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[01:24] MinceR sounds like clownflare wants to be the gatekeeper of the browser market [01:32] admfubar i guess that means all the frozen food is "toast" .... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/22/los-angeles-warehouse-fire-expainer [01:32] TR Bot A fire in LA has been burning for days. Whats taking so long to put it out? | Los Angeles | The Guardian [01:52] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-mouse-realistic-ai-video-extra.html [01:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-mouse-realistic-ai-video-extra.html ) [01:53] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-microscopic-image-bypass-ai-guardrails.html [01:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-microscopic-image-bypass-ai-guardrails.html ) [01:57] admfubar https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/06/22/1749209/some-electricians-think-building-data-centers-is-for-sellouts [01:57] TR Bot Some Electricians Think Building Data Centers Is For Sellouts - Slashdot [01:58] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/06/22/1657204/ai-law-firm-wins-uk-court-case-for-first-time [01:58] TR Bot AI Law Firm Wins UK Court Case For First Time - Slashdot ● Jun 23 [02:13] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@x6hh4uq8sddhe.irc) has joined #techrights [02:13] IsambardPrince [19:24] sounds like clownflare wants to be the gatekeeper of the browser market [02:13] IsambardPrince Yes they do a lot of bogus whitelisting tests. [02:27] TR News (NEW): Kubuntu Focus M2 and Zr Linux Laptops Now Ship with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Kubuntu_Focus_M2_and_Zr_Linux_Laptops_Now_Ship_with_Intel_Core_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Kubuntu_Focus_M2_and_Zr_Linux_Laptops_Now_Ship_with_Intel_Core_.gmi [02:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Kubuntu Focus M2 and Zr Linux Laptops Now Ship with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus [02:44] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:45] admfubar now changing its name to "Spamsung"... https://www.neowin.net/news/its-about-to-become-harder-to-turn-off-your-samsung-tv-thanks-to-instagram/ [02:45] TR Bot It's about to become harder to turn off your Samsung TV, thanks to Instagram - Neowin [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-220626.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-220626.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-220626.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-220626.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, June 22, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-06-22.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-06-22.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-06-22.txt ● Jun 23 [03:05] TR News (NEW): Canonical Announces Live Kernel Patching Support for Ubuntu on ARM64 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Canonical_Announces_Live_Kernel_Patching_Support_for_Ubuntu_on_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Canonical_Announces_Live_Kernel_Patching_Support_for_Ubuntu_on_.gmi [03:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Canonical Announces Live Kernel Patching Support for Ubuntu on ARM64 ● Jun 23 [04:01] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@qtrxrcjtn9zwn.irc) has joined #techrights [04:07] admfubar https://www.geekwire.com/2026/building-a-digital-twin-10000-feet-underground-pnnl-nvidia-and-fervo-team-up-on-geothermal-ai/ [04:08] TR Bot PNNL, Nvidia, Fervo Build AI Geothermal Digital Twin [04:11] admfubar toto, we're not in Kansas anymore... https://futurism.com/science-energy/illinois-battered-freak-tornadoes-alley [04:11] TR Bot Illinois Is Getting Battered by Freak Tornadoes [04:13] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-spacex-union-pacific-corruption-fraud [04:13] TR Bot Elon Musk Says SpaceX Is "Like Union Pacific," Which Is Extremely Funny If You Know What Actually Happened to Union Pacific [04:13] IsambardPrince I got on the train today and an obvious elderly man in a dress got on. [04:13] IsambardPrince My partner noticed the look on my face when the guy sat down and commented on it. [04:15] admfubar and did your partner think the dress made made that guy's ass look too fat? [04:15] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-ai-society [04:15] TR Bot Head of Microsoft Rages at His Fellow CEOs for Admitting What They're Actually Doing to Society With AI [04:16] admfubar whoopsie doodles!.... https://futurism.com/space/spacex-stock-fallen-down-160s [04:16] TR Bot SpaceX Stock Has Officially Fallen All the Way Down to the $150s [04:18] admfubar https://futurism.com/space/spacex-investors-losing-money [04:18] TR Bot SpaceX Investors Are Losing a Colossal Amount of Money [04:18] admfubar https://futurism.com/space/musk-furious-spacex-stock-worst-environmental-esg [04:18] TR Bot Musk Furious After SpaceX Stock Get Worst Possible Environmental Grade [04:19] admfubar musk smokes a lot, and takes other creative "health supplements" .... https://futurism.com/health-medicine/research-smoke-weed-older [04:19] TR Bot Research Suggests the Older You Get, the More Weed You Should Smoke [04:20] admfubar https://futurism.com/space/musk-furious-spacex-stock-worst-environmental-esg [04:20] admfubar https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/hong-store-no-employees-robot [04:20] TR Bot A New Store in Hong Kong Has No Human Employees, Just a Single Humanoid Robot [04:22] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/new-gambling-scandal-sports [04:22] TR Bot A New Type of Gambling Scandal Is Sweeping Through Sports [04:23] admfubar https://futurism.com/science-energy/volunteer-investigation-cleaning-polluted-river-prison [04:23] TR Bot Volunteer Under Investigation for Cleaning Polluted River Without a License, Faces Two Years in Prison [04:26] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-zuckerberg-workers-morale-layoffs [04:26] TR Bot Meta Exec Admits Zuckerberg Has Crushed Workers' Spirits [04:27] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/law-protect-artists-ai [04:27] TR Bot New Law Would Give Artists Sweeping Protections Against AI Stealing Their Work [04:30] admfubar Sh!tSchlock.... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tiktok-taken-over-ai-slop [04:30] TR Bot TikTok Has Been Completely Taken Over by AI Slop [04:31] admfubar The drug no college student wants.... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/college-students-resignation-despair [04:31] TR Bot College Students Consumed by "Resignation and Despair" as They're Relentlessly Pressured to Use AI [04:33] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/microsoft-teams-wifi-surveillance-workers [04:33] TR Bot Microsoft Announces New Feature That Narcs on You to Your Boss [04:34] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2026/06/22/lightcomposer-reach-out-and-touch-your-lighting/ [04:34] TR Bot Reach Out And Touch Your Lighting | Hackaday [04:35] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [04:35] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2026/06/22/breaking-into-a-prison-tablet/ [04:35] TR Bot Into A Prison Tablet | Hackaday [04:37] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2026/06/22/telescope-rancher-is-the-coolest-job-you-didnt-know-existed/ [04:37] TR Bot Rancher Is The Coolest Job You Didnt Know Existed | Hackaday [04:37] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2026/06/21/wont-somebody-please-think-of-banning-the-british-children/ [04:37] TR Bot Somebody Please Think Of Banning The British Children! | Hackaday [04:39] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@fs5szwspnkxvq.irc) has joined #techrights [04:40] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I have a couple job interviews. [04:40] IsambardPrince One as a caregiver and another as a teller at a credit union. [04:47] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/gm-installs-robots-at-flagship-ev-factory-after-laying-off-1300-workers/ [04:47] TR Bot GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers - Ars Technica [04:49] admfubar take a look at this!... https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/06/man-used-massage-gun-on-his-tired-eyeballs-it-went-as-well-as-youd-expect/ [04:49] TR Bot Man used massage gun on his tired eyeballs. It went as well as you'd expect. - Ars Technica [04:54] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/trump-pulte-2677078452/ [04:54] TR Bot 'Disastrously bad': Trump loyalist stuns CNN with workforce culling - Raw Story ● Jun 23 [05:00] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1689.jpg [05:01] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2045.jpg [05:02] TR News "I have not been able to find any more opportunities for playing Homeworlds locally, so I signed up for an account at boardgamearena.com (BGA). As a rule, I try to avoid using proprietary Web apps, but I couldn't see any other practical way to play regularly against other opponents, in my situation." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260622-0.gmi [05:03] TR News "It started with my heavy reliance on qutebrowser (previously Vieb, but it had issues.) I love the keybindings and the browser is generally quick. Other browsers have add-ons for better key bindings, but theyre messy" gemini://thatit.be/2026-06-22-18-08-48.gmi [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: which one do you want more? [05:04] TR News "I'm at the rehabilitation center where Bunny is rehabilitating her broken shoulders [1] and all the TV (Television)s in the place shut down, and it's suddenly quiet. Maybe not as silent as Rachel, Nevada [2], or maybe when a Las Vagas casino lost power (talk about dead silenceit was weird!), but still, it's eerie." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/06/22.1 [05:05] IsambardPrince [23:03] IsambardPrince: which one do you want more? [05:05] IsambardPrince Teller. [05:06] IsambardPrince I thought it was funny when I was a child. [05:06] TR News "Hi all. My first question here so hope I'm doing everything correctly and this works and posted in the right section. I tried submitting my gemlog link to the new Antenna, but I keep receiving a "failed to fetch a feed URL" error." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Gemini/45170 [05:06] IsambardPrince The people at the school told my mother they wanted me in special education because they thought I was retarded and they wondered if I'd ever be able to count change. [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] you don't teller! [05:06] IsambardPrince She took me for an IQ test at Evanston Hospital in Illinois. [05:07] IsambardPrince And they said that I was smarter than most of the children at my grade level. [05:07] TR News "I think a lot about rot and rotting because the rot is something that's featured prominently in my life in recent years. In my mind, the rot is something that creeps up on you when you aren't doing enough to take care of yourself." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/minimum-viable-life.gmi [05:07] IsambardPrince And yes, retarded was the word to call someone that was "intellectually disabled" back then. [05:08] IsambardPrince It was definitely well into the "you can say that as an insult" phase, but it was still being used to describe children who needed to go to special ed. [05:08] TR News "Point being, I could swear most vibecoded websites all look the exact fucking same, and it drives me batty. Everywhere I go, there's like a 50% chance I'll see the exact same rounded buttons." gemini://feathers.smol.pub/2026-06-23_your_vibecoded_website_looks_bad [05:08] IsambardPrince Every few years they change the euphemism again. [05:09] IsambardPrince Then it gains a stigma, then they change it again. [05:09] IsambardPrince In 1990 you'd call Brandon Lobster a transvestite. [05:10] TR News perfect summer night gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/perfect_summer_night [05:11] TR News "While Bunny was otherwise occupied with a nurse I took the opportinity to look around outside. While there, I found this odd staircase off the side of a path: [...]" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/06/21.1 [05:13] IsambardPrince Things you never want to hear your doctor say: huh, Ive never seen that before. [05:13] IsambardPrince (from the comments) [05:13] IsambardPrince Yeah, the orthopedic surgeon told me that. [05:13] IsambardPrince But at least I didn't have to say "I took a massage gun to my eyes." [05:13] IsambardPrince :) [05:16] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [05:16] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [05:16] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 23/06/2026: Girlrotting, Homeworlds at BGA, Slop Ruins Sites https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Gemini_Links_23_06_2026_Girlrotting_Homeworlds_at_BGA_Slop_Ruin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Gemini_Links_23_06_2026_Girlrotting_Homeworlds_at_BGA_Slop_Ruin.gmi [05:16] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 23/06/2026: Girlrotting, Homeworlds at BGA, Slop Ruins Sites [05:21] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 22, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_June_22_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_June_22_2026.gmi [05:21] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 22, 2026 [05:21] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:21] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [05:22] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:23] IsambardPrince Bigelow Mint Medley is my favorite herbal tea. [05:23] IsambardPrince I don't want anything caffeinated at night. [05:24] IsambardPrince During the day their Constant Comment or Earl Grey isn't bad. [05:24] IsambardPrince Kroger has a knockoff of Constant Comment that doesn't get it quite right but it's pretty good too. [05:25] IsambardPrince I think it's hilarious that Twinings Earl Grey just isn't good. [05:25] IsambardPrince An American tea company has a better one. [05:26] IsambardPrince Twinings is like what you'd expect from British food. Not great. [05:26] IsambardPrince From the people who brought you beans in tomato sauce. [05:26] TR News "It's just waiting for you to find it." https://www.makeuseof.com/theres-full-linux-server-dashboard-hiding-in-browser-already-installed/ [05:26] TR Bot There's a full Linux server dashboard hiding in your browser and it's already installed [05:27] IsambardPrince There was a British couple who opened a restaurant in the town I lived in, in Indiana. The restaurant didn't last long, it had all sorts of problems. [05:27] IsambardPrince I recall Gonad wanting to have a birthday party for one of his granddaughters there in 2007. [05:27] TR News "This is just one of the many Docker mistakes I've made over the years. Here are the ones I regret the most and how I fixed them." https://www.makeuseof.com/beginner-docker-mistakes-made-took-homelab-offline-how-fixed/ [05:27] TR Bot 4 beginner Docker mistakes I made that took my homelab offline and how I fixed each one [05:28] IsambardPrince Almost everyone else got sick after eating there. They looked and there were ants crawling into one of the drinks. [05:28] IsambardPrince I guess I just got lucky. [05:28] TR News "The backup tool that outlasted every alternative I ever tried." https://www.makeuseof.com/this-linux-command-is-the-only-backup-tool-ill-ever-need/ [05:28] TR Bot This Linux command is the only backup tool I'll ever need [05:28] schestowitz[TR2] ho is the roadbook, IsambardPrince ? [05:28] IsambardPrince ? [05:28] schestowitz[TR2] *how *roach [05:29] IsambardPrince I haven't seen any roaches. [05:29] IsambardPrince All the traps I set are clean. [05:29] TR News "Its not Valves fault." https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-gaming-has-one-enemy-proton-still-cant-beat/ [05:29] TR Bot Linux gaming has one enemy Proton still cant beat [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] no need to report a bug then [05:29] IsambardPrince 20 cans of RAID. [05:29] IsambardPrince Spray on floor until wet and chemical odor permeates the air. [05:29] IsambardPrince :P [05:30] IsambardPrince Piyush. [05:30] IsambardPrince God, what a moron. [05:30] TR News "Homarr not only looks incredible, but also gives me one place to reach all the services I already have" https://www.makeuseof.com/my-homelab-was-a-mess-of-forgotten-urls-until-i-found-this-one-dashboard/ [05:30] TR Bot My homelab was a mess of forgotten URLs until I found this one dashboard [05:30] IsambardPrince He did not have proper maintenance for any of his buildings. [05:31] IsambardPrince The guy that handled "stuff" was literally just a tenant who lived in one of his buildings and went around shoveling garbage that overflowed last week back into the dumpster and setting off roach bombs [05:31] TR News "I dual-boot Windows and EndeavourOS on my gaming laptop. One of them keeps winning, and it's not the one charging a license fee." https://www.makeuseof.com/every-time-i-crawl-back-to-windows-endeavouros-pulls-me-home-to-linux/ [05:31] TR Bot Every time I crawl back to Windows, EndeavourOS pulls me home to Linux [05:31] TR News "One app that removes the fragmented workflow almost instantly." https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-app-that-replaced-entire-toolkit-cant-imagine-going-back/ [05:31] TR Bot I found one Linux app that replaced my entire toolkit and now I can't imagine going back [05:31] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: We have a professional at this building. [05:32] IsambardPrince I reported some problems and he compiled a list and is working through them all. [05:32] IsambardPrince I cleared a drain the other day myself just because I didn't want to bother the guy. [05:32] TR News "When Windows fails, this tiny USB drive takes over." https://www.makeuseof.com/i-use-windows-all-the-time-but-still-keep-linux-on-a-usb-for-this-reason/ [05:32] TR Bot I keep Linux on a USB for Windows emergencies and it's saved me more than once [05:32] IsambardPrince He's been so helpful so far. [05:33] IsambardPrince He drives around in a big Chevy cargo van and he's always around fixing or doing something. [05:33] TR News "There are some things a window manager cannot do." https://www.makeuseof.com/left-tiling-window-managers-for-kde-linux-desktop-feels-complete/ [05:33] TR Bot I left tiling window managers for KDE, and my Linux desktop finally feels complete [05:33] IsambardPrince The other day he was mowing the lawn. They had a crew out here doing that in a thunderstorm last week. [05:33] IsambardPrince They're very attentive to lawn care, landscaping. [05:33] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I was looking for "the signs" we would be dealing with a vicious slumlord that didn't do anything. [05:34] TR News "The operating system had stopped being the thing I was working on." https://www.makeuseof.com/after-8-distros-in-two-years-the-one-that-stopped-my-hopping-is-boring-on-purpose/ [05:34] TR Bot After 8 distros in two years, the one that stopped my hopping is boring on purpose [05:34] IsambardPrince Like overflowing dumpsters or signs of roach activity. [05:34] IsambardPrince Haven't found any major concerns yet. [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] maybe do a bbook about it [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] you would know [05:34] TR News ""Normal" was hiding more performance than I realized." https://www.makeuseof.com/after-6-years-on-ubuntu-a-performance-obsessed-arch-distro-finally-pulled-me-away/ [05:34] TR Bot After 6 years on Ubuntu, a performance-obsessed Arch distro finally pulled me away [05:35] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: This building went in back in the 1950s. [05:35] IsambardPrince It's older than anything Mark owns, and everything still works. [05:35] IsambardPrince They've completely gutted and replaced what needed to be. [05:36] TR News "You can download it right now." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-71-is-here-and-it-kills-i486-support-fixes-steam-deck-audio-and-overhauls-ntfs/ [05:36] TR Bot Linux 7.1 is here, and it kills i486 support, fixes Steam Deck audio, and overhauls NTFS [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] the age is not the point [05:36] IsambardPrince But they left some very nice stuff like the original bathroom flooring, the "ba-woosh" toilets that always flush right the first time, and the cabinets and countertops. The fridge and the oven are new [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] there are woodenhomes in us south [05:36] IsambardPrince Brand new. [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] and tthe brick ones can last centuries [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] some mix metal and glass [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] theya re cheap to make [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] not sure how long they last and how much they cost to keep going [05:37] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: One problem I had was drips of water coming in from my light fixture in the dining room. [05:37] IsambardPrince Within three days, Tony had the roofing company out here to assess it (it's a new roof). [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] "ba-woosh"... any family relation to piyuush? [05:37] IsambardPrince And they're coming out to repair the spot above my apartment next week. [05:38] IsambardPrince [23:37] "ba-woosh"... any family relation to piyuush? [05:38] IsambardPrince Al Bundy said that a man's toilet goes "BA WOOSH!" [05:38] IsambardPrince It doesn't apologize. It says "I'm a toilet, give me the best you've got!" [05:38] TR News "Keyword being 'might.'" https://www.xda-developers.com/linuxs-easy-anti-cheat-problem-might-finally-get-fixed-as-epic-games-posts-an-interesting-job-listing/ [05:38] TR Bot Linux's Easy Anti-Cheat problem might finally get fixed as Epic Games posts an interesting job listing [05:39] IsambardPrince The ones that went in before 1993 are "BA WOOSH" toilets. [05:39] IsambardPrince They use six gallons per flush. [05:39] TR News No, EEE does not mean that https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-finally-admitted-linux-won-coreutils-for-windows-proves-it/ [05:39] TR Bot Microsoft finally admitted Linux won, and Coreutils for Windows proves it [05:39] IsambardPrince They don't have any of that low flow air pressure, takes you three times to flush it, uh oh now you need the plunger. [05:39] IsambardPrince These things can handle a lot. [05:39] IsambardPrince I know because when I was a kid I got horrible constipation sometimes. [05:39] TR News To crush a competitor https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-paid-20-million-one-letter/ [05:39] TR Bot Microsoft paid $20 million to protect one letter from Linux [05:40] IsambardPrince On day 4 or 5 I'd go use the toilet finally, and it all went down okay, complete with toilet paper. [05:40] IsambardPrince Now, you just take your normal daily shit and these low flow government regulated models can't handle it. [05:40] IsambardPrince They back up or it doesn't all go down. [05:40] TR News Linux gaming needs immutable distros more than it needs freedom https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gaming-needs-immutable-distros-more-than-freedom/ [05:40] TR Bot Linux gaming needs immutable distros more than it needs freedom [05:40] IsambardPrince You stand there flushing it several times or need the plunger. [05:41] schestowitz[TR2] i see [05:41] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: The low flow models also need cleaning about 10 times more often. [05:41] IsambardPrince The bowl gets visibly dirty a lot faster. [05:41] IsambardPrince The "BA WOOSH" ones only need you to pour lysol gel and swirl them with the scrubber about once or twice a month. [05:42] IsambardPrince You clean a low flow toilet, it looks horrible again three or four days later. [05:42] IsambardPrince Shit starts sticking to the bowl and there's not enough water pressure to carry it off. [05:42] IsambardPrince You all piss in it and flush, and you don't notice that not all of the urine even got cleared in a single flush. [05:43] IsambardPrince So the bowl starts turning yellow with pieces of shit all over it, by the second or third day. [05:43] IsambardPrince And so you have to use more chemicals and clean it off. [05:43] IsambardPrince And send more chemicals down the drain. [05:43] IsambardPrince This is all because of the government. [05:43] IsambardPrince They have to regulate things like this because they want to be like Europe I guess. [05:44] IsambardPrince You know those chemicals are seriously bad for the environment. [05:44] IsambardPrince They cause algae blooms and kill fish and things because the algae blooms suck all the oxygen out of the water. [05:44] IsambardPrince People scrubbing their government approved toilets several times more often. [05:45] IsambardPrince These toilets do so much more damage to the environment than the old ones that just used more water. [05:45] IsambardPrince They damage it in other ways. [05:45] IsambardPrince Then because the government mandated it, we never get to talk about all the problems they created. [05:45] TR News "It'll become a Kickstarter campaign in due time." https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-built-an-open-source-modular-x86-gaming-handheld-that-dual-boots-linux-and-windows/ [05:45] TR Bot Someone built an open-source, modular x86 gaming handheld that dual-boots Linux and Windows [05:46] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: It's like all the "safety features" on cars. [05:46] IsambardPrince They make the cars too expensive. [05:46] IsambardPrince Most people can't afford the car. [05:46] IsambardPrince So they drive their old one and eventually the brakes fail and they can't stop and they crash into something and die. [05:46] IsambardPrince Because there are so many safety features on the car they couldn't afford that added $10,000 to the car. [05:47] TR News The Googlebook could finally bring Linux to mainstream users, if Google gets out of its own way https://www.xda-developers.com/googlebook-could-bring-linux-mainstream-google-gets-out-own-way/ [05:47] TR Bot The Googlebook could finally bring Linux to mainstream users, if Google gets out of its own way [05:49] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: If you're wondering why I hate the government it's because it tries to do everything and almost always ends up doing it poorly. [05:50] TR News LXC updates in Proxmox aren't hard managing 20 of them at scale is another story https://www.xda-developers.com/lxc-updates-in-proxmox-arent-hard-managing-20-of-them-at-scale-is-another-story/ [05:50] TR Bot LXC updates in Proxmox aren't hard managing 20 of them at scale is another story [05:50] IsambardPrince The same government that can't even paint a reflecting pool without having algae and peeling paint the next week tells you what sort of health insurance you can buy and what your toilet will do to you and all the stupiid things you didn't want on your car. [05:51] IsambardPrince Rand Paul's speech on the Senate floor about toilets was his best, in my opinion. [05:51] IsambardPrince It's a rare example of relatable frustration being brought to light on the floor of the Senate. [05:52] TR News Breaking things is the future? https://www.xda-developers.com/ubuntu-2604-is-the-first-lts-that-feels-like-it-chose-the-future-instead-of-hedging-its-bets/ [05:52] TR Bot Ubuntu 26.04 is the first LTS that feels like it chose the future instead of hedging its bets [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] i did not see [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] or read [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] about that speech [05:54] TR News (NEW): Sailfish OS is Linux on a phone for people who dont want Linux on a phone, and I love it https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Sailfish_OS_is_Linux_on_a_phone_for_people_who_don_t_want_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Sailfish_OS_is_Linux_on_a_phone_for_people_who_don_t_want_Linux.gmi [05:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Sailfish OS is Linux on a phone for people who dont want Linux on a phone, and I love it [05:54] TR News [05:55] TR News SteamOS tricked me into switching to Linux, and I'm not going back https://www.xda-developers.com/steamos-tricked-switching-linux-not-going-back/ [05:55] TR Bot SteamOS tricked me into switching to Linux, and I'm not going back [05:56] TR News HexOS can finally manage your NAS locally instead of through the cloud, and it fixes its biggest flaw https://www.xda-developers.com/hexos-finally-manage-nas-locally-instead-cloud-fixes-flaw/ [05:56] TR Bot HexOS can finally manage your NAS locally instead of through the cloud, and it fixes its biggest flaw [05:57] TR News More EEEntegration https://www.xda-developers.com/wsl-3-will-finally-let-linux-apps-use-your-gpu-without-the-performance-tax/ [05:57] TR Bot Microsoft is baking Linux containers into Windows, and it might end my reliance on Docker Desktop [05:57] TR News I tried COSMIC apps on KDE, and the customization alone almost made it worth the hassle https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-cosmic-apps-kde-customization-alone-almost-worth-hassle/ [05:57] TR Bot I tried COSMIC apps on KDE, and the customization alone almost made it worth the hassle [05:58] IsambardPrince https://archive.nytimes.com/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/rand-paul-blames-energy-department-for-faulty-toilets-among-other-things/ [05:58] TR Bot Rand Paul Blames Energy Department for Faulty Toilets, Among Other Things - The New York Times [05:58] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: ^ [05:59] TR News I ditched my Debian VM for the immutable Lightwhale OS, and Docker containers have never been simpler https://www.xda-developers.com/lightwhale-linux-built-for-docker-containers/ [05:59] TR Bot I ditched my Debian VM for the immutable Lightwhale OS, and Docker containers have never been simpler [05:59] IsambardPrince He said that department standards on energy-efficient refrigerators and toilets, for example, do not work. We dont even save any money, Mr. Paul said. We have to flush the toilet 10 times before it works. [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] is he still full of s---? ● Jun 23 [06:01] TR News I left GNOME for COSMIC, tried KDE next, and only one felt right in the end https://www.xda-developers.com/gnome-cosmic-kde-best-linux-desktop/ [06:01] TR Bot I left GNOME for COSMIC, tried KDE next, and only one felt right in the end [06:02] TR News workaround [06:02] TR News "The best kind of workaround is no workaround." https://www.xda-developers.com/firefox-153-is-finally-ditching-the-nvidia-driver-workaround-linux-users-have-hated/ [06:02] TR Bot Firefox 153 is finally ditching the Nvidia driver workaround Linux users have hated [06:03] IsambardPrince [23:59] is he still full of s---? [06:03] IsambardPrince I know what he's talking about. [06:03] TR News I found a tool like MSI Afterburner for Linux, and you can automate your GPU's undervolt https://www.xda-developers.com/i-found-a-tool-like-msi-afterburner-for-linux-and-you-can-entirely-automate-your-gpus-undervolt/ [06:03] TR Bot I found a tool like MSI Afterburner for Linux, and you can automate your GPU's undervolt [06:03] schestowitz[TR2] her is a more annoying version of his dad [06:04] IsambardPrince It's a generalized complaint about how they used to make things that ran forever and worked right the first time. [06:04] TR News Fedora's Atomic desktop model is quietly becoming the future of Linux for normal people https://www.xda-developers.com/fedora-atomic-immutable-linux-desktop-normal-users/ [06:04] TR Bot Fedora's Atomic desktop model is quietly becoming the future of Linux for normal people [06:04] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I don't think that the British have any right to brag about their democracy. [06:04] schestowitz[TR2] it is all relative [06:05] IsambardPrince You have a king, and you also have a political system that's so unstable you've been through like six prime ministers in ten year. [06:05] IsambardPrince Half of them were some of the biggest retards I've seen in my life. [06:05] IsambardPrince None of them were very good or intelligent people. [06:05] IsambardPrince One only lasted a few days. [06:06] TR News I finally ditched Ubuntu Server after five years, and realized why Fedora's release cycle actually wins for production https://www.xda-developers.com/why-fedora-release-cycle-beats-ubuntu-lts-for-production/ [06:06] TR Bot I finally ditched Ubuntu Server after five years, and realized why Fedora's release cycle actually wins for production [06:06] IsambardPrince You had a majority vote to leave the EU because they were told there would be winning, now they complain that ALL of the jobs are gone and shit's more expensive because of brexit. [06:06] IsambardPrince I don't think I'd be bragging about anything. [06:06] IsambardPrince https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/21/ebbw-vale-wales-struggle-regret-brexit [06:06] TR Bot Theres no jobs: struggle and regret in a Welsh town that backed Brexit | Brexit | The Guardian [06:06] IsambardPrince You definitely have plenty of "those" people yourself. [06:07] IsambardPrince And the far-right parties are ascendant and have yet to take over the national government only because that wasn't on the ballot in the local elections. [06:07] TR News Why I ditched paid productivity apps for this free open-source alternative https://www.howtogeek.com/i-ditched-paid-productivity-apps-for-this-free-open-source-alternative/ [06:07] TR Bot Why I ditched paid productivity apps for this free open-source alternative [06:08] IsambardPrince If anything prevents it from happening it will be like Canada, where they were a shoo-in until people saw voting for the left-wing parties as punching Trump in the face by proxy. [06:10] TR News "Why Debian is the choice of Linux enthusiasts over flashier distros." https://www.howtogeek.com/debians-quiet-flexibility-makes-it-the-distro-nobody-talks-about/ [06:10] TR Bot Debian's quiet flexibility is why it stays on so many of my PCs [06:11] TR News "There is really only one choice." https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-vs-linux-which-better-for-self-hosted-apps/ [06:11] TR Bot Windows vs. Linux: Here's which one is better for self-hosted apps [06:11] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Actually, I agree with you on many things though. [06:12] IsambardPrince Like they shouldn't let some troll who doesn't even pay tax vex you and use your healthcare system and vote. [06:12] TR News "No need to reboot your computer just to switch operating systems." https://www.howtogeek.com/ditched-dual-boot-for-proxmox-now-windows-and-linux-play-nice-on-one-machine/ [06:12] TR Bot I finally ditched dual-boot for Proxmox, now Windows and Linux play nice on one machine [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] from another continent [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] it gets worse [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] we'll cover it one day [06:12] IsambardPrince The only reason Americans should be allowed to vote if they live abroad is there's the IRS after you no matter where you live or earn money. [06:13] *jakl5 (~jakl5@185.98.169.81) has joined #techrights [06:13] TR News Community scripts are the secret sauce that make Proxmox the perfect homelab OS https://www.howtogeek.com/community-scripts-are-the-secret-sauce-that-make-proxmox-the-perfect-homelab-os/ [06:13] TR Bot Community scripts are the secret sauce that make Proxmox the perfect homelab OS [06:14] TR News 4 awesome things you can do in Proxmox that you can't in regular server operating systems https://www.howtogeek.com/awesome-things-you-can-do-in-proxmox-that-you-cant-in-regular-server-operating-systems/ [06:14] TR Bot 4 awesome things you can do in Proxmox that you can't in regular server operating systems [06:15] TR News "Packet is an easier way to perform what may be KDE Connect's most important feature" https://www.howtogeek.com/androids-quick-share-finally-works-on-linuxand-its-simpler-than-kde-connect/ [06:15] TR Bot Android's Quick Share finally works on Linuxand it's simpler than KDE Connect [06:16] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: They seem to have a freeloader problem with the healthcare in the UK. [06:16] IsambardPrince People holding onto the citizenship despite not paying taxes. [06:16] TR News Beware of these 6 inconsistent Linux commands, especially if you use another OS https://www.howtogeek.com/beware-of-these-inconsistent-linux-commands-especially-if-you-use-another-os/ [06:16] TR Bot Beware of these 6 inconsistent Linux commands, especially if you use another OS [06:16] IsambardPrince And getting on a plane when they need something they don't want to pay for, [06:17] TR News "Turns out the best Windows apps were on Linux the whole time." https://www.howtogeek.com/criminally-underrated-windows-apps-i-only-found-after-using-linux/ [06:17] TR Bot 5 criminally underrated Windows apps I only found after using Linux [06:17] IsambardPrince The UK should fix that with a global tax on citizens. [06:18] IsambardPrince Maybe not the full tax if you don't actually live and work there, but enough that you're contributing to the NHS. [06:18] IsambardPrince If you don't want to pay that you should have to give up your citizenship. [06:19] IsambardPrince The funny thing is that most of them are carrying major medical in the US and just don't want to pay their max annual out of pocket. [06:20] IsambardPrince Which is like $8,000-$9,000. [06:20] IsambardPrince So they come over to the UK and bill the entire cost of their care to you then leave. [06:21] IsambardPrince I like living in the state I'm in for a few reasons. [06:21] IsambardPrince One is that if I don't pay a hospital bill, nothing much happens. [06:21] IsambardPrince They send letters about it but there's nothing they can take and they can't report it on my credit. [06:22] TR News How one GPL lawsuit accidentally created the homelab router that changed networking forever https://www.howtogeek.com/a-legal-accident-turned-this-60-router-into-the-most-legendary-homelab-device-of-the-2000s/ [06:22] TR Bot How one GPL lawsuit accidentally created the homelab router that changed networking forever [06:22] IsambardPrince It's people like MARISOL that have problems if they go to the hospital an don't pay for it. [06:23] TR News "And everything works out of the box." https://www.howtogeek.com/overlooked-linux-distro-will-give-your-laptop-new-life/ [06:23] TR Bot This overlooked Linux distro will give your laptop a new life [06:23] schestowitz[TR2] maybe. [06:24] TR News How to see beautiful Git project stats in your terminal https://www.howtogeek.com/how-add-git-project-stats-in-your-terminal/ [06:24] TR Bot How to see beautiful Git project stats in your terminal [06:25] TR News "There's more to open source than desktop Linux" https://www.howtogeek.com/these-are-my-favorite-open-source-operating-systems-that-arent-linux/ [06:25] TR Bot These are my 3 favorite open-source operating systems that aren't Linux [06:25] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: The hospital knows you don't get blood out of a turnip. [06:25] TR News "Can an unused machine really work as a lightweight Linux desktop?" https://www.howtogeek.com/i-installed-linux-on-an-old-laptop-instead-of-pi/ [06:25] TR Bot Why I installed Linux on an old laptop instead of a Raspberry Pi [06:26] TR News "If you've used Linux, you've undoubtedly experienced these problems, so why not take a look?" https://www.howtogeek.com/unheard-of-linux-tools-that-fix-everyday-command-line-annoyances/ [06:26] TR Bot 3 unheard-of Linux tools that fix everyday command-line annoyances [06:27] TR News I moved my network's DNS to my NAS, and it's the most practical home lab upgrade I've made https://www.howtogeek.com/your-nas-can-be-your-private-dns-serverheres-why-you-should-set-it-up-today/ [06:27] TR Bot I moved my network's DNS to my NAS, and it's the most practical home lab upgrade I've made [06:30] TR News "I did not like his simple legalistic authoritarianism. Digital ID is a ridiculous idea that will bring more problems, crime and injustice than it ever solves. But I can't help feeling genuinely sad. His unpopularity is a mystery." https://cybershow.uk/content/news/starmer-legacy/keir-resigns.html [06:30] TR Bot Tech should adapt to the needs of society [06:30] TR News "Now we have to start figuring out how to do that. A first step must be bringing the tech oligarchy right down to size and working with Europe for digital sovereignty based on Free Open Source Software." [06:38] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I laid down the law in the rental office after we were in. [06:38] IsambardPrince I insisted on paying them with a check to avoid the "rent platform" fees. [06:38] IsambardPrince They accept checks they just don't like it when you know that they have to. [06:42] jakl5 Anyone working on age verification law advocacy? [06:42] jakl5 AB1043 or similar? [06:50] TR News Techrights The Cyber Show on Starmer and Software Freedom https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/The_Cyber_Show_on_Starmer_and_Software_Freedom.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/The_Cyber_Show_on_Starmer_and_Software_Freedom.gmi [06:50] TR Bot Techrights The Cyber Show on Starmer and Software Freedom [06:51] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2]: I laid down the law in the rental office after we were in. [06:51] schestowitz[TR2] like zillow? [06:52] IsambardPrince It's called RentCafe. [06:52] IsambardPrince They want a 2.9% fee to pay your rent. [06:52] schestowitz[TR2] why not bank transfer [06:52] schestowitz[TR2] ? [06:52] IsambardPrince So I took advantage of a law that says paying by check is free. [06:52] IsambardPrince And that they have to accept checks. [06:53] IsambardPrince Even if I used my best credit card to pay, I only get 2% back, so that would still add money to pay my rent, and I don't believe in "convenience fees" to pay for housing and utilities. [06:55] schestowitz[TR2] why not banks? [06:56] IsambardPrince I don't want to use some creepy tech company to pay my rent, period. [06:56] IsambardPrince I've heard people say RentCafe sometimes crashes on rent day and the landlord is after them about late rent. [06:57] IsambardPrince I don't want a landlord after me. ● Jun 23 [07:07] TR News Techrights Microsoft's Stock Fell Nearly $200, But the Real Problems Are Just About to Begin https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Microsoft_s_Stock_Fell_Nearly_200_But_the_Real_Problems_Are_Jus.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Microsoft_s_Stock_Fell_Nearly_200_But_the_Real_Problems_Are_Jus.gmi [07:07] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Stock Fell Nearly $200, But the Real Problems Are Just About to Begin [07:07] schestowitz[TR2] i see [07:07] schestowitz[TR2] but you did not answer my question [07:07] schestowitz[TR2] re bank transfers [07:11] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:11] TR News "Xbox hired a CEO with no gaming experience. The outcome is predetermined." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ktsvwwad#replies [07:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ktsvwwad#replies ) [07:12] TR News "Nadella is safe, but he should not be. The stock has dropped $187 since last July due to the financial analysts labeling Microsoft an AI loser. It's CapEx infrastructure spending is excessive, with no clear return-on-investment timeline." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krm3xjjd#replies [07:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krm3xjjd#replies ) [07:14] TR News "This judgment emphasises that institutions cannot remedy a lack of reasoning after the fact and must always respect the rights of the defence and the principle of equality of arms, thereby strengthening transparency and accountability within the European Union administration." https://unionsyndicale.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EN-Staff-Matters-36.pdf [07:15] TR News "The judgment handed down by the Court of Justice on January 29, 2026, reaffirms a fundamental principle that European Union institutions must clearly state the reasons for their decisions. In this case, the refusal to reclassify an official was overturned due to insufficient reasoning." https://unionsyndicale.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EN-Staff-Matters-36.pdf [07:21] Goblin Question: Should I upgrade to Linux Mint Zena? [07:26] MinceR from what? [07:26] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [07:27] TR News (NEW): openSUSE Tumbleweed is the unsung rolling distro for people afraid of rolling distros https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/openSUSE_Tumbleweed_is_the_unsung_rolling_distro_for_people_afr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/openSUSE_Tumbleweed_is_the_unsung_rolling_distro_for_people_afr.gmi [07:27] TR Bot Tux Machines openSUSE Tumbleweed is the unsung rolling distro for people afraid of rolling distros [07:29] Goblin cinammen (bad spelling!) [07:30] Goblin everything works so Im unsure if I should tempt fate [07:31] TR News (NEW): I finally got KDE looking the way I always wanted and it starts with one setting most people skip https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/I_finally_got_KDE_looking_the_way_I_always_wanted_and_it_starts.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/I_finally_got_KDE_looking_the_way_I_always_wanted_and_it_starts.gmi [07:31] TR News (NEW): The Cyber Show on Free/Libre Software and Ethics https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/The_Cyber_Show_on_Free_Libre_Software_and_Ethics.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/The_Cyber_Show_on_Free_Libre_Software_and_Ethics.gmi [07:31] TR Bot Tux Machines I finally got KDE looking the way I always wanted and it starts with one setting most people skip [07:31] TR Bot Tux Machines The Cyber Show on Free/Libre Software and Ethics [07:31] TR News (NEW): Valnet on Proxmox and Homelabs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Valnet_on_Proxmox_and_Homelabs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Valnet_on_Proxmox_and_Homelabs.gmi [07:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Valnet on Proxmox and Homelabs [07:31] MinceR \_()_/ [07:34] TR News (NEW): HexOS and Lightwhale OS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/HexOS_and_Lightwhale_OS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/HexOS_and_Lightwhale_OS.gmi [07:34] TR Bot Tux Machines HexOS and Lightwhale OS [07:34] TR News (NEW): KDE: COSMIC and Leaving GNOME https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/KDE_COSMIC_and_Leaving_GNOME.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/KDE_COSMIC_and_Leaving_GNOME.gmi [07:34] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE: COSMIC and Leaving GNOME [07:36] TR News (NEW): Games: Immutable distros, SteamOS, and undervolting https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Games_Immutable_distros_SteamOS_and_undervolting.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Games_Immutable_distros_SteamOS_and_undervolting.gmi [07:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Immutable distros, SteamOS, and undervolting [07:39] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 26.04 Gimmicks, Dumping Ubuntu Server https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Ubuntu_26_04_Gimmicks_Dumping_Ubuntu_Server.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Ubuntu_26_04_Gimmicks_Dumping_Ubuntu_Server.gmi [07:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu 26.04 Gimmicks, Dumping Ubuntu Server [07:48] *jakl5 has quit (Quit: jakl5) [07:52] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Jun 23 [08:02] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 115 Out of 200: Spending the Next Decade Writing About SLAPPs and Trying to Fix the System https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_115_Out_of_200_Spending_the_Next_Decade_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_115_Out_of_200_Spending_the_Next_Decade_W.gmi [08:02] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 115 Out of 200: Spending the Next Decade Writing About SLAPPs and Trying to Fix the System [08:06] TR News Oracle confirms 21,000 layoffs due to AI, says more job cuts may happen https://www.indiatoday.in/jobs/story/oracle-cut-21000-jobs-in-2026-amid-ai-adoption-says-more-job-cuts-possible-in-future-tchc-2932203-2026-06-23 [08:06] TR Bot Oracle confirms 21,000 layoffs due to AI, says more job cuts may happen - India Today [08:08] *jelly has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [08:17] *jelly (~jelly@00012145.user.oftc.net) has joined #techrights [08:20] TR News Techrights The 'XBox Narrative' Distracts From Destructive Cuts Across the Whole of Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/The_XBox_Narrative_Distracts_From_Destructive_Cuts_Across_the_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/The_XBox_Narrative_Distracts_From_Destructive_Cuts_Across_the_W.gmi [08:20] TR Bot Techrights The 'XBox Narrative' Distracts From Destructive Cuts Across the Whole of Microsoft [08:27] *jelly has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [08:28] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [08:33] TR News (NEW): 12,000 Pages Per Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/12_000_Pages_Per_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/12_000_Pages_Per_Year.gmi [08:33] TR Bot Tux Machines 12,000 Pages Per Year [08:34] *jelly (~jelly@00012145.user.oftc.net) has joined #techrights [08:45] TR News Techrights State of the GNU/Linux Desktop (and Laptop) https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/State_of_the_GNU_Linux_Desktop_and_Laptop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/State_of_the_GNU_Linux_Desktop_and_Laptop.gmi [08:45] TR Bot Techrights State of the GNU/Linux Desktop (and Laptop) [08:53] TR News Techrights Greece Ought to Curb the Threat of Social Control Media https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Greece_Ought_to_Curb_the_Threat_of_Social_Control_Media.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Greece_Ought_to_Curb_the_Threat_of_Social_Control_Media.gmi [08:53] TR Bot Techrights Greece Ought to Curb the Threat of Social Control Media ● Jun 23 [10:22] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [10:25] TR News (NEW): KDE Plasma 6.7.1 Desktop Is Out with Fixes for Kickoff, Discover, and KWin https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/KDE_Plasma_6_7_1_Desktop_Is_Out_with_Fixes_for_Kickoff_Discover.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/KDE_Plasma_6_7_1_Desktop_Is_Out_with_Fixes_for_Kickoff_Discover.gmi [10:25] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Plasma 6.7.1 Desktop Is Out with Fixes for Kickoff, Discover, and KWin [10:59] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jun 23 [11:01] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [11:20] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:47] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jun 23 [12:00] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jun 23 [13:04] TR News "In the last year (2024), I have lost roughly 40% of the traffic on this site alone." https://www.dangerous-business.com/how-google-and-ai-are-killing-travel-blogs-like-mine/ | [13:04] TR Bot How Google and AI are Killing Travel Blogs Like Mine [13:04] TR News "Additionally, the AFM is suing for a piece of the relevant majors Suno and Udio licensing revenue." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/22/ai-licensing-deals-stats-february-2026/ | Source: Digital Music News [13:04] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/22/ai-licensing-deals-stats-february-2026/ ) [13:04] TR News "But such allegations are vague, and fail to identify with particularity how Plaintiff changed his position as a result of Spotifys purported misrepresentations" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/22/drake-streaming-fraud-spotify-lawsuit/ | Source: Digital Music News [13:04] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/22/drake-streaming-fraud-spotify-lawsuit/ ) [13:05] TR News "frequently [featuring] unauthorized use of Plaintiffs sound recordings and musical compositionsusually featuring chart-topping and award-winning artistsas a principal and indispensable element of the Crumbl videos." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/22/wmg-crumbl-cookies-lawsuit-settlement/ | Source: Digital Music News [13:05] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/22/wmg-crumbl-cookies-lawsuit-settlement/ ) [13:07] TR News "We would not let it edit directly because you can't really trust it enough" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/wikipedia-wont-let-ai-edit-articles-cofounder-says-1873272404 | Source: RTL [13:07] TR Bot Lack of trust: Wikipedia won't let AI edit articles, cofounder says - RTL Today [13:07] TR News "Toy Story 6" https://variety.com/2026/film/news/tom-hanks-ai-woody-voice-toy-story-6-1236787237/ | Source: Variety [13:07] TR Bot Tom Hanks Says AI Could Create Woody Voice for 'Toy Story 6' [13:08] TR News "But for most of us, Amazon Prime Day is probably something best viewed at a distance with our eyes shielded to prevent permanent damage." https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/06/prime-day-again-why-its-ok-to-ignore-amazons-big-sales-event/ | Source: Six Colors [13:08] TR Bot Prime Day, again?! Why its OK to ignore Amazons big sales event Six Colors [13:09] TR News "In fact, their aversion to familial visual consistency almost seems like an intentional choice a deliberate augmentation of individual purpose." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/a-consistency-of-excellence/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [13:09] TR Bot Consistency, But in Excellence Not Appearance - Jim Nielsens Blog [13:09] TR News "Current figures from Germany show a significant increase in police use of police weapons. This undermines the arguments of taser advocates." https://digit.site36.net/2026/06/22/police-use-of-firearms-and-tasers-in-germany-new-statistics-show-record-highs-and-disprove-hardliners/ | Source: Site36 [13:09] TR Bot Police use of firearms and tasers in Germany: New statistics show record highs and disprove hardliners | Matthias Monroy [13:09] TR News "Uber is a serial compliance offender" https://www.ksl.com/article/51514791/uber-board-sued-over-alleged-serial-compliance-failures-sexual-abuse-lawsuits | Source: Deseret Media [13:09] TR Bot board sued over alleged 'serial' compliance failures, sexual abuse lawsuits | KSL.com [13:10] TR News "CPJ and FPU call on Indonesian police to reopen the investigation of the case, with a focus on the alleged involvement of Bukit." https://cpj.org/2026/06/cpj-fpu-report-exposes-serious-flaws-in-indonesias-investigation-of-journalists-murder/ | Source: CPJ [13:10] TR Bot CPJ, FPU report exposes serious flaws in Indonesias investigation of journalists murder - Committee to Protect Journalists [13:10] TR News "CPJ has in recent years documented a rise in physical attacks on media outlets, threats, and harassment linked to political polarization in Bangladesh. In early June, CPJ called on Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to start living up to his election manifesto pledge of protecting press freedom." https://cpj.org/2026/06/bangladesh-charges-6-journalists-over-corruption-reporting/ | Source: CPJ [13:10] TR Bot Bangladesh charges 6 journalists over corruption reporting - Committee to Protect Journalists [13:11] TR News "The majority of U.S. anti-library laws introduced from 2022 to now have largely focused on school libraries." https://www.404media.co/are-public-libraries-becoming-childrens-libraries/ | Source: 404 Media [13:11] TR Bot Are Public Libraries Becoming Childrens Libraries? [13:11] TR News "After recent Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscows main oil refinery, Russian media are downplaying the impact of the dramatic attacks." https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-moscow-kremlin-media-internet-videos-downplay/33786444.html | Source: RFERL [13:11] TR Bot Moscow Tries To Muzzle Strike Footage After Ukrainian Drones Hit Oil Refinery [13:11] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:13] TR News "Every now and then I meet a (usually) young and passionate security practitioner" https://blog.miloslavhomer.cz/security-is-a-political-problem/ | [13:13] TR Bot Security Is A Political Problem - Miloslav Homer [13:13] TR News "Greenspan pushed Clinton and Congress to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act, which since the Depression decade of the 1930s had separated investment banking from commercial banking" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/rip-alan-greenspan | Source: Robert Reich [13:13] TR Bot R.I.P. Alan Greenspan: You were charming, thoughtful, powerful, and wrong [13:13] TR News "One remarkable aspect of Trumps horrendous reign is how many crises and problems hes brought on himself created them out of thin air. Then he brags about how well hes handled them." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-green-algae-president | Source: Robert Reich [13:13] TR Bot The Green Algae President: How He's Handling Four Messes He Created [13:14] TR News "they also found that women were not accepting deals earlier in the process or making worse deals than their male counterparts" https://phys.org/news/2026-06-women-effectively-men-people-happier.html | Source: Omicron Limited [13:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-06-women-effectively-men-people-happier.html ) [13:15] TR News "The initial warning signs were certainly there. As the Financial Times revealed over the weekend, SpaceX received a brutal report card one day ahead of its IPO from global index provider MSCI." https://futurism.com/space/musk-furious-spacex-stock-worst-environmental-esg | Source: Futurism [13:15] TR Bot Musk Furious After SpaceX Stock Get Worst Possible Environmental Grade [13:15] TR News "There were even awards to celebrate the most tasteless exploitation of the Bicentennial, with winners such as Paul Revere ice cream and red-white-and-blue funeral caskets." https://therevelator.org/buy-centennial/ | Source: The Revelator [13:15] TR Bot America 250: Echoes of the Buy-Centennial The Revelator [13:16] TR News "My family is pledging another $400,0001 to the Zig Software Foundation (ZSF). This brings our total pledged support for ZSF to $700,000, after our initial donation in 2024." https://mitchellh.com/writing/zig-donation-2026 | Source: Mitchell Hashimoto [13:16] TR Bot Pledging Another $400,000 to the Zig Software Foundation Mitchell Hashimoto [13:17] TR News "Maybe Croisos was wondering what Mom was doing over there with that instrument. Normally, he's used to me coming over with a snack and going for a ride" https://yle.fi/a/74-20232745 | Source: Yle [13:17] TR Bot Watch: Horses relax with classical concert in Finnish Lapland | Yle News | Yle [13:17] TR News "The pitch for turning Tasmania into an AI Island has captured a lot of people, which is probably why we keep hearing it." https://hey.paris/posts/ai-data-centres-tasmania/ | Source: Paris Buttfield-Addison [13:17] TR Bot Our hydro deserves better than a chatbot Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison [13:18] TR News "The way Tallinn has collected bike traffic data so far reflects a rather primitive, Eastern European approach by the city to a very Nordic form of mobility" https://news.err.ee/1610059918/tallinn-sees-60-rise-in-bike-and-scooter-traffic-in-recent-years | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhling [13:18] TR Bot Tallinn sees 60% rise in bike and scooter traffic in recent years | News | ERR [13:19] TR News "That is the water-level elevation at which hydropower generating capacity at Hoover Dam, the largest in the Colorado River basin, will be cut by 70 percent." https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/hoover-dam-approaches-a-hydropower-cliff/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [13:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/hoover-dam-approaches-a-hydropower-cliff/ ) [13:19] TR News "Another warm, arid winter could leave Colorado River reservoirs nearly dry." https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/colorado-river-faces-devastating-consequences-if-another-dry-winter-lands-experts-warn/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [13:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/colorado-river-faces-devastating-consequences-if-another-dry-winter-lands-experts-warn/ ) [13:19] TR News "In response, Aaron Regunberg, director of Public Citizens Climate Accountability Project, issued the following statement: [...]" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/big-oil-companies-have-blood-on-their-hands-in-european-heat-wave | Source: Common Dreams [13:19] TR Bot Big Oil Companies Have Blood on Their Hands in European Heat Wave | Common Dreams [13:20] TR News "Sorry. The person you emailed is no longer working here." https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/06/this-is-the-wrong-time-for-major-media-to-shut-down-environmental-coverage/ | Source: The New Lede [13:20] TR Bot This is the wrong time for major media to shut down environmental coverage - The New Lede [13:20] TR News "Most of it is theyre going too fast or theyre being erratic" https://bridgemi.com/outdoors-life/e-motos-sometimes-mistaken-for-e-bikes-causing-trouble-on-michigan-trails/ | Source: Bridge Michigan [13:20] TR Bot E-motos, sometimes mistaken for e-bikes, causing trouble on Michigan trails - Bridge Michigan [13:21] TR News "Weather agency Meteo-France said Monday was the hottest May day ever recorded in France since measurements began" https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20260526-heatwave-deaths-in-france-as-record-may-temperatures-grip-europe | Source: RFI [13:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20260526-heatwave-deaths-in-france-as-record-may-temperatures-grip-europe ) [13:21] TR News "has released every document required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epstein-files-whats-missing/ | Source: CBS [13:21] TR Bot What's missing from the Epstein files? Questions persist about unexplained redactions, missing documents, email gaps - CBS News [13:22] TR News "Epstein had other, older email addresses that were mentioned in only a few, highly redacted publicly released files." https://newrepublic.com/post/212114/doj-refuse-release-old-epstein-emails-expose-trump | Source: New Republic [13:22] TR Bot DOJ Refusing to Release Old Epstein Emails That Could Expose Trump | The New Republic [13:22] TR News "Epstein chants put attendance in doubt" https://www.aol.com/articles/donald-trump-world-cup-crisis-092305000.html | Source: America Online [13:22] TR Bot Trump in World Cup 'crisis mode' as Epstein chants put attendance in doubt - AOL [13:23] TR News "Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, Haberman and Swan recounted several unusual moments from Trumps second term." https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/from-superglued-gold-to-epstein-5-jaw-dropping-trump-wh-revelations-from-the-ny-times/ | Source: Mediaite [13:23] TR Bot Inside Trump's WH: 5 Jaw-Dropping Revelations From NY Times [13:23] TR News "the average person in a single-family home used about 69.3 gallons of water per day for indoor purposes such as flushing toilets" https://www.western-water.com/2026/06/22/americans-use-far-less-water-at-home-than-30-years-ago/ | Source: Western Water [13:23] TR Bot Americans use far less water at home than 30 years ago | Western Water [13:24] TR News "The worsening water shortage dominated the BMCs general body meeting, with elected representatives pressing the civic administration to adopt immediate and long-term measures to ease the crisis" https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/as-water-crisis-deepens-corporators-seek-revival-of-wells-crackdown-on-tanker-mafia-101782156377536.html | Source: Hindustan Times [13:24] TR Bot As water crisis deepens, corporators seek revival of wells, crackdown on tanker mafia | Mumbai news [13:25] TR News "Starlinks application remained non-compliant with the ownership and control requirements under section 46 of the Communications Act" https://techcentral.co.za/namibia-tells-starlink-to-take-a-hike-again/282959/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [13:25] TR Bot Namibia tells Starlink to take a hike - again [13:29] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [13:30] TR News "One of the rackets that make up this whole mess is consent." https://blog.zgp.org/insulating-people-from-fake-consent/ | Source: Don Marti [13:30] TR Bot Insulating people from fake consent [13:30] TR News "I assumed this would have been on by default, so I was a little disappointed when dictation felt exactly the same two weeks ago when I installed the first iOS 27 beta." https://birchtree.me/blog/advanced-dictation-is-off-by-default-in-ios-27-heres-how-to-enable-it/ | Source: Matt Birchler [13:30] TR Bot Advanced Dictation is off by default in iOS 27. Here's how to enable it [13:30] TR News "I dont miss paying for music. I do miss the algorithm that seemed to know just what new music to send my way." https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/music/i-miss-streaming-music/ | Source: Matthew Weber [13:30] TR Bot I Miss Streaming Music - Matt's Blog [13:31] TR News "Youll find only CEOs wearing ridiculous glasses in this piece." https://manualdousuario.net/en/smart-glasses-ugly-tacky/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [13:31] TR Bot These tacky men with ridiculous glasses want you to wear them too Manual do Usurio [13:33] TR News "Here's a list of some of the different advice I've received, roughly sorted into levels of suitability. Start at the top and work your way down until you reach a suitable level." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/06/cybersecurity-for-the-paranoid-business-traveller/ | Source: Terence Eden [13:33] TR Bot Cybersecurity for the paranoid business traveller Terence Edens Blog [13:33] TR News "The move comes after the company left potentially sensitive data from the initiative exposed internally." https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pauses-employee-tracking-program-following-internal-security-breach/ | Source: Wired [13:33] TR Bot Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak | WIRED [13:34] TR News "Yash alleged that the offices main gate was equipped with a thumb-impression scanner for access control." https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/no-way-out-how-smoke-biometric-lock-gate-fueled-lucknow-fire-tragedy-101782156017054.html | Source: Hindustan Times [13:34] TR Bot No way out: How smoke, biometric lock gate fueled Lucknow fire tragedy | Hindustan Times [13:34] TR News "They fixed it without ever responding to me. I had to call FIFA, MediaKind, HBS, CISA, and the FBI at 3am Tokyo time just to get someone to listen. This is that story." https://bobdahacker.com/blog/fifa-hack | Source: BobDaHacker [13:34] TR Bot Could've Rickrolled the Entire FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID. | bobdahacker [13:35] TR News "The exact details have not yet been decided but one of the examples given was that news publishers could be more likely to appear at the top of search results for news-related queries on social and video feeds" https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-publishers-could-be-made-prominent-at-top-of-youtube-and-social-feeds/ | Source: Press Gazette [13:35] TR Bot News publishers could be made prominent on Youtube and social feeds - Press Gazette [13:35] TR News "Bosworth said that the situation is maybe not the worst its ever been in 20 years here, but its probably up there." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-zuckerberg-workers-morale-layoffs | Source: Futurism [13:35] TR Bot Meta Exec Admits Zuckerberg Has Crushed Workers' Spirits [13:36] TR News "The situation is unlikely to improve before mid-2027 at the earliest." https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/apple-warns-of-unavoidable-price | Source: Jrme Marin [13:36] TR Bot Apple warns of unavoidable price increases [13:37] TR News "What strikes me, though, is how much of the current discussion assumes that were living through a temporary period of uncertainty." https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/technical-debt/ | Source: Jono Alderson [13:37] TR Bot Technical debt is becoming an AI problem - Jono Alderson [13:37] TR News "But summarising a page I'm reading? Absofuckinglutely not." https://kevquirk.com/no-i-dont-want-you-to-summarise-the-page | Source: Kev Quirk [13:37] TR Bot No, I don't want you to summarise the page! - Kev Quirk [13:38] TR News "I figured I could just get more and more verbose and explicit in my skill instructions as the bugs arise, instructing the agent how to avoid each one next time, but its not that simple." https://sals.place/blog/botsitting/ | Source: Sal [13:38] TR Bot Botsitting [13:38] TR News "The disclosure offered a glimpse into how generative AI is being used by the military." https://www.c4isrnet.com/news/your-military/2026/06/22/the-unlikely-role-of-operation-epic-fury-in-a-mississippi-ai-data-center-lawsuit/ | Source: C4ISRNET [13:38] TR Bot The unlikely role of Operation Epic Fury in a Mississippi AI data center lawsuit [13:39] TR News "Although tech firms are making multibillion-dollar investments in infrastructure, actual progress on these projects is markedly slower than the growth of the companies backing them." https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/we-must-change-course-on-ai-development/ | Source: University of Michigan [13:39] TR Bot We must change course on AI development [13:41] TR News "Microsofts approach follows the same playbook." https://futurism.com/future-society/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-ai-society | Source: Futurism [13:41] TR Bot Head of Microsoft Rages at His Fellow CEOs for Admitting What They're Actually Doing to Society With AI [13:41] TR News "A grandmother in Texas was killed after a Tesla allegedly in self-driving mode swerved off the road and crashed into her familys home." https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/beloved-grandmother-tesla-death | Source: Futurism [13:41] TR Bot Beloved Grandmother Was Standing in Her Own House When a Tesla, Allegedly on Autopilot, Smashed Through the Wall and Killed Her in Grandchildren's Playroom [13:41] TR News "In other words, the techs widespread adoption isnt helping its perception." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/americans-turn-against-ai-poll | Source: Futurism [13:41] TR Bot Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers [13:42] TR News "According to my emails, I purchased MonoLisa almost exactly five years ago today in 2021" https://birchtree.me/blog/monolisa-my-favorite-monospaced-font-ever-released-v3/ | Source: Matt Birchler [13:42] TR Bot MonoLisa, my favorite monospaced font ever, released v3 [13:42] TR News "But more recently, during a discussion with Gaomon, things became more promising: they actually connected me with someone technical." https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1154/why-drawing-tablet-brands-wont-collaborate-on-linux-floss-drivers | Source: David Revoy [13:42] TR Bot Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux FLOSS Drivers - David Revoy [13:43] TR News "Last year I entered passive phase of early retirement at age of 60, after working the last 30 years before at IBM Germany Research&Development lab." https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=399114 [13:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=399114 ) [13:49] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:55] TR News IBM layoffs. "Big town hall tomorrow, so I guess well see. Im curious though do you think Mukesh actually wanted the role, or was he told (or ordered/forced) to take it on? Hard to tell whether this was his choice or a decision made for him. Either way, congratulations, I guess??" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvqtgmta [13:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvqtgmta ) ● Jun 23 [14:04] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [14:06] TR News (NEW): GNU nano 9.1 CLI Text Editor Released with Minor Improvements and Bug Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/GNU_nano_9_1_CLI_Text_Editor_Released_with_Minor_Improvements_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/GNU_nano_9_1_CLI_Text_Editor_Released_with_Minor_Improvements_a.gmi [14:06] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU nano 9.1 CLI Text Editor Released with Minor Improvements and Bug Fixes [14:13] TR News Techrights After IBM's Shares Collapsed the CEO is Trying to "Quantum" Trick Again, Bolstered by a Demented Dictator in the White House https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/After_IBM_s_Shares_Collapsed_the_CEO_is_Trying_to_Quantum_Trick.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/After_IBM_s_Shares_Collapsed_the_CEO_is_Trying_to_Quantum_Trick.gmi [14:13] TR Bot Techrights After IBM's Shares Collapsed the CEO is Trying to "Quantum" Trick Again, Bolstered by a Demented Dictator in the White House [14:18] TR News "None of this takes anything away from how I ended that last post" https://gregmorris.co.uk/the-finish-line/ | Source: Greg Morris [14:18] TR Bot The Finish Line [14:18] TR News "For decades, American roads were steadily getting safer for pedestrians. But around 2009, the trend reversed. Since then, the number of pedestrians killed each year has risen by about 75 percent." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/21/us/trucks-suv-pedestrian-crashes.html | Source: New York Times [14:18] TR Bot The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s - The New York Times [14:18] TR News "In Alberta, specifically, we seem disinterested in learning anything" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/deadly-rise-of-giant-trucks/ | Source: Nick Heer [14:18] TR Bot The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks Pixel Envy [14:19] TR News "But that may not be the end of the story." https://sals.place/blog/anc-good-or-bad-for-you/ | Source: Sal [14:19] TR Bot Is Active Noise Cancelling good or bad for your hearing? [14:19] TR News [Old] "In America, these trends present a puzzle that has stumped experts on vehicle design, driver behavior, road safety and how they interact" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/11/upshot/nighttime-deaths.html | Source: New York Times [14:19] TR Bot Why Are So Many American Pedestrians Dying at Night? - The New York Times [14:19] TR News "A New York man has filed a lawsuit blaming exposure to Dow Chemicals once-commonly used insecticide chlorpyrifos for his development of Parkinsons disease" https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/06/dow-insecticide-causes-parkinsons-disease-lawsuit-alleges/ | Source: The New Lede [14:19] TR Bot Dow insecticide causes Parkinson's disease, lawsuit alleges - The New Lede [14:20] TR News "People who did around 90 to 120 minutes of strength training a week or roughly an hour and a half to two hours had about a 13% lower risk of dying from any cause than those who did none." https://www.sciencealert.com/strength-training-is-linked-to-longevity-30-year-study-finds | Source: Science Alert [14:20] TR Bot Training Is Linked to Longevity, 30-Year Study Finds : ScienceAlert [14:20] TR News "The adapter sucks, and somehow its been one of the most useful tools that I own." https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2026/06/22/usb-hdmi-adapter/ | Source: Herman unapuu [14:20] TR Bot These cheap USB-to-HDMI adapters are terrible, and yet incredibly useful :: ./techtipsy [14:21] TR News "Before the past year, many of us took computer memory for granted. It was one of the lower-cost parts of a PC build and was usually available in whatever quantity one desired." https://hackaday.com/2026/06/22/dynamic-ram-from-first-principles/ | Source: Hackaday [14:21] TR Bot RAM From First Principles | Hackaday [14:21] TR News "The 1000X-E series oscilloscopes have both USB and network interfaces, and the SDS-Remote can use either (though the USB interface is still somewhat experimental)." https://hackaday.com/2026/06/22/sds-remote-brings-power-user-features-to-siglent-scope/ | Source: Hackaday [14:21] TR Bot Brings Power-User Features To Siglent Scope | Hackaday [14:21] TR News "With prices high on those components, enthusiasts aren't building new PCs, and by extension, not buying motherboards." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/the-motherboard-market-is-so-bad-that-flagship-boards-are-selling-at-entry-level-prices-save-up-to-57-percent-of-premium-motherboard-designs-while-ram-prices-surge | Source: Tom's Hardware [14:21] TR Bot The motherboard market is so bad that flagship boards are selling at entry-level prices save up to 57% of premium motherboard designs while RAM prices surge | Tom's Hardware [14:22] TR News "Deeper understanding of the code and software systems we work on, is not only pragmatic and practical but highly enjoyable as well." https://binaryigor.com/the-joy-and-power-of-understanding.html | Source: Igor Roztropiski [14:22] TR Bot The Joy and Power of Understanding [14:22] TR News "I've had a lot of blogs over the years, most of which would get a handful of posts before being abandoned." https://rknight.me/blog/people-and-blogs-interview/ | Source: Rob Knight [14:22] TR Bot People and Blogs Interview Robb Knight [14:22] TR News "Ive also looked into an opportunity to provide support for a Moodle installation. Currently, it looks like that is on hold, but that is something that I would enjoy." https://troypatterson.me/2026/06/22/time-for-retirement-again/ | Source: Troy Patterson [14:22] TR Bot Expiration Date - Troy Patterson [14:23] TR News "Recall that \(R(s,k) \) is the least \(n\) so that, for all 2-colorings of the edges of \(K_n\), there is either a RED \(s\)-clique or a BLUE \(k\)-clique." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/06/the-new-result-on-off-diagonal-ramsey.html | Source: Computational Complexity [14:23] TR Bot Computational Complexity: The New Result on Off-diagonal Ramsey Numbers [14:24] TR News "Officials revealed that it is set to gather highly detailed data about the seabed and underwater geological features." https://interestingengineering.com/science/norway-sends-deep-sea-drone-20000-feet-down-to-uncover-hidden-ocean-secrets | Source: Interesting Engineering [14:24] TR Bot Underwater drone to explore deep Norwegian sea at 20,000 feet depth [14:24] TR News "What were once remnants of a dying grammatical system were repurposed to create something new. You could compare it to linguistic recycling" https://phys.org/news/2026-06-estonia-swedish-grammar-theories.html | Source: Omicron Limited [14:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-06-estonia-swedish-grammar-theories.html ) [14:24] TR News "Whats going on, Internet? Friend of the site James recently shared a new post Blogger Archetypes which asks a series of questions to help you narrow down your character as a member of the blogging community." https://flamedfury.com/posts/i-am-a-link-curator/ | Source: Flamed Fury [14:24] TR Bot I Am A Link Curator [14:25] TR News "This got me thinking about how blog posts can, in many ways, be a starting point." https://jamesg.blog/2026/06/21/blog-posts-as-starting-points | Source: James G [14:25] TR Bot Blog posts as starting points - James' Coffee Blog [14:25] TR News "Do people read things before commenting? Evidently not! I wonder if I can do something sneaky with this knowledge?" https://www.rubenerd.au/people-didnt-read-my-8-track-post/ | Source: Ruben Schade [14:25] TR Bot Rubenerd: People didnt read my 8-track post [14:26] TR News "A few weeks ago, I learned about the removeprefix method in Python. It lets you remove a specific prefix from the beginning of a string. For example, I can use the following code to remove www. from the beginning of a domain name: [...]" https://jamesg.blog/2026/06/22/removing-prefixes-and-suffixes-in-python | Source: James G [14:26] TR Bot Removing prefixes and suffixes in Python - James' Coffee Blog [14:26] TR News "The site Wright built, Matts Script Archive, unwittingly helped to highlight the divergence between how normal people think about software, and the developers perspective" https://tedium.co/2026/06/22/matts-script-archive-retrospective/ | Source: Tedium [14:26] TR Bot Matts Script Archive: The Scripts That Reshaped The Web [14:28] TR News "Another possibility is that the code will be regenerated from the artefact, and other existing vulnerabilities may be reduced." https://labs.ripe.net/author/kathleen_moriarty/how-do-we-manage-vulnerabilities-in-the-age-of-ai/ | Source: RIPE [14:28] TR Bot How Do We Manage Vulnerabilities in the Age of AI? | RIPE Labs [14:32] TR News "All of that you only use 10% of your brain stuff youve heard is complete and utter nonsense." https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/06/23/brain-hot-from-serious-thinking-this-helmet-automatically-cools-your-head/ | Source: Arduino [14:32] TR Bot Brain hot from serious thinking? This helmet automatically cools your head | Arduino Blog [14:32] TR News "Perhaps the biggest surprise here was how much PETG benefits from annealing, making it much more resilient to breaking, whereas neither PLA nor PLA-CF seemed to see much benefit" https://hackaday.com/2026/06/22/investigating-annealing-as-fix-for-poor-cf-adhesion-in-3d-prints/ | Source: Hackaday [14:32] TR Bot Annealing As Fix For Poor CF Adhesion In 3D Prints | Hackaday [14:33] TR News "Usually the term jailbreaking isnt meant to be taken quite that literally, but in the case of the US prison tablet that [Hugh Jeffreys] got sent, its really quite apt." https://hackaday.com/2026/06/22/breaking-into-a-prison-tablet/ | Source: Hackaday [14:33] TR Bot Into A Prison Tablet | Hackaday [14:33] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [14:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [14:34] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware, Arduino, and Homelabs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Open_Hardware_Arduino_and_Homelabs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Open_Hardware_Arduino_and_Homelabs.gmi [14:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware, Arduino, and Homelabs [14:35] TR News "My talk began with an overview of the history of incidents relating to Formula 1. While the outlined examples cover the popular motorsport" https://www.domaintools.com/blog/using-dns-to-analyze-network-infrastructure | Source: DomainTools [14:35] TR Bot [14:35] TR News "The field-sizing property is coming to Firefox 152, making it available across all major engines." https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2026/select-fieldsize | Source: Manuel Matuzovi [14:35] TR Bot Setting the width of selects to the width of the selected option - Manuel Matuzovic [14:37] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:37] *Righty (~Username@jwug4gzhxa8fk.irc) has joined #techrights [14:38] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/today_s_howtos.gmi [14:38] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [14:38] TR News (NEW): Valnet Articles on GNU/Linux and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Valnet_Articles_on_GNU_Linux_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Valnet_Articles_on_GNU_Linux_and_More.gmi [14:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Valnet Articles on GNU/Linux and More [14:42] TR News Techrights Links 23/06/2026: Apple Price Hikes and Technical Debt in Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Links_23_06_2026_Apple_Price_Hikes_and_Technical_Debt_in_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Links_23_06_2026_Apple_Price_Hikes_and_Technical_Debt_in_Slop.gmi [14:42] TR Bot Techrights Links 23/06/2026: Apple Price Hikes and Technical Debt in Slop [14:42] TR News "Installing Arch Linux isn't a one-time setup. It's a routine task. To maintain an Arch Linux system long-term, I do the following tasks regularly: [...]" https://ostechnix.com/arch-linux-maintenance-tasks/ | Source: OSTechNix [14:42] TR Bot Essential Arch Linux Maintenance Tasks for a Stable System - OSTechNix [14:42] TR News "Propagate a Debian package across its downstream branches Ubuntu PPAs and Debian stable and, with --explain, learn to do every step by hand." https://michel-slm.name/posts/2026-06-22-introducing-dbranch/ | Source: Michel Alexandre Salim [14:42] TR Bot Introducing dbranch :: Penses de Michel Personal thoughts and musings of Michel Lind [14:43] TR News "The decline of blog traffic over the last decade is a verified reality, not an imagination: [...]" https://seths.blog/2026/06/blogs-traffic-and-google/ | Source: Seth Godin [14:43] TR Bot Blogs, traffic, and Google | Seth's Blog [14:44] TR News "These events are designed to bring together makers, tinkerers, and the Raspberry Picurious. Some are for complete beginners just dipping their toes in, while others have full-blown computer engineers in their ranks." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/maker-monday-a-summer-of-raspberry-pi-community-events/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [14:44] TR Bot Maker Monday: A summer of Raspberry Pi community events - Raspberry Pi [14:45] TR News "Nix, or store-based systems, are a class of package managers that use a well-defined prefix to store all packages. This can be /nix/store for Nix or /gnu/store for Guix." https://fzakaria.com/2026/06/21/nix-needs-relocatable-binaries | Source: Farid Zakaria [14:45] TR Bot Nix needs relocatable binaries | Farid Zakarias Blog [14:45] TR News "According to Griffais, Valve is working to change that, which could mean that down the line, youll be able to run SteamOS on just about any gaming PC hardware you want, including Nvidia" https://www.theverge.com/games/953411/valve-steamos-desktop-nvidia | Source: The Verge [14:45] TR Bot Valve will finally let you build your own Steam Machine with SteamOS for desktop | The Verge [14:46] TR News "You caught me! Everything works if you open the file from Dolphin but what if you need to access a file on the share from the open dialog in an app, or save a file to the share using the save dialog in an app?" https://pointieststick.com/2026/06/22/network-shares-still-talking-about-them-in-2026/ | Source: Nate Graham [14:46] TR Bot Network shares: still talking about them in 2026 Adventures in Linux and KDE [14:47] TR News "Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, has quickly become a lightning rod for debate since its introduction earlier this month." https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-273-rebroadcast-of-the-globe-and-mails-the-decibel-on-canadas-first-steps-towards-a-social-media-ban/ | Source: Michael Geist [14:47] TR Bot The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 273: Rebroadcast of the Globe and Mails The Decibel on Canadas First Steps Towards a Social Media Ban - Michael Geist [14:49] *ZedHedTed (~ZedHedTed@8v2frkdia5nmg.irc) has joined #techrights [14:56] TR News "But since Ed Zitron has been mentioned by name, would any of these Hey Hi (AI) people care to comment on his reporting (confirmed by the Financial Times) about OpenAIs audited financial documents for 2025?" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/06/ai-in-patent-industry-bubble-trouble.html?showComment=1782144413195#c3970883435731473468 [14:56] TR Bot AI in the patent industry: Bubble trouble and the affordability myth - The IPKat [14:56] TR News "Someone, or maybe several people, from the Hey Hi (AI) industry have been consulted for this blog post. Thats fine." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/06/ai-in-patent-industry-bubble-trouble.html?showComment=1782144413195#c3970883435731473468 [14:57] TR News European Patent Office (EPO) Series: A Man With Many Missions... https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/22/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_A_Man_With_Many_Missions.shtml [14:57] TR Bot Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Series: A Man With Many Missions... [14:57] TR News Dutch patent monopoly attorney firm V.O. banks on private equity https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/dutch-patent-attorney-firm-v-o-banks-on-private-equity/ [14:57] TR Bot Dutch patent attorney firm V.O. banks on private equity [14:58] TR News "Would it be worth considering first MA of mono-product in view of validly applying and maintaining SPC for the patent monopoly of combination product?" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/06/when-do-you-file-for-drug-combination.html?showComment=1782120758839#c4429245516114287246 [14:58] TR Bot When do you file for a drug combination invention? (T592/24) - The IPKat ● Jun 23 [15:00] TR News Rakudo Weekly 2026.25 Dutch Art https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/06/22/2026-25-dutch-art/ [15:00] TR Bot 2026.25 Dutch Art Rakudo Weekly News [15:01] TR News Uyuni Joins openSUSE Project Ahead of Annual Conference https://news.opensuse.org/2026/06/22/uyuni-joins-opensuse/ [15:01] TR Bot Uyuni Joins openSUSE Project Ahead of Annual Conference - openSUSE News [15:03] TR News Steam Machine pricing and launch announced and yes it's pricey | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-machine-pricing-and-launch-announced-and-yes-its-pricey/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-machine-pricing-and-launch-announced-and-yes-its-pricey/ [15:03] TR Bot Machine pricing and launch announced and yes it's pricey | GamingOnLinux [15:03] TR News AMD release FSR Upscaling 4.1 for Radeon RX 7000 series / RDNA 3 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/amd-release-fsr-upscaling-4-1-for-radeon-rx-7000-series-rdna-3/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:03] TR Bot release FSR Upscaling 4.1 for Radeon RX 7000 series / RDNA 3 | GamingOnLinux [15:04] TR News MECCHA CHAMELEON is a hide-and-seek body painting game taking over Steam | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/meccha-chameleon-is-a-hide-and-seek-body-painting-game-taking-over-steam/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:04] TR Bot CHAMELEON is a hide-and-seek body painting game taking over Steam | GamingOnLinux [15:05] TR News Morrowind game engine OpenMW 0.51 released with modding and gamepad improvements | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/morrowind-game-engine-openmw-0-51-released-with-modding-and-gamepad-improvements/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/morrowind-game-engine-openmw-0-51-released-with-modding-and-gamepad-improvements/ [15:05] TR Bot game engine OpenMW 0.51 released with modding and gamepad improvements | GamingOnLinux [15:06] TR News ScummVM 2026.3.0 brings more classic games to modern platforms | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/scummvm-2026-3-0-brings-more-classic-games-to-modern-platforms/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/scummvm-2026-3-0-brings-more-classic-games-to-modern-platforms/ [15:06] TR Bot 2026.3.0 brings more classic games to modern platforms | GamingOnLinux [15:12] TR News "Non-x86 Servers Now Nearly Half the Market - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/06/21/2032230 [15:12] TR Bot Non-x86 Servers Now Nearly Half the Market - SoylentNews [15:14] TR News "Grne: Palantir nein, Datenanalyse ja - netzpolitik.org" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2026/gruene-palantir-nein-datenanalyse-ja/ [15:14] TR Bot Grne: Palantir nein, Datenanalyse ja - netzpolitik.org [15:15] TR News Ask the authorities in Almedalen about surveillance | "Frga makthavarna i Almedalen om vervakning" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/06/22/fraga-makthavarna-i-almedalen-om-overvakning/ [15:15] TR Bot Frga makthavarna i Almedalen om vervakning [15:15] TR News The open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver (NVK) now has experimental DLSS support | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-open-source-nvidia-vulkan-driver-nvk-now-has-experimental-dlss-support/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:15] TR Bot open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver (NVK) now has experimental DLSS support | GamingOnLinux [15:16] TR News dbrand Steam Machine Companion Cube case now up for pre-order | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/dbrand-steam-machine-companion-cube-case-now-up-for-pre-order/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/dbrand-steam-machine-companion-cube-case-now-up-for-pre-order/ [15:16] TR Bot Steam Machine Companion Cube case now up for pre-order | GamingOnLinux [15:16] TR News "In this guide, well explain what resize2fs does, how to expand an ext4 filesystem after resizing a partition, and how to verify the change in Linux." https://www.tecmint.com/resize2fs-expand-ext4-filesystem-linux/ | Source: TecMint [15:16] TR Bot How to Resize an ext4 Filesystem with resize2fs on Linux [15:17] TR News The AI warning for Steam browser plugin adds Steam search filtering | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-ai-warning-for-steam-browser-plugin-adds-steam-search-filtering/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-ai-warning-for-steam-browser-plugin-adds-steam-search-filtering/ [15:17] TR Bot AI warning for Steam browser plugin adds Steam search filtering | GamingOnLinux [15:19] TR News DLSS Updater 4.2.0 brings improved Linux support | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/dlss-updater-4-2-0-brings-improved-linux-support/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/dlss-updater-4-2-0-brings-improved-linux-support/ [15:19] TR Bot Updater 4.2.0 brings improved Linux support | GamingOnLinux [15:21] TR News (NEW): Games: Steam Machine, FSR Upscaling, OpenMW 0.51, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Games_Steam_Machine_FSR_Upscaling_OpenMW_0_51_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Games_Steam_Machine_FSR_Upscaling_OpenMW_0_51_and_More.gmi [15:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Steam Machine, FSR Upscaling, OpenMW 0.51, and More [15:22] TR News "Check out this curated roundup of the top cross-portfolio posts our readers are exploring right now." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/sandbox-scale-10-ways-red-hat-accelerating-enterprise-it | Source: Red Hat Official [15:22] TR Bot From sandbox to scale: 10 ways Red Hat is accelerating enterprise IT [15:22] TR News "We've watched this play out enough times to see the pattern." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-project-navigator-ai-intent-optimized-deployment-red-hat-openshift-ai | Source: Red Hat Official [15:22] TR Bot Introducing Project Navigator: From AI intent to optimized deployment on Red Hat OpenShift AI [15:23] TR News "This year, the remote community truly took the spotlight. The Ubuntu Discourse connected the wider community with the speakers, whilst the livestream brought thousands of eyeballs to both days." https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-summit-26-04-connected-by-open-source | Source: Ubuntu [15:23] TR Bot Summit 26.04: connected by open source | Ubuntu [15:23] TR News RISC-V https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-to-use-risc-v-custom-instructions-with-ubuntu | Source: Ubuntu [15:23] TR Bot to use RISC-V custom instructions with Ubuntu | Ubuntu [15:23] TR News "For the first time, Ubuntu on an Arm64 machine can apply critical kernel updates, without service interruption or rebooting." https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-announces-live-kernel-patching-for-arm64 | Source: Ubuntu [15:23] TR Bot announces live kernel patching for Arm64 | Ubuntu [15:33] TR News iophk: intentional self-destruction, especially because of lost tax revenue https://yle.fi/a/74-20232920 [15:33] TR Bot It's official: Finland approves alcohol home deliveries, Alko outlets open on Sundays | Yle News | Yle [15:37] TR News Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on GNU/Linux FLOSS Drivers https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1154/why-drawing-tablet-brands-wont-collaborate-on-linux-floss-drivers [15:37] TR Bot Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux FLOSS Drivers - David Revoy [15:38] TR News Head of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Rages at His Fellow CEOs for Admitting What Theyre Actually Doing to Society With Hey Hi (AI) https://futurism.com/future-society/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-ai-society [15:38] TR Bot Head of Microsoft Rages at His Fellow CEOs for Admitting What They're Actually Doing to Society With AI [15:40] TR News News publishers could be made prominent at top of Youtube and social feeds https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-publishers-could-be-made-prominent-at-top-of-youtube-and-social-feeds/ [15:40] TR Bot News publishers could be made prominent on Youtube and social feeds - Press Gazette [15:46] TR News TiDB cloud-native, distributed SQL database https://www.linuxlinks.com/tidb-cloud-native-distributed-sql-database/ [15:46] TR Bot - cloud-native, distributed SQL database - LinuxLinks [15:48] TR News The Settings App for GNOME Login Screen GDM Settings Project Paused https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/06/gdm-settings-paused/ [15:48] TR Bot The Settings App for GNOME Login Screen GDM Settings Project Paused | UbuntuHandbook [15:49] TR News Focus blur, nightlight added to Miracle-wm desktop https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/miracle-wm-focus-blue-nightlight [15:49] TR Bot Focus blur, nightlight added to Miracle-wm desktop - OMG! Ubuntu [15:50] TR News GNU Guix: One year with Codeberg https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2026/one-year-with-codeberg// [15:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2026/one-year-with-codeberg// ) [15:51] TR News Australian trust in the US and AI https://www.rubenerd.au/australian-trust-in-the-us-and-ai/ [15:51] TR Bot Rubenerd: Australian trust in the US and AI [15:53] TR News Week 2 + Week 3: Dangling pointer bugs, silly mistakes and a lot of CMake https://ojasmaheshwari.github.io/b/2026/week-2-week-3-dangling-pointer-bugs-silly-mistakes-and-a-lot-of-cmake [15:54] TR Bot Week 2 + Week 3: Dangling pointer bugs, silly mistakes and a lot of CMake [15:55] TR News "I miss cars from about 15 years ago. New cars now... I won't go there, something else has happened that I find alarming..." https://bkhome.org/news/202606/oh-dear-what-has-become-of-this-world.html [15:55] TR Bot Oh dear what has become of this world? [15:56] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [15:56] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [15:59] TR News Anon: "Many avoid new cars but the auto vendors do contortions to avoid addressing why. No one wants a spy network with dozens of internal cameras, microphones, and always-on Internet connectivity uploading much more than 5GB of data per day back to the vendor. However, they do mental gymnastics to blame the downturn in sales on anything except that, the real cause of the downturn in sales." ● Jun 23 [16:00] TR News FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, June 26, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2026-06-26-irc [16:00] TR Bot Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, June 26, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [16:01] TR News Qt Creator 20 and local Hey Hi (AI) Slop https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-20-and-local-ai [16:02] TR Bot Qt Creator 20 and local AI [16:03] TR News Improving HDR Handling in Krita, Part 1. https://wolthera.info/2026/06/improving-hdr-handling-in-krita-part-1/ [16:03] TR Bot HDR Handling in Krita, Part 1. Wolthera.info [16:03] TR News What the Latest ShinyHunters Breaches Reveal About Modern Cyberattacks https://www.securityweek.com/what-the-latest-shinyhunters-breaches-reveal-about-modern-cyberattacks/ [16:03] TR Bot the Latest ShinyHunters Breaches Reveal About Modern Cyberattacks - SecurityWeek [16:05] TR News "Another AI hallucination story in legal. Surprised? You shouldn't be. Last week, a federal judge in Mississippi booted lawyers from both sides of a case after finding hallucinated citations in filings from both parties." https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brettwilson216_legalai-aihallucination-legaltech-activity-7472981391958327296-3i8Z [16:06] TR Bot Sanctions Lawyers for AI-Generated Filings | Brett Wilson posted on the topic | LinkedIn [16:07] TR News Did Oracle Need To Fire 21,000 Because It Is In Trouble? https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/06/23/did-oracle-need-to-fire-21000-because-it-is-in-trouble/ [16:07] TR Bot Did Oracle Need To Fire 21,000 Because It Is In Trouble? - 24/7 Wall St. [16:08] TR News "There is a lot going on with XBOX right now. In between reports of layoffs, ongoing restructuring rumors, uncertainty surrounding multiple first-party studios, and a business reset might be taking shape behind the scenes." https://windowsreport.com/xbox-says-it-wants-to-find-the-next-kojima-amid-studio-closure-layoffs-rumors/ [16:08] TR Bot XBOX Wants to Find the Next Kojima Amid Studio Closure & Layoffs Rumors [16:09] TR News Office of Naval Research rolls out new science and technology strategy https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/06/office-of-naval-research-rolls-out-new-science-and-technology-strategy/ [16:09] TR Bot Office of Naval Research rolls out new science and technology strategy | Federal News Network [16:11] TR News "After G2/21 the EPO now seems to routinely accept 'preliminary' data in the spec followed up by better data as post filed evidence in the lifesciences field." [16:11] TR News "As long as there are no surprises for third parties it is now tacitly accepted that applicants have no choice but to operate like this, and the EPO have come to the best solution without upsetting too many people." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/06/when-do-you-file-for-drug-combination.html?showComment=1782118002459#c9129681033341344274 [16:11] TR Bot When do you file for a drug combination invention? (T592/24) - The IPKat [16:11] TR News What Science Knows About Grief https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/29/what-science-knows-about-grief [16:11] TR Bot What Science Knows About Grief | The New Yorker [16:12] TR News A Loophole Brings Cystic Fibrosis Patients a Miracle Drug in Generic Form https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/health/cystic-fibrosis-drug-triko-trikafta.html [16:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/health/cystic-fibrosis-drug-triko-trikafta.html ) [16:15] TR News "Job scarcity and climbing housing costs have fuelled the phenomenon." https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/why-more-south-koreans-are-becoming-full-time-children [16:16] TR Bot Why more South Koreans are becoming full-time children | The Straits Times [16:17] TR News IBM Red Hat peddling slop https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/22/sql-and-ai-apache-iceberg-lakehouse-on-red-hat-openshift [16:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/22/sql-and-ai-apache-iceberg-lakehouse-on-red-hat-openshift ) [16:18] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 391 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-391/ [16:18] TR Bot Late Night Linux Episode 391 Late Night Linux [16:18] TR News Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #535 - Our most-viewed YouTube video ever! https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/a6NWW8926Y02EWbljrvxCAtA [16:19] TR Bot Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #535 [16:19] TR News Podcast: How eBPF Empowers Developers to Observe Inside the Linux Kernel in a Safe and Unintrusive Way https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/empowers-developers-inside-linux-kernel/ [16:20] TR Bot eBPF Empowers Developers to Observe Inside the Linux Kernel in a Safe and Unintrusive Way - InfoQ [16:22] TR News This is not independence: "The other is to sign up for 'Linux' Foundation training, and let the foundation make a "donation" for you." LF is GAFAM. https://fossforce.com/2026/06/get-linux-certification-and-help-fund-foss-force-all-at-once/ [16:22] TR Bot Get Linux Certification and Help Fund FOSS Force All at Once! - FOSS Force [16:22] TR News How Remote Work Has Helped a Generation of Working Parents https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/upshot/remote-work-parents-mothers.html [16:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/upshot/remote-work-parents-mothers.html ) [16:23] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [16:23] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [16:23] TR News Right-sizing recommendations with MCOA and Perses dashboards https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/22/right-sizing-recommendations-mcoa-and-perses-dashboards [16:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/22/right-sizing-recommendations-mcoa-and-perses-dashboards ) [16:24] TR News How to integrate CyberArk with Identity Management https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/22/how-integrate-cyberark-identity-management [16:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/22/how-integrate-cyberark-identity-management ) [16:25] TR News Pluralistic: Good politics (22 Jun 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/22/8-for-what-we-will/ [16:25] TR Bot Pluralistic: Good politics (22 Jun 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [16:26] TR News Browse the New Mercantile Swag Store https://wordpress.org/news/2026/06/open-web-merch/ [16:26] TR Bot Browse the New Mercantile Swag Store WordPress News [16:34] TR News "Why yet another started project (without having finished any of the recent others)? Well the 'enthusi' handle has a reason - I'm easily enthusiastic about things." gemini://geopeedees.org/~enthusi/neogeo/neogeo_2026-06-23.gmi [16:35] TR News "I pre-ordered the Commodore64 Ultimate last year and when it arrived I absolutely loved it. Between the great manual and the gorgeous breadbox itself, I was all-in on the Commodore revival, even as someone who wasn't around for the OG." gemini://gem.saayaa.space/gemlog/2026-06-22-commodore-flipphone.gmi [16:36] TR News Canadian Elite Basketball League gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/joneworlds/cebl.gmi [16:37] TR News "Wow, time flies as it's been almost a year since I last visited Gemspace. Coming back, I've noticed broken gemlinks everywhere. It's more an observation than a complaint. I should be the last person to complain as I only have one entry in my gemlog and was only occasionally lurking in Gemspace." gemini://envs.net/~ziye/gemlog/2026-06-22-Optimistic-About-The-Future.gmi [16:37] *bms (~bms@jg826sicz7try.irc) has joined #techrights [16:38] TR News "I don't usually list "gardening" as one of my hobbies. I don't usually tell people "I'm a gardener."" gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-06-23 [16:39] TR News Yesterday I wrote about blocking hyperscalers from accessing my VPS. Unfortunately, my manual blocking with `nftables` also blocked outgoing connections as a side-effect, which is okay for me because of the contradiction of enjoying the SmallNet while hosting a capsule on its antithesis." gemini://michaelnordmeyer.com/transmissions/2026-06-23-blocking-hyperscalers-on-my-vps-and-antenna-redux.gmi [16:39] schestowitz[TR2] hi, bms [16:40] TR News solstice gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/solstice2026 [16:43] TR News DESERT 5.5_26.04 https://distrowatch.com/desert [16:43] TR Bot DESERT OS Linux [16:43] bms Hello. [16:44] *MinceR has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:44] bms Wouldn't it be nice if there were an open audited federated zk-STARK system for telling if someone were human or not. All biometrics suck, and Terry Pratchett named one of his characters "Cut Me Own Throat Dibbler". [16:46] schestowitz[TR2] i know [16:46] schestowitz[TR2] i was trying to be polite [16:46] schestowitz[TR2] knowing anyone can be anytrhing [16:46] schestowitz[TR2] anyway, hello [16:47] schestowitz[TR2] in practice, over 90% of theee people are are "knowns" [16:47] schestowitz[TR2] so the chatbot issue is very much alien to our network [16:47] *MinceR (~mincer@bringer.of.light) has joined #techrights [16:47] *irc.techrights.org gives channel operator status to MinceR [16:47] bms haven't seen any incursion on EFnet yet in the old places. [16:47] schestowitz[TR2] libera.chat reported issues [16:47] schestowitz[TR2] with chatbots [16:48] schestowitz[TR2] did a cull of thousands [16:48] schestowitz[TR2] months ago [16:48] schestowitz[TR2] it's in the front page of their siote atm [16:48] bms busy turning up DNSSEC on my own domains so I can evaluate DANE [16:48] schestowitz[TR2] *site [16:48] bms because something is rotten inthe state of modern PKIX CT, turning up is like inviting ants to a picnic [16:49] TR News Major Labels and BMG Urge the Supreme Court to Step In and Reverse the Landmark Vetter v. Resnik Copyright Termination Decision https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/18/bmg-v-vetter-supreme-court-petition/ [16:49] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/18/bmg-v-vetter-supreme-court-petition/ ) [16:49] bms I am on Cloudflare for most of it because of the protection racket. Porkbun: grass may not be greener, their managed IMAP mailbox offering is Amazon S3 backed. [16:50] schestowitz[TR2] on cloudflare for what? [16:50] bms out of the great and the good official campaigning orgs Privacy International seem to be on the ball most [16:50] TR News En Banc Ninth Circuit to Reconsider Copyrights Total Concept and Feel Test https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/06/en-banc-ninth-circuit-to-reconsider-copyrights-total-concept-and-feel-test.html [16:50] *MinceR has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:50] TR Bot En Banc Ninth Circuit to Reconsider Copyright's Total Concept and Feel Test [16:50] bms a handful of barely popluated DNS zones including my UK limited company ones [16:51] schestowitz[TR2] ddidn't know they did that as a disservie [16:52] TR News How To Install Darktable on 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-darktable-26-04/ [16:52] TR Bot How To Install Darktable on 26.04 LTS - idroot [16:52] TR News How To Install Nginx Proxy Manager on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-nginx-proxy-manager-ubuntu-26-04/ [16:52] TR Bot How To Install Nginx Proxy Manager on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [16:52] bms well CF seem to be running something of an anti-LLM protection racket aren't they [16:52] TR News How To Install PHP on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-php-fedora-44/ [16:52] TR Bot How To Install PHP on Fedora 44 - idroot [16:53] schestowitz[TR2] not exactly [16:53] schestowitz[TR2] they do CDN [16:53] schestowitz[TR2] for the WWW [16:53] *MinceR (~mincer@bringer.of.light) has joined #techrights [16:53] *irc.techrights.org gives channel operator status to MinceR [16:53] schestowitz[TR2] not the NET (ticker symbol [16:53] schestowitz[TR2] and say they send known LLM bots into mazes of crap [16:53] bms given the information flows it is difficult to determine without purely circumstantial evidence to what extent the Google and Meta Certificate Transparency watchers are leaking to their own or 3rd party LLM scrapers [16:54] bms yeah I do benefit from Pages free tier hosting on CF [16:54] schestowitz[TR2] blocking LLM scrapers is hard [16:54] bms some of the tech stack is interesting in of its own right [16:54] schestowitz[TR2] they already use P2P [16:54] schestowitz[TR2] like FB and Anthropic did [16:54] bms Curtis Yarvin likes P2P a lot. [16:54] TR News How To Install Surveillance Giant Google Antigravity on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-google-antigravity-ubuntu-26-04/ [16:54] TR Bot How To Install Google Antigravity on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] if you serve something publicly [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] or if it leaks to p2p [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] without DRM [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] it'll find its way to LLMs if they really try [16:55] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:55] bms moving to IPv6 saves you getting wardialed but CT is probably a primary discovery vector [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] it's dumb to think you can serve _only_ to humans [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] but not to some hungry chatbot scrapers [16:55] bms for sure [16:56] bms Michael Padlipsky's seminal work is not LLM ingestable because archive.org used LCP to DRM the content [16:56] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techrights [16:56] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-074.pdf [16:56] schestowitz[TR2] similar situatiuon [16:56] TR News How To Install Budgie Desktop on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-budgie-desktop-ubuntu-26-04/ [16:56] TR Bot How To Install Budgie Desktop on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [16:56] bms similarly, Grady Booch's comments about Yann Lecun blocking him on x/Twitter were not known to Claude or Qwen models [16:56] bms because those words were spoke in a podcast which was not speech-analyzed [16:56] TR News How To Install Laravel on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-laravel-ubuntu-26-04/ [16:57] TR Bot How To Install Laravel on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [16:57] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:57] schestowitz[TR2] converting audio to text is not expensive [16:57] schestowitz[TR2] compared to LLM building [16:57] schestowitz[TR2] at a large scale of high end [16:57] schestowitz[TR2] it does not even need to be precide [16:57] bms wasn't aware of Gibson's teardown [16:57] schestowitz[TR2] a 1990s computer can do it in real time [16:58] schestowitz[TR2] *precise [16:58] bms a bit concernd about MSFT Pluton in current AMD *Zen generations [16:58] TR News How To Install PHP on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-php-ubuntu-26-04/ [16:58] TR Bot How To Install PHP on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [16:58] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/o/2022/01/09/ppp-traitors/ [16:58] TR Bot Pluton Proponents Working for Plutocracy (and Pentagon Agenda) [16:58] bms I have been tee total for 7+ years but the current situation has me taking a nip of whisky now and then. [16:59] schestowitz[TR2] ok.. [16:59] TR News Slop crapola https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/06/22/introducing-patch-the-planet/ [16:59] TR Bot Introducing Patch the Planet - The Trail of Bits Blog [16:59] bms Facebook is basically an algorithmically *silenced* place at this point ● Jun 23 [17:00] bms whereas LinkedIn is the Potemkin Village par excellence [17:00] TR News Running slop against code helps nobody, it generates noise. If humans need to assess the output, then it's not clear how time gets saved at all. Firehose of noise. Or slop. [17:00] schestowitz[TR2] they are flooded by slop [17:00] schestowitz[TR2] apparently tiktok also [17:01] schestowitz[TR2] i am not on those [17:01] bms I'm inclined to write to my last university officially to ask them about their position on LLM training prevention, given my PhD thesis was CC-BY-SA licensed [17:01] schestowitz[TR2] so rely on artticles about those [17:01] schestowitz[TR2] they have a serious slop issue [17:01] schestowitz[TR2] i am planning to wrrrite about a uk uni that became partner with anthropic [17:01] schestowitz[TR2] which is disturbingh on many levels [17:01] schestowitz[TR2] many words spoken by insider to me [17:01] schestowitz[TR2] but I lacked time to cover that [17:01] bms you ask yourself stuff like, is Eugene Spafford saying he's running his posts through Claude just to "fit in"? (like Christian Bale's character in American Psycho wants to just fit in) [17:02] schestowitz[TR2] partly due to SLAPPs [17:02] schestowitz[TR2] spaf has bene canceled [17:02] schestowitz[TR2] hard to find his stuff now [17:02] bms interesting [17:02] schestowitz[TR2] have a go at it [17:02] bms Idon't know how MArcus Ranum wound up on my FB friends list but he did [17:03] schestowitz[TR2] https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/rossfest/rossfest.html [17:03] TR Bot Rossfest [17:03] schestowitz[TR2] many security pros get sidelined [17:03] schestowitz[TR2] or sedated/silenced [17:03] bms I knew Heather Adkins from IRC in the 90s when she was on #phrack as argv, she may be pilled up on it now given she's Google's Security VP [17:03] schestowitz[TR2] many defect [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] like schneier [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] they get compensated that way [17:04] bms Schneier... really. WEll I had an interesting text arrive recently [17:04] bms "The Fate of AI Society" by Kenneth James Hamer-Hodges [17:05] TR News Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1078922/ [17:05] TR Bot updates for Monday [LWN.net] [17:05] bms found half by accident, I was a little skeptical about some of it, but there are extensive references to capabilities based security models [17:06] bms the late Ross Anderson was clearly awre of most of the work, but he passed away of course before the present "emergency" [17:06] bms and it was interesting to see that just as Turing was Church's student, so Anderson was Roger Needham's student [17:06] bms capabilities suffer from harsh terminology clash [17:07] bms what remains in Linux itself are the dregs of the cancelled POSIX.1e specification [17:07] bms those are basically ACLs for syscalls. not capabilities in of themselves per se. building blocks. this is real map is not the territory crap [17:08] bms I did read an article on LWN about CHERI and man it was intellectual rage bait [17:08] bms like some random claiming on LinkeDIn they can do better than Dijkstra or Kruskal for the basics or the other weighted walks for QoS [17:09] schestowitz[TR2] what present "emergency"? [17:09] bms the thing about capabilities based security models or CBSMs as I have taken to referring to them to side step the Linux category error is that it is not just some framework or library [17:10] bms the relentless pushing of financialized crap LLM products? :-) [17:10] TR News YouTube EasyOS-series Part-4 https://bkhome.org/news/202606/youtube-easyos-series-part-4.html [17:10] TR Bot YouTube EasyOS-series Part-4 [17:11] bms I knew something was wrong when I encountered a Claude model authoritatively informing me of how Minshall's modification to Nagle's Algorithm in the TCP protocol worked in macOS, using made-up names refering partly to Linux source code [17:11] bms I had an xnu git clone right in front of me. Chatbot was gaslighting me. [17:11] TR News Disable Gnome accessibility https://bkhome.org/news/202606/disable-gnome-accessibility.html [17:12] TR Bot Disable Gnome accessibility [17:12] bms Same with questions about UK intellectual property law [17:12] bms same set of LLMs directly contradicted standing UK IPO published advice about copyrgith assignment [17:13] bms this isn't just some one off it's quite a constructive pattern of erroneous output (I refrain from using pop "science" terminology "hallucination") [17:13] bms my natural conclusion is that LLM driven services are not fit for purpose [17:14] bms Gary Marcus is an unreliable narrator because he's keen to promote neurosymbolic AI approaches as that is his specialism [17:14] TR News curl vs wget: Differences and When to Use Each https://linuxize.com/post/curl-vs-wget/ [17:14] TR Bot vs wget: Differences and When to Use Each | Linuxize [17:14] bms though it's cute seeing him join in the chant with Ed Zitron [17:14] TR News GIMP 0.54.1 in a Flatpak https://lwn.net/Articles/1078969/ [17:14] TR Bot 0.54.1 in a Flatpak [LWN.net] [17:15] bms what is distasteful to me about Marcus is how he seems to see a little gem of symbolic AI in the Claude Code product, so whilst he does not give it a free pass completely, he overlooks Anthropic's dishonest conduct which is *a matter of record* now [17:15] TR News www.linux.com = spamfarm now https://www.linux.com/news/june26-training-promo/ [17:15] TR Bot Prime Day Savings Are Live! Save up to 75% on training, certifications, bundles, and THRIVE-ONE Annual. Ends June 26. - Linux.com [17:15] schestowitz[TR2] Ed Zitron mentioned earlier: [17:15] schestowitz[TR2] Ed Zitron "But since Ed Zitron has been mentioned by name, would any of these Hey Hi (AI) people care to comment on his reporting (confirmed by the Financial Times) about OpenAIs audited financial documents for 2025?" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/06/ai-in-patent-industry-bubble-trouble.html?showComment=1782144413195#c3970883435731473468 [17:15] TR Bot AI in the patent industry: Bubble trouble and the affordability myth - The IPKat [17:16] bms many people noticed how the 244 page Mythos sales document contained next to no mention of generally accepted fuzzing techniques in cybersecurity e.g. American Fuzzy Lop by Michael Zalewski aka "lcamtuf" [17:16] TR News AUR Hit Again with Malicious Packages http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/AUR-Hit-Again-with-Malicious-Packages [17:16] TR Bot AUR Hit Again with Malicious Packages Linux Magazine [17:16] bms this is not what an organisation does if they are trying to build a genuine case that their product has value over and beyond decades of accepted professional practice [17:17] schestowitz[TR2] bruce force brute brute brute fuzzing [17:17] schestowitz[TR2] many the marketing hired some human staff [17:17] schestowitz[TR2] to filter the output [17:17] schestowitz[TR2] for marketing [17:17] schestowitz[TR2] "AI" industry= [17:17] schestowitz[TR2] throw lots of money and resources [17:17] schestowitz[TR2] at anything [17:17] schestowitz[TR2] call it "AI" [17:17] schestowitz[TR2] say it has potential [17:17] schestowitz[TR2] like "bitcoin mining" [17:18] bms the late Prof. Vincent Mosco. he wrote about what essentially ANthropic's marketing is trying to do. [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] it's a variant of [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] "AI = All Indian" [17:18] bms yes, it will hack for you without the inconveniences of recruiting the black hat operatives [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] hire many people to do something [17:18] bms but computationalyl it is throwing spaghetti at the wall [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] then pretend it is not people [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] sell it as " [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] crypto" [17:18] bms much like Marc Andreesen's approach to business models [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] or "hey hi" [17:19] schestowitz[TR2] tell critics "THEY JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND!1" [17:19] bms the pseudo-religious nature of the sociological phenomenon that is Generative AI has been noted... [17:19] bms https://burdentennis.com/ [17:19] TR Bot Burden Tennis: Refutation of Generative AI: 2026-06-07 [17:19] schestowitz[TR2] it is not new either [17:19] schestowitz[TR2] i started my phd in 2003 [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] by 2004 we had a company called "gen" something [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] it did what companies now call "AI" [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] using the same techniques [17:20] bms I resorted to re-reading Robert f**king Anton Wilson to maintain my sanity [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] it was aiming to sell something to holllywood [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] it never worked [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] it was "nice" [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] it wa " [17:20] bms he ironically had a character nameD Markoff Chaney in one of his novels [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] "neat" or "sexy" [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] but no business use [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] 20+ eyars ago [17:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1998639Z:LN [17:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1998639Z:LN ) [17:21] schestowitz[TR2] incubated in Vic. Uni. of Manchester [17:22] bms no one is above commerce [17:22] schestowitz[TR2] myb phd supervisor was associated with it [17:22] schestowitz[TR2] it failed back then [17:22] schestowitz[TR2] throwing GPUs at it won't result in success [17:22] schestowitz[TR2] just more losses and debt [17:22] schestowitz[TR2] but the marketing takes time to wear off [17:22] bms I became a high tech mercenary for FOREX traders after the first iteration of open source IP routing got nobbled by Silicon Valley VCs after the credit crunch [17:22] TR News Netdeep 4.10328 https://distrowatch.com/netdeep [17:22] TR Bot Netdeep Secure Firewall [17:23] schestowitz[TR2] making synthetics [17:23] schestowitz[TR2] or fakes [17:23] schestowitz[TR2] or "deepfakes" [17:23] schestowitz[TR2] can be fun [17:23] schestowitz[TR2] but who will pay for it? [17:23] schestowitz[TR2] Gobli put his wife's face in a darth vader [17:23] schestowitz[TR2] funny [17:23] schestowitz[TR2] "cool" [17:23] schestowitz[TR2] but.. [17:23] schestowitz[TR2] will he p[ay a tenner for it? [17:23] schestowitz[TR2] probably not [17:23] bms it took reading an analysis by a committed Communist political theorist to decipher how that had come to pass that a Chinese company in BEijing ended up with all the IP assets of the startup which got spun out of a certain well known and noteworthy research institute specializing in information securityh & the TCP/IP protocol stack itself [17:23] schestowitz[TR2] Sora died fast [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] Disney realised it was a dud and risk of copyright suits [17:24] bms Altman's failed sales attempt to the spawn of Eisner was amuzing yez [17:25] TR News Control AirPods & Galaxy Buds on Ubuntu with BudsLink https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/budslink-airpods-galaxy-buds-linux [17:25] TR Bot Control AirPods & Galaxy Buds on Ubuntu with BudsLink - OMG! Ubuntu [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] Scam Altman is a coinvicng liar [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] who sends SLAPPs [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] based on media report [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] he knows how to silence critics [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] and use the media to pretend he is a genius [17:25] bms I started implementing my de-GAFAM-ization strategy in earnest 10 days ago [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] he's a "shrewd" scammert [17:26] bms yes these people are operators and need to be monitored carefully for that [17:26] bms my insurance provider will probably cover any Chinese action from what I'm thinking of doing under professional indemnity but proactive actions are out [17:26] TR News Astra: For All Your High Fidelity Music Needs and Absolute Control https://itsfoss.com/astra-music-player/ [17:26] TR Bot Astra: For All Your High Fidelity Music Needs and Absolute Control [17:27] TR News 6 Raspberry Pi Handhelds Worth Exploring (If You Have Money to Spend) https://itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-handhelds/ [17:27] TR Bot 6 Raspberry Pi Handhelds Worth Exploring (If You Have Money to Spend) [17:27] bms my primary trading name's .com name got taken as i was registering domains in January and it looks like it ws GoDaddy sniffing plaintext WHOIS even if it was traditional command line stuff which it was. can't prove it. circumstantial. even though I have the right ICANN guys mapped out it would take that lady attorney in SF who is very very good at this stuff to sort out and I [17:27] bms can't afford to pay her. [17:28] bms I tell everyone who is looking to purchase .com domains to use RDAP now [17:28] TR News 16 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Document-Oriented Databases https://www.linuxlinks.com/documentorienteddatabases/ [17:28] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Document-Oriented Databases - LinuxLinks [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] i see [17:28] bms that is TLS straight to VeriSign's own registry servers [17:28] schestowitz[TR2] RDAP? [17:28] bms it's the newer TLS protected registrar protocol for queries and other ops [17:29] bms WHOIS is from the 90s [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] sounddds like LDAP [17:29] schestowitz[TR2] maybe similar acro [17:29] bms I thought I'd be safe doing it from a FreeBSD box behind a VPN, nope, they are obviously monitoring it close to source, which is all kind of ICANN would not like tht but proving it is the problem [17:29] bms not related to LDAP [17:30] bms Filing for a UK trademark is possible and probably warranted if/when I launch [17:30] bms Jason Donenfeld did that for WireGuard and he is not even British [17:30] bms the .com got flipped immediately after the ICANN sunrise period [17:31] bms it contained slop about slop (an AI gateway product when OpenRouter already control that "market") [17:31] bms Opencode.AI don't even use OpenRouter AFAIK they do their own thing. I did look into actually using pi-dev for code generation but it looks like a complete waste of time [17:32] bms if you are doing something genuinely new, LLMs can't help you. they will jsut feed off you [17:32] bms even Bjarne Stroustrup poo pooed the idea of LLM driven C++ code generation weeks ago [17:33] TR News Global warming - and point of no return https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/demand-for-air-conditioner-servicing-repairs-heats-up-in-malaysia-amid-prolonged-hot-weather [17:33] TR Bot Demand for air-conditioner servicing, repairs heats up in Malaysia amid prolonged hot weather | The Straits Times [17:33] bms in the same 2024 interview where Grady Booch of UML fame mentioned his disagreemtns with Yann Lecun, he outright agreed with Prof. Emily Bender's characterization of them as "stochastic parrots" [17:33] schestowitz[TR2] i saw what we wrote [17:33] schestowitz[TR2] we linked to him [17:34] schestowitz[TR2] LLMs don't make anything valuable [17:34] bms https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/software-architecture-with-grady-booch [17:34] TR Bot Software architecture with Grady Booch - by Gergely Orosz [17:34] bms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U46fJ2bJ-co [17:34] TR Bot https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=U46fJ2bJ-co [17:34] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=U46fJ2bJ-co ) [17:34] TR News China Tightens Rare-Earth Grip on U.S. Firms, Threatening Trade Clash https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/business/china-rare-earths.html [17:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/business/china-rare-earths.html ) [17:35] TR News Dry season raises concern about Jakartas air quality https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/dry-season-boosts-concern-about-jakartas-air-quality [17:35] TR Bot Dry season raises concern about Jakartas air quality | The Straits Times [17:35] bms someone really really wants to believe they're "preconscious" or have others believe that [17:35] bms and thats just aaaaal kinds of crazy [17:36] bms I read Douglas Hofstader in the late 90s though so maybe I got immunised [17:36] bms but like RAW pointed out if enough people believe it maybe it becomes history [17:39] bms Ross Anderson did impart the wisdom that you're likely to see more benefit from cybersecurity praxis and tech if it follows the human trust relationships [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] LLMs are a fadf [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] *fad [17:39] bms I hope so, I really do, because the implications of some Harrison Bergeron situation of tall poppy syndrome enforced by algorithm are just horrible [17:40] bms now if the goal were cybersecurity offensive capability I could see the reason but it is still computationally wasteful even for that... fuzzing is not new [17:40] bms or the cost of live deepfakes? that is nation state actor level [17:41] bms but as they say the market can remain irrational longer than one can remain solvent [17:41] TR News US gives Philippines underwater vehicles as China feud persists https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-gives-philippines-underwater-vehicles-as-china-feud-persists [17:41] TR Bot US gives Philippines underwater vehicles as China feud persists | The Straits Times [17:42] bms Hamer-Hodges is saying things which chime well with me in his introduction but I was concerned he was maybe sipping the koolaid in other excerpts I saw in his book. it's only ~180pg so not a biggie [17:42] bms I have Hank Levy to read to boot, the roots of CBSMs. British Army used PP250 in Gulf War 1 but I'm not sure how much a capabilities architecture would have offered there. It's not just one piece, systems thinking is required [17:43] TR News China imposes export controls on 10 US companies govt https://hongkongfp.com/2026/06/22/china-imposes-export-controls-on-10-us-companies-govt/ "after The Insurrectionist visited Beijing, seeking to stabilise fraught relations during talks with Chinese counterpart Pooh-tin Jinping." [17:43] TR Bot China imposes export controls on 10 US companies - gov't [17:44] bms and this is why I'm not that "afraid" of LLMs after all because, well, one of the frameworks I'm looking at for CBSM is not so off the beaten track. Cloudflare depend on it. Bitcoin Core use it. But they aren't doing CBSM with it. [17:44] bms I have a corrupt microSD card here which migth have had the dregs of what BTC I was able to mine at university ~2014. [17:45] bms But tunneling textual RPC through a capabilities-based RPC framework? That needs to be lampooned relentlessly [17:45] bms it is common sense once the concepts are ingested, my cybersecurity-fu started coming back [17:46] bms wsa it ever gone? as an undergraduate the test was finding assembling fixing and compiling nfsshell, then just walking into my department's NFS servers (no auth, no trust model) [17:47] bms well that frameowrk. I did "ask" the LLMs about it and they basically regurgitated public web pages [17:47] bms the actual knowledge, the guts of how to leverage this thing, are in another project which used it. the LLms gave cookie cutter examples nothing more [17:48] schestowitz[TR2] "ask" [17:48] schestowitz[TR2] in scare quotes, indeed [17:48] schestowitz[TR2] prompt [17:48] bms the concepts.. capabilities. delegation. designation. attentuation. some of it can be taught in English. the LLM forces us to revisit pedagogy and didactism as a sanity check that human genreal intelligence is still far superior to anything these toys can offer [17:48] schestowitz[TR2] the term they use when they are more honest [17:48] schestowitz[TR2] like search prompt [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] generate some BS about "xyz" [17:49] bms they don't even do sentiment analysis particularly well except as a sledgehammer [17:49] bms the most subtle pastiche will escape them [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.ndtv.com/feature/microsoft-warns-copilot-ai-is-for-entertainment-purposes-only-use-at-your-own-risk-11310480 [17:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/feature/microsoft-warns-copilot-ai-is-for-entertainment-purposes-only-use-at-your-own-risk-11310480 ) [17:49] bms but even the word "nuance" is now AI-bro-pilled [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] "guard rails" [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] = censorship [17:50] bms yes they backpedaled on those T&Cs. if anyone is hallucinating it's Nadella [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] which they arbitrarily decide on [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] Nadella is just a low-grade scammer [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] you listen to him [17:50] bms the gall of this man. I migrated away from Edge a few months ago now [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] and you quickly realise [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] he's no smart person [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] some useful idior [17:50] bms I started out because I'd been away from tech for most of a decade [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] and "fall guy" [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] BS artist [17:51] bms Nadella claims "societal permission" for "AI" [17:51] schestowitz[TR2] meaningless BS [17:51] schestowitz[TR2] i saw that [17:51] bms this isn't even Noam Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" [17:51] schestowitz[TR2] they tried "agent" [17:51] schestowitz[TR2] means bot [17:51] schestowitz[TR2] or "advanced" [17:51] schestowitz[TR2] means, energy inefficient [17:51] schestowitz[TR2] and nothing more [17:51] bms it's just made up like he thinks he's safe from the Overton Window closing on it or something [17:51] schestowitz[TR2] energy-wasting bots [17:51] schestowitz[TR2] "advanced AI agents" [17:51] bms yeah I block people on Fedi if they mention "agentic" too much [17:52] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/07/Servers_Became_Cloud_VR_Became_Metaverse_Now_Bots_Become_Agents.shtml [17:52] TR Bot Techrights Servers Became "Cloud", VR Became "Metaverse", Now Bots Become "Agents" (of Slop) [17:52] bms CBSMs help corral random-typewriter-monkey behaviour of "agents" and that is perhaps wheer some money lies [17:52] bms honest money [17:52] schestowitz[TR2] money has ffeelings? [17:52] bms but getting people to pay for actual functioning cybersecurity is hard [17:52] bms ha [17:52] schestowitz[TR2] money = paper with dead people on it [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] (what my wife says) [17:53] bms having visited the 350 East Cermak datacentre in Chicago I can say, people were oK, even if what was going on was just casino capitalism [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] "The pitch for turning Tasmania into an AI Island has captured a lot of people, which is probably why we keep hearing it." https://hey.paris/posts/ai-data-centres-tasmania/ | Source: Paris Buttfield-Addison [17:54] TR Bot Our hydro deserves better than a chatbot Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison [17:54] bms as for advanced... refer to Invader Zim, the rather socially critical cartoon that somehow cot past Nickelodeon's handlers. "It's not stupid, its' *advanced*" [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] it's not fake money [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] it's "crypto" [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] "you are stupid [17:55] bms of course /s [17:55] schestowitz[TR2] "you cannot undersatand how it works" [17:55] schestowitz[TR2] "but it works... buy it now!" [17:55] bms I think I understand how folded SHA256 hashes and Merkle trees work. [17:55] bms This is the same reason I refuse to join what I now term as "The cult of the Superficially Viable Artifacts". [17:56] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: tl-0.0.1 on CRAN: New Package http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/06/22#tl_0.0.1 [17:56] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] NFTs [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] slop is better marketed NFTs [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] lots more budget for marketing [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] it's not useless [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] it has value [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] it's "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] a soup of garbage [17:56] bms The really sad thing about all of this is Roy [17:57] bms JCR Licklider was pushing back against "AI" boosters even when he was conceiving of the ARPAnet [17:57] bms he was about IA. Intelligence Augmentation. We have that. It's called the Internet. [17:57] TR News GAFAM is Drowning in Debt, GAFAM is Clearly Not Sustainable Anymore (It Runs on Borrowed Money and Bailouts) https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/21/GAFAM_is_Drowning_in_Debt_GAFAM_is_Clearly_Not_Sustainable_Anym.shtml [17:57] TR Bot Techrights GAFAM is Drowning in Debt, GAFAM is Clearly Not Sustainable Anymore (It Runs on Borrowed Money and Bailouts) [17:57] schestowitz[TR2] it is also internet archive [17:57] schestowitz[TR2] which is under attack [17:57] schestowitz[TR2] for PRESERVING [17:57] bms yes [17:57] schestowitz[TR2] REAL info [17:58] bms Padlipsky's book is hosted there [17:58] bms essential for understanding how TCP/IP came to be [17:58] schestowitz[TR2] was it not vint cerf and colleagues? [17:58] bms I am divided on Vint because he went to work for the advertising company [17:59] bms Licklider and Padlipsky predated Cerf by a generation roughly [17:59] bms I have the dubious honour of my code running every time an iPhone connects to a network ● Jun 23 [18:00] bms do I get a red cent for this from AAPL? NOPE! And I can even remember sitting on my lat emother's sofa here in Scotland when I issued the svn commit. [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] when you are 80 and deaf you need millions [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] or something [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] to take to the grave [18:01] bms it did have the benefit of me being able to say I was "The Man" at an Ipv6 workshop at Loughborough University once [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] Loughborough? [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] who counts it? [18:02] bms Internet Archive sets the tone though. Their LCP stuff? you only get access to it if you're a genuine library [18:02] bms lboro host a lot of conferences as they have a big conference centre [18:02] bms individuals have to use good old fashioned PDF 1.3/PDF2.0 crypto but it's AES preshared key stuff it is not so bad [18:02] TR News APNIC and APNIC Foundation sign MoU to maximize sponsorship support for the Asia Pacific Internet community https://blog.apnic.net/2026/06/23/apnic-and-apnic-foundation-sign-mou-to-maximize-sponsorship-support-for-the-asia-pacific-internet-community/ [18:02] TR Bot APNIC and APNIC Foundation sign MoU to maximize sponsorship support for the Asia Pacific Internet community | APNIC Blog [18:03] TR News Mobile Internet prices in PNG: Stability amid infrastructure developments https://blog.apnic.net/2026/06/23/mobile-internet-prices-in-png-stability-amid-infrastructure-developments/ [18:03] TR Bot Mobile Internet prices in PNG: Stability amid infrastructure developments | APNIC Blog [18:03] bms I think that was the JISC IPv6 Deployment Workship 2012 iirc [18:03] bms I'm skeptical of Geoff Huston right now because he's been poopooing DANE [18:04] bms DANE doesn't propose to replace WebPKI/PKIX though [18:04] TR News Webshells Remain Popular, (Mon, Jun 22nd) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33096 [18:04] TR Bot Webshells Remain Popular - SANS Internet Storm Center [18:04] bms Thomas Ptacek also poopooed it but he is allegedly AI-pilled now [18:04] TR News CVE-2024-40766: The Patch Fixed the Bug. Nobody Fixed the Configuration., (Tue, Jun 23rd) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33094 [18:04] TR Bot CVE-2024-40766: The Patch Fixed the Bug. Nobody Fixed the Configuration. [18:04] bms I'm looking at DANE because I do not want to get LLM trained the instant I publish something [18:05] bms I can't prove they're watching CT but it's very likely, and as soon as a new Meta crawler bot showed up, it got added to SourceHut's go-away ruleset [18:05] TR News Optocam Zero A Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W-based DIY digital camera https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/06/22/optocam-zero-a-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-based-diy-digital-camera/ [18:05] TR Bot Optocam Zero - A Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W-based DIY digital camera - CNX Software [18:05] bms "the tao that can be told is not the true tao." [18:06] schestowitz[TR2] I'm skeptical of Geoff Huston right now because he's been poopooing DANE [18:06] bms I do use GL-inet kit a lot so it's annoying that getting end-to-end DNSSEC validation means making the right recursive DNS serve choice [18:07] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@pupsf4x2uvcgu.irc) has joined #techrights [18:07] bms I trust RevK even though I haven't met him so I went with Andrews & Arnold's DNSSEC resolver which does DNS-over-HTTPS and is openly accessible [18:07] IsambardPrince https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/23/factory-job-cuts-reported-around-financial-crisis-and-covid-levels-for-june-sp-says.html [18:07] TR Bot Factory job cuts in June neared financial crisis and Covid levels, S&P says [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] DNS witth TLS has new issues [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] in practice [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] mooz uises it to outsourced lookups [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] even to the US [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] to a US Army company [18:07] bms mooz? [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] via dody companies [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] and calls that "privacy" [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] *dodgy [18:08] bms I remember Booz Allen Hamilton crawling my undergraduate web page in the 90s [18:08] bms it is going to be a summer of UK ICO GDPR Right to Erasure requests for me LOLOLOL [18:08] schestowitz[TR2] Booz Allen also targeted TR [18:08] schestowitz[TR2] plus: [18:09] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/01/Booz_Allen_Hamilton_the_Former_Employer_of_Edward_Snowden_NSA_C.shtml [18:09] TR Bot Techrights Booz Allen Hamilton, the Former Employer of Edward Snowden (NSA Contractor), is Drowning in Debt [18:09] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/27/DEI_is_Booz_Allen_the_Employer_Ed_Snowden_Blew_the_Whistle_on.shtml [18:09] TR Bot Techrights DEI is Booz Allen (the Employer Ed Snowden Blew the Whistle on) [18:09] TR News If You Only Shine for One Night https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/06/22/shine/ [18:09] TR Bot Blog Archive If You Only Shine for One Night [18:09] bms I watched the Snowden film last week, it wasn't as much fun as Valerie Veatch's "Ghost in the Machine" [18:10] bms but his points about endpoint security being the pain point are well made [18:10] TR News Attackers Exploit Gravity SMTP Plugin Flaw to Harvest Valuable WordPress Data https://www.securityweek.com/attackers-exploit-gravity-smtp-plugin-flaw-to-harvest-valuable-wordpress-data/ [18:10] TR Bot Exploit Gravity SMTP Plugin Flaw to Harvest Valuable WordPress Data - SecurityWeek [18:10] TR News First preview release of Xfce's Wayland compositor https://lwn.net/Articles/1078942/ [18:10] TR Bot preview release of Xfce's Wayland compositor [LWN.net] [18:10] bms Prof. Bill Buchanan (cryptographer, Scottish) is not AI-pilled [18:11] bms Prof. Jon Crowcroft (networking, Cambridge) also appears to be clear of the contagion [18:11] TR News More of IBM's slopfest in Red Hat's domain https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/22/designing-distributed-ai-inference-core-concepts-and-scaling-dimensions [18:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/22/designing-distributed-ai-inference-core-concepts-and-scaling-dimensions ) [18:12] bms Amnesty International sent me a better free card bookmark than the miniature Chinese leather dogshit Emporio Bezos sent me [18:12] TR News A Visit To Jordan https://yottadb.com/a-visit-to-jordan/ [18:12] TR Bot Visit To Jordan - YottaDB [18:13] bms Emporio Bezos may be datamining every single thing I Do, and they DO appear to have implemented "behavioral pricing" but they gave me a 75GBP kickback I put on a minor network upgrade [18:14] bms I actually found Ghost in the Machine difficult to watch, because it brought all these scumbags to life with actual video clips [18:14] TR News CentOS June 2026 News https://blog.centos.org/2026/06/june-2026-news/ [18:14] TR Bot 2026 News Blog.CentOS.org [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] citizenfour? [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] there are several snowden fiulms [18:14] bms jsut the Hollywood one with the Two and a half MEn guy [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] probably showbiz then [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] not informative [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] poitras has mostly vanished [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] after omidyar canned hjer and others [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] omidyarPAC in effect killed off the NSA and GCHQ leaks [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] by buying people with access to the files [18:16] bms I did subscribe to The Intercept briefly but it's too US-focused [18:16] bms there is ana rticle trnaslated from Chinese I have yet to read that got linked to ont he Fedi by the person who did the (presumably human) transaltion about how that culture sees "generative AI" [18:17] bms Ah, GCHQ. Never did busienss with them. Canada's GRC did start using some code of mine from the late 00s though but due to copyright assignment, company failure, and repo churn, I didn't find out until early this year. [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] my phd thesis from 20+ eyars ago covers "generative AI" [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] but we called it "generative mode" [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] for PCA models [18:18] bms my thesis from almost exactly 10 years ago now covers much of what is now going on in Cisco's Segment Routing proposal [18:19] bms SoftBank invest in SRv6 through intemediaries based in Silicon Valley with a view to 6G robotics applications [18:19] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [18:19] bms Facebook took not what I'd worked on directly, but the concept, and essentially "enshittified" it for their own flavour of network function virtualization (NFV) in their own cloud [18:20] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [18:20] TR News New Exploit Bypasses Apples Boot Defenses, Affects Millions of iPhones https://www.securityweek.com/new-exploit-bypasses-apples-boot-defenses-affects-millions-of-iphones/ [18:20] TR Bot Exploit Bypasses Apple's Boot Defenses, Affects Millions of iPhones - SecurityWeek [18:20] bms anyone in the space is reinventing wheels constantly [18:20] bms e.g. the "SD-WAN" market [18:21] TR News When companies go out of their way to undermine security it is no "accident"; saying so it not "conspiracy theory", it's typical an actual conspiracy between those companies and spy agencies. [18:21] bms a former client of mine from the 00s ended up doing that. Oh boy oh boy do I remember playing a Firewire based DV tape drive to get live RTP feeds. It wasn't my code that was b0rked, I ws hacking around the fact their MPEG4 codec vendor didn't grok the RFCs for RTP properly [18:22] bms if you do digital video or even just voice telephony with RTP you need to digitize the time base and relay that in RTCP packets interleaved with the RTP stream [18:22] bms the codec they bought from these Danish guys... did not do that. they did a bang on slaes job, the BBC were using their rigs, it was INMARSAT BGAN based. [18:24] TR News Introducing the Qt Project CMake Skill for Hey Hi (AI) Agents https://www.qt.io/blog/introducing-the-qt-project-cmake-skill-for-ai-agents [18:24] TR Bot Introducing the Qt Project CMake Skill for AI Agents [18:24] bms I can remember it all right as rain, I was sat in my London N1 flat listening to Frank Zappa's "Sheik Yerbouti" and hacking code under MSYS/MinGW in Windows Server 2003 on a ThinkPad T43. [18:24] bms but that's just an example of not so much reinventing wheels, as misunderstanding said wheel entirely. [18:24] TR News Qt is not just proprietary; it is swallow and spreading the slop Kool-Aid [18:25] bms Qt bad? Well. There has been shitposting about Qt along the liens of "You must use QML" when that is not true and Qt6 still supports the classic C++ bindings [18:25] bms I should rescue KScope for the sake of my students [18:25] TR News Decades-Old Squid Proxy Flaw Squidbleed Can Expose User Data https://www.securityweek.com/decades-old-squid-proxy-flaw-squidbleed-can-expose-user-data/ [18:25] TR Bot Squid Proxy Flaw 'Squidbleed' Can Expose User Data - SecurityWeek [18:26] bms computer networking itself is in a state of monoculture and stagnation partly because of the hyperscalers [18:26] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [18:26] TR News Microsoft TCO: North Korean Hackers Blamed for Mastra NPM Supply Chain Attack https://www.securityweek.com/north-korean-hackers-blamed-for-mastra-npm-supply-chain-attack/ [18:26] TR Bot Korean Hackers Blamed for Mastra NPM Supply Chain Attack - SecurityWeek [18:26] bms its' all eBGP + Clos network of ToR switches. thats' the recipe. for Layer 2, anything that makes NVidia GPUDirect faster or more robust [18:27] bms and for your switches you have... heavily Microsoft influenced and funded SONiC FoundatioN! Even their docs come across as fascist. They won't take patches for other OSes, or sit on them. Linux corporate monoculture. [18:28] bms intellectual rage bait on levels similar to those I saw with that LWN article about capabilities and the hardware ARM have been field testing [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] LWN=PF front [18:29] bms reductio ad absurdum is a powerful weapon in not just the mathematician's arsenal, but that of any philosopher [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] PF/LF = GAFFAM [18:29] bms you can't beat Schopenhauer for legal argument [18:30] bms and for deciphering exactly why LLMs cannot "think", Charles Sanders Peirce from 1892 in "The Law of Mind" [18:30] TR News More Cybersecurity Firms Disclose Impact From Klue Hack https://www.securityweek.com/more-cybersecurity-firms-disclose-impact-from-klue-hack/ [18:30] TR Bot Cybersecurity Firms Disclose Impact From Klue Hack - SecurityWeek [18:30] bms LWN basically didn't credit any of the people who were doing capabilities research over and above the CHERI engineers at ARM. [18:31] bms They were working on not-Linux. [18:31] TR News Fortinet Responds to FortiBleed Campaign https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-responds-to-fortibleed-campaign/ [18:31] TR Bot Responds to FortiBleed Campaign - SecurityWeek [18:31] TR News Texas Parks & Wildlife Data Breach Affects 3 Million Individuals https://www.securityweek.com/texas-parks-wildlife-data-breach-affects-3-million-individuals/ [18:31] TR Bot Parks & Wildlife Data Breach Affects 3 Million Individuals - SecurityWeek [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] who wrore it at LWN?> [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] which staffg autrhor:? [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] they have conflict of int. [18:33] TR News Firefox Nightly: Eyedropper Quick Action, geckodriver 0.37, and Tighter File Permissions These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 205 https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/06/22/eyedropper-quick-action-geckodriver-0-37-and-tighter-file-permissions-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-205/ [18:33] TR Bot Eyedropper Quick Action, geckodriver 0.37, and Tighter File Permissions These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 205 Firefox Nightly News [18:34] bms https://lwn.net/Articles/1037974/ [18:34] TR Bot with a Linux on top [LWN.net] [18:34] TR News Patent shakedown is nothing to be celebrated https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/nokia-strikes-patent-licensing-deals-with-lenovo-and-acer/ [18:34] TR Bot Nokia strikes patent licensing deals with Lenovo and Acer [18:34] bms the definition of capability is fair but only once you get into the text, but of course accessibility is an issue; most people think of access control only in terms of lists [18:38] bms they did at least name check KeyKOS and Norman Hardy's site at cap-lore.com is well worth a read for this topic [18:38] bms capabilities thinking forced me to review keyboxing and I don't think even OpenBSD solves this right now [18:38] bms Microsoft want you to trust Pluton and its Key Services Provider [18:39] TR News Professional Athletes and Wearables https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/professional-athletes-and-wearables.html [18:39] TR Bot Athletes and Wearables - Schneier on Security [18:40] TR News Court rules SAVE database illegal, orders it dismantled https://cyberscoop.com/court-rules-save-database-illegal-orders-dismantling/ [18:40] TR Bot rules SAVE database illegal, orders it dismantled | CyberScoop [18:41] bms I had skimmed the odd LWN article but, let me say this, I am a mentor on Google's Summer of Code programme [18:42] bms they gave me "free" access but I really do not see that as a perk. I looked. [18:42] TR News Biggest UK local newsbrands: Reach sites worst hit after Surveillance Giant Google algorithm changes https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/biggest-uk-local-news-websites-2026/ [18:42] TR Bot Biggest UK local news websites 2026: Reach sites worst hit - Press Gazette [18:43] bms I think this will be my last GSoC. I moved all non-GSoC and project correspondence out of GMail. I'm even winding down Thunderbird now that I found Seamonkey is faster, slimmer, and has better OpenPGP support; Mozilla crapped on Enigmail and want you to use their own crap code. [18:43] bms I didn't look at the T&Cs THAT closely, but I suspect they don't like mentors being critical of the advertising company. [18:44] bms That's what we refer to the G in GAFAM now as in polite company. The advertising company. [18:44] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [18:45] TR News Rights groups demand release of Burkina Faso journalist held in secret detention https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/rights-groups-demand-release-of-burkina-faso-journalist-held-in-secret-detention/ [18:45] TR Bot Rights groups demand release of Burkina Faso journalist held in secret detention - JURIST - News [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] others did too [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] inc.people who worked there [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] one was here [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] afaik, he died [18:48] bms What Google did to Timnit Gebrhu was disgusting [18:48] bms and Margaret Mitchell [18:49] bms I'm one of the invisibles pretty much, you wouldn't know I was there unless you very specifically looked for me [18:50] bms my company is incorporated in the London area but I live in Scotland, that is deliberate, but I may move it all back north if Labour Party HQ get any more GAFAM pilled. [18:50] bms Burnham might resist. [18:50] bms I could have joined Arista Networks on the ground floor, pre-PhD, they became the doyenne of the financial services industry, but I had other stuff going on. [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] is Burnham confirmed? [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] billBC said he was last night [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] then said it was contested [18:52] schestowitz[TR2] i have not been keeping up [18:52] bms I got to where I am now becaues of a combination of luck, skill, real human pain, and quite possibly genetics (my first cousin on my father's side worked on something called the Manhattan Project, his brother opposed Milton Friedman at UoChicago, and my uncle was Scotland's first professor of neuroscience) [18:52] schestowitz[TR2] Burnham left his Manchester pos. weeks ago [18:52] schestowitz[TR2] i see, well, you do seem articulate at tech "stuff" [18:52] bms yeah Burnham strikes me as more left leaning than the Starmer-droid [18:53] schestowitz[TR2] Burnham seems OK [18:53] schestowitz[TR2] I would trust Burnham at the pub [18:53] bms it is the toxic lobbyist in Labour HQ [18:54] bms ok so we have the AISI and I did look at their job specs. I don't have enough hard deep learning experience. Sure I could take a few months and drill on PyTorch, Ollama etc [18:54] bms AISI strikes me as too industry aligned [18:54] TR News Hacktivism is an underestimated threat, especially in geopolitical crises https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/hacktivism-is-an-underestimated-threat-especially-in-geopolitical-crises/ [18:55] TR Bot Hacktivism is an underestimated threat, especially in geopolitical crises | The Strategist [18:55] bms Nik Suresh has good secondary referents for that stuff too [18:56] TR News 29 Organizations Rally Behind No Consent, No Deal Hey Hi (AI) Approach, Call on Labels and Publishers to End Default Opt-Ins, Forced Hey Hi (AI) Clauses, and More https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/22/ai-transparency-demand-29-organizations/ [18:56] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/22/ai-transparency-demand-29-organizations/ ) [18:56] TR News Drake, OVO Sued for Nearly $4M Over Multiple Loan Payment Defaults https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/22/drake-ovo-loan-payment-defaults-lawsuit/ [18:56] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/22/drake-ovo-loan-payment-defaults-lawsuit/ ) [18:57] bms similarly seeking a professorship is difficult for me right now, I'm not published enough [18:57] schestowitz[TR2] https://news.tuxmachines.org/node/158485 [18:57] TR Bot content type. Ignoring. [18:58] bms there was a spec in .nl that came to me by way of the guys involved in distributed-actor models (somehting which Microsoft ironically also flirted with) [18:58] TR News Los Angeles superintendent resigns after Hey Hi (AI) contract comes under scrutiny https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2026/0622/los-angeles-superintendent-ai [18:58] TR Bot Angeles superintendent resigns after AI contract comes under scrutiny - CSMonitor.com ● Jun 23 [19:01] *jelly has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [19:02] bms I would not use Claude Code even if you threw big bags of money at me [19:02] bms I read Jonny Saunders' reverse engineering notes about it [19:02] TR News Shop update! New USB-Card https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/new-usb-card/ [19:02] TR Bot Shop update! New USB-Card | Krita [19:02] bms but to paraphrase Brad Pitt's character from Se7en: just because I have a library card does not make me Yoda [19:03] TR News Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Fintech giant axes Sherwood News staff amid 10% cuts https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/ [19:03] TR Bot Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Rolling updates - Press Gazette [19:03] bms if what you feel you need to do amounts to a change in paradigm or professional practice, a generative tech based on previous work is unlikely to help you [19:04] schestowitz[TR2] it's now even work [19:04] bms but because business idiots believe other business idiots over actual credentialed scientists... [19:05] bms indeed. it's the artifacts. most human knowledge is tacit and/or unspoken. this is the terrritory-is-not-the-map fallacy. Alfred Korzybski in reverse. [19:05] TR News Ensure an EOF-newline for every git-tracked text file (that changed since the main branch), except for .meta files http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/44083/ensure-an-eof-newline-for-every-git-tracked-text-file-that-changed-since-the-main-branch-except-for-.meta-files [19:05] TR Bot Ensure an EOF-newline for every git-tracked text file (that changed since the main branch), except for .meta files Using diff, grep, xargs [19:05] bms I made every second of a funded PhD count. I read Science and Sanity in year 1. [19:05] schestowitz[TR2] what year? [19:05] schestowitz[TR2] 1990s? [19:05] schestowitz[TR2] 2010? [19:05] bms 2012 [19:06] bms we have Intelligence Augmentation already as long as the feeds are clean [19:06] bms AI is a step backwards from IA [19:06] TR News Common Vaccine Linked to 24% Lower Dementia Risk in Major Study https://www.sciencealert.com/common-vaccine-linked-to-24-lower-dementia-risk-in-major-study [19:06] TR Bot Vaccine Linked to 24% Lower Dementia Risk in Major Study : ScienceAlert [19:06] TR News A Copper-Based Drug Clears Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins in Mice https://www.sciencealert.com/a-copper-based-drug-clears-buildup-of-alzheimers-proteins-in-mice [19:06] TR Bot Copper-Based Drug Clears Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins in Mice : ScienceAlert [19:07] schestowitz[TR2] plagiarism augments nothing [19:07] schestowitz[TR2] anbd if it fuses together two sources [19:07] bms but the feeds themselves were always subject to distortion anyway. compare with the concept of the "true ensemble" in Greg Egan's sci-fi novel "Quarantine": how to bootstrap yourself out of a fascist structure. [19:07] schestowitz[TR2] then it is multi-source plagiarism [19:07] schestowitz[TR2] which is still not science [19:07] bms Try asking a chatbot to cite sources. [19:07] bms Even when the source is right in front of you. [19:08] TR News One Blood Type Appears to Carry Higher Risk of Type 2 Diabetes https://www.sciencealert.com/one-blood-type-appears-to-carry-higher-risk-of-type-2-diabetes [19:08] TR Bot Blood Type Appears to Carry Higher Risk of Type 2 Diabetes : ScienceAlert [19:08] schestowitz[TR2] i see it that way [19:08] bms "Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI: Evidence-Based Approaches to Pedagogy, Ethics, and Beyond" by Corbeil & Corbeil is an AI booster text [19:08] schestowitz[TR2] LLMs are LLMverse [19:08] schestowitz[TR2] for some addicts [19:08] bms it is full of "growth mindset" [19:08] schestowitz[TR2] let them drink their own urine [19:08] schestowitz[TR2] sooner or later they will come to the adult's pool [19:09] schestowitz[TR2] and realise the good swimmers are here [19:09] schestowitz[TR2] not eating and drinking their pee [19:09] schestowitz[TR2] with other LLM kids [19:09] bms the authors which need to be read here are Chomsky, Baillergeon, Sagan and Illich. [19:09] schestowitz[TR2] it is to their disavantage [19:09] bms Also Neil Postman. I read his Technopoly on a boat to the Isle of May that same year [19:10] bms "AI and ML for Coders in Pytorch: A Coder's Guide to Generative AI and Machine Learning" by Moroney [19:10] *jelly-hme (~jelly@twilight.kladdkaka.org) has joined #techrights [19:10] bms cites Edsger Dijkstra in the chapter titles, yet... fails to understand what he was driving at in "Craftsman or Scientist" from 197 at the ACM in SF. [19:11] bms s/197/1975/ [19:11] bms as soon as you see or hear the words "growth mindset" you know something is up [19:11] TR News Playing CD is RAM and CPU efficient. The hardware does a lot of the work and no decryption/decompression is needed. [19:11] schestowitz[TR2] growth is nott always desirable [19:11] schestowitz[TR2] cancer grows [19:12] bms because cancer doesn't have a mindset. it just kills you if untreated successfully. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] noise can grow [19:12] bms high five [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] sometimes less is the goal [19:12] bms logical parsimony is the very sine qua non of abductive reasoning [19:12] bms the thing that LLMs cannot emulate [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] expansion = ccomplexity [19:12] bms C.S. Peirce, 1892. [19:13] bms the whole LLM thing relies on appeal to novelty but this is symptomatic of a wider cultural problem. [19:13] *psymin (~psymin@me3biw7mdts84.irc) has joined #techrights [19:13] *psymin has quit (connection closed) [19:13] bms my old flatmate did some cool work on adding support for the SCTP protocol to the Go language [19:14] bms I had to cut off all communication with him because he was turning into an AI booster depsite the fact he himself witnessed Codex generating a superficially viable artifact [19:14] bms he was asking me to help him build an LLM [19:14] TR News How to update Ubuntu on a VPS https://www.hostinger.com/uk/tutorials/how-to-update-ubuntu [19:14] TR Bot How to update Ubuntu on a VPS [19:14] bms that is more than within my capabilities as an engineer but as a scientist I have no interest in it whatsoever (it is also morally bereft) [19:15] bms his justification seemed to be money now, rather than money later [19:15] schestowitz[TR2] whose? ex flatmate? [19:15] bms my ex flatmate in particular [19:16] bms I only saw him twice over 2010s; once at a conference in Warsaw, and once at my temporary residence in West Ham [19:16] bms I personally did not drink the Go juice [19:17] bms I did audit the code for the Golang goroutine scheduler which I think was written in C at that time [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] the name go is a warning [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] it says who controls it [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] and who owns you [19:17] bms the lack of priority queueing made me think "This is a bit silly, are theyy just trying to sell more GCP cycleS?" [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] and your program [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] if you adopt it [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] rust is alsoa awarning label [19:18] bms well it had a pedigree of sorts. [19:18] bms oh man. don't get me started on Rust [19:18] bms Bjarne is at least trying to fix C++ and the real problems are elsewhere [19:18] TR News This Linux distro finally makes switching from Windows feel natural [19:18] bms I'm well aware of Rust I just don't plan to use it or learn it [19:18] TR News This Linux distro finally makes switching from Windows feel natural https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-distro-finally-makes-switching-from-windows-feel-natural/ [19:18] TR Bot This Linux distro finally makes switching from Windows feel natural [19:18] bms when you get into the capabilities frame of mind... systems thinking [19:19] bms Python has bad issues bd bad bad no encapsulation in the language [19:19] bms CapPython withered on the vine, Guido was up for it though [19:19] TR News Garbage copycat from a slop company. BORING! https://hackaday.com/2026/06/22/msys2-and-the-no-fuss-way-to-get-more-gnu-into-your-windows/ [19:19] TR Bot And The No-Fuss Way To Get More GNU Into Your Windows | Hackaday [19:19] bms I have a plan to mitigate that but I have learned to shut the f**k up about actual innovation [19:20] TR News NVIDIA's "Blackwell-Next" GPU Appears in Linux Kernel Patches https://www.techpowerup.com/350159/nvidias-blackwell-next-gpu-appears-in-linux-kernel-patches [19:20] TR Bot "Blackwell-Next" GPU Appears in Linux Kernel Patches | TechPowerUp [19:20] bms the problem with Rust is it's infectious, you really do end up rewriting everything in it, and it does not handle grown up data structures at all well [19:20] bms where to begin... general DAGS.... Boost Graph Library type stuff based on adjacency matrices... junior PyTorch style stuff... skip lists... even red-black trees... [19:20] TR News After 6 years and over 360 commits, Linux 7.2 finally removes "a persistent source of bugs" https://www.xda-developers.com/after-6-years-and-over-360-commits-linux-72-finally-removes-a-persistent-source-of-bugs/ [19:20] TR Bot After 6 years and over 360 commits, Linux 7.2 finally removes "a persistent source of bugs" [19:21] bms Golang did have some good old UNIX hands behind it in the beginning [19:21] bms there's even some Plan 9 lineage in there [19:21] TR News Expensive. https://9to5linux.com/steam-machines-is-up-for-reservation-from-1049-with-arch-linux-based-steamos-3 [19:21] TR Bot Machine Is Up for Reservation from $1,049 with Arch Linux-Based SteamOS 3 - 9to5Linux [19:21] bms Microsoft love Plan 9 because it lets them put Linux in a little box called WSL that lives in your Win11 terminal window [19:22] bms I did double check my connection to irc.techrights.org is using TLS LOLOLOL [19:22] TR News We brought Hermes Agent to iMessage, even on Linux and Windows https://hackernoon.com/we-brought-hermes-agent-to-imessage-even-on-linux-and-windows [19:22] TR Bot [19:22] bms Weechat's TLS trust mechanisms suck though, it needs a Trust on First Use dialogue [19:23] TR News The Steam Machine Is An Iconoclastic Computer Born In Unforgiving Times https://aftermath.site/steam-machine-review-price/ [19:23] TR Bot The Steam Machine Is An Iconoclastic Computer Born In Unforgiving Times [19:23] bms Ed Zitron has unwittingly hyponotized me into associating the terms "growth mindset" with "Business idiot" [19:23] bms and FiloSottile? He left Google. But he did help crank out some Certificate Transparency stuff plus Golang's software bill of materials trust anchor [19:23] TR News "What actually is it? A program that can scan your system to detect games with different upscaling and frame-generation DLLs (DLSS / XeSS / FSR), then allow you to upgrade the versions they use. It should work across various different game launchers." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/dlss-updater-4-2-0-brings-improved-linux-support/ [19:23] TR Bot Updater 4.2.0 brings improved Linux support | GamingOnLinux [19:24] bms Golang has a better SBOM story than the others mostly. But you put all your eggs in one basket. Trust that the advertising company will not poison things. For golang packages depend on it for the trust model within how it implements SBOM. [19:24] TR News Microsoft Tim compares this to Microsoft https://www.devclass.com/devops/2026/06/22/apple-gives-mac-devs-a-wsl-ish-thing-to-call-their-own/5259287 [19:24] TR Bot Apple gives Mac devs a WSL-ish thing to call their own [19:24] bms Law of inverse consequences. Trump rolling back cybersecurity requirements has allowed C++ to begin to catch up. [19:25] TR News Very pricey https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-machine-pricing-and-launch-announced-and-yes-its-pricey/ [19:25] TR Bot Machine pricing and launch announced and yes it's pricey | GamingOnLinux [19:26] TR News (NEW): Apple and GNU/Linux Containers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/13/Apple_and_GNU_Linux_Containers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/13/Apple_and_GNU_Linux_Containers.gmi [19:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Apple and GNU/Linux Containers [19:26] bms I personally do plan to use C++26 for future work, but I'm in the loop with the right people with the clue, and whilst they are using other RTOS for IoT work and are well aware of CHERI, they have warned me about C++26 limitations. [19:26] TR News Comparing "Linux" to BS https://www.odaily.news/en/post/5211480 [19:26] TR Bot Ethereum is retracing the same path as the Internet and Linux: everyone refuses to yield to anyone else, and in the end, the neutral party takes it all. - Odaily [19:26] bms Like, abandoning decades of process and domain knowledge just to use the pet language of the day? [19:26] TR News "Additionally, it's clear I don't have even the tiniest bit of artistic talent within me. As if the hunters are not going to spot a bit of wall that suddenly looks like this" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/meccha-chameleon-is-a-hide-and-seek-body-painting-game-taking-over-steam/ [19:26] TR Bot CHAMELEON is a hide-and-seek body painting game taking over Steam | GamingOnLinux [19:27] bms Even John Lakos at Bloomberg is not doing that. I have his Volume 1 of his new work in print, Vol2 is due out next year. [19:27] bms Herb Sutter was similarly skeptical about the LLM job-taking at BeCPP in March [19:27] TR News Valve has added support for AMD FSR 4 for graphics cards. Radeon RX 7000 on Linux https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/valve-dobavila-podderzhku-amd-fsr-4-dlya-videokart-radeon-rx-7000-v-linux [19:27] TR Bot Valve has added support for AMD FSR 4 for graphics cards. Radeon RX 7000 on Linux [19:27] bms his focus was on results-per-watt. sheer energy efficiency [19:28] bms I just fitted a UPS to my home server this week... I know what a current draw constantly charging a lead acid cell can be. [19:28] TR News "Another small step towards not needing the NVIDIA proprietary driver. Nice!" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-open-source-nvidia-vulkan-driver-nvk-now-has-experimental-dlss-support/ [19:28] TR Bot open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver (NVK) now has experimental DLSS support | GamingOnLinux [19:28] bms it's like AI-bros live in some separate little reality of their own they are trying to preach as some form of new twisted pseudo-religion [19:29] bms it isn't scientific in the slightest and the merest truisms of reason will quickly show it to be nothing more than magical thinking [19:29] TR News "The Linux 7.2 Kernel Patches have seen the addition of a next-gen NVIDIA GPU architecture, cleverly listed as "Blackwell-Next"." https://wccftech.com/nvidia-prepares-next-gen-gpu-architectures-blackwell-next-spotted-in-linux-7-2/ [19:29] TR Bot NVIDIA Prepares For Next-Gen GPU Architectures As "Blackwell-Next" Spotted In Linux 7.2 Kernel Patch [19:29] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [19:29] bms I have a CUDA capable NVidia GPU in my spanking laptop I got mostly to hedge against memory price increases [19:30] bms it's no good for gaming because it is a mux-less design; the Intel Arc iGPU is needed for actual video rendering [19:30] TR News "A coalition including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft" https://www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/linux-foundation-forms-appia-foundation-to-build-shared-ai-conformity-checks promoting scams using the name "Linux" [19:30] TR Bot Appia Foundation targets AI conformity evidence across supply chains | ETIH EdTech News EdTech Innovation Hub [19:30] bms OLlama turned up fine on it. But complained about the low 4GB GDDR6 VRAM. [19:30] *jelly-hme has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [19:30] bms I don't care. I don't need LLMs. I deleted my HuggingFace account. [19:32] bms I'm irritated because Anthropic just published a new privacy policy. I revoked my own access to their site weeks ago through Google OAuth2. Yet I still got that email. I am so going to kill my GMail account off now I don't use it for anything other than certain administrative tasks, GSoC (which requires a GMail account), and project tasks [19:33] bms I bought a mug and a t-shirt to support David Gerard at Pivot-to-AI.com and gave the mug to my stepfather as a gift along with "Polemics against Religion". I wear the t-shirt. [19:34] bms He just moved to Glasgow. I have a copy of his previous book debunking blockchain. Incidentally I bootcamped myself in Apache Spark data science to help out a friend who was interested in blockchain analytics ~2015. [19:34] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows/Videos: Late Night Linux and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Audiocasts_Shows_Videos_Late_Night_Linux_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Audiocasts_Shows_Videos_Late_Night_Linux_and_More.gmi [19:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows/Videos: Late Night Linux and More [19:34] TR News (NEW): Kernel: eBPF, NVIDIA, and 7.2 (Linux) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Kernel_eBPF_NVIDIA_and_7_2_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Kernel_eBPF_NVIDIA_and_7_2_Linux.gmi [19:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Kernel: eBPF, NVIDIA, and 7.2 (Linux) [19:34] bms Oh yeah, I was going to get into eBPF but it was Overcome by Events. [19:35] bms I need to at least be aware of it. I did rototile my classic BPF bindings as "cBPF". Not widely published. [19:35] bms A framework on my hitlist for review, which extends capabilities based security models into the distributed domain, makes use of eBPF for seccomp in Linux. [19:36] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [19:36] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [19:36] bms I haven't logged into GitHub for over a week. I can hear the crickets. 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Debian, and EasyOS [19:59] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Programming_Leftovers.gmi [19:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming Leftovers [19:59] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Feed_Readers_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Feed_Readers_Leftovers.gmi [19:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers Leftovers ● Jun 23 [20:01] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Security_Leftovers.gmi [20:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [20:02] bms "The man with the egg-shaped head": Marc Andreesen. Helped out with a cool new thing called a web browser once, in the 1990s. Now, he is an asshole. [20:03] schestowitz[TR2] bms: why ever? [20:03] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 23/06/2026: Gardens, Basketball, Blocking Hyperscaler, and New Commodore Phone https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Gemini_Links_23_06_2026_Gardens_Basketball_Blocking_Hyperscaler.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Gemini_Links_23_06_2026_Gardens_Basketball_Blocking_Hyperscaler.gmi [20:03] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 23/06/2026: Gardens, Basketball, Blocking Hyperscaler, and New Commodore Phone [20:03] bms "The man in the bomber jacket." Jensen Huang. He is nobody's friend. He just wants to seell GPUs. Like the relationship advice given by the Chinese laundry employee in "Family Guy" after relationship separation: "You better off." [20:04] bms schestowitz[TR2]: a17z strategy is fake it til you make it, they throw money at ... [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] GPU for what, jensen? [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] for games? [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] no [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] for bitcoin? [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] no [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] for hey hi. [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] when then? [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] what tomorrow? [20:05] bms Jensen Huang actually makes me wonder if the AI-pseudo-religion would degenerate if China do invade .tw [20:05] bms I have an RTX 500 in a THinkPad P14S I just DO NOT USE [20:05] bms it's not even any use for games. it's muxless. the Intel iGPU is always needed to render anything [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/03/The_Circular_Financing_Bubble_Company_NVIDIA_Harming_People_Wit.shtml [20:05] TR Bot Tux Machines The Circular Financing Bubble Company, NVIDIA, Harming People With "Old" GPUs and GNU/Linux [20:06] bms yeah I did snag NVIDIA-RTX-500-Ada-Generation-GPU-Driver_RMNJ2_WIN64_32.0.15.6641_A02 for this reason yesterday [20:06] bms it is the only driver I believe qualified for Win10 IoT [20:07] bms but like I say it's of no consequence [20:07] schestowitz[TR2] eventually people get that: [20:07] schestowitz[TR2] 1. they don't need GPU to read nerws [20:07] schestowitz[TR2] 1. they don't need GPU to write notes [20:07] schestowitz[TR2] 1. they don't need GPU to watch photos [20:07] bms if I were willing to suspend disbeleif, and given that Scottish Enterprise are AI-pilled right now, I could apply for a grant to buy an NVidia Spark or MSI EdgeXpert which is basically a Spark knockoff which is slightly cheaper [20:07] schestowitz[TR2] 1. they don't need GPU for pr0n [20:08] schestowitz[TR2] 1. they don't need GPU to speak to "mates" [20:08] TR News Techrights Links 23/06/2026: Microsoft Studio Closures and Journalism Subjected to Further Cuts https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Links_23_06_2026_Microsoft_Studio_Closures_and_Journalism_Subje.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Links_23_06_2026_Microsoft_Studio_Closures_and_Journalism_Subje.gmi [20:08] TR Bot Techrights Links 23/06/2026: Microsoft Studio Closures and Journalism Subjected to Further Cuts [20:08] bms both are AArch64 not x86-64 platforms [20:08] schestowitz[TR2] NVIDIA tries to sell some "lifesty;e" [20:08] bms What? Are you not running your NemoClaw? /s [20:09] bms I'm lining up mate because I totally want to grant pseudo-agency to a non-rational algoritthmic entity /s [20:09] bms Did you see the irony when Daniel Stenberg (the cURL author) mentioned Jensen showing everyone on stage how to pipe cURL output directly into bash on stage? [20:10] bms (hint: if you have any cybersecurity clue in your pinky finger, NEVER DO THAT EVER) [20:10] schestowitz[TR2] sudo curl ...runme.sh | sh [20:10] bms hehehahehehe [20:10] schestowitz[TR2] very secure and easy and fast [20:10] schestowitz[TR2] do it, OPENCLAW! [20:10] bms the sad part is they post cutesy AI pilled graphics of Jensen with his lobster claws in search results [20:11] bms I had to install NoGrok to sanitize search engine results now [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/nvidia-gtc-openclaw-new-linux-and-every-company-needs-strategy-says-jensen-huang [20:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/nvidia-gtc-openclaw-new-linux-and-every-company-needs-strategy-says-jensen-huang ) [20:11] bms ok capabilities limit some of the damage [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] https://hackernoon.com/is-openclaw-the-linux-moment-for-ai https://www.barchart.com/story/news/867145/openclaw-is-just-as-important-as-html-linux-and-chatgpt-jensen-huang-bets-that-agentic-ai-will-transform-nvda-stock [20:11] TR Bot [20:11] bms but you can't stop stupid people being stupid and this is where we must return to Prof. Cipolla! [20:11] TR Bot OpenClaw Is Just as Important as HTML, Linux, and ChatGPT: Jensen Huang Bets That Agentic AI Will Transform NVDA Stock [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] misusing the "linux" brand [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] for hype [20:11] bms cue baby crib music from beginnings of Fallout 3 [20:12] schestowitz[TR2] FOMO [20:12] bms Sigh. Linux. I remember running Linux 1.x kernels for the first time on a 80486DX2-66 system whose monitor failed in a student rabbit hutch in Dundee, Scotland ~1997. [20:13] bms I wanted to like Linux, I really did, but what probably saved me from Linux was Solaris. [20:13] nobody if you're really into this, nowadays the fiwix.org kernel is an interesting specimen [20:13] schestowitz[TR2] lt wanted something like Solaris [20:13] bms Only FreeBSD ever approached Solaris on a number of counts. [20:14] nobody or, if you need a bit more hardware support, i've forked linux2 kernel for support with tinycc-compiler, some recent drivers and filesystems added [20:14] bms OpenBSD had good ideas. I dual-booted OpenBSD with Win98 while listening to Ice Cube and writing Visual Basic with hardcore COM bindings. [20:14] bms Yeah. I did own a printed copy of the Jim Mauro book. [20:14] bms Doors are like AF_UNIX SCM_RIGHTS but like they had an extra nice time over the summer. [20:15] bms OpenBinder aped it. Android ingested it. [20:15] bms I fear Bryan Cantrill is too Rust-pilled for his own good [20:15] bms but he is an individual I would like to sell products to [20:15] bms like Microsoft, he has a baby BGP [20:16] bms I technically inherited a BGP. One of the authors is... MIA. The other... consulting for OpenAI despite his Royal Society fellowship??? [20:16] bms Slab allocators are cool shit even though Linus dumps on them [20:18] bms x86 RPL rings are just evil even though it might marginally have helped fixed something... don't get me started on event dispatch in NTOSKRNL.EXE especially with regards to sockets [20:19] bms Microsoft do have an RRAS Native BGP. But it's stupidly lobotimized. It is "business idiot" BGP as per the Ed Zitron terminology. As I recall it does not even support 32-bit wide autonomous system numbers. [20:19] TR News IBM CEO rewarded for failure: "Waiting with bated breath for my 51% raise this year!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvtcxm4w#replies [20:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvtcxm4w#replies ) [20:19] bms for (;;) { printf("Growth mindset.\n"); printf("Business idiot.\n"); } [20:20] bms I'm just hung up over how self promotional the BUMRAKETES guy was being [20:20] bms like, encapsulation got violated because of a weak check in a socket option [20:20] bms not exactly headline news but still a worthy CVE [20:20] bms if he really wanted to make cheddar...well that's short termism isn't it [20:20] TR News "ponzi scheme at work - take debt, raid a profitable company for its ip, cut the perks and employees and pay the dividend for ibm stock. house of cards is about to collapse with a little gust of wind." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvra27zp#replies [20:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvra27zp#replies ) [20:21] bms I've thankfully avoided biological fatherhood but I find myself having to play daddy to people [20:21] bms ok sure that isn't intended to sound condescending but the people it's really aimed at might take it that way [20:22] bms sure, BSDs have a keybox problem but here's the newsflash: EVERY OS SUCKS AT KEY MANAGEMENT except the ones you don't hear about in the news [20:22] bms Apple try to hive some of it off to seL4 on Cortex-A5x [20:22] TR News "There is no "Quantum chip technology race". Quantum computing is a scientific research project that likely won't culminate in any sort of commercially viable product for another 20-30 years MINIMUM. The press releases stating 3-5 years are just hype for uneducated investors." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvrfs2nc#replies [20:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvrfs2nc#replies ) [20:22] bms Microsoft are pushing Pluton [20:22] bms I didn't see anything in OpenBSD for it, I just skimmed their UVM man pages but I didn't Sourcegraph them hard enough [20:23] bms Sourcegraph. When you're too lazy to check out FLOSS trees manually and audit yourself and sell your "engagement" to them instead of GitHub. /s [20:23] TR News "But wait, there's more - IBM will be left in the dust for the Quantum chip technology race next. When you have a company run by losers like Arvind and his Pipmunks, you cannot help but wonder for how long they will be in business. Nothing but a bunch of overpaid executives who fail to deliver on their promises every single time." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvrfs2nc#replies [20:23] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [20:23] bms Newsflash: I don't get paid for any of this [20:24] TR News "Arvind is completely irrelevant amongst tech leaders. Ever notice that he is NEVER pictured with the other Tech CEOs in the media? Now it's possible that it's because those pictures tend to be cropped at about waist height so he simply isn't visible, but I'd bet on a different reason - the irrelevancy of IBM in modern tech." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvrfs2nc#replies [20:25] bms re: EVERY BOX SUCKS AT KEY MANAGEMENT, Linux got owned good and proper through its kernel-side key management a matter of weeks ago [20:25] bms every line of code is a liability [20:25] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:25] bms but nto like every sperm is sacred as in Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] rrisk and liability not the same [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] and "nothing to lose" [20:26] bms s/liability/potential liability/ [20:26] MinceR https://imgur.com/gallery/big-toes-heads-yeah-kinda-i4kfhd3 [20:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/big-toes-heads-yeah-kinda-i4kfhd3 ) [20:26] *lxo (~lxo@b4xjcexteeqvi.irc) has joined #techrights [20:26] bms I have only read the introduction to "The Law of Mind" by C.S. Peirce from 1892 and it was quite frankly beautiful [20:27] bms I just kind of drifted away from the GPL in the late 90s because the idea of freedom being "enforced by fiat" didn't seem right [20:27] bms so it is no big surprise right at this minute that the GPL is weaponized through realpolitk against the progressive social logic which drove open source from a different direction [20:28] bms open source has always been employed by power elites to refine the ideas scentifically before they are employed in depth [20:28] bms so it is kind of disturbing to me what Shuttleworth is doing [20:29] bms one reason the big RAM ThinkPad lies dormant in my flat is because it has Ubuntu on it [20:30] bms the garden rake effect of the Rustified coreutils rewrite. [20:30] bms like, why, dude? [20:32] schestowitz[TR2] mit licence [20:33] bms Well I am dealing with a chunk of code that wound up MIT-advertising but got GPLed later. [20:34] bms honestly, I found myself converging on Cantrill's decision. MPL-2.0 for new stuff [20:34] bms EPL patent clauses favour bigtech [20:34] bms it's not a complete ball ache and I already ground a lot of stuff into the dust in the shipbreaking branch [20:35] TR News 1871154 [20:35] bms less files, more scope for change. MPL lets me take only the bits which would need to be proprietary as such, without enshittifcation. File level copyleft. [20:35] TR News Oracle Stock Falls to Near Two-Month Low After Disclosing 13% Workforce Reduction https://www.ibtimes.com.au/oracle-stock-decline-workforce-cuts-ai-spending-1871154 [20:35] TR Bot Oracle Stock Falls to Near Two-Month Low After Disclosing 13% Workforce Reduction [20:36] MinceR not just the license, also giving microslop leverage by using rust [20:36] bms Rust has severe ecosystem problems. [20:36] nobody moment [20:36] bms Unfortunately NVidia are using it for driver code. [20:36] nobody http://tinyfront.mooo.com/docs.html#Acceptance-Criteria [20:36] TR Bot docs [20:36] nobody i've written a sentence or two about rust-lang, with footnotes attached [20:37] nobody currently, rust-lang is a dead-end [20:37] nobody for technical reasons [20:37] bms nobody: I didn't engage in polemic or eristic but I did draft a fairly solid pushback against it myself. [20:38] bms eristic: what litigant lawyers do [20:38] bms polemic: what George Orwell and Christopher Hitchens were very very good at [20:38] bms eritstic: Schopenhauer has LOADS to say about this [20:38] bms -t [20:41] schestowitz[TR2] rust is hype [20:41] schestowitz[TR2] which is based on false suppositions [20:44] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [20:44] nobody it's dangerous [20:44] bms I'm not going to login to GitHub... but someone submitted a PR there for FreeBSD kernel module support. I was told there was already a consensus on this so I have backed off, but my stance remains. People holding out for NVidia driver support on FreeBSD. I hope that is not used as a stick to beat people with [20:45] *Goblin (~use@s7msgb3dypfqc.irc) has joined #techrights [20:45] bms There is potential danger here. I already defended someone because their git logs had Claude Code trailers in them, and there was an accusation of slop. I looked at the commits alleged to have been slop. There was no slop. [20:45] bms The trailers were there, so the developer involved had indeed been using Claude Code. [20:46] bms one change was a one-liner, the other, nothing more than a C language switch..case expansion from an enum type. No slop. [20:47] bms The thing is, I posted about this on LinkedIn, and it immediately attracted a post from someone I can only describe as an "AI booster". [20:47] bms I removed their comment, then I removed my post. [20:48] bms LinkedIn made it briefly harder to curate your own feed and comments by removing the "Posts & Comments" link under profile icon last week on the web site. They are trying to push people to the mobile apps, presumably, but many great & good & grownup are there; it appears the change didn't fly and they reverted days ago [20:48] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:48] *lxo (~lxo@b4xjcexteeqvi.irc) has joined #techrights [20:48] bms The entire situation demonstrates two-dimensional thinking patterns [20:49] bms I know what an LLM is. and I know why I won't use one. [20:49] admfubar https://www.datagubbe.se/commophone/ [20:49] TR Bot and Phonies - Commodore Shenanigans Through The Ages | datagubbe.se [20:50] TR News Russian artist critical of Putin shot dead in Poland https://www.dw.com/en/russian-artist-critical-of-putin-shot-dead-in-poland/a-77576814 [20:50] TR Bot Russian artist critical of Putin shot dead in Poland [20:50] admfubar peek-a-boo... https://www.firstpost.com/tech/indias-tata-electronics-hit-by-cyber-breach-claiming-to-expose-apple-tesla-trade-secrets-14025229.html [20:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/indias-tata-electronics-hit-by-cyber-breach-claiming-to-expose-apple-tesla-trade-secrets-14025229.html ) [20:51] TR News Russian dissident artist Semyon Skrepezki murdered in Poland https://www.dw.com/en/russian-dissident-artist-semyon-skrepezki-murdered-in-poland/a-77612911 [20:51] TR Bot Russian dissident artist Semyon Skrepezki murdered in Poland [20:51] bms admfubar: the datagubbe guy likes Amigas and it brings back fond memories [20:51] TR News Poland: Arrest after Russian artist and Putin critic killed https://www.dw.com/en/poland-arrest-after-russian-artist-and-putin-critic-killed/a-77602774 [20:51] TR Bot Poland: Arrest after Russian artist and Putin critic killed [20:51] admfubar i like amigas too [20:51] TR News Is Russia heading for a fuel crisis? https://www.dw.com/en/is-russia-heading-for-a-fuel-crisis/a-77579542 [20:51] TR Bot Is Russia heading for a fuel crisis? [20:51] *\join_podcast has quit (Quit: leaving) [20:51] admfubar i ran a local commodore and amiga clubs [20:52] TR News Another suspect arrested over Russian artists murder https://cphpost.dk/2026-06-18/global/another-suspect-arrested-over-russian-artists-murder/ [20:52] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2026-06-18/global/another-suspect-arrested-over-russian-artists-murder/ ) [20:52] TR News energy crisis? https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-energy-9.713910 [20:52] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-energy-9.713910 ) [20:52] TR News energy crisis https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-energy-9.7139109 [20:52] TR Bot Ukraine keeps striking Russian refineries and supply routes. How close is the country to an energy crisis? | CBC News [20:54] TR News Tethys https://xkcd.com/3259/ [20:54] TR Bot Tethys [20:54] TR News Messi https://xkcd.com/3260/ [20:54] TR Bot Messi [20:55] TR News High Court - TikTok Technology Limited v Data Protection Commission (2026) IEHC 347 https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=High_Court_-_TikTok_Technology_Limited_v_Data_Protection_Commission_(2026)_IEHC_347 [20:55] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [20:55] TR News Side Effect https://xkcd.com/3261/ [20:55] TR Bot Side Effect [20:57] TR News "There's a cycle in my life that's been repeating for the last three or five years. I struggle to deal with the consequences of procrastination or a lack of motivation. However, I then become motivated and start looking for productivity tricks online. I try to stick with these tricks for a few days, but then I lose motivation again and the cycle repeats." gemini://limpatzk.gemcities.com/gemlog/motivation.gmi [20:59] nobody anyway, England won one soccer match - they're celebrating themselves already as world champions [20:59] nobody this evening, they'll confront Ghana [20:59] MinceR never Ghana give you up, never Ghana let you down [20:59] nobody for the lols ● Jun 23 [21:00] admfubar https://bvsveera.net/observer-dickover/ [21:00] TR Bot 161 Partners Bharat Iyer [21:03] admfubar uhmmm....mincer?! https://hackaday.com/2026/06/22/rickrolling-the-world-cup/ [21:03] TR Bot The World Cup | Hackaday [21:04] MinceR :) [21:04] TR News (NEW): Richard Stallman's FSF Looking to Raise Money This Month https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Richard_Stallman_s_FSF_Looking_to_Raise_Money_This_Month.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Richard_Stallman_s_FSF_Looking_to_Raise_Money_This_Month.gmi [21:04] TR Bot Tux Machines Richard Stallman's FSF Looking to Raise Money This Month [21:06] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@zfzbf9y28yi2e.irc) has joined #techrights [21:06] admfubar https://xkcd.com/3262/ [21:06] TR Bot Sports Commentary [21:14] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/a/5260367 [21:14] TR Bot Mythos discovers 'Squidbleed,' a memory leak that's gone undetected since Clinton era [21:16] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: We went to a pawn shop. Nothing really good in there today. [21:16] IsambardPrince They wanted $199 for an HP Stream that retailed for that brand new when is could barely run Windows 10. [21:17] IsambardPrince it wasn't even running the full Windows 10. Microsoft cut out some parts of it to get it to fit on the 64 GB of internal storagge. [21:18] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/a/5259651 [21:18] TR Bot Blast from the past as GIMP 0.54 is revived in Flatpak form [21:20] admfubar dunno if your area goodwill stores have a store dedicated to computers and electronics, I've found useful items at the store in the area. [21:24] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: storage is apparently expensive [21:24] schestowitz[TR2] i have not checked for ages [21:24] schestowitz[TR2] some people will pick up old RAM [21:33] TR News (NEW): Microsoft Second to Unknown in Ghana https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Microsoft_Second_to_Unknown_in_Ghana.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/Microsoft_Second_to_Unknown_in_Ghana.gmi [21:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsoft Second to Unknown in Ghana [21:43] bms "Elon, I don't feel so good." /s [21:47] TR News Techrights Now... a Word From Our Sponsor https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Now_a_Word_From_Our_Sponsor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Now_a_Word_From_Our_Sponsor.gmi [21:47] TR Bot Techrights Now... a Word From Our Sponsor [21:48] bms the craptop I bought 14 months ago, was 600GBP from a high street store in UK and is now 300GBP on Emporio Bezos [21:48] bms 512GB internal NVMe SSD, Kingston [21:49] bms I paid something like 60GBP for an OEM sold as system pull APple-firmwared Seagate spinny 3TB weeks ago off eBay UK as a guest [21:49] bms 383 uncorrectable sectors out of it according to SMART but no obvious malfeasance and it was sealed in a mylar bag [21:50] bms I paid 110GBP or thereabouts for another 1TB NVMe SSD which was unboxed but still sealed in its blister packaging, Crucial (before they ceased consumer sales), NVMe, PCIe 4.0 but the motherboard I use only supports PCIe 3.0 for NVMe M.2 primary slot [21:51] bms TL;DR there is a supply chain crunch but it is not as bad as it seems if you are willing to shop around and take a few chances. however. if you want DDR5 or NVidia GPUs you're shafted ● Jun 23 [22:04] bms "We kill people based on metadata." -- Michael Hayden, former NSA & CIA director [22:05] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:06] *\join_podcast (~join_podcast@eqynrnpwg3rt8.irc) has joined #techrights [22:07] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 116 Out of 200: 5 Years of Multiparty Lawfare Against Techrights, Funded by Americans and Also by Third Parties (Including Microsoft Salaries) https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_116_Out_of_200_5_Years_of_Multiparty_Lawf.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_116_Out_of_200_5_Years_of_Multiparty_Lawf.gmi [22:07] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 116 Out of 200: 5 Years of Multiparty Lawfare Against Techrights, Funded by Americans and Also by Third Parties (Including Microsoft Salaries) [22:08] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/23/keycomp-replacing-musicians-musical-theatre-pit-orchestra-players [22:08] TR Bot Banned on Broadway, a new generation of music software is shrinking musical theatre orchestras | Australian music | The Guardian [22:09] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [22:17] TR News (NEW): COSMIC 1.1 Desktop Environment Released with COSMIC Monitor and Improvements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/COSMIC_1_1_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_COSMIC_Monitor_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/06/23/COSMIC_1_1_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_COSMIC_Monitor_and.gmi [22:17] TR Bot Tux Machines COSMIC 1.1 Desktop Environment Released with COSMIC Monitor and Improvements [22:22] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I applied for food stamps. [22:23] IsambardPrince Not proud of it but I would never let pride come before having food in the house. [22:23] IsambardPrince I might qualify for up to $277 a month according to the estimator tool. [22:28] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:29] *\join_podcast has quit (Quit: leaving) [22:30] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@h3yr26t76qzg8.irc) has joined #techrights [22:32] TR News Techrights Oracle's Collapse Has Nothing to do With Slop, It's About Its Debt Exploding by Almost 50% in Just 12 Months https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Oracle_s_Collapse_Has_Nothing_to_do_With_Slop_It_s_About_Its_De.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/Oracle_s_Collapse_Has_Nothing_to_do_With_Slop_It_s_About_Its_De.gmi [22:32] TR Bot Techrights Oracle's Collapse Has Nothing to do With Slop, It's About Its Debt Exploding by Almost 50% in Just 12 Months [22:33] schestowitz[TR2] you p[aid your taxes [22:33] schestowitz[TR2] this is meant to help people who are down, like the NHS here [22:33] schestowitz[TR2] if it makes you feel any better, you do not live in a filthy SF sshoebox [22:33] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2026/06/23/cycling-brand-is-mocked-over-ai-image-of-handlebars-protruding-from-bike-seat/ [22:33] TR Bot Brand is Mocked Over AI Image of Handlebars Protruding From Bike Seat | PetaPixel [22:33] schestowitz[TR2] with credit cards maxxed up [22:38] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2026/06/23/man-traumatized-after-woman-uses-his-photos-for-ai-social-media-posts-showing-fake-family-life/ [22:38] TR Bot Traumatized After Woman Uses His Photos for AI Social Media Posts Showing Fake Family Life | PetaPixel [22:48] bms I am so glad I don't live in Berkeley right now (I did in 2004-05) [22:52] TR News Techrights The Media's "Satya Says" Syndrome Distracts From Grim Reality https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/The_Media_s_Satya_Says_Syndrome_Distracts_From_Grim_Reality.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/06/23/The_Media_s_Satya_Says_Syndrome_Distracts_From_Grim_Reality.gmi [22:52] TR Bot Techrights The Media's "Satya Says" Syndrome Distracts From Grim Reality ● Jun 23 [23:02] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [23:18] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:19] *lxo (~lxo@b4xjcexteeqvi.irc) has joined #techrights [23:24] bms "Elon, I don't feel so good." /s [23:24] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). 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