●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, January 26, 2026 ●● ● Jan 26 [00:02] MinceR :> [00:44] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [00:53] *\join_fashionshowandtell (~join_fashionshowand@gm4jpwr22xqdu.irc) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights ● Jan 26 [01:07] *\join_fashionshowandtell has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:17] *\join_fashionshowandtell (~join_fashionshowand@gm4jpwr22xqdu.irc) has joined #techrights [01:27] TR News Growing lineups mix with affordability challenges as Winnipeg retailers navigate surge in gold prices https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/gold-prices-surge-sell-invest-customers-9.7050574 [01:27] TR Bot 'Lineups outside the door' for Winnipeg gold retailers as prices surge | CBC News [01:31] TR News second in EU [sic] https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-ranked-second-in-eu-pesticide-alerts-in-2025-315562 [01:31] TR Bot Turkey ranked second in EU pesticide alerts in 2025 [01:31] TR News Prison occupancy in Turkey exceeds 130% https://bianet.org/haber/prison-occupancy-in-turkey-exceeds-130-315616 [01:31] TR Bot Prison occupancy in Turkey exceeds 130% [01:32] TR News Human rights advocate Ali Aydn killed in western Turkey https://bianet.org/haber/human-rights-advocate-ali-aydin-killed-in-western-turkey-315599 [01:32] TR Bot Human rights advocate Ali Aydn killed in western Turkey [01:33] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) [01:34] TR News Iranians Use Turkey Border to Access Internet During Blackouts https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-17/iranians-use-turkey-border-to-access-internet-during-blackouts [01:34] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-17/iranians-use-turkey-border-to-access-internet-during-blackouts ) [01:35] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00:d93e:13f1:e58f:b6e6) has joined #techrights [01:35] TR News Dutch experts warn U.S. takeover of DigiD platform poses national security risks https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/15/dutch-experts-warn-us-takeover-digid-platform-poses-national-security-risks [01:35] TR Bot Dutch experts warn U.S. takeover of DigiD platform poses national security risks | NL Times [01:36] TR News terrorism laws used to silence dissent https://www.dw.com/en/india-security-terrorism-laws-used-to-silence-dissent/a-75534044 [01:36] TR Bot India: Security, terrorism laws used to silence dissent [01:36] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 25th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_January_25th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_January_25th_2026.gmi [01:36] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 25th, 2026 [01:41] TR News IBM skirting the law. "... the last one in November was a surprise to most. I dont think they even did WARN act! At my site it was a shocking out of no where surprise" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfn8q05b [01:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfn8q05b ) [01:41] TR News "it felt like on my site the managers knew it was possible there would be one in the fall but were surprised how late it was and we hadnt yet had one (until it happened) but nobody was offered retirement package and no contractors were let go unless they had extreme attendance issues" [01:45] TR News "Yes things are starting to move that will conclude in another round of layoffs" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh [01:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh ) [01:45] TR News "Correctand your managers already know exactly who they are. Theyll smile, look you straight in the eye, and lie to you, saying everything is fine. Dont believe it. Dont trust it. If anything feels even slightly off or odd, brace yourselfthe hit is coming." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh [01:45] TR News "the parasites on the top need to stop su-king up all the money pay the people who actually produce something and get out of the way" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh [01:47] *superkuh has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [01:48] TR News "When Postfix is placed behind Nginx (using Nginx `mail_proxy` module), it doesnt see the real client IP directly - it sees IP of Nginx container / pod, instead. And then it relies on the information that Nginx passes along via the `XCLIENT` command. The catch is that by convention in this mode Nginx resolves the client PTR record _for_ Postfix." gemini://alexey.shpakovsky.ru/gemlog/postfix-ptr-nginx.gmi [01:49] TR News "After using NixOS for more than a year, one aspect that I didn't expect to enjoy was software patching. In previous systems, my patches usually became stale (since I never manually pulled the latest release to re-apply my patch). With NixOS, I "just" have to integrate the patches into my config, to ensure that the patch is re-applied to every upgrade." gemini://log.pfad.fr/2026/software-patching-in-nixos/ [01:50] TR News "A while ago on lobste.rs, I found a link to a preprint by Piotr Przymus and Thomas Durieux which gives a detailed rundown of the xz attack in which a malicious maintainer took over and added remote code execution capabilities." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/1-25.gmi [01:50] TR News A January Question gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jdd/phlog/20260125-january-question.txt [01:51] TR News "As Microslop continues to make boneheaded decision after boneheaded decision, I still see a ton of people still clinging to Win because of some software program, many of which are related to the Ad0bee's services." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260125-sunk_cost_fallacy.txt [01:52] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1547.jpg [01:52] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1897.jpg [01:53] TR News "First published way before I got into the habit of putting first-published dates on pages and I dont care quite enough to go look up its original publish date at the moment. But its one of the oldest pages on this capsule, I tell you." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/ascii-art/ [01:53] schestowitz[TR2] [01:53] schestowitz[TR2] [01:53] schestowitz[TR2] [01:53] schestowitz[TR2] [01:53] schestowitz[TR2] [01:53] schestowitz[TR2] [01:53] schestowitz[TR2] [01:54] TR News "Okay so vi and ed differ on yet another point, that ",n" in ed (on OpenBSD, at least) the comma means "all the lines" while in ex-vi the comma instead stands for "only the current line"." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/26/more-vi.gmi [01:55] TR News "Food has been on and off. We don't have much time to cook, definitely didn't have it during this week, and it showed. I'm hoping to make a bit more space and time for proper cooking in the upcoming week." gemini://thousand.naps.day/days/2026-01-25.gmi [01:56] TR News "Walked dog up to the coffee shop and back - that's after his actual first thing in the morning walk. He was a little confused why we were going back out, I think he thought we were gonna go in the car (since that's what we would usually do at parents house, take car up to starbies and back, even though it's the same distance.)" gemini://ieve.me/squall/11.gmi [01:57] TR News Take My Hand: Chapter 23 gemini://gem.write-on.org/onestepleft/book1/chapter23.gmi ● Jan 26 [02:01] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [02:01] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [02:01] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 26/01/2026: Cold Perception, Software Patches in NixOS, and Sunk Cost Fallacy https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Gemini_Links_26_01_2026_Cold_Perception_Software_Patches_in_Nix.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Gemini_Links_26_01_2026_Cold_Perception_Software_Patches_in_Nix.gmi [02:01] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 26/01/2026: Cold Perception, Software Patches in NixOS, and Sunk Cost Fallacy [02:03] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [02:04] *\join_fashionshowandtell has quit (Quit: leaving) [02:06] TR News National Security Probe https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-01-14/fbi-searches-washington-post-journalists-home-nyt-reports [02:06] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-01-14/fbi-searches-washington-post-journalists-home-nyt-reports ) [02:07] TR News "The new ISO image of MODICIA O.S. 'Caravaggio' 6.12.63-RT-LTS has been released." https://sourceforge.net/p/modicia-o-s/news/general/thread/625f1f4975/ [02:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://sourceforge.net/p/modicia-o-s/news/general/thread/625f1f4975/ ) [02:07] TR News "This is Linux Mint 22.3, codename Zena." https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_zena.php [02:07] TR Bot Linux Mint 22.3 Release Notes - Linux Mint [02:11] TR News Ganymede Neo is out with core updates and upstream NVIDIA changes https://endeavouros.com/news/ganymede-neo-is-out-with-core-updates-and-upstream-nvidia-changes/ [02:11] TR Bot Neo is out with core updates and upstream NVIDIA changes - EndeavourOS [02:11] TR News (NEW): TROMjaro 2026.01.13 (Unity is back as Default!) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/TROMjaro_2026_01_13_Unity_is_back_as_Default.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/TROMjaro_2026_01_13_Unity_is_back_as_Default.gmi [02:11] TR Bot Tux Machines TROMjaro 2026.01.13 (Unity is back as Default!) [02:15] TR News (NEW): ELEGANCE 4 "Leanora" With Style https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/ELEGANCE_4_Leanora_With_Style.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/ELEGANCE_4_Leanora_With_Style.gmi [02:15] TR Bot Tux Machines ELEGANCE 4 "Leanora" With Style [02:27] Isambard_Prince The really stupid thing here with the rush to replace the legitimate coreutils, sudo, etc. with Rust versions that don't work properly, is that Canonical will consider that a feature. [02:27] Isambard_Prince They'll sell training and force you to decide which Linux system your application will work on. [02:28] TR News https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-investigates-windows-11-boot-failures-after-january-updates/ [02:28] Isambard_Prince That's the only real reason they're doing it. [02:28] TR Bot Microsoft investigates Windows 11 boot failures after January updates [02:28] Isambard_Prince Incompatibility as a feature [02:28] TR News What is Bending Spoons? The little-known firm behind Vimeos sweeping layoffs https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/25/what-is-bending-spoons-everything-to-know-about-aols-acquirer/ [02:28] TR Bot is Bending Spoons? The little-known firm behind Vimeo's sweeping layoffs | TechCrunch [02:31] TR News Rescue or crime? Humanitarian aid workers on trial in Greece https://www.dw.com/en/rescue-or-crime-humanitarian-aid-workers-on-trial-in-greece/a-75505957 [02:31] TR Bot Rescue or crime? Humanitarian aid workers on trial in Greece [02:31] TR News Saudi Arabia: Record Number of Executions in 2025 https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/13/saudi-arabia-record-number-of-executions-in-2025 [02:31] TR Bot Saudi Arabia: Record Number of Executions in 2025 | Human Rights Watch [02:32] TR News Secret Prisons https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-19/on-saudi-backed-tour-yemeni-officials-accuse-uae-of-running-secret-prisons [02:32] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-19/on-saudi-backed-tour-yemeni-officials-accuse-uae-of-running-secret-prisons ) [02:39] TR News Craft beer in Canada is losing its fizz, as sales dry up and more breweries go bust https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/craft-beer-party-canada-sales-flat-breweries-close-9.7044246 [02:39] TR Bot Craft beer in Canada is losing its fizz, as sales dry up and more breweries go bust | CBC News [02:40] TR News 'purity of the country' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-thermea-spa-survey-9.7050152 [02:40] TR Bot Survey from Winnipeg spa asked 'blatantly disrespectful' question about 'purity of the country': customer | CBC News [02:41] schestowitz[TR2] Isambard_Prince: you could be competing with GAFAM layoffs [02:41] schestowitz[TR2] for any role [02:42] TR News Potholes the size of a small bathtub https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/potholes-coquihalla-highway-9.7049469 [02:42] TR Bot Potholes the size of a small bathtub on B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway concern drivers | CBC News [02:43] TR News The research on microplastics in our bodies is terrifying. It might also be wrong. https://www.vox.com/climate/475004/microplastics-research-false-positives-guardian-science [02:43] TR Bot our bodies arent full of microplastics after all? | Vox [02:44] TR News Climate Change https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2026-01-13/how-will-climate-change-reshape-the-winter-olympics-the-list-of-possible-host-sites-is-shrinking [02:44] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2026-01-13/how-will-climate-change-reshape-the-winter-olympics-the-list-of-possible-host-sites-is-shrinking ) [02:44] TR News What Remains of the American Climate Corps? https://www.truthdig.com/articles/what-remains-of-the-american-climate-corps/ [02:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/what-remains-of-the-american-climate-corps/ ) [02:44] TR News EPA https://www.vox.com/climate/475138/epa-air-pollution-regulation-rollback-ozone-smog-trump [02:44] TR Bot EPA is changing how it considers the costs and benefits of air pollution rules to favor polluters | Vox [02:46] TR News New sanctuary preserves ice cores from melting glaciers https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/ice-repository-climate-change-9.7044884 [02:46] TR Bot New sanctuary preserves ice cores from melting glaciers | CBC News [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-250126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-250126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-250126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-250126.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, January 25, 2026 [02:46] TR News 2025 continues streak of hottest years ever recorded https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/2025-heat-temperatures-record-climate-9.7044189 [02:46] TR Bot 2025 continues streak of hottest years ever recorded | CBC Climate Change News [02:46] TR News For 2026, LEDs are in. Fluorescent bulbs are really out https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-light-bulbs-9.7046307 [02:46] TR Bot For 2026, LEDs are in. Fluorescent bulbs are really out | CBC Climate Change News [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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[02:58] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jan 26 [03:05] TR News (NEW): Malawi: GNU/Linux Rises Above 4% This Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Malawi_GNU_Linux_Rises_Above_4_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Malawi_GNU_Linux_Rises_Above_4_This_Year.gmi [03:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Malawi: GNU/Linux Rises Above 4% This Year [03:08] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/children-schools-books-like-phones [03:08] TR Bot Children Starting School Are Trying to Swipe Books Like They're Phones [03:11] admfubar https://www.ghacks.net/2026/01/25/microsoft-pushes-second-emergency-windows-11-update-after-patch-tuesday-fallout/ [03:11] TR Bot Microsoft Pushes Second Emergency Windows 11 Update After Patch Tuesday Fallout - gHacks Tech News [03:16] TR News Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part XII - Kris De Neef and Roberta Romano-Gtsch, Who Stepped in for the Cokehead, Have No Comment on His Cocaine Usage (and the EPO's Cover-up) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_XII_Kris_De_Neef_and_Roberta_Romano_Got.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_XII_Kris_De_Neef_and_Roberta_Romano_Got.gmi [03:16] TR Bot Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part XII - Kris De Neef and Roberta Romano-Gtsch, Who Stepped in for the Cokehead, Have No Comment on His Cocaine Usage (and the EPO's Cover-up) [03:18] *FANTOM (~fantom@87.75.185.177) has joined #techrights [03:18] TR News (NEW): Vista 11 in Chaotic State, Microsoft Tries to Extinguish the Fire Again https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Vista_11_in_Chaotic_State_Microsoft_Tries_to_Extinguish_the_Fir.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Vista_11_in_Chaotic_State_Microsoft_Tries_to_Extinguish_the_Fir.gmi [03:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Vista 11 in Chaotic State, Microsoft Tries to Extinguish the Fire Again [03:23] schestowitz[TR2] "Eight years later, I was laid off from Microsoft on my first day of maternity leave. I was furious. That anger fueled my next chapter. I built MTRNL, a company dedicated to maternal wellbeing. It became profitable within nine months, won awards, and attracted investor interest." [03:40] admfubar https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/indias-surveillance-regime-isnt-so-different-from-ours [03:40] TR Bot NEWS & UPDATES | FISA REFORM | PPSA - Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability (PPSA) [03:48] TR News Techrights Red Hat Quietly Going Extinct After Bluewashing in 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Red_Hat_Quietly_Going_Extinct_After_Bluewashing_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Red_Hat_Quietly_Going_Extinct_After_Bluewashing_in_2026.gmi [03:48] TR Bot Techrights Red Hat Quietly Going Extinct After Bluewashing in 2026 [03:51] nobody rust-lang follows a vendor specification but not any standard [03:51] nobody Without any vendor-neutral standard followed development cannot agree upon a common baseline of which releases or versions of rustc could compile itself self-hosting [03:51] nobody https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2025/05/29/redesigning-the-initial-bootstrap-sequenc [03:51] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2025/05/29/redesigning-the-initial-bootstrap-sequenc ) [03:52] nobody the reason canonical transitions towards rust: they're incompetent and ignorant [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Is_Ubuntu_Compromised_Push_Away_From_GNU_and_GPL_Led_by_Army_Of.shtml [03:55] TR Bot Techrights Is Ubuntu Compromised? Push Away From GNU and GPL Led by Army Officers. [03:57] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: few days ago i moved the TinyCC/Linux-2.4 fork into production [03:57] nobody it's my main development host since recently ● Jan 26 [04:03] TR News Second NZ health provider, Canopy Health, reveals cyberattack https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/583813/second-health-provider-canopy-health-hit-in-major-cyber-attack [04:03] TR Bot Second health provider, Canopy Health, hit in major cyber attack | RNZ News [04:04] TR News Dutch court sentences hacker who used port systems to smuggle cocaine to 7 years https://therecord.media/dutch-court-sentences-hacker-who-smuggled-cocaine-ports [04:04] TR Bot Dutch court sentences hacker who used port systems to smuggle cocaine to 7 years | The Record from Recorded Future News [04:05] TR News CrazyHunter ransomware escalates with advanced intrusion tactics, six Taiwan healthcare victims confirmed https://industrialcyber.co/ransomware/crazyhunter-ransomware-escalates-with-advanced-intrusion-tactics-six-taiwan-healthcare-victims-confirmed/ [04:05] TR Bot CrazyHunter ransomware escalates with advanced intrusion tactics, six Taiwan healthcare victims confirmed - Industrial Cyber [04:06] TR News Another plastic surgery practice fell prey to a cyberattack with extortion attempt https://nypost.com/2026/01/11/us-news/patients-of-premier-ues-plastic-surgeon-allegedly-had-hacked-nude-images-posted-online/ [04:06] TR Bot Patients of premier UES plastic surgeon allegedly had hacked nude images posted online [04:06] TR News University of Hawaii Cancer Center: Hackers Stole Research Files, Encrypted Data https://www.thelundreport.org/content/oregon-medicaid-insurers-data-breach-could-lead-insurance-fraud-0 [04:06] TR Bot Oregon Medicaid insurers data breach could lead to insurance fraud | The Lund Report [04:07] TR News I lost my drivers licence for a year. Everything went uphill from there https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-losing-licence-9.7037254 [04:07] TR Bot I lost my drivers licence for a year. Everything went uphill from there | CBC News [04:08] TR News Tennessee man to plead guilty to hacking US Supreme Court filing system https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/man-to-plead-guilty-to-hacking-us-supreme-court-filing-system/ [04:08] TR Bot to plead guilty to hacking US Supreme Court filing system | TechCrunch [04:08] TR News Southold Laserfiche access remains suspended after cyberattack https://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2026/01/southold-laserfiche-access-remains-suspended-after-cyberattack/ [04:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2026/01/southold-laserfiche-access-remains-suspended-after-cyberattack/ ) [04:10] TR News Canada wants to be 1st in North America to build EV with Chinese knowledge https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-electric-car-china-tariffs-trump-united-states-9.7049950 [04:10] TR Bot Canada wants to be 1st in North America to build EV with Chinese knowledge: senior official | CBC News [04:11] TR News emergency return to Earth https://www.dw.com/en/international-space-station-crew-to-make-emergency-return-to-earth/a-75504766 [04:11] TR Bot ISS crew to make emergency return to Earth [04:11] TR News Unjustly jailed https://www.dw.com/en/germany-unjustly-jailed-man-gets-1-3-million-compensation/a-75503038 [04:11] TR Bot Germany: Unjustly jailed man gets 1.3 million compensation [04:12] TR News 2025 was the third warmest year on record https://www.dw.com/en/2025-was-the-third-warmest-year-on-record/a-75491609 [04:12] TR Bot 2025 was the third warmest year on record [04:13] TR News 40% of Scandinavian users avoid commenting on Facebook posts out of fear of being attacked https://cphpost.dk/2026-01-13/news/round-up/40-of-scandinavian-users-avoid-commenting-on-facebook-posts-out-of-fear-of-being-attacked/ [04:13] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2026-01-13/news/round-up/40-of-scandinavian-users-avoid-commenting-on-facebook-posts-out-of-fear-of-being-attacked/ ) [04:16] TR News Linux Hit a New All-Time High for Steam Market Share in December https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/01/12/0411249/linux-hit-a-new-all-time-high-for-steam-market-share-in-december [04:16] TR Bot Linux Hit a New All-Time High for Steam Market Share in December - Slashdot [04:16] TR News How to Update Your Arch Linux Mirrorlist https://www.maketecheasier.com/update-arch-linux-mirrorlist/ [04:16] TR Bot How to Update Your Arch Linux Mirrorlist - Make Tech Easier [04:20] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [04:20] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [04:23] TR News Techrights Links 26/01/2026: "Journalists Detained", in Germany "Unjustly Jailed Man Gets 1.3 Million Compensation" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Links_26_01_2026_Journalists_Detained_in_Germany_Unjustly_Jaile.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Links_26_01_2026_Journalists_Detained_in_Germany_Unjustly_Jaile.gmi [04:23] TR Bot Techrights Links 26/01/2026: "Journalists Detained", in Germany "Unjustly Jailed Man Gets 1.3 Million Compensation" [04:36] TR News Techrights The Great "AI" CON Explained by Dr. Andy Farnell https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/The_Great_AI_CON_Explained_by_Dr_Andy_Farnell.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/The_Great_AI_CON_Explained_by_Dr_Andy_Farnell.gmi [04:36] TR Bot Techrights The Great "AI" CON Explained by Dr. Andy Farnell [04:42] TR News (NEW): Guernsey: 5% GNU/Linux This Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Guernsey_5_GNU_Linux_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Guernsey_5_GNU_Linux_This_Year.gmi [04:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Guernsey: 5% GNU/Linux This Year ● Jan 26 [05:01] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [05:07] TR News "Huawei n1 in China: The giant dethrones Apple after a historic year in 2025" [05:08] TR News Women's, Advocacy Groups Call on Apple, Google to Drop X and Grok From App Stores https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-14/womens-advocacy-groups-call-on-apple-google-to-drop-x-and-grok-from-app-stores [05:08] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-14/womens-advocacy-groups-call-on-apple-google-to-drop-x-and-grok-from-app-stores ) [05:17] TR News Techrights has a HUGE scoop coming regarding EUIPO, EPO, and cocainegate. Europe has become extremely corrupt. [05:21] TR News Massive cyberattack on Polish power system in December failed, minister says https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/massive-cyberattack-polish-power-system-december-failed-minister-says-2026-01-13/ [05:21] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/massive-cyberattack-polish-power-system-december-failed-minister-says-2026-01-13/ ) [05:22] TR News Armenia probes alleged sale of 8 million government records on hacker forum https://therecord.media/armenia-probes-alleged-sale-government-records [05:22] TR Bot Armenia probes alleged sale of 8 million government records on hacker forum | The Record from Recorded Future News [05:22] TR News Antwerps AZ Monica hospital hit by cyber attack https://www.belganewsagency.eu/antwerps-az-monica-hospital-hit-by-cyber-attack [05:22] TR Bot Antwerps AZ Monica hospital hit by cyber attack [05:29] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], I had Priceline's chatbot make an itenerary for a date and it said stop by the Holocaust Museum. [05:32] TR News (NEW): Xbox gaming makes the jump to Windows on Arm, but can it stem the tide of gamers turning to Linux? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Xbox_gaming_makes_the_jump_to_Windows_on_Arm_but_can_it_stem_th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Xbox_gaming_makes_the_jump_to_Windows_on_Arm_but_can_it_stem_th.gmi [05:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Xbox gaming makes the jump to Windows on Arm, but can it stem the tide of gamers turning to Linux? [05:35] TR News Xbox has a shovelware problem 40% of 2025 releases were Gamerscore spam, according to a new report https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-has-a-shovelware-problem-40-percent-of-2025-releases-were-gamerscore-spam-new-report [05:35] TR Bot 40% of Xbox 2025 releases were Gamerscore spam | Windows Central [05:35] TR News Xbox has a shovelware problem 40% of 2025 releases were Gamerscore spam, according to a new report https://www.inkl.com/news/xbox-has-a-shovelware-problem-40-of-2025-releases-were-gamerscore-spam-according-to-a-new-report [05:35] TR Bot Xbox has a shovelware problem 40% of 2025 releases [05:41] TR News Techrights XBox Consoles Nearly Dead by Now, the 'XBox' (ex-Box) Brand Now Stands for Something Full of Slop, Spam, Filler, and Chaff https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/XBox_Consoles_Nearly_Dead_by_Now_the_XBox_ex_Box_Brand_Now_Stan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/XBox_Consoles_Nearly_Dead_by_Now_the_XBox_ex_Box_Brand_Now_Stan.gmi [05:41] TR Bot Techrights XBox Consoles Nearly Dead by Now, the 'XBox' (ex-Box) Brand Now Stands for Something Full of Slop, Spam, Filler, and Chaff [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] Isambard_Prince: chatbot or...? [05:43] Isambard_Prince Yeah [05:43] Isambard_Prince "Penny" the chatbot [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] no idea why you bother [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] with chatbots [05:59] TR News (NEW): Americas Leaning to GNU/Linux, Americans Lessen Dependence on GAFAM https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Americas_Leaning_to_GNU_Linux_Americans_Lessen_Dependence_on_GA.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Americas_Leaning_to_GNU_Linux_Americans_Lessen_Dependence_on_GA.gmi [05:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Americas Leaning to GNU/Linux, Americans Lessen Dependence on GAFAM ● Jan 26 [06:01] TR News Victorian Department of Education says hackers stole students data https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/victorian-department-of-education-notifies-parents-of-data-breach/ [06:01] TR Bot Victorian Department of Education says hackers stole students data [06:02] TR News Eurail passengers taken for a ride as data breach spills passports, bank details https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/14/eurail_breach/ [06:02] TR Bot Passports, bank details compromised in Eurail data breach The Register [06:03] TR News Data protection agency tells Coupang to stop publishing unconfirmed information about data breach https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-01-14/business/tech/Data-protection-agency-tells-Coupang-to-stop-publishing-unconfirmed-information-about-data-breach/2500586 [06:03] TR Bot Data protection agency tells Coupang to stop publishing unconfirmed information about data breach [06:03] TR News Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Agents Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach https://www.thedailybeast.com/personal-details-of-thousands-of-border-patrol-and-ice-goons-allegedly-leaked-in-huge-data-breach/ [06:03] TR Bot Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Goons Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach [06:04] TR News Website that leaked thousands of ICE agents personal information is down after DDoS attack https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-information-leak-website-down-russia-cyberattack-b2900713.html [06:04] TR Bot Website that leaked thousands of ICE agents personal information is down after huge Russian cyberattack, founder says | The Independent [06:04] TR News JPMorgan Claims Ex-Advisor In Fla. Stole Trade Secrets To Poach Clients For LPL https://www.fa-mag.com/news/jpmorgan-accuses-ex-advisor-for-using-stolen-trade-secrets-to-poach-clients-85477.html [06:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.fa-mag.com/news/jpmorgan-accuses-ex-advisor-for-using-stolen-trade-secrets-to-poach-clients-85477.html ) [06:05] TR News Jordanian Man Admits Selling Unauthorized Access to Computer Networks of 50 Companies https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/jordanian-man-admits-selling-unauthorized-access-computer-networks-50-companies [06:05] TR Bot [06:07] TR News Windows TCO: Former Conti member, now known as Devman, added to Interpols wanted list (updated) https://databreaches.net/2026/01/16/former-conti-member-now-known-as-devman-added-to-interpols-wanted-list-updatedformer-conti-member-tramp-now-known-as-devman-added-to-interpols-wanted-list/ [06:07] TR Bot Conti member, now known as Devman, added to Interpols wanted list (updated) DataBreaches.Net [06:08] TR News US Cyberattack Blacks Out Venezuela, Leads to Maduros Capture in 2026 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/cyberattack-venezuela-military.html [06:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/cyberattack-venezuela-military.html ) [06:15] *ewig has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [06:18] TR News Techrights Microsoft Loses Grip on Indian Ocean https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Microsoft_Loses_Grip_on_Indian_Ocean.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Microsoft_Loses_Grip_on_Indian_Ocean.gmi [06:18] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Loses Grip on Indian Ocean [06:20] Isambard_Prince no idea why you bother [06:20] Isambard_Prince with chatbot [06:20] Isambard_Prince Hell of it [06:28] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [06:31] Isambard_Prince https://old.reddit.com/r/aislop/comments/1qn4d5f/cars_are_hard/ [06:31] TR Bot Cars are hard : aislop [06:31] Isambard_Prince Gas gets pumped through the door, you know. [06:33] TR News Techrights Prisons Are for Dangerous People Who Pose a Threat to the Public, Not People Who Inform the Public https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Prisons_Are_for_Dangerous_People_Who_Pose_a_Threat_to_the_Publi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Prisons_Are_for_Dangerous_People_Who_Pose_a_Threat_to_the_Publi.gmi [06:33] TR Bot Techrights Prisons Are for Dangerous People Who Pose a Threat to the Public, Not People Who Inform the Public [06:38] Isambard_Prince https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/24/0116243 [06:39] TR Bot Microsoft Gave FBI a Set of BitLocker Encryption Keys to Unlock Suspects Laptops - SoylentNews [06:39] Isambard_Prince Yes, Bitlocker might stop a laptop thief, but it's designed so that Microsoft can unlock your drives for the government. [06:39] Isambard_Prince "[...] Microsoft told Forbes that the company sometimes provides BitLocker recovery keys to authorities, having received an average of 20 such requests per year." [06:46] Isambard_Prince https://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contacted-annas-archive-to-secure-access-to-millions-of-pirated-books/ [06:46] TR Bot Contacted Annas Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books' * TorrentFreak [06:49] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-j7o.kqt.de6qkt.IP) has joined #techrights [06:55] *h1sdirect0ry (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #techrights [06:58] TR News Techrights Fewer Involuntary Interruptions This Year https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Fewer_Involuntary_Interruptions_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Fewer_Involuntary_Interruptions_This_Year.gmi [06:58] TR Bot Techrights Fewer Involuntary Interruptions This Year ● Jan 26 [07:30] *h1sdirect0ry has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] "[...] Microsoft told Forbes that the company sometimes provides BitLocker recovery keys to authorities, having received an average of 20 such requests per year." [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] promoted by gulagboy [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] so you know he';s into back doors [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] not security [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] he also cannot colde [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] says his spouse [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] he's 100% phony [07:45] Isambard_Prince https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097XRQ4GQ?th=1 [07:45] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Amazon.com [07:45] Isambard_Prince :) [07:45] Isambard_Prince Swiss Navy Premium Anal Lubricant - 128 oz - Long-Lasting, Silicone-Based Formula - Natural Clove Fragrance - Condom Safe [07:45] Isambard_Prince For the backdoors [07:46] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], In theory you could change that default setting. They hide it really well. Then you could decrypt the disk and encrypt it again. [07:46] Isambard_Prince But there's no telling if that would actually stop them. [07:47] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], The local police caught an 18 year old trading child porn on "X". [07:47] Isambard_Prince Apparently "X" reported him. [07:48] Isambard_Prince The authorities don't do anything while X's "Grok" bot creates child porn every day. [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/o/2020/08/14/control-but-no-accountability/ [07:50] TR Bot High-Level Criminals Associate Privacy With Crime Because They Want Privacy Only for Themselves (Control But No Accountability) [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] when rich people do it then it is a "mitake" [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] not a crime [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] they apologise [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] and everyone moves along [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] and countries get bombed and invaded [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] like venezuela [07:51] TR News (NEW): Victims of Abuse Are Not the Problem https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Victims_of_Abuse_Are_Not_the_Problem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Victims_of_Abuse_Are_Not_the_Problem.gmi [07:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Victims of Abuse Are Not the Problem [07:53] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], The 18 year old had public defender written all over him. [07:54] schestowitz[TR2] Isambard_Prince: rich criminals are winning [07:54] schestowitz[TR2] they even put one in the White House [07:54] schestowitz[TR2] he is protecting them [07:55] Isambard_Prince https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1qmrh5s/death_before_dasani_the_blizzard_of_2026/ [07:55] TR Bot - The heart of the internet [07:55] Isambard_Prince I get spring water myself. [07:55] Isambard_Prince There's a pump in the park. I pump it from about 90 feet underground. [07:55] Isambard_Prince It has a very clean taste to it. [07:56] Isambard_Prince It's not like most well water I've had, which tastes like rotten eggs and iron. [07:57] TR News Judge orders Annas Archive to delete scraped data; no one thinks it will comply https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/judge-orders-annas-archive-to-delete-scraped-data-no-one-thinks-it-will-comply/ [07:57] TR Bot Judge orders Annas Archive to delete scraped data; no one thinks it will comply - Ars Technica [07:57] TR News A faceless hacker stole my therapy notes now my deepest secrets are online forever https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62nzxqw45eo [07:57] TR Bot Vastaamo hack: My darkest secrets were revealed to the world [07:58] TR News Japanese nuclear regulator employee loses phone containing sensitive info in China https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/japan/nra-phone-china-loss/ [07:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/japan/nra-phone-china-loss/ ) [07:59] TR News How a hacking campaign targeted high-profile Gmail and WhatsApp users across the Middle East https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/16/how-a-hacking-campaign-targeted-high-profile-gmail-and-whatsapp-users-across-the-middle-east/ [07:59] TR Bot a hacking campaign targeted high-profile Gmail and WhatsApp users across the Middle East | TechCrunch ● Jan 26 [08:00] TR News Anchorage police department takes servers offline after cyberattack on service provider https://therecord.media/anchorage-police-takes-servers-offline-after-third-party-attack [08:00] TR Bot Anchorage police department takes servers offline after cyberattack on service provider | The Record from Recorded Future News [08:00] TR News 4 in 5 small businesses had cyberscams last year, almost half were slop powered https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2026/01/17/4-in-5-small-businesses-had-cyberscams-last-year-almost-half-were-ai-powered/ [08:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2026/01/17/4-in-5-small-businesses-had-cyberscams-last-year-almost-half-were-ai-powered/ ) [08:02] TR News doctors declare crisis https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-health-update-9.7046694 [08:02] TR Bot Alberta orders fatality inquiry into death of man at Edmonton emergency room | CBC News [08:04] TR News (NEW): Review: Setting up a home server https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Review_Setting_up_a_home_server.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Review_Setting_up_a_home_server.gmi [08:04] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Setting up a home server [08:11] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [08:13] TR News China: Population sinks for fourth year in a row https://www.dw.com/en/china-population-sinks-for-fourth-year-in-a-row/a-75558927 [08:13] TR Bot China: Population sinks for fourth year in a row [08:13] TR News EV subsidies https://www.dw.com/en/germany-updates-berlin-brings-back-ev-subsidies/live-75560659 [08:13] TR Bot Germany updates: Berlin brings back EV subsidies [08:19] TR News lowest in more than 2 years https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/average-asking-rents-canada-9.7042571 https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-housing-market-annual-sales-9.7045276 [08:19] TR Bot Average asking rents fell to just over $2K in December their lowest in more than 2 years | CBC News [08:19] TR Bot What's in store for Canada's housing market in 2026? | CBC News [08:22] TR News Life sentence for criticism https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-life-sentence-looms-for-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai/a-75516554 [08:22] TR Bot Hong Kong: Life sentence looms for media tycoon Jimmy Lai [08:23] TR News need for Canadian online regulator https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/x-deepfakes-canada-9.7043522 [08:23] TR Bot Sexual deepfakes on X show need for Canadian online regulator, advocates say | CBC News [08:26] TR News European cinema is stealing Hollywood's spotlight https://www.dw.com/en/how-european-cinema-is-stealing-hollywood-s-spotlight/a-75486301 [08:26] TR Bot How European cinema is stealing Hollywood's spotlight [08:26] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: https://www.dw.com/en/hungary-orban-gives-asylum-to-eu-politicians-accused-of-corruption/a-75549301 [08:26] TR Bot Hungary: Orban takes in EU politicians accused of corruption [08:26] schestowitz[TR2] pedos also [08:27] TR News RTO https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-civil-servants-public-not-remote-work-continues-9.7042240 [08:27] TR Bot Manitoba civil servants won't be ordered to office full time like their Ontario, Alberta counterparts | CBC News [08:29] TR News electricity https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-steve-daines-electricity-nathan-neudorf-9.7042788 [08:29] TR Bot Why Alberta and Montana are in a charged argument over electricity | CBC News [08:33] TR News A LOT of comments got deleted (censored) from this page https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfn8q05b "IBM will announce its earning on January 28, 2026 and will surely reference some "restructuring expenses". Anyone can join the Earnings call, here's the weblink" [08:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfn8q05b ) [08:39] TR News "These conditions overlap heavily, to the point of this list being somewhat redundant. It is unpleasant to live under them, but I think it's possible to at least maintain certain values/virtues. The inability to act meaningfully still creates an awful sense of decay, though." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2777 [08:40] TR News Programming gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2776 "I haven't done this since I quit my job. I haven't been able to do it for fun for ages before that (except for a few artificial and sporadic oases)." [08:40] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-26.gmi [08:42] TR News Germany's farms are failing despite high food prices https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-farms-are-failing-despite-high-food-prices/a-75524216 [08:42] TR Bot Germany's farms are failing despite high food prices [08:43] TR News Staples Canada did not fully wipe personal information from resold laptops, says privacy watchdog https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/staples-canada-personal-information-laptops-privacy-commissioner-9.7043684 [08:43] TR Bot Staples Canada did not fully wipe personal information from resold laptops, says privacy watchdog | CBC News [08:45] TR News 2019 Ethiopia plane crash https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/vaidya-family-ethiopia-boeing-2019-crash-9.7044715 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-737-max-software-outsourced-to-9-an-hour-engineers [08:45] TR Bot Ontario man reaches settlement with Boeing over family's death in 2019 Ethiopia plane crash | CBC News [08:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-737-max-software-outsourced-to-9-an-hour-engineers ) [08:45] TR News Air Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/air-canada-ordered-to-compensate-ottawa-man-15k-after-losing-appeal-9.7043050 [08:45] TR Bot Air Canada ordered to compensate Ottawa man $15K after losing appeal | CBC News [08:47] TR News X outages affect thousands of users primarily in US https://www.dw.com/en/x-outages-affect-thousands-of-users-primarily-in-us/a-75542533 [08:47] TR Bot X outages reported by thousands of users primarily in US [08:48] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:51] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) [08:52] TR News Charlie Hebdo https://www.dw.com/en/charlie-hebdo-cartoon-on-swiss-fire-tragedy-sparks-outrage/a-75513790 [08:52] TR Bot 'Charlie Hebdo' cartoon on Swiss fire tragedy sparks outrage [08:52] TR News Economy narrowly avoids 3rd year of recession https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-economy-narrowly-avoids-3rd-year-of-recession/live-75513024 [08:52] TR Bot Germany news: Economy narrowly avoids 3rd year of recession [08:57] TR News green' steel https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/arcelormittal-dofas-decarbonization-update-extension-9.7042156 [08:57] TR Bot ArcelorMittal Dofasco quietly extends 'green' steel timeline from 2028 to 2050, gets $50M more from Ottawa | CBC News [08:58] TR News Can Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa's LRTs withstand Canadian winters? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto-montreal-ottawa-lrt-winter-snow-9.7047495 [08:58] TR Bot Can Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa's LRTs withstand Canadian winters? | CBC News ● Jan 26 [09:02] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #techrights [09:03] TR News tight seating layout https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/westjet-reversing-move-to-install-tight-seating-layout-9.7048610 [09:03] TR Bot WestJet reversing move to install tight seating layout | CBC News [09:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [09:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [09:11] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:15] TR News Techrights We Will Never Allow the "Alicante Mafia" to Hide "Cocainegate" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/We_Will_Never_Allow_the_Alicante_Mafia_to_Hide_Cocainegate.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/We_Will_Never_Allow_the_Alicante_Mafia_to_Hide_Cocainegate.gmi [09:15] TR Bot Techrights We Will Never Allow the "Alicante Mafia" to Hide "Cocainegate" [09:19] TR News "An obscure Linux distro that quietly respects old hardware." https://www.makeuseof.com/tried-lightweight-linux-distro-never-heard-of-its-perfect/ [09:19] TR Bot I tried a lightweight Linux distro youve never heard of and its perfect [09:20] TR News "The best parts of CachyOS, on any distro" https://www.makeuseof.com/these-linux-gaming-tweaks-matter-more-than-the-distro/ [09:20] TR Bot You dont need a gaming distro these Linux tweaks matter more [09:20] TR News 5 commands to quickly fix broken packages in Linux https://www.makeuseof.com/commands-to-quickly-fix-broken-packages-in-linux/ [09:20] TR Bot 5 commands to quickly fix broken packages in Linux [09:21] TR News "I still have a lot to learn, but my time with Ubuntu has been nothing short of pleasant" https://www.makeuseof.com/new-ubuntu-user-enjoys-these-things-over-windows/ [09:21] TR Bot Im new to Ubuntu, but these 6 things are already better than Windows 11 [09:22] TR News "A Linux desktop designed to survive real-world use." https://www.makeuseof.com/http/vanilla-os-2-bulletproof-linux-distro-recommend-to-friends/ [09:22] TR Bot Vanilla OS 2 is the bulletproof Linux distro I recommend to friends [09:22] TR News "Handing over BitLocker keys has to be the final straw." https://www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-just-gave-us-another-great-reason-to-switch-to-linux/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/23/Forbes_Covers_in_2026_What_Was_Already_Clear_for_Over_a_Decade_.shtml [09:22] TR Bot Microsoft just gave us another great reason to switch to Linux [09:22] TR Bot Techrights Forbes Covers in 2026 What Was Already Clear for Over a Decade: Microsoft's BitLocker 'Encryption' is a Back Door [09:25] TR News "A new version of Cinnamon is here." https://www.xda-developers.com/best-linux-distros-for-windows-users-fresh-update/ [09:25] TR Bot One of the best Linux distros for Windows users just got a fresh update [09:25] TR News This brilliant Linux utility just got a whole lot more powerful https://www.xda-developers.com/this-brilliant-linux-utility-just-got-a-whole-lot-more-powerful/ [09:25] TR Bot This brilliant Linux utility just got a whole lot more powerful [09:27] TR News Over 1,500,000 Windows users downloaded this Linux distro in under three months https://www.xda-developers.com/over-1500000-windows-users-downloaded-linux-distro-under-three-months/ [09:27] TR Bot Over 1,500,000 Windows users downloaded this Linux distro in under three months [09:28] TR News These 7 terminal tools help me find anything fast https://www.xda-developers.com/these-linux-tools-help-me-find-anything-fast/ [09:28] TR Bot These 7 terminal tools help me find anything fast [09:29] TR News These 4 Proxmox mods made my PVE web UI so much better https://www.xda-developers.com/these-proxmox-mods-made-my-pve-web-ui-so-much-better/ [09:29] TR Bot These 4 Proxmox mods made my PVE web UI so much better [09:30] TR News Thin-and-light laptops usually make terrible Linux machines https://www.xda-developers.com/thin-and-light-laptops-usually-make-terrible-linux-machines/ [09:30] TR Bot Thin-and-light laptops usually make terrible Linux machines [09:31] TR News 4 bad Windows habits Linux will finally help you break https://www.xda-developers.com/4-bad-computing-habits-that-windows-teaches-you-that-linux-can-help-you-break/ [09:31] TR Bot 4 bad Windows habits Linux will finally help you break [09:32] TR News "I still loved it, though." https://www.xda-developers.com/i-used-a-modern-fork-of-a-linux-de-from-the-90s/ [09:32] TR Bot This old-school Linux distro is a nightmare to use today [09:33] TR News Pop!_OS is what Ubuntu should have been for gaming PCs https://www.xda-developers.com/pop-os-is-what-ubuntu-should-have-been-for-gaming-pcs/ [09:33] TR Bot Pop!_OS is what Ubuntu should have been for gaming PCs [09:35] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [09:36] TR News "Five tools that do the same thing but with completely different workflows." https://www.howtogeek.com/popular-linux-terminal-based-file-managers-ranked/ [09:36] TR Bot The 5 best Linux terminal-based file managers [09:37] TR News I automated Linux backups with a simple bash script and cron (and its better than a GUI) https://www.howtogeek.com/i-automated-linux-backups-with-a-simple-script-3-lessons-i-learned-the-hard-way/ [09:37] TR Bot I automated Linux backups with a simple bash script and cron (and its better than a GUI) [09:38] TR News These 7 Docker containers make Linux the perfect home lab OS https://www.xda-developers.com/docker-containers-that-make-linux-the-perfect-os-for-home-lab/ [09:38] TR Bot These 7 Docker containers make Linux the perfect home lab OS [09:38] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [09:39] TR News "Universal Blue, by contrast, is a Linux operating system framework that's built entirely with immutability in mind, meaning that the base image is read-only, and any modifications can be easily rolled back. This framework is genuinely something that Windows should've tried to copy, or even adopt as its own." https://www.xda-developers.com/universal-blue-is-the-operating-system-architecture-that-windows-should-have-adopted/ [09:39] TR Bot Universal Blue is the operating system framework that Windows should have adopted [09:44] TR News Phew, tough crowd. https://www.xda-developers.com/popular-browser-getting-official-linux-version/ [09:44] TR Bot A popular browser is getting an official Linux version, and people aren't happy [09:45] TR News Love it or hate it, Windows 8's controversial UI just landed on Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/love-it-or-hate-it-windows-8s-controversial-ui-just-landed-on-linux/ [09:45] TR Bot Love it or hate it, Windows 8's controversial UI just landed on Linux [09:46] TR News 5 common Proxmox mistakes everyone makes when starting fresh (and how to avoid them) https://www.xda-developers.com/common-proxmox-mistakes-everyone-makes-when-starting-fresh/ [09:47] TR Bot 5 common Proxmox mistakes everyone makes when starting fresh (and how to avoid them) [09:47] TR News NixOS finally clicked for me when I stopped treating it like Ubuntu https://www.xda-developers.com/nixos-finally-clicked-stopped-treating-like-ubuntu/ [09:48] TR Bot NixOS finally clicked for me when I stopped treating it like Ubuntu [09:50] TR News "It's getting easier to run your favorite Windows app without being on Windows." https://www.howtogeek.com/wine-11-is-here-with-big-improvements-for-windows-apps-on-linux/ [09:50] TR Bot Wine 11 is here with big improvements for Windows apps on Linux [09:53] TR News "Do you have multiple Linux PCs that you work with? Do you ever find yourself annoyed by switching between keyboards and mice? You're in luck thanks to this free and open source app." https://www.howtogeek.com/deskflow-stitches-multiple-linux-pcs-into-one-desktop/ [09:53] TR Bot Stop swapping keyboards: This free app stitches your Linux and Windows PCs together [09:54] TR News "Why install regular Fedora Linux when you can wear a different hat?" https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-based-linux-distributions-that-are-better-than-the-original/ [09:54] TR Bot 4 Fedora-based Linux distributions that are better than Fedora [09:54] TR News Tmux is the productivity tool every Linux user needs https://www.xda-developers.com/tmux-is-the-productivity-hack-every-linux-user-needs/ [09:54] TR Bot Tmux is the productivity tool every Linux user needs [09:56] TR News "Mint is the distro everyone recommends to Windows users. I daily-drove it for 2 weeks to see whats great, whats not, and who its for." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-used-linux-mint-for-2-weeks-as-a-windows-replacement-heres-why-people-recommend-it/ [09:56] TR Bot I replaced my Windows workflow with Linux Mint and it was easier than I imagined ● Jan 26 [10:08] TR News "I had been thinking about trying MikroTik for a long time, but I was always a bit too lazy to delve into RouterOS." https://rtfm.co.ua/en/mikrotik-first-look-and-getting-started/ | Source: Arseny [10:08] TR Bot MikroTik: First Look and Getting Started [10:09] TR News [Old] "In this article, you'll see that a sum type is isomorphic to a corresponding Visitor." https://blog.ploeh.dk/2018/06/25/visitor-as-a-sum-type/ | Source: Mark Seeman [10:09] TR Bot Visitor as a sum type [10:09] TR News "Most FreeIPA documentation assumes youre running Linux and will use ipa-client-install to join hosts to the realm. FreeBSD doesnt have this luxury." https://blog.hofstede.it/integrating-freebsd-15-with-freeipa-native-kerberos-and-ldap-authentication/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn [10:09] TR Bot Integrating FreeBSD 15 with FreeIPA: Native Kerberos and LDAPAuthentication | Larvitz Blog [10:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [10:09] TR News "Every once in a while its useful to programmatically do things differently depending on what network a system is connected to." https://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2026/whether-on-specific-network-linux/ | Source: Michael Kjrling [10:09] TR Bot Detecting whether a Linux system is connected to a specific network Michael Kjrling [10:09] TR News "Setting up access to a headless Raspberry Pi is one of those tasks that should take a few minutes, but for some reason always seems to take much longer." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/25/ssh-over-usb-on-a-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Hackaday [10:09] TR Bot Over USB On A Raspberry Pi | Hackaday [10:11] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/today_s_howtos.gmi [10:11] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [10:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [10:13] TR News (NEW): Applications: Tmux, Keyboards, auto-cpufreq, and Docker https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Applications_Tmux_Keyboards_auto_cpufreq_and_Docker.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Applications_Tmux_Keyboards_auto_cpufreq_and_Docker.gmi [10:13] TR News (NEW): Proxmox common mistakes and mods https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Proxmox_common_mistakes_and_mods.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Proxmox_common_mistakes_and_mods.gmi [10:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications: Tmux, Keyboards, auto-cpufreq, and Docker [10:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Proxmox common mistakes and mods [10:14] TR News "[...] Finally, we say a heartfelt "thank you" to the kind souls who sent us donations this month. We wish you all a wonderful week and happy reading." https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260126 | Source: Distro Watch [10:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260126 ) [10:16] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: Universal Blue, Windows Copycat, and NixOS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/GNU_Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Universal_Blue_Wi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/GNU_Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Universal_Blue_Wi.gmi [10:16] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: Universal Blue, Windows Copycat, and NixOS [10:16] TR News "So, Apple may have popularized GUI-based computing in 1984, though everyone now talks about how derivative Mac OS was of prior work from Xerox PARC." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/macos/the-apple-mac-turned-42-this-weekend-we-are-still-using-the-wimp-gui-wysiwyg-computing-paradigm-in-2026 | Source: Tom's Hardware [10:16] TR Bot The Apple Mac turned 42 this weekend we are still using the WIMP GUI WYSIWYG computing paradigm in 2026 | Tom's Hardware [10:18] TR News (NEW): Moving From Windows to GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Moving_From_Windows_to_GNU_Linux_on_the_Desktop_Laptop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Moving_From_Windows_to_GNU_Linux_on_the_Desktop_Laptop.gmi [10:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Moving From Windows to GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop [10:19] TR News "Scarlett Johansson, Chaka Khan, and Questlove are among more than 700 signees to the new Stealing Isnt Innovation campaign against AI exploitation in the U.S." https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/anti-ai-campaign-stealing-isnt-innovation-1235503451/ | Source: Rolling Stone [10:19] TR Bot Scarlett Johansson, Chaka Khan Sign Campaign Against AI 'Theft' [10:20] TR News (NEW): Pop!_OS is what Ubuntu should have been for gaming PCs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Pop_OS_is_what_Ubuntu_should_have_been_for_gaming_PCs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Pop_OS_is_what_Ubuntu_should_have_been_for_gaming_PCs.gmi [10:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Pop!_OS is what Ubuntu should have been for gaming PCs [10:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [10:23] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [10:26] TR News "Yes, this is the kind of story that might have gotten a lot more attention in the past" https://blog.zgp.org/a-marketing-moment-to-remember/ | Source: Don Marti [10:26] TR Bot A marketing moment to remember [10:26] TR News "All three of those have ended unceremoniously at the same dead end: no API access. USTA denied my application for tennis rankings." https://daverupert.com/2026/01/hitting-my-api-limits/ | Source: Dave Rupert [10:26] TR Bot swearing off APIs entirely - daverupert.com [10:27] TR News "The transformative technology now? Precision agriculture" https://fighttorepair.substack.com/p/precision-agriculture-has-its-cassandra | Source: Reflow [10:27] TR Bot Precision Agriculture Has Its Cassandra. His Name Is Kevin. [10:27] TR News "A landmark copyright battle involving digital copies of the iconic Anne Frank diary is helping to answer key questions about geo-blocking and a copyright enforcement tool." https://torrentfreak.com/adviser-of-eus-highest-court-backs-vpn-neutrality-in-anne-frank-copyright-battle/ | Source: Torrent Freak [10:27] TR Bot of EUs Highest Court Backs VPN Neutrality in Anne Frank Copyright Battle * TorrentFreak [10:28] TR News paywall; the 30 Eur / Month does not count the lost productivity from bad UIs, broken or missing functionality, and malware https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&u=https://www.hs.fi/visio/art-2000011766288.html [10:28] TR Bot Suomi on jumissa Microsoftissa, ja se ky veronmaksajille kalliiksi | HS.fi [10:28] TR News DRM https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/teslas-now-require-a-subscription-for:5 [10:28] TR Bot Teslas now require a subscription for features standard in a base Kia [10:29] TR News iophk: too few of these article point out the hard truth that the crew was killed by the Reagan administrations bureaucracy and MBA-like attitudes. The incident was the beginning of the end of NASA and the US space program. https://www.framingham.edu/news/honoring-legacy-christa-mcauliffe-and-challenger-crew-40th-anniversary [10:29] TR Bot Honoring the Legacy of Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Crew on the 40th Anniversary | Framingham University [10:29] TR News trolls https://www.zerocarbon.email/ [10:29] TR Bot Welcome to the "Email Expiration Date" initiative - Email Expiration Date [10:30] TR News Anon: I think I'll skip this one. Rust==politics, MS GitHub==entrapment https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/release-flow/ [10:30] TR Bot CI for Rust testing and releasing CuriousCoding [10:30] TR News Anon: nah, Microsoft has always been and remains against the GPL; as I've said before, it'll be based on FreeBSD https://hackaday.com/2026/01/25/this-unlikely-microsoft-prediction-might-just-hit-the-mark/ [10:30] TR Bot Unlikely Microsoft Prediction Might Just Hit The Mark | Hackaday [10:31] TR News Tug of war over the British digital ID | "Dragkamp om britternas digitala ID" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/01/25/dragkamp-om-britternas-digitala-id/ [10:31] TR Bot Dragkamp om britternas digitala ID [10:33] TR News "Walz rejected that as a false narrative." https://www.startribune.com/alex-pretti-identified-as-man-fatally-shot-by-federal-officers-in-minneapolis/601570109 | Source: Star Tribune [10:33] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://www.startribune.com/alex-pretti-identified-as-man-fatally-shot-by-federal-officers-in-minneapolis/601570109 ) [10:33] TR News "Im done being told that our community members are responsible for the vitriol in our streets" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ice-shoot-kill-another-us-citizen-minneapolis-protests-1235504253/ | Source: Rolling Stone [10:33] TR Bot What We Know About the Second ICE Shooting In Minnesota [10:37] TR News "Read a Witness Statement on the Pretti Shooting" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/25/us/pretti-witness-statement-from-doctor.html | Source: New York Times [10:37] TR Bot Read a Witness Statement on the Pretti Shooting - The New York Times [10:38] TR News "As I approached, I saw that the victim was lying on his side and was surrounded by several ICE agents." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alex-pretti-minneapolis-shooting-doctor-bullet-holes-b2907313.html | Source: The Independent UK [10:38] TR Bot Doctor who attended to shot protester says agents were counting bullet holes rather than administering CPR | The Independent [10:38] TR News "When we met the line of state police who had the street blocked off, I cut through a parking lot to try to go around the block and get closer." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/intolerable-things | Source: Hamilton Nolan [10:38] TR Bot Intolerable Things - by Hamilton Nolan - How Things Work [10:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [10:38] TR News "Letter to Minnesotas Governor" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/24/us/pam-bondi-walz-doc.html | Source: New York Times [10:38] TR Bot Read Bondis Letter to Minnesotas Governor - The New York Times [10:39] TR News "This is the pattern. Kill first. Lie second. Let the Community Notes and the spokespeople and the Fox News chyrons do the work of making the murder disappear." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/ten-shots | Source: Mike Brock [10:39] TR Bot Ten Shots - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus [10:39] TR News "How is anyone supposed to tell whether theyre being dragged out of their home in their underwear by ICE or by mere amateur thugs?" https://www.theverge.com/policy/867202/ice-mask-ban-no-secret-police-california | Source: The Verge [10:39] TR Bot Why wont anyone stop ICE from masking? | The Verge [10:39] TR News "Its easy to dismiss the backlash as ideological, performative, or just another episode of internet outrage." https://truthout.org/articles/hotels-should-deploy-the-3rd-amendment-and-refuse-to-house-ice-agents/ | Source: TruthOut [10:39] TR Bot Hotels Should Deploy the 3rd Amendment and Refuse to House ICE Agents | Truthout [10:40] TR News "The war on the right to record, which extends beyond professional journalists" https://thedissenter.org/alex-pretti-killed-for-wielding-a-camera/ | Source: The Dissenter [10:40] TR Bot They Executed Him For Wielding A Camera [10:41] TR News "Iran's nationwide Internet blackout remained largely in place as the reported death toll from recent protests continued to rise, with one account saying the number of fatalities may exceed 30,000." https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-internet-blackout-protest-death-toll-30000/33658995.html | Source: RFERL [10:41] TR Bot Iran's Internet Blackout Persists As Reported Death Toll Continues To Rise [10:41] TR News "On the twenty-ninth day of the protests, Irans government continues to disrupt and restrict [Internet] access in order to maintain repression and control the flow of information." https://www.en-hrana.org/day-twenty-nine-of-the-protests-threats-of-property-confiscation-and-the-continuation-of-blocking-and-intimidation-policies/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency [10:41] TR Bot Day Twenty-Nine of the Protests: Threats of Property Confiscation and the Continuation of Blocking and Intimidation Policies - Hrana [10:42] TR News "Top administration officials had earlier, and without evidence, accused each of the shooting victims in Minneapolis of domestic terrorism." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/us/politics/trump-blames-democrats-minneapolis-killings.html | Source: New York Times [10:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/us/politics/trump-blames-democrats-minneapolis-killings.html ) [10:43] TR News "I actually grabbed a hold of the young man, held him back as a car drove right by me" https://www.ksl.com/article/51436802/too-many-cars-dont-stop-on-flashing-reds-says-school-bus-driver | Source: Deseret Media [10:43] TR Bot many cars don't stop on flashing reds, says school bus driver | KSL.com [10:43] TR News "Go now to FlightAwares MiseryMap. Cick on the blue Play button and watch The Great Storm of January 25-26 move across the land and cause massive delays at airports in its path." https://doc.searls.com/2026/01/25/flying-fckery/ | Source: Doc Searls [10:43] TR Bot Flying Fckery Doc Searls Weblog [10:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [10:48] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 26 [11:07] TR News Techrights Strong Correlation Between the Slop Ponzi Scheme (or Bubble) and Major Disasters https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Strong_Correlation_Between_the_Slop_Ponzi_Scheme_or_Bubble_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Strong_Correlation_Between_the_Slop_Ponzi_Scheme_or_Bubble_and_.gmi [11:07] TR Bot Techrights Strong Correlation Between the Slop Ponzi Scheme (or Bubble) and Major Disasters [11:09] TR News Those slop videos are fake but funny https://www.instagram.com/p/DT7bMGAjIfB/?img_index=8 [11:09] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Instagram [11:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [11:14] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [11:16] TR News Moxie is a GAFAM sellout; while it would be unfair to dispute his cryptography capabilities, he let his name be used by GAFAM to pretend WhatsApp is secure (EFF sold out similarly to endorse surveillance-ware) and he should have known that even if implemented properly, the real implementation would get compromised [11:17] TR News "Since the 3Q monitoring began in 2000, this year serves as the reference point (index value = 100). Since then, the results show a steady and clear decline throughout the period." https://phys.org/news/2026-01-birds-norway-agricultural-landscape-deeper.html | Source: Omicron Limited [11:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-01-birds-norway-agricultural-landscape-deeper.html ) [11:19] TR News "Preamble: I had a roughly 8 year break from blogging and focussed on kids plus related duties." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/when-adtech-misrepresent-their-own-a-b-tests/ | Source: Rlang [11:19] TR Bot AdTech Misrepresent Their Own A/B Tests | R-bloggers [11:21] TR News "The major causes are groundwater withdrawal, reduced river sediment supply, and urban expansion." https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2026/01/science-sinking-river-deltas.html | [11:21] TR Bot Major river deltas are sinking faster than sea-level rise | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech [11:21] TR News "The initial multilinear regression (MLR) model, which included interaction terms between the different anthropogenic factors" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09928-6 | Source: Nature [11:21] TR Bot subsidence of river deltas | Nature [11:29] TR News "The risks of childrens smartphone use, including sexual exploitation and bullying, are mounting in Britain where some say the government has a responsibility to do more." https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/25/britain-smartphones-school-ban-children/ | Source: The Washington Post [11:29] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/25/britain-smartphones-school-ban-children/ ) [11:29] TR News "I am not Thomas Paine. I am a former technology executive who writes a newsletter. I claim no special authority, no military experience, no credentials beyond citizenship itself." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-1 | Source: Mike Brock [11:29] TR Bot The Crisis, No. 1 - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus [11:33] TR News "Germany holds the world's second-largest national gold reserves" https://boingboing.net/2026/01/24/germany-urged-to-pull-e164b-in-gold-from-u-s-vaults.html | Source: BoingBoing [11:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/24/germany-urged-to-pull-e164b-in-gold-from-u-s-vaults.html ) [11:38] TR News "Many modern Windows computers rely on full-disk encryption, called BitLocker, which is enabled by default." https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/microsoft-gave-fbi-a-set-of-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-unlock-suspects-laptops-reports/ | Source: TechCrunch http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/23/Forbes_Covers_in_2026_What_Was_Already_Clear_for_Over_a_Decade_.shtml [11:38] TR Bot gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch [11:38] TR Bot Techrights Forbes Covers in 2026 What Was Already Clear for Over a Decade: Microsoft's BitLocker 'Encryption' is a Back Door [11:39] TR News "Everything apps aren't really a concept we have in the West, so you might need a little introduction to the idea before we start." https://www.androidpolice.com/google-could-become-an-everything-app/ | Source: Android Police [11:39] TR Bot Google could become an 'everything app' [11:39] TR News "We have a collection of VPN servers, some OpenVPN based and some L2TP based." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/FreeBSDScrapingMpd5ForL2TP | Source: University of Toronto [11:39] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [11:40] TR News "This update prompted political leaders worldwide to take a stance on the platform and led to a surge of backlash from users." https://www.androidpolice.com/threads-is-more-popular-than-x-now/ | Source: Android Police [11:40] TR Bot Threads is finally beating X, but it's not for the reason you think [11:40] TR News "Officially over a month without any social network! Thrilled with this! I have not missed and for the first time, I did one thing that I think was fundamental to avoid going back." https://blog.pcora.eu/2026/01/25/feeling-bored.html | Source: Pedro [11:40] TR Bot Feeling bored | Pedroblog [11:41] TR News "This is where we're heading with the project of language models as computing utilities." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/rorschach/ | Source: The Cyber Show [11:41] TR Bot Rorschach Computing [11:41] TR News "For the amalgamation, I got a 20% performance gain for free thanks to the file caching. The link checker is going to be faster now that it is multithreaded." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/25/optimizing-python-scripts-with-ai/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [11:41] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/25/optimizing-python-scripts-with-ai/ ) [11:41] TR News "The good news, as he points out, is that right now there are some really strong tells." https://werd.io/hiring-in-an-era-of-fake-candidates-real-scams-and-ai-slop/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [11:41] TR Bot Hiring in an era of fake candidates, real scams and AI slop [11:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [11:43] TR News "Although there have been many requests through the years" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/microsoft-gave-customers-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-the-fbi-redmond-confirms-that-it-provides-recovery-keys-to-government-agencies-with-valid-legal-orders | Source: Tom's Hardware [11:43] TR Bot Microsoft gave customers' BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI Redmond confirms that it provides recovery keys to government agencies with valid legal orders | Tom's Hardware [11:44] TR News "What if your car worked like so many apps? Youre driving somewhere importantmaybe running a little bit late." https://blog.mikeswanson.com/backseat-software/ | [11:44] TR Bot Backseat Software Mike Swanson's Blog [11:44] TR News "If Donald Trump is the main character of the Epstein files, Tim Crook is the main character of the Trump files." https://birchtree.me/blog/trump-invited-his-friends-over-and-youll-never-guess-who-happily-showed-up-with-movie-snacks-i-can-only-assume/ | Source: Matt Birchler [11:44] TR Bot Trump invited his friends over and youll never guess who happily showed up (with movie snacks, I can only assume) [11:45] TR News [Old] "I'm not even exaggerating. Git support for Visual Studio was announced in 2013. It has, indeed, been around for a long time, and I've been blissfully ignoring it throughout." https://blog.ploeh.dk/2025/12/29/git-integration-is-ten-years-away/ | Source: Mark Seeman [11:45] TR Bot Git integration is ten years away [11:46] TR News "Now I find this very cool, but some trees have different fates." https://brandonrozek.com/blog/tales-of-christmas-trees/ | Source: Brandon Rozek [11:46] TR Bot Tales of Christmas Trees | Brandon Rozek [11:46] TR News "Just before eating this, I measured 11 inches of snow. We have at least 3 more inches forecast." https://cagrimmett.com/2026/01/25/christmas-lima-bean-fennel-and-sausage-stew/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett [11:46] TR Bot Christmas Lima bean, fennel, and sausage stew Chuck Grimmett [11:47] TR News "Im increasingly of the opinion in my personal life that time isnt something to be filled, but rather a precious commodity one should treasure." https://rubenerd.com/spacer-tasks/ | Source: Ruben Schade [11:47] TR Bot Coming up with a list of spacer tasks [11:47] TR News "Kestrels are not very expensive to bring into orchards, but they work pretty well" https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/24/on-michigan-cherry-farms-small-falcons-are-improving-food-safety/ | Source: Michigan Advance [11:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/24/on-michigan-cherry-farms-small-falcons-are-improving-food-safety/ ) [11:48] TR News "It seems like very common knowledge in the culture there." https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260121-the-mysterious-mushroom-that-makes-you-see-tiny-people | Source: BBC [11:48] TR Bot 'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans [11:49] TR News "Magic mushrooms, an informal group of fungi that contain the naturally occurring psychedelic substance psilocybin, are known for inducing powerful hallucinations." https://futurism.com/health-medicine/mushroom-see-tiny-people | Source: Futurism [11:49] TR Bot Strange Mushroom Makes You See Tiny People Chilling on Every Surface [11:50] TR News "Here's why I need to do inventory more often." https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/01/hands-on-with-two-apple-network-server.html | Source: Old VCR [11:50] TR Bot Old Vintage Computing Research: Hands-on with two Apple Network Server prototype ROMs [11:50] TR News "Box64 is still alive and well, as one of the key piece of software that can enable the translation of X86 and X86_64 code to other hardware architectures in real time." https://boilingsteam.com/box64-expands-into-risc-v-and-loong-arch-territory/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam [11:50] TR Bot Box64 Expands into Risc-V and LoongArch territory [11:50] TR News "That was a welcome start. It was also more than anything else displayed. I subsequently plugged it into my other machines, and it worked again!?" https://rubenerd.com/i-think-freebsd-fixed-our-scanner/ | Source: Ruben Schade [11:50] TR Bot I think FreeBSD fixed our scanner? [11:52] TR News "Thats because nobody else is reading either. A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans are reading less than ever before, with recreational reading down 40% over the last two decades." https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/lets-reclaim-our-intellectual-inheritance/ | Source: University of Michigan [11:52] TR Bot Lets reclaim our intellectual inheritance [11:52] TR News "The answer to all of these questions is the same: because coordination is expensive." https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/01/24/because-coordination-is-expensive/ | Source: Lorin Hochstein [11:52] TR Bot Because coordination is expensive Surfing Complexity [11:52] TR News "My hobbies include doing things on computers, and reading books, which is basically what this talk is about." https://www.hughrundle.net/i-accidentally-became-a-foss-maintainer-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-new-perspective-on-librarianship/ | Source: Hugh Rundle [11:52] TR Bot I accidentally became a FOSS maintainer and all I got was this lousy new perspective on librarianship [11:53] TR News [Old] "In this graph specifically, its hard to find any consistent relationship between temperature and failure rate in the provided data." https://priceonomics.com/the-space-shuttle-challenger-explosion-and-the-o/ | Source: Priceonomics [11:53] TR Bot Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion and the O-ring - Priceonomics [11:53] TR News [Old] "The underlying causes of the disaster are complex and organisational. These are discussed below. [...]" https://www.icheme.org/media/2081/lpb251_pg26.pdf | [11:54] TR News "Adam Higginbothams 2024 book Challenger is a much-recommended account of the mistakes and magical thinking that led to tragedy." https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/01/25/challenger-40-years-on-the-space-shuttle-disaster-watched-live-by-millions-of-children/ | Source: Irish Times [11:54] TR Bot Challenger, 40 years on: the space shuttle disaster watched live by millions of children The Irish Times [11:54] TR News "the following hypergraph (credit to Zheng and Wim) represents the query below it." https://remy.wang/blog/join-tree.html | Source: Remy Wang [11:54] TR Bot Join Trees, the "Hard" Way [11:55] TR News "As someone who values privacy and the open web, Ive been fascinated by the growing movement away from centralised platforms toward more personal, user-controlled online experiences." https://christiano.dev/post/indieweb_smallweb/ | [11:55] TR Bot The IndieWeb and Small web | Christiano Anderson [11:55] TR News Hello [11:55] TR News "Hello there, I have now made a note system for my blog." https://akselmo.dev/notes/hello-from-notes/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen [11:55] TR Bot Hello from my notes! [11:56] TR News "But reading about this day reminded me of my relationship with pen and paper." https://www.amitgawande.com/blog/2026/on-handwriting/ | Source: Amit Gawande [11:56] TR Bot On Handwriting [11:57] TR News "Their focus wasnt on developing their own arguments and proving or disproving them, it was being on the winning team and on the side of authority" https://blog.avas.space/heuristic/ | Source: Ava [11:57] TR Bot the winning side heuristic | ava's blog [11:57] TR News "The more I think about it, the building feels like an extension of the Memphis Design movement of the 80s fueled by Ettore Sottsass and the Memphis Group." https://chrisglass.com/2026/01/25/honda-dealership-far-out/ | Source: Chris Glass [11:57] TR Bot The far out Honda Dealership design Chris Glass [11:58] TR News "The front of the American grocery store contains a strange, liminal space: the transitional area between parking lot and checkstand" https://computer.rip/2026-01-25-the-essence-of-frigidity.html | Source: J B Crawford [11:58] TR Bot the essence of frigidity [11:58] TR News "It's still the tail end of January so I am going to use this time as an excuse to sneak in a '2025 reflection' type post." https://www.elliotcsmith.com/things-i-changed-my-mind-about-in-2025/ | Source: Elliot C Smith [11:58] TR Bot Things I changed my mind about in 2025 [11:58] TR News "You cant simultaneously believe that 2 + 2 = 4 is objectively true and that truth is subjective without intellectual dishonesty. I had been dishonest my whole life until that slap in the face." https://joshblais.com/blog/the-rabbit-hole/ | Source: Joshua Blais [11:58] TR Bot The rabbit hole - The Universe of Joshua Blais [11:59] TR News "I specifically made it kind of vague, and these are the answers I got." https://unsung.aresluna.org/favourite-well-made-apps-and-sites/ | [11:59] TR Bot Favourite well-made apps and sites Unsung [11:59] TR News "Most are indie projects. That says a lot to me about the kinds of software with which people develop a connection." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/unsung/ | Source: Nick Heer [11:59] TR Bot Unsung Pixel Envy [11:59] TR News "In this post, I wanted to collect some thoughts on why speed matters1 and the second-order consequences of consistent effective automation." https://blog.sshh.io/p/move-faster | Source: Shrivu Shankar [11:59] TR Bot Move Faster - by Shrivu Shankar - Shrivus Substack [11:59] TR News "Williams was just 25 years old when he became the first human casualty of the robotic advance into factory production environments." https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/robot-kits/american-factory-worker-robert-williams-became-the-first-human-to-be-killed-by-a-robot-on-this-day-in-1979-man-crushed-by-a-robots-mechanical-arm-at-the-ford-plant-in-flat-rock | Source: Tom's Hardware [11:59] TR Bot American factory worker Robert Williams became the first human to be killed by a robot on this day in 1979 man crushed by a robots mechanical arm at the Ford plant in Flat Rock | Tom's Hardware ● Jan 26 [12:10] TR News "I'm still getting accustomed to this new way of publishing. It's nice to just write and not think about CSS and inline tags. I was a quiet reader of gemlogs for about a month before I started my own capsule. This feels fresh but retro. The unagitated vibe is almost calming. I have to get deeper into the philosophy of all things gemini." gemini://thoughts.kobel.fyi/2026-01-26-gemini-gems-of-the-week.gmi [12:11] TR News SpellBinding: AEILTVX Wordo: ZESTY gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-26.gmi [12:14] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 26/01/2026: "Lack of Meaningful Things" and Getting Back to Programming https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Links_26_01_2026_Lack_of_Meaningful_Things_and_Getting_Back_to_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Links_26_01_2026_Lack_of_Meaningful_Things_and_Getting_Back_to_.gmi [12:14] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 26/01/2026: "Lack of Meaningful Things" and Getting Back to Programming [12:17] TR News Techrights Links 26/01/2026: Financial Stress in German Farms and Germany Wants to Take Its Gold Reserves Out of the US https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Links_26_01_2026_Financial_Stress_in_German_Farms_and_Germany_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Links_26_01_2026_Financial_Stress_in_German_Farms_and_Germany_W.gmi [12:17] TR Bot Techrights Links 26/01/2026: Financial Stress in German Farms and Germany Wants to Take Its Gold Reserves Out of the US [12:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [12:43] TR News Are You Happy https://yewtu.be/watch/?v=XcSZTBuQyK4 [12:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch/?v=XcSZTBuQyK4 ) [12:47] TR News kids could you lighten up a little https://yewtu.be/watch?v=wp-N_9fJL6g [12:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=wp-N_9fJL6g ) [12:50] TR News "Where this stops being just a print driver issue is that people editing photographs often want to see roughly how they'll look when printed out without actually making a print" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/PrintingColourNotSimple | Source: University of Toronto [12:50] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:50] TR News "A couple of years ago, I developed a small Kotlin GUI to help me rename my files in batch." https://blog.frankel.ch/jar-to-macos-app/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel [12:50] TR Bot From a JAR to a full-fledged MacOS app [12:51] TR News "This document describes the addition of support for variable fonts in R, when rendering glyphs, plus changes to the CRAN package xdvir to take advantage of that new support" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/2026-01-variable-fonts-in-r-graphics/ | Source: Rlang [12:51] TR Bot Variable Fonts in R Graphics | R-bloggers [12:52] TR News "who looked busier." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/fight-data-science-in-r-proven-boxing-metrics-models/ | Source: Rlang [12:52] TR Bot Data Science in R: Proven Boxing Metrics & Models | R-bloggers [12:52] TR News "Uniquely Constant with Raku" https://raku-musings.com/uniquely-constant.html | Source: Arne Sommer [12:52] TR Bot Uniquely Constant with Raku - Arne Sommer [12:54] TR News "In a corporate setting, if you can improve an incident that affects one person, once per work day, and save one minute per event" https://griffin.com/blog/is-it-worth-it | [12:54] TR Bot It Worth It? - Griffin [12:54] TR News "In this article I'll describe both regimes." https://blog.ploeh.dk/2026/01/12/two-regimes-of-git/ | Source: Mark Seeman [12:54] TR Bot Two regimes of Git [12:54] TR News "Standard C undergoes regular improvements, now at C23. But there are baffling things that have not been fixed at all." https://www.digitalmars.com/articles/Cobvious.html | [12:54] TR Bot Obvious Things C Should Do - Digital Mars [12:54] TR News "This article explores how compilers, assemblers, and linkers work together to solve the long branch problem." https://maskray.me/blog/2026-01-25-long-branches-in-compilers-assemblers-and-linkers | Source: MaskRay [12:54] TR Bot Long branches in compilers, assemblers, and linkers | MaskRay [12:55] TR News "This makes dependencies bidirectional." https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/25/pkgfed-activitypub-for-package-releases.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [12:55] TR Bot PkgFed: ActivityPub for Package Releases | Andrew Nesbitt [12:55] TR News "To build an allowlist, we start by ignoring everything with _/**/*_ and then selectively adding file extensions. For a Rust project, a naive .gitignore might look like this: [...]" https://blog.izissise.net/posts/gitignoreallowlist/ | Source: Hugues [12:55] TR Bot Allowlist for .gitignore [12:55] TR News "I definitely used to think of myself as a TDD sceptic." https://martinalderson.com/posts/turns-out-i-was-wrong-about-tdd/ | Source: Martin Alderson [12:55] TR Bot Turns out I was wrong about TDD - Martin Alderson [12:55] TR News "Two testing-related things I found recently." https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202601/testing_exceptions_and_caches | Source: Ned Batchelder [12:55] TR Bot Testing: exceptions and caches | Ned Batchelder [12:56] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [12:56] TR News "Today, Im going to try again, and hopefully this time will be the last time." https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/25/migrating-a-mysql-8-0-jail-to-a-new-mysql-8-4-jail-2nd-attempt/ | Source: Dan Langille [12:56] TR Bot Migrating a MySQL 8.0 jail to a new MySQL 8.4 jail 2nd attempt Dan Langille's Other Diary [12:56] TR News "Poncho Wonky is a fork of Patchwork which is a Secure Scuttlebutt client." https://andregarzia.com/2026/01/three-months-of-poncho-wonky.html | Source: Andre Alves Garzia [12:56] TR Bot months of Poncho Wonky AndreGarzia.com [12:57] TR News "These unassuming little boxes are built around the Tontek TT6061A, listed as a touch dimmer, which uses a triac to control the output current." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/25/inside-a-sketchy-mains-voltage-touch-control-dimmer/ | Source: Hackaday [12:57] TR Bot A Sketchy Mains Voltage Touch Control Dimmer | Hackaday [12:58] TR News "Ever the fan of an underdog, I recently acquired a new mini-PC with a Loongson 3A6000 CPU. This CPU uses the LoongArch64 instruction set architecture (ISA). loongarch64 is a 64-bit RISC ISA inspired by MIPS and RISC-V introduced by Loongson Technology in 2021." https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2026/loongarch-mini-pc-m700s/ | Source: Wesley Moore [12:58] TR Bot Exploring Linux on a LoongArch Mini PC - Wesley Moore [12:59] TR News "However, a number of other methods have been tried on the forum threads." https://hackaday.com/2026/01/25/bike-spokes-made-of-rope/ | Source: Hackaday [12:59] TR Bot Spokes, Made Of Rope | Hackaday ● Jan 26 [13:00] TR News "A programming, electronics, and retro enthusiast has showcased an open-source Intel 486 motherboard that they claim was made from scratch in under six months." https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/the-m8sbc-486-is-an-open-source-intel-486-mobo-built-from-scratch-in-under-6-months-the-original-idea-was-to-achieve-linux-and-doom-compatibility-but-it-achieves-far-more-than-that | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:00] TR Bot Open-source Intel 486 mobo built from scratch in under 6 months for i486 chips M8SBC-486's goal was to achieve Linux and Doom compatibility, but it achieves far more than that | Tom's Hardware [13:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [13:02] TR News "Here's hoping all the affected vendors will move quickly to address the many vulnerabilities discovered during the event." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/25/pwn2own_automotive_2026_identifies_76_0days/ | Source: The Register UK [13:02] TR Bot Automotive systems get pwned at Pwn2Own Automotive 2026 The Register [13:03] TR News "My focus this time around was on having a working port that mostly just replicates what the widget did before." https://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/bouncy-ball-will-always-bounce-back/ | [13:03] TR Bot Bouncy Ball will always bounce back Filip Fila's blog [13:04] TR News "The fix is a small shim library that brings back the missing functions. After implementing it, I played through the entire game without issues." https://blog.hofstede.it/reviving-life-is-strange-before-the-storm-on-modern-linux-with-a-glibc-shim/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn [13:04] TR Bot Reviving Life is Strange: Before the Storm on Modern Linux with a glibcShim | Larvitz Blog [13:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [13:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [13:19] TR News Technology Trends Driven by DRM Giants, Planned Obsolescence, Not the Needs of the Buyers https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/25/Technology_Trends_Driven_by_DRM_Giants_Planned_Obsolescence_Not.shtml [13:19] TR Bot Techrights Technology Trends Driven by DRM Giants, Planned Obsolescence, Not the Needs of the Buyers [13:19] TR News Migrating a MySQL 8.0 jail to a new MySQL 8.4 jail 2nd attempt https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/25/migrating-a-mysql-8-0-jail-to-a-new-mysql-8-4-jail-2nd-attempt/ [13:26] TR News The Fashion Company Apple Mac turned 42 this weekend we are still using the WIMP GUI WYSIWYG computing paradigm in 2026 https://www.tomshardware.com/software/macos/the-apple-mac-turned-42-this-weekend-we-are-still-using-the-wimp-gui-wysiwyg-computing-paradigm-in-2026 [13:26] TR Bot The Apple Mac turned 42 this weekend we are still using the WIMP GUI WYSIWYG computing paradigm in 2026 | Tom's Hardware [13:29] TR News I think FreeBSD fixed our scanner? https://rubenerd.com/i-think-freebsd-fixed-our-scanner/ [13:29] TR Bot I think FreeBSD fixed our scanner? [13:29] TR News Box64 Expands into Risc-V and LoongArch territory https://boilingsteam.com/box64-expands-into-risc-v-and-loong-arch-territory/index.html [13:29] TR Bot Box64 Expands into Risc-V and LoongArch territory [13:30] TR News Coming up with a list of spacer tasks https://rubenerd.com/spacer-tasks/ [13:30] TR Bot Coming up with a list of spacer tasks [13:30] TR News Optimizing Python scripts with Hey Hi (AI) https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/25/optimizing-python-scripts-with-ai/ [13:30] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/25/optimizing-python-scripts-with-ai/ ) [13:32] TR News compromising encryption keys https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-01-25-compromising-encryption-keys.en.html [13:32] TR Bot compromising encryption keys [13:33] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: gulagboy kept promoting this crap [13:33] schestowitz[TR2] he is no security expert [13:33] schestowitz[TR2] he's a snake tryint to pass himself off as one [13:33] schestowitz[TR2] techrights will cover this one day [13:33] schestowitz[TR2] it's drafted already [13:35] TR News (NEW): compromising encryption keys https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/compromising_encryption_keys.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/compromising_encryption_keys.gmi [13:35] TR Bot Tux Machines compromising encryption keys [13:35] TR News EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.1.3 released https://bkhome.org/news/202601/easyos-excalibur-series-version-713-released.html [13:35] TR Bot EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.1.3 released [13:36] TR News Stress test Deepin 25.01 via build CachyOS Kernel 6.18.7 (VENV) https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/01/stress-test-deepin-2501-via-build.html [13:36] TR Bot Openstack RDO && KVM Hypervisor: Stress test Deepin 25.01 via build CachyOS Kernel 6.18.7 (VENV) [13:37] MinceR a snake selling snake oil? how appropriate. [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] snyk-oil [13:45] schestowitz[TR2] compasny created by spies [13:45] schestowitz[TR2] to sell microsoft [13:51] TR News IBM RAs: "There were manager and department meetings last week. [...] Yes. IBM is still operating." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh [13:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh ) [13:56] TR News When the chips are down: US threat of 100% semiconductor tariffs rattles South Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/when-chips-are-down-us-threat-of-100-per-cent-semiconductor-tariffs-rattles-s-korea [13:56] TR Bot US threat of 100% semiconductor tariffs rattles South Korea | The Straits Times [13:57] TR News For many young South Koreans, one job doesnt cut it https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/for-many-young-south-koreans-one-job-doesnt-cut-it [13:57] TR Bot For many young South Koreans, one job doesnt cut it | The Straits Times ● Jan 26 [14:07] TR News Amid Two-Week Internet Blackout, Some Iranians Are Getting Back Online https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/world/middleeast/iran-internet.html [14:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/world/middleeast/iran-internet.html ) [14:08] TR News Iran's Internet Blackout Persists As Report Says Protest Death Toll May Exceed 30,000 https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-internet-blackout-protest-death-toll-30000/33658995.html [14:08] TR Bot Iran's Internet Blackout Persists As Reported Death Toll Climbs [14:10] TR News Asset Manager Warns That Proprietary Chaffbot Company Is Likely Headed for Financial Disaster https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/asset-manager-openai-financial-disaster [14:10] TR Bot Asset Manager Warns That OpenAI Is Likely Headed for Financial Disaster [14:12] TR News Job Seekers Sue Company Scanning Their Rsums Using Hey Hi (AI) https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-labor-scanning-eightfold [14:12] TR Bot Job Seekers Sue Company Scanning Their Rsums Using AI [14:12] TR News OnlyFans Rival Seemingly Succumbs to Hey Hi (AI) Psychosis, Which We Dare You to Try Explain to Your Parents https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/onlyfans-rival-ai-psychosis [14:12] TR Bot OnlyFans Rival Seemingly Succumbs to AI Psychosis, Which We Dare You to Try Explain to Your Parents [14:18] TR News ChatGPT found to be sourcing data from AI-generated content popular LLM uses content from Grokipedia as source for more obscure queries https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-found-to-be-sourcing-data-from-ai-generated-content-popular-llm-uses-content-from-grokipedia-as-source-for-more-obscure-queries [14:18] TR Bot ChatGPT found to be sourcing data from AI-generated content popular LLM uses content from Grokipedia as source for more obscure queries | Tom's Hardware [14:19] TR News Scanning Webserver with /(pwd)/ as a Starting Path, (Sun, Jan 25th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32654 [14:19] TR Bot Scanning Webserver with /$(pwd)/ as a Starting Path [14:27] TR News (NEW): Linux 6.19-rc7 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Linux_6_19_rc7.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Linux_6_19_rc7.gmi [14:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 6.19-rc7 ● Jan 26 [15:22] TR News Techrights Richard Stallman's Experiences With 'Cancel Brigades' Ought to Educate Linus Torvalds https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Richard_Stallman_s_Experiences_With_Cancel_Brigades_Ought_to_Ed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Richard_Stallman_s_Experiences_With_Cancel_Brigades_Ought_to_Ed.gmi [15:22] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman's Experiences With 'Cancel Brigades' Ought to Educate Linus Torvalds [15:29] MinceR too late [15:30] schestowitz[TR2] why? is a bus on thr way? [15:31] TR News Bouncy Ball will always bounce back https://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/bouncy-ball-will-always-bounce-back/ [15:31] TR Bot Bouncy Ball will always bounce back Filip Fila's blog [15:32] TR News Add Custom Toggles to GNOMEs Quick Settings with this Extension https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/custom-command-toggle-gnome-extension [15:32] TR Bot Add Custom Toggles to GNOME's Quick Settings with this Extension [15:32] TR News GIMP 3.0.8 Released with Faster Font Loading, New Hey Hi (AI) & Security Fixes https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/gimp-3-0-8-released-with-faster-font-loading-new-apis-security-fixes/ [15:32] TR Bot GIMP 3.0.8 Released with Faster Font Loading, New APIs & Security Fixes | UbuntuHandbook [15:33] TR News 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 25th, 2026 https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-january-25th-2026 [15:33] TR Bot Weekly Roundup: January 25th, 2026 - 9to5Linux [15:33] TR News Not the GNU/Linux You Remember: 16 Every Day Tasks That No Longer Need the Terminal https://itsfoss.com/no-longer-need-terminal/ [15:33] TR Bot Not the Linux You Remember: 16 Every Day Tasks That No Longer Need the Terminal [15:33] TR News Funding, Hey Hi (AI) and Politics Take Center Stage at FOSDEM 2026 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/fosdem-2026-open-source-funding-ai-talks [15:34] TR Bot Funding, AI and Politics Take Center Stage at FOSDEM 2026 - OMG! Ubuntu [15:34] TR News Live Raizo 17.26.01.25 is out https://distrowatch.com/liveraizo [15:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/liveraizo ) [15:35] TR News Add Custom Toggle Buttons to Top-right System Menu (Quick Settings) https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/custom-toggle-buttons-quick-settings/ [15:35] TR Bot Add Custom Toggle Buttons to Top-right System Menu (Quick Settings) | UbuntuHandbook [15:35] MinceR 26 163014 < schestowitz[TR2]> why? is a bus on thr way? [15:36] TR News Linuxiac is Basically a Fake News Site, But It's Being Fed by Surveillance Giant Google News https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/25/Linuxiac_is_Basically_a_Fake_News_Site_But_It_s_Being_Fed_by_Go.shtml [15:36] TR Bot Techrights Linuxiac is Basically a Fake News Site, But It's Being Fed by Google News [15:36] MinceR linux is done and torvalds is sucking up to microslop [15:36] schestowitz[TR2] and tyo billg [15:36] schestowitz[TR2] the latter is more worrying [15:36] schestowitz[TR2] no standards [15:36] schestowitz[TR2] or extremely low standards [15:36] schestowitz[TR2] like sheela and james zemlin [15:36] schestowitz[TR2] linus has 34 daughters [15:36] schestowitz[TR2] but they are too old for billg [15:37] schestowitz[TR2] *3 [15:37] TR News 6 Best Free and Open Source XMPP Servers https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-xmpp-servers/ [15:37] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source XMPP Servers - LinuxLinks [15:37] schestowitz[TR2] the zemlins have 1daughter [15:37] schestowitz[TR2] maybt the age billg aims for [15:38] TR News Site Updates: Our Plans https://www.linuxlinks.com/site-updates-plans/ [15:38] TR Bot Updates: Our Plans - LinuxLinks [15:39] TR News 6 Best Free and Open Source AppImage Desktop Integration Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-appimage-desktop-integration-tools/ [15:39] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source AppImage Desktop Integration Tools - LinuxLinks [15:39] TR News Athas cross-platform code editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/athas-cross-platform-code-editor/ [15:39] TR Bot - cross-platform code editor - LinuxLinks [15:39] TR News 8 Best Free and Open Source OCR Systems https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-ocr-systems/ [15:39] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source OCR Systems - LinuxLinks [15:40] TR News Goofys Amazon S3 backend filey-system interface https://www.linuxlinks.com/goofys-amazon-s3-backend-filey-system-interface/ [15:40] TR Bot - Amazon S3 backend filey-system interface - LinuxLinks [15:49] TR News (NEW): Their Projects, Their Rules https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Their_Projects_Their_Rules.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Their_Projects_Their_Rules.gmi [15:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Their Projects, Their Rules ● Jan 26 [16:02] TR News (NEW): Georgia (the Country) Turns to GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Georgia_the_Country_Turns_to_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Georgia_the_Country_Turns_to_GNU_Linux.gmi [16:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Georgia (the Country) Turns to GNU/Linux [16:44] TR News Techrights Life Got Simpler and Therefore Also Healthier and Happier https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Life_Got_Simpler_and_Therefore_Also_Healthier_and_Happier.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Life_Got_Simpler_and_Therefore_Also_Healthier_and_Happier.gmi [16:44] TR Bot Techrights Life Got Simpler and Therefore Also Healthier and Happier [16:44] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@3senzxgmnhh64.irc) has joined #techrights [16:46] TR News "Richard Stallman is alive and well, just had dinner with him earlier this month. You can set up a FOSS toolchain to do similar work, its just something I havent spent the time on. I probably should." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44683381 [16:46] TR Bot Great advice, matches up to my experience. Personally I go a little cheaper and ... | Hacker News [16:46] schestowitz[TR2] trolled in 4chan https://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/107969959 [16:46] TR Bot /g/ - Stallman Is Back - Technology - 4chan [16:47] schestowitz[TR2] "You kids may still be mindbroken by 2020 COVID bullshit, but before 2020 people with weak immune systems wore masks indoors too." [16:47] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:47] schestowitz[TR2] They're not useless. An N95 does offer the wearer some protection granted the mask is properly fitted and is changed every few hours." [16:48] TR News When we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"? https://lemmy.world/post/42196003 [16:48] TR Bot we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"? - Lemmy.World [16:49] TR News "Exhibit A people are beginning to describe empty, hollow mass produced corporate slop as AI, it has become an adjective to describe worthless trash and I love it." [16:49] lxo schestowitz[TR2], you got me confused. I didn't recall using some of the terms in the article I published, and that you "republished" [16:49] TR News "Standard disclaimer: I do not want to grow up to be like Stallman. That said, every time I have thought that Stallman was too pedantic about terminology and the risks involved, I have been wrong, so far." [16:50] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: it is part of a script [16:50] schestowitz[TR2] it also adds "gnu/" [16:50] lxo those should probably add []s around the changes it makes [16:50] schestowitz[TR2] this was actually recommended to me by RMS himself [16:50] schestowitz[TR2] about 1`5 years ago [16:50] schestowitz[TR2] *15 [16:51] lxo it's not very nice to put words in other's mouths [16:51] schestowitz[TR2] brackets added [16:51] schestowitz[TR2] i had this aargument with rms [16:51] schestowitz[TR2] he said i can edit the text [16:51] schestowitz[TR2] i said [16:52] schestowitz[TR2] that would change what i quote people writing [16:52] schestowitz[TR2] i didn't even noticed it had been modified [16:53] schestowitz[TR2] i got accustomed to it [16:53] schestowitz[TR2] "the true master is Microsoft." [16:53] schestowitz[TR2] that's very racist [16:53] schestowitz[TR2] its true main is Microsoft [16:54] lxo you can edit it, no doubt. I even grant a public license so that you can. but attributing the modified version to me is... questionable [16:54] schestowitz[TR2] yes [16:54] schestowitz[TR2] i didn't notice [16:54] schestowitz[TR2] i argued the same with rms [16:54] schestowitz[TR2] 15 years ago [16:54] schestowitz[TR2] regardiung red hat [16:54] schestowitz[TR2] it was some article i did regarding RHEL [16:54] schestowitz[TR2] and he said that even the expension og RHEL should say GNU, IIRC [16:54] schestowitz[TR2] *expansion of [16:54] lxo I used to refer to it as RHE[G]L back when I still talked about it ;-) [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] IBM woul;d not tolerate it [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] now it's AIX [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] or IEL [16:55] lxo I hear IBM is shortening AIX to AI [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Proprietary_UNIX_is_What_We_ll_Have_If_IBM_Red_Hat_Gets_Its_Way.shtml [16:55] TR Bot Techrights Proprietary UNIX is What We'll Have If IBM Red Hat Gets Its Way [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] no [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] AIx [16:55] schestowitz[TR2] like Watsonx [16:56] schestowitz[TR2] watson+hey hi= AIX [16:56] schestowitz[TR2] running only on licensed RHEL [16:56] lxo is Watsonx a thing? [16:56] schestowitz[TR2] no Rockey or Alma or Fedora [16:56] schestowitz[TR2] yes [16:56] schestowitz[TR2] look it up [16:56] lxo oh my [16:56] schestowitz[TR2] IBM + Corporate Bro ads for Watsonx Orchestrate [16:56] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxbzgy30 [16:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxbzgy30 ) [16:56] schestowitz[TR2] IBM stock hits all time high $300.79 - is watsonx dead and IBM going all in on Anthropic? [16:56] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6zsay8g [16:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6zsay8g ) [16:57] lxo I thought I was making a nonsense joke [16:57] schestowitz[TR2] lxo: maybe bring this up with rms [16:58] schestowitz[TR2] esp. the part about adding gnu [16:58] schestowitz[TR2] to words of other people [16:58] schestowitz[TR2] i automated this [16:58] schestowitz[TR2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Watsonx [16:58] TR Bot IBM Watsonx - Wikipedia [16:58] schestowitz[TR2] probably composed/curated by ICBM PR operatives [16:58] schestowitz[TR2] like most of wikipedia these days [16:58] schestowitz[TR2] it's an ads site ● Jan 26 [17:06] Isambard_Prince People just keep getting COVID overr and over now. [17:07] Isambard_Prince Although it does seem to be less severe each time. [17:07] Isambard_Prince The body eventually realizes, basically, what it is. [17:07] Isambard_Prince Then it's another cold germ eventually. [17:08] Isambard_Prince Many colds are coronaviruses. Including ones that started out very similar to COVID-19, killing many people. They would just say that was a really bad flu outbreak and call it and move on. [17:08] Isambard_Prince Because in the 1800s that's what they did. [17:08] Isambard_Prince They noticed a lot of people would get sick and die, so everything was the flu outbreak that did that. [17:09] Isambard_Prince They blamed "the flu" for everything. [17:10] Isambard_Prince The flu is a real type of virus, but it's been given legendary status because everything that makes you sick is either "the cold" or "the flu" to a person that's not that interested or lacks money and insurance to go figure out what the hell that was. 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Ubuntu [17:48] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], Three of my sticky traps outside caught roaches. [17:48] Isambard_Prince That tells me that the neighbor has them and they're crawling around out there. [17:48] TR News The hired guns' letters are patently false on many levels. They're basically misinformation for intimidation purposes. The SRA will be duly informed. [17:49] Isambard_Prince No telling when they caught them though, they've been sitting there for two months since I checked. [17:49] TR News "A distro aimed at helping people, reducing e-waste and helping a charity, too" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/25/emmabuntus_6_charitable_linux/ [17:49] TR Bot Emmabunts DE 6: A Linux to help those in need The Register [17:49] TR News "Which Linux distributions will rise above the competition in 2026 to dethrone the old guard? Here are my picks." https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-2026-best-distros/ [17:49] TR Bot 6 Linux distros I expect to rule 2026 - as someone who's tested hundreds of them | ZDNET [17:50] TR News I tried playing my 90s Windows CD-ROM games on Linux, and it was surprisingly easy https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-play-old-windows-cd-rom-games-on-linux/ [17:50] TR Bot How to install Windows CD-ROM games on Linux [17:50] *mekkis has quit (Quit: ZNC 1.8.2+deb2ubuntu0.1 - https://znc.in) [17:50] TR News "It's not that Linux became GUI only, but that the Linux desktop has become far more complete. The modern desktop we know today ships graphical tools that cover almost every common task in ways that are genuinely approachable." https://itsfoss.com/no-longer-need-terminal/ [17:50] TR Bot Not the Linux You Remember: 16 Every Day Tasks That No Longer Need the Terminal [17:51] TR News Pebblebed Ventures AI tool analyzes 20 years of Linux bugs https://thenewstack.io/hacker-jenny-qus-ai-tool-analyzes-20-years-of-linux-bugs/ [17:51] TR Bot Pebblebed Ventures' AI tool analyzes 20 years of Linux bugs - The New Stack [17:51] *mekkis (~mekkis@freenode-lr1.k1k.96e19s.IP) has joined #techrights [17:52] TR News Photoshop 2021 And 2025 Now Run On Linux Thanks To New Wine Patches https://www.ubergizmo.com/2026/01/photoshop-on-linux/ [17:52] TR Bot 2021 And 2025 Now Run On Linux Thanks To New Wine Patches | Ubergizmo [17:53] TR News CachyOS is the latest Linux distro to put Wayland first in its new update https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-is-the-latest-linux-distro-to-put-wayland-first-in-its-new-update/ [17:53] TR Bot CachyOS is the latest Linux distro to put Wayland first in its new update [17:53] TR News Linux handheld https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/25/mecha-comet-is-an-open-source-hardware-modular-linux-handheld-computer/ [17:53] TR Bot Mecha Comet is an open-source hardware, modular Linux handheld computer (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [17:55] TR News Xbox gaming makes the jump to Windows on Arm, but can it stem the tide of gamers turning to Linux? https://www.tomsguide.com/gaming/pc-gaming/xbox-gaming-makes-the-jump-to-windows-on-arm-but-can-it-stem-the-tide-of-gamers-turning-to-linux [17:55] TR Bot Xbox gaming makes the jump to Windows on Arm, but can it stem the tide of gamers turning to Linux? | Tom's Guide [17:55] TR News Nexus Mods Vortex Gets Linux Support in 2026 Thanks to SteamOS https://www.eteknix.com/nexus-mods-vortex-gets-linux-support-in-2026-thanks-to-steamos/ [17:55] TR Bot Mods Vortex Gets Linux Support in 2026 Thanks to SteamOS - eTeknix [17:56] TR News First Steam Machine Accessories Arrive : From Glow Skins to Native GeForce NOW App on Ubuntu https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/valve-steam-machine-addons-2026/ [17:56] TR Bot New Steam Machine Accessories : Plus GeForce Now App for Linux - Geeky Gadgets [17:56] TR News I Replaced Windows 11 With Linux Mint. 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Nothing can be further from the truth. He couldn't complete the cloud migration on schedule and the lies he put out on his PowerPoint slides were unbelievable. He is nothing but another crooked manager in Joanne Wrong's toilet bowl of crappola. Part of the great Krabanaugh emp [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] ire which makes a loud noise and much fanfare on w3 but achieves little or nothing. All mouth and trousers." [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] A manager walked with me till the lift to say goodbye. When I handed over my ID card, I saw tears in his eyes. After boarding the bus back to my PG, I cried a lot. The people were kind, the culture was good, and it was a place I respected deeply. [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] That organization was IBM. [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:48] TR News Dollar falls https://mynorthwest.com/money/us-stocks-gold-silver-price/4193637 [18:48] TR Bot hits record high above $5,100 as stocks rise, dollar falls - MyNorthwest.com ● Jan 26 [19:05] *\join_fashionshowandtell has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:06] TR News Techrights Firefox 'Market Share' Down to All-Time Low in 2026, Adding to It User-Hostile 'Features' Only Worsens Things https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Firefox_Market_Share_Down_to_All_Time_Low_in_2026_Adding_to_It_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Firefox_Market_Share_Down_to_All_Time_Low_in_2026_Adding_to_It_.gmi [19:06] TR Bot Techrights Firefox 'Market Share' Down to All-Time Low in 2026, Adding to It User-Hostile 'Features' Only Worsens Things [19:09] *\join_fashionshowandtell (~join_fashionshowand@gm4jpwr22xqdu.irc) has joined #techrights [19:11] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:13] *\join_fashionshowandtell has quit (Quit: leaving) 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TR Bot Techrights Why RMS is Scary to GAFAM 'Engineers' and the GAFAM Apologists (or Addicts) [19:20] *Isambard_Prince has quit (connection closed) [19:32] *\join_fashionshowandtell (~join_fashionshowand@gm4jpwr22xqdu.irc) has joined #techrights [19:45] TR News Techrights The Fall of the EPO (or the "Alicante Mafia" at EPO) Will be Due to This Reckless Lawyer Who Does Cocaine in Public While Speaking for the EPO https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/The_Fall_of_the_EPO_or_the_Alicante_Mafia_at_EPO_Will_be_Due_to.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/The_Fall_of_the_EPO_or_the_Alicante_Mafia_at_EPO_Will_be_Due_to.gmi [19:45] TR Bot Techrights The Fall of the EPO (or the "Alicante Mafia" at EPO) Will be Due to This Reckless Lawyer Who Does Cocaine in Public While Speaking for the EPO [19:48] TR News (NEW): This new Linux distro folds a gorgeous COSMIC desktop into an immutable Fedora base 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[20:32] TR News "My old Nokia phone had a very small battery and lasted for days or, at times, several weeks. I was able to be contacted by the people that were in mutual friendship. I was able to be contacted by other people, too. Transmitting bytes was relatively expensive, then it got cheap." gemini://thousand.naps.day/q/batteries.gmi [20:33] TR News "Many small flies in the house. They infested one of the plants, then several of them, and now they're everywhere. The internet recommended strewing perlite in the pots, and I don't know how putting small stones on the surface of the soil can kill flies, but it looks like it does." gemini://thousand.naps.day/days/2026-01-20.gmi [20:35] *bleb (~cm@user/bleb) has joined #techrights [20:40] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi [20:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [20:45] TR News (NEW): Emmabunts Debian Edition 5 Gets New Accessibility Features, Debian 12.13 Base https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Emmabuntus_Debian_Edition_5_Gets_New_Accessibility_Features_Deb.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Emmabuntus_Debian_Edition_5_Gets_New_Accessibility_Features_Deb.gmi [20:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Emmabunts Debian Edition 5 Gets New Accessibility Features, Debian 12.13 Base [20:45] TR News Techrights "Microsoft Vista 11 Emergency Update" as Windows Fails to Boot (Again) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Microsoft_Vista_11_Emergency_Update_as_Windows_Fails_to_Boot_Ag.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Microsoft_Vista_11_Emergency_Update_as_Windows_Fails_to_Boot_Ag.gmi [20:45] TR Bot Techrights "Microsoft Vista 11 Emergency Update" as Windows Fails to Boot (Again) [20:50] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 26/01/2026: Pocket Power Pack, Batteries, and Breaks https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Gemini_Links_26_01_2026_Pocket_Power_Pack_Batteries_and_Breaks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Gemini_Links_26_01_2026_Pocket_Power_Pack_Batteries_and_Breaks.gmi [20:50] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 26/01/2026: Pocket Power Pack, Batteries, and Breaks [20:58] TR News Techrights Some slopfarms and Some Real News Sites Cover Richard Stallmans (RMS) Talk https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Some_slopfarms_and_Some_Real_News_Sites_Cover_Richard_Stallman_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Some_slopfarms_and_Some_Real_News_Sites_Cover_Richard_Stallman_.gmi [20:58] TR Bot Techrights Some slopfarms and Some Real News Sites Cover Richard Stallmans (RMS) Talk ● Jan 26 [21:07] TR News (NEW): Seven Years After, Stallman Is Still Stallman https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Seven_Years_After_Stallman_Is_Still_Stallman.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Seven_Years_After_Stallman_Is_Still_Stallman.gmi [21:07] TR Bot Tux Machines Seven Years After, Stallman Is Still Stallman [21:15] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/25/0439223 [21:15] TR Bot Starlink Now Uses Customers' Personal Data for AI Training - SoylentNews [21:16] admfubar https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/01/26/1731231/how-a-15000-person-island-stumbled-into-a-70-million-ai-windfall [21:16] TR Bot How a 15,000-Person Island Stumbled Into a $70 Million AI Windfall - Slashdot [21:20] admfubar https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/26/1428221/ai-is-hitting-uk-harder-than-other-big-economies-study-finds [21:20] TR Bot AI is Hitting UK Harder Than Other Big Economies, Study Finds - Slashdot [21:22] MinceR https://apina.biz/211796.jpeg?mode=sfw [21:22] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/211796.jpeg [21:25] admfubar was that shave just two bits??? https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/01/26/1810242/television-turns-100 [21:25] TR Bot Television Turns 100 - Slashdot [21:27] TR News Techrights For the EPO to Survive, Antnio Campinos and the "Alicante Mafia" Must Fall on Their Sword https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/For_the_EPO_to_Survive_Antonio_Campinos_and_the_Alicante_Mafia_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/For_the_EPO_to_Survive_Antonio_Campinos_and_the_Alicante_Mafia_.gmi [21:27] TR Bot Techrights For the EPO to Survive, Antnio Campinos and the "Alicante Mafia" Must Fall on Their Sword [21:30] schestowitz[TR2] https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/26/1428221/ai-is-hitting-uk-harder-than-other-big-economies-study-finds [21:30] schestowitz[TR2] slop? [21:30] schestowitz[TR2] or heynhi? [21:30] schestowitz[TR2] and why tis bs narrative? [21:30] schestowitz[TR2] the whole "slop replaces jobs" [21:30] schestowitz[TR2] too many headlines that say "AI" [21:30] schestowitz[TR2] they play along with the scam [21:30] schestowitz[TR2] and the lies, the phony storytelling [21:38] admfubar the why is irrelevant .. it is the jobs are leaving is the important part. ● Jan 26 [22:20] MinceR (cat) (no audio) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1768/41/1768412239456.webm [22:21] admfubar https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/trial-lawyers-buy-personal-medical-files-to-shop-for-clients [22:21] TR Bot NEWS & UPDATES | FISA REFORM | PPSA - Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability (PPSA) [22:23] admfubar ding dong, avon is calling.. https://www.securityweek.com/access-system-flaws-enabled-hackers-to-unlock-doors-at-major-european-firms/ [22:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/access-system-flaws-enabled-hackers-to-unlock-doors-at-major-european-firms/ ) [22:28] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/25/this-founder-cracked-firefighting-now-hes-creating-an-ai-gold-mine/ [22:28] TR Bot founder cracked firefighting -- now he's creating an AI gold mine | TechCrunch [22:29] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/26/trump-phone-still-doesnt-exist-pre-order-totals-appear-completely-made-up/ [22:29] TR Bot Phone Still Doesnt Exist, Pre-Order Totals Appear Completely Made Up | Techdirt [22:38] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/26/just_the_browser_opinion/ [22:38] TR Bot Just the Browser Is just the beginning The Register ● Jan 26 [23:04] *nobody has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:07] *nobody (~nobody@cj9td547nvgy2.irc) has joined #techrights [23:32] MinceR https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2026/01/14/clarkesworld [23:32] TR Bot Clarkesworld - Penny Arcade [23:34] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@8xntp9i7yykq8.irc) has joined #techrights [23:57] TR News (NEW): Proton 10.0-4 Released with Support for Drop Dead: The Cabin, Quantum Threshold https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Proton_10_0_4_Released_with_Support_for_Drop_Dead_The_Cabin_Qua.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Proton_10_0_4_Released_with_Support_for_Drop_Dead_The_Cabin_Qua.gmi [23:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Proton 10.0-4 Released with Support for Drop Dead: The Cabin, Quantum Threshold