●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, October 20, 2025 ●● ● Oct 20 [00:11] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 19th, 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/19/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_October_19th_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/19/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_October_19th_2025.gmi [00:11] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 19th, 2025 [00:25] TR News Techrights 19 Years in Numbers: Techrights' Anniversary Countdown and Retrospective https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/19_Years_in_Numbers_Techrights_Anniversary_Countdown_and_Retros.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/19_Years_in_Numbers_Techrights_Anniversary_Countdown_and_Retros.gmi [00:25] TR Bot Techrights 19 Years in Numbers: Techrights' Anniversary Countdown and Retrospective [00:43] TR News Techrights OpenSource or "Open Source" as a Brand is Dying, Let's Get Back to Talking About Software Freedom https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/OpenSource_or_Open_Source_as_a_Brand_is_Dying_Let_s_Get_Back_to.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/OpenSource_or_Open_Source_as_a_Brand_is_Dying_Let_s_Get_Back_to.gmi [00:43] TR Bot Techrights OpenSource or "Open Source" as a Brand is Dying, Let's Get Back to Talking About Software Freedom [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights ● Oct 20 [01:00] TR News Techrights Today (a Day Before Richard Stallman Talk at TUM) There's a Patent Propaganda Event at TUM https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/Today_a_Day_Before_Richard_Stallman_Talk_at_TUM_There_s_a_Paten.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/Today_a_Day_Before_Richard_Stallman_Talk_at_TUM_There_s_a_Paten.gmi [01:00] TR Bot Techrights Today (a Day Before Richard Stallman Talk at TUM) There's a Patent Propaganda Event at TUM [01:12] psydruid > psydroid2: LIV 3 losses in a row [01:12] psydruid 4 with the CL game [01:16] TR News The Intel i386 turns 40 years old 275,000 transistors running at 16MHz changed personal computing forever https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/intel-386-at-40 [01:16] TR Bot The Intel i386 turns 40 years old 275,000 transistors running at 16MHz changed personal computing forever | Tom's Hardware [01:16] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: ha! i did not pay attention [01:17] schestowitz[TR2] the mighty amorim... too good for "reds" [01:18] TR News Asus ROG Xbox Ally X: YouTuber installs Bazzite Linux to recreate a SteamOS-like experience, but it may not be a good idea https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-ROG-Xbox-Ally-X-YouTuber-installs-Bazzite-Linux-to-recreate-a-SteamOS-like-experience-but-it-may-not-be-a-good-idea.1141852.0.html [01:18] TR Bot ROG Xbox Ally X: YouTuber installs Bazzite Linux to recreate a SteamOS-like experience, but it may not be a good idea - NotebookCheck.net News [01:20] TR News (NEW): I discovered this one Linux feature and it makes Windows look embarrassing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/I_discovered_this_one_Linux_feature_and_it_makes_Windows_look_e.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/I_discovered_this_one_Linux_feature_and_it_makes_Windows_look_e.gmi [01:20] TR Bot Tux Machines I discovered this one Linux feature and it makes Windows look embarrassing [01:20] TR News Why I run a headless Linux VM just to track my smart devices bad behavior https://www.xda-developers.com/headless-linux-vm-track-smart-devices-bad-behavior/ [01:20] TR Bot Why I run a headless Linux VM just to track my smart devices bad behavior [01:21] TR News I Gave The Linux cd Command Superpowers, Here's How https://www.howtogeek.com/i-gave-the-linux-cd-command-superpowers/ [01:21] TR Bot I Gave The Linux cd Command Superpowers, Here's How [01:21] TR News "Exploring a new Ubuntu-based distro. By the way, it's been some time since we had a new distro based on Ubuntu." https://news.itsfoss.com/nebios/ [01:21] TR Bot NebiOS is an Ubuntu-based Distro With a Brand New DE Written for Wayland from Ground Up [01:48] TR News Techrights Microsoft's Killing of Vista 10 Seems to Have Resulted in More Articles About GNU/Linux (But Also FUD) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Microsoft_s_Killing_of_Vista_10_Seems_to_Have_Resulted_in_More_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Microsoft_s_Killing_of_Vista_10_Seems_to_Have_Resulted_in_More_.gmi [01:48] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Killing of Vista 10 Seems to Have Resulted in More Articles About GNU/Linux (But Also FUD) [01:51] TR News NECK TEST gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-10-20Neck_Test.txt [01:52] TR News "I have almost nothing. After I finished my master's degree, I moved a lot. Across the country twice, and then again a month after I arrived in the city. I had very little money. 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[03:05] TR News Starting November 3, 2025, LinkedIn will use user data by default to train AI https://old.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/comments/1oapk19/starting_november_3_2025_linkedin_will_use_user/ [03:05] TR Bot Starting November 3, 2025, LinkedIn will use user data by default to train AI : StallmanWasRight [03:20] TR News Techrights Microsoft's LinkedIn is Losing Money, Traffic, and Hope; Now It Wants to Sell Its Users' Lifeblood (and Data) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Microsoft_s_LinkedIn_is_Losing_Money_Traffic_and_Hope_Now_It_Wa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Microsoft_s_LinkedIn_is_Losing_Money_Traffic_and_Hope_Now_It_Wa.gmi [03:20] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's LinkedIn is Losing Money, Traffic, and Hope; Now It Wants to Sell Its Users' Lifeblood (and Data) [03:34] TR News (NEW): Kernel prepatch 6.18-rc2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Kernel_prepatch_6_18_rc2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Kernel_prepatch_6_18_rc2.gmi [03:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Kernel prepatch 6.18-rc2 [03:40] *calvinballer (~calvinballer@n85eehxfx6eqn.irc) has joined #techrights [03:40] TR News (NEW): Less Eating, More Feeding https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Less_Eating_More_Feeding.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Less_Eating_More_Feeding.gmi [03:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Less Eating, More Feeding [03:41] schestowitz[TR2] hi calvinballer [03:42] calvinballer hello [03:43] schestowitz[TR2] just thought i'd sayhi :) [03:57] TR News Techrights Counting Unhatched Eggs Is Not Counting Chickens https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Counting_Unhatched_Eggs_Is_Not_Counting_Chickens.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Counting_Unhatched_Eggs_Is_Not_Counting_Chickens.gmi [03:57] TR Bot Techrights Counting Unhatched Eggs Is Not Counting Chickens ● Oct 20 [04:00] admfubar now that is enshittifitation!!! https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/kohler-unveils-a-camera-for-your-toilet/ [04:00] TR Bot unveils a camera for your toilet | TechCrunch [04:00] TR News (NEW): Brett Wilson LLP Versus Women Victims of Violent Men https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Everything_here_will_persist_as_normal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Everything_here_will_persist_as_normal.gmi [04:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Brett Wilson LLP Versus Women Victims of Violent Men [04:02] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/17/broadband-monopolies-are-mad-because-california-wont-let-them-rip-off-apartment-dwellers/ [04:02] TR Bot Monopolies Are Mad Because California Wont Let Them Rip Off Apartment Dwellers | Techdirt [04:04] admfubar someone is gonna get poked where the sun dont shine.... https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/17/pokemon-co-flails-responding-to-pocketpairs-examples-of-prior-art-in-patent-lawsuit/ [04:04] TR Bot Co. Flails Responding To PocketPairs Examples Of Prior Art In Patent Lawsuit | Techdirt [04:09] TR News Garrett boasts about flying next week. Hopefully (for him) a one-way ticket because if he gets arrested, then the ticket "back" is a fare wasted. [04:10] TR News And he does no favours to himself by posting in public things full with the word f--k. He only demonstrates he lacks reputation and good standing to begin with. [04:11] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11s-october-update-just-broke-the-windows-recovery-environment-usb-keyboards-and-mice-unusable-in-windows-re-after-latest-bug-hits [04:11] TR Bot Windows 11's October update just broke the Windows Recovery Environment USB keyboards and mice unusable in Windows RE after latest bug hits | Tom's Hardware [04:11] TR News And magically he claims to already know what judges will decide (even before they did). [04:13] schestowitz[TR2] wow, well done microsoft [04:13] schestowitz[TR2] YOU HAD ONLY ONE JOB [04:13] schestowitz[TR2] and ONE OS to update [04:13] schestowitz[TR2] Vista 11 [04:14] schestowitz[TR2] "Like a moth to a flame, Windows has attracted yet another bug. In the latest October update, the recovery environment renders your USB keyboard and mouse unresponsive, making it impossible to interact with your PC. Microsoft has already taken note of the issue and plans to fix it in a future update." [04:14] schestowitz[TR2] how did it manage THAT? [04:14] schestowitz[TR2] ?? [04:26] admfubar prolly the old usb bug that they had issues with a few years back has resurfaced [04:26] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/openais-embarrassing-math/ [04:26] TR Bot embarrassing math | TechCrunch [04:45] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [04:45] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [04:46] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/GPT_5_is_Another_Microsoft_Dead_Cat_Trying_to_Bounce.shtml [04:46] TR Bot Techrights "GPT-5" is Another Microsoft Dead Cat Trying to Bounce [04:50] TR News Techrights In Many Cases and in Many Different Ways, Technology Became Less Durable and Less Reliable Over Time https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/In_Many_Cases_and_in_Many_Different_Ways_Technology_Became_Less.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/In_Many_Cases_and_in_Many_Different_Ways_Technology_Became_Less.gmi [04:50] TR Bot Techrights In Many Cases and in Many Different Ways, Technology Became Less Durable and Less Reliable Over Time [04:55] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-10-20.gmi ● Oct 20 [05:07] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [05:12] TR News France's computer security agency ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la Securite) inside Debian now. It's like French NSA/GCHQ. https://danielpocock.com/en/paris-love-nest-debian-from-lycee-lakanal-ens-cachan-crans-nepotism/ https://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/2018/06/13/anssi-strengthens-international-cooperation,108313542-bre [05:12] TR Bot Paris 'Love Nest' & Debian Outreachy: from Lyce Lakanal to ENS Cachan, Cr@ns, nepotism [05:12] TR Bot FRANCE ANSSI strengthens international cooperation - 13/06/2018 - Intelligence Online [05:33] TR News Techrights Half a Year After Brian Fagioli Got Kicked Out of BetaNews for Slop He's Still Doing LLM Slop and Slop Images Targeting 'Linux' (Plagiarising Original Works) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Half_a_Year_After_Brian_Fagioli_Got_Kicked_Out_of_BetaNews_for_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Half_a_Year_After_Brian_Fagioli_Got_Kicked_Out_of_BetaNews_for_.gmi [05:33] TR Bot Techrights Half a Year After Brian Fagioli Got Kicked Out of BetaNews for Slop He's Still Doing LLM Slop and Slop Images Targeting 'Linux' (Plagiarising Original Works) [05:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45637667 [05:46] schestowitz[TR2] "I actually agree with his conclusion. In my experience, rap is the only(?) genre of "music" that for the most part lacks a melodic structure. It (in my experience) is mostly rhythmic, which IMO is not very pleasant to listen to, because there isn't much to listen to. So while maybe I wouldn't refer to it as c...rap all the time, I think the phrase mostly expresses my feelings about the genre as a whole." [05:46] TR Bot RMS Lifestyle | Hacker News [05:47] TR News "Cell phones are tracking and surveillance devices. They all enable the phone system to record where the user goes, and many (perhaps all) can be remotely converted into listening devices." https://www.stallman.org/rms-lifestyle.html [05:47] TR Bot LifeStyle [05:48] TR News "As for Indonesian, I eventually reached the point where I could speak it all the time when in Indonesia, but since 2010 I have not had time to keep up the practice." [05:49] TR News "I hate being bored, and since I want to get a lot done, I don't like losing time. So I always carry a computer and a book. When I have a few minutes to wait and can sit down, I get work done. When I have to stand, or the wait isn't long enough to do anything useful on the computer, I read." [05:49] TR News "When I wait for my baggage in an airport, I generally do one of these two things. I notice the people around me, waiting anxiously for their bags and getting nothing done. They would be happier if they did as I do." [05:53] TR News GNU Octave Meets JupyterLite: Compute Anywhere, Anytime! https://blog.jupyter.org/gnu-octave-meets-jupyterlite-compute-anywhere-anytime-8b033afbbcdc [05:53] TR Bot GNU Octave Meets JupyterLite: Compute Anywhere, Anytime! | by Isabel Paredes | Oct, 2025 | Jupyter Blog [05:55] TR News Install Party in 2 days https://www.bxlug.be/spip.php?page=calendrier-mini&date=2025-10-22 [05:55] TR Bot BxLUG-agenda [05:56] TR News "With software there are only two possibilities: either the users control the program or the program controls the users." --Richard Stallman ● Oct 20 [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=A6hoKAjRpTg [06:00] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=A6hoKAjRpTg ) [06:02] TR News Seems the installfests are a regular thing now https://www.bxlug.be/spip.php?page=calendrier [06:02] TR Bot to connect to www.bxlug.be port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://www.bxlug.be/spip.php?page=calendrier ) [06:23] TR News Techrights The "Infinite Bread" https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/The_Infinite_Bread.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/The_Infinite_Bread.gmi [06:23] TR Bot Techrights The "Infinite Bread" [06:34] *whatA___ (~chatzilla@p9r7xjwzxkr52.irc) has joined #techrights [06:50] TR News Techrights Barry Kauler Explains That Puppy Linux and EasyOS Exclude Systemd to Keep Things Simple https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Barry_Kauler_Explains_That_Puppy_Linux_and_EasyOS_Exclude_Syste.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Barry_Kauler_Explains_That_Puppy_Linux_and_EasyOS_Exclude_Syste.gmi [06:50] TR Bot Techrights Barry Kauler Explains That Puppy Linux and EasyOS Exclude Systemd to Keep Things Simple [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] whatA___: https://news.tuxmachines.org/browse/latest.shtml [06:53] TR Bot Chronological Index, Page 172 [06:53] schestowitz[TR2] you ask, we dlivered. [06:57] TR News (NEW): Stable kernels: Linux 6.17.4, Linux 6.12.54, Linux 6.6.113, Linux 6.1.157, and Linux 5.15.195 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_17_4_Linux_6_12_54_Linux_6_6_113_Linux_6.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_17_4_Linux_6_12_54_Linux_6_6_113_Linux_6.gmi [06:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 6.17.4, Linux 6.12.54, Linux 6.6.113, Linux 6.1.157, and Linux 5.15.195 [06:58] *phebus has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Oct 20 [07:07] *phebus (~phebus@y62br8unm5ssk.irc) has joined #techrights [07:11] TR News (NEW): Review: Kubuntu 25.10 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Review_Kubuntu_25_10.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Review_Kubuntu_25_10.gmi [07:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Kubuntu 25.10 [07:14] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:15] TR News "Is that too glib an answer? How about "yes, but not because of this"? I have a long list of reasons why I believe humanity is right on the cusp of "Irreversibly Screwed", and "Billionaire Apocalypse Bunkers" is (...checking...) #86 on that list. For context, "Alarmist Click-Bait News Media" is #17, and "Billionaires Exist" is #4 on my list." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/10/16/1551203#1421398 [07:15] TR Bot Tech Billionaires Seem to be Doom Prepping. Should We All be Worried? - SoylentNews [07:21] TR News (NEW): Zorin OS 18 Downloads Skyrocket in the Last 48 Hours https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/18/Zorin_OS_18_Downloads_Skyrocket_in_the_Last_48_Hours.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/18/Zorin_OS_18_Downloads_Skyrocket_in_the_Last_48_Hours.gmi [07:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Zorin OS 18 Downloads Skyrocket in the Last 48 Hours [07:22] TR News Techrights Apple is the Company of Dictators and Worse https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Apple_is_the_Company_of_Dictators_and_Worse.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Apple_is_the_Company_of_Dictators_and_Worse.gmi [07:22] TR Bot Techrights Apple is the Company of Dictators and Worse [07:25] TR News "Sometimes, while working on complex code bases that are executed in UNIX systems, we need to have different processes communicate with each other." https://memorici.de/posts/make-or-break-stdio/ | [07:25] TR Bot All You Wanted to Know About STDIO - memoricide [07:25] TR News I see that our SATA SSDs do expose some of this information [07:26] TR News "Tired of your WiFi vanishing mid call, leaving you staring at a spinning wheel of movie? I've been therefurious, fumbling for my phone's hotspot like it's 2015." https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20251018 | Source: Vincent Delft [07:26] TR Bot Vincent's blog [07:26] TR News "I see that our SATA SSDs do expose some of this information" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SSDWritePerfMetricsWish | Source: University of Toronto [07:26] TR News (NEW): I used Linux exclusively for five months instead of Windows, and I was surprised by what I didn't miss https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/I_used_Linux_exclusively_for_five_months_instead_of_Windows_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/I_used_Linux_exclusively_for_five_months_instead_of_Windows_and.gmi [07:26] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [07:26] TR Bot Tux Machines I used Linux exclusively for five months instead of Windows, and I was surprised by what I didn't miss [07:27] TR News ">[...] Before we dive into those details, we begin with a look at Kubuntu 25.10." https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20251020 | Source: Distro Watch [07:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20251020 ) [07:27] TR News "The first public release of DOSBox Pure Unleashed, a new version of the DOS emulator by Psyraven, was made available on Saturday evening." https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/dosbox-pure-unleashed-is-ready-for-windows-mac-and-linux-computers-after-five-years-in-development-enhanced-standalone-release-no-longer-restricted-to-being-a-retroarch-core | Source: Tom's Hardware [07:27] TR Bot DOSBox Pure Unleashed is ready for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers after five years in development enhanced standalone release no longer restricted to being a RetroArch core | Tom's Hardware [07:28] TR News "Admittedly this is as much the fault of FreeBSDs useful features than NetBSDs utility." https://rubenerd.com/i-have-more-netbsd-than-freebsd-installs/ | Source: Ruben Schade [07:28] TR Bot I have more NetBSD than FreeBSD installs [07:29] TR News (NEW): User Flags Possible Malware Incident on Xubuntu.org https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/User_Flags_Possible_Malware_Incident_on_Xubuntu_org.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/User_Flags_Possible_Malware_Incident_on_Xubuntu_org.gmi [07:29] TR Bot Tux Machines User Flags Possible Malware Incident on Xubuntu.org [07:30] TR News "Other time, you dont want either to apply immediatly all the update, even if they are mostly innocuous (i.e. Im looking at you shellchecks haskell dependencies)." https://etienne.pflieger.bzh/a-ecrit/filter-packages-to-upgrade-on-archlinux.html | Source: tienne Pflieger [07:30] TR Bot Filter packages to upgrade on Archlinux [07:31] TR News "Proxmox Virtual Environment is a Debian-based system that focuses on providing enterprise-grade LXC and KVM management capabilities" https://taoofmac.com/space/os/linux/distributions/proxmox | Source: Rui Carmo [07:31] TR Bot Proxmox VE - Tao of Mac [07:32] TR News "Xubuntu-Safe-Download.zip" https://linuxiac.com/user-flags-possible-malware-incident-on-xubuntu-org/ | Source: Linuxiac [07:32] TR Bot User Flags Possible Malware Incident on Xubuntu.org [07:32] TR News "I was pretty satisfied with my setup, in general. But zigbee nuances makes it not work in some cases. And Ill explain why and a solution." https://vegard.blog.engen.priv.no/?p=562 | Source: Vegard [07:32] TR Bot A followup to my Hue Dimmer setup Vegards Blog [07:33] TR News "One of the most noticeable changes in the new version is the addition of Unicode 17 support, expanding character coverage to include the latest symbols and scripts." https://linuxiac.com/alacritty-0-16-terminal-emulator-released-with-unicode-17-support/ | Source: Linuxiac [07:33] TR Bot Alacritty 0.16 Terminal Emulator Released with Unicode 17 Support [07:34] TR News "RSS feeds are one of my favorite features of the Internet of Yore. Simply put, they allow you to subscribe to sites you like, into an aggregator." https://blog.balthazar-rouberol.com/curating-and-filtering-rss-feeds | Source: Balthazar Rouberol [07:34] TR Bot Curating and filtering RSS feeds [07:34] TR News "I proposed my talk Debugging Python which was accepted in the Friday morning block." https://hamatti.org/posts/pycon-finland-2025-recap/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [07:34] TR Bot PyCon Finland 2025 recap : Juha-Matti Santala [07:35] TR News "Regular readers know that I maintain gssr and gssrdoc, two packages for R." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/gssrdoc-updates/ | Source: Rlang [07:35] TR Bot Updates | R-bloggers [07:35] TR News [Old] "We've seen attack after attack on information and media access over the past few years." https://www.spacebar.news/data-hoarding-more-important-than-ever/ | Source: Spacebar.News [07:35] TR Bot Data hoarding is more important than ever [07:36] TR News "We intend to release the latest stable Ruby version (currently Ruby 3.4) every two months following the most recent release. Ruby 3.4.8 is scheduled for December and 3.4.9 for February." https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/10/07/ruby-3-4-7-released/ | Source: Ruby [07:36] TR Bot Ruby 3.4.7 Released [07:36] TR News "You may think this isnt serious. Im seeing indentation errors in blog articles, which werent there before. And Ive made a couple of mistakes myself." https://alexn.org/blog/2023/11/08/in-scala-3-use-4-spaces-for-indentation/?pk_campaign=rss | Source: Alexandru Nedelcu [07:36] TR Bot In Scala 3, use 4 Spaces for Indentation - Alexandru Nedelcu [07:38] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Daily Builds Now Available for Download https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Ubuntu_26_04_LTS_Daily_Builds_Now_Available_for_Download.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Ubuntu_26_04_LTS_Daily_Builds_Now_Available_for_Download.gmi [07:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Daily Builds Now Available for Download [07:40] TR News "One of the 25 lessons I presented at LoopConf this year was Software can be finished." https://rosswintle.uk/2025/10/software-can-be-finished/ | [07:40] TR Bot Software can be finished - Ross Wintle [07:40] TR News "In large code bases, we are often stuck with unpleasant designs that are harming our performance." https://lemire.me/blog/2025/10/19/speeding-up-c-functions-with-a-thread_local-cache/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [07:40] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/10/19/speeding-up-c-functions-with-a-thread_local-cache/ ) [07:40] TR News "The thesis of the book: despite its reputation, coupling is not something fundamentally bad that we need to remove but an attribute that we should manage strategically." https://olano.dev/blog/balancing-coupling/ | Source: Facundo Olano [07:40] TR Bot Balancing Coupling in Software Design | olano.dev [07:41] TR News "Find the number that is closest to zero and return its distance to zero." https://raku-musings.com/team-zero.html | Source: Arne Sommer [07:41] TR Bot Team Zero with Raku - Arne Sommer [07:41] TR News (NEW): Fedora 43 Workstation: Best New Features https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Fedora_43_Workstation_Best_New_Features.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Fedora_43_Workstation_Best_New_Features.gmi [07:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora 43 Workstation: Best New Features [07:42] TR News "With data in Postgres, I would query Supabase's API during 11ty builds." https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/evolving-my-personal-music-scrobbler | Source: Cory Dransfeldt [07:42] TR Bot Evolving my personal music scrobbler Cory Dransfeldt [07:42] TR News "The funny thing is I've done a lot of other stuff that people know about, but I'm more proud of the fact that I pushed for 100Mb and it actually happened" https://www.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2025-July/032268.html | Source: The Unix Heritage Society [07:42] TR Bot [TUHS] Was artifacts, now ethernet [07:42] TR News "What really struck me wasnt one of her photographs, but it was watching people watching her photographs through their phones." https://www.eliseomartelli.it/blog/2025-10-19-layers-of-glass | Source: Eliseo Martelli [07:42] TR Bot Layers of glass | Eliseo Martelli [07:43] TR News "I do have a tendency to be too nostalgic about the past, while being aware of the inevitable downsides." https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2025/10/19/weeknotes/ | Source: Phil Gyford [07:43] TR Bot 2025-10-19 (Phil Gyfords website) [07:43] TR News "Convenience is the be-all and end-all for consumer technology. If using a device isnt completely intuitive and frictionless, the mass market will lose interest." https://techcentral.co.za/why-smart-glasses-keep-failing-its-not-the-tech/272999/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [07:43] TR Bot Why smart glasses keep failing - it's not the tech [07:45] TR News "This mundane view explains why we arent seeing any technosignatures, or evidence of alien technology from afar." https://futurism.com/space/galaxy-aliens-fermi-nasa | Source: Futurism [07:45] TR Bot NASA Scientist Proposes Theory of Alien Civilizations Throughout Milky Way [07:45] TR News "For now, my point is that while some people seem to imagine that concerns about the effect of technology on jobs and wages are a novel insight" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/technology-and-jobs | Source: Paul Krugman [07:45] TR Bot Technology and Jobs - Paul Krugman [07:45] TR News "Its the biggest battlefield innovation in a generation." https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-10-19/drones-are-changing-the-face-of-war-and-attracting-multi-million-dollar-investments.html | Source: El Pas [07:45] TR Bot Drones are changing the face of war and attracting multi-million dollar investments | Economy and Business | EL PAS English [07:46] TR News "A spokesperson for the airline confirmed that its IT system was impacted by the recent hacking campaign allegedly launched by Russian cybercriminal group Clop." https://therecord.media/regional-airline-envoy-oracle | Source: The Record [07:46] TR Bot Regional airline Envoy Air confirms Oracle E-Business Suite compromise | The Record from Recorded Future News [07:46] TR News "My posts on this blog, are ultimately controlled by Ghost and what they choose the platform to do." https://gregmorris.co.uk/beware-the-hidden-middlemen/ | Source: Greg Morris [07:46] TR Bot Beware The Hidden Middlemen [07:46] TR News "You can imagine how a sexualized chatbot that nearly always tells the user what they want to hear may lead to a whole host of problems" https://www.theverge.com/column/802022/ai-sexting-openai-chatbot-chatgpt | Source: The Verge [07:46] TR Bot The AI sexting era has arrived | The Verge [07:47] TR News "Once again, these systems are not making judgments like we think they do. They are predicting the next token, and not much more." https://bentsai.org/posts/the-simulation-of-judgment-in-llms | Source: Ben Tsai [07:47] TR Bot The simulation of judgment in LLMs - Ben Tsai [07:47] TR News "As flagged by 404 Media, a user noticed while browsing the r/FamilyMedicine subreddit that the sites Reddit Answers AI was proffering approaches to pain management without opioids. On its face, thats a nice idea, since over prescription of opioid painkillers led to a severe and ongoing addiction crisis." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/reddit-ai-recommends-heroin | Source: Futurism [07:47] TR Bot Reddit's AI Suggests That People Suffering Chronic Pain Try Opioids [07:47] TR News "A good chunk of people probably just dont return to Twitter at all after following an external link." https://www.theverge.com/news/802480/x-is-changing-how-it-handles-links-to-try-and-keep-you-in-the-app | Source: The Verge [07:47] TR Bot X is changing how it handles links to try and keep you in the app | The Verge [07:48] TR News "the ISP will still see that you've connected to a VPN (they can see the VPN server's IP address and the VPN protocol being used), and can still see how much data you're transferring." https://www.androidpolice.com/online-habits-could-be-weaponized-until-now/ | Source: Android Police [07:48] TR Bot I didn't realize my online habits could be weaponized until now [07:48] TR News "They went through our whole RV." https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/snowbirds-u-s-registration-9.6943354 | Source: CBC [07:48] TR Bot Canadian snowbirds fingerprinted and photographed at U.S. border as part of new requirement | CBC News [07:49] TR News "Apple did not respond to a request for comment on my experience with Live Translation." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/apple-airpods-live-translation/684582/ | Source: The Atlantic [07:49] TR Bot Lost in AirPod Translation - The Atlantic [07:49] TR News "Group theory is to mathematics what Perl scripting is to system administration: it doesn't get much respect but knowing it is an essential" https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2025-October/067919.html | Source: GnuPG [07:49] TR Bot Cryptography 101 [07:57] TR News Overpopulation https://anfenglishmobile.com/ecology/water-crisis-deepens-it-has-become-a-strategy-of-war-81793 | Source: ANF News [07:57] TR Bot ANF | Water crisis deepens: It has become a strategy of war [07:58] TR News "actively looking into" https://www.courthousenews.com/police-looking-into-whether-prince-andrew-enlisted-officer-to-dig-up-dirt-on-accuser-giuffre/ | Source: Court House News [07:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/police-looking-into-whether-prince-andrew-enlisted-officer-to-dig-up-dirt-on-accuser-giuffre/ ) [07:59] TR News "That real world has become especially abusive to EVs." https://www.theverge.com/transportation/801780/gm-ev-battery-lab-lmr-range-cost | Source: The Verge [07:59] TR Bot The lab where GM is cooking up new EV batteries to beat China | The Verge [07:59] TR News "An autumn walk" https://kedara.eu/autumn-walk | Source: Ruben Verweij [07:59] TR Bot autumn walk - Kedara.eu ● Oct 20 [08:00] TR News "Elephants at the Oregon Zoo got to crush and eat giant pumpkins to the delight of a crowd." https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2025/10/oregon-zoo-elephants-squish-sizable-squashes-for-a-delighted-audience.html | Source: The Oregonian [08:00] TR Bot Zoo elephants squish sizable squashes for a delighted audience - oregonlive.com [08:00] TR News "This tradition goes back to 1999, when Hoffmans Dairy Garden of Canby left a prize-winning 828-pound pumpkin as an offering of enrichment for the elephants." https://kpic.com/news/local/tula-tu-oregon-zoo-elephants-squish-a-squash | [08:00] TR Bot chevron-right [08:00] TR News "An Oregon Zoo tradition since 1999, the world's largest animals enjoyed demolishing extra-large pumpkins for everyone's amusement." https://katu.com/news/local/pachyderms-play-with-pumpkins-at-the-oregon-zoos-squishing-of-the-squash-event-today-elephants-squish-squash | [08:00] TR Bot chevron-right [08:01] TR News "Though his building permits refer to basements, according to the New York Times, some of his neighbours call it a bunker. Or a billionaire's bat cave." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly17834524o | Source: BBC [08:01] TR Bot Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried? [08:01] TR News Faking magnitude https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/technology/openai-broadcom-chips-deal.html | Source: New York Times http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [08:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/technology/openai-broadcom-chips-deal.html ) [08:01] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [08:02] TR News "Neither of us is wrong. And thats precisely the problemand the possibility." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/on-moral-witness-and-coalition-politics | Source: Mike Brock [08:02] TR Bot On Moral Witness and Coalition Politics - by Mike Brock [08:02] TR News "Leaders of Native tribes are calling for the city to take less water and are pushing for negotiations on water rights." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-10-18/owens-valley-tribes-water | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:02] TR Bot Tribes say L.A.'s pumping of groundwater is drying up Owens Valley - Los Angeles Times [08:02] TR News "For well over a week, users in Spain have been reporting problems with ddns.net, a dynamic DNS service offered for free by NOIP.com." https://torrentfreak.com/isp-blocking-of-no-ips-dynamic-dns-enters-week-2-251019/ | Source: Torrent Freak [08:02] TR Bot Blocking of No-IP's Dynamic DNS Enters Week 2 * TorrentFreak [08:04] TR News "Open source-washing i en svr tid | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/open-source-washing-i-en-svaer-tid [08:04] TR Bot Open source-washing i en svr tid | Version2 [08:04] TR News "Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire demo over I-5" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-19/u-s-military-live-fire-demonstration-dropped-shrapnel-on-chp-vehicle [08:04] TR Bot Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire demo over I-5 - Los Angeles Times [08:06] TR News An important point: Hate and threats are completely different things. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/10/19/hat-och-hot-ar-helt-olika-saker/ [08:06] TR Bot Hat och hot r helt olika saker [08:10] *crispy-caesus (~crispy-ca@user/crispy-caesus) has joined #techrights [08:14] TR News Techrights Richard Stallman to Give Another Talk Today in Bavaria (Bavarian Academy of Science) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Richard_Stallman_to_Give_Another_Talk_Today_in_Bavaria_Bavarian.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Richard_Stallman_to_Give_Another_Talk_Today_in_Bavaria_Bavarian.gmi [08:14] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman to Give Another Talk Today in Bavaria (Bavarian Academy of Science) [08:36] *crispy-caesus has quit (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) ● Oct 20 [09:37] psydruid Duolingo is offline due to a clown outage at Amazon [09:37] psydruid the clown must have taken a holiday as well [09:40] *whatA___ has quit (connection closed) [09:43] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights ● Oct 20 [10:04] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[10:22] *nosler has quit (Client Quit) [10:22] TR News "GIGABYTE has announced the AI TOP ATOM personal AI supercomputer designed for on-premises AI development." https://linuxgizmos.com/gigabyte-ai-top-atom-introduces-nvidia-grace-blackwell-gb10-performance-for-the-desktop/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [10:22] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/gigabyte-ai-top-atom-introduces-nvidia-grace-blackwell-gb10-performance-for-the-desktop/ ) [10:22] TR News "Geopositioning" https://linuxgizmos.com/hackerbox-0119-geopositioning-explores-gps-and-mapping/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [10:22] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/hackerbox-0119-geopositioning-explores-gps-and-mapping/ ) [10:23] TR News "Orange Pi has unveiled the Orange Pi 4 Pro, a compact single-board computer designed for high-performance edge applications." https://linuxgizmos.com/orange-pi-previews-compact-sbc-with-eight-core-allwinner-a733-soc/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [10:23] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/orange-pi-previews-compact-sbc-with-eight-core-allwinner-a733-soc/ ) [10:24] TR News How to Install LMDE 7 Step-by-Step https://www.linuxtechi.com/how-to-install-lmde-7-step-by-step/ [10:24] TR Bot How to Install LMDE 7 Step-by-Step [10:27] TR News DOSBox Pure Unleashed is ready for Windows, Mac, and GNU/Linux computers after five years in development enhanced standalone release no longer restricted to being a RetroArch core https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/dosbox-pure-unleashed-is-ready-for-windows-mac-and-linux-computers-after-five-years-in-development-enhanced-standalone-release-no-longer-restricted-to-being-a-retroarch-core [10:27] TR Bot DOSBox Pure Unleashed is ready for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers after five years in development enhanced standalone release no longer restricted to being a RetroArch core | Tom's Hardware [10:27] TR News User Flags Possible Malware Incident on Xubuntu.org https://linuxiac.com/user-flags-possible-malware-incident-on-xubuntu-org/ [10:27] TR Bot User Flags Possible Malware Incident on Xubuntu.org [10:28] TR News Alacritty 0.16 Terminal Emulator Released with Unicode 17 Support https://linuxiac.com/alacritty-0-16-terminal-emulator-released-with-unicode-17-support/ [10:28] TR Bot Alacritty 0.16 Terminal Emulator Released with Unicode 17 Support [10:29] TR News gssrdoc Updates https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/gssrdoc-updates/ [10:29] TR Bot Updates | R-bloggers [10:29] TR News Speeding up C++ functions with a thread_local cache https://lemire.me/blog/2025/10/19/speeding-up-c-functions-with-a-thread_local-cache/ [10:29] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/10/19/speeding-up-c-functions-with-a-thread_local-cache/ ) [10:30] TR News Reddits Hey Hi (AI) Suggests That People Suffering Chronic Pain Try Opioids https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/reddit-ai-recommends-heroin [10:30] TR Bot Reddit's AI Suggests That People Suffering Chronic Pain Try Opioids [10:30] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [10:32] TR News DMVs Hey Hi (AI) System Says Woman Doesnt Have a Human Face https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/dmv-visual-difference-ai [10:32] TR Bot DMV's AI System Says Woman Doesn't Have a Human Face [10:33] TR News Vert Is a File Format Converter You Can Quickly Deploy With Docker https://thenewstack.io/vert-is-a-file-format-converter-you-can-quickly-deploy-with-docker/ [10:33] TR Bot Vert Is a File Format Converter You Can Quickly Deploy With Docker - The New Stack [10:33] TR News The Hey Hi (AI) Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-industry-traumatizing-contractors [10:33] TR Bot The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies [10:34] TR News This helps Microsoft monopoly and proprietary spyware by making it more commonplace https://idroot.us/install-vscodium-linux-mint-22/ [10:34] TR Bot How To Install VSCodium on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [10:34] TR News How To Install Postfix on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-postfix-rocky-linux-10/ [10:34] TR Bot How To Install Postfix on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [10:35] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [10:39] TR News How To Install KDE ISO Image Writer on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-kde-iso-image-writer-linux-mint-22/ [10:39] TR Bot How To Install KDE ISO Image Writer on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [10:40] TR News How To Install PeaZip on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-peazip-rocky-linux-10/ [10:40] TR Bot How To Install PeaZip on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [10:40] TR News How To Install IntelliJ IDEA on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-intellij-idea-rocky-linux-10/ [10:40] TR Bot How To Install IntelliJ IDEA on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [10:40] TR News How To Install Caddy on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-caddy-almalinux-10/ [10:40] TR Bot How To Install Caddy on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [10:42] TR News A List of 63 Known Gemini Clients (Software to Browse Geminispace Content With Gemini Protocol) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/A_List_of_63_Known_Gemini_Clients_Software_to_Browse_Geminispac.shtml [10:42] TR Bot Techrights A List of 63 Known Gemini Clients (Software to Browse Geminispace Content With Gemini Protocol) [10:42] TR News OpenSource or "Open Source" as a Brand is Dying, Let's Get Back to Talking About Software Freedom https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/OpenSource_or_Open_Source_as_a_Brand_is_Dying_Let_s_Get_Back_to.shtml [10:42] TR Bot Techrights OpenSource or "Open Source" as a Brand is Dying, Let's Get Back to Talking About Software Freedom [10:44] TR News EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0.23 released https://bkhome.org/news/202510/easyos-excalibur-series-version-7023-released.html [10:44] TR Bot EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0.23 released [10:44] TR News gFTP now in Easy Excalibur https://bkhome.org/news/202510/gftp-now-in-easy-excalibur.html [10:44] TR Bot gFTP now in Easy Excalibur [10:45] TR News Once upon a time, backdoored Windows looked good https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/96987.html [10:45] TR Bot Captcha Check [10:47] TR News Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 42 (Oct 13 19, 2025) https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-42-oct-13-19-2025/ [10:47] TR Bot Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 42 (Oct 13 19, 2025) [10:48] TR News Node.js 25 Released with V8 14.1, New Permissions https://linuxiac.com/node-js-25-released-with-v8-14-1-new-permissions/ [10:48] TR Bot Node.js 25 Released with V8 14.1, New Permissions [10:48] TR News fortbite command-line calculator https://www.linuxlinks.com/fortbite-command-line-calculator/ [10:48] TR Bot - command-line calculator - LinuxLinks [10:49] TR News Scratchmark organized Markdown editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/scratchmark-organized-markdown-editor/ [10:49] TR Bot - organized Markdown editor - LinuxLinks [10:49] TR News trackplot visualize various next-generation sequencing data https://www.linuxlinks.com/trackplot-visualize-various-next-generation-sequencing-data/ [10:49] TR Bot - visualize various next-generation sequencing data - LinuxLinks [10:50] TR News ssh2incus SSH server for Incus instances https://www.linuxlinks.com/ssh2incus-ssh-server-incus-instances/ [10:50] TR Bot - SSH server for Incus instances - LinuxLinks [10:50] TR News 11 Best Free and Open Source OpenAPI Linter Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-openapi-linter-tools/ [10:50] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source OpenAPI Linter Tools - LinuxLinks [10:50] TR News wyeb vim-like webkit2gtk web browser https://www.linuxlinks.com/wyeb-vim-like-webkit2gtk-web-browser/ [10:50] TR Bot - vim-like webkit2gtk web browser - LinuxLinks [10:51] TR News Draw Pen simple screen annotation https://www.linuxlinks.com/draw-pen-simple-screen-annotation/ [10:51] TR Bot Pen - simple screen annotation - LinuxLinks [10:51] TR News US Government: 6.1% of Site Visitors Use GNU/Linux (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/US_Government_6_1_of_Site_Visitors_Uses_GNU_Linux.shtml [10:51] TR Bot Techrights US Government: 6.1% of Site Visitors Use GNU/Linux [10:51] TR News Slopwatch: The Serial Slopper, LinuxSecurity, and Surveillance Giant Google News https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/Slopwatch_The_Serial_Slopper_LinuxSecurity_and_Google_News.shtml [10:51] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: The Serial Slopper, LinuxSecurity, and Google News [10:51] TR News Defeating LLM Abuse (State-of-the-Art Plagiarism) in the Area of GNU/Linux and GNU, Free Software, BSD, Security and So On https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/Defeating_LLM_Abuse_State_of_the_Art_Plagiarism_in_the_Area_of_.shtml [10:51] TR Bot Techrights Defeating LLM Abuse (State-of-the-Art Plagiarism) in the Area of Linux and GNU, Free Software, BSD, Security and So On [10:51] TR News 10 Days Ago Richard Stallman Gave a Long Interview in French (linuxfr.org) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/10_Days_Ago_Richard_Stallman_Gave_a_Long_Interview_in_French_li.shtml [10:51] TR Bot Techrights 10 Days Ago Richard Stallman Gave a Long Interview in French (linuxfr.org) [10:52] TR News "Disclosure: This article was written with editorial oversight and verified facts using AI assistance." So it is SLOP. https://ubuntupit.com/bazzite-42-20251018-launches-with-enhanced-gaming-performance-and-expanded-compatibility/ [10:52] TR Bot Bazzite 42.20251018 Launches with Enhanced Gaming Performance and Expanded Compatibility [10:54] *whatA___ (~chatzilla@34aa5fc9p7s8k.irc) has joined #techrights [10:57] TR News Omarchy 3.1.0 is out https://distrowatch.com/omarchy [10:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/omarchy ) [10:57] TR News Lingmo 3.0.5 is out also https://distrowatch.com/lingmo [10:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/lingmo ) [10:59] TR News AnotterKiosk https://kittenlabs.de/anotterkiosk/ [10:59] TR Bot AnotterKiosk | KittenLabs ● Oct 20 [11:00] TR News digiKam 8.8.0 is released https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-10-19-8.8.0_release_announcement/ [11:00] TR Bot digiKam - digiKam 8.8.0 is released [11:00] TR News digiKam 8.8 Adds Support to Automatically Use Monitor Color Profiles on Wayland https://9to5linux.com/digikam-8-8-adds-support-to-automatically-use-monitor-color-profiles-on-wayland [11:00] TR Bot 8.8 Adds Support to Automatically Use Monitor Color Profiles on Wayland - 9to5Linux [11:00] TR News 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 19th, 2025 https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-october-19th-2025 [11:00] TR Bot Weekly Roundup: October 19th, 2025 - 9to5Linux [11:00] TR News For Some, the GNU Web Site is Not Accessible This Week https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/For_Some_the_GNU_Web_Site_is_Not_Accessible_This_Week.shtml [11:00] TR Bot Techrights For Some, the GNU Web Site is Not Accessible This Week [11:03] TR News All the Latest Half Dozen Articles by Mehedi Hasan (UbuntuPIT) Only Admit at the End That He's Using LLM Slop https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/All_the_Latest_Half_Dozen_Articles_by_Mehedi_Hasan_UbuntuPIT_On.shtml [11:03] TR Bot Techrights All the Latest Half Dozen Articles by Mehedi Hasan (UbuntuPIT) Only Admit at the End That He's Using LLM Slop [11:04] TR News Xubuntu Website Compromised, Served Malware Downloads https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/xubuntu-website-malware-hack http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/10/Xubuntu_Site_Compromised.shtml [11:04] TR Bot Xubuntu Website Compromised, Served Malware Downloads - OMG! Ubuntu [11:04] TR Bot Techrights Xubuntu Site Compromised [11:04] TR News GIMP Announce Official Snap Package for Ubuntu https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/official-gimp-snap-package-announced [11:04] TR Bot GIMP Announce Official Snap Package for Ubuntu - OMG! 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[11:23] TR News What happened to "generic", "agentic", and "advanced"? Does the ponzi scheme around "HEY HI" run of adjectives yet? [11:27] TR News Psychiatrist confession: Germanwings crash & Debian toxic culture recognized before suicides https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/Psychiatrist_confession_Germanwings_crash_Debian_toxic_culture_.shtml [11:27] TR Bot Techrights Psychiatrist confession: Germanwings crash & Debian toxic culture recognized before suicides [11:28] TR News tiktok bytedance inside Linux now https://www.phoronix.com/news/Multi-Kernel-Linux-v2 [11:28] TR Bot Architecture Patches Updated For The Linux Kernel - Phoronix [11:31] TR News Jon Chiappetta: Split VPN Tunnelling and Routing Based on Packet Protocol and Port for Improved Network Performance and App Compatibility https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/split-vpn-tunnelling-and-routing-based-on-packet-protocol-and-port-for-improved-network-performance-and-app-compatibility/ [11:31] TR Bot Split VPN Tunnelling and Routing Based on Packet Protocol and Port for Improved Network Performance and App Compatibility | Jon's FOSS Blog [11:31] TR News Fedora 43 Workstation: Best New Features https://www.debugpoint.com/fedora-43-features/ [11:31] TR Bot Fedora 43 Workstation: Best New Features [11:32] TR News Today (a Day Before Richard Stallman Talk at TUM) There's a Patent Propaganda Event at TUM https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/Today_a_Day_Before_Richard_Stallman_Talk_at_TUM_There_s_a_Paten.shtml [11:32] TR Bot Techrights Today (a Day Before Richard Stallman Talk at TUM) There's a Patent Propaganda Event at TUM [11:40] TR News (NEW): Richard Stallman to Give Another Talk Today in Bavaria (Bavarian Academy of Science) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Richard_Stallman_to_Give_Another_Talk_Today_in_Bavaria_Bavarian.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Richard_Stallman_to_Give_Another_Talk_Today_in_Bavaria_Bavarian.gmi [11:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Richard Stallman to Give Another Talk Today in Bavaria (Bavarian Academy of Science) [11:41] whatA___ http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/Why_the_FSF_No_Longer_Recommends_Debian_as_Explained_by_Richard.shtml [11:41] TR Bot Techrights Why the FSF No Longer Recommends Debian, as Explained by Richard Stallman This Month [11:42] whatA___ What happened to Gnuinos or Exe GNU/Linux? [11:42] whatA___ The only Debian that I'd use since it's been sterilized from *some* proprietary blobs [11:43] whatA___ (sure it will cripple some functionality since firmwares depend on secretive malware) [11:44] whatA___ as Dr. RMS said back in 2014: trade convenience (or whatever it is) for Freedom [11:44] whatA___ in TEDx [11:50] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, exe had a release some years ago [11:50] schestowitz[TR2] not sure about Gnuinos [11:51] TR News Sunday stable kernels https://lwn.net/Articles/1042567/ [11:51] TR Bot stable kernels [LWN.net] [11:58] TR News China accuses US of cyber breaches at national time centre https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-accuses-us-of-cyber-breaches-at-national-time-centre [11:58] TR Bot China accuses US of cyber breaches at national time centre | The Straits Times ● Oct 20 [12:00] *includeals has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [12:00] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [12:02] whatA___ http://gnuinos.org/mirror/daedalus/ [12:02] TR Bot NO TITLE [12:02] whatA___ Not 10 days ago [12:03] TR News China accuses US of waging cyberattacks on national time centre https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/19/china-accuses-us-of-waging-cyberattacks-on-national-time-centre/ [12:03] TR Bot China accuses US of waging cyberattacks on national time centre [12:13] TR News "Filming At The Speed Of Light" https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/filming-at-the-speed-of-light-about-one-foot-per-nanosecond/ | Source: Hackaday [12:13] TR Bot At The Speed Of Light, About One Foot Per Nanosecond | Hackaday [12:18] whatA___ new puff piece: 299 792 458 frames per second [12:22] whatA___ Currently CPU WR is still shy of 9.19263177 Hz (look here http://valid.x86.fr/records.html) [12:22] TR Bot CPU-Z Validator - World Records [12:22] whatA___ wait, GHz [12:22] whatA___ this atomic clock rate is still the ABSOLUTE Barrier [12:24] whatA___ possibly already to the atomic level [12:40] TR News Game Of Theseus Gets Graphics Upgrade, Force Feedback 30 Years On: "Indycar Racing 2 was a good game, back in 1995; in some ways, it was the Crysis of the Clinton years, in that most mortals could not run it to its full potential when it was new." https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/game-of-theseus-gets-graphics-upgrade-force-feedback-30-years-on/ | Source: Hackaday [12:40] TR Bot Of Theseus Gets Graphics Upgrade, Force Feedback 30 Years On | Hackaday [12:40] TR News "We dont know about you, but one of the biggest hassles of having a 3D printer at home or in the shop is the space it takes up. Wouldnt it be useful if you could fold it down?" https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/corexy-3d-printer-has-a-scissor-lift-z-axis-so-it-folds-down/ | Source: Hackaday [12:40] TR Bot 3D Printer Has A Scissor-Lift Z-axis So It Folds Down! | Hackaday [12:41] *includeals has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [12:41] TR News Windows 11's October update just broke the backdoored Windows Recovery Environment USB keyboards and mice unusable in backdoored Windows RE after latest bug hits https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11s-october-update-just-broke-the-windows-recovery-environment-usb-keyboards-and-mice-unusable-in-windows-re-after-latest-bug-hits [12:41] TR Bot Windows 11's October update just broke the Windows Recovery Environment USB keyboards and mice unusable in Windows RE after latest bug hits | Tom's Hardware [12:42] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [12:43] whatA___ Backdoored Winblows TCO [12:45] TR News $165 Banana Pi BPI-R4 Pro board offers 2x 10GbE SFP+ cages, 7x 10GbE/2.5GbE/GbE RJ45 ports, WiFi 7 support https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/20/banana-pi-bpi-r4-pro-board-offers-2x-10gbe-sfp-cages-6x-10gbe-2-5gbe-gbe-ports-wifi-7-support/ [12:45] TR Bot $165 Banana Pi BPI-R4 Pro board offers 2x 10GbE SFP+ cages, 7x 10GbE/2.5GbE/GbE RJ45 ports, WiFi 7 support - CNX Software [12:46] TR News Install Pi-hole in your Raspberry PI with Docker https://peppe8o.com/install-pi-hole-in-your-raspberry-pi-with-raspberry-pi-os-lite/ [12:46] TR Bot Install Pi-hole in your Raspberry PI with Docker [12:46] TR News West Kowloon Cultural District axes LGBTQ play after complaints it defames Hong Kong https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/20/west-kowloon-cultural-district-axes-lgbtq-play-after-complaints-it-defames-hong-kong/ [12:46] TR Bot HK's West Kowloon Cultural District axes LGBTQ play after 'defamation' complaints [12:47] TR News Gaza Aid Deliveries Struggle, Despite Cease-Fire https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/world/middleeast/gaza-food-delivery.html [12:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/world/middleeast/gaza-food-delivery.html ) [12:48] *Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [12:52] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/today_s_howtos.gmi [12:52] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [12:53] TR News (NEW): Debian: Proxmox VE, Colin Watson, and Otto Keklinen: https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Debian_Proxmox_VE_Colin_Watson_and_Otto_Kekalainen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Debian_Proxmox_VE_Colin_Watson_and_Otto_Kekalainen.gmi [12:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian: Proxmox VE, Colin Watson, and Otto Keklinen: ● Oct 20 [13:06] TR News Techrights They Should Have Listened to Techrights Over a Month Earlier (Xubuntu Site Compromised) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/They_Should_Have_Listened_to_Techrights_Over_a_Month_Earlier_Xu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/They_Should_Have_Listened_to_Techrights_Over_a_Month_Earlier_Xu.gmi [13:06] TR Bot Techrights They Should Have Listened to Techrights Over a Month Earlier (Xubuntu Site Compromised) [13:12] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [13:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [13:13] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [13:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [13:13] TR News (NEW): Linuz Devices, Open Hardware, and Gadgets https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Linuz_Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Gadgets.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Linuz_Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Gadgets.gmi [13:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Linuz Devices, Open Hardware, and Gadgets [13:15] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [13:15] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [13:17] TR News Techrights Links 20/10/2025: Louvre Museum Reveals Weakness, About 7 Million Protest US Turning Into Oligarchy/Monarchy https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Links_20_10_2025_Louvre_Museum_Reveals_Weakness_About_7_Million.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Links_20_10_2025_Louvre_Museum_Reveals_Weakness_About_7_Million.gmi [13:17] TR Bot Techrights Links 20/10/2025: Louvre Museum Reveals Weakness, About 7 Million Protest US Turning Into Oligarchy/Monarchy ● Oct 20 [14:00] *whatA___ has quit (connection closed) [14:10] *whatA___ (~chatzilla@xeybr9fx3btrk.irc) has joined #techrights [14:35] *whatA___ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:36] *includeals has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [14:37] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights [14:42] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [14:58] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights ● Oct 20 [15:42] *whatA___ (~chatzilla@yaq25dxijy7qn.irc) has joined #techrights [15:57] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:59] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 20 [16:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:32] psydroid2 schestowitz[TR2], the whole world that depends on the AWS clown has come crumbling down [16:32] psydroid2 I wonder what RMS has to say about that [16:32] psydroid2 "I told you so, those clowns are evil!" [16:32] MinceR https://engrish.com/2024/04/if-youre-on-fire-wait-for-further-instructions/ [16:32] TR Bot If youre on fire, wait for further instructions [16:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:56] ZedHedTed it would be nice if this served as a wake up call not to use the clown and especially not centralize it all to 1 server [16:56] ZedHedTed that you don't control\ [16:58] MinceR it would be nice if the bare apes learned from something ● Oct 20 [17:07] whatA___ PCLinuxOS had the same http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/PCLinuxOS_Had_Functional_Backups_Before_the_House_Fire_the_Site.shtml [17:07] TR Bot Techrights PCLinuxOS Had Functional Backups Before the House Fire, the Site Will be Restored in New Webhost [17:08] whatA___ PCLOS host got burnt [17:13] *lxo has quit (connection closed) [17:14] *lxo (~lxo@ejtt6wjxgf2mc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:18] MinceR https://engrish.com/2024/04/we-were-going-to-call-it-panacea/ [17:18] TR Bot We were going to call it panacea [17:28] psydroid2 https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Campaign_of_FUD_Against_Framework_Laptops_and_GNU_Linux_Using_M.shtml [17:28] TR Bot Techrights Campaign of FUD Against Framework Laptops and GNU/Linux (Using Microsoft's Attack on Linux, 'Secure Boot') [17:28] psydroid2 oh no, what about the RISC-V motherboard that doesn't even have UEFI?! [17:31] MinceR they haven't managed to stuff it in there somehow yet? [17:31] MinceR with a side of MICROS~1 Pluton? [17:32] whatA___ or 6502 for that matter [17:32] whatA___ x86 today is bloat ass dumpster fire now [17:32] whatA___ with DRM built in (TPM IME AMDPSP UEFI you name it) [17:33] whatA___ but the iceberg? [17:33] whatA___ it was Nintendo that came with hardware-level DRM [17:33] whatA___ 10NES CIC chip [17:34] whatA___ Nintendo knew they need a "Secure (sic) Boot" since 6502 do not have DRM inside [17:35] whatA___ http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/20/Ageism_in_Tech.shtml [17:35] TR Bot Techrights Ageism in Tech [17:35] whatA___ New technology is an insult especially if GAFAM is involved [17:36] TR News Another buzzword debunked: workflow orchestration gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-10-20-another-buzzword-debunked-workflows.txt [17:36] whatA___ (or BINARY FATA MORGANA for those who HATE proprietaries so much so they won't buy new stuff) [17:36] TR News John L. Godlee Bike tag gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/~johngodlee/posts/personal/2025-10-19_bike_tag.gmi [17:37] psydroid2 I avoid it if I can get away with it [17:37] psydroid2 the hardware we have is already plentiful [17:37] psydroid2 unless your software developers are more like garbage collectors [17:38] psydroid2 stuffing garbage wherever and whenever they can [17:38] TR News SpellBinding: ADELURQ Wordo: TEASE gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-10-20.gmi [17:39] TR News Steam Next Fest (October 2025) Day 7 gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/steam_next_fest_(october_2025)__day_7.gmi [17:39] whatA___ garbage collecting as in C++'s "resource acquisition is initialization" [17:40] whatA___ "smart (sic) pointer", dynamic dead code destructor, whatever it is [17:40] TR News RMS talk in Bavaria about to finish now [17:42] TR News "Richard Stallman contndonos en @dominiodigital sobre LA NUBE." https://x.com/maxifirtman/status/1980246786246836296 [17:42] TR Bot NO TITLE [17:42] TR News AWS? Is that a webhost? What does the S stand for? [17:44] TR News Excuse https://www.techspot.com/news/109922-ai-really-behind-layoffs-or-convenient-excuse-companies.html [17:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techspot.com/news/109922-ai-really-behind-layoffs-or-convenient-excuse-companies.html ) [17:45] TR News "Some critics argue that AI has become a convenient scapegoat for firms laying off workers much like return-to-office mandates, which some say amount to quiet firing in disguise." [17:47] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7kw4gcw [17:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7kw4gcw ) [17:47] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:47] schestowitz[TR2] Whats wrong with an AI company making AI-made AI with AI hardware and AI software running AI cloud environments and AI orchestration? Weve hired the best AI solution technologists and AI product managers to collaborate on AI strategies and the implementation of AI. In an ever evolving AI world, its important to deliver on AI solutions so that our AI customers can run their AI applications. Synergy AI agents are the future [17:47] schestowitz[TR2] , which is why were working the next big thing: AGI, artificial general intelligence, an AI agent capable of AI AI. [17:47] schestowitz[TR2] Thank you for time. [17:47] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:48] TR News "AWSs outage this morning proves your point" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k779yxj8 [17:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k779yxj8 ) [17:48] whatA___ AWS means pain [17:55] whatA___ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/19/A_Satirical_Guide_to_Surviving_the_Subscription_Economy.shtml [17:55] TR Bot Tux Machines A Satirical Guide to Surviving the Subscription Economy [17:55] whatA___ http://gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html [17:55] TR Bot to connect to gnu.org port 80 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ http://gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html ) ● Oct 20 [18:01] TR News (NEW): Is this Linux mini PC a viable alternative to Windows? Here's why it worked out for me https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Is_this_Linux_mini_PC_a_viable_alternative_to_Windows_Here_s_wh.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Is_this_Linux_mini_PC_a_viable_alternative_to_Windows_Here_s_wh.gmi [18:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Is this Linux mini PC a viable alternative to Windows? Here's why it worked out for me [18:03] TR News Techrights Death of Elias Diem: FSFE mailing list archives hidden https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Death_of_Elias_Diem_FSFE_mailing_list_archives_hidden.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Death_of_Elias_Diem_FSFE_mailing_list_archives_hidden.gmi [18:03] TR Bot Techrights Death of Elias Diem: FSFE mailing list archives hidden [18:06] TR News (NEW): LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 Is Now Available for Download https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/11/LMDE_Linux_Mint_Debian_Edition_7_Is_Now_Available_for_Download.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/11/LMDE_Linux_Mint_Debian_Edition_7_Is_Now_Available_for_Download.gmi [18:06] TR Bot Tux Machines LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 Is Now Available for Download [18:07] TR News "On top of that, I show you how to easily upgrade your LMDE 6 installations to LMDE 7 and tell you all about the new laptop from TUXEDO Computers. Below, you can check out this weeks hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux weekly roundup for October 19th, 2025." https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-october-19th-2025 [18:07] TR Bot Weekly Roundup: October 19th, 2025 - 9to5Linux [18:07] TR News A high-performance, versatile text editor available on macOS and Linux https://actiward.net/a-high-performance-versatile-text-editor-available-on-macos-and-linux/ [18:07] TR Bot high-performance, versatile text editor available on macOS and Linux - ActiWard.net [18:08] TR News "Standalone app includes experimental support for Windows 9X gaming." https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/dosbox-pure-unleashed-is-ready-for-windows-mac-and-linux-computers-after-five-years-in-development-enhanced-standalone-release-no-longer-restricted-to-being-a-retroarch-core [18:08] TR Bot DOSBox Pure Unleashed is ready for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers after five years in development enhanced standalone release no longer restricted to being a RetroArch core | Tom's Hardware [18:08] TR News "Five months ago, I made my first splash into the world of open-source operating systems when I gave Linux Mint a try as a Windows fanboy. At first, it was just a fun side project, after seeing PewDiePie do the same thing and wanting to see what all the fuss was all about." https://www.xda-developers.com/used-linux-exclusively-five-months-instead-of-windows/ [18:08] TR Bot I used Linux exclusively for five months instead of Windows, and I was surprised by what I didn't miss [18:09] whatA___ http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Apple_is_the_Company_of_Dictators_and_Worse.shtml [18:09] TR Bot Techrights Apple is the Company of Dictators and Worse [18:09] whatA___ GAFAM kissing the "Dictator-who-must-not-be-named" [18:09] TR News (NEW): CRUX lightweight Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/CRUX_lightweight_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/CRUX_lightweight_Linux_distribution.gmi [18:09] TR Bot Tux Machines CRUX lightweight Linux distribution [18:09] TR News (NEW): SuperTuxKart 1.5 Open-Source Kart Racing Game Released with Major Changes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/SuperTuxKart_1_5_Open_Source_Kart_Racing_Game_Released_with_Maj.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/SuperTuxKart_1_5_Open_Source_Kart_Racing_Game_Released_with_Maj.gmi [18:09] TR Bot Tux Machines SuperTuxKart 1.5 Open-Source Kart Racing Game Released with Major Changes [18:11] TR News (NEW): Kwort minimalist and fast Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Kwort_minimalist_and_fast_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Kwort_minimalist_and_fast_Linux_distribution.gmi [18:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Kwort minimalist and fast Linux distribution [18:21] TR News (NEW): Jellyfin 10.11 Media Server Arrives with Backup Support, FFmpeg 7.1, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Jellyfin_10_11_Media_Server_Arrives_with_Backup_Support_FFmpeg_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Jellyfin_10_11_Media_Server_Arrives_with_Backup_Support_FFmpeg_.gmi [18:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Jellyfin 10.11 Media Server Arrives with Backup Support, FFmpeg 7.1, and More [18:21] TR News Techrights Amazon Web Shenanigans https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Amazon_Web_Shenanigans.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Amazon_Web_Shenanigans.gmi [18:21] TR Bot Techrights Amazon Web Shenanigans [18:22] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi [18:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [18:28] TR News Techrights Our Uptime This Year Was Better Than AWS (Also a Lot Cheaper) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Our_Uptime_This_Year_Was_Better_Than_AWS_Also_a_Lot_Cheaper.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Our_Uptime_This_Year_Was_Better_Than_AWS_Also_a_Lot_Cheaper.gmi [18:28] TR Bot Techrights Our Uptime This Year Was Better Than AWS (Also a Lot Cheaper) [18:29] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/20/Android_Leftovers.gmi [18:29] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [18:35] MinceR (cat) (video) (audio) https://imgur.com/gallery/yRmYr5b = https://imgur.artemislena.eu/gallery/yRmYr5b [18:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/yRmYr5b ) [18:36] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [18:42] whatA___ http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/Science_Not_Fast_Food_Junk_Food.shtml [18:42] TR Bot Techrights Science, Not Fast Food/Junk Food [18:42] whatA___ too bad it didn't use that one Shantae (WayForward) masterpiece (jk) called "Microshaft Winblows" [18:42] MinceR :> [18:46] whatA___ instead "it's just a cookie" (of today's enshittified web) [18:49] whatA___ http://postopen.org/about-post-open [18:49] TR Bot What is Post Open? [18:49] whatA___ I have yet to see some "librewashing shills" also make "post-GPL" [18:49] MinceR :> [18:50] MinceR isn't that what "ethical source" was supposed to be? ● Oct 20 [19:01] TR News Techrights Rejecting 'Snoop-Phones' and Turning "Old" Phones (or Tablets) Into Freedom-Respecting Appliances https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Rejecting_Snoop_Phones_and_Turning_Old_Phones_or_Tablets_Into_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Rejecting_Snoop_Phones_and_Turning_Old_Phones_or_Tablets_Into_F.gmi [19:01] TR Bot Techrights Rejecting 'Snoop-Phones' and Turning "Old" Phones (or Tablets) Into Freedom-Respecting Appliances [19:06] TR News Soylent Update https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl?sid=25/10/20/098210 Jan is from Manchester [19:06] TR Bot Soylent Update - SoylentNews [19:09] TR News In 2022 we published a 12 part series, based on inside leaks, showing that the EPO compels examiners to grant software patents so as to fake growth http://techrights.org/o/2022/07/23/epo-shape-of-things-to-come/ This might be worth mentioning in tomorrow's talk, where EPO staff might be in the audience [19:09] TR Bot The EPO Bubble Part XII The Shape of Things to Come? [19:12] whatA___ http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Rejecting_Snoop_Phones_and_Turning_Old_Phones_or_Tablets_Into_F.shtml [19:12] TR Bot Techrights Rejecting 'Snoop-Phones' and Turning "Old" Phones (or Tablets) Into Freedom-Respecting Appliances [19:12] whatA___ "Akira Urushibata" [19:13] whatA___ I have yet to see him campaigning in Japan for pure software freedom [19:14] whatA___ boycotting Nintendo, ZUN (Touhou), Vocaloid, Idolmaster, Kadokawa (Amagami, KanColle), Type-Moon (Fate) [19:14] whatA___ as well as the BINARY FATA MORGANA [19:18] whatA___ pixiv and nicovideo are their SCM (Social Control Media) [19:19] whatA___ ...and what other malwares tightly interwined with the Japanese culture? [19:20] whatA___ (note that I use the term "malware" in accordance to GNU - any software where its developers deny end-users access to source code) [19:23] TR News Users beware: Xubuntu website serving malware instead of OS downloads https://cybernews.com/security/xubuntu-site-compromise-hackers-peddle-malware/ [19:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://cybernews.com/security/xubuntu-site-compromise-hackers-peddle-malware/ ) [19:24] whatA___ http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/10/Xubuntu_Site_Compromised.shtml [19:24] TR Bot Techrights Xubuntu Site Compromised [19:24] whatA___ wait the timing [19:25] whatA___ it's before date when the coup of President Arrandelle (?) happen [19:26] whatA___ which is also the time when Microshaft UEFI shut down GNU/Linux (or non-Winblows for that matter) from ever booting [19:32] whatA___ now currently xubuntu.org is dead [19:36] TR News Techrights Slopwatch: Google News Promoting Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt (FUD) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Slopwatch_Google_News_Promoting_Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_FUD.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Slopwatch_Google_News_Promoting_Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_FUD.gmi [19:36] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Google News Promoting Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt (FUD) [19:53] admfubar stanky ranking... https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/hiring_firing_microsoft_plummer/ [19:53] TR Bot In '90s Microsoft, you either shipped code or shipped out The Register [19:56] MinceR access to source code is not the only thing that matters [19:57] whatA___ http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/Digital_Sanitation_Good_Practices.shtml [19:57] TR Bot Techrights Digital Sanitation Good Practices [19:59] whatA___ The "War against Cash" [19:59] whatA___ the FUD where QR payment credit card are more convenient [19:59] whatA___ more secure (sic) [19:59] whatA___ no, it's "you own nothing and be happy" [19:59] whatA___ IT'S A SCAM ● Oct 20 [20:00] whatA___ ...on the other side [20:00] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/copilot_viva_insights_column/ [20:00] TR Bot Measuring Copilot usage reveals Microsoft's desperation The Register [20:01] whatA___ http://rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/rapporten/2018/11/07/data-protection-impact-assessment-op-microsoft-office [20:01] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/rapporten/2018/11/07/data-protection-impact-assessment-op-microsoft-office ) [20:01] whatA___ It was long overdue for EU to ditch Microshaft (7 years! 2018 research, 2025 action to move to LibreOffice) [20:09] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/microsoft_valuelicensing_tribunal/ [20:09] TR Bot Microsoft pivots to copyright claim in ValueLicensing case The Register [20:12] MinceR https://www.reddit.com/r/insanefbmarketplace/comments/1npwhr8/oh_boy_somewhere_in_alabama/ [20:12] TR Bot - The heart of the internet [20:20] admfubar not there is someone that knows tech!!! https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2025/10/17/vatican_seminar_calls_for_global/ [20:20] TR Bot Thou shalt not let AI run amok: Vatican wants global rules The Register Forums [20:23] admfubar he'll get 'bit' by this.... https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/17/boris_johnson_loves_chatgpt/ [20:23] TR Bot Boris Johnson confesses: He's fallen for ChatGPT The Register [20:31] admfubar not that is security! ... https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/bitlocker-reportedly-auto-locks-users-backup-drives-causing-loss-of-3tb-of-valuable-data-windows-automatic-disk-encryption-can-permanently-lock-your-drives [20:31] TR Bot BitLocker reportedly auto-locks users' backup drives, causing loss of 3TB of valuable data Windows automatic disk encryption can permanently lock your drives | Tom's Hardware [20:34] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/thermal-paste/stinky-thermal-paste-emits-acidic-vapors-corrodes-copper-glues-heatsinks-to-processors-and-permanently-damages-coolers-sgt-4-tim-is-a-chemically-reactive-blend-finds-investigation [20:34] TR Bot Stinky thermal paste emits acidic vapors, corrodes copper, 'glues' heatsinks to processors, and permanently damages coolers - SGT-4 TIM is a chemically reactive blend, finds investigation | Tom's Hardware [20:42] whatA___ Windows TCO [20:42] whatA___ A(nother) reason why format your drive with Ext4 (or whatever GNU has to offer) [20:43] whatA___ AVOID PROPRIETARY NTFS/APFS/BitLockers [20:47] whatA___ http://dylanbaileywrites.medium.com/sonshi-style-an-obscure-way-japanese-programmers-type-680bd871ac34 [20:47] TR Bot Sonshi Stylean Obscure Way Japanese Programmers Type | by Dylan Bailey | Medium [20:48] whatA___ Is he (in the photo) RMS knock off of some kind or something [20:48] whatA___ http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/19/25_Years_Ago_an_Explanation_of_How_Reducing_Free_Software_to_Ap.shtml [20:48] TR Bot Techrights 25 Years Ago, an Explanation of How Reducing Free Software to 'Apps' Would Interfere With Freedom Goals [20:49] whatA___ "exploit software freedom without retribution" [20:49] whatA___ That's Android for today [20:49] whatA___ look at how Gulag went Crapple now [20:50] whatA___ no sideloading [20:54] admfubar https://tedium.co/2025/10/20/computers-fcc-rf-interference-history/ [20:54] TR Bot RF Shielding History: When The FCC Cracked Down On Computers [20:54] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/20/buggy-software-update-bricks-some-jeep-hybrid-vehicles/ [20:54] TR Bot Software Update Bricks Some Jeep Hybrid Vehicles | Techdirt [20:59] psydruid Gulag is the new crApple ● Oct 20 [21:50] admfubar https://www.discovermagazine.com/staying-up-past-midnight-might-make-us-more-impulsive-and-cynical-48160 [21:50] TR Bot Staying Up Past Midnight Might Make Us More Impulsive and Cynical | Discover Magazine [21:56] admfubar Really shows how easy it would be for [Amazon founder Jeff] Bezos and [Oracle founder Larry] Ellison to just turn off the internet if they wanted to, for any reason [21:57] MinceR we should build another one anyway [21:59] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/inventor-vibe-coding-doesnt-work [21:59] TR Bot Inventor of Vibe Coding Admits He Hand-Coded His New Project ● Oct 20 [22:01] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/dmv-visual-difference-ai [22:01] TR Bot DMV's AI System Says Woman Doesn't Have a Human Face [22:01] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/space-armor-debris [22:01] TR Bot Startup Reveals "Space Armor" to Protect Astronauts From Elon Musk's Orbital Trash [22:03] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-industry-traumatizing-contractors [22:03] TR Bot The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies [22:08] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2025/10/20/word-processing-heavy-metal-style/ [22:08] TR Bot Processing: Heavy Metal Style | Hackaday [22:23] MinceR https://imgur.com/gallery/x90NfCN = https://imgur.nerdvpn.de/gallery/x90NfCN [22:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/x90NfCN ) [22:23] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [22:29] admfubar https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/20/moxa-routers-hard-coded-credentials-cve-2025-6950/ [22:29] TR Bot Hard-coded credentials found in Moxa industrial security appliances, routers (CVE-2025-6950) - Help Net Security [22:33] *whatA___ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Oct 20 [23:07] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [23:08] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights [23:17] *includeals has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [23:20] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights [23:35] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7qrcqs6 [23:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7qrcqs6 ) [23:35] schestowitz[TR2] " [23:35] schestowitz[TR2] Office workers should never be paid more than essential frontline workers who make the world run smoothly. Ever. Watching the uprising coming. [23:35] schestowitz[TR2] These companies need to track ASAP exactly what employees do all day. Every hour. Because A LOT of things are finished in 15 mins and then they play minesweeper or read books or games or leave and go wherever on company $$$$. These jobs are not worth more than 10k and that's high. [23:35] schestowitz[TR2] Dressing up black tie & dresses in meetings to say leverage and circle-back? Big houses and BMW's? [23:35] schestowitz[TR2] Meanwhile go to the nearest hospital or firehouse. [23:37] TR News Layoffs apparently https://egw.news/halo/news/30153/next-halo-game-reportedly-wont-use-generative-ai-i-DkkrTHc8L [23:37] TR Bot Halo Game Reportedly Wont Use Generative AI in Development | EGW.News [23:39] TR News "Was testing and QA laid off? Quality appears to be suffering. Non-production level code is shipping. Was QA and testing replaced with Copilot? https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/microsoft_bug_keyboard_mouse/ " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k81k12yq "But Dak is the real MVP! This is our year baby!" [23:39] TR Bot Windows 11 update takes out USB ports in recovery mode The Register [23:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k81k12yq ) [23:40] TR News More IBM layoffs. "Any ideas on what art of the business?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6b7d7xw [23:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6b7d7xw ) [23:40] TR News "Companies moving off the mainframe are just plain stupid... But there are stupid people everywhere... so... Good luck!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k779yxj8 [23:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k779yxj8 ) [23:41] TR News "I started IBM in 1981 and left after 5 years. I sensed it coming way back when. No regrets." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0540gdg [23:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0540gdg ) [23:45] TR News "My dream came true, a crisp autumn evening spent on my stoop carving pumpkins with the kids. My son really took a liking to it but it got a bit late, so I'll finish up the middle pumpkin tomorrow evening." gemini://tiredof.technology/gemlog/2025-10-20-pumpkin-carving.gmi [23:46] TR News "FreeBSD not only publishes images for install media, but also VM-images. I downloaded FreeBSD-15.0-BETA2-amd64-zfs.qcow2.xz Which is the qcow2 image of the FreeBSD 15.0 BETA2 VM, with ZFS as file system." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/freebsd-150beta2-vmimage-in-qemu.txt [23:48] TR News AI Canada gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-10-20-ai-canada "Again, I am begging you to understand two things: that any computer anywhere in the world can be operated remotely from any other computer anywhere in the world, and that landlords are a dead weight loss to society." [23:53] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 20/10/2025: Pumpkin Carving, "Hey Hi", and Other Buzzwords https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Gemini_Links_20_10_2025_Pumpkin_Carving_Hey_Hi_and_Other_Buzzwo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Gemini_Links_20_10_2025_Pumpkin_Carving_Hey_Hi_and_Other_Buzzwo.gmi [23:53] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 20/10/2025: Pumpkin Carving, "Hey Hi", and Other Buzzwords