simple motd script - LinuxLinks
[16:09]	TR News	Wrestic is a Restic wrapper built in Rust https://www.linuxlinks.com/wrestic-restic-wrapper-rust/
[16:09]	TR Bot	is a Restic wrapper built in Rust - LinuxLinks
[16:10]	TR News	HamonirKR is a Korean GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/hamonirkr-korean-linux-distribution/
[16:10]	TR Bot	is a Korean Linux distribution - LinuxLinks
[16:10]	TR News	passfzf is a simple fzf wrapper for pass https://www.linuxlinks.com/passfzf-simple-fzf-wrapper-pass/
[16:10]	TR Bot	is a simple fzf wrapper for pass - LinuxLinks
[16:11]	TR News	Meta Botches Redaction of Slides in Antitrust Trial, Angering Google, Apple, and Snap https://www.theverge.com/news/649834/meta-redactions-apple-google-snap-angry-ftc-antitrust-trial
[16:11]	TR Bot	 Google, Apple, and Snap arent happy about Metas poorly-redacted slides | The Verge
[16:12]	TR News	allergy season https://www.vox.com/climate/408287/allergy-season-insects-pollen-climate-change
[16:12]	TR Bot	season: Biting bugs and stinging insects are becoming more prevalent. Thats bad news for allergy sufferers. | Vox
[16:12]	TR News	action on climate https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/letter-mayors-federal-leaders-1.7507440
[16:12]	TR Bot	 Canadian mayors push federal leaders for action on climate, not pipelines | CBC News
[16:13]	TR News	Executive Order Targeting State Climate Laws https://truthout.org/articles/trump-on-shaky-legal-ground-with-executive-order-targeting-state-climate-laws/
[16:13]	TR Bot	 Trump on Shaky Legal Ground With Executive Order Targeting State Climate Laws | Truthout
[16:13]	TR News	Canada will no longer cover travel costs of experts it nominates to UN's climate science body https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/canada-climate-scientist-ippc-assessment-1.7507979
[16:13]	TR Bot	 Canada will no longer cover travel costs of experts it nominates to UN's climate science body | CBC News
[16:15]	TR News	Climate activists continue fight to sue the Swedish state in court https://www.thelocal.se/20250414/climate-activists-continue-fight-to-sue-the-swedish-state-in-court
[16:15]	TR Bot	 Climate activists continue fight to sue the Swedish state in court
[16:15]	TR News	Climate, Infrastructure Grants https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-15/us-judge-orders-immediate-thaw-of-climate-infrastructure-funds-politico-reports
[16:15]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-15/us-judge-orders-immediate-thaw-of-climate-infrastructure-funds-politico-reports )
[16:15]	TR News	Amid EU climate shift, cities face more floods, extreme heat https://www.dw.com/en/amid-eu-climate-shift-cities-face-more-floods-extreme-heat/a-72241614
[16:15]	TR Bot	EU's hottest year cities face more floods, extreme heat DW 04/15/2025
[16:16]	TR News	Climate change: Chance of Elfstedentocht conditions drops to once every 32 years https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/16/climate-change-chance-elfstedentocht-conditions-drops-every-32-years
[16:16]	TR Bot	 Climate change: Chance of Elfstedentocht conditions drops to once every 32 years | NL Times
[16:16]	TR News	 (NEW):  Caddy 2.10 Web Server Debuts Enhanced TLS Privacy https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Caddy_2_10_Web_Server_Debuts_Enhanced_TLS_Privacy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Caddy_2_10_Web_Server_Debuts_Enhanced_TLS_Privacy.gmi 
[16:16]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Caddy 2.10 Web Server Debuts Enhanced TLS Privacy
[16:16]	TR News	Richest people in Denmark leave four times the climate footprint of poorest https://cphpost.dk/2025-04-17/news/round-up/richest-people-in-denmark-leave-four-times-the-climate-footprint-of-poorest/
[16:16]	TR Bot	 Richest people in Denmark leave four times the climate footprint of poorest - The Copenhagen Post
[16:17]	TR News	Energy Prices Slump https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/articles/2025-04-11/wholesale-inflation-unexpectedly-falls-as-energy-prices-slump
[16:17]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/articles/2025-04-11/wholesale-inflation-unexpectedly-falls-as-energy-prices-slump )
[16:17]	TR News	US Universities Sue Energy Department Over Research Cuts https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-14/us-universities-sue-energy-department-over-research-cuts
[16:17]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-14/us-universities-sue-energy-department-over-research-cuts )
[16:18]	TR News	 (NEW):  Oracle Releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Oracle_Releases_Unbreakable_Enterprise_Kernel_8.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Oracle_Releases_Unbreakable_Enterprise_Kernel_8.gmi 
[16:18]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Oracle Releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8
[16:18]	TR News	Natural gas plants in UP are 'clean' energy sources, House bills contend https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/natural-gas-plants-are-clean-energy-sources-house-bills-contend
[16:18]	TR Bot	 Natural gas plants in UP are 'clean' energy sources, House bills contend | Bridge Michigan
[16:18]	TR News	Dozens of Employees Leaving US EIA, Putting Crucial Energy Data at Risk, Sources Say https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-16/dozens-of-employees-leaving-us-eia-putting-crucial-energy-data-at-risk-sources-say
[16:18]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-16/dozens-of-employees-leaving-us-eia-putting-crucial-energy-data-at-risk-sources-say )
[16:19]	TR News	Championing Free Speech as He Hand-Picks Protesters to Deport https://truthout.org/articles/rubio-brags-hes-championing-free-speech-as-he-hand-picks-protesters-to-deport/
[16:19]	TR Bot	 Rubio Brags Hes Championing Free Speech as He Hand-Picks Protesters to Deport | Truthout
[16:21]	TR News	Eyes Everywhere: Tech Tyranny and the Profiteers of Control https://www.projectcensored.org/eyes-tech-tyranny-profiteers-control/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml
[16:21]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/eyes-tech-tyranny-profiteers-control/ )
[16:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights Unlike GAFAM, Free Software Serves You, It Does Not Serve Governments and MElons (Overlapping Forces)
[16:22]	TR News	Framing the Feed: How Social Control Media Shapes Our Interpretation of Reality https://www.projectcensored.org/framing-the-feed-how-social-media-reality/
[16:22]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/framing-the-feed-how-social-media-reality/ )
[16:22]	TR News	Bitchute, the UK and modern censorship in action https://off-guardian.org/2025/04/17/bitchute-the-uk-and-modern-censorship-in-action/
[16:22]	TR Bot	 Bitchute, the UK and modern censorship in action OffGuardian
[16:29]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[16:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[16:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Stable kernels: Linux 6.14.3, Linux 6.13.12, and Linux 6.12.24 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_14_3_Linux_6_13_12_and_Linux_6_12_24.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_14_3_Linux_6_13_12_and_Linux_6_12_24.gmi 
[16:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 6.14.3, Linux 6.13.12, and Linux 6.12.24
[16:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Cambalache 0.96 Released! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Cambalache_0_96_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Cambalache_0_96_Released.gmi 
[16:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Cambalache 0.96 Released!
[16:42]	TR News	US Universities Federal Grants and Contracts Withheld https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-04-15/photo-collection-us-universities-federal-grants-and-contracts-withheld
[16:42]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-04-15/photo-collection-us-universities-federal-grants-and-contracts-withheld )
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[16:46]	TR News	Special watches, eye-tracking glasses will help a Hamilton university gauge voter interest during tonight's election debate https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/mcmaster-undecided-voters-study-1.7512327
[16:46]	TR Bot	 With eye-tracking glasses and special watches, McMaster studying voter reactions during election debate | CBC News
[16:47]	TR News	Facebook Whistleblower: Breaking Metas Monopoly Would Improve Childrens Safety https://truthout.org/video/facebook-whistleblower-breaking-metas-monopoly-would-improve-childrens-safety
[16:47]	TR Bot	 Facebook Whistleblower: Breaking Metas Monopoly Would Improve Childrens Safety | Truthout
[16:49]	TR News	The art of restraint: why not every system should be owned https://cybernews.com/security/former-blackhat-hacker-restraint-digital-consequences/
[16:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://cybernews.com/security/former-blackhat-hacker-restraint-digital-consequences/ )
[16:50]	TR News	Kyiv Region Police Expose Hackers Who Infected Notaries Computers with Viruses and Changed Data in State Registries https://dev.ua/en/news/kiberpolitsiia-kyivshchyny-vykryla-khakeriv-iaki-infikuvaly-virusamy-kompiutery-notariusiv-ta-zminiuvaly-dani-u-derzhavnykh-reiestrakh-1744711837
[16:50]	TR Bot	Region Police Expose Hackers Who Infected Notaries' Computers with Viruses and Changed Data in State Registries | dev.ua
[16:51]	TR News	China accuses US of launching advanced cyberattacks, names alleged NSA agents https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-harbin-says-us-launched-013146949.html
[16:51]	TR Bot	 China accuses US of launching 'advanced' cyberattacks, names alleged NSA agents
[16:51]	TR News	4chan hacked, internal data leaked on rival image board https://databreaches.net/2025/04/15/4chan-hacked-internal-data-leaked-on-rival-image-board/
[16:51]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/15/4chan-hacked-internal-data-leaked-on-rival-image-board/ )
[16:54]	TR News	South Africa Introduces Mandatory e-Portal Reporting for Data Breaches
[16:54]	TR News	South Africa Introduces Mandatory e-Portal Reporting for Data Breaches https://www.insideprivacy.com/data-security/data-breaches/south-africa-introduces-mandatory-e-portal-reporting-for-data-breaches/
[16:54]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.insideprivacy.com/data-security/data-breaches/south-africa-introduces-mandatory-e-portal-reporting-for-data-breaches/ )
[16:55]	TR News	Nude photos and names: KU Health and Kansas hospital sued for data breach https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/state/2025/04/16/nude-photos-names-ku-health-kansas-hospitals-sued-for-data-breach/83119511007/
[16:55]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://eu.cjonline.com/story/news/state/2025/04/16/nude-photos-names-ku-health-kansas-hospitals-sued-for-data-breach/83119511007/ )
[16:56]	TR News	Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud https://databreaches.net/2025/04/16/maryland-man-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-to-commit-wire-fraud/
[16:56]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/16/maryland-man-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-to-commit-wire-fraud/ )
[16:57]	TR News	Former Microsofter Chris Krebs vows to fight back against Cheeto Mussolini-ordered federal investigation https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/former-cisa-director-chris-krebs-vows-to-fight-back-against-trump-ordered-federal-investigation/
[16:57]	TR Bot	CISA director Chris Krebs vows to fight back against Trump-ordered federal investigation | TechCrunch
[16:57]	TR News	CISA warns of increased breach risks following Oracle Clown leak https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-increased-breach-risks-following-oracle-cloud-leak/
[16:57]	TR Bot	 CISA warns of increased breach risks following Oracle Cloud leak
[16:58]	TR News	British law firm fined after ransomware group publishes confidential client data https://therecord.media/uk-law-firm-fined-ico-ransomware-sensitive-data-breached
[16:58]	TR Bot	 British law firm fined after ransomware group publishes confidential client data | The Record from Recorded Future News
[16:59]	TR News	A whistleblowers disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
[16:59]	TR Bot	 Whistleblower details how DOGE may have taken sensitive NLRB data : NPR
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[17:01]	TR News	trade war could cause a recession https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/boc-interest-rate-april-1.7511457 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/livestory/ontario-throne-speech-outlines-ford-government-priorities-amid-tariff-fight-9.6724510
[17:01]	TR Bot	 Bank of Canada holds interest rate at 2.75%, says trade war could cause a recession | CBC News
[17:01]	TR Bot	 Ontario throne speech condemns 'chaos and uncertainty' caused by U.S. tariffs, economic threats | CBC
[17:01]	TR News	Honda denies plans to shift Mexico, Canada production to US despite tariff rumors https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/honda-denies-plans-move-production-mexico-canada-tariffs/
[17:02]	TR Bot	 Honda denies plans to move production out of Mexico, Canada
[17:02]	TR News	How Much Did The Playstation Plus Price Increase In Canada And Is The US Next? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-much-did-playstation-plus-price-increase-canada-us-next-1732804
[17:02]	TR Bot	 How Much Did The Playstation Plus Price Increase In Canada And Is The US Next? | IBTimes UK
[17:04]	TR News	A very high proportion of Google News is now LLM slop. A lot of it comes from India. Not racist to state such a fact.
[17:04]	TR News	LLM slop is mostly a blessing to people whose language skills are poor and quality/accuracy does not matter
[17:05]	TR News	Quebec recycler shows what happens to scrap appliances left on the curb https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-chelsea-trash-collector-1.7511967
[17:05]	TR Bot	 Quebec recycler shows what happens to scrap appliances left on the curb | CBC News
[17:05]	TR News	Remember when journalism did not mean feeding OTHER people's articles into a plagiarism blender, then pasting the resultant text into some WordPress interface (or similar).
[17:06]	TR News	Don't call it "AI". Start calling it what it is: plagiarism with many "inputs". https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3711675&doi=10.1145%2F3711675
[17:06]	TR Bot	 The Drunken Plagiarists - ACM Queue
[17:07]	TR News	CG of slop, not "AI-generated" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ai-chatgpt-action-dolls-1.7509494
[17:07]	TR Bot	 Why is everyone suddenly a doll? Newest AI trend is more than harmless fun | CBC News
[17:08]	TR News	gas prices fell https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cpi-march-2025-1.7510351
[17:08]	TR Bot	 Inflation in Canada cooled slightly to 2.3% in March as gas prices fell | CBC News
[17:13]	TR News	"hacked" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/interior-health-data-breach-canada-revenue-agency-accounts-hacked-1.7507321
[17:13]	TR Bot	 CRA accounts hacked after 28,000 social insurance numbers stolen in data breach | CBC News
[17:18]	TR News	"I've been running Kubuntu 25.04, since I prefer KDE Plasma, since the Beta release and it has been really smooth. Overall very happy with it as my main choice for my desktop workstation and gaming PC." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-is-out-now/
[17:18]	TR Bot	25.04 'Plucky Puffin' is out now | GamingOnLinux
[17:18]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/today_s_howtos.1.gmi 
[17:18]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[17:18]	TR News	"We saw a lot of movement on the Windows on Arm front earlier this year, but it's by no means the only operating system taking advantage of the new hardware architecture." https://www.xda-developers.com/ubuntu-arm64-support/
[17:18]	TR Bot	 The newest Ubuntu version ushers in ARM64 support for early adopters
[17:19]	TR News	"The latest interim release of Ubuntu offers many notable changes." https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-25-04-release/
[17:19]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 25.04 Is Here, Delivering A Great Desktop Experience
[17:21]	TR News	Amazons Fire OS for Smart TVs and tablets may drop Android for a new Linux-based OS https://liliputing.com/amazons-fire-os-for-smartphones-and-tablets-may-drop-android-for-a-new-linux-based-os/
[17:21]	TR Bot	Fire OS for Smart TVs and tablets may drop Android for a new Linux-based OS - Liliputing
[17:22]	TR News	"Accidents and bugs happen, hopefully some lessons will be learned from all sides on this. Just goes to show, Beta releases are vital to pick up bugsif they're reported." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-upgrades-halted-due-to-kubuntu-users-getting-a-broken-desktop/
[17:22]	TR Bot	25.04 upgrades halted due to Kubuntu users getting a broken desktop | GamingOnLinux
[17:23]	TR News	"With the latest Android 16 beta, you can now allocate as much storage as you want to the Linux Terminal" https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-terminal-disk-resize-3546144/
[17:23]	TR Bot	 Android 16 lets the Linux Terminal use your phone's entire storage - Android Authority
[17:23]	TR News	"Nitrux has web applications and a customizable desktop, and keeps things secure with SE Linux and an immutable file system." https://thenewstack.io/nitrux-a-debian-based-linux-distro-with-modern-apps/
[17:23]	TR Bot	 Nitrux, a Debian-Based Linux Distro With Modern Apps - The New Stack
[17:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients and NVIDIA 575.51.02 Added Smooth Motion for Better GNU/Linux Gaming https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Games_New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Clients_and_NVIDIA_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Games_New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Clients_and_NVIDIA_.gmi 
[17:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients and NVIDIA 575.51.02 Added Smooth Motion for Better GNU/Linux Gaming
[17:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: Framework, Raspberry Pi, and Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Open_Hardware_Modding_Framework_Raspberry_Pi_and_Weekly_GNU_lik.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Open_Hardware_Modding_Framework_Raspberry_Pi_and_Weekly_GNU_lik.gmi 
[17:28]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Framework, Raspberry Pi, and Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update
[17:28]	TR News	(guyana) Windows almost all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/guyana/#monthly-200902-202504 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/guyana/#monthly-200902-202504
[17:28]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Guyana | Statcounter Global Stats
[17:28]	TR Bot	 Operating System Market Share Guyana | Statcounter Global Stats
[17:30]	TR News	GNU/Linux steadily up in Jamaica https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/jamaica/#monthly-200902-202504
[17:30]	TR Bot	 Desktop Operating System Market Share Jamaica | Statcounter Global Stats
[17:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:35]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[17:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi 
[17:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
[17:37]	TR News	"Second last day of advance voting today. Unlike last time, where my riding had literally dozens of candidates (the "longest ballot protest" being a regular thing in Canada, and targetting leaders' ridings this time), there were just the usual four: Conservative, Liberal, New Democratic Party, and Green." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/4-20-2.gmi
[17:38]	TR News	"use gcc for Linux" gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/4-20.gmi
[17:41]	TR News	"I can't remember a time when I was not interested in technology. In fact my mother told me the story that I sawed up our rotary dial telephone to see what's in this magic thing when I was a very young boy (no joke!)." gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2025-04-20-Blog_Questions_Challenge_Technology_Edition.txt
[17:42]	TR News	Old means more robust, esp. in mechanics and "Tech". When you're still using a batteries charger from 30+ years ago and it still works perfectly, no repairs ever needed.
[17:47]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 20/04/2025: Canadian Elections and "Use the Best Tools You Have for the Current Environment" https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Gemini_Links_20_04_2025_Canadian_Elections_and_Use_the_Best_Too.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Gemini_Links_20_04_2025_Canadian_Elections_and_Use_the_Best_Too.gmi 
[17:47]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 20/04/2025: Canadian Elections and "Use the Best Tools You Have for the Current Environment"
[17:48]	admfubar	https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-becomes-a-formidable-geo-guesser-after-the-latest-model-updates
[17:48]	TR Bot	 ChatGPT is now a potent tool for finding the locations of photos, raising doxxing concerns | Tom's Hardware
[17:50]	TR News	Techrights Links 20/04/2025: Many Data Breaches and Growing Censorship Wave https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Links_20_04_2025_Many_Data_Breaches_and_Growing_Censorship_Wave.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Links_20_04_2025_Many_Data_Breaches_and_Growing_Censorship_Wave.gmi 
[17:50]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 20/04/2025: Many Data Breaches and Growing Censorship Wave
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[18:02]	admfubar	https://databreaches.net/2025/04/20/chinese-ghost-hackers-hit-hospitals-and-factories-in-america-and-u-k/
[18:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/20/chinese-ghost-hackers-hit-hospitals-and-factories-in-america-and-u-k/ )
[18:05]	TR News	Windows falling rapidly in Italy https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/italy/#monthly-200902-202504
[18:05]	TR Bot	 Operating System Market Share Italy | Statcounter Global Stats
[18:05]	TR News	addiction https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-overdoses-opioid-drug-addiction-homelessness-1.7507888
[18:05]	TR Bot	 A sister's search: What it's like to have a loved one on the street battling addiction | CBC News
[18:06]	TR News	Travel nightmares leave frustrated Canadian permanent residents in debt https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-travel-nightmares-permanent-residents-1.7509870
[18:06]	TR Bot	 Travel nightmares leave frustrated Canadian permanent residents in debt | CBC News
[18:07]	TR News	False https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/honda-plant-alliston-canada-1.7510455
[18:07]	TR Bot	 Honda denies reports that it intends to move auto production out of Canada | CBC News
[18:09]	TR News	Rising Canada recession risk to trigger at least 2 more rate cuts this year, economists predict https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-recession-risk-1.7509434
[18:09]	TR Bot	 Rising Canada recession risk to trigger at least 2 more rate cuts this year, economists predict | CBC News
[18:15]	admfubar	or everyone.... https://pogowasright.org/doge-is-building-a-master-database-to-surveil-and-track-immigrants/
[18:15]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://pogowasright.org/doge-is-building-a-master-database-to-surveil-and-track-immigrants/ )
[18:16]	TR News	Windsor Stellantis workers to return to job for at least 2 weeks, union says https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-stellantis-444-work-layoff-tariffs-1.7508237
[18:16]	TR Bot	 Windsor Stellantis workers to return to job for at least 2 weeks, union says | CBC News
[18:18]	TR News	endangered fungi https://www.dw.com/en/are-endangered-fungi-not-cute-enough-to-be-saved/a-72252313
[18:18]	TR Bot	endangered fungi not 'cute enough' to be saved? DW 04/17/2025
[18:18]	TR News	lemmings and U.S. flag https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-avc-apologizes-1.7507766
[18:18]	TR Bot	 P.E.I. vet college apologizes for asking artist to remove piece showing lemmings and U.S. flag | CBC News
[18:19]	TR News	ECB https://www.dw.com/en/ecb-cuts-interest-rates-by-quarter-as-tariff-turmoil-looms/a-72274813
[18:19]	TR Bot	cuts interest rates by quarter as tariff turmoil looms DW 04/17/2025
[18:20]	TR News	Cambodia https://www.dw.com/en/china-s-xi-jinping-in-cambodia-amid-trump-trade-tensions/a-72269874
[18:20]	TR Bot	Xi Jinping in Cambodia amid Trump trade tensions DW 04/17/2025
[18:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	admfubar: yes, weird framng
[18:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	the DBs are for everything
[18:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	for now, however, they might merely focus on some groups in the DBs
[18:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	first immigrats
[18:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	then pro-immigrants https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-launch-probe-into-anti-deportation-protests/a-72278305
[18:21]	TR Bot	police launch probe into anti-deportation protests DW 04/17/2025
[18:23]	TR News	Gen X thrived on a blow-it-all-up attitude. Things look different now that Cheeto Mussolini is actually doing it https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/generation-x-experience-liberation-day-tariffs-global-recession-1.7505252
[18:23]	TR Bot	 Surprise, Gen X! History didn't end, your RRSP is tanking and the nihilism isn't fun anymore | CBC News
[18:24]	TR News	Tariff Chaos https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/vermont/articles/2025-04-16/vermont-maple-syrup-makers-face-uncertainty-amid-canada-and-china-tariff-chaos
[18:24]	TR Bot	stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/vermont/articles/2025-04-16/vermont-maple-syrup-makers-face-uncertainty-amid-canada-and-china-tariff-chaos )
[18:25]	TR News	in response to U.S. tariffs https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-internal-free-trade-bill-1.7511660
[18:25]	TR Bot	 Ontario to remove barriers to internal trade, labour mobility, in response to U.S. tariffs | CBC News
[18:26]	TR News	Tariff turmoil might force this retiree back to work https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-trump-retirees-1.7510697
[18:26]	TR Bot	 Trump turmoil forcing Ottawa retiree back to work | CBC News
[18:26]	TR News	hammered retirement savings https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ns-lung-recipient-cost-transplant-retirement-savings-1.7510687
[18:26]	TR Bot	 N.S. lung recipient says costs around transplant hammered retirement savings | CBC News
[18:29]	TR News	"Other companies in the US, like IBM, were laying off approximately 9,000 employees across multiple locations in the nation." https://www.livemint.com/news/world/layoffs-alert-these-companies-including-volvo-announce-job-cuts-in-us-amid-trump-tariff-turmoil-11745065904533.html
[18:29]	TR Bot	 Layoffs alert: THESE companies, including Volvo, announce job cuts in US amid Trump tariff turmoil | Today News
[18:30]	TR News	"You have hit the nail on the head. IBM has firm data that shows 85-90% of the employees asked to move will not. HR and the CFO love that statistic as it makes lowering costs quite easy. Remember job 1 = lower costs as labor is viewed within management as a commodity." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js53f2dh
[18:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js53f2dh )
[18:35]	TR News	fish less risk-averse https://www.dw.com/en/psychoactive-drug-pollution-makes-fish-less-risk-averse/a-72201626
[18:35]	TR Bot	drug pollution makes fish less risk-averse DW 04/14/2025
[18:37]	TR News	GM halts production https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/ingersoll-assembly-plant-halting-production-layoffs-1.7508190
[18:37]	TR Bot	 Hundreds of workers laid off at Ingersoll, Ont., assembly plant as GM halts production | CBC News
[18:45]	TR News	organ trafficking network https://www.dw.com/en/kidneys-for-cash-inside-a-global-organ-trafficking-network/a-72239158
[18:45]	TR Bot	for cash: Inside a global organ trafficking network DW 04/14/2025
[18:53]	TR News	Indian fugitive held in Belgium over $1.8 billion bank scam https://www.dw.com/en/indian-fugitive-held-in-belgium-over-1-8-billion-bank-scam/a-72235715
[18:53]	TR Bot	fugitive held in Belgium over $1.8 billion bank scam DW 04/14/2025
[18:54]	TR News	grow more of its own food https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/canada-tariffs-food-grow-buy-canadian-1.7508121
[18:54]	TR Bot	 Can Canada grow more of its own food? Greenhouses, vertical farming make it possible, experts say | CBC Radio
[18:54]	TR News	online shopping price https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tariffs-online-shopping-canadians-1.7507786
[18:54]	TR Bot	 Will the U.S.-China tariff war drive up online shopping prices for Canadians? | CBC News
[18:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-school-lunch-program-feedback-1.7503190
[18:59]	TR Bot	 No goulash? Some parents lukewarm to N.S. school lunch program | CBC News
[18:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	in canada?>
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[19:00]	TR News	Gulag monopolized online ad markets, US judge says https://www.dw.com/en/google-monopolized-online-ad-markets-us-judge-says/a-72277890
[19:00]	TR Bot	monopolized online ad markets, US judge says DW 04/17/2025
[19:05]	TR News	Indigenous DNA in wastewater? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/indigenous-dna-wastewater-research-exploitation-1.7505954
[19:05]	TR Bot	 Indigenous DNA in wastewater is vulnerable to exploitation, Guelph, Ont., researchers say | CBC News
[19:05]	TR News	White House uses Hamilton economist's paper to justify tariffs but misses his point 'trade wars are bad' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/pujolas-trade-war-tariffs-1.7508110
[19:05]	TR Bot	 White House uses Hamilton economist's paper to justify tariffs but misses his point 'trade wars are bad' | CBC News
[19:06]	TR News	Zimbabwe tightens the noose on NGOs https://www.dw.com/en/zimbabwe-tightens-the-noose-on-ngos/a-72276405
[19:06]	TR Bot	tightens the noose on NGOs DW 04/17/2025
[19:08]	TR News	Keystone Pipeline spill in North Dakota https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/keystone-pipeline-operators-regulators-corrective-action-1.7509052
[19:08]	TR Bot	 U.S. regulators order corrective action after Keystone Pipeline spill in North Dakota | CBC News
[19:12]	TR News	Foreign worker who paid $25K to land job in Canada awarded $115K by tribunal https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/foreign-worker-awarded-damages-1.7508140
[19:12]	TR Bot	 Foreign worker who paid $25K to land job in Canada awarded $115K by tribunal | CBC News
[19:14]	TR News	Brazil is rich in water. Why does it struggle with water crises? Overpopulation https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-is-rich-in-water-why-does-it-struggle-with-water-crises/a-72243220
[19:14]	TR Bot	Brazil faces a water crisis DW 04/16/2025
[19:14]	TR News	Bangladesh https://www.dw.com/en/german-firms-eye-bangladesh-amid-us-china-tariff-war/a-72265541
[19:14]	TR Bot	firms eye Bangladesh amid US-China tariff war DW 04/16/2025
[19:17]	TR News	Amnesty International reopens Hong Kong office 'in exile' https://www.dw.com/en/amnesty-international-reopens-hong-kong-office-in-exile/a-72247252
[19:17]	TR Bot	International reopens Hong Kong office 'in exile' DW 04/15/2025
[19:21]	TR News	They probably just arrange patent monopolies and grifting in advance https://www.dw.com/en/who-countries-agree-on-technology-transfers-in-next-pandemic/a-72257254
[19:21]	TR Bot	countries agree on technology transfers in next pandemic DW 04/16/2025
[19:22]	TR News	5% of US cancers may be caused by medical imaging radiation https://www.dw.com/en/5-of-us-cancers-may-be-caused-by-medical-imaging-radiation/a-72246798
[19:22]	TR Bot	of US cancers may be caused by medical imaging radiation DW 04/15/2025
[19:24]	TR News	Or people going through borders with Rapiscan (xray/ct) stripping them naked while delivering payload of radiation... so-called "security"... giving people cancer while taking away their dignity
[19:25]	TR News	China accuses US of cyberattack during Asian Winter Games https://www.dw.com/en/china-accuses-us-of-cyberattack-during-asian-winter-games/a-72246386
[19:25]	TR Bot	accuses US of cyberattack during Asian Winter Games DW 04/15/2025
[19:26]	TR News	China halts delivery of Boeing jets https://www.dw.com/en/china-halts-delivery-of-boeing-jets-report/a-72248102
[19:26]	TR Bot	halts delivery of Boeing jets report DW 04/15/2025
[19:27]	TR News	legal services in remote First Nations https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/starlink-navigator-program-funding-cut-1.7509219
[19:27]	TR Bot	 Ontario's severed ties with Starlink impedes access to legal services in remote First Nations | CBC News
[19:28]	TR News	Euro emerges as safe haven ttps://www.dw.com/en/euro-emerges-as-safe-haven-amid-trump-tariff-turmoil/a-72216210
[19:34]	TR News	oil prices could plunge https://www.dw.com/en/concern-grows-over-how-far-oil-prices-could-plunge-amid-trade-war-shock/a-72215273
[19:34]	TR Bot	tariffs: Concern grows over falling oil prices DW 04/14/2025
[19:37]	TR News	rethink exports https://www.dw.com/en/trump-tariff-pause-gives-india-room-to-rethink-exports/a-72250802
[19:37]	TR Bot	tariff pause gives India room to rethink exports DW 04/15/2025
[19:39]	TR News	Woman 'inadvertently' added to Sask. Party MLAs' planning group chat https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-party-group-chat-1.7508201
[19:39]	TR Bot	 Woman 'inadvertently' added to Sask. Party MLAs' planning group chat | CBC News
[19:39]	TR News	Free money for all: Germany's universal basic income experiment https://www.dw.com/en/free-money-for-all-germany-s-universal-basic-income-experiment/a-72223009
[19:39]	TR Bot	money: Germany's basic income experiment DW 04/15/2025
[19:40]	TR News	$2.2 billion in grants https://www.dw.com/en/harvard-trump-administration-freezes-2-2-billion-in-grants/a-72245511
[19:40]	TR Bot	Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants DW 04/15/2025
[19:42]	TR News	Sweden says no proof Chinese ship meant to damage cables https://www.dw.com/en/sweden-says-no-proof-chinese-ship-meant-to-damage-cables/a-72250803
[19:42]	TR Bot	says no proof Chinese ship meant to damage cables DW 04/15/2025
[19:44]	TR News	fined after hugging https://www.dw.com/en/man-fined-after-hugging-german-chancellor-olaf-scholz/a-72252957
[19:44]	TR Bot	fined after hugging German Chancellor Olaf Scholz DW 04/15/2025
[19:47]	TR News	Techrights Links 20/04/2025: Partly Assorted Scientific and Political Leftovers https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Links_20_04_2025_Partly_Assorted_Scientific_and_Political_Lefto.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Links_20_04_2025_Partly_Assorted_Scientific_and_Political_Lefto.gmi 
[19:47]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 20/04/2025: Partly Assorted Scientific and Political Leftovers
[19:48]	TR News	"I want to talk a bit about solo RPGs. At some point I want to write a longer post on this topic. This could be it, but I'm not sure I have the energy today and I'm tired of not posting anything for months on end. So we'll see." gopher://thelambdalab.xyz:70/0/phlog/2025-04-20-April.txt
[19:49]	TR News	"Ok, so check this out. I raved about how magical #FreeBSD #linuxulator is, but it gets even better! In my Ubuntu linux jail, I downloaded the source for the #mobian kernel, installed cross-compiling tools, compiled the kernel and modules, copied to an sdcard, and booted up the kernel on my #pinephonepro" gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi
[19:50]	TR News	The world at this stage does not need a lot more people writing code, making videos etc. We need to combat slop plagiarism in code (dodging licence obligations), LLM slop etc.
[19:52]	TR News	"these are always subservient to the "narrative"" gemini://thelambdalab.xyz/phlog/2025-04-20-April.txt
[19:53]	TR News	"I digitize every important physical document and organize it in the extremely powerful DevonThink. I rarely need the physical copyretrieving the digital version is faster and easier." gemini://flip.smol.pub/flexible-numbering-devonthink
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[20:33]	IsambardPrince	https://mstdn.social/@nixCraft@mastodon.social/114370854487945774
[20:33]	TR Bot	 Mastodon 
[20:33]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz-pi, Scam Altman says people saying please and thank you to ChatGPT is costing OpenAI millions of dollars in electricity.
[20:34]	IsambardPrince	This is a sustainable business model, with many applications!
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[22:13]	admfubar	https://www.salon.com/2025/04/20/the-best-place-for-better-snacks-try-the-dispensary/
[22:13]	TR Bot	best place for better snacks? Try the dispensary | Salon.com
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[22:40]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR2], Every 100 immigrants the Trump administration is deporting, they can only show that like maybe 10-12 deserved it and had it coming.
[22:41]	IsambardPrince	That's hardly a reason to target indiscriminately. 
[22:41]	IsambardPrince	CNN mentioned the 119 students that had their visas revoked recently and I think only 1 of them actually did something I would agree should lead to deportation.
[22:41]	IsambardPrince	And that was a drunk driving conviction.
[22:42]	IsambardPrince	The rest was like protest or saying things on Facebook or getting a speeding ticket.
[22:42]	IsambardPrince	The vast majority are not criminal.
[22:43]	IsambardPrince	A DUI conviction should lead to deportation, a shoplifting conviction should lead to deportation.
[22:43]	IsambardPrince	We have enough drunk drivers and shoplifters.
[22:43]	IsambardPrince	But where I draw the line is like, speeding tickets, or protesting peacefully, or saying things on Facebook.
[22:43]	IsambardPrince	You know, none of that is a crime.
[22:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 20th, 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_April_20th_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/20/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_April_20th_2025.gmi 
[22:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 20th, 2025
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[23:29]	MinceR	https://apina.biz/160693.jpg?mode=sfw
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