●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, April 25, 2025 ●● ● Apr 25 [00:02] IsambardPrince MinceR, Walmart accidentally gave me 12.5 pounds of bananas instead of 1. [00:02] IsambardPrince Didn't charge me. They just said keep them. [00:03] IsambardPrince I'm torn between freezing them for banana bread and leaving them in front of the door across the hallway. [00:04] IsambardPrince The cheap Onn TVs at Walmart still have all the ports I need. [00:04] IsambardPrince The Samsung ones are down to nothing except two HDMIs and the power cord. [00:16] MinceR lol [00:23] lxo is "stop\nslop" a good slogan, you think? [00:28] MinceR seems good [00:37] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) [00:37] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@tk3vtmwmepfek.irc) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1d7f) has joined #techrights [00:58] IsambardPrince Life could be worse. Mom says she needs a root canal. ● Apr 25 [01:02] TR News (NEW): GStreamer 1.26.1 Improves dav1d AV1 Decoder, Matroska v4 Support in Muxer https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/GStreamer_1_26_1_Improves_dav1d_AV1_Decoder_Matroska_v4_Support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/GStreamer_1_26_1_Improves_dav1d_AV1_Decoder_Matroska_v4_Support.gmi [01:02] TR Bot Tux Machines GStreamer 1.26.1 Improves dav1d AV1 Decoder, Matroska v4 Support in Muxer [01:03] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [01:08] admfubar copyright holders are gonna start bumping off the ai people over this.. https://walledculture.org/leaders-in-the-generative-ai-world-are-daring-to-say-the-unsayable-that-copyright-is-not-sacrosanct/ [01:08] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://walledculture.org/leaders-in-the-generative-ai-world-are-daring-to-say-the-unsayable-that-copyright-is-not-sacrosanct/ ) [01:15] admfubar now i'd buy that for a dollar!... https://www.tweaktown.com/news/104640/elon-musk-your-new-tesla-will-drive-from-the-factory-floor-to-house-this-year/index.html [01:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.tweaktown.com/news/104640/elon-musk-your-new-tesla-will-drive-from-the-factory-floor-to-house-this-year/index.html ) [01:23] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-ai-pc-chips-arent-selling-instead-last-gen-raptor-lake-booms-and-creates-a-shortage [01:23] TR Bot Intel's AI PC chips aren't selling well; instead, last-gen Raptor Lake booms | Tom's Hardware [01:25] admfubar they're catching up!... https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/russia-says-its-on-track-to-manufacture-28nm-chips-in-its-own-fabs-by-2030-the-tech-first-debuted-15-years-ago [01:25] TR Bot Russia on track to manufacture 28nm chips in domestic fabs by 2030, 19 years after tech first debuted | Tom's Hardware [01:27] lxo https://www.lx.oliva.nom.br/images/stop-slop-1.png or https://www.lx.oliva.nom.br/images/stop-slop-2.png ? [01:34] TR News (NEW): COSMIC Alpha 7 Desktop Adds Pinned Workspaces, New Accessibility Features https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/COSMIC_Alpha_7_Desktop_Adds_Pinned_Workspaces_New_Accessibility.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/COSMIC_Alpha_7_Desktop_Adds_Pinned_Workspaces_New_Accessibility.gmi [01:34] TR Bot Tux Machines COSMIC Alpha 7 Desktop Adds Pinned Workspaces, New Accessibility Features [01:36] admfubar https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/04/reeks-of-eugenics-rfk-jr-s-autism-registry-draws-nazi-germany-comparisons/ [01:36] TR Bot Reeks of Eugenics: RFK Jr.'s Autism 'Registry' Draws Nazi Germany Comparisons [01:40] admfubar does this mean uncles are from heaven? ... https://thedebrief.org/monstrous-hell-ant-that-thrived-113-million-years-ago-revealed-in-oldest-fossil-of-its-kind-ever-discovered/ [01:40] TR Bot Monstrous "Hell Ant" That Thrived 113 Million Years Ago Revealed in Oldest Fossil of Its Kind Ever Discovered - The Debrief [01:43] IsambardPrince Okay, that's better. [01:43] IsambardPrince I went and stuck my head under the faucet. [01:43] IsambardPrince I overheated from moving some furniture. [01:46] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41J1nbFABgk [01:46] TR Bot https://yt.oelrichsgarcia.de/watch?v=41J1nbFABgk [01:46] TR Bot not resolve host: yt.oelrichsgarcia.de ( status 0 @ https://yt.oelrichsgarcia.de/watch?v=41J1nbFABgk ) [01:55] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/24/elon-musk-pretends-hes-leaving-the-job-he-supposedly-doesnt-have-to-not-return-to-the-job-he-supposedly-never-left/ [01:55] TR Bot Musk Pretends Hes Leaving The Job He Supposedly Doesnt Have To Not Return To The Job He Supposedly Never Left | Techdirt [01:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, ChatGPT is now scanning my blog. [01:56] IsambardPrince I'm etting ChatGPT.com as a referrer. 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[04:34] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [04:35] IsambardPrince MinceR, I like that quote from the court jester in Throme of Blood. [04:35] IsambardPrince Man is born crying. When he has cried enough, he dies. [04:39] schestowitz[TR2] do you cry, sir? [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz-pi, ChatGPT is now scanning my blog. [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] you mean, Microsoft [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] looiking for ways to plagialise [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] and call it "AI" [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi_ says they alsooo rip off his code [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] and bang on his web site for it [04:41] schestowitz[TR2] is "stop\nslop" a good slogan, you think? [04:41] schestowitz[TR2] SLOP, in the naaaaaaaaaaaaaaame of looooooooooooooooooooove. [04:41] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-25.gmi [04:42] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1625.jpg [04:42] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1275.jpg [04:44] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Still editing that post. [04:44] IsambardPrince "Horrifically, Amazon is now refusing to sell Blu Ray players themselves. What's left in stock is either Amazon Resale or third parties, and the supply is drying up elsewhere too, including at Walmart. [04:44] IsambardPrince The home theater was one of the great inventions of the last century. Interestingly, Star Trek correctly predicted the fall of television. In TNG, Commander Data said that "That form of entertainment did not last much beyond the year 2040." [04:44] IsambardPrince At the rate these "streaming services" are going, they'll have killed the market for premium home theater setups. What's the point in even giving one space in your living room when there's nothing of your own tastes being represented anymore? [04:44] IsambardPrince This is even worse than the 90s, when I could just walk to the mall and go into Sam Goody or various others and there would always be something I wanted. And if there wasn't, they'd help me order it." [04:45] TR News Event Wrap: PCTA Tech Show2025 https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/24/event-wrap-pcta-tech-show-2025/ [04:45] TR Bot Event Wrap: PCTA Tech Show2025 | APNIC Blog [04:45] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I'm glad there's pirates ripping the discs. [04:45] IsambardPrince If there weren't then one day there wouldn't be a way to play them. [04:45] TR News Monitoring highly distributed DNS deployments: Challenges and recommendations https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/24/monitoring-highly-distributed-dns-deployments-challenges-and-recommendations/ [04:45] TR Bot Monitoring highly distributed DNS deployments: Challenges and recommendations | APNIC Blog [04:46] IsambardPrince Killing off Blu Rays is a mistake. [04:46] IsambardPrince It will cause many companies to go bankrupt. [04:47] TR News US judge temporarily blocks Convicted Felon from dismantling federally funded news networks https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-from-dismantling-federally-funded-news-networks/ [04:47] TR Bot US judge temporarily blocks Trump from dismantling federally funded news networks - JURIST - News [04:47] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/slopping-the-trough-disney-plus-loses-billions-and-the-decline-of-physical-media-in-america/ [04:47] TR Bot Slopping the Trough: Disney Plus Loses Billions and the Decline of Physical Media in America | BaronHK's Rants [04:47] schestowitz[TR2] checking [04:51] schestowitz[TR2] "Cory Woodroof (USA Today" [04:51] schestowitz[TR2] close the bracket [04:53] IsambardPrince Fixed. [04:54] schestowitz[TR2] ""reliable internet connection [04:54] schestowitz[TR2] Internet, capitalised [04:54] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/o/2023/07/06/mozilla-vision-of-the-internet/ [04:54] TR Bot Mozilla Waters Down Its Vision of The Internet [04:54] schestowitz[TR2] "works. who are you to argue with them?" [04:54] schestowitz[TR2] comma or capital W. [04:55] *fantom (~fantom@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techrights [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: unlimited access for limited time [04:55] IsambardPrince fixed [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] you mentioned food [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] that's what streaming companies do [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] and you likely work 8-6 [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] (commute) [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] so you cannot use the access much [04:56] IsambardPrince Right, so the most you could possibly be watching this thing is a few hours a day. [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] like the time you pay "for cable" [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] but when did you use it? 7pm p;rime time after work? [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] we use the Net heavily [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] not high b///w [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] but many computers here [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] many homes hhhave no laptops [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] they pay for 'Internet' [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] and they only ever connect some hypephone too it [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] after work [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] very bad value, over a pound a day just to surf some "apps" [04:57] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], A better value of course, is borrowing movies from the library. [04:58] IsambardPrince Free and just return them when you're finished. [04:59] schestowitz[TR2] re " Plane tickets were just not something the average family used' [04:59] schestowitz[TR2] flights were also more pleasant [04:59] schestowitz[TR2] 80s and 90s [04:59] schestowitz[TR2] not cheap ● Apr 25 [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] but airports and planes were more "personal" [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] the seats were like 10 cm thick [05:00] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] andddd you got food [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] not ADDED food [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] you got food [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] they didn't ask you to pay extra [05:00] schestowitz[TR2] same for suitcases, even for sho haul [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] clooothes lasted longer, mostly due to the material and thickness [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] and you took them in a suitcase [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] not some "backpack" with deodooorant [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] "Youll never get an experience like that while the TSA is giving you an anal probe at the airport while you spend over $3,000 flying down there and back and renting a car all week." [05:02] schestowitz[TR2] by John Salinas [05:02] schestowitz[TR2] looking for some ractal cancccer [05:04] schestowitz[TR2] "But one format that does stop working is streaming. It stops working the minute you dont subscribe to it again." [05:04] schestowitz[TR2] or the company goes under [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] "Blu Ray.), recently saw" [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] off punctuation there [05:09] IsambardPrince fixed [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] beans and rice and Dave Ramsey BOOKS! [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] because you need to eat the books [05:17] IsambardPrince I spotted one. [05:18] TR News Techrights Slopping the Trough: Disney Plus Loses Billions and the Decline of Physical Media in America https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Slopping_the_Trough_Disney_Plus_Loses_Billions_and_the_Decline_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Slopping_the_Trough_Disney_Plus_Loses_Billions_and_the_Decline_.gmi [05:18] TR Bot Techrights Slopping the Trough: Disney Plus Loses Billions and the Decline of Physical Media in America [05:18] TR News Microchip launches low-cost, low-power PIC16F17576 8-bit microcontrollers for analog sensors https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/24/microchip-launches-low-cost-low-power-pic16f17576-8-bit-microcontrollers-for-analog-sensors/ [05:18] TR Bot Microchip launches low-cost, low-power PIC16F17576 8-bit microcontrollers for analog sensors - CNX Software [05:19] TR News Lithuanian banks post 1 billion profit, sparking calls to extend windfall tax https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2543180/lithuanian-banks-post-eur1-billion-profit-sparking-calls-to-extend-windfall-tax [05:19] TR Bot Lithuanian banks post 1 billion profit, sparking calls to extend windfall tax - LRT [05:20] TR News Embargoes and worse before there is even any actual judgment is not justice https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/nanostring-demands-damages-for-enforcement-of-pi/ [05:20] TR Bot NanoString demands damages for enforcement of PI - JUVE Patent [05:21] TR News "this is an EPO manufactured problem." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/beware-of-boilerplate-practical-lessons.html?showComment=1745392052128#c2621296642070085985 [05:21] TR Bot Beware of boilerplate: Practical lessons for patent drafting from G1/24 (Claim interpretation) - The IPKat [05:23] TR News "last time they forced all to the austin office, they got a warning from the fire marshal that they could not have that many employees in the building sitting on the floors since they only had cubes for about 10 mobile desks. I think they have shrunk the offices since then. Will be interesting to see how they will cram all of dallas into austin." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsgbm14j [05:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsgbm14j ) [05:25] TR News "This Goodwill money sounds just like Monpoly money i.e. fake and worthless money from Alvind and Krabanaugh's hands. I suspect it is being traded to buy more fake companies and worthless junk like these two nitwits ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jskxqvhd [05:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jskxqvhd ) [05:25] TR News "The Gyms in the area rejected Krabanaugh's application as he is too obese to make any significant weight improvement even in decades.....so he keeps on just slurping up those fat filled burgers and fries. And asking for more education to be completed by everyone, except himself." https:// [05:25] TR News "The Gyms in the area rejected Krabanaugh's application as he is too obese to make any significant weight improvement even in decades.....so he keeps on just slurping up those fat filled burgers and fries. And asking for more education to be completed by everyone, except himself." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsjehm67 [05:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsjehm67 ) [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsmcp9zc [05:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsmcp9zc ) [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] Just more fake threats and empty promises from Alvind and Krabanaugh. Even Wall Street didn't take the IBM BS from Q1 2025 results seriously. And why should they ? It's all about the incompetent losers, Alvind and his Pipmunks. The stock was tanking today .....can you say sell IBM ??? This is no longer your father's or grandfather's IBM. [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] It's Indian Business Machines (IBM) run by AI (All Indians). And we know what that means in the long term for US investors, don't we ? Vindaloo in Da Loo ! [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] There is no badge out go badge in and go back home. [05:26] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:27] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:27] schestowitz[TR2] last time they did this it was to get older folks to quit... they are less likely to agree to move. [05:27] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:30] TR News Microsoft is allegedly paying low performers to quit https://www.fastcompany.com/91322766/microsoft-is-allegedly-paying-low-performers-to-quit [05:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.fastcompany.com/91322766/microsoft-is-allegedly-paying-low-performers-to-quit ) [05:30] TR News Microsoft will now pay some employees to leave amid continued crackdown against low performers https://www.financialexpress.com/business/industry-microsoft-will-now-pay-some-employees-to-leave-amid-continued-crackdown-against-low-performers-3821423/ [05:30] TR Bot Microsoft will now pay some employees to leave amid continued crackdown against low performers - Industry News | The Financial Express [05:32] TR News IBM stock drops 7% after $100m federal contracts suspended https://www.techinasia.com/news/ibm-stock-drops-7-100m-federal-contracts-suspended [05:32] TR Bot Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem [05:39] TR News What complete NONSENSE from a site BRIBED by IBM https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/23/ibm-beats-forecasts-says-well-positioned-weather-trade-war/ [05:39] TR Bot beats forecasts and says it's well-positioned to weather a trade war but stock falls on outlook - SiliconANGLE [05:39] TR News The media says it needs bribes to survive and then moans about how people do not trust the media anymore. [05:41] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], It's sad how many people don't recognize what this is. [05:42] IsambardPrince They've lost a fortune because of Trump and Musk and continue to say they have a plan and know what they're doing. [05:42] IsambardPrince Tesla is ruined. [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] righttt [05:42] IsambardPrince Their financial report proves how bad it has gotten in there. [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] they try to retain "users" [05:42] IsambardPrince They admit net profit is down 71%. [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] by having meeting in the showroom here [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] peopleused to be proud to " [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] have a tesla" [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] not anymore [05:43] IsambardPrince Who will buy one? I can't. [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] i checked [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] ass a joke [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] last year [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] i've not driven in a while [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] it's like 44k for the cheapest [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] about $60k [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] bare minimum [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] how long will it last? 6 years? [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] i might be better off renttting some ev from mercedes [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] it would be cheaper [05:45] IsambardPrince I'm watching a blu ray. Ryuichi Sakamoto's Opus. [05:45] IsambardPrince He recorded it a couple of months before he died of colorectal cancer. [05:46] IsambardPrince He stopped in the middle of the video and said he needed a break because he was pushing himself. I noticed that earlier. [05:46] IsambardPrince His hands looked like he was in pain and forcing them to play the piano anyway. [05:46] IsambardPrince He looks like death is all he can think of. [05:47] IsambardPrince I hope whatever ends up killing me does it fast. [05:49] TR News Scientists Discover First Probable Evidence of a Roman Fighter Mauled by a Lion https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-first-probable-evidence-of-a-roman-fighter-mauled-by-a-lion [05:49] TR Bot Discover First Probable Evidence of a Roman Fighter Mauled by a Lion : ScienceAlert [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] we are doing BBQ outside this morning [05:49] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04/amazon-backed-startup-wants-to-sell-a-bare-bones-ev-truck-for-20000/ [05:49] TR Bot A $20,000 electric truck with manual windows and no screens? Meet Slate Auto. - Ars Technica [05:50] admfubar real bbq? [05:50] schestowitz[TR2] roll em down [05:50] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: veg burgers and sausages [05:50] admfubar you are grilling then [05:51] TR News 84% of Earth's Coral Reefs in Crisis as Worst Bleaching Event on Record Hits https://www.sciencealert.com/84-of-earths-coral-reefs-in-crisis-as-worst-bleaching-event-on-record-hits [05:51] TR Bot of Earth's Coral Reefs in Crisis as Worst Bleaching Event on Record Hits : ScienceAlert [05:51] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: right ^_^ [05:51] schestowitz[TR2] and bottle of sangria [05:51] admfubar grilled sangria?? :O [05:51] schestowitz[TR2] oh, nope [05:51] admfubar "P [05:51] admfubar :P [05:52] TR News Qt pushing slop and plagiarism https://www.qt.io/blog/enhance-squish-gui-testing-with-ai-assistants-using-the-new-mcp-sample https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3711675&doi=10.1145%2F3711675 [05:52] TR Bot Enhance Squish GUI Testing with AI Assistants Using the New MCP Sample [05:52] TR Bot The Drunken Plagiarists - ACM Queue [05:53] admfubar so you are grilling for breakfast? [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] no, 10am [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] coffee right now [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] after 10 there can be some clouds [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2643123 [05:53] TR Bot Manchester - BBC Weather [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] 27 degrees next week [05:54] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I should write to the owner of the local movie theater. They own a few dozen theaters. [05:55] IsambardPrince Less slop, MOAR good stuff. [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] old movies [05:55] IsambardPrince They do that. [05:55] IsambardPrince But it's like what's the point? [05:55] IsambardPrince I bought The Wizard of Oz for $1 on DVD. [05:55] IsambardPrince :) [05:55] TR News Chinese companies stockpiled billions of dollars worth of Nvidia H20 GPUs prior to recent ban https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/chinese-companies-stockpiled-billions-of-dollars-worth-of-nvidia-h20-gpus-prior-to-recent-ban [05:55] TR Bot Chinese companies stockpiled billions of dollars worth of Nvidia H20 GPUs prior to recent ban | Tom's Hardware [05:56] TR News How the US retreat from the UN endangers the future of internet governance https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-the-us-retreat-from-the-un-endangers-the-future-of-internet-governance/ [05:56] TR Bot How the US retreat from the UN endangers the future of internet governance - Atlantic Council [05:56] TR News South Korea says DeepSeek transferred user data, prompts without consent https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-says-deepseek-transferred-user-data-prompts-without-consent [05:56] TR Bot South Korea says DeepSeek transferred user data, prompts without consent | The Straits Times [05:57] TR News Nvidia aims to solve Slop's water consumption problems with direct-to-chip cooling claims 300X improvement with closed-loop systems https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-aims-to-solve-ais-water-consumption-problems-with-direct-to-chip-cooling-claims-300x-improvement-with-closed-loop-systems [05:57] TR Bot Nvidia aims to solve AI's water consumption problems with direct-to-chip cooling claims 300X improvement with closed-loop systems | Tom's Hardware [05:57] TR News New Paris exhibition uses art to tell the story of Slop https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20250423-new-paris-exhibition-uses-art-to-tell-the-story-of-ai [05:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20250423-new-paris-exhibition-uses-art-to-tell-the-story-of-ai ) [05:58] admfubar 83 here today... will be in the 50's on saturday... then warming again later in the week [05:58] schestowitz[TR2] how far north? [05:58] admfubar about 41 deg north [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circles_of_latitude_between_the_40th_parallel_north_and_the_45th_parallel_north#41st_parallel_north [05:59] TR Bot Circles of latitude between the 40th parallel north and the 45th parallel north - Wikipedia [05:59] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Curse of the Black Pearl was the only good Pirates of the Caribbean movie. ● Apr 25 [06:00] admfubar https://www.weather.gov/cle/ [06:00] TR Bot Cleveland, OH [06:00] IsambardPrince Already picked that one out of a $1 bin. [06:00] IsambardPrince It stands on its own. There was no need for more. They never planned to make more. They made 4 more. [06:00] IsambardPrince Each one kept getting lower ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. [06:01] TR News Paramount, CBS settle discrimination lawsuit over DEI policies punishing straight white males https://nypost.com/2025/04/24/media/paramount-cbs-settle-discrimination-lawsuit-over-dei-policies-punishing-straight-white-males/ [06:01] TR Bot Paramount, CBS settle discrimination lawsuit over DEI policies punishing straight white males [06:06] TR News Top PC OEMs reportedly planning Saudi Arabia plants to avoid US tariffs Lenovo, HP, Dell exploring options as panic continues https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/top-pc-oems-reportedly-planning-saudi-arabia-plants-to-avoid-us-tariffs-lenovo-hp-dell-exploring-options-as-panic-continues [06:06] TR Bot Top PC OEMs reportedly planning Saudi Arabia plants to avoid US tariffs Lenovo, HP, Dell exploring options as panic continues | Tom's Hardware [06:06] TR News Unallocated space analysis https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/unallocated-space-analysis/ [06:06] TR Bot Unallocated space analysis | Pen Test Partners [06:12] TR News The Evertop: A Low-Power, Off-Grid Solar Gem https://hackaday.com/2025/04/23/the-evertop-a-low-power-off-grid-solar-gem/ | Source: Hackaday [06:12] TR Bot Evertop: A Low-Power, Off-Grid Solar Gem | Hackaday [06:14] TR News Peter Czanik: A call for testing the upcoming syslog-ng releases https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/a-call-for-testing-the-upcoming-syslog-ng-releases [06:14] TR Bot call for testing the upcoming syslog-ng releases - Blog - syslog-ng Community - syslog-ng Community [06:16] TR News Kelly Benefits Data Breach Impacts 260,000 People https://www.securityweek.com/kelly-benefits-data-breach-impacts-260000-people/ [06:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/kelly-benefits-data-breach-impacts-260000-people/ ) [06:18] TR News foss-north 2025 https://www.thelins.se/johan/blog/2025/04/foss-north-2025/ [06:18] TR Bot foss-north 2025 Life of a Developer [06:18] TR News Cyberattack Hits British Retailer Marks & Spencer https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-hits-british-retailer-marks-spencer/ [06:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-hits-british-retailer-marks-spencer/ ) [06:19] TR News Data Breach at Onsite Mammography Impacts 350,000 https://www.securityweek.com/data-breach-at-onsite-mammography-impacts-350000/ [06:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/data-breach-at-onsite-mammography-impacts-350000/ ) [06:20] TR News As the Signalgate Scandal Grows, American Oversight Continues Investigations of Mismanagement at Hegseths Pentagon https://americanoversight.org/as-the-signalgate-scandal-grows-american-oversight-continues-investigations-of-mismanagement-at-hegseths-pentagon/ [06:20] TR Bot As the Signalgate Scandal Grows, American Oversight Continues Investigations of Mismanagement at Hegseths Pentagon - American Oversight [06:21] TR News Attackers hit security device defects hard in 2024 https://cyberscoop.com/mandiant-m-trends-2025/ [06:21] TR Bot hit security device defects hard in 2024 | CyberScoop [06:23] TR News On TikTok, Chinese Manufacturers Open a New Line in the Trade War https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/technology/chinese-factories-tiktok-trade-war.html [06:23] TR Bot Chinese Factory Owners Make Appeals to Americans on TikTok: Buy Direct - The New York Times [06:23] TR News Warner Music Group Files $24 Million Lawsuit Against Crumbl Cookies Over Alleged Fentanylware (TikTok) and Instagram Infringement https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/23/warner-music-group-sues-crumbl-cookies/ [06:23] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/23/warner-music-group-sues-crumbl-cookies/ ) [06:25] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [06:27] *lightbringer (~mincer@freenode/user/lightbringer) has joined #techrights [06:46] TR News Techrights Serial Sloppers Are Killing the Web (They Probably Don't Care, Either) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Serial_Sloppers_Are_Killing_the_Web_They_Probably_Don_t_Care_Ei.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Serial_Sloppers_Are_Killing_the_Web_They_Probably_Don_t_Care_Ei.gmi [06:46] TR Bot Techrights Serial Sloppers Are Killing the Web (They Probably Don't Care, Either) [06:59] schestowitz[TR2] https://danielpocock.com/en/blog/ down again [06:59] TR Bot to connect to danielpocock.com port 443 after 221 ms: Couldn't connect to server ( status 0 @ https://danielpocock.com/en/blog/ ) [06:59] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I've got a bunch of DVDs in my cart. [06:59] IsambardPrince $2.14 each. [06:59] schestowitz[TR2] a lot [06:59] schestowitz[TR2] i have several dvd-r [06:59] IsambardPrince But I could go up to 25 DVDs and get that per DVD figure down to $1.77. [06:59] schestowitz[TR2] from around 2016 ● Apr 25 [07:00] schestowitz[TR2] i put distros on some [07:00] schestowitz[TR2] i also buy laptoppps with optical drive [07:03] IsambardPrince I found the entire Bourne Trilogy in this batch. [07:09] TR News Techrights Big Trouble in GNOME https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Big_Trouble_in_GNOME.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Big_Trouble_in_GNOME.gmi [07:09] TR Bot Techrights Big Trouble in GNOME [07:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I used to pirate DVDs. [07:12] IsambardPrince I had a bunch of "XviD" rips all over my hard disk. [07:12] schestowitz[TR2] pyrate y' [07:12] schestowitz[TR2] say? [07:12] IsambardPrince Because I was too broke to buy them. [07:13] IsambardPrince Walmart paid me so poorly that if I worked for 4 hours I couldn't buy one DVD with the money left after tax. [07:14] IsambardPrince DVDs cost about $30 each. That was a premium format back then. [07:14] IsambardPrince If you had a stack of hundreds of DVDs it meant you were rich. [07:15] IsambardPrince Now the only discs that clear $20-30 each are Criterion discs. And those are Blu Rays mostly. [07:18] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], If I pay $20 a disc, even now, or $30, it's going to be an excellent movie on that disc. [07:19] IsambardPrince Critically acclaimed, three hours long. Or you know, there was investment put in. [07:19] IsambardPrince They do hundreds of movies per year. I buy maybe 10 and most were not out that year, or even this decade. [07:20] IsambardPrince The slop us at the theater, an empty theater. [07:20] IsambardPrince Then they slop us at streaming services, where they lose hundreds of thousands of subscribers per year. [07:20] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Disney and the rest are losing money. [07:21] IsambardPrince They find ways to put half of it back in your pocket with credit card offers and stuff, or every time you go to cancel, it offers another 3 months for free. [07:21] IsambardPrince They could me as a subscriber to Paramount Plus, but I've had it for over a year and never paid them! [07:22] IsambardPrince Nobody in the 90s would have done anything this stupid and paid for it! [07:22] IsambardPrince We had something in the 90s this stupid that flopped! [07:23] IsambardPrince It was called DivX. You were supposed to buy a DivX disc for a few bucks at Circuit City, it only played once, and then you threw the disc away, or you could pay to upgrade to DivX Silver. [07:23] IsambardPrince A license server over the phone line would authorize your player to play that disc indefinitely if it was Silver. [07:24] IsambardPrince Nobody was going for it. [07:24] IsambardPrince They all went "What kind of a horrible deal is that? [07:26] IsambardPrince Now the streaming app is built into the TV and you throw the whole TV away when the app doesn't work. [07:26] IsambardPrince Streaming apps are basically investor fraud. [07:28] IsambardPrince The DVD Forum put out an ad blitz against the DivX format pointing out how insane it was/ [07:28] IsambardPrince And how landfills would soon be full of those discs. [07:30] IsambardPrince If you told people in the 1990s about streaming, they'd look at you like men from Mars had landed, and not because it's so cool and futuristic, but because of how obviously horrible and exploitative it is. [07:33] TR News Techrights IBM's Debt Ballooned by 8.5 Billion Dollars in Just 3 Months! https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/IBM_s_Debt_Ballooned_by_8_5_Billion_Dollars_in_Just_3_Months.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/IBM_s_Debt_Ballooned_by_8_5_Billion_Dollars_in_Just_3_Months.gmi [07:33] TR Bot Techrights IBM's Debt Ballooned by 8.5 Billion Dollars in Just 3 Months! [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: the economyis all good [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] see disney and ibm [07:36] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I'm starting another post about streaming revenue and subscribers being a form of investor fraud. [07:36] IsambardPrince This is like Uber offering cheap rides at a loss to make the RTA fail. [07:37] IsambardPrince And now that the RTA has a budget crisis, people will need Uber. ● Apr 25 [08:00] TR News Techrights Things Get Increasingly Nasty at Microsoft Ahead of the Fake Results and May's Mass Layoffs Wave https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Things_Get_Increasingly_Nasty_at_Microsoft_Ahead_of_the_Fake_Re.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Things_Get_Increasingly_Nasty_at_Microsoft_Ahead_of_the_Fake_Re.gmi [08:00] TR Bot Techrights Things Get Increasingly Nasty at Microsoft Ahead of the Fake Results and May's Mass Layoffs Wave [08:01] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: robust economy [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] Reuters today: "US weekly jobless claims increase moderately amid low layoffs" (headline). Right, so they "increase moderately" and "low layoffs". From "slowing growth" to new and misleading spin. Everything is OK! "IT IS ONLY YOU! IT IS ALL IN YOUR HEAD! EVERYTHING IS OK!" [08:02] schestowitz[TR2] And now that the RTA has a budget crisis, people will need Uber. [08:03] schestowitz[TR2] Robert X. Cringely: [08:03] schestowitz[TR2] "They [Microsoft] have the deepest of pockets, unlimited ambition, and they are willing to lose money for years and years just to make sure that you don't make any money, either. And they are mean, REALLY mean." [08:13] TR News (NEW): #HowTo set up remote desktop access on your Linux computers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/24/How_to_set_up_remote_desktop_access_on_your_Linux_computers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/24/How_to_set_up_remote_desktop_access_on_your_Linux_computers.gmi [08:13] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/24/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/24/today_s_leftovers.gmi [08:13] TR Bot Tux Machines How to set up remote desktop access on your Linux computers [08:13] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [08:17] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [08:20] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar> new name for AI, "A lIe" [08:20] schestowitz[TR2] i think i saw that befire [08:20] schestowitz[TR2] *before [08:28] TR News (NEW): Powerful Mini-PCs Provide Efficient Replacement for Desktop Computers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Powerful_Mini_PCs_Provide_Efficient_Replacement_for_Desktop_Com.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Powerful_Mini_PCs_Provide_Efficient_Replacement_for_Desktop_Com.gmi [08:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Powerful Mini-PCs Provide Efficient Replacement for Desktop Computers [08:33] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I'm mulling over buying a Magnetar UHD Blu Ray player. [08:33] IsambardPrince They can play anything, really. [08:34] IsambardPrince Including SACDs. [08:34] IsambardPrince Panasonic also told me they are still making Blu Ray players and have no current plans to stop. [08:35] TR News (NEW): Lilbits: Snapdragon X Chromebooks, Pixel 7a battery swelling, and a Liberux NEXX Linux phone progress update https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Lilbits_Snapdragon_X_Chromebooks_Pixel_7a_battery_swelling_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Lilbits_Snapdragon_X_Chromebooks_Pixel_7a_battery_swelling_and_.gmi [08:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Lilbits: Snapdragon X Chromebooks, Pixel 7a battery swelling, and a Liberux NEXX Linux phone progress update [08:49] TR News "Valve released a small stable update to the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck, along with another one-fix Beta update for Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/steam-client-update-brings-fixes-for-screenshots-notes-and-more-for-steam-deck-and-desktops/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:49] TR Bot Client update brings fixes for screenshots, notes and more for Steam Deck and Desktops | GamingOnLinux [08:50] TR News "The latest point and click adventure from Wadjet Eye Games is out now with Old Skies sending you through time. It has Native Linux support and is Steam Deck Verified." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/time-travel-adventure-old-skies-from-wadjet-eye-games-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:50] TR Bot adventure Old Skies from Wadjet Eye Games is out now | GamingOnLinux [08:50] TR News "Survival strategy base-builder Final Outpost: Definitive Edition from Exabyte Games is the expanded and upgraded version of their popular mobile game. They've now announced the full PC release with Native Linux support will arrive on May 22nd." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/popular-mobile-game-final-outpost-definitive-edition-gets-a-pc-release-on-may-22/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:50] TR Bot mobile game Final Outpost: Definitive Edition gets a PC release on May 22 | GamingOnLinux [08:50] TR News "Insectile is an upcoming game that blends together exploration, creature collection and puzzle battles into what looks like quite a unique and charming experience." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/check-out-the-unique-demo-for-insectile-a-bug-catching-creature-collection-game-with-puzzle-battles/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:50] TR Bot out the unique demo for Insectile, a bug-catching creature collection game with puzzle-battles | GamingOnLinux [08:52] TR News "KOEI TECMO recently released a small update for DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS that released in January, making it more playable on Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/dynasty-warriors-origins-fixes-issues-with-amd-fsr3-on-steam-deck-and-adds-a-photo-mode/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:52] TR Bot WARRIORS: ORIGINS fixes issues with AMD FSR3 on Steam Deck and adds a Photo Mode | GamingOnLinux [08:58] IsambardPrince https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/streaming-apps-are-investor-fraud-that-kills-the-planet/ [08:58] TR Bot Streaming Apps Are Investor Fraud That Kills the Planet | BaronHK's Rants [08:58] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], ^ [08:59] TR News "Polterguys: Possession Party from Madorium Ltd is a party game that's highly competitive." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/polterguys-possession-party-is-a-funny-competitive-party-game-worth-a-look/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:59] TR Bot Possession Party is a funny competitive party game worth a look | GamingOnLinux ● Apr 25 [09:00] schestowitz[TR2] checking [09:08] schestowitz[TR2] didn't find typos [09:11] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: rianne is reading the latest twoo also [09:11] TR News Techrights Streaming Apps Are Investor Fraud That Kills the Planet https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Streaming_Apps_Are_Investor_Fraud_That_Kills_the_Planet.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Streaming_Apps_Are_Investor_Fraud_That_Kills_the_Planet.gmi [09:11] schestowitz[TR2] no typo reported yet [09:11] TR Bot Techrights Streaming Apps Are Investor Fraud That Kills the Planet [09:15] TR News "11 bit studios have announced today that their popular city building survival strategy game Frostpunk from 2018 is getting a remake in Unreal Engine 5." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/11-bit-studios-are-remaking-the-original-frostpunk-in-unreal-engine-5-with-frostpunk-1886/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:15] TR Bot bit studios are remaking the original Frostpunk in Unreal Engine 5 with Frostpunk 1886 | GamingOnLinux [09:15] TR News "As Discord forces in more adverts and paid customization towards becoming a public company the CEO and Co-Founder, Jason Citron, has announced they're stepping down as CEO." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/discord-ceo-steps-down-replaced-with-former-activision-blizzard-cso-as-they-work-towards-being-a-public-company/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:15] TR Bot CEO steps down, replaced with former Activision Blizzard CSO as they work towards being a public company | GamingOnLinux [09:15] TR News "Come and see what Valve have been rating Steam Deck Verified recently, and perhaps you might just find your next game to play through. All games will work on Desktop Linux too thanks to Valve's Proton." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/steam-deck-verified-round-up-highlights-for-late-april-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:15] TR Bot Deck Verified round-up highlights for late April 2025 | GamingOnLinux [09:15] TR News "Barotrauma devs FakeFish recently revealed Frostrail during the Triple-I Initiative event, and they're giving a "tentative yes" for Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/frostrail-from-the-devs-of-barotrauma-eager-to-support-linux-with-a-tentative-yes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:15] TR Bot from the devs of Barotrauma 'eager' to support Linux with a 'tentative yes' | GamingOnLinux [09:16] TR News "NVIDIA sent out a security bulletin today to reveal a fresh security flaw found in their Linux GPU drivers. So its time to get updating again to be safe." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/nvidia-disclose-new-security-flaw-in-their-linux-gpu-drivers/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:16] TR Bot disclose new security flaw in their Linux GPU drivers | GamingOnLinux [09:17] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Security_Leftovers.gmi [09:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [09:18] TR News (NEW): Games: Frostrail, Discord CEO Leaves, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Games_Frostrail_Discord_CEO_Leaves_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Games_Frostrail_Discord_CEO_Leaves_and_More.gmi [09:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Frostrail, Discord CEO Leaves, and More [09:37] TR News "Youtube i det fria ordets tjnst" | Youtube in the service of free speech https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/04/24/youtube-i-det-fria-ordets-tjanst/ [09:37] TR Bot Youtube i det fria ordets tjnst [09:38] TR News "Bankerne hader Dankortet, afsnit 728 | Version2" | The banks hate the Dankort, episode 728 https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/bankerne-hader-dankortet-afsnit-728 [09:38] TR Bot Bankerne hader Dankortet, afsnit 728 | Version2 [09:38] TR News "Europe hits Apple, Meta with huge [sic] fines" https://techcentral.co.za/europe-hits-apple-meta-with-huge-fines/262686/ see instead: $124,300,000,000 in 2024 net sales https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000320193/000032019325000008/aapl-20241228.htm#i248a31500c42474f94fb8d3d2dd90051_13 [09:38] TR Bot Europe hits Apple, Meta with huge fines - TechCentral [09:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000320193/000032019325000008/aapl-20241228.htm#i248a31500c42474f94fb8d3d2dd90051_13 ) [09:39] TR News """But overall, the options seem thin. Unix hosting is no longer a commodity.""" https://oils.pub/blog/2025/02/shared-hosting.html ("Comments on Shared Unix Hosting vs. the Cloud".) [09:39] TR Bot Comments on Shared Unix Hosting vs. the Cloud [09:43] TR News iophk: Microsoft Edge _*is*_ modified Chromium, just like Chrome is. https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/openai_chrome_interest/ ("OpenAI exec signals interest in Chrome") [09:43] TR Bot OpenAI exec signals interest in Chrome The Register [09:44] TR News "Elon Musks grip on government via DOGE [sic] unraveled as Tesla stock sank" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/24/elon-musk-doge-scott-bessent-tesla/ [09:44] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/24/elon-musk-doge-scott-bessent-tesla/ ) [09:45] TR News "US calls EU fines on Apple and Meta 'economic extortion'" https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-calls-eu-fines-apple-meta-economic-extortion-2025-04-23/ [09:45] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-calls-eu-fines-apple-meta-economic-extortion-2025-04-23/ ) [09:45] TR News "rpi-connect and rpi-connect-lite 2.5.0" https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=387022 [09:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=387022 ) [09:48] *\join_subline has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:48] *\join_subline (~join_subline@x58kccsbytrv6.irc) has joined #techrights [09:52] TR News "This week, young people participating in the European Astro Pi Challenge 2024/25 will have their programs run in space." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/the-countdown-begins-astro-pi-participants-to-have-their-programs-run-in-space/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [09:52] TR Bot The countdown begins! Astro Pi participants to have their programs run in space - Raspberry Pi Foundation [09:54] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Found a copy of The Magnificent Seven. [09:54] IsambardPrince Suppose I have to watch that now. [09:54] schestowitz[TR2] oh [09:54] IsambardPrince $1.77. [09:55] schestowitz[TR2] too much [09:55] schestowitz[TR2] ;) [09:56] IsambardPrince I have to look through a lot of crap to find good discs. [09:56] IsambardPrince This guy lists a lot of weird stuff. [09:56] IsambardPrince FUCK!!! [09:57] IsambardPrince I was looking for this one. [09:57] IsambardPrince The Dollars Trilogy. [09:57] IsambardPrince And he has all three of them in one set for $1.77. [09:57] schestowitz[TR2] you are breaking the social contract [09:57] schestowitz[TR2] you need tom pay MOAR [09:57] schestowitz[TR2] reported to the social code committee [09:59] TR News "So I chucked it into FontForge and yep, turns out the campaign used a pirated font the entire time!" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/pirate-code-font/ | Source: Nick Heer [09:59] TR Bot The Anti-Pirate Code Pixel Envy ● Apr 25 [10:00] TR News "Twenty years ago, the statement "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" launched one of the most iconic anti-piracy campaigns." https://torrentfreak.com/you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-but-would-you-pirate-a-font-250424/ | Source: Torrent Freak [10:00] TR Bot Wouldnt Steal a Car... But Would You Pirate a Font? * TorrentFreak [10:00] TR News "forcing him to sell parts of his catalogue of music will accomplish nothing." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/23/mariah-carey-lawsuit-legal-fees/ | Source: Digital Music News [10:00] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/23/mariah-carey-lawsuit-legal-fees/ ) [10:00] TR News "Leaks can be both embarrassing and aggrevating for any content producer, though we often see the most anger over this sort of thing coming from large corporate interests." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/24/nintendo-once-again-seeking-to-unmask-discord-user-for-leaking-content/ | Source: Techdirt [10:00] TR Bot Once Again Seeking To Unmask Discord User For Leaking Content | Techdirt [10:01] TR News "The rulings against Googles illegal monopoly in digital advertising offer a once-in-a-generation chance to redesign the infrastructure of surveillance that underpins Googles ill-gotten dominance." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/24/google-broke-the-law-its-time-to-break-up-the-company | Source: The Guardian UK [10:01] TR Bot Google broke the law. Its time to break up the company | Courtney C Radsch | The Guardian [10:01] TR News "Apple was fined 500-million (R10.6-billion) on Wednesday and Meta Platforms 200-million as EU antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech." https://techcentral.co.za/europe-hits-apple-meta-with-huge-fines/262686/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [10:01] TR Bot Europe hits Apple, Meta with huge fines - TechCentral [10:01] TR News "that citizens have full control over when and how their data is used online, and businesses can freely communicate with their own customers" https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/eu-fines-apple-meta-1.7516164 | Source: CBC [10:01] TR Bot EU fines Apple 500M euros, Meta 200M euros for breaking competition rules | CBC News [10:02] TR News "Today, the European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data." https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1085 | Source: European Commission [10:02] TR Bot Press corner | European Commission [10:02] IsambardPrince "Dumping Debt: Breaking the Chains of Debt - DVD By n/a - VERY GOOD" [10:02] IsambardPrince Dave Ramsey [10:02] IsambardPrince LOL [10:02] IsambardPrince It's nice to see someone took his advice and sold all the DVDs. [10:03] IsambardPrince But did they....SELL THE CAR!? [10:05] TR News "I love good television and movies" https://schwarztech.net/articles/or-you-live-long-enough-to-see-yourself-become-the-villain | Source: SchwarzTech [10:05] TR Bot SchwarzTechArticle: Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain [10:05] TR News "In the context of streaming media, I use the term slopping the trough to refer to that third phase" https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/slopping-the-trough-disney-plus-loses-billions-and-the-decline-of-physical-media-in-america/ | Source: DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) [10:05] TR Bot Slopping the Trough: Disney Plus Loses Billions and the Decline of Physical Media in America | BaronHK's Rants [10:06] TR News "It does not, however, mean that more than 50 percent of devices in APNICs service area 56 countries that span from Afghanistan to Oceania rely on IPv6." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/apnic_half_ipv6_capable/ | Source: The Register UK [10:06] TR Bot Asia reaches 50 percent IPv6 capability The Register [10:06] TR News "But so far in 2025, there have been no new shutdowns, according to Cloudflares Q1 2025 Internet disruption summary." https://therecord.media/government-internet-shutdowns-slow-in-2025 | Source: The Record [10:06] TR Bot Cloudflare: Government-backed internet shutdowns plummet to zero in first quarter | The Record from Recorded Future News [10:07] TR News "I understand that my switching to Linux wont really fix the basic problem that large corporations are bad for society." https://ankursethi.com/blog/the-tools-i-love-are-made-by-awful-people/ | [10:07] TR Bot The tools I love are made by awful people Ankur Sethi [10:08] TR News "It appears to be part of a broader effort to create an unwelcoming and hostile environment for noncitizens" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-detain-kseniia-petrova-protest-harvard-cancer-research-rcna202180 | Source: NBC [10:08] TR Bot New images could change cancer diagnostics. ICE detained Harvard scientist who analyzes them. [10:08] TR News "We spoke about a new dataset she helped create to test how AI models continue perpetuating stereotypes." https://www.wired.com/story/ai-bias-spreading-stereotypes-across-languages-and-cultures-margaret-mitchell/ | Source: Wired [10:08] TR Bot Is Spreading Old Stereotypes to New Languages and Cultures | WIRED [10:09] TR News "Theres absolutely no reason to trust that tech elites have any wisdom to offer when it comes to alleviating human suffering" https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/04/future-doesnt-have-to-be-dystopian-says-ruha-benjamin/ | Source: Harvard University [10:09] TR Bot Future doesnt have to be dystopian, says Ruha Benjamin Harvard Gazette [10:09] IsambardPrince Starship Troopers was one of the first batch of DVDs I bought. [10:09] IsambardPrince I have the Blu Ray. The effects held up very well. Love the movie. [10:09] IsambardPrince Sequels are awful. [10:12] TR News "we were then a tiny team in Brussels trying to figure out whether this recipe that had worked so successfully in America could be transported to Europe" https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/politico-10-years-europe-growth-kate-day-doge-subscriptions/ | Source: Press Gazette [10:12] TR Bot Politico celebrates tenth birthday in Europe amid significant growth [10:13] TR News "So, having defended this show and what we stand for from every angle, over time with everything I could, I am stepping aside so the show can move forward" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/22/60-minutes-bill-owens-producer-trump | Source: Axios [10:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/22/60-minutes-bill-owens-producer-trump ) [10:13] TR News "Instead of tackling any of this, new Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr has spent the lions share of his first months in office engaged in erratic authoritarian zealotry" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/24/fcc-boss-brendan-carr-whines-about-accurate-comcast-nbc-reporting-that-made-donald-trump-sad/ | Source: Techdirt [10:13] TR Bot Boss Brendan Carr Whines About Accurate Comcast/NBC Reporting That Made Donald Trump Sad | Techdirt [10:13] TR News "the most transparent organization in government ever" https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-sues-doge-trump-officials-for-violating-federal-records-act/ | Source: American Oversight [10:13] TR Bot American Oversight Sues DOGE, Trump Officials for Violating Federal Records Act - American Oversight [10:14] TR News "DOGE [sic] has claimed that it is not subject to either the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)" https://americanoversight.org/dont-believe-doge-when-it-says-it-isnt-an-agency-it-is-and-thats-important/ | Source: American Oversight [10:14] TR Bot Don't Believe DOGE When It Says It Isn't an Agency It Is, and Thats Important - American Oversight [10:15] IsambardPrince I wonder how many men bought that Carmen Electra workout video. [10:15] TR News "It comes as Angela Rayner, the Deputy Prime Minister, plans to introduce a new definition of Islamophobia, which critics have warned could amount to a de facto blasphemy law." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/04/24/badenoch-fear-labour-erode-free-speech-blasphemy-laws/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [10:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/04/24/badenoch-fear-labour-erode-free-speech-blasphemy-laws/ ) [10:16] TR News "The complaint, filed in US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, follows an April 11 letter from the Trump administration demanding changes to the universitys leadership structure, admissions polices, and approach to campus activism" https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/harvard-sues-trump-administration-over-2-2-billion-research-funding-freeze/ | Source: JURIST [10:16] TR Bot Harvard sues Trump administration following $2.2 billion research funding freeze - JURIST - News [10:16] TR News "There are so many details here that are hard to believe but apparently true." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/04/24/careless-people/ | Source: Michael Tsai [10:16] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - Careless People [10:19] TR News "The language is coded, but definitely not clever." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/24/federal-prosecutor-fires-off-letter-to-medical-journals-asking-about-their-policies-on-competing-viewpoints/ | Source: Techdirt [10:19] TR Bot Prosecutor Fires Off Letter To Medical Journals Asking About Their Policies On Competing Viewpoints | Techdirt [10:20] TR News "Young adults around the world are increasingly taking health decisions into their own hands" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/24/trust-health-advice-gen-z-edelman | Source: Axios [10:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/24/trust-health-advice-gen-z-edelman ) [10:24] TR News "Following events like this, images and videos begin to circulate on social media content creators are eager to gain views and increase their number of followers." https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-fake-videos-falsely-linked-to-turkey-earthquake/a-72336047 | Source: Deutsche Welle [10:24] TR Bot check: Fake videos falsely linked to Turkey earthquake DW 04/24/2025 [10:25] TR News "Another great explainer is Bruce Schneier, the security expert." https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/24/hermit-kingdom/#simpler-times | Source: CoryDoctorow [10:25] TR Bot Pluralistic: Every complex ecosystem has parasites (24 Apr 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [10:25] TR News "Ofcom has the authority to issue fines or apply to the courts to block access to non-compliant sites in the UK." https://thecyberexpress.com/ofcom-online-child-safety-rules/ | Source: Cyble Inc [10:25] TR Bot Ofcom Finalizes Online Child Safety Rules [10:25] TR News "The latest update to Microsoft 365 Copilot brings AI-powered search, so-called reasoning agents, and a new Agent Store. Some users already have access to certain features, while others may have to wait through May." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/microsoft_365_copilot_agent_refresh/ | Source: The Register UK [10:25] TR Bot Microsoft 365 Copilot enterprise search, agents updated The Register [10:26] TR News "Jason Citron, a cofounder of the popular social chat app Discord, stepped down as the company's chief executive on Wednesday, a significant management shake-up ahead of Discord's potential public offering." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/ceo-steps-down-at-discord-the-social-chat-app/articleshow/120567149.cms | Source: India Times [10:26] TR Bot CEO steps down at Discord, the social chat app - The Economic Times [10:27] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:28] TR News "But now the sweeping tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump could counter this trend, as companies might pause orders fearing price increases." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/nokia-flags-disruption-from-trumps-tariffs-on-q1-profit-miss/articleshow/120572784.cms | Source: India Times [10:28] TR Bot Nokia flags disruption from Trump's tariffs on Q1 profit miss - The Economic Times [10:28] TR News "Letters like this are an example of things that fit solidly within normal legislative effort that help with messaging in the short term but might serve as a powerful lever down the road." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/24/16-house-dems-ask-law-firms-that-capitulated-to-trump-if-theyve-thought-about-their-bribery-exposure/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [10:28] TR Bot 16 House Dems Ask Law Firms that Capitulated to Trump If They've Thought about Their Bribery Exposure - emptywheel [10:29] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: not sure if you noticed it [10:29] schestowitz[TR2] but you broke the story re lenovo [10:29] schestowitz[TR2] now it's in other sites [10:29] TR News "Chipmaker Intel announced significant spending cuts Thursday that will shrink its workforce this quarter" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/24/intel-cuts-manufacturing-trump/ | Source: The Washington Post [10:29] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/24/intel-cuts-manufacturing-trump/ ) [10:30] TR News "Madhu Gottumukkala has been named deputy director" https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-gets-new-no-2-madhu-gottumukkala/ | Source: Scoop News Group [10:30] TR Bot gets new No. 2: Madhu Gottumukkala | CyberScoop [10:31] *Righty (~Username@35y6qu4xa9eva.irc) has joined #techrights [10:40] TR News "For a long time, investors were happy enough to pour money into OpenAI despite a structure that didnt put their interests first" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/410261/openai-non-profit-transition-letter-sam-altman-artificial-intelligence | Source: Vox [10:40] TR Bot How should we think about the AI companys nonprofit structure? | Vox [10:41] TR News "RadicallyOpenSecurity performed an external crystal-box security audit of the GNU Taler iOS wallet (excluding wallet-core) funded by NGI." https://www.taler.net/en/news/2025-02.html | [10:41] TR Bot GNU Taler [10:42] TR News "Id heard how the track was notoriously muddy and rough. With the side tracks and without skipping huts it would take 11 days" https://robert.ocallahan.org/2025/04/nw-circuit.html | Source: Robert OCallahan [10:42] TR Bot Rakiura Northwest Circuit [10:42] TR News "Modern cloud data centers not only consume an immense amount of power for computing and cooling, but also a significant amount of water, as most use evaporative liquid cooling." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-aims-to-solve-ais-water-consumption-problems-with-direct-to-chip-cooling-claims-300x-improvement-with-closed-loop-systems | Source: Tom's Hardware [10:42] TR Bot Nvidia aims to solve AI's water consumption problems with direct-to-chip cooling claims 300X improvement with closed-loop systems | Tom's Hardware [10:42] TR News "With the rising Bitcoin price movement, the downtrend of Invesco CoinShares Global Blockchain ETF has been fading and has moved to the consolidation phase." https://datageeek.com/2025/04/24/bollinger-bands-invesco-coinshares-etf/ | Source: DataGeeek [10:42] TR Bot Bands: Invesco CoinShares ETF DataGeeek [10:51] TR News "Krysta Tsukahara was a backseat passenger in the Cybertruck." https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/piedmont-cybertruck-crash-victims-family-demands-answers/ | [10:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/piedmont-cybertruck-crash-victims-family-demands-answers/ ) [10:51] TR News "On Wednesday, the team behind the official Donald Trump memecoin sparked a trading frenzy after announcing that the investors who held the largest amount of the [cryptocurrency] coin" https://www.wired.com/story/trump-memecoin-dinner-winners/ | Source: Wired [10:51] TR Bot Real Winners of the Trump Memecoin Feeding Frenzy | WIRED [10:52] TR News "On Tuesday, the company revealed that its net income had plummeted by an astonishing 71 percent. Sales have plummeted across the globe as consumers are becoming wary of being associated with the highly divisive personality." https://futurism.com/elon-musk-problem-republicans-teslas | Source: Futurism [10:52] TR Bot Elon Musk Has a Huge Problem With His Republican Fans: They're Ditching Their Teslas [10:53] TR News On IBM: "it's called "winning" but in a negative direction" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsne585r [10:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsne585r ) [10:55] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:56] TR News "No fossil fuel interest or government can stop the world from working toward a clean energy future, United Nations Secretary-General Antnio Guterres said on Wednesday after holding a closed-door virtual meeting" https://www.ecowatch.com/clean-energy-future-guterres.html | Source: EcoWatch [10:56] TR Bot World Is Moving Forward: UN Chief Says Fossil Fuel Interests and Hostile Governments Cant Stop Clean Energy Future - EcoWatch [10:56] TR News "Cycling advocates celebrated an Earth Day win earlier this week after a judge granted a temporary injunction preventing the Ontario government from tearing out three Toronto bike lanes." https://www.theenergymix.com/toronto-bike-lane-removal-blocked-by-temporary-injunction/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc [10:56] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/toronto-bike-lane-removal-blocked-by-temporary-injunction/ ) [10:57] TR News "U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich, and U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich spoke on the importance of protecting environmental policy." https://www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arbor/local-ann-arbor-environmental-organizations-come-together-for-earth-day-march/ | Source: University of Michigan [10:57] TR Bot Local Ann Arbor environmental organizations come together for Earth Day march [10:57] TR News "Hegseths use of the unclassified app" https://www.navytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/04/25/hegseth-reportedly-had-unsecured-internet-line-in-office-for-signal/ | Source: US Navy Times [10:57] TR Bot Hegseth reportedly had unsecured internet line in office for Signal [10:58] TR News "authorities rapidly changed the criminal offense underpinning the accusation against Bini" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/six-years-dangerous-misconceptions-targeting-ola-bini-and-digital-rights-ecuador | Source: EFF [10:58] TR Bot Six Years of Dangerous Misconceptions Targeting Ola Bini and Digital Rights in Ecuador | Electronic Frontier Foundation ● Apr 25 [11:00] TR News "Its 2025 survey about the use of mobile phones by children found that about a quarter of kids aged 5-6 have a phone, while 58 percent of 7-year-olds have one" https://yle.fi/a/74-20157853 | Source: YLE [11:00] TR Bot Fewer young children have mobile phones, telecom's survey finds | Yle News | Yle [11:02] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], https://www.ebay.com/itm/235067428313 [11:02] TR Bot Boss (DVD 1975) Full Screen Telly Savalas, Antonio Sabato ~Very Good 779836130792| eBay [11:04] TR News "In April 1915, the Ottoman government embarked upon the systematic extermination of its civilian Armenian population. The persecutions continued with varying intensity until 1923, when the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist and was replaced by the Republic of Turkey." https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/110-years-ago-the-armenian-genocide-79025 | Source: ANF News [11:04] TR Bot ANF | 110 years ago, the Armenian Genocide [11:06] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [11:06] TR News "She pointed to an expert report from William Leonard, who worked 29 years at the Department of Defense in personnel security and characterized Trump's conduct as a throwback to the Red Scare. He added that such blanket suspensions actually harm national security efforts." https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judges-skeptical-of-trump-crackdown-on-law-firms/ | Source: Court House News [11:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judges-skeptical-of-trump-crackdown-on-law-firms/ ) [11:06] TR News "My class is cross-listed in computer science, communication and public policy, but really its a history class." https://ethanzuckerman.com/2025/04/24/aixdemocracy-what-are-the-politics-of-ai/ | Source: Ethan Zuckerman [11:06] TR Bot AIxDemocracy: What are the politics of AI? - Ethan Zuckerman [11:07] TR News "The Supreme Court has issued a unanimous 9-0 order demanding that the administration return Abrego Garca to the United States." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-republic-hinges-on-this-case | Source: Mike Brock [11:07] TR Bot The Republic Hinges on This Case - by Mike Brock [11:08] TR News "The GSA, which manages federal office buildings and IT, was an early DOGE [sic] target, with Musk-linked individuals swiftly infiltrating the agency after Trump took office." https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-mystery-general-services-administration/ | Source: Wired [11:08] TR Bot Is Doge? Has Become a Metaphysical Question | WIRED [11:08] TR News "Cheeto has bought out, driven off, or fired tens of thousands of federal employees, and although courts have ordered some of them reinstated, he has transformedperhaps permanentlythe federal bureaucracy." https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/04/project-2025-goals-trump-presidency/682597/ | Source: The Atlantic [11:08] TR Bot The Project 2025 Presidency - The Atlantic [11:09] TR News "Besides finding little in terms of actual "waste and fraud" and massively cutting his ambitions down from $2 trillion to a mere $150 billion earlier this month, Musk's actions have had little to show except endless drama and suffering." https://futurism.com/elon-musk-doge-dismal-failure | Source: Futurism [11:09] TR Bot Elon Musk's DOGE Has Been a Dismal Failure [11:09] TR News "Today, Lithuanians see a Russia that is in it for the long haul in a battle of attrition with the West." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/dispatch-from-the-kaliningrad-border-russia-is-fighting-a-long-battle-of-attrition-with-the-west/ | Source: Atlantic Council [11:09] TR Bot Dispatch from the Kaliningrad border: Russia is fighting a long battle of attrition with the West - Atlantic Council [11:11] TR News "LinkedIn is expanding its free verification system to the wider web, allowing external sites and platforms to integrate LinkedIn verification rather than building their own tool." https://www.theverge.com/news/655233/linkedin-verification-external-platforms-adobe | Source: The Verge [11:11] TR Bot LinkedIn will let your verified identity show up on other platforms | The Verge [11:11] TR News "End to end, the attack works as follows. Insert a malicious tool description into an MCP server and wait for it to be installed in a users environment." https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/04/23/how-mcp-servers-can-steal-your-conversation-history/ | Source: Trail of Bits [11:11] TR Bot How MCP servers can steal your conversation history - The Trail of Bits Blog [11:14] TR News "including finding the physical location of people who are marked for deportation." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-police-state-powered-by-palantir/ | Source: Truthdig [11:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-police-state-powered-by-palantir/ ) [11:14] TR News "OpenAI has mused in the past about creating its own web browser and even hired a few Google developers to that end." https://futurism.com/openai-chrome-google-antitrust | Source: Futurism | it is BLUFFING. http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [11:14] TR Bot OpenAI Trying to Buy Chrome So It Can Ingest Your Entire Online Life to Train AI [11:14] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [11:15] TR News "Secret data collection. To find out more about Ubisofts data collection and tracking practices, the complainant filed an access request under Article 15 GDPR." https://noyb.eu/en/play-alone-ubisoft-still-watching-you | Source: NYOB [11:15] TR Bot Like to play alone? Ubisoft is still watching you! [11:15] TR News Privateering https://yle.fi/a/74-20157936 | Source: YLE [11:15] TR Bot Health provider HUS to dismiss up to 200 workers | Yle News | Yle [11:16] TR News Windows TCO: "Spanish entities have regularly been hit by ransomware attacks in recent years" https://therecord.media/cyberattack-water-supplier-barcelona-spain | Source: The Record [11:16] TR Bot Cyberattack hits drinking water supplier in Spanish town near Barcelona | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:16] TR News Windows TCO: "steep rise in cybercrime-related losses and spotlighting the growing challenges in securing the digital lives of individuals and businesses across the globe." https://thecyberexpress.com/fbi-cybercrime-reprot/ | Source: Cyble Inc [11:16] TR Bot Cybercrime Is Rising FastHeres How To Stay Safe In 2024 [11:17] TR News Windows TCO: "According to the Australian Institute of Criminology, most cybercrime victimisation went unreported to police or to ReportCyber, meaning official statistics significantly underestimate the size of the problem." https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-opinion/organisations-need-to-stop-burying-cyber-attacks.html | Source: IT Wire [11:17] TR Bot - Organisations Need to Stop Burying Cyber-Attacks [11:18] TR News Windows TCO: "Global payment platform Adyen has confirmed it was the target of a Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack on April 21, 2025, which disrupted services for several customers across Europe." https://thecyberexpress.com/adyen-cyberattack-cause-transaction-failures/ | Source: Cyble Inc [11:18] TR Bot Adyen Cyberattack Disrupts Payment Services Across Europe [11:18] TR News Windows TCO: "In breach notification documents filed in multiple states, the city said 470,060 people had sensitive data accessed by hackers who breached government systems during a cyberattack in November 2023." https://therecord.media/long-beach-california-data-breach-announcement | Source: The Record [11:18] TR Bot Nearly 500,000 impacted by 2023 cyberattack on Long Beach, California | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:19] TR News Windows TCO: "The Interlock ransomware gang, which claims to have stolen 1.51 terabytes of data from Davita, posted samples of the stolen information." https://therecord.media/dialysis-davita-reviewing-data-leak | Source: The Record [11:19] TR Bot Dialysis company DaVita reviewing data leaked by ransomware gang | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:19] TR News Windows TCO: "The telecom giant published its 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) on Wednesday, featuring an analysis of over 22,000 security incidents and 12,195 confirmed data breaches." https://therecord.media/ransomware-in-half-of-all-data-breaches-verizon | Source: The Record [11:19] TR Bot Ransomware now plays a role in nearly half of all breaches, new research finds | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:19] TR News Windows TCO: "YNHHS may have been targeted in a ransomware attack, but no known cybercrime group has taken credit for it. If it was indeed a ransomware attack, the healthcare organization may have decided to pay a ransom to avoid a data leak." https://www.securityweek.com/5-5-million-patients-affected-by-data-breach-at-yale-new-haven-health/ | Source: Security Week [11:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/5-5-million-patients-affected-by-data-breach-at-yale-new-haven-health/ ) [11:20] TR News Social Control Media https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0424/holocaust-survivor-tiktok-influencer | Source: CS Monitor [11:20] TR Bot Holocaust survivor and influencers life lesson: Seek hope - CSMonitor.com [11:20] TR News "YouTube has evolved into not a mere tech operation, but a formidable force in television." https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-04-23/two-decades-ago-youtube-uploaded-its-first-video-now-its-a-tv-juggernaut | Source: Los Angeles Times [11:20] TR Bot YouTube turns 20 years old. How it changed TV as we know it - Los Angeles Times [11:21] TR News "What, exactly, does a social network do? Is it a website that connects people with one another online" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/mark-zuckerberg-says-social-media-is-over | Source: New Yorker [11:21] TR Bot Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over | The New Yorker [11:21] TR News "The first YouTube video ever is a grainy, 19-second clip of elephants at the San Diego Zoo. It was uploaded on April 23, 2005, by YouTube founder Jawed Karim" https://www.pcmag.com/news/youtube-turns-20-watch-the-first-video-ever-uploaded-to-the-site | Source: PC Mag [11:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcmag.com/news/youtube-turns-20-watch-the-first-video-ever-uploaded-to-the-site ) [11:30] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [11:55] psydroid2 https://www.digitaleoverheid.nl/nieuws/rijksoverheid-stelt-laptops-beschikbaar/ [11:55] TR Bot Rijksoverheid stelt laptops beschikbaar - Digitale Overheid [11:55] psydroid2 the Microsoft "minister" strikes again [11:57] schestowitz[TR2] what did he do? [11:58] TR News "Closing Plenary: A Conversation on Cybersecurity, Essential Cyberinfrastructure for Research and Education, and Resilience" https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=8HbqsT9Grjc | [11:58] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [11:58] TR News "Jen Easterly championed this issue as the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security director during the Biden administration, wrangling more than 150 technology vendors into signing CISA's Secure By Design Pledge with its voluntary guidelines to incentivize secure development practices." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/exnsa_boss_ai/ | Source: The Register UK [11:58] TR Bot Ex-NSA boss: AI devs' lesson to learn from early infosec The Register [11:59] TR News "Many exam questions had typos or were just nonsense. Some candidates said the questions read like theyd been quickly cobbled together with an AI or something." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/24/california-bar-exam-a-technical-disaster-with-ai-written-nonsense-questions/ | Source: Pivot to AI [11:59] TR Bot California bar exam: a technical disaster with AI-written nonsense questions Pivot to AI [11:59] TR News "The report highlights major bot attack trends and real-world attack data observed during the 2024 online holiday shopping season." https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-research/radware-finds-57-of-online-shopping-traffic-now-bots,-not-buyers.html | Source: IT Wire [11:59] TR Bot - Radware Finds 57% of Online Shopping Traffic Now Bots, Not Buyers ● Apr 25 [12:00] psydroid2 I just pasted the link ... [12:00] schestowitz[TR2] mr. gapgemini? [12:00] psydroid2 yes [12:00] schestowitz[TR2] windows laptops? [12:00] TR News Like biological fossils trapped in rock, these digital artefacts may become permanent fixtures in our information ecosystem. [12:01] TR News "Like biological fossils trapped in rock, these digital artefacts may become permanent fixtures in our information ecosystem." https://www.sciencealert.com/a-strange-phrase-keeps-turning-up-in-scientific-papers-but-why | Source: Science Alert [12:01] TR Bot Strange Phrase Keeps Turning Up in Scientific Papers, But Why? : ScienceAlert [12:01] psydroid2 yes [12:01] TR News "Apple also made it easier for users to change default settings for calling, messaging, call filtering, keyboards, password managers, and translation services on iPhones." https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1086 | Source: European Commission [12:01] TR Bot Press corner | European Commission [12:02] TR News "Ive fallen into a bit of a trap again with apps lock in. As I moved away from paper to digital again recently it was a chance to get back into testing and messing with apps." https://ljpuk.net/2025/04/24/choosing-cross-platform/ | Source: Lee Peterson [12:02] TR Bot Choosing cross platform LJPUK [12:04] schestowitz[TR2] "Veel mensen in ons land kunnen hun overheidszaken niet goed online regelen. Simpelweg omdat ze geen geschikt apparaat hebben. Daarom worden duizenden afgeschreven digitale apparaten van het Rijk opgeknapt en beschikbaar gesteld aan mensen in een financieel kwetsbare situatie." [12:04] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: does the article mention the Orbanian? [12:05] TR News "From your driveway to your bedroom, this website may publish video from your cameras showing you in your home and it's easy to get access to" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/security-cameras/warning-feel-like-youre-being-watched-by-your-home-cameras-well-you-might-be | Source: Digital Camera World [12:05] TR Bot WARNING: Feel like you're being watched by your home cameras? Well, you might be | Digital Camera World [12:05] TR News "One example: in third-party environments, the median time to remediate leaked secrets, such as API keys or tokens discovered in public GitHub repositories, was 94 days, giving attackers ample opportunity to exploit them." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/security_snafus_third_parties/ | Source: The Register UK [12:05] TR Bot Security snafus caused by third parties up from 15% to 30% The Register [12:05] TR News "Fujitsu has won a 125 million ($167 million) contract to build Northern Ireland's new land registry system, despite promising not to bid for UK public sector work in the wake of the Post Office Horizon scandal." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/fujitsu_northern_reland/ | Source: The Register UK [12:05] TR Bot Fujitsu wins 125 million Northern Ireland contract The Register [12:06] TR News "I've done most of my testing with timing-centric u-blox receivers, but I wanted to see how accurate a cheap $10 dongle would be" https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/trying-out-cheap-usb-vk-172-gps-dongle-on-mac | Source: Jeff Geerling [12:06] TR Bot Trying out a cheap USB VK-172 GPS dongle on a Mac | Jeff Geerling [12:06] psydroid2 schestowitz[TR2]: it doesn't, it's just an official announcement [12:06] TR News "When the recipient is not a Gmail user, Gmail sends them an invitation to view the E2EE email in a restricted version of Gmail" https://www.wired.com/story/gmail-end-to-end-encryption-scams/ | Source: Wired [12:06] TR Bot New Encrypted Messages Feature Opens a Door for Scams | WIRED [12:07] TR News "On February 11, 2025, Blue Shield discovered that, between April 2021 and January 2024" https://www.securityweek.com/blue-shield-of-california-data-breach-impacts-4-7-million-people/ | Source: Security Week [12:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/blue-shield-of-california-data-breach-impacts-4-7-million-people/ ) [12:07] psydroid2 "De Rijksoverheid laat weten dat het 'duizenden' afgeschreven apparaten van het Rijk gaat opknappen en beschikbaar wil stellen aan Nederlanders in een financieel kwetsbare situatie. Het initiatief komt van het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken, waar ook staatssecretaris Zsolt Szab van Digitalisering onder valt." [12:07] schestowitz[TR2] Szab [12:07] psydroid2 https://tweakers.net/nieuws/234322/rijksoverheid-gaat-afgeschreven-laptops-wissen-en-weggeven-aan-nederlanders.html [12:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://tweakers.net/nieuws/234322/rijksoverheid-gaat-afgeschreven-laptops-wissen-en-weggeven-aan-nederlanders.html ) [12:07] psydroid2 that's the article [12:08] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/14/Dutch_Government_Appoints_Microsofters_to_Combat_OSS_Fetishism.shtml [12:08] TR Bot Techrights Dutch Government Appoints Microsofters to Combat "OSS Fetishism" [12:08] psydroid2 Interior Department [12:08] schestowitz[TR2] windows = back doors [12:08] schestowitz[TR2] Putin likes back doors [12:08] schestowitz[TR2] no back doors = "fetishiam": [12:08] schestowitz[TR2] let MElon and Cheeto rad everything [12:08] schestowitz[TR2] in a government it sees as hostile [12:09] psydroid2 this wouldn't work without a lot of Dutch Microsofters helping Microsoft with its cause, steered by the Orbanian in sheep's clothes [12:09] schestowitz[TR2] maybe some former NL colonies would be occupied by Trump soon [12:09] schestowitz[TR2] there are many [12:09] schestowitz[TR2] aruba? [12:09] schestowitz[TR2] maybe the whitehourse putin wants it too [12:09] psydroid2 those are still part of the Kingdom and will probably stay so forever [12:09] schestowitz[TR2] so was greenland [12:10] schestowitz[TR2] for /.dk [12:10] schestowitz[TR2] us already has a base there [12:10] schestowitz[TR2] it wants more [12:10] schestowitz[TR2] even by force [12:10] psydroid2 the US shouldn't want more and should never want more, on the contrary it should be left with less than it has now [12:11] psydroid2 but if you act like an unofficial colony because you think the US liberated you a long time ago, then the current situation is what you get [12:11] TR News "This suggests that the problem is not the devices themselves, but rather your habits and time management. Concentration issues seem to be more related to your environment and activities than to the technology itself." https://jeroensangers.com/2025/04/24/hiding-your-phone-doesnt-help.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers [12:11] TR Bot Jeroen Sangers brain tags - Hiding your phone doesn't help you concentrate better [12:12] TR News "Dear Annie: In a nutshell: I have been off social media for about five years" https://www.mlive.com/advice/2025/04/dear-annie-postcards-over-posts.html | Source: Michigan News [12:12] TR Bot Annie: Im choosing postcards over social media posts, and I feel happier - mlive.com [12:32] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [12:36] TR News "And with that setup, I was able to record my cat's heartbeat using Audacity on my Debian KDE machine. Of course, getting my cat to cooperate was a challenge." https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1075/diy-digital-stethoscope-for-cats | Source: David Revoy [12:36] TR Bot A DIY digital stethoscope for cats - David Revoy [12:37] TR News "With vaccination rates among US kindergarteners steadily declining in recent years and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. 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The US and Europe have neither [12:39] TR News "What does work-life balance even mean when both sides of that equation are so hopelessly commingled that both words effectively describe the same thing?" https://www.scottsmitelli.com/articles/shut-up-and-dance/ | Source: Scott Smitelli [12:39] TR Bot Shut Up and Dance Scott Smitelli [12:40] TR News "They are cancelling out on conferences and on going to seminars. 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Rather than actually powering the computer, the bicycle simply controls software running on the computer and that software simulates the effects of power loss." https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/25/keep-pedaling-if-you-want-your-computer-to-stay-on/ | Source: Arduino [12:53] TR Bot Keep pedaling if you want your computer to stay on | Arduino Blog [12:53] TR News "Next time I think Im going to skip the original roughing step and just cut out spool-sized blanks from the cylinder, drill the center hole, and then put them on the lathe to cut the line groove and sand them." https://cagrimmett.com/2025/04/24/turning-smaller-tenkara-line-spools/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett [12:53] TR Bot Turning smaller tenkara line spools Chuck Grimmett [12:55] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.gmi [12:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More [12:56] TR News Red Hat is all about the buzzwords while IBM FLOUNDERS. "Red Hat AI learning hub" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/8-enterprise-ai-stories-you-dont-want-miss | Source: Red Hat Official [12:56] TR Bot 8 enterprise AI stories you dont want to miss ● Apr 25 [13:00] TR News Adrian Bridgwater now does his corporate stenography for another domain sponsored by the same company it covers; this is marketing, which the sponsors later links to https://cloudnativenow.com/topics/cloudnativedevelopment/kubernetes/the-evolution-of-kubernetes-workload-patterns/ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-april-25-2025 [13:00] TR Bot The Evolution Of Kubernetes Workload Patterns - Cloud Native Now [13:00] TR Bot Friday Five April 25, 2025 [13:05] TR News New C++ features in GCC 15 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/24/new-c-features-gcc-15 [13:05] TR Bot New C++ features in GCC 15 | Red Hat Developer [13:07] TR News Evaluating memory overcommitment in OpenShift Virtualization https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/24/evaluating-memory-overcommitment-openshift-virtualization [13:07] TR Bot Evaluating memory overcommitment in OpenShift Virtualization | Red Hat Developer [13:10] TR News April 2025 PeeringDB product update https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/25/april-2025-peeringdb-product-update/ [13:10] TR Bot April 2025 PeeringDB product update | APNIC Blog [13:14] TR News (NEW): IBM Problems and Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/IBM_Problems_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/IBM_Problems_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi [13:14] TR Bot Tux Machines IBM Problems and Red Hat Leftovers [13:15] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [13:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [13:21] TR News SpellBinding: CILMPTS Wordo: MAYOR gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-25.gmi [13:22] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [13:23] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 25/04/2025: Food Forest Update and Facebook Destroying the Net https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Gemini_Links_25_04_2025_Food_Forest_Update_and_Facebook_Destroy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Gemini_Links_25_04_2025_Food_Forest_Update_and_Facebook_Destroy.gmi [13:23] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 25/04/2025: Food Forest Update and Facebook Destroying the Net [13:27] TR News Techrights Links 25/04/2025: Ubisoft Spyware, Hegseth Fails at Tech on Every Level https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Links_25_04_2025_Ubisoft_Spyware_Hegseth_Fails_at_Tech_at_Every.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Links_25_04_2025_Ubisoft_Spyware_Hegseth_Fails_at_Tech_at_Every.gmi [13:27] TR Bot Techrights Links 25/04/2025: Ubisoft Spyware, Hegseth Fails at Tech on Every Level [13:28] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsne585r [13:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsne585r ) [13:28] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:28] schestowitz[TR2] A. Krishna: IBM stock has doubled since I took over as CEO and is on its way to $300; for that to happen, I will replace more older expensive employees from high cost areas with sweatshops from my home country India using AI strategy (All Indians); and will meet my $100 million annual performance based compensation; America has made me great and a rich man [13:28] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:36] TR News How the CNA thing is working out https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/04/24/how-the-cna-thing-is-working-out/ [13:36] TR Bot the CNA thing is working out | daniel.haxx.se [13:37] TR News Daikhan video and music player https://www.linuxlinks.com/daikhan-video-music-player/ [13:37] TR Bot - video and music player - LinuxLinks [13:37] TR News Galene is an easy to deploy videoconference server https://www.linuxlinks.com/galene-easy-deploy-videoconference-server/ [13:37] TR Bot is an easy to deploy videoconference server - LinuxLinks [13:41] TR News Flyby tracks and predicts passes of satellites in Earth orbit https://www.linuxlinks.com/flyby-tracks-predicts-satellites/ [13:41] TR Bot tracks and predicts passes of satellites in Earth orbit - LinuxLinks [13:41] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:42] TR News Chawan is a terminal-based web browser https://www.linuxlinks.com/chawan-terminal-based-web-browser/ [13:42] TR Bot is a terminal-based web browser - LinuxLinks [13:44] TR News Linux Show Player is a cue player designed for stage productions https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-show-player-cue-player-stage-productions/ [13:44] TR Bot Show Player is a cue player designed for stage productions - LinuxLinks [13:44] TR News 20 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux GUI Time Tracking Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/timetracking/ [13:44] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Time Tracking Software - LinuxLinks [13:44] TR News Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel Vector https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-corel-vector/ [13:44] TR Bot Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel Vector - LinuxLinks [13:53] TR News Techrights The Cost (to Linux) of LLM Slop https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/The_Cost_to_Linux_of_LLM_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/The_Cost_to_Linux_of_LLM_Slop.gmi [13:53] TR Bot Techrights The Cost (to Linux) of LLM Slop [13:55] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 25 [14:51] TR News "DNS nameservers are crucial for the reachability of domain names." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/24/monitoring-highly-distributed-dns-deployments-challenges-and-recommendations/ | Source: APNIC [14:51] TR Bot Monitoring highly distributed DNS deployments: Challenges and recommendations | APNIC Blog [14:52] TR News "It's a modern, compatible implementation of Unix shell." https://oils.pub/osh.html | [14:52] TR Bot Nine Reasons to Use OSH [14:52] TR News "Cloudflares Captcha solutions are one of the biggest hurdles Python developers usually face while writing a web scraper." https://blog.adnansiddiqi.me/using-scraperapi-to-bypass-cloudflare-in-python/ | Source: Adnan Siddiqi [14:52] TR Bot Using ScraperAPI to bypass Cloudflare in Python | Adnan's Random bytes [14:53] TR News "You are given a string of lowercase letters." https://raku-musings.com/reverse-position.html | Source: Arne Sommer [14:53] TR Bot Reverse Position with Raku - Arne Sommer [14:53] MinceR You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. [14:53] TR News "Recently I got a question on formal methods1: how does it help to mathematically model systems when the system requirements are constantly changing?" https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/requirements-change-until-they-dont/ | Source: Buttondown LLC [14:53] TR Bot change until they don't Buttondown [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: want to see draft re systemd? [14:54] TR News [Old] "Feature flags (or toggles) are often used to control the visibility of new features in a product." https://code.mendhak.com/hardcode-feature-flags/ | [14:54] TR Bot It's OK to hardcode feature flags [14:54] MinceR i'm not really useful yet [14:55] TR News "Unlike the official megaparsec tutorial, this blog post is intended to be smaller, and is aimed at an audience with only a basic understanding of Haskell and monadic programming." https://www.tweag.io/blog/2025-04-24-minimal-megaparsec-tutorial/ | Source: Modus Create LLC [14:55] TR Bot The minimal megaparsec tutorial - Tweag [14:55] TR News "Version 0.111 of Game of Trees has been released (and the port updated, with additional useful information in the commit message): [...]" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250424051742 | Source: Undeadly [14:55] TR Bot Game of Trees 0.111 released [14:57] TR News [Old] "There was a problem that I noticed right away, though: this text was from the GPL v3, not the GPL v2. In my original request I had never mentioned the GPL version I was asking about." https://code.mendhak.com/gpl-v2-address-letter/ | [14:57] TR Bot I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice and received the GPLv3 license [14:57] TR News "The case is likely to be heard in court in March or April 2026." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/qualcomm_arm_licensing_lawsuit_amendment/ | Source: The Register UK [14:57] TR Bot Qualcomm says suit is to fend off homemade Arm server chips The Register [14:59] TR News "If youre into static site tech, you might enjoy blog post." https://kristoff.it/blog/announcing-zig-day/ | Source: Loris Cro [14:59] TR Bot Announcing zig.day | Loris Cro's Blog [14:59] TR News "There are various ways to create menus in Hugo." https://harrycresswell.com/writing/hugo-menus-in-cloudcannon/ | Source: Harry Cresswell [14:59] TR Bot How to set up a Hugo menu in Cloudcannon | Harry Cresswell ● Apr 25 [15:00] TR News "Because of PostgreSQLs popularity, we were not the first to develop a PostgreSQL compatible database system." https://cedardb.com/blog/postgres_compatibility/ | Source: CedarDB [15:00] TR Bot It Takes to Be PostgreSQL Compatible | CedarDB - The All-In-One-Database [15:01] TR News "The reality of the modern Internet is that browsers are load bearing infrastructure" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/ChromeOwnershipAndBrowserCosts | Source: University of Toronto [15:01] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [15:01] TR News "Chrome is the most popular browser in the world by a considerable margin." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/openai_chrome_interest/ | Source: The Register UK [15:01] TR Bot OpenAI exec signals interest in Chrome The Register [15:02] TR News "Security engineer Alex Haydock found a discarded sacrificial Wii at the 2024 Electromagnetic Field festival swap shop" https://www.404media.co/this-website-is-running-on-a-wii/ | Source: 404 Media [15:02] TR Bot This Website Is Running on a Wii [15:02] TR News "At work I still mainly use Chrome and I when I try to use Floorp there is something I miss from Chrome Network devtools" https://www.johanbleuzen.fr/blog/filtering-specific-requests-browsers-network-devtools | Source: Johan Bleuzen [15:02] TR Bot Filtering specific requests in browsers network devtools Johan Bleuzen [15:04] TR News "Immich, an open-source, self-hosted photo and video backup solution often pitched as a privacy-respecting alternative to Google Photos" https://linuxiac.com/immich-1-132-brings-smoother-syncing-mobile-ui-enhancements/ | Source: Linuxiac [15:04] TR Bot Immich 1.132 Brings Smoother Syncing, Mobile UI Enhancements [15:10] TR News "I have recently been asked by the Panoptykon Foundation if it was possible to create an online age verification system that would not be a privacy nightmare." https://rys.io/en/178.html | Source: Micha Woniak [15:10] TR Bot Privacy of online age verification | Songs on the Security of Networks [15:10] TR News "Lauren Goode: And that's the best-case scenario, if you're a US citizen. You can decline the search. You can still be allowed in." https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-phone-privacy-us-border-travel/ | Source: Wired [15:10] TR Bot Your Phoneand Your Privacyat the US Border | WIRED [15:11] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [15:12] TR News "Yeah, I know it probably feels like these Alpha releases are never-ending. But good news: it looks like this is the final Alpha! Next up is the big Beta release. All this, of course, pending the official word from System76: [...]" https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-alpha-7-released-next-stop-beta/ | Source: Linuxiac [15:12] TR Bot COSMIC Desktop Alpha 7 Released, Next Stop: Beta [15:12] TR News "ISO excited for the latest COSMIC alpha release! Weve been busy clearing up scores of bugs while soldering together the features that we absolutely must include before the Big Betahemoth descends upon the Earth. Let COSMIC Alpha 7 commence!" https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-7-never-been-beta/ | Source: System76 [15:12] TR Bot COSMIC Alpha 7: Never Been Beta - System76 Blog [15:16] TR News How To Install Waydroid on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-waydroid-fedora-42/ [15:16] TR Bot How To Install Waydroid on Fedora 42 - idroot [15:16] TR News How To Install Kernel Headers on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-kernel-headers-debian-12/ [15:16] TR Bot How To Install Kernel Headers on Debian 12 - idroot [15:26] TR News "The storage drives connected to my servers are LUKS-encrypted which means every time the server restarts I need to manually decrypt and then mount them." https://chuck.is/auto-mounting-luks/ | Source: Chuck Carroll [15:27] TR Bot Auto-Moutning a LUKS drive | Chuck Carroll [15:27] TR News How To Install Arduino IDE on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-arduino-ide-fedora-42/ [15:27] TR Bot How To Install Arduino IDE on Fedora 42 - idroot [15:28] TR News "Any authentication and authorization framework, such as OIDC, needs a way for the identity provider (an 'OIDC OP') to provide information about the person or thing that was just authenticated." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/OIDCManyPathsToClaims | Source: University of Toronto [15:28] TR News "HTML elements can have attributes. For example id, class, src, alt, and many others." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/04/html-oddities-does-the-order-of-attribute-values-matter/ | Source: Terence Eden [15:28] TR Bot HTML Oddities: Does the order of attribute values matter? Terence Edens Blog [15:28] TR News How To Install PhpStorm on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-phpstorm-debian-12/ [15:28] TR Bot How To Install PhpStorm on Debian 12 - idroot [15:28] TR News How To Fix Exit Code 127: Fixing File or Directory Not Found Error https://idroot.us/fix-exit-code-127/ [15:28] TR Bot How To Fix Exit Code 127: Fixing File or Directory Not Found Error - idroot [15:53] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 25 [16:08] TR News Techrights Richard Stallman and the Unix Philosophy https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Richard_Stallman_and_the_Unix_Philosophy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Richard_Stallman_and_the_Unix_Philosophy.gmi [16:09] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman and the Unix Philosophy [16:14] TR News What Indian enterprises can learn from IBMs digital transformation https://www.india.com/money/what-indian-enterprises-can-learn-from-ibms-digital-transformation-venkata-turlapati-on-modernizing-revenue-systems-for-long-term-success-7696329/ [16:14] TR Bot Indian enterprises can learn from IBMs digital transformation: Venkata Turlapati on modernizing revenue systems for long-term succe [16:15] TR News NASSCOM staff more interested in doing photo ops with Bill 'Epstein' Gates than in serving the country's interests [16:16] TR News "the latest versions can be implanted on anyones device anywhere in the world and as we speak, there is literally no defence against it." https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/ron-deibert-on-cbc-ideas-spyware-abusers-can-easily-hack-your-phone-and-surveil-you/ | Source: Citizen Lab [16:16] TR Bot Ron Deibert on CBC Ideas: Spyware Abusers Can Easily Hack Your Phone and Surveil You - The Citizen Lab [16:16] TR News "Robust & Reliable Backup Solutions with OpenZFS, Why I Maintain a 17 Year Old Thinkpad, Motivations, Tinker Writer Deck, How to tell if FreeBSD needs a Reboot using kernel version check, Techie pulled an all-nighter that one mistake turned into an all-weekender, and more" https://www.bsdnow.tv/608 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast [16:16] TR Bot BSD Now 608: Reboot required [16:18] TR News "The solution is straightforward, and today, Ill show you how to do this using systemd service units, but before we jump into that, lets first take a quick look at what a service unit is and how it works." https://www.tecmint.com/create-new-service-units-in-systemd/ | Source: TecMint [16:18] TR Bot How to Create and Run New Service Units in Systemd [16:18] TR News "Its the collaborative approach, working together working on shared goals." https://ubuntu.com//blog/hitchhikers-guide-to-infrastructure-modernization | Source: Ubuntu [16:19] TR Bot hitchhikers guide to infrastructure modernization | Ubuntu [16:22] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:26] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [16:29] MinceR https://imgur.com/gallery/Q34LNh1 = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/Q34LNh1 [16:29] TR Bot answer, good answer! *claps politely* - Album on Imgur [16:29] TR Bot .....Good answer, good answer! *claps politely* - rimgo [16:32] TR News Malaysias Home Ministry to acquire 600 body-worn cameras for immigration officers https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-home-ministry-to-acquire-600-body-worn-cameras-for-immigration-officers-says-saifuddin [16:32] TR Bot Malaysias Home Ministry to acquire 600 body-worn cameras for immigration officers | The Straits Times [16:33] TR News China weighs exempting some US goods from tariffs as costs rise https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-weighs-exempting-some-us-goods-from-tariffs-as-costs-rise [16:33] TR Bot China weighs exempting some US goods from tariffs as costs rise | The Straits Times [16:34] TR News Beijing says claims of ongoing US-China trade talks groundless https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/beijing-says-claims-of-ongoing-us-china-trade-talks-groundless [16:34] TR Bot Beijing says claims of ongoing US-China trade talks groundless | The Straits Times [16:50] admfubar :)) https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/25/1354237/yahoo-wants-to-buy-chrome [16:50] TR Bot Yahoo Wants To Buy Chrome - Slashdot [16:51] admfubar no one will use it, and hilarity ensues!!! https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/25/044215/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-ads [16:51] TR Bot Perplexity CEO Says Its Browser Will Track Everything Users Do Online To Sell Ads - Slashdot [16:52] TR News Ive never seen it, Ive never used a system that had it; I know its free software, so ethically speaking, its not an issue its just a convenience question. https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=123341 [16:52] TR Bot This is what Stallman had to say about systemd. Really?!? - Debian User Forums [16:53] TR News From here: https://www.networkworld.com/article/2900305/stallman-joins-the-internet-talks-net-neutrality-patents-and-more.html "The systemd init software has rocked the Linux community, causing forks of popular distributions and sparking heated debate." [16:53] TR Bot Stallman joins the Internet, talks net neutrality, patents and more | Network World [16:55] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/04/24/0626241 [16:55] TR News rms is "wrong dept" for systemd complaints, due to IBM money https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Richard_Stallman_and_the_Unix_Philosophy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Richard_Stallman_and_the_Unix_Philosophy.gmi [16:55] TR Bot Out-of-Balance Bacteria is Linked to Multiple Sclerosis the Ratio Can Predict Severity of Disease - SoylentNews ● Apr 25 [17:01] MinceR well, yahoo! buying chrome is still better than having MICROS~1 buy it [17:01] MinceR assuming there's still a difference, anyway [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] chrome need sto die [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] *to [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] it does not serve aaa real purpose [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] to the users [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] it's just some 'vm' for webapps [17:13] schestowitz[TR2] and it's not good at it [17:24] TR News Techrights Microsoft is Shedding Off Loads of Staff and That Can be Dangerous Too https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Microsoft_is_Shedding_Off_Loads_of_Staff_and_That_Can_be_Danger.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Microsoft_is_Shedding_Off_Loads_of_Staff_and_That_Can_be_Danger.gmi [17:24] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft is Shedding Off Loads of Staff and That Can be Dangerous Too [17:29] MinceR most "modern" browsers depend on it, though [17:30] TR News IBM is doomed. Instead of paying back the debt (with huge interest on it), CEO AK has been busy buying revenue by scooping up other companies, staff, while laying off his best (most "expensive") staff. Other companies tried this before and they don't exist anymore. [17:30] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: yes, but that is a separate point [17:30] schestowitz[TR2] to argue by example, [17:30] schestowitz[TR2] many people depend on some addictive drugs [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] but that does not mean we should curtail thhhe crackdown on drug distributors [17:31] MinceR yes, we should do so for other reasons [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] yes, the addicts might depend on those drugs\ [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] true [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] they might even resort to crime [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] but we must start somewhere [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] imho: [17:31] MinceR yes, if you make what people do illegal, they become criminals [17:31] MinceR shocking [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] we need to teach people to use the web - esp. webapps' - less [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] e.g. less twitter [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] more rss readers [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] more irc [17:31] schestowitz[TR2] less "slack" [17:32] MinceR another thing that's not happening [17:32] schestowitz[TR2] right [17:32] schestowitz[TR2] it's noty [17:32] schestowitz[TR2] *not [17:32] schestowitz[TR2] but we must try [17:32] schestowitz[TR2] if you assume deferat before you fight [17:32] schestowitz[TR2] you will not really start fighting [17:32] MinceR you could try telling drug addicts that they should move to government-approved legal drugs, like ethanol [17:32] schestowitz[TR2] so let's do what we can [17:32] MinceR they're more damaging? who cares? [17:32] schestowitz[TR2] firefox did manage to unseat MSIE [17:32] schestowitz[TR2] eventually [17:32] schestowitz[TR2] now firefox itself is rfather bad [17:32] MinceR and then it got turned into a really shitty clone of chrome [17:33] schestowitz[TR2] so we move to the next task [17:33] schestowitz[TR2] replace windows [17:33] schestowitz[TR2] people move to andropid [17:33] schestowitz[TR2] windows dyingf [17:33] schestowitz[TR2] but android gets very locked down and DRM-filled [17:33] schestowitz[TR2] so we work ooon that issue [17:33] MinceR we're making even less progress on that [17:34] MinceR https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/03/05/adding-systemd/ [17:34] TR Bot postmarketOS // Adding systemd to postmarketOS [17:34] MinceR rip postmarketOS [17:41] admfubar not counting the "musk"ateers https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/vehicles-45-more-attacks-4-times-more-hackers [17:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/vehicles-45-more-attacks-4-times-more-hackers ) [17:45] schestowitz[TR2] was it not based on alpine? [17:45] MinceR it was [17:45] schestowitz[TR2] alpine does not have systemd [17:45] MinceR they don't care [17:45] schestowitz[TR2] i know because we ran the sites on it [17:45] schestowitz[TR2] for a few years [17:45] MinceR just as they don't care that there are several options for the retards, who, for some inexplicable reason, want to run cancerd on their phone [17:46] MinceR if they enjoy having a phone they have zero control over, they should just buy a hypePhone instead [17:46] MinceR and have winnie the pooh and putler tell them what programs they're allowed to run on "their own" phone [17:55] TR News China launches Shenzhou-20 mission to Chinese space station, state media report https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-launches-shenzhou-20-mission-to-chinese-space-station-state-media-report [17:55] TR Bot China launchesShenzhou-20 mission to Chinese space station, state media report | The Straits Times [17:55] TR News China pushes for tariff cancellation to end US trade war https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-pushes-for-tariff-cancellation-to-end-us-trade-war [17:55] TR Bot China pushes for tariff cancellation to end US trade war | The Straits Times [17:55] TR News China to lend moon rocks to NASA-funded US universities https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-to-lend-moon-rocks-to-nasa-funded-us-universities [17:55] TR Bot China to lend moon rocks to NASA-funded US universities | The Straits Times [17:58] TR News Australia plans critical minerals reserve to reduce global reliance on China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-plans-critical-minerals-reserve-to-reduce-global-reliance-on-china [17:58] TR Bot Australia plans critical minerals reserve to reduce global reliance on China | The Straits Times [17:58] TR News Chinas Pooh-tin seeks detente with Europe as Convicted Felons tariffs alienate bloc https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-seeks-detente-with-europe-as-trumps-tariffs-alienate-bloc "Chinese policymakers and business leaders are searching for new markets in Europe and beyond" [17:58] TR Bot Chinas Xi seeks detente with Europe as Trumps tariffs alienate bloc | The Straits Times [17:59] TR News Japan to resist Convicted Felon efforts to form trade bloc against China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-to-resist-trump-efforts-to-form-trade-bloc-against-china [17:59] TR Bot Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China | The Straits Times [17:59] TR News UK state energy company will not source solar panels made with slave labor from China https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/04/24/uyghur-uk-solar-panels-slave-labor/ [17:59] TR Bot UK state energy company will not source solar panels made with slave labor from China Radio Free Asia ● Apr 25 [18:00] TR News China forces Weibo account for gay community to drop comrade from name https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/24/china-gay-comrade-weibo-account-name/ [18:00] TR Bot China forces Weibo account for gay community to drop comrade from name Radio Free Asia [18:00] TR News Lithuanian businesses feel Chinese push to trade amid US tariff war https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2545459/lithuanian-businesses-feel-chinese-push-to-trade-amid-us-tariff-war [18:00] TR Bot Lithuanian businesses feel Chinese push to trade amid US tariff war - LRT [18:00] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:04] TR News From PostScript To PDF https://hackaday.com/2025/04/24/from-postscript-to-pdf/ | Source: Hackaday [18:04] TR Bot PostScript To PDF | Hackaday [18:04] TR News "Clever Hack Rescues Dead Light" https://hackaday.com/2025/04/24/a-bicycle-is-abandonware-now-clever-hack-rescues-dead-light/ | Source: Hackaday [18:04] TR Bot Bicycle Is Abandonware Now? Clever Hack Rescues Dead Light | Hackaday [18:05] TR News IBM-sponsored LIES. When IBM bribes "the press". https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/23/ibm-beats-forecasts-says-well-positioned-weather-trade-war/ [18:05] TR Bot beats forecasts and says it's well-positioned to weather a trade war but stock falls on outlook - SiliconANGLE [18:06] TR News Just 15 Extra Minutes of Sleep Is Linked to Brain Benefits in Young People https://www.sciencealert.com/just-15-extra-minutes-of-sleep-is-linked-to-brain-benefits-in-young-people [18:06] TR Bot 15 Extra Minutes of Sleep Is Linked to Brain Benefits in Young People : ScienceAlert [18:13] TR News "DolphinGemma Seeks To Speak To Dolphins" https://hackaday.com/2025/04/24/dolphingemma-seeks-to-speak-to-dolphins/ | Source: Hackaday [18:13] TR Bot Seeks To Speak To Dolphins | Hackaday [18:14] TR News 3D Printing https://hackaday.com/2025/04/24/3d-printing-a-useful-fixturing-tool/ | Source: Hackaday [18:14] TR Bot Printing A Useful Fixturing Tool | Hackaday [18:14] TR News Slop Coming For A DNA Sequence Near You https://hackaday.com/2025/04/24/llms-coming-for-a-dna-sequence-near-you/ | Source: Hackaday [18:14] TR Bot Coming For A DNA Sequence Near You | Hackaday [18:14] TR News "popular recreation of the best selling computer of all time, the original Commodore 64. [10p6] enjoys hacking on this platform, and recently whipped up a new mod adding a 9-pin Atari joystick connector for convenience." https://hackaday.com/2025/04/24/adding-an-atari-joystick-port-to-thec64-usb-joystick/ | Source: Hackaday [18:14] TR Bot An Atari Joystick Port To TheC64 USB Joystick | Hackaday [18:15] MinceR (video) (audio:important) https://pol1.iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=qlPbV4YmHV4 = https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=qlPbV4YmHV4 [18:15] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [18:15] TR Bot Select instance - Invidious [18:16] MinceR ^ Leslie Nielsen in Star Wars [18:18] TR News Facebook layoffs again https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/24/meta-cuts-jobs-at-reality-labs-oculus-studios-amid-financial-strain-xcxwbn/ [18:18] TR Bot Cuts Jobs at Reality Labs/Oculus Studios Amid Financial Strain - WinBuzzer [18:19] TR News GNU/Linux in Bulgaria https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bulgaria/#monthly-200902-202504 [18:19] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Bulgaria | Statcounter Global Stats [18:22] TR News Android and Windows about the same now in NL https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/netherlands/#monthly-200902-202504 psydroid / ping [18:22] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Netherlands | Statcounter Global Stats [18:29] *oarion7 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:32] TR News Techrights Windows Falls to New Lows in Nicaragua, Now Below a Quarter (It Used to be Almost 100%) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Windows_Falls_to_New_Lows_in_Nicaragua_Now_Below_a_Quarter_It_U.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Windows_Falls_to_New_Lows_in_Nicaragua_Now_Below_a_Quarter_It_U.gmi [18:32] TR Bot Techrights Windows Falls to New Lows in Nicaragua, Now Below a Quarter (It Used to be Almost 100%) [18:59] TR News Techrights Approaching 10,000 Articles/Pages Since Going Static https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Approaching_10_000_Articles_Pages_Since_Going_Static.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Approaching_10_000_Articles_Pages_Since_Going_Static.gmi [18:59] TR Bot Techrights Approaching 10,000 Articles/Pages Since Going Static [18:59] *\join_su1line has quit (Quit: leaving) ● Apr 25 [19:06] admfubar https://xkcd.com/3081/ [19:06] TR Bot PhD Timeline [19:06] TR News "Literalmente" gemini://texto-plano.xyz/kaod/gemlog/2025-04-25-literalmente-no-significa-literalmente-literalmente.gmi [19:07] TR News "The problem with many VPS providers is that they lack the possibility to use custom ISOs. Most of the time, the distributions that users can choose from are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and sometimes a few others." gemini://camelia.dev/posts/freeing-a-vps-from-systemd-with-devuan.gmi [19:08] TR News Global Science & Technology News for Geminispace gemini://galaxyhub.uk/news/science/2025/May/caterpillar.gmi [19:16] TR News "The Advanced Chat Privacy setting, which is available for both individual chats and groups, will block people from exporting the chat or auto-downloading shared media." gemini://galaxyhub.uk/news/tech/2025/May/whatsapp.gmi [19:17] TR News A Claimed Hint of Alien Life Whips Up Spirited Debate gemini://galaxyhub.uk/news/science/2025/May/k2-18b_life.gmi [19:18] TR News Well its raining gemini://tilde.team/~jmcs/gemlog/2025-04-25-well-its-raining.gmi [19:21] admfubar https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/gig-worker-platforms-data-breach-fraud [19:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/gig-worker-platforms-data-breach-fraud ) [19:21] MinceR (video) (audio:important) (long) https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=q9a3dCd1SQI = https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=q9a3dCd1SQI [19:21] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [19:21] TR Bot Select instance - Invidious [19:22] MinceR ^ Several Incredibly Smart TVs! [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=q9a3dCd1SQI works [19:24] MinceR good [19:24] admfubar maybe for you [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] haha [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] daemonfc coverd it [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] how the picture got worse [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] over time [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] we are moving backwards [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] interesting video [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] i reallised many "large screens" are ssold as "TVs" now [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] so you need a TV licence [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] just to have one [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] and then pay who knows how muchg per year [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] for something not worth even watching [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] ages ago yyou could get bigger computer displays [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] they were not sold as "TVs" [19:29] TR News Chinas DeepSeek transferred South Korean user info overseas: Seoul regulator https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/24/china-deep-seek-south-korea-user-data/ [19:29] TR Bot Chinas DeepSeek transferred South Korean user info overseas: Seoul regulator Radio Free Asia [19:31] TR News Portable internet helps Asia scam centres bypass blackouts https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/portable-internet-helps-asia-scam-centres-bypass-blackouts [19:31] TR Bot Portable internet helps Asia scam centres bypass blackouts | The Straits Times [19:32] TR News Japan urges G20 to stabilise markets, warns of US tariff damage https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-urges-g20-to-stabilise-markets-warns-of-us-tariff-damage [19:32] TR Bot Japan urges G20 to stabilise markets, warns of US tariff damage | The Straits Times [19:33] TR News Intel CEO announces layoffs, restructuring, $1.5 billion in cost reductions, expanded return to office mandate https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-ceo-announces-layoffs-restructuring-expanded-return-to-office-mandate [19:33] TR Bot Intel CEO announces layoffs, restructuring, $1.5 billion in cost reductions, expanded return to office mandate | Tom's Hardware [19:33] TR News VulnCheck spotted 159 actively exploited vulnerabilities in first few months of 2025 https://cyberscoop.com/vulncheck-known-exploited-cves-q1-2025/ [19:33] TR Bot spotted 159 actively exploited vulnerabilities in first few months of 2025 | CyberScoop [19:35] TR News Intels stock dives on lower guidance as new CEO Lip-Bu Tan outlines long-term vision https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/24/intels-stock-dives-lower-guidance-new-ceo-lip-bu-tan-outlines-long-term-vision/ [19:35] TR Bot stock dives on lower guidance as new CEO Lip-Bu Tan outlines long-term vision - SiliconANGLE [19:36] TR News Who thought that Intel's Hey Hi (AI) hype would not salvage it??? Defective strategy. Defective chipmaker. [19:36] TR News Like another Nokia. [19:37] TR News U.S. Sidelines Lawyers Who Doubted Their Own Case on Congestion Pricing https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/nyregion/nyc-congestion-pricing-duffy-lawyers.html "The Forrest Dump administration replaced lawyers who had exposed flaws in its legal battle over New York Citys congestion pricing program." [19:37] TR Bot U.S. Sidelines Lawyers Who Doubted Their Own Case on Congestion Pricing - The New York Times [19:38] TR News US Supreme Court signals it will decide California fuel emissions case https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/supreme-court-signals-it-will-consider-california-fuel-emissions-case/ [19:38] TR Bot US Supreme Court signals it will decide California fuel emissions case - JURIST - News [19:43] TR News Irish Rap Group Kneecap Face British Counter-Terrorism Investigation After Concert Video Footage Surfaces https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/24/kneecap-faces-counter-terrorism-investigation/ "Irish rap group Kneecap are facing a British counter-terrorism investigation after footage from a concert went viral on social control media." [19:43] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/24/kneecap-faces-counter-terrorism-investigation/ ) [19:46] TR News Jonathan McDowell: Local Voice Assistant Step 1: An ATOM Echo voice satellite https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2025/04/voice-assistant-atom-echo.html [19:46] TR Bot Local Voice Assistant Step 1: An ATOM Echo voice satellite | Noodles Emptiness [19:53] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/george-santos-2671844568/ [19:53] TR Bot 'And there was much rejoicing!' George Santos ridiculed after being hit with prison term - Raw Story [19:53] TR News Girls less likely to have tried coding than boys https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/24.04.2025-girls-less-likely-to-have-tried-coding-than-boys.a596278/ [19:53] TR Bot Girls less likely to have tried coding than boys / Article [19:56] TR News Lloyds Bank Says Oasis Fans Have Lost $2.7 Million to Ticket Scams https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/24/lloyds-oasis-fans-getting-ticket-scammed/ [19:56] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/24/lloyds-oasis-fans-getting-ticket-scammed/ ) [19:57] TR News UPC is totally illegal. JUVE is still cheering for it because it got paid to do it. https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/dusseldorf-court-loses-presiding-judge-klepsch-to-upc-growth-strategy/ [19:57] TR Bot Dsseldorf court loses presiding judge to UPC's growth strategy [19:57] TR News Longhorn Automotive measurement controller patent monopoly challenge instituted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/4/23/longhorn-automotive-measurement-controller-patent-challenge-instituted [19:57] TR Bot Longhorn Automotive measurement controller patent challenge instituted Unified Patents [19:58] TR News Masters of Their Own Petition: The Federal Circuits Latest Stance on AAPA https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/04/masters-petition-circuits.html [19:58] TR Bot Masters of Their Own Petition: The Federal Circuit's Latest Stance on AAPA [19:58] TR News New Article Explains How the GPL Came About and WordPress Having Copyleft Obligations (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/24/New_Article_Explains_How_the_GPL_Came_About_and_WordPress_Havin.shtml [19:58] admfubar https://restofworld.org/2025/india-falls-behind-china-deep-tech-innovation/ [19:58] TR Bot Techrights New Article Explains How the GPL Came About and WordPress Having Copyleft Obligations [19:58] TR Bot India falls behind China in deep tech innovation - Rest of World [19:58] TR News Dr Richard Stallman (RMS) Gives Talk in Oxford University in 4 Hours (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/24/Dr_Richard_Stallman_RMS_Gives_Talk_in_Oxford_University_in_4_Ho.shtml [19:58] TR Bot Techrights Dr Richard Stallman (RMS) Gives Talk in Oxford University in 4 Hours [19:59] TR News Using a Law Firm's Licence to Exercise Politics Through Frivolous SLAPPs and Nastygrams (to Silence People, Remove Pages, Demand Fake or Forced 'Apologies') (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/24/Using_a_Law_Firm_s_Licence_to_Exercise_Politics_Through_Frivolo.shtml [19:59] TR Bot Techrights Using a Law Firm's Licence to Exercise Politics Through Frivolous SLAPPs and Nastygrams (to Silence People, Remove Pages, Demand Fake or Forced 'Apologies') [19:59] TR News Richard Stallman's Oxford Talk Has Just Ended, Here Are Some Photos https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/24/Richard_Stallman_s_Oxford_Talk_Has_Just_Ended_Here_Are_Some_Pho.shtml [19:59] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman's Oxford Talk Has Just Ended, Here Are Some Photos ● Apr 25 [20:01] TR News When it comes to the EU, real courts are now being undermined is not illegally replaced with unconstitutional laughing stocks set up by corruption and lobbyists of litigation profiteers; it'll only make the EU less credible and hence less stable [20:01] TR News IBM Gained Almost 6 Billion Dollars in "Goodwill" Value in Just 3 Months, According to I.C.B.M. https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/24/IBM_Gained_Almost_6_Billion_Dollars_in_Goodwill_Value_in_Just_3.shtml [20:01] TR Bot Techrights IBM Gained Almost 6 Billion Dollars in "Goodwill" Value in Just 3 Months, According to IBM [20:01] TR News We're Working to Make Full-Site Search Available https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/24/We_re_Working_to_Make_Full_Site_Search_Available.shtml [20:01] TR Bot Techrights We're Working to Make Full-Site Search Available [20:01] TR News IBM Cannot Lie to Shareholders Anymore https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/24/IBM_Cannot_Lie_to_Shareholders_Anymore.shtml [20:01] TR Bot Techrights IBM Cannot Lie to Shareholders Anymore [20:04] TR News Another Site Bites the Dust: "Open Source For You" Becoming a Slopfarm (LLM Slop) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Another_Site_Bites_the_Dust_Open_Source_For_You_Becoming_a_Slop.shtml [20:04] TR Bot Techrights Another Site Bites the Dust: "Open Source For You" Becoming a Slopfarm (LLM Slop) [20:04] TR News Slopping the Trough: Disney Plus Loses Billions and the Decline of Physical Media in America https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Slopping_the_Trough_Disney_Plus_Loses_Billions_and_the_Decline_.shtml [20:04] TR Bot Techrights Slopping the Trough: Disney Plus Loses Billions and the Decline of Physical Media in America [20:04] TR News Microsoft 'Studies' Again? Leon Musolff is Writing Papers With Microsoft. https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Microsoft_Studies_Again_Leon_Musolff_is_Writing_Papers_With_Mic.shtml [20:04] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft 'Studies' Again? Leon Musolff is Writing Papers With Microsoft. [20:04] TR News Evolving hardware, evolving demo: Collabora's Embedded World Board Farm https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2025/04/24/the-evolution-of-our-embedded-world-board-farm-demo/ [20:04] TR Bot hardware, evolving demo: Collabora's Embedded World Board Farm [20:05] TR News Andre Klapper: GIMP user documentation https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/2025/04/24/gimp-user-docs/ [20:05] TR Bot GIMP user documentation | andr klapper's blog. [20:06] TR News Speech by President von der Leyen at the Summit on the Future of Energy Security https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_1100 [20:06] TR Bot Press corner | European Commission [20:07] TR News Annual energy bills predicted to fall by 166 in July https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5r190y3kko [20:07] TR Bot Energy price cap: Gas and electricity prices predicted to fall in July - BBC News [20:07] admfubar https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/25/186205/microsofts-big-ai-hire-cant-match-openai [20:07] TR Bot Microsoft's Big AI Hire Can't Match OpenAI - Slashdot [20:08] TR News Hong Kong press club survey finds 65% of members say they self-censor, 33% considering leaving city over press freedom https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/24/hong-kong-press-club-survey-finds-65-of-members-say-they-self-censor-33-considering-leaving-city-over-press-freedom/ [20:08] TR Bot Most members polled by HK press club say they self-censor [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: OpenAI is Microsoft [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] seems like "AI" BS [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] from Slashdot [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] just repeating the buzz\ [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/27/Slashdot_is_Once_Again_Publishing_Lies_and_Revisionism_for_Bill.shtml [20:09] TR Bot Techrights Slashdot is Once Again Publishing Lies and Revisionism for Bill Gates, Citing Microsoft's MSN to Rewrite History and Distract From the Jeffrey Epstein Crimes [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] like all this "buying chrome" [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] some dude [20:09] admfubar they're talking about how poor the numbers are [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] not even very high level [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] said he was "interested"\ [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] no bid put in [20:09] admfubar https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/25/166214/the-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-campaign-used-a-pirated-font [20:09] TR Bot The 'You Wouldn't Steal a Car' Campaign Used a Pirated Font - Slashdot [20:09] schestowitz[TR2] nothing [20:10] schestowitz[TR2] and then the media gavce them free press [20:10] schestowitz[TR2] as ifg an insolvent companmyy [20:10] schestowitz[TR2] will buy chrome [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: did they cover microsoft layoffs [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] lots of it [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] this year [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] and this montth [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] and coming next month [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] oi am only guessing /. skipped that [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] today this: https://www.fastcompany.com/91322766/microsoft-is-allegedly-paying-low-performers-to-quit [20:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.fastcompany.com/91322766/microsoft-is-allegedly-paying-low-performers-to-quit ) [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] microsoft is not hiring [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] opr barely [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] it sacks lots of peopleee [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] so any "hiring" narrative seems like smoke and mirror right now [20:12] schestowitz[TR2] they also openly asdmitted [20:12] schestowitz[TR2] "hiring freeze" [20:12] schestowitz[TR2] "ai talkent means nothing": [20:12] schestowitz[TR2] it is void of meaning [20:12] schestowitz[TR2] what are those? [20:12] schestowitz[TR2] c programmers [20:12] schestowitz[TR2] whoo know some ML librariies [20:12] schestowitz[TR2] it's "buzzword churnalism" imho [20:12] schestowitz[TR2] aall this "AI talent" BS [20:13] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.sakshipost.com/news/business/microsoft-ultimatum-employees-pip-or-4-months-exit-salary-401297 [20:13] TR Bot Microsoft Ultimatum to Employees: PIP or 4 Months Exit Salary? | Microsoft Layoffs The Impact of Workplace Pressure on Employee Morale and Well-being | Navigating Performance Improvement Programs: Tips for Employees | The Effects of Workplace Stress on Employee Health and Productivity | Private Jobs Layoffs | Job Layoffs | "Microsoft Employees Under Pressure: PIP Sessions or Severance Package? | Microso ... [20:13] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/TRILLIONS_And_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_Invest_toda.shtml [20:13] TR Bot Techrights TRILLIONS! And TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS! Invest today! [20:13] schestowitz[TR2] the media has a habit of repeating wevery lie from "open" "ai" [20:13] schestowitz[TR2] maybe it even gets paid to repeat thopse lies [20:13] schestowitz[TR2] e.g. [20:14] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/Meme_Don_t_Worry_They_Say_There_s_7_Trillion_Dollars_Waiting_at.shtml [20:14] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] Don't Worry, They Say There's 7 Trillion Dollars Waiting at the Top [20:14] schestowitz[TR2] wall street repeats the lie about companies "wroth" trillions [20:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/04/Visualising_About_0_7_Trillion_Dollars_of_Debt_in_Supposedly_Su.shtml [20:14] TR Bot Techrights Visualising About 0.7 Trillion Dollars of Debt in Supposedly "Successful" Tech Companies [20:15] TR News Windows 11 24H2 triggers a 20-year-old bug in GTA San Andreas related to the Skimmer seaplane https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/windows-11-24h2-reveals-a-20-year-old-bug-in-gta-san-andreas-related-to-the-skimmer-seaplane [20:15] TR Bot Windows 11 24H2 triggers a 20-year-old bug in GTA San Andreas related to the Skimmer seaplane | Tom's Hardware [20:15] TR News Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) ..AMAAAAAAAAZING! https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/msi-titan-18-hx-ai-review [20:15] TR Bot MSI Titan 18 HX AI Review: the ultimate 18-inch gaming laptop | Tom's Hardware [20:16] TR News "IT IS AN HEY HI LAPTOP"... "IN AN HEY HI WORLD"... "DREAMIN' 'BOUT HEY HI" [20:17] TR News ESP32 https://hackaday.com/2025/04/24/onkyo-receiver-saved-with-an-esp32/ | Source: Hackaday [20:17] TR Bot Receiver Saved With An ESP32 | Hackaday [20:17] TR News ESPuno Pi Zero ESP32-C6 board takes up to 60V DC input, offers RS-485 interface (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/24/espuno-pi-zero-esp32-c6-board-takes-up-to-60v-dc-input-rs485-interface/ [20:17] TR Bot ESPuno Pi Zero ESP32-C6 board takes up to 60V DC input, offers RS-485 interface (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [20:21] TR News Attacks against Teltonika Networks SMS Gateways, (Thu, Apr 24th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31888 [20:21] TR Bot Attacks against Teltonika Networks SMS Gateways - SANS Internet Storm Center [20:21] TR News Final Results of the 2025 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections and IETF Selections https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/04/final-results-of-the-2025-internet-society-board-of-trustees-elections-and-ietf-selections/ [20:21] TR Bot Final Results of the 2025 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections and IETF Selections - Internet Society [20:23] TR News Tortoise plans for The Observer: We can buck the market trend https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/observer-tortoise-launch/ [20:23] TR Bot Tortoise plans for The Observer: 'We can buck the market trend' - Press Gazette [20:23] TR News Privacy of online age verification https://rys.io/en/178.html [20:23] TR Bot Privacy of online age verification | Songs on the Security of Networks [20:24] TR News PostgreSQL Anonymizer 2.1: Blurring Images https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-anonymizer-21-blurring-images-3061/ [20:24] TR Bot PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL Anonymizer 2.1: Blurring Images [20:25] TR News Continuing the transition from Endpoints to EndpointSlices https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/04/24/endpoints-deprecation/ [20:25] TR Bot Continuing the transition from Endpoints to EndpointSlices | Kubernetes [20:26] TR News Fedora 42: Best New Features https://www.debugpoint.com/fedora-42-features/ [20:26] TR Bot Fedora 42: Best New Features [20:27] TR News European Commission Fines Fashion Company Apple and Meta Nearly $800 Million Over Alleged DMA Violations https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/24/european-commission-apple-fine/ [20:27] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/24/european-commission-apple-fine/ ) [20:27] TR News Integrate QML Window's Background with the System's Color Palette https://www.kdab.com/integrate-qml-windows-background-with-the-systems-color-palette/ [20:27] TR Bot QML Window's Background with the System's Color Palette | KDAB [20:28] TR News 86: Take Quite a Long Time to Fail https://mwl.io/archives/24081 [20:28] TR Bot 86: Take Quite a Long Time to Fail Michael W Lucas [20:30] TR News This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 596 https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/04/23/this-week-in-rust-596/ [20:30] TR Bot This Week in Rust 596 This Week in Rust [20:31] TR News danielpocock.com been offline now for nearly a day [20:33] TR News If you begin to refer to ANYTHING that computers do as "HEY HI", then it may actually seem like this passing fad is "catching on"... [20:35] TR News 5.5 Million Patients Affected by Data Breach at Yale New Haven Health https://www.securityweek.com/5-5-million-patients-affected-by-data-breach-at-yale-new-haven-health/ [20:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/5-5-million-patients-affected-by-data-breach-at-yale-new-haven-health/ ) [20:35] TR News Cisco Confirms Some Products Impacted by Critical Erlang/OTP Flaw https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-confirms-some-products-impacted-by-critical-erlang-otp-flaw/ [20:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-confirms-some-products-impacted-by-critical-erlang-otp-flaw/ ) [20:37] TR News The assertion 'We don't need humans because of "HEY HI"' misses the point there are just far too many humans and the lack of jobs for them has nothing to do with "HEY HI" hype and by far predates that hype [20:38] TR News FOSS Weekly #25.17: Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42 Release Follow-ups, Logseq, ZimaBoard and More https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-17/ [20:38] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #25.17: Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42 Release Follow-ups, Logseq, ZimaBoard and More [20:39] TR News Some media even conflates robotics with "HEY HI" - whatever the latter even means these days. That helps fake or create a perception of growing adoption. They did the same with "clown computing" - merely renaming things as such, then came "IoT". [20:40] TR News Slopping the Trough: Disney Plus Loses Billions and the Decline of Physical Media in America https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/slopping-the-trough-disney-plus-loses-billions-and-the-decline-of-physical-media-in-america/ [20:40] TR Bot Slopping the Trough: Disney Plus Loses Billions and the Decline of Physical Media in America | BaronHK's Rants [20:42] TR News GStreamer 1.26.1 Improves dav1d AV1 Decoder, Matroska v4 Support in Muxer https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-26-1-improves-dav1d-av1-decoder-matroska-v4-support-in-muxer [20:42] TR Bot 1.26.1 Improves dav1d AV1 Decoder, Matroska v4 Support in Muxer - 9to5Linux [20:42] TR News COSMIC Alpha 7 Desktop Adds Pinned Workspaces, New Accessibility Features https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-alpha-7-desktop-adds-pinned-workspaces-new-accessibility-features [20:42] TR Bot Alpha 7 Desktop Adds Pinned Workspaces, New Accessibility Features - 9to5Linux [20:43] TR News How to Configure Network IP Connections Using nmcli in GNU/Linux https://www.tecmint.com/configure-network-connections-using-nmcli-tool-in-linux/ [20:43] TR Bot How to Configure IP Networking with 'nmcli' in Linux [20:44] TR News 15 Useful dpkg Commands for Debian and Ubuntu Users [With Examples] https://www.tecmint.com/dpkg-command-examples/ [20:44] TR Bot 15 dpkg Commands Every Ubuntu & Debian User Should Know [20:45] admfubar no one appreciates depreciation ... https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/25/google_admits_depreciation_costs_soaring/ [20:45] TR Bot Google admits depreciation costs soaring amid bit barn build The Register [20:45] TR News 25th April 2025 - Night Manager gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20250425.txt [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] "slowing growth" [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] what is a good synonym for "depreciation"? [20:48] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/today_s_howtos.gmi [20:48] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [20:49] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/linux-developers-want-to-remove-i486-and-i586-pentium-cpu-support-to-unburden-kernel-developers [20:49] TR Bot Linux developers want to remove i486 and i586 Pentium CPU support to unburden kernel developers | Tom's Hardware [20:50] TR News Hype https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/commentary/24.04.2025-are-we-ready-for-new-cyber-threats-in-the-quantum-era.a596550/ [20:50] TR Bot Are we ready for new cyber threats in the quantum era? / Article [20:53] TR News openEuler is a GNU/Linux distribution for server and cloud environments https://www.linuxlinks.com/openeuler-linux-distribution-server-cloud-environments/ [20:53] TR Bot is a Linux distribution for server and cloud environments - LinuxLinks [20:55] TR News Why does he say "vaccine disinformation" unless he means to say the money should be spent on marketing propaganda? https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20250424-many-people-will-die-because-of-funding-cuts-and-vaccine-disinformation-public-health-expert [20:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20250424-many-people-will-die-because-of-funding-cuts-and-vaccine-disinformation-public-health-expert ) [20:55] TR News Thibault Martin: TIL that I can ask my smartphone to respect my attention https://ergaster.org/til/ask-smartphone-attention/ [20:55] TR Bot I can ask my smartphone to respect my attention [20:56] TR News Nominations Are Open for Upcoming Fedora Election https://fossforce.com/2025/04/nominations-are-open-for-upcoming-fedora-election/ [20:56] TR Bot Nominations Are Open for Upcoming Fedora Election - FOSS Force [20:57] TR News Did he also kneel with Putin's finger in his mouth when he said this? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/world/europe/ukraine-kyiv-russia-attack.html [20:57] TR Bot Trump Tells Putin to STOP! After Deadly Russian Attack on Kyiv - The New York Times [20:58] TR News Saudi Arabia as a peace platform is a hallmark of irony https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/24/trump-says-meeting-with-putin-could-happen-after-may-trip-to-saudi-arabia | Source: Meduza [20:58] TR Bot Trump says meeting with Putin could happen after May trip to Saudi Arabia Meduza [20:58] TR News it's like asking Microsoft to "STOP!" attacking Linux ● Apr 25 [21:01] TR News (NEW): What It Takes to Be PostgreSQL Compatible and PostgreSQL Anonymizer 2.1 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/What_It_Takes_to_Be_PostgreSQL_Compatible_and_PostgreSQL_Anonym.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/What_It_Takes_to_Be_PostgreSQL_Compatible_and_PostgreSQL_Anonym.gmi [21:01] TR Bot Tux Machines What It Takes to Be PostgreSQL Compatible and PostgreSQL Anonymizer 2.1 Released [21:03] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: 3D Printing, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Open_Hardware_Modding_3D_Printing_ESP32_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Open_Hardware_Modding_3D_Printing_ESP32_and_More.gmi [21:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: 3D Printing, ESP32, and More [21:05] TR News Techrights intends to spend the next few years on SLAPP reform and advocacy for change. UK tribunals ought not be a "theme park" for abusers who even strangle women and then look to have "revenge" against their victims. Such SLAPPs must be blocked from the get-go. [21:07] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi [21:07] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [21:21] MinceR (cat) (video) (no audio) https://imgur.com/gallery/c0p9i8c = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/c0p9i8c [21:21] TR Bot Void: the great vent escape - Album on Imgur [21:21] TR Bot Indiana Void: the great vent escape - rimgo [21:22] TR News Chinese Factory Owners Make Appeals to Americans on TikTok: Buy Direct https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/technology/chinese-factories-tiktok-trade-war.html [21:22] TR Bot Chinese Factory Owners Make Appeals to Americans on TikTok: Buy Direct - The New York Times [21:23] TR News Hate chased a Holocaust survivor off TikTok. His message is still: Seek hope. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0424/holocaust-survivor-tiktok-influencer [21:23] TR Bot Holocaust survivor and influencers life lesson: Seek hope - CSMonitor.com [21:23] TR News Myanmar Fentanylware (TikTok) astrologer arrested for forecasting new quake https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-tiktok-astrologer-arrested-for-forecasting-new-quake [21:23] TR Bot Myanmar TikTok astrologer arrested for forecasting new quake | The Straits Times [21:24] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RQuantLib 0.4.26 on CRAN: Small Updates http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/04/24#rquantlib_0.4.26 [21:24] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [21:24] TR News Debian Project Leader Election 2025 results https://lwn.net/Articles/1018826/ [21:24] TR Bot Project Leader Election 2025 results [LWN.net] [21:26] admfubar lucid in my brain while dreaming ... https://thedebrief.org/largest-brain-study-yet-confirms-lucid-dreaming-as-unique-state-of-consciousness/ [21:26] TR Bot Largest Brain Study Yet Confirms Lucid Dreaming as Unique State of Consciousness - The Debrief [21:28] TR News Debugging and Profiling GNU/Linux Applications with GDB and strace https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/debugging-and-profiling-linux-applications-gdb-and-strace [21:28] TR Bot Debugging and Profiling Linux Applications with GDB and strace | Linux Journal [21:28] TR News Towards GNU World Domination https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/22/Towards_GNU_World_Domination.shtml [21:28] TR Bot Techrights Towards GNU World Domination [21:28] TR News Slopfarms on the Web Almost Always Generate Anti-Linux FUD When They Produce "Linux" Output https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/24/Slopfarms_on_the_Web_Almost_Always_Generate_Anti_Linux_FUD_When.shtml [21:28] TR Bot Techrights Slopfarms on the Web Almost Always Generate Anti-Linux FUD When They Produce "Linux" Output [21:32] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [21:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [21:33] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [21:33] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [21:35] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.gmi [21:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [21:35] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers/Web Servers Stories https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Stories.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Stories.gmi [21:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Servers Stories [21:37] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 25/04/2025: Night Manager and Devuan in Hosting https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Gemini_Links_25_04_2025_Night_Manager_and_Devuan_in_Hosting.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Gemini_Links_25_04_2025_Night_Manager_and_Devuan_in_Hosting.gmi [21:37] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 25/04/2025: Night Manager and Devuan in Hosting [21:37] admfubar https://thedebrief.org/2000-year-old-herculaneum-scrolls-scorched-by-mount-vesuvius-are-being-digitally-unrolled-with-ai-and-x-rays/ [21:37] TR Bot 2000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scrolls Scorched by Mount Vesuvius Are Being Digitally "Unrolled" with AI and X-Rays - The Debrief [21:41] TR News Techrights Links 25/04/2025: Slop Fatigue and Patent Judges Flocking to Fake, Unconstitutional and Illegal Kangaroo Court (UPC, Captured 'Justice') https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Links_25_04_2025_Slop_Fatigue_and_Patent_Judges_Flocking_to_Fak.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/25/Links_25_04_2025_Slop_Fatigue_and_Patent_Judges_Flocking_to_Fak.gmi [21:41] TR Bot Techrights Links 25/04/2025: Slop Fatigue and Patent Judges Flocking to Fake, Unconstitutional and Illegal Kangaroo Court (UPC, Captured 'Justice') [21:42] TR News UPC boosters seemed to be ever so proud to promote something illegal, akin to Trump supporters believing that if they can get away with insurrection and the criminal/ringleader later frees them from prison, then all is OK. What does that make Team UPC? A "bunch of patent nazis"? [21:45] TR News "Continue to explore Fedora and Ubuntu releases." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-17/ [21:45] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #25.17: Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42 Release Follow-ups, Logseq, ZimaBoard and More [21:45] MinceR how about no? [21:46] TR News More slop, less substance? https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linux-io-uring-security-blindspot-allows-stealthy-rootkit-attacks/ [21:46] TR Bot Linux 'io_uring' security blindspot allows stealthy rootkit attacks [21:46] TR News More slop images or lazy "journalism" https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/linux-iouring-poc-rootkit-bypasses.html [21:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/linux-iouring-poc-rootkit-bypasses.html ) [21:47] TR News "Despite having taken major steps forward thanks to more support from developers and a massive boost from Valves Proton, there are still plenty of myths around Linux gaming. These, in particular, refuse to go away." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-gaming-myths-that-just-wont-die/ [21:47] TR Bot 9 Linux Gaming Myths That Just Won't Die [21:48] TR News "NixOS offers a thoughtfully designed experience with plenty of layout options, but it's best suited for users who are willing to tackle a learning curve." https://www.zdnet.com/article/im-a-linux-power-user-and-this-distro-made-me-rethink-what-an-operating-system-can-be/ [21:48] TR Bot a Linux power user, and this distro made me rethink what an operating system can be | ZDNET [21:49] TR News Corrupt Linux Foundation destroying the "Linux" trademark merits an award? https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/linux-foundation-named-in-2025-wtr-industry-awards-shortlist-for-excellence-in-trademark-management-302437553.html [21:49] TR Bot Linux Foundation Named in 2025 WTR Industry Awards Shortlist for Excellence in Trademark Management [21:49] TR News Then again, look who's running it; marketing liars married to frauds. [21:50] TR News "The publisher, Shiro Games, recently revealed that it amassed over 100,000 wishlists on Steam only 4 days after the reveal. Clearly there's a lot of interest in this one!" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/frostrail-from-the-devs-of-barotrauma-eager-to-support-linux-with-a-tentative-yes/ [21:50] TR Bot from the devs of Barotrauma 'eager' to support Linux with a 'tentative yes' | GamingOnLinux [21:54] TR News "Lenovo is doing something that many aren't." https://news.itsfoss.com/lenovo-cuts-windows-tax/ [21:54] TR Bot Lenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installed [21:54] TR News CIQ Announces FIPS 140-3 Compliance for Rocky Linux, Empowering Secure Open Source Adoption www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ciq-announces-fips-140-3-compliance-for-rocky-linux-empowering-secure-open-source-adoption-302437642.html [21:56] TR News "I bought the CyberGeek Nano T1 mini-PC stuffed with an AMD Ryzen 7 5700U processor, 64GB RAM, and a 1TB SSD for $416. I ordered the model with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed." https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/powerful-mini-pcs-provide-efficient-replacement-for-desktop-computers-177532.html [21:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/powerful-mini-pcs-provide-efficient-replacement-for-desktop-computers-177532.html ) [21:56] TR News Marketing SPAM by Red venture https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-4-vpns-i-swear-by-for-linux-and-why-i-trust-them/ [21:56] TR Bot 4 VPNs I swear by for Linux - and why I trust them | ZDNET [21:57] TR News It's not Linux but an attack on it, by Microsoft https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-to-try-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl/ [21:57] TR Bot 6 Reasons to Try Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) [21:57] TR News "Want to access your Linux PCs remotely? You can set up RDP the hard way, or you can make those connections the easy way. I'll step you through the easy option." https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-set-up-remote-desktop-access-on-your-linux-computers/ [21:57] TR Bot to set up remote desktop access on your Linux computers | ZDNET ● Apr 25 [22:04] TR News "Alvind is still going to get a hefty perk package for 2026. Same with his m1ndless pipmunks. As long as Krabanaugh fires thousands of people and ruins lives those 2 especially are going to get paid." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsnkf1f4 [22:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsnkf1f4 ) [22:05] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [22:08] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@jeeem8pcc4hte.irc) has joined #techrights [22:31] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], One day the stock market is down a million points. [22:31] IsambardPrince Then the next day it "rallies" by half a million points and they all clap like morons because Trump says it'll be less horrible than he announced the day before. [22:32] IsambardPrince Then the next day he announces something even dumber and it's down a million points again. [22:32] IsambardPrince Then the next day it rallies by half that, and they clap like idiots, but then it turns out to be something a fake account on X said. [22:32] IsambardPrince Peak Idiocracy. [22:35] IsambardPrince Smoke alarm going off. [22:35] IsambardPrince Welcome back to this another exciting episode of Cooking With ********. [22:36] IsambardPrince Time and temperature. Goes away above the heads of people who wash raw chicken. [22:36] IsambardPrince And then use the same sponge for dishes. [22:39] IsambardPrince When Susan Powter wrote the book Stop the Insanity, at least "the insanity" in the world was generally limited to workplace politics and whatever people in the town you lived in felt like calling you about. [22:40] IsambardPrince If anyone heard about international politics, it was a funny story about George Bush throwing up on the Prime Minister of Japan then passing out. [22:41] IsambardPrince Not the Daily Tariff Horseshit and Kristi Noem screaming at you through your TV using your own tax money. [22:42] IsambardPrince https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/04/25/trump-store-in-huntley-facing-eviction-cited-for-code-violation-over-signs/ [22:42] TR Bot Trump store in Huntley facing eviction, cited for code violations over signs Shaw Local [22:43] IsambardPrince "Joe Gottemoller is the lawyer for the landlord in the eviction case. Gottemoller, a member of the McHenry County Board, said the landlord is getting ordinance violations from the village because of the tenants actions, and those constitute a violation of the lease." [22:45] IsambardPrince "But Fleischmann said she has no plans to comply with things she thinks dont make sense. She also said the village is going after her landlord after realizing it wasnt going to get anywhere with her." [22:45] IsambardPrince MinceR, I wonder if she thinks her income taxes make sense. [22:45] IsambardPrince "They keep sending me those pesky letters!" [22:45] IsambardPrince "I don't know what they want from me!" ● Apr 25 [23:32] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I'm using that pour over coffeemaker now. [23:32] IsambardPrince I might put the Moccamaster on ebay or something. [23:32] IsambardPrince With inflation being what it is, I may even get about what I paid for it three years ago. [23:38] MinceR (video) (audio:important) (long) https://nyc1.iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=dEEddujTlog = https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=dEEddujTlog [23:38] TR Bot Here's All My Phone Stuff - Invidious [23:38] TR Bot Select instance - Invidious [23:38] IsambardPrince I might experiment with making my own deodorant. [23:38] IsambardPrince I can buy ingredients and mix it myself cheaper than paying for the store bought.