●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, February 22, 2026 ●● ● Feb 22 [00:09] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [00:11] *aurora78 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:50] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/2507037 [00:50] TR Bot ( status 308 @ http://ircz.de/d?from=%2Fp%2F2507037 ) [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights ● Feb 22 [01:57] IsambardPrince Mozilla's position on Linux is that if a feature (or the entire browser) works at all on Linux, you're just lucky. [01:57] IsambardPrince It's been crashing lately in Crostini but given that they don't care what it does under native Linux, I doubt they care about that. [01:58] IsambardPrince Mozilla recommends that on ChromeOS, you install the gimpy Android version of Firefox. [01:58] IsambardPrince The one that was made for a phone with an 8" screen not a laptop. ● Feb 22 [02:24] IsambardPrince https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/middleeast/iran-response-options-trump-threat-intl [02:24] TR Bot How Iran could strike back if Trump attacks | CNN [02:24] IsambardPrince Not effectively. [02:25] IsambardPrince "Iranian officials claim many of the stocks used in that war have been replenished, and US officials believe that these battle-tested weapons, as well as aging Russian and American fighter jets, continue to pose a threat." [02:25] IsambardPrince The best fighter jets Iran has are F-14 Tomcats that were sold to the Shah's government before it collapsed in 1979. [02:26] IsambardPrince They haven't gotten spare parts for them since before I was born, they used up all the ammunition we sold with them in the Iran-Iraq War. [02:26] IsambardPrince And they've been cannibalizing them for parts for others. [02:26] IsambardPrince Also, Israel destroyed several of them that were on the ground last year. [02:26] IsambardPrince I can't see how those would be much of a threat. [02:27] IsambardPrince If the airframe was brand new, and they still had things like the air-to-air missiles we sold to go with them.... [02:27] IsambardPrince They'd still be nearly 50 years out of date. [02:28] IsambardPrince It costs a lot of money and requires expertise to maintain a fighter jet. [02:29] IsambardPrince Even Russia has a hard time with that. [02:29] IsambardPrince They've lost as many due to poor upkeep and pilot error as Ukraine has shot down. [02:30] IsambardPrince Even under perfect operating conditions and good upkeep, pilots can make mistakes. [02:33] IsambardPrince MinceR, I told mom: [02:34] IsambardPrince Flu season is dying down in Illinois. [02:34] IsambardPrince It's much higher in Indiana last week. [02:34] IsambardPrince Because they voted for the health secretary that said he did cocaine off of public toilets. [02:35] IsambardPrince We had yet another year of unrelenting flu activity in states that don't get vaccinated for the flu. [02:35] IsambardPrince I wonder how that works. [02:38] IsambardPrince MinceR, This guy at the laundromat walked by like 50 times smelling like weed. [02:38] IsambardPrince He noticed me making a face and I asked him why he was even bothering to wash his clothes. [02:38] MinceR and? [02:40] IsambardPrince He just walked off. [02:40] IsambardPrince With his ass hanging out of his pants. [02:40] IsambardPrince I always wondered why black guys do that. [02:40] IsambardPrince Do they want to get fucked in the ass or something and think the best way is by advertising? [02:40] IsambardPrince Anyway, I wonder of Brandon Lobster smells like that. [02:41] IsambardPrince Wakes up on the couch on top of pizza boxes. [02:41] IsambardPrince "Oh my God it's laundry day!" [02:41] IsambardPrince Goes to the HRTO: The guy at the laundry made a SOUR FACE! [02:41] IsambardPrince And in my cannabis PSYCHOSIS, I thought he was STALKING me, along with the Crown Prosecutor.... [02:42] MinceR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagging_(fashion) [02:42] TR Bot Sagging (fashion) - Wikipedia [02:42] MinceR > It is often said that the style originated from the United States prison system where belts may be prohibited to prevent their use for self-harm, and clothing provided is often over-sized, leading to sagging trousers. [02:43] IsambardPrince It's disgusting. Why would you even want to look like a prisoner? [02:43] IsambardPrince They don't even think that "doing time" is abnormal. [02:43] IsambardPrince It's just something that happens, you know, when you get caught doing a drive by shooting with a machine gun. [02:44] IsambardPrince Which somehow made it past the FOID Act. [02:45] MinceR https://www.quora.com/Why-are-some-people-proud-of-having-been-in-prison [02:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.quora.com/Why-are-some-people-proud-of-having-been-in-prison ) [02:45] IsambardPrince Does this fall under your "because people are demon apes" heading? [02:46] MinceR devil apes [02:46] IsambardPrince My mistake. [02:46] MinceR demons are chaotic :> [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-210226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-210226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-210226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-210226.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, February 21, 2026 [02:46] IsambardPrince MinceR, And prone to monster infighting. [02:46] MinceR it doesn't, because it doesn't seem to apply to the majority [02:46] MinceR :> [02:46] IsambardPrince Not every devil ape does the same devil ape things. [02:47] IsambardPrince They have to keep you guessing. [02:47] MinceR :> [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-210226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-210226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-210226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-210226.txt [02:47] TR Bot IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, February 21, 2026 [02:48] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-210226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-210226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-210226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-210226.txt [02:48] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, February 21, 2026 [02:49] IsambardPrince MinceR, Rich people gotta rich people. [02:49] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-210226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-210226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-210226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-210226.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, February 21, 2026 [02:49] IsambardPrince You notice that Saks Fith Avenue filed bankruptcy after the "muted luxury" trend? [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-02-21.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-02-21.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] IsambardPrince I guess people figured if they were going to pay $900 for a pair of Walmart jeans might as well go to Walmart. [02:50] MinceR :> [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-02-21.txt [02:52] IsambardPrince MinceR, Crapital One decided to shit out a $500 credit line increase on my Savor card. [02:53] IsambardPrince Most people with high limits on their bank credit cards didn't get those limits by just leaving things where they are. [02:53] IsambardPrince Increasing the limits on an existing card does not hurt your credit as long as the issuer does a soft pull for CLIs. [02:54] IsambardPrince So that's the best way to anchor your FICO score higher. [02:54] IsambardPrince Increasing limits lowers utilization. [02:54] IsambardPrince I'm at a point now where I rarely get more than 2-3% utilization at any given time on my reports. [02:55] IsambardPrince FICO starts to penalize your score around 13.5% I've noticed, but the penalty doesn't get severe until you're over about half. ● Feb 22 [03:38] admfubar https://databreaches.net/2026/02/21/ukrainian-hackers-uncover-how-russian-drone-operators-are-using-belarus/ [03:38] TR Bot hackers uncover how Russian drone operators are using Belarus - DataBreaches.Net [03:38] admfubar https://databreaches.net/2026/02/21/discords-age-verification-data-has-a-frontend-leak-now-what/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=discords-age-verification-data-has-a-frontend-leak-now-what [03:38] TR Bot age verification data has a frontend leak -- now what? - DataBreaches.Net ● Feb 22 [04:23] MinceR https://www.therage.co/persona-age-verification/ [04:23] TR Bot Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web [04:28] IsambardPrince MinceR, Certainly nothing bad could come from giving your driver's license to a porn site. [04:29] MinceR :> [04:30] IsambardPrince MinceR, Pornhub didn't face any serious consequences for hosting child porn. [04:30] IsambardPrince They got their access to the credit card networks cut off for a little while. [04:34] MinceR i wonder, as pedophilia is normalized, will states also stop going after child pr0n? [04:34] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/manchester-city-newcastle-short-highlights-premier-league-63907292 [04:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/manchester-city-newcastle-short-highlights-premier-league-63907292 ) [04:35] MinceR personcity [04:38] TR News Tesla charges trade union member in IG Metall fight https://www.dw.com/en/germany-tesla-charges-trade-union-member-in-ig-metall-fight/a-75913837 [04:38] TR Bot Germany: Tesla charges trade union member in IG Metall fight [04:39] TR News humorous publicity campaign https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-deutsche-bahn-halts-humorous-publicity-campaign/a-75917110 [04:39] TR Bot Germany's Deutsche Bahn halts humorous publicity campaign [04:41] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, February 21, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_February_21_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_February_21_2026.gmi [04:41] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, February 21, 2026 [04:42] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:43] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:43] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:46] IsambardPrince It's "okay" if it's "just cartoons" according to a certain GNOME affiliated person. [04:46] TR News Is Signal Free Software? https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_008.pdf#page=31 [04:46] IsambardPrince :P [04:47] TR News Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding - People who go all in on AI agents now are guaranteeing their obsolescence." -- Jeremy Howard gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi [04:49] TR News "I let Ampcode autonomously complete 48 Taskwarrior tasks on my eBPF project in a single day. The agent picked up one task after another implemented, self-reviewed, spawned sub-agent reviews, addressed comments, committed, and moved on all without me intervening." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-02-22-taskwarrior-autonomous-agent-loop.gmi [04:49] TR News "Here is how the setup works, what the project is about, and the full skill that drives the loop." [04:51] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-22.gmi [04:51] TR News "Sunday. Quite hectic: there's a lot of preparation to what's gonna be happening in April and May, and there's not enough time to have it all perfectly in order." gemini://thousand.naps.day/d/2026-02-22.gmi [04:53] TR News GPG es vulnerable gemini://moribundo.flounder.online/blog/050_gpg_vulnerable.gmi [04:54] TR News "This is a system for version numbering that I imagine using in connection with an (unlikely to ever exist) operating system that I have also been thinking about for a long time." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/emptyhallway/halfbaking/untitled-version-numbering-system.gmi [04:59] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 22/02/2026: Dream Job Gone and Slop in Taskwarrior https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Gemini_Links_22_02_2026_Dream_Job_Gone_and_Slop_in_Taskwarrior.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Gemini_Links_22_02_2026_Dream_Job_Gone_and_Slop_in_Taskwarrior.gmi [04:59] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 22/02/2026: Dream Job Gone and Slop in Taskwarrior ● Feb 22 [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] It's "okay" if it's "just cartoons" according to a certain GNOME affiliated person. [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] the one who allegedly broke a puppy's leg? [05:18] IsambardPrince Did he do that too, allegedly? [05:20] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [05:25] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@3senzxgmnhh64.irc) has joined #techrights [05:28] TR News EU ups drone cooperation amid hybrid threats https://www.dw.com/en/eu-ups-drone-cooperation-amid-hybrid-threats/a-75920686 [05:28] TR Bot EU ups drone cooperation amid hybrid threats [05:28] TR News simpler regulations? https://www.dw.com/en/eu-needs-capital-market-reform-simpler-regulations-von-der-leyen-says/a-75906525 [05:28] TR Bot EU needs market reform, simpler regulations von der Leyen [05:30] TR News Turkey deems OnlyFans income illicit, detains 16 over alleged laundering https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-deems-onlyfans-income-illicit-detains-16-over-alleged-laundering-316680 [05:30] TR Bot Sixteen detained over 'laundering OnlyFans income' [05:31] TR News Turkey sees surge in food prices once again ahead of Ramadan https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-sees-surge-in-food-prices-once-again-ahead-of-ramadan-316705 [05:31] TR Bot Turkey sees surge in food prices once again ahead of Ramadan [05:31] TR News Workers Unpaid https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/11/workers-unpaid-for-renovating-saudi-princes-tangier-palace [05:31] TR Bot Workers Unpaid for Renovating Saudi Princes Tangier Palace | Human Rights Watch [05:32] TR News This woman took a photo of a police drone. Then she got ticketed for distracted driving https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/kingston-police-drones-distracted-drivers-caught-charges-withdrawn-9.7082828 [05:33] TR Bot This woman took a photo of a police drone. Then she got ticketed for distracted driving | CBC News [05:34] TR News 'Threat to world peace' https://www.dw.com/en/threat-to-world-peace-how-germans-see-the-us-now/a-75920632 [05:34] TR Bot 'Threat to world peace': How Germans see the US now [05:35] TR News capping population at 10 million https://www.dw.com/en/switzerland-to-vote-on-capping-population-at-10-million/a-75941387 [05:35] TR Bot Switzerland to vote on capping population at 10 million [05:36] TR News If humans cared about their long-term survival (which they don't really), they'd cap human numbers on the entire planet at around 10 million, not 10 billion. [05:38] MinceR yeah [05:39] TR News spiralling rents https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-new-plans-to-tackle-spiralling-rents/a-75937069 [05:39] TR Bot Germany's new plans to tackle spiralling rents [05:42] TR News boost EU competitiveness https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-merz-says-time-to-act-to-boost-eu-competitiveness/a-75921822 [05:42] TR Bot Germany's Merz says time to act to boost EU competitiveness [05:43] TR News strike https://www.dw.com/en/germany-lufthansa-strike-grounds-hundreds-of-flights/a-75922927 [05:43] TR Bot Germany: Lufthansa strike grounds hundreds of flights [05:43] TR News more strikes in 2026 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-braces-for-more-strikes-in-2026/a-75937430 [05:43] TR Bot Germany braces for more strikes in 2026 [05:45] TR News Bayer Files Suit Against Trio of COVID-19 Vaccine Makers https://patentdocs.org/2026/02/12/bayer-files-suit-against-trio-of-covid-19-vaccine-makers/ [05:45] TR Bot Bayer Files Suit Against Trio of COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Patent Docs ● Feb 22 [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: i think you will like this article --vv [06:06] TR News Techrights Our IRC 5-Year Anniversary (for Self-Hosted) is Fast Approaching https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Our_IRC_5_Year_Anniversary_for_Self_Hosted_is_Fast_Approaching.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Our_IRC_5_Year_Anniversary_for_Self_Hosted_is_Fast_Approaching.gmi [06:06] TR Bot Techrights Our IRC 5-Year Anniversary (for Self-Hosted) is Fast Approaching [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] also, i want to say "thank-you" [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] you have done a very good job [06:10] TR News Anon: Removable HDs have become rare and very expensive thanks to "AI" All storage, especially volatile storage, but even persistent storage has suffered. The manufacturers don't care that it is going to waste, it is easier to sell in bulk to scammers than deal with the logistical nightmare of consumer sales. [06:11] TR News Epstein files implicate Deutsche Bank https://www.dw.com/en/epstein-files-implicate-deutsche-bank/a-75919028 [06:11] TR Bot Epstein files implicate Germany's Deutsche Bank [06:12] TR News Hacker News is bollox! Hours ago: "Richard Stallman has his email printed out on paper for him to read" [06:13] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Has it been five years now since The Lobster threatened Ariadne? [06:13] TR News Someone in Reddit today: "Stallman warned about all of this decades ago. Proprietary software as surveillance. Convenience as a trap. Users as products. " [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] No [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] also, [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] Garrett also did that [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] we found our [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] by going to court [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] they tried hards to avoid court [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] many times [06:14] schestowitz[TR2] i got to interrogate garrett for two days [06:14] schestowitz[TR2] and he was not permitted to talk to his lawyers [06:14] schestowitz[TR2] even overnight [06:14] schestowitz[TR2] he suffered so much [06:14] schestowitz[TR2] that he wanted to be compensated for what i assume to be trauma [06:14] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] but typos aside [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] and more directly to answer your qwustion [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] Garrett contacted our ISP [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] wee found out only years later [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] he failed [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] he also contacted Ariadne [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] While Ariadne was contacted by Ontario criminal [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] later they did the same to another host [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] they worked in tandem [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] threatening people [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] Garrett collaborates with very shady peole [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] even this man: [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/o/2021/12/15/arrest-report-5-pages-balabhadra-alex-graveley/ [06:17] TR Bot Arrest/Police Report for Microsofts Chief Architect of GitHub Copilot, Balabhadra Alex Graveley [06:17] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techrights [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] and now he has his day of reckoning [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] as his spouse speaks out [06:23] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I read in the paper that Dolton, Illinois sued Fifth Third Bank. [06:24] IsambardPrince Apparently they chose to honor $1.9 million in checks that former mayor Tiffany Henyard signed herself even though the account required the city treasurer to sign off on them too. [06:24] IsambardPrince So they're hoping to get some money back from the bank that shouldn't have been honored. [06:24] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [06:24] *Righty (~Username@7n99st3fyggac.irc) has joined #techrights [06:24] IsambardPrince She was the mayor of a poverty stricken city and was living like a queen and going shopping at luxury retailers on city credit cards, and staying in 5 star hotels on "business trips" that were more like vacations. [06:25] IsambardPrince She became something of a "welfare queen" ongoing story on Fox News because it got so bad they didn't even have to embellish it. [06:27] schestowitz[TR2] faux noise should say the same re cheetto [06:27] schestowitz[TR2] but won't [06:27] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Anyway, I tried to warn you years ago. [06:27] IsambardPrince Many years. [06:27] IsambardPrince Nearly 20 years. [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] of what? [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] i didn't know you existed 20 years ago [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] and not suree when you entered irc [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] maybe 2009 [06:28] IsambardPrince 2007 I think [06:29] IsambardPrince Anyway, I said something in 2008. [06:29] schestowitz[TR2] 2007 we didn't use irc [06:29] schestowitz[TR2] we had blog comments [06:29] IsambardPrince I know I said something in 2008 because that's when I had that motherboard incident. [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] bbl ● Feb 22 [07:01] TR News (NEW): Second beta for Krita 5.3 and Krita 6.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Second_beta_for_Krita_5_3_and_Krita_6_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Second_beta_for_Krita_5_3_and_Krita_6_0.gmi [07:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Second beta for Krita 5.3 and Krita 6.0 [07:36] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:48] TR News (NEW): KDE Plasma 6.7.0 will make managing your printers a lot easier https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/KDE_Plasma_6_7_0_will_make_managing_your_printers_a_lot_easier.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/KDE_Plasma_6_7_0_will_make_managing_your_printers_a_lot_easier.gmi [07:48] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Plasma 6.7.0 will make managing your printers a lot easier ● Feb 22 [08:45] *aurora78 (~aurora78@zjqc8vv3v6vis.irc) has joined #techrights ● Feb 22 [09:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [09:59] TR News """The REAL "five-nines" of IT: Is it fast? Nein! Is it reliable? Nein! Is it secure? Nein! Is it documented? Nein! Is it maintainable? Nein!""" https://holland-consulting.net/ [09:59] TR Bot Holland Consulting ● Feb 22 [10:08] TR News "Google did so alleging violations of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)" https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/21/serpapi_google_scraping_lawsuit/ | Source: The Register UK [10:08] TR Bot SerpApi asks court to dismiss Google web scraping lawsuit The Register [10:10] TR News "It's a good example of the attitude AI people have toward copyright, trademarks, and intellectual property: they don't even think about it." https://boingboing.net/2026/02/21/microsoft-blogger-suggests-you-train-ai-on-pirated-harry-potter.html | Source: BoingBoing [10:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/21/microsoft-blogger-suggests-you-train-ai-on-pirated-harry-potter.html ) [10:11] TR News "over 100,000 wanna-be ticket buyers" https://variety.com/2026/music/news/bruce-springsteen-ticket-prices-variations-1236669375/ | Source: Variety [10:11] TR Bot How Much Are Bruce Springsteen Tickets? We Looked at Day-One Prices [10:11] TR News [Old] "In May 1998 the US Department of Justice and the Attorneys General of 20 states along with the District of Columbia sued Microsoft in federal court" https://blog.randomoracle.io/2024/03/19/browser-in-the-middle-25-years-after-the-msft-antitrust-trial/ | [10:11] TR Bot Browser in the middle: 25 years after the MSFT antitrust trial Random Oracle [10:12] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://bounties.fulu.org/bounties/ring-video-doorbells | Source: FULU Foundation [10:12] TR Bot FULU Bounties - Ring Video Doorbells [10:34] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:40] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@wi6y8fnbpfcy6.irc) has joined #techrights [10:41] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [10:42] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@wi6y8fnbpfcy6.irc) has joined #techrights ● Feb 22 [11:00] TR News "You might have IPv6 Internet; you can find out by going to https://test-ipv6.com. If your computer has a globally routable address it will be in the 2000::/3 range" https://lpar.ath0.com/posts/2026/02/ipv6-address-assignment/ | [11:00] TR Bot Test your IPv6. [11:00] TR Bot IPv6 address assignment | LPAR [11:00] TR News "The medical charity Doctors Without Borders, which supports health care clinics around Afghanistan, reported a 28% drop in urgent admissions during the first few days after the vice ministry began its crackdown." https://text.npr.org/g-s1-110736 | Source: NPR [11:00] TR Bot For years the Taliban told women to cover up in public. Now they're cracking down [11:00] TR News "Liteplo is the genius behind RentAHuman, an online marketplace where humans can lease out their bodies to autonomous AI agents." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/rentahuman-musk-ai | Source: Futurism [11:00] TR Bot Man Letting AI Rent Human Bodies Says Elon Musk Is His Hero [11:01] TR News "Think of it like Fiverr, but doing away with the human recruiter and letting autonomous bots do the hiring instead." https://www.wired.com/story/ai-agent-rentahuman-bots-hire-humans/ | Source: Wired [11:01] TR Bot Rise of RentAHuman, the Marketplace Where Bots Put People to Work | WIRED [11:01] TR News "The dream holiday ended abruptly on Friday 26 September, as Karen and Bill were trying to leave the US." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice | Source: The Guardian UK [11:01] TR Bot Dont go to the US not with Trump in charge: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian [11:01] TR News "chanting of subversive slogans." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/world/middleeast/iran-student-protests.html | Source: New York Times [11:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/world/middleeast/iran-student-protests.html ) [11:02] TR News "The Taliban has quietly enacted a new penal code that allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it doesnt cause broken bones or open wounds." https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/taliban-new-penal-code-legalizes-domestic-violence-against-women/ | Source: JURIST [11:02] TR Bot Taliban new penal code legalizes domestic violence against women - JURIST - News [11:02] TR News "The biggest concern is it's not meant for humans" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hutchins-community-opposes-ice-facility-1780690 | Source: International Business Times [11:03] TR Bot It Is Not Meant for Humans' Texas Community Unites to Block Warehouse From Becoming America's Largest ICE Detention Site | IBTimes UK [11:06] TR News "When you have an autocratic presidential candidate, you dont treat that person like a normal presidential candidate" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-free-speech-press-black-journalists-nabj/ | Source: The Nation [11:06] TR Bot Trumps Threats to Free Speech Arent New to Black Journalists | The Nation [11:06] TR News "The Freedom of Information Act is a Michigan public records law meant to help inform citizens about how their government works." https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/21/process-of-foia-the-unseen-work-of-providing-government-transparency/ | Source: Michigan Advance [11:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/21/process-of-foia-the-unseen-work-of-providing-government-transparency/ ) [11:07] TR News "The move allows Putin to personally decide when online communications in the country or a specific region should be turned off, without having to give a reason." https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-internet-law-restriction-tech-censorship/33684027.html | Source: RFERL [11:07] TR Bot Putin Signs New Measure Tightening FSB Control Over Russian Internet [11:07] TR News "On August 5, 2023, I published a blog post called archive.today: On the trail of the mysterious guerrilla archivist of the Internet." https://gyrovague.com/2026/02/01/archive-today-is-directing-a-ddos-attack-against-my-blog/ | [11:07] TR Bot is directing a DDOS attack against my blog Gyrovague [11:08] TR News "A threat to any of our First Amendment rights is a threat to all of our First Amendment rights" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-fcc-stephen-colbert-hate-machine/ | Source: The Nation [11:08] TR Bot Trumps FCC Accidentally Gives Democrats a Boost | The Nation [11:08] TR News "US discussions of European military dependence commonly assume that independence requires the attributes of a superpower: global reach, expeditionary capacity, and a highly centralised state authority." https://crookedtimber.org/2026/02/21/the-us-state-has-proved-itself-dispensable/ | Source: Crooked Timber [11:08] TR Bot The US state has proved itself dispensable Crooked Timber [11:09] TR News "The adoption of Rust in the Linux kernel has been ongoing for quite some time, first appearing in the mainline kernel in version 6.1, over three years ago." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-7-coming-could-be-biggest-update-years/ | Source: XDA [11:09] TR Bot Linux 7.0 is coming, and it could be one of the biggest updates in years [11:10] TR News "Elevate for Educators in India" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-president-smith-visits-delhi-govt-school-launches-plan-to-skill-20-lakh-teachers-in-ai/articleshow/128609575.cms | Source: India Times [11:10] TR Bot Microsoft President Smith visits Delhi govt school, launches plan to skill 20 lakh teachers in AI - The Economic Times [11:11] TR News "As an editor of mine once observed, America is ruled by two political parties: the party of the evil billionaires, and the party of the sane (so slightly less evil) billionaires." http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2026/02/more-in-sadness-than-in-anger.html | Source: Antipope [11:11] TR Bot More in Sadness than in Anger - Charlie's Diary [11:11] TR News (NEW): Kernel Space: Linux Kernel 7.0 Changes Explained in Media This Week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Kernel_Space_Linux_Kernel_7_0_Changes_Explained_in_Media_This_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/20/Kernel_Space_Linux_Kernel_7_0_Changes_Explained_in_Media_This_W.gmi [11:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Kernel Space: Linux Kernel 7.0 Changes Explained in Media This Week [11:12] TR News "And this seemed plausible ... before it turned out that the CEO class as a whole believe entirely in AI (which, to be clear, is just another marketing grift in the same spirit as cryptocurrencies/blockchain, next-generation nuclear power, real estate backed credit default options" [11:12] TR News "AI is being sold on the promise of increasing workforce efficiency. And in a world which has been studiously ignoring John Maynard Keynes' 1930 prediction that by 2030 we would only need to work a 15 hour work week, they've drawn an inevitable unwelcome conclusion from this axiom: that there are too many of us." [11:13] TR News "How to get out of jury duty" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [11:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/ ) [11:13] TR News "Musks attorney Stephen Broome made a case in the courtroom for kicking more candidates out of the jury pool based on how theyd responded in the questionnaire, the outlets reported" https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/sf-jury-elon-musk-21369850.php | Source: SFGate [11:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/sf-jury-elon-musk-21369850.php ) [11:14] TR News "Software teams scan their code for vulnerabilities using so-called static analysis tools. Such programs are usually built around a database of rules, or definitions of common cybersecurity vulnerabilities." https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/20/cybersecurity-stocks-drop-anthropic-debuts-claude-code-security/ | Source: Silicon Angle [11:14] TR Bot stocks drop after Anthropic debuts Claude Code Security - SiliconANGLE [11:15] TR News "Senior warrant officers hoping to receive a bonus for extending their active duty service commitment will submit confidential bids, which represent the minimum monthly paycheck bump" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-warrant-officer-bonus-auction/ | Source: Task And Purpose [11:15] TR Bot Army warrant officers to bid against each other for their next bonus [11:16] TR News "It is definitely exciting to open the browser to my BirdNET-Pi as I rise to see what the past dawn has brought." https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/a-tawny-owl-maybe | Source: Jeremy Cherfas [11:16] TR Bot A Tawny Owl, maybe | Jeremy Cherfas [11:17] TR News "Accordingly, we believe that very important measures need to be taken here as well" https://oc-media.org/georgian-government-to-ban-import-of-cars-made-before-2020/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media [11:17] TR Bot Georgian government to ban import of cars made before 2020 [11:17] TR News "Mercury is highly toxic, especially to babies and children, impacting the brain and nervous system. Coal plants are the dominant cause of mercury emissions in the US." https://truthout.org/articles/epa-repeals-regulations-for-mercury-and-toxic-air-pollutants-from-power-plants/ | Source: TruthOut [11:17] TR Bot EPA Repeals Regulations for Mercury and Toxic Air Pollutants From Power Plants | Truthout [11:17] TR News "EPA also eliminated a common-sense requirement that power plants install cost-effective systems to continuously monitor the amount of pollution they emit" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/epa-dismantles-protections-for-mercury-and-air-toxics-from-power-plants | Source: Common Dreams [11:17] TR Bot EPA Dismantles Protections for Mercury and Air Toxics From Power Plants | Common Dreams [11:18] TR News "Data center buildouts have regularly been in the news for their massive power needs, the strain they put on the grid, and the energy prices that can increase for residents in the general vicinity." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/datacenter-developers-leverage-natural-gas-to-sidestep-power-grids-short-term-solution-might-increase-carbon-emissions-and-prove-costly-in-the-long-run | Source: Tom's Hardware [11:18] TR Bot Data center developers building private natural gas 'Shadow Grid' power plants to sidestep strained grids off-grid GW Ranch project in Texas will reportedly use as much power as Chicago | Tom's Hardware [11:18] TR News "The Justice Department recently asked a judge to lift secrecy requirements on the files." https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2026-02-21/ghislaine-maxwell-fights-release-of-more-epstein-documents-calling-disclosure-law-unconstitutional | Source: US News And World Report [11:18] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2026-02-21/ghislaine-maxwell-fights-release-of-more-epstein-documents-calling-disclosure-law-unconstitutional ) [11:18] TR News "The fake liberal media says Im charging $5,000 for front-row tickets" https://variety.com/2026/music/news/kid-rock-slams-journalists-5000-dollar-tour-tickets-1236669404/ | Source: Variety [11:18] TR Bot Kid Rock Says God May 'Cut Down' Media for Reporting on $5,000 Tickets [11:22] TR News "The ongoing and escalating water crunch has inspired localities throughout the West to creatively conserve water through water recycling programs" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/479784/colorado-river-water-crisis-cattle-beef-dairy | Source: Vox [11:22] TR Bot is the Colorado River running out of water? | Vox [11:24] TR News "Continuous discussions are ongoing with big tech companies" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/discussion-on-with-social-media-platforms-over-protection-needed-for-society-union-minister-ashwini-vaishnaw/articleshow/128614637.cms | Source: India Times [11:24] TR Bot Discussion on with social media platforms over protection needed for society: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw - The Economic Times [11:25] TR News "In a joint assessment by the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD)" https://therecord.media/russia-cyberattacks-europe-warfare | Source: The Record [11:25] TR Bot Russia stepping up hybrid attacks, preparing for long standoff with West, Dutch intelligence warns | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:34] TR News "If more people realize their browsing is being tracked so exhaustively by these three companies" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/web-pixels-tracking/ | Source: Nick Heer [11:34] TR Bot How Tech Giants Track You Across the Web Pixel Envy [11:35] TR News "Fitness apps collect incredibly intimate data, from geolocation to biometric vitals" https://www.eliseomartelli.it/blog/2026-02-21-the-bloat-of-modern-fitness-apps | Source: Eliseo Martelli [11:35] TR Bot The Bloat of Modern Fitness Apps | Eliseo Martelli [11:35] TR News "Networked surveillance cameras, after all, first transmit all the footage to their corporate owner, after which other parties might get access." https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/its-time-to-get-rid-of-networked-cameras/ | Source: Buttondown LLC [11:35] TR Bot It's time to get rid of networked cameras [11:36] TR News "This apparently all started when some media organizations reporting on the FBIs subpoena cited a 2023 post from Patokallio" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/archive-today-ddos/ | Source: Nick Heer [11:36] TR Bot Wikipedia Deprecates Archive.today After Its Owner Seemingly Launched a Targeted DDoS Campaign and Altered Archived Pages Pixel Envy [11:36] TR News "Further investigation has revealed that, since 2020, the Archive.today owners assumed the identity of N[...] P[...] on various websites." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Archive.is_RFC_5 | Source: Wikipedia [11:36] TR Bot Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Archive.is RFC 5 - Wikipedia [11:37] TR News "This is a problem with both domains and IP addresses, but it's way worse with IP addresses." https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/ip_address_certs | Source: Ayer [11:37] TR Bot Why IP Address Certificates Are Dangerous and Usually Unnecessary [11:38] TR News Windows TCO: "The guilty plea is a rare instance where a [cracker] involved in the breach of a municipal government office has been brought to justice." https://therecord.media/romanian-hacker-faces-7-years-oregon-breach | Source: The Record [11:38] TR Bot Romanian hacker faces up to 7 years for breaching Oregon emergency management department | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:39] TR News Social Control Media https://arkoinad.com/posts/weekly_post_112.html | Source: Abhinav Gopalakrishnan [11:39] TR Bot Weekly Post #112 [11:39] TR News Social Control Media https://blog.kamens.us/2026/02/21/red-roof-inn-in-batavia-ny-gives-a-master-class-in-how-not-to-respond-to-a-mediocre-review/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens [11:39] TR Bot Red Roof Inn in Batavia NY gives a master class in how not to respond to a mediocre review Something better to do [11:40] TR News "Even the Academy, the most precious, legacy-protecting institution in Hollywood, has not come out in a really firm way about AI." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hollywood-lying-about-ai-usage | Source: Futurism [11:40] TR Bot Hollywood Is Lying to Everyone About How Much AI They're Using, Says Consummate Hollywood Insider [11:40] TR News "The festival has had the air of an arthouse bubble when it comes to the topic of AI and the event's leadership is keeping above the fray." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-revolution-looms-over-berlin-film-fest/articleshow/128650758.cms | Source: India Times [11:40] TR Bot AI revolution looms over Berlin film fest - The Economic Times [11:40] TR News "Maybe youve heard: Memory is expensive now. The price of RAM has tripled, quadrupled, even sextupled depending on the type of chip, all because AI companies are gobbling it up." https://www.theverge.com/tech/880812/ramageddon-ram-shortage-memory-crisis-price-2026-phones-laptops | Source: The Verge [11:40] TR Bot The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about | The Verge [11:40] TR News "First, the price of graphical processing units (GPUs) started shooting through the roof. Then the price of RAM skyrocketed, followed by both solid-state and mechanical hard drives." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/personal-electronics-spiking-price-ai | Source: Futurism [11:40] TR Bot Personal Electronics Spiking in Price as AI Industry Buys Up All the Components [11:41] TR News "The presentation comes as businesses across every industry are attempting to figure out how to best use AI and not miss out on potential innovations and cost savings" https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/lessons-ai-hacking-model-every-layer-risky | Source: Dark Reading [11:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/lessons-ai-hacking-model-every-layer-risky ) [11:41] TR News "I think that maybe surprisingly I welcome and appreciate and support the socio-technological work that makes visible all the invisible actors that make up "AI" or even "LLMs"." https://blog.martin-haehnel.de/2026/02/21/some-clarifications-on-yesterdays-critique-of-critique/ | Source: Martin Hhne [11:41] TR Bot Some Clarifications On Yesterday's Critique Of Critique [11:42] TR News "Im a member of my old high schools AI council. My kids go there now, so I have both my own experience and my kids to build on when I speak in that council." https://joost.blog/healthy-doubt/ | Source: Joost de Valk [11:42] TR Bot healthy doubt beats AI confidence theater joost.blog [11:42] TR News "And if we go a step further and even entertain the thought of a superintelligence: What makes you think a being a thousand times smarter than you with all knowledge at its disposal has any care for being your assistant?" https://blog.avas.space/ai-consciousness/ | Source: Ava [11:42] TR Bot thoughts on AI consciousness | ava's blog [11:42] TR News "The Electronic Frontier Foundation says it will accept LLM generated code from contributors to its open source projects but will draw the line at non-human generated comments and documentation." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/eff_demands_human_documentation_as/ | Source: The Register UK [11:42] TR Bot EFF policy says bots can code but humans must write the docs The Register [11:43] TR News "Voice is where many AI systems first break down, especially as companies rush to deploy agents in customer-facing environments, said Scott Stephenson, co-founder chief executive officer of Deepgram Inc." https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/20/real-time-voice-ai-harder-sounds/ | Source: Silicon Angle [11:43] TR Bot real-time voice AI is harder than it sounds - SiliconANGLE [11:43] TR News "This time, though, the masses have not been won over." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/technology/ai-boom-backlash.html | Source: New York Times [11:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/technology/ai-boom-backlash.html ) [11:44] TR News "In my case, I don't have a problem with Google being a big corp. My main motivation was reducing the risk of losing my digital identity and data due to an account lockout." https://iamvishnu.com/posts/degoogling | Source: Vishnu Haridas [11:44] TR Bot Degoogling Vishnu's Pages [11:44] TR News "Also, these games, if you have your digital backup wink wink they have been emulated for all these years." https://gabz.blog/posts/emulate-vs-paying-up | Source: Gabriel [11:44] TR Bot Emulate vs Paying up! - GABZ/ML [11:44] TR News "Harnesses exist because interacting with a machine learning model itself is not a great user experience you feed it a prompt and it returns a result. That's a single-turn interaction. Input and output." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/anthropic_clarifies_ban_third_party_claude_access/ | Source: The Register UK [11:44] TR Bot Anthropic clarifies ban on third-party tool access to Claude The Register [11:46] TR News "Much of the concern around social media addiction has focused on children. But adults are also susceptible to using social media so much that it starts affecting their day-to-day lives." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-can-be-addictive-even-for-adults-but-there-are-ways-to-cut-back/articleshow/128649173.cms | Source: India Times [11:46] TR Bot Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back - The Economic Times [11:47] TR News "Although Ive regularly visited this food center for yearsone of several in the area, which range from religious to anarchist to more of a secular nonprofit model like this oneon this particular day" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/journalist-on-snap-food-crisis/ | Source: The Nation [11:47] TR Bot Im a Journalist on SNAP. Heres What I Saw During the Latest Food Crisis | The Nation [11:47] TR News "Despite its apparent uselessness to most cells in the body, evidence is accumulating that loss of Y is associated with severe health conditions, including cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases and cancer." https://www.sciencealert.com/men-lose-their-y-chromosome-with-age-we-finally-know-the-cost | Source: Science Alert [11:47] TR Bot Lose Their Y Chromosome With Age. We Finally Know The Cost. : ScienceAlert [11:48] TR News "So youve heard of split keyboards and want to buy one, but dont know where to start? Youve come to the right place!" https://www.justinmklam.com/posts/2026/02/beginners-guide-split-keyboards/ | [11:48] TR Bot Beginners Guide to Split Keyboards | justinmklam | blog [11:49] TR News "The Integrated Circuits Inspired by Wireless and Biomedical Systems (IC-WiBES) group, led by Prof. Abhishek Srivastava, develops application-specific integrated circuits with full systems being built around them." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/iiit-h-researchers-design-custom-semiconductor-chips-for-critical-public-systems-1938990 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [11:49] TR Bot IIIT-H Researchers Design Custom Semiconductor Chips For Critical Public Systems [11:49] TR News "NIST has developed a chip that reliably emits a single photon on demand. This ability will improve the efficiency of QKD (quantum key distribution) as we prepare for the arrival of quantum computers" https://www.securityweek.com/nists-quantum-breakthrough-single-photons-produced-on-a-chip/ | Source: Security Week [11:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/nists-quantum-breakthrough-single-photons-produced-on-a-chip/ ) [11:50] TR News "I use computers to Get Things Done. I also happen to have made a career out of doing so. I flip bits on a screen, explain to clients how they can flip bits on a screen, and architect systems that facilitate the flipping of screen bits for others." https://rubenerd.com/buying-a-new-thinkpad-for-the-first-time/ | Source: Ruben Schade [11:50] TR Bot Buying a new ThinkPad for the first time! [11:50] TR News "These use two-out-of-five code to represent the phone numbers and corresponding five relay packs, allowing the crossbar switch to be properly configured." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/retrotechtacular-bleeding-edge-memory-devices-of-1959/ | Source: Hackaday [11:50] TR Bot Bleeding-Edge Memory Devices Of 1959 | Hackaday [11:50] TR News "Over the years I've accumulated a couple of things that I probably don't need anymore, however, I haven't made the time to get rid of them, and honestly I don't know what to do about them." https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/devices-collecting-dust/ | Source: Joel Chrono [11:50] TR Bot Devices collecting dust [11:52] TR News "I learned BASIC, then C, C++, Java. I dont remember not being able to program. I grew up reading slash dot (had a 5 digit id) and absorbed the culture around open source and free software." https://alexalejandre.com/programming/steve-klabnik-interview/ | [11:52] TR Bot Interview With Steve Klabnik [11:53] TR News "One of the most powerful pillars of his vision remains human development. Free education has returned millions of children to school, restoring hope and opportunity to families that had been excluded by poverty." https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/02/22/the-vision-that-is-rebuilding-zambias-future/ | Source: Lusaka ZM [11:53] TR Bot Zambia : The Vision That Is Rebuilding Zambias Future [11:53] TR News "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Stefano Verna, whose blog can be found at squeaki.sh." https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/stefano-verna | Source: Manuel Moreale [11:53] TR Bot Stefano Verna Manu [11:54] TR News "This is a follow-up on my previous post." https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/updated-thoughts-on-people-and-blogs | Source: Manuel Moreale [11:54] TR Bot Updated thoughts on People and Blogs Manu [11:54] TR News "With 3 in 5 American undergraduates reporting food or housing insecurity, a new model of support has taken hold on college campuses." https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2026/0220/college-students-campus-help-food-housing | Source: CS Monitor [11:54] TR Bot in 5 US undergrads struggle with basic needs. How some colleges are helping. - CSMonitor.com [11:54] TR News "The work is published in the journal Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction" https://phys.org/news/2026-02-algorithmic-grading-class-extra-student.html | Source: Omicron Limited [11:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-02-algorithmic-grading-class-extra-student.html ) [11:55] TR News "beg a much deeper question: As machines become more capable of doing the labor of research and learning, what happens to higher education? What purpose does the university serve?" https://phys.org/news/2026-02-greatest-ai-higher-isnt-erosion.html | Source: Omicron Limited [11:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-02-greatest-ai-higher-isnt-erosion.html ) [11:57] TR News "The fun part is that these macro-level empirical studiesalready exist." https://blog.zgp.org/studies-on-behavioral-advertising-that-probably-already-exist/ | Source: Don Marti [11:57] TR Bot Studies on behavioral advertising that probably already exist [11:57] TR News "In simple terms, some resistors use materials that cause electron flow to take different paths through the resistor." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/quieting-noisy-resistors/ | Source: Hackaday [11:57] TR Bot Noisy Resistors | Hackaday [11:59] TR News "Wikipedia is currently weighing three options to address the issue: retaining the status quo, removing all links, or discouraging future citations while keeping existing links." https://www.techspot.com/news/111296-wikipedia-may-remove-almost-700000-links-amid-archivetoday.html | Source: TechSpot [11:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techspot.com/news/111296-wikipedia-may-remove-almost-700000-links-amid-archivetoday.html ) ● Feb 22 [12:00] TR News "At any rate, the point is that Ive rolled back my fonts to things Ive used before: System UI and Monospace Code as specified by Modern Font Stacks." https://bix.blog/posts/2026-02-21-the-font-of-wisdom/ | Source: Bix Frankonis [12:00] TR Bot The Font Of Wisdom BIX dot BLOG [12:00] TR News "I have the desire to write. Always have, now more than ever, but my writing muscle is so unused that Im not even sure how to start. So I guess Ill just write what comes to mind." https://cwa.omg.lol/post/a-few-reps | Source: Aaron Aiken [12:00] TR Bot a few reps | Coffee with Aaron [12:01] TR News "One essential part of this blog is my daily retrospective of posts from this day through my blogging history 25 years ago, 20 years ago, 15 years ago, 10 years ago, 5 years ago, and last year." https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/19/now-we-are-six/#stock-buyback | Source: CoryDoctorow [12:01] TR Bot Pluralistic: Six Years of Pluralistic (19 Feb 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [12:01] TR News "If youre reading this on my website right now, you might be thinking: what the hell did Henrique do? After a few years of calmness and small changes here and there, Ive decided to fully redesign this website." https://hacdias.com/2026/02/21/redesign/ | Source: Henrique Dias [12:01] TR Bot New Website, Who Dis? - Henrique Dias [12:05] TR News (NEW): Make Use Of (MUO) on Context Switching and Chromebooks https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Make_Use_Of_MUO_on_Context_Switching_and_Chromebooks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Make_Use_Of_MUO_on_Context_Switching_and_Chromebooks.gmi [12:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Make Use Of (MUO) on Context Switching and Chromebooks [12:10] TR News Techrights Links 22/02/2026: "Bloat of Modern Fitness Apps" and Wikipedia Deprecates Archive.today https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Links_22_02_2026_Bloat_of_Modern_Fitness_Apps_and_Wikipedia_Dep.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Links_22_02_2026_Bloat_of_Modern_Fitness_Apps_and_Wikipedia_Dep.gmi [12:10] TR Bot Techrights Links 22/02/2026: "Bloat of Modern Fitness Apps" and Wikipedia Deprecates Archive.today [12:16] TR News blocked by gratuitous javascript https://dixken.de/blog/i-found-a-vulnerability-they-found-a-lawyer [12:16] TR Bot I found a Vulnerability. They found a Lawyer. | Blog | Yannick Dixken [12:16] TR News "Linux Distros Migrating from GitHub? | Copilot going too far" https://odysee.com/@switchedtolinux:0/linux-distros-migrating-from-github:f [12:16] TR Bot Linux Distros Migrating from GitHub? | Copilot going too far [12:16] TR News "This superbowl ad pissed us off enough to spend $10,000 saying f u" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/this-superbowl-ad-pissed-us-off-enough:5 [12:16] TR Bot This superbowl ad pissed us off enough to spend $10,000 saying f u [12:17] TR News "Dutch defense secretary discusses jailbreaking F-35 jet so it cant be disabled by America" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/dutch-defense-secretary-discusses:3 [12:17] TR Bot Dutch defense secretary discusses jailbreaking F-35 jet so it cant be disabled by America [12:29] TR News Snyk are scammers and slop is a scam. So Snyk is probably in deep trouble, slopwashing follows https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/snyk_ceo_stands_down/ [12:29] TR Bot Snyk CEO bails so someone more AI-savvy can take over The Register [12:31] TR News "You've sometimes made a list of pros and cons regarding a hard decision, right? Maybe the decision turns out to be easy in the end; maybe not." https://blog.cr.yp.to/20260221-structure.html | Source: DJ Bernstein [12:31] TR Bot cr.yp.to: 2026.02.21: NSA and IETF, part 6 [12:31] TR News "If you need to release in an air-gapped environment, you may now export your key and validate it offline: [...]" https://carlosbecker.com/posts/goreleaser-v2.14/ | Source: Carlos Becker [12:31] TR Bot Announcing GoReleaser v2.14 [12:32] TR News "In a previous post we have shown that we can use time-to-event curves to describe the time course of germinations/emergences for a seed lot (this post)." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/fitting-time-to-event-models-with-an-environmental-covariate/ | Source: Rlang [12:32] TR Bot time-to-event models with an environmental covariate | R-bloggers [12:33] TR News "Both tools are totally independent. One is a cgi scrip to install on a gotwebd instance; the other is pure local on the dev machine." https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20260221 | Source: Vincent Delft [12:33] TR Bot Vincent's blog [12:33] TR News "Your project doesnt necessarily have to be a refined masterpiece to have an impact on the global hacker hivemind. Case in point: this great demo of using a 64-point time-of-flight ranging sensor." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/in-praise-of-the-proof-of-concept/ | Source: Hackaday [12:33] TR Bot Praise Of The Proof Of Concept | Hackaday [12:33] TR News "What a paradox, I realized afterwards. The very desire to fix the bug prevented me from seeing I had to fix the tool first, and made me less effective in my bug hunt" https://ochagavia.nl/blog/fix-your-tools/ | Source: Adolfo Ochagava [12:33] TR Bot Fix your tools | Adolfo Ochagava [12:34] TR News "I've raised a few PRs against the Guix Codeberg repository recently, and each time I've done so with Forgejo's agit workflow." https://carlo.zancanaro.id.au/posts/forgejo-agit-and-pull-request-templates.html | Source: Carlo Zancanaro [12:34] TR Bot Forgejo, AGit, and Pull Request Templates [12:34] TR News quoting the late George Carlin https://apina.biz/213397.jpeg?mode=sfw [12:34] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/213397.jpeg [12:36] TR News "What happens if you break the rules and have a high surrogate followed by a high surrogate?" https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/21/how-fast-do-browsers-correct-utf-16-strings/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [12:36] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/21/how-fast-do-browsers-correct-utf-16-strings/ ) [12:37] TR News [Old] "My intro to Hugo was back in 2016, a mere 3 years after its inception, when I was in my early days of learning web development." https://www.justinmklam.com/posts/2025/05/hugo-tips-and-tricks/ | [12:37] TR Bot Some Random Tips and Tricks | justinmklam | blog [12:38] TR News "Meanwhile, two other performance problems sit underneath the N+1 problem, less famous but just as costly" https://www.iankduncan.com/engineering/2026-02-20-haskell-postgresql-without-suffering/ | Source: Ian Duncan [12:38] TR Bot Making Haskell Talk to PostgreSQL Without Suffering - Ian Duncan [12:45] TR News "There are downsides though. Electron apps are bloated; each runs its own Chromium engine. The minimum app size is usually a couple hundred megabytes." https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/02/21/why-is-claude-an-electron-app.html | Source: Drew Breunig [12:45] TR Bot Why is Claude an Electron App? [12:45] TR News "If youre running nginx on FreeBSD and want HTTP/3, this should save you several hours of troubleshooting." https://blog.hofstede.it/http3-on-freebsd-getting-quic-working-with-nginx-in-a-bastille-jail/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn [12:45] TR Bot HTTP/3 on FreeBSD: Getting QUIC Working with nginx in a Bastille Jail | Larvitz Blog [12:45] TR News "If I browse it (with a secret token in the URL), the page is the same, but every time I click on an article, it disappears." https://squeaki.sh/p/i-turned-my-website-into-my-feed-reader/ | [12:45] TR Bot I turned my website into my Feed Reader [12:45] TR News "Search engines, and now AI systems layered on top of them, build models of entities." https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/stop-trying-to-rank-for-keywords/ | Source: Jono Alderson [12:45] TR Bot Stop trying to rank for keywords - Jono Alderson [12:46] TR News "Since then I've continued to try other browsers, but nothing has stuck. I've tried Vivaldi, Brave, Waterfox, Gnome Web, Zen, and goodness knows what else." https://kevquirk.com/i-still-havent-found-a-new-browser-and-thats-ok | Source: Kev Quirk [12:46] TR Bot I Still Havent Found a New Browser, and Thats Ok - Kev Quirk [12:47] TR News "I have recently switched from ZNC to Soju as my IRC bouncer and I am already quite pleased with it." https://susam.net/from-znc-to-soju.html | Source: SusamPal [12:47] TR Bot From ZNC to Soju - Susam Pal [12:47] TR News "The closed-source chat platform Discord announced on February 9 that it would soon require some users to verify their ages in order to access some content" https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1058319/be805deea6b3e6c5/ | Source: LWN [12:47] TR Bot Discord alternatives [LWN.net] [12:51] TR News "None of my usual tooling is available for Linux, so I dove into Darktable, which seems to be the top contender for dealing with RAW files. (RawTheraPee doesn't attract me for some reason)." https://baty.blog/my-photography-workflow-is-a-disaster | Source: Jack Baty [12:51] TR Bot My photography workflow is a disaster - Jack Baty [12:52] TR News "Today we're releasing the second beta of Krita 5.3.0 and Krita 6.0.0. Our thanks to all the people who have tested the first beta. We received 49 bug reports in total, of which we managed to resolve 14 for this release." https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-6.0.0-beta2-released/ | Source: Krita [12:52] TR Bot Second beta for Krita 5.3 and Krita 6.0 | Krita [12:53] TR News "Hes documenting the process of creating The Archer in a series of videos" https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/love-complex-automata-dont-miss-the-archer/ | Source: Hackaday [12:53] TR Bot Complex Automata? Dont Miss The Archer | Hackaday [12:53] TR News "This decoding is mostly done by the microcode engine, with conditional instructions like cos featuring circuitry that sprawls all over the IC." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/how-the-intel-8087-fpu-knows-which-instructions-to-execute/ | Source: Hackaday [12:53] TR Bot The Intel 8087 FPU Knows Which Instructions To Execute | Hackaday [12:54] TR News "Depending on who you ask, Lockheed Martins F-35 Lightning II is either the most sophisticated weapons platform ever built" https://futurism.com/science-energy/f35-jailbreak-dutch | Source: Futurism [12:54] TR Bot Lockheed Martin F-35s Can Be Jailbroken Like $80 Million iPhones, European Military Chief Says [12:55] TR News "Why use a chroot(2) on NetBSD? The most basic reason, for me, is I just like working with NetBSD." https://overeducated-redneck.net/blurgh/netbsd-chroot-isolation.html | [12:55] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [12:55] TR News [Old] "With a bit of layer remapping that I adapted from using small form factor keyboards, I was able to achieve a layout that keeps my hands relatively centered around home row." https://www.justinmklam.com/posts/2025/11/remapping-standard-keyboard/ | [12:55] TR Bot a Standard Keyboard | justinmklam | blog [12:56] TR News [Old] "The only dependencies are rsync (any modern version on the backup server, incredibly old supported on the client), and a POSIX shell (ksh, sh or bash) on the backup server." https://holland-consulting.net/scripts/ibs/ | [12:56] TR Bot Incremental Backup System [12:56] TR News "It all began with the nav. Notice how in the sidebar of this here blog where you can open and close folders to reveal more entries?" https://robinrendle.com/notes/pointer-box-offset/ | Source: Robin Rendle [12:56] TR Bot pointer-box-offset [12:56] TR News "I have a habit of writing little scripts at work for my own use (perhaps like some number of my readers)." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MentionLittleScripts | Source: University of Toronto [12:56] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:57] TR News "If feed readers didn't do any conditional GETs and I didn't have any rate limiting (and all of the requests that got HTTP 429s would still have been made), the additional feed requests would have amounted to about another 3.5 GBytes of responses sent out to people." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FeedLimitingImportance | Source: University of Toronto [12:57] TR News "This week I finished up an OS project I have been working on for over a year. Its a from-scratch kernel designed to serve this blog." https://thasso.xyz/tatix.html | [12:57] TR Bot The Tatix System ● Feb 22 [13:01] TR News It's a big club, and you ain't in it -George Carlin https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=cKUaqFzZLxU Much more recent than some of the rings his spoke of forming [13:01] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=cKUaqFzZLxU ) [13:05] TR News Microsoft Issues Statement on Potential Layoffs After Major Xbox Leadership Changes https://gamerant.com/xbox-layoffs-2026-microsoft-statement/ [13:05] TR Bot Microsoft Issues Statement on Potential Layoffs After Major Xbox Leadership Changes [13:27] TR News Techrights Microsoft "Layoffs Incoming" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Microsoft_Layoffs_Incoming.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Microsoft_Layoffs_Incoming.gmi [13:27] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft "Layoffs Incoming" [13:27] TR News Nov 5, 2005: Beacon Theater, New York City, New York https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/comedy/george-carlin-dumb-americans-transcript/ [13:27] TR Bot George Carlin: Dumb Americans (2006) - Full Transcript - Scraps from the loft [13:33] TR News How To Install Audacious on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-audacious-ubuntu-24-04/ [13:33] TR Bot How To Install Audacious on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [13:34] TR News How To Install Umami Analytics on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-umami-analytics-almalinux-10/ [13:34] TR Bot How To Install Umami Analytics on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [13:35] TR News How To Install 7-Zip on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-7-zip-debian-13/ [13:35] TR Bot How To Install 7-Zip on Debian 13 - idroot [13:35] TR News Several PC games run on Snapdragon 8 Elite Android device https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/youtuber-successfully-runs-several-pc-games-on-snapdragon-8-elite-android-device-with-16gb-ram-the-witcher-3-spider-man-miles-morales-and-cyberpunk-2077-playable-at-720p [13:35] TR Bot Several PC games run on Snapdragon 8 Elite Android device with 16GB RAM and emulation The Witcher 3, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Cyberpunk 2077 playable at 720p | Tom's Hardware [13:36] TR News Open Gamepad UI game launcher and overlay https://www.linuxlinks.com/open-gamepad-ui-game-launcher-overlay/ [13:36] TR Bot Gamepad UI - game launcher and overlay - LinuxLinks [13:36] TR News ls Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/ls/ [13:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/ls/ ) [13:38] TR News How To Install Nextcloud on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-nextcloud-fedora-43/ [13:38] TR Bot How To Install Nextcloud on Fedora 43 - idroot [13:38] TR News How To Install LibreCAD on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-librecad-linux-mint-22/ [13:38] TR Bot How To Install LibreCAD on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [13:39] TR News It's SPAM https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-seasoned-admins-bundle/ [13:39] TR Bot Serious About Learning Linux? 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re-incarnation of YARA https://www.linuxlinks.com/yara-x-re-incarnation-yara/ [13:56] TR Bot - re-incarnation of YARA - LinuxLinks [13:56] TR News cclip clipboard manager for Wayland https://www.linuxlinks.com/cclip-clipboard-manager-wayland/ [13:56] TR Bot - clipboard manager for Wayland - LinuxLinks [13:57] TR News Linux Saloon 188 | MX GNU/Linux 25.1 Distribution Exploration https://cubiclenate.com/2026/02/21/linux-saloon-188-mx-linux-25-1-distribution-exploration/ [13:57] TR Bot Exploring MX Linux 26: Insights and Community Updates [13:58] TR News Rip Rip Hooray! specialized audio CD-ripper https://www.linuxlinks.com/rip-rip-hooray-specialized-audio-cd-ripper/ [13:58] TR Bot Rip Hooray! - specialized audio CD-ripper - LinuxLinks [13:58] TR News GNU/Linux Grew a Lot in Nicaragua https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/21/GNU_Linux_Grew_a_Lot_in_Nicaragua.shtml [13:58] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Grew a Lot in Nicaragua [13:59] TR News BablerEdit desktop translation editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/bableredit-desktop-translation-editor/ [13:59] TR Bot - desktop translation editor - LinuxLinks [13:59] TR News 13 Best Free and Open Source GUI-Based Calendar Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-calendar-software/ [13:59] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source GUI-Based Calendar Software - LinuxLinks ● Feb 22 [14:11] TR News North Koreas ninth party congress bolsters repression of youth and information https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/north-koreas-ninth-party-congress-bolsters-repression-of-youth-and-information/ [14:11] TR Bot North Korea's ninth party congress bolsters repression of youth and information - JURIST - News [14:19] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [14:20] TR News [SoK 2026] Midterm update for 'Automating promo data collection' task https://blogs.kde.org/2026/02/18/sok-2026-midterm-update-for-automating-promo-data-collection-task/ [14:20] TR Bot [SoK 2026] Midterm update for 'Automating promo data collection' task - KDE Blogs [14:22] TR News Steam Deck shortage goes global Valve's handheld console now out of stock in Europe, Canada, the US, and Japan https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/steam-deck-shortage-goes-global-valves-handheld-console-now-out-of-stock-in-europe-canada-the-us-and-japan [14:22] TR Bot Steam Deck shortage goes global Valve's handheld console now out of stock in Europe, Canada, the US, and Japan | Tom's Hardware [14:23] TR News Mad scientist visualizes Atari 2600 fetching data from ROM for mesmerizing light show signal propagation through the 8-bit circuits animated https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/mad-scientist-visualizes-atari-2600-fetching-data-from-rom-for-mesmerizing-light-show-signal-propagation-through-the-circuits-animated [14:23] TR Bot Mad scientist visualizes Atari 2600 fetching data from ROM for mesmerizing light show signal propagation through the 8-bit circuits animated | Tom's Hardware [14:25] TR News Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits 3nd week of feb 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/02/21/misc-fedora-bits-3nd-week-of-feb-2026/ [14:25] TR Bot misc fedora bits 3nd week of feb 2026 | Kevin's musings [14:25] TR News New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Super Battle Golf, Demon Tides and Under the Island - 2026-02-21 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-02-21-edition/index.html [14:25] TR Bot New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Super Battle Golf, Demon Tides and Under the Island - 2026-02-21 Edition [14:26] TR News Track Zelda release anniversaries in your calendar https://evanhahn.com/zelda-anniversary-calendar/ [14:26] TR Bot Track Zelda release anniversaries in your calendar [14:28] TR News Lenovo alerts partners to looming price hikes on consumer and server products soaring memory costs drive the surge https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/lenovo-alerts-partners-to-looming-price-hikes-on-consumer-and-server-products-soaring-memory-costs-drive-the-surge [14:28] TR Bot Lenovo alerts partners to looming price hikes on consumer and server products soaring memory costs drive the surge | Tom's Hardware [14:30] TR News CNX pushing Windows again: "after running backdoored Windows updates." https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/21/chuwi-corebook-air-plus-16-review-part-2-an-amd-ryzen-5-6600h-powered-mid-range-laptop-tested-with-windows-11-pro/ [14:30] TR Bot CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 review - Part 2: An AMD Ryzen 5 6600H-powered, mid-range laptop tested with Windows 11 Pro - CNX Software [14:31] TR News New York Nurses Strike Ends After 6 Weeks as Last Holdouts Approve Deal https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/nyregion/nyc-nurses-strike-ends.html [14:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/nyregion/nyc-nurses-strike-ends.html ) [14:35] TR News Its Comically Easy to Trick Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Into Saying Things About People That Are Completely Untrue https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/easy-trick-chatgpt-spread-lies-people [14:35] TR Bot It's Comically Easy to Trick ChatGPT Into Saying Things About People That Are Completely Untrue [14:37] TR News Octave 11.1.0 Released with 11 New Functions & Better HiDPI Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/octave-11-1-0-released-with-11-new-functions-better-hidpi-support/ [14:37] TR Bot Octave 11.1.0 Released with 11 New Functions & Better HiDPI Support | UbuntuHandbook [14:38] TR News Amazons Blundering Hey Hi (AI) Caused Multiple proprietary trap AWS Outages https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-ai-aws-outages [14:38] TR Bot Amazon's Blundering AI Caused Multiple AWS Outages [14:39] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: qlcal 0.1.0 on CRAN: Easier Calendar Switching http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02/21#qlcal-r_0.1.0 [14:39] TR Bot ( status 404 @ 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for new talent [15:13] TR News Also has bugs, missing functionality etc. https://www.makeuseof.com/replaced-standard-linux-coreutils-with-rust-versions-surprisingly-faster/ [15:13] TR Bot I replaced my standard Linux coreutils with Rust versions and its surprisingly faster [15:14] TR News I switched to a tiling window manager and I'm never going back https://www.makeuseof.com/i-switched-to-a-tiling-window-manager-and-im-never-going-back/ [15:14] TR Bot I switched to a tiling window manager and I'm never going back [15:17] TR News (NEW): Games: Deck, Zelda, and Intel https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Games_Deck_Zelda_and_Intel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Games_Deck_Zelda_and_Intel.gmi [15:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Deck, Zelda, and Intel [15:19] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Consortium Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Consortium_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini 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Engine with Distrobox" [15:22] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/today_s_leftovers.gmi [15:22] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [15:25] TR News Techrights Links 22/02/2026: Hardware Price Hikes Across the Board, "Microsoft Issues Statement on Potential Layoffs" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Links_22_02_2026_Hardware_Price_Hikes_Across_the_Board_Microsof.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Links_22_02_2026_Hardware_Price_Hikes_Across_the_Board_Microsof.gmi [15:25] TR Bot Techrights Links 22/02/2026: Hardware Price Hikes Across the Board, "Microsoft Issues Statement on Potential Layoffs" [15:29] TR News "We don't always have scallions on hand, we generally don't keep stocked with pickled ginger or Japanese moutain yam, and I'm personally not a fan of bonito flakes - so those are the major changes. We also prefer more batter than Kenji calls for, and we pre-cook the bacon, let it cool a bit, and mix it into the pancake so that we can flip it more easily." gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/recipes/okonomiyaki.gmi [15:29] TR News Mamoru Hosoda gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~cage/archive/JP-scarlet-mamoru-hosoda-2025.gmi [15:30] TR News "I was worried that it'll take more time and I'll be under more pressure before the deadline, but things are kinda looking good at the moment (I am still worried sick that it will be tough). In light of this milestone, I decided to gather my thoughts and write something and also try to put things down for the future." gemini://sublime.jp.eu.org/gemlog/2026-02-20-midcrunch-crisis.gmi [15:43] TR News Techrights "XBox" Will Become Slop After Mass Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/XBox_Will_Become_Slop_After_Mass_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/XBox_Will_Become_Slop_After_Mass_Layoffs.gmi [15:43] TR Bot Techrights "XBox" Will Become Slop After Mass Layoffs ● Feb 22 [16:15] TR News "Almost the end of February and still no layoffs! Isnt that strange?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khcfn7v1 [16:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khcfn7v1 ) [16:16] TR News "All bets are off if you do not take the package within the prescribed acceptance date. Not accepting means no severance and a army of corporate lawyers descending and crushing you in years of drawn out litigation aimed to financially ruin you . Accept your fate and move on " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khpvk7zz [16:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khpvk7zz ) [16:16] TR News "All tech stocks are down a lot. MSFT lost $100+. They will all recover at some point including IBM. This cr-p about AI ki-ling software companies is just a joke." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kh72z96q [16:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kh72z96q ) [16:27] TR News Techrights Microsoft Windows Falls to Another New All-Time Low in Guatemala, It is a Bottomless Pit https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_Another_New_All_Time_Low_in_Guatemal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_Another_New_All_Time_Low_in_Guatemal.gmi [16:27] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Windows Falls to Another New All-Time Low in Guatemala, It is a Bottomless Pit [16:45] TR News Techrights EPO Strikes Are Already Working https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/EPO_Strikes_Are_Already_Working.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/EPO_Strikes_Are_Already_Working.gmi [16:45] TR Bot Techrights EPO Strikes Are Already Working [16:50] MinceR schestowitz[TR2]: thx ● Feb 22 [17:00] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cre09v8yglqo [17:00] TR Bot Premier League highlights: Man City 2-1 Newcastle United - BBC Sport [17:42] TR News Techrights The Broken Window Industry and Its Ongoing Desires to Make Technology Less Dependable https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Ongoing_Desires_to_Make_Technology_Less_Dependable.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Ongoing_Desires_to_Make_Technology_Less_Dependable.gmi [17:42] TR Bot Techrights The Broken Window Industry and Its Ongoing Desires to Make Technology Less Dependable [17:44] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer [17:47] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/25071435 [17:47] TR Bot ( status 308 @ http://ircz.de/d?from=%2Fp%2F25071435 ) [17:49] *HumanG331 has quit (Server closed connection) [17:49] *HumanG331 (~HumanG33k@82.66.65.160) has joined #techrights ● Feb 22 [18:12] TR News Techrights Sites Without JavaScript Deserve Your Visits https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Sites_Without_JavaScript_Deserve_Your_Visits.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Sites_Without_JavaScript_Deserve_Your_Visits.gmi [18:12] TR Bot Techrights Sites Without JavaScript Deserve Your Visits [18:21] TR News no, she is a bot https://kotaku.com/xbox-exclusives-halo-asha-sharma-microsoft-2000672587 microsoft uses a bot for PR now [18:21] TR Bot New Xbox Boss Says She Hears Fans Who Want Exclusives Back [18:32] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], One of the reasons I gave up and started using ChromeOS is it just doesn't depend on PC crap and the "new" Linux stack, the bits that are unreliable. [18:32] IsambardPrince Like UEFI or systemd. [18:33] MinceR i'm thinking of ordering an Apollo A6000 [18:33] IsambardPrince I don't have those awful "PC problems" with this thing. The firmware doesn't cause problems, and unlike the PC if the firmware needs updated, Google just does it. [18:33] IsambardPrince Linux Vendor Firmware Service depends on your OEM, and most don't push UEFI updates to consumer hardware. [18:34] IsambardPrince It might hit you with a "Secure Boot" update from Microsoft that revokes your ability to boot things they don't want you to have. [18:34] IsambardPrince I recommend setting up a Linux distribution without an internet connection and removing LVFS before you proceed. [18:34] IsambardPrince It's a backdoor for Microsoft. [18:34] schestowitz[TR2] not just MSFT [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] but also MSFT [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] and runs as root [18:35] TR News Techrights New XBox CEO Typecast in Social Control Media https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/New_XBox_CEO_Typecast_in_Social_Control_Media.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/New_XBox_CEO_Typecast_in_Social_Control_Media.gmi [18:35] TR Bot Techrights New XBox CEO Typecast in Social Control Media [18:39] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yes, LVFS is very bad. [18:39] IsambardPrince You can remove the repositories and then uninstall the program itself. [18:39] schestowitz[TR2] the firmware has holes [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] but the companies that make the updates [18:40] IsambardPrince Nothing "stops working" if you do that. [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] do not strive for user control [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] not the chinese ones [18:40] IsambardPrince But if you leave it there, it will sneak in blobs from Microsoft that could brick something. [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] and not thew american ones, either [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] rms just says, [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] avoid those firmwares [sic] [18:40] IsambardPrince It also does it without alerting or asking you. [18:40] IsambardPrince So it is definitely a backdoor. [18:40] schestowitz[TR2] do a blog post [18:41] IsambardPrince LVFS is malware. [18:41] schestowitz[TR2] maybe reuse thw words above [18:41] schestowitz[TR2] you wrote about it before [18:41] IsambardPrince I think I did. [18:41] schestowitz[TR2] but maybe there is some new info in 2026 [18:41] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/o/2023/09/18/downsides-of-lvfs/index.shtml [18:41] TR Bot IBM's LVFS (Linux Vendor Firmware Service) is a Malicious Remote Backdoor and You Should Turn It Off Now [18:41] schestowitz[TR2] that was days before changing hosts [18:41] schestowitz[TR2] when googleboy was bullying the host [18:41] schestowitz[TR2] alongside the ontario criminal [18:42] schestowitz[TR2] I have the emails both of them sent [18:42] schestowitz[TR2] they are thugs [18:42] schestowitz[TR2] birds of a feather [18:42] schestowitz[TR2] we will cover this one day [18:42] schestowitz[TR2] i am busy writing about EPO these days [18:42] schestowitz[TR2] and gulagboy panics [18:43] schestowitz[TR2] so he threatens to put my family in prison: http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/11/Matthew_J_Garrett_Has_Just_Sent_a_Threat_to_Put_My_Wife_and_I_i.shtml [18:43] TR Bot Techrights Matthew J. Garrett Has Just Sent a Threat to Put My Wife and I in Prison Because His Own Spouse Says He's a Rapist [18:43] schestowitz[TR2] (yes,abuse of process) [18:43] schestowitz[TR2] (i.e. the usual) [18:44] TR News Old but relevant https://hounslowherald.com/cabinet-member-steps-down-after-law-firm-closed-p28598-95.htm [18:44] TR Bot Cabinet member steps down after law firm closed [18:45] TR News Hired guns https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/21/New_Article_Challenges_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_for_.shtml [18:45] TR Bot Techrights New Article Challenges Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for Choosing the Wrong SLAPP Cases to Investigate [18:53] TR News (NEW): Projects as Gifts to Tux Machines' Community https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Projects_as_Gifts_to_Tux_Machines_Community.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Projects_as_Gifts_to_Tux_Machines_Community.gmi [18:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Projects as Gifts to Tux Machines' Community [18:59] MinceR (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/february-16-fqsodMv [18:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/february-16-fqsodMv ) ● Feb 22 [19:04] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I mentioned somewhere. [19:04] IsambardPrince "You go out and work and make say, $1,000. The IRS and State run off with what, $250-300? You find a way to save $1,000, they don't get anything. Saving money is tax free income." [19:11] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) [19:12] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [19:14] TR News Techrights Freedom Means Accepting He or She Who is Different https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Freedom_Means_Accepting_He_or_She_Who_is_Different.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Freedom_Means_Accepting_He_or_She_Who_is_Different.gmi [19:14] TR Bot Techrights Freedom Means Accepting He or She Who is Different [19:14] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f4np6CfPoc [19:14] TR Bot https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4f4np6CfPoc [19:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4f4np6CfPoc ) [19:15] IsambardPrince MinceR, "Wait for what? Another two seconds of life because you're too weak to see it end?" [19:15] IsambardPrince No, wait for her to shoot you! [19:15] IsambardPrince :D [19:16] MinceR :) [19:16] *ewig has quit (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) [19:18] TR News "The wood pecker knocking on my house got me out of bed." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/wormSix [19:19] TR News worm seventh day gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/wormSeven [19:20] IsambardPrince A wood pecker. It's what a pirate gets after he's already lost both arms and both legs. [19:20] IsambardPrince Right? [19:20] MinceR :> [19:20] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [19:20] IsambardPrince MinceR, I found an article yesterday. [19:21] IsambardPrince It said that Maine alone spend tens of millions of dollars on Apple computers "for education". [19:21] IsambardPrince And it started a wave of this across the country. [19:21] MinceR lol [19:21] IsambardPrince And now GenZ is the first American generation with lower cognitive abilities on standardized testing than their parents. [19:21] MinceR lol [19:22] MinceR and some of them probably voted to turn the usa into a dictatorship [19:22] IsambardPrince I guess that optical scanners, and cards you fill out with #2 pencils were too expensive. [19:22] MinceR lol [19:22] IsambardPrince They needed a $3000 laptop for every kid instead that you have to replace all the time. [19:22] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 22/02/2026: Okonomiyaki and Midcrunch Crisis https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Gemini_Links_22_02_2026_Okonomiyaki_and_Midcrunch_Crisis.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Gemini_Links_22_02_2026_Okonomiyaki_and_Midcrunch_Crisis.gmi [19:22] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 22/02/2026: Okonomiyaki and Midcrunch Crisis [19:23] IsambardPrince MinceR, We did have Apple computers in my class, but they were very old and we only had one per classroom. [19:23] IsambardPrince They were incredibly obsolete by the 90s because they were Apple IIs. [19:23] IsambardPrince The teacher taught us Integer BASIC though. [19:24] IsambardPrince It was clever, especially within the constraints of a small computer from the late 1970s. [19:24] IsambardPrince But Steve Wozniak was one of the few smart people at Apple and he got out of there before they had much mainstream success. [19:25] IsambardPrince They nearly went bankrupt by the 1990s and it was because their operating system was flaky and underperforming even by the standards of a PC with Windows 95. [19:25] IsambardPrince I developed an intense dislike for Mac OS in the 1990s. [19:26] IsambardPrince Because the operating system would hard freeze to the point where you had to go pull the power cord out of the wall to get it to shut down. [19:26] MinceR :> [19:26] IsambardPrince It was even worse than the Windows Blue Screen of Death because it would just totally freeze and lose everything and there was no key combo that rebooted the computer because the OS had completely deadlocked. [19:26] IsambardPrince Couldn't even show you an error screen. [19:27] MinceR seems like the first "computer" they "designed" specifically for stupid people was the lisa [19:27] IsambardPrince They have a history of designing trash for the Lowest Common Denominator. [19:27] IsambardPrince I hate it when people hand me an iPhone. [19:27] IsambardPrince And I have no idea how to make it get out of the current app and go back to the home screen. [19:28] IsambardPrince I've never seen this sort of backwards unintelligent GUI before. [19:28] IsambardPrince Even the Mac isn't that bad. [19:28] MinceR i thought it was supposed to be "intuitive" [19:28] IsambardPrince Where you can't even tap a home or back button? [19:28] MinceR even crapOS has utterly horrible usability [19:28] IsambardPrince Android copied this retarded shit from Apple, but you can put the three buttons back. [19:28] IsambardPrince That's the first thing I do because otherwise how do you even navigate through the phone quickly? [19:28] MinceR i always enable the buttons [19:29] IsambardPrince Yeah, I remember my first Android phone that didn't have the buttons. [19:29] IsambardPrince I thought I'd have to return the phone but then I realized you could turn them back on. [19:29] IsambardPrince Why can I program a computer and not figure out how to use an iPhone? [19:31] *themusicfactory (~themusicfactory@mzk6egr2yer56.irc) has joined #techrights [19:31] IsambardPrince I presume that with enough time and sticking enough crayons up my nose, I might figure out how to reach the home menu on an iPhone. [19:31] MinceR lol [19:32] IsambardPrince Mom loves her iPhone, she also voted for the Health Secretary that publicly admitted to snorting cocaine off of public toilets. [19:33] IsambardPrince SNORT SNORT VERY HEALTHY COCAINE SNORT SNORT MAKE SURE YOU ONLY EAT TALLOW FAT THESE FRIES ARE AMAZING! DON'T GET YOUR HEPATITIS VACCINE BEFORE SNORTING COKE OFF A TOILET!!! -Mom's Health Secretary [19:34] IsambardPrince Gee, I wonder why every vaccine preventable illness is up including the flu. [19:34] IsambardPrince It's almost like Idiocracy finally happened and all people are capable of is masturbation and watching NASCAR. [19:34] MinceR idiocracy was an optimistic treatment of the issue [19:35] MinceR they assumed that the dumb fuck president would recognize that someone is smart and would make use of their mind [19:35] IsambardPrince Yes, because as stupid as they became, they were still smart enough to know that when you found the smartest guy, you made him the president. [19:35] IsambardPrince MinceR, Camacho wasn't smart, but he did realize that people were blaming him for everything and he would lose power. [19:36] MinceR while in our world, people aren't blaming pedolf for what he did and he wouldn't lose power [19:38] IsambardPrince You don't have to be smart to have guile. Even my mom realizes that when she might be in trouble for something, she can weasel her way out of it. [19:38] TR News (NEW): Everything Down to the Basics https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Everything_Down_to_the_Basics.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Everything_Down_to_the_Basics.gmi [19:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Everything Down to the Basics [19:38] schestowitz[TR2] hi, themusicfactory [19:38] IsambardPrince Don't want to pay your taxes and suffer the consequences of signing loans with two ex husbands that bled you dry? File bankruptcy! [19:38] MinceR yeah, there are plenty of successful idiots with ASPD [19:38] MinceR often also with NPD [19:39] MinceR and in pedolf's case, also ADHD [19:40] IsambardPrince She thinks she was smart for filing bankruptcy. [19:40] IsambardPrince If she was smart she would have lived a life that didn't lead to filing bankruptcy and renting an apartment in retirement. [19:41] IsambardPrince I never said that I was smart for filing bankruptcy. [19:41] IsambardPrince I did enjoy part of the outcome though. [19:41] IsambardPrince A lot of my debts landed on John and he had to resort to credit card spending to make up for me moving out. [19:41] IsambardPrince And he said his credit score dropped lower than mine did. [19:42] IsambardPrince And he's still stuck with that credit score for 7 years even though he didn't file, and he had to pay all of the debt too. [19:42] IsambardPrince You screw around with the bull, you get the horns pal! [19:44] TR News Techrights Don't Use the Future Tense to Discuss the Slop Bubble https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Don_t_Use_the_Future_Tense_to_Discuss_the_Slop_Bubble.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Don_t_Use_the_Future_Tense_to_Discuss_the_Slop_Bubble.gmi [19:44] TR Bot Techrights Don't Use the Future Tense to Discuss the Slop Bubble [19:46] MinceR why, has it burst already? [19:57] TR News Techrights 8,000 Pages/Articles Per Year https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/8_000_Pages_Articles_Per_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/8_000_Pages_Articles_Per_Year.gmi [19:57] TR Bot Techrights 8,000 Pages/Articles Per Year ● Feb 22 [20:09] TR News Techrights Google "Intelligence": Despite Slam-Dunk or "Smoking Gun" Proof, Drug Abuse in EPO Leadership is "Unverified Allegations" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Google_Intelligence_Despite_Slam_Dunk_or_Smoking_Gun_Proof_Drug.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/Google_Intelligence_Despite_Slam_Dunk_or_Smoking_Gun_Proof_Drug.gmi [20:09] TR Bot Techrights Google "Intelligence": Despite Slam-Dunk or "Smoking Gun" Proof, Drug Abuse in EPO Leadership is "Unverified Allegations" [20:14] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: not overnight [20:14] schestowitz[TR2] it heads downwards [20:14] schestowitz[TR2] also, the public opinion shifted [20:21] TR News (NEW): Working With Plants https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Working_With_Plants.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Working_With_Plants.gmi [20:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Working With Plants [20:30] TR News (NEW): Not Tolerating Intolerance https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Not_Tolerating_Intolerance.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Not_Tolerating_Intolerance.gmi [20:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Not Tolerating Intolerance [20:35] admfubar someone is getting a snootful https://www.wired.com/story/meet-scotlands-whisky-sniffing-robot-dog/ [20:35] TR Bot Scotlands Whisky-Sniffing Robot Dog | WIRED [20:44] TR News Techrights More and More Projects Quit Microsoft GitHub This Year, XBox Will See the Same https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/More_and_More_Projects_Quit_Microsoft_GitHub_This_Year_XBox_Wil.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/More_and_More_Projects_Quit_Microsoft_GitHub_This_Year_XBox_Wil.gmi [20:44] TR Bot Techrights More and More Projects Quit Microsoft GitHub This Year, XBox Will See the Same [20:50] TR News Scripted nonsense over the weekend while XBox crashes and burns https://gamerant.com/xbox-president-sarah-bond-leaving-statement/ [20:50] TR Bot Outgoing Xbox President Sarah Bond Issues Statement Following Departure News [20:59] TR News Techrights IBM Layoff Definitely Still Happening https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/IBM_Layoff_Definitely_Still_Happening.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/22/IBM_Layoff_Definitely_Still_Happening.gmi [20:59] TR Bot Techrights IBM Layoff Definitely Still Happening ● Feb 22 [21:07] *themusicfactory has quit (Quit: Leaving) [21:12] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-surveillance-flock-contracts [21:12] TR Bot Cities Are Shredding Their AI Surveillance Contracts en Masse [21:13] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/woman-apologizes-ai-burning-house [21:13] TR Bot Woman Uses AI to Apologize for Burning Down House, Biting Cop and Declaring She Had AIDS [21:22] admfubar look sir, droids!... https://hackaday.com/2026/02/22/what-about-the-droid-attack-on-the-repos/ [21:22] TR Bot About The Droid Attack On The Repos? | Hackaday [21:25] admfubar https://www.informationweek.com/cybersecurity/negotiating-with-hackers-the-ai-in-ransomware-response [21:25] TR Bot Negotiating with hackers: The AI in ransomware response [21:47] IsambardPrince I just looked and it seems T-Mobile has gotten even worse somehow since I left. [21:47] IsambardPrince In addition to my math showing how much more they'd cost me than Mint ($540 a year), they also added a $35 "device connection charge" that applies every time you upgrade your phone. [21:47] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [21:47] IsambardPrince They have to be this greedy I guess. [21:47] IsambardPrince $35 to "connect a device". [21:48] MinceR lol [21:48] IsambardPrince $199 to "hold the baby" on a $60,000 hospital bill. [21:48] IsambardPrince Well, the Trump FTC got rid of Biden's ban on junk fees. [21:48] IsambardPrince So enjoy paying a $35 junk fee to upgrade your phone I guess. [21:48] MinceR $35 for being a client of deutsche telekom for no good reason [21:49] MinceR the nazi collaborant telecom company [21:49] MinceR (as opposed to yettel and one, which are straight up owned by the pedonazis) [21:50] IsambardPrince It doesn't cost them anything to move your eSIM to a new phone. [21:50] IsambardPrince The SIM is built into the phone now. [21:50] IsambardPrince So they don't even have to pay 50 cents for a SIM card. [21:50] IsambardPrince MinceR, When they merged with Sprint, my phone stopped working as they shut down the Sprint Network. [21:51] MinceR at least a real SIM you could just take out and put it in the new phone [21:51] IsambardPrince They said come in for a "T-Mobile Network Experience SIM Card" that would fix that. [21:51] IsambardPrince And it actually caused it to get worse again. [21:51] MinceR i bet the suit-encrusted control freaks hated that [21:51] MinceR well, yeah, that's the deutsche telekom experience [21:51] IsambardPrince The phones didn't support all of the bands that T-Mobile used, so the phone itself was the issue. [21:51] IsambardPrince They shut down all the towers it was designed to work with. [21:52] IsambardPrince And instantly created millions of brand new phones that were e-waste the minute they hit the shelf. [21:52] IsambardPrince MinceR, Eventually they said come in and we'll replace your phone with one that's designed for our network, for free. [21:52] IsambardPrince So I did that, and left. [21:52] MinceR :> [21:52] IsambardPrince By that point they gave me 60 days to come in and prove I was over 55. [21:53] IsambardPrince So since I couldn't do that, I took two free phones and ported them out to Mint. [21:54] IsambardPrince MinceR, Sprint had a weird setup where the phones were CDMA for voice and 4G LTE for data. [21:54] IsambardPrince You couldn't use data while you were on the phone, until they supported Voice over LTE.. [21:54] IsambardPrince And even then, if you ended up somewhere where the phone fell back to 3G, that happened again. [21:54] MinceR :> [21:54] MinceR yeah, VoLTE arrived late here too [21:55] IsambardPrince MinceR, The only reason to have Sprint was they were much cheaper. [21:56] IsambardPrince So you put up with some quirks to save some money. [21:56] IsambardPrince Instead of investing in the Sprint network, they made a bunch of bungled mergers that involved taking on other failing companies' debts. [21:57] IsambardPrince Eventually Sprint nearly went bankrupt, and that was how I ended up on T-Mobile, it was a hostile takeover. [21:58] IsambardPrince MinceR, T-Mobile was willing to take on Sprint's debts because they shut down the network and fired almost everyone. [21:58] MinceR :> [21:58] IsambardPrince What they got was more spectrum and all of Sprint's customers, so they could double the price of service. [21:59] IsambardPrince The real value in mobile phone service now is in the MVNOs. [21:59] IsambardPrince They just play the three actual carriers that are left against each other. [21:59] MinceR :> [21:59] IsambardPrince And lease time on their networks. [21:59] IsambardPrince So the three carriers all started their own MVNOs. [21:59] IsambardPrince And they lease time from themselves and undercut themselves. ● Feb 22 [22:00] MinceR lol [22:00] IsambardPrince I'm on Mint Mobile now, which is also T-Mobile, but for some reason it costs less than 40% what a similar T-Mobile plan does. [22:00] IsambardPrince And it's the same network at the same speed. [22:00] MinceR lol [22:00] IsambardPrince MinceR, I know how we'll profit! [22:00] IsambardPrince First we eat Sprint. [22:01] IsambardPrince Then we double the bill and give them horrific service. [22:01] IsambardPrince Then we start our own MVNO and compete with ourselves! [22:01] IsambardPrince And then the smart ones will go "Fuck these people, why am I paying this?" [22:01] IsambardPrince But the other 90% will stay and buy data plans for tablets. [22:03] IsambardPrince MinceR, Then you can stay, leave, or switch to their sub-brand, and they don't actually care. [22:04] IsambardPrince MinceR, BASIC is not entirely obsolete, you still can program in it and it even has GTK bindings. [22:05] IsambardPrince I haven't found anything that actually uses such though. [22:05] MinceR i don't want to use BASIC nor GTK [22:05] IsambardPrince Perhaps someone can tell me. [22:05] IsambardPrince MinceR, It would be more interesting if it had Qt or FLTK bindings. [22:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [22:05] MinceR and if it wasnt BASIC [22:05] MinceR s/nt/n't/ [22:05] IsambardPrince MinceR, GTK4 is so bad that even Mozilla said they can't port the GTK bindings to it. [22:06] IsambardPrince So I have no idea what their plan is for when GTK3 no longer even has minor updates anymore. [22:06] IsambardPrince Fork it? Switch to Qt? [22:06] IsambardPrince Maybe Firefox won't exist anymore and they'll have Mozilla.ai [22:06] IsambardPrince It's already close to that point anyway. [22:07] IsambardPrince MinceR, The Mexicans upstairs were blasting their stereo. [22:07] IsambardPrince So I turned mine on full blast and put in Chinese Democracy by GNR. [22:10] IsambardPrince No particular reason. It's just what I grabbed. [22:10] IsambardPrince You know, the IRS is doing immigration enforcement now. [22:10] IsambardPrince Trump pretty much shut down the criminal investigation division, so people who cheat on their taxes probably won't be prosecuted. [22:11] IsambardPrince MinceR, Orkin sprays to make sure the neighbor's cockroaches die when they come into my apartment. [22:11] IsambardPrince They randomly schedule appointments and it says in my service agreement that if I'm not home they'll put down that they sprayed outside and charge me anyway. [22:12] IsambardPrince I get on there and reschedule for the days that I will be here. [22:12] IsambardPrince I told the guy "You come out when I'm not here and spray outside and bill me, I'll schedule a free touch up and you'll come out here again." [22:12] IsambardPrince I'm not going to pay them for not coming and treating inside. [22:13] IsambardPrince This time I was pissed at them because my sticky traps caught three cockroaches. [22:13] IsambardPrince I demanded that they come out and spray insect growth regulator. [22:13] IsambardPrince So they did. [22:13] IsambardPrince Those stop the baby roaches from maturing. Instead, they just die without reproducing. [22:14] IsambardPrince It tells me that the bait stations and the various sprays like Suspend will get most of them, but that stragglers survive and there's still an occasional roach. [22:14] IsambardPrince If I'm catching three across the entire house in 4 months, it's likely not an infestation, but you don't want to see even one. Ever. [22:16] IsambardPrince The exterminator told me that if the guy next door moves out, hurry up and schedule him to come out for a free touch up and he'll get the adjoining walls really good. [22:16] IsambardPrince Because "once they're not finding food over in his place, they'll fan out". [22:30] TR News (NEW): Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.0 Release Candidate https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_7_0_Release_Candida.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/22/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_7_0_Release_Candida.gmi [22:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.0 Release Candidate [22:41] admfubar it slices!!, it dices!!! it juliennes!! you can make mounds of cole slaw! https://www.neowin.net/news/notepad-is-getting-image-support-for-some-reason/ [22:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/notepad-is-getting-image-support-for-some-reason/ ) [22:42] IsambardPrince MinceR, Shell is doing some NASCAR tie-in. [22:42] IsambardPrince I don't watch races, but the promotion at Shell is 22 cents a gallon off every Sunday that stacks on your other discounts. [22:44] MinceR 22 234148 < admfubar> it slices!!, it dices!!! it juliennes!! you can make mounds of cole slaw! https://www.neowin.net/news/notepad-is-getting-image-support-for-some-reason/ [22:44] MinceR old school microslop approach [22:44] MinceR doesn't matter if it's useless for text editing, just bury it under a mountain of features nobody will use [22:45] MinceR in the new school microslop approach, the features are security features that you won't interact with (and that won't make you secure) [22:45] MinceR oh, and a new skin on the GUI every year that's sold as some massive upgrade [22:51] *aurora78 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:59] admfubar by way of ron propeil ● Feb 22 [23:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [23:05] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/17/no-piecework/ [23:05] TR Bot Pluralistic: Whats a gig work minimum wage (17 Feb 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [23:06] MinceR 1024 meg work minimum wages [23:10] IsambardPrince MinceR, I stomp down the stairs and slam the door at night. [23:10] *aurora78 (~aurora78@zjqc8vv3v6vis.irc) has joined #techrights [23:10] IsambardPrince The neighbor that smokes weed and makes my living room stink and blasts his stereo through my wall complained that I was coming in too loudly at night and waking him up. [23:10] IsambardPrince So now I make sure that happens. [23:11] MinceR :> [23:11] IsambardPrince He's so nasty the cockroaches are probably complaining. [23:22] IsambardPrince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_BASIC [23:22] TR Bot Integer BASIC - Wikipedia [23:22] IsambardPrince "The only numeric data type was the integer; floating-point numbers were not supported. Using integers allowed numbers to be stored in a compact 16-bit format that could be more rapidly read and processed than the 32- or 40-bit floating-point formats found in most BASICs of the era. This made it so fast that Bill Gates complained when it outperformed Microsoft BASIC in benchmarks. However, this also limited its applicability as a [23:22] IsambardPrince general-purpose language.[a]" [23:23] IsambardPrince LOL [23:44] *aurora78 has quit (Quit: leaving) [23:48] IsambardPrince MinceR, Integer Basic was over twice as fast in most cases vs. Microsoft's on the 1 Mhz 6502. [23:49] IsambardPrince Microsoft's wasn't written to avoid unnecessary memory reads and writes and had other problems. [23:49] IsambardPrince But eventually Apple licensed it anyway. [23:53] IsambardPrince MinceR, So apparently a person who used to live here that had 8 W2 forms come here somehow (fraud of some kind) also slammed into someone without car insurance. [23:53] IsambardPrince And the other driver's insurance is sending her letters certified mail and won't stop even though I call them and say she doesn't live here.