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● Feb 24
[00:00] IsambardPrince Ron White once said he got profiled.
[00:00] IsambardPrince It turned out they were pulling over everyone that was driving down that particular sidewalk.
[00:07] MinceR 24 005951 < IsambardPrince> MinceR, Heading things off at the pass is usually a better idea than complaining about systemic injustice and the white man gaze.
[00:07] MinceR we're a couple million years late for that.
[00:09] IsambardPrince I'm just enjoying a Guinness and listening to the radio.
[00:09] IsambardPrince Ireland knows alcohol, so they have one thing I guess.
[00:09] IsambardPrince :D
[00:52] IsambardPrince MinceR, schestowitz-pi https://i.redd.it/kbdm7as5zuke1.jpeg
[00:52] IsambardPrince "AI" generated political ad found on Facebook.
[00:52] IsambardPrince Indiana politician
[00:53] IsambardPrince []badmovedumbo
[00:53] IsambardPrince
[00:53] IsambardPrince [+1] 40 points 15 hours ago
[00:53] IsambardPrince Cost cutting is the reason this happened
[00:53] IsambardPrince I commented: "Just like the Republican plan to lower healthcare costs.
[00:53] IsambardPrince It's cheaper to cremate people than treat their cancer."
[00:54] MinceR beautiful typesetting
[00:55] MinceR fits the nazi party pretty well
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[00:57] IsambardPrince MinceR, You should have seen the other one.
[00:57] IsambardPrince Moms 4 Liberty having a library meeting in Kokomo, Indiana.
[00:57] IsambardPrince 6 different fonts on the same pamphlet.
[00:57] MinceR lol
[00:57] IsambardPrince Including Comic Sans.
[00:57] MinceR Constructive Cost Model, Indiana
[00:57] IsambardPrince They had a Deputy there to talk about "child predation".
[00:58] IsambardPrince I said, "Six different fonts on the same page including Comic Sans, and a cop. Just a deputy, but no..... Serif?"
[00:59] MinceR :>
● Feb 24
[01:01] MinceR they should use more Fraktur
[01:07] IsambardPrince MinceR, My car got washed pretty well today. I rolled up to the brand new car wash and I was their first customer.
[01:07] IsambardPrince So the manager let me go through for free 6 times so he could follow my car through the system each wash and make sure everything was working right.
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[01:07] MinceR :)
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[01:16] IsambardPrince I hate those other car washes. They don't give you much soap. Much anything really.
[01:16] IsambardPrince You exit the wash $16 lighter and there's salt streaks and bird shit all over it.
[01:17] IsambardPrince There are apparently plenty of birds that don't leave for the winter.
[01:17] IsambardPrince So you get salt and shit on your car all winter here, it's awful.
[01:17] IsambardPrince MinceR, Someone was driving a cybertruck yesterday with temp tags.
[01:18] IsambardPrince $168,000+interest poorer so they can get a midlife crisis that will lose $150,000 in value over the next 6 years.
[01:18] IsambardPrince This is not a rich person move.
[01:18] IsambardPrince This is a poor person move.
[01:20] IsambardPrince MinceR, The State Board of Elections says the mayor did not win in a fair campaign. Neither did any of the aldermen rulling against her.
[01:20] IsambardPrince Every election for locals is terrible.
[01:20] IsambardPrince I carry dozens of pieces of election junkmail to the recycle bin to get it out of my box.
[01:21] IsambardPrince It's always "That person is worse than Satan and in fact eats babies."
[01:21] IsambardPrince "If you vote for her she'll eat babies."
[01:21] IsambardPrince "If you vote for him he'll eat twice as many babies."
[01:22] IsambardPrince MinceR, She did jackhammer the old water tower when she found homeless people were living in it.
[01:23] IsambardPrince She hired a cheap contractor to go out there and start pounding on concrete without any measures to prevent concrete dust from flying for miles and blanketing cars, houses, and businesses.
[01:23] IsambardPrince Although to be fair, they did buy an old hotel and refurbish it for a homeless shelter.
[01:25] IsambardPrince I was surprised that they did the homeless shelter, although to be fair they may have needed to. The issue of ruining people's cars and stuff and making them angry over the incompetent dismantling of the water tower called attention to cruelty to the homeless.
[01:26] IsambardPrince There was so much crap from that water tower, some of it got on my car, and I'm at least a few miles away.
[01:38] IsambardPrince MinceR, I have not been investing in Treasury Bills since Trump said the US might default on Treasuries.
[01:38] IsambardPrince Because of unspecified "fraud".
[01:38] IsambardPrince There's no amount of money I want to risk handing to a government that's openly talking about not paying its debts.
[01:40] IsambardPrince MinceR, Dave Ramsey mentioned keeping his savings in money market mutual funds.
[01:40] IsambardPrince There's no FDIC insurance on those.
[01:41] IsambardPrince They invest in Treasuries and government repurchase agreements and overnight loans to the Fed.
[01:41] IsambardPrince He said "I'm not aware of any that have ever failed so I don't care about FDIC insurance."
[01:41] IsambardPrince Maybe Trump will decide to have a sovereign default and Mr. Ramsey will have no money instead of the bank being on the hook to pay as agreed.
[01:42] IsambardPrince AFAIK even in the 1998 Russian default, money in banks didn't cease to exist.
[01:43] IsambardPrince Many banks are more exposed to loan products to consumers more than government paper.
[01:43] IsambardPrince SVB proved that there are risks in going heavy on government paper.
[01:44] IsambardPrince MinceR, Rate the stupidity factor of x where 1 is invading Russia during the winter and 10 is SVB going long on 30 year Treasurry bonds at 0.75% interest.
[01:44] IsambardPrince :D
[01:45] MinceR :>
[01:45] IsambardPrince MinceR, Now SVB's executives are facing civil wrongdoing charges by the government, for investing too much in long term low yield government bonds during the worst possible time to do that.
[01:45] MinceR invading muscovy during the winter is easy, just make sure you heat it up nicely with thermonuclear warheads first.
[01:46] IsambardPrince The government is saying that the bank took too big a risk on GOVERNMENT debt. :D
[01:46] MinceR and they were right
[01:46] IsambardPrince The risk was that they were locked in for 30 years at a pathetic rate.
[01:46] MinceR governments are incompetent, so investing in them is risky
[01:47] IsambardPrince MinceR, When the bank is making moves to preserve capital, it should seek to maximize returns in the process, and in that case, shorten the average duration so that they can quickly reinvest at more favorable rates in the future.
[01:48] IsambardPrince You go long when you expect rates won't get any higher than they are for many years.
[01:49] IsambardPrince But you always need liquidity, so if you're an institution you need to hold some liquid cash, and various treasuries in all durations, in any environment.
[01:50] IsambardPrince The bank could have also taken some risk by investing part of it in the broader market, or consumer loans.
[01:51] IsambardPrince This makes you wonder where they even got these managers from.
● Feb 24
[02:05] TR News Rugby gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20250223.txt
[02:06] TR News "A shallow thought about DeepSeek" "The whale mascot is cute." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2025/
[02:06] TR News My SD card died gopher://sdfeu.org:70/0/users/glaciurso/phlog/2025-02-23__My_SD_card_died.md
[02:09] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1215.jpg
[02:09] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1565.jpg
[02:10] TR News Mastodon gemini://moribundo.flounder.online/blog/057_toot.gmi
[02:11] TR News tarot: i'm over decks gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/imoverdecks
[02:11] TR News INTO THE HALL OF WORLDS gemini://caleb.smol.pub/heim2
[02:12] TR News #Hrdit - Un film de Ari Aster - Avec Toni Colette, Gabriel Byrne, Milly Shapiro, Alex Wolff. gemini://txt-vostfr.devloprog.org/log/heredite.gmi
[02:13] TR News "Finally bought some DNS, so this should no longer go offline. Starting over, but still running a server that is written in Oberon-07, which in turn is run by an instance of 'ncat'." gemini://gem.refahs.com/backOnline.gmi
[02:16] TR News Zendesk laying off 51 workers in San Francisco https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/zendesk-sf-layoffs-20183262.php
[02:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/zendesk-sf-layoffs-20183262.php )
[02:18] TR News IBM CEO "AK: good news, then I got an excuse to layoff." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmge4e7x
[02:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmge4e7x )
[02:18] TR News "Like the previous CEO and the one before, right?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmrjrdy2 "The mumbling id--t thinks of himself as the Maharaja of Delhi."
[02:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmrjrdy2 )
[02:20] TR News "SW = IBM has adopted a purchasing of innovation vs developing it. That means IBM laid off redundant employees, because they will just buy them now. There is one VERY unique exception to the no end in sight rule, and that is support for acquired SW. IBM will offshore the support as it matures and moves to legacy." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmr1wn7e
[02:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmr1wn7e )
[02:23] TR News RMS gives a public talk later today. Old: https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/tecnologia/Richard-Stallman-un-hacker-cruza-el-DF-20121019-0055.html
[02:23] TR Bot Richard Stallman: un hacker cruza el DF
[02:36] IsambardPrince MinceR, Chainsaw Man is going after the FHA.
[02:37] IsambardPrince Apparently half their staff will be cut.
[02:37] IsambardPrince The FHA is a disaster.
[02:37] IsambardPrince Over 12% of all FHA insured mortgages are right now heading for foreclosure.
[02:37] IsambardPrince Over a third end up in foreclosure. The feds say it extends valuable credit to people who otherwise would be denied the loan.
[02:37] IsambardPrince There's a reason they'd be denied.
[02:38] IsambardPrince Most people who get a 30 year mortgage should have the music from Jaws playing in the background.
[02:39] IsambardPrince They think they're solving high rent, but then they turn a nuisance into a catastrophe.
[02:39] IsambardPrince Before they know it, they lose all the money they put into the house and then the bank still comes after them, and sells the house again.
[02:42] IsambardPrince MinceR, Someone asked how to get Mike Braun out of office in Indiana.
[02:42] TR News Techrights In Case Rust Censors It (Rust Has Long Been All About Censorship), Here's a Critical Look at Rust's Goals https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/In_Case_Rust_Censors_It_Rust_Has_Long_Been_All_About_Censorship.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/In_Case_Rust_Censors_It_Rust_Has_Long_Been_All_About_Censorship.gmi
[02:42] TR Bot Techrights In Case Rust Censors It (Rust Has Long Been All About Censorship), Here's a Critical Look at Rust's Goals
[02:42] IsambardPrince I said, "Convince the Republic(ans) of Gilead to impeach him."
[02:42] MinceR :>
[02:45] IsambardPrince Chainsaw motherfuckers vroom vroom. -Elon Musk
[02:45] IsambardPrince I did Nazi that coming.
[02:45] MinceR :>
[02:46] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2luS-ZDRQrM
[02:46] TR Bot https://vid.priv.au/watch?v=2luS-ZDRQrM
[02:46] TR Bot not resolve host: vid.priv.au ( status 0 @ https://vid.priv.au/watch?v=2luS-ZDRQrM )
[02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-230225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-230225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-230225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-230225.txt
[02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, February 23, 2025
[02:46] IsambardPrince "Elon Musk wields chainsaw on CPAC stage, judge allows Trump's federal layoffs to continue"
[02:46] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGUNPMPrxvA
[02:46] TR Bot https://inv.makerlab.tech/watch?v=sGUNPMPrxvA
[02:46] TR Bot not resolve host: inv.makerlab.tech ( status 0 @ https://inv.makerlab.tech/watch?v=sGUNPMPrxvA )
[02:47] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^
[02:47] IsambardPrince "President Camacho's State of the Union"
[02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-230225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-230225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-230225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-230225.txt
[02:47] TR Bot IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, February 23, 2025
[02:47] MinceR :>
[02:48] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-230225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-230225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-230225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-230225.txt
[02:48] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, February 23, 2025
[02:48] TR News Windows down sharply in Estonia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/estonia/#monthly-200902-202502
[02:48] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Estonia | Statcounter Global Stats
[02:49] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-230225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-230225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-230225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-230225.txt
[02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, February 23, 2025
[02:49] TR News It used to be very dominant there https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/estonia/#monthly-200902-202502
[02:49] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Estonia | Statcounter Global Stats
[02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-02-23.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-02-23.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
[02:50] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: fired 80% or more of workers
[02:50] schestowitz[TR2] STILL loses money
[02:50] schestowitz[TR2] well done!
[02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-02-23.txt
[02:50] schestowitz[TR2] "let's do this at a NATIONAL level!!"
[02:50] schestowitz[TR2] (planes fall)
[02:50] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, February 23, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_February_23_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_February_23_2025.gmi
[02:50] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, February 23, 2025
[02:52] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I don't think I'll be getting on any planes for a while.
[02:52] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Today_in_Techrights.gmi
[02:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[02:53] IsambardPrince Ever since Trump was sworn in, we have a jet airliner falling out of the sky about every week.
[02:53] IsambardPrince And CNN is worried about making a donation to the Presidential Library, so they call it a "Plane Landing Incident" when one crashes on the runway, ends up upside down, and catches fire.
[02:53] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^
[02:54] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi
[02:54] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[02:54] MinceR lol
[02:59] IsambardPrince MinceR, They haven't gotten around to renaming the Presidential Library Fund yet.
[02:59] TR News (NEW): Linux 6.14-rc4 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Linux_6_14_rc4.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Linux_6_14_rc4.gmi
[02:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 6.14-rc4
[02:59] IsambardPrince They'll change it to 100 foot gold statue of the living God. Eventually.
[02:59] MinceR :>
[02:59] IsambardPrince Right now, there may be a few people who know the Old Testament well enough to figure out where that goes.
● Feb 24
[03:00] TR News activist's 'courage' https://www.dw.com/en/navalny-death-anniversary-scholz-hails-activist-s-courage/a-71628048
[03:00] TR Bot death anniversary: Scholz hails activist's 'courage' DW 02/16/2025
[03:00] MinceR 100 foot is not going to be enough, though
[03:00] MinceR > The Statue of Unity, a statue of Vallabhbhai Patel, is the tallest statue in the world, standing at 182 metres (597 ft) tall. It is located at the bank of the Narmada river in Kevadiya, Gujarat, India. The statue was designed by Ram V. Sutar and completed on October 30, 2018, with an opening ceremony on October 31, 2018.
[03:00] TR News Probably replaced it already https://www.dw.com/en/msc-can-china-replace-us-as-world-leader/a-71626675
[03:00] TR Bot China replace US as world leader? DW 02/16/2025
[03:01] TR News fight for justice https://www.dw.com/en/how-serbia-s-student-protesters-organize-fight-for-justice/a-71608717
[03:01] TR Bot Serbia's student protesters organize fight for justice DW 02/16/2025
[03:02] IsambardPrince MinceR, Elon told all the federal workers (2.4 million of them) to "respond with five bullets".
[03:02] IsambardPrince Wishmaster voice: "Is that your wish?"
[03:02] IsambardPrince :D
[03:02] TR News Free Speech https://www.truthdig.com/articles/how-elon-musk-blurs-the-lines-of-free-speech/ https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-16/salman-rushdie-musk-does-not-defend-freedom-of-expression-he-curates-the-discourse-of-the-extreme-right.html
[03:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/how-elon-musk-blurs-the-lines-of-free-speech/ )
[03:02] TR Bot Salman Rushdie: Musk does not defend freedom of expression; he curates the discourse of the extreme right | Culture | EL PAS English
[03:02] MinceR yeah, you said so before
[03:03] TR News Nazi salute https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/french-far-right-leader-cancels-speech-after-bannon-gives-nazi-salute-20250222-p5le8d.html
[03:03] TR Bot Steve Bannon accused of performing Nazi salute at CPAC; Jordan Bardella cancels appearance
[03:04] TR News High-level officials normalising nazi symbolism while complicit media says it's "just a joke" or "a prank"... they know why they do this. https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-16/salman-rushdie-musk-does-not-defend-freedom-of-expression-he-curates-the-discourse-of-the-extreme-right.html
[03:05] TR News Equating swastikas with free speech https://www.dw.com/en/vance-criticizes-germany-s-free-speech-laws-at-cpac-summit/a-71706133 https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-21/vance-criticizes-germanys-free-speech-laws-in-remarks-to-conservatives https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-jd-vance-s-free-speech-claims-debunked/a-71642886
[03:05] TR Bot criticizes Germany's free speech laws at CPAC summit DW 02/21/2025
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[03:05] TR Bot check: JD Vance's free speech claims debunked DW 02/17/2025
[03:06] TR News It is 'Sinister' to save the planet? https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-17/us-energy-secretary-attacks-sinister-net-zero-goals-singling-out-britain
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[03:06] TR News How oil and Gas Shape Diplomacy https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/02/17/the-geopolitics-of-energy-how-oil-and-gas-shape-diplomacy/
[03:06] TR Bot The Geopolitics of Energy: How oil and Gas Shape Diplomacy - Modern Diplomacy
[03:07] TR News Virtual Power Plants for a Ponzi scheme of virtual "value"? https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2025-02-18/as-texas-energy-demand-soars-a-pilot-program-looks-to-bolster-grid-with-virtual-power-plants
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[03:07] TR News Inflation rose to 1.9% in January, with low prices on GST-free goods offsetting high energy costs https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cpi-january-1.7461552
[03:07] TR Bot Inflation rose to 1.9% in January, with low prices on GST-free goods offsetting high energy costs | CBC News
[03:08] TR News Clean-energy siting reforms bring return to good governance principles https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-clean-energy-siting-reforms-bring-return-good-governance-principles
[03:08] TR Bot Opinion | Clean-energy siting reforms bring return to good governance principles | Bridge Michigan
[03:08] TR News Indigenous Resistance Stalls Colombia's Potential Renewable Energy Boom in La Guajira https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-02-20/indigenous-resistance-stalls-colombias-potential-renewable-energy-boom-in-la-guajira
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[03:08] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpaX1E7F2G8
[03:08] TR Bot https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=SpaX1E7F2G8
[03:08] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=SpaX1E7F2G8 )
[03:08] IsambardPrince "The devil is in prison | Wishmaster 2"
[03:08] IsambardPrince :D
[03:09] TR News Some Tesla owners in B.C. embarrassed by company's CEO amid charged political climate https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-tesla-owners-1.7460386
[03:09] TR Bot Some Tesla owners in B.C. embarrassed by company's CEO amid charged political climate | CBC News
[03:09] TR News Cities trim beef, add veggies for the climate https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/plant-food-cities-1.7457415
[03:09] TR Bot Cities trim beef, add veggies for the climate | CBC News
[03:09] TR News Climate and environment take a back seat https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-climate-and-environment-take-a-back-seat/a-71643886 https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/18/palming-off-climate-disaster-to-the-next-generation/
[03:09] TR Bot election: Climate and environment take a back seat DW 02/17/2025
[03:09] TR Bot Off Climate Disaster to the Next Generation - CounterPunch.org
[03:10] TR News Brazil will join OPEC+ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/brazil-opec-oil-exports-climate-1.7461964
[03:10] TR Bot Brazil will join OPEC+, group of oil-exporting nations, months before hosting UN climate summit | CBC News
[03:10] TR News Sweden's Supreme Court rejects climate inaction lawsuit against the state ttps://www.thelocal.se/20250219/swedens-supreme-court-rejects-climate-inaction-lawsuit-against-the-state
[03:10] TR News Newtons Third Law and the Unequal Burden of Carbon Emissions https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/02/20/climate-injustice-newtons-third-law-and-the-unequal-burden-of-carbon-emissions/
[03:10] TR Bot Climate Injustice: Newton's Third Law and the Unequal Burden of Carbon Emissions - Modern Diplomacy
[03:11] TR News Countries Warn Against Delaying Global Climate Assessment After US Exit https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-02-21/countries-warn-against-delaying-global-climate-assessment-after-us-exit
[03:11] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-02-21/countries-warn-against-delaying-global-climate-assessment-after-us-exit )
[03:11] TR News Action on Climate Change May Look Different Than You Expect https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/21/action-on-climate-change-may-look-different-than-you-expect/ https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/21/capitalisms-frankenstein-climate/
[03:11] TR Bot on Climate Change May Look Different Than You Expect - CounterPunch.org
[03:11] TR Bot Frankenstein Climate - CounterPunch.org
[03:12] TR News Climate change could make more turtles female https://theconversation.com/climate-change-could-make-more-turtles-female-but-some-are-starting-to-adapt-249619
[03:12] TR Bot Climate change could make more turtles female but some are starting to adapt
[03:12] TR News EFF as political party https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-and-repro-uncensored-launch-stopcensoringabortion-campaign
[03:12] TR Bot EFF and Repro Uncensored Launch #StopCensoringAbortion Campaign | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[03:13] TR News EFF was founded by 3 geeks... for Reproductive Rights https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/stop-censoring-abortion-fight-reproductive-rights-digital-age
[03:13] TR Bot Stop Censoring Abortion: The Fight for Reproductive Rights in the Digital Age | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[03:13] TR News
[03:13] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-02-20/us-ftc-says-it-launches-inquiry-on-tech-censorship )
[03:14] TR News FTC Seeks Info on Big Tech User Bans https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-02-20/us-ftc-says-it-launches-inquiry-on-tech-censorship
[03:14] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZMweMmAs94
[03:14] TR Bot https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=iZMweMmAs94
[03:14] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=iZMweMmAs94 )
[03:14] IsambardPrince :D
[03:14] IsambardPrince "Andrew Divoff on his favorite scene in Wishmaster! #shorts"
[03:15] TR News Technogarchy Goes to Washington https://www.projectcensored.org/technogarchy-washington-muskification-meta/
[03:15] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/technogarchy-washington-muskification-meta/ )
[03:15] IsambardPrince MinceR, I can do that voice pretty well actually.
[03:15] TR News Cheeto Mussolini administration sparks fears of censorship to US arts scene https://www.dw.com/en/trump-administration-sparks-fears-of-censorship-to-us-arts-scene/a-71675389
[03:15] TR Bot administration brings fear of censorship to arts scene DW 02/21/2025
[03:16] IsambardPrince MinceR, I did that one day while I was smoking a cigarette in front of a couple of nurses I was working with overnight.
[03:16] IsambardPrince It was near Halloween and I mentioned the Wishmaster.
[03:17] TR News UPC is illegal. This is a fake 'court'. Why does the "IP Kat" let itself be run by Team UPC, legitimising attacks on constitutions and on justice? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-description-of-patent-should-always.html
[03:17] TR Bot The description of a patent should "always" be used to interpret the claims (DexCom vs. Abbott, UPC_CFI_230/2023) - The IPKat
[03:17] TR News Five Iraqi Banks to Be Banned From U.S. Dollar Transaction https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-16/exclusive-five-iraqi-banks-to-be-banned-from-u-s-dollar-transactions-sources
[03:17] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-16/exclusive-five-iraqi-banks-to-be-banned-from-u-s-dollar-transactions-sources )
[03:17] IsambardPrince The djinn's sense of humor was probably my favorite out of a movie villain.
[03:18] IsambardPrince "I showed her my true face. Her response wasn't very flattering. In fact, SHE GOT DOWNRIGHT HYSTERICAL!"
[03:20] IsambardPrince It has no power until someone asks it to do something. Then it has unlimited power, except to kill itself.
[03:20] IsambardPrince So it has to ingratiate itself on you to get you to wish for something, but it really despises humans and wants them to all die.
[03:21] IsambardPrince I just thought that was a neat plot.
[03:26] TR News Those are ALL commercially at a loss because it's hype and probably a deliberate scam, too https://www.dw.com/en/german-ai-on-the-cutting-edge-but-commercially-at-a-loss/a-71593167 http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml
[03:26] TR Bot AI on the cutting edge, but commercially at a loss DW 02/16/2025
[03:26] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt
[03:27] TR News crypto post https://www.dw.com/en/argentina-milei-faces-impeachment-threat-over-crypto-post/a-71627300 http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/
[03:27] TR Bot Milei faces impeachment threat over crypto post DW 02/16/2025
[03:27] TR Bot There is No Such Thing as 'Cryptocurrency' and Please Stop Referring to It as Cryptocurrency
[03:27] TR News satire can wreck reputations https://www.dw.com/en/no-laughing-matter-how-satire-can-wreck-reputations/a-71610611
[03:27] TR Bot laughing matter how satire can wreck reputations DW 02/17/2025
[03:28] IsambardPrince https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/gloomy-germans-vote-election-which-conservatives-are-set-win-2025-02-22/
[03:28] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/gloomy-germans-vote-election-which-conservatives-are-set-win-2025-02-22/ )
[03:28] IsambardPrince https://www.neuters.de/world/europe/gloomy-germans-vote-election-which-conservatives-are-set-win-2025-02-22/
[03:28] TR Bot German election victor Merz plans pivot from US as coalition talks loom
[03:28] IsambardPrince That seems wise.
[03:33] schestowitz[TR2] it mighttt be harder here, for ttthe uk
[03:33] schestowitz[TR2] because of the "special relationship"
[03:33] schestowitz[TR2] that term is a bit of a joke
[03:33] schestowitz[TR2] like how we have many creative types and Brits in Hollyyywood
[03:33] schestowitz[TR2] and how the financial markets are conneccccccccted
[03:33] schestowitz[TR2] set aside language, canada has that too
[03:34] schestowitz[TR2] Starmer cannot just say "forget about the US, we don't need them"
[03:34] schestowitz[TR2] the markets here would tremble
[03:38] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Brexit
[03:38] IsambardPrince Great job.
[03:39] IsambardPrince The UK was fixed overnight.
[03:39] IsambardPrince The NHS is fully funded now.
[03:39] IsambardPrince Jobs everywhere.
[03:41] IsambardPrince 12 Prime Minsters or whatever later...
[03:41] IsambardPrince Who even counts anymore?
[03:41] IsambardPrince Everything stable. Situation normal.
[03:42] IsambardPrince Starmer cannot just say "forget about the US, we don't need them"
[03:42] IsambardPrince the markets here would tremble
[03:42] IsambardPrince You mean fall over.
[03:45] psydruid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRfNWh_95MM
[03:45] TR Bot https://inv.makerlab.tech/watch?v=dRfNWh_95MM
[03:45] TR Bot not resolve host: inv.makerlab.tech ( status 0 @ https://inv.makerlab.tech/watch?v=dRfNWh_95MM )
[03:55] IsambardPrince https://thehill.com/opinion/5158581-trump-trade-policy-democrats/
[03:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/opinion/5158581-trump-trade-policy-democrats/ )
[03:55] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: draft?
[03:55] schestowitz[TR2] a bit political
[03:55] schestowitz[TR2] you can add something
[03:55] schestowitz[TR2] You mean fall over.
[03:55] schestowitz[TR2] yes
[03:56] schestowitz[TR2] FTSE
[03:56] schestowitz[TR2] could use your hhhelpm witrh the draft
[03:57] schestowitz[TR2] as you caaan add input imhop
[03:57] schestowitz[TR2] *help with the draft
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[04:04] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Technical_Specifications_at_Times_of_Tyrannies.shtml
[04:04] TR Bot Techrights Technical Specifications at Times of Tyrannies
[04:05] TR News Techrights Technical Specifications at Times of Tyrannies https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Technical_Specifications_at_Times_of_Tyrannies.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Technical_Specifications_at_Times_of_Tyrannies.gmi
[04:05] TR Bot Techrights Technical Specifications at Times of Tyrannies
[04:08] psydruid https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619457/ARM-and-Meta-Plotting-a-path-to-dilute-GPU-capacity
[04:08] TR Bot ARM and Meta: Plotting a path to dilute GPU capacity | Computer Weekly
[04:09] psydruid https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestionsuk/comments/1iwsa82/the_tech_sector_in_the_uk_is_even_more_backwards/
[04:09] TR Bot - Dive into anything
[04:09] TR News Libera.Chat shrank this past year https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=Libera.Chat
[04:09] TR Bot NO TITLE
[04:09] schestowitz[TR2] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.computerweekly.com | ARM and Meta: Plotting a path to dilute GPU capacity | Computer Weekly
[04:09] schestowitz[TR2] GPU?
[04:09] schestowitz[TR2] in 2025?
[04:10] psydruid yes
[04:10] schestowitz[TR2] i thought those were renamed "HEY HI HARDWARE" :)
[04:10] IsambardPrince Yeah, sorry.
[04:10] IsambardPrince Was in the shower.
[04:10] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: see link above
[04:10] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Technical_Specifications_at_Times_of_Tyrannies.shtml
[04:10] psydruid I knew they were working on it, but now it's becoming clear that Meta is one of its big customers
[04:11] schestowitz[TR2] maybe its own customer
[04:11] schestowitz[TR2] circular financing
[04:11] schestowitz[TR2] buying from oneself
[04:11] schestowitz[TR2] of course it's illegal
[04:11] schestowitz[TR2] accounting fraud
[04:11] schestowitz[TR2] but Microsoft does t his all the time
[04:11] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/19/FTC_Realises_Microsoft_Buying_Fake_Clients_to_Fake_Revenue_Micr.shtml
[04:11] TR Bot Techrights FTC Realises Microsoft Buying Fake 'Clients' to Fake "Revenue" (Microsoft 'Buying' Services and Products From Itself!)
[04:11] schestowitz[TR2] now Cheeto attacks FTC
[04:11] schestowitz[TR2] while Microsoft funds him
[04:11] schestowitz[TR2] and Microsoft also attacks news sites
[04:12] schestowitz[TR2] because... mafia
[04:12] schestowitz[TR2] the fourth 'reich'
[04:14] psydruid I think ARM has a chance at replacing a lot of Intel and AMD GPUs, if those are sold at lower prices than what x86 CPUs and those companies' GPUs are usually sold for
[04:14] TR News Julian Assange virtually vanished from site and sight. Will there ever be some big comeback? His wife continues to post pro-Hamas and anti-USAID things, which means she cannot recognise how social control media clouds her view of the world. http://techrights.org/n/2024/10/05/The_Danger_of_Outsourcing_Your_Platform_to_Social_Control_Media.shtml
[04:14] TR Bot Techrights The Danger of Outsourcing Your Platform to Social Control Media and Getting "Information" There
[04:14] psydruid as for Meta, no idea what will happen to them
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] i call them facebook
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] and why?
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] think about it
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] the time of the rename
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] and the reason
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] plus,
[04:15] IsambardPrince Looks okay. JD Vance is basically just put there because there has to be a Vice President, and I don't think Vance is promoting Trump's agenda so much as trying to set himself up to succeed Trump.
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] look what business they do
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] it's really facebook
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] with some side domains
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] everything else failed
[04:16] schestowitz[TR2] like "metaverse"
[04:16] IsambardPrince In the US system, the Vice President doesn't really do much except make speeches and appearances where the President doesn't want to bother.
[04:16] schestowitz[TR2] it's a rebrand attempt
[04:16] schestowitz[TR2] and they still use the term "meta';
[04:16] IsambardPrince Trump probably got a kick out of sending him to Germany to ambush Europe.
[04:16] schestowitz[TR2] even if metaverse is dead
[04:17] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/The_Corporate_Media_Pretends_That_Facebook_Meta_Has_Performed_W.shtml
[04:17] TR Bot Techrights The Corporate Media Pretends That Facebook ("Meta") Has Performed Well, But Its Debt Doubles Every 2 Years Despite Mass Layoffs
[04:17] psydruid I just use it as an umbrella term for all kinds of crap from them
[04:17] schestowitz[TR2] ues
[04:17] schestowitz[TR2] like "hey hi"
[04:17] schestowitz[TR2] first, anything is "smart"
[04:17] psydruid metacrap would be better, I suppose
[04:17] schestowitz[TR2] even routers
[04:17] schestowitz[TR2] then iot
[04:17] schestowitz[TR2] then meta
[04:17] psydruid or facejunk
[04:17] schestowitz[TR2] then hey hi
[04:18] schestowitz[TR2] soon everything sec related will be "quantum"
[04:18] schestowitz[TR2] marketing buzzwords
[04:18] psydruid "hey hi, I don't like your face, so we can't be online friends"
[04:18] schestowitz[TR2] oh, there was also "clown" and "on the blockchain"
[04:18] schestowitz[TR2] you almost never see that term anymore
[04:18] schestowitz[TR2] "blockchain"
[04:18] schestowitz[TR2] "iot" also became rare
[04:18] schestowitz[TR2] what they called "iot" is still around
[04:18] schestowitz[TR2] just named differently
[04:19] psydruid it's all hey hi now
[04:19] schestowitz[TR2] so you can tell i t's all a giant scam, a marketing ploy
[04:19] psydruid with no basis in actually solving real world engineering problems
[04:20] schestowitz[TR2] yeah,
[04:20] schestowitz[TR2] i liked this analogy
[04:20] schestowitz[TR2] (*rianne likes it too)
[04:20] schestowitz[TR2] we complain about the price of eggs
[04:20] schestowitz[TR2] but save money for or borrow money for $1000 "phones"
[04:20] psydruid who would have thought that it would all devolve into this 25 years ago
[04:20] schestowitz[TR2] that does not make sense
[04:20] schestowitz[TR2] I'd rather spend a grand on food or similar
[04:21] schestowitz[TR2] we have enough hygiene products for almost 5 years
[04:21] psydruid my tech spendings are very low nowadays
[04:21] schestowitz[TR2] food for about a year going, stored in dark and cool places
[04:21] schestowitz[TR2] that's money better spent
[04:21] psydruid mostly just to keep some old machines going
[04:21] schestowitz[TR2] you can live without a "phone"
[04:21] schestowitz[TR2] but the body needs those "other things"
[04:22] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: when you come i willll give you the pi and HATs
[04:22] schestowitz[TR2] for the time being we have enough PCs
[04:22] schestowitz[TR2] the pi used to be the gemini and ipfs server
[04:22] schestowitz[TR2] 2020-2023
[04:22] schestowitz[TR2] now it's too weak for that
[04:24] schestowitz[TR2] zgrep 02 /home/gemini//logs/agate.techrights.log.3.gz | wc -l
[04:24] schestowitz[TR2] 461095
[04:24] schestowitz[TR2] zgrep 02 /home/gemini//logs/agate.techrights.log.2.gz | wc -l
[04:24] schestowitz[TR2] 461567
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[04:26] psydruid I have some things I have to do here for the next few months, so I'll let you know when I know more
[04:26] schestowitz[TR2] ok
[04:35] IsambardPrince []Beautiful-Series-471
[04:35] IsambardPrince
[04:35] IsambardPrince Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant 2 points 2 hours ago
[04:35] IsambardPrince As an FYI, it is fairly easy to get an Amex in a foreign country if you have a relationship with them in your home country. I am CDN and have 3 US Amex cards. Just wanted to answer the baffled for you - as for what to do, listen to what everyone else is saying. It isnt your problem.
[04:35] IsambardPrince MinceR, I replied, "Wow, I've never met a content delivery network in person before."
[04:35] MinceR lol
[04:43] schestowitz[TR2] i have a draft
[04:43] schestowitz[TR2] anyone wants to check?
[04:44] IsambardPrince sure
[04:44] schestowitz[TR2] Microsoft Admits Business Perils as Windows Continues to Fall
[04:44] schestowitz[TR2] Microsoft missed the biggest business model
[04:44] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Microsoft_Admits_Business_Perils_as_Windows_Continues_to_Fall.shtml
[04:44] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Admits Business Perils as Windows Continues to Fall
[04:45] IsambardPrince https://www.marketwatch.com/story/warren-buffett-warning-of-scoundrels-and-fiscal-folly-slashes-his-exposure-to-u-s-stocks-15c6e66a?
[04:45] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.marketwatch.com/story/warren-buffett-warning-of-scoundrels-and-fiscal-folly-slashes-his-exposure-to-u-s-stocks-15c6e66a )
[04:45] TR News Techrights Microsoft Admits Business Perils as Windows Continues to Fall https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Microsoft_Admits_Business_Perils_as_Windows_Continues_to_Fall.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Microsoft_Admits_Business_Perils_as_Windows_Continues_to_Fall.gmi
[04:45] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Admits Business Perils as Windows Continues to Fall
[04:46] IsambardPrince market segment
[04:46] IsambardPrince plural
[04:46] IsambardPrince edition
[04:46] IsambardPrince Again
[04:47] schestowitz[TR2] fixing
[04:48] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Liberia's system of government is modeled on ours. Circa the 1850s, before most of the amendments to our Constitution.
[04:48] schestowitz[TR2] liberty
[04:48] IsambardPrince Many people wanted to send the blacks back to Africa figuring they'd be a problem for us here.
[04:48] IsambardPrince :)
[04:49] schestowitz[TR2] article amended, ty
[04:50] IsambardPrince Microsoft's last chance to stay relevant was when it could have become what Android is now.
[04:50] IsambardPrince They spent a lot of money, but reacting after it was too late.
[04:53] TR News Meta to begin layoffs across operations in Africa, Europe, others next week https://nairametrics.com/2025/02/08/meta-to-begin-layoffs-across-operations-in-africa-europe-others-next-week/
[04:53] TR Bot to begin layoffs across operations in Africa, Europe, others next week - Nairametrics
[04:54] TR News Departures by "RTO" are the layoffs they don't tell you about...
[04:55] IsambardPrince https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2024ltr.pdf
[04:55] IsambardPrince "During the 2019-23 period, I have used the words mistake or error 16 times in my
[04:55] IsambardPrince letters to you. Many other huge companies have never used either word over that span. Amazon,
[04:55] IsambardPrince I should acknowledge, made some brutally candid observations in its 2021 letter. Elsewhere, it
[04:55] IsambardPrince has generally been happy talk and pictures."
[04:56] IsambardPrince "I have also been a director of large public companies at which mistake or wrong were
[04:56] IsambardPrince forbidden words at board meetings or analyst calls. That taboo, implying managerial perfection,
[04:56] IsambardPrince always made me nervous (though, at times, there could be legal issues that make limited
[04:56] IsambardPrince discussion advisable. We live in a very litigious society.)"
[04:56] IsambardPrince -Warren Buffett
[04:57] schestowitz[TR2] https://web.archive.org/web/20121107150708/http://danweinreb.org/blog/rebuttal-to-stallmans-story-about-the-formation-of-symbolics-and-lmi
[04:57] schestowitz[TR2] "Stallmans characterization of this as backstabbing, and that Symbolics decided not not have scruples, is pure hogwash. There was no backstabbing whatsoever. Symbolics was extremely scrupulous. Stallmans characterization of Symbolics as looking for ways to destroy LMI is pure fantasy."
[04:57] TR Bot Dan Weinrebs blog Blog Archive Rebuttal to Stallmans Story About The Formation of Symbolics and LMI
[04:57] IsambardPrince "At 94, it wont be long before Greg Abel replaces me as CEO and will be writing the
[04:57] IsambardPrince annual letters. Greg shares the Berkshire creed that a report is what a Berkshire CEO annually
[04:57] IsambardPrince owes to owners. And he also understands that if you start fooling your shareholders, you will
[04:57] IsambardPrince soon believe your own baloney and be fooling yourself as well."
[04:58] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Might be worth quoting in your article about Microsoft.
[04:58] IsambardPrince Believing your own baloney, and never admitting mistakes.
[04:58] TR News the Origin of "Open Source" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=MuKSD_himSE
[04:58] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=MuKSD_himSE )
[04:59] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: which article?
[04:59] schestowitz[TR2] nadella?
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[05:00] IsambardPrince Yeah.
[05:01] TR News They tell us to trust a person whose own wife does not trust him and dumped him over this lack of trust http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/Journalistic_Malpractice_Helps_Bill_Gates_Cover_Up_His_Marriage.shtml
[05:01] TR Bot Techrights Journalistic Malpractice Helps Bill Gates Cover Up His Marriage Collapsing Because of His Very Deep Ties to Jeffrey Epstein (and It's Melinda Who Dumped Him, Divorce Proceedings Started by Her in 2019)
[05:01] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: not sure where this fits in
[05:02] schestowitz[TR2] but a newer article can talk about,
[05:02] schestowitz[TR2] e.g.,
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[05:02] schestowitz[TR2] How Microsoft Refused to Accept Mitakes
[05:02] *cmb (~cmb@y67qhiej8ixa6.irc) has joined #techrights
[05:02] schestowitz[TR2] or something to this effect
[05:03] TR News Is news reporting in Cambodia becoming more dangerous? https://www.dw.com/en/is-news-reporting-in-cambodia-becoming-more-dangerous/a-71639204
[05:03] TR Bot Press freedom under attack DW 02/17/2025
[05:03] TR News German carmakers face flagging sales in Southeast Asia https://www.dw.com/en/german-carmakers-face-flagging-sales-in-southeast-asia/a-71640172
[05:04] TR Bot carmakers hit speed bump as Southeast Asia sales dip DW 02/17/2025
[05:05] TR News bans AI [sic] app "https://www.dw.com/en/deepseek-south-korea-temporarily-bans-ai-app/a-71634702
[05:05] TR Bot South Korea temporarily bans AI app DW 02/17/2025
[05:06] TR News AK said:In order to protect my $86 million a year compensation I would do anything, including getting rid of expensive IBM dinosaurs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmr1wn7e
[05:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmr1wn7e )
[05:08] TR News "I've generally understood Gemini to be a poor media delivery platform since the focus is on textual information. Happy to be corrected on this." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Geminispace/24699
[05:08] TR News "I definitely disagree. Gemini doesn't focus on textual information, it focuses on security and privacy, and as a result of that, it doesn't allow clients to load multiple files at once. This in effect makes documents one media type only, as the client cannot auto-request an image to display it on the page." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Geminispace/24699
[05:09] TR News "One of the first capsules on Gemini was Konpeito, it was a bunch of music hosted over gemini. Futhermore, Gemini is described as a "protocol for file transfer" in its specification, and it has always been that. The textual focus on the homepage of the official capsule was added in much later."
[05:10] TR News "After we had some discussion on BBS with the community (mainly the idea belongs to u/ps), I decided to implement a file sharing thingie for gemini, so it would be possible to do it without leaving the protocol or having to host your own capsule." gemini://hideout.cyber-cave.org/osiris-devlog/0-1-0.gmi
[05:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], It's easier to keep your head down at meetings.
[05:12] IsambardPrince Never take the initiative. Do what's expected.
[05:13] IsambardPrince The system I noticed never rewarded me for bringing a better idea to people in charge.
[05:13] IsambardPrince They usually just kept doing it the same way until I wasn't there anymore.
[05:13] IsambardPrince In many cases, those companies went bankrupt, btw.
[05:13] IsambardPrince 2-3 years later.
[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] yes, happened in sirius
[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] i had two very long talks with the CEO over the phone
[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] suggesting things
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] and highlighting bad things
[05:14] IsambardPrince I can name three companies that went bankrupt rather than to run things more efficiently.
[05:14] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 24/02/2025: Osiris 0.1.0 Release (File Sharing in Gemini Protocol), NetBSD 10.1 on the Pi https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Gemini_Links_24_02_2025_Osiris_0_1_0_Release_File_Sharing_in_Ge.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Gemini_Links_24_02_2025_Osiris_0_1_0_Release_File_Sharing_in_Ge.gmi
[05:14] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 24/02/2025: Osiris 0.1.0 Release (File Sharing in Gemini Protocol), NetBSD 10.1 on the Pi
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] it did not go well because he was know-it-all
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] i just needed to obey bad strategy
[05:14] IsambardPrince In one case I showed how we could improve efficiency by over 70%.
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] as the companies sagged
[05:14] IsambardPrince And with fewer errors.
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] but i made my point
[05:14] IsambardPrince And I was completely ignored.
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] i made many suggestions
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] inc. these
[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] one was,
[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] change shift patterns
[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] i said it for many years
[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] everyone welcomed the idea
[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] but management did not care
[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] as it did NOT work overnight
[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] they just didn't care
[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] they accepted it was needed
[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] but never did it
[05:16] schestowitz[TR2] several times they tried time trackers
[05:16] schestowitz[TR2] which only reduced efficiencies
[05:16] schestowitz[TR2] and taught stuff to waste time and cheat the system
[05:16] schestowitz[TR2] to make things look productive
[05:16] schestowitz[TR2] without actually being more productve
[05:16] schestowitz[TR2] we used anuku
[05:16] schestowitz[TR2] total waste of time
[05:17] schestowitz[TR2] for all involved
[05:17] schestowitz[TR2] the staff opposed
[05:17] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I had the time tracker.
[05:17] schestowitz[TR2] and those who imposed this on everyone did NOT do it themselves
[05:17] schestowitz[TR2] it was just to waste everyone else's time
[05:17] IsambardPrince I figured out how I could make more money by taking a dump or sweeping the floor than doing my job.
[05:17] IsambardPrince I'm serious.
[05:18] IsambardPrince They would only pay me half as much to do my job for the last 4 hours unless I abused the time tracker.
[05:18] TR News Lowering salaries, yay! SUCCESS! https://www.dw.com/en/tesla-starts-hiring-in-india-after-modi-and-musk-meet/a-71645424
[05:18] TR Bot starts hiring in India after Modi and Musk meet DW 02/18/2025
[05:18] TR News Like cutting almost all Twitter staff, then STILL losing money (AND users)
[05:18] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], When I got to the end of a work week, I noticed I was constantly at 178% of my expected performance. They didn't think that was possible.
[05:18] IsambardPrince But the incentive pay ended at 150%.
[05:18] TR News Let's do the same at a NATIONAL level
[05:19] IsambardPrince If they ran out of performance incentive work, they told you to sweep the floor, which brought you down to base rate, doing janitor shit for a while.
[05:19] IsambardPrince So I just didn't switch my code on Friday to janitorial.
[05:19] TR News Will MElon and ModiMusk negotiate outsourcing FAA to India, running over starlink so that he gets paid, too?
[05:19] IsambardPrince I lleft it on PIE codes where I knew I blew past 150%.
[05:20] IsambardPrince When they did the time cards, it lowered my PIE percentage and paid me twice what the janitor made.
[05:20] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], It was enough to add another $3,500 each year I worked there.
[05:20] IsambardPrince That was in the 2000s.
[05:20] TR News The US is a bag of debt ("money") which those rich enough to BUY the system now offload to their offshore, tax-evading bank accounts. Like fall of the Soviet Union. What will be left? Snow, poverty, and US Vodka?
[05:21] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Janitor only made $9.50, but they were paying me over $20 and not realizing it because I had excess PIE from production codes.
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[05:22] IsambardPrince So I made the extra money by "draining the PIE".
[05:22] TR News Jannik Sinner's mild doping ban https://www.dw.com/en/tennis-world-in-uproar-after-jannik-sinner-s-mild-doping-ban/a-71665437
[05:22] TR Bot world in uproar after Jannik Sinner's mild doping ban DW 02/18/2025
[05:23] TR News German auto parts giant to slash thousands of jobs https://www.dw.com/en/german-auto-parts-giant-to-slash-thousands-of-jobs/a-71664680
[05:23] TR Bot German auto parts giant cuts thousands of jobs DW 02/18/2025
[05:24] TR News Media organizations call for UN action against attacks on journalists in North-East Syria https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/media-organizations-call-for-un-action-against-attacks-on-journalists-in-north-east-syria-78021
[05:24] TR Bot ANF | Media organizations call for UN action against attacks on journalists in North-East Syria
[05:25] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Another way to drain the PIE was to slow down when you were running out of work, deliberately. This way you could let the PIE catch up to you by extending your time under that job code.
[05:25] IsambardPrince They think you're dumber than they are, so they never even check to see what's going on.
[05:26] TR News DAANES calls for an end to the international silence on attacks against journalists in NE Syria https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/daanes-calls-for-an-end-to-the-international-silence-on-attacks-against-journalists-in-ne-syria-77972
[05:26] TR Bot ANF | DAANES calls for an end to the international silence on attacks against journalists in NE Syria
[05:27] TR News Journalist Egd's last words: Do not despair https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/journalist-egid-s-last-words-do-not-despair-77970
[05:27] TR Bot ANF | Journalist Egd's last words: Do not despair
[05:28] TR News "brave journalist Egd Roj" killed by Turkish drone in Tishrin https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/sdf-pays-tribute-to-brave-journalist-egit-roj-killed-by-turkish-drone-in-tishrin-77964
[05:28] TR Bot ANF | SDF pays tribute to "brave journalist Egd Roj" killed by Turkish drone in Tishrin
[05:29] IsambardPrince Another way to build the PIE faster was to take advantage of time that it budgeted for a job that you did not use. For example, if it says to pull part of an order, it will stop at 20 pieces, even if they're the smallest pieces. It figures you will go bring those to the induction line, but you don't have to. Sometimes you can build four or even 5 of them in one go, getting credit for a 5 minute trip you're not making each time. That
[05:29] IsambardPrince gives you more PIE to drain later under a janitor code.
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[05:30] IsambardPrince Each order picker had a computer, it ran a unix system and it would tell you which order you were in. If a row was full of pickers, you could skip rows as long as you were pulling out of the same order. Then you could log out and log in and it would take you back to the first unpicked pulls.
[05:31] TR News Sportwashing crimes https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2025-02-20/tiger-woods-joins-another-white-house-meeting-as-pga-tour-moves-closer-to-saudi-deal
[05:31] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2025-02-20/tiger-woods-joins-another-white-house-meeting-as-pga-tour-moves-closer-to-saudi-deal )
[05:31] TR News Sportwashing with criminals: Saudi Investors to Meet With Cheeto Mussolini at White House ttps://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-02-20/pga-officials-saudi-investors-to-meet-with-trump-at-white-house-washington-post-reports
[05:31] IsambardPrince I had so many tricks that each put me ahead on PIE for each job assignment that I would just stay on those codes even on non-rate jobs later.
[05:31] IsambardPrince They never noticed.
[05:32] TR News Bought off https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/foxtel-s-new-owner-welcomes-saudi-dollars-in-deal-20250218-p5ld8e.html
[05:32] TR Bot Foxtel:Saudi Arabia invests $US1 billion in DAZN
[05:32] TR News There are swords and strings attached
[05:34] TR News What will future generations say about this? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/quick-facts-about-magnus-carlsen-net-worth-wife-why-hes-auctioning-off-his-jeans-1731256
[05:34] TR Bot Quick Facts About Magnus Carlsen: Net Worth, Wife, And Why He's Auctioning Off His Jeans | IBTimes UK
[05:38] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], PIE systems create a toxic work environment.
[05:39] IsambardPrince My paychecks were always about twice as big as others doing the same job there.
[05:46] IsambardPrince https://foxsanantonio.com/news/nation-world/consumer-sentiment-drops-10-as-inflation-fears-grow-university-of-michigan-reports
[05:46] TR Bot chevron-right
[05:46] IsambardPrince LOL
[05:47] IsambardPrince Consumer sentiment
[05:52] schestowitz[TR2] "sentiment"
[05:52] schestowitz[TR2] how to know theee economy sags:
[05:52] schestowitz[TR2] a. it's not money
[05:52] schestowitz[TR2] b. it's "credit"
[05:52] schestowitz[TR2] c. it's "market cap"
[05:52] schestowitz[TR2] 3. it's "slowing growth"
[05:52] schestowitz[TR2] *d
[05:53] schestowitz[TR2] e. sales down, but media tells people otherwise
[05:53] schestowitz[TR2] f. we now board about the "sentiment"
[05:53] schestowitz[TR2] blame the media
[05:53] schestowitz[TR2] the media can shape perceptions
[05:53] schestowitz[TR2] but it cannot talk its way into a better economy
[05:53] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/The_Corporate_Media_Pretends_That_Facebook_Meta_Has_Performed_W.shtml
[05:53] TR Bot Techrights The Corporate Media Pretends That Facebook ("Meta") Has Performed Well, But Its Debt Doubles Every 2 Years Despite Mass Layoffs
[05:53] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/25/The_Fall_of_Corporate_Media_Controlled_by_Oligarchs_Who_Boost_o.shtml
[05:54] TR Bot Techrights The Fall of Corporate Media Controlled by Oligarchs Who Boost (or Are Compelled to Boost) Reckless Lies About the Poor While Normalising Rich People's Crimes
[05:54] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], It shocked a person on Reddit that when they called Bank of America, they could see how much she owed on her AmEx and offered a special balance transfer to her.
[05:55] IsambardPrince Yes, they do account review pulls every month when they report on your card payments.
[05:55] IsambardPrince They know what you owed on your other accounts the last time those reported in.
[05:55] schestowitz[TR2] seems like a global thing https://www.dw.com/en/tesla-starts-hiring-in-india-after-modi-and-musk-meet/a-71645424
[05:55] TR Bot starts hiring in India after Modi and Musk meet DW 02/18/2025
[05:55] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Tesla not doing so well after Elon started doing all this crap.
[05:56] IsambardPrince Sales are down worldwide. People are selling their shares.
[05:56] IsambardPrince He's damaging the brand.
[05:56] schestowitz[TR2] and cars
[05:56] schestowitz[TR2] i call these 'nazimobiles'
[05:56] schestowitz[TR2] like batmobil(e)
[05:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I've kept an eye on what used Teslas are going for around here.
[05:57] IsambardPrince They've been losing considerable value lately while the others are pretty normal.
[05:57] schestowitz[TR2] if there is perception that
[05:57] schestowitz[TR2] 1) no more support
[05:57] schestowitz[TR2] 2) no more spares
[05:57] schestowitz[TR2] 3) no mmmmarket demand
[05:57] schestowitz[TR2] t he value will sag fast
[05:57] schestowitz[TR2] very fast
[05:57] schestowitz[TR2] and nobody will want to buy one, even used
[05:57] schestowitz[TR2] so what's the point
[05:58] schestowitz[TR2] in the past people did social signalling
[05:58] schestowitz[TR2] like,
[05:58] schestowitz[TR2] "i have EV"
[05:58] schestowitz[TR2] "i can afford this brand"
[05:58] schestowitz[TR2] "i save the planet"
[05:58] schestowitz[TR2] "i pollute less"
[05:58] schestowitz[TR2] what does tesla ownership project now?
[05:58] schestowitz[TR2] esp. if purchased in recent yearsd
[05:58] schestowitz[TR2] i.e. in spite knowing what MElon really is
[05:58] schestowitz[TR2] he is a "white kanye"
● Feb 24
[06:01] schestowitz[TR2] adidas germany knew "ye" shoes would not sell\
[06:01] schestowitz[TR2] or,
[06:01] schestowitz[TR2] IF they sell,
[06:01] schestowitz[TR2] it would only tarnish their brand
[06:02] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/25/The_Fall_of_Corporate_Media_Controlled_by_Oligarchs_Who_Boost_o.shtml
[06:02] TR Bot Techrights The Fall of Corporate Media Controlled by Oligarchs Who Boost (or Are Compelled to Boost) Reckless Lies About the Poor While Normalising Rich People's Crimes
[06:02] schestowitz[TR2] oops
[06:02] schestowitz[TR2] wrong url
[06:02] schestowitz[TR2] these: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/30/kanye-west-ye-adidas-legal-settlement-yeezy-range-brand https://www.prdaily.com/the-daily-scoop-how-adidas-is-carefully-offloading-remaining-yeezys-after-ye-controversy/
[06:02] TR Bot Kanye West and Adidas end fight over decision to drop rapper over antisemitism | Kanye West | The Guardian
[06:02] TR Bot The Daily Scoop: How Adidas is carefully offloading remaining Yeezys after Ye controversy - PR Daily
[06:02] schestowitz[TR2] adidas did not want the stigma of "nazi shoes"
[06:03] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/people-would-never-forget-these-shoes-the-fight-to-preserve-soles-of-stutthof-nazi-camp
[06:03] TR Bot People would never forget these shoes: the fight to preserve soles of Stutthof Nazi camp | Nazism | The Guardian
[06:05] schestowitz[TR2] MELon shoe/footwear https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSLaCGT3f1L5iIl2uuk2pKUWY_w4dSn5atTGA&s
[06:25] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: draft?
[06:39] IsambardPrince https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:kzvimib7ltjweklvjx6ry6sd/bafkreif6bzombm3vq7zwscq543fy2s4z5jaxh67jmzy2tant7pyl4g6ue4@jpeg
[06:39] IsambardPrince LOL
[06:39] IsambardPrince Yeah.
[06:40] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Proprietary_Software_is_Bad_for_Your_Health_Not_Just_Your_Finan.shtml
[06:40] TR Bot Techrights Proprietary Software is Bad for Your Health, Not Just Your Finances, Privacy and So On
[06:40] schestowitz[TR2] maybe you saw mandy
[06:40] schestowitz[TR2] using such "apps"
[06:40] schestowitz[TR2] so you can give input to quote
[06:40] TR News Techrights Proprietary Software is Bad for Your Health, Not Just Your Finances, Privacy and So On https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Proprietary_Software_is_Bad_for_Your_Health_Not_Just_Your_Finan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Proprietary_Software_is_Bad_for_Your_Health_Not_Just_Your_Finan.gmi
[06:40] TR Bot Techrights Proprietary Software is Bad for Your Health, Not Just Your Finances, Privacy and So On
[06:43] IsambardPrince I keep my phone on Do Not Disturb all the time and only allow contacts and people who call twice within 5 minutes to ring through.
[06:43] IsambardPrince Usually it's just not important.
[06:43] schestowitz[TR2] adding
[06:43] IsambardPrince After a while you have all the people you want to talk to on a whitelist and the others don't even ring.
[06:44] IsambardPrince The phone even screens them for me if they're not on the contact list.
[06:44] IsambardPrince So it doesn't even go to voicemail unless they say who they are.
[06:44] IsambardPrince I genuinely dislike apps.
[06:45] IsambardPrince I use F-Droid for most of them, including one that acts as a pseudo-VPN. It's called TrackerControl.
[06:45] IsambardPrince It blocks all the mobile ad and fingerprinting networks and stuff. You have to mess with it sometimes until an app works, but it blocks the phone home libraries and ads and stuff.
[06:46] IsambardPrince Honestly the amount of work you have to do so most of the world can't contact you or advertise to you is a lot.
[06:46] IsambardPrince But worth it. Otherwise it's usually scammers and things. Sales calls. All kinds of garbage.
[06:46] IsambardPrince Waking me up even.
[06:47] schestowitz[TR2] i kinow the feeling, but this is rare
[06:47] schestowitz[TR2] because i don't sleep very normal hours
[06:48] schestowitz[TR2] by social norms anyway
[06:48] schestowitz[TR2] i am "supposed" to sleep around 9
[06:48] IsambardPrince I don't either.
[06:48] IsambardPrince I sleep mostly during the day.
[06:48] schestowitz[TR2] right
[06:48] schestowitz[TR2] or several times per day
[06:48] schestowitz[TR2] that works sometimes
[06:48] schestowitz[TR2] the body knows
[06:48] schestowitz[TR2] but
[06:48] schestowitz[TR2] not if you work 9 to 5
[06:48] schestowitz[TR2] sleep at lunch break is socialluy awkward
[06:48] schestowitz[TR2] however
[06:48] schestowitz[TR2] i remember in the 1980s
[06:48] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Maybe we should start calling them Cheeto and Chainsaw Man.
[06:49] schestowitz[TR2] people shut down some stores
[06:49] schestowitz[TR2] for 2 hours
[06:49] schestowitz[TR2] you could even go home to sleep
[06:49] schestowitz[TR2] then come back
[06:49] IsambardPrince Like, this man is too mentally unstable to be allowed near important things.
[06:49] schestowitz[TR2] i know
[06:49] IsambardPrince Swinging a chainsaw around.
[06:49] schestowitz[TR2] let's stay consistent
[06:49] schestowitz[TR2] cheeto is from MinceR
[06:49] schestowitz[TR2] but we don't want to say "hitler" too much
[06:49] IsambardPrince Musk was swinging the chainsaw around.
[06:49] IsambardPrince It was horrific.
[06:49] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: the head of state in argentina did the same
[06:50] schestowitz[TR2] when he made gov cuts
[06:50] schestowitz[TR2] so this is not unprecedented
[06:50] schestowitz[TR2] milei?
[06:50] IsambardPrince He's the one who showed up and handed it to Musk.
[06:50] IsambardPrince Yes.
[06:50] IsambardPrince He was on stage too.
[06:50] schestowitz[TR2] oh
[06:50] schestowitz[TR2] crap.
[06:50] schestowitz[TR2] and both promote "cruypto" scams
[06:50] schestowitz[TR2] like "DOGE"
[06:50] schestowitz[TR2] "coin"
[06:50] IsambardPrince Yes, now there's a proposal to sell gold from Fort Knox.
[06:50] IsambardPrince And buy Bitcoins.
[06:50] IsambardPrince And have a Bitcoin Reserve.
[06:51] schestowitz[TR2] crypto post https://www.dw.com/en/argentina-milei-faces-impeachment-threat-over-crypto-post/a-71627300 http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/
[06:51] IsambardPrince Can you believe this shit?
[06:51] TR Bot Milei faces impeachment threat over crypto post DW 02/16/2025
[06:51] TR Bot There is No Such Thing as 'Cryptocurrency' and Please Stop Referring to It as Cryptocurrency
[06:51] schestowitz[TR2] i can believe, yes
[06:51] schestowitz[TR2] but i am not happy about it
[06:51] schestowitz[TR2] there's nothing i won't believe anymmmore about this regime
[06:51] schestowitz[TR2] i t's also noted here
[06:51] schestowitz[TR2] last night
[06:51] schestowitz[TR2] that MElon does hard drugs
[06:51] schestowitz[TR2] it's OK
[06:51] schestowitz[TR2] he's rich
[06:51] schestowitz[TR2] iut's ok for rich people to promote nazi symbolism
[06:51] schestowitz[TR2] do cocaine
[06:52] schestowitz[TR2] because they are "Smart"
[06:52] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Republican state governments want Bitcoins too.
[06:52] schestowitz[TR2] the worst people took control
[06:52] schestowitz[TR2] and what have democrats done?
[06:52] IsambardPrince Indiana said they will invest the state pensions in Bitcoins.
[06:52] schestowitz[TR2] almost nothing
[06:52] IsambardPrince Texas too.
[06:52] schestowitz[TR2] paralysis by fear
[06:52] IsambardPrince Corruption and insanity.
[06:52] IsambardPrince That's what's happening here.
[06:53] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The federal government should sell some of its gold to the states to remain deposited at Fort Knox.
[06:53] IsambardPrince As the gold value rises, it will help the pension fund solvency.
[06:53] IsambardPrince No need for fake "crypto" nonsense.
[06:53] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.reddit.com/r/lostgeneration/comments/u2bquq/george_carlin_said_this_over_15_years_ago/
[06:53] TR Bot - Dive into anything
[06:53] schestowitz[TR2] i cannot find the video or quote
[06:53] schestowitz[TR2] at this time
[06:53] IsambardPrince If the pensions need money to pay benefits, sell the gold.
[06:54] schestowitz[TR2] gerorge carlin said that midlife crisis is when you reach this age where all the idiots from school - the worst and dumbest people - are running things
[06:54] IsambardPrince It would not take much gold from Fort Knox to set up a state pension gold portfolio.
[06:54] schestowitz[TR2] in your country
[06:54] schestowitz[TR2] and you recognise those who get ahead are the very worst people
[06:55] IsambardPrince They're always the worst, the dumbest, the cruelest, and the least qualified people who get into "leadership".
[06:55] IsambardPrince That's why nothing works right and all the revered institutions fail.
[06:55] schestowitz[TR2] right
[06:57] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], When Indiana fucks around and finds out with the state pensions, Social Security takes over and sends the state a bill.
[06:57] IsambardPrince And the state still has to pay the pensions.
[06:58] IsambardPrince It just gambled with the money and lost it and has to pay it again.
[06:58] IsambardPrince That's what bitcoin reserves will do.
[06:58] IsambardPrince You don't use the life savings to play slot machines at the casino.
[06:59] IsambardPrince You need a diversified portfolio of real investments.
[06:59] IsambardPrince Which hedge each other for various risk types.
[06:59] IsambardPrince Fixed income doesn't grow fast so you can't make the amount of money you need.
[06:59] IsambardPrince Stocks that could return a fortune often fail, but not always.
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[07:00] IsambardPrince And then there's the stuff in the middle.
[07:00] IsambardPrince Real assets, well capitalized large companies with a track record, and so on.
[07:00] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Proprietary_Software_is_Bad_for_Your_Health_Not_Just_Your_Finan.shtml amended
[07:00] TR Bot Techrights Proprietary Software is Bad for Your Health, Not Just Your Finances, Privacy and So On
[07:00] schestowitz[TR2] witth your experience, too
[07:02] IsambardPrince Setting the phone up so that it just won't ring for most people.
[07:02] IsambardPrince And it's a high bar for them to even leave me a voicemail.
[07:03] IsambardPrince Today the neighbor locked himself out.
[07:03] IsambardPrince He went beep beeeeep beeeeeeeeeep on my doorbell for a few minutes. I got up and took a leak and went back to bed.
[07:03] IsambardPrince It's that asshole with the loud stereo that never turns it down for long if I ask.
[07:04] IsambardPrince So he was locked out of the building for 4 hours until his girlfriend came home and let him in.
[07:04] IsambardPrince Stuck out there in the cold.
[07:04] schestowitz[TR2] physical key?
[07:04] schestowitz[TR2] fob?
[07:04] IsambardPrince He was trying to manipulate me to get up and stop everything and let him in, after he's made a pest out of himself.
[07:04] schestowitz[TR2] appl?
[07:04] IsambardPrince Physical key.
[07:04] IsambardPrince So I manipulated him.
[07:04] IsambardPrince After 4 hours in a cold mailroom, he won't forget his key again.
[07:05] IsambardPrince And then there will be no need to beep me.
[07:05] schestowitz[TR2] "now you know how _I_ feel"
[07:05] schestowitz[TR2] that is a big issue
[07:05] schestowitz[TR2] over adecade ago we lived in a tall building
[07:05] schestowitz[TR2] and people could just buzz any apartment
[07:05] schestowitz[TR2] many false buzzes
[07:05] schestowitz[TR2] either from guests
[07:06] schestowitz[TR2] or from neigbours
[07:06] schestowitz[TR2] if you have your own door
[07:06] schestowitz[TR2] then it's less likely to occur
[07:06] schestowitz[TR2] and you can tell sometimes
[07:06] schestowitz[TR2] who or what that is
[07:06] schestowitz[TR2] parcel
[07:06] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I could take the cover off the wall and disconnect the speaker I suppose.
[07:06] IsambardPrince No more beeps.
[07:06] schestowitz[TR2] jehovah's witnesses? (they knocked her days ago; we ignored the knock)
[07:07] schestowitz[TR2] *here
[07:07] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: i have this 'weird' theory
[07:07] schestowitz[TR2] and it goes something like dis [sic]
[07:07] schestowitz[TR2] people act irresponsible
[07:08] schestowitz[TR2] *ly
[07:08] schestowitz[TR2] if you let them get away with it
[07:08] schestowitz[TR2] one example is, not taking a key
[07:08] schestowitz[TR2] because they reckon there si some loophole
[07:08] schestowitz[TR2] "i can buzz my sleeping neighbour
[07:08] schestowitz[TR2] or
[07:08] schestowitz[TR2] "i can be late to meet a person"
[07:08] IsambardPrince Yep.
[07:08] schestowitz[TR2] "i will just send her/him a text message"
[07:08] schestowitz[TR2] i grew up in the 80s
[07:08] schestowitz[TR2] if you say x oclock
[07:08] schestowitz[TR2] it WILL be x
[07:09] schestowitz[TR2] or earlier
[07:09] schestowitz[TR2] no SMS
[07:09] schestowitz[TR2] no notyhing
[07:09] schestowitz[TR2] gonna be late?
[07:09] schestowitz[TR2] THEN RUN!
[07:09] schestowitz[TR2] and you RUN
[07:09] schestowitz[TR2] and you meet on time
[07:09] schestowitz[TR2] no lateness
[07:09] schestowitz[TR2] there are many other aspects to this
[07:10] schestowitz[TR2] no last-minute cancelations
[07:10] IsambardPrince Mandy calls lateness Filipino Time.
[07:10] schestowitz[TR2] there are aspsects that i forget
[07:10] IsambardPrince Like we're supposed to be there at 4 and his friends don't show up until 5:30.
[07:10] IsambardPrince That's incredibly rude.
[07:10] schestowitz[TR2] oh, that's the thing
[07:10] schestowitz[TR2] you wear a watch
[07:10] IsambardPrince You just wasted an hour and a half of my day.
[07:10] IsambardPrince Just say 5:30.
[07:10] schestowitz[TR2] nope, not "SMART" 'phone"
[07:10] schestowitz[TR2] a f*(*ing watch
[07:10] schestowitz[TR2] one that works
[07:10] schestowitz[TR2] no batteries need charging
[07:10] schestowitz[TR2] changing once a year is ok
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] or once in 3 years
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] so you know t he time
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] you remember when to meet
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] no SMS
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] you know
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] 1) time
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] 2) place
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] and RUN
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] much simpler and better
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] and it generally worked
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] hailing taxis with the hand
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] not some "app"
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] or "phone up"
[07:11] schestowitz[TR2] you could even hitch one anonymously
[07:12] schestowitz[TR2] it's still possible but frowned upon
[07:12] schestowitz[TR2] there will always be some driver that waaants busines
[07:12] schestowitz[TR2] and finds a loophole for accepting someone who expressed demand
[07:12] schestowitz[TR2] on the road
[07:12] schestowitz[TR2] the government wants society to stop this
[07:12] schestowitz[TR2] so it has data on all t ransit t ravel
[07:13] schestowitz[TR2] but who gains from such data?
[07:13] schestowitz[TR2] you cannot even access this data
[07:13] schestowitz[TR2] they can say where you were or not
[07:13] schestowitz[TR2] when looking to frame you
[07:14] schestowitz[TR2] in the past year we met two people on the street
[07:14] schestowitz[TR2] strangers
[07:14] schestowitz[TR2] thhheir phone ran our of batteries
[07:14] schestowitz[TR2] and they didn't know where to go
[07:14] schestowitz[TR2] didn't think of making a paper backup
[07:14] schestowitz[TR2] or were dependent on Google Maps
[07:14] schestowitz[TR2] (or similar)
[07:14] schestowitz[TR2] without even writing down the address
[07:15] schestowitz[TR2] so a lot can go wrong with these devices that might malfunction or just run out of juice
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] it can be a big problem for "digital tickets" and apps for transit
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] so people start carrying "power banks"
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] this thing ended well, only weeks ago
[07:18] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3297362/air-busan-bans-power-banks-lockers-after-fire-hong-kong-bound-aircraft
[07:18] TR Bot Power banks banned in Air Busan lockers after fire on Hong Kong-bound aircraft | South China Morning Post
[07:18] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2955551/air-busan-bans-power-banks-in-overhead-bins-after-fire
[07:18] TR Bot Bangkok Post - Air Busan bans power banks in overhead bins after fire
[07:18] schestowitz[TR2] welcome to "new"
[07:18] schestowitz[TR2] much safer and better
[07:19] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thestreet.com/travel/air-busan-bans-power-bank-after-explosion
[07:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thestreet.com/travel/air-busan-bans-power-bank-after-explosion )
[07:19] schestowitz[TR2] no bombs allowed onboard
[07:19] schestowitz[TR2] except "power banks"
[07:19] schestowitz[TR2] they are the "OK" bombs
[07:19] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/samsung-exploding-phone-galaxy-note-9-burns-woman-purse-110477-2018-09-17
[07:19] TR Bot Samsung's exploding phone nightmare is back; Galaxy Note 9 burns in woman's purse - Samsung's exploding phone nightmare is back; Galaxy Note 9 burns in woman's purse BusinessToday
[07:20] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.newsweek.com/galaxy-note-9-explosion-samsung-1123136
[07:20] TR Bot Alleges That New Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Caught Fire Spontaneously - Newsweek
[07:20] schestowitz[TR2] not just "power banks"
[07:20] schestowitz[TR2] i never heard of an analogue or digital watch catching on flames
[07:20] schestowitz[TR2] not yet
[07:25] TR News Virginia AGs office says it was struck by sophisticated cyberattack https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/12/virginia-attorney-general-cyber-attack/
[07:25] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/12/virginia-attorney-general-cyber-attack/ )
[07:26] TR News Windows TCO https://www.yahoo.com/news/school-board-approves-letter-ag-120500466.html
[07:26] TR Bot School board approves letter to AG for data breach
[07:26] TR News Kuwait busts large-scale cyber attacks https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwait-busts-large-scale-cyber-attacks-1.500036918
[07:26] TR Bot Kuwait busts large-scale cyber attacks
[07:28] TR News Ransomware attack affects Michigan casinos and tribal health centers https://databreaches.net/2025/02/17/ransomware-attack-affects-michigan-casinos-and-tribal-health-centers/
[07:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/02/17/ransomware-attack-affects-michigan-casinos-and-tribal-health-centers/ )
[07:31] TR News Slovakia 'too expensive' https://spectator.sme.sk/business/c/ibm-to-lay-off-hundreds-in-bratislava
[07:31] TR Bot IBM to lay off hundreds in Bratislava - The Slovak Spectator
[07:35] TR News Sorry no sorry? https://joe-steel.com/2025-02-14-Netflix-Says-Its-Brief-Apple-TV-App-Integration-Was-a-Mistake.html
[07:35] TR Bot Netflix Says Its Brief Apple TV App Integration Was a Mistake
[07:37] TR News unprecedented wealth transfer https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/wealth-transfer-inequality-1trillion-1.7462837
[07:37] TR Bot 'A trillion-dollar tsunami': Canadians grapple with unprecedented wealth transfer | CBC News
[07:38] TR News HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI BUY TODAY !! https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-new-iphone-se-1.7462776
[07:38] TR Bot Apple ditches budget iPhone SE for pricier new entry model with AI | CBC News
[07:39] TR News Apple Drops Encryption Feature https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-02-21/apple-drops-encryption-feature-for-uk-users-after-government-reportedly-demanded-backdoor-access http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml
[07:39] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-02-21/apple-drops-encryption-feature-for-uk-users-after-government-reportedly-demanded-backdoor-access )
[07:39] TR Bot Techrights Unlike GAFAM, Free Software Serves You, It Does Not Serve Governments and MElons (Overlapping Forces)
[07:39] TR News (NEW): Raspberry Pi-Like Board Incorporates RK3568 CPU, GbE Port, and M.2 2242 Slot https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Raspberry_Pi_Like_Board_Incorporates_RK3568_CPU_GbE_Port_and_M_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Raspberry_Pi_Like_Board_Incorporates_RK3568_CPU_GbE_Port_and_M_.gmi
[07:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Raspberry Pi-Like Board Incorporates RK3568 CPU, GbE Port, and M.2 2242 Slot
[07:40] TR News Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection From the UK, in Defiance of UK Demand for Global Backdoor https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/apple_pulls_advanced_data_protection_from_the_uk
[07:40] TR Bot Daring Fireball: Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection From the UK, in Defiance of UK Demand for Global Backdoor
[07:40] TR News Only after 'brigading' Torvalds https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/02/14/1842251/lead-asahi-linux-developer-quits-days-after-leaving-kernel-maintainer-role see https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/When_It_Comes_to_Social_Control_Media_Linus_Torvalds_is_Channel.shtml
[07:41] TR Bot Lead Asahi Linux Developer Quits Days After Leaving Kernel Maintainer Role - Slashdot
[07:41] TR Bot Techrights When It Comes to Social Control Media, Linus Torvalds is Channeling Techrights
[07:41] TR News In LF 'universe', "Toxic" means "not working for (employed by) a sponsor" https://techrights.org/o/2021/05/07/trolling-the-real-community/
[07:41] TR Bot The Biggest Troll is the Linux Foundation, Still Looking to Provoke and Defame Free Software Communities in Order to Help a Monopolistic Takeover and to Shoehorn Tyrants Into Leadership Positions
[07:42] TR News Top Linux Networking Commands and Troubleshooting Tips
[07:43] TR News Top Linux Networking Commands and Troubleshooting Tips https://www.maketecheasier.com/top-linux-networking-commands-and-troubleshooting-tips/
[07:43] TR Bot Top Linux Networking Commands and Troubleshooting Tips - Make Tech Easier
[07:43] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (07/2025): Reviews and Improvements https://linmob.net/weekly-update-07-2025/
[07:43] TR Bot no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'linmob.net' ( status 0 @ https://linmob.net/weekly-update-07-2025/ )
[07:43] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I ended up "subscribing" to the grocery store.
[07:44] TR News The "C" in LF is for capitulation https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/02/18/227222/linus-torvalds-would-reportedly-merge-rust-kernel-code-over-maintainer-objections
[07:44] TR Bot Linus Torvalds Would Reportedly Merge Rust Kernel Code Over Maintainer Objections - Slashdot
[07:44] schestowitz[TR2] "subscribing"?
[07:44] IsambardPrince You pay $99 a year, get most of it back as a $5 credit, they give you double "points" on store brands, and a 5% discount on organics and a bunch of other stuff.
[07:44] schestowitz[TR2] click, like, subscribbbe?
[07:44] IsambardPrince Yeah, if you use it enough, the subscription actually is cheaper than just buying the food at the list price.
[07:44] schestowitz[TR2] sounds like loyaaalty [[[sic] card
[07:44] schestowitz[TR2] "subscribing" is something else
[07:45] IsambardPrince Yeah, it's a loyalty card, but they make you pay for it.
[07:45] IsambardPrince But then turn around and basically hand it right back.
[07:45] IsambardPrince I can see why they would.
[07:46] IsambardPrince If you paid for that you'll use it, and it means shopping at their store.
[07:46] IsambardPrince I like one stop shopping. Aldi doesn't have everything.
[07:48] IsambardPrince They get it out of you one way or another.
[07:48] IsambardPrince Either you pay for the discount card or you pay by paying higher prices.
[07:49] TR News Why NOW? https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/02/18/0953205/free-software-foundation-speaks-up-against-red-hat-source-code-announcement
[07:49] TR Bot Free Software Foundation Speaks Up Against Red Hat Source Code Announcement - Slashdot
[07:50] TR News These cults send borderlne death threats to Pocock https://danielpocock.com/zizian-transgender-google-debian-open-source-linux-extremist-cult-phenomena/
[07:50] TR Bot Zizian, transgender, Google & Debian open source extremist cult phenomena
[07:52] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: there are other options
[07:53] schestowitz[TR2] but they are not common or obvious
[07:53] schestowitz[TR2] i did not stockpil;e for years by going into aldi
[07:53] schestowitz[TR2] yesterday i saved about 200 pounds in 2 hours
[07:58] schestowitz[TR2] whoa, some listrine is not 6 pounds apiece
[07:58] schestowitz[TR2] for 400ml
[07:59] schestowitz[TR2] when did the prices jump this fast?
[07:59] schestowitz[TR2] *now
[07:59] TR News 3.0 final almost there now! http://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/02/how-to-test-out-gimp-30-development-version-quickly-on-ubuntu.html
[07:59] IsambardPrince I also pay American Express. They waived it for the first year and gave me another $150 bonus though.
[07:59] TR Bot How To Test GIMP 3.0 Development Version Quickly on Ubuntu
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[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, amex is "credit"
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] i.e. mostly debt
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] people use it as "credit"
[08:00] IsambardPrince Starting in May they'll take a prorated annual fee on the blue cash preferred card.
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] money to burn and pay interest on
[08:00] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I never pay them interest.
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] you have to laugh at people who say
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] "platinum"
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] "gggold"
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] "silver"
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] but
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] it'''s just PLASTIC
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] some piece of plastic
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] with magnet or chip
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] on the plastic
[08:00] IsambardPrince They pay me about $30 a month for doing my grocery shopping and about $5 for my gasoline/transit.
[08:00] schestowitz[TR2] like it's a class symbol
[08:01] schestowitz[TR2] it's just plastic
[08:01] IsambardPrince It pays me more than it costs.
[08:01] schestowitz[TR2] and it typifies idiocy
[08:01] IsambardPrince No brainer.
[08:01] IsambardPrince Give them $95 and turn it into $360 doing my groceries.
[08:01] IsambardPrince That brings the 6% down to about 4.5% rebates on my grocery bills.
[08:02] IsambardPrince But a no annual fee card is only 3%.
[08:02] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Mom doesn't get this either.
[08:02] IsambardPrince If they're not paying YOU, cut it up.
[08:02] IsambardPrince :P
[08:03] IsambardPrince I basically will be paying in $95 a year (that I paid income tax on) to get $360 back on my food (which is not taxed).
[08:04] TR News Is our sleep getting worse? https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/400087/how-to-sleep-better-chronotypes-night-owl
[08:04] TR Bot can I get better sleep? | Vox
[08:04] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: there mighttt be a catch
[08:04] schestowitz[TR2] or severrral
[08:04] schestowitz[TR2] b ut i cannot explain that
[08:04] IsambardPrince So that's a net benefit of $265. If you count the tax I don't pay on it, then about $287.
[08:04] schestowitz[TR2] as i am not too familiar with that
[08:04] schestowitz[TR2] maybe you will get flagged as parasite
[08:04] schestowitz[TR2] b y the "credit" company
[08:04] IsambardPrince $290-something since it doesn't go on the state return either.
[08:04] schestowitz[TR2] they track all your money
[08:04] TR News (NEW): GNOME 48 and a changed tap-and-drag drag lock behaviour https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/GNOME_48_and_a_changed_tap_and_drag_drag_lock_behaviour.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/GNOME_48_and_a_changed_tap_and_drag_drag_lock_behaviour.gmi
[08:04] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME 48 and a changed tap-and-drag drag lock behaviour
[08:04] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Nope.
[08:04] schestowitz[TR2] and you become "bad" borrower
[08:05] IsambardPrince They're offering us more cards.
[08:05] IsambardPrince With more bonuses.
[08:05] IsambardPrince They just offered me $1000 to take another AmEx card.
[08:05] schestowitz[TR2] until you need one
[08:05] schestowitz[TR2] like, if mandy loses the job
[08:05] schestowitz[TR2] and then you becccome debt slaves
[08:05] schestowitz[TR2] with whatever card was sent
[08:05] schestowitz[TR2] they just geeet you "hooked" early
[08:06] schestowitz[TR2] banks are like this too
[08:06] schestowitz[TR2] they paaaay you to join
[08:06] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], You don't have cashback credit cards in the UK?
[08:06] schestowitz[TR2] and then push mortgages to you
[08:06] schestowitz[TR2] i don
[08:06] schestowitz[TR2] 't pay with card
[08:06] schestowitz[TR2] so those won't matter to me
[08:06] IsambardPrince https://www.nerdwallet.com/uk/credit-cards/best-cashback-credit-card/
[08:06] TR Bot Best Cashback Credit Cards February 2025 NerdWallet UK
[08:06] IsambardPrince Those are some puny rates anyway.
[08:06] schestowitz[TR2] no card
[08:07] schestowitz[TR2] no, thanks
[08:07] IsambardPrince You're talking a fraction of a percent in the UK.
[08:07] IsambardPrince Not worth bothering with I guess.
[08:07] IsambardPrince Way higher interest in the UK too.
[08:07] IsambardPrince Whoa.
[08:07] TR News Student Athletes Don't Know How To Fuel With Food, Study Says https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-02-18/student-athletes-dont-know-how-to-fuel-with-food-study-says
[08:07] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-02-18/student-athletes-dont-know-how-to-fuel-with-food-study-says )
[08:08] schestowitz[TR2] people here use debit cards
[08:08] schestowitz[TR2] n ot credit card
[08:08] schestowitz[TR2] different culture
[08:08] IsambardPrince 36.3% on a credit card is steep.
[08:08] IsambardPrince You might get that on a bottom feeder here.
[08:08] schestowitz[TR2] and our PM does not jump around gong "vroom vroom MFer" with a chainsaw
[08:08] IsambardPrince Like the stuff that my mother gets because she's a damn deadbeat who doesn't pay her bills.
[08:08] IsambardPrince A normal card is maybe 23%.
[08:09] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Most Americans use credit cards, but not like millionaires do.
[08:09] TR News (NEW): Review: iodeOS 6.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Review_iodeOS_6_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Review_iodeOS_6_0.gmi
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[08:10] IsambardPrince Millionaires have them but they always pay on time and in full by the due date, and keep the cash back.
[08:10] IsambardPrince Peasants like my mom buy shit they throw in a closet and make 30% interest payments.
[08:10] IsambardPrince And only send in the minimum due.
[08:11] IsambardPrince Some day someone will have to clean out her house and tell my brother to get a job for the first time in his life.
[08:11] IsambardPrince And it's not going to be me.
[08:11] IsambardPrince I've had enough of both of them.
[08:11] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], There's no estate.
[08:12] IsambardPrince She's got two cars that barely work.
[08:12] IsambardPrince A cheap apartment.
[08:12] IsambardPrince Maxed out credit cards.
[08:12] IsambardPrince And 72 cents.
[08:12] IsambardPrince I'm not touching this.
[08:12] IsambardPrince If the State wants to bury her, they can have at it.
[08:12] schestowitz[TR2] wtf??? just wanted to do the garden bird surveeey
[08:12] schestowitz[TR2] for the ngo here
[08:12] IsambardPrince She's ruined my life and I'm not even going to pay them to dispose of the body.
[08:12] schestowitz[TR2] and they ask personal details
[08:13] schestowitz[TR2] why enter things like phone #?
[08:13] schestowitz[TR2] to participate in a survey about nature?
[08:13] schestowitz[TR2] just putting more database in some database
[08:13] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I'm a math nerd when it comes to money.
[08:13] schestowitz[TR2] there should be no need for this info
[08:13] IsambardPrince So when I can get money for doing basically nothing, that's cool.
[08:13] schestowitz[TR2] if it's sent by post it can be anon
[08:14] IsambardPrince We eat out a lot.
[08:14] IsambardPrince I usually get anywhere from 13-45% back as cash too.
[08:14] IsambardPrince I never eat out for full price. That's for chumps like mom.
[08:14] TR News How to prove false statements? (Part 3) http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/02/19/how-to-prove-false-statements-part-3/
[08:15] TR Bot How to prove false statements? (Part 3) A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
[08:15] IsambardPrince Mom was shocked that we went to a sub shop several times and I showed her the bill and it was like $43 for me and Mandy.
[08:15] IsambardPrince But I get back almost half.
[08:15] TR News How to fight back in the war against spam texts https://www.vox.com/technology/400340/how-to-stop-scam-texts don't have a device that receive texts, mmmmkay?
[08:15] TR Bot to stop scam texts? Dont read them or click links | Vox
[08:15] IsambardPrince If you can stack it so eating out isn't costing much more than eating in, go for it.
[08:15] IsambardPrince If you can't, stay home and cook.
[08:16] IsambardPrince At our income level, food is a major expense.
[08:16] IsambardPrince It's the second largest after paying the landlord.
[08:16] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I have a trove of lots of things in a walk in pantry.
[08:17] IsambardPrince Even synthetic motor oils that they gave me.
[08:17] IsambardPrince And car filters and stuff.
[08:17] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I pissed John off the other day.
[08:17] IsambardPrince I told him what his car payments could be over 40 years in a growth mutual fund.
[08:18] IsambardPrince I said "$10 million dollars. Hope you like the car."
[08:19] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Debt is stupid.
[08:19] TR News (NEW): UbuntuDDE remix flavor of Ubuntu with DDE https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/UbuntuDDE_remix_flavor_of_Ubuntu_with_DDE.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/UbuntuDDE_remix_flavor_of_Ubuntu_with_DDE.gmi
[08:19] IsambardPrince It's the number one cause of heart attacks in America.
[08:19] TR Bot Tux Machines UbuntuDDE remix flavor of Ubuntu with DDE
[08:20] IsambardPrince People probably think it's a McDonalds on every corner, but that's not true.
[08:20] IsambardPrince The debt makes them overwork.
[08:20] IsambardPrince Then all they eat is McDonalds because there's no time except to wolf it down in the car on the way home to shower and fall in bed.
[08:20] IsambardPrince Then they die.
[08:21] IsambardPrince Mom puts her money into some church, like it was an investment. Somewhere in her....brain, that church is going to "pay off".
[08:21] IsambardPrince She thinks she's got a subscription to heaven or something, and that's the dues.
[08:23] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I used to use debit cards until I realized how pointless they were.
[08:23] IsambardPrince Nobody pays you to use them (except Discover, which is 1%), and if someone steals your money, it's actually gone, and you have 30 days to notice and report it or it's gone for good.
[08:24] IsambardPrince Debit cards are for poor people.
[08:24] IsambardPrince Credit cards are for poor people, if you're an idiot with them they make you poor. :
[08:24] IsambardPrince :D
[08:24] TR News Techrights Even Worse Than LLM Slop and Linkspam From UNIXMen https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Even_Worse_Than_LLM_Slop_and_Linkspam_From_UNIXMen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Even_Worse_Than_LLM_Slop_and_Linkspam_From_UNIXMen.gmi
[08:24] TR Bot Techrights Even Worse Than LLM Slop and Linkspam From UNIXMen
[08:25] IsambardPrince Usually when I see people resorting to debit cards, it means they're living paycheck to paycheck.
[08:25] IsambardPrince If they had better credit and more financial sense, they could get a good credit card and earn money off people paying with debit and cash.
[08:27] schestowitz[TR2] Usually when I see people resorting to debit cards, it means they're living paycheck to paycheck.
[08:27] schestowitz[TR2] what baloney
[08:27] schestowitz[TR2] people in debt are worse off
[08:27] schestowitz[TR2] credit card is for people who are innn minus
[08:27] schestowitz[TR2] *in
[08:27] IsambardPrince I'm not in debt.
[08:28] IsambardPrince My credit cards add about $1700 a year to what I make.
[08:28] IsambardPrince Without causing debt.
[08:28] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi
[08:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software
[08:28] IsambardPrince Debit cards in America scream poor person, bad credit, no money.
[08:28] IsambardPrince But I'm not saying everyone who gets a credit card is brilliant, or has money.
[08:28] IsambardPrince I'm just saying there's probably no better predictor of dire poverty than people using a debit card.
[08:29] IsambardPrince Dave Ramsey says use debit because he deals with people who blew themselves up with a credit card and have a severe fiscal management problem.
[08:30] IsambardPrince So he's used to people calling in going "I have half a million in student loans, a car that's worth $20,000 and I owe $36,000 on it at 17%, oh yeah and $90,000 in credit cards."
[08:30] IsambardPrince This is a big problem.
[08:30] IsambardPrince But the banks have only ever lost money on me.
[08:30] IsambardPrince One hell of a lot of money.
[08:31] TR News Cinnamon Extensions https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=df02ap4GZQE
[08:31] TR Bot Top 10 MIND-BLOWING Cinnamon Extensions You SHOULD Be Using! (Beyond EPIC) - Invidious
[08:31] IsambardPrince They've lost at least $20,000 in credit card rewards and over $100,000 in discharge after which they gave me more cards and proceeded to lose more money.
[08:31] TR News Artists And Creators Should Stop Disowning Their Work https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=jFKcfapSy4k
[08:32] TR Bot Artists And Creators Should Stop Disowning Their Work - Invidious
[08:32] IsambardPrince Years ago after that mess was over with, I said, "Eww! Okay, let's get this cleaned up." And I had a rewards credit card again in two months.
[08:32] TR News Plasma Mobile and Phosh tested https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=nCSs4CbxZHk
[08:32] TR Bot I was WRONG about Linux & touchscreens: GNOME, Plasma Mobile and Phosh tested - Invidious
[08:32] TR News Learn to Love the Magic of AWK in Linux https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=tMvZHxSyAr4
[08:32] TR Bot Learn to Love the Magic of AWK in Linux - Invidious
[08:32] TR News OpenMandriva 25.01 "ROME" Gnome overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=5I5ZbQcKMio
[08:32] TR Bot OpenMandriva 25.01 "ROME" Gnome overview | ROME, the OpenMandriva rolling edition. - Invidious
[08:33] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They don't actually keep track of your history with them that much, well, some do.
[08:33] IsambardPrince But they're willing to pay you gobs of cash back and never make interest.
[08:33] TR News Switch to RSS for your online media! https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=-5MtaffecZU
[08:33] TR Bot Switch to RSS for your online media! - Invidious
[08:33] IsambardPrince If you file bankruptcy and burn them for a lot of money, some banks hold a grudge about that for 10-20 years, maybe forever.
[08:33] IsambardPrince But some will start issuing cards again in a year.
[08:34] TR News Solus 4.7 overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=OL9yEUIirIY
[08:34] IsambardPrince So out of dozens of banks there's like one that said they're finished with me. Good day, sir.
[08:34] TR Bot Solus 4.7 overview | Designed for Everyone. - Invidious
[08:34] IsambardPrince But they said if I ever came in and paid what I owed them, they'd give me another card.
[08:34] TR News MX Linux 23.5 overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ouNYc4Eq8KY
[08:34] TR Bot MX Linux 23.5 overview | simple configuration, high stability, solid performance. - Invidious
[08:34] TR News (NEW): 4 New Effects Added to Burn My Windows GNOME Extension https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/4_New_Effects_Added_to_Burn_My_Windows_GNOME_Extension.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/4_New_Effects_Added_to_Burn_My_Windows_GNOME_Extension.gmi
[08:34] TR Bot Tux Machines 4 New Effects Added to Burn My Windows GNOME Extension
[08:36] IsambardPrince Ramsey misleads people about how awful bankruptcy when they're calling into his show really would be.
[08:36] IsambardPrince And he tells a lot of people who are bankrupt that they're not, and to pay it back.
[08:36] IsambardPrince When they could start rehabilitating their finances a lot faster by not paying it.
[08:37] IsambardPrince It's one of those things where if you have to ask, you may need to.
[08:37] IsambardPrince And it's not life ending.
[08:37] IsambardPrince He puts it up there with a death in the family or something which is nonsense.
[08:38] TR News "Graperains RK3568 single board computer is a compact platform for embedded applications, powered by a quad-core Cortex-A55 CPU at 2.0GHz." https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-like-board-incorporates-rk3568-cpu-gbe-port-and-m-2-2242-slot/
[08:38] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-like-board-incorporates-rk3568-cpu-gbe-port-and-m-2-2242-slot/ )
[08:38] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: that's prozac nation for you
[08:39] schestowitz[TR2] led by man with vroom vroom
[08:39] IsambardPrince Oh yeah, these people didn't get their shit together as well as I did.
[08:39] IsambardPrince Living in a motel, even.
[08:39] IsambardPrince What does that say?
[08:40] schestowitz[TR2] or a forest
[08:40] schestowitz[TR2] with no water
[08:40] TR News "Elon Musk vows to 'fix' X feature over Ukraine and Volodymr Zelensky" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/elon-musk-vows-to-fix-x-feature-over-ukraine-and-zelensky/articleshow/118435516.cms
[08:40] TR Bot Elon Musk vows to 'fix' X feature over Ukraine and Volodymr Zelensky - The Economic Times
[08:40] TR News "Brazil's top court orders Elon Musk's X platform to pay fine" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/brazils-top-court-orders-elon-musks-x-platform-to-pay-fine/articleshow/118435736.cms
[08:40] TR Bot Brazil's top court orders Elon Musk's X platform to pay fine - The Economic Times
[08:40] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Is it desirable? No. You would never file bankruptcy over small problems.
[08:40] TR News "EU digital chief: will propose plans to ease digital regulation" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-digital-chief-will-propose-plans-to-ease-digital-regulation/articleshow/118416701.cms content-free statements
[08:40] TR Bot EU digital chief: will propose plans to ease digital regulation - The Economic Times
[08:41] IsambardPrince By the time you would, you're dealing with a level of debt that will never go away.
[08:41] IsambardPrince Like "If I somehow directed all my income at this for 10 years, I could pay it off. If I don't pay for rent, and stop eating."
[08:41] TR News "'Served its purpose': Elon Musk bats for early deorbiting of Nasa Space Station - The Times of India" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/served-its-purpose-elon-musk-bats-for-early-deorbiting-of-nasa-space-station/articleshow/118435068.cms
[08:41] TR Bot 'Served its purpose': Elon Musk bats for early deorbiting of Nasa Space Station - The Times of India
[08:42] IsambardPrince The UK laws on bankruptcy are much worse than ours.
[08:42] IsambardPrince Even after the 2005 "reform".
[08:43] TR News "Trump administration puts thousands of workers on leave, cutting U.S. jobs at foreign aid agency" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-s-agency-for-international-job-cuts-1.7466508
[08:43] TR Bot Trump administration puts thousands of workers on leave, cutting U.S. jobs at foreign aid agency | CBC News
[08:43] TR News (NEW): Why Linux Is the Perfect OS for Your Mini PC https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Why_Linux_Is_the_Perfect_OS_for_Your_Mini_PC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Why_Linux_Is_the_Perfect_OS_for_Your_Mini_PC.gmi
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[08:43] TR News "Baltic and North Sea states vow to pressure Russia's 'shadow fleet' / Article" https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/22.02.2025-baltic-and-north-sea-states-vow-to-pressure-russias-shadow-fleet.a588825/
[08:43] TR Bot Baltic and North Sea states vow to pressure Russia's 'shadow fleet' / Article
[08:43] IsambardPrince It's almost comical reading through UK personal bankruptcy laws. It's like you'd expect some judge with one of those goofy wigs on his head to read out of a law book written in the 19th century, and "recording your name as a bankrupt".
[08:43] IsambardPrince Then requiring you to tell employers, like you're on the sex offender list and just moved next door or something.
[08:43] IsambardPrince Fuck's sake. What is wrong with your country?
[08:44] TR News "Germany's Merz Eyes 'Independence' From U.S., Airs Worries About NATO's Future" https://www.rferl.org/a/merz-germany-trump-nato-ukraine-russia-election/33325458.html iophk: for decades, Germany had been the US' biggest ally in Europe, perhaps in the world
[08:44] TR Bot Germany's Merz Eyes 'Independence' From U.S., Airs Worries About NATO's Future
[08:45] IsambardPrince Then I can't recall but I think the UK fucks with you so you can't buy a house for a really long time, and takes your house if you have one and gives you like nothing for it.
[08:45] IsambardPrince It's terrible.
[08:45] TR News "Ekspert advarer danske virksomheder: Regn med USA spionerer via Google og Microsoft | Version2" | Expect the US to spy via Google and Microsoft | https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/ekspert-advarer-danske-virksomheder-regn-med-usa-spionerer-google-og-microsoft http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Techrights_Disconnected_From_the_United_States_Two_Years_Ago.shtml
[08:45] TR Bot Ekspert advarer danske virksomheder: Regn med USA spionerer via Google og Microsoft | Version2
[08:45] TR Bot Techrights Techrights Disconnected From the United States Two Years Ago
[08:46] TR News "Betet r smre n p flera r: En vinter olik ngon annan | SVT Nyheter" | The pasture is worse than it has been in several years: A winter unlike any other | https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/sapmi/betet-ar-samre-an-pa-flera-ar-en-vinter-olik-nagon-annan
[08:46] TR Bot Betet r smre n p flera r: En vinter olik ngon annan | SVT Nyheter
[08:46] IsambardPrince UK bankruptcy is almost like being branded a criminal.
[08:46] IsambardPrince In the US almost nothing comes from it except you have to rebuild your credit.
[08:46] TR News "Regeringen vill frbjuda Onlyfans" | The government wants to ban Onlyfans | https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/02/24/regeringen-vill-forbjuda-onlyfans/
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[08:47] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The more people have to resort to something, the less stigma it carries.
[08:47] IsambardPrince When hospital bills can push you into bankruptcy, lots of people have a bankruptcy.
[08:47] IsambardPrince It becomes more acceptable.
[08:48] IsambardPrince Also, there's a cultural attitude in the US, still persistent, that banks lend money at their own risk.
[08:48] TR News "On the back of a report that LaLiga and Telefonica sought enhanced blocking measures to counter use of Encrypted Client Hello" https://torrentfreak.com/did-a-court-really-authorize-internet-service-providers-to-block-cloudflare-250223/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[08:48] TR Bot a Court Really Authorize Internet Service Providers to Block Cloudflare? * TorrentFreak
[08:48] TR News "The world has changed a lot since then. The [Internet] has evolved, and so have I" https://susam.net/mathbin-is-shutting-down.html | Source: SusamPal
[08:48] TR Bot MathB.in Is Shutting Down - Susam's Quick Notes
[08:49] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Often the threat of filing can give you leverage.
[08:50] TR News (NEW): 6 Linux Replacements for Google Drive https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/6_Linux_Replacements_for_Google_Drive.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/6_Linux_Replacements_for_Google_Drive.gmi
[08:50] TR Bot Tux Machines 6 Linux Replacements for Google Drive
[08:50] IsambardPrince If you tell a hospital "If you take action to collect this debt, I will file bankruptcy." they often stop bothering.
[08:51] IsambardPrince They bite you, bite em back.
[08:51] IsambardPrince :D
[08:51] TR News "The Trump administration will press on with its antitrust cases against Amazon and Meta, a top official said on Thursday" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/donald-trump-admin-to-press-ahead-with-amazon-meta-antitrust-cases/articleshow/118434521.cms | Source: India Times
[08:51] TR Bot Donald Trump admin to press ahead with Amazon, Meta antitrust cases - The Economic Times
[08:52] IsambardPrince MinceR, "We have to show them that we're not like the Ancients. If they don't back off, we have the means and the will to kick their asses."
[08:52] IsambardPrince :)
[08:52] TR News "The chief executive of streaming giant Netflix on Thursday announced a $1 billion investment to produce some 20 films and TV series in Mexico" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/netflix-to-invest-1-billion-in-mexico-over-next-4-years/articleshow/118428515.cms | Source: India Times
[08:52] TR Bot Netflix to invest $1 billion in Mexico over next 4 years - The Economic Times
[08:53] TR News "The Annual Report provides an overview of APNICs performance in 2024" https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/23/2024-annual-report-now-available/ | Source: APNIC
[08:53] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHBRhsdswDc
[08:53] TR Bot 2024 Annual Report now available | APNIC Blog
[08:53] TR Bot https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=mHBRhsdswDc
[08:53] TR Bot iv.melmac.space | Stargate: Atlantis - USAF Daedalus VS 12 Wraith Hive Ships! [4K] - Invidious
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[08:53] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 of the best operating systems to use your Raspberry Pi as a PC
[08:53] TR News "The Federal Court has found that Telstra made false or misleading representations relating to the upload speed of residential broadband [Internet]" https://itwire.com/government-tech-news/technology-regulation/telstra-found-to-have-%e2%80%98misled-nearly-9,000-belong-customers%e2%80%99-over-broadband-speed-claims.html | Source: IT Wire
[08:53] TR Bot - Telstra found to have misled nearly 9,000 Belong customers over broadband speed claims
[08:54] TR News "As a result, however, I've got very lax about capital letters in social communications" https://thomasrigby.com/posts/do-capital-letters-matter-in-alt-text/ | Source: Thomas Rigby
[08:54] TR Bot capital letters matter in alt text? | thomasrigby.com
[08:54] TR News "Youre the greatest cutter, Trump said in a conversation with Musk on X, formerly Twitter." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-fire-federal-workers-who-ignore-email-1235276801/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[08:54] TR Bot Elon Musk Says He'll Fire Every Federal Worker Who Ignores His Email
[08:55] TR News "I had essentially built an incredibly successful career in an industry that was collapsing" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/23/2025/reporters-launch-new-tiktok-like-news-platform | Source: Semafor Inc
[08:55] TR Bot launch new TikTok-like news platform | Semafor
[08:55] TR News "In a new book, Why Nothing Works, the author Marc Dunkelman goes a bit further into history to pinpoint where American media lost its way" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/23/2025/when-did-the-media-go-wrong-a-new-book-blames-robert-caro | Source: Semafor Inc
[08:55] TR Bot did the media go wrong? A new book blames Robert Caro. | Semafor
[08:56] TR News "It nearly got him killed, when hooded men broke into his house and tried to shoot him." https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-02-23-dale/ | Source: Dan Sinker
[08:56] TR Bot Felt Impossible Became Possible | dansinker.com
[08:57] TR News One invidious instances that still works OK: https://iv.melmac.space/
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[08:58] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHzbYYlXUrg
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[08:58] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=XHzbYYlXUrg )
[08:58] IsambardPrince Horrible movie, decent action scenes. That's about all they do now.
[08:58] TR News (NEW): Lutris 0.5.19 Brings Better Proton Handling https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Lutris_0_5_19_Brings_Better_Proton_Handling.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Lutris_0_5_19_Brings_Better_Proton_Handling.gmi
[08:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Lutris 0.5.19 Brings Better Proton Handling
[08:59] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCqDdsZY7RA
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[09:06] TR News "banned, shadow banned, demonetized, or otherwise censored" https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/20/fcc-launches-probe-censorship-big-tech-platforms/ | Source: Silicon Angle
[09:06] TR Bot launches probe into censorship on Big Tech platforms - SiliconANGLE
[09:06] TR News "sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation" https://www.theverge.com/news/618109/grok-blocked-elon-musk-trump-misinformation | Source: The Verge
[09:06] TR Bot Grok AI blocked results saying Musk and Trump spread misinformation | The Verge
[09:07] TR News "Myanmar is the worst-affected country worldwide, with 85 shutdowns last year, research by the digital rights group Access Now found." https://www.voanews.com/a/report-in-record-year-of-internet-shutdowns-myanmar-leads/7985585.html | Source: VOA News
[09:07] TR Bot Report: In record year of internet shutdowns, Myanmar leads
[09:09] TR News "Artificial intelligence is being used to influence democratic processes in Africa. Deepfakes, cheap fakes and fake news are all weapons that can be produced cheaply and endlessly. So how can citizens protect themselves?" https://www.dw.com/en/ai-disinformation-could-threaten-africas-elections/a-71698840 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[09:09] TR Bot disinformation could threaten Africa's elections DW 02/23/2025
[09:09] TR News "The proliferation of misinformation, spread due to error or mistake, and disinformation, which is designed to deliberately mislead or influence, is on the rise globally." https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/climate-mis-and-disinformation-is-rife-could-you-spot-fake-content-online/7c4jtri9k | Source: SBS
[09:09] TR Bot Climate misinformation and disinformation is rife. Could you spot fake content online? | SBS News
[09:09] TR News "What a lie. And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream media" https://www.thelocal.dk/20250221/musk-aims-slur-at-danish-astronaut-over-abandoned-iss-crew | Source: The Local DK
[09:09] TR Bot Musk aims slur at Danish astronaut over 'abandoned' ISS crew
[09:10] TR News "A longtime former employee of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an agency in the midst of curtailing its anti-misinformation and disinformation work under President Donald Trump" https://cyberscoop.com/leland-dudek-ross-foard-social-security-cisa-misinformation/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[09:10] TR Bot thats not the acting head of the Social Security Administration. Thats a former CISA employee. | CyberScoop
[09:10] TR News "What is allowed at the polling station, what makes a vote invalid? As with every election, disinformation and false claims about the German election 2025are also circulating online." https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-false-claims-on-german-election-debunked/a-71725096 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[09:10] TR Bot check: False claims on German election debunked DW 02/24/2025
[09:11] TR News [Old] "I wrote this for Forbes, who asked me to write something about the qualities we look for in founders." https://www.paulgraham.com/founders.html | Source: Paul Graham
[09:11] TR Bot What We Look for in Founders
[09:15] TR News "Recently I was part of a conversation on the Fediverse that sparked an obvious in retrospect realization about computer security" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/InstitutionSecurityVsYourSecurity | Source: University of Toronto
[09:15] TR Bot Chris's Wiki :: blog/tech/InstitutionSecurityVsYourSecurity
[09:15] TR News "Some of that bonus cash, though, might be coming from Meta's latest round of layoffs, which saw around 3,700 people" https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/22/meta_pumps_executive_bonuses/ | Source: The Register UK
[09:15] TR Bot Meta executives' annual bonuses just got a bit bigger The Register
[09:16] TR News "Cook aims to maintain a strong relationship with Trump". Gays4Nazis? https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apples-tim-cook-meets-with-trump-as-tariffs-threaten-iphones/articleshow/118437967.cms | Source: India Times
[09:16] TR Bot Apples Tim Cook meets with Trump as tariffs threaten iPhones - The Economic Times
[09:16] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: might be of interest ^
[09:16] schestowitz[TR2] sucking up to trump without any hush money
[09:18] TR News "If your answer was (i) you can stop reading here (and dont bother commenting to justify your position)." https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/23/dispensing-with-the-us-centric-financial-system/ | Source: Crooked Timber
[09:18] TR Bot Dispensing with the US-centric financial system Crooked Timber
[09:19] TR News "Despite efforts to transition to renewables, much of the energy consumed by data centres still comes from fossil fuels." https://yle.fi/a/74-20145451 | Source: YLE
[09:19] TR Bot Expert warns Finlands foreign data centres offer little economic benefit | Yle News | Yle
[09:20] TR News "According to the event's organizer on Tuesday, BYD and EVE are among the 79 Chinese companies participating in the annual exhibition." https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/02/419_392480.html | Source: The Korea Times
[09:20] TR Bot Chinese battery makers set to expand presence in Korean market - The Korea Times
[09:24] TR News "fired hundreds of employees at the already short-staffed US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) the only government agency whose main goal is to conserve animals, ecosystems" https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/400608/trump-doge-jobs-layoff-fish-wildlife-service | Source: Vox
[09:24] TR Bot DOGE federal job cuts at Fish and Wildlife Service endanger Americans | Vox
[09:24] TR News "PR companies of serving as enablers to planetary destruction by having aided and abetted a campaign of climate denial and greenwashing on behalf of their fossil fuel clients, the godfathers of climate chaos." https://www.desmog.com/2025/02/23/how-a-new-york-pr-agency-helped-the-u-s-oil-industry-conquer-australia/ | Source: DeSmog
[09:24] TR Bot a New York PR Agency Helped the U.S. Oil Industry Conquer Australia - DeSmog
[09:25] TR News "Normally in northern Sweden, it would snow, then stay cold, which would keep the snow soft and allow reindeer to dig through it." https://www.thelocal.se/20250224/sami-reindeer-herders-apply-for-emergency-aid-as-climate-crisis-bites | Source: The Local SE
[09:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelocal.se/20250224/sami-reindeer-herders-apply-for-emergency-aid-as-climate-crisis-bites )
[09:27] TR News "The photograph actually depicts the second flag-raising" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-story-behind-the-world-famous-photograph-of-us-marines-raising-the-american-flag-during-the-battle-of-iwo-jima-180986055/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
[09:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-story-behind-the-world-famous-photograph-of-us-marines-raising-the-american-flag-during-the-battle-of-iwo-jima-180986055/ )
[09:27] TR News "That's a pretty extreme example but not an inaccurate one." https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/are-we-self-segregating-on-social-media | Source: Cory Dransfeldt
[09:27] TR Bot Are we self-segregating on social media?
[09:28] TR News Don the con is helping con artists https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/trump-2-0-brings-cuts-to-cyber-consumer-protections/ | Source: Krebs On Security
[09:28] TR Bot Trump 2.0 Brings Cuts to Cyber, Consumer Protections Krebs on Security
[09:31] TR News "The layoffs began the same day for teams in Asia and Europe, Middle East and Africa, two of the sources said." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-restructures-trust-and-safety-team-lays-off-staff-in-unit-sources-say/articleshow/118414158.cms | Source: India Times
[09:31] TR Bot TikTok restructures trust and safety team, lays off staff in unit, sources say - The Economic Times
[09:34] TR News "The result from Gartner a staggering one considering the attention heaped on big data and its various hype-oriented successors found that in a survey of chief data and analytics (D&A) officer" https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/data_survey_analyst/ | Source: The Register UK
[09:34] TR Bot Data is very valuable, just don't ask leaders to measure it The Register
[09:36] TR News "The word underpaid seems too friendly. In the case of the open source developers I know, they don't get any money" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41592446
[09:36] TR Bot The word underpaid seems too friendly. In the case of the open source developers... | Hacker News
[09:39] TR News "We now have the bizarre situation that anyone with any sense can see that America is no longer a reliable partner, and that the entire US business world bows to Trumps dictatorial will" https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-longer-base-your-government-and-society-on-us-clouds/ | Source: Bert Hubert
[09:39] TR Bot It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds - Bert Hubert's writings
[09:40] TR News (NEW): The Highest Satisfaction for a Programmer: Use Self-Created Tools Daily | by Zhimin Zhan | Feb, 2025 | Medium https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/The_Highest_Satisfaction_for_a_Programmer_Use_Self_Created_Tool.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/The_Highest_Satisfaction_for_a_Programmer_Use_Self_Created_Tool.gmi
[09:40] TR Bot Tux Machines The Highest Satisfaction for a Programmer: Use Self-Created Tools Daily | by Zhimin Zhan | Feb, 2025 | Medium
[09:40] TR News "Starting Friday, U.K. users who attempt to access the feature on their phones or computers will be denied. Users who already had Advanced Data Protection turned on will be able to continue using it for now" https://cyberscoop.com/apple-uk-encryption-advanced-data-protection-privacy/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[09:40] TR Bot pulls end-to-end encryption feature from UK after demands for law enforcement access | CyberScoop
[09:40] TR News "That same report predicted that Apple would soon be disabling their end-to-end encrypted iCloud backup feature (called Advanced Data Protection) for all U.K. users. On Friday, this prediction was confirmed: [...]" https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/02/23/three-questions-about-apple-encryption-and-the-u-k/ | Source: Cryptography Engineering
[09:41] TR Bot Three questions about Apple, encryption, and the U.K. A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
[09:41] TR News "The company did not explicitly say why it removed a crucial feature that protects iCloud data with end-to-end encryption" https://www.securityweek.com/apple-pulls-advanced-data-protection-for-new-uk-users-amid-backdoor-demand/ | Source: Security Week http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml
[09:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-pulls-advanced-data-protection-for-new-uk-users-amid-backdoor-demand/ )
[09:41] TR Bot Techrights Unlike GAFAM, Free Software Serves You, It Does Not Serve Governments and MElons (Overlapping Forces)
[09:41] TR News "Apple noted that some data stored in iCloud is still protected by E2EE, including health info, iMessages and FaceTime calls." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/rather_than_add_a_backdoor/ | Source: The Register UK
[09:41] TR Bot Apple ends iCloud Advanced Data Protection for UK customers The Register
[09:42] TR News "We want the features of the future, without sacrificing our data privacy, cybersecurity, reliability and integrity." https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/removing-jeff-bezos-from-my-bed | Source: Truffle Security Co
[09:42] TR Bot Removing Jeff Bezos From My Bed Truffle Security Co.
[09:42] TR News "By effectively criminalizing Moiras ability to even contemplate an abortion, prosecutors undermined state law guaranteeing her right to make her own reproductive decisions." https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/aclu-statement-on-maryland-supreme-court-ruling-in-abortion-surveillance-case | Source: Common Dreams
[09:42] TR Bot ACLU Statement on Maryland Supreme Court Ruling in Abortion Surveillance Case | Common Dreams
[09:42] TR News Windows TCO: "a kind of passivity among defense officials" https://www.c4isrnet.com/pentagon/2025/02/21/darpa-touts-formal-methods-for-nipping-cyber-disasters-in-the-bud/ | Source: C4ISRNET
[09:42] TR Bot DARPA touts formal methods for nipping cyber disasters in the bud
[09:43] TR News Windows TCO: "critical infra" https://cyberscoop.com/former-nsa-cyber-command-chief-paul-nakasone-enemies-cyberspace/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[09:43] TR Bot NSA, Cyber Command chief Paul Nakasone says U.S. falling behind its enemies in cyberspace | CyberScoop
[09:43] TR News "A student at a high school in Dak Lak province told Radio Free Asia that on Feb. 18, he received a text message from his classs Youth Union secretary" https://www.rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/02/24/students-facebook-to-lam-ideology/ | Source: RFA
[09:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/02/24/students-facebook-to-lam-ideology/ )
[09:44] TR News "The memorandum mentions the digital services taxes (DSTs) were introduced to capture profits from revenue that tech companies generate in one country but collect in another." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/trump_administration_dst_countertariffs/ | Source: The Register UK
[09:44] TR Bot Trump threatens tariffs on any nation that taxes Big Tech The Register
[09:44] TR News "These tourists aren't just imperiling themselves. The throng of thrillseekers is also impeding rescue workers trying to reach the area, according to local authorities." https://futurism.com/the-byte/tourists-active-volcano-selfies | Source: Futurism
[09:44] TR Bot Officials Alarmed as Tourists Walk Straight Toward Erupting Volcano Hoping for Awesome Selfies
[09:45] TR News "The Time article says repeatedly that LLMs hacked the system. What this means is that one LLM successfully edited a text file the researchers told it about" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/23/ai-hacks-system-to-cheat-at-chess-because-the-researchers-told-it-how-to/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[09:45] TR Bot AI hacks system to cheat at chess! because the researchers told it how to Pivot to AI
[09:46] TR News "Suddenly productivity goes up and the economy is growing at a faster rate. When that happens, we'll be fine as an industry." https://futurism.com/microsoft-ceo-ai-generating-no-value | Source: Futurism
[09:46] TR Bot Microsoft CEO Admits That AI Is Generating Basically No Value
[09:53] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Brandon Lobster uses iPhones.
[09:53] IsambardPrince Funds Trump.
[09:55] schestowitz[TR2] "no money for my kids"
[09:55] schestowitz[TR2] "have money for apple i things"
[09:55] schestowitz[TR2] also: daddy is "dead"
[09:55] schestowitz[TR2] don't even mention dad
[09:55] schestowitz[TR2] dad is dead
[09:55] schestowitz[TR2] it's hate crime' to mention dad
[09:57] IsambardPrince Escape from L.A. (1996) a rare movie that is an underwhelming watch but then turns into something intriguing if you try retelling it and then it turns back into an underwhelming watch. Feels like Carpenter run out of fucks doing it. by bil_sabab
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[09:57] IsambardPrince 1 point 5 months ago
[09:57] IsambardPrince This is one of my favourite movies. I don't understand why people hate it.
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[09:57] IsambardPrince Carjack Malone
[09:57] IsambardPrince :D
[09:57] IsambardPrince https://snakeplissken.fandom.com/wiki/Hershe_Las_Palmas
[09:57] TR Bot Hershe Las Palmas | Snake Plissken Wiki | Fandom
[09:57] TR News Techrights [Meme] It's Over, Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Meme_It_s_Over_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Meme_It_s_Over_Microsoft.gmi
[09:57] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] It's Over, Microsoft
[09:58] TR News "Here, Fabian Stelzer notes that you can post tweets containing both malicious instructions and unique keywords in a way that will cause any future query to Grok that mentions those keywords to misbehave in a way that you define: [...]" https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/23/grok-3-indirect-prompt-injection/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison
[09:58] TR Bot Grok 3 is highly vulnerable to indirect prompt injection
[09:58] TR News "All subsequent models, including Grok 3, which was released earlier this week, remain closed source, demonstrating Musk's hypocritical stance on the matter." https://futurism.com/hypocrite-elon-musk-criticizing-openai-open-sourcing-chatgpt-grok | Source: Futurism
[09:58] TR Bot Hypocrite Elon Musk Is Criticizing OpenAI for Not Open Sourcing ChatGPT While Refusing to Do the Same With Grok
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[10:00] IsambardPrince Other tenant smoking next to doors and windows by Quirky_Blackberry663
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[10:00] IsambardPrince [-2] 1 point 6 months ago
[10:00] IsambardPrince Hollllld up a quick second.
[10:00] IsambardPrince Why is "carrying" tobacco or marijuana banned? That seems to go above and beyond the smoking rules. If you're not smoking or vaping it, it's not causing any harm. It doesn't make any sense.
[10:00] IsambardPrince If it's medical marijuana it can't actually be banned under the Human Rights Code.
[10:00] IsambardPrince I'm inclined to think this may be a human rights code issue and if it is, the landlord can't really say much.
[10:00] IsambardPrince 9 meters isn't very far either. I bet it isn't even that close.
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[10:01] IsambardPrince Reefer Madness
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[10:01] TR News "Researchers in Ciscos threat intelligence unit say the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Salt Typhoon successfully broke into US telco networks via old, unpatched vulnerabilities, stolen login credentials and basic living-off-the-land (LOTL) tactics." https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-details-salt-typhoon-network-hopping-credential-theft-tactics/ | Source: Security Week
[10:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-details-salt-typhoon-network-hopping-credential-theft-tactics/ )
[10:02] TR News "Last year somebody reported a problem with the DOS 3.3 SYS.COM command when used with NetDrive." https://www.brutman.com/Adventures_In_Code/DOS_33_SYS_Bug_Hunt/DOS_33_SYS_Bug_Hunt.html | Source: Michael B Brutman
[10:02] TR Bot The DOS 3.3 SYS.COM Bug Hunt!
[10:02] TR News "What was this voodoo that I did on my computer? Simply put, its an open-source project called WinApps." https://tedium.co/2025/02/23/winapps-windows-linux-rdp-explanation/ | Source: Tedium
[10:02] TR Bot WinApps: Virtualized Windows Apps On Linux, Plus Windowing
[10:02] TR News "Apple might introduce its in-house Wi-Fi chip with the iPhone 17 series, replacing the Broadcom chip." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/iphone-17-series-may-feature-apples-in-house-wi-fi-chip-1862728 | Source: Deccan Chronicle
[10:02] TR Bot Apple Might Debut its In-House Wi-Fi Chip With iPhone 17 Series
[10:06] TR News "In many cases, they also observed extensive damage to myocardial tissue, or heart muscle." https://futurism.com/neoscope/study-food-plastic-containers | Source: Futurism
[10:06] TR Bot This New Paper About Eating Out of Plastic Containers Is a Bit Terrifying
[10:08] TR News "A specialized iPhone app was used to block [Internet] access" https://futurism.com/neoscope/block-internet-phone-results | Source: Futurism
[10:08] TR Bot When You Block the Internet on Your Phone, Something Astonishing Happens Mentally
[10:08] IsambardPrince If I was a landlord and had tenants smoking weed I'd figure out some reason to get rid of them.
[10:08] IsambardPrince Or raise their rent so much that they'd never be able to pay it and all in one go.
[10:09] TR News "No one is aware of the massive nature of this years die off, said Steve Ellis, a Minnesota beekeeper. It is unprecedented." https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/02/23/beekeepers-say-catastrophic-honeybee-losses-are-cause-for-alarm | Source: MPR News
[10:09] TR Bot Beekeepers say catastrophic honeybee losses are cause for alarm | MPR News
[10:09] TR News "The past few days for me were a mixture of sadness, listlessness and relief that her ordeal (and ours) was now over." https://roytang.net/2025/02/inevitable/ | Source: Roy Tang
[10:09] TR Bot roytang.net
[10:11] TR News "especially if youre prone to anxiety" https://rubenerd.com/turning-off-notifications/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[10:11] TR Bot Turning off notifications
[10:11] TR News Want to be Efficient? Disable Notifications. Read and Reply in Large Batches. http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2019/05/27/reply-in-large-batches/
[10:11] TR Bot Blog Archive Want to be Efficient? Disable Notifications. Read and Reply in Large Batches.
[10:11] TR News "What's more, there was an unexpected extra: the Alzheimer's patients had a higher breathing rate than the control patients" https://www.sciencealert.com/the-way-you-breathe-could-reveal-a-hidden-sign-of-alzheimers | Source: Science Alert
[10:11] TR Bot Way You Breathe Could Reveal a Hidden Sign of Alzheimer's : ScienceAlert
[10:19] TR News Derek Sivers https://sive.rs/ulysses | Source: Derek Sivers
[10:19] TR Bot How to listen to Ulysses | Derek Sivers
[10:19] TR News "There are some caveats to that study" https://futurism.com/young-coders-ai-cant-program | Source: Futurism
[10:19] TR Bot Young Coders Are Using AI for Everything, Giving "Blank Stares" When Asked How Programs Actually Work
[10:21] TR News If people in the world who report facts cannot get justice and cannot speak freely, then the media internationally is in effect dead. It means the only safe "journalism" is repeating what corporations and rich people say, even the obvious lies...
[10:22] TR News Media in the US is in effect dead already because audience gateways like Facebook and Twitter now work directly for the dictator. They can decide which publisher/s live and die.
[10:23] TR News "Dr. Jack Henderson, principal investigator of the study from the University of Surrey's School of Mathematics and Physics" https://phys.org/news/2025-02-unexpected-nucleus-prompts-reevaluation-atomic.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[10:23] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-unexpected-nucleus-prompts-reevaluation-atomic.html )
[10:23] TR News "Statistical significance is a cornerstone of data analysis" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/statistical-significance-guide-for-researchers-and-analysts/ | Source: Rlang
[10:23] TR Bot Significance: Guide for Researchers and Analysts | R-bloggers
[10:23] TR News "The ISS is aging, and before Musk's intervention, the plan was to deorbit it in 2030." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/elon_musk_iss_mogensen_insult/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:23] TR Bot Elon Musk calls for ISS to be deorbited by 2027 The Register
[10:24] TR News "The ARRL Solar Report" http://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-arrl-solar-report-2 | Source: ARRL
[10:24] TR Bot The ARRL Solar Report
[10:25] TR News "This came into force for folks phoning up the call center in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy on February 18." https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/hp_ditches_15_minute_wait_time_call_centers/ | Source: The Register UK
[10:25] TR Bot HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback' The Register
[10:25] TR News "I feel that such claims about the IndieWeb not "taking off" are either stating the obvious or, if that's not the intention, completely missing the point. It's like saying that gardening hasn't taken off because most people buy their vegetables at the supermarket." https://susam.net/indieweb-does-not-need-to-take-off.html | Source: SusamPal
[10:25] TR Bot The IndieWeb Doesn't Need to "Take Off" - Susam's Quick Notes
[10:27] TR News "I can proudly say that K4WLD was awarded to me in January 2025, and I still live in Pensacola! Now, life is imitating art" http://www.arrl.org/news/view/high-school-and-a-sci-fi-movie-spark-interest-in-amateur-radio | Source: ARRL
[10:27] TR Bot High School and a Sci-Fi Movie Spark Interest in Amateur Radio
[10:27] TR News "Making the next version of something is a completely different project than creating the conditions for the first version to happen." https://seths.blog/2025/02/the-mona-lisa-problem/ | Source: Seth Godin
[10:27] TR Bot The Mona Lisa problem | Seth's Blog
[10:27] TR News "Maybe it is a time to embrace my beliefs into my life and start living, really living by them. Or maybe it is time to stop giving a fuck about things that could or could not happen and focus more on the life that is happening now. I have missed so many things already." https://www.michalzelazny.com/blog/waiting | Source: Michal Zelazny
[10:27] TR Bot Waiting
[10:28] TR News Raspberry Pi-Like Board Incorporates RK3568 CPU, GbE Port, and M.2 2242 Slot https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-like-board-incorporates-rk3568-cpu-gbe-port-and-m-2-2242-slot/
[10:28] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-like-board-incorporates-rk3568-cpu-gbe-port-and-m-2-2242-slot/ )
[10:28] TR News 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 23rd, 2025 https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-february-23rd-2025
[10:28] TR Bot Weekly Roundup: February 23rd, 2025 - 9to5Linux
[10:30] TR News Chgrp Command in GNU/Linux with Examples https://idroot.us/chgrp-command-linux/
[10:30] TR Bot Chgrp Command in Linux with Examples - idroot
[10:30] TR News How To Install PeaZip on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-peazip-linux-mint-22/
[10:30] TR Bot How To Install PeaZip on Linux Mint 22 - idroot
[10:31] TR News How to manage Audio using PulseAudio on Ubuntu 24.04 https://net2.com/how-to-manage-audio-using-pulseaudio-on-ubuntu-24-04/
[10:31] TR Bot How to manage Audio using PulseAudio on Ubuntu 24.04
[10:31] TR News How to Install Python 3.10 on Ubuntu (24.04, 22.04, 20.04) Step-by-Step Guide https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-python-3-10-on-ubuntu-24-04-22-04-20-04/
[10:31] TR Bot How to Install Python 3.10 on Ubuntu (24.04, 22.04, 20.04)
[10:33] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/today_s_howtos.gmi
[10:33] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos
[10:35] TR News (NEW): Shows and Videos: OpenMandriva 25.01 "ROME" GNOME, Linux Mint 22.1 Xia Mate, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Shows_and_Videos_OpenMandriva_25_01_ROME_GNOME_Linux_Mint_22_1_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Shows_and_Videos_OpenMandriva_25_01_ROME_GNOME_Linux_Mint_22_1_.gmi
[10:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Shows and Videos: OpenMandriva 25.01 "ROME" GNOME, Linux Mint 22.1 Xia Mate, and More
[10:36] TR News (NEW): Windows TCO Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Windows_TCO_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Windows_TCO_Leftovers.gmi
[10:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Windows TCO Leftovers
[10:41] TR News Techrights Links 24/02/2025: Germany Looks to Distance Itself From US, Environment at Risk, Mass Layoffs at Zendesk https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Links_24_02_2025_Germany_Looks_to_Distance_Itself_From_US_Envir.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Links_24_02_2025_Germany_Looks_to_Distance_Itself_From_US_Envir.gmi
[10:41] TR Bot Techrights Links 24/02/2025: Germany Looks to Distance Itself From US, Environment at Risk, Mass Layoffs at Zendesk
[10:42] TR News 4 New Effects Added to Burn My Windows GNOME Extension https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/4-new-visual-effects-added-to-burn-my-windows-gnome-extensions
[10:42] TR Bot 4 New Effects Added to 'Burn My Windows' GNOME Extension - OMG! Ubuntu
[10:43] TR News "Lutris, a free and open-source gaming platform for Linux, has unveiled its latest version" https://linuxiac.com/lutris-0-5-19-brings-better-proton-handling/ | Source: Linuxiac
[10:43] TR Bot Lutris 0.5.19 Brings Better Proton Handling
[10:47] TR News "Eight months after its previous 3.6 release, IceWM, the lightweight window manager for the X Window System" https://linuxiac.com/icewm-3-7-window-manager-brings-enhanced-customization/ | Source: Linuxiac
[10:47] TR Bot IceWM 3.7 Window Manager Brings Enhanced Customization
[10:48] TR News "Over a month after its previous 25.01 release, Niri, the scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor, rolls out a new 25.02 version" https://linuxiac.com/niri-25-02-wayland-compositor-released/ | Source: Linuxiac
[10:48] TR Bot Niri 25.02 Wayland Compositor Brings Tabbed Columns, Shadows, and More
[10:49] TR News "Out of the six ways for me to store a QR code (in this case a yearly entry pass for a local museum)" https://idiomdrottning.org/hand-made-qr-code | Source: Idiomdrottning
[10:49] TR Bot Hand-made QR code
[10:50] TR News "When people think of OCaml they are usually thinking of compiling code to a binary before they are able to run it." https://batsov.com/articles/2025/02/23/simple-ways-to-run-ocaml-code/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov
[10:50] TR Bot Simple Ways to Run OCaml Code - (think)
[10:50] TR News "Write a script to return the element before which you find the smallest gap." https://raku-musings.com/min-min.html | Source: Arne Sommer
[10:50] TR Bot Min or Min with Raku - Arne Sommer
[10:51] TR News "Its an acceleration of a problem known as digital decay or linkrot." https://www.vox.com/culture/400705/internet-purge-offline-government-website-archive-trump | Source: Vox
[10:51] TR Bot has purged government websites. The Wayback Machine is trying to preserve the record. | Vox
[10:52] TR News "About a month and a half ago I embarked on a project to both redesign my personal website and migrate my site generator from Jekyll to Eleventy." https://seanvoisen.com/blog/new-site-same-me/ | Source: Sean Voisen
[10:52] TR Bot New site, new domain, same me | Sean Voisen
[10:52] psydruid https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-cancels-leases-ai-data-055952585.html
[10:52] TR Bot Microsoft cancels leases for AI data centers, analyst says
[10:53] TR News "Ive been involved in the Web PKI since the mid-90s, when SSL certificates carried five- or ten-year lifetimeslong-lasting credentials" https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=974 | Source: Unmitigated Risk
[10:53] TR Bot How Organizational Inertia Externalizes Risk in the WebPKI | UNMITIGATED RISK
[10:53] psydruid HEY HI BYE BYE
[10:53] TR News "Stenberg believes 20 billion is actually a low estimate for the number of Curl installations in the world" https://thenewstack.io/curls-daniel-stenberg-on-securing-180000-lines-of-c-code/ | Source: The New Stack
[10:53] TR Bot Curl's Daniel Stenberg on Securing 180,000 Lines of C Code - The New Stack
[10:54] TR News Elon Musk: The Fraudster trying to Destroy America! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpI8i-iTI6U
[10:54] TR Bot https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=VpI8i-iTI6U
[10:54] TR Bot api.invidious.io | Invidious Instances
[10:55] TR News HEIL THE GREAT DOGE EMPIRE!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UldI1xIb0E
[10:55] TR Bot https://inv.makerlab.tech/watch?v=6UldI1xIb0E
[10:55] TR Bot not resolve host: inv.makerlab.tech ( status 0 @ https://inv.makerlab.tech/watch?v=6UldI1xIb0E )
[10:55] psydruid https://blog.adacore.com/a-new-math-library-for-ada-neo-simd
[10:55] TR Bot A new math library for Ada: Neo.SIMD | The AdaCore Blog
[10:59] TR News "My go to on the terminal is gdu, a disk usage analyzer similar to ncdu, which usually comes by default in some distros." https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/storage-management-tools/ | Source: Joel Chrono
[10:59] TR Bot Managing my storage with gdu and czkawka
[10:59] TR News "This is a list of software and ideas developed or maintained by the OpenBSD project, sorted in order of approximate introduction." https://www.openbsd.org/innovations.html | Source: OpenBSD
[10:59] TR Bot OpenBSD: Innovations
[10:59] TR News "In 2017 I installed a Pi-hole into my network and routed all my DNS traffic through it." https://connortumbleson.com/2025/02/24/pi-hole-7-years-later/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson
[10:59] TR Bot Pi-hole: 7 years later
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[11:00] TR News "For reasons, I have a laptop running both Slackware Linux or OpenBSD." https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/lazy-uefi-multiboot-for-slackware-linux-and-openbsd/ | Source: TuMFatig
[11:00] TR Bot TuM'Fatig - Lazy UEFI multiboot for Slackware Linux and OpenBSD
[11:00] TR News "Why did fork fail? Easy: the box ran out of memory." https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/02/22/war/ | Source: Rachel
[11:00] TR Bot Answering reader feedback: war rooms vs. deep investigations
[11:00] TR News "The good news is that the video does not exist. I know this, because neither does our friend Adnan here." https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-sextortion-scams-numbers-show-that.html | Source: BSDly
[11:00] TR Bot That grumpy BSD guy: The 'sextortion' Scams: The Numbers Show That What We Have Is A Failure Of Education
[11:01] TR News "I came to realise the other day that, for reasons unbeknownst to me, I have very strong opinions on URL structures." https://vale.rocks/posts/strong-opinions-on-url-design | Source: Declan Chidlow
[11:01] TR Bot Opinions on URL Design | Vale.Rocks
[11:01] TR News "This isn't because JSON is the world's best format (JSON is at best the least bad format). Instead it's because JSON has a bunch of pragmatic virtues on a modern Unix system" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/JSONModernMachineReadableFormat | Source: University of Toronto
[11:01] TR Bot Chris's Wiki :: blog/sysadmin/JSONModernMachineReadableFormat
[11:01] TR News "Recently, I've been working on a Pi router build with multiple 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports using Radxa's Dual 2.5G Router HAT." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/benchmarking-multiple-network-interfaces-once-linux-iperf3 | Source: Jeff Geerling
[11:01] TR Bot Benchmarking multiple network interfaces at once in Linux with iperf3 | Jeff Geerling
[11:02] IsambardPrince MinceR, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8303126.stm
[11:02] TR Bot BBC NEWS | England | Cat registered as hypnotherapist
[11:02] IsambardPrince :)
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[14:27] TR News Debt and Mental Health: How One Couple Found Help https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/business/debt-money-mental-health.html
[14:27] TR Bot Debt and Mental Health: How One Couple Found Help - The New York Times
[14:29] TR News Death of Penang boy: Malaysia orders removal of eyeball gummy candy online ads https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-health-ministry-orders-removal-of-eyeball-gummy-candy-online-ads
[14:30] TR Bot Death of Penang boy: Malaysia orders removal of eyeball gummy candy online ads | The Straits Times
[14:37] TR News Colin Watson: Qalculate timehacks https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/qalculate-time-hacks.html
[14:37] TR Bot Qalculate timehacks | Colin Watson's blog
[14:37] TR News Wireshark 4.4.4 Released, (Sun, Feb 23rd) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31712
[14:37] TR Bot Wireshark 4.4.4 Released - SANS Internet Storm Center
[14:40] TR News yuki-iptv IPTV player with EPG support https://www.linuxlinks.com/yuki-iptv-iptv-player-epg-support/
[14:40] TR Bot - IPTV player with EPG support - LinuxLinks
[14:40] TR News 7 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux CLI File Encryption Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-cli-file-encryption-tools/
[14:40] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux CLI File Encryption Tools - LinuxLinks
[14:41] TR News UbuntuDDE remix flavor of Ubuntu with DDE https://www.linuxlinks.com/ubuntudde-remix-flavor-ubuntu-dde/
[14:41] TR Bot - remix flavor of Ubuntu with DDE - LinuxLinks
[14:41] TR News Haml markup language https://www.linuxlinks.com/haml-markup-language/
[14:41] TR Bot - markup language - LinuxLinks
[14:44] TR News 16 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Diff Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-console-based-diff-tools/
[14:44] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Diff Tools - LinuxLinks
[14:45] TR News "After all, many of those H1B visa holders have no real IT skills, but come real cheap. You get what you pay for - and of course, more plane crashes. The cycle continues." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmvdvncg
[14:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmvdvncg )
[14:45] TR News "Best thing to do is boycott IBM products and avoid them like the plague since they are not top of the line any more. After all, when you hit IBM executives in the pocketbook, and they cannot make their profit numbers, they will be called into one-one meetings and let go too." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmvdvncg
[14:46] psydroid2 IBM only makes B2B software anyway, as far as I know
[14:47] psydroid2 I don't know why any company would still use IBM's products
[14:47] schestowitz[TR2] not even IBM
[14:47] schestowitz[TR2] is uses GAFAM
[14:47] schestowitz[TR2] and Slack
[14:47] schestowitz[TR2] ask lxo, as he saw some
[14:47] schestowitz[TR2] red hat used some zimbra
[14:47] schestowitz[TR2] i reckon IBM dismantled that]
[14:48] TR News Harper English grammar checker https://www.linuxlinks.com/harper-english-grammar-checker/
[14:48] TR Bot - English grammar checker - LinuxLinks
[14:48] TR News Warpinator share files across the LAN https://www.linuxlinks.com/warpinator-share-files-across-lan/
[14:48] TR Bot - share files across the LAN - LinuxLinks
[14:48] TR News Asynchronous Lint Engine https://www.linuxlinks.com/asynchronous-lint-engine/
[14:48] TR Bot Lint Engine - LinuxLinks
[14:48] TR News Magnus very simple screen magnifier https://www.linuxlinks.com/magnus-very-simple-screen-magnifier/
[14:48] TR Bot - very simple screen magnifier - LinuxLinks
[14:49] TR News Exam Account Series https://www.linuxschools.com/wordpress/2025/02/23/exam-account-series/
[14:49] TR Bot Exam Account Series The Linux Schools Project
[14:50] psydroid2 I wonder when they'll finish dismantling red hat
[14:50] psydroid2 so it truly becomes a dead rat
[14:50] TR News Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli, Brittany Day (linuxsecurity.com), and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Misinformation, False Marketing https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/Slopwatch_Brian_Fagioli_Brittany_Day_linuxsecurity_com_and_Micr.shtml
[14:50] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli, Brittany Day (linuxsecurity.com), and Microsoft Misinformation, False Marketing
[14:50] psydroid2 just like Ratcliffe is dismantling United
[14:52] TR News (microsoft layoffs) "Anyone knows if the consulting division is effected? After all they had deep cuts before and already bare bone" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmk9amt5
[14:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmk9amt5 )
[14:55] TR News stallman talk starts shortly
[14:55] schestowitz[TR2] Ratcliffe lol
[14:56] TR News RationalWiki: "Richard M. Stallman (1953), otherwise known as RMS, St. IGNUcius, and the Chief GNUisance, is the founder of the free software movement"
[14:56] MinceR 24 074942 < schestowitz[TR2]> but we don't want to say "hitler" too much
[14:56] MinceR there are other names for him
[14:57] MinceR you could vary them
[14:57] schestowitz[TR2] vladolf
[14:57] MinceR the count of mostly crisco
[14:57] schestowitz[TR2] atm in sed (stream editor) we have
[14:57] schestowitz[TR2] convicted felon
[14:57] schestowitz[TR2] insurrectionist
[14:57] schestowitz[TR2] cheeto
[14:57] MinceR baldemort
[14:58] MinceR orange mussolini
[14:58] schestowitz[TR2] hang on
[14:58] MinceR traitor tot
[14:58] MinceR velveeta voldemort
[14:58] MinceR darth traitor
[14:58] MinceR flabrador deceiver
[14:58] MinceR Hell Toupe
[14:58] MinceR Scooby Douche
[14:58] MinceR Dihydroxyacetone Man
[14:59] MinceR Bunker Bitch
[14:59] MinceR Moscovian Candidate
[14:59] schestowitz[TR2] bitch too strong
[14:59] MinceR he deserves all of it
[14:59] MinceR Forrest Dump
[14:59] MinceR Doe 174
[14:59] MinceR ( https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-doe-jeffrey-epstein-documents-unsealed-2024-1 )
[14:59] TR Bot Donald Trump Disguised As Doe 174 in Epstein Documents - Business Insider
[14:59] schestowitz[TR2] -e "s/Donald Trump/The Insurrectionist/g" \
[14:59] schestowitz[TR2] -e "s/ Trump/ Convicted Felon/g" \
[14:59] schestowitz[TR2] -e "s/Elon Musk/MElon/g" \
[14:59] schestowitz[TR2] -e "s/ Musk/ MElon/g" \
[14:59] schestowitz[TR2] -e "s/Sam Altman/Scam Altman/g" \
[14:59] schestowitz[TR2] -e "s/Zuckerberg/Kapo-berg/g" \
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[15:01] schestowitz[TR2] Forrest Dump added
[15:04] schestowitz[TR2] added 4 more
[15:08] TR News Zig Claybourne on joy https://rubenerd.com/zig-claybourne-on-joy/
[15:08] TR Bot Zig Claybourne on joy
[15:09] TR News (NEW): Emacs 30.1 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Emacs_30_1_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Emacs_30_1_released.gmi
[15:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Emacs 30.1 released
[15:09] TR News The worst year in shutdowns: a blow to democracy and human rights in Africa https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/africa-keepiton-internet-shutdowns-2024/
[15:09] TR Bot A blow to human rights in Africa: internet shutdowns in 2024 - Access Now
[15:09] TR News Worst year for internet shutdowns: Asia Pacific tops the 2024 shame list https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/asia-pacific-keepiton-internet-shutdowns-2024-en/
[15:09] TR Bot Asia Pacific in 2024: worst year for internet shutdowns - Access Now
[15:10] TR News Digital violence in MENA : impunity and internet shutdowns in 2024 https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/mena-keepiton-internet-shutdowns-2024-en/
[15:10] TR Bot Digital violence in MENA : impunity and internet shutdowns in 2024 - Access Now
[15:10] TR News Emboldened offenders, endangered communities: internet shutdowns in 2024 https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-internet-shutdowns-2024-en/ "Its official, 2024 was the worst year on record for internet shutdowns"
[15:10] TR Bot Worst year on record: internet shutdowns in 2024
[15:12] TR News Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024 https://www.accessnow.org/internet-shutdowns-2024/
[15:12] TR Bot Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024 - Access Now
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[15:12] TR News Emboldened offenders, endangered communities: internet shutdowns in 2024 https://www.accessnow.org/publication/emboldened-offenders-endangered-communities/
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[15:13] TR News Inmate Dies at N.Y. Prison as Corrections Officers Strike Continues https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/nyregion/auburn-prison-inmate-death.html
[15:13] TR Bot Inmate Dies at N.Y. Prison as Corrections Officers Strike Continues - The New York Times
[15:13] TR News The OpenVoiceOS Foundation aims to enable open-source privacy and customization for voice assistants https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/24/the-openvoiceos-foundation-aims-to-enable-open-source-privacy-and-customization-for-voice-assistants/
[15:13] TR Bot The OpenVoiceOS Foundation aims to enable open-source privacy and customization for voice assistants - CNX Software
[15:14] TR News Loomos Hey Hi (AI) smart glasses integrate GPT-4o, offer a 16MP camera and hi-fi audio for $199+ (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/24/loomos-ai-smart-glasses-integrate-gpt-4o-offer-a-16mp-camera-and-hi-fi-audio/
[15:14] TR Bot Loomos AI smart glasses integrate GPT-4o, offer a 16MP camera and hi-fi audio for $199+ (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software
[15:16] TR News Jonathan Dieter: Shaken trust https://www.jdieter.net/posts/2025/02/23/shaken-trust/
[15:16] TR Bot Shaken trust
[15:16] TR News Welcome to APRICOT 2025 https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/24/welcome-to-apricot-2025/
[15:16] TR Bot Welcome to APRICOT 2025 | APNIC Blog
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[15:18] TR News FarmOS on Raspberry PI: Farm Management Software Open-Source https://peppe8o.com/farmos-on-raspberry-pi-farm-management-software-open-source/
[15:18] TR Bot FarmOS on Raspberry PI: Farm Management Software Open-Source
[15:19] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware and Retro: KiCad 9, Hackaday Podcast, and Genetic Algorithm Runs On Atari 800 XL https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/23/Open_Hardware_and_Retro_KiCad_9_Hackaday_Podcast_and_Genetic_Al.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/23/Open_Hardware_and_Retro_KiCad_9_Hackaday_Podcast_and_Genetic_Al.gmi
[15:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware and Retro: KiCad 9, Hackaday Podcast, and Genetic Algorithm Runs On Atari 800 XL
[15:20] TR News "The FFmpeg Way" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/23/learn-assembly-the-ffmpeg-way/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:20] TR Bot Assembly The FFmpeg Way | Hackaday
[15:22] TR News Prodrug SPCs: invalidation action dismissed in Sweden https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/02/23/prodrug-spcs-invalidation-action-dismissed-in-sweden/
[15:22] TR Bot Prodrug SPCs: invalidation action dismissed in Sweden - Kluwer Patent Blog
[15:22] TR News Kernel prepatch 6.14-rc4 https://lwn.net/Articles/1011505/
[15:22] TR Bot prepatch 6.14-rc4 [LWN.net]
[15:24] TR News 2024-02-23 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/canfood/phlog/2025-02-23 "Well it's been awhile since my last "get off my lawn" old man rant but here I go again..."
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[15:28] TR News The So-called 'IT' Industry Became Somewhat of a Fraud Where People Equate Usage and Power Wasted With "Value" or "Success" (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/The_So_called_IT_Industry_Became_Somewhat_of_a_Fraud_Where_Peop.shtml
[15:28] TR Bot Techrights The So-called 'IT' Industry Became Somewhat of a Fraud Where People Equate Usage and Power Wasted With "Value" or "Success"
[15:28] TR News Things to Like About London (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/Things_to_Like_About_London.shtml
[15:28] TR Bot Techrights Things to Like About London
[15:28] TR News The Significance of the Timing of the Ridiculous Letters From Brett Wilson LLP, Acting on Behalf of People From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/The_Significance_of_the_Timing_of_the_Ridiculous_Letters_From_B.shtml
[15:28] TR Bot Techrights The Significance of the Timing of the Ridiculous Letters From Brett Wilson LLP, Acting on Behalf of People From Microsoft
[15:28] TR News Politicians Ought to Invite Dr. Richard Stallman and Prof. Eben Moglen to Speak About Policies, Licensing, Digital Sovereignty https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Politicians_Ought_to_Invite_Dr_Richard_Stallman_and_Prof_Eben_M.shtml
[15:28] TR Bot Techrights Politicians Ought to Invite Dr. Richard Stallman and Prof. Eben Moglen to Speak About Policies, Licensing, Digital Sovereignty
[15:30] TR News "The first Prism repo hosted at AuraGem will be Prism itself. This is to get the project out in the open as quickly as possible while it's still in development. Note that a ton of things are not implemented yet, especially forking, merging, diffing, and even multiple branches." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/25775
[15:32] TR News if IBM lowers salaries of workers in north America, people would object or go on strike; if IBM replaces them with people abroad who get paid much less, IBM can call the protesters "racist" and insist "you must ignore them"
[15:33] TR News SpellBinding: ADEIRTX Wordo: GAFFE gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-02-24.gmi
[15:34] TR News "As we are all seeing, the new Republican administration has been following their Project 2025 agenda and utterly desomating many of the fundamental" gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/log/2025_trump_project_2025_and_the_fcc.gmi
[15:35] TR News The king is dead. Long live the king gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2506
[15:37] psydroid2 FarmOS sounds like an OS made for for playing farming games
[15:39] TR News In Case Rust Censors It (Rust Has Long Been All About Censorship), Here's a Critical Look at Rust's Goals https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/In_Case_Rust_Censors_It_Rust_Has_Long_Been_All_About_Censorship.shtml
[15:39] TR Bot Techrights In Case Rust Censors It (Rust Has Long Been All About Censorship), Here's a Critical Look at Rust's Goals
[15:39] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: Ryan Fo rmos
[15:39] TR News The Significance of the Timing of the Ridiculous Letters From Brett Wilson LLP, Acting on Behalf of People From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/The_Significance_of_the_Timing_of_the_Ridiculous_Letters_From_B.shtml
[15:39] TR News Microsoft's Serial Strangler and Matthew J. Garrett Join Forces in Trying to Gag Techrights (for Exposing Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Corruption and Crimes Against Women) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_and_Matthew_J_Garrett_Join_Forces_.shtml
[15:39] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Serial Strangler and Matthew J. Garrett Join Forces in Trying to Gag Techrights (for Exposing Microsoft Corruption and Crimes Against Women)
[15:40] TR News Good Explanation of Why I.C.B.M. Has Chosen to Conceal Mass Layoffs (of 'Expensive' Staff) as "R.T.O." (Even For People Who Never Worked at the Office to Which They're Ordered to "Return") https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Good_Explanation_of_Why_IBM_Has_Chosen_to_Conceal_Mass_Layoffs_.shtml
[15:40] TR Bot Techrights Good Explanation of Why IBM Has Chosen to Conceal Mass Layoffs (of 'Expensive' Staff) as "R.T.O." (Even For People Who Never Worked at the Office to Which They're Ordered to "Return")
[15:40] TR News Recent Improvements in Techrights https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/Recent_Improvements_in_Techrights.shtml
[15:40] TR Bot Techrights Recent Improvements in Techrights
[15:40] TR News Joining APRIL(.org), AGM weekend, Paris, 15-16 March 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/Joining_APRIL_org_AGM_weekend_Paris_15_16_March_2025.shtml
[15:40] TR Bot Techrights Joining APRIL(.org), AGM weekend, Paris, 15-16 March 2025
[15:41] TR News India high court rejects bail in hate speech case urging need for legal reforms https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/india-high-court-rejects-bail-in-hate-speech-case-urging-need-for-legal-reforms/
[15:41] TR Bot India high court rejects bail in hate speech case urging need for legal reforms - JURIST - News
[15:46] TR News Pong can now be played across 240 browser tabs faviconic leverages tab favicons https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/pong-can-now-be-played-across-240-browser-tabs-faviconic-leverages-tab-favicons
[15:46] TR Bot Pong can now be played across 240 browser tabs faviconic leverages tab favicons | Tom's Hardware
[15:47] TR News CS2 fans targeted by Streamjackers viewers swindled out of crypto and Steam valuables https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/cs2-fans-targeted-by-streamjackers-viewers-swindled-out-of-crypto-and-steam-valuables
[15:47] TR Bot CS2 fans targeted by Streamjackers viewers swindled out of crypto and Steam valuables | Tom's Hardware
[15:49] TR News New Microchip maXTouch M1 automotive touchscreen controllers support curved displays, physical Knob-on-Display technology https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/23/microchip-maxtouch-m1-automotive-touchscreen-controllers-curved-displays-physical-knob-on-display-technology/
[15:49] TR Bot New Microchip maXTouch M1 automotive touchscreen controllers support curved displays, physical Knob-on-Display technology - CNX Software
[15:50] TR News North Korea shows signs of ramping up Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot use https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-shows-signs-of-ramping-up-chatgpt-use
[15:50] TR Bot North Korea shows signs of ramping up ChatGPT use | The Straits Times
[15:55] TR News "LCD Stackup Repair" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/23/lcd-stackup-repair-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:55] TR Bot Stackup Repair: Not For The Faint Of Heart | Hackaday
[15:56] TR News "Tearing Down A Rare Soviet Zenit 19" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/23/behind-the-lens-tearing-down-a-rare-soviet-zenit-19759926/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:56] TR Bot The Lens: Tearing Down A Rare Soviet Zenit 19 | Hackaday
[15:57] TR News "Glucose Monitor Dissected" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/23/over-the-counter-glucose-monitor-dissected/ | Source: Hackaday
[15:57] TR Bot The Counter Glucose Monitor Dissected | Hackaday
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[16:00] TR News $1.5B in cryptocurrency stolen from Bybit in attack linked to North Korean hackers https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/23/1-5b-cryptocurrency-stolen-bybit-attack-linked-north-korean-hackers/
[16:00] TR Bot in cryptocurrency stolen from Bybit in attack linked to North Korean hackers - SiliconANGLE
[16:04] TR News Kentaro Hayashi: Short journey to Mozc 2.29.5160.102+dfsg-1 https://kenhys.hatenablog.jp/entry/2025/02/23/221455
[16:04] TR Bot Short journey to Mozc 2.29.5160.102+dfsg-1 -
[16:05] TR News Simon Ser: Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit https://emersion.fr/blog/2025/using-podman-compose-and-buildkit/
[16:05] TR Bot Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit emersion
[16:11] TR News FAgram Desktop https://sparkylinux.org/fagram-desktop/
[16:11] TR Bot FAgram Desktop - SparkyLinux
[16:13] TR News How to tell if FreeBSD needs a Reboot using kernel version check https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/freebsd-determine-if-a-system-reboot-is-necessary/
[16:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/freebsd-determine-if-a-system-reboot-is-necessary/ )
[16:14] TR News This Raspberry Pi transparent display is made using a glass dome https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-raspberry-pi-transparent-display-is-made-using-a-glass-dome
[16:14] TR Bot This Raspberry Pi transparent display is made using a glass dome | Tom's Hardware
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[16:16] TR News The future of identity is digital: Why Digital IDs should be implemented now https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/the-future-of-identity-is-digital-why-digital-ids-should-be-implemented-now/
[16:16] TR Bot Why Americans should have digital IDs
[16:17] TR News Security researcher finds vulnerability in internet-connected bed, could allow access to all devices on network https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/security-researcher-finds-vulnerability-in-internet-connected-bed-could-allow-access-to-all-devices-on-network
[16:17] TR Bot Security researcher finds vulnerability in internet-connected bed, could allow access to all devices on network | Tom's Hardware
[16:19] TR News US DOJ seeks to drop lawsuit accusing SpaceX of immigrant discrimination https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/us-attorneys-to-drop-lawsuit-accusing-spacex-of-immigrant-discrimination/
[16:19] TR Bot US DOJ seeks to drop lawsuit accusing SpaceX of immigrant discrimination - JURIST - News
[16:20] TR News Some Agencies Urge Staff Not to Comply With MElons Performance Email https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/politics/elon-musk-email-federal-workers.html
[16:20] TR Bot Some Agencies Urge Staff Not to Comply With Elon Musks Performance Email - The New York Times
[16:24] TR News Iustin Pop: Still alive, but this blog not really https://k1024.org/posts/2025/2025-02-24-still-alive/
[16:24] TR Bot iustin - Still alive, but this blog not really
[16:24] TR News Desktop GNU/Linux for gaming also suitable for general computing tasks in 2025 https://linuxbsdos.com/2025/02/23/desktop-linux-for-gaming-for-general-computing-tasks-in-2025/
[16:24] TR Bot 6 powerful desktop Linux for gaming in 2025
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[16:39] MinceR (video) (audio:important) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=4gNYTqn3qRc = https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=4gNYTqn3qRc
[16:39] TR Bot Shooting Through Walls: Unraveling the Code Behind Quake's Lightning Gun Bug - Invidious
[16:39] TR Bot Select instance - Invidious
[16:39] TR News Jon Chiappetta: Getting Back Into Elliptic Curve Basics with C and OpenSSL https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2025/02/22/getting-back-into-elliptic-curve-basics-with-c-and-openssl/
[16:39] TR Bot Getting Back Into Elliptic Curve Basics with C and OpenSSL | Jon's FOSS Blog
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[16:39] TR News The elusive desoldering station https://rubenerd.com/the-elusive-desoldering-station/
[16:39] TR Bot The elusive desoldering station
[16:41] TR News Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 8 (Feb 17 23, 2025) https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-8-feb-17-23-2025/
[16:41] TR Bot Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 8 (Feb 17 23, 2025)
[16:42] TR News PhotoPrism AI-Powered Photos App Released Its First 2025 Update https://linuxiac.com/photoprism-released-its-first-major-update-for-2025/
[16:42] TR Bot PhotoPrism AI-Powered Photos App Released Its First 2025 Update
[16:43] TR News Docker Hub Drops Pull Consumption Fees https://linuxiac.com/docker-hub-drops-pull-consumption-fees/
[16:43] TR Bot Docker Hub Drops Pull Consumption Fees
[16:44] TR News Two special Amiga 4000s: Finishing Jools Repair https://linuxjedi.co.uk/two-special-amiga-4000s-finishing-jools-repair/
[16:44] TR Bot Two special Amiga 4000s: Finishing Jools Repair - LinuxJedi's /dev/null
[16:47] TR News Rust edition 2024 annotated https://bertptrs.nl/2025/02/23/rust-edition-2024-annotated.html
[16:47] TR Bot edition 2024 annotated | bertptrs.nl
[16:48] TR News Pichai and Kapo-berg Arent MElon, But That Doesnt Keep Them From Trying https://fossforce.com/2025/02/pichai-and-zuckerberg-arent-musk-but-that-doesnt-keep-them-from-trying/
[16:48] TR Bot Pichai and Zuckerberg Aren't Musk, But That Doesn't Keep Them From Trying - FOSS Force
[16:48] TR News Is OSAID to Blame for OSIs Latest Election Misstep? https://fossforce.com/2025/02/is-osaid-to-blame-for-osis-latest-election-misstep/
[16:48] TR Bot Is OSAID to Blame for OSI's Latest Election Misstep? - FOSS Force
[16:50] TR News The illusion of institutional neutrality https://www.michigandaily.com/michigan-in-color/the-illusion-of-institutional-neutrality/
[16:50] TR Bot Transactional empathy and the U-M pro-Palestinian protests
[16:51] TR News "If you're as big a fan of mini PCs as we are, you probably like their affordability, efficiency, and versatility. That's why they make a perfect pair with Linux." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-linux-is-the-perfect-os-for-your-mini-pc/
[16:51] TR Bot Why Linux Is the Perfect OS for Your Mini PC
[16:52] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/today_s_howtos.1.gmi
[16:52] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos
[16:54] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Programming_Leftovers.gmi
[16:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[16:56] TR News (NEW): Debian Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Debian_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Debian_Leftovers.gmi
[16:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian Leftovers
[16:57] TR News (NEW): Desktop GNU/Linux for gaming also suitable for general computing tasks in 2025 and Pong in tabs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Desktop_GNU_Linux_for_gaming_also_suitable_for_general_computin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Desktop_GNU_Linux_for_gaming_also_suitable_for_general_computin.gmi
[16:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Desktop GNU/Linux for gaming also suitable for general computing tasks in 2025 and Pong in tabs
[16:57] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware: GNU-like Mobile Linux Update, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Open_Hardware_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_Raspberry_Pi_and_Mor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Open_Hardware_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_Raspberry_Pi_and_Mor.gmi
[16:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware: GNU-like Mobile Linux Update, Raspberry Pi, and More
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[17:01] TR News (NEW): OpenBSD: Multiboot and Innovations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/OpenBSD_Multiboot_and_Innovations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/OpenBSD_Multiboot_and_Innovations.gmi
[17:01] TR Bot Tux Machines OpenBSD: Multiboot and Innovations
[17:02] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Openwashing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Openwashing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Openwashing.gmi
[17:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Openwashing
[17:04] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/24/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi
[17:04] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers
[17:06] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 24/02/2025: Politics, Monarchy, and AuraRepo Prism VCS Suppor https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Gemini_Links_24_02_2025_Politics_Monarchy_and_AuraRepo_Prism_VC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Gemini_Links_24_02_2025_Politics_Monarchy_and_AuraRepo_Prism_VC.gmi
[17:06] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 24/02/2025: Politics, Monarchy, and AuraRepo Prism VCS Suppor
[17:10] TR News Techrights Links 24/02/2025: Compromised Laptops and EU Shift to the Right (Boosted by Social Control Media Interventions) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Links_24_02_2025_Compromised_Laptops_and_EU_Shift_to_the_Right_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Links_24_02_2025_Compromised_Laptops_and_EU_Shift_to_the_Right_.gmi
[17:10] TR Bot Techrights Links 24/02/2025: Compromised Laptops and EU Shift to the Right (Boosted by Social Control Media Interventions)
[17:12] TR News Richard Stallman's latest talk started 11 mins ago https://stallman.org/talks.html
[17:12] TR Bot Talks - Richard Stallman
[17:17] TR News Windos almost all-time low in Barbados https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/barbados/#monthly-200902-202502
[17:17] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Barbados | Statcounter Global Stats
[17:20] TR News French Polynesia: Android 81%? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/french-polynesia/#monthly-200902-202502
[17:20] TR Bot Operating System Market Share French Polynesia | Statcounter Global Stats
[17:21] TR News Windows down sharply https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/denmark/#monthly-200902-202502
[17:21] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Denmark | Statcounter Global Stats
[17:23] TR News Starbucks lays off 1,100 corporate employees as coffee chain streamlines https://www.expressandstar.com/world-news/2025/02/24/starbucks-lays-off-1100-corporate-employees-as-coffee-chain-streamlines/
[17:23] TR Bot Starbucks lays off 1,100 corporate employees as coffee chain streamlines | Express & Star
[17:24] TR News DOGE Layoffs Pose Growing Risk To U.S. Economy And Markets, Says Apollo Economist https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/02/24/doge-layoffs-pose-growing-risk-to-us-economy-and-markets-says-apollo-economist/
[17:24] TR Bot DOGE Layoffs Bring Growing Risk To Economy And Markets, Economist Says
[17:24] Sompi_ http://paste.dy.fi/u3y/plain
[17:25] TR News The human cost of insidious tech layoffs https://www.thehrdigest.com/the-human-cost-of-insidious-tech-layoffs/
[17:25] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.thehrdigest.com/the-human-cost-of-insidious-tech-layoffs/ )
[17:26] TR News Crisis at Starbucks? 1,100 Corporate Layoffs Amid Struggles in U.S. and China https://www.panasiabiz.com/105395/crisis-at-starbucks-1100-corporate-layoffs-amid-struggles-in-u-s-and-china/
[17:26] TR Bot Crisis at Starbucks? 1,100 Corporate Layoffs Amid Struggles in U.S. and China
[17:28] TR News "If only there was some super-intelligence that could have foreseen and prevented this." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmq6hk7p
[17:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmq6hk7p )
[17:28] TR News "Think positive. Everything will be ok" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmq6hk7p
[17:34] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi_: "
[17:34] schestowitz[TR2] Almost no-one from my generation can use computers as good as I do"
[17:35] schestowitz[TR2] *as well
[17:36] Sompi_ I think that there is a difference between those two sayings
[17:36] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi_: can i repost in some form?
[17:37] Sompi_ here's a better version http://paste.dy.fi/5Dr/plain
[17:37] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi_: yes, it can mean something ewlse
[17:37] schestowitz[TR2] like yourt computer is good
[17:37] schestowitz[TR2] but you use 486s
[17:38] Sompi_ Should I also mention that the modern computers are mostly boot restricted and it's impossible to try-and-learn any low-level stuff with them...
[17:38] schestowitz[TR2] you can add this
[17:38] schestowitz[TR2] i can edit a bit also, but super-minor
[17:38] schestowitz[TR2] because it speaaaks of a REAL issue
[17:38] schestowitz[TR2] it's not a .fi issue
[17:44] Sompi_ nothing in that writing is a .fi issue
[17:44] Sompi_ it's everywhere
[17:45] schestowitz[TR2] yes
[17:46] Sompi_ http://paste.dy.fi/5Mm/plain
[17:47] Sompi_ The last paragraph is definitely also important, although not for most programmers
[17:48] Sompi_ But someone needs to maintain that low-level stuff too
[17:48] Sompi_ Otherwise the whole system collapses
[17:51] MinceR oh, i forgot another name for cheeto hitler: orange cockwomble
[17:55] psydroid3 learning low-level stuff isn't needed anymore
[17:55] psydroid3 people in Silicon Valley have taken care of all of that
[17:55] psydroid3 now you only need to be a useful idiot, keep your mouth shut and do what they asked you to do
[17:56] MinceR lol
[17:56] psydroid3 you are a law-abiding EU citizen, aren't you?
[17:56] psydroid3 right?
[17:56] MinceR probably not
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[18:10] TR Bot Perverse Performance Art - Invidious
[18:10] TR Bot Select instance - Invidious
[18:10] TR News Techrights Truth is Not About Appeasing the Feelings of Men Who Hurt Women https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Truth_is_Not_About_Appeasing_the_Feelings_of_Men_Who_Hurt_Women.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/Truth_is_Not_About_Appeasing_the_Feelings_of_Men_Who_Hurt_Women.gmi
[18:10] TR Bot Techrights Truth is Not About Appeasing the Feelings of Men Who Hurt Women
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[18:23] schestowitz[TR2] and also upgrade ergo if that works
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[18:28] TR News Continental: German auto parts giant to slash thousands of jobs https://www.dw.com/en/continental-german-auto-parts-giant-to-slash-thousands-of-jobs/a-71664680
[18:28] TR Bot German auto parts giant cuts thousands of jobs DW 02/18/2025
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[19:17] TR Bot a new ransomware player on the scene: the BlackLock group has become one of the most prolific operators in the cyber crime industry and researchers warn its only going to get worse for potential victims | ITPro
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[21:25] lxo I remember using zimbra, as in intreacting with its imap (or was it pop?) server. I was terrified by the notion of being forced to have work email hosted by google, mainly because some relatives and friends insisted on sending personal emails to my work email address. when it comes to business messaging, I think delivering company internal information to competitors in order to allegedly/initially save a few bucks is as dumb as it can get, but it's
[21:25] lxo somebody else's computing, thus my choice to make
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[22:07] IsambardPrince Every year I have to do about 20% more with about 4% more to do it with.
[22:07] IsambardPrince They think that they fool people with their government lies.
[22:08] IsambardPrince Now they just don't care if you believe it or not.
[22:08] IsambardPrince We've reached the "walking out of windows" phase.
[22:10] nobody two good news: Donald C. Lindner and his liberals were kicked out of german parliament
[22:11] nobody and, the Blackrock Capital Coalition hasn't got a 2/3 majority in parliament anylonger
[22:11] IsambardPrince MinceR, Well, at least my dad agrees that there's no hope of getting at the minerals without Russia off Ukraine's land, and grateful to us for helping them, and that Russia needs to be kicked in the teeth so hard they never even think about it again, and wouldn't even be able to try for many years.
[22:11] IsambardPrince Most Republicans in Congress who have said anything are not happy about what's going on.
[22:11] IsambardPrince With the weapons to Ukraine stopped.
[22:12] nobody which was needed for them to change the constition, such as altering the debt limit which had permitted them increased spendings for miitary
[22:13] MinceR IsambardPrince: the orange cockwomble seems to be in the way of kicking muscovy in the teeth. he's regurgitating putinist propaganda.
[22:13] IsambardPrince Yes, this is a big problem.
[22:13] MinceR also, according to my calculations, at least 39% of the human population supports kidnapping of kids and genocide.
[22:14] IsambardPrince nobody, Berkshire operates like private capital, but at the same time, differently.
[22:14] IsambardPrince They're a pretty diversified stock, and a weird one for the US.
[22:14] IsambardPrince I really like them. They're pretty much a license to print money.
[22:15] IsambardPrince They're further diversifying into international stocks that are very much like themselves.
[22:15] IsambardPrince A company that starts grabbing subsidiaries and becomes a conglomerate.
[22:15] IsambardPrince If you have people at the top who are good at this, it really pays off.
[22:16] IsambardPrince Blackrock has a lot of funds that were just fucking garbage that were designed pretty much solely to appease the Biden-era people.
[22:16] IsambardPrince Stuff where making money takes a backseat to "environmental" goals and DEI.
[22:16] IsambardPrince And this shouldn't be the main goal in investing.
[22:16] nobody the elections results were tweaked however; the re-established communist party movement BSW missed the 5% minimum with 4.973% and cannot join parliament
[22:17] IsambardPrince If you want to donate your money to charity, donate it to charity.
[22:17] IsambardPrince This shouldn't be securitized.
[22:17] nobody if this BSW movement joined parliament, then aour CDU blackrock capital CEO leader wouldn't have a 50% coalition option remaining
[22:19] nobody same with Liberals, if they had passed 5% (which THEY certainly did not, but the prognosis got tweaked too, i think, because "liberals" and shareholder value ...)
[22:19] nobody anyway, so far i am not too disappointed, the current results merely missed the _maximum_ enterntainment scale of drama
[22:20] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi has some views about credit cards that seem to stem from the fact that they're just an utterly trash product in the UK.
[22:20] IsambardPrince The slide fees in the UK are much lower, like they are in other places, so if you can even find a card that pays 0.75% back, that's "high", so none are worth bothering with.
[22:21] IsambardPrince Meanwhile, interest there seems completely unregulated, so 35-55% APR is considered normal apparently? So if you go into debt it will multiply faster than you can even possibly get a handle on it.
[22:21] IsambardPrince And UK bankruptcy laws are very harsh, so that's not an option unless you want to lose everything and be treated like you're on the sex offender registry.
[22:22] IsambardPrince So under this environment, I would NEVER have even one credit card in the UK.
[22:22] IsambardPrince There's no upside, and the potential for disaster is obvious.
[22:23] IsambardPrince In the US, banks always want you to sign up for more products.
[22:23] IsambardPrince Even if that means more losses for them, it means more profit because overall their portfolio will do well.
[22:24] IsambardPrince They put consumers in "tranches" based on FICO scores and income, and they control what interest rates they would pay and how much they'll risk lending to each tranche.
[22:24] IsambardPrince Bankruptcy is relatively lenient on the debtor here because the banks realize that if we had stiff laws like the UK, nobody would even dare borrow anything from them, then no profits.
[22:25] IsambardPrince And they can fund generous credit card rewards because there's few if any laws regulating slide fees, so they can make the merchants pay for it and the merchants effectively charge people who pay cash or debit, and hand the money to me.
[22:25] IsambardPrince Unwillingly in the sense that everyone uses a card so they don't want to be cut off from the network, willingly in the sense that they don't need the network, but they lose 40% of their business if they demand cash.
[22:27] IsambardPrince Lending practices in other countries tend to be different because of different regulatory environment or the acceptance or rejection of accurate credit scoring models.
[22:27] IsambardPrince The US was the first with a reasonably accurate model.
[22:28] IsambardPrince It's like psychiatry right? If you sent 100 patients to see the psychiatrist, and the psychiatrist was good at his job, he could not tell you which one was the serial killer with 100% accuracy, but he could probably give you a list of probabilities for each person in the group.
[22:29] IsambardPrince They've had experience documenting psychopathic behavior, so when you see it you can usually identify it if you know what you're looking for.
[22:29] IsambardPrince FICO works like this with debt management. They've analyzed the spending patters of millions of people and they know what people tend to do if they are not going to pay their loans.
[22:30] IsambardPrince By collecting a profile on individuals who have been loaned a triffling amount (say $500) they can get a feel for what they're dealing with and banks then decide if they will risk more or cut them off.
[22:30] IsambardPrince Because they have data to compare this person to.
[22:31] IsambardPrince The $500 credit card is a test. They toss you an amount of money that won't affect the bank much and see what you do.
[22:31] IsambardPrince They don't just start off saying here's $100,000 and if you fuck us, oh well.
[22:32] IsambardPrince Insurance underwriting follows similar guidelines. In his letter to investors, Warren Buffett says GEICO is getting better at underwriting, which means predicting who will have car accidents, and what to charge.
[22:33] IsambardPrince If you want rates to go up on safe drivers, and offer perverse incentives for shitty drivers, and make it impossible to rate anyone fairly, so rates go up for everyone, you pass a law like what Illinois is considering.
[22:33] IsambardPrince You ban them from rating people for being male or female, having good or bad credit, being married or unmarried, living in a dangerous neighborhood with a lot of uninsured drivers and car thefts, vs. a safe one.
[22:34] IsambardPrince The legislators say it's unfair, but... If they can't figure out what the risk is, everyone will pay a higher average premium so that the insurer can know they won't lose money.
[22:35] IsambardPrince If men drive in a way that costs insurers more money, then that's a data point, if people with bad credit tend to drive poorly because they don't pay their bills anyway if there's a wreck, that's a data point.
[22:36] IsambardPrince If you live in a dangerous area where you're twice as likely to be carjacked or have your catalytic convertor stolen, data point..
[22:36] IsambardPrince Men don't actually pay more than women, on average, in Illinois. This is a myth that men always pay more.
[22:37] IsambardPrince Women pay 2% more for car insurance in Illinois, on average.
[22:37] IsambardPrince So as you can see, it's a modest rating factor and in some states, the pool determines that women are worse drivers.
[22:38] IsambardPrince So if you pass some landmark bill to make insurance fair, that factor will be more or less neutral anyway.
[22:39] IsambardPrince nobody, Data science is neat you know. Quantifying risk.
[22:39] IsambardPrince It would be terrific if politicians knew how to do this accurately.
[22:39] IsambardPrince Denmark now says it will increase military spending 70%.
[22:39] IsambardPrince After 3 years of Russia occupying Ukraine.
[22:40] IsambardPrince They shouldd have built up their defenses years ago.
[22:40] IsambardPrince Europe is only doing this now because they finally realize that US military spending is no longer Europe's welfare state budget.
[22:41] IsambardPrince One reason France raised the retirement age 3 years is probably due to this. It was massively unpopular.
[22:41] IsambardPrince Everyone is always looking to get more out of the system than they put in.
[22:42] IsambardPrince They don't care if the budget balances. They don't care how high the national debt goes.
[22:42] IsambardPrince They want to get more out than they put in, and they see dying before it all fails to be their goal, even though they'll stick their own children with the bill.
[22:42] IsambardPrince This is how my parents are.
[22:43] IsambardPrince It's human nature, pal. Us vs. Them.
[22:44] MinceR and that's why humans will never form a civilization
[22:45] IsambardPrince The reason my mom and dad elected (by proxy) a South African slaver and apartheid billionaire, and a Nazi, to become the President and tear apart the federal government looking for "couch change" is they think that it will save their Social Security checks, when that will be destroyed too.
[22:46] IsambardPrince Department of Government Efficiency
[22:46] IsambardPrince @DOGE
[22:46] IsambardPrince Agencies often have more software licenses than employees, and the licenses are often idle (i.e. paid for, but not installed on any computer). For example, at GSA, with 13,000 employees, there are:
[22:46] IsambardPrince - 37,000 WinZip licenses
[22:46] IsambardPrince - 19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple parallel training software platforms)
[22:46] IsambardPrince -7,500 project management software seats for a division with 5,500 employees
[22:46] IsambardPrince - 3 different ticketing systems running in parallel
[22:46] IsambardPrince Fixes are actively in work.
[22:47] IsambardPrince ---
[22:47] IsambardPrince Why do they have WinZip licenses?
[22:47] IsambardPrince They could be using PeaZip for free.
[22:48] IsambardPrince That's almost $2 million so they can use WinZip instead of PeaZip.
[22:49] IsambardPrince They should at least shed the excess annual licenses, but I don't know of a good reason to have WinZip.
[22:58] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/24093025
[22:58] TR Bot WHOOPSIE
[22:59] IsambardPrince MinceR, Someone on Reddit said their friend found a ton of cash in the walls.
[22:59] IsambardPrince They want to know if they can use it to buy a nicer house.
[22:59] IsambardPrince I replied, "You could buy a house with cash but when you use a lot of cash to make a purchase over $10,000 it's a real big pain in the ass.
[22:59] IsambardPrince If you want a complete rundown, ask a car salesman what they have to do (but don't give them your name because they may file a Suspicious Activity Report because you asked them about it).
[22:59] IsambardPrince It involves a federal background check (in the case of a car at least) to make sure you're not on a list of some very bad people, a Suspicious Activity Report sent to FinCEN even if you don't actually buy the car, etc.
[22:59] IsambardPrince Your best bet? Putting it in banks. You don't want more in any given bank than the FDIC insurance limit for each institution.
[22:59] IsambardPrince You then need to declare it as "Other Income" on your tax return.
[22:59] IsambardPrince If the IRS notices you're spending a ton of money and there's no obvious source for it, you could find a world of shit opening up on you.
[22:59] IsambardPrince You shouldn't tell anyone that you found this money, or they might even rob you, but you should put it in bank accounts earning good interest. In some cases there are massive welcome bonuses because this is even "private client" type cash.
[22:59] IsambardPrince It's not illegal to find six figures of cash. Not at all. It's illegal to evade taxes, so don't even think about it. There can be all kinds of criminal penalties, civil penalties, the ATF could start investigating whether you're a drug dealer.
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[23:00] IsambardPrince There is no tax exemption for found money. You cannot prove in a tax audit, that that money was already taxed. You don't mess around with the IRS. Some nights in prison are even worse than others.
[23:00] IsambardPrince Just pay your damn tax and be glad you have money."
[23:00] MinceR car? i thought it was a house
[23:00] IsambardPrince SARs is the same no matter what.
[23:00] IsambardPrince $10,000 or "structuring" they have mandatory reporting laws on cash.
[23:00] IsambardPrince You can go to prison for not filing a SAR on someone.
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[23:02] IsambardPrince MinceR, The only other way to go through that cash would be to limit it to small purchases that are not on anyone's radar.
[23:02] IsambardPrince Congratulations, you found a lifetime supply of gas and groceries.
[23:03] IsambardPrince MinceR, Not that this would be a terrible thing. Without gas and grocery money coming out of your check, you'll build up more money in the bank account that nobody will investigate that you can buy a car or house with, eventually.
[23:03] IsambardPrince Because it was all taxed and came in the form of a paycheck.
[23:03] IsambardPrince But this is the slow boat.
[23:04] IsambardPrince I spend abbout $700 a month on food and about $100 on gas.
[23:04] IsambardPrince So over ten years, that's like $100,000 give or take.
[23:05] IsambardPrince If I had a pile of cash like this guy did, I could let the explainable money build up in the buffer (bank account), and eventually buy a house, in 20 years or so.
[23:05] IsambardPrince Maybe sooner.
[23:05] IsambardPrince You can always pay small amounts of cash to buy money orders.
[23:05] IsambardPrince So to burn through it faster, pay cash for money orders, then pay rent with money orders.
[23:06] IsambardPrince There's another $12,000-20,000 a year building up.
[23:06] IsambardPrince Or only pay it like that sometimes.
[23:06] IsambardPrince You'll go through the cash eventually, but it will reappear as offsets in your bank account, from not spending traceable money in the bank account.
[23:07] IsambardPrince But if you take a bag of cash to the bank you'll definitely, ermmm, provoke a response.
[23:09] IsambardPrince MinceR, If the person wants to get clever, then depleting the cash through small every day transactions that won't draw attention would really be the only way to go.
[23:09] IsambardPrince And I know you say "Well, if he rents doesn't he burn through wasted cash on the rent?" Well, yes, yes he does, but the IRS and state also wouldn't get nearly 40% of it.
[23:09] IsambardPrince :)
[23:09] MinceR maybe they could also trickle the cash into a bank account over time
[23:10] IsambardPrince You can, but I wouldn't do it fast or with the entire thing.
[23:10] IsambardPrince The Treasury/IRS is integrated into the entire US banking system.
[23:11] MinceR obviously
[23:11] IsambardPrince All they have to do is use the Bank Secrecy Act to get in and look at what you've been up to and if they see you've been depositing small amounts consistently, they're going to know they have a tax cheat.
[23:11] IsambardPrince And the BSA says the bank can't tell you you're being investigated, or that they've filed a SAR if they did that.
[23:12] IsambardPrince MinceR, Either put it in the bank and declare it, or don't go near the bank at all.
[23:12] IsambardPrince :)
[23:13] IsambardPrince MinceR, When my grandma on my dad's side passed away, she had so much money in cigar boxes that my uncle stopped counting at like $90,000.
[23:13] IsambardPrince It was ridiculous.
[23:13] IsambardPrince This woman survived the Depression and did not believe in the FDIC.
[23:14] IsambardPrince She put my grandfathers's pension and their retirement checks from SSA in those boxes, in cash, and left them in her kitchen, in a bad neighborhood.
[23:14] IsambardPrince Even when they were old.
[23:14] IsambardPrince My uncle kept most of the money.
[23:14] IsambardPrince Pretty much royally screwed everyone else.
[23:14] IsambardPrince Inheritences aren't taxed, but that wasn't exactly an inheritance.
[23:15] IsambardPrince They died without a will.
[23:15] IsambardPrince None of that money was dispensed by an executor.
[23:15] IsambardPrince If it had been in a bank account with the rates they paid in the 80s and 90s it would have been over 4x as much money.
[23:15] IsambardPrince Some banks that sold 20 year CDs back then were panicking and leaning on their customers to take it early, but you were under no obligation to.
[23:16] IsambardPrince So some people had CDs paying 17-19% interest for 20 years while the bank was only making 7%-10% on its lending.
[23:16] IsambardPrince LOL
[23:16] IsambardPrince The banks were fuming because they stupidly agreed to this and then nobody wanted to hand it over voluntarily.
[23:17] IsambardPrince MinceR, The Fed hikes in the 80s were hilarious.
[23:18] IsambardPrince The banks had been loaning money for mortgages, including to mom and dad for their starter home, at 6 or 7%, then all of a sudden the Fed rate went up to like 20%.
[23:18] IsambardPrince All of a sudden these banks were losing a LOT of money on mortgages.
[23:18] IsambardPrince This is how the ARM loan got started.
[23:19] IsambardPrince The banks decided that they'd do 5/1 and 7/1 ARMs and the 5 or 7 is a teaser then the rate resets every year based on current rates.
[23:19] IsambardPrince So in the Great Recession, it went up dramatically and few could afford their home, and they got laid off so refi into a fixed was impossible since there was no money and nobody was lending anyway.
[23:21] IsambardPrince My parents would have been better off financially keeping the house they had when I was born and paying it off. Had they stayed married, and sold it today, they would have made a profit of almost $150,000 on that house, which cost them $20,000.
[23:23] IsambardPrince They'd be reaping a return of over 12% annually which is better than the S&P 500 with reinvested dividends.
[23:24] IsambardPrince You would never do that today in real estate, but the myth that you will sort of remains. Homeowners have delisted over 67% of listings hoping for better days that will not come. They're stuck with it because they didn't cash out 3 years ago.
[23:25] IsambardPrince I expect prices on homes will eventually collapse at this rate.
[23:25] IsambardPrince Nobody really has the money to buy one.
[23:25] IsambardPrince So many will either live in it or accept a realized loss.
[23:26] IsambardPrince Homes are a shitty investment right now. The market is an investment, and renting is 40% cheaper giving you more money to invest.
[23:27] IsambardPrince The bank said it was selling its mortgage division because there was no longer a way to make money off of it.
[23:28] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, Major news. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-reportedly-cancels-some-data-center-leases-amid-80-billion-ai-push-172949483.html
[23:28] TR Bot Microsoft reportedly cancels some data center leases amid $80 billion AI push
[23:28] IsambardPrince Microsoft.
[23:28] IsambardPrince AI bubble starting to implode.
[23:29] IsambardPrince Incompetent fiscal policies from the Trump Administration are starting to work their magic.
[23:29] IsambardPrince No room to hide in high tide.
[23:44] IsambardPrince MinceR, I suppose I'll just start getting us new eyeglasses every two years and vision exams every year. The vision insurance pays a lot for the glasses each year but still leaves me on the hook for $280 or so for a decent pair.
[23:44] IsambardPrince Have to find expenses to cut.
[23:44] IsambardPrince Cost of living exceeds raises, yet again.
[23:44] IsambardPrince Worse to come I suppose.