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NES? Why Not Both!" https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/game-boy-nes-why-not-both/ | Source: Hackaday [02:22] TR Bot Boy? NES? Why Not Both! | Hackaday [02:22] TR News New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Soulstone Survivors - 2025-06-18 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-06-18-edition/index.html [02:22] TR Bot New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Soulstone Survivors - 2025-06-18 Edition [02:23] schestowitz[TR3] IsambardPrince: you can use that to save money [02:23] schestowitz[TR3] if you know how to word it [02:23] schestowitz[TR3] there is a way [02:23] schestowitz[TR3] i did that 15 years ago [02:24] TR News ONLYOFFICE 9.0 Launches with Sleek UI, Hey Hi (AI) Features, and Markdown Support https://linuxiac.com/onlyoffice-9-0-launches-with-sleek-ui-ai-features-and-markdown-support/ [02:24] TR Bot ONLYOFFICE 9.0 Launches with Sleek UI, AI Features, and Markdown Support [02:26] TR News Hacker Tactic: ESD Diodes https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/hacker-tactic-esd-diodes/ | Source: Hackaday [02:26] TR Bot Tactic: ESD Diodes | Hackaday [02:26] TR News RP2040 https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/fission-simulator-melts-down-rp2040/ | Source: Hackaday [02:26] TR Bot Simulator Melts Down RP2040 | Hackaday [02:27] TR News Tech media challenges: World of churn for clicks is disappearing https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b2b/tech-media-challenges-world-of-churn-for-clicks-is-disappearing/ [02:27] TR Bot Tech media challenges: 'World of churn for clicks is disappearing' - Press Gazette [02:28] TR News Publicist to receive damages after settling legal claim against Sun publisher https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/publicist-to-receive-damages-after-settling-legal-claim-against-sun-publisher/ [02:28] TR Bot Publicist to receive damages after settling legal claim against Sun publisher - Press Gazette [02:31] TR News "In England there is a no-fault collective right for the owners of flats in a block to have the management of the block transferred to a company they control, called a Right To Manage company or RTMco. It is one of the more effective remedies to the problems of long leases on flats." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-06-20_removing-another-restriction-on-right-to-manage.gmi [02:32] TR News Announcement: Public Yggdrasil Node gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202506/20250620-announcement-public-yggdrasil-node.gmi [02:33] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Some renovated apartments a few blocks away just came open. [02:33] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1330.jpg [02:33] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1680.jpg [02:33] IsambardPrince I think he realizes that the rental market is getting more competitive and he hasn't got the cards. 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The entire search engine crawler data will also be rebuilt from scratch." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/29393 [02:39] TR News "The world is going crazy, I guess... and I decided to try and open a new capsule called "voice of the people" (KOL HA'AM in Hebrew), it will be a Hebrew/English capsule on Flounder.online gemini hosting and it's supposed to be a free and open newspaper for various opinions" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2647 [02:43] TR News (NEW): Steam OS as a Desktop, New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, and More Steam https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Steam_OS_as_a_Desktop_New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Cli.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Steam_OS_as_a_Desktop_New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Cli.gmi [02:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Steam OS as a Desktop, New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, and More Steam [02:44] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Adafruit, RP2040, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Open_Hardware_Modding_Adafruit_RP2040_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Open_Hardware_Modding_Adafruit_RP2040_and_More.gmi [02:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Adafruit, RP2040, and More [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-200625.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-200625.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-200625.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-200625.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, June 20, 2025 [02:46] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [02:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [02:46] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Security_Leftovers.gmi [02:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [02:47] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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[02:57] TR News Two EPO leaks to be released today [02:57] TR News Longest day today [02:58] TR News Dual RGB Cameras Get Depth Sensing Powerup https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/dual-rgb-cameras-get-depth-sensing-powerup/ | Source: Hackaday [02:58] TR Bot RGB Cameras Get Depth Sensing Powerup | Hackaday [02:59] TR News Study finds that LLM use leads to likely decrease in learning skills https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/19/study-finds-llm-use-leads-likely-decrease-learning-skills/ [02:59] TR Bot finds that LLM use leads to likely decrease in learning skills - SiliconANGLE [02:59] TR News Risk of Sleep Breathing Disorder Set to Rise 45% by End of Century https://www.sciencealert.com/risk-of-sleep-breathing-disorder-set-to-rise-45-by-end-of-century [02:59] TR Bot of Sleep Breathing Disorder Set to Rise 45% by End of Century : ScienceAlert ● Jun 21 [03:00] TR News Adam Young: I call it my ctaginator https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/06/i-call-it-my-ctaginator/ [03:00] TR Bot I call it my ctaginator | Adam Young's Web Log [03:03] TR News Remi Collet: PHP version 8.3.23RC1 and 8.4.9RC1 https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/06/19/PHP-version-8.3.23RC1-and-8.4.9RC1 [03:03] TR Bot PHP version 8.3.23RC1 and 8.4.9RC1 - Remi's RPM repository - Blog [03:03] TR News The syslog-ng Insider 2025-06: arm64; PAM; testing https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-insider-2025-06-arm64-pam-testing/ [03:03] TR Bot The syslog-ng Insider 2025-06: arm64; PAM; testing | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik [03:05] TR News Lingmo OS modern GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian https://www.linuxlinks.com/lingmo-os-modern-linux-distribution-debian/ [03:05] TR Bot OS - modern Linux distribution based on Debian - LinuxLinks [03:05] TR News Cuneo is a widget-like calculator and conversion tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/cuneo-widget-like-calculator-conversion-tool/ [03:05] TR Bot is a widget-like calculator and conversion tool - LinuxLinks [03:05] TR News BrosTrend 5 Port 2.5GB Switch Review https://www.linuxlinks.com/brostrend-5-port-2-5gb-switch-review/ [03:05] TR Bot 5 Port 2.5GB Switch Review - LinuxLinks [03:05] TR News TrustedQSL radio contact validation https://www.linuxlinks.com/trustedqsl-radio-contact-validation/ [03:05] TR Bot - radio contact validation - LinuxLinks [03:05] TR News MineSector is a snappy minesweeper-based game https://www.linuxlinks.com/minesector-snappy-minesweeper-based-game/ [03:05] TR Bot is a snappy minesweeper-based game - LinuxLinks [03:06] TR News Grafito is a simple, self-contained web-based log viewer for journalctl https://www.linuxlinks.com/grafito-simple-self-contained-web-based-log-viewer-journalctl/ [03:06] TR Bot is a simple, self-contained web-based log viewer for journalctl - LinuxLinks [03:06] TR News Paragon must answer for spyware use against civil society and journalists https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/paragon-must-answer-for-spyware-use-against-civil-society/ [03:06] TR Bot Access Now - Paragon must answer for spyware use against civil society and journalists [03:06] TR News Paragon: stop spyware abuse and deliver justice to victims https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/paragon-stop-spyware-abuse-and-deliver-justice-to-victims/ [03:06] TR Bot Paragon: stop spyware abuse and deliver justice to victims - Access Now [03:08] TR News Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub is not Open Source, they should point the finger at Microsoft or stop blaming the tools https://www.securityweek.com/new-campaigns-distribute-malware-via-open-source-hacking-tools/ [03:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/new-campaigns-distribute-malware-via-open-source-hacking-tools/ ) [03:08] TR News Security researchers find 16B stolen credentials from malware in open cloud storage https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/19/security-researchers-find-16b-stolen-credentials-malware-open-cloud-storage/ [03:08] TR Bot researchers find 16B stolen credentials from malware in open cloud storage - SiliconANGLE [03:09] TR News #KeepItOn: Israel must stop cutting Gaza off from the world https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-israel-must-stop-cutting-gaza-off/ [03:09] TR Bot Access Now - #KeepItOn: Israel must stop cutting Gaza off from the world [03:09] TR News Digital ceasefire: the path to peace goes online https://www.accessnow.org/digital-ceasefire-the-path-to-peace-goes-online/ [03:09] TR Bot Digital ceasefire: the path to peace goes online - Access Now [03:10] TR News Tracking historical IP assignments with Defender for Endpoint logs https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/06/19/tracking-historical-ip-assignments-with-defender-for-endpoint-logs/ [03:10] TR Bot Tracking historical IP assignments with Defender for Endpoint logs [03:12] TR News Israel-Iran war: Internet blackout in Tehran https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250619-israel-iran-war-internet-blackout-in-tehran [03:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250619-israel-iran-war-internet-blackout-in-tehran ) [03:13] TR News Like Egypt in 2010. For the same reasons. [03:15] TR News Iranians mostly lost internet access on the sixth day of Israeli strikes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/19/world/iran-israel-trump-news/iranians-mostly-lost-internet-access-on-the-sixth-day-of-israeli-strikes [03:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/19/world/iran-israel-trump-news/iranians-mostly-lost-internet-access-on-the-sixth-day-of-israeli-strikes ) [03:17] TR News Telescope https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/build-your-own-telescope-the-modern-way/ | Source: Hackaday [03:17] TR Bot Your Own Telescope The Modern Way | Hackaday [03:17] TR News Computer Noises https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/ben-eater-makes-computer-noises/ | Source: Hackaday [03:17] TR Bot Eater Makes Computer Noises | Hackaday [03:17] TR News Floppy https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/mac-se-restomod-has-a-floppy-surprise/ | Source: Hackaday [03:17] TR Bot SE Restomod Has A Floppy Surprise | Hackaday [03:19] TR News Rice prices double in Japan as inflation accelerates https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/rice-prices-double-in-japan-as-inflation-accelerates [03:19] TR Bot Rice prices double in Japan as inflation accelerates | The Straits Times [03:20] TR News Groceries with inflation-busting price hikes revealed https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/groceries-with-inflation-busting-price-hikes-revealed-aEVpb1i1gruh [03:20] TR Bot Food and drink prices soar as grocery inflation back on the rise - Which? [03:20] TR News A Day Later, Watchdog Says Iranians Still Largely Cut Off From Internet By Authorities https://www.rferl.org/a/netblocks-iranians-outage-internet/33448841.html [03:20] TR Bot A Day Later, Watchdog Says Iranians Still Largely Cut Off From Internet By Authorities [03:22] TR News It should also sue Zuckerberg for creating a site which objectified women without their consent https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/19/meta-sues-hong-kong-based-company-behind-ai-deepfake-app-that-creates-fake-nude-images/ [03:22] TR Bot Meta sues HK firm behind AI app that creates fake nude images [03:32] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:32] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jun 21 [04:10] TR News Govt vows strict vetting of applications for event subsidies, performance venues to prevent soft resistance https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/20/govt-vows-strict-vetting-of-applications-for-event-subsidies-performance-venues-to-prevent-soft-resistance/ [04:10] TR Bot Gov't vows strict vetting 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TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/high-severity-vulnerabilities-patched-by-cisco-atlassian/ ) [04:14] TR News Krispy Kreme Confirms Data Breach After Ransomware Attack https://www.securityweek.com/krispy-kreme-confirms-data-breach-after-ransomware-attack/ [04:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/krispy-kreme-confirms-data-breach-after-ransomware-attack/ ) [04:15] TR News Encryption Backdoors: The Security Practitioners View https://www.securityweek.com/encryption-backdoors-the-security-practitioners-view/ [04:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/encryption-backdoors-the-security-practitioners-view/ ) [04:15] TR News Fake money is... fake https://www.securityweek.com/predatory-sparrow-burns-90-million-on-iranian-crypto-exchange-in-cyber-shadow-war/ [04:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/predatory-sparrow-burns-90-million-on-iranian-crypto-exchange-in-cyber-shadow-war/ ) [04:20] TR News Europe is Leaving Microsoft, the Press Coverage Isn't Sufficiently Helpful https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/Europe_is_Leaving_Microsoft_the_Press_Coverage_Isn_t_Sufficient.shtml [04:20] TR Bot Techrights Europe is Leaving Microsoft, the Press Coverage Isn't Sufficiently Helpful [04:20] TR News Why Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Its 'Hey Hi' (Slop) Frenzy Fail While Sinking in Deep, Growing Debt https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/Why_Microsoft_and_Its_Hey_Hi_Slop_Frenzy_Fail_While_Sinking_in_.shtml [04:20] TR Bot Techrights Why Microsoft and Its 'Hey Hi' (Slop) Frenzy Fail While Sinking in Deep, Growing Debt [04:21] TR News Mastodon and the Fediverse Have an Issue: Liability for Content (Even in Other Instances) and Costs https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/Mastodon_and_the_Fediverse_Have_an_Issue_Liability_for_Content_.shtml [04:21] TR Bot Techrights Mastodon and the Fediverse Have an Issue: Liability for Content (Even in Other Instances) and Costs [04:21] TR News The Manchester Bees and This Hot Summer 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results were a disaster boasts 20-minute boot times, kernel panics, and no working apps https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/somebody-turned-a-nintendo-switch-into-the-worlds-slowest-iphone-and-the-results-were-a-disaster-boasts-20-minute-boot-times-kernel-panics-and-no-working-apps [04:22] TR Bot Somebody turned a Nintendo Switch into the world's slowest iPhone, and the results were a disaster boasts 20-minute boot times, kernel panics, and no working apps | Tom's Hardware [04:23] TR News Stable kernels 6.15.3, 6.12.34, and 6.6.94 https://lwn.net/Articles/1026008/ [04:23] TR Bot kernels 6.15.3, 6.12.34, and 6.6.94 [LWN.net] [04:25] TR News UPC is illegal and they really ought to point this out because that's essential to know https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/6/19/misbehavn-in-the-upc-good-frand-behavior [04:25] TR Bot Misbehavn in the UPC: Good FRAND Behavior Unified Patents [04:28] TR News Prepare for the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/prepare-for-the-uk-cyber-security-and-resilience-bill/ [04:28] TR Bot Prepare for the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill | Pen Test Partners [04:30] TR News Russell Coker: The defective chip maker Intel Arc B580 and PCIe Slot Size https://etbe.coker.com.au/2025/06/20/intel-arc-b580-pcie-slot-size/ [04:30] TR Bot The Intel Arc B580 and PCIe Slot Size etbe - Russell Coker [04:33] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:34] TR News Migrating my infrastructure https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/migrating-my-infrastructure/ [04:34] TR Bot Migrating my infrastructure Alien Pastures [04:35] TR News AAEON de next-RAP8 credit card-sized Raptor Lake SBC features up to defective chip maker Intel Core i7-1365UE CPU https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/19/aaeon-de-next-rap8-credit-card-sized-raptor-lake-sbc-features-up-to-intel-core-i7-1365ue-cpu/ [04:35] TR Bot AAEON de next-RAP8 credit card-sized Raptor Lake SBC features up to Intel Core i7-1365UE CPU - CNX Software [04:36] TR News Event Wrap: INNOG 8 and India ISP Conclave 2025 https://blog.apnic.net/2025/06/20/event-wrap-innog-8-and-india-isp-conclave-2025/ [04:36] TR Bot Event Wrap: INNOG 8 and India ISP Conclave 2025 | APNIC Blog [04:36] TR News pg_auto_reindexer v1.5 released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_auto_reindexer-v15-released-3089/ [04:36] TR Bot PostgreSQL: pg_auto_reindexer v1.5 released [04:37] TR News Agencies grapple with cyber skills gap in control systems https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/06/agencies-grapple-with-cyber-skills-gap-in-control-systems/ [04:37] TR Bot Agencies grapple with cyber skills gap in control systems [04:39] TR News Beware of dodgy ULEZ sites advertising on Surveillance Giant Google https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/beware-of-dodgy-ulez-sites-advertising-on-google-ar6xH0H6EKFH [04:39] TR Bot Beware of dodgy ULEZ sites advertising on Google - Which? [04:39] TR News [Algorithms on] surveillance cameras helped prosecute 6 people for monkey feeding, Hong Kong govt says https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/19/ai-surveillance-cameras-helped-prosecute-6-people-for-monkey-feeding-hong-kong-govt-says/ [04:39] TR Bot AI cameras helped prosecute 6 people for monkey feeding: Gov't [04:40] TR News Modernising border security in South Africa through integrated surveillance technologies https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/modernising-border-security-in-south-africa-through-integrated-surveillance-technologies-2/ [04:40] TR Bot Modernising border security in South Africa through integrated surveillance technologies - defenceWeb [04:41] TR News "BUT IS IT HEY HI?" ALWAYS SAY "YES!!!" Yes, yes, buy it from me, it's Hey Hi (AI). People lying to people to sell the old junk with new buzzwords! [04:42] TR News ...surveillance is now "hey hi". Same thing, different label. [04:43] TR News Government Reverses on Privacy and the Charter: Department of Justice Analysis Concludes Political Party Privacy Bill Raises No Charter of Rights Effects https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/government-reverses-on-privacy/ [04:43] TR Bot Government Reverses on Privacy and the Charter: Department of Justice Analysis Concludes Political Party Privacy Bill Raises No Charter of Rights Effects - Michael Geist [04:43] TR News Russell Coker: Matching defective chip maker Intel CPUs https://etbe.coker.com.au/2025/06/19/matching-intel-cpus/ [04:43] TR Bot Matching Intel CPUs etbe - Russell Coker [04:43] TR News How to Install Heroic Games Launcher on FunOS https://funos.org/install-heroic-games-launcher-funos/ [04:43] TR Bot How to Install Heroic Games Launcher on FunOS FunOS [04:44] TR News Kendallknight: An R package for efficient implementation of Kendalls correlation coefficient computation https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/kendallknight-an-r-package-for-efficient-implementation-of-kendalls-correlation-coefficient-computation/ [04:44] TR Bot An R package for efficient implementation of Kendalls correlation coefficient computation | R-bloggers [04:45] TR News R Package Quality: Validation and beyond! https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/r-package-quality-validation-and-beyond/ [04:45] TR Bot Package Quality: Validation and beyond! | R-bloggers [04:49] TR News How to use pacman to manage packages in Arch GNU/Linux https://owlhowto.com/how-to-use-pacman-to-manage-packages-in-arch-linux/ [04:49] TR Bot How to use pacman to manage packages in Arch Linux [04:50] TR News recession https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/19/economy-minister-warns-russia-is-on-the-brink-of-recession-finance-minister-and-central-bank-head-disagree | Source: Meduza [04:50] TR Bot Economy minister warns Russia is on the brink of recession, finance minister and central bank head disagree Meduza [04:54] TR News TikTok Hits Cannes, Where a U.S. Ban Seems a Distant Dream https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/business/media/tiktok-cannes-shou-chew.html [04:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/business/media/tiktok-cannes-shou-chew.html ) [04:54] TR News US sanctions CJNG leaders, citing Fentanylware (TikTok) influencers murder https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/us-sanctions-cjng-leader/ [04:54] TR Bot US sanctions CJNG leaders, citing TIk Tok influencer's murder [04:58] TR News Amazon Linux 2023 achieves FIPS 140-3 validation https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/20/amazon-linux-2023-achieves-fips-140-3-validation/ [04:58] TR Bot Amazon Linux 2023 achieves FIPS 140-3 validation - Help Net Security ● Jun 21 [05:01] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi [05:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [05:02] schestowitz[TR3] gemini://the-brannons.com/end-of-life/ [05:02] schestowitz[TR3] he is not online [05:02] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, The slumlord's henchman was out here today. [05:02] schestowitz[TR3] i worry he went ahead with it [05:03] IsambardPrince He saw me washing my car. [05:03] schestowitz[TR3] ooh, sexy? [05:03] IsambardPrince He always seems to do that. [05:03] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-06-21.gmi [05:04] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], I don't ever go to the car wash unless it's like, brutally cold outside. [05:04] IsambardPrince They just charge too much money. [05:04] TR News "Here are audio samples of "CTRL" by Shadrow, licensed CC BY-NC 3.0. In both cases, the samples are at a constant bit rate of 16 kb/s. Have a listen." gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/opus.gmi [05:04] IsambardPrince It's like $20 to wash the car one time now. [05:05] IsambardPrince And I can do it for basically 5 cents worth of soap, the foaming soap doesn't have to be that strong. It's designed to be diluted. [05:05] IsambardPrince I remember when it didn't matter how often you washed the car. It was basically impossible to go through there enough to do any serious financial damage. [05:06] IsambardPrince It was like $2-3 to go through one of those bays where you just put some quarters in and blasted the car off with soap then turned the dial and blasted the soap off. [05:06] IsambardPrince It was super cheap. [05:06] IsambardPrince I tried one of those self-serve bays a couple years ago. They hardly give you any soap, it's terrible. [05:06] IsambardPrince And I must have put in $6 trying to spray down the car. [05:07] IsambardPrince This whole thing only works because people are either lazy or they live in an apartment and there's no garden hose. [05:08] IsambardPrince When you have a garden hose you should just get a sprayer and a bucket of soapy water and a sponge. [05:08] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [05:09] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Mom says her church friend that has all those money problems never washes her car. It's just gross. [05:09] IsambardPrince I said "All she has to do is spray it down with the hose if nothing else." [05:09] IsambardPrince This person was hoarding. [05:10] IsambardPrince They couldn't even get out the back door of their house because the husband put the back seats of an old van in front of the door 10 years ago so in case he ever sold the van he'd have the seats. [05:31] TR News Techrights The Web is Slop and FUD, Let's Go to Gemini Protocol https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/The_Web_is_Slop_and_FUD_Let_s_Go_to_Gemini_Protocol.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/The_Web_is_Slop_and_FUD_Let_s_Go_to_Gemini_Protocol.gmi [05:31] TR Bot Techrights The Web is Slop and FUD, Let's Go to Gemini Protocol [05:35] schestowitz[TR3] exterior car wash is simple [05:35] schestowitz[TR3] it's also cheap [05:35] schestowitz[TR3] or should be [05:36] schestowitz[TR3] they have machines to do this, since the 80s at least ● Jun 21 [06:00] IsambardPrince Yes. [06:00] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], That's what's $20. [06:00] IsambardPrince You go through a tunnel and it sprays the car down. [06:00] IsambardPrince Nice, huh? [06:01] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], In the early 90s, there was a car wash called Mr. Steve's in Marion, Indiana. [06:01] TR News Techrights Formalities Officers (FOs) at the EPO Are in Trouble, Reveals Internal Report https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/Formalities_Officers_FOs_at_the_EPO_Are_in_Trouble_Reveals_Inte.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/Formalities_Officers_FOs_at_the_EPO_Are_in_Trouble_Reveals_Inte.gmi [06:01] TR Bot Techrights Formalities Officers (FOs) at the EPO Are in Trouble, Reveals Internal Report [06:02] IsambardPrince It cost $5 and people would jump into the car and vacuum stuff and toss the garbage out and vacuum out your cigarette butts if you had them in the ashtray and hang a little tree air freshener, then they'd hand dry it.. [06:02] IsambardPrince You got back in they'd even Armor All wiped the interior like the dash and steering wheel and everything. [06:03] IsambardPrince Now it's just you go through a tunnel and they spray your car down with some water and that was it. [06:03] IsambardPrince $20./ [06:04] IsambardPrince They use a little soap but not very much. [06:04] IsambardPrince You come out there still may be bird shit on it. [06:05] IsambardPrince Hell, I can do better than that myself for 5 cents of soap and a pressure washer. [06:05] IsambardPrince I just aim directly and the bird shit until there's no more bird shit. [06:07] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], 12 openings in the entire store at Walmart right now. [06:07] IsambardPrince They''ve delisted a bunch. [06:08] IsambardPrince Almost every store in the country had to fire some a couple weeks ago when Trump invalidated the EAD cards of over 2 million people. [06:08] IsambardPrince One store manager said they had to fire 66 people because of this. [06:08] IsambardPrince Including all their cart pushers. [06:11] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], I'm reporting Walmart to the state's department of labor for violations of the wage transparency law. [06:13] IsambardPrince https://www.aol.com/disneyland-guest-almost-spit-coffee-211254957.html [06:13] TR Bot NO TITLE [06:13] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], A very merry $1,000 breakfast, to you, to me! [06:14] IsambardPrince If you can afford to go to Disney with a family of five and order a breakfast with people in costumes dancing around where you KNOW it's going to be ridiculously expensive..... [06:14] IsambardPrince I mean, how is this "news"? [06:19] IsambardPrince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop#/media/File:Coca-Cola_AI_ad_-_truck_with_misspelled_logo.png [06:20] TR Bot AI slop - Wikipedia [06:20] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], An "AI" Coca Cola ad. [06:20] IsambardPrince They managed to incorrectly spell their own company name in it. [06:20] IsambardPrince The bot put out something that said "Coca-Coola" and they left it there. [06:21] IsambardPrince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop#In_advertising [06:21] TR Bot AI slop - Wikipedia [06:21] TR News "This is MCAPS focused. They are making significant changes to the roles and alignments and flattening many management levels. Many will experience 10-15% reductionssome complete teams eliminated as Microsoft pushes focus to partners." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxgry8gy [06:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxgry8gy ) [06:21] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], I heard an "AI voice" on an ad of some kind in-between the "n**** n**** boom boom boom" music across the hallway earlier. [06:24] IsambardPrince https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/coca-cola-causes-controversy-ai-made-ad-rcna180665 [06:24] TR Bot Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-made ad [06:27] IsambardPrince https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1875890628866764910 [06:27] TR Bot ( status 400 @ https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1875890628866764910 ) [06:27] IsambardPrince LOL [06:48] IsambardPrince https://old.reddit.com/r/criterion/comments/1lgh59e/anyone_also_receive_this/ [06:49] TR Bot anyone also receive this? : criterion [06:49] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], The Criterion Collection sold viewing information of people who used the Criterion Channel streaming service to Facebook and Twilio. [06:51] TR News Techrights The Microsoft OOXML Modus Operandi: Throw 1,000 Pages of Other People's Work for a Judge to Read Ahead of a One-Hour Meeting https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/The_Microsoft_OOXML_Modus_Operandi_Throw_1_000_Pages_of_Other_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/The_Microsoft_OOXML_Modus_Operandi_Throw_1_000_Pages_of_Other_P.gmi [06:52] TR Bot Techrights The Microsoft OOXML Modus Operandi: Throw 1,000 Pages of Other People's Work for a Judge to Read Ahead of a One-Hour Meeting [06:57] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Got a copy of The Wages of Fear and The Naked Prey. ● Jun 21 [07:01] TR News Techrights 1989: Free Software as "Open" Software (OSI Didn't Coin "Open Source", It Also Predates Linux) https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/1989_Free_Software_as_Open_Software_OSI_Didn_t_Coin_Open_Source.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/1989_Free_Software_as_Open_Software_OSI_Didn_t_Coin_Open_Source.gmi [07:01] TR Bot Techrights 1989: Free Software as "Open" Software (OSI Didn't Coin "Open Source", It Also Predates Linux) [07:06] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], I encountered another slopfarm. [07:07] IsambardPrince It was supposedly a page about the history of Sony Betamax. [07:07] IsambardPrince It said the last release was "A History of Violence". I said, "That can't be right. That was the last release for VHS." [07:07] IsambardPrince So I pasted all the text to gptzero and it's a slopfarm. [07:15] TR News CEOs Using AI to Terrorize Their Employees https://futurism.com/ceo-ai-scare-labor [07:15] TR Bot CEOs Using AI to Terrorize Their Employees [07:16] TR News Lousy and laughable attempts to twist a massive failure at Microsoft ass some sort of "AI" success story" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/microsoft-planning-thousands-more-job-cuts-amid-heavy-spending-on-ai-1886209 [07:16] TR Bot Microsoft Planning Thousands More Job Cuts Amid Heavy Spending On AI [07:18] schestowitz[TR3] how did you find that page? Google search? If so, that tells you why not to use Google. You did the same re immigration. [07:19] schestowitz[TR3] you laughed at them for using slop images [07:19] schestowitz[TR3] and after you went offline i checked [07:19] schestowitz[TR3] the text too was slop [07:19] schestowitz[TR3] so you took critical legal info from slop [07:19] schestowitz[TR3] not a good idea at all [07:20] schestowitz[TR3] schestowitz[TR3], I heard an "AI voice" on an ad of some kind in-between the "n**** n**** boom boom boom" music across the hallway earlier. [07:20] schestowitz[TR3] it's called synthetic voice [07:20] schestowitz[TR3] or CG [07:20] schestowitz[TR3] they try to rebrand it as "heey hi" [07:20] schestowitz[TR3] grrifters [07:21] schestowitz[TR3] schestowitz[TR3], 12 openings in the entire store at Walmart right now. [07:21] schestowitz[TR3] blame "trump" [07:21] schestowitz[TR3] said the trump supporting business [07:22] schestowitz[TR3] while getting more rich [07:29] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Obviously they're on a partial hiring freeze right now. [07:29] IsambardPrince They need a few overnight stockers, a store detective, and a couple other things. [07:29] IsambardPrince But no big hiring going on. [07:32] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], DVD is pretty much dead these days. Dying anyway. [07:32] IsambardPrince I still see some Funimation releases and things like that though. [07:33] IsambardPrince No doubt because it's cheaper to release to DVD than Blu Ray. [07:37] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Yesterday I heard from someone who the Trump Administration put in default again on the student loans. [07:37] IsambardPrince This happens to 4 million people this month. [07:38] IsambardPrince This guy went from a 758 FICO score to a 578. [07:38] IsambardPrince A 578 is about where you are a few months after bankruptcy. [07:38] IsambardPrince So there's suddenly 4 million more people who can't really borrow any money. [07:38] IsambardPrince As soon as credit card banks see that, they start cutting your limit to exactly what you owe. [07:39] IsambardPrince You pay some off, they cut your limit. [07:39] IsambardPrince They might leave the card open with a $500 limit or something, or they may close it. [07:41] IsambardPrince The US is only really highly developed in certain patches, and even then, there's the good part of town and the really bad ones. [07:42] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Most other countries have nothing like this, I think. [07:42] IsambardPrince One part of Chicago, you're going to a steakhouse where you take one other person and expect a $300-400 check. [07:42] IsambardPrince In another part, they shoot each other and sling dope. [07:43] IsambardPrince There's probably no way to fix this. States and cities are not really in a good position to meaningfully fix income inequality. [07:43] schestowitz[TR3] sling? [07:43] IsambardPrince If they try it, the rich people leave and go to another state. [07:43] schestowitz[TR3] is that the term now? [07:43] IsambardPrince sling? [07:44] IsambardPrince Oh yeah. [07:44] IsambardPrince "Slinging dope" [07:44] schestowitz[TR3] you can eat or smoke it [07:44] IsambardPrince "Slinging drugs" [07:44] IsambardPrince Slinging = selling [07:44] schestowitz[TR3] never heard that phrase for a thing you smoke [07:44] schestowitz[TR3] rather than drink [07:44] schestowitz[TR3] ah, selling [07:45] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], They have their ways to make sure if you're poor you live in the ghetto even if you're not a bad person. [07:45] IsambardPrince That's why we live in the ghetto. [07:46] IsambardPrince If we had more money we wouldn't. [07:46] IsambardPrince But we're not criminals. [07:46] IsambardPrince Being stuck in the ghetto means you can't really get away from the ones who are criminals, or insane. [07:46] IsambardPrince So you just learn to put up with it. [07:46] IsambardPrince Because you can't make more money and get out of there. [07:48] IsambardPrince If we could pay $400-500 a month more for an apartment we could get on up out of this place. [07:50] IsambardPrince https://old.reddit.com/r/illinois/comments/1lgohx5/video_footage_of_an_illinois_state_trooper_barely/ [07:50] TR Bot Video footage of an Illinois State Trooper barely dodging two additional crashes as he was responding one already. : illinois [07:52] schestowitz[TR3] i asked rianne about that term [07:52] schestowitz[TR3] she also didn't know sling could mean sell (drugs) [07:55] IsambardPrince https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sling [07:55] TR Bot Urban Dictionary: sling [07:56] IsambardPrince https://www.slangsphere.com/sling-meaning-slang-understanding-its-evolution-and-usage/ [07:56] TR Bot Meaning Slang: Understanding Its Evolution and Usage - SlangSphere.com [07:56] IsambardPrince "To sell something: Another popular usage relates to selling illegal substances or items, as in, He slings drugs in our neighborhood." [07:57] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], I've never heard it used to describe selling something lawfully. [07:57] IsambardPrince Basically if you're selling things that are stolen, or illegal substances or something. [07:59] schestowitz[TR3] https://www.liquor.com/recipes/singapore-sling/ [07:59] TR Bot Singapore Sling Cocktail Recipe ● Jun 21 [08:01] IsambardPrince https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-my-reporting-on-the-columbia-protests-led-to-my-deportation [08:01] TR Bot How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation | The New Yorker [08:01] IsambardPrince "Many people are detained at U.S. airports for reasons they find arbitrary and mysterious. I got luckywhen I was stopped by Customs and Border Protection last week, after flying to Los Angeles from Melbourne, a border agent told me, explicitly and proudly, why Id been pulled out of the customs line. Look, we both know why you are here, the agent told me. He identified himself to me as Adam, though his colleagues r [08:01] IsambardPrince eferred to him as Officer Martinez. When I said that I didnt, he looked surprised. Its because of what you wrote online about the protests at Columbia University, he said." [08:03] IsambardPrince "Then began the first interview. The questions focussed almost entirely on my reporting about the Columbia student protests. From 2022 to 2024, I attended Columbia for an M.F.A. program, on a student visa, and when the encampment began in April of last year I began publishing daily missives to my Substack, a blog that virtually no one (except, apparently, the U.S. government) seemed to read. To Officer Martinez, the pie [08:03] IsambardPrince ces were highly concerning. He asked me what I thought about it all, meaning the conflict on campus, as well as the conflict between Israel and Hamas. He asked my opinion of Israel, of Hamas, of the student protesters. He asked if I was friends with any Jews. He asked for my views on a one- versus a two-state solution. He asked who was at fault: Israel or Palestine. He asked what Israel should do differently. (The Departm [08:03] IsambardPrince ent of Homeland Security, which governs the C.B.P., claims that any allegations that Id been arrested for political beliefs are false.)" [08:22] IsambardPrince https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-deportation-of-dissent-aussie-writer-deported-after-reporting-on-gaza-protests-242018885563 [08:22] TR Bot 'Deportation of dissent': Aussie writer deported after reporting on Gaza protests [08:33] TR News Finland Accuses Senior Crew of Russia-Linked Vessel in Damage of Undersea Power Cable in Baltic Sea https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-06-14/finland-accuses-senior-crew-of-russia-linked-vessel-in-damage-of-undersea-power-cable-in-baltic-sea [08:33] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-06-14/finland-accuses-senior-crew-of-russia-linked-vessel-in-damage-of-undersea-power-cable-in-baltic-sea ) [08:44] TR News Russian YouTuber Transferred To Maximum Security Prison In The Philippines https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/vitaly-zdorovetskiy-news-russian-youtuber-transferred-maximum-security-prison-philippines-1735875 [08:44] TR Bot Vitaly Zdorovetskiy News: Russian YouTuber Transferred To Maximum Security Prison In The Philippines | IBTimes UK [08:51] TR News Poland Says GPS Disruptions Over Baltic Could Be Related to Russia https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-17/poland-says-gps-disruptions-on-baltic-could-be-related-to-russia [08:51] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-17/poland-says-gps-disruptions-on-baltic-could-be-related-to-russia ) [08:52] TR News Sending Tech to Russia https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-17/uk-and-allies-to-announce-new-sanctions-against-russia [08:52] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-17/uk-and-allies-to-announce-new-sanctions-against-russia ) [08:52] TR News Suspected Russian Hackers Used New Tactic Against UK Researcher https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-18/suspected-russian-hackers-used-new-tactic-against-uk-researcher [08:52] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-18/suspected-russian-hackers-used-new-tactic-against-uk-researcher ) [08:53] TR News ECB's Panetta Says EU a Victim of US Efforts to Distance Russia From China https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-18/kyiv-mourns-as-death-toll-from-russian-strike-climbs-to-28 [08:53] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-18/kyiv-mourns-as-death-toll-from-russian-strike-climbs-to-28 ) [08:54] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Facebook's Llama model told me fluoride in drinking water "inhibits the body's ability to absorb nutrients". [08:54] IsambardPrince I guess they vacuumed up some anti-vaxxer blog and threw it in the blender. [08:55] TR News Russia's Economy Minister Says the Country Is on 'The Brink of Recession' https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-06-19/russias-economy-minister-says-the-country-is-on-the-brink-of-recession Brink? [08:55] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-06-19/russias-economy-minister-says-the-country-is-on-the-brink-of-recession ) [08:56] TR News shadow fleet https://www.thelocal.dk/20250620/european-countries-announce-joint-action-against-russias-shadow-fleet https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/20.06.2025-nordics-baltics-and-partners-to-compile-guidelines-on-russias-shadow-fleet.a604047/ [08:56] TR Bot European countries announce joint action against Russia's 'shadow fleet' [08:56] TR Bot Nordics, Baltics and partners to 'compile guidelines' on Russia's shadow fleet / Article ● Jun 21 [09:00] TR News Ryuk ransomwares initial access expert extradited to the U.S. from Ukraine https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ryuk-ransomwares-initial-access-expert-extradited-to-the-us/ [09:00] TR Bot Ryuk ransomwares initial access expert extradited to the U.S. [09:05] schestowitz[TR3] IsambardPrince: why would you use such "BS generator"? [09:05] TR News (NEW): Grace Hopper to Boost Tumbleweed Armv9 Builds https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Grace_Hopper_to_Boost_Tumbleweed_Armv9_Builds.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Grace_Hopper_to_Boost_Tumbleweed_Armv9_Builds.gmi [09:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Grace Hopper to Boost Tumbleweed Armv9 Builds [09:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [09:08] TR News Tukey https://xkcd.com/3104/ [09:08] TR Bot Tukey [09:08] TR News Exoplanet System https://xkcd.com/3103/ [09:08] TR Bot Exoplanet System [09:09] TR News Reading a Big Number https://xkcd.com/3102/ [09:09] TR Bot Reading a Big Number [09:09] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], For the hell of it. [09:09] IsambardPrince To see what it will spit out. [09:10] TR News interoperability requests https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250618-01.en.html They are part of the issue https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/FSFE_Now_Taking_Bribes_From_Microsoft_Its_Gold_Donor_the_Highes.shtml [09:10] TR Bot DMA: tell us how gatekeepers are handling your interoperability requests - FSFE [09:10] TR Bot Techrights FSFE Now Taking Bribes From Microsoft, Its Gold Donor (the Highest Payment Possible) [09:11] schestowitz[TR3] thhey call it "AI" [09:11] schestowitz[TR3] or "superintelligence" [09:11] schestowitz[TR3] so people will just assume everything is true [09:11] schestowitz[TR3] and learn along the way that, no.. [09:11] schestowitz[TR3] it's really not AI [09:11] schestowitz[TR3] it's a parrot with text ssnippets from various sites [09:12] schestowitz[TR3] even spamfarms [09:12] schestowitz[TR3] hence, worthless [09:12] schestowitz[TR3] and even getting worse over time [09:13] TR News tiktok is trashy https://www.vox.com/culture/416866/sabrina-carpenter-sydney-sweeney-kylie-jenner-girls-tiktok-feminism [09:13] TR Bot Carpetner, Carrie Bradshaw and the fear of the male-centered woman | Vox [09:14] TR News Dutch Government Recommends Children Under 15 Stay off TikTok and Instagram https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-06-17/dutch-government-recommends-children-under-15-stay-off-tiktok-and-instagram [09:14] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-06-17/dutch-government-recommends-children-under-15-stay-off-tiktok-and-instagram ) [09:15] TR News US Cites Murder of TikTok Influencer in New Mexican Cartel Sanctions https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-18/us-cites-murder-of-tiktok-influencer-in-new-mexcian-cartel-sanctions [09:15] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-18/us-cites-murder-of-tiktok-influencer-in-new-mexcian-cartel-sanctions ) [09:16] TR News Russia Expert Falls Prey to Elite Hackers Disguised as US Officials https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russia-expert-elite-hackers-us/ [09:16] TR Bot Russia Expert Falls Prey to Elite Hackers Disguised as US Officials - Infosecurity Magazine [09:25] TR News How to install Mendeley Desktop on Kubuntu 24.04 https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/06/how-to-install-mendeley-desktop-on.html [09:25] TR Bot How to install Mendeley Desktop on Kubuntu 24.04 [09:28] TR News How to install Wine 10.0 on a Chromebook https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/06/how-to-install-wine-100-on-chromebook.html [09:28] TR Bot How to install Wine 10.0 on a Chromebook [09:28] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [09:29] TR News (NEW): Ready to ditch Windows? 'End of 10' makes converting your PC to Linux easier than ever https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Ready_to_ditch_Windows_End_of_10_makes_converting_your_PC_to_Li.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Ready_to_ditch_Windows_End_of_10_makes_converting_your_PC_to_Li.gmi [09:29] TR Bot Tux Machines Ready to ditch Windows? 'End of 10' makes converting your PC to Linux easier than ever [09:29] TR News How to install Godot on Kubuntu 24.04 https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/06/how-to-install-godot-on-kubuntu-2404.html [09:29] TR Bot How to install Godot on Kubuntu 24.04 [09:32] TR News How to install Krita easily on a Chromebook https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/06/how-to-install-krita-easily-on.html [09:32] TR Bot How to install Krita easily on a Chromebook [09:32] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], That article says MS DOS a few times. [09:32] IsambardPrince I think they mean US DoS? [09:33] TR News licensing associate Craig Topham http://www.fsf.org/events/free-software-licensing-101 [09:33] TR Bot Free Software Licensing 101 with FSF copyright & licensing associate Craig Topham Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [09:33] TR News EU copyright http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/06/ag-emiliou-advises-cjeu-on-pastiche.html [09:33] TR Bot AG Emiliou advises CJEU on pastiche (while adopting very critical stance on EU copyright system as a whole and past CJEU case law too) - The IPKat [09:34] schestowitz[TR3] MSis US [09:34] schestowitz[TR3] USA is NSA [09:35] TR News (NEW): This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.4 has arrived! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/This_Week_in_Plasma_Plasma_6_4_has_arrived.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/This_Week_in_Plasma_Plasma_6_4_has_arrived.gmi [09:35] TR Bot Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.4 has arrived! [09:36] TR News Top 8 INSANE COSMIC Desktop Features that will BLOW Your Mind! (And 3 Potential Deal-breakers) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=RmHfOBlqY9o [09:36] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=RmHfOBlqY9o ) [09:36] TR News Goodbye Windows, Hello Bazzite Legion Go S Transformed! https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=fzdYdlnYouk [09:36] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=fzdYdlnYouk ) [09:37] TR News Linux ARM Surface Pro? https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=anhBGGOk1gU [09:37] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=anhBGGOk1gU ) [09:37] TR News Replacing 'Sudo' With 'Doas' On Linux https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9uJPJ4lmTSY [09:37] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9uJPJ4lmTSY ) [09:37] TR News Switch to RSS for your online media! https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=-5MtaffecZU [09:37] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=-5MtaffecZU ) [09:38] TR News How to install Fedora 42. https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=3W8TTjt1CO0 [09:38] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=3W8TTjt1CO0 ) [09:38] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], We both got US passports last year, and the card. [09:39] TR News Awesome Waterworks Game For Your Smartphone! https://inv.nadeko.net/shorts/BhoYBOf8JCg [09:39] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=BhoYBOf8JCg ) [09:39] IsambardPrince I don't want to deal with the federal government again until Trump is gona. [09:39] IsambardPrince The passports are good for 10 years. [09:40] TR News Fun with Linux: Run (and Fly) a Train in the Terminal https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=w17p1zag1Jk [09:40] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=w17p1zag1Jk ) [09:40] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [09:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [09:41] TR News I Have No Idea What Mozilla Is Doing Anymore https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=uBlJ_g-OsqE [09:41] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=uBlJ_g-OsqE ) [09:41] TR News Drop Windows and Install AnduinOS (Made By Microsoft Employee) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=oSks9dNWNaE [09:41] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=oSks9dNWNaE ) [09:42] TR News How to install AnduinOS 1.3.1 https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=J8518U5g3mo [09:42] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=J8518U5g3mo ) [09:42] TR News New Direction for GNOME, Mint accepts Libadwaita, OpenSUSE ditches Deepin: Linux https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=FwTnQw_5k3k [09:43] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=FwTnQw_5k3k ) [09:43] TR News Fedora 42: The Answer to Everything? https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=4peRLY5QR2E [09:43] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=4peRLY5QR2E ) [09:43] TR News OpenMandriva 25.01 "ROME" Gnome Quick Overview https://inv.nadeko.net/shorts/cDJ1lkMd458 [09:43] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=cDJ1lkMd458 ) [09:44] TR News Nobara Project 42 overview | a modified version of Fedora Linux with user-friendly fixes added to it https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ZTJxGk8l0-Q [09:44] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ZTJxGk8l0-Q ) [09:44] TR News Ubuntu 25.10s New Terminal is INSANE Meet Ptyxis! 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Session Restore, Advanced Tiling, Drag-FixMONSTER UPDATE! (For 2025) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=6B_wnjP7QKo [10:45] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=6B_wnjP7QKo ) [10:48] TR News "Authorities in Greece are making good on their promise to crack down and deter use of pirate sites and services." https://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-pirate-gets-5-years-in-prison-for-decade-old-offenses-250620/ | Source: Torrent Freak [10:48] TR Bot Pirate Gets 5 Years in Prison, 10,000 Fine, For Decade-Old Offenses * TorrentFreak [10:48] TR News "Rising costs, low ticket sales, and strict visa rules are reshaping the touring landscape for artists worldwide. From major acts to emerging talent, the entire live music ecosystem is feeling the strain." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/17/why-artists-arent-touring/ | Source: Digital Music News [10:48] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/17/why-artists-arent-touring/ ) [10:48] TR News "Tools like Udio and Suno, trained on millions of songs crafted by human artists, are now churning out millions of their own tunes at the click of a button. Deezer, a rival of Spotify Technology, estimates 20 000 AI tracks are uploaded to its platform daily, or 18% of the total." https://techcentral.co.za/algorithm-will-sing-musicians-worried-ai/265403/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [10:48] TR Bot The algorithm will sing now: why musicians should be worried about AI - TechCentral [10:48] TR News "blockbuster lawsuit against Midjourney" https://www.wired.com/story/midjourney-generates-videos-of-disney-characters-amid-massive-copyright-lawsuit/ | Source: Wired [10:48] TR Bot With a Gun: Midjourney Generates Videos of Disney Characters Amid Massive Copyright Lawsuit | WIRED [10:49] TR News "AI [sic] systems" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/bbc-threatens-legal-action-against-ai-startup-perplexity-over-content-scraping-report/articleshow/121966451.cms | Source: India Times http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Image_Fusion_is_Not_AI_LLMs_Aren_t_Either.shtml [10:49] TR Bot BBC threatens legal action against AI startup Perplexity over content scraping: Report - The Economic Times [10:49] TR Bot Techrights Image Fusion is Not 'AI' (LLMs Aren't Either) [10:51] TR News "For small businesses, the DMA offers something just as valuable: the right to process their own payments." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/apple-australians-youre-too-stupid-choose-your-own-apps | Source: EFF [10:51] TR Bot Apple to Australians: Youre Too Stupid to Choose Your Own Apps | Electronic Frontier Foundation [10:52] TR News "Earlier this month, Microsofts Family Safety feature, primarily used by parents and schools as a set of parental controls and filters, started randomly blocking Googles Chrome browser from opening on Windows." https://www.theverge.com/news/690179/microsoft-block-google-chrome-family-safety-feature | Source: The Verge [10:52] TR Bot Microsoft is blocking Google Chrome through its family safety feature | The Verge [10:54] TR News "If your PC wont open Google Chrome, there may be a culprit: Microsoft." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2823343/microsofts-family-safety-app-is-blocking-chrome-on-windows-pcs.html | Source: PC World [10:54] TR Bot Family Safety app is blocking Chrome on Windows PCs | PCWorld ● Jun 21 [11:07] TR News Techrights Microsoft's Competition Tactics: Sabotage GNU/Linux Installs, Block Chrome https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/Microsoft_s_Competition_Tactics_Sabotage_GNU_Linux_Installs_Blo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/Microsoft_s_Competition_Tactics_Sabotage_GNU_Linux_Installs_Blo.gmi [11:07] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Competition Tactics: Sabotage GNU/Linux Installs, Block Chrome [11:08] TR News "This is the first time Netflix will broadcast live television channels. Such a deal seemed unthinkable until now, as TV groups had launched their own video-on-demand platforms to adapt to new viewing habits." https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/netflixs-strategic-shift | Source: Jrme Marin [11:08] TR Bot Netflix's strategic shift - by Jrme Marin - Caftech [11:08] TR News "After all, nobody wants to cough up for ad-free music just to find that their favorite acts songs are solely hitting a different service." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/20/amazon-music-exclusives-rod-stewart/ | Source: Digital Music News [11:08] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/20/amazon-music-exclusives-rod-stewart/ ) [11:09] TR News "In fact, MNOs already use network management tools like throttling, congestion control, and fair usage policies to deal with actual traffic." https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/06/data-expires-heres-why-mobile-operators-say-it-must-and-why-thats-not-good-enough/ | Source: Zimbabwe [11:09] TR Bot Data Expires. Heres Why Mobile Operators Say It Must, and Why Thats Not Good Enough - Techzim Why Mobile Data Expires And Why Thats Not Good Enough [11:11] TR News "At Code Club, we believe learning to code should be as fun as it is empowering what better way to start than making your own game?" https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/from-player-to-maker-learn-to-code-by-creating-your-own-game/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [11:11] TR Bot From player to maker: Learn to code by creating your own game - Raspberry Pi Foundation [11:13] TR News "German Government Moves Closer to Ditching Microsoft: "We're Done With Teams!"" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/06/19/2318221 [11:13] TR Bot German Government Moves Closer to Ditching Microsoft: "We're Done With Teams!" - SoylentNews [11:14] TR News llm-washing SPAM! https://michiganadvance.com/2025/06/20/repub/environmentalists-say-theyre-cautious-to-adopt-ai-into-their-work/ [11:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/06/20/repub/environmentalists-say-theyre-cautious-to-adopt-ai-into-their-work/ ) [11:15] TR News Destroying the planet for grifters https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-goes-nuclear-company-joins-bill-gates-in-backing-terrapower-a-company-building-nuclear-reactors-for-powering-data-centers http://techrights.org/o/2019/12/21/police-report-bill-gates/ [11:15] TR Bot Nvidia goes nuclear company joins Bill Gates in backing TerraPower, a company building nuclear reactors for powering data centers | Tom's Hardware [11:15] TR Bot Mansion of Pedophilia - Part II: Dr. Stallman Defamed in the Media One Day After Request Made for King County Sheriffs Office to Divulge Information About Pedophilia in Home of Bill Gates [11:15] TR News "LibreOffice Adds Voice To 'Ditch Windows For Linux' Campaign" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/06/19/2327225 [11:15] TR Bot LibreOffice Adds Voice To 'Ditch Windows For Linux' Campaign - SoylentNews [11:17] TR News "Never open links in emails or texts you receive from unknown and unexpected sources." https://www.macworld.com/article/2820280/shocking-security-breach-of-16-billion-logins-includes-apple-ids.html ("Shocking security breach of 16 billion logins includes Apple IDs") | iophk: in other words, neither the browser nor the OS it rides on are fit for purpose [11:17] TR Bot security breach of 16 billion logins includes Apple IDs | Macworld [11:18] TR News iophk: all kinds of people misunderstand the message here. it is not 5% on defense it is 5% buying junk from the US specifically https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-20/white-house-insists-all-european-countries-must-spend-5-on-defense.html ("White House insists all European countries must spend 5% on defense") [11:18] TR Bot White House insists all European countries must spend 5% on defense | International | EL PAS English [11:19] TR News "Another Beta update for the Steam Client and SteamOS with a few fixes and an improvement for the Lenovo Legion Go S handheld in SteamOS." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/small-steamos-update-for-legion-go-s-and-faster-steam-startup-time-if-you-have-lots-on-non-steam-games/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:19] TR Bot SteamOS update for Legion Go S, and faster Steam startup time if you have lots on non-Steam games | GamingOnLinux [11:20] TR News "Serial Cleaner DLC Blood and Confetti is officially out now bringing more content to the 2D action-stealth game." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/serial-cleaner-blood-confetti-dlc-released-and-its-a-challenge/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:20] TR Bot Cleaner: Blood & Confetti DLC released and it's a challenge | GamingOnLinux [11:20] TR News "Here's the most up to date list for late June 2025 for Prime Gaming, an easy way to add more games to your library across Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck. The initial list for June was quite short but they've recently added some extra titles." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/heres-29-games-to-claim-from-prime-gaming-for-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:20] TR Bot 29 games to claim from Prime Gaming for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [11:24] TR News "If the craziness from Kindergarten and Kindergarten 2 wasn't enough, there's now a third helping with Kindergarten 3 out now." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/sent-to-a-new-school-dark-comedy-kindergarten-3-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:24] TR Bot to a new school, dark comedy Kindergarten 3 is out now | GamingOnLinux [11:24] TR News "Castlebound from Ogre Pixel now has a demo available to try on Steam, so you can defend your moving castle in this cute looking action roguelike. The developer previously made Hidden in my Paradise, A Tiny Sticker Tale and Lonesome Village." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/defend-your-moving-castle-in-the-demo-for-castlebound/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:24] TR Bot your moving castle in the demo for Castlebound | GamingOnLinux [11:25] TR News "Love musical games? Be sure to check out the June Tunes Humble Bundle with 9 nicely rated games. Here's the compatibility for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/get-some-musical-games-in-the-june-tunes-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:25] TR Bot some musical games in the June Tunes Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux [11:25] TR News "I absolutely need this. DERELIKT from developer Visuwyg releases in 2026 and it's everything I wanted in a retro styled FPS" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/narrative-retro-fps-derelikt-looks-awesome-with-inspiration-from-alien-resurrection-and-system-shock/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:25] TR Bot retro FPS DERELIKT looks awesome with inspiration from Alien Resurrection and System Shock | GamingOnLinux [11:29] *rianne_ (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights [11:29] *asusbox (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights [11:29] TR News "Burn With Me is a narrative deck-builder like no other, where permanently burning your cards is one of the main game mechanics." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/burn-your-cards-and-do-forbidden-rituals-in-the-deck-builder-burn-with-me/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:29] TR Bot your cards and do forbidden rituals in the deck-builder Burn With Me | GamingOnLinux [11:30] TR News "Housing Unaffordability Is the Primary Cause of Homelessness" https://fair.org/home/housing-unaffordability-is-the-primary-cause-of-homelessness/ | Source: FAIR [11:31] TR Bot Housing Unaffordability Is the Primary Cause of Homelessness: FAIR [11:33] TR News "Bans Anonymous Calls to Child Abuse Hotline" https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-bans-anonymous-child-welfare-reports | Source: Pro Publica [11:33] TR Bot New York Bans Anonymous Calls to Child Abuse Hotline ProPublica [11:34] TR News US Homeland Security's Escalating Attacks On International Journalists https://thedissenter.org/us-homeland-securitys-escalating-attacks-on-international-journalists/ | Source: The Dissenter [11:34] TR Bot US Homeland Security's Escalating Attacks On International Journalists [11:34] TR News "Valve are preparing the next major version of their Windows compatibility layer Proton, with a new test build ready for you with Proton 10.0-2." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/proton-10-0-2-gets-a-release-candidate-for-gaming-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:34] TR Bot 10.0-2 gets a Release Candidate for gaming on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [11:34] TR News "Net.Attack() takes the basic idea of the action from Vampire Survivors and other survivor-likes but, it gets you to program your abilities with code blocks." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/net-attack-is-a-very-unique-take-on-survivor-like-roguelikes-with-programming-your-abilities/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [11:34] TR Bot is a very unique take on survivor-like roguelikes with programming your abilities | GamingOnLinux [11:38] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:38] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:39] TR News (NEW): Games: Proton 10.0-2, Kindergarten 3, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Games_Proton_10_0_2_Kindergarten_3_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Games_Proton_10_0_2_Kindergarten_3_and_More.gmi [11:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Proton 10.0-2, Kindergarten 3, and More [11:53] *asusbox (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights [11:54] *rianne_ (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights [11:55] TR News "After successfully creating a sample LaTeX document in the previous tutorial, now we will try to understand the document structure in LaTeX with our Gummi Editor." https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/06/sections-in-latex-with-gummi-editor.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz [11:55] TR Bot Sections in LaTeX with Gummi Editor [11:55] TR News "This guide is beginner-friendly and great for system administrators, students, or anyone who runs a VPS, web server, or even a home Linux server." https://www.tecmint.com/bash-script-to-block-ip-with-iptables/ | Source: TecMint [11:55] TR Bot How to Block Suspicious IPs with iptables and Fail2Ban [11:56] TR News "On Plasma 6.4 the wayland session will be the only one installed when the users does not manually specify kwin-x11." https://archlinux.org/news/plasma-640-will-need-manual-intervention-if-you-are-on-x11/ | Source: ArchLinux [11:56] TR Bot Arch Linux - News: Plasma 6.4.0 will need manual intervention if you are on X11 [11:56] TR News "The openSUSE Project is preparing to expand its hardware capabilities with a high-performance system designed to accelerate support for the next generation of processor architecture." https://news.opensuse.org/2025/06/20/grace-hopper-to-boost-tw-armv9-builds/ | Source: OpenSUSE [11:56] TR Bot Grace Hopper to Boost Tumbleweed Armv9 Builds - openSUSE News [11:57] TR News "reduce data center costs" https://ubuntu.com//blog/effective-infrastructure-automation-to-reduce-data-center-costs | Source: Ubuntu [11:57] TR Bot infrastructure automation to reduce data center costs | Ubuntu ● Jun 21 [12:00] TR News "Official statistics show that Turkey has over 11 million people between the ages of 45 and 54 out of its population of 85 million." https://bianet.org/haber/too-old-to-work-too-young-to-retire-if-you-lose-your-job-after-40-you-face-an-empty-table-308644 | Source: BIA Net [12:00] TR Bot Too old to work, too young to retire: 'If you lose your job after 40, you face an empty table' [12:00] TR News "increasingly using AI adoption as a cudgel to justify layoffs" https://futurism.com/ceo-ai-scare-labor | Source: Futurism [12:00] TR Bot CEOs Using AI to Terrorize Their Employees [12:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [12:04] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:04] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:04] TR News "Appealing to investors: The tough talk is for Wall Street, a signal that a company is on trend. (It doesn't hurt that investors tend to like layoffs.)" https://www.axios.com/2025/06/20/ai-ceos-workers-jassy | Source: Axios [12:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/06/20/ai-ceos-workers-jassy ) [12:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [12:05] TR News "Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser was executed for criticizing the government on social media, drawing comparisons to the Jamal Khashoggi case." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/tweet-that-cost-a-life-after-jamal-khashoggi-saudi-journalists-online-dissent-ends-in-execution/articleshow/121936817.cms | Source: India Times [12:05] TR Bot Turki al-Jasser: Tweet that cost a life: After Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalists online dissent ends in execution - The Economic Times [12:05] TR News "emboldened de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to continue his persecution of the press." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/saudi-arabia-executes-a-journalist-after-seven-years-behind-bars-activists-say-it-was-over-his-tweets/articleshow/121862565.cms | Source: India Times [12:05] TR Bot Saudi Arabia executes a journalist after seven years behind bars, activists say it was over his tweets - The Economic Times [12:10] TR News "NYT has the ability to sustain all that independent journalism. But if you can especially if you live in New York you might consider supporting them (recall that The City did a lot of the reporting on Eric Adams corruption before bigger outlets picked up the story)." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/18/why-kristi-noems-kidnapping-of-brad-lander-failed-thus-far/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [12:10] TR Bot Why Kristi Noem's Kidnapping of Brad Lander Failed ... Thus Far - emptywheel [12:10] TR News "How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/06/how-my-reporting-on-the-columbia-protests-led-to-my-deportation/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [12:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/06/how-my-reporting-on-the-columbia-protests-led-to-my-deportation/ ) [12:10] TR News "As the ruling Georgian Dream party intensifies efforts to consolidate authoritarian rule, independent media face unprecedented pressure and are now on the brink of survival." https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Georgia-statement.pdf | Source: CPJ [12:11] TR News "dark day for the truth." https://www.dw.com/en/us-updates-trump-admin-slashes-jobs-at-voice-of-america/live-72990588 | Source: Deutsche Welle [12:11] TR Bot updates: Trump admin slashes jobs at Voice of America DW 06/21/2025 [12:11] TR News "A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced journalist and economist Farid Mehralizada to nine years in prison on charges he says are tied directly to his critical reporting for RFE/RLs Azerbaijani Service, known locally as Azadliq Radiosu." https://www.rferl.org/a/baku-azerbaijan-journalist-sentence-rfe-mehralizada-media-crackdown/33449887.html | Source: RFERL [12:11] TR Bot Baku Court Hands Radio Free Europe Journalist Mehralizada 'Outrageous' 9-Year Prison Sentence [12:12] TR News "Saudi Arabia has executed the prominent journalist Turki al-Jasser, who was arrested in 2018 and convicted on what press freedom advocates say are trumped-up charges." https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/18/headlines/saudi_arabia_executes_journalist_turki_al_jasser | Source: Democracy Now [12:12] TR Bot Saudi Arabia Executes Journalist Turki al-Jasser | Democracy Now! [12:12] TR News "As Mohammed bin Salman's economic and social reforms have made headlines in recent years, human rights activists have highlighted a parallel crackdown on dissent, including extreme sentences handed out to individuals for their social media posts." https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/campaigners-say-saudi-arabia-executes-prominent-journalist-over-twitter-account | Source: Middle East Eye [12:12] TR Bot Campaigners say Saudi Arabia executed prominent journalist for Twitter account | Middle East Eye [12:13] TR News "Al-Jasser was also said to have posted several controversial tweets about militants and militant groups." https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/saudi-arabia-executes-journalist-after-7-years-bars-122863459 | Source: ABC [12:13] TR Bot Saudi Arabia executes a journalist after 7 years behind bars - ABC News [12:13] TR News "Reporters Without Borders (RSF) strongly condemns the execution of Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser, who was killed on 14 June after seven years of arbitrary imprisonment." https://rsf.org/en/reign-terror-saudi-arabia-execution-journalist-turki-al-jasser-demands-international-response | Source: RSF [12:13] TR Bot Reign of terror in Saudi Arabia: the execution of journalist Turki al-Jasser demands an international response | RSF [12:13] TR News "But the circumstances around that murder and al-Jassers killing, and the international response to it, are markedly different." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/18/saudi-arabia-turki-al-jasser-executed | Source: The Guardian UK [12:13] TR Bot A Saudi journalist tweeted against the government and was executed for high treason | Saudi Arabia | The Guardian [12:14] TR News "War with Israel tightens information space" https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-06-20/irans-internet-blackout-leaves-public-in-dark-and-creates-an-uneven-picture-of-the-war-with-israel | Source: US News And World Report [12:14] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-06-20/irans-internet-blackout-leaves-public-in-dark-and-creates-an-uneven-picture-of-the-war-with-israel ) [12:15] TR News "Activists see it as a form of psychological warfare for a nation all-too familiar with state information controls and targeted [Internet] shutdowns during protests and unrest." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/iran-israel-united-arab-emirates-israelis-persian-b2773797.html | Source: The Independent UK [12:15] TR Bot Iran's internet blackout leaves public in dark and creates an uneven picture of the war with Israel | The Independent [12:15] TR News "It has now been 24 hours since Iran imposed a nationwide [Internet] shutdown; the ongoing blackout incident is the most severe tracked since the November 2019 protests and impacts the public's ability to stay connected at a time when communications are vital" https://www.rferl.org/a/netblocks-iranians-outage-internet/33448841.html | Source: RFERL [12:15] TR Bot A Day Later, Watchdog Says Iranians Still Largely Cut Off From Internet By Authorities [12:15] TR News "An unabashed government stamping out dissent through force ignores the commitment to unfettered political discourse that defines American law and traditions" https://www.axios.com/2025/06/18/democrats-detained-arrested-trump-immigration | Source: Axios [12:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/06/18/democrats-detained-arrested-trump-immigration ) [12:16] TR News "Targeting foreign students has become the administration's cornerstone effort to crack down on the nation's oldest and wealthiest college." https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-06-20/how-trump-has-targeted-harvards-international-students-and-what-the-latest-court-ruling-means | Source: US News And World Report [12:16] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-06-20/how-trump-has-targeted-harvards-international-students-and-what-the-latest-court-ruling-means ) [12:17] TR News "A UN special rapporteur raised concerns on Thursday over the negative effects of political interference on higher education within the US." https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/un-expert-warns-of-threat-to-academic-freedom-in-us/ | Source: JURIST [12:17] TR Bot UN expert warns of threat to academic freedom in US - JURIST - News [12:18] TR News "The organization's objective was "to form a group of people loyal to Russia's interests" so that they would carry out disinformation campaigns against the Argentine state, the spokesman added." https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/19/argentina-says-it-uncovered-russian-disinformation-operation-a89498 | Source: The Moscow Times [12:18] TR Bot Argentina Says It Uncovered Russian Disinformation Operation - The Moscow Times [12:18] TR News AI [12:18] TR News "AI deepfakes, video game footage passed off as real combat, and chatbot-generated falsehoods -- such tech-enabled misinformation is distorting the Israel-Iran conflict, fueling a war of narratives across social media." https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2314664.html | Source: RTL [12:18] TR Bot RTL Today - Information warfare: Tech-fueled misinformation distorts Iran-Israel fighting [12:19] TR News "AFRINIC oversees allocation and management of IP addresses for 54 nations across Africa and the Indian Ocean." https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/afrinic_election_proceeds/ | Source: The Register UK [12:19] TR Bot AFRINIC election proceeds after ICANN's protests waived The Register [12:19] TR News "It said "some historic data on legacy systems" was accessed by unauthorized attackers, namely the personal information of people who worked on council-administered elections between 2001 and 2022." https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/oxford_city_council_breach/ | Source: The Register UK [12:19] TR Bot Attack on Oxford City Council exposes 21 years of staff data The Register [12:20] TR News "These arent comments on lefty websites. These are official public comments to government requests for input from the public input some poor soul has to read and summarize for Burgum and Miller." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/20/national-park-visitors-are-not-impressed-with-trumps-revisionism/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [12:20] TR Bot National Park Visitors Are Not Impressed With Trump's Revisionism - emptywheel [12:20] TR News "Massachusetts rakes in 3.1 billion annually from international studentsmaking it America's fourth-largest beneficiary after California, New York, and Texas." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trumps-harvard-crackdown-could-crush-bostons-luxury-scene-rich-foreign-students-vanish-1736229 | Source: International Business Times [12:20] TR Bot Trump's Harvard Crackdown Could Crush Boston's Luxury Scene as Rich Foreign Students Vanish | IBTimes UK [12:21] TR News "The cuts are expected to be announced early next month, following the end of Microsofts fiscal year, according to people familiar with the matter." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/microsoft-planning-thousands-more-job-cuts-amid-heavy-spending-on-ai-1886209 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [12:21] TR Bot Microsoft Planning Thousands More Job Cuts Amid Heavy Spending On AI [12:21] TR News "Arnav Sahu has joined Peak XV as the first investment partner after a four-year stint as principal at startup accelerator Y Combinator." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/former-y-combinator-investor-arnav-sahu-joins-peak-xv/articleshow/121981552.cms | Source: India Times [12:21] TR Bot Former Y Combinator investor Arnav Sahu joins Peak XV - The Economic Times [12:21] TR News "first author of the study from Stanford University in California." https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/20/social-climbing-stanford-university-research | Source: The Guardian UK [12:21] TR Bot Social success not about who you know its about knowing who knows whom | Social mobility | The Guardian [12:22] TR News "donated $1 million to Trumps inaugural fund, attended the inauguration, co-hosted a reception, and changed company policy to align more closely with the administration." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mark-zuckerberg-meta-nickname-trump-b2774168.html | Source: The Independent UK [12:22] TR Bot Zuckerbergs political shift didnt shock Meta staff: The whole time this was all one inch underneath | The Independent [12:23] TR News "I was today years old when I learned that Patreon offers no mechanism to download all of your own posts from your "creator" account. Because fuck you that's why." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/06/just-one-more-patreon-indignity/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [12:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/06/just-one-more-patreon-indignity/ ) [12:24] TR News "He could have pulled that out of his ass" https://www.wired.com/story/ai-carbon-emissions-energy-unknown-mystery-research/ | Source: Wired [12:24] TR Bot Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Arent Saying | WIRED [12:25] TR News "And they must adapt to an epochal change in how the grid works, as the industry attempts to transition from power generated with fossil fuels to power generated from renewable sources like solar and wind, in all their vicissitudes." https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/19/1118248/electric-grid-future-lincoln-nebraska-utilities-energy-transition/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [12:25] TR Bot Is this the electric grid of the future? | MIT Technology Review [12:25] TR News "Cryptocurrency mining is very power-intensive and generates little in the way of jobs and income for the local community" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/norway-plans-temporary-ban-on-power-intensive-cryptocurrency-mining/articleshow/121972530.cms | Source: India Times [12:25] TR Bot Norway plans temporary ban on power-intensive cryptocurrency mining - The Economic Times [12:26] TR News "The Estlink 2 electricity link between Finland and Estonia was operational again on Friday, according to Finnish transmission system operator Fingrid." https://yle.fi/a/74-20168861 | Source: YLE [12:26] TR Bot Estlink 2 electricity cable back online after months-long outage | Yle News | Yle [12:29] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@qh2x9gca8kjd4.irc) has joined #techrights [12:32] TR News "The world would need to plant a forest the size of North America in order to offset planet-warming emissions from the 200 largest oil and gas companies, new research has found." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-06-19/a-forest-the-size-of-north-america-would-be-needed-to-offset-big-oils-reserves-study-finds | Source: Los Angeles Times [12:32] TR Bot A forest the size of North America would be needed to offset Big Oil's reserves, study finds - Los Angeles Times [12:32] TR News "A US complaint against oil and gas giants including BP and Shell claims they fueled the extreme heat that killed a woman in Seattle. Can the first death by "climate disaster" claim succeed?" https://www.dw.com/en/major-oil-companies-face-first-climate-death-lawsuit/a-72899631 | Source: Deutsche Welle [12:32] TR Bot oil companies face first 'climate death' lawsuit DW 06/18/2025 [12:32] TR News "The Wai Ola Alliance, a coalition of Native Hawaiian leaders and environmental groups, is asking for partial summary judgment, arguing the Navy discharged petroleum into Pearl Harbor from two piers between March 2020 and September 2021." https://www.courthousenews.com/navy-faces-key-ruling-in-hawaii-fuel-contamination-case/ | Source: Court House News [12:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/navy-faces-key-ruling-in-hawaii-fuel-contamination-case/ ) [12:33] TR News "Inactive and abandoned oil and gas wells in Canada are a much bigger climate problem than previously thought, emitting almost seven times more methane than the official estimates, according to a new study from researchers at McGill University." https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/non-producing-oil-gas-wells-mcgill-1.7565725 | Source: CBC [12:33] TR Bot Old, inactive oil and gas wells emitting almost 7 times more methane than official estimates | CBC News [12:33] TR News Overpopulation https://phys.org/news/2025-06-colorado-river-fish-farmers-alike.html | Source: Omicron Limited [12:33] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-06-colorado-river-fish-farmers-alike.html ) [12:34] TR News "I stopped using my cellphone for regular calls and text messages last fall and switched to Signal." https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/06/trojan-horse-drones-homeland/683234/ | Source: The Atlantic [12:34] TR Bot The Trojan Horse Will Come for Us Too - The Atlantic [12:35] TR News "It Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US" https://michiganadvance.com/2025/06/18/violent-extremists-like-the-minnesota-shooter-are-not-lone-wolves/ | Source: Michigan Advance [12:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/06/18/violent-extremists-like-the-minnesota-shooter-are-not-lone-wolves/ ) [12:36] TR News "The results of the government-backed trial clear the way for the law to come into force by the end of the year." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-ban-moves-closer-in-australia-after-tech-trial/articleshow/121965270.cms | Source: India Times [12:36] TR Bot Social media ban moves closer in Australia after tech trial - The Economic Times [12:37] *souseksi has quit (connection closed) [12:39] *souseksi (~user@yi9c7qken9vgg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:40] TR News "We are seeing a shift toward the right of the political spectrum." https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/1272932/10-years-after-europes-migration-crisis-the-fallout-reverberates-in-greece-and-beyond/ | Source: Greece [12:40] TR Bot years after Europes migration crisis, the fallout reverberates in Greece and beyond | eKathimerini.com [12:40] TR News "The new restrictions target 60 vessels, which have also been targeted by sanctions from the United Kingdom, Canada and EU." https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/18/australia-sanctions-oil-tankers-in-russias-shadow-fleet-a89485 | Source: The Moscow Times [12:40] TR Bot Australia Sanctions Oil Tankers in Russias Shadow Fleet - The Moscow Times [12:40] TR News "Between the lines: Some senators did not directly respond to the latest plans for delay but again warned about the dangers of TikTok and urged a quick solution." https://www.axios.com/2025/06/18/senate-republicans-trump-tiktok-ban | Source: Axios [12:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/06/18/senate-republicans-trump-tiktok-ban ) [12:41] TR News "restricting the use of apps in the US that are controlled by foreign adversaries, specifically naming TikTok as one of those apps." https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/trump-extends-deadline-for-nationwide-tiktok-ban-another-90-days/ | Source: JURIST [12:41] TR Bot Trump extends deadline for nationwide TikTok ban another 90 days - JURIST - News [12:41] TR News "My big question is whether these men could have provided the same assistance from the private sector." https://www.wired.com/story/what-lt-col-boz-and-big-techs-enlisted-execs-will-do-in-the-army/ | Source: Wired [12:41] TR Bot Big Tech's Band of Execs Will Do in the Army | WIRED [12:44] TR News "Threats to the rule of law and democratic values persist, and are getting worse in some areas. That is the message from MEPs following an analysis of the EU Commissions latest annual rule of law report, covering the year 2024." https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250620-eu-rule-of-law-report-shows-worrying-trends-how-should-the-bloc-defend-its-core-principles | Source: France24 [12:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250620-eu-rule-of-law-report-shows-worrying-trends-how-should-the-bloc-defend-its-core-principles ) [12:44] TR News "The world is running out of time to rein in human-driven climate change, with top UN scientists warning that key indicators are now in uncharted territory." https://www.dw.com/en/crunch-time-for-climate-action-scientists-warn/a-72974250 | Source: Deutsche Welle [12:44] TR Bot time' for climate action, scientists warn DW 06/19/2025 [12:45] TR News Medically Assisted Dying Closer to Legalization After Vote by UK Lawmakers https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/world/europe/assisted-dying-vote-uk.html [12:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/world/europe/assisted-dying-vote-uk.html ) [12:46] TR News FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz June 20, 2025 https://fossforce.com/2025/06/foss-force-mostly-open-tech-news-quiz-june-20-2025/ [12:46] TR Bot FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz - June 20, 2025 - FOSS Force [12:47] TR News This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.4 has arrived! https://blogs.kde.org/2025/06/21/this-week-in-plasma-plasma-6.4-has-arrived/ [12:47] TR Bot This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.4 has arrived! - KDE Blogs [12:48] TR News Stage Git GUI client for GNU/Linux desktops https://www.linuxlinks.com/stage-git-gui-client-linux-desktops/ [12:48] TR Bot - Git GUI client for Linux desktops - LinuxLinks [12:48] TR News wfview controls icom ham radios https://www.linuxlinks.com/wfview-controls-icom-ham-radios/ [12:48] TR Bot controls icom ham radios - LinuxLinks [12:49] TR News "Previously, Plasma installations automatically supported both Wayland and X11 sessions. However, starting with 6.4, only the Wayland session will be installed by default. So, if you rely on X11, you must manually install plasma-x11-session and kwin-x11 before upgradingotherwise, you might find yourself locked out of your desktop." https://linuxiac.com/plasma-6-4-on-arch-linux-requires-manual-package-installation/ | [12:49] TR Bot Plasma 6.4 on Arch Linux Requires Manual Package Installation [12:53] TR News "The EU commission has proposed a new law to protect children against abuse. The cause is good, but the law itself is bad, because it requires online services with messaging functionality to be surveilled" https://chatcontrol.dk/en/ | Source: ChatControl DK [12:53] TR Bot Chat Control: Your private messages will be scanned! [12:54] TR News "On 11 May 2022 the European Commission presented a proposal which would make chat control searching mandatory for all e-mail and messenger providers and would even apply to so far securely end-to-end encrypted communication services." https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/ | Source: Patrick Breyer [12:54] TR Bot Chat Control: The EUs CSAM scanner proposal Patrick Breyer [12:54] TR News "The finding that there are no Charter effects is surprising since the Department of Justice examined many of the same provisions in the Bill C-65 Charter statement and concluded that they engaged Section 2(b) (freedom of expression) and Section 3 (democratic rights) of the Charter." https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/government-reverses-on-privacy/ | Source: Michael Geist [12:54] TR Bot Government Reverses on Privacy and the Charter: Department of Justice Analysis Concludes Political Party Privacy Bill Raises No Charter of Rights Effects - Michael Geist [12:54] TR News "Robertson and the Citizen Lab explain how this seems to be driven by compliance with the Second Additional Protocol to the Cybercrime Convention, but it could have far-reaching implications as currently drafted." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/canada-border-bill-powers/ | Source: Nick Heer [12:54] TR Bot Border Bill Powers Would Allow Warrantless Police Requests to Public Services of All Types Pixel Envy [12:56] TR News "Good article from 404 Media on the cozy surveillance relationship between local Oregon police and ICE: [...]" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/surveillance-in-the-us.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [12:56] TR Bot in the US - Schneier on Security [12:57] TR News "And even if there were, if those 200 companies had to pay for planting all those trees, it would cost $10.8 trillion, more than their entire combined market valuation of $7.01 trillion." https://www.courthousenews.com/want-to-plant-trees-to-offset-fossil-fuels-youd-need-all-of-north-and-central-america-study-finds/ | Source: Court House News [12:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/want-to-plant-trees-to-offset-fossil-fuels-youd-need-all-of-north-and-central-america-study-finds/ ) [12:59] TR News "I didnt accept that, and suggest you dont either. I just checked in another browser, and in Europe (or at least in The Netherlands, where I am VPNd right now), Bloomberg gives you these choices: [...]" https://doc.searls.com/2025/06/20/weve-had-enough-of-this-shit/ | Source: Doc Searls [12:59] TR Bot Weve Had Enough of This Shit Doc Searls Weblog ● Jun 21 [13:08] TR News "What is perhaps most alarming, however, is not the number of people who have had their sensitive personal information breached, but rather the type of information that was taken: [...]" https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/krispy-kreme-hack-exposed-sensitive-data-of-over-160-000-people | Source: Bitdefender [13:08] TR Bot Krispy Kreme hack exposed sensitive data of over 160,000 people [13:08] TR News Common Mistake: Believing Social Control Media Will Document Your Writings/Thoughts and Search Engines Like Surveillance Giant Google Will Help You Find These https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/Common_Mistake_Believing_Social_Control_Media_Will_Document_You.shtml [13:08] TR Bot Techrights Common Mistake: Believing Social Control Media Will Document Your Writings/Thoughts and Search Engines Like Google Will Help You Find These [13:08] TR News "Krispy Kremes investigation showed that information such as name, date of birth, Social Security number, drivers license or state ID number, financial account information, payment card information" https://www.securityweek.com/161000-people-impacted-by-krispy-kreme-data-breach/ | Source: Security Week [13:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/161000-people-impacted-by-krispy-kreme-data-breach/ ) [13:09] TR News "This alone is dangerous and makes the bill an obvious target for a constitutional challenge." https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/lawful-access-on-steroids/ | Source: Michael Geist [13:09] TR Bot Lawful Access on Steroids: Why Bill C-2s Big Brother Tactics Combine Expansive Warrantless Disclosure with Unprecedented Secrecy - Michael Geist [13:12] TR News "Far from a peace milestone, the Abraham Accords represent the public formalization of a long-standing covert partnership between two governments with interests in population control and surveillance." https://dawnmena.org/the-outsized-role-of-surveillance-technology-in-the-israel-uae-abraham-accords/ | Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now [13:13] TR Bot The Outsized Role of Surveillance Technology in the Israel-UAE Abraham Accords - DAWN [13:13] TR News "Talks between representatives of Reddit and World ID parent Tools for Humanity highlight the growing market for new identity verification technologies" https://www.semafor.com/article/06/20/2025/reddit-considers-iris-scanning-orb-developed-by-a-sam-altman-startup | Source: Semafor Inc [13:13] TR Bot considers iris-scanning Orb developed by a Sam Altman startup | Semafor [13:13] TR News "Requiring you to repeatedly provide sensitive personal information creates an unacceptable security risk that we refuse to impose on our users" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/big-name-porn-sites-back-online-in-france-after-age-check-row/articleshow/121978507.cms | Source: India Times [13:13] TR Bot Big-name porn sites back online in France after age check row - The Economic Times [13:13] TR News "In a bid to preserve privacy, the government decree also required operators to offer a third-party double-blind option that would prevent the platforms from seeing users identifying information." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/pornhub-back-online-france | Source: The Guardian UK [13:13] TR Bot Pornhub and other adult sites back online in France after three-week protest | France | The Guardian [13:17] TR News Windows TCO https://www.securityweek.com/record-breaking-ddos-attack-peaked-at-7-3-tbps/ | Source: Security Week [13:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/record-breaking-ddos-attack-peaked-at-7-3-tbps/ ) [13:18] TR News Social Control Media: "Carlon says the incident highlights just how far people will go to get a good photo, as well as their flagrant lack of accountability." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/museumgoers-accidentally-break-fragile-crystal-covered-chair-inspired-by-vincent-van-gogh-painting-180986842/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [13:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/museumgoers-accidentally-break-fragile-crystal-covered-chair-inspired-by-vincent-van-gogh-painting-180986842/ ) [13:20] TR News Social Control Media: "Thirty years ago, Irwin Winklers protocyber thriller, The Net, was released." https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/20/1118379/the-net-cyber-thriller-digital-isolation/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [13:20] TR Bot How a 30-year old techno-thriller predicted our digital isolation | MIT Technology Review [13:20] TR News "If you wish you could do the same, stop wishing and just do it." https://manuelmoreale.com/digital-chains | Source: Manuel Moreale [13:20] TR Bot Digital chains Manu [13:21] TR News "It's not useful, it's slop." https://futurism.com/chatgpt-weird-way-talking-see-it-everywhere | Source: Futurism [13:21] TR Bot Once You Notice ChatGPT's Weird Way of Talking, You Start to See It Everywhere [13:22] TR News "Stupid things can go on way longer than youd think. Especially stupid and well-funded not-technically-a-Ponzi schemes." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/20/ai-venture-capital-resorts-to-feeding-the-secondary-market/ | Source: Pivot to AI [13:22] TR Bot AI venture capital resorts to feeding the secondary market Pivot to AI [13:22] TR News "AI is encroaching on our turf, so lets flip the script and call for more AI transparency, not the other way around" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/i-saw-a-photographers-work-wrongly-accused-of-being-ai-why-do-we-have-to-prove-our-innocence-i-want-ai-content-credentials-and-a-purple-tick | Source: Digital Camera World [13:22] TR Bot I saw a photographers work wrongly accused of being AI, why do we have to prove our innocence? I want AI Content Credentials and a purple tick | Digital Camera World [13:22] TR News "The US Patent and Trademark Office is exploring a plan for using AI at the agency to speed up the process of granting patents - but its initial request for information says that vendors should expect to be paid in exposure rather than cold, hard cash." https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/us_patent_office_ai/ | Source: The Register UK [13:22] TR Bot US patent office floats plan for AI to scan prior art The Register [13:23] TR News "But there's a huge, embarrassing catch. As Electrek reports, the self-driving cabs will have a human "safety monitor" plunked in the front passenger seat a far cry from Elon Musk's bold promise that his automaker would be hosting unsupervised rides this summer." https://futurism.com/tesla-embarrassing-front-seat-robotaxis | Source: Futurism [13:23] TR Bot Tesla Just Admitted Something Wildly Embarrassing About What'll Be in the Front Seat of All Its Robotaxis [13:23] TR News "Elon Musk is once again fuming against his own AI model, Grok, because he doesn't like that its answers don't line up with his personal politics." https://futurism.com/elon-musk-infilitrated-grok-ai | Source: Futurism [13:23] TR Bot Elon Musk Concerned That Reality Has Infiltrated His "Grok" AI [13:24] TR News "What happens when AI isnt just answering prompts, but making decisions, completing tasks, and acting independently? At St Francis College for Women, students from across Hyderabad got hands-on with agentic AI, a model that shifts AI from passive automation to intelligent" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/experts-caution-against-bias-in-ais-work-1886586 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [13:24] TR Bot Experts Caution Against Bias In AIs Work [13:24] TR News "The news highlights a troubling trend, with countless ChatGPT users developing bizarre delusions and even spiraling into severe mental health crises, as we reported last week." https://futurism.com/conspiracy-theorists-creating-ai-chatbots | Source: Futurism [13:24] TR Bot Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions [13:30] TR News "Jisc, a provider of digital solutions for UK education and research, has negotiated a national agreement for programming and development platform Oracle Java SE." https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/uk_colleges_45m_saving_deal/ | Source: The Register UK [13:30] TR Bot UK colleges given 45M 'savings' deal for Oracle Java The Register [13:30] TR News "A quick baseline & recap for ye of low Dedoimedo readership. I don't like Windows 11. I don't want to use it, like at all, nopety nope." https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-11-reset.html | Source: Dedoimedo [13:30] TR Bot Windows 11 reset - Results, findings, observations [13:30] TR News "So big telecoms are so afraid of liability and government oversight theyve just stopped looking for evidence of intrusion in one of the worst hacks the U.S. has ever seen. Thats sure to fix the problem." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/20/salt-typhoon-hack-keeps-getting-worse-telecoms-tell-employees-to-stop-looking-for-evidence-of-intrusion/ | Source: Techdirt [13:30] TR Bot Typhoon Hack Keeps Getting Worse, Telecoms Tell Employees To Stop Looking For Evidence Of Intrusion | Techdirt [13:31] TR News "Several collections of login credentials reveal one of the largest data breaches in history, totaling a humongous 16 billion exposed login credentials. The data most likely originates from various infostealers." https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-infostealers-data-leak/ | Source: Cybernews [13:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-infostealers-data-leak/ ) [13:33] TR News "an effort to paint him as a terrorist." https://www.courthousenews.com/luigi-mangione-pans-prosecutors-for-cherry-picked-journal-release/ | Source: Court House News [13:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/luigi-mangione-pans-prosecutors-for-cherry-picked-journal-release/ ) [13:34] TR News "The correlation between obesity and longevity is more obvious (R square of 0.59)." https://lemire.me/blog/2025/06/21/life-expectancy-of-men-in-canadian-provinces/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [13:34] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/06/21/life-expectancy-of-men-in-canadian-provinces/ ) [13:34] TR News "Private equity firms are the demon princes of the hellspace that is the imploding, life-destroying, plutocrat-generating American economy. Their favorite scam, the "leveraged buyout" is a mafia bustout dressed up in respectable clothes" https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/20/the-doctor-will-gouge-you-now/#states-rights | Source: CoryDoctorow [13:34] TR Bot Pluralistic: Oregon bans the corporate practice of medicine (20 Jun 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [13:35] TR News "The research differs from previous studies in that it will not consider single, severe head injuries but instead examine the effects of many small ones over time." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-brain-injuries-weapon-exposure/ | Source: Task And Purpose [13:35] TR Bot Army to study how rifle, anti-armor, artillery fire impact brain health [13:38] TR News "Since I started working on AArch64 in 2012, I had been searching for a hardware system capable of meeting my development needs at home." https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2025/06/20/the-hunt-for-a-development-machine/ | Source: Marcin Juszkiewicz [13:38] TR Bot The hunt for a developmentmachine Marcin Juszkiewicz [13:38] TR News "This is a follow up to the Tiny Undervalued Hardware Companions article. While the original covered quite a lot of small valuable hardware companions as time passed I made friends with several more of them." https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/more-undervalued-hardware-companions/ | Source: Vermaden [13:38] TR Bot More Undervalued Hardware Companions | [13:38] TR News "Youve taken a look at the best soldering irons and soldering stations, and you are ready to put some fresh solder into a project. But what are the hot soldering tips that you need before you get started? Weve got them right here for you!" https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/soldering-irons/ive-spent-15-years-burning-my-hands-so-you-dont-have-to-these-are-my-21-hottest-soldering-iron-tips | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:38] TR Bot I've spent 15 years burning my hands so you don't have to these are my 21 hottest soldering iron tips | Tom's Hardware [13:39] TR News "Its reopening is symbolic of a turnaround, says Yunus Chamda, program coordinator for an activist organization called the Joburg Crisis Alliance." https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2025/0620/johannesburg-city-library-closure-reopening | Source: CS Monitor [13:39] TR Bot central library reopens, sparking hope for the city - CSMonitor.com [13:39] TR News "Two modes for learning. Both essential. Exploring is preliminary, faster, wider, and often more fun. Diving comes next. Its slower, deeper, more difficult, but ultimately more satisfying." https://anniemueller.com/posts/exploring-and-diving | Source: Annie Mueller [13:39] TR Bot Exploring and diving - annie's blog [13:39] *vanveldt (~monkeybusiness@ns44imn2yh4iq.irc) has joined #techrights [13:42] TR News "This is the 95th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Dave Rupert and his blog, daverupert.com" https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-dave-rupert | Source: Manuel Moreale [13:42] TR Bot P&B: Dave Rupert Manu [13:42] TR News "That doesnt mean you need to be 100% up-beat all the time, or be a pushover, or never complain. Those things are normal human behavior. But strongly avoid communities that make complaining the core of their identity." https://brooker.co.za/blog/2025/06/20/career.html | Source: Marc Brooker [13:42] TR Bot Career advice, or something like it - Marc's Blog [13:42] TR News "Hall said UM needs to enroll and educate more Michigan high school graduates, helping keep them in the state after graduation." https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/06/dei-and-international-students-why-state-gop-wants-to-cut-university-of-michigan-budget.html | Source: Michigan News [13:42] TR Bot and international students: Why state GOP wants to cut University of Michigan budget - mlive.com [13:44] TR News "Privately owned ICEYE has grown rapidly in recent years and says its fleet of 48 Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites providing near real-time imaging" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/finland-backs-space-tech-iceye-firm-with-rd-funding/articleshow/121956969.cms | Source: India Times [13:44] TR Bot Finland backs space tech ICEYE firm with R&D funding - The Economic Times [13:44] TR News "In topology, we say that two shapes are the same if there is a homeomorphism an invertible continuous map between them." https://bartoszmilewski.com/2025/06/20/weak-homotopy-equivalences/ | Source: Bartosz Milewski [13:44] TR Bot (Weak) Homotopy Equivalences | Bartosz Milewski's Programming Cafe [13:45] TR News "The Dr. Demento Show began in 1970 as a rock 'n' roll and oldies radio program that featured B-sides, rarities and other nuggets. But it was zany songs like Sheb Wooley's "The Purple People Eater," Barnes & Barnes' "Fish Heads" and Elmo & Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" that caught the public's ear." https://text.npr.org/2010/06/22/127989850/dr-demento-off-the-air-but-still-happily-deranged | Source: NPR [13:45] TR Bot Dr. Demento: Off The Air, But Still Happily Deranged [13:46] TR News "By the time the show officially went off the air, it had already been dropped by many local stations and was hard to find. So you may not know that Dr. Demento has continued producing an online streaming version of his show every week since then." https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-internet-is-about-to-get-less-weird/ | [13:46] TR Bot The Internet is about to get less weird [13:46] TR News "Over the decades, Dr. Demento became synonymous with offbeat humor, introducing generations to songs like Bobby Boris Picketts The Monster Mash, Benny Bells Shaving Cream, and Barnes & Barnes Fish Heads." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/19/dr-demento-retiring-from-radio/ | Source: Digital Music News [13:46] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/19/dr-demento-retiring-from-radio/ ) [13:47] TR News "All of that meant that the file names in that storage were a mess, a mixture between random non-descriptive hashes, files with year and month, and files with year, month and day." https://hacdias.com/2025/06/20/organizing-media-storage/ | Source: Henrique Dias [13:47] TR Bot Organizing My Website's Media Storage - Henrique Dias [13:47] TR News "Today is Midsummers Day here in Sweden. Of all the holidays we celebrate, this might just be the biggest. Yes, even bigger than Christmas." https://birming.com/2025/06/20/swedish-midsummer-family-frogs-flowers/ | Source: Robert Birming [13:47] TR Bot Midsummer: family, frogs & flowers | Robert Birming [13:50] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [13:50] TR News "Preventing data races with mutexes may sound easy, but dealing with race conditions is a whole other matter. Let's learn how to handle these beasts!" https://antonz.org/go-concurrency/race-conditions/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov [13:50] TR Bot Gist of Go: Race conditions [13:52] TR News "FIT files record the activities of people using devices such as sports watches and bike head units." https://www.perl.com/article/analysing-fit-data-with-perl-basic-beginnings/ | Source: Perl [13:52] TR Bot FIT data with Perl: basic beginnings [13:52] TR News "We are excited to announce a new version of GifCities, Internet Archives GeoCities Animated GIF Search Engine!" https://blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/keep-on-gifin-a-new-version-of-gifcities-internet-archives-geocities-animated-gif-search-engine/ | Source: Internet Archive [13:52] TR Bot Keep on GIFin A New Version of GifCities, Internet Archives GeoCities Animated GIF Search Engine! | Internet Archive Blogs [13:52] TR News "We look back at the oddly poetic, near-simultaneous loss of two musical geniuses" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/sly-stone-brian-wilson-obituary-death-1235369187/ | Source: Rolling Stone [13:52] TR Bot Remembering Brian Wilson and Sly Stone ● Jun 21 [14:00] TR News Perl Toolchain Summit 2025 in Leipzig https://blogs.perl.org/users/kenichi_ishigaki/2025/06/perl-toolchain-summit-2025-in-leipzig.html [14:00] TR Bot Toolchain Summit 2025 in Leipzig | Kenichi Ishigaki [blogs.perl.org] [14:00] TR News Array vs List in Perl https://blogs.perl.org/users/mohammad_s_anwar/2025/06/array-vs-list-in-perl.html [14:00] TR Bot vs List in Perl | Mohammad S Anwar [blogs.perl.org] [14:00] TR News Upcoming Dancer2 2.0.0 release https://blogs.perl.org/users/jason_a_crome/2025/06/upcoming-dancer2-200-release.html [14:00] TR Bot Dancer2 2.0.0 release | Jason A. Crome [blogs.perl.org] [14:01] TR News (NEW): Darktable 5.2 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Released with New Features https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Darktable_5_2_Open_Source_RAW_Image_Editor_Released_with_New_Fe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Darktable_5_2_Open_Source_RAW_Image_Editor_Released_with_New_Fe.gmi [14:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Darktable 5.2 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Released with New Features [14:02] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [14:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [14:08] TR News How To Install ModSecurity with Apache on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-modsecurity-apache-fedora-42/ [14:08] TR Bot How To Install ModSecurity with Apache on Fedora 42 - idroot [14:09] TR News How To Install Kubectl on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-kubectl-fedora-42/ [14:09] TR Bot How To Install Kubectl on Fedora 42 - idroot [14:09] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts and New GNU/Linux Videos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Audiocasts_and_New_GNU_Linux_Videos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Audiocasts_and_New_GNU_Linux_Videos.gmi [14:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts and New GNU/Linux Videos [14:09] TR News How To Install SmartGit on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-smartgit-linux-mint-22/ [14:09] TR Bot How To Install SmartGit on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [14:09] TR News How To Install FirewallD on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-firewalld-almalinux-10/ [14:09] TR Bot How To Install FirewallD on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [14:10] *kolie2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:10] TR News How to Upgrade AlmaLinux 9 to AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/upgrade-almalinux-9-to-almalinux-10/ [14:10] TR Bot How to Upgrade AlmaLinux 9 to AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [14:10] *guideddrone (~guideddrone@f35cf2eqas34n.irc) has joined #techrights [14:11] TR News How To Install Samba on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-samba-opensuse/ [14:11] TR Bot How To Install Samba on openSUSE - idroot [14:13] TR News IBM "B10 equals bigger layoff target, specially if you over age 50. At B10 either you will end up getting laid off or they will burn your out. So be careful for what you wish for. Also expect negative impact on your marriage and family relationship. Seen it to many times." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxx062dn [14:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxx062dn ) [14:14] TR News "Companies don't require entire AI teams though. If they do have a division, they lay off most if not all of them when it's up and running." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jwkjmka1 [14:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jwkjmka1 ) [14:15] TR News How To Install Laravel on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-laravel-fedora-42/ [14:15] TR Bot How To Install Laravel on Fedora 42 - idroot [14:15] TR News How To Install Composer on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-composer-almalinux-10/ [14:15] TR Bot How To Install Composer on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [14:16] *souseksi has quit (connection closed) [14:17] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/today_s_howtos.gmi [14:18] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [14:18] MinceR https://i.redd.it/o3y6oypbo1k91.jpg [14:19] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.1.gmi [14:19] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [14:21] *rianne_ (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights [14:21] *asusbox (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights [14:24] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). [14:27] TR News SpellBinding SGIKMNC Wordo: ELFIN gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-06-21.gmi [14:27] TR News midsummer magic gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/midsummer_magic [14:28] TR News "I am accustomed to the idea of compiling my documents. I can version control it easily writing meaningfull commits easy to manage (unlike Word) and I don't have to worry about weird stuff happening in the document because some obscure option hidden inside some random menu was set wrong. All that's matter is in your document, maybe in a specific file, you cannot miss it." gemini://kodaro.it/gemlog/typst.gmi [14:30] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 21/06/2025: Notes about Typst (and LaTeX) and Opos https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/Gemini_Links_21_06_2025_Notes_about_Typst_and_LaTeX_and_Opos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/Gemini_Links_21_06_2025_Notes_about_Typst_and_LaTeX_and_Opos.gmi [14:30] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 21/06/2025: Notes about Typst (and LaTeX) and Opos [14:32] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:32] TR News Techrights Links 21/06/2025: Data Breach With 16 Billion Passwords, Dutch Government Recommends Children Under 15 Stay off TikTok and Instagram https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/Links_21_06_2025_Data_Breach_With_16_Billion_Passwords_Dutch_Go.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/06/21/Links_21_06_2025_Data_Breach_With_16_Billion_Passwords_Dutch_Go.gmi [14:32] TR Bot Techrights Links 21/06/2025: Data Breach With 16 Billion Passwords, Dutch Government Recommends Children Under 15 Stay off TikTok and Instagram [14:32] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:40] TR News "The theme of users being in control of computers and working with them [14:41] TR News "The theme of users being in control of computers and working with them as a tool needs amplification," an associate argued, "IMHO". 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Here's a recreation in the browser, complete with glowing green phosphors." https://boingboing.net/2025/06/20/rebuilding-eliza-the-mother-of-all-chatbots.html | Source: BoingBoing [15:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/06/20/rebuilding-eliza-the-mother-of-all-chatbots.html ) [15:44] TR News "Over a month after its previous 8.4 update, Calibre, the beloved open-source e-book management software, has rolled out version 8.4" https://linuxiac.com/calibre-8-5-e-book-manager-adds-new-kobo-features/ | Source: Linuxiac [15:44] TR Bot Calibre 8.5 E-book Manager Adds New Kobo Features [15:46] TR News "DER is a type-length-value (TLV) binary format. Which means serialized data is all of the form [type code][length][value]" https://alexgaynor.net/2025/jun/20/serialize-some-der/ | Source: Alex Gaynor [15:46] TR Bot So you want to serialize some DER? Alex Gaynor [15:46] TR News "Enter the miniDVD. It is a smaller version of the standard CD/DVD optical disc size." https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2025/06/20/minidvd/ | Source: Tyler Thorsted [15:46] TR Bot miniDVD Obsolete Thor [15:46] TR News "Yeahhhhh, still pretty complex, right? But hear me out, peeps." https://kevquirk.com/blog/doing-a-jack-baty | Source: Kev Quirk [15:46] TR Bot Doing a Jack Baty...? | Kev Quirk [15:47] TR News "Despite the promises of HTTP/2, the web still struggles with latency, jitter and real-world network volatility. Enter HTTP/3 not just an upgrade, but a ground-up redesign over User Datagram Protocol (UDP)." https://thenewstack.io/http-3-in-the-wild-why-it-beats-http-2-where-it-matters-most/ | Source: The New Stack [15:47] TR Bot HTTP/3 in the Wild: Why It Beats HTTP/2 Where It Matters Most - The New Stack [15:47] TR News "Given even this cursory log analysis, I suspect that for our web server, HTTP/1.1 requests are significantly correlated with access from non-browsers, including crawlers (both overt and covert)." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/HTTP2OurWebServerHowMuch-2025 | Source: University of Toronto [15:47] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [15:54] TR News "I was absolutely captivated by the Arc web browser from the moment I started using it a few years ago and quickly became an evangelist. It really felt like an entirely new idea for how to use the internet" https://parkerortolani.blog/2025/06/20/on-dia-arc-and-people.html | [15:54] TR Bot On Dia, Arc, and "People Don't Know What They Want Until You Show it to Them" | Parker Ortolani [15:55] TR News "Using Dia is a nice reminder that there is very little lock-in with web browsers. Switching to a new browser is easy. If The Browser Company cant make their business work, then Ill switch to something else." https://www.manton.org/2025/06/20/dia-after-a-week.html | Source: Manton Reece [15:55] TR Bot Manton Reece - Dia after a week [15:55] TR News "What I will say is that I don't understand their business logic at all here. They had a quite large, die-hard fan base in Arc, but they didn't think they could grow that audience into the hundreds of millions of users." https://birchtree.me/blog/dia-killed-arc-but-its-not-clear-why/ | Source: Matt Birchler [15:55] TR Bot Dia killed Arc, but it's not clear why [15:56] TR News "I wrote about a performance mystery with WireGuard on 10G Ethernet, and since then I've done additional measurements with results that both give some clarity and leave me scratching my head a bit more." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/WireGuard10GPerformanceSoFar | Source: University of Toronto [15:56] TR News "Most websites are awful." https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/javascript-broke-the-web-and-called-it-progress/ | [15:56] TR Bot JavaScript broke the web (and called it progress) - Jono Alderson [15:56] TR News "Direction set, all we need to do is write the code. On OpenBSD, input is handled by wscons, which is why I run wsconsctl to reverse scrolling direction." https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/vulgar-gestures | Source: Ted Unangst [15:56] TR Bot vulgar gestures [15:56] TR News "I have written regularly about using a feed reader to stay on top of interesting articles from around the web. My feed reader of choice at the moment is a Miniflux instance hosted using Pikapods." https://thenewleafjournal.com/domain-specifc-google-news-rss-feeds/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal [15:56] TR Bot Domain-Specifc Google News RSS Feeds The New Leaf Journal [15:59] TR News "Don't clone Brian!" https://betanews.com/2025/06/16/betanews-is-growing-with-you-alongside/#comments [15:59] TR Bot Is Growing Alongside You - BetaNews [15:59] TR News "feel free to go to nerds dot xyz" [15:59] TR News So BetaNews sacked Fagioli ● Jun 21 [16:00] psydroid3 for being a caught fraud [16:00] psydroid3 caught red-handed [16:00] TR News "Thanks Mike! Reader feedback is much appreciated, we'll take that onboard. -Ashley, Beta News Community Team" [16:01] TR News "Hi psycros, thank you for the suggestion! We will look into doing this and get back to you. - Ashley, Beta News Community Team" [16:02] schestowitz[TR3] "I'm a little skeptical. Especially with no mention of a buyout or takeover. But I'll give Betanews the benefit of the doubt. [16:02] schestowitz[TR3] I agree with many comments here. Betenews had hone down-hill. I'm tired of articles with personal opinions masquerading as news, that should be on a personal blog, and not on a news platform. I hope going forward your content is unbiased and not written as personal rantings or regurgitated click-bait headings by terrible writers using cheesy and childish images. [16:02] schestowitz[TR3] Betanews was one of the first and best tech/software news sites from 1998, but the last few years, it's degraded into gutter-press and poor quality content. [16:02] schestowitz[TR3] So, what would I like to see? Unbiased content, covering the usual software/tech news and maybe some new things to keep us reading and engaged. As a tech/forensic/Graphic Designer, I crave exclusives and current/breaking news fast, to whet my appetite. A better comments system too (and not WordPress or Disqus) or maybe Discord or Reddit. [16:02] schestowitz[TR3] I look forward to see what comes next. And I wish you well." [16:02] schestowitz[TR3] ""Hi Michael, we appreciate your input here! The community is key in shaping the path forward, and feedback like this from readers is a key part of that. Thank you for the well wishes! - Ashley, Beta News Community Team [16:02] schestowitz[TR3] " [16:02] schestowitz[TR3] they sold the domain [16:02] schestowitz[TR3] fired everyone [16:03] schestowitz[TR3] "MSPU died when Surer sold the site. [16:03] schestowitz[TR3] I know you were a mod but it's just true." [16:03] TR News Documenting the Big Picture https://www.kdab.com/documenting-the-big-picture/ [16:03] TR Bot Documenting Software Architecture Matters Best Practices & Tools | KDAB [16:04] TR News 16 Billion Passwords Leaked in Massive Data Breach Discovery https://www.blackmoreops.com/16-billion-passwords-leaked-massive-data-breach/ [16:04] TR Bot 16 Billion Passwords Leaked in Massive Data Breach Discovery - blackMORE Ops [16:05] TR News The Fall of Rise of Industry 2 https://boilingsteam.com/rise-of-industry-2-review/index.html [16:05] TR Bot The Fall of Rise of Industry 2 [16:06] TR News This Week in GNOME: #205 Loading Films https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/06/twig-205/ [16:06] TR Bot #205 Loading Films [16:08] TR News Red Hat pushing slop, hype, and nonsense https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/06/20/unleashing-multimodal-magic-ramalama [16:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/06/20/unleashing-multimodal-magic-ramalama ) [16:11] TR News Amazon gives employees 30 days 'deadline' to . or resign in 60 days https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/amazon-gives-employees-30-days-deadline-to-or-resign-in-60-days/articleshow/121945280.cms [16:11] TR Bot Amazon gives employees 30 days 'deadline' to . or resign in 60 days | - The Times of India [16:12] TR News Europes Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/technology/us-tech-europe-microsoft-trump-icc.html http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/ [16:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/technology/us-tech-europe-microsoft-trump-icc.html ) [16:13] TR Bot Microsoft and the NSA [16:13] *FANTOM (~fantom@33be818f.skybroadband.com) has joined #techrights [16:14] TR News How Vera Rubin Telescope Scientists Will Deal With 60 Million Billion Bytes of Imagery https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/science/vera-rubin-telescope-data.html [16:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/science/vera-rubin-telescope-data.html ) [16:15] TR News HKUST student denied bail after allegedly posing as anti-graft agency officer, defrauding victim of HK$278K https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/20/hkust-student-denied-bail-after-allegedly-posing-as-anti-graft-agency-officer-defrauding-victim-of-hk278k/ [16:15] TR Bot HKUST student denied bail after allegedly posing as ICAC investigator [16:17] TR News Apparently even governments acknowledge things are getting a lot worse as suddenly it's popular for governments to help people kill themselves https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/06/20/green-party-mps-back-terminally-ill-adults-end-of-life-bill/ [16:17] TR Bot Green Party MPs Back Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - Green Party [16:21] TR News North Korea flag disrupts South Korean churchs live stream in hacking incident https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/n-korea-flag-disrupts-s-korea-church-livestream-in-hacking-incident [16:21] TR Bot North Korea flag disrupts South Korean churchs live stream in hacking incident | The Straits Times [16:22] TR News Online critics face growing scrutiny as Malaysia rolls out controversial data collection project https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/online-critics-face-growing-scrutiny-as-malaysia-rolls-out-controversial-data-collection-project [16:22] TR Bot Malaysia cracks down on online critics amid controversial mobile data tracking project | The Straits Times [16:23] TR News Even Nvidia's China-specific RTX 5090D falls victim to the infamous 16-pin melting issue https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-rtx-5090d-falls-victim-to-infamous-16-pin-melting-issue-saga-continues-with-china-specific-chip [16:23] TR Bot Even Nvidia's China-specific RTX 5090D falls victim to the infamous 16-pin melting issue | Tom's Hardware [16:24] *sour_coral_dog (~sour_cora@freenode-4ng689.fvru.u3s4.t3ft6c.IP) has joined #techrights [16:24] TR News Sven Hoexter: Terraform: Validation Condition Cycles http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/tf_validation_conditions_cycles/ [16:24] TR Bot Terraform: Validation Condition Cycles [16:25] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-ff6.5hs.anfioq.IP) has joined #techrights [16:25] TR News Casino Lights Could Be Warping Your Brain to Take Risks, Scientists Warn https://www.sciencealert.com/casino-lights-could-be-warping-your-brain-to-take-risks-scientists-warn [16:25] TR Bot Lights Could Be Warping Your Brain to Take Risks, Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert [16:25] sour_coral_dog You can reach me on +44-7599248843 or maddyczura@gmail.com or madeleine.czura@arcadis.com anytime! [16:25] sour_coral_dog Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/maddy-czura [16:25] sour_coral_dog Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maddy_czura/ [16:25] sour_coral_dog Address: Top Floor, 164 Plashet Road, London, United Kingdom, E13 0QT [16:25] *sour_coral_dog (~sour_cora@freenode-4ng689.fvru.u3s4.t3ft6c.IP) has left #techrights [16:26] TR News AI-On-The-Edge-Cam ESP32-S3 board aims to digitize legacy utility meters https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/20/ai-on-the-edge-cam-esp32-s3-board-aims-to-digitize-legacy-utility-meters/ [16:26] TR Bot AI-On-The-Edge-Cam ESP32-S3 board aims to digitize legacy utility meters - CNX Software [16:28] *guideddrone has quit (Quit: Leaving) [16:28] TR News Ubuntu 24.10 'Oracular Oriole' Support Is About to End https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-190115052.html [16:28] TR Bot Ubuntu 24.10 'Oracular Oriole' Support Is About to End [16:33] TR News "Broadband service providers facing complex transitions to cloud-based networks received a boost this week as two industry organizations joined forces to simplify equipment procurement." https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/broadband-forum-linux-foundation-unite-to-slash-broadband-equipment-procurement-costs/ [16:33] TR Bot Forum, Linux Foundation unite to slash broadband equipment procurement costs - SDxCentral [16:35] TR News Andrew Burns Enhances Linux Server Security and Access Management https://www.wearetech.africa/en/fils-uk/tech-stars/andrew-burns-enhances-linux-server-security-and-access-management [16:35] TR Bot Andrew Burns Enhances Linux Server Security and Access Management - We are Tech [16:35] *vanveldt has quit (Quit: WeeChat 4.4.2) [16:36] TR News Proprietary https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/this-free-windows-tool-recreates-circle-to-search-on-windows-and-linux [16:36] TR Bot This free Windows tool recreates Circle to Search on Windows and Linux | Windows Central [16:39] TR News Chinese Tech Giants Have Big Ambitions in Brazil https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/business/china-temu-meituan-shein-brazil.html [16:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/business/china-temu-meituan-shein-brazil.html ) [16:40] TR News Clean energy could help China achieve 2035 economic goals, slash emissions: Study https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/clean-energy-could-help-china-achieve-2035-economic-goals-slash-emissions-study [16:40] TR Bot Clean-tech investment could boost China's economy, cut emissions and achieve 2035 development goals, study finds. | The Straits Times [16:41] TR News Nvidia RTX 5090D falls victim to infamous 16-pin melting issue saga continues with China-specific chip https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-rtx-5090d-falls-victim-to-infamous-16-pin-melting-issue-saga-continues-with-china-specific-chip [16:41] TR News EU bans Chinese firms from major state medical equipment contracts https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/20/eu-bans-chinese-firms-from-major-state-medical-equipment-contracts/ [16:41] TR Bot EU bans Chinese firms from major state medical equipment contracts [16:41] *monkeybusiness1 (~monkeybusiness@ns44imn2yh4iq.irc) has joined #techrights [16:42] TR News Commission restricts Chinese participation in medical devices procurement https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1569 [16:42] TR Bot Press corner | European Commission [16:43] TR News "We really are in a perfect storm" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/20/we-really-are-in-a-perfect-storm | Source: Meduza [16:43] TR Bot We really are in a perfect storm Russias finance minister admits federal budget is facing serious turbulence Meduza [16:44] TR News "An economic reality check" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/20/an-economic-reality-check | Source: Meduza [16:44] TR Bot An economic reality check Officials clash at St. Petersburg forum over the perfect weather metaphors for Russias recession risks and the rubles strength Meduza [16:45] TR News Updates to the Retro Corner https://rubenerd.com/updates-to-the-retro-corner/ [16:45] TR Bot Updates to the Retro Corner [16:46] *monkeybusiness1 is now known as vanveldt [16:46] TR News Godfather Android Trojan Creates Sandbox on Infected Devices https://www.securityweek.com/godfather-android-trojan-creates-sandbox-on-infected-devices/ [16:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/godfather-android-trojan-creates-sandbox-on-infected-devices/ ) [16:48] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Security_Leftovers.2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Security_Leftovers.2.gmi [16:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [16:48] *kolie2 (~not_kolie@z5m5x484fjn5y.irc) has joined #techrights [16:48] TR News "Active since at least June 2021 and believed to be based on leaked Anubis banking trojan code, Godfather is known for targeting hundreds of banking and cryptocurrency applications worldwide with web overlays. " https://www.securityweek.com/godfather-android-trojan-creates-sandbox-on-infected-devices/ [16:49] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [16:49] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [16:51] *kolie2 has quit (connection closed) [16:51] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.gmi [16:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [16:51] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi [16:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More [16:51] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers/Web Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Web_Browsers_Web_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/Web_Browsers_Web_Software_Leftovers.gmi [16:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Software Leftovers [16:51] *kolie2 (~not_kolie@z5m5x484fjn5y.irc) has joined #techrights [16:53] *Now talking on #techrights [16:53] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +n #techrights [16:53] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +t #techrights [16:58] *asusbox (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights [16:58] *rianne_ (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jun 21 [17:02] *oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.) [17:03] TR News Oh, wow, Gulagboy loses the spouse as quickly as he loses a job (a year or two). Now on hunger strike. Sounds terrible. [17:26] TR News Clownflare Tunnels Abused in New Malware Campaign https://www.securityweek.com/cloudflare-tunnels-abused-in-new-malware-campaign/ [17:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cloudflare-tunnels-abused-in-new-malware-campaign/ ) [17:34] TR News Dr Richard Stallman pedn o vlivu technologi na svobodu https://tuni.tul.cz/kalendar/kalendar-fakulty-mechatroniky/id:160972/dr-richard-stallman-prednasi-o-vlivu-technologii-na-svobodu [17:34] TR Bot Dr Richard Stallman pedn o vlivu technologi na svobodu | T-UNI - zpravodaj Technick univerzity v Liberci [17:53] TR News FreeType Zero-Day Found by Meta Exploited in Paragon Spyware Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/freetype-zero-day-found-by-meta-exploited-in-paragon-spyware-attacks/ [17:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/freetype-zero-day-found-by-meta-exploited-in-paragon-spyware-attacks/ ) [17:53] TR News ONLYOFFICE 9.0 Released with New Themes, Hey Hi (AI) Tools + More https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/onlyoffice-9-0-desktop-new-features-ai [17:53] TR Bot ONLYOFFICE 9.0 Released with New Themes, AI Tools + More - OMG! Ubuntu [17:54] TR News FSF Blogs: GNU Press Shop is open! FSF 40 gear, books & more -- now until July 28 http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/summer-2025-gnu-press-shop-is-open [17:54] TR Bot GNU Press Shop is open! FSF 40 gear, books & more -- now until July 28 Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [17:54] TR News "To paraphrase an old joke: How do you know if someone is a Rust developer? Dont worry, theyll tell you." https://hackaday.com/2025/06/21/if-your-kernel-development-is-a-little-rusty/ | Source: Hackaday http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Rust_People_Are_a_Threat_to_BSD_Too_the_Licence_Isn_t_the_Main_.shtml [17:54] TR Bot Your Kernel Development Is A Little Rusty | Hackaday [17:54] TR Bot Techrights "Rust People" Are a Threat to BSD Too (the Licence Isn't the Main Issue, Nor is the Proprietary Microsoft Hosting) [17:57] TR News Calibre 8.5 Open-Source E-Book Manager Improves the Kobo Driver https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-5-open-source-e-book-manager-improves-the-kobo-driver [17:57] TR Bot 8.5 Open-Source E-Book Manager Improves the Kobo Driver - 9to5Linux ● Jun 21 [18:00] TR News Was Jack Wallen asked to do this Hey Hi (AI) shitposting or does he do this all on his own? https://thenewstack.io/how-ai-can-help-you-learn-the-art-of-programming/ [18:00] TR Bot How AI Can Help You Learn the Art of Programming - The New Stack [18:01] TR News TRMNL customizable 7.5-inch wireless E-Ink display supports plugins for greater ease-of-use https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/20/trmnl-customizable-7-5-inch-wireless-e-ink-display-supports-plugins-for-greater-ease-of-use/ [18:01] TR Bot TRMNL customizable 7.5-inch wireless E-Ink display supports plugins for greater ease-of-use - CNX Software [18:02] TR News Steven Deobald: 2025-06-20 GNOME Foundation Report https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/06/20/2025-06-20-foundation-report/ [18:02] TR Bot 2025-06-20 Foundation Report The Everyone Environment [18:03] TR News (NEW): This Week in GNOME and GNOME Foundation Report https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/This_Week_in_GNOME_and_GNOME_Foundation_Report.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/21/This_Week_in_GNOME_and_GNOME_Foundation_Report.gmi [18:03] TR Bot Tux Machines This Week in GNOME and GNOME Foundation Report [18:03] TR News Announcing Istio 1.26.2 https://istio.io/latest//news/releases/1.26.x/announcing-1.26.2/ [18:03] TR Bot Istio / Announcing Istio 1.26.2 [18:04] TR News Tumbleweed Review of the weeks 2025/25 https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/06/tumbleweed-review-of-the-weeks-2025-25/ [18:04] TR Bot Tumbleweed Review of the weeks 2025/25 Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) [18:14] psydroid3 on reddit: "Here in HK, the suppliers force retailers to take in Intel CPU and the MBs while taking in AMD stuff. There are columns of those MBs in the back when I go shopping. No one is buying those." [18:14] psydroid3 mystery unravelled [18:20] TR News Astellas and Hoyng ROKH successfully defend Xtandi in the Netherlands https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/astellas-and-hoyng-rokh-successfully-defend-xtandi-in-the-netherlands/ [18:20] TR Bot Astellas and Hoyng ROKH defend Xtandi patent in The Hague [18:20] TR News UPC is illegal and JUVE knows it, but at this point many get paid to pretend not to know and to play along with kangaroo courts https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/reshuffle-at-dusseldorf-regional-court-as-daniel-vos-moves-to-upc-full-time/ [18:20] TR Bot Reshuffle at Dsseldorf Regional Court as Daniel Vo moves to UPC full-time [18:20] schestowitz[TR3] psydroid2: amd partners with msft this month [18:20] schestowitz[TR3] many headlines about it [18:21] schestowitz[TR3] it says a lot about amd [18:21] schestowitz[TR3] more than it says about msft [18:22] TR News UPC is illegal and will likely collapse not long from now; why play along with the EPO and now EU corruption? They violate laws and constitutions out in the open. https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/06/20/golconda-and-the-quest-for-coherence-unitary-and-national-patents-in-the-european-landscape/ [18:22] TR Bot Golconda and the Quest for Coherence: Unitary and National Patents in the European Landscape - Kluwer Patent Blog [18:23] TR News ArticleIII, the PTAB, and Expired Patents: Constitutional Analysis After Oil States https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/06/article-constitutional-analysis.html [18:23] TR Bot ArticleIII, the PTAB, and Expired Patents: Constitutional Analysis After Oil States | Patently-O [18:23] TR News Quick Points Regarding This Week's Court Hearing (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/Quick_Points_Regarding_This_Week_s_Court_Hearing.shtml [18:23] TR Bot Techrights Quick Points Regarding This Week's Court Hearing [18:24] TR News On "Learning to Code" (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/On_Learning_to_Code.shtml [18:24] TR Bot Techrights On "Learning to Code" [18:25] TR News Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 299 released https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-299-released/ [18:25] TR Bot diffoscope 299 released [18:27] TR News Photographic Lenses https://hackaday.com/2025/06/20/all-you-need-to-know-about-photographic-lenses/ | Source: Hackaday [18:27] TR Bot You Need To Know About Photographic Lenses | Hackaday [18:28] TR News Nvidia products could be made using humanoid robots for the first time ever company in talks with Foxconn to deploy them in Houston factory building GB300 Hey Hi (AI) servers https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/nvidia-products-could-be-made-using-humanoid-robots-for-the-first-time-ever-company-in-talks-with-foxconn-to-deploy-them-in-houston-factory-building-gb300-ai-servers [18:28] TR Bot Nvidia products could be made using humanoid robots for the first time ever company in talks with Foxconn to deploy them in Houston factory building GB300 AI servers | Tom's Hardware [18:28] TR News Windows 11 24H2 updates are still failing on Western Digital's SN770, despite the fact that a fix came out 8 months ago here's what to do if you're stuck https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/windows-11-24h2-updates-are-still-failing-on-western-digitals-sn770-despite-the-fact-that-a-fix-came-out-8-months-ago-heres-what-to-do-if-youre-stuck [18:28] TR Bot Windows 11 24H2 updates are still failing on Western Digital's SN770, despite the fact that a fix came out 8 months ago here's what to do if you're stuck | Tom's Hardware [18:29] TR News Whos suing Hey Hi (AI) and whos signing: BillBC threatens Perplexity, raft of Prorata partnerships https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/ [18:29] TR Bot News generative AI deals revealed: Who is suing, who is signing? [18:30] TR News WYHA? TTAB Finds DOCRETENTION Merely Descriptive of Document Retention Software http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/06/wyha-ttab-finds-docretention-merely.html [18:30] TR Bot The TTABlog: WYHA? TTAB Finds DOCRETENTION Merely Descriptive of Document Retention Software ● Jun 21 [19:05] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/record-ddos-pummels-site-with-once-unimaginable-7-3tbps-of-junk-traffic/ [19:05] TR Bot Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk traffic - Ars Technica [19:15] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/mit-student-prints-ai-polymer-masks-to-restore-paintings-in-hours/ [19:15] TR Bot MIT student prints AI polymer masks to restore paintings in hours - Ars Technica [19:33] admfubar https://pogowasright.org/the-markup-caught-4-more-states-sharing-personal-health-data-with-big-tech/ [19:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://pogowasright.org/the-markup-caught-4-more-states-sharing-personal-health-data-with-big-tech/ ) [19:34] admfubar https://pogowasright.org/officials-defend-liberal-bill-that-would-force-hospitals-banks-hotels-to-hand-over-data/ [19:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://pogowasright.org/officials-defend-liberal-bill-that-would-force-hospitals-banks-hotels-to-hand-over-data/ ) [19:35] psydroid3 schestowitz[TR3]: that became clear in the interview with Jerry Sanders from 20+ years ago, he was unwilling to critise MSFT [19:35] psydroid3 criticise* ● Jun 21 [21:15] MinceR (cat) (video) (audio:important) https://imgur.com/gallery/W8KFDol = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/W8KFDol [21:15] TR Bot chill time in the park. - Album on Imgur [21:15] TR Bot Some chill time in the park. - rimgo [21:16] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Everyone in this country has just let themselves go. [21:16] IsambardPrince I'm not sure why "Coca-Coola" [sic] bothered to do that "AI ad" full of fake creepy CG people. [21:16] IsambardPrince But it would have been better had they just ran with the ad from 1995 and put it up on their social media. [21:17] IsambardPrince Every year, Coke used to go all out for the holiday ads on the TV. [21:17] IsambardPrince Now they just dump AI slop that's weird on "social media" and call it. [21:17] IsambardPrince It's not very good, but they get it really cheaply. [21:18] IsambardPrince You know, and then 24 Cokes at Walmart can cost $14.48 when they were $2.98 in 1995. [21:19] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], I used to love Walmart. It was really cheap. And I needed cheap because kids didn't have a lot of money. [21:19] IsambardPrince They used to stick soda machines at the front and sell their store brand for 25 cents each. [21:20] IsambardPrince At one point when I worked there I noticed that it was cheaper per can to buy them out of the machine so I grabbed some rolls of quarters at the bank and just kept pressing the button on the machine and took them home and stuck them int he fridge. [21:39] darwin 'What does God need with a starship?!' [21:53] MinceR https://imgur.com/gallery/a5rB3TD = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/a5rB3TD [21:53] TR Bot it - Album on Imgur [21:53] TR Bot Love it - rimgo ● Jun 21 [22:01] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [22:27] MinceR https://imgur.com/gallery/Fpn4aKa = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/Fpn4aKa [22:27] TR Bot Sword Day - Album on Imgur [22:27] TR Bot Cool Sword Day - rimgo [22:34] IsambardPrince 'What does God need with a starship?!' [22:35] IsambardPrince Even better, if it was God why would a couple of photon torpedoes kill it? [22:38] IsambardPrince https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/health-care-california-illinois-minnesota-immigrants/?ipid=promo-link-block2 [22:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/health-care-california-illinois-minnesota-immigrants/?ipid=promo-link-block2 ) [22:38] IsambardPrince "In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he wants to freeze new enrollment in Medicare for undocumented adults. Existing patients would remain covered, but they could see benefit cuts." [22:39] IsambardPrince Medicare doesn't cover illegal immigrants. [22:39] IsambardPrince They're confusing it with Medicaid, which also doesn't cover them, except that a state program that uses the Medicaid billing system but only uses state money covers them. [22:39] IsambardPrince This is what you get when AI slop and people in their 20s are "the news" [22:57] MinceR (cat) https://ircz.de/p/2506188 [22:57] TR Bot WHOOPSIE ● Jun 21 [23:00] *SomeGoat has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:06] *croissant__ is now known as croissant [23:36] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [23:37] IsambardPrince I got another coupon from the grocery store for a free bottle of water. [23:37] IsambardPrince Wow, water. We don't have that where I'm from. [23:39] IsambardPrince https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/commit/40dc3b6419a5c72242c28724f1f78ff39a726af6 [23:39] TR Bot release 25.0.0.0 X11Libre/xserver@40dc3b6 GitHub [23:39] MinceR :) [23:39] IsambardPrince MinceR, I had to take my eyeglasses back to Walmart. [23:39] IsambardPrince Needs the left lens swapped out due to a manufacturing defect. [23:39] IsambardPrince Crappy AR coating. [23:40] IsambardPrince I don't know what the hell they're using on Walmart eyeglasses for AR coating but it's gotten pretty bad. [23:40] IsambardPrince My last pair, it took about a year to wipe right off just from cleaning them. This one had it streak off the left lens after a week. [23:41] IsambardPrince X11Libre. I wonder how sustainable that is. [23:41] MinceR \_()_/ [23:41] IsambardPrince Like, the "free" graphics drivers are probably going to be sabotaged at some point by dumping the ddx/dix stuff. [23:42] IsambardPrince https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/commit/c8b81fdbc5bbc51e3c3c62ef8f2ac5c728bb57f7 [23:42] TR Bot Xwayland X11Libre/xserver@c8b81fd GitHub [23:42] IsambardPrince LOL [23:43] IsambardPrince IBM is basically rejecting bug fixes for X at this point. [23:44] IsambardPrince Not just new features. [23:44] IsambardPrince If it's not something that can happen in XWayland they don't care and will prevent it from being merged into the Xorg tree. [23:45] MinceR Indian Bowel Movement is trying to kill X, big surprise there