●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 ●● ● Apr 23 [00:14] MinceR (video) (audio:important) https://imgur.com/gallery/l9sC3iy = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/l9sC3iy [00:14] TR Bot legit - Album on Imgur [00:14] TR Bot Seems legit - rimgo [00:24] IsambardPrince MinceR, Sent pictures to the landlord asking when someone will be done swapping out their wheel hub bearing so their car won't be sitting unattended on a jack anymore. [00:24] IsambardPrince LOL [00:24] MinceR :> [00:33] TR News (NEW): OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Released with Linux 6.14, KDE Plasma 6.3, and Server Edition https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/22/OpenMandriva_Lx_6_0_Released_with_Linux_6_14_KDE_Plasma_6_3_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/22/OpenMandriva_Lx_6_0_Released_with_Linux_6_14_KDE_Plasma_6_3_and.gmi [00:33] TR Bot Tux Machines OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Released with Linux 6.14, KDE Plasma 6.3, and Server Edition [00:50] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Amzon's bot Rufus was joined today by Walmart's bot "Sparky". [00:53] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1d7f) has joined #techrights ● Apr 23 [01:00] MinceR alexa wasn't enough for scamazon? 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[01:36] IsambardPrince The tariff decision is entirely up to the President of the United States, he said. I will weigh in with my advice. Ive been on the record many times saying lower tariffs are a good idea for prosperity. Ill continue to advocate for lower tariffs rather than higher tariffs. Thats all I can do. [01:36] IsambardPrince The automaker reported its revenue fell 9%, with auto revenue falling 20%. Adjusted income tumbled 39%. Those drops were bigger than forecast. Its net income, the strictest definition of its profitability, plunged 71% compared to a year earlier." [01:36] IsambardPrince Tee hehehehehe [01:44] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [01:44] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [01:46] MinceR :) [01:53] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY9ZjE_KOCQ [01:53] TR Bot https://onion.tube/watch?v=WY9ZjE_KOCQ [01:53] TR Bot onion.tube | NO TITLE [01:57] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 23 [02:01] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [02:19] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [02:26] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/chatgpt-head-tells-court-openai-is-interested-in-buying-chrome/ [02:26] TR Bot OpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an AI-first experience - Ars Technica [02:26] MinceR lol [02:26] MinceR idiot edgesploiter isn't enough anymore, i guess [02:28] admfubar openai's new marketing slogan... we make firefox look good [02:28] MinceR lol [02:32] admfubar hey anyone here having trouble accessing inkscape.org ? [02:33] admfubar cant access it fom the states [02:33] MinceR it says "502 Bad Gateway" [02:33] admfubar same here [02:36] admfubar and the skys are cloudy all day ... https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/microsoft-millions-cloud-tenants-storm-0558 [02:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/microsoft-millions-cloud-tenants-storm-0558 ) [02:41] *darwin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-220425.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-220425.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-220425.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-220425.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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[03:37] MinceR that ascii art looks impressive though [03:43] admfubar there was one with the rounded windows that looked really good [03:43] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2025/04/14/man-tries-to-use-ai-generated-lawyer-in-courtroom-judge-unhappy/ [03:43] TR Bot Tries to Use AI-Generated Lawyer in Courtroom, Judge Unhappy | PetaPixel [03:55] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2025/04/10/adobe-deletes-bluesky-posts-after-furious-backlash/ [03:55] TR Bot Deletes Bluesky Posts After Furious Backlash | PetaPixel [03:57] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2025/04/05/dear-apple-photos-my-grandmother-was-not-a-dog/ [03:57] TR Bot Apple Photos: My Grandmother Was Not a Dog | PetaPixel [03:59] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2025/04/04/pioneering-musicians-diary-reveals-an-addiction-to-photoshop/ [03:59] TR Bot Musician's Diary Reveals an Addiction to Photoshop | PetaPixel ● Apr 23 [04:02] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/10/solidarity-forever-2/#oligarchism [04:02] TR Bot Pluralistic: The most remarkable thing about antitrust (that no one talks about) (10 Apr 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [04:03] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/09/cases-and-controversy/ [04:03] TR Bot Pluralistic: EFFs lawsuit against DOGE will go forward (09 Apr 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [04:05] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/ [04:05] TR Bot VA order slammed for directing workers to snitch on each other over 'anti-Christian' bias - Raw Story [04:05] admfubar aaaaaawwwwwwww... https://www.rawstory.com/tesla-2671825359/ [04:05] TR Bot Tesla says profits plunge 71%, warns of 'changing political sentiment' - Raw Story [04:11] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [04:12] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/casey-desantis-hope-florida/ [04:12] TR Bot DeSantis diverted $10M of Medicaid cash to wife's charity: report - Raw Story [04:17] admfubar https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/22/1746233/walmart-is-ditching-zip-codes-in-favor-of-honeycomb-style-maps-as-it-looks-to-speed-up-deliveries [04:17] TR Bot Walmart is Ditching ZIP Codes in Favor of Honeycomb-Style Maps As It Looks To Speed Up Deliveries - Slashdot [04:22] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [04:34] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_April_22_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_April_22_2025.gmi [04:34] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 [04:34] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:35] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:35] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:39] TR News "Now, IBM, which is headed by Arvind Krishna, has reportedly decided to enter the murky waters of scaling back remote work." https://www.thestreet.com/employment/ibm-gives-employees-a-rude-awakening-with-harsh-new-policy [04:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thestreet.com/employment/ibm-gives-employees-a-rude-awakening-with-harsh-new-policy ) [04:39] TR News plans 9,000 layoffs https://news.outsourceaccelerator.com/ibm-back-to-office-plans-layoffs/ [04:39] TR Bot IBM orders U.S. sales staff back to office, plans 9,000 layoffs - Outsource Accelerator [04:41] TR News Microsoft eyes new round of layoffs https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/microsoft-eyes-new-round-of-layoffs-focuses-on-boosting-engineer-headcount-report-471540-2025-04-10 [04:41] TR Bot Microsoft eyes new round of layoffs, focuses on boosting engineer headcount: Report - Microsoft eyes new round of layoffs, focuses on boosting engineer headcount: Report BusinessToday [04:42] TR News "as early as May 2025" https://content.techgig.com/technology/microsoft-cuts-middle-management-jobs-to-boost-efficiency/articleshow/120157536.cms [04:42] TR Bot Microsoft Cuts Middle Management Jobs to Boost Efficiency [04:43] TR News Trump administration threatens to end consultancy contracts after insulting proposals https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsg68bkn [04:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsg68bkn ) [04:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsfqx9kf\ [04:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsfqx9kf\ ) [04:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsfqx9kf [04:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsfqx9kf ) [04:45] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:45] schestowitz[TR2] Old news with few added details from Alvind and the Pipmunks... [04:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ibm-gives-employees-a-rude-awakening-with-harsh-new-policy/ar-AA1DpmVo?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W099&cvid=e7128b0d4bc945ea9dfc61ba3e2d570e&ei=11 [04:45] schestowitz[TR2] And the IBM results are announced is tomorrow after the market close....stay tuned for Krabanaugh's vomit ! [04:45] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:45] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-MSN [04:47] TR News "Cross-dressing is allowed in the Austin TX office." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js4j2d38 [04:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js4j2d38 ) [04:47] TR News FALSE: "dismissed 3,900 employees in January 2023. Since then, minimal reductions of the staff have been recorded." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsb7krc3 [04:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsb7krc3 ) [04:54] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-23.gmi [04:55] TR News [japan] [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-04-22.gmi [04:55] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1623.jpg [04:55] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1273.jpg [04:57] TR News "Since 2019, I've maintained a shell script that creates and manages a microjournaling file. I made it entirely for personal use, mimicking an esoteric use case for Twitter, and while I've shared the script on my capsule, I'm pretty sure nobody uses it except me." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202504/20250422-refactoring.gmi [04:58] TR News "I stepped outside into the front yard at 5:17am, and the skies were partly cloudy with some wispy clouds off in various directions. Some orange glow was visible behind the trees to the NE which, moving toward my zenith, changed to white, then light blue, the a dull, dark blue." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250422-0.gmi [04:59] TR News "On 2025-04-21 I was able to get out for a brief sunrise viewing. It was not a grand sunrise, and the colors did not last long, but I decided I would upload some brief notes anyway." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250422-1.gmi ● Apr 23 [05:02] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 23/04/2025: Librarians, Anubis, and Refactoring a Gemini Capsule https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Gemini_Links_23_04_2025_Librarians_Anubis_and_Refactoring_a_Gem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Gemini_Links_23_04_2025_Librarians_Anubis_and_Refactoring_a_Gem.gmi [05:02] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 23/04/2025: Librarians, Anubis, and Refactoring a Gemini Capsule [05:07] TR News Bizarre topic to cover https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/22/windows_10_ltsc/ [05:07] TR Bot Windows 10 LTSC the version that won't expire for years The Register [05:08] TR News Especially the original headline: "How to stay on Windows 10 instead of installing Linux" [05:15] TR News Oracle releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8 (UEK 8) https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/04/21/oracle-releases-unbreakable-enterprise-kernel-8-uek-8/ [05:15] TR Bot Oracle releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8 (UEK 8) - Help Net Security [05:20] TR News Techrights Google News is Amplifying FUD and Lies About Linux (and OpenSSH/SSH) by Promoting Slopfarms With Machine-Generated FUD and Slop Images https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Google_News_is_Amplifying_FUD_and_Lies_About_Linux_and_OpenSSH_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Google_News_is_Amplifying_FUD_and_Lies_About_Linux_and_OpenSSH_.gmi [05:20] TR Bot Techrights Google News is Amplifying FUD and Lies About Linux (and OpenSSH/SSH) by Promoting Slopfarms With Machine-Generated FUD and Slop Images [05:23] TR News Maybe they should have stayed with IRC then https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2025/04/21/safety-on-matrix/ [05:23] TR Bot Safety on Matrix Michael Catanzaro's Blog [05:24] TR News Allowing any random person to spew insults into your screen is... bad. Letting people do the same with images is... worse. [05:27] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] Re: Experiment shows people use Google search out of habit [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > A recent Washington Post article on the results of an experiment claims [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > that people use Google simply out of habit and the behavior changes [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > once they try other choices. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > I do not totally agree with this conclusion. Microsoft bundled Bing [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > search to their OS and many millions had the opportunity to try it. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > In spite of this Bing's share within the search market stayed low. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > One possible explanation is that many used Bing for a some while and [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > drifted back to Google. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > It is possible that the experiment was sponsored by an adversory [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > of Google, or a group thereof. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > --- [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > The government wants you to get paid not to use Google search [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/22/google-trial-search-dominance-alternatives [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > A novel experiment suggests that Google's monopoly can be tamed with [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > habit-altering tactics. Government authorities are trying to make [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > it happen. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > A group of researchers says it has identified a hidden reason we use [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > Google for nearly all web searches: We've never given other options [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > a real shot. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > Their research experiment suggests that Google is overwhelmingly [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > popular partly because we believe it's the best, whether that's true [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > or not. It's like a preference for your favorite soda. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > And their research suggested that our mass devotion to googling can [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > be altered with habit-changing techniques, including by bribing people [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] > to try search alternatives to see what they are like. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] Good point. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] Can you 'google' who sponsors the faculty or employer of the people who wrote that? [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] In the past Techrights exposed a bunch of anti-Googfle studies and profs who turned out to have been funded by Microsoft. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] I am tight with time today, could use help research on the money trail. [05:33] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/22/google-trial-search-dominance-alternatives ) [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] "Leon Musolff" Microsoft [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] if anyone wants to have a go [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] others are named there [05:35] schestowitz[TR2] i see no link to "the study" [05:38] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [05:55] TR News Techrights Microsoft 'Studies' Again? Leon Musolff is Writing Papers With Microsoft. https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_Studies_Again_Leon_Musolff_is_Writing_Papers_With_Mic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_Studies_Again_Leon_Musolff_is_Writing_Papers_With_Mic.gmi [05:55] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft 'Studies' Again? Leon Musolff is Writing Papers With Microsoft. ● Apr 23 [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] found some links [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] after all [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] was worth the time spent [06:03] TR News GNU/Linux up to 6% in Benin https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/benin/#monthly-200902-202504 [06:03] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Benin | Statcounter Global Stats [06:04] TR News Windows perishing in Brazil https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/brazil/#monthly-200902-202504 [06:04] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Brazil | Statcounter Global Stats [06:05] TR News Whereas Android dominates https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/brazil/#monthly-200902-202504 [06:05] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Brazil | Statcounter Global Stats [06:22] TR News Techrights Microsoft's Most Profound Issue is That People Moved to 'Mobile' and "App Stores" (Microsoft's Presence There is Negligible) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_s_Most_Profound_Issue_is_That_People_Moved_to_Mobile_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_s_Most_Profound_Issue_is_That_People_Moved_to_Mobile_.gmi [06:22] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Most Profound Issue is That People Moved to 'Mobile' and "App Stores" (Microsoft's Presence There is Negligible) [06:28] TR News "Hi. Is there a simple webpage that explains what LibreLocal month is ? It can link to the meetings page, but for promo purposes we just need a simple paragraph to explain what this is. Thanks, Paul" https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-04/msg00001.html [06:28] TR Bot Libre Local Month [06:29] *GNUmoon has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [06:29] TR News Tesla accused of hacking odometers to weasel out of warranty repairs. https://stallman.org/archives/2025-jan-apr.html#21_April_2025_(Tesla_odometer_as_warranty_cheater) https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/15/musklemons/#more-like-edison-amirite [06:29] TR Bot 2025: January - April Political Notes [06:29] TR Bot Pluralistic: Tesla accused of hacking odometers to weasel out of warranty repairs (15 Apr 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [06:30] TR News "The wrecker has eliminated an agency whose mission is to detect and counter disinformation campaigns, especially Russian." https://stallman.org/archives/2025-jan-apr.html#20_April_2025_(Foreign_disinformation_welcomed_in_US) [06:30] TR Bot 2025: January - April Political Notes [06:31] TR News "Don't Pay For Harry Potter Books, Movies, Gear" https://stallman.org/harry-potter.html [06:31] TR Bot Don't Buy Harry Potter Books [06:32] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [06:34] TR News Intel's new CEO begins tenure with major layoffs: 20% employees set to go https://www.peoplematters.in/news/talent-management/intels-new-ceo-begins-tenure-with-major-layoffs-20-employees-set-to-go-45281 [06:34] TR Bot People Matters - Interstitial Site People Matters [06:35] TR News Intel to reportedly fire 20 per cent of its staff this week https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/intel-to-reportedly-fire-20-per-cent-of-its-staff-this-week-2713199-2025-04-23 [06:35] TR Bot Intel to reportedly fire 20 per cent of its staff this week - India Today [06:39] TR News (NEW): Red Hat/RHEL and Oracle Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Red_Hat_RHEL_and_Oracle_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Red_Hat_RHEL_and_Oracle_Leftovers.gmi [06:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat/RHEL and Oracle Leftovers [06:40] TR News Techrights Links 23/04/2025: Tesla Profits Plunge 71%, Intel Ready to Lay Off 20% of Staff, Microsoft and IBM Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Links_23_04_2025_Tesla_Profits_Plunge_71_Intel_Ready_to_Lay_Off.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Links_23_04_2025_Tesla_Profits_Plunge_71_Intel_Ready_to_Lay_Off.gmi [06:40] TR Bot Techrights Links 23/04/2025: Tesla Profits Plunge 71%, Intel Ready to Lay Off 20% of Staff, Microsoft and IBM Layoffs [06:41] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/today.gmi [06:41] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers ● Apr 23 [07:54] TR News Techrights Never Try to Justify Strangulation of Women (Not in the US and Not in the UK) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Never_Try_to_Justify_Strangulation_of_Women_Not_in_the_US_and_N.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Never_Try_to_Justify_Strangulation_of_Women_Not_in_the_US_and_N.gmi [07:54] TR Bot Techrights Never Try to Justify Strangulation of Women (Not in the US and Not in the UK) [07:58] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I've been sitting here sleeving CDs. [07:58] IsambardPrince I found an ebay seller that sells them in bulk really cheaply with no case. [07:59] IsambardPrince It's cheap to run to the thrift store and buy those 8 for $1 CDs that they throw in the bin that have pretty much no value other than they have a case, and just re-sleeve the discs I get off ebay, with the album art. ● Apr 23 [08:03] schestowitz[TR2] makes sense [08:03] schestowitz[TR2] hjow much is shipping? [08:03] schestowitz[TR2] per CD? [08:03] schestowitz[TR2] an envelope with 10 would cost like 20 cents per CD [08:03] schestowitz[TR2] if not a lot more [08:07] TR News "Valve released a small update to the Steam Beta Client for Desktop and Steam Deck, containing two fixes that have been confusing players. It may not be a big update, but still an important one." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/new-steam-beta-for-desktop-steam-deck-fixes-notes-and-screenshots-vanishing/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:07] TR Bot Steam Beta for Desktop / Steam Deck fixes notes and screenshots vanishing | GamingOnLinux [08:07] TR News "Ironseed from 1994 is not one I'm familiar with, I only know if I had seen it when I was small I probably would have played it for hours. Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition is a modern 2020 remake and now it has a Native Linux version." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/a-retro-goodie-rebuilt-from-1994-ironseed-25th-anniversary-edition-recently-added-linux-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:07] TR Bot retro goodie rebuilt from 1994, Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition recently added Linux support | GamingOnLinux [08:12] TR News "LIBRITOPIA: Librarian Simulator is a game that based on the name, probably doesn't need an intro. As part of a wave of these simulator games (there's suddenly quite a lot of them), here you manage a library." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/libritopia-librarian-simulator-recently-added-a-linux-version/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:12] TR Bot Librarian Simulator recently added a Linux version | GamingOnLinux [08:12] TR News "A-RED Walking Robot looks like it could be an interesting puzzle-platformer. You control a wind-up robot toy, tasked with getting through a workshop full of different trials." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/a-red-walking-robot-is-a-3d-physics-puzzle-platformer-where-you-control-a-wind-up-toy/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:12] TR Bot Walking Robot is a 3D physics puzzle-platformer where you control a wind-up toy | GamingOnLinux [08:21] TR News (NEW): My 5 go-to Linux commands for troubleshooting - and how I use them https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/My_5_go_to_Linux_commands_for_troubleshooting_and_how_I_use_the.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/My_5_go_to_Linux_commands_for_troubleshooting_and_how_I_use_the.gmi [08:21] TR Bot Tux Machines My 5 go-to Linux commands for troubleshooting - and how I use them [08:23] TR News (NEW): New to Linux? Don't try these 7 distros (yet) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/New_to_Linux_Don_t_try_these_7_distros_yet.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/New_to_Linux_Don_t_try_these_7_distros_yet.gmi [08:23] TR Bot Tux Machines New to Linux? Don't try these 7 distros (yet) [08:26] TR News "Starcom: Unknown Space from Wx3 Labs, LLC has a fresh upgrade out now that brings in numerous improvements to the UI and controller support, as the developer hopes to get it Steam Deck Verified." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/starcom-unknown-space-improves-the-ui-and-controller-support-ready-for-steam-deck-verification/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:26] TR Bot Unknown Space improves the UI and controller support ready for Steam Deck verification | GamingOnLinux [08:26] TR News "Blending together a collectible card game, roguelike, and turn-based strategy game Deathless. Tales of Old Rus looks like a must-have for fans of titles like Slay the Spire." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/inspired-by-slavic-folklore-deathless-tales-of-old-rus-improves-text-sizing-on-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:26] TR Bot by Slavic folklore Deathless. Tales of Old Rus improves text sizing on Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [08:28] TR News (NEW): GNOME 48 Bengaluru Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/19/GNOME_48_Bengaluru_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_This.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/19/GNOME_48_Bengaluru_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_This.gmi [08:28] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME 48 Bengaluru Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is Whats New [08:30] TR News "I have no idea what actual genre LOOTPLOT belongs in, or how to properly describe it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/expand-and-rearrange-your-inventory-watch-numbers-tick-up-and-break-the-game-in-lootplot/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:30] TR Bot and rearrange your inventory, watch numbers tick up and break the game in LOOTPLOT | GamingOnLinux [08:30] TR News "The latest update to Sid Meier's Civilization VII from Firaxis Games is out now with version 1.2 bringing some major new features, and a whole lot of enhancements to make this latest game in the series feel just a bit more finished." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/civilization-vii-1-2-is-out-with-multiplayer-teams-the-one-more-turn-game-mode-new-resources-and-lots-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:30] TR Bot VII 1.2 is out with multiplayer teams, the one more turn game mode, new resources and lots more | GamingOnLinux [08:32] TR News "Bethesda Softworks today officially revealed and launched The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, after days of leaks." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/the-elder-scrolls-4-oblivion-remastered-revealed-its-out-now-and-steam-deck-verified/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:32] TR Bot Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered revealed, it's out now and Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux [08:35] TR News (NEW): OpenWrt Linux distribution targeting embedded devices https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/OpenWrt_Linux_distribution_targeting_embedded_devices.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/OpenWrt_Linux_distribution_targeting_embedded_devices.gmi [08:35] TR Bot Tux Machines OpenWrt Linux distribution targeting embedded devices [08:38] TR News (NEW): NethSecurity is a Linux firewall based on OpenWrt, a distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/NethSecurity_is_a_Linux_firewall_based_on_OpenWrt_a_distributio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/NethSecurity_is_a_Linux_firewall_based_on_OpenWrt_a_distributio.gmi [08:38] TR Bot Tux Machines NethSecurity is a Linux firewall based on OpenWrt, a distribution [08:40] TR News (NEW): With Android 16, the Linux terminal gets all the space it needs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/With_Android_16_the_Linux_terminal_gets_all_the_space_it_needs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/With_Android_16_the_Linux_terminal_gets_all_the_space_it_needs.gmi [08:40] TR Bot Tux Machines With Android 16, the Linux terminal gets all the space it needs [08:42] TR News Techrights Matrix Has a Severe Problem With Illegal Images https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Matrix_Has_a_Severe_Problem_With_Illegal_Images.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Matrix_Has_a_Severe_Problem_With_Illegal_Images.gmi [08:42] TR Bot Techrights Matrix Has a Severe Problem With Illegal Images [08:43] TR News (NEW): Games: The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, Civilization VII 1.2, LOOTPLOT, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Games_The_Elder_Scrolls_4_Oblivion_Remastered_Civilization_VII_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Games_The_Elder_Scrolls_4_Oblivion_Remastered_Civilization_VII_.gmi [08:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, Civilization VII 1.2, LOOTPLOT, and More [08:45] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [08:45] TR News Russian tactics. 1. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/05/gerasimov-doctrine-russia-foreign-policy-215538/ 2. https://yle.fi/a/74-20157516 [08:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/05/gerasimov-doctrine-russia-foreign-policy-215538/ ) [08:45] TR Bot Kela: One-in-three young adults at risk of poverty | Yle News | Yle [08:46] schestowitz[TR2] "Lately, Russia appears to be coming at the United States from all kinds of contradictory angles. Russian bots amplified Donald Trump during the campaign, but in office, Kremlin-backed media portray him as weak. Vladimir Putin is expelling U.S. diplomats from Russia, limiting options for warmer relations with the administration he wanted in place. As Congress pushes a harder line against Russia, plenty of headlines declare that Pu [08:46] schestowitz[TR2] tins gamble on Trump has failed." [08:46] schestowitz[TR2] how true [08:46] schestowitz[TR2] still [08:47] TR News Old: People Who Came From Microsoft Demanding Removal of Articles About Them, About Microsoft, and About Microsoft GitHub is "Generous" (According to Them) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/20/People_Who_Came_From_Microsoft_Demanding_Removal_of_Articles_Ab.shtml [08:47] TR Bot Techrights People Who Came From Microsoft Demanding Removal of Articles About Them, About Microsoft, and About Microsoft GitHub is "Generous" (According to Them) [08:47] TR News Old: Illuminating Injustice is Critical When Reckless Microsofters and Law Firms Try to Silence Reporters of Violence Against Women https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/11/Illuminating_Injustice_is_Critical_When_Reckless_Microsofters_a.shtml [08:47] TR Bot Techrights Illuminating Injustice is Critical When Reckless Microsofters and Law Firms Try to Silence Reporters of Violence Against Women [08:50] TR News (NEW): 2025 FOSDEM: Don't let your motivation go, save time with kworkflow https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/2025_FOSDEM_Don_t_let_your_motivation_go_save_time_with_kworkfl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/2025_FOSDEM_Don_t_let_your_motivation_go_save_time_with_kworkfl.gmi [08:50] TR Bot Tux Machines 2025 FOSDEM: Don't let your motivation go, save time with kworkflow [08:53] TR News (NEW): Enable ESM in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Continue Getting Updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Enable_ESM_in_Ubuntu_20_04_LTS_to_Continue_Getting_Updates.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Enable_ESM_in_Ubuntu_20_04_LTS_to_Continue_Getting_Updates.gmi [08:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Enable ESM in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Continue Getting Updates [08:56] TR News (NEW): 13 Things to do After Installing Ubuntu 25.04 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/13_Things_to_do_After_Installing_Ubuntu_25_04.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/13_Things_to_do_After_Installing_Ubuntu_25_04.gmi [08:56] TR Bot Tux Machines 13 Things to do After Installing Ubuntu 25.04 [08:59] TR News Techrights Microsoft Windows in Cyprus Lacking a Future https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_Windows_in_Cyprus_Lacking_a_Future.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_Windows_in_Cyprus_Lacking_a_Future.gmi [08:59] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Windows in Cyprus Lacking a Future ● Apr 23 [09:00] IsambardPrince https://www.ebay.com/itm/326412651315 [09:00] TR Bot Home [09:00] IsambardPrince LOL [09:00] IsambardPrince A Clockwork Orange on HD-DVD. [09:05] TR News (NEW): 18 essential commands for new Linux users https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/18_essential_commands_for_new_Linux_users.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/18_essential_commands_for_new_Linux_users.gmi [09:05] TR Bot Tux Machines 18 essential commands for new Linux users [09:09] TR News Techrights The Register is Using Linux-Hostile Clickbait in Articles of Linux Proponents https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/The_Register_is_Using_Linux_Hostile_Clickbait_in_Articles_of_Li.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/The_Register_is_Using_Linux_Hostile_Clickbait_in_Articles_of_Li.gmi [09:09] TR Bot Techrights The Register is Using Linux-Hostile Clickbait in Articles of Linux Proponents [09:10] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Found a movie on YouTube in 1080p that I was having trouble finding. [09:10] IsambardPrince Getting it with yt-dlp. [09:11] IsambardPrince We'll just plug that sucker into the USB port on the Blu Ray player. [09:21] TR News (NEW): CachyOS April 2025 Fixup Release Adds OCCT https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/CachyOS_April_2025_Fixup_Release_Adds_OCCT.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/CachyOS_April_2025_Fixup_Release_Adds_OCCT.gmi [09:21] TR Bot Tux Machines CachyOS April 2025 Fixup Release Adds OCCT [09:25] TR News (NEW): Steam Linux Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Steam_Linux_Support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Steam_Linux_Support.gmi [09:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Steam Linux Support [09:29] TR News Techrights statCounter Helps Visualise Just How Deep in Trouble Microsoft is (Especially in Africa) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/statCounter_Helps_Visualise_Just_How_Deep_in_Trouble_Microsoft_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/statCounter_Helps_Visualise_Just_How_Deep_in_Trouble_Microsoft_.gmi [09:29] TR Bot Techrights statCounter Helps Visualise Just How Deep in Trouble Microsoft is (Especially in Africa) [09:37] TR News "US Recession Looms as Top Economists Warn of Tariff-Driven Slump" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-recession-looms-top-economists-warn-tariff-driven-slump-1732908 [09:37] TR Bot US Recession Looms as Top Economists Warn of Tariff-Driven Slump | IBTimes UK [09:39] TR News "Pete Hegseth Is Self-Destructing at Lightning Speed" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/pete-hegseth-scandal-signal-wife/ [09:39] TR Bot Pete Hegseth Is Self-Destructing at Lightning Speed | The Nation [09:39] TR News "Children Starving to Death After Elon Musk Cut Their Food" https://futurism.com/children-starving-death-elon-musk-cut-food [09:39] TR Bot Children Starving to Death After Elon Musk Cut Their Food [09:42] TR News This is how the EU and the government want to access the content of your messages | "S vill EU och regeringen f tillgng till innehllet i dina meddelanden" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/04/22/sa-vill-eu-och-regeringen-fa-tillgang-till-innehallet-i-dina-meddelanden/ [09:42] TR Bot S vill EU och regeringen f tillgng till innehllet i dina meddelanden [09:43] TR News "Draft executive order outlines plan to integrate AI into K-12 schools" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/22/ai-schools-executive-order-trump-draft/ [09:43] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/22/ai-schools-executive-order-trump-draft/ ) [09:44] TR News BS: "Why DOJs proposed remedies harm America" https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/public-policy/doj-search-remedies-apr-2025/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_Studies_Again_Leon_Musolff_is_Writing_Papers_With_Mic.shtml [09:44] TR Bot Why DOJs proposed remedies harm America [09:44] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft 'Studies' Again? Leon Musolff is Writing Papers With Microsoft. [09:45] *forkbombe has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:45] TR News iophk: openai /is/ microsoft x https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/22/openai-says-jump-chance-buy-chrome-google/ ("OpenAI says it would jump at the chance to buy Chrome from Google"). It also cannot buy it: http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [09:45] TR Bot says it would jump at the chance to buy Chrome from Google - SiliconANGLE [09:45] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [09:46] TR News "open" "hey hi" = Microsoft Ponzi scheme http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/19/FTC_Realises_Microsoft_Buying_Fake_Clients_to_Fake_Revenue_Micr.shtml [09:46] TR Bot Techrights FTC Realises Microsoft Buying Fake 'Clients' to Fake "Revenue" (Microsoft 'Buying' Services and Products From Itself!) [09:48] TR News "Canadas Oil Habit Is Wrecking Its Future" https://jacobin.com/2025/04/canada-oil-sands-climate-economy/ [09:48] TR Bot Canadas Oil Habit Is Wrecking Its Future [09:48] TR News (NEW): These Manjaro KDE keyboard shortcuts may help give your productivity a boost https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/These_Manjaro_KDE_keyboard_shortcuts_may_help_give_your_product.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/These_Manjaro_KDE_keyboard_shortcuts_may_help_give_your_product.gmi [09:48] TR Bot Tux Machines These Manjaro KDE keyboard shortcuts may help give your productivity a boost [09:50] TR News "Conversation on Cybersecurity, Essential Cyberinfrastructure for Research & Education, & Resilience " -- CNI: Coalition for Networked Information https://youtu.be/8HbqsT9Grjc [09:50] TR Bot https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=8HbqsT9Grjc [09:50] TR Bot invidious.tiekoetter.com | Making sure you're not a bot! [09:51] TR News "Mozilla shilling buzzwords and slop in Firefox, instead of combatting this problem and hype https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/ai-tech/ai-link-previews-firefox/ | Source: Mozilla [09:51] TR Bot Exploring on-device AI link previews in Firefox [09:52] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:52] TR News "We are looking for speakers who are passionate about openSUSE and open-source technologies." https://news.opensuse.org/2025/04/22/osas-call-for-speakers/ | Source: OpenSUSE [09:52] TR Bot openSUSE.Asia Summit 2025 Call for Speakers - openSUSE News [09:55] TR News NOAA https://thedissenter.org/noaa-claims-too-many-records-musk-doge-to-produce/ | Source: The Dissenter [09:55] TR Bot NOAA Agencies Hide Musk's Potential Conflicts Of Interest [09:55] TR News REAL-ID FAQ: What will happen at US airports on May 7, 2025? https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/04/22/real-id-faq-what-will-happen-at-us-airports-on-may-7-2025/ | Source: Papers Please [09:55] TR Bot REAL-ID FAQ: What will happen at US airports on May 7, 2025? Papers, Please! [09:56] *forkbombe (~forkbombe@u89vdyv4abg8n.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 23 [10:00] TR News Android Improves Its Security https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/android-improves-its-security.html [10:00] TR Bot Improves Its Security - Schneier on Security [10:01] TR News "Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) concluded with a look at true fans, an alternative way of funding creators that avoids the main problems of the current copyright system." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/21/industry-begins-embracing-true-fans-super-fans-core-fans-as-an-alternative-way-to-fund-creators/ | Source: Techdirt [10:01] TR Bot Begins Embracing True Fans, Super Fans, Core Fans As An Alternative Way To Fund Creators | Techdirt [10:01] TR News "Cloud-based web application platform Vercel is among the latest companies to find their servers blocked in Spain due to LaLiga's ongoing IPTV anti-piracy campaign." https://torrentfreak.com/vercel-slams-laliga-piracy-blocks-as-unaccountable-internet-censorship-250422/ | Source: Torrent Freak [10:01] TR Bot Slams LaLiga Piracy Blocks as "Unaccountable Internet Censorship" * TorrentFreak [10:01] TR News "The MPA and RIAA want to have their say in a crucial third-party Ninth Circuit appeal about the use of DMCA subpoenas against alleged online pirates." https://torrentfreak.com/mpa-and-riaa-want-to-be-heard-in-crucial-dmca-subpoena-appeal/ | Source: Torrent Freak [10:01] TR Bot and RIAA Want to be Heard in Crucial DMCA Subpoena Appeal * TorrentFreak [10:05] TR News "When Instagram was acquired for $1 billion in 2012, co-founder Kevin Systrom believed that joining Facebook would help Instagrams skyrocketing growth reach even greater heights." https://www.theverge.com/policy/654069/instagram-co-founder-zuckerberg-saw-us-as-a-threat-to-facebook | Source: The Verge [10:05] TR Bot Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says Zuckerberg saw us as a threat | The Verge [10:05] TR News "The remedies trial in Washington, D.C., follows a judge's ruling in August that Google has held a monopoly in its core market of internet search" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/21/google-argues-doj-breakup-could-hurt-us-economy-in-battle-with-china.html | Source: CNBC [10:05] TR Bot Google argues DOJ breakup could hurt U.S. economy in battle with China [10:05] TR News "The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to order a radical shake-up that would ban Google from striking the multibillion dollar deals with Apple and other tech companies that shield its search engine from competition" https://apnews.com/article/google-search-monopoly-breakup-chrome-09b695c8de6c91b3d1e1b5305393f235 | Source: Associated Press [10:05] TR Bot Google faces off with DOJ in attempt to break up company | AP News [10:06] TR News "In previous investigations into Metas alleged monopoly, company emails revealed that Zuckerberg had indeed once written that prior to the acquisition" https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/22/instagram-co-founder-supports-ftcs-case-landmark-meta-monopoly-trial/ | Source: Silicon Angle [10:06] TR Bot co-founder supports FTCs case in landmark Meta monopoly trial - SiliconANGLE [10:07] TR News "Fast forward to 2025, the FCC is actually now radical, and Verizon is just, apparently, a helpless little baby." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/22/verizon-ceo-sowmyanarayan-sampath-gives-predictably-wimpy-response-to-being-bullied-by-radical-trump-fcc/ | Source: Techdirt [10:07] TR Bot CEO Sowmyanarayan Sampath Gives Predictably Wimpy Response To Being Bullied By Radical Trump FCC | Techdirt [10:07] TR News "Were delighted to announce that APNIC Labs has now recorded a consistent 30-day average of IPv6 capability exceeding 50% across all 56 APNIC economies." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/23/ipv6-capability-reaches-50-in-the-asia-pacific-region/ | Source: APNIC [10:07] TR Bot IPv6 capability reaches 50% in the Asia Pacific region | APNIC Blog [10:08] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], For most people, nothing. For illegal immigrants, well, they won't be able to fly except to self-deport. [10:10] TR News "These cosplay commandos are also charged with "security agent uniform violations." That's right they couldn't even dress up properly for their cosplay operation" https://boingboing.net/2025/04/21/private-security-goons-charged-with-dragging-woman-at-town-hall-meeting.html | Source: BoingBoing [10:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/04/21/private-security-goons-charged-with-dragging-woman-at-town-hall-meeting.html ) [10:11] TR News "idolatry of money." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/pope-francis-dead-obituary-economic-justice/ | Source: The Nation [10:11] TR Bot The Pope Who Decried the Savage Inequalities of Billionaire-Class Capitalism | The Nation [10:11] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: " self-deport" is a misnomer [10:11] schestowitz[TR2] it' [10:11] schestowitz[TR2] s a political PR term [10:12] TR News "Other tips include bringing a paper boarding pass and removing apps you don't need." https://boingboing.net/2025/04/21/stop-border-agents-from-searching-your-phone-wired-explains.html | Source: BoingBoing [10:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/04/21/stop-border-agents-from-searching-your-phone-wired-explains.html ) [10:12] TR News "The short answer is yes, and this applies to citizens and noncitizens alike. But there are many layered steps travelers can take to protect themselves." https://www.tampabay.com/news/2025/04/20/immigration-phone-searches-customs-border-protection-florida/ | Source: Tampa Bay [10:12] TR Bot US border officials can search your phone without a warrant. What to know [10:13] TR News "DRC authorities and the M23 rebels, who now control the city of Bukavu, must conduct thorough investigations into the abduction and mistreatment of journalist mrite Amisi Musada and ensure accountability" https://cpj.org/2025/04/drc-journalist-emerite-amisi-musada-reports-being-abducted-tortured-over-war-coverage/ | Source: CPJ [10:13] TR Bot DRC journalist mrite Amisi Musada reports being abducted, tortured over war coverage - Committee to Protect Journalists [10:14] TR News "Staff were told on Tuesday morning that 74 members of the UK content team were being put at risk of redundancy with the aim of cutting up to 25 roles." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/pa-media-cuts-redundancies-proposed/ | Source: Press Gazette [10:14] TR Bot PA Media proposing to cut 8% of UK editorial staff - Press Gazette [10:15] TR News "Thats not an exaggeration, and you can read the reporting by Max Tani. He shows how Trump sued 20 newspapers for reporting that his Truth Social platform was losing money." https://wbng.org/2025/04/22/the-hill-guild-statement-on-politically-motivated-firing-of-journalist/ | Source: Washingon-Baltimore News Guild [10:15] TR Bot The Hill Guild statement on politically motivated firing of journalist - Washington-Baltimore News Guild [10:18] IsambardPrince https://www.wcia.com/news/state-news/illinois-hits-new-high-in-employment-numbers/ [10:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.wcia.com/news/state-news/illinois-hits-new-high-in-employment-numbers/ ) [10:18] IsambardPrince "Last month, the state saw more than 140,000 new jobs added in schools, hospitals, stores, factories, and offices. That means 6,172,300 jobs were available, beating the previous record which was 6,161,000 in December 2024." [10:18] schestowitz[TR2] haha [10:19] schestowitz[TR2] how many are REAL? [10:19] schestowitz[TR2] see: [10:19] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/08/Why_Government_Data_on_Job_Openings_is_Typically_a_Lie_Perpetra.shtml [10:19] TR Bot Techrights Why Government Data on "Job Openings" is Typically a Lie (Perpetrated in Part by Corporations) [10:19] IsambardPrince Seems like 6,161,000 + 140,000 should be more than 6172,300. [10:19] schestowitz[TR2] the real news is not their sppin [10:19] IsambardPrince They say we add all these jobs. [10:19] IsambardPrince But then you subtract the ones that are lost. [10:19] schestowitz[TR2] maybe a lot left the state [10:19] schestowitz[TR2] which says a lot [10:20] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], A lot of jobs and people leave the state. [10:20] IsambardPrince There's only one region that has a growing population, and that's Chicago. [10:21] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Lots of empty houses. [10:21] schestowitz[TR2] which part/s? [10:21] schestowitz[TR2] the $2000/month part? [10:21] schestowitz[TR2] where people earn 3k a monthh [10:21] schestowitz[TR2] aand that goes into car expenzses, rent etc? [10:21] IsambardPrince $2,000 a month isn't even expensive in the city anymore. [10:21] schestowitz[TR2] a lot of jobs became that way [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] 3k after deductions [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] not countring health insurance [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] they work hard rjust to survive/get by [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] what sort of life is this? [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] like you said, remember 90s [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] two cars [10:22] IsambardPrince At least you can deduct the health insurance from taxes. [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] decent cars [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] home [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] not mortgaged [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] etc etc [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] dad works, mom does not, or part time [10:22] IsambardPrince They had a mortgage, but it was a small one. [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] now theeeeeeeey make people drown [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] and GAFAM is 60 hoursd/week [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] juist not "officially [10:22] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:23] IsambardPrince They paid it off very quickly even though their dad drove a beer truck and the mom worked part time as the lunch lady at the catholic school and part time at kmart. [10:23] TR News "The assault on Harvard is part of a broader Trumpian assault on elite universities" https://www.vox.com/politics/409600/trump-harvard-rufo-yarvin-grants-nonprofit-tax-exempt | Source: Vox [10:23] TR Bot attacks on Harvard and the right-wing conspiracy behind them | Vox [10:23] TR News "The tradeoff put to Harvard and other universities is clear: Allow the Government to micromanage your academic institution or jeopardize the institutions ability to pursue medical breakthroughs, scientific discoveries, and innovative solutions" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/22/2025/harvard-sues-trump-administration | Source: Semafor Inc [10:23] TR Bot sues Trump administration | Semafor [10:24] TR News "University research helped American astronauts go to the moon, launched the atomic bomb, and created everything from the microwave and the internet to the billionaires of Silicon Valley." https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2025/0422/harvard-sues-trump-administration-science-research-freedom | Source: CS Monitor [10:24] TR Bot Harvard and other colleges are fighting for essential freedom - CSMonitor.com [10:24] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: no silver lining here [10:24] schestowitz[TR2] say you work 60 hours a week [10:24] schestowitz[TR2] and the grocery shops makes you do all the packing and scanning [10:24] schestowitz[TR2] and the bank is "apps" [10:24] schestowitz[TR2] you have no time left [10:25] schestowitz[TR2] and you are barely int he home you rent from the bank (homeloaner) [10:25] schestowitz[TR2] so it sort of defeats the purpose [10:25] schestowitz[TR2] wqhy get a nnnnice home? [10:25] schestowitz[TR2] you are at the shop scanning items [10:25] schestowitz[TR2] after you finish work [10:25] schestowitz[TR2] at the shop [10:25] schestowitz[TR2] you work even aftrer you "work" [10:25] schestowitz[TR2] companies call it "efficiencies" [10:25] schestowitz[TR2] when their staff works 60 hhours [10:25] schestowitz[TR2] instead of 40 [10:25] schestowitz[TR2] that is somehow... efficiency [10:26] schestowitz[TR2] and when the customers work [10:26] schestowitz[TR2] instead of former staff [10:26] schestowitz[TR2] very efficient [10:26] schestowitz[TR2] they need to learn GUIs by trial and error [10:26] TR News "Tuesday's joint statement is the latest show of resistance from U.S. higher education leaders as the Trump administration seeks to leverage its financial heft to overhaul academia." https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-academics-trump-1.7515142 | Source: CBC [10:26] TR Bot U.S. academic leaders unite against Trump's higher education policies | CBC News [10:26] TR News "The First Amendment nightmare unfolded on the afternoon of February 22, at a town hall meeting of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee, held at the auditorium of Coeur DAlene High School in northern Idaho." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/teresa-borrenpohl-idaho-woman-town-hall-5-million-lawsuit-1235322366/ | Source: Rolling Stone [10:26] TR Bot Woman Dragged From Idaho Republican Town Hall Sues for $5 Million [10:28] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They retired and still own that home. [10:28] IsambardPrince Something your friend can't do. [10:28] IsambardPrince He just gets to sing "I'm a little teapot short and stout...." while trying to fix leaks. [10:29] IsambardPrince Only he's not even stout. [10:29] IsambardPrince Just short. [10:30] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:49] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [10:52] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [10:57] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Apr 23 [11:14] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [11:22] schestowitz[TR2] back [11:22] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2], They retired and still own that home. [11:22] schestowitz[TR2] who is they? [11:23] TR News "QAnon is a conspiracy theory that posits the country is run by a cabal of Satanic, pedophilic Democrats who can only be stopped by President Donald Trump. When QAnon first began spreading in 2017..." https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/qanon-family-reddit-lost-1235322518/ | Source: Rolling Stone [11:23] TR Bot Q-Pilled Family Members: Redditors Worry Loved Ones Are Lost for Good [11:23] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [11:23] TR News "illionaire Elon Musk, who owns social media platform X" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/elon-musk-reacts-as-x-becomes-top-news-app-in-india/articleshow/120516523.cms | Source: India Times [11:23] TR Bot Elon Musk reacts as X becomes top news app in India - The Economic Times [11:23] TR News "Some videos contain hallmarks of online propaganda, according to a disinformation expert " https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tiktok-chinese-manufacturers-1.7514980 | Source: CBC [11:23] TR Bot Did TikTok tell you to buy luxury goods straight from China? Experts say proceed with caution | CBC News [11:24] TR News "deeply concerned with a federal government that threatens universities if they dont give up students who are exercising their right to free speech" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/al-gore-compares-trump-administration-to-third-reich-hitler-00302348 | Source: Politico LLC [11:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/al-gore-compares-trump-administration-to-third-reich-hitler-00302348 ) [11:24] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They retired and still own that home. [11:25] IsambardPrince who is they? [11:25] IsambardPrince That friend's parents. [11:28] TR News "The biggest factor determining how much a VC firm will be impacted by the tariffs, Drummond says, is whether its portfolio companies are subject to first-order effects of the tariffs" https://www.wired.com/story/tariffs-startups-ipo-investments/ | Source: Wired [11:28] TR Bot Worry Trumps Tariffs Could Cause a World of Hurt for Startups | WIRED [11:28] TR News "Zabierek also referenced her work on the Secure by Design initiative, which included wrangling more than 250 software makers into signing a voluntary pledge to do seven things" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/22/top_cisa_officials_jump_ship/ | Source: The Register UK [11:28] TR Bot CISA officials jump ship, both pushed for Secure by Design The Register [11:28] TR News "Intel is preparing to announce plans to cut over 20% of its workforce this week in an attempt to reduce costs and cut down bureaucracy at the chipmaker, reports Bloomberg citing a source with knowledge of the matter." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-to-announce-a-20-percent-workforce-cut-this-week-report | Source: Tom's Hardware [11:28] TR Bot Intel to announce a 20% workforce cut this week: Report | Tom's Hardware [11:30] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: maybe that can be enronned [11:30] schestowitz[TR2] later [11:30] schestowitz[TR2] like, they lose their pension [11:30] schestowitz[TR2] tied to GAFAM Street [11:30] schestowitz[TR2] or hyper-inflation [11:31] TR News "Join me for a walk through a rain forest on a corner of of a small island." https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/04/21/Happy-Island-Spring | Source: Tim Bray [11:31] TR Bot ongoing by Tim Bray CL XLV: Island Spring [11:32] TR News "What in the hecktual heck?! Bitcoin is already set up so that no matter how much energy is flushed straight down the waste drain" https://idiomdrottning.org/halving | Source: Idiomdrottning [11:32] TR Bot Their halving vs our sharing [11:33] TR News "In short, Interrailing was a revelation for me and for my children. Any doubts I may have had about travel broadening the mind were quickly dispelled when" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/22/interrailing-europe-sons-family-youth | Source: The Guardian UK [11:33] TR Bot It turns out youre never too old to go Interrailing around Europe | Phil Mongredien | The Guardian [11:33] TR News "Its not just Microsoft slowing down on data centres its Amazon too." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/22/amazon-also-slows-down-its-data-centre-commitments/ | Source: Pivot to AI [11:33] TR Bot Amazon also slows down its data centre commitments Pivot to AI [11:34] TR News "The list of Trumps environmental sins is egregious. For instance, in one week in early March alone, his administration: [...]" https://ffrf.org/news/releases/trump-administration-desecrates-earth-day/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation [11:34] TR Bot Trump administration desecrates Earth Day Freedom From Religion Foundation [11:34] TR News "Construction is scheduled to begin this month and work on the project should be completed in November, the company said." https://yle.fi/a/74-20157386 | Source: YLE [11:34] TR Bot Lapland's Rovaniemi Airport getting 3m expansion | Yle News | Yle [11:35] TR News "Hong Kong should step up management of indoor air quality in schools" https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/22/earth-day-hong-kong-govt-urged-to-step-up-indoor-air-quality-control-in-schools-after-haze-in-city/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [11:35] TR Bot Earth Day: HK gov't should step up indoor air quality control in schools [11:36] TR News "the artificial intelligence boom was too powerful, and had too much potential, to let concerns about climate change get in the way." https://blog.dshr.org/2025/04/going-out-with-bang.html | Source: David Rosenthal [11:36] TR Bot DSHR's Blog: Going Out With A Bang [11:36] TR News "In addition to Earth Day, the 1970s saw the creation of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, which experts say are now in jeopardy." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-04-22/republicans-created-earth-day-now-theyre-coming-after-the-environment | Source: Los Angeles Times [11:36] TR Bot Republicans helped create Earth Day. Experts say they're now undoing everything it stands for - Los Angeles Times [11:38] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [11:42] TR News See the update here: http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_Studies_Again_Leon_Musolff_is_Writing_Papers_With_Mic.shtml Mystery solved [11:42] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft 'Studies' Again? Leon Musolff is Writing Papers With Microsoft. [11:42] TR News The apple does not fall far from the Microsoft. [11:57] schestowitz[TR2] Leon Musolff ! leon.musolff.1993@googlemail.com [11:57] schestowitz[TR2] uses gmail ● Apr 23 [12:00] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [12:02] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [12:19] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [12:25] schestowitz[TR2] https://bepp.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/lmusolff/ [12:25] schestowitz[TR2] "Whartons Leon Musolff explores how default settings shape Googles dominance and why exposing users to alternatives could boost competition in search." [12:25] TR Bot Leon Musolff Business Economics and Public Policy Department [12:25] schestowitz[TR2] " Before joining Wharton, Professor Musolff did his graduate work at Princeton University and completed a postdoc in the Economics & Computation group at Microsoft Research New England." [12:25] schestowitz[TR2] no issue here [12:25] schestowitz[TR2] none at all [12:26] schestowitz[TR2] "Business Economics and Public Policy" [12:26] schestowitz[TR2] sponsored by Microsoft [12:35] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:40] TR News "The Trump administration is expected to turn its attention to the tax-exempt status of environmental non-profits next." https://www.theenergymix.com/trump-plans-earth-day-assault-on-u-s-climate-non-profits-tax-status/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc [12:40] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/trump-plans-earth-day-assault-on-u-s-climate-non-profits-tax-status/ ) [12:40] TR News "In the 1970s, few universities offered environmental science majors." https://www.theenergymix.com/how-earth-day-1970-sparked-a-lifetime-of-environmentalism/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc [12:40] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/how-earth-day-1970-sparked-a-lifetime-of-environmentalism/ ) [12:41] TR News "People began to ask, well, if its doing that to my car, whats it doing to me" https://therevelator.org/camas-first-earth-day/ | Source: The Revelator [12:41] TR Bot The Polluting Paper Mill That Helped Inspire the First Earth Day The Revelator [12:41] TR News "Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit's eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks and red maples indigenous to the city but giant sequoias" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/small-urban-forest-detroit-eastside-1.7515167 | Source: CBC [12:41] TR Bot A sequoia forest in Detroit? Plantings to improve air quality and mark Earth Day | CBC News [12:41] TR News "A reputable provider will also be transparent about production methods and printing materials, so check if a Sustainability Report can be found on the brand's website." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/printing/earth-day-creating-environmentally-friendly-photo-products-is-easy | Source: Digital Camera World [12:41] TR Bot Earth Day: Creating environmentally-friendly photo products is easy! | Digital Camera World [12:42] TR News "The inaugural Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, had many triggers: an oil spill in Santa Barbara, a river that kept catching fire in Cleveland." https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/the-failure-and-hope-of-earth-day | Source: New Yorker [12:42] TR Bot The Failureand Hopeof Earth Day | The New Yorker [12:42] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [12:43] TR News "Once a leaker, often a leaker also seems to be applicable to Hegseths own sharing of sensitive Pentagon materials with his allies over unsecure group chats. But the Trump administration is, at least for now, standing by their man." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/hegseth-attack-plans-signal-media-coordination-fox-news-1235322526/ | Source: Rolling Stone [12:43] TR Bot Hegseth Says He Shared Attack Plans on Signal for Media Coordination [12:43] TR News "Why it matters: The new revelations raise questions about Hegseth's ability to run the nation's largest government agency and who's been privy to typically secret Defense Department communications." https://www.axios.com/2025/04/21/hegseth-second-signal-chat-yemen-strikes-houthis | Source: Axios [12:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/21/hegseth-second-signal-chat-yemen-strikes-houthis ) [12:44] TR News "As far as known, this is the first time that such a sabotage attack has been carried out against such a digital control system in the Netherlands" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/22/russian-hackers-targeted-dutch-public-facility-intelligence-agency-says-a88824 | Source: The Moscow Times [12:44] TR Bot Russian Hackers Targeted Dutch Public Facility, Intelligence Agency Says - The Moscow Times [12:44] TR News "People sometimes call the descent into authoritarianism a slide, but that makes it sound gradual and gentle." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/america-trump-authoritarianism-global/682528/ | Source: The Atlantic [12:44] TR Bot A Ticking Clock on American Freedom - The Atlantic [12:44] TR News "The four countries are now drafting a statement of intent on cooperation for a purchase of the military vehicles, Kristersson told a joint press conference with his Lithuanian counterpart Gintautas Paluckas." https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-22/sweden-eyes-purchase-of-military-vehicles-with-norway-lithuania-finland | Source: US News And World Report [12:44] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-22/sweden-eyes-purchase-of-military-vehicles-with-norway-lithuania-finland ) [12:45] TR News "The CV90 combat vehicle is made by BAE Systems Hagglunds in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden." https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2296473.html | Source: RTL [12:45] TR Bot RTL Today - Strengthening 'shared military capabilities': Nordics, Lithuania plan joint purchase of combat vehicles [12:45] TR News "The AIMIM president said, Someone from the BJP said in the Parliament that this particular Muslim country does not have a Waqf." https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/owaisi-challenges-modi-ask-saudi-crown-prince-if-medina-is-built-on-waqf-land-101745319127079.html | Source: Hindustan Times [12:45] TR Bot Owaisi dares PM Modi: Ask Saudi crown prince if Medina is built on Waqf land | Latest News India - Hindustan Times [12:46] TR News "Spending hours on a phone cannot be good for young people" https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/2296422.html | Source: RTL [12:46] TR Bot RTL Today - Smartphone ban in Luxembourg schools: 'Spending hours on a phone cannot be good for young people': Education Minister [12:47] TR News "Schools would also have the freedom to decide on the use and storage of mobile devices during other parts of the school day, such as breaks and lunch." https://yle.fi/a/74-20157434 | Source: YLE [12:47] TR Bot Education committee backs government plans to ban phones in Finnish schools | Yle News | Yle [12:49] TR News "AT&T (NYSE: T) successfully petitioned the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate a $57 million fine from the FCC, according to Courthouse News Service." https://insidetowers.com/fcc-57m-fine-against-att-is-vacated/ | Source: Inside Towers [12:49] TR Bot FCC $57M Fine Against AT&T is Vacated - Inside Towers [12:50] TR News "We were recorded on video and audio on our daughters porch, thinking we were talking to each other privately." https://www.mlive.com/advice/2025/04/dear-abby-doorbell-camera-captures-parents-speaking-about-daughter.html | Source: Michigan News [12:50] TR Bot Abby: Daughter cut ties with us 2 years ago after hearing our conversation on a doorbell camera - mlive.com [12:52] TR News "She immediately called the RCMP, who she said pulled the camera from the wall, along with a long wire that they traced to the landlord's home upstairs." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/she-felt-like-she-was-being-watched-then-she-found-a-hidden-camera-in-her-bathroom-1.7513208 | Source: CBC [12:52] TR Bot She felt like she was being watched. Then she found a hidden camera in her bathroom | CBC News [12:55] TR News "Florida is currently an expectation of privacy state for drone pilots." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/drones/florida-bill-would-allow-property-owners-to-use-reasonable-force-to-stop-spying-drones-despite-faa-warnings | Source: Digital Camera World [12:55] TR Bot Florida bill would allow property owners to use reasonable force to stop spying drones, despite FAA warnings | Digital Camera World ● Apr 23 [13:06] TR News "To make that happen, were going to explore opening up a supports/sponsorship system likely with OpenCollective or Github sponsors." https://piccalil.li/links/im-getting-fed-up-of-making-the-rich-richer/ | Source: Andy Bell [13:06] TR Bot Im getting fed up of making the rich, richer - Piccalilli [13:08] TR News There are many EMBEDDED 'scholars' of Microsoft in the US http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_Studies_Again_Leon_Musolff_is_Writing_Papers_With_Mic.shtml updated like 12 times already, maybe more, as we keep finding more and more, so it's good "case study" right there; can you IMAGINE working for unis now? surrounded by embedded Microsoft agents like these? [13:08] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft 'Studies' Again? Leon Musolff is Writing Papers With Microsoft. [13:16] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [13:17] TR News "There is perhaps more of a window to make changes to your pricing than there has been before" https://jacobin.com/2025/04/price-gouging-trump-tariffs-ftc/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [13:17] TR Bot Price Gougers Are Exploiting Trumps Tariffs [13:17] TR News "When my toddlers day care started turning parents away at the door due to staffing shortages, I learned it was owned by private equity" https://jacobin.com/2025/04/private-equity-day-care-childcare/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [13:17] TR Bot What Happens When Private Equity Owns Your Kids Day Care [13:21] TR News Windows TCO https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-knocks-texas-citys-systems-offline/ | Source: Security Week [13:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-knocks-texas-citys-systems-offline/ ) [13:21] TR News Windows TCO https://therecord.media/texas-abilene-offline-cyberattack-systems | Source: The Record [13:21] TR Bot Texas city takes systems offline after cyberattack | The Record from Recorded Future News [13:23] TR News Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/22/fog_ransomware_musk/ | Source: The Register UK [13:23] TR Bot Fog ransomware trolls channel Elon Musk with latest note The Register [13:24] TR News Also Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/22/security_researchers_can_earn_250k/ | Source: The Register UK [13:24] TR Bot Submit ransomware intel, earn up to $10k from new program The Register [13:24] TR News "Rolling out what is pretty close to a dupe of Twitters original verification system is not groundbreaking stuff." https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-official-verification-blue-check/ | Source: Wired [13:24] TR Bot Is Rolling Out Official Verification | WIRED [13:25] TR News "The situation, involving a well-known writer getting extorted for his domain name by a user who had commandeered dozens of sock puppets that shared usernames of popular Twitter personalities" https://tedium.co/2025/04/21/bluesky-blue-checkmark-revival-analysis/ | Source: Tedium [13:25] TR Bot Bluesky & Blue Checks: Heres Why It Makes Sense [13:28] TR News "The suspects are accused of attempting to incite others to commit terrorist acts, with some of the alleged activity taking place on TikTok." https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/22/14-arrested-across-netherlands-inciting-terrorism-social-media-including-minors | Source: NL Times [13:28] TR Bot 14 arrested across Netherlands for inciting terrorism on social media, including minors | NL Times [13:29] TR News "Polling is a messy art, but when it replicates the same findings over and over again we should listen." https://www.8ball.report/p/the-covid-divide | Source: Sean Monahan [13:29] TR Bot the covid divide - by Sean Monahan - 8Ball [13:32] TR News "I dont see why not" https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/i-dont-see-why-not/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [13:32] TR Bot I Dont See Why Not - Jim Nielsens Blog [13:32] TR News "Open Source Initiative Must Fix This Immediately" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/open-source-initiative-must-fix-this:2 [13:32] TR Bot Open Source Initiative Must Fix This Immediately [13:33] TR News "The end result will be as the end result often isthe first one now will later be last. The shortcuts might not be the best way to get to where youre going." https://seths.blog/2025/04/technical-debt-and-ai-slop/ | Source: Seth Godin [13:33] TR Bot Technical debt and AI slop | Seth's Blog [13:33] TR News "according to OpenAIs internal tests, these new o3 and o4-mini reasoning models also hallucinate significantly more often than previous AI models, reports TechCrunch." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2749172/openai-newest-ai-models-hallucinate-way-more-for-reasons-unknown.html | Source: PC World [13:33] TR Bot newest AI models hallucinate way more, for reasons unknown | PCWorld [13:34] TR News iophk: The universities are a bunch of poseurs paid by Microsoft to pass marketing off as research and they've outsourced all aspects of computing including laptop and desktop hardware" http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_Studies_Again_Leon_Musolff_is_Writing_Papers_With_Mic.shtml [13:38] TR News "Lee believes that AI can help him realize his vision. In partnership with Jaedam Media" https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/22/1114874/generative-ai-south-korea-webcomics/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [13:38] TR Bot Generative AI is reshaping South Koreas webcomics industry | MIT Technology Review [13:38] TR News "According to Deputy Education Minister Jonas Petkeviius, artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way students learn and teachers teach, and schools need help adapting." https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2542940/government-to-present-guidelines-for-ai-use-in-lithuanian-schools | Source: LRT [13:38] TR Bot Government to present guidelines for AI use in Lithuanian schools - LRT [13:39] TR News "I dont have time to read every dumb post about AI that comes across my feeds (its a new, massive, growing market so of course there are a bunch of people who are getting it way wrong)" https://birchtree.me/blog/if-this-post-isnt-a-joke-itll-win-my-most-cringe-blog-post-of-2025-award/ | Source: Matt Birchler [13:39] TR Bot If this post isnt a joke, itll win my most cringe blog post of 2025 award [13:39] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [13:39] TR News "Large-language models are usually trained on vast amounts of data from the wider web. Content on the wider web is written by humans that" https://thomasrigby.com/posts/an-ai-powered-grammar-checker-is-a-plain-dumb-idea/ | Source: Thomas Rigby [13:39] TR Bot AI-powered grammar-checker is a plain dumb idea | thomasrigby.com [13:42] TR News "Gamers will be pleased to hear that Wine 10.6 has tackled several troublesome bugs. Popular titles like Alan Wake, EVE Online, Ultrakill, and Unity-based games have all received critical fixes." https://linuxiac.com/wine-10-6-new-lexer-bcrypt-enhancements-and-27-bug-fixes/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:42] TR Bot Wine 10.6: New Lexer, Bcrypt Enhancements, and 27 Bug Fixes [13:44] TR News "In its lawsuit, the FTC claims that the company signed up many customers to Uber One without asking their consent." https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/21/ftc-sues-uber-uber-one-subscription-billing-practices/ | Source: Silicon Angle [13:44] TR Bot sues Uber over Uber One subscription billing practices - SiliconANGLE [13:44] TR News "The company has altered its marketing strategy away from the "Hello, Apple Intelligence" tagline and the features are finally expected to launch sometime within the next year." https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/18/the-macrumors-show-john-gruber-apple-intelligence/ | Source: MacRumors [13:44] TR Bot MacRumors Show: John Gruber Talks Apple Intelligence and the Future of the Company - MacRumors [13:45] TR News "The fake voices of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, are being played from hacked crossings to the surprise of pedestrians in a number of US cities." https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/crosswalks-hacked-to-play-fake-audio-of-musk-zuck-and-jeff-bezos | Source: Bitdefender [13:45] TR Bot Crosswalks hacked to play fake audio of Musk, Zuck, and Jeff Bezos [13:46] TR News "No market has infinite growth." https://www.elliotcsmith.com/infinite-avocados/ | Source: Elliot C Smith [13:46] TR Bot Infinite Avocados [13:54] TR News "I have developed the habit of staying the night at a hotel after a late-night concert. It's a privilege to be able to afford that, sure..." https://yordi.me/little-luxuries/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost [13:54] TR Bot Little Luxuries | Yordi [13:55] TR News "a virtual fire hose of prose, if you will" https://louplummer.lol/what-i-ve-learned-on-the-indie-web/ | Source: Lou Plummer [13:55] TR Bot What I've Learned on the IndieWeb | Living Out Loud [13:55] TR News "Becker's central question is how many "smart" people (some of them very smart and accomplished" https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/22/vinges-bastards/#cyberpunk-is-a-warning-not-a-suggestion | Source: CoryDoctorow [13:55] TR Bot Pluralistic: More Everything Forever (22 Apr 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [13:56] TR News "I'm starting a newsletter called "Square 101," where each issue is a short (500 words)" https://www.amitgawande.com/blog/2025/introducing-square-101 | Source: Amit Gawande [13:56] TR Bot Introducing Square 101 | Amit Gawande [13:57] TR News LLM slop? https://news.outsourceaccelerator.com/ibm-back-to-office-plans-layoffs/ [13:57] TR Bot IBM orders U.S. sales staff back to office, plans 9,000 layoffs - Outsource Accelerator ● Apr 23 [14:00] TR News Quartz got sold and became LLM slopfarm this month, now it churns out slop about IBM https://qz.com/ba-ibm-goog-nasdaq-dow-s-p-500-stocks-to-watch-april-23-1851777431 "IBM (IBM+1.52%) reports after the bell Wednesday"; "beat expectations" means we already set expectations lower than what we expect, maintaining "infinite growth" facade [14:00] TR Bot Boeing, Tesla, Alphabet and other stocks to watch Wednesday [14:01] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [14:03] TR News "This week, Thornton will visit Spain to give a talk at the Starmus Festival, which kicks off Friday on the Canary Island of La Palma." https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-04-22/nasa-astronaut-kathryn-thornton-all-the-progress-weve-made-over-the-past-70-years-is-in-peril.html | Source: El Pas [14:03] TR Bot NASA astronaut Kathryn Thornton: All the progress weve made over the past 70 years is in peril | Science | EL PAS English [14:04] TR News "These attacks are part of a broader assault on Americas health-and-science infrastructure." https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-cost-of-defunding-harvard | Source: New Yorker [14:04] TR Bot The Cost of Defunding Harvard | The New Yorker [14:04] TR News "one that surfaced near Ucluelet, Vancouver Island" https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-wave-in-pacific-ocean-was-the-most-extreme-rogue-wave-on-record | Source: Science Alert [14:04] TR Bot Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record : ScienceAlert [14:06] TR News "I've been a developer, a manager, a cofounder, and now I'm a developer again" https://notes.eatonphil.com/2025-04-22-burn-your-title.html | Source: Phil Eaton [14:06] TR Bot your title | notes.eatonphil.com [14:07] TR News "The tariffs have been described as a "death blow" to the device category, with 35% price hikes in the offing" https://boingboing.net/2025/04/22/trump-tariffs-hit-retrogaming.html | Source: BoingBoing [14:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/04/22/trump-tariffs-hit-retrogaming.html ) [14:08] TR News Melissa Wen: 2025 FOSDEM: Don't let your motivation go, save time with kworkflow https://melissawen.github.io/blog/2025/04/22/fosdem-2025-kernel-devroom-kworkflow-talk [14:08] TR Bot 2025 FOSDEM: Don't let your motivation go, save time with kworkflow | Wen.onweb [14:09] TR News Joey Hess: offgrid electric car http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/offgrid_electric_car/ [14:09] TR Bot offgrid electric car [14:11] TR News Latvian and Ukrainian police take action against 'investment' scammers https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/22.04.2025-latvian-and-ukrainian-police-take-action-against-investment-scammers.a596284/ [14:11] TR Bot Latvian and Ukrainian police take action against 'investment' scammers / Article [14:17] TR News Russia Issues Warrant For Film Critic Turned War Critic https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-warrant-film-critic-war-ukraine-barabash/33392728.html [14:17] TR Bot Russia Issues Warrant For Film Critic Turned War Critic [14:17] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [14:24] TR News Mitchell Baker continues to advance ridiculous nonsense that attacks the Web (slop) instead of an open Web and information https://mitchellbaker.net/2025/04/global-ai-summit-on-africa-2/ [14:24] TR Bot Global AI Summit on Africa: my experience Mitchell Baker [14:25] TR News (NEW): Chimera Linux Introduces Key Bootloader Changes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/22/Chimera_Linux_Introduces_Key_Bootloader_Changes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/22/Chimera_Linux_Introduces_Key_Bootloader_Changes.gmi [14:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Chimera Linux Introduces Key Bootloader Changes [14:25] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Promoting Hey Hi (AI) Nonsense Instead of the Web https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Mozilla_Promoting_Hey_Hi_AI_Nonsense_Instead_of_the_Web.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Mozilla_Promoting_Hey_Hi_AI_Nonsense_Instead_of_the_Web.gmi [14:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla Promoting Hey Hi (AI) Nonsense Instead of the Web [14:26] TR News Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1018444/ [14:26] TR Bot updates for Tuesday [LWN.net] [14:26] *schestowitz-TR has quit (connection closed) [14:26] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Connection closed) [14:27] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #techrights [14:27] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@freenode-50vmi7.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techrights [14:32] TR News (NEW): Security, Windows TCO, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Security_Windows_TCO_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Security_Windows_TCO_and_More.gmi [14:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Security, Windows TCO, and More [14:50] TR News "Users who stay on an outdated toolchain will find not only Steam but also any purchased games unable to launch until the underlying operating system is upgraded. But for most of you, theres no room for worry. Heres why." https://linuxiac.com/steam-will-stop-working-on-outdated-linux-systems-this-august/ | Source: Linuxiac [14:50] TR Bot Steam Will Stop Working on Outdated Linux Systems This August [14:51] TR News CachyOS April 2025 Fixup Release Adds OCCT https://linuxiac.com/cachyos-april-2025-fixup-release-adds-occt/ [14:51] TR Bot CachyOS April 2025 Fixup Release Adds OCCT [14:52] TR News "Useful commands for Linux beginners can help you get comfortable on the command line." https://www.networkworld.com/article/3958246/18-essential-commands-for-new-linux-users.html [14:52] TR Bot 18 essential commands for new Linux users | Network World [14:53] TR News "Just installed Ubuntu 25.04? Here are some neat tips for you." https://news.itsfoss.com/things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-25-04/ [14:53] TR Bot 13 Things to do After Installing Ubuntu 25.04 [14:54] TR News Enable ESM in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Continue Getting Updates https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/enable-esm-in-ubuntu-20-04-lts [14:54] TR Bot Enable ESM in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Continue Getting Updates - OMG! Ubuntu [14:54] TR News Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel PHOTO-PAINT https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-corel-photo-paint/ [14:54] TR Bot Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel PHOTO-PAINT - LinuxLinks [14:55] TR News KLayout is a GDS and OASIS file viewer and editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/klayout-gds-oasis-file-viewer-editor/ [14:55] TR Bot is a GDS and OASIS file viewer and editor - LinuxLinks [14:55] TR News OrbVis is a Realtime Satellite Orbit Visualizer https://www.linuxlinks.com/orbvis-realtime-satellite-orbit-visualizer/ [14:55] TR Bot is a Realtime Satellite Orbit Visualizer - LinuxLinks [14:56] TR News "Ironseed from 1994 is not one I'm familiar with, I only know if I had seen it when I was small I probably would have played it for hours. Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition is a modern 2020 remake and now it has a Native Linux version." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/a-retro-goodie-rebuilt-from-1994-ironseed-25th-anniversary-edition-recently-added-linux-support/ [14:56] TR Bot retro goodie rebuilt from 1994, Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition recently added Linux support | GamingOnLinux [14:57] TR News "Coming in with the March 27th major update that also added new book storage options, a proper Native Linux version of the game was also added." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/libritopia-librarian-simulator-recently-added-a-linux-version/ [14:57] TR Bot Librarian Simulator recently added a Linux version | GamingOnLinux [14:58] TR News "This Ubuntu release might be the best-performing to date. From app installations, OS upgrading, window moving, and everything in between, Plucky Puffin proved it has what it takes to compete with the best." https://thenewstack.io/ubuntu-plucky-puffin-canonicals-latest-short-term-release-is-stellar/ [14:58] TR Bot Ubuntu Plucky Puffin, Canonical's Latest Short-Term Release, Is Stellar - The New Stack ● Apr 23 [15:01] TR News OpenWrt GNU/Linux distribution targeting embedded devices https://www.linuxlinks.com/openwrt-linux-distribution-targeting-embedded-devices/ [15:01] TR Bot - Linux distribution targeting embedded devices - LinuxLinks [15:08] TR News Techrights Links 23/04/2025: "Hiding Corruption" and "The Cost of Defunding Harvard" https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Links_23_04_2025_Hiding_Corruption_and_The_Cost_of_Defunding_Ha.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Links_23_04_2025_Hiding_Corruption_and_The_Cost_of_Defunding_Ha.gmi [15:08] TR Bot Techrights Links 23/04/2025: "Hiding Corruption" and "The Cost of Defunding Harvard" [15:13] TR News 2006 Nintendo Wii hacked to run Infected Systems' blog uses open-source NetBSD https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/2006-nintendo-wii-hacked-to-run-infected-systems-blog-uses-open-source-netbsd [15:13] TR Bot 2006 Nintendo Wii hacked to run Infected Systems' blog uses open-source NetBSD | Tom's Hardware [15:14] TR News Towards GNU World Domination (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/Towards_GNU_World_Domination.shtml [15:14] TR Bot Techrights Towards GNU World Domination [15:14] TR News On Desktops/Laptops in Singapore Does a Fifth of Users Run GNU/Linux? https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/21/On_Desktops_Laptops_in_Singapore_Does_a_Fifth_of_Users_Run_GNU_.shtml [15:14] TR Bot Techrights On Desktops/Laptops in Singapore Does a Fifth of Users Run GNU/Linux? [15:15] TR News In Turkey, backdoored Windows Down Rapidly While GNU/Linux Grows https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/In_Turkey_Windows_Down_Rapidly_While_GNU_Linux_Grows.shtml [15:15] TR Bot Techrights In Turkey, Windows Down Rapidly While GNU/Linux Grows [15:15] TR News Homeland of GNU/Linux Kernel Turning to GNU/Linux? https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/21/Homeland_of_Linux_Kernel_Turning_to_GNU_Linux.shtml [15:15] TR Bot Techrights Homeland of Linux Kernel Turning to GNU/Linux? [15:23] TR News "Open source Chicory was created to bring some of the benefits of Wasm to native JVM, bringing with it the security" https://thenewstack.io/graalvm-finally-gets-java-for-webassembly/ | Source: The New Stack [15:23] TR Bot GraalVM (Finally) Gets Java for WebAssembly - The New Stack [15:23] TR News [Old] "If youve been in web development for more than five minutes, you know the drill. Every few months, a new JavaScript framework pops up, promising to fix everything wrong with the previous generation" https://dev.to/holasoymalva/why-the-latest-javascript-frameworks-are-a-waste-of-time-52pc | Source: DEV Community [15:23] TR Bot Why the Latest JavaScript Frameworks Are a Waste of Time - DEV Community [15:23] *techrights-sec has quit (Quit: https://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.) [15:23] TR News "A long, long time ago, ok, it was last Thursday, I posted about adding Markdown processing to BoxLang via the Flexmark Java library." https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/04/21/parsing-markdown-in-boxlang-take-2 | Source: Raymond Camden [15:23] TR Bot Parsing Markdown in BoxLang - Take 2 [15:24] TR News "These sound like dismissals or absurdities from the outside, but once you learn what they really mean, they take on a new light." https://entropicthoughts.com/haskell-procedural-programming | Source: Chris [15:24] TR Bot Haskell: A Great Procedural Language [15:25] TR News "Lately Ive been experimenting with map algorithms. I have three starting points: [...]" https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2025-04-22-de-optimizing-mapgen4/ | Source: Amit Patel [15:25] TR Bot De-optimizing mapgen4 [15:26] TR News "Pipelining might be my favorite programming language feature." https://herecomesthemoon.net/2025/04/pipelining/ | Source: Mond [15:26] TR Bot Pipelining might be my favorite programming language feature | MONDTECH MAGAZINE [15:26] TR News Open Data https://fedscoop.com/what-the-dismantling-of-the-education-department-means-for-its-data/ | Source: Scoop News Group [15:26] TR Bot the dismantling of the Education Department means for its data | FedScoop [15:28] TR News "Shiny is an increasingly popular method for researchers to develop apps but they are typically not reproducible and a lack of training" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/shinyscholar-a-template-for-producing-reproducible-analytic-apps-in-r-workshop/ | Source: Rlang [15:28] TR Bot a template for producing reproducible analytic apps in R workshop | R-bloggers [15:29] TR News "However, what really triggered my passion was realizing how different texts can describe the same event from such varied perspectives." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/my-journey-learning-r-as-a-humanities-undergrad/ | Source: Rlang [15:29] TR Bot Journey Learning R as a Humanities Undergrad | R-bloggers [15:29] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights [15:31] TR News One' the rational 'theory': world wide web will be so messed up and overwhelmed by/with spam and slop, SO THEN people will HAVE to do IN-SITE Searches for trusted domains, e.g. WebMD. Big search engines are spam, slop, and worse. Don't not trust Search Engines these days. Their business model is NOT informing. [15:31] TR News "I'm a big fan of Mastodon and I plan to cover PyCon US 2025 on Mastodon almost exclusively (and it sounds like I'm not alone)." https://sethmlarson.dev/quick-mastodon-toot-templates-for-event-hashtags | Source: Seth Michael Larson [15:31] TR Bot Quick Mastodon toot templates for event hashtags [15:31] TR News "April 8, 2025. Closing plenary address given at Coalition for Networked Information Spring 2025 Membership Meeting. Milwaukee, WI." https://www.cni.org/topics/ci/conversation-on-cybersecurity-essential-cyberinfrastructure-for-research-and-education-and-resilience | Source: Coalition for Networked Information [15:31] TR Bot CNI Spring 2025 Membership Meeting: A Conversation on Cybersecurity, Essential Cyberinfrastructure for Research and Education, and Resilience [15:32] TR News "But as soon as you consider open-sourcing something well, then you suddenly have a whole new different set of standards." https://fasterthanli.me/articles/open-sourcing-the-home-cms | Source: Amos Wenger [15:32] TR Bot Open sourcing the home CMS [15:32] TR News "The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-2636, specifically impacts older versions of the plugin. Versions prior to 0.1.0.88 are at risk." https://thecyberexpress.com/vulnerability-in-instawp-connect-plugin/ | Source: Cyble Inc [15:32] TR Bot Critical CVE-2025-2636 Vulnerability In InstaWP Connect Plugin [15:32] *techrights-sec (~quassel@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #techrights [15:33] TR News "To maintain precision, these values default to JavaScript Strings, though flexibility is provided for those who prefer numeric handling." https://linuxiac.com/mysql-9-3-brings-enhanced-javascript-support/ | Source: Linuxiac [15:33] TR Bot MySQL 9.3 Brings Enhanced JavaScript Support [15:33] TR News "I have a love-hate relationship with Datomic." https://blog.danieljanus.pl/2025/04/22/datomic-forking-the-past/ | Source: Daniel Janus [15:33] TR Bot No, really, you cant branch Datomic from the past [15:36] TR News "will make your phone more secure"?? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/android-phones-will-soon-reboot-themselves-after-sitting-unused-for-3-days/ | Source: Ars Technica [15:36] TR Bot Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for 3 days - Ars Technica [15:39] TR News It seems like Google is now adopting the Microsoft Doctrine of just reboot, reboot, reboot as "security" and EFF's Schneier whistles along like all security boils down to is lots of reboots while Google works for the NSA and reportedly lets the FBI have remote mic access (for about a decade already, source WSJ) [15:41] TR News "April 22nd is Earth Day a powerful reminder of our shared responsibility to preserve the planet for future generations." https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/22/arduino-is-at-work-to-make-bio-based-pcbs/ | Source: Arduino [15:41] TR Bot Arduino is at work to make bio-based PCBs! | Arduino Blog [15:45] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights [15:49] TR News "LTS releases, because they enjoy a longer support window. " https://thenewstack.io/ubuntu-plucky-puffin-canonicals-latest-short-term-release-is-stellar/ | Source: The New Stack [15:49] TR Bot Ubuntu Plucky Puffin, Canonical's Latest Short-Term Release, Is Stellar - The New Stack [15:49] *psydroid3 has quit (connection closed) [15:54] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [15:55] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights [15:57] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 23 [16:04] TR News iophk: 2+ decades ago, microsoft succeeded in spinning support of open standards and open source as "schadenfreude" instead of acknowledging that it was a win for everyone (except, of course, microsoft) [16:05] TR News "Chimera Linux, a still-in-development systemd-free distro written from scratch that incorporates FreeBSDs tools and libraries to provide a unique" https://linuxiac.com/chimera-linux-introduces-key-bootloader-changes/ | Source: Linuxiac [16:05] TR Bot Chimera Linux Introduces Key Bootloader Changes [16:06] TR News "A long time ago I wrote up some basic customizations of Cinnamon, shortly after I started using Cinnamon (also) on my laptop of the time." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/CinnamonCustomizations-2025 | Source: University of Toronto [16:06] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [16:07] TR News "But debates over where pinball parlors should be allowed continued in the years to come." https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/04/ann-arbor-lifts-restrictions-on-pinball-parlors-theaters.html | Source: Michigan News [16:07] TR Bot Arbor lifts restrictions on pinball parlors, theaters - mlive.com [16:09] TR News "We've seen how it's possible to create a personal, professional, and performant online presence with minimal investment. This solution, based on NetBSD and a 1/month VPS, offers several advantages: [...]" https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/22/make-your-own-internet-presence-with-netbsd-and-a-1-euro-vps-part-1-your-blog/ | Source: Stefano Marinelli [16:09] TR Bot Make Your Own Internet Presence with NetBSD and a 1 euro VPS Part 1: Your Blog - IT Notes [16:09] TR News "Another chapter in the series fascinated by the details of CSS, this time featuring the attribute text-wrap: pretty and how browsers handle line breaks, typographic river (a concept I wasnt familiar with), and the length of the final line." https://manualdousuario.net/en/beautifying-web-text-wrap-pretty/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [16:09] TR Bot Beautifying the text on the web with modern CSS Manual do Usurio [16:09] TR News "We are almost all of the way to the end of a multi-month process of upgrading our ZFS fileservers from Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04 by also moving to more recent hardware." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/ZFSModernizingAllFilesystems | Source: University of Toronto [16:09] TR News "This is the same post as Disable/enable Pi-hole using Apple Shortcuts that I published a few years back, but aligned with the 6th major release of Pi-hole." https://pawelgrzybek.com/control-pi-hole-6-using-apple-shortcuts/ | Source: Pawe Grzybek [16:09] TR Bot Pi-hole 6 using Apple Shortcuts | pawelgrzybek.com [16:10] TR News "QEMUs maintainers continue their longrunning effort to prune rarelyused subsystems. In light of this, version 10 deprecates the ancient -old-param Arm boot flag and puts the PXA2xx CPU family plus its iwMMXt DSP extension on a short leashexpect full removal in a future cycle." https://linuxiac.com/qemu-10-launches-with-multi-arch-improvements/ | Source: Linuxiac [16:10] TR Bot QEMU 10 Launches with Multi-Arch Improvements [16:14] TR News LLM slop by Surbhi Jain https://www.benzinga.com/25/04/44952476/ibm-gears-up-for-q1-earnings-can-big-blue-outrun-the-bears when bots write about your financial state you just need to pay for some "marketing", to manipulate the training set [16:14] TR Bot Gears Up For Q1 Earnings: Can Big Blue Outrun The Bears? - IBM (NYSE:IBM) - Benzinga [16:15] TR News Layoffs?? What layoffs? Good Lucknow, lads. [16:15] TR News How To Install Seaborn on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-seaborn-fedora-42/ [16:15] TR Bot How To Install Seaborn on Fedora 42 - idroot [16:15] TR News How To Install Plotly on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-plotly-fedora-42/ [16:15] TR Bot How To Install Plotly on Fedora 42 - idroot [16:21] TR News How To Install Samba on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-samba-fedora-42/ [16:21] TR Bot How To Install Samba on Fedora 42 - idroot [16:21] TR News How To Install TensorFlow on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-tensorflow-centos-stream-10/ [16:21] TR Bot How To Install TensorFlow on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [16:36] TR News Techrights Richard Stallman to Speak in Oxford University Exactly a Day From Now https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Richard_Stallman_to_Speak_in_Oxford_University_Exactly_a_Day_Fr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Richard_Stallman_to_Speak_in_Oxford_University_Exactly_a_Day_Fr.gmi [16:36] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman to Speak in Oxford University Exactly a Day From Now [16:37] TR News How To Install DavMail on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-davmail-debian-12/ [16:37] TR Bot How To Install DavMail on Debian 12 - idroot [16:38] TR News How To Install Feishin on Manjaro https://idroot.us/install-feishin-manjaro/ [16:38] TR Bot How To Install Feishin on Manjaro - idroot [16:39] TR News How To Install Suricata on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-suricata-fedora-42/ [16:39] TR Bot How To Install Suricata on Fedora 42 - idroot ● Apr 23 [17:02] *nobody has quit (Quit: connection closed.) [17:07] TR News How to Shrink a PDF: Ultimate Guide to File Size Reduction https://linoxide.com/how-to-decrease-the-size-of-a-pdf/ [17:07] TR Bot How to Shrink a PDF: Ultimate Guide to File Size Reduction [17:07] TR News Tips for Combining Two PDF Files Into One https://linoxide.com/how-to-combine-two-pdf-files-into-one/ [17:07] TR Bot Tips for Combining Two PDF Files Into One [17:09] TR News This advises people to turn GNU/Linux into Windows. Insane. https://linuxbuz.com/linuxhowto/how-to-create-and-host-your-own-rust-server-for-free [17:09] TR Bot How to Make Your Own Private Rust Server for Free [17:09] TR News How to install glances on Debian 11 or 12 https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-glances-on-debian-11-or-12/ [17:09] TR Bot How to install glances on Debian 11 or 12 [17:10] TR News How to install Symfony on Ubuntu https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-symfony-on-ubuntu/ [17:10] TR Bot How to install Symfony on Ubuntu [17:26] TR News Techrights Get Rid of Back Doors, Don't Obsess Over Bounties and Other Corporate PR Stunts (or Needless Reboot Rituals) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Get_Rid_of_Back_Doors_Don_t_Obsess_Over_Bounties_and_Other_Corp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Get_Rid_of_Back_Doors_Don_t_Obsess_Over_Bounties_and_Other_Corp.gmi [17:26] TR Bot Techrights Get Rid of Back Doors, Don't Obsess Over Bounties and Other Corporate PR Stunts (or Needless Reboot Rituals) [17:31] TR News Times of India: Microsofts chief HR writes to managers on cutting low performers: This isnt about Microsofts success https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/microsofts-chief-hr-to-managers-this-isnt-just-about-microsofts-success-this-is-about-/articleshow/120508324.cms [17:31] TR Bot Microsofts chief HR writes to managers on cutting low performers: This isnt about Microsofts success, this is about... - The Times of India [17:31] TR News "WHO chief warns of cuts, layoffs due to U.S. funding shortfall" [17:35] TR News [I]ntel Can [I]inspire [I]BM layoffs. When POWER is shut down to make way for buzzword and hype like "quantum"'. You end up unable to pay salaries and lose grip on actual talent or people who mastered technology rather than meaningless terminology. [17:39] TR News How to replicate find -execdir behavior using fd https://thisdavej.com/how-to-replicate-find-execdir-behavior-using-fd/ [17:39] TR Bot to replicate find -execdir behavior using fd | thisDaveJ [17:40] TR News How to Create a MySQL Database, Set User Permissions and Import SQLdump File https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/04/22/create-mysql-database-set-users-import-sqldump-file/ [17:40] TR Bot How to Create a MySQL Database, Set User Permissions and Import SQLdump File - blackMORE Ops [17:40] TR News How to Seamlessly Merge PDF Files for Free https://linoxide.com/how-to-combine-pdf-files-for-free/ [17:40] TR Bot How to Seamlessly Merge PDF Files for Free [17:44] TR News How to Remove GNOME Desktop from AlmaLinux 9 (Clean CLI Method) https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-remove-gnome-desktop-from-almalinux-9-clean-cli-method/ [17:44] TR Bot How to Remove GNOME Desktop from AlmaLinux 9 (Clean CLI Method) ● Apr 23 [18:03] TR News Techrights The GNU/Linux Site Formerly Known as "linoxide.com" is Back... as an LLM Slopfarm! https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/The_GNU_Linux_Site_Formerly_Known_as_linoxide_com_is_Back_as_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/The_GNU_Linux_Site_Formerly_Known_as_linoxide_com_is_Back_as_an.gmi [18:03] TR Bot Techrights The GNU/Linux Site Formerly Known as "linoxide.com" is Back... as an LLM Slopfarm! [18:05] TR News We Found a Work Around to Convicted Felon Defunding Science https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/opinion/earth-day-nature-report-trump.html [18:05] TR Bot Opinion | We Found a Work Around to Trump Defunding Science - The New York Times [18:05] TR News Present the science in a helpful way: Jeff Dukes tackles climate change in conservative states https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/dukes-climate-conservative-states/ [18:05] TR Bot Jeff Dukes tackles climate change in conservative states [18:06] TR News What DEI threatens isnt merit. Its monopoly. https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/what-dei-threatens-isnt-merit-its-monopoly/ [18:06] TR Bot What DEI threatens isnt merit. Its monopoly. [18:06] TR News Monopoly as defined by "race" is conflating business matters with race, verging on racism [18:07] TR News It's a turnoff to people when pro-DEI is describes in terms like "colonisation" [18:10] TR News SpellBinding YDEHIWA Wordo: SKIES gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-23.gmi [18:11] TR News "So I had a very recent issue involving the smartphone. All of a sudden, it changed its locking pattern (which I never actually wanted to set, I was coerced by some apps into setting one in my "own" phone, at least I was the one buying and paying for it some years ago" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2595 [18:12] TR News "Odd allows people to upload files, including Markdown files, and it allows people to edit the data files directly, using a regular editor (if they have access to the data directory). That means any UNIX filename can be used." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-04-23-oddmu-templates [18:12] TR News Alana S. Portero gemini://plr.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-04-23-cuando-reimos-con-ganas-alana-s-portero.gmi [18:17] TR News Re: Thoughts on prepping for hard times gopher://gopher.prismdragon.net:70/0/phlog/2025-04-23_re_prep.txt [18:19] TR News Almost Half of Americans Breathe Unhealthy Air, Report Finds https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/climate/american-lung-association-air-report.html [18:19] TR Bot Almost Half of Americans Breathe Unhealthy Air, Report Finds - The New York Times [18:19] TR News Measles Surge in Southwest Is Now the Largest Single Outbreak Since 2000 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/health/measles-southwest-outbreak.html [18:19] TR Bot Measles Surge in Southwest Is Now the Largest Single Outbreak Since 2000 - The New York Times [18:20] TR News Sending a portal message to your doctor could cost you, UMich study finds https://www.michigandaily.com/news/research/sending-a-portal-message-to-your-doctor-could-cost-you-umich-study-finds/ [18:20] TR Bot UMich study finds costs in sending portal message to one's doctor [18:20] TR News Coast Guard digitizes 40% of paper medical records https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/04/coast-guard-digitizes-40-of-paper-medical-records/ [18:20] TR Bot Coast Guard digitizes 40% of paper medical records [18:31] TR News From slow-cookers to towel warmers, China-made goods for US market now stuck in warehouses https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/from-slow-cookers-to-towel-warmers-china-made-goods-for-us-market-now-stuck-in-warehouses [18:31] TR Bot From slow-cookers to towel warmers, China-made goods for US market now stuck in warehouses | The Straits Times [18:39] TR News "activists who claimed use of slave labor in China." https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/04/22/uyghur-china-basf-divest/ [18:39] TR Bot Germanys BASF divests shares in Xinjiang joint ventures Radio Free Asia [18:42] TR News Earth Day: US to impose duties up to 3,521% on solar imports from Southeast Asia, citing Chinas unfair practices https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/22/us-to-impose-duties-up-to-3521-on-solar-imports-from-southeast-asia-citing-chinas-unfair-practices/ [18:42] TR Bot Earth Day: US to slap steep duties on SE Asia's solar imports [18:42] TR News Customize Logseq With Themes and Plugins https://itsfoss.com/logseq-plugins-themes/ [18:42] TR Bot Customize Logseq With Themes and Plugins [18:55] TR News Why Physical Media Deserved To Die https://hackaday.com/2025/04/22/why-physical-media-deserved-to-die/ | Source: Hackaday [18:55] TR Bot Physical Media Deserved To Die | Hackaday [18:56] TR News PCB https://hackaday.com/2025/04/22/game-boy-pcb-assembled-with-low-cost-tools/ | Source: Hackaday [18:56] TR Bot Boy PCB Assembled With Low-Cost Tools | Hackaday [18:56] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/today_s_howtos.gmi [18:56] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [18:59] TR News DIY Record Cutting Lathe https://hackaday.com/2025/04/22/diy-record-cutting-lathe-is-really-groovy/ | Source: Hackaday [18:59] TR Bot Record Cutting Lathe Is Really Groovy | Hackaday ● Apr 23 [19:00] TR News Periscope https://hackaday.com/2025/04/22/british-wartime-periscope-a-peek-into-the-past/ | Source: Hackaday [19:00] TR Bot Wartime Periscope: A Peek Into The Past | Hackaday [19:21] TR News Rights group condemns Vietnam crackdown on dissent, targeting ordinary citizens and activists https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/rights-group-condemns-vietnam-crackdown-on-dissent-targeting-ordinary-citizens-and-activists/ [19:21] TR Bot Rights group condemns Vietnam crackdown on dissent, targeting ordinary citizens and activists - JURIST - News [19:22] TR News When they say "Slow Global Economic Growth" they don't mean growth at all; this is Wall Street lie machine, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/politics/imf-world-economic-outlook.html [19:22] TR Bot IMF Expects Trumps Tariffs Will Slow Global Economic Growth - The New York Times [19:22] TR News Turkish statistical authority ordered to disclose inflation basket data as union wins appeal https://bianet.org/haber/turkish-statistical-authority-ordered-to-disclose-inflation-basket-data-as-union-wins-appeal-306685 [19:22] TR Bot Turkish statistical authority ordered to disclose inflation basket data as union wins appeal [19:43] TR News Palin Loses Libel Retrial Against New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/media/sarah-palin-new-york-times-jury-deliberations.html fanatical attacks on the press because of her hurt feelings [19:43] TR Bot Palin Loses Libel Retrial Against New York Times - The New York Times [19:44] admfubar https://www.osnews.com/story/142181/apple-fined-for-e500-million-by-ec-facebook-for-e200-million/ [19:44] TR Bot fined for 500 million by EC, Facebook for 200 million OSnews [19:45] TR News Attackers stick with effective intrusion points, valid credentials and exploits https://cyberscoop.com/ibm-x-force-threat-intelligence-index-2025/ [19:45] TR Bot stick with effective intrusion points, valid credentials and exploits | CyberScoop [19:47] TR News Harvard sues Convicted Felon administration following $2.2 billion research funding freeze https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/harvard-sues-trump-administration-over-2-2-billion-research-funding-freeze/ [19:47] TR Bot Harvard sues Trump administration following $2.2 billion research funding freeze - JURIST - News [19:50] TR News Docker has NOTHING new to show, so it resorts to SPAM around Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/22/docker-streamline-secure-ai-software-delivery-containerization/ [19:50] TR Bot to streamline and secure AI software delivery through containerization - SiliconANGLE [19:51] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/awkward-reality-unlikely-savior-stopped-musk-s-profit-bloodbath-from-being-even-heftier/ [19:51] TR Bot 'Awkward reality': Unlikely savior stopped Musk's profit bloodbath from being even heftier - Raw Story [19:51] schestowitz[TR2] swasticars [19:52] schestowitz[TR2] from 0 to 1939 in 6 sconds [19:53] TR News Sandbox Solutions and Other Tools for Cyber-Securing Industrial Automation Software https://www.qt.io/blog/sandbox-solutions-and-other-tools-for-cyber-securing-industrial-automation-software [19:53] TR Bot Sandbox Solutions and Other Tools for Cyber-Securing Industrial Automation Software [19:54] TR News Tunisia court sentences 40 opposition members in controversial Conspiracy Case https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/tunisia-court-sentences-40-opposition-members-in-controversial-conspiracy-case/ [19:54] TR Bot Tunisia court sentences 40 opposition members in controversial 'Conspiracy Case' - JURIST - News [19:55] TR News Rebuilding Maritime Cybersecurity Resilience: Charting an America First Course to Secure the U.S. Homeland https://cyberscoop.com/us-maritime-cybersecurity-challenges-opportunities-2025/ [19:55] TR Bot Maritime Cybersecurity Resilience: Charting an America First Course to Secure the U.S. Homeland | CyberScoop [19:55] TR News OpenSSF Newsletter April 2025 https://openssf.org/newsletter/2025/04/22/openssf-newsletter-april-2025/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/ [19:55] TR Bot OpenSSF Newsletter April 2025 Open Source Security Foundation [19:55] TR Bot With Microsoft in Charge, OpenSSF Seems More Like It's About Back Doors -- Not Real Security -- Inside the Linux Foundation [19:58] TR News 2022: don't say AI, say advanced AI for more hype. 2023: ok, ok... now say generative. 2024: shit, people lose patience for our scams and plagiarism. let's call it... hmmm... AGENTIC. 2025: SUPERINTELLIGENCE? [19:59] TR News BUT COULD THEY NOT PRETEND THIS WITH AGENTIC HEY HI??? https://www.securityweek.com/two-healthcare-orgs-hit-by-ransomware-confirm-data-breaches-impacting-over-100000/ [19:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/two-healthcare-orgs-hit-by-ransomware-confirm-data-breaches-impacting-over-100000/ ) ● Apr 23 [20:00] TR News BUT Certificate are ALL ABOUT all the SECURITIES!! https://www.securityweek.com/ssl-com-scrambles-to-patch-certificate-issuance-vulnerability/ [20:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/ssl-com-scrambles-to-patch-certificate-issuance-vulnerability/ ) [20:01] TR News Buzzwords and cyprtic hype overloaded: "Hey Hi (AI) combines real-time homomorphic encryption" https://www.securityweek.com/datakrypto-launches-homomorphic-encryption-framework-to-secure-enterprise-ai-models/ [20:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/datakrypto-launches-homomorphic-encryption-framework-to-secure-enterprise-ai-models/ ) [20:03] TR News "BUT IS IT SMART??? IS DIS THE IoT??? On the BLOCKCHAIN?" Answer: no, it's 2025. All this nonsense is old. We rotated to a new set of buzzwords and bullshit. [20:05] TR News After Convicted Felon ... pays back for Apple's bribes to him https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/politics/trump-tariffs-relief-apple.html see https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/14/Apple_Social_Justice_or_Social_Nationalism.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml [20:05] TR Bot After Trump Spares Apple, Other Businesses Want a Tariffs Break - The New York Times [20:05] TR Bot Techrights Apple: Social Justice or Social Nationalism? [20:05] TR Bot Techrights GAFAM Kissing the Ring of the Mafia Don [20:07] TR News An Experiment with Vector Maps https://www.qt.io/blog/an-experiment-with-vector-maps [20:07] TR Bot An Experiment with Vector Maps [20:07] TR News Zimaboard 2 An defective chip maker Intel N150 micro server and mini PC with dual SATA, dual 2.5GbE, PCIe slot, miniDP (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/23/zimaboard-2-intel-n150-micro-server-mini-pc-minidp-dual-sata-dual-2-5gbe-pcie-slot/ [20:07] TR Bot Zimaboard 2 - An Intel N150 micro server and mini PC with dual SATA, dual 2.5GbE, PCIe slot, miniDP (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [20:08] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RInside 0.2.19 on CRAN: Mostly Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/04/22#rinside_0.2.19 [20:08] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [20:08] TR News CAFC Affirms TTAB: CHICKEN SCRATCH for Beer is Confusable with CHICKEN SCRATCH for Restaurant Services http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/04/cafc-affirms-ttab-chicken-scratch-for.html [20:08] TR Bot The TTABlog: CAFC Affirms TTAB: CHICKEN SCRATCH for Beer is Confusable with CHICKEN SCRATCH for Restaurant Services [20:09] TR News Oskar Kokoschka, Hermine Moos, and the Alma Mahler Doll https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/alma-mahler-doll [20:09] TR Bot Oskar Kokoschka, Hermine Moos, and the Alma Mahler Doll The Public Domain Review [20:10] TR News No, if slop belongs in museums, then museums which play along with slop will simply perish, much like slopfarms online https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/death-of-the-masterpiece-if-only-van-gogh-had-chatgpt/ [20:10] TR Bot Death of the Masterpiece: If only Van Gogh had ChatGPT [20:10] TR News xorsearch.py: "Ad Hoc YARA Rules", (Tue, Apr 22nd) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31856 [20:10] TR Bot xorsearch.py: "Ad Hoc YARA Rules" - SANS Internet Storm Center [20:11] TR News Honeypot Iptables Maintenance and DShield-SIEM Logging, (Wed, Apr 23rd) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31876 [20:11] TR Bot Honeypot Iptables Maintenance and DShield-SIEM Logging - SANS Internet Storm Center [20:19] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: highlights https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=CF_1py1maEQ [20:19] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [20:20] schestowitz[TR2] mancity can almost make second after all [20:20] schestowitz[TR2] after terrible season with maybe fa cup [20:20] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avDQaKIDThQ [20:20] TR Bot https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=avDQaKIDThQ [20:21] TR Bot to connect to iv.melmac.space port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=avDQaKIDThQ ) [20:21] MinceR time to rename it to person city [20:22] TR News How Supercritical CO2 Working Fluid Can Increase Power Plant Efficiency https://hackaday.com/2025/04/22/how-supercritical-co2-working-fluid-can-increase-power-plant-efficiency/ | Source: Hackaday [20:22] TR Bot Supercritical CO2 Working Fluid Can Increase Power Plant Efficiency | Hackaday [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: percity [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] like pers-ity [20:22] MinceR :> [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] there's also mancity women [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] in "WSL" [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] not windows [20:23] MinceR lol [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] Barclays WSL [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.mancity.com/matchday/fixtures/womens/2024/barclays-wsl/man-city-v-man-united-19-jan-2025?page=Lineup [20:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.mancity.com/matchday/fixtures/womens/2024/barclays-wsl/man-city-v-man-united-19-jan-2025?page=Lineup ) [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] mancity women has many japanese players [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] about 4 last i checked [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] but no cats, sorry MinceR [20:24] MinceR lol [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] wow, FIVE japanese players now https://www.mancity.com/players/womens [20:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.mancity.com/players/womens ) [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] they can do a match with half the players on the pitch being japanese [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] that's not exactly divrse [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] "anti-white hate" [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] one japanese goalkeeper [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] there is one defender [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] 2 midfilders [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] and a striker [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] all from japan [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] Joined City [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] 0001-01-01 [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] haha. [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] jesus times [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] i knew japenese people lives long [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] but... that's like really old [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] she is 2026 in 8 months [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] in that club [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] i thought the club is about 100 years old [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] but you always learn something new [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.mancity.com/players/ayaka-yamashita [20:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.mancity.com/players/ayaka-yamashita ) [20:27] schestowitz[TR2] joined city 2025 years ago [20:28] schestowitz[TR2] they use microsoft for their site [20:28] schestowitz[TR2] https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2024/03/28/manchester-city-microsoft-site/ [20:28] TR Bot Blog Archive Manchester City Chose Microsoft for a Web Site and, As Expected, It Doesnt Work [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] "Microsoft, what time is it?\ [20:31] schestowitz[TR2] Microsoft: sorry, don't ahev watch, need to reboot [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] it's 0 AD [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] UNIX is 1970s [20:36] TR News Educators Speak Out on Harms of Unlawful Education Department Directive https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/educators-speak-out-on-harms-of-unlawful-education-department-directive [20:36] TR Bot Educators Speak Out on Harms of Unlawful Education Department Directive | ACLU [20:36] TR News Microsoft Has Tainted GNOME, Which Has Key People Acting as a SLAPP Front Against Techrights (Trying to Censor the Site by Extortion and Many Threats) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/21/Microsoft_Has_Tainted_GNOME_Which_Has_Key_People_Acting_as_a_SL.shtml [20:36] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Has Tainted GNOME, Which Has Key People Acting as a SLAPP Front Against Techrights (Trying to Censor the Site by Extortion and Many Threats) [20:36] TR News 4 Years Ago Freenode Crumbled From Within https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/21/4_Years_Ago_Freenode_Crumbled_From_Within.shtml [20:36] TR Bot Techrights 4 Years Ago Freenode Crumbled From Within [20:36] TR News Richard Stallman, Whose Site is Trusted by Greater Manchester, Has Come to the United Kingdom https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/21/Richard_Stallman_Whose_Site_is_Trusted_by_Greater_Manchester_Ha.shtml [20:36] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman, Whose Site is Trusted by Greater Manchester, Has Come to the United Kingdom [20:37] TR News Richard Stallman Has Updated His Article on Why "Free Software Is Even More Important Now" https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/Richard_Stallman_Has_Updated_His_Article_on_Why_Free_Software_I.shtml [20:37] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman Has Updated His Article on Why "Free Software Is Even More Important Now" [20:37] TR News Microsoft Devises PR Stunts to Distract From Impending Mass Layoffs and Likely Bad Results Preceding Those Mass Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/Microsoft_Devises_PR_Stunts_to_Distract_From_Impending_Mass_Lay.shtml [20:37] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Devises PR Stunts to Distract From Impending Mass Layoffs and Likely Bad Results Preceding Those Mass Layoffs [20:38] TR News "All users of Windows are suckers," RMS said https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIy2EFChURI/ [20:38] TR Bot FOSS | Windows users, where y'all at | Instagram [20:40] TR News "Oxford frens, Dr. Richard Stallman is a legend in advocating for software freedom & helping to make it possible, founding the free software movement & creating the GNU General Public License (GPL) in the 80s - come round!" https://x.com/DianacBiggs/status/1914942705878126931 [20:40] TR Bot ( status 400 @ https://x.com/DianacBiggs/status/1914942705878126931 ) [20:44] TR News Now it says OVER 20 PERCENT. And not even counting those who will leave BEFORE the axe falls. Will Intel cull about 30% of those who worked there in January??? https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/intel-to-announce-plans-to-cut-over-20-of-staff-to-streamline-management-125042300178_1.html [20:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/intel-to-announce-plans-to-cut-over-20-of-staff-to-streamline-management-125042300178_1.html ) [20:45] TR News Techrights spoke to Intel employees who only "work" there; like zombie positions while looking for a job elsewhere. Intel is a skeleton crew. [20:47] TR News You do need to memorize basic facts, actually gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-04-23 [20:48] TR News Explorer Belt 2025 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20250423.txt [20:51] TR News (NEW): My Cinnamon desktop customizations (as of 2025) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/My_Cinnamon_desktop_customizations_as_of_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/My_Cinnamon_desktop_customizations_as_of_2025.gmi [20:51] TR Bot Tux Machines My Cinnamon desktop customizations (as of 2025) [20:53] TR News (NEW): Hardware Hacking and Games https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Hardware_Hacking_and_Games.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Hardware_Hacking_and_Games.gmi [20:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Hardware Hacking and Games [20:53] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [20:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [20:55] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/23/today_s_leftovers.gmi [20:55] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [20:57] TR News Techrights Links 23/04/2025: Hard Times and Digital Amnesia https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Links_23_04_2025_Hard_Times_and_Digital_Amnesia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Links_23_04_2025_Hard_Times_and_Digital_Amnesia.gmi [20:57] TR Bot Techrights Links 23/04/2025: Hard Times and Digital Amnesia [20:58] TR News Techrights Links 23/04/2025: Crackdowns on Dissent, Palin Loses Libel Retrial Against New York Times https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Links_23_04_2025_Crackdowns_on_Dissent_Palin_Loses_Libel_Retria.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Links_23_04_2025_Crackdowns_on_Dissent_Palin_Loses_Libel_Retria.gmi [20:58] TR Bot Techrights Links 23/04/2025: Crackdowns on Dissent, Palin Loses Libel Retrial Against New York Times ● Apr 23 [21:01] TR News The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is in Trouble, May Soon be Out of Business (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/The_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_is_in_Trouble_May_Soon_be_Out_of.shtml [21:01] TR Bot Techrights The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is in Trouble, May Soon be Out of Business [21:01] TR News GNOME, Microsoft, and Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub : The Lack of Reporting on Abusive Colleagues Contributed to Profound Media Vacuum (or Blackout), Now Resorting to SLAPPs (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/GNOME_Microsoft_and_GitHub_The_Lack_of_Reporting_on_Abusive_Col.shtml [21:01] TR Bot Techrights GNOME, Microsoft, and GitHub: The Lack of Reporting on Abusive Colleagues Contributed to Profound Media Vacuum (or Blackout), Now Resorting to SLAPPs [21:01] TR News US Government Already Bailing Out OpenAI/Microsoft With "Contracts", As Usual, Back Doors You Cannot Remove Becoming 'a Step Closer' on New PCs (Unless Everyone Acts ASAP) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/US_Government_Already_Bailing_Out_OpenAI_Microsoft_With_Contrac.shtml [21:01] TR Bot Techrights US Government Already Bailing Out OpenAI/Microsoft With "Contracts", As Usual, Back Doors You Cannot Remove Becoming 'a Step Closer' on New PCs (Unless Everyone Acts ASAP) [21:02] TR News RMS is Done at KCL, Next Stop is Oxford (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/RMS_is_Done_at_KCL_Next_Stop_is_Oxford.shtml [21:02] TR Bot Techrights RMS is Done at KCL, Next Stop is Oxford [21:03] TR News Spotify 1,000-Stream Minimum Debate Continues As Distribution Exec Claps Back Against the Patently Unfair Practice https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/22/spotify-stream-minimum-debate/ Patently Unfair Practice? [21:03] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/22/spotify-stream-minimum-debate/ ) [21:03] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) are also not fair [21:03] TR News The Priority Paradox: In re Floyd Highlights the Dual Standards of Written Description and Anticipation https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/04/highlights-description-anticipation.html [21:03] TR Bot The Priority Paradox: In re Floyd Highlights the Dual Standards of Written Description and Anticipation | Patently-O [21:04] TR News IMF slashes global growth forecast amid Convicted Felon tariff turmoil https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250422-imf-slashes-global-growth-forecast-amid-trump-tariff-turmoil [21:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250422-imf-slashes-global-growth-forecast-amid-trump-tariff-turmoil ) [21:04] TR News "Growth" in WHAT? Loans? DEBT?? [21:05] TR News UN says Asia cybercrime syndicates expanding global reach with tech-fueled scams https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/un-says-asia-cybercrime-syndicates-expanding-global-reach-with-tech-fueled-scams/ [21:05] TR Bot UN says Asia cybercrime syndicates expanding global reach with tech-fueled scams - JURIST - News [21:05] TR News NVK enabled for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/nvk-enabled-for-maxwell,-pascal,-and-volta-gpus.html [21:05] TR Bot NVK enabled for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs [21:39] TR News IBMs open-source TerraMind Hey Hi (AI) uses 9 data modalities to transform Earth observation https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/22/ibms-open-source-terramind-ai-uses-9-data-modalities-transform-earth-observation/ [21:39] TR Bot open-source TerraMind AI uses 9 data modalities to transform Earth observation - SiliconANGLE [21:40] TR News Misleading title as it is not "Open Source", seems like FUD firm to "manage open source software risk." https://www.securityweek.com/open-source-security-firm-hopper-emerges-from-stealth-with-7-6m-in-funding/ [21:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/open-source-security-firm-hopper-emerges-from-stealth-with-7-6m-in-funding/ ) [21:41] TR News GNOME 48: Best New Features https://www.debugpoint.com/gnome-48-features/ [21:41] TR Bot GNOME 48: Best New Features [21:42] TR News Haskell: A Great Procedural Language https://entropicthoughts.com/haskell-procedural-programming [21:42] TR Bot Haskell: A Great Procedural Language [21:42] TR News Rakudo Weekly 2025.16 Grant Completion https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/04/22/2025-16-grant-completion/ [21:42] TR Bot 2025.16 Grant Completion Rakudo Weekly News [21:42] TR News Microsoft Already Attacks the BSDs as Well (the E.E.E. 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Embraces MCP to Make AI Agent Integration Simpler - Cloud Native Now [21:44] TR News Google News is Rewarding Slopfarms, Not Journalism https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/21/Google_News_is_Rewarding_Slopfarms_Not_Journalism.shtml [21:44] TR Bot Techrights Google News is Rewarding Slopfarms, Not Journalism [21:46] TR News Software Patents https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/04/22/scotus-denies-cert-petitions-sj-rulings-section-101-attorneys-fees-awards/id=188368/ [21:46] TR Bot SCOTUS Denies Cert Petitions from SJ Rulings on Section 101, Attorneys Fees Awards [21:47] TR News Wow, how very transparent! https://lunduke.substack.com/p/wordpress-adds-watermarks-to-internal [21:47] TR Bot Wordpress Adds Watermarks to Internal Webpages in Hunt for Whistleblowers [21:48] TR News Dead Internet Theory Confirmed: 51% of Traffic Now Non-Human https://lunduke.substack.com/p/dead-internet-theory-confirmed-51 [21:48] TR Bot Dead Internet Theory Confirmed: 51% of Traffic Now Non-Human [21:48] TR News https://dmpwn.info/ [21:48] TR Bot The DeVault report [21:49] TR News Why does opensourceforu push this spam/fluff? No connection to opensource https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/metaverse-and-digital-twins-partnering-to-innovate/ [21:49] TR Bot Metaverse And Digital Twins: Partnering To Innovate - Open Source For You [21:52] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Apr 23 [22:00] TR News Techrights Another Site Bites the Dust: "Open Source For You" Becoming a Slopfarm (LLM Slop) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Another_Site_Bites_the_Dust_Open_Source_For_You_Becoming_a_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Another_Site_Bites_the_Dust_Open_Source_For_You_Becoming_a_Slop.gmi [22:00] TR Bot Techrights Another Site Bites the Dust: "Open Source For You" Becoming a Slopfarm (LLM Slop) [22:10] TR News Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) Promoting Microsoft and Proprietary Software Using Microsoft Operatives https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Promoting_Microsoft_and_Proprietary_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Promoting_Microsoft_and_Proprietary_.gmi [22:10] TR Bot Techrights Open Source Initiative (OSI) Promoting Microsoft and Proprietary Software Using Microsoft Operatives [22:11] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@pxgbhzndux7dw.irc) has joined #techrights [22:12] TR News A lightweight interface to scikit-learn in R Pt.2: probabilistic time series forecasting in conjunction with ahead::dynrmf https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/a-lightweight-interface-to-scikit-learn-in-r-pt-2-probabilistic-time-series-forecasting-in-conjunction-with-aheaddynrmf/ [22:12] TR Bot lightweight interface to scikit-learn in R Pt.2: probabilistic time series forecasting in conjunction with ahead::dynrmf | R-bloggers [22:13] TR News Demystifying the Kernel Boot Sequence: From Starting Kernel to Userspace https://bootlin.com/blog/demystifying-kernel-boot-sequence/ [22:13] TR Bot the Kernel Boot Sequence: From Starting Kernel to Userspace - Bootlin's blog [22:13] TR News LibreArts Weekly recap 20 April 2025 https://librearts.org/2025/04/week-recap-20-apr-2025/ [22:13] TR Bot Libre Arts - Weekly recap 20 April 2025 [22:16] TR News "In the dark ages, before iOS and Android phones became ubiquitous, there was the PDA" https://hackaday.com/2025/04/22/eink-pda-revisited/ | Source: Hackaday [22:16] TR Bot PDA Revisited | Hackaday [22:18] TR News Australias Bluefest Clocks 109,000 AttendeesThough the Wider Festival Sector Is Still in Crisis https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/22/bluefest-attendance-up-but-live-music-sector-struggles/ [22:19] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/22/bluefest-attendance-up-but-live-music-sector-struggles/ ) [22:20] MinceR (cat) (video) (no audio) https://imgur.com/gallery/oNwmIea = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/oNwmIea [22:20] TR Bot loves to play - Album on Imgur [22:20] TR Bot She loves to play - rimgo [22:22] TR News Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #28 S2E05 Secure Software Starts with Awareness: Education & Open Source with the Council of Daves https://openssf.org/podcast/2025/04/22/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-28-s2e05-secure-software-starts-with-awareness-education-open-source-with-the-council-of-daves/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/ [22:22] TR Bot Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #28 S2E05 Secure Software Starts with Awareness: Education & Open Source with the Council of Daves Open Source Security Foundation [22:22] TR Bot With Microsoft in Charge, OpenSSF Seems More Like It's About Back Doors -- Not Real Security -- Inside the Linux Foundation [22:22] TR News Destination Linux 416: Interview with Carl Richell, Founder of System76 (COSMIC Desktop, Pop!_OS, & more) https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-416/ https://destinationlinux.net/416 [22:23] TR Bot Interview with Carl Richell, Founder of System76 (COSMIC Desktop, Pop!_OS, & more) - Destination Linux - TuxDigital [22:23] TR News navalny allies https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/22/russian-sovereign-wealth-fund-suspends-internships-amid-fears-of-leaker-after-navalny-team-exposes-wealth-of-ceo-kirill-dmitriev-a-key-figure-in-talks-with-u-s | Source: Meduza [22:23] TR Bot Russian sovereign wealth fund suspends internships amid fears of leaker after Navalny team exposes wealth of CEO Kirill Dmitriev, a key figure in talks with U.S. Meduza [22:24] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [22:25] TR News Access Quay on OpenShift with short-lived credentials https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/22/access-quay-openshift-short-lived-credentials [22:25] TR Bot Access Quay on OpenShift with short-lived credentials | Red Hat Developer [22:25] TR News Fine-tune LLMs with Kubeflow Trainer on OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/22/fine-tune-llms-kubeflow-trainer-openshift-ai [22:25] TR Bot Fine-tune LLMs with Kubeflow Trainer on OpenShift AI | Red Hat Developer [22:27] TR News Putin and Cheeto agree that Ukraine is part of Russia https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/22/putin-offers-to-freeze-ukraine-invasion-along-current-battle-lines-as-u-s-suggests-recognition-of-annexed-territories-the-financial-times [22:27] TR Bot Putin offers to freeze Ukraine invasion along current battle lines as U.S. suggests recognition of annexed territories The Financial Times Meduza [22:28] TR News Ubuntu Plucky Puffin, Canonicals Latest Short-Term Release, Is Stellar https://thenewstack.io/ubuntu-plucky-puffin-canonicals-latest-short-term-release-is-stellar/ [22:28] TR Bot Ubuntu Plucky Puffin, Canonical's Latest Short-Term Release, Is Stellar - The New Stack [22:28] TR News 9 Things to Do After Installing Fedora 42 (Post Setup Guide) https://tuxdigital.com/videos/9-things-to-do-after-installing-fedora-42-post-setup-guide/ [22:28] TR Bot Things to Do After Installing Fedora 42 (Post Setup Guide) - Tunnell Vision - TuxDigital [22:28] TR News Banana Pi BPI-RV2 is a low-cost RISC-V router with a 2.5GbE port and five gigabit Ethernet ports https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/22/banana-pi-bpi-rv2-low-cost-risc-v-router-siflower-sf21h8898/ [22:28] TR Bot Banana Pi BPI-RV2 is a low-cost RISC-V router with a 2.5GbE port and five gigabit Ethernet ports - CNX Software [22:29] TR News 19 Best Free and Open Source Plotting Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-free-plotting-tools/ [22:29] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Plotting Tools - LinuxLinks [22:30] TR News PonyProg is a serial device programmer https://www.linuxlinks.com/ponyprog-serial-device-programmer/ [22:30] TR Bot is a serial device programmer - LinuxLinks [22:30] TR News Gwyddion SPM data visualization and analysis https://www.linuxlinks.com/gwyddion-spm-data-visualization-analysis/ [22:30] TR Bot - SPM data visualization and analysis - LinuxLinks [22:31] TR News Gpredict is a real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction application https://www.linuxlinks.com/gpredict-real-time-satellite-tracking-orbit-prediction-application/ [22:31] TR Bot is a real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction application - LinuxLinks [22:32] TR News Nuvoton Launches New MCU Powered by Qt and with Dual OS Support https://www.qt.io/blog/nuvoton-launches-new-mcu-powered-by-qt-and-with-dual-os-support [22:32] TR Bot Nuvoton Launches New MCU Powered by Qt and with Dual OS Support [22:32] TR News Intel Core Ultra 9 285K performance sees 6% improvement on Linux Arrow Lake boosts even without new '200S Boost' BIOS https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-core-ultra-9-285k-performance-sees-6-percent-improvement-on-linux-arrow-lake-boosts-even-without-new-200s-boost-bios [22:32] TR Bot Intel Core Ultra 9 285K performance sees 6% improvement on Linux Arrow Lake boosts even without new '200S Boost' BIOS | Tom's Hardware [22:34] TR News Legacy Surveillance Giant Google Service Abused in Phishing Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/legacy-google-service-abused-in-phishing-attacks/ [22:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/legacy-google-service-abused-in-phishing-attacks/ ) [22:34] TR News Google scales back cookie-focused Privacy Sandbox initiative https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/22/google-scales-back-cookie-focused-privacy-sandbox-initiative/ [22:34] TR Bot scales back cookie-focused Privacy Sandbox initiative - SiliconANGLE [22:35] TR News Some Harvard Donors Still Want It to Strike a Deal With Convicted Felon https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/harvard-trump-deal.html [22:35] TR Bot Some Harvard Donors Still Want It to Strike a Deal With Trump - The New York Times [22:35] TR News Details Hegseth Shared on Signal Came From a Secure Site https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/politics/hegseth-signal-chat.html [22:35] TR Bot Details Hegseth Shared on Signal Came From a Secure Site - The New York Times [22:35] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [22:35] TR News Many Malware Campaigns Linked to Proton66 Network https://www.securityweek.com/many-malware-campaigns-linked-to-proton66-network/ [22:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/many-malware-campaigns-linked-to-proton66-network/ ) [22:36] TR News Openwashing https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/open-source-airflow-3-0-set-to-accelerate-data-orchestration-for-enterprise-ai-inference/ [22:36] TR Bot data processing is too slow for real-time AI: How open-source Apache Airflow 3.0 solves the challenge with event-driven data orchestration | VentureBeat ● Apr 23 [23:21] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [23:23] IsambardPrince Items Ordered 1 of: Godzilla vs. Biollante (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray], Kazuki Omori [23:23] IsambardPrince Sold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc [23:23] IsambardPrince Supplied by: Other [23:23] IsambardPrince 1 of: Godzilla, the Showa-Era Films, 19541975 (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray], Takashi Shimura [23:23] IsambardPrince Sold by: Amazon.com Services, Inc [23:23] IsambardPrince Supplied by: Other [23:24] IsambardPrince MinceR, There will be many movie nights. [23:25] IsambardPrince MinceR, So I understand that Orbanistan had a currency failure in modern times. [23:26] IsambardPrince I wonder if they ever plan to sign on to the Euro. [23:29] *isak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:29] IsambardPrince I've never seen any of these in any format. Which is probably for the best. [23:30] IsambardPrince I'm told that the American TV edits were cut to the point of being utterly stupid. [23:30] IsambardPrince No telling what they did in the VHS era. [23:31] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [23:31] IsambardPrince I know Criterion has good releases. They tend to cost more, but they do a lot of work cleaning up and remastering old films that may not be looking their best on other releases. [23:32] *isak (~andreas@xj27spb7zb2fn.irc) has joined #techrights [23:42] IsambardPrince MinceR, The When I am king list just keeps growing. [23:43] IsambardPrince I told Roy first we would execute all the really bad sex offenders and string them up where the public can view them. [23:43] IsambardPrince Then we can move on to the world's second largest problem. [23:44] IsambardPrince Charmin went from being 5" by 5" to 3.5" by 3.85". [23:45] IsambardPrince Someone has to do something before there's no Charmin anymore and we all have to use chgi or the three seashells or something. [23:49] lxo are these sites that return from the dead sloppy zombies? [23:54] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [23:57] MinceR 24 002607 < IsambardPrince> I wonder if they ever plan to sign on to the Euro. [23:57] MinceR no [23:57] MinceR it would mean less control in the gypsy king's hands [23:57] MinceR also, it's "prsszel", so it's bad [23:58] MinceR in general, ruscists would rather starve to death than risk people different from them having a chance at a decent life [23:59] MinceR 24 004501 < IsambardPrince> Someone has to do something before there's no Charmin anymore and we all have to use chgi or the three seashells or something. [23:59] MinceR maybe the seashells are nice