●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, August 22, 2025 ●● ● Aug 22 [00:07] TR News What's with this wonky Android up/down trend? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/nicaragua/#monthly-200902-202508 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/honduras/#monthly-200902-202508 [00:07] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Nicaragua | Statcounter Global Stats [00:07] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Honduras | Statcounter Global Stats [00:18] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [00:33] TR News Techrights Windows Down to New Lows in Guinea Bissau and Many Countries Around It https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Windows_Down_to_New_Lows_in_Guinea_Bissau_and_Many_Countries_Ar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Windows_Down_to_New_Lows_in_Guinea_Bissau_and_Many_Countries_Ar.gmi [00:33] TR Bot Techrights Windows Down to New Lows in Guinea Bissau and Many Countries Around It [00:45] MinceR (cat) https://ircz.de/p/2507166 [00:45] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [00:51] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights [00:58] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) ● Aug 22 [01:07] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [01:07] TR News Techrights The Culture of Overnight Coding https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/The_Culture_of_Overnight_Coding.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/The_Culture_of_Overnight_Coding.gmi [01:07] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [01:07] TR Bot Techrights The Culture of Overnight Coding [01:19] TR News Bro, ban me at the IP level if you don't like me! gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/21.1 [01:32] TR News Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI), Which Became a Propaganda Front of Microsoft and "Hey Hi" (Hype, Misnomer), Wants You to Forget These Scandals https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Which_Became_a_Propaganda_Front_of_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Which_Became_a_Propaganda_Front_of_M.gmi [01:32] TR Bot Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI), Which Became a Propaganda Front of Microsoft and "Hey Hi" (Hype, Misnomer), Wants You to Forget These Scandals [01:35] *jelly has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [01:50] *jelly (jelly@00012145.user.oftc.net) has joined #techrights ● Aug 22 [02:08] TR News Techrights Airlines and Their Tricks That Only Work in the 'Digital Age' https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Airlines_and_Their_Tricks_That_Only_Work_in_the_Digital_Age.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Airlines_and_Their_Tricks_That_Only_Work_in_the_Digital_Age.gmi [02:08] TR Bot Techrights Airlines and Their Tricks That Only Work in the 'Digital Age' [02:31] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techrights [02:38] TR News Techrights Latest Is Not Greatest: The Case of "Foldable" Tech https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Latest_Is_Not_Greatest_The_Case_of_Foldable_Tech.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Latest_Is_Not_Greatest_The_Case_of_Foldable_Tech.gmi [02:38] TR Bot Techrights Latest Is Not Greatest: The Case of "Foldable" Tech [02:40] *itech (~itech@5y676fuwikcqy.irc) has joined #techrights [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[03:32] schestowitz[TR2] * [Harambe] (~Harambe@freenode/service/Harambe): Gorilla Service [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] * [Harambe] *.freenode.net :freenode [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] * [Harambe] is a server operator [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] * [Harambe] is logged in as Harambe [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] many times yesterday [03:33] schestowitz[TR2] not the first time [03:33] schestowitz[TR2] freenode is dodgy [03:33] schestowitz[TR2] see https://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-210825.html [03:33] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, August 21, 2025 [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2024/01/22/Freenode_3_Years_After_the_IRC_Network_s_Collapse.shtml [03:34] TR Bot Techrights Freenode 3 Years After the IRC Network's Collapse [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] "" [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz not just yesterday [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz is that harambe? [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz there was a g-line after that, but another user [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz * Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz * Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz * Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz * sbp has quit (G-lined) [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz netsplit the following day [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz 5:19 UTC [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR yes, harambe [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:35] schestowitz[TR2] also in https://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-160825.html [03:35] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, August 16, 2025 [03:35] schestowitz[TR2] https://plugwash.raspbian.org/logs/index.php?date=2025-06-18 [03:35] TR Bot IRC Log for #raspbian on irc.freenode.net, collected by RaspbianLogBot [03:38] MinceR yeah, leenode has dodgy opers [03:38] MinceR one of them is running that craptastic bot [03:39] MinceR i'm considering leaving leenode [03:42] admfubar https://www.darkreading.com/iot/ev-smart-charging-cyber-risks [03:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/iot/ev-smart-charging-cyber-risks ) ● Aug 22 [04:08] *includeals_ (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights [04:09] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) [04:09] *includeals_ is now known as includeals [04:18] TR News Never recovered from Microsoft https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/bungie-ceo-pete-parsons-retiring [04:18] TR Bot Bungie CEO Pete Parsons is leaving the company | Windows Central [04:19] TR News "Microsoft has confirmed that it is investigating reports of data corruption and SSD failure after installing the cumulative update KB5063878 for Windows 11 version 24H2." https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/133971/microsoft-investigates-issues-with-ssds-after-windows-11-update/ [04:19] TR Bot Microsoft investigates issues with SSDs after Windows 11 update - Techzine Global [04:20] TR News Cisco Layoffs To Total More Than 200 In Bay Area https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2025/cisco-layoffs-total-more-than-200-in-bay-area-cut [04:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2025/cisco-layoffs-total-more-than-200-in-bay-area-cut ) [04:22] TR News Who care what he says? https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/jim-cramer-says-intel-needs-the-money-1594027/ [04:22] TR Bot Jim Cramer Says Intel Needs the Money - Insider Monkey [04:35] TR News Techrights End of the Smartphone Era? No. https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/End_of_the_Smartphone_Era_No.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/End_of_the_Smartphone_Era_No.gmi [04:35] TR Bot Techrights End of the Smartphone Era? No. [04:40] TR News The Register UK is now running EFF as "author". Strange. https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/the_uk_online_safety_act/?td=rt-3a [04:40] TR Bot EFF: UK Online Safety Act is about censorship, not safety The Register [04:41] TR News EFF is US, not UK or EU. EFF fronts for GAFAM and TikTok (China). [04:41] TR News "Paige Collings is a Senior Speech and Privacy Activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit digital civil liberties group based in San Francisco." [04:42] TR News "Paige is a board member of the European Digital Rights (EDRi) network." https://www.eff.org/about/staff/paige-collings [04:42] TR Bot Paige Collings | Electronic Frontier Foundation [04:44] TR News (NEW): Microsoft Breaking Things (as Usual) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Microsoft_Breaking_Things_as_Usual.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Microsoft_Breaking_Things_as_Usual.gmi [04:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsoft Breaking Things (as Usual) ● Aug 22 [05:00] *oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.) [05:02] TR News Techrights The Register MS Now Openly Admits LLM Hype Does Damage, But It's Also Being Paid to Participate in the LLM Hype (With Paid 'Articles' and 'Webcasts' for Paying Advertisers) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/The_Register_MS_Now_Openly_Admits_LLM_Hype_Does_Damage_But_It_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/The_Register_MS_Now_Openly_Admits_LLM_Hype_Does_Damage_But_It_s.gmi [05:02] TR Bot Techrights The Register MS Now Openly Admits LLM Hype Does Damage, But It's Also Being Paid to Participate in the LLM Hype (With Paid 'Articles' and 'Webcasts' for Paying Advertisers) [05:12] *itech has quit (connection closed) [05:12] *itech (~itech@enapcbbwqfn6y.irc) has joined #techrights [05:24] TR News Techrights The Only Thing Worse Than Misinformation is Misinformation Sold to Everyone as "Intelligence" https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/The_Only_Thing_Worse_Than_Misinformation_is_Misinformation_Sold.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/The_Only_Thing_Worse_Than_Misinformation_is_Misinformation_Sold.gmi [05:24] TR Bot Techrights The Only Thing Worse Than Misinformation is Misinformation Sold to Everyone as "Intelligence" [05:35] TR News Techrights Freenode Sniffing https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Freenode_Sniffing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Freenode_Sniffing.gmi [05:35] TR Bot Techrights Freenode Sniffing [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: ^ [05:44] TR News Sharp decline for Windows https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/uruguay/#monthly-200902-202508 [05:44] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Uruguay | Statcounter Global Stats ● Aug 22 [06:17] TR News China cut itself off from the global internet for an hour on Wednesday https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/china_port_443_block_outage/ Also: The Register MS Takes Money From Companies Banned by the Biden and Trump Administrations (National Security Risk) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/The_Register_MS_Takes_Money_From_Companies_Banned_by_the_Biden_.shtml [06:17] TR Bot China cut itself off from the global internet on Wednesday The Register [06:17] TR Bot Techrights The Register MS Takes Money From Companies Banned by the Biden and Trump Administrations (National Security Risk) [06:46] TR News Techrights This Saturday It's Gonna be 3.5 Years Since Russia Invaded Ukraine. No Microsoft Protests Against Microsoft Having Provided Russia With Services. https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/This_Saturday_It_s_Gonna_be_3_5_Years_Since_Russia_Invaded_Ukra.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/This_Saturday_It_s_Gonna_be_3_5_Years_Since_Russia_Invaded_Ukra.gmi [06:46] TR Bot Techrights This Saturday It's Gonna be 3.5 Years Since Russia Invaded Ukraine. No Microsoft Protests Against Microsoft Having Provided Russia With Services. ● Aug 22 [07:12] TR News Techrights The "End Software Patents" Initiative of the FSF Explains "WHY [to] ABOLISH SOFTWARE PATENTS" https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/The_End_Software_Patents_Initiative_of_the_FSF_Explains_WHY_to_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/The_End_Software_Patents_Initiative_of_the_FSF_Explains_WHY_to_.gmi [07:12] TR Bot Techrights The "End Software Patents" Initiative of the FSF Explains "WHY [to] ABOLISH SOFTWARE PATENTS" [07:42] TR News "It has been 7 years since Valve revealed Proton, their compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux systems. What an incredible time it has been." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/7-years-later-valves-proton-has-been-an-incredible-game-changer-for-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:42] TR Bot years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux | GamingOnLinux [07:42] TR News "We are again seeing leaks of a potential future console from Valve, which is exciting considering how well the Steam Deck has done." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/leaks-again-hint-at-valve-doing-a-proper-steam-machine-console/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:42] TR Bot again hint at Valve doing a proper Steam Machine Console | GamingOnLinux [07:42] TR News "Mesa 25.2.1 was released on August 20th bringing some essential bug fixes for the current latest feature release of open source Linux graphics drivers." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/mesa-25-2-1-released-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:42] TR Bot 25.2.1 released for open source Linux graphics drivers | GamingOnLinux [07:43] TR News "Sci-fi fans are eating good lately. Surviving Mars: Relaunched was announced by Paradox Interactive with Haemimont Games back for it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/paradox-announced-the-updated-expanded-and-remastered-surviving-mars-relaunched/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:43] TR Bot announced the updated, expanded, and remastered Surviving Mars: Relaunched | GamingOnLinux [07:45] TR News "Chat Control 2 ett frslag med buggar" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/08/20/chat-control-2-ett-forslag-med-buggar/ [07:45] TR Bot Chat Control 2 ett frslag med buggar [07:45] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@e8qhydcnhpbrq.irc) has joined #techrights [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] done? [07:45] TR News "Mozilla Warns Germany Could Declare Ad Blockers Illegal" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/08/20/1736217 [07:45] IsambardPrince Very nearly. [07:45] TR Bot Mozilla Warns Germany Could Declare Ad Blockers Illegal - SoylentNews [07:46] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I'm treating this apartment for cockroaches just in case. [07:46] IsambardPrince In case they're already here or in case some came with us. [07:46] IsambardPrince Setting out bait. [07:46] TR News "Quantum Leaps: The So-Called Whistleblower That Got NSA's Top Mathematician Fired" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/21/quantum-leaps-the-so-called-whistleblower-that-got-nsas-top-mathematician-fired/ [07:46] TR Bot Quantum Leaps: The So-Called Whistleblower That Got NSA's Top Mathematician Fired - emptywheel [07:46] IsambardPrince I'm on mobile data right now [07:46] IsambardPrince So can't do much. [07:46] IsambardPrince IRC is lean though. [07:47] IsambardPrince No WiFi until Tuesday. [07:48] TR News "Someone pinch me, this can't be real. Janeway who? Look at me, I'm the captain now." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/story-based-survival-strategy-game-star-trek-voyager-across-the-unknown-announced/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:48] TR Bot survival strategy game Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown announced | GamingOnLinux [07:48] TR News "Iron Gate AB have been cooking! Valheim: Call To Arms is the next major update to the popular survival game and it's available to test right now." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valheim-call-to-arms-major-update-announced-with-new-combat-mechanics-and-lots-of-new-items/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:48] TR Bot Call To Arms major update announced with new combat mechanics and lots of new items | GamingOnLinux [07:49] TR News programmed by the CCP https://www.vox.com/life/458630/minecraft-roblox-gaming-kids-gen-alpha-culture-millennials [07:49] TR Bot Gen Alpha kids love Minecraft so much | Vox [07:49] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Better radio reception up here. [07:49] TR News "Microsoft cuts off China's early access to bug disclosures" https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/microsoft_cuts_chinas_early_access/ [07:49] TR Bot Microsoft cuts off China's early access to bug disclosures The Register [07:49] IsambardPrince Might get an indoor antenna and see if we get WGN and WTTW at least. [07:49] TR News "Sword & Quill have announced the Kickstarter campaign for Soulblaze, a fresh dice rolling creature-collecting roguelite and there's a demo up right now." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/soulblaze-is-a-new-dice-rolling-creature-collecting-roguelite-you-can-try-right-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:49] TR Bot is a new dice rolling creature-collecting roguelite you can try right now | GamingOnLinux [07:50] IsambardPrince Lemonade says my address doesn't exist. [07:50] IsambardPrince I might email customer support. [07:50] TR News "Containing over 100 items, the Game Devs of Color Support Bundle is now live on itch.io. With plenty of fun smaller games included, it's a good way to support a great nonprofit organisation doing some fantastic work." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/help-more-get-noticed-with-the-game-devs-of-color-support-bundle-on-itch-io/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:50] TR Bot more get noticed with the Game Devs of Color Support Bundle on itch.io | GamingOnLinux [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] ISP? [07:50] TR News "Trump Is Betting Big on Intel. Will the Chips Fall His Way?" https://www.wired.com/story/golden-shares-tsmc-micron-trump-equity-stake/ [07:51] TR Bot Is Betting Big on Intel. Will the Chips Fall His Way? | WIRED [07:51] TR News "Multiplayer is finally coming to the excellent Dome Keeper, in a major upcoming update from developer Bippinbits." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/dome-keeper-set-for-full-online-and-local-multiplayer-with-a-new-trailer/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:51] TR Bot Keeper set for full online and local multiplayer with a new trailer | GamingOnLinux [07:51] TR News "Truckful is a very colourful looking delivery mystery adventure from MythicOwl and Palworld publisher Pocketpair Publishing. A demo is coming next month!" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/mystery-delivery-game-truckful-is-getting-a-demo-next-month-will-be-100-steam-deck-compatible/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:51] TR Bot delivery game Truckful is getting a demo next month, will be "100%" Steam Deck compatible | GamingOnLinux [07:52] *itech has quit (connection closed) [07:52] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:53] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@bbkaparrt4bhg.irc) has joined #techrights [07:53] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Renters insurance [07:53] IsambardPrince None of them cover pests and vermin. [07:53] IsambardPrince Too common.. [07:54] IsambardPrince I asked my brother if he ever lived with roaches. [07:54] IsambardPrince He laughed and said no, have you ever lived with bedbugs. [07:55] TR News "At least this is one online game that won't be entirely killed off. Splitgate, the original one, will live on by allowing players to host matches." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/the-original-splitgate-will-live-on-with-player-hosted-matches/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:55] TR Bot original Splitgate will live on with player-hosted matches | GamingOnLinux [07:55] TR News "Hollow Knight: Silksong is coming and soon too! On September 4th, the wait will finally be over for fans as confirmed today by Team Cherry." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/hollow-knight-silksong-releases-september-4/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [07:55] TR Bot Knight: Silksong releases September 4 | GamingOnLinux [07:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], George Takei and Brad got bedbugs once. [07:56] IsambardPrince Takei was furious with Brad for admitting it. [07:56] IsambardPrince Truth is nobody wants to admit they're having issues. [07:58] TR News (NEW): Games: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Splitgate, Truckful, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Games_Hollow_Knight_Silksong_Splitgate_Truckful_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Games_Hollow_Knight_Silksong_Splitgate_Truckful_and_More.gmi [07:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Splitgate, Truckful, and More ● Aug 22 [08:02] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Mark said "I want to rent to you becaus I know you'll pay me. In fact, I'm not even going to screen you. So no application fees." [08:02] IsambardPrince So he didn't take the $80 to do that. [08:03] IsambardPrince We were talking a while back when we ran into each other. [08:03] IsambardPrince I said the new landlord was aggravating and issues with the building were just piling up, but I totally get why he sold it. I would have too. [08:04] IsambardPrince How often do you come along someone who overpays by almost $2 million dollars? [08:05] IsambardPrince Found my high school diploma. It was issued by the state unemployment office. [08:06] IsambardPrince High school equivalency for adults. [08:06] IsambardPrince Helps make you more employable. Lets you go on to college or the military. [08:08] TR News "We are proud to announce that we are now established as an official NGO partner to UNESCO (consultative status)." https://creativecommons.org/2025/08/21/creative-commons-becomes-an-official-unesco-ngo-partner/ | Source: Creative Commons [08:08] TR Bot Creative Commons Becomes an Official UNESCO NGO Partner - Creative Commons [08:08] TR News (NEW): From Mandrake to Modern: PCLinuxOS Stays Strong https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/From_Mandrake_to_Modern_PCLinuxOS_Stays_Strong.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/From_Mandrake_to_Modern_PCLinuxOS_Stays_Strong.gmi [08:08] TR Bot Tux Machines From Mandrake to Modern: PCLinuxOS Stays Strong [08:08] TR News "There are so many controls in macOS that sometimes you cant see the wood for the trees." https://eclecticlight.co/2025/08/21/how-to-check-if-your-apple-silicon-mac-is-booting-securely/ | Source: Howard Oakley [08:08] TR Bot How to check if your Apple silicon Mac is booting securely The Eclectic Light Company [08:09] TR News "Two senior executives at Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR), the Stamford, CT-based cable company" https://insidetowers.com/charter-execs-sued-over-internet-subscriber-numbers/ | Source: Inside Towers [08:09] TR Bot Charter Execs Sued Over Internet Subscriber Numbers - Inside Towers [08:09] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Got a newer dehumidifier. Much quieter. [08:09] IsambardPrince Roaches hate dry air. [08:09] TR News "One of those people was me." https://sf.gazetteer.co/i-reported-from-an-ice-action-on-sansome-and-all-i-got-was-a-face-full-of-pepper-spray | [08:09] IsambardPrince They breed prolifically in high humidity. [08:09] TR Bot I reported from an ICE action on Sansome and all I got was a face full of pepper spray [08:10] TR News Censorship https://www.thenextmove.org/p/suing-marco-rubio-why-were-supporting | Source: Garry Kasparov [08:10] TR Bot Suing Marco Rubio: Why Were Supporting a Lawsuit to Defend Free Speech [08:10] TR News "Some of the slop is obvious fantasy-driven engagement farming and gives itself away aesthetically" https://www.404media.co/real-footage-combined-with-a-ai-slop-about-dc-is-creating-a-disinformation-mess-on-tiktok/ | Source: 404 Media [08:10] TR Bot Real Footage Combined With AI Slop About DC Is Creating a Disinformation Mess on TikTok [08:11] TR News "Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that Intel would be required to give the federal government an equity stake" https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/us_stake_intel/ | Source: The Register UK [08:11] TR Bot Uncle Sam eyes slice of Intel in return for CHIPS Act cash The Register [08:12] TR News "The data, of course, dont support any of this." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/crime-and-self-promotion | Source: Paul Krugman [08:12] TR Bot Crime and Self-Promotion - Paul Krugman [08:12] TR News "Parker has seemingly hired an army of very young people to astroturf TikTok" https://sf.gazetteer.co/tiktok-is-being-overrun-by-sean-parkers-royal-hamsters | [08:12] TR Bot TikTok is being overrun by Sean Parkers royal hamsters [08:12] TR News "Strategizing like this is not really my thing. But I have an idea. And I think it could be significant." https://crookedtimber.org/2025/08/21/states-of-resistance/ | Source: Crooked Timber [08:12] TR Bot States of Resistance Crooked Timber [08:14] TR News "Of course, there are caveats: Each report was self-generated, and not performed by an outside auditor." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2885721/how-much-power-and-water-does-ai-use-google-mistral-weigh-in.html | Source: PC World [08:14] TR Bot much power and water does AI use? Google, Mistral weigh in | PCWorld [08:14] TR News "The young lad (I suppose he was in his mid-to-late 20s, but he looked 13 to me)" https://crookedtimber.org/2025/08/22/the-cheltenham-to-manchester-piccadilly-adventure/ | Source: Crooked Timber [08:14] TR Bot The Cheltenham to Manchester Piccadilly Adventure Crooked Timber [08:15] TR News "The restoration of Hidden River Cave is one of the most remarkable examples of a cave cleanup" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/climate/horse-hidden-river-cave-pollution-cleanup.html | Source: New York Times [08:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/climate/horse-hidden-river-cave-pollution-cleanup.html ) [08:15] TR News (NEW): Game Bub Fully Open-Source FPGA Handheld Launched on Crowd Supply https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Game_Bub_Fully_Open_Source_FPGA_Handheld_Launched_on_Crowd_Supp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Game_Bub_Fully_Open_Source_FPGA_Handheld_Launched_on_Crowd_Supp.gmi [08:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Game Bub Fully Open-Source FPGA Handheld Launched on Crowd Supply [08:16] TR News "social media, which poses a new challenge" https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-08-20/islamic-state-extremists-exploit-instability-in-africa-and-syria-un-experts-say | Source: US News And World Report [08:16] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-08-20/islamic-state-extremists-exploit-instability-in-africa-and-syria-un-experts-say ) [08:17] TR News (NEW): ArmSoM RK3588 AI Module7 Launches as Jetson Nano-Compatible Edge Platform https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/ArmSoM_RK3588_AI_Module7_Launches_as_Jetson_Nano_Compatible_Edg.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/ArmSoM_RK3588_AI_Module7_Launches_as_Jetson_Nano_Compatible_Edg.gmi [08:17] TR Bot Tux Machines ArmSoM RK3588 AI Module7 Launches as Jetson Nano-Compatible Edge Platform [08:17] TR News "They just are making their own [sic], and theyre choosing not to share it with the rest of us" https://www.vox.com/life/458630/minecraft-roblox-gaming-kids-gen-alpha-culture-millennials | Source: Vox [08:17] TR Bot Gen Alpha kids love Minecraft so much | Vox [08:17] TR News "to whitewash its profitable flouting of civil rights" https://sf.gazetteer.co/the-banality-of-palantirs-evil-airport-ad | [08:17] TR Bot The banality of Palantirs evil airport ad [08:19] psydruid > [notice] news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines ArmSoM RK3588 AI Module7 Launches as Jetson Nano-Compatible Edge Platform [08:19] psydruid That took a long time to arrive [08:19] psydruid And is quite expensive as well [08:21] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], T-Mobile Home Internet would probably work here. [08:21] IsambardPrince But I still get my $14.95 a month internet with cable. [08:22] IsambardPrince I transferred the existing account. [08:22] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [08:22] TR News Windows TCO: "When the script initially executes, a check verifies the command line arguments of the node.exe process" https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/analyzing-cornflake-v3-backdoor/ | Source: Google [08:22] TR Bot A Cereal Offender: Analyzing the CORNFLAKE.V3 Backdoor | Google Cloud Blog [08:23] TR News Windows TCO: "The telecommunications firm said at the time that the internal system on which it detected the intrusion" https://www.securityweek.com/telecom-firm-colt-confirms-data-breach-as-ransomware-group-auctions-files/ | Source: Security Week [08:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/telecom-firm-colt-confirms-data-breach-as-ransomware-group-auctions-files/ ) [08:23] TR News (NEW): MNT Reform RCORE V2 with RK3588 Upgrade Now Available https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/MNT_Reform_RCORE_V2_with_RK3588_Upgrade_Now_Available.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/MNT_Reform_RCORE_V2_with_RK3588_Upgrade_Now_Available.gmi [08:23] TR Bot Tux Machines MNT Reform RCORE V2 with RK3588 Upgrade Now Available [08:24] TR News "Europol has official accounts on Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Bluesky, YouTube and Facebook" https://www.securityweek.com/europol-says-qilin-ransomware-reward-fake/ | Source: Security Week [08:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/europol-says-qilin-ransomware-reward-fake/ ) [08:24] TR News "I created my first Facebook account back when the site still required a university email address" https://manualdousuario.net/en/revisiting-facebook/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [08:24] TR Bot Revisiting Facebook Manual do Usurio [08:25] TR News "They also threw in a question to see how the bot did outside its training, based on the new Abundance Agenda plans to limit local zoning rules." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/20/surveys-the-easy-way-fake-your-data-with-an-ai-chatbot/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:25] TR Bot Surveys the easy way: fake your data with an AI chatbot Pivot to AI [08:25] TR News "The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/21/mit-on-enterprise-ai-95-failure-5-spam/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:25] TR Bot MIT on enterprise AI: 95% failure, 5% spam from 100% crypto bros Pivot to AI [08:25] TR News "The drivel from wannabe LinkedInfluencers are finally facing reality. $200 Claude Code and Cursor plans have not replaced developers with real-world experience." https://cendyne.dev/posts/2025-08-21-vibe-codings-hype-for-non-developers-is-over.html | Source: Cendyne Naga [08:25] TR Bot Vibe Coding's Hype for non-developers is over [08:26] TR News "The difference between the two reactions depends not on time and mindset but on an individual's belief of AI's transformative potential and positive impact." https://www.seanmcp.com/articles/four-perspectives-on-ai/ | [08:26] TR Bot perspectives on AI seanmcp.com [08:26] TR News "Bots and fetchers can hit websites hard, demanding data from a single site in thousands of requests per minute." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/ai_crawler_traffic/ | Source: The Register UK [08:26] TR Bot Fastly warns AI bots can hit sites 39K times per minute The Register [08:27] TR News "As it happened, GPT-5 was a bust." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-20/say-farewell-to-the-ai-bubble-and-get-ready-for-the-crash | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:27] TR Bot Hiltzik: AI hype is fading fast - Los Angeles Times [08:27] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techrights [08:28] TR News (NEW): Kdenlive 25.08.0 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/18/Kdenlive_25_08_0_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/18/Kdenlive_25_08_0_released.gmi [08:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Kdenlive 25.08.0 released [08:29] TR News "Its a strange paradox. Fonts are everywhere. Every website uses them. But very few people designers, developers, even performance specialists actually know how they work, or how to load them efficiently." https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/youre-loading-fonts-wrong/ | Source: Jono Alderson [08:29] TR Bot Youre loading fonts wrong (and its crippling your performance) - Jono Alderson [08:29] TR News "And the only positive aspect I found, the IPv6 assignment, isn't what I thought it was." https://boston.conman.org/2025/08/20.2 | Source: Sean Conner [08:29] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, It's coming along. [08:29] TR Bot More issues with the Monopolistic Phone Company's wireless service unit - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [08:29] IsambardPrince Need a desk [08:29] TR News "Code signing was supposed to tell you who published a piece of software and ultimately decide if you can trust the software and install it." https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1085 | Source: Unmitigated Risk [08:29] TR Bot How Microsoft Code Signing Became Part of a Trust Subversion Toolchain | UNMITIGATED RISK [08:30] TR News "This changed in March 2022, when Substack introduced its app that consolidates subscriptions in one place rather than dispersing them separately via email." https://molodtsov.me/2025/08/broken-substack/ | Source: Yury Molodtsov [08:30] TR Bot The Broken Promises of Substack [08:30] TR News "Bobs next stop was the Feel-Good Design Hub, a platform used by McDonalds marketers and agencies across 120 countries." https://thecyberexpress.com/one-researcher-hacked-mcdonalds/ | Source: Cyble Inc [08:30] TR Bot How One Researcher Hacked McDonalds And Found Flaws [08:31] TR News "These browser extensions are very popular." https://www.securityweek.com/password-managers-vulnerable-to-data-theft-via-clickjacking/ | Source: Security Week [08:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/password-managers-vulnerable-to-data-theft-via-clickjacking/ ) [08:31] TR News "At the end of July, Orange Belgium detected a [successful7] cyberattack on one of its IT systems, resulting in unauthorized access to certain data from 850,000 customer accounts" https://www.securityweek.com/orange-belgium-data-breach-impacts-850000-customers/ | Source: Security Week [08:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/orange-belgium-data-breach-impacts-850000-customers/ ) [08:32] TR News "tracked as CVE-2018-0171 (CVSS score of 9.8)" https://www.securityweek.com/russian-apt-exploiting-7-year-old-cisco-vulnerability-fbi/ | Source: Security Week [08:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-apt-exploiting-7-year-old-cisco-vulnerability-fbi/ ) [08:32] TR News "Court documents allege that Delta and United knowingly marketed certain seats on long-haul and domestic flights as window positions" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/delta-united-sued-millions-flyers-claim-airlines-sold-fake-window-seats-1741859 | Source: International Business Times [08:32] TR Bot Delta and United Sued for Millions as Flyers Claim Airlines Sold 'Fake Window Seats' | IBTimes UK [08:33] TR News "CVE-2023-3519 affecting Citrix NetScaler products and CVE-2025-3928 affecting Commvault Web Server, according to CrowdStrike" https://cyberscoop.com/crowdstrike-silk-typhoon-murky-panda-china-espionage/ | Source: Scoop News Group [08:33] TR Bot warns of uptick in Silk Typhoon attacks this summer | CyberScoop [08:33] TR News "I realised something profound." https://hamatti.org/posts/handwriting-is-slow-which-gives-me-time-to-think/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [08:33] TR Bot Handwriting is slow which gives me time to think : Juha-Matti Santala [08:34] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I donated about 100 pounds of cat food. [08:34] IsambardPrince Bought it for nearly nothing. [08:34] TR News "If you are hoping to make a living as a pretty good violinist, you were born in the wrong century." https://seths.blog/2025/08/the-violinist-problem/ | Source: Seth Godin [08:34] TR Bot The violinist problem | Seth's Blog [08:34] TR News "While collecting examples of titles from job listings, Twitter bios, and blogs, a pattern emerged" https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/08/21/a-guide-to-ai-titles.html | Source: Drew Breunig [08:34] TR Bot Making Sense of AI Job Titles [08:35] IsambardPrince I already have two outdoor cats here. [08:35] IsambardPrince I call one of them Mr. Chonky. [08:35] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [08:35] IsambardPrince It's a fat black cat that's missing half his tail. [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] donated to stray cats? [08:36] IsambardPrince Yeah. [08:36] IsambardPrince The neighbors that feed the bunch where we left. [08:36] TR News "As a general rule, lawsuits alleging that a federal policy is illegal are heard by federal district courts" https://www.vox.com/scotus/458863/supreme-court-nih-public-health-grants-gobbledygook | Source: Vox [08:36] TR Bot Supreme Court hands down incomprehensible gobbledygook about federal grants | Vox [08:37] TR News (NEW): Thunderbird Shares New Details on Upcoming Pro Features https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Thunderbird_Shares_New_Details_on_Upcoming_Pro_Features.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Thunderbird_Shares_New_Details_on_Upcoming_Pro_Features.gmi [08:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Thunderbird Shares New Details on Upcoming Pro Features [08:37] TR News "Previous studies have exposed paper mills using specific cases, rather than looking at the issue systematically." https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/uncovering-the-fraudsters-and-their-schemes-responsible-for-polluting-the-scientific-literature/4021938.article | Source: Royal Society Of Chemistry [08:37] TR Bot Paper mills driving exponential growth in fraudulent research, threatening scientific integrity | Chemistry World [08:44] TR News "The question is, if you feel a sense of excitement about technology and creation, which are closely connected, what do you do with it?" https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/maturity/ | Source: The Cyber Show [08:44] TR Bot Technical Maturity [08:45] TR News "And it doesnt matter. Blogging goes beyond age." https://birming.com/2025/08/21/blogging-is-beyond-age/ | Source: Robert Birming [08:45] TR Bot is beyond age | Robert Birming [08:45] TR News "If China scrapes content, that's fine as far as the CCP goes; If it's blocked, that's fine by the CCP too (I say, as I adjust my tin foil hat)." https://boston.conman.org/2025/08/21.1 | Source: Sean Conner [08:45] TR Bot Bro, ban me at the IP level if you don't like me! - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [08:46] TR News "In this article, well provide specific recommendations on how enterprises can benefit through strategic integration of AI tools and processes rather than rebuilding their business from the ground up." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/agentic-ai-enterprise-evolution-not-revolution | Source: Red Hat Official [08:46] TR Bot Agentic AI in the enterprise: An evolution, not a revolution [08:46] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:47] TR News "Advanced Cluster Management 2.14 enhances Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization management in two significant ways: [...]" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-red-hat-advanced-cluster-management | Source: Red Hat Official [08:47] TR Bot Announcing Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.14 [08:48] TR News "Recognize, incentivize, support and empower:Empowering individuals and communities to actively participate." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-endorses-united-nations-open-source-principles | Source: Red Hat Official [08:48] TR Bot Red Hat Endorses United Nations Open Source Principles [08:52] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], No more landlord that gives up and sprays cans of raid everywhere. [08:56] IsambardPrince I was talking to mom about that. I said it doesn't even do anything to roaches unless you spray it ON the roaches. [08:56] IsambardPrince She said "He's an idiot!" [08:58] IsambardPrince Raid is for when you have so many roaches you have piles of roaches. And you want piles of dead ones so you can sweep them out of there and do something about the rest. [08:59] TR News IBM is propping up "AI" scams via Red Hat's brand ● Aug 22 [09:01] TR News "The most official solution for this is IPv6 of course." https://blog.brixit.nl/dont-pick-weird-subnets-for-embedded-networks/ | Source: Martijn Braam [09:01] TR Bot Don't pick weird subnets for embedded networks, use VRFs [09:01] TR News "A lot of people like the command line, the CLI, the shell (name it as you want) because it provides a lot of powerful tools to perform investigations" https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32220 | Source: SANS [09:01] TR Bot NO TITLE [09:01] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:02] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi [09:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Leftovers [09:02] TR News How To Install Draw.io Desktop App on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-draw-io-desktop-app-debian-13/ [09:02] TR Bot How To Install Draw.io Desktop App on Debian 13 - idroot [09:03] TR News How To Install Postman on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-postman-rocky-linux/ [09:03] TR Bot How To Install Postman on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [09:03] TR News How To Install Chromium on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-chromium-debian-13/ [09:03] TR Bot How To Install Chromium on Debian 13 - idroot [09:04] TR News How to SSH Into a VirtualBox Guest VM https://linuxiac.com/how-to-ssh-into-a-virtualbox-guest-vm/ [09:04] TR Bot How to SSH Into a VirtualBox Guest VM [09:05] TR News jack wallen propping up plagiarism and Microsoft proprietary spyware at the same time in a Microsoft-bribed site. Worrying. https://thenewstack.io/how-to-integrate-a-local-llm-into-vs-code/ [09:05] TR Bot How To Integrate a Local LLM Into VS Code - The New Stack [09:06] TR News How To Install OnlyOffice on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-onlyoffice-debian-13/ [09:06] TR Bot How To Install OnlyOffice on Debian 13 - idroot [09:07] TR News Atom is dead, abandoned, and under Microsoft control. Why would anyone still post this in 2025? https://idroot.us/install-atom-text-editor-debian-13/ [09:07] TR Bot How To Install Atom Text Editor on Debian 13 - idroot [09:08] TR News How To Install R and RStudio on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-r-and-rstudio-fedora-42/ [09:08] TR Bot How To Install R and RStudio on Fedora 42 - idroot [09:10] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/today_s_howtos.gmi [09:10] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [09:12] TR News (NEW): Choosing the right operating system for industrial automation: Windows vs Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Choosing_the_right_operating_system_for_industrial_automation_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Choosing_the_right_operating_system_for_industrial_automation_W.gmi [09:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Choosing the right operating system for industrial automation: Windows vs Linux [09:13] TR News (NEW): Security and FUD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Security_and_FUD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Security_and_FUD_Leftovers.gmi [09:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Security and FUD Leftovers [09:15] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-08-22.gmi [09:16] TR News "The first parameter is a Gemini URL. At the moment, the resource must have a mime type of text/gemini. This may change. The second parameter is a boolean true or false indicating whether you want the server to resolve relative links in the document." gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20250822.gmi [09:17] TR News "I can think of a million reasons why I don't like the current state of computers, and as a result, being the human that I am, I create little utopias in my dreams about the ideal computer system where I could live the rest of my life" gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1755842367 [09:19] TR News "Found this nice post[1] on how to publish a zip bomb[2] on my website as a honeypot for AI crawlers that don't respect the `robots.txt` directive. The idea is that I have a hidden link on all pages of my website that points to a URL that returns the bomb. You don't see it." gemini://jorgesanz.net/posts/2025-08-22-anti-ai-zip-bomb-with-caddy/ [09:19] TR News "As I was banning Thinkbot [1], I saw the previous entries in the badbots firewall rule set." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/21.2 [09:20] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techrights [09:20] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1390.jpg [09:20] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1740.jpg [09:22] TR News " ... Lenny Bruce, Lester Banks, Leonard Bernstein ... Broderick ... Bourdain ..." gopher://gopher.jonsharp.net:70/1/gl2 [09:23] TR News "I was born in a Commonweath. I never learned what distinguishes it from an ordinary federated state. Our rich are lords of their manors or gangsters. Our poor are peasants tied to land owned by a lord, or in and out of the workhouse. We don't hold wealth in common." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-08-19-entuck.txt [09:24] TR News Christina's August questions gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-08-22-5q.txt "Lady Gaga, Adolph Reed, Luigi Mangione?" [09:28] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 22/08/2025: K for Kentucky and Caddy Versus LLM Slopbots https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Gemini_Links_22_08_2025_K_for_Kentucky_and_Caddy_Versus_LLM_Slo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Gemini_Links_22_08_2025_K_for_Kentucky_and_Caddy_Versus_LLM_Slo.gmi [09:28] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 22/08/2025: K for Kentucky and Caddy Versus LLM Slopbots [09:29] TR News Techrights Links 22/08/2025: Cisco Layoffs, LA Times Says "AI Hype is Fading Fast" https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Links_22_08_2025_Cisco_Layoffs_LA_Times_Says_AI_Hype_is_Fading_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Links_22_08_2025_Cisco_Layoffs_LA_Times_Says_AI_Hype_is_Fading_.gmi [09:29] TR Bot Techrights Links 22/08/2025: Cisco Layoffs, LA Times Says "AI Hype is Fading Fast" [09:30] TR News From Mandrake to Modern: PCLinuxOS Stays Strong https://fossforce.com/2025/08/from-mandrake-to-modern-pclinuxos-stays-strong/ [09:30] TR Bot From Mandrake to Modern: PCLinuxOS Stays Strong - FOSS Force [09:36] TR News "Taking part in the European Astro Pi Challenge builds young peoples confidence and motivates them to try further digital making activities." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/code-confidence-and-community-a-look-back-at-astro-pi-2024-25/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [09:36] TR Bot Code, confidence, and community: A look back at Astro Pi 202425 - Raspberry Pi Foundation [09:37] TR News "The FRDM-MCXW23 is a development board based on the MCX W23 Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3 wireless MCU." https://linuxgizmos.com/frdm-mcxw23-development-board-with-mcx-w23-wireless-mcu-and-ble-5-3/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [09:37] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/frdm-mcxw23-development-board-with-mcx-w23-wireless-mcu-and-ble-5-3/ ) [09:37] TR News "The MS-C927 is an upcoming compact fanless box PC built on Intels Meteor Lake-U and Arrow Lake-U processors." https://linuxgizmos.com/ms-c927-compact-box-pc-with-intel-meteor-lake-u-and-arrow-lake-u/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [09:37] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/ms-c927-compact-box-pc-with-intel-meteor-lake-u-and-arrow-lake-u/ ) [09:37] TR News "Terasic has introduced the DE23-Lite, a compact development board powered by the Altera Agilex 3 FPGA and positioned as a cost-effective platform for education and prototyping." https://linuxgizmos.com/de23-lite-development-kit-with-agilex-3-fpga-targets-education-and-prototyping/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [09:37] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/de23-lite-development-kit-with-agilex-3-fpga-targets-education-and-prototyping/ ) [09:44] TR News Mozilla using Substack is a bit worrying and contradictory given its supposed "values" https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/former-influencer/ | Source: Mozilla [09:44] TR Bot What I learned when I stopped posting my life online, from a former influencer [09:45] TR News "decided to tweak and refine existing solutions" https://news.opensuse.org/2025/08/21/os-welcome-makeover/ | Source: OpenSUSE [09:45] TR Bot openSUSE Welcome Receiving Makeover - openSUSE News [09:46] TR News Red Hat is 100% BS on this https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/ai/agentic-ai-vs-generative-ai [09:46] TR Bot Agentic AI vs. generative AI [09:47] TR News Red Hat is a scam vendor: "Brian Stevens is Red Hat's Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for AI" [sic] https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/production-ai-success [09:47] TR Bot Production AI success: From gen AI promise to business impact [09:48] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:49] TR News XSLT https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/08/21/removing-xslt-from-the-web-platform/ | Source: Michael Tsai [09:49] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - Removing XSLT From the Web Platform [09:50] TR News "My friend Nicolas Didier asked me about reading Empleos Publicos with R or Python." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/step-by-step-guide-to-use-r-and-selenium-to-scrape-empleos-publicos/ | Source: Rlang [09:50] TR Bot Guide to Use R and Selenium to Scrape Empleos Publicos | R-bloggers [09:50] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techrights [09:50] TR News "Continuing with the previous Selenium post, now I will add the URL for each job offer" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/step-by-step-guide-to-use-r-and-selenium-to-scrape-empleos-publicos-part-2/ | Source: Rlang [09:50] TR Bot Guide to Use R and Selenium to Scrape Empleos Publicos (Part 2) | R-bloggers [09:51] TR News "Reading production Haskell code, we sometimes stumble over idioms that look confusing at first" https://entropicthoughts.com/non-obvious-haskell-idiom-conditional-for | Source: Chris [09:51] TR Bot Non-Obvious Haskell Idiom: Conditional For [09:52] TR News [Old] "Danish Ministry for Digital Affairs will move half of its employees off Windows and Microsoft 365" https://www.pcmag.com/news/denmark-wants-to-dump-microsoft-software-for-linux-libreoffice | Source: PC Mag [09:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcmag.com/news/denmark-wants-to-dump-microsoft-software-for-linux-libreoffice ) [09:52] TR News [Old] "Caroline Stage Olsen, the minister for Digital Affairs in Denmark" https://www.howtogeek.com/libreoffice-is-replacing-microsoft-365-for-denmark-ministry/ | Source: HowTo Geek [09:52] TR Bot LibreOffice Is Replacing Microsoft 365 in Denmark's Government [09:53] TR News "Chromiums HDR support for Wayland has been merged, enhancing video playback on Linux, with NVIDIA GPU decoding still a question mark." https://linuxiac.com/linux-gets-hdr-support-in-chromium-on-wayland/ | Source: Linuxiac [09:53] TR Bot Linux Gets HDR Support in Chromium on Wayland [09:53] TR News "These days, more and more people are putting more and more obstacles in the way of the plague of crawlers" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/WebIsKindOfFragile | Source: University of Toronto [09:53] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [09:55] TR News "Im writing on Emacs right now. Its something that Ive played around with for quite a long time, but usually in an on-again, off-again sort of relationship." https://discombobulated.co.nz/2025/08/22/writing-in-emacs | Source: Jessica Nickelsen [09:55] TR Bot Discombobulated: Jess Nickelsen's personal blog! [09:55] TR News "As we mentioned a year ago looking at LibreOffice 24.8, the Document Foundation has adopted a new version-numbering scheme." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/libreoffice_258/ | Source: The Register UK [09:55] TR Bot LibreOffice 25.8: Faster, leaner, and finally speaks PDF 2.0 The Register ● Aug 22 [10:30] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 22 [11:26] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [11:52] TR News "RedSnapper is a 3D-printed, EMG-controlled robotic arm that combines AI, embedded systems" https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/08/21/meet-the-teens-behind-redsnapper-a-smart-arduino-powered-prosthetic-arm/ | Source: Arduino [11:52] TR Bot Meet the teens behind RedSnapper: a smart Arduino-powered prosthetic arm | Arduino Blog [11:53] TR News New Release: Tails 6.19 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6_19/ | Source: Tor [11:53] TR Bot New Release: Tails 6.19 | The Tor Project [11:53] TR News "Lastly, just a quick reminderthe lack of big changes is completely understandable." https://linuxiac.com/tails-6-19-brings-tor-thunderbird-and-browser-updates/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:53] TR Bot Tails 6.19 Brings Tor, Thunderbird, and Browser Updates [11:56] TR News "The files reveal that AMD was working on a second version of FSR 4" https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-accidentally-marks-fsr-4-open-source-source-code-reveals-potential-support-for-older-radeon-gpus | Source: Tom's Hardware [11:56] TR Bot AMD accidentally marks FSR 4 open-source source code reveals potential support for older Radeon GPUs | Tom's Hardware ● Aug 22 [12:02] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-vakil-9aba983b/?originalSubdomain=uk [12:02] schestowitz[TR2] " protect their reputation." [12:02] TR Bot ( status 999 @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-vakil-9aba983b/?originalSubdomain=uk ) [12:02] schestowitz[TR2] by sending threats? :) [12:02] schestowitz[TR2] " [12:02] schestowitz[TR2] Alex has developed a particular specialism in the field of reputation management [12:04] TR News dpkg db ro and rw layers synchronized https://bkhome.org/news/202508/dpkg-db-ro-and-rw-layers-synchronized.html [12:04] TR Bot dpkg db ro and rw layers synchronized [12:05] TR News "Yes, Devuan does not use systemd, but it does require elogind, which is a component of systemd." https://bkhome.org/news/202508/anydesk-now-starts-immediately.html [12:05] TR Bot AnyDesk now starts immediately [12:05] TR News Creative Commons Becomes an Official UNESCO NGO Partner https://creativecommons.org/2025/08/21/creative-commons-becomes-an-official-unesco-ngo-partner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creative-commons-becomes-an-official-unesco-ngo-partner [12:05] TR Bot Creative Commons Becomes an Official UNESCO NGO Partner - Creative Commons [12:06] TR News Windows Down to New Lows in Guinea Bissau and Many Countries Around It https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Windows_Down_to_New_Lows_in_Guinea_Bissau_and_Many_Countries_Ar.shtml [12:06] TR Bot Techrights Windows Down to New Lows in Guinea Bissau and Many Countries Around It [12:07] TR News The hidden pitfalls of Kafka tiered storage https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/21/hidden-pitfalls-kafka-tiered-storage [12:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/21/hidden-pitfalls-kafka-tiered-storage ) [12:08] TR News How to auto-register Red Bait Edge Manager with MicroShift https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/21/how-auto-register-red-hat-edge-manager-microshift [12:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/21/how-auto-register-red-hat-edge-manager-microshift ) [12:15] TR News 98: Suffering Builds Character https://mwl.io/archives/24400 [12:15] TR Bot 98: Suffering Builds Character Michael W Lucas [12:16] TR News DynFi 4.10 released https://distrowatch.com/dynfi [12:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/dynfi ) [12:22] TR News Icepi Zero A Lattice ECP5 FPGA board in Raspberry Pi Zero form factor (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/21/icepi-zero-a-lattice-ecp5-fpga-board-in-raspberry-pi-zero-form-factor/ [12:22] TR Bot Icepi Zero - A Lattice ECP5 FPGA board in Raspberry Pi Zero form factor (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [12:23] TR News FOSS Weekly #25.34: Mint 22.2 Features, FreeVPN Fiasco, backdoored Windows Update Killing SSDs, Hey Hi (AI) in LibreOffice and More https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-34/ [12:23] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #25.34: Mint 22.2 Features, FreeVPN Fiasco, Windows Update Killing SSDs, AI in LibreOffice and More [12:23] TR News Slopwatch: Sites Gone Rogue, Surveillance Giant Google Promoting Lies, and DDoS Attacks by Plagiarism Giants https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Slopwatch_Sites_Gone_Rogue_Google_Promoting_Lies_and_DDoS_Attac.shtml [12:23] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Sites Gone Rogue, Google Promoting Lies, and DDoS Attacks by Plagiarism Giants [12:23] TR News Google switches from Samsung to TSMC Pixel 10 and G5 use TSMC's N3P process https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/google-switches-from-samsung-to-tsmc-pixel-10-and-g5-use-tsmcs-n3p-process [12:23] TR Bot Google switches from Samsung to TSMC Pixel 10 and G5 use TSMC's N3P process | Tom's Hardware [12:24] TR News The Culture of Overnight Coding https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/The_Culture_of_Overnight_Coding.shtml [12:24] TR Bot Techrights The Culture of Overnight Coding [12:25] TR News EDRi Annual Report 2024: Reinforcing digital rights and justice in uncertain times https://edri.org/our-work/edri-annual-report-2024-reinforcing-digital-rights-and-justice-in-uncertain-times/ [12:25] TR Bot EDRi Annual Report 2024 - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [12:26] TR News 16 countries burned Polands bridges on the CSA Regulation: What now? https://edri.org/our-work/16-countries-burned-polands-bridges-on-the-csa-regulation-what-now/ [12:26] TR Bot 16 countries burned Polands bridges on the CSA Regulation: What now? - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [12:27] TR News Nebraska announces opening of immigration detention center https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/us-nebraska-introduces-opening-of-immigration-detention-center/ [12:27] TR Bot Nebraska announces opening of immigration detention center - JURIST - News [12:28] TR News FTC warns tech companies not to weaken encryption, free speech practices for foreign governments https://cyberscoop.com/ftc-ferguson-tech-companies-weakening-encryption-data-privacy-free-speech/ [12:28] TR Bot warns tech companies not to weaken encryption, free speech practices for foreign governments | CyberScoop [12:29] TR News New Public Knowledge Paper Proposes Child Online Safety Framework Protecting Kids, Free Expression https://publicknowledge.org/new-public-knowledge-paper-proposes-child-online-safety-framework-protecting-kids-free-expression/ [12:29] TR Bot New Public Knowledge Paper Proposes Child Online Safety Framework Protecting Kids, Free Expression - Public Knowledge [12:29] TR News CrowdStrike warns of uptick in Silk Typhoon attacks this summer https://cyberscoop.com/crowdstrike-silk-typhoon-murky-panda-china-espionage/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/Credit_to_Jessica_Lyons_at_The_Register_for_Covering_the_Commun.shtml [12:29] TR Bot warns of uptick in Silk Typhoon attacks this summer | CyberScoop [12:29] TR Bot Techrights Credit to Jessica Lyons at The Register for Covering the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), Proving That Authorities Do Not Want and Probably Never Wanted Computer Security (Except for Themselves) [12:31] TR News UPC is illegal and unconstitutional; JUVE knows this, but gets paid to play along with it https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/dyson-and-dla-land-pi-over-dreame-hair-stylers-in-upc-territory-and-spain/ [12:31] TR Bot Dyson and DLA land PI over Dreame hair stylers in UPC territory and Spain [12:32] TR News No Fault for USTA: Federal Circuit Protects Non-Party Defenses against Attempted Default Slam https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/protects-defenses-attempted.html [12:32] TR Bot No Fault for USTA: Federal Circuit Protects Non-Party Defenses against Attempted Default Slam | Patently-O [12:34] TR News Obviousness-Type Double Patenting: Challenging the Allergan First-Issued Safe Harbor https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/obviousness-patenting-challenging.html [12:34] TR Bot Obviousness-Type Double Patenting: Challenging the Allergan First-Issued Safe Harbor | Patently-O [12:34] TR News CIBanco, Intercam sell off assets as US extends bank sanction deadline https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/cibanco-intercam-assets-bank-sanction/ [12:34] TR Bot CIBanco, Intercam sell off assets as US extends sanction deadline [12:35] TR News Microsoft Has Had About 10 Waves of Mass Layoffs So Far This Year (Not Two as Mainstream Media and Slopfarms Endlessly Claim) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Microsoft_Has_Had_About_10_Waves_of_Mass_Layoffs_So_Far_This_Ye.shtml [12:35] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Has Had About 10 Waves of Mass Layoffs So Far This Year (Not Two as Mainstream Media and Slopfarms Endlessly Claim) [12:35] TR News Search in 2025 (Age of DDoS Attacks Under the Guise of "AI" "Innovation") https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Search_in_2025_Age_of_DDoS_Attacks_Under_the_Guise_of_AI_Innova.shtml [12:35] TR Bot Techrights Search in 2025 (Age of DDoS Attacks Under the Guise of "AI" "Innovation") [12:35] TR News Using Slop for Images Does Not Make Your Site Look Advanced or Witty, It Just Makes Your Whole Work Look Like Presumed Plagiarism https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Using_Slop_for_Images_Does_Not_Make_Your_Site_Look_Advanced_or_.shtml [12:35] TR Bot Techrights Using Slop for Images Does Not Make Your Site Look Advanced or Witty, It Just Makes Your Whole Work Look Like Presumed Plagiarism [12:38] TR News Wired busted publishing slop as articles. Conde Nast red-handed, caught at last. https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/wired-and-business-insider-remove-ai-written-freelance-articles/ [12:38] TR Bot Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles - Press Gazette [12:38] TR News Open Source Initiative (OSI), Which Became a Propaganda Front of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and "Hey Hi" (Hype, Misnomer), Wants You to Forget These Scandals https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Which_Became_a_Propaganda_Front_of_M.shtml [12:38] TR Bot Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI), Which Became a Propaganda Front of Microsoft and "Hey Hi" (Hype, Misnomer), Wants You to Forget These Scandals [12:38] TR News All That's Left of MSNBC (Microsoft-NBC) is Abusive Monopolist Microsoft NOW https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/All_That_s_Left_of_MSNBC_Microsoft_NBC_is_Microsoft_NOW.shtml [12:38] TR Bot Techrights All That's Left of MSNBC (Microsoft-NBC) is Microsoft NOW [12:39] TR News On the Internet, Nobody Knows Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and backdoored Windows Are Becoming Niche Players Until Data is Shown Correctly, Not Microsoft-Sponsored Articles in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Publishers https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/On_the_Internet_Nobody_Knows_Microsoft_and_Windows_Are_Becoming.shtml [12:39] TR Bot Techrights On the Internet, Nobody Knows Microsoft and Windows Are Becoming Niche Players Until Data is Shown Correctly, Not Microsoft-Sponsored Articles in Microsoft Publishers [12:39] TR News Richard Stallman Will Speak in Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Richard_Stallman_Will_Speak_in_Ethereum_Cypherpunk_Congress.shtml [12:39] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman Will Speak in Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress [12:39] TR News Financing of the "Hey Hi" (AI) Bubble by Those Who Profit From Planetary Destruction (Global Warming) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/21/Financing_of_the_Hey_Hi_AI_Bubble_by_Those_Who_Profit_From_Plan.shtml [12:39] TR Bot Techrights Financing of the "Hey Hi" (AI) Bubble by Those Who Profit From Planetary Destruction (Global Warming) [12:47] TR News India passes bill banning money-based online games, app shutdowns loom https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-passes-bill-to-ban-online-games-played-with-money [12:47] TR Bot India passes bill banning money-based online games, app shutdowns loom | The Straits Times [12:47] TR News Full-sized A1200 Amiga remake spotted on display A1200 will come with a port of The Settlers 2 that took 30 years, and a working keyboard https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/full-sized-a1200-amiga-remake-spotted-on-display-a1200-mini-will-come-with-a-port-of-the-settlers-2-which-took-30-years-and-a-working-keyboard [12:48] TR Bot Full-sized A1200 Amiga remake spotted on display A1200 will come with a port of The Settlers 2 that took 30 years, and a working keyboard | Tom's Hardware [12:48] TR News Doom runs surprisingly well on Anker Prime Charger 150 MHz CPU and decent screen results in 'better than expected' FPS per mAh https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/doom-runs-surprisingly-well-on-anker-prime-charger-150-mhz-cpu-and-decent-screen-results-in-better-than-expected-fps-per-mah [12:48] TR Bot Doom runs surprisingly well on Anker Prime Charger 150 MHz CPU and decent screen results in 'better than expected' FPS per mAh | Tom's Hardware [12:48] TR News Will the MAHA Moms Turn on Convicted Felon? https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/will-the-maha-moms-turn-on-trump [12:48] TR Bot Will the MAHA Moms Turn on Trump? | The New Yorker ● Aug 22 [13:03] TR News South Korea imposes curbs on foreigners buying homes in Seoul https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-imposes-curbs-on-foreigners-buying-homes-in-seoul [13:03] TR Bot South Korea imposes curbs on foreigners buying homes in Seoul | The Straits Times [13:10] TR News China Tells Tech Giants to Halt Nvidia H20 Orders After U.S. Officials Addiction Remark Chinese leaders call Lutnick's comments 'insulting' https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-tells-tech-giants-to-halt-nvidia-h20-orders-after-u-s-officials-addiction-remark-chinese-leaders-call-lutnicks-comments-insulting [13:10] TR Bot China Tells Tech Giants to Halt Nvidia H20 Orders After U.S. Officials Addiction Remark Chinese leaders call Lutnick's comments 'insulting' | Tom's Hardware [13:10] TR News RFA wins two National Murrow awards for Myanmar coverage https://rfa.org/english/about/releases/2025/08/21/rfa-wins-two-national-murrow-awards-for-myanmar-coverage/ [13:10] TR Bot RFA wins two National Murrow awards for Myanmar coverage Radio Free Asia [13:26] TR News "You Shouldnt Use This Jammer" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/bad-to-the-bluetooth-you-shouldnt-use-this-jammer/ | Source: Hackaday [13:26] TR Bot To The Bluetooth: You Shouldnt Use This Jammer | Hackaday [13:28] TR News Kali Vagrant Rebuilt: Out With Packer, In With DebOS https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-vagrant-rebuilt/ [13:28] TR Bot Kali Vagrant Rebuilt: Out With Packer, In With DebOS | Kali Linux Blog [13:29] TR News multi-scrobbler scrobble music https://www.linuxlinks.com/multi-scrobbler-scrobble-music/ [13:29] TR Bot - scrobble music - LinuxLinks [13:30] TR News FMP password manager written in memory-safe Rust https://www.linuxlinks.com/fmp-password-manager/ [13:30] TR Bot - password manager written in memory-safe Rust - LinuxLinks [13:30] TR News Tatuin task aggregation tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/tatuin-task-aggregation-tool/ [13:30] TR Bot - task aggregation tool - LinuxLinks [13:30] TR News dnsperf measure performance of authoritative domain name services https://www.linuxlinks.com/dnsperf-measure-performance-authoritative-domain-name-services/ [13:30] TR Bot - measure performance of authoritative domain name services - LinuxLinks [13:30] TR News Kingfisher secretscanning and live validation tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/kingfisher-secret%e2%80%91scanning-live-validation-tool/ [13:30] TR Bot - secretscanning and live validation tool - LinuxLinks [13:31] TR News Recent service outages https://archlinux.org/news/recent-services-outages/ [13:31] TR Bot Arch Linux - News: Recent service outages [13:33] TR News Proprietary SQL Server does not even (really) support Linux https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-brings-ubuntu-2404-and-tls-13-support-to-sql-server-2025-preview/ [13:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-brings-ubuntu-2404-and-tls-13-support-to-sql-server-2025-preview/ ) [13:33] TR News Top 22 Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Painting Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/paintingtools/ [13:33] TR Bot 22 Free and Open Source Linux Painting Tools - LinuxLinks [13:34] TR News Perl-Critic static analyzer https://www.linuxlinks.com/perl-critic-static-analyzer/ [13:34] TR Bot - static analyzer - LinuxLinks [13:34] TR News ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H Running Linux: OpenVINO Hey Hi (AI) Plugins for Audacity https://www.linuxlinks.com/asrock-nuc-box-255h-running-linux-openvino-ai-plugins-audacity/ [13:34] TR Bot Industrial NUC BOX-255H Running Linux: OpenVINO AI Plugins for Audacity - LinuxLinks [13:43] TR News Lagrange 1.18.8 released: "Reject Gemini responses that don't use an SP character (ASCII 32) as a separator, as required by the specification." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Lagrange/31668 [13:44] TR News layer of sweetness gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/layer_of_sweetness [13:50] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techrights [13:55] TR News Q4OS 6.0-beta is out https://distrowatch.com/q4os [13:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/q4os ) [13:56] TR News SmartOS 20250821 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/smartos [13:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/smartos ) [13:57] TR News "Linux Fu: Windows Virtualization The Hard(ware) Way" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/linux-fu-windows-virtualization-the-hardware-way/ | Source: Hackaday [13:57] TR Bot Fu: Windows Virtualization The Hard(ware) Way | Hackaday [13:57] TR News once a cheetah, always a cheetah; a cheetah won't change its spots https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/wired-and-business-insider-remove-ai-written-freelance-articles/ [13:57] TR Bot Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles - Press Gazette [13:58] TR News Anon: Think, back in the 1990s, Wired was the best. If you read it, you were well informed about what was going on in the world of ICT. It's been ages since that was the case, not since the sale. ● Aug 22 [14:01] TR News (NEW): OSMC's August update is here https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/OSMC_s_August_update_is_here.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/OSMC_s_August_update_is_here.gmi [14:01] TR Bot Tux Machines OSMC's August update is here [14:02] TR News Cockpit Project: Cockpit 345 https://cockpit-project.org//blog/cockpit-345.html [14:02] TR Bot Cockpit 345 Cockpit Project [14:03] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1034650/ [14:03] TR Bot updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [14:05] TR News Tails 6.19 Brings Tor, Thunderbird, and Browser Updates https://linuxiac.com/tails-6-19-brings-tor-thunderbird-and-browser-updates/ [14:06] TR Bot Tails 6.19 Brings Tor, Thunderbird, and Browser Updates [14:06] TR News Mastering AWK as a GNU/Linux System Administrator https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/awk/ [14:06] TR Bot Mastering AWK as a Linux System Administrator [14:07] TR News Voyager 25.10-alpha3 is out https://distrowatch.com/voyager [14:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/voyager ) [14:08] TR News (NEW): Calibre 8.9 E-Book Manager Adds Support for Embedded Fonts to HTMLZ Output https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Calibre_8_9_E_Book_Manager_Adds_Support_for_Embedded_Fonts_to_H.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Calibre_8_9_E_Book_Manager_Adds_Support_for_Embedded_Fonts_to_H.gmi [14:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Calibre 8.9 E-Book Manager Adds Support for Embedded Fonts to HTMLZ Output [14:08] TR News Kdenlive 25.08 Released with 10-Bit NVIDIA H.265 Encoding https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/kdenlive-2508-rleased-10-bit-encoding-support [14:08] TR Bot Kdenlive 25.08 Enhances Audio Mixer, Adds 10-bit H.265 Support - OMG! Ubuntu [14:08] TR News New Details Emerge on Thunderbird Pro, Thundermail and Hey Hi (AI) Features https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/new-details-on-thunderbird-pro-thundermail-ai-features [14:08] TR Bot Thunderbird Shares New Details on Upcoming Pro Features - OMG! Ubuntu [14:09] TR News Fooyin Music Player 0.9.0 Added Autoplaylists & Synced Lyrics https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/fooyin-music-player-0-9-0-added-autoplaylists-synced-lyrics/ [14:09] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/fooyin-music-player-0-9-0-added-autoplaylists-synced-lyrics/ ) [14:09] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [14:10] TR News Post frequency recently https://rubenerd.com/post-frequency-recently/ "writing makes me feel better, so I should!" [14:10] TR Bot Post frequency recently [14:12] TR News "The Trump administration has refused to reveal how many workers have left federal health agencies amid a massive purge." https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-health-agencies-workers-methodology | Source: Pro Publica [14:12] TR Bot How ProPublica Tracked Workforce Reductions at Federal Health Agencies ProPublica [14:14] TR News Mirror headline claiming six out of seven UK kids live in poverty was misleading, IPSO rules https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/mirror-headline-claiming-six-out-of-seven-uk-kids-live-in-poverty-was-misleading-ipso-rules/ [14:14] TR Bot IPSO: Mirror's '6 in 7 UK kids in poverty' headline was misleading - Press Gazette [14:15] TR News "In a recent video our hacker [Electronic Wizard] introduces the 74HC595 shift register and explains how to use it to drive 7-segment displays." https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/using-the-74hc595-shift-register-to-drive-7-segment-displays/ | Source: Hackaday [14:15] TR Bot The 74HC595 Shift Register To Drive 7-Segment Displays | Hackaday [14:16] TR News Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 beta 6 https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-beta-6/ [14:16] TR Bot Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 beta 6 Godot Engine [14:27] TR News Prosecutors Fine Top Official At Yeltsin Presidential Library For Anti-War Post https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-yeltsin-center-anti-war-post-official-fined/33509124.html "Russian prosecutors fined a top official at the Yeltsin Center, the library and cultural center dedicated to the late Russian president, after she re-posted an anti-war message on social control media." [14:27] TR Bot Prosecutors Fine Top Official At Yeltsin Presidential Library For Anti-War Post [14:28] TR News Latvian media watchdog appeals against court overturning TV Rain license ban https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/media/21.08.2025-latvian-media-watchdog-appeals-against-court-overturning-tv-rain-license-ban.a611177/ [14:28] TR Bot Latvian media watchdog appeals against court overturning TV Rain license ban / Article [14:29] TR News Sapir-Whorf does not apply to Programming Languages https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/sapir-whorf-does-not-apply-to-programming/ [14:29] TR Bot does not apply to Programming Languages Buttondown [14:34] TR News Suspect Is Arrested in Sabotage of Pipelines Between Russia and Germany https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/world/europe/nord-stream-pipeline-attacks-arrest.html [14:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/world/europe/nord-stream-pipeline-attacks-arrest.html ) [14:49] TR News (NEW): FFmpeg 8.0 Huffman Released with AV1 Vulkan Encoder, VVC VA-API Decoding https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/FFmpeg_8_0_Huffman_Released_with_AV1_Vulkan_Encoder_VVC_VA_API_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/FFmpeg_8_0_Huffman_Released_with_AV1_Vulkan_Encoder_VVC_VA_API_.gmi [14:49] TR Bot Tux Machines FFmpeg 8.0 Huffman Released with AV1 Vulkan Encoder, VVC VA-API Decoding [14:59] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Aug 22 [15:01] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [15:09] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/25071742 [15:09] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [15:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:14] *includeals_ (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00:d93e:13f1:e58f:b6e6) has joined #techrights [15:14] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) [15:14] *includeals_ is now known as includeals [15:24] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/bank-forced-to-rehire-workers-after-lying-about-chatbot-productivity-union-says/ [15:24] TR Bot Bank forced to rehire workers after lying about chatbot productivity, union says - Ars Technica [15:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [15:59] TR News Italy arrests Ukrainian suspected of involvement in Nord Stream pipeline blasts https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250821-italy-arrests-ukrainian-suspected-of-involvement-in-nord-stream-pipeline-blasts [15:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250821-italy-arrests-ukrainian-suspected-of-involvement-in-nord-stream-pipeline-blasts ) ● Aug 22 [16:06] TR News Raspberry Pi CM5 carrier board supports dual Ethernet (1GbE + 2.5GbE) and wide 7V36V DC input https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/21/raspberry-pi-cm5-carrier-board-supports-dual-ethernet-1gbe-2-5gbe-and-wide-7v-36v-dc-input/ [16:06] TR Bot Raspberry Pi CM5 carrier board supports dual Ethernet (1GbE + 2.5GbE) and wide 7V36V DC input - CNX Software [16:09] TR News BSD Now 625: Build Cluster Speedup https://www.bsdnow.tv/625 [16:09] TR Bot BSD Now 625: Build Cluster Speedup [16:09] TR News Japanese city to ask children to use smartphones for just 2 hours a day https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-city-to-ask-kids-to-only-use-smartphones-for-2-hours-per-day [16:09] TR Bot Japanese city to ask children to use smartphones for just 2 hours a day | The Straits Times [16:11] TR News ANES 2024 is Out! How to Analyze the Data with R https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/anes-2024-is-out-how-to-analyze-the-data-with-r/ [16:11] TR Bot 2024 is Out! How to Analyze the Data with R | R-bloggers [16:13] TR News Pluralistic: Melissa Mendes's "The Weight" (21 Aug 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/21/weighty/ [16:13] TR Bot Pluralistic: Melissa Mendess The Weight (21 Aug 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [16:14] TR News Weaponizing image scaling against production Hey Hi (AI) systems https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/21/weaponizing-image-scaling-against-production-ai-systems/ [16:14] TR Bot Weaponizing image scaling against production AI systems -The Trail of Bits Blog [16:15] TR News Openwashing of slop by Microsoft front group, OSI https://opensource.org/blog/new-resource-on-ai-open-source-for-u-s-policymakers [16:15] TR Bot New resource on AI & Open Source for U.S. policymakers Open Source Initiative [16:16] TR News Sebastian Wick: Testing with Portals https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/testing-with-portals/ [16:16] TR Bot Testing with Portals - swick's blog ● Aug 22 [17:36] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [17:40] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/25061720 [17:40] TR Bot WHOOPSIE ● Aug 22 [18:01] *__20h__ (~some_one@x82scn8guvv52.irc) has left #techrights (WeeChat 3.8) [18:01] *oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.) 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Beans were my middle finger, my act of contrition, my turning away." gemini://hyena.smol.pub/in-praise-of-eating-beans [18:53] TR News "Pocket Multitool Weighs Less Than A Penny" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/this-pocket-multitool-weighs-less-than-a-penny/ | Source: Hackaday [18:53] TR Bot Pocket Multitool Weighs Less Than A Penny | Hackaday [18:56] TR News "Now That Commodore Is Back, Could Amiga Be Next?" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/now-that-commodore-is-back-could-amiga-be-next/ | Source: Hackaday [18:56] TR Bot That Commodore Is Back, Could Amiga Be Next? | Hackaday [18:57] TR News To fake its financial state? https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-bytedance-trump-perplexity-87988733973760927bb5681f7de9b9af [18:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-bytedance-trump-perplexity-87988733973760927bb5681f7de9b9af ) [18:58] TR News "What the authors fail to mention is that if their employer, an internet access provider, implemented a more efficient IP blocking measure, there would be no need to involve another set of intermediaries such as DNS resolvers. This would ensure a more efficient enforcement for rights holders." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/guest-post-fight-against-online-piracy.html?showComment=1755763042214#c7463787601754991657 [18:58] TR Bot [Guest post] Fight against online piracy: dynamic injunctions in Belgium - The IPKat [18:59] TR News "How Intels 386 Protects Itself From ESD, Latch-up And Metastability" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/21/how-intels-386-protects-itself-from-esd-latch-up-and-metastability/ | Source: Hackaday [18:59] TR Bot Intels 386 Protects Itself From ESD, Latch-up And Metastability | Hackaday [18:59] TR News OpenAI's rocky GPT-5 launch is the beginning of an uphill battle for AI, as Meta announces another restructuring https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openais-rocky-gpt-5-launch-is-the-beginning-of-an-uphill-battle-for-ai-as-meta-announces-another-restructuring https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/GPT_5_is_Another_Microsoft_Dead_Cat_Trying_to_Bounce.shtml [18:59] TR Bot OpenAI's rocky GPT-5 launch is the beginning of an uphill battle for AI, as Meta announces another restructuring | Tom's Hardware [18:59] TR Bot Techrights "GPT-5" is Another Microsoft Dead Cat Trying to Bounce ● Aug 22 [19:05] TR News Thread Meeting https://xkcd.com/3128/ [19:05] TR Bot Thread Meeting [19:06] TR News Archaeology Research https://xkcd.com/3129/ [19:06] TR Bot Archaeology Research [19:07] TR News "French streamer Raphal Graven, 46, known as Jean Pormanove on social control media, died in southern France during a broadcast on the Kick livestreaming platform that had been running for more than 298 hours." https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250821-power-of-the-regulator-holding-platforms-to-account-when-they-potentially-violate-national-laws [19:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250821-power-of-the-regulator-holding-platforms-to-account-when-they-potentially-violate-national-laws ) [19:08] TR News F.B.I. Plans to Lower Recruiting Standards, Alarming Agents https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/politics/fbi-agent-recruitment-requirements-trump.html [19:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/politics/fbi-agent-recruitment-requirements-trump.html ) [19:09] TR News China's Great Firewall blocked all traffic to a common HTTPS port for over an hour, severing connection to the outside world with no hint as to its intention https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/chinas-great-firewall-blocked-all-traffic-to-a-common-https-port-for-over-an-hour-with-no-hint-as-to-its-intention [19:09] TR Bot China's Great Firewall blocked all traffic to a common HTTPS port for over an hour, severing connection to the outside world with no hint as to its intention | Tom's Hardware [19:10] TR News Start hacking Bluetooth Low Energy today! (part 1) https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/start-hacking-bluetooth-low-energy-today-part-1/ [19:10] TR Bot Start hacking Bluetooth Low Energy today! (part 1) | Pen Test Partners [19:11] TR News Passengers at Vilnius, Kaunas airports to keep liquids, electronic gadgets in hand luggage https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2650639/passengers-at-vilnius-kaunas-airports-to-keep-liquids-electronic-gadgets-in-hand-luggage [19:11] TR Bot Passengers at Vilnius, Kaunas airports to keep liquids, electronic gadgets in hand luggage - LRT [19:12] TR News OpenSSF Newsletter August 2025 https://openssf.org/newsletter/2025/08/21/openssf-newsletter-august-2025/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/ [19:12] TR Bot OpenSSF Newsletter August 2025 Open Source Security Foundation [19:12] TR Bot With Microsoft in Charge, OpenSSF Seems More Like It's About Back Doors -- Not Real Security -- Inside the Linux Foundation [19:13] TR News Scattered Spider Hacker Sentenced to Prison https://www.securityweek.com/scattered-spider-hacker-sentenced-to-prison/ [19:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/scattered-spider-hacker-sentenced-to-prison/ ) [19:14] TR News Cesium https://xkcd.com/3131/ [19:14] TR Bot Cesium [19:14] TR News Predicament https://xkcd.com/3130/ [19:14] TR Bot Predicament [19:18] TR News Telecom Firm Colt Confirms Data Breach as Ransomware Group Auctions Files https://www.securityweek.com/telecom-firm-colt-confirms-data-breach-as-ransomware-group-auctions-files/ [19:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/telecom-firm-colt-confirms-data-breach-as-ransomware-group-auctions-files/ ) [19:18] TR News Raspberry PI Imager: Official Micro SD Flashing Tool for OS Installation https://peppe8o.com/raspberry-pi-imager/ [19:18] TR Bot Raspberry PI Imager: Official Micro SD Flashing Tool for OS Installation [19:19] TR News Tails 7.0-rc2 is out https://distrowatch.com/tails [19:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tails ) [19:20] TR News Weighing in on the Age Verification Debate: Risk-Based Approaches To Minimizing Harm for Child Users https://publicknowledge.org/weighing-in-on-the-age-verification-debate-risk-based-approaches-to-minimizing-harm-for-child-users/ [19:20] TR Bot Weighing in on the Age Verification Debate: Risk-Based Approaches To Minimizing Harm for Child Users - Public Knowledge [19:23] TR News TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/08/ttablog-test-how-did-these-three.html [19:23] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? [19:23] TR News ChatGPT users mourn their Hey Hi (AI) lovers after a big tech update destroys them: My heart is broken into pieces https://nypost.com/2025/08/21/tech/chatgpt-update-breaks-ai-relationships-users-heartbroken/ [19:23] TR Bot ChatGPT update breaks AI relationships, users heartbroken [19:24] TR News After 100 days: Germanys government still lacks a Free Software push https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250814-01.en.html says a group funded by Microsoft [19:24] TR Bot After 100 days: Germanys government still lacks a Free Software push - FSFE [19:25] TR News CRA https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-37.en.html [19:25] TR Bot SFP#37: Policy and EU: The most famous of them all we are talking about the CRA - FSFE [19:25] TR News While their top sponsor is the biggest GPL violator, Microsoft https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250820-01.en.html [19:25] TR Bot Legal Corner: Bringing SumUp to compliance: a case study of license enforcement - FSFE [19:26] TR News U.S. Music Streaming Market Shares Are Remaining Steady in 2025 But Savings-Minded Customers Are Embracing Group Plans, DMN Pro Data Shows https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/21/music-streaming-market-share-data-august-2025/ [19:26] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/21/music-streaming-market-share-data-august-2025/ ) [19:26] TR News Apple issues emergency update to fix unpatched flaw in ImageIO framework https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/21/apple-issues-emergency-update-fix-unpatched-flaw-imageio-framework/ [19:26] TR Bot issues emergency update to fix unpatched flaw in ImageIO framework - SiliconANGLE [19:27] TR News Apple Fitness Chief Accused of Toxic Workplace Culture and Harassment https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/technology/apple-fitness-jay-blahnik.html [19:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/technology/apple-fitness-jay-blahnik.html ) [19:28] TR News Apple discloses actively exploited zero-day affecting iOS, iPadOS and macOS https://cyberscoop.com/apple-zero-day-ios-macos-ipados-august-2025/ [19:28] TR Bot discloses actively exploited zero-day affecting iOS, iPadOS and macOS | CyberScoop [19:28] TR News Apple Patches Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-zero-day-exploited-in-targeted-attacks/ [19:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-zero-day-exploited-in-targeted-attacks/ ) [19:29] TR News Intel N97/Core i3-N305 fanless mini PC exposes a GPIO header and two COM ports https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/21/intel-n97-core-i3-n305-fanless-mini-pc-exposes-a-gpio-header-and-two-com-ports/ [19:29] TR Bot Intel N97/Core i3-N305 fanless mini PC exposes a GPIO header and two COM ports - CNX Software [19:31] TR News Jimmy Lais lawyer grilled about tycoons vow to not back down after security law https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/21/jimmy-lais-lawyer-grilled-about-tycoons-vow-to-not-back-down-after-security-law/ [19:31] TR Bot Jimmy Lais lawyer grilled about tycoons vow to not back down [19:31] TR News Don't Forget The "-n" Command Line Switch, (Thu, Aug 21st) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32220 [19:31] TR Bot Don't Forget The "-n" Command Line Switch - SANS ISC [19:32] TR News Unleash controlled chaos with krknctl https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/21/unleash-controlled-chaos-krknctl [19:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/21/unleash-controlled-chaos-krknctl ) [19:33] TR News Parrot OS vs Kali GNU/Linux vs Ubuntu Comparison: Which To Choose? https://dekisoft.net/parrot-os-vs-kali-linux-vs-ubuntu/ [19:33] TR Bot Parrot OS vs Kali Linux vs Ubuntu Comparison: Which To Choose? [19:33] TR News New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Rock Crusher - 2025-08-20 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-08-20-edition/index.html [19:33] TR Bot New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Rock Crusher - 2025-08-20 Edition [19:34] TR News R Loves Math: cpp11armadillo connects R with Armadillo C++ linear algebra library, prioritizes prioritize safety over speed https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/r-loves-math-cpp11armadillo-connects-r-with-armadillo-c-linear-algebra-library-prioritizes-prioritize-safety-over-speed/ [19:34] TR Bot Loves Math: cpp11armadillo connects R with Armadillo C++ linear algebra library, prioritizes prioritize safety over speed | R-bloggers [19:35] TR News Darktrace reports attackers are hijacking SaaS accounts through rented virtual private server nodes https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/21/darktrace-reports-attackers-hijacking-saas-accounts-rented-vps-nodes/ [19:35] TR Bot reports attackers are hijacking SaaS accounts through rented virtual private server nodes - SiliconANGLE [19:36] MinceR https://explosm.net/comics/alpha-male#comic [19:36] TR Bot & Happiness (Explosm.net) [19:37] TR News How to install Telegram on Kubuntu 24.04 https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/08/how-to-install-telegram-on-kubuntu-2404.html https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ahZvJyDBiqk [19:37] TR Bot How to install Telegram on Kubuntu 24.04 [19:37] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ahZvJyDBiqk?v=ahZvJyDBiqk ) [19:42] TR News "Does the thought of learning Linux seem daunting? It doesn't have to be. Start with a few games." https://www.zdnet.com/article/want-to-learn-linux-these-5-games-make-it-fun-and-theyre-free/ [19:42] TR Bot to learn Linux? These 5 games make it fun - and they're free | ZDNET [19:43] TR News Slop is not "AI". Quit perpetuating the lies. https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-is-creeping-into-the-linux-kernel-and-official-policy-is-needed-asap/ [19:43] TR Bot is creeping into the Linux kernel - and official policy is needed ASAP | ZDNET [19:43] TR News "I still vividly remember the original announcement, shaking with excitement on what it would mean for the future. It has opened up a world of possibilities, where you (for the most part) don't need to be attached to Windows to play some of the best games around." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/7-years-later-valves-proton-has-been-an-incredible-game-changer-for-linux/ [19:44] TR Bot years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux | GamingOnLinux [19:45] TR News Microsoft media moles actively pushing Microsoft EEE against GNU/Linux https://www.infoworld.com/article/4043164/up-and-running-with-azure-linux-3-0.html [19:45] TR Bot and running with Azure Linux 3.0 | InfoWorld [19:46] TR News ActiveMQ is not Linux and this hole was patched nearly 2 years ago https://securitybrief.asia/story/new-dripdropper-malware-exploits-then-patches-linux-cloud-flaw [19:46] TR Bot New DripDropper malware exploits then patches Linux cloud flaw [19:46] TR News "There are numerous popular browser-based free VPNs. FreeVPN is one such extension that was recently caught to be spying on its users. As the saying goes, if it's free, you are the product." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-34/ [19:46] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #25.34: Mint 22.2 Features, FreeVPN Fiasco, Windows Update Killing SSDs, AI in LibreOffice and More [19:47] TR News This was patches years ago https://www.scworld.com/news/attackers-patch-10-0-apache-activemq-bug-after-gaining-access-to-linux-systems [19:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.scworld.com/news/attackers-patch-10-0-apache-activemq-bug-after-gaining-access-to-linux-systems ) [19:48] TR News [patched] [19:50] TR News (NEW): Security, FUD, and Advisories https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Security_FUD_and_Advisories.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Security_FUD_and_Advisories.gmi [19:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Security, FUD, and Advisories [19:52] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [19:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [19:54] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [19:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [19:55] admfubar https://www.discovermagazine.com/you-won-t-be-able-to-see-this-month-s-black-moon-but-that-doesn-t-mean-you-won-t-see-other-cosmic-wonders-47943 [19:55] TR Bot As the Rare Black Moon Rises This Weekend, Lunar Light Will Disappear in the Night Sky | Discover Magazine [19:55] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: FPGA, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Open_Hardware_Modding_FPGA_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Open_Hardware_Modding_FPGA_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi [19:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: FPGA, Raspberry Pi, and More [19:55] TR News (NEW): Parrot OS vs Kali GNU/Linux, Kali Vagrant Rebuilt https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Parrot_OS_vs_Kali_GNU_Linux_Kali_Vagrant_Rebuilt.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Parrot_OS_vs_Kali_GNU_Linux_Kali_Vagrant_Rebuilt.gmi [19:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Parrot OS vs Kali GNU/Linux, Kali Vagrant Rebuilt [19:56] admfubar https://www.discovermagazine.com/turns-out-bacteria-and-viruses-can-join-forces-to-kill-tumors-from-the-inside-47927 [19:56] TR Bot Acting as a Trojan Horse, Viruses Can Use Bacteria to Kill Tumors From the Inside | Discover Magazine [19:57] TR News (NEW): Red Hat's Technical Posts and Cockpit 345 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Red_Hat_s_Technical_Posts_and_Cockpit_345.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Red_Hat_s_Technical_Posts_and_Cockpit_345.gmi [19:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat's Technical Posts and Cockpit 345 [19:59] TR News (NEW): easyOS and OpenEmbedded/Yocto Development Updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/easyOS_and_OpenEmbedded_Yocto_Development_Updates.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/easyOS_and_OpenEmbedded_Yocto_Development_Updates.gmi [19:59] TR Bot Tux Machines easyOS and OpenEmbedded/Yocto Development Updates [19:59] TR News (NEW): Games: Godot, Steam, and Retro https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Games_Godot_Steam_and_Retro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Games_Godot_Steam_and_Retro.gmi [19:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Godot, Steam, and Retro ● Aug 22 [20:00] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Videos: BSD Now and HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Audiocasts_Videos_BSD_Now_and_HowTos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Audiocasts_Videos_BSD_Now_and_HowTos.gmi [20:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Videos: BSD Now and HowTos [20:02] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [20:02] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [20:06] TR News Techrights Links 22/08/2025: Lagrange 1.18.8, Wired Magazine and Business Insider Caught Resorting to LLM Slop https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Links_22_08_2025_Lagrange_1_18_8_Wired_Magazine_and_Business_In.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Links_22_08_2025_Lagrange_1_18_8_Wired_Magazine_and_Business_In.gmi [20:06] TR Bot Techrights Links 22/08/2025: Lagrange 1.18.8, Wired Magazine and Business Insider Caught Resorting to LLM Slop [20:07] admfubar https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-fed-sloppy-code-it-turned-into-something-evil-20250813/ [20:07] TR Bot The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil. | Quanta Magazine [20:07] schestowitz[TR2] sloppy code ^_^ [20:07] schestowitz[TR2] (sloppp) [20:08] admfubar wonders what happens when you feed them sloppy joe's... [20:08] schestowitz[TR2] or feed slop into slop [20:08] schestowitz[TR2] i did not open this URL [20:08] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, this domain is malicious [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] i cannotr recall why [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] worse than JS [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] based on the ehadline though [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] they complain the LLM gets bad code IN [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] not OUT [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] in reality, the real issue is the LLM [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] and what it spews out [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] which is connected to the LLM sucking [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] seems they blame the inputs [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] that's like saying word LLMs suck because... [20:10] schestowitz[TR2] the articles they plagiarise suck [20:10] schestowitz[TR2] rather than say the LLMs and slop 'articles' suck [20:10] schestowitz[TR2] blame the people they steal from? [20:10] schestowitz[TR2] like a shoplifter moaning about "bad service at the store" [20:12] admfubar https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/trojans-embedded-in-svg-files.html [20:12] TR Bot Embedded in .svg Files - Schneier on Security [20:16] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [20:16] TR News Mozilla jumping the shark because LLMs don't summarise text, only shorten it, and this is parasitic https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/firefox_142/ [20:16] TR Bot Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links The Register [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3748b5n [20:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3748b5n ) [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] Current stock market valuations depend on a fictional idea of what AI can do. A flood of articles over last couple of weeks show that people are realizing it's fiction or at least many years away. CEOs are panicking and saying nonsense like the above to desperately try and maintain valuations. Not going to end well. Or at least won't end well for CEOs and investors, will probably be good for all the laid off tech workers who will [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] get hired back once companies finally acknowledge that, no, AI couldn't replace them. [20:21] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:22] admfubar https://restofworld.org/2025/mongolia-egune-ai-llm/ [20:22] TR Bot Egune AI, the LLM that specializes in Mongolias language, culture, and nomadic traditions - Rest of World [20:22] TR News folks [20:22] TR News "As most folks know, IBM is running dry and Alvind desperately needs his 2026 bonus before he checks out - he'll do anything (and I mean anything) to make his fake Q3 numbers even if it means taking lessons from Rob the Slob on the art of CS." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k382n9dj [20:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k382n9dj ) [20:28] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/08/21/123255&from=rss [20:28] TR Bot Adult Sites Are Stashing Exploit Code Inside Racy .svg Files - SoylentNews [20:30] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/08/20/2242220 [20:30] TR Bot We Need to Become Unoptomizable - SoylentNews [20:34] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/08/18/122222 [20:34] TR Bot Wikipedia Loses Challenge Against Online Safety Act, but the Door is Open for a Challenge - SoylentNews [20:38] admfubar well it is applied with a brush... https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/08/18/122222 [20:39] TR News Techrights The Company Behind Ars Technica, Reddit and Wired Caught Publishing LLM Slop (It Also Admits It Now) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/The_Company_Behind_Ars_Technica_Reddit_and_Wired_Caught_Publish.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/The_Company_Behind_Ars_Technica_Reddit_and_Wired_Caught_Publish.gmi [20:39] TR Bot Techrights The Company Behind Ars Technica, Reddit and Wired Caught Publishing LLM Slop (It Also Admits It Now) [20:41] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/21/apple-tv-price-jumps-30-to-12-99-monthly/ [20:41] TR Bot TV+ price jumps 30% to $12.99 monthly | TechCrunch [20:43] *admfubar has quit (Quit: Leaving.) [20:44] MinceR (cat) https://ircz.de/p/2507164 [20:44] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] TV+ [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] CANAL+? [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] that's expensive [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] it's like 800 dollars in 5 years [20:52] schestowitz[TR2] sounds like ripoff disguised by installments ● Aug 22 [21:06] TR News Techrights The Great, Undeniable Value of Paper Trail, Not Purely Digital Systems https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/The_Great_Undeniable_Value_of_Paper_Trail_Not_Purely_Digital_Sy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/The_Great_Undeniable_Value_of_Paper_Trail_Not_Purely_Digital_Sy.gmi [21:06] TR Bot Techrights The Great, Undeniable Value of Paper Trail, Not Purely Digital Systems [21:08] TR News Microsoft running out of money? https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/microsoft_throttling_onmicrosoft/ see https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Microsoft_s_Debt_Exploded_by_15_4_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Past_9.shtml [21:08] TR Bot Microsoft puts the squeeze on onmicrosoft.com freeloaders The Register [21:08] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Debt Exploded by 15.4 Billion Dollars in the Past 9 Months Alone (Despite All the Layoffs) [21:11] TR News possible topic: sad that the author does not know about ODF, a more stable format https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/step-by-step-guide-to-use-r-and-selenium-to-scrape-empleos-publicos-part-2/ [21:11] TR Bot Guide to Use R and Selenium to Scrape Empleos Publicos (Part 2) | R-bloggers [21:13] TR News Quantum alternative to GPS navigation will be tested on US military spaceplane https://theconversation.com/quantum-alternative-to-gps-navigation-will-be-tested-on-us-military-spaceplane-262967 [21:13] TR Bot Quantum alternative to GPS navigation will be tested on US military spaceplane [21:15] TR News Coup by the Cheeto Nazi https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/donald-trump-says-will-fire-fed-governor-lisa-cook-if-she-doesnt-resign/amp_articleshow/123457376.cms [21:15] TR Bot Donald Trump says will 'fire' Fed governor Lisa Cook if she doesn't resign - The Economic Times [21:15] TR News "Elon Musks X Settles US$500 Million Severance Dispute with Former Staff" [21:39] TR News (NEW): Rianne's Birthday and Slow News Cycles https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Rianne_s_Birthday_and_Slow_News_Cycles.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/22/Rianne_s_Birthday_and_Slow_News_Cycles.gmi [21:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Rianne's Birthday and Slow News Cycles [21:44] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 22 [22:05] TR News Techrights Harassing People on Holiday https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Harassing_People_on_Holiday.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Harassing_People_on_Holiday.gmi [22:05] TR Bot Techrights Harassing People on Holiday [22:13] TR News Microsoft: we OWN Linux!!!!!! SOMETHING SOMETHING HEY HI!! https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsofts-open-source-journey-from-20000-lines-of-linux-code-to-ai-at-global-scale/ [22:13] TR Bot From 20,000 lines of Linux code to global scale: Microsoft's open-source journey | Microsoft Azure Blog [22:26] TR News Techrights About 25% of the "Linux" News/Results in Google News Today Are LLM Slop, Almost 20% From the Same Rogue Operators of Slopfarms https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/About_25_of_the_Linux_News_Results_in_Google_News_Today_Are_LLM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/About_25_of_the_Linux_News_Results_in_Google_News_Today_Are_LLM.gmi [22:26] TR Bot Techrights About 25% of the "Linux" News/Results in Google News Today Are LLM Slop, Almost 20% From the Same Rogue Operators of Slopfarms [22:32] TR News Windows at 7% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/afghanistan/#monthly-200902-202508 [22:32] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Afghanistan | Statcounter Global Stats [22:36] TR News Very low adoption rate for Vista 11 in Africa e.g. https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/central-african-republic/#monthly-200902-202508 [22:36] TR Bot Desktop Windows Version Market Share Central African Republic | Statcounter Global Stats [22:38] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [22:39] *lightbringer (mincer@freenode/user/lightbringer) has joined #techrights [22:39] TR News GNU/Linux 5% in Serbia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/serbia/#monthly-200902-202508 [22:39] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Serbia | Statcounter Global Stats [22:53] TR News Techrights Microsoft Has Issues in Guyana https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Microsoft_Has_Issues_in_Guyana.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/22/Microsoft_Has_Issues_in_Guyana.gmi [22:53] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Has Issues in Guyana ● Aug 22 [23:29] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:32] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [23:45] admfubar just what we need.. https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/harvard-dropouts-to-launch-always-on-ai-smart-glasses-that-listen-and-record-every-conversation/ [23:45] TR Bot dropouts to launch 'always on' AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation | TechCrunch [23:51] admfubar happy b'day Rianne!