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● Aug 26
[00:24]	MinceR	https://pleated-jeans.com/2025/07/03/really-funny-signs/
[00:24]	TR Bot	 50 Funny Signs That Are Either Designed To Be Hilarious On Purpose Or On Accident
[00:30]	TR News	"Hopefully with features like this actually in, we're making progress towards more systems shipping with Plasma." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/kde-plasma-6-5-gains-an-oem-ready-system-setup-tool-and-kde-linux-is-progressing/
[00:30]	TR Bot	Plasma 6.5 gains an OEM ready system setup tool and KDE Linux is progressing | GamingOnLinux
[00:32]	TR News	"Its been 34 years since Linus Torvalds announced that he was working on a free operating system for 386(486) AT clones, just as a hobby." https://9to5linux.com/happy-34th-birthday-linux
[00:32]	TR Bot	34th Birthday, Linux! - 9to5Linux
[00:45]	darwin	http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year
[00:45]	TR Bot	 Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year - Ars Technica
[00:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	the writings were on the wall..
[00:45]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2023/10/19/Google_Becoming_More_Like_Apple_User_Hostile_Lock_Down_Users_So.shtml
[00:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights Google Becoming More Like Apple (User-Hostile Lock-Down, Users' Software of Choice Maligned as 'Sideloading'), Not the Other Way Around
[00:47]	MinceR	sounds like time to switch to forks then
[00:48]	schestowitz[TR2]	while it is legal :)
[00:50]	TR News	beautiful nonetheless gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/beautiful_nonetheless
[00:51]	TR News	"Alhena 5.3.0 has been released. It's close to being in Maytag Repair Mode. So close, it may be time for me to find another leisure activity. Check it out." gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20250825.gmi
[00:52]	TR News	"Over 12y ago - tbf, I don't exactly remeber when it was - I switched to QWKRFY - which I believe you know, if you mention Martin Krzywinski. The great thing about it is that one can do it pair after pair, which makes the whole process much more accessible." gemini://gim.org.pl/gemlog/2025-08-25-layouts.gmi
[00:53]	TR News	"Everyone would seem to agree that numeric-only programming languages/VMs/runtimes are such a niche topic that one could run out of them very soon." gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-08-25-another-numeric-vm.txt
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[00:57]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 25/08/2025: Numeric-only VM and Alhena 5.3.0 https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/Links_25_08_2025_Numeric_only_VM_and_Alhena_5_3_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/Links_25_08_2025_Numeric_only_VM_and_Alhena_5_3_0.gmi 
[00:57]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 25/08/2025: Numeric-only VM and Alhena 5.3.0
● Aug 26
[01:12]	TR News	Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ 
[01:12]	TR News	Techrights Slopwatch: Slopfarms All Over Google News and Real News Sites Pushed Out of Visibility https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/Slopwatch_Slopfarms_All_Over_Google_News_and_Real_News_Sites_Pu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/Slopwatch_Slopfarms_All_Over_Google_News_and_Real_News_Sites_Pu.gmi 
[01:12]	TR Bot	 Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights
[01:12]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slopwatch: Slopfarms All Over Google News and Real News Sites Pushed Out of Visibility
[01:16]	darwin	'Microsoft Linux' will probably be coming.  When fewer people like Windows, they'll copy IBM/RedHat and sell 'Linux' and only give certain sourcecode to paid customers
[01:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	they tried it already
[01:18]	TR News	The Free Software Song - DT and RMS Duet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdmHNaFaD08
[01:18]	TR Bot	https://iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=AdmHNaFaD08
[01:18]	TR Bot	nyc1.iv.ggtyler.dev | Making sure you're not a bot!
[01:19]	MinceR	it's here, they took over the "Linux Foundation" a while ago
[01:19]	MinceR	and they've been pushing their broken, malicious shit into the code ever since
[01:19]	TR News	"He was unable to suggest any pragmatic alternatives. He just said "I don't own a smartphone", ignoring the fact that many people become very disadvantaged without one." SKinnerbox have NO advantages! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45020626
[01:19]	TR Bot	 Stallman warned us. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html | Hacker News
[01:19]	MinceR	Torvalds is not allowed to criticize them, or their shitty code
[01:20]	TR News	"The real heroes are the people that facilitate alternatives, not those who talk, and Stallman was of the talking variety." Oh, really? He started GNU. Is that NOT an alternative?
[01:21]	TR News	"Justine Tunney (jart) is a canonical example of a hacker par excellence, along with characters such as Fabrice Bellard, Richard Stallman, Hector Martin, and Alyssa Rosenzweig." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44881761
[01:21]	TR Bot	 It really is a pathetic "hacker" move if the plan was "Let's just flaunt the rul... | Hacker News
[01:22]	MinceR	well, GNU was an alternative while it existed
[01:22]	MinceR	too bad they capitulated
[01:23]	MinceR	they let both of their kernels go and they aren't fighting back against their userland being replaced with malware either
[01:27]	schestowitz[TR2]	GNU still exists
[01:30]	MinceR	sort of
[01:30]	MinceR	waiting for the rest of it to be "reinvented" by poettering
[01:30]	schestowitz[TR2]	or rust
[01:31]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/06/Ubuntu_Becomes_Microsoft_GitHub_Based_on_Decision_Made_by_Briti.shtml
[01:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights Ubuntu Becomes Microsoft GitHub, Based on Decision Made by British Army Officer
[01:34]	TR News	"It's sad, though the phone was far from a best-seller." https://www.howtogeek.com/pinephone-pro-is-discontinued/
[01:34]	TR Bot	 You Can't Buy This Linux Phone Anymore
[01:35]	TR News	"Have you been curious what Phone Hub on your Chromebook is? It simply pairs your Android phone and laptop, enabling various features and functions that happen between the two devices." https://www.howtogeek.com/connecting-your-android-phone-to-your-chromebook-phone-hub-explained/
[01:35]	TR Bot	 Connecting Your Android Phone to Your Chromebook (Phone Hub Explained)
[01:39]	TR News	"So close, yet so far." https://www.howtogeek.com/what-linux-gamers-still-cant-do-and-why/
[01:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  Android Becoming More User-Hostile With Lock-downs and Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Android_Becoming_More_User_Hostile_With_Lock_downs_and_Digital_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Android_Becoming_More_User_Hostile_With_Lock_downs_and_Digital_.gmi 
[01:39]	TR Bot	 Linux Gaming: Close But No Cigar Yet
[01:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  How Linux Can Help You Succeed in College https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/How_Linux_Can_Help_You_Succeed_in_College.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/How_Linux_Can_Help_You_Succeed_in_College.gmi 
[01:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Becoming More User-Hostile With Lock-downs and Digital Restrictions (DRM)
[01:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines How Linux Can Help You Succeed in College
[01:39]	TR News	Favorite? https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-distros-look-like-your-favorite-retro-windows-os/
[01:39]	TR Bot	 These Linux Distros Look Like Your Favorite Retro Windows OS
[01:40]	TR News	"It can provide benefits like remote access, disposable sandboxes, and dedicated workspace." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-run-a-full-linux-desktop-in-docker-just-because-i-can/
[01:40]	TR Bot	 I Run a Full Linux Desktop in Docker Just Because I Can
[01:41]	TR News	"The choice isn't as easy as you might think." https://www.howtogeek.com/macos-vs-linux-which-is-best-for-your-homelab/
[01:41]	TR Bot	 macOS vs. Linux: Which Is Best for Your Homelab?
[01:41]	MinceR	lol
[01:41]	MinceR	hipster wants to play "homelab". ain't that cute.
[01:42]	TR News	"Open source tools for streaming, magnification, and task management." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-aug-15-17/
[01:42]	TR Bot	 3 Neat Linux Apps to Try This Weekend (Aug 15-17)
[01:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: buy hardware
[01:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	say "homelab"
[01:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	that is the easy part
[01:42]	MinceR	careful with the big words
[01:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	consumerism
[01:43]	MinceR	they might not be able to handle them, just as they have trouble with mice with multiple buttons
[01:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	containers everywhere
[01:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	bad engineering
[01:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	and proxmox
[01:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	for VMs
[01:44]	TR News	How to Add Terminal Completion to Your Command Line Apps https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-add-terminal-completion-to-your-command-line-apps/
[01:44]	TR Bot	 How to Add Terminal Completion to Your Command Line Apps
[01:44]	MinceR	more complexity to save us from vulnerabilities caused by complexity
[01:45]	TR News	"It has more in its arsenal than you think." https://www.howtogeek.com/networking-uses-for-the-linux-nc-command/
[01:45]	TR Bot	 6 Networking Uses for the Linux nc Command
[01:46]	admfubar	https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/25/screenconnect-admins-targeted-with-spoofed-suspicious-login-alerts/
[01:46]	TR Bot	 ScreenConnect admins targeted with spoofed login alerts - Help Net Security
[01:46]	TR News	These Are the 7 Oldest Linux Distros Still Being Developed https://www.howtogeek.com/these-are-the-oldest-linux-distros-still-being-developed/
[01:46]	TR Bot	 These Are the 7 Oldest Linux Distros Still Being Developed
[01:47]	TR News	VirtualBox 7.2 Finally adds Full ARM-on-ARM Virtualization https://www.howtogeek.com/virtualbox-7-2-full-arm-on-arm-virtualization/
[01:47]	TR Bot	 VirtualBox 7.2 Finally adds Full ARM-on-ARM Virtualization
[01:49]	TR News	The New Linux Mint, Home Assistant Hardware, and More: News Roundup https://www.howtogeek.com/the-new-linux-mint-home-assistant-hardware-and-more-news-roundup/
[01:49]	TR Bot	 The New Linux Mint, Home Assistant Hardware, and More: News Roundup
[01:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  VirtualBox 7.2 Officially Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.17 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/14/VirtualBox_7_2_Officially_Released_with_Initial_Support_for_Lin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/14/VirtualBox_7_2_Officially_Released_with_Initial_Support_for_Lin.gmi 
[01:49]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines VirtualBox 7.2 Officially Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.17
[01:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Mint 22.2 Zara Is Available for Public Beta Testing, Download Now https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/10/Linux_Mint_22_2_Zara_Is_Available_for_Public_Beta_Testing_Downl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/10/Linux_Mint_22_2_Zara_Is_Available_for_Public_Beta_Testing_Downl.gmi 
[01:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux Mint 22.2 Zara Is Available for Public Beta Testing, Download Now
[01:52]	TR News	"The best part is, they're all free." https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-ports-of-classic-games-on-linux/
[01:52]	TR Bot	 Bored on Linux? Try These 7 Open Source Ports of Classic Games
[01:54]	TR News	Raspberry Pi's New Official Touchscreen Is Smaller and Less Expensive https://www.howtogeek.com/raspberry-pi-5-inch-touch-screen/
[01:54]	TR Bot	 Raspberry Pi's New Official Touchscreen Is Smaller and Less Expensive
[01:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  2026 Will Be The Year of the Linux Gamer https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/2026_Will_Be_The_Year_of_the_Linux_Gamer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/2026_Will_Be_The_Year_of_the_Linux_Gamer.gmi 
[01:55]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 2026 Will Be The Year of the Linux Gamer
[01:56]	TR News	"I've run Arch nine different ways, BTW." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tested-9-arch-based-linux-distros-heres-how-i-rank-them/
[01:56]	TR Bot	 I Tested 9 Arch-Based Linux Distros, Here's How I Rank Them
[01:57]	MinceR	none of them are worth bothering with
[01:57]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Retro, and Lots of Focus on New Product of Raspberry Pi https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/19/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Retro_and_Lots_of_Focus_on_New_Prod.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/19/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Retro_and_Lots_of_Focus_on_New_Prod.gmi 
[01:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Retro, and Lots of Focus on New Product of Raspberry Pi
[01:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  5 of the Most Useful KDE Plasma Desktop Features https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/5_of_the_Most_Useful_KDE_Plasma_Desktop_Features.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/5_of_the_Most_Useful_KDE_Plasma_Desktop_Features.gmi 
[01:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 5 of the Most Useful KDE Plasma Desktop Features
[01:59]	TR News	10 Best Free Open-Source Tools for Students https://www.howtogeek.com/best-free-open-source-tools-for-students/
[01:59]	TR Bot	 10 Best Free Open-Source Tools for Students
● Aug 26
[02:00]	TR News	LibreOffice Just Added 14 Calc Functions and Dropped Vista 7 https://www.howtogeek.com/libreoffice-25-8-release/
[02:00]	TR Bot	 LibreOffice Just Added 14 Calc Functions and Dropped Windows 7
[02:00]	TR News	"A step-by-step guide on how to make KDE Plasma look and feel like macOS." https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-how-i-made-linux-feel-more-like-macos-using-kde-plasma/
[02:00]	TR Bot	 Here's How I Made Linux Feel More Like macOS Using KDE Plasma
[02:01]	MinceR	but never a guide on "why"
[02:01]	TR News	I Trust These Open-Source Apps for All My Screenshot Needs on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/i-trust-these-open-source-apps-for-all-my-screenshot-needs-on-linux/
[02:01]	TR Bot	 Top Linux Screenshot Tools: Flameshot, Gradia, Ksnip & More
[02:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	marketing probably
[02:02]	TR News	"It has a surprising history and some unique features." https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-opensuse-linux/
[02:02]	TR Bot	 What Is openSUSE, and Should You Use It?
[02:02]	TR News	"It's great at all the wrong things." https://www.howtogeek.com/desktop-linux-keeps-winning-the-wrong-battles/
[02:02]	TR Bot	 Linux's Quest for Desktop Dominance: Are They Fighting the Right Battles?
[02:02]	MinceR	why market a desktop environment that already capitulated to its number one competitor?
[02:03]	TR News	Never Used the Linux Terminal Before? Here's How to Get Started https://www.howtogeek.com/never-used-the-linux-terminal-before-heres-how-to-get-started/
[02:03]	TR Bot	 The Linux Terminal for Beginners
[02:05]	TR News	"Linux-based, more portable than any mini PC, and just as affordable, the Steam Deck is great as a Linux desktop." https://www.howtogeek.com/want-an-affordable-linux-desktop-pc-just-buy-a-steam-deck/
[02:05]	TR Bot	 Want an Affordable Linux Desktop PC? Just Buy a Steam Deck
[02:06]	TR News	"We're measuring distances and speed this weekend, and illustrating it in a nice diagram." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-install-this-weekend-aug-22-24/
[02:06]	TR Bot	 3 Useful Linux Apps to Try This Weekend (Aug 22-24)
[02:06]	TR News	The Open-Source FFmpeg Media Framework Just Got a Big Update https://www.howtogeek.com/ffmpeg-8-0-update-release/
[02:07]	TR Bot	 The Open-Source FFmpeg Media Framework Just Got a Big Update
[02:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: https://www.makeuseof.com/macos-better-than-linux-for-windows-users/
[02:08]	TR Bot	 Sorry, Linux fans: This OS is actually the better Windows replacement
[02:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	shilling Apple
[02:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	After Microsoft paid them
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[02:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.makeuseof.com/not-buying-that-linux-is-better-than-windows/
[02:08]	TR Bot	 Everyone Says Linux Is Better Than Windows, but I'm Not Buying It
[02:09]	MinceR	lol
[02:09]	MinceR	well, people who love Backdoors will also love crapOS
[02:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.xda-developers.com/staying-windows-not-happy-about-it/
[02:09]	schestowitz[TR2]	sadism 
[02:09]	TR Bot	 I'm staying on Windows, but I'm not happy about it
[02:09]	MinceR	and Lendows is somewhat behind
[02:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.xda-developers.com/wsl2-isnt-perfect-adequate-linux-tool-for-most/
[02:10]	TR Bot	 WSL2 isn't perfect, but it's the perfect amount of Linux for most people
[02:10]	MinceR	(plus i don't want more of their kind polluting and fucking up free unixes any more anyway)
[02:10]	MinceR	sure, if most people are masochists
[02:10]	MinceR	which they might be, judging by how many people apparently have Authoritarian Personality Type
[02:10]	TR News	7 commandline utilities I use that instantly upgrade my productivity on Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/command-line-utilities-instantly-upgrade-productivity-on-linux/
[02:11]	TR Bot	 7 commandline utilities I use that instantly upgrade my productivity on Linux
[02:11]	TR News	Goodbye Adobe: This free, open-source photo editing app for Linux freed me from expensive subscriptions https://www.xda-developers.com/open-source-photo-editing-app-linux-freed-from-adobe/
[02:11]	TR Bot	 Goodbye Adobe: This free, open-source photo editing app for Linux freed me from expensive subscriptions
[02:13]	TR News	Transform Linux into a time machine with these retro PC themes for Cinnamon and XFCE https://www.xda-developers.com/make-linux-look-like-favorite-retro-pc-with-xfce-and-cinnamon/
[02:13]	TR Bot	 Transform Linux into a time machine with these retro PC themes for Cinnamon and XFCE
[02:15]	TR News	 (NEW):  Going Retro With GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Going_Retro_With_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Going_Retro_With_GNU_Linux.gmi 
[02:15]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Going Retro With GNU/Linux
[02:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  4 features in KDE Plasma that Windows 11 users are sorely missing out on https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/4_features_in_KDE_Plasma_that_Windows_11_users_are_sorely_missi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/4_features_in_KDE_Plasma_that_Windows_11_users_are_sorely_missi.gmi 
[02:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 4 features in KDE Plasma that Windows 11 users are sorely missing out on
[02:17]	TR News	This weirdly named tool makes the Linux Terminal less terrifying https://www.xda-developers.com/this-weirdly-named-tool-makes-the-linux-terminal-less-terrifying/
[02:17]	TR Bot	 uwu: The AI-Powered tool simplifying Linux terminal commands
[02:19]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Terminal Articles https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/GNU_Linux_Terminal_Articles.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/GNU_Linux_Terminal_Articles.gmi 
[02:19]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Terminal Articles
[02:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  I tried this Fedora-based Linux distro, and I love it as a Windows alternative https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/I_tried_this_Fedora_based_Linux_distro_and_I_love_it_as_a_Windo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/I_tried_this_Fedora_based_Linux_distro_and_I_love_it_as_a_Windo.gmi 
[02:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines I tried this Fedora-based Linux distro, and I love it as a Windows alternative
[02:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  5 beginner-friendly Linux distros that just work https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/5_beginner_friendly_Linux_distros_that_just_work.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/5_beginner_friendly_Linux_distros_that_just_work.gmi 
[02:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 5 beginner-friendly Linux distros that just work
[02:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  5 operating systems for reviving your old PC as a server https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/5_operating_systems_for_reviving_your_old_PC_as_a_server.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/5_operating_systems_for_reviving_your_old_PC_as_a_server.gmi 
[02:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines 5 operating systems for reviving your old PC as a server
[02:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  Applications: RawTherapee, Screenshot Tools, LibreOffice, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Applications_RawTherapee_Screenshot_Tools_LibreOffice_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Applications_RawTherapee_Screenshot_Tools_LibreOffice_and_More.gmi 
[02:26]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Applications: RawTherapee, Screenshot Tools, LibreOffice, and More
[02:46]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-250825.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-250825.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-250825.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-250825.txt
[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, August 25, 2025
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[02:48]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, August 25, 2025
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[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, August 25, 2025
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[03:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 25, 2025
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[03:02]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines [B
[03:07]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[03:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[03:12]	TR News	Techrights After at Least Two Rounds of Mass Layoffs in August Microsoft Said to Have "September Layoff Confirmed - Performance Based" https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/After_at_Least_Two_Rounds_of_Mass_Layoffs_in_August_Microsoft_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/After_at_Least_Two_Rounds_of_Mass_Layoffs_in_August_Microsoft_S.gmi 
[03:12]	TR Bot	 Techrights After at Least Two Rounds of Mass Layoffs in August Microsoft Said to Have "September Layoff Confirmed - Performance Based"
[03:23]	TR News	"34 Billion acquisition managed by AK himself, and IBM is losing the Cloud battle. AK continues to be the Chief Embarrassment Officer. Going into 5 years, plus all the years prior filled with promotions and so called "Cloud leadership". Mic Drop Moment (I believe...)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3gvfb56
[03:23]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3gvfb56 )
[03:24]	TR News	"These mediocre bureaucrats feel actually threatened by talent, so they surround themselves with more like their (lack of) quality." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3gvfb56
[03:26]	TR News	"Actually, if you're close (enough) to retirement and have a nice nest egg, like I did, fu-k it. Slack off, do the bare minimum, don't give a damn, start your own office supplies surplus at home. At some level you know everything at IBM is bullsh-t. And who knows, you might even get promoted." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3h9725f
[03:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3h9725f )
[03:27]	TR News	"What would it take to force unionization? Im sorry for America, but in Europe most of my white collar colleagues in tech and other fields are unionized. This is absurd." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3h9725f
[03:28]	TR News	"If youre not very actively looking youre being a fool. They are going to find every conceivable way to push you out. Questioning your scope, doubting the need for headcount, pretending to not understand functions that have existed for years and are crucial - all to hit a stock price."
[03:29]	TR News	"Once you start promoting mediocre, it's like a snowball effect, doesn't stop and more mediocre follows." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3gg38nt
[03:29]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3gg38nt )
[03:30]	TR News	a
[03:30]	TR News	"When will IBM get achieve a healthy revenue growth rate? It has been many years since we have had consistent impressive revenue growth. It seems executives are focused on cost cutting and acquisitions to achieve profitability and meager revenue growth.
[03:31]	TR News	"If RT takes the helm that's definitely the end of IBM. The optics alone would scare off investors. Ever hear the story of how RT gave a "talk" at some conference and then got on a bicycle, rode down the aisle and out of the hall? Like some eccentric genius. He's no eccentric genius."
[03:32]	TR News	"People REALLY hate IBM. Take a look at some of the other companies on here. Very few experience this level of disgust from their workers! I dont even work for IBM but was thinking of applying for a position and this board has convinced me not to bother. Is it REALLY that bad?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3herzm6
[03:32]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3herzm6 )
[03:33]	TR News	"They make you train your replacement in India after giving you a layoff notice of 4 weeks. They put you on a PIP to avoid paying you severance."
[03:33]	TR News	"The severance is pathetic - 3 weeks - even if you have worked for 20+ years at IBM"
[03:34]	MinceR	Picture-In-Picture?
[03:34]	TR News	"If you value your sanity and life, stay out of IBM - at least in the USA. Disgusting filth company with vermin at all levels of management, particularly the US and Indian managers in the US. But this is what the IBM CEOs - Gini (Gin and Tonic) and Alvind and his Pipmunks have made of this company."
[03:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: perf. improvement plan
[03:35]	MinceR	ic
[03:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	like probation of sorts
[03:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: we are not firing yuou
[03:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	BUT
[03:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	we have this plan for you
[03:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	if you don't meet expectations, you are out
[03:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	and even ifyou meet it,ou are out anyway
[03:35]	schestowitz[TR2]	some say they make impossible goals
[03:37]	TR News	"info on upcoming September layoffs - Any info on the September layoffs? Earnings call is October 22, depending on the numbers, the layoffs will come before or after. There will be a narrative control." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3hht0y8
[03:37]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3hht0y8 )
[03:38]	MinceR	:>
[03:38]	TR News	"But we are still a little bit less than two months away, so the numbers are still being baked. If the numbers are bad, then it's bad on top of bad. So they will time layoffs based on when they can make the least amount of damage. Narrative control." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3hht0y8
[03:39]	TR News	"Theyre happening. Then no bonus. Then de-banding. Then five day RTO. Then more layoffs. Rinse and repeat until the stock is where the sc-m want it. Then keep going anyway. Just get out." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3hht0y8
[03:40]	TR News	"Regardless of the original intent of the H1B program, it has morphed into almost solely being a pipeline of cheap IT workers from India. That accounts for 3/4 of the program and it needs to be eliminated ENTIRELY (then we can look at the remaining 1/4 and determine which represent truly unique skills that can't be sourced locally, probably less than 1/2 of the 1/4)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3c1bhhm
[03:40]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3c1bhhm )
[03:41]	TR News	"It's been a few months since I checked this website and oh boy have things gone downhill at IBM. This new CEO Arvil seems like a dam fool. The place sure has become a shithole since I was there. Of course the whole world's gone mad with all this AI. Things used to be better. And simpler!"
[03:45]	TR News	"The US militarys Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane is in space again for its eighth mission." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/x37b_quantum_navigation_payload/
[03:45]	TR Bot	 Mysterious X-37B spaceplane flies again, with 'quantum GPS' The Register
[03:51]	TR News	"I don't want Richard Stallman knowing every time I open a file in emacs or run the ls command. Keep that crap out of local software." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44966784
[03:51]	TR Bot	 I like this but can we stop calling product telemetry spyware please. | Hacker News
[03:52]	TR News	"No. It's spyware. Software authors/vendors have no right to collect telemetry and it ought to be illegal to have any such data collection and/or exfiltration running on a user's device by default or without explicit, opt-in consent."
[03:52]	MinceR	lol
[03:53]	MinceR	that's some advanced revisionism
[03:53]	TR News	"Why? Any non-opt-in product telemetry is spyware, and you have no idea what they'll do with the data. And if it's an AI company, there's an obvious thing for them to do with it. (Opt-in telemetry is much more reasonable, if it's clear what they're doing with it.)"
[03:53]	TR News	"We can stop calling it spyware once it is not spyware (will never happen)."
[03:54]	MinceR	maybe they can ban the word "spyware"! that will show us.
[03:54]	TR News	"f it collects information from someone, and they don't want it to, then it is spying."
[03:54]	TR News	"I am deeply disappointed in how often I encounter social pressure, condescending comments, license terms, dark patterns, confidentiality assurances, anonymization claims, and linguistic gymnastics trying to either convince me otherwise or publicly discredit me for pointing it out."
[03:55]	TR News	"No amount of those things will change the fact that it is spyware, but they do make the world an even worse place than the spyware itself does, and they do make clear that the people behind them are hostile actors. No, we will not stop calling it what it is."
[03:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	MinceR: https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/12/Linux_Foundation_Says_Housekeeping_Hung_Normal_Native_Feature_S.shtml
[03:55]	TR Bot	 Techrights Linux Foundation Says "Housekeeping", "Hung", "Normal", "Native Feature/Support" and "Girl/Girls" Are Offensive Words
[03:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	ban anything with "ware" in it
[03:55]	schestowitz[TR2]	say "app"
[03:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	or "gadget" for hardware
[03:56]	schestowitz[TR2]	product
[03:56]	MinceR	lol
[03:56]	MinceR	hardapp, softapp, firmapp, wetapp
[03:56]	TR News	"It already is in Europe thanks to GDPR. Just not enough formal complaints or lawsuits (yet); e.g. IP addresses are explicitly Personally Identifiable Information."
[03:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	what is wetware?
[03:58]	MinceR	it seems it doesn't have a single, universally accepted meaning
[03:58]	MinceR	but it tends to refer to human bodies
[03:59]	MinceR	https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wetware
[03:59]	TR Bot	 wetware - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
[03:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	weird term
[03:59]	schestowitz[TR2]	all animals are lots of water
[03:59]	MinceR	afaict it comes from the heyday of cyberpunk literature
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[04:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	humans have lots of bellyfats
[04:00]	schestowitz[TR2]	i thought it was waterproof tech
[04:02]	TR News	"After Microsoft and Intel, now Cisco to layoff staff in its Bay Area office - here are the departments affected"
[04:03]	TR News	"More than 200 Cisco workers across the San Francisco Bay area will be cut" https://www.itpro.com/business/software-engineers-among-hardest-hit-in-latest-cisco-layoffs
[04:03]	TR Bot	 Software engineers among hardest hit in latest Cisco layoffs | IT Pro
[04:04]	TR News	TikTok layoffs hit multiple regions in latest restructuring drive https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/tiktok-layoffs-hit-multiple-regions-in-latest-restructuring-drive/articleshow/123502551.cms
[04:04]	TR Bot	 TikTok layoffs hit multiple regions in latest restructuring drive - The Times of India
[04:22]	TR News	Techrights There Are Also Expectations of IBM Layoffs Very Soon With "Narrative Control." https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/There_Are_Also_Expectations_of_IBM_Layoffs_Very_Soon_With_Narra.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/There_Are_Also_Expectations_of_IBM_Layoffs_Very_Soon_With_Narra.gmi 
[04:22]	TR Bot	 Techrights There Are Also Expectations of IBM Layoffs Very Soon With "Narrative Control."
[04:29]	admfubar	wetware refers to your brain 
[04:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	so hardware about 90% water is better than today's dryware
[04:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	can last 100 yearsss
[04:43]	schestowitz[TR2]	and process complex queries
[04:44]	TR News	Techrights The Register MS Has Apparently Shut Down Its Office https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/The_Register_MS_Has_Apparently_Shut_Down_Its_Office.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/The_Register_MS_Has_Apparently_Shut_Down_Its_Office.gmi 
[04:44]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Register MS Has Apparently Shut Down Its Office
[04:49]	MinceR	"better" -- depends on whose and at what
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[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	yes, but:
[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	from punchcards we went to millions of ops per seconds
[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	then per ms
[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	milisec
[06:03]	schestowitz[TR2]	and yet
[06:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	what was all that computing power used for?
[06:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	rendering "better" UI?
[06:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	"hey hi"?
[06:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	at some point we just became good at wasting capacity
[06:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	for pure BS
[06:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	i mean, i still use nano
[06:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	i can run that on 386
[06:05]	schestowitz[TR2]	so to compute things in terms like speed partly misses the point
[06:05]	TR News	iophk: Dumbass cheeto mussolini allowed a spy plane loaded with surveillance to cruise in on 14 Aug and even land at a military base. Now they are working with the information gathered then." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/norad-f16s-russian-planes-alaska/
[06:05]	TR Bot	 NORAD intercepts third Russian recon plane in a week near Alaska
[06:07]	TR News	Russia is just stalling and stalling, with many false promises while inertia is on its side in Ukraine. After a shockingly long deadline (almost 2 months) for Russian ceasefire Cheeto called it all off (no sanctions) because Mr. Shaky-legs went on the red carpet with him. It's clear who holds the leash.
[06:09]	TR News	iophk: "yep and cheeto mussolini stalls and stalls too how many dozen times has he threatened "big sanctions" and "severe repercussions" yet chickened out at the last minute already?" (TACO)
[06:10]	TR News	The meeting with Putin was awful. For Cheero it was a success. Nobody came back to Epsteingate Cheetos after all the TACOs. So the real scandal now is, "will there be a peace?" (No.) Will he get Nobel for Peace? BillG says Epstein decides, and associating with him had nothing to do with kids on a plane primed for sex.
[06:12]	TR News	The same worked for BillG with COVID-19. One day the media says he's enabling pedophilia, a month later he's saving the world from a virus.
[06:13]	TR News	Above all, it says a lot about the state of the media and perishing investigative media.
[06:14]	TR News	Their main chorus became, anyone who criticised Epsteingate for anything at all was "conspiracy theorist" and "antivax"
[06:15]	TR News	And now, moreover, the enabler of Putin and the Kremlin is merely "PURSUING PEACE" based on his summit (Russia bombarded the Hell out of Ukraine while that summit went on)
[06:15]	TR News	So in effect, he was pursing Kremlin and pursuing Lolita Express (then tried to cover it all up)
[06:16]	TR News	And of course only a "conspiracy theorist" would believe old rich men want "young flesh"
[06:16]	TR News	anti-DRM: "Cory Doctorow's "Enshittification" audiobook routes around the very problem it critiques" https://boingboing.net/2025/08/25/cory-doctorows-enshittification-audiobook-routes-around-the-very-problem-it-critiques.html
[06:16]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/08/25/cory-doctorows-enshittification-audiobook-routes-around-the-very-problem-it-critiques.html )
[06:17]	TR News	His writing and publication style is not effective anymore. His target audience should be young people. The young people do not buy or licence or read books.
[06:22]	TR News	"The community compatibility layer GE-Proton for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck version 10-13 brings fixes for videos on various games with some new options." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/ge-proton-10-13-released-with-video-fixes-for-various-games-and-new-options/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[06:22]	TR Bot	10-13 released with video fixes for various games and new options | GamingOnLinux
[06:23]	TR News	"The TRX project that brings an open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 has big new releases out now." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/tomb-raider-i-and-tomb-raider-ii-open-source-re-implementations-updated-with-new-graphics-options/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[06:23]	TR Bot	Raider I and Tomb Raider II open source re-implementations updated with new graphics options | GamingOnLinux
[06:24]	TR News	iopgk: Yes. AFAIK kids only repond to videos any more. So Naomi Brockwell's frenetic ADHD style would be more likely to reach gen Z. Gen A? Writeoff. sadly the end of society as they come of age. https://youtu.be/Hcqh0ZSza50
[06:24]	TR Bot	https://inv.zzls.xyz/watch?v=Hcqh0ZSza50
[06:24]	TR Bot	( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Hcqh0ZSza50 )
[06:24]	TR News	"Worse, Gen Z approaches the videos on style and not substance. Gen Z and younger on average /cannot/ read. For example, in Denmark, the OECD reported taht 24% of young people cannot read even at a basic level. That includes Danish youth not just moslem."
[06:24]	TR News	"Open source evolution sim Thrive version 0.8.3 brings in some more customization in how you play, along with new additions to the gameplay" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/open-source-evolution-sim-thrive-adds-planet-customization/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[06:24]	TR Bot	source evolution sim Thrive adds planet customization | GamingOnLinux
[06:24]	TR News	"Recently the Bottles team announced they've been granted funding by NLnet NGI Zero Commons and now they've given more detail on what it means." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/bottles-devs-give-more-info-on-their-funding-from-nlnet/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[06:24]	TR Bot	devs give more info on their funding from NLnet | GamingOnLinux
[06:25]	TR News	"86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software, with a big new release out to make managing multiple systems easier." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/retro-x86-based-machine-emulator-86box-v5-0-brings-a-new-integrated-machine-manager/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[06:25]	TR Bot	x86-based machine emulator 86Box v5.0 brings a new integrated machine manager | GamingOnLinux
[06:27]	TR News	Cory Doctorow does break down his long articles into soc-med-sized chunks and then posts those in series in mamut and maybe some other mastodon/proprietary platforms, but that fails to reproduce the experience of full, long texts; encourages click-farming, not real engagement
[06:28]	TR News	Like "algospeak" it means that: 1) this encourages him to write in some particular way, based on some assumptions about dissemination; 2) it waste his time, dealing with notifications rather than things which are more meaningful
[06:28]	TR News	"The next release of KDE Plasma is due in October and the developers have been working non-stop on some great new features for the popular desktop." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/kde-plasma-6-5-gains-an-oem-ready-system-setup-tool-and-kde-linux-is-progressing/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[06:29]	TR Bot	Plasma 6.5 gains an OEM ready system setup tool and KDE Linux is progressing | GamingOnLinux
[06:30]	TR News	"Half-Life: Cross Product Multiplayer is a free mod for Half-Life that's basically a big overhaul of HLDM (Half-Life Deathmatch) and now it's now on Steam." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/half-life-cross-product-multiplayer-gets-a-steam-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[06:30]	TR Bot	Cross Product Multiplayer gets a Steam release | GamingOnLinux
[06:41]	TR News	"Set inside an immense interstellar organism, Moonlight Pulse looks like a fun metroidvania and recently it gained a Native Linux version." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/moonlight-pulse-is-a-metroidvania-set-inside-an-immense-interstellar-organism-now-with-a-linux-version/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[06:41]	TR Bot	Pulse is a metroidvania set inside an immense interstellar organism now with a Linux version | GamingOnLinux
[06:41]	TR News	"Frogspin is an upcoming roguelike platformer where you spin to win, which results in some absolute mayhem as every level begins with the pull of a lever. The developer just announced a free demo is now available." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/check-out-the-new-demo-for-frogspin-a-platformer-all-about-mayhem-where-you-spin-to-win/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[06:41]	TR Bot	out the new demo for Frogspin, a platformer all about mayhem where you spin to win | GamingOnLinux
[06:42]	TR News	The very act of using or having presence in social control media can be detrimental to one's output
[06:43]	TR News	seen as a benefit by the corporations.
[06:43]	TR News	iophk: "Algospeak" is just "newspeak" as in the book 1984, and a euphemism for self-censorship. Wasting people's time just adds to engagement statistics and is seen as a benefit by the corporations.
[06:44]	TR News	...However, an audio book might be a decent compromise as many millennials listen to audio books a lot. And people in the US waste much of their lives commuting and try futilely to fill the vacuum with audio books. So he might reach that crowd instead
[06:47]	TR News	"Match-3 and blow everything up in Match Shot Chimera, a unique fusion of two rather different genres of games into something fun." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/match-shot-chimera-blends-together-a-shoot-em-up-with-clever-match-3-mechanics/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[06:47]	TR Bot	Shot Chimera blends together a shoot 'em up with clever match-3 mechanics | GamingOnLinux
[06:48]	TR News	"Check out PCWorld's new Linux podcast, the Dual Boot Diaries" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2888221/check-out-pcworlds-new-linux-podcast.html
[06:48]	TR Bot	out PCWorld's new Linux podcast, the Dual Boot Diaries | PCWorld
[06:49]	TR News	"Paintings of Dantes Inferno: 5 Cerberus and gluttony The Eclectic Light Company" https://eclecticlight.co/2025/08/25/paintings-of-dantes-inferno-5-cerberus-and-gluttony/
[06:49]	TR Bot	 Paintings of Dantes Inferno: 5 Cerberus and gluttony The Eclectic Light Company
[06:50]	TR News	iophk: wrongly omits perl. what kind of revisionism is this article on about? https://parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/first-language-wrong-question/
[06:50]	TR Bot	 Which Programming Language Should I Teach First?
[06:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Match Shot Chimera, Frogspin, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Games_Match_Shot_Chimera_Frogspin_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Games_Match_Shot_Chimera_Frogspin_and_More.gmi 
[06:50]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: Match Shot Chimera, Frogspin, and More
[06:50]	TR News	"Taxpayer funded AI surveillance: why Flock's 30000 cameras have to go" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/taxpayer-funded-ai-surveillance-why:a
[06:50]	TR Bot	 Taxpayer funded AI surveillance: why Flock's 30000 cameras have to go
[06:53]	TR News	This TOTAL NONSENSE just shows the UTTER IMMATURITY of idiots who run Microsoft https://futurism.com/microsoft-suleyman-ai-consciousness it's like saying algorithms will grow feet and start walking
[06:53]	TR Bot	 Top Microsoft AI Boss Concerned AI Will Start to Demand Rights
[06:54]	TR News	It's not the richest who need more money. | "Det er ikke de rikeste som trenger mer penger | Lars Egelands blogg" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://larsegeland.com/2025/08/25/det-er-ikke-de-rikeste-som-trenger-mer-penger/
[06:54]	TR Bot	 Det er ikke de rikeste som trenger mer penger | Lars Egelands blogg
[06:54]	TR News	iophk: dreadful that themes from 60s Argentina have become relevant in the US now https://www.mlive.com/palabra/2025/08/mafaldas-soup-rebellion-a-comic-strips-delayed-revolution-in-english.html
[06:54]	TR Bot	soup rebellion: A comic strips delayed revolution in English - mlive.com
[06:56]	TR News	iophk: important. firefox is now quite user hostile and privacy hostile. Digital Self-Determination: Browsers https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/digital-selvbestemmelse-browsere
[06:56]	TR Bot	 Digital selvbestemmelse: Browsere | Version2
[06:56]	TR News	"I Have Nothing to Hide The Dangerous Myth About Privacy" https://youtu.be/Hcqh0ZSza50
[06:56]	TR Bot	https://onion.tube/watch?v=Hcqh0ZSza50
[06:56]	TR Bot	onion.tube | NO TITLE
[06:57]	TR News	I have nothing to hide. Its become a default response from many to overreaching surveillance. When did privacy start being about having something to hide?" https://youtu.be/Hcqh0ZSza50
[06:57]	TR News	"It used to simply be about having the right to decide for ourselves who gets access to our data. But over the past decade weve lost that choice, and so much of our personal and sensitive information is shared without our knowledge or explicit consent." https://youtu.be/Hcqh0ZSza50
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[07:01]	TR News	Realm of impossibility: they say that to have a decent, healthy life you must have good income, but at the same time many jobs that provide decent income cause stress, which sort of contradicts this aim of health
[07:13]	TR News	Techrights Going Offline https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Going_Offline.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Going_Offline.gmi 
[07:13]	TR Bot	 Techrights Going Offline
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[07:40]	TR News	This New Determination on a Case Echoes the Modus Operandi of Microsoft's Serial Strangler vs Techrights (Its Online Decision/Judgment Says Truth and Public Interest Defend the Publisher) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/This_New_Determination_on_a_Case_Echoes_the_Modus_Operandi_of_M.shtml
[07:40]	TR Bot	 Techrights This New Determination on a Case Echoes the Modus Operandi of Microsoft's Serial Strangler vs Techrights (Its Online Decision/Judgment Says Truth and Public Interest Defend the Publisher)
● Aug 26
[08:00]	TR News	Techrights We Shall See... https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/We_Shall_See.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/We_Shall_See.gmi 
[08:00]	TR Bot	 Techrights We Shall See...
[08:10]	TR News	Catching up with "static links" (no RSS) for GNU/Linux no longer takes long because slopfarms are dooming real news sites
[08:12]	TR News	But fewer articles to read means more articles to do
[08:23]	TR News	 (NEW):  A Bittersweet Farewell: My Final KDE Snap Release and the End of an Era https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/A_Bittersweet_Farewell_My_Final_KDE_Snap_Release_and_the_End_of.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/A_Bittersweet_Farewell_My_Final_KDE_Snap_Release_and_the_End_of.gmi 
[08:24]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines A Bittersweet Farewell: My Final KDE Snap Release and the End of an Era
[08:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  My 4 favorite Linux distros for streaming - and why choosing the right one makes a huge difference https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/My_4_favorite_Linux_distros_for_streaming_and_why_choosing_the_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/My_4_favorite_Linux_distros_for_streaming_and_why_choosing_the_.gmi 
[08:27]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines My 4 favorite Linux distros for streaming - and why choosing the right one makes a huge difference
[08:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  Radxa debuts Raspberry Pi Zero alternative with Allwinner A733, up to 8GB RAM, and 3TOPS NPU https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Radxa_debuts_Raspberry_Pi_Zero_alternative_with_Allwinner_A733_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Radxa_debuts_Raspberry_Pi_Zero_alternative_with_Allwinner_A733_.gmi 
[08:30]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Radxa debuts Raspberry Pi Zero alternative with Allwinner A733, up to 8GB RAM, and 3TOPS NPU
[08:33]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft's Windows "Market Share" Overestimated https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Microsoft_s_Windows_Market_Share_Overestimated.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Microsoft_s_Windows_Market_Share_Overestimated.gmi 
[08:33]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft's Windows "Market Share" Overestimated
[08:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  Happy 34th Birthday, Linux! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/25/Happy_34th_Birthday_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/25/Happy_34th_Birthday_Linux.gmi 
[08:34]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Happy 34th Birthday, Linux!
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45017028
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	Stallman is probably in the top 10 of all time in terms of people who facilitated alternatives to this. He invented the GPL and wrote and maintained a ton of tools for people running alternative software stacks to use. What more would you ask for?
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[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	
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[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	yupyupyups 6 hours ago | root | parent | next []
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	No, you're right. He deserves more credits than that. But still, the idea that you can just expect people to not use a smartphone is wrong.
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	I've edited my post to not claim that all Stallman did was talk, which would've been wrong."
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	aha
[08:36]	TR Bot	 Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android | Hacker News
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	> He just said "I don't own a smartphone", ignoring the fact that many people become very disadvantaged without one.
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	I know quite some people who live this way, and are very willing to overcome inconvenient hurdles to avoid having to use such a spying device."
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	>I know quite some people who live this way, and are very willing to overcome inconvenient hurdles to avoid having to use such a spying device.
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	This is kind of a lazy approach, and it's a good thing Stallman did not have that attitude towards personal computers.
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	But it's a bummer that there's no real equivalent for mobile devices. I use an Android device and I already consider it to be more locked down than Windows. Generally more irritating than Windows as well (maybe not Windows 11)
[08:36]	schestowitz[TR2]	I also use it as little as possible (unfortunately more and more things require it) and try to get the smallest functional (for me) Android devices."
[08:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[08:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	There are alternatives, using them involves sacrifices though, and there the modem baseband isn't replaceable yet. Take a look at GrapheneOS, F-Droid, Replicant, Purism Librem, PinePhone, PostmarketOS, PureOS, Mobian etc.
[08:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://wiki.debian.org/Mobile"
[08:37]	TR Bot	 Mobile - Debian Wiki
[08:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[08:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	> The real heroes are the people that facilitate alternatives, not those who talk, and Stallman was of the talking variety.
[08:37]	schestowitz[TR2]	Like GNU?"
[08:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[08:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[08:43]	TR News	"As IBM workers we suffer our leaders so-called are all fu----s: that AK's a rat and JK's just fat, while RT's a stupid co-k su---r." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3herzm6
[08:43]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3herzm6 )
[08:45]	TR News	Isnt BYOD+ investor fraud?? https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3j2m5t5
[08:45]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3j2m5t5 )
[08:46]	TR News	Software Patents https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/08/an-update-on-blood-oxygen-for-apple-watch-in-the-us/ | Source: Apple Inc
[08:46]	TR Bot	update on Blood Oxygen for Apple Watch in the U.S. - Apple
[08:47]	TR News	"several claims against both Apple and OpenAI," https://www.macworld.com/article/2888280/elon-musks-xai-sues-apple-and-openai-over-antitrust-claims.html | Source: Macworld
[08:47]	TR Bot	Musk's xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over antitrust claims | Macworld
[08:47]	TR News	"Audiobooks are hands-down the most enshittified aspect of publishing, which is why I make my own audiobooks and pre-sell them on Kickstarter" https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/25/disenshittified-audiobooks/#canny-valley | Source: CoryDoctorow
[08:47]	TR Bot	 Pluralistic: Enshittification, the audiobook (the Kickstarter) (25 Aug 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[08:53]	TR News	"Mass. mom detained by ICE for 10 days over decades-old minor marijuana charge: [...]" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/08/well-notify-next-of-kin-if-she-dies/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
[08:53]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/08/well-notify-next-of-kin-if-she-dies/ )
[08:53]	TR News	"This is not law enforcement. This is psychological torture disguised as legal process, and it represents something far more sinister than immigration policy gone wrong." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-cruelty-really-is-the-point | Source: Mike Brock
[08:53]	TR Bot	 The Cruelty Really Is the Point - by Mike Brock
[08:53]	TR News	"Once considered the benchmark of middle-class success, a $100,000 annual income is now being dismissed by many Americans as insufficient to maintain a comfortable lifestyle." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/american-dream-dead-high-earners-say-100k-isnt-enough-now-need-least-500k-survive-1742137 | Source: International Business Times
[08:53]	TR Bot	 Is the American Dream Dead? High Earners Say $100k 'Isn't Enough' Now Need at Least $500k to Survive | IBTimes UK
[08:56]	Isambard_Prince	schestowitz[TR2], Early PCs didn't really have much they could do to you that was REALLY harmful.
[08:57]	Isambard_Prince	George R.R. Martin still uses WordStar for DOS, and not even the latest version.
[08:57]	Isambard_Prince	Nobody has maintained it in years, but it's not some "cloud" garbage that stops working if you don't subscribe.
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[09:06]	TR News	"brego Garcas crime, we must recall, was no crime at all." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kilmar-abrego-garcia-donald-trump-baltimore/ | Source: The Nation
[09:06]	TR Bot	 The Bravery of Kilmar brego Garca vs. the Barbarism of Donald Trump | The Nation
[09:06]	TR News	"The detention occurred despite several federal court orders directing the government to ensure his presence in the US while his legal claims were resolved." https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/ice-detains-kilmar-abrego-garcia-amid-ongoing-litigation-over-wrongful-deportation/ | Source: JURIST
[09:06]	TR Bot	 ICE detains Kilmar brego Garca amid ongoing litigation over wrongful deportation - JURIST - News
[09:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  Zen Browser What Mozilla Firefox Should Be? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Zen_Browser_What_Mozilla_Firefox_Should_Be.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Zen_Browser_What_Mozilla_Firefox_Should_Be.gmi 
[09:07]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Zen Browser What Mozilla Firefox Should Be?
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[09:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  Arch Linux-Based CachyOS Just Got A Great Update https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Arch_Linux_Based_CachyOS_Just_Got_A_Great_Update.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Arch_Linux_Based_CachyOS_Just_Got_A_Great_Update.gmi 
[09:10]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Arch Linux-Based CachyOS Just Got A Great Update
[09:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  Want to Game on Your New Linux System? Here's Everything You Need to Know https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Want_to_Game_on_Your_New_Linux_System_Here_s_Everything_You_Nee.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Want_to_Game_on_Your_New_Linux_System_Here_s_Everything_You_Nee.gmi 
[09:17]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Want to Game on Your New Linux System? Here's Everything You Need to Know
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[10:34]	TR News	"The death penalty for crimes committed by individuals under the age of 18 is explicitly prohibited under customary international law, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights." https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/human-rights-groups-condemn-saudi-arabia-execution-of-minority-individual-for-crimes-committed-as-a-minor/ | Source: JURIST
[10:34]	TR Bot	 Rights groups condemn Saudi Arabia execution of minority individual for crimes committed as a minor - JURIST - News
[10:35]	TR News	"When tourists wearing Alligator Alcatraz T-shirts walked into the Miccosukee Indian Village crafts shop in Florida last week, Troy Sanders, a 35-year-old member of the tribe who works as a museum guide, felt anger." https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-25/in-the-heart-of-the-miccosukee-the-native-american-tribe-that-shut-down-alligator-alcatraz.html | Source: El Pas
[10:35]	TR Bot	 In the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator Alcatraz | U.S. | EL PAS English
[10:35]	TR News	"She asserted that the Islamic republic, which has been in existence since 1979, is at its weakest and suffering from domestic crises, economic pressures, and regional setbacks." https://www.rferl.org/a/shirin-ebadi-khamenei-iran-brussels-meeting/33512568.html | Source: RFERL
[10:35]	TR Bot	 Iranian Nobel Laureate: Islamic Republic Has 'No Future But Collapse'
[10:40]	TR News	"The clash began when Ofcom, Britain's media watchdog, demanded information about how 4chan protects users from illegal content. The site's response? A firm no." https://boingboing.net/2025/08/22/uk-vs-4chan-can-one-countrys-laws-control-the-global-internet.html | Source: BoingBoing
[10:40]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/08/22/uk-vs-4chan-can-one-countrys-laws-control-the-global-internet.html )
[10:41]	TR News	"There's also the 1989 Tiananmem Square massacre, Falun Gong persecution and last but not least, that Xi Jinping looks like Winnie-the-Pooh." https://boston.conman.org/2025/08/25.1 | Source: Sean Conner
[10:41]	TR Bot	 A neat idea, but I can see this leading to the Balkanization of the Internet - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm
[10:41]	TR News	"People from countries around the world come to the UK as a place of safety from repression. However, transnational repression (TNR) risks undermining the UKs ability to protect the human rights of its citizens and those who have sought safety within its borders." https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jtselect/jtrights/681/report.html |
[10:41]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jtselect/jtrights/681/report.html )
[10:45]	TR News	"In response to increasing accounts of foreign governments reaching across borders to harass and silence people in the United Kingdom" https://citizenlab.ca/2025/08/the-citizen-labs-submission-on-transnational-repression-in-the-uk/ | Source: Citizen Lab
[10:45]	TR Bot	 The Citizen Labs Submission on Transnational Repression in the UK - The Citizen Lab
[10:45]	TR News	"U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 1st Amendment protects flag-burning as legitimate political expression" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-ban-flag-burning-1.7617620 | Source: CBC
[10:45]	TR Bot	 Trump signs order banning flag-burning a right protected by the U.S. Constitution | CBC News
[10:50]	TR News	"and we will not honor the Google AI specials." https://futurism.com/local-restaurant-exhausted-google-ai | Source: Futurism
[10:50]	TR Bot	 Local Restaurant Exhausted as Google AI Keeps Telling Customers About Daily Specials That Don't Exist
[10:51]	TR News	"Eva Gannon, part of the family that owns the restaurant" https://www.firstalert4.com/2025/08/20/please-do-not-use-google-ai-find-out-our-specials-wentzville-restaurant-asks-patrons/ |
[10:51]	TR Bot	 Please do not use Google AI to find out our specials, Wentzville restaurant asks patrons
[10:57]	TR News	"Telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson and a conglomerate of high profile Swedish companies have launched a Sweden-focused advanced AI company under the name Sferical AI." https://itwire.com/business-it-news/business-technology/ericsson-and-partners-launch-new-swedish-ai-company.html | Source: IT Wire
[10:57]	TR Bot	- Ericsson and partners launch new Swedish AI company
[10:57]	TR News	"INX-ZA will deploy Nokias IP routing portfolio to offer new 400GE and expanded 100GE services to its customers across the country." https://itwire.com/business-it-news/business-technology/south-african-internet-exchange-chooses-nokia-for-infrastructure-modernisation.html | Source: IT Wire
[10:57]	TR Bot	- South African internet exchange chooses Nokia for infrastructure modernisation
[10:58]	TR News	DRM: "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom,g go home from us in peace." https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams#Speech_in_Philadelphia_(1776)
[10:58]	TR Bot	 Samuel Adams - Wikiquote
[10:58]	TR News	"We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!" https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams#Speech_in_Philadelphia_(1776)
[10:58]	TR News	"However, insiders say the potential 2b (~$2.7b) cost for the government was prohibitive." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-and-uk-government-minister-reportedly-discussed-giving-chatgpt-plus-to-all-brits-for-free | Source: Tom's Hardware
[10:58]	TR Bot	 Sam Altman and UK government minister reportedly discussed giving ChatGPT Plus to all Brits for free | Tom's Hardware
[10:59]	TR News	"Growing concerns about trade disputes and political changes causing a sudden and disruptive loss of services and technology have led to individuals, organizations, and governments prioritizing technological autonomy." https://canonical.com/blog/open-source-advantage-europe | Source: Canonical
[10:59]	TR Bot	 69% of organizations in Europe believe adopting open source makes them more competitive new Linux Foundation research
[10:59]	TR News	"Welcome to Mafalda, the beloved comic strip by the late Argentine cartoonist Quino thats getting a delayed introduction to English-speaking readers." https://www.mlive.com/palabra/2025/08/mafaldas-soup-rebellion-a-comic-strips-delayed-revolution-in-english.html | Source: Michigan News
[10:59]	TR Bot	soup rebellion: A comic strips delayed revolution in English - mlive.com
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[11:00]	TR News	"Gebbia announced that he was appointed as chief design officer in a Saturday post to X" https://fedscoop.com/airbnb-tesla-joe-gebbia-appointed-white-house-chief-design-officer/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[11:00]	TR Bot	co-founder Joe Gebbia takes on new White House design chief role | FedScoop
[11:03]	TR News	"In Silicon Valley, far from thinking they're lucky, they think theyre hard done by, [that] theyre victims" https://futurism.com/meta-defector-tech-psychology | Source: Futurism
[11:03]	TR Bot	 Meta Defector Issues Devastating Psychological Takedown of Tech CEOs
[11:03]	TR News	"OpenAI said last week it would be launching its first Indian office in India this year as it increases focus on what it is one of its key markets." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/openai-appoints-former-coursera-executive-raghav-gupta-as-education-vertical-head/articleshow/123502319.cms | Source: India Times
[11:03]	TR Bot	 OpenAI appoints former Coursera executive Raghav Gupta as education vertical head - The Economic Times
[11:05]	TR News	"The coterie of curious computer coders coalescing around the inquisitor quickly classified this question as a case of the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP)." https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/25/speedrunning-the-new-york-subway/ | Source: Trail of Bits
[11:05]	TR Bot	 Speedrunning the New York Subway -The Trail of Bits Blog
[11:05]	TR News	"I created a simple Arduino sketch which sends a GET request to TomsHardware RSS feed. This returns a XML file." https://bitbanksoftware.blogspot.com/2025/06/how-much-power-does-gzip-save-on-iot.html |
[11:05]	TR Bot	 How much power does gzip save on IoT web access?
[11:06]	TR News	"This is what a particular region has been like at this point in time." https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/25/1121450/lidar-climate-change-disasters-cost/ | Source: MIT Technology Review
[11:06]	TR Bot	 How lidar measures the cost of climate disasters | MIT Technology Review
[11:06]	TR News	"It is the highest level of alert and means the rivers have reached a critical level after being very low for 30 or more days." https://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/scottish-rivers-critically-low-level-sepa-restrictions-5287223 | Source: The Scotsman
[11:06]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/scottish-rivers-critically-low-level-sepa-restrictions-5287223 )
[11:09]	TR News	[Old] "The timing is more than suspicious. Right after Netzpolitiks article exposed the CUII for blocking non-existent domains, they make it harder to track their mistakes." https://lina.sh/blog/telefonica-sabotages-me |
[11:09]	TR Bot	 A German ISP tampered with their DNS - specifically to sabotage my website - lina's blog
[11:10]	TR News	"These messages and dozens more like them could have been avoided had my daughter chatted with a classmate or waited to talk with me later." https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/08/phone-ban-school-parents/683982/ | Source: The Atlantic
[11:10]	TR Bot	 What Many Parents Miss About the Phones-in-Schools Debate - The Atlantic
[11:12]	TR News	"Doctoral researcher Krista Hylkil also found that people with ADHD symptoms are predisposed to problematic use of social media." https://yle.fi/a/74-20179183 | Source: YLE
[11:12]	TR Bot	 Study: Many suffer from problematic use of social media, but help is hard to find | Yle News | Yle
[11:13]	TR News	"When did privacy start being about having something to hide?" https://femtejuli.se/2025/08/25/naomi-brockwell-i-have-nothing-to-hide-the-dangerous-myth-about-privacy-video/ | Source: Femte Juli
[11:13]	TR Bot	 Naomi Brockwell: I Have Nothing to Hide The Dangerous Myth About Privacy (video)
[11:14]	TR News	"The Online Streaming Act, the government controversial reform to the Broadcasting Act" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/08/privacy-lost/ | Source: Michael Geist
[11:14]	TR Bot	 Privacy Lost: How the Government Deleted Bill C-11's Key Privacy Principle Just Two Months After Passing it Into Law - Michael Geist
[11:14]	TR News	"Basically, you can once again do the measurement on the watch itself, but you can't see the result on your watch" https://birchtree.me/blog/blood-oxygen-comes-back-to-the-apple-watch-with-a-catch/ | Source: Matt Birchler
[11:14]	TR Bot	 Blood Oxygen comes back to the Apple Watch, with a catch
[11:14]	TR News	"This seems bad. Sixteen of the largest news websites in the UK are now charging users if they want to reject cookies." https://werd.io/more-uk-news-publishers-are-adopting-consent-or-pay-advertising-model/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
[11:14]	TR Bot	 More UK news publishers are adopting 'consent or pay' advertising model
[11:24]	TR News	Windows TCO https://cyberscoop.com/dataio-ransomware-attack/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[11:24]	TR Bot	I/O reports business disruptions in wake of ransomware attack | CyberScoop
[11:25]	TR News	"Anyway, a post about quitting social media is what I wrote." https://manuelmoreale.com/you-will-not-believe-what-i-just-wrote | Source: Manuel Moreale
[11:25]	TR Bot	 You will not believe what I just wrote Manu
[11:26]	TR News	"A Google search on Thursday revealed it had indexed nearly 300,000 Grok conversations." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrkmk00jy0o | Source: BBC
[11:26]	TR Bot	 Hundreds of thousands of Grok chats exposed in Google results - BBC News
[11:26]	TR News	"Elon Musk, boy genius, has done it again." https://boingboing.net/2025/08/25/elon-musks-ai-is-spilling-the-beans-on-private-conversations.html | Source: BoingBoing
[11:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/08/25/elon-musks-ai-is-spilling-the-beans-on-private-conversations.html )
[11:26]	TR News	"Brave is proposing vibe security." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/25/perplexitys-ai-browser-comet-can-be-prompt-injected-by-any-website/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[11:26]	TR Bot	 Perplexitys AI browser Comet can be prompt-injected by any website Pivot to AI
[11:27]	TR News	"On a side note, it was great to talk to someone from a paid database who was as appalled about the infiltration of AI into our resources as I am." https://raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/just-say-no-to-ai-infobase-wants-to.html | Source: Becky Spratford
[11:27]	TR Bot	 RA for All: Just Say No to AI: Infobase Wants to Talk to You About It Too
[11:27]	TR News	"A few weeks back, YouTubers started to notice something odd about their Shorts they looked like AI fake" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/youtube-admits-to-applying-ai-processing-similar-to-what-a-modern-smartphone-does-to-videos-creators-arent-happy | Source: Digital Camera World
[11:27]	TR Bot	 YouTube admits to applying AI processing similar to what a modern smartphone does to videos. Creators arent happy | Digital Camera World
[11:28]	TR News	"The ruling arose from a case in which a man had been accused of publishing such AI content." https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Points-of-Progress/2025/0825/LA-schools-AI-crime-Argentina | Source: CS Monitor
[11:28]	TR Bot	protection in Argentina for children, and homelessness in Norway - CSMonitor.com
[11:28]	TR News	"Also fueling these fears was an MIT investigation that found a staggering 95 percent of attempts to incorporate generative AI into business so far are failing or stalling out." https://futurism.com/ai-industry-private-credit | Source: Futurism
[11:28]	TR Bot	 The AI Industry Has a Huge "Credit Card Debt" Issue
[11:28]	TR News	"The vulnerability, known as an indirect prompt injection attack, is terrifyingly simple." https://futurism.com/ai-browser-hackers-drain-bank-account-public-reddit-post | Source: Futurism
[11:28]	TR Bot	 Using an AI Browser Lets Hackers Drain Your Bank Account Just by Showing You a Public Reddit Post
[11:29]	TR News	[Old] "Occasionally though, Ill mis-time it, and click a link right as the subway is pulling out of a stop: the page fails to load, and now Im looking at a blank screen." https://unplannedobsolescence.com/blog/hard-page-load/ | Source: Alex Petros
[11:29]	TR Bot	 Who's Afraid of a Hard Page Load?
[11:29]	TR News	"Look at this: McDonalds chose the password 123456 for a major corporate system." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/poor-password-choices.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
[11:29]	TR Bot	Password Choices - Schneier on Security
[11:30]	TR News	"One such feature? Progressive web apps! Also known as PWAs, progressive web apps are basically websites that can be installed onto your device and behave like platform-specific apps." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2887964/its-about-time-firefox-starts-testing-support-for-progressive-web-apps.html | Source: PC World
[11:30]	TR Bot	about time! Firefox starts testing support for progressive web apps | PCWorld
[11:31]	TR News	"the weaker sex" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-08-25/tackling-high-school-football | Source: Los Angeles Times
[11:31]	TR Bot	 Contributor: If tackle football isn't safe for girls, why do we let boys play? - Los Angeles Times
[11:31]	TR News	"Across major corn-growing states, climate change is fueling conditions that make watching the corn grow a nail-biter for farmers." https://www.courthousenews.com/to-get-that-perfect-ear-of-corn-weather-has-to-cooperate-but-climate-change-is-making-it-dicier/ | Source: Court House News
[11:31]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/to-get-that-perfect-ear-of-corn-weather-has-to-cooperate-but-climate-change-is-making-it-dicier/ )
[11:31]	TR News	"The results suggest current AI systems may be vastly over-relying on recognizing language patterns, making them inadequate for real-world clinical use." https://futurism.com/neoscope/advanced-ai-give-medical-advice-real-world | Source: Futurism
[11:31]	TR Bot	 Something Extremely Scary Happens When Advanced AI Tries to Give Medical Advice to Real World Patients
[11:32]	TR News	"If the United States abandons mRNA, it will not simply be forfeiting a public health advantage." https://futurism.com/neoscope/rfk-jr-cancels-cancer-vaccine-mrna | Source: Futurism
[11:32]	TR Bot	 RFK Jr. Cancels Promising Work on Cancer Vaccine
[11:33]	TR News	"The consequences of this fragmentation extend beyond inconvenience: they contribute to poorer health outcomes, duplication of tests, medication errors and unnecessary healthcare costs." https://techcentral.co.za/healthcare-technology-altron-healthtech/269022/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
[11:33]	TR Bot	 Why healthcare technology continues to treat patients like paperwork - TechCentral
[11:34]	TR News	"What that ultimately means is that we built and managed projects for businesses that came in and pitched their ideas to us" https://flower.codes/2025/07/25/give-a-problem | Source: Zach Flower
[11:34]	TR Bot	a Problem. Grow a Programmer. | flower.codes
[11:38]	TR News	"Lifetime holes come into play because a linearized sequence of instructions is not a great proxy for storing or using metadata" https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/linear-scan-lifetime-holes/ | Source: Max Bernstein
[11:38]	TR Bot	 Linear scan with lifetime holes | Max Bernstein
[11:43]	TR News	"This past weekend, I decided to take a trip down memory lane and take a look at the evolution of this blogs design over the years (with a little help from the Wayback Machine)." https://flower.codes/2025/05/05/back-to-the-future | Source: Zach Flower
[11:43]	TR Bot	to the Future | flower.codes
[11:43]	TR News	"One thing Ive learned is that if your skills are limited, its better to keep things simple than trying to be smart with it." https://hamatti.org/posts/971226-is-my-colour-in-the-web/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala
[11:43]	TR Bot	 #971226 is my colour in the web : Juha-Matti Santala
[11:43]	TR News	"One week during my time at Apple, I was asked to fly out to Cupertino to help with an internal web app database project." https://www.manton.org/2025/08/25/one-of-a-kind.html | Source: Manton Reece
[11:43]	TR Bot	 Manton Reece - One of a kind
[11:49]	TR News	Techrights Links 26/08/2025: DNS Tampering and TikTok Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Links_26_08_2025_DNS_Tampering_and_TikTok_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Links_26_08_2025_DNS_Tampering_and_TikTok_Layoffs.gmi 
[11:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 26/08/2025: DNS Tampering and TikTok Layoffs
[11:51]	TR News	"this evolution presents significant challenges, from siloed technologies to cybersecurity threats." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/core-tactical-edge-unified-platform-defense-innovation | Source: Red Hat Official
[11:51]	TR Bot	 From core to tactical edge: A unified platform for defense innovation
[11:51]	TR News	"With a Dedicated Operations Technical Account Manager (TAM), organizations have an embedded resource that serves as an extension of their team within Red Hat." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/accelerate-issue-resolution-dedicated-operations-technical-account-manager | Source: Red Hat Official
[11:51]	TR Bot	 Accelerate issue resolution with a Dedicated Operations Technical Account Manager
[11:53]	TR News	Scarlett Gately Moore: A Bittersweet Farewell: My Final KDE Snap Release and the End of an Era https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/a-bittersweet-farewell-my-final-kde-snap-release-and-the-end-of-an-era/
[11:53]	TR Bot	 A Bittersweet Farewell: My Final KDE Snap Release and the End of an Era Scarlett Gately Moore
[11:54]	TR News	"Radxa recently introduced a compact single-board computer measuring 65 - 30 mm and built around the Allwinner A733 SoC." https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-debuts-raspberry-pi-zero-alternative-with-allwinner-a733-up-to-8gb-ram-and-3tops-npu/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[11:54]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-debuts-raspberry-pi-zero-alternative-with-allwinner-a733-up-to-8gb-ram-and-3tops-npu/ )
[11:57]	TR News	"AAEON has announced the BOXER-8741AI, its first embedded system to integrate the new NVIDIA Jetson Thor T5000 module." https://linuxgizmos.com/aaeon-announces-boxer-8741ai-with-nvidia-jetson-thor-t5000-module/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[11:57]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/aaeon-announces-boxer-8741ai-with-nvidia-jetson-thor-t5000-module/ )
[11:59]	TR News	"In sectors where precision and predictability are non-negotiable, timing is everything." https://ubuntu.com//blog/real-time-os-examples-across-industries | Source: Ubuntu
[11:59]	TR Bot	OS examples: use cases across industries | Ubuntu
● Aug 26
[12:00]	TR News	"Due to its vast array of productivity apps, one can simply build a unique CRM and ERP platform by choosing the right tools to meet their needs, whether it be project management" https://www.tecmint.com/odoo-free-apps-for-linux/ | Source: TecMint
[12:00]	TR Bot	 7 Must-Have Free Odoo Apps for Linux in 2025
[12:01]	TR News	"Its time for the music industry to shift from endless data clean-up to a strategy of quality at the source" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/25/source-not-symptom-music-metadata-expert/ | Source: Digital Music News
[12:01]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/25/source-not-symptom-music-metadata-expert/ )
[12:01]	TR News	"When the Internet Engineering Task Force publishes an RFC, their bar is community rough consensus." https://soatok.blog/2025/08/25/barking-up-the-ratchet-tree-mls-is-neither-royal-nor-nude/ | Source: Dhole Moments
[12:01]	TR Bot	 Barking Up The Ratchet Tree MLS Is Neither Royal Nor Nude - Dhole Moments
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[12:03]	TR News	"Because of their structural nature, this also means that you cant add new methods to an interface without breaking existing code" https://mcyoung.xyz/2025/08/25/go-default-methods/ | Source: Miguel Young de la Sota
[12:03]	TR Bot	 Default Methods in Go mcyoung
[12:04]	TR News	"The package provides the class LLM::Graph with which computations are orchestrated." https://rakuforprediction.wordpress.com/2025/08/23/llmgraph/ |
[12:04]	TR Bot	 LLM::Graph | Raku for Prediction
[12:04]	TR News	"The only way to truly know if an idea works is to test it." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/idea-to-reality-with-prototypes/ | Source: Jim Nielsen
[12:04]	TR Bot	 Successive Prototypes Bridge the Gap Between Idea and Reality - Jim Nielsens Blog
[12:05]	TR News	"And thats the crux of it. The issues that open source developers face will only get worse without awareness at the highest levels of business." https://thenewstack.io/the-world-runs-20-billion-instances-of-curl-wheres-the-support/ | Source: The New Stack
[12:05]	TR Bot	 The World Runs 20 Billion Instances of Curl. Where's the Support? - The New Stack
[12:06]	TR News	"Description: The session will facilitate attendees in starting programming in C++ for R applications." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/intro-to-c-programming-for-r-applications-for-econometricians-workshop/ | Source: Rlang
[12:06]	TR Bot	to C++ programming for R applications for Econometricians workshop | R-bloggers
[12:07]	TR News	"Generating patterns for string pattern matching in the M language is expert friendly. An AI tool eases the task." https://yottadb.com/ai-for-m-patterns/ | Source: YottaDB
[12:07]	TR Bot	for M Patterns - YottaDB
[12:07]	TR News	leahneukirchen
[12:08]	TR News	"One of the most requested things was a comparison to other init systems. Since Im most familiar with runit, I shall compare nitro and runit here." https://leahneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2025/08/comparing-nitro-to-runit.html | Source: Leah Neukirchen
[12:08]	TR Bot	 leah blogs: Comparing nitro to runit
[12:09]	TR News	"You also get 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, but with the SD card, you have quite a bit of leeway." https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fairphone-6-review.html | Source: Dedoimedo
[12:09]	TR Bot	 Fairphone 6 review - Interesting, viable mid-range phone
[12:10]	TR News	"Earlier this month I covered Jonathan Clark's effort to reverse-engineer the Pi Zero 2 W, and just yesterday, I discovered TubeTime reverse-engineered the Compute Module 5." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/reverse-engineering-all-raspberry-pis | Source: Jeff Geerling
[12:10]	TR Bot	 Reverse Engineering ALL the Raspberry Pis | Jeff Geerling
[12:11]	TR News	"Rob Broomfield, AKA Metal Fab Man, took advantage of an Opta to build a set of massive motorized solar panel lifts for a customer." https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/08/25/an-arduino-opta-plc-safely-controls-this-massive-solar-panel-lift/ | Source: Arduino
[12:11]	TR Bot	 An Arduino Opta micro PLC safely controls this massive solar panel lift | Arduino Blog
[12:14]	TR News	"The fact that anyone can build it themselves is testament to some brilliant design work by Rumbledethumps." https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/articles/picocomputer-6502 | Source: Raspberry Pi
[12:14]	TR Bot	 Picocomputer 6502 Raspberry Pi Official Magazine
[12:14]	TR News	"Like many projects, this one began life not out of a need, but out of finding a stash of cool components and wanting to do something with them." https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/articles/network-mapper | Source: Raspberry Pi
[12:14]	TR Bot	 Network mapper Raspberry Pi Official Magazine
[12:15]	TR News	Proxmox https://jlelse.blog/thoughts/2025/08/bad-buy | Source: Jan Lukas Else
[12:15]	TR Bot	 Is it a bad buy? - Jan-Lukas Else
[12:16]	TR News	"Another notable change is a reduction in redundant APT update calls. The system now skips the command if it was executed within the last hour and no repository changes were made, which should help speed up installs and reduce disk writes." https://linuxiac.com/dietpi-9-16-brings-debian-trixie-compatibility-early-forky-support/ | Source: Linuxiac
[12:16]	TR Bot	 DietPi 9.16 Brings Debian Trixie Compatibility, Early Forky Support
[12:16]	TR News	"The GhostBSD team has announced the release of GhostBSD 25.02" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12535 | Source: Distro Watch
[12:16]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12535 )
[12:17]	TR News	"I recently moved to an area with more internet provider options" https://btxx.org/posts/network-setup-2025/ | Source: Brad Taunt
[12:17]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[12:17]	TR News	"As I wrote in my previous post, the other main hobby I practised during my recent holiday was tinkering more with my Linux box." https://www.rousette.org.uk/archives/fun-with-niri-window-manager/ | Source: But she's a girl...
[12:18]	TR Bot	 BSAG Fun with niri window manager
[12:18]	TR News	"The handbook has excellent documentation on jails, and I mostly stick to it, with only minor deviations." https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-jails-are-simple-and-easy/ | Source: FreeBSD
[12:18]	TR Bot	 FreeBSD Jails are Simple and Easy | FreeBSD Foundation
[12:20]	TR News	"Torvalds asked the Minix community about their thoughts on a free new OS being prepared for Intel 386 and 486 clones. He explained that hed been brewing the project since April (a few months prior), and asked for direction." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-is-34-years-old-today-linus-torvalds-meekly-announced-this-free-new-os-in-the-comp-os-minix-newsgroup-on-this-day-in-1991 | Source: Tom's Hardware
[12:20]	TR Bot	 Linux is 34 years old today Linus Torvalds meekly announced this free new OS in the comp.os.minix newsgroup on this day in 1991 | Tom's Hardware
[12:21]	TR News	"Specifically, he sought input about other Minix users likes and dislikes of that OS, in order to differentiate Linux. The now renowned developer then provided a rough summary of the development so far." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-is-34-years-old-today-linus-torvalds-meekly-announced-this-free-new-os-in-the-comp-os-minix-newsgroup-on-this-day-in-1991 | Source: Tom's Hardware
[12:23]	TR News	"I did not expect my recent post about blocking a Chinese web bot [1] to generate such a large discussion at Hacker News [2] and to a lesser degree, Lobsters [3] (for the record, I did not submit my post to either site)." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/25.1
[12:24]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-08-26.gmi
[12:25]	TR News	gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1394.jpg
[12:25]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1744.jpg
[12:30]	TR News	6 SpellBinding: BEIVSUM Wordo: PAVER gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-26.gmi
[12:34]	TR News	SpellBinding: BIKMUPN Wordo: PENIS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-25.gmi
[12:37]	TR News	Virginia Woolf gemini://plr.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-08-26-bibliotecas-virginia-woolf.gmi
[12:38]	Sompi	https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html
[12:38]	TR Bot	 Android Developers Blog: A new layer of security for certified Android devices
[12:38]	Sompi	"You shouldnt have to choose between open and secure. By engineering security into the core part of the OS, Android has proven that you can have both, and we continue taking new steps in that direction."
[12:38]	Sompi	...
[12:38]	Sompi	"To better protect users from repeat bad actors spreading malware and scams, we're adding another layer of security to make installing apps safer for everyone: developer verification."
[12:38]	Sompi	How is that "open" if you cannot even compile your own versions of programs without being a "cerfified developer"?
[12:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	AOSP has not been open for ages
[12:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	there are limitations
[12:39]	schestowitz[TR2]	more over time
[12:40]	TR News	SpellBinding CDZIOSH Wordo: RACES gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-24.gmi
[12:42]	TR News	The US used to be a haven for research. Now, scientists are packing their bags. https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2025/0825/trump-science-brain-drain-europe
[12:42]	TR Bot	US used to be a haven for research. Under Trump, scientists are packing their bags. - CSMonitor.com
[12:44]	TR News	Teens Are Using Chatbots as Therapists. Thats Alarming. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/opinion/teen-mental-health-chatbots.html
[12:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/opinion/teen-mental-health-chatbots.html )
[12:44]	TR News	New Study Shows Heat Waves Make People Age Faster https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/climate/heat-waves-aging.html
[12:44]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/climate/heat-waves-aging.html )
[12:46]	TR News	North Koreas Glossy New Surface: Apps, Beaches and a Fake Starbucks https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/world/asia/north-korea-foreign-tourism.html
[12:46]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/world/asia/north-korea-foreign-tourism.html )
[12:47]	TR News	South Korea rights watchdog urges action on 7-year-old exams assessing pre-schoolers https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-rights-watchdog-urges-action-on-7-year-old-exams-assessing-pre-schoolers
[12:47]	TR Bot	 South Korea rights watchdog urges action on 7-year-old exams assessing pre-schoolers | The Straits Times
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[12:50]	Sompi	Btw, Linus Torvalds has said (if I remember correctly) that he doesn't like the GPLv3 license because he thinks that the GPLv2 license already forbids tivoization
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[12:51]	Sompi	If that's so, then why he takes no action when we are surrounded with devices that are boot locked to run only Linux?
[12:51]	Sompi	If he thinks that the GPLv2 license does not allow that, then he should consider that a license violation
[12:52]	TR News	Why Chinese give voice against bullying https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0825/Why-Chinese-give-voice-against-bullying
[12:52]	TR Bot	Chinese give voice against bullying - CSMonitor.com
[12:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	<Sompi> Btw, Linus Torvalds has said (if I remember correctly) that he doesn't like the GPLv3 license because he thinks that the GPLv2 license already forbids tivoization
[12:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	no, he said no such thing, and it's also untrue
[12:58]	TR News	China coal power surges even as renewables hit record high, report says https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/25/china-coal-power-surges-even-as-renewables-hit-record-high-report-says/
[12:58]	TR Bot	 China coal power surges even as renewables hit record high: report
[12:58]	TR News	MTR Corp orders probe after mainland Chinese bricks used instead of German brand https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/25/mtr-corp-orders-probe-after-mainland-chinese-bricks-used-instead-of-german-brand/
[12:58]	TR Bot	 MTRC orders probe after mainland China bricks used instead of German brand
[12:59]	TR News	China's push for mega-dams driven by energy-hungry tech, [buzzword], researcher says https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250825-china-s-push-for-mega-dams-driven-by-energy-hungry-tech-ai-researcher-says
[12:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250825-china-s-push-for-mega-dams-driven-by-energy-hungry-tech-ai-researcher-says )
● Aug 26
[13:02]	TR News	TikTok/chichock spinach shows science vids in china, whereas to the rest of the world it feeds junk; that dumbs down the future and existing generations that run things
[13:02]	TR News	iophk: CBS 60 Minutes went into that in detail a few years ago. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tiktok-in-china-versus-the-united-states-60-minutes/
[13:02]	TR Bot	 TikTok in China versus the United States | 60 Minutes - CBS News
[13:17]	TR News	Bolivia right-wing candidate pledges to scrap lithium deals with China, Russia https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250826-bolivia-china-russia-lithium
[13:17]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250826-bolivia-china-russia-lithium )
[13:29]	TR News	Putins hybrid war against Europe continues to escalate https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-hybrid-war-against-europe-continues-to-escalate/
[13:29]	TR Bot	 Putin's hybrid war against Europe continues to escalate - Atlantic Council
[13:30]	TR News	Starting with known good components https://rubenerd.com/starting-with-known-good-components/
[13:31]	TR Bot	Starting with known good components
[13:31]	TR News	Gunnar Wolf: The comedy of computation, or, how I learned to stop worrying and love obsolescence https://gwolf.org/2025/08/the-comedy-of-computation-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-obsolescence.html
[13:31]	TR Bot	 Gunnar Wolf The comedy of computation, or, how I learned to stop worrying and love obsolescence
[13:43]	TR News	TTABlog Test: Are Clothing and Sunglasses Related Under Section 2(d)? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/08/ttablog-test-are-clothing-and.html
[13:43]	TR Bot	 The TTABlog: TTABlog Test: Are Clothing and Sunglasses Related Under Section 2(d)?
[13:44]	TR News	Hips Dont Lie, But Patent Specs Might: CeramTecs Color Conundrum and Trade Dress After Patenting https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/ceramtecs-conundrum-patenting.html
[13:44]	TR Bot	 Hips Don't Lie, But Patent Specs Might: CeramTec's Color Conundrum and Trade Dress After Patenting
[13:44]	TR News	LibreOffice 25.8 Backgrounder https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/25/libreoffice-25-8-backgrounder/
[13:44]	TR Bot	 LibreOffice 25.8 Backgrounder - The Document Foundation Blog
[13:46]	TR News	How To Install Timeshift on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-timeshift-almalinux-10/
[13:46]	TR Bot	 How To Install Timeshift on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot
[13:46]	TR News	How To Install Tabby Terminal on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-tabby-terminal-fedora-42/
[13:46]	TR Bot	 How To Install Tabby Terminal on Fedora 42 - idroot
[13:47]	TR News	How To Install Android Studio on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-android-studio-rocky-linux-10/
[13:47]	TR Bot	 How To Install Android Studio on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot
[13:49]	TR News	Late Night Linux Episode 348 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-348/
[13:49]	TR Bot	 Late Night Linux Episode 348 Late Night Linux
[13:51]	TR News	Nextcloud Becomes Our First Platinum Sponsor https://fossforce.com/2025/08/nextcloud-becomes-our-first-platinum-sponsor/
[13:51]	TR Bot	 Nextcloud Becomes Our First Platinum Sponsor - FOSS Force
[13:51]	MinceR	26 070405 < schestowitz[TR2]> what was all that computing power used for?
[13:51]	MinceR	in some cases, more powerful cryptography and better graphics :>
[13:52]	TR News	China screened 600 million for disease, keeping up Covid-19-era controls https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-screened-600-million-for-disease-keeping-up-covid-19-era-controls
[13:52]	TR Bot	 China screened 600 million for disease, keeping up Covid-19-era controls | The Straits Times
[13:52]	TR News	Life With Long COVID Comparable to Parkinson's And Stroke https://www.sciencealert.com/life-with-long-covid-comparable-to-parkinsons-and-stroke
[13:52]	TR Bot	With Long COVID Comparable to Parkinson's And Stroke : ScienceAlert
[13:53]	TR News	Epiverse community engagement and software sustainability for research software https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/epiverse-community-engagement-and-software-sustainability-for-research-software/
[13:53]	TR Bot	community engagement and software sustainability for research software | R-bloggers
[13:54]	TR News	French Prime Minister Calls Special Parliamentary Session to Address Ballooning Debt https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/world/europe/france-debt-parliament-vote.html
[13:54]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/world/europe/france-debt-parliament-vote.html )
[13:55]	TR News	Devices that should not and need not have computers in them https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/samsung-one-ui-home-appliances/
[13:55]	TR Bot	 Samsung One UI Expands to Home Appliances
[13:56]	TR News	What's the Future of Hey Hi (AI) Language Models as a Decentralized Technology? https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/decentralized-llms
[13:56]	TR Bot	 What's the Future of AI Language Models as a Decentralized Technology? | American Civil Liberties Union
[13:57]	TR News	The 6 Best GNU/Linux OS For Android Smartphones (2025) https://dekisoft.net/best-linux-os-for-android-devices/
[13:57]	TR Bot	 The 6 Best Linux OS For Android Smartphones (2025)
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[14:04]	TR News	Meanderer leaning trike video PART3 https://bkhome.org/news/202508/meanderer-leaning-trike-video-part3.html
[14:04]	TR Bot	 Meanderer leaning trike video PART3
[14:04]	TR News	PyCon US 2025 recap and recordings https://lwn.net/Articles/1034959/
[14:04]	TR Bot	US 2025 recap and recordings [LWN.net]
[14:05]	TR News	Jack Johnson: Shot Reverse Shot https://rubenerd.com/jack-johnson-shot-reverse-shot/
[14:05]	TR Bot	Jack Johnson: Shot Reverse Shot
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[14:06]	TR News	YouTube Confirms Altering Videos Using Hey Hi (AI) Without Notifying Creators https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/25/youtube-alters-creator-videos-ai/
[14:06]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/25/youtube-alters-creator-videos-ai/ )
[14:07]	TR News	YouTube tests Hey Hi (AI) edits on Shorts without disclosure sparking creator backlash https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/25/youtube-tests-ai-edits-shorts-without-disclosure-sparking-creator-backlash/
[14:07]	TR Bot	tests AI edits on Shorts without disclosure, sparking creator backlash - SiliconANGLE
[14:09]	TR News	Deploying a Golem Shiny App to ShinyApps.io https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/deploying-a-golem-shiny-app-to-shinyapps-io/
[14:09]	TR Bot	a Golem Shiny App to ShinyApps.io | R-bloggers
[14:11]	TR News	These reports are paid-for propaganda plus bribes for media to relay this propaganda https://canonical.com//blog/open-source-advantage-europe see http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/What_Linux_Foundation_Research_is_Paid_Marketing.shtml
[14:11]	TR Bot	 69% of organizations in Europe believe adopting open source makes them more competitive new Linux Foundation research
[14:11]	TR Bot	 Techrights What Linux Foundation 'Research' is: Paid Marketing
[14:12]	TR News	Top 5 Best GNU/Linux Tablets Recommended For Privacy Lovers (2025) https://dekisoft.net/best-5-linux-tablets-for-privacy/
[14:12]	TR Bot	 Top 5 Best Linux Tablets Recommended For Privacy Lovers (2025)
[14:12]	TR News	What is an image mode 3-way merge? https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/25/what-image-mode-3-way-merge
[14:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/25/what-image-mode-3-way-merge )
[14:20]	TR News	Pakistani Hackers Back at Targeting Indian Government Entities https://www.securityweek.com/pakistani-hackers-back-at-targeting-indian-government-entities/
[14:20]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/pakistani-hackers-back-at-targeting-indian-government-entities/ )
[14:20]	TR News	Arch GNU/Linux Project Responding to Week-Long DDoS Attack https://www.securityweek.com/arch-linux-project-responding-to-week-long-ddos-attack/
[14:20]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/arch-linux-project-responding-to-week-long-ddos-attack/ )
[14:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  DDoS Attacks Against Arch Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/23/DDoS_Attacks_Against_Arch_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/23/DDoS_Attacks_Against_Arch_Linux.gmi 
[14:22]	TR News	Portainer 2.33 LTS: New Branding, Helm Overhaul, and Observability Preview https://linuxiac.com/portainer-2-33-lts-new-branding-helm-overhaul-and-observability-preview/
[14:22]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines DDoS Attacks Against Arch Linux
[14:22]	TR Bot	 Portainer 2.33 LTS: New Branding, Helm Overhaul, and Observability Preview
[14:22]	TR News	Rethinking DevOps https://linuxhandbook.com/rethinking-devops/
[14:22]	TR Bot	 Rethinking DevOps
[14:24]	TR News	Openwashing dressed up as "commercial" https://lwn.net/Articles/1034944/
[14:24]	TR Bot	the state of commercial open source [LWN.net]
[14:25]	TR News	Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1034932/
[14:25]	TR Bot	updates for Monday [LWN.net]
[14:26]	MinceR	https://explosm.net/comics/blink#comic
[14:26]	TR Bot	& Happiness (Explosm.net)
[14:28]	TR News	How To Enable Kali GNU/Linux Root Access Step by Step Guide https://www.blackmoreops.com/enable-kali-linux-root-access/
[14:28]	TR Bot	 How To Enable Kali Linux Root Access Step by Step Guide - blackMORE Ops
[14:30]	TR News	FeedFlow minimalistic RSS Reader https://www.linuxlinks.com/feedflow-minimalistic-rss-reader/
[14:30]	TR Bot	- minimalistic RSS Reader - LinuxLinks
[14:30]	TR News	Updo website monitoring tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/updo-website-monitoring-tool/
[14:30]	TR Bot	- website monitoring tool - LinuxLinks
[14:32]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[14:32]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[14:33]	TR News	Pablo Correa Gomez: Retrospective of my term as a Director for the GNOME Foundation https://blogs.gnome.org/pabloyoyoista/2025/08/25/retrospective-of-my-term-as-a-director-for-the-gnome-foundation/
[14:33]	TR Bot	 Retrospective of my term as a Director for the GNOME Foundation GNOME adventures in mobile
[14:34]	TR News	Cambodian lawmakers pass bill allowing government to revoke citizenship https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/08/25/cambodia-citizenship-national-assembly-pass/
[14:34]	TR Bot	 Cambodian lawmakers pass bill allowing government to revoke citizenship Radio Free Asia
[14:35]	TR News	LLM Compressor 0.7.0 release recap https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/25/llm-compressor-070-release-recap
[14:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/25/llm-compressor-070-release-recap )
[14:51]	TR News	Doomsday Rocket Radios https://hackaday.com/2025/08/25/radio-apocalypse-americas-doomsday-rocket-radios/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:51]	TR Bot	Apocalypse: Americas Doomsday Rocket Radios | Hackaday
[14:52]	TR News	CERNs Large Hadron Collider Runs On A Bendix G-15 In 2025 https://hackaday.com/2025/08/25/cerns-large-hadron-collider-runs-on-a-bendix-g-15-in-2025/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:52]	TR Bot	Large Hadron Collider Runs On A Bendix G-15 In 2025 | Hackaday
[14:53]	TR News	A Distinct Pattern Emerges in The Brain Activity of People With OCD https://www.sciencealert.com/a-distinct-pattern-emerges-in-the-brain-activity-of-people-with-ocd
[14:53]	TR Bot	Distinct Pattern Emerges in The Brain Activity of People With OCD : ScienceAlert
[14:56]	TR News	The Words Humans Use to Describe Nature Are Vanishing, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/the-words-humans-use-to-describe-nature-are-vanishing-study-finds
[14:56]	TR Bot	Words Humans Use to Describe Nature Are Vanishing, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
[14:57]	TR News	Intel warns shareholders that the US government's 10% stake could hurt company's international sales https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-warns-shareholders-that-the-us-governments-10-percent-stake-could-hurt-companys-international-sales
[14:57]	TR Bot	 Intel warns shareholders that the US government's 10% stake could hurt company's international sales | Tom's Hardware
[14:57]	schestowitz[TR2]	psydroid2: ^
[14:59]	TR News	Intel warns of potential business risks related to US governments investment https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/25/intel-warns-potential-business-risks-related-us-governments-investment/
[14:59]	TR Bot	warns of potential business risks related to US government's investment - SiliconANGLE
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[15:01]	TR News	Indonesian police clash with hundreds protesting against parliamentarians salaries https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-police-clash-with-protesters-against-parliamentarians-salaries
[15:01]	TR Bot	 Indonesian police clash with hundreds protesting against parliamentarians salaries | The Straits Times
[15:04]	TR News	Week 12 recap GSoC 2025 - Wrapping Up GSoC 2025 with Krita https://blogs.kde.org/2025/08/25/week-12-recap-gsoc-2025-wrapping-up-gsoc-2025-with-krita/
[15:04]	TR Bot	 Week 12 recap GSoC 2025 - Wrapping Up GSoC 2025 with Krita - KDE Blogs
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[15:50]	MinceR	https://explosm.net/comics/proposal#comic
[15:50]	TR Bot	& Happiness (Explosm.net)
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[16:58]	TR News	Anatsa Android Banking Trojan Now Targeting 830 Financial Apps https://www.securityweek.com/anatsa-android-banking-trojan-now-targeting-830-financial-institutions/
[16:58]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/anatsa-android-banking-trojan-now-targeting-830-financial-institutions/ )
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[17:00]	TR News	After the Sixth Circuit, Whats Next for Broadband Oversight? https://publicknowledge.org/after-the-sixth-circuit-whats-next-for-broadband-oversight/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml
[17:00]	TR Bot	 After the Sixth Circuit, Whats Next for Broadband Oversight? - Public Knowledge
[17:00]	TR Bot	 Techrights At Microsoft, Promoting Back Doors, Proprietary Lock-in and Mass Surveillance Under the Guise of Diversity ("Microsoft Philanthropy Team")
[17:00]	TR News	France "on brink of over-indebtedness" warns Prime Minister https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250825-france-on-brink-of-over-indebtedness-warns-prime-minister
[17:00]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250825-france-on-brink-of-over-indebtedness-warns-prime-minister )
[17:03]	TR News	"Were used to interfaces such as I2C and one-wire as easy ways to hook up sensors and other peripherals to microcontrollers." https://hackaday.com/2025/08/25/pi-port-protection-pcb/ | Source: Hackaday
[17:03]	TR Bot	Port Protection PCB | Hackaday
[17:03]	TR News	Naomi Brockwell: I Have Nothing to Hide The Dangerous Myth About Privacy (video) https://femtejuli.se/2025/08/25/naomi-brockwell-i-have-nothing-to-hide-the-dangerous-myth-about-privacy-video/
[17:03]	TR Bot	 Naomi Brockwell: I Have Nothing to Hide The Dangerous Myth About Privacy (video)
[17:04]	TR News	FydeOS vs ChromeOS Flex vs ZorinOS: Comparative Analysis https://www.blackmoreops.com/fydeos-vs-chromeos-flex-vs-zorinos-comparison/
[17:04]	TR Bot	 FydeOS vs ChromeOS Flex vs ZorinOS: Comparative Analysis - blackMORE Ops
[17:07]	TR News	Slopwatch: Slopfarms All Over Surveillance Giant Google News and Real News Sites Pushed Out of Visibility https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/Slopwatch_Slopfarms_All_Over_Google_News_and_Real_News_Sites_Pu.shtml
[17:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slopwatch: Slopfarms All Over Google News and Real News Sites Pushed Out of Visibility
[17:08]	TR News	Advancing RPKI: NRO RPKI Program in 2025 for trust, transparency, and user experience https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/25/advancing-rpki-nro-rpki-program-2025/
[17:08]	TR Bot	 Advancing RPKI: NRO RPKI Program in 2025 for trust, transparency, and user experience | APNIC Blog
[17:08]	TR News	Chip Programming Firm Data I/O Hit by Ransomware https://www.securityweek.com/chip-programming-firm-data-i-o-hit-by-ransomware/
[17:08]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/chip-programming-firm-data-i-o-hit-by-ransomware/ )
[17:09]	TR News	"if you are looking to brush up on graphics programming with GPUs" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/25/the-shady-school/ | Source: Hackaday
[17:09]	TR Bot	Shady School | Hackaday
[17:09]	TR News	Waveshare RP2350-Matrix board features 88 WS2812 RGB LED matrix, 6-axis IMU, Dout pin for more LEDs https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/26/waveshare-rp2350-matrix-board-features-8x8-ws2812-rgb-led-matrix-6-axis-imu-dout-pin-for-more-leds/
[17:09]	TR Bot	 Waveshare RP2350-Matrix board features 88 WS2812 RGB LED matrix, 6-axis IMU, Dout pin for more LEDs - CNX Software
[17:10]	TR News	Debugging The Instant Macropad https://hackaday.com/2025/08/25/debugging-the-instant-macropad/ | Source: Hackaday
[17:10]	TR Bot	The Instant Macropad | Hackaday
[17:11]	TR News	The Citizen Labs Submission on Transnational Repression in the UK https://citizenlab.ca/2025/08/the-citizen-labs-submission-on-transnational-repression-in-the-uk/
[17:11]	TR Bot	 The Citizen Labs Submission on Transnational Repression in the UK - The Citizen Lab
[17:12]	TR News	"I don't know why, but the term "vibe coding" really pisses me off. I find it utterly stupid." https://kevquirk.com/notes/20250825-0902
[17:12]	TR Bot	 25 August 2025 at 09:02 | Kev Quirk
[17:13]	TR News	Pi Zero-sized Radxa Cubie A7Z SBC features Allwinner A733 Cortex-A76/A55 SoC, up to 16GB RAM, WiFi 6 https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/25/pi-zero-sized-radxa-cubie-a7z-sbc-features-allwinner-a733-cortex-a76-a55-soc-up-to-16gb-ram-wifi-6/
[17:13]	TR Bot	 Pi Zero-sized Radxa Cubie A7Z SBC features Allwinner A733 Cortex-A76/A55 SoC, up to 16GB RAM, WiFi 6 - CNX Software
[17:13]	TR News	Rakudo Weekly 2025.34 Computationally Irreducible https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/08/25/2025-34-computationally-irreducible/
[17:13]	TR Bot	 2025.34 Computationally Irreducible Rakudo Weekly News
[17:14]	TR News	No automatic service via lawyers to Chinese defendant in MED-EL case https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/no-automatic-service-via-lawyers-to-chinese-defendant-in-med-el-vs-nurotron/
[17:14]	TR Bot	 No automatic service via lawyers to Chinese defendant in MED-EL case
[17:15]	TR News	African cybercrime networks dismantled in major INTERPOL operation https://www.protectionweb.co.za/cyber-security/african-cybercrime-networks-dismantled-in-major-interpol-operation/
[17:15]	TR Bot	 African cybercrime networks dismantled in major INTERPOL operation - ProtectionWeb
[17:16]	TR News	Blistering Wyden letter seeks review of federal court cybersecurity, citing incompetence, negligence https://cyberscoop.com/blistering-wyden-letter-seeks-review-of-federal-court-cybersecurity-citing-incompetence-negligence/
[17:16]	TR Bot	Wyden letter seeks review of federal court cybersecurity, citing incompetence, negligence | CyberScoop
[17:16]	TR News	Farmers Insurance Data Breach Impacts Over 1 Million People https://www.securityweek.com/farmers-insurance-data-breach-impacts-over-1-million-people/
[17:16]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/farmers-insurance-data-breach-impacts-over-1-million-people/ )
[17:17]	TR News	CISA Requests Public Feedback on Updated SBOM Guidance https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-requests-public-feedback-on-updated-sbom-guidance/
[17:17]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-requests-public-feedback-on-updated-sbom-guidance/ )
[17:17]	TR News	Aspire Rural Health System Data Breach Impacts Nearly 140,000 https://www.securityweek.com/aspire-rural-health-system-data-breach-impacts-nearly-140000/
[17:17]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/aspire-rural-health-system-data-breach-impacts-nearly-140000/ )
[17:18]	TR News	OneFlip: An Emerging Threat to Hey Hi (AI) that Could Make Vehicles Crash and Facial Recognition Fail https://www.securityweek.com/oneflip-an-emerging-threat-to-ai-that-could-make-vehicles-crash-and-facial-recognition-fail/
[17:18]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/oneflip-an-emerging-threat-to-ai-that-could-make-vehicles-crash-and-facial-recognition-fail/ )
[17:19]	TR News	openKylin 2.0-SP2-beta1 is out https://distrowatch.com/openkylin
[17:19]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/openkylin )
[17:20]	MinceR	(cat) https://apina.biz/2716.jpg?mode=sfw
[17:20]		-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/2716.jpg
[17:20]	TR News	"I am not sure that the EPO would come to a different conclusion here: you have a narrow definition and a broad embodiment in the description, so there is some ambiguity. In the end you give the term achromatic its commonly understood meaning in the claims. Same result, maybe slightly different route." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/divergence-between-upc-and-epo-on-claim.html?showComment=1756124175499#c5392490238500722899
[17:20]	TR Bot	 Divergence between the UPC and EPO on claim interpretation and description definitions (Agfa v Gucci, UPC_CFI_278/2023) - The IPKat
[17:21]	TR News	Console repairer encounters Xbox 360 that Abusive Monopolist Microsoft banned over 'bad debt' from unpaid bills Abusive Monopolist Microsoft MVP chimes in with an elegant official solution https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/xbox/console-repairer-encounters-xbox-360-that-microsoft-banned-over-bad-debt-from-unpaid-bills-microsoft-mvp-chimes-in-with-an-elegant-official-solution
[17:21]	TR Bot	 Console repairer encounters Xbox 360 that Microsoft banned over 'bad debt' from unpaid bills Microsoft MVP chimes in with an elegant official solution | Tom's Hardware
[17:21]	TR News	Australians Brace for Imminent 15% Spotify Price Hikes https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/25/australians-brace-for-15-spotify-price-hikes/
[17:22]	TR Bot	( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/25/australians-brace-for-15-spotify-price-hikes/ )
[17:22]	TR News	MElons xAI Sues Fashion Company Apple and Proprietary Chaffbot Company Over Claims It Is Being Shut Out https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/technology/elon-musk-xai-sues-apple.html
[17:22]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/technology/elon-musk-xai-sues-apple.html )
[17:32]	TR News	"When someone hacks together a digital camera with a Raspberry Pi" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/25/theres-nothing-mini-about-this-mini-hasselblad-style-cameras-sensor/ | Source: Hackaday
[17:32]	TR Bot	Nothing Mini About This Mini Hasselblad-Style Cameras Sensor | Hackaday
[17:32]	TR News	Newspaper publisher should enjoy greater latitude of freedom of expression, Jimmy Lais lawyer tells court https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/25/newspaper-publisher-should-enjoy-greater-latitude-of-freedom-of-expression-jimmy-lais-lawyer-tells-court/
[17:32]	TR Bot	 Publisher deserves 'greater latitude' in free expression: Jimmy Lai's lawyer
[17:33]	TR News	The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/the-ai-profits-drought-and-the-lessons-of-history "Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy."
[17:33]	TR Bot	 The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History | The New Yorker
[17:34]	TR News	LILYGO T-Circle-S3 An ESP32-S3 devkit with 0.75-inch circular touch display, microphone and speaker https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/26/lilygo-t-circle-s3-an-esp32-s3-devkit-with-0-75-inch-circular-touch-display-microphone-and-speaker/
[17:34]	TR Bot	 LILYGO T-Circle-S3 - An ESP32-S3 devkit with 0.75-inch circular touch display, microphone and speaker - CNX Software
[17:37]	TR News	Powells swan-song speech in Jackson Hole answered a lot of questions. But it left a big one unanswered. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/powells-swan-song-speech-in-jackson-hole-answered-a-lot-of-questions-but-it-left-a-big-one-unanswered/
[17:37]	TR Bot	 Powells swan-song speech in Jackson Hole answered a lot of questions. But it left a big one unanswered. - Atlantic Council
[17:37]	TR News	The UEFI Restricted Boot 'Time Bomb' is About to Go Off in a Few Weeks https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/24/The_UEFI_Restricted_Boot_Time_Bomb_is_About_to_Go_Off_in_a_Few_.shtml
[17:37]	TR Bot	 Techrights The UEFI Restricted Boot 'Time Bomb' is About to Go Off in a Few Weeks
[17:38]	TR News	How to Combat IRC Trolls (in Our Experience) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/How_to_Combat_IRC_Trolls_in_Our_Experience.shtml
[17:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights How to Combat IRC Trolls (in Our Experience)
[17:38]	TR News	Gulf Nations Leave Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Behind https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/Gulf_Nations_Leave_Microsoft_Behind.shtml
[17:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gulf Nations Leave Microsoft Behind
[17:38]	TR News	The "New Techrights" Turns Two Very Soon https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/The_New_Techrights_Turns_Two_Very_Soon.shtml
[17:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights The "New Techrights" Turns Two Very Soon
[17:38]	TR News	Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Inc. Lost 2 Million Dollars Last Year and Its Chief Took a Salary Increase of Almost $6,000 https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Inc_Lost_2_Million_Dollars_Las.shtml
[17:38]	TR Bot	 Techrights Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Inc. Lost 2 Million Dollars Last Year and Its Chief Took a Salary Increase of Almost $6,000
[17:39]	TR News	Father of Julian Assange Said the US Government Was Trying to Bankrupt WikiLeaks, Now the Assange Family Promotes Fake Currencies https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/Father_of_Julian_Assange_Said_the_US_Government_Was_Trying_to_B.shtml
[17:39]	TR Bot	 Techrights Father of Julian Assange Said the US Government Was Trying to Bankrupt WikiLeaks, Now the Assange Family Promotes Fake Currencies
[17:40]	TR News	Bailing Out GAFAM, Giving Taxpayers' Money to Failing Companies, and Trying to Outlaw Lawsuits Against Them (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/Bailing_Out_GAFAM_Giving_Taxpayers_Money_to_Failing_Companies_a.shtml
[17:40]	TR Bot	 Techrights Bailing Out GAFAM, Giving Taxpayers' Money to Failing Companies, and Trying to Outlaw Lawsuits Against Them
[17:41]	TR News	Launchpad News: Deprecating CVS and Subversion imports https://blog.launchpad.net/general/deprecating-cvs-and-subversion-imports
[17:41]	TR Bot	 Launchpad Blog
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[17:43]	TR News	Firefox Web App Support Available to Test (on Windows, At Least) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/firefox-web-app-support-progress
[17:43]	TR Bot	 Firefox Web App Support Available to Test (on Windows, At Least) - OMG! Ubuntu
[17:44]	TR News	Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 906 https://ubuntu-news.org/2025/08/25/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-906/
[17:44]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 906
[17:44]	TR News	FFmpeg 8.0 Released with APV & ProRes RAW Decoder (Ubuntu PPA) https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/ffmpeg-8-0-released-apv-prores-raw-decoder/
[17:44]	TR Bot	 FFmpeg 8.0 Released with APV & ProRes RAW Decoder (Ubuntu PPA) | UbuntuHandbook
[17:45]	TR News	parallel @ Savannah: GNU Parallel 20250822 ('') released [stable] https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10807
[17:45]	TR Bot	 GNU Parallel - News [Savannah]
[17:46]	TR News	Happy 34th Birthday, Linux! https://9to5linux.com/happy-34th-birthday-linux
[17:46]	TR Bot	34th Birthday, Linux! - 9to5Linux
[17:51]	TR News	MakuluLinux 2025-08-17 is out https://distrowatch.com/makulu
[17:51]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/makulu )
[17:52]	TR News	Happy Birthday, GNU/Linux http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Happy-Birthday-Linux
[17:52]	TR Bot	 Happy Birthday, Linux Linux Magazine
[17:52]	TR News	GNU/Linux Distros Ought to Replace Firefox (and Firefox ESR) With Something Like LibreWolf https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/GNU_Linux_Distros_Ought_to_Replace_Firefox_and_Firefox_ESR_With.shtml
[17:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights GNU/Linux Distros Ought to Replace Firefox (and Firefox ESR) With Something Like LibreWolf
[17:57]	TR News	 (NEW):  Canonical and Microsoft Pay 'Linux' Foundation Money for Marketing SPAM and Fake (Paid-for) Articles, Videos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Canonical_and_Microsoft_Pay_Linux_Foundation_Money_for_Marketin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Canonical_and_Microsoft_Pay_Linux_Foundation_Money_for_Marketin.gmi 
[17:57]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Canonical and Microsoft Pay 'Linux' Foundation Money for Marketing SPAM and Fake (Paid-for) Articles, Videos
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[17:59]	TR News	Linux turns 34 years old, here's how it got started https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-turns-34-years-old-heres-how-it-got-started/
[17:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-turns-34-years-old-heres-how-it-got-started/ )
● Aug 26
[18:00]	MinceR	"here's how it ended" would be a more interesting article
[18:01]	schestowitz[TR2]	systemd-kerneld
[18:01]	TR News	The KDE team wants your feedback on the new virtual keyboard coming to Plasma 6.5 https://www.neowin.net/news/the-kde-team-wants-your-feedback-on-the-new-virtual-keyboard-coming-to-plasma-65/
[18:01]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/the-kde-team-wants-your-feedback-on-the-new-virtual-keyboard-coming-to-plasma-65/ )
[18:01]	MinceR	MICROS~1's various attempts to kill it, how they found the methods that do work, how long it took the masses that they've shat into the kernel they were using...
[18:02]	MinceR	s/masses /masses to realize /
[18:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	zemlin lifts the lid
[18:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	microsoft adds the 'brick'
[18:02]	schestowitz[TR2]	sheela zemlin flushes
[18:03]	TR News	One way conversion into PROPRIETARY and WINDOWS. YAY!! https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-announces-vm-conversion-tool/
[18:03]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-announces-vm-conversion-tool/ )
[18:05]	TR News	Volla Phone Quintus running Ubuntu Touch: Introduction to the Series https://www.linuxlinks.com/volla-phone-quintus-running-ubuntu-touch-introduction/
[18:05]	TR Bot	Phone Quintus running Ubuntu Touch: Introduction to the Series - LinuxLinks
[18:05]	TR News	OCLint static code analysis tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/oclint-static-code-analysis-tool/
[18:05]	TR Bot	- static code analysis tool - LinuxLinks
[18:05]	TR News	12 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux CLI File Encryption Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-cli-file-encryption-tools/
[18:05]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Linux CLI File Encryption Tools - LinuxLinks
[18:06]	MinceR	all the efforts the masses took to pretend that nothing's wrong
[18:07]	TR News	texel Command line interface for reading spreadsheets https://www.linuxlinks.com/texel-command-line-interface-reading-spreadsheets/
[18:07]	TR Bot	- Command line interface for reading spreadsheets - LinuxLinks
[18:07]	TR News	LinuxLinks The Home of GNU/Linux https://www.linuxlinks.com/linuxlinks-home-linux/
[18:07]	TR Bot	- The Home of Linux - LinuxLinks
[18:07]	TR News	Vet examines Go source code and reports suspicious constructs https://www.linuxlinks.com/vet-examines-go-source-code-reports-suspicious-constructs/
[18:07]	TR Bot	examines Go source code and reports suspicious constructs - LinuxLinks
[18:11]	TR News	They use SLOP images now https://www.securityweek.com/arch-linux-project-responding-to-week-long-ddos-attack/
[18:11]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/arch-linux-project-responding-to-week-long-ddos-attack/ )
[18:11]	TR News	CachyOS Linux update delivers speed, security and reliability improvements https://betanews.com/2025/08/25/cachyos-linux-update-delivers-speed-security-and-reliability-improvements/
[18:11]	TR Bot	Linux update delivers speed, security and reliability improvements - BetaNews
[18:15]	TR News	GAFAM think tank https://betanews.com/2025/08/25/linux-foundation-warns-europe-risks-falling-behind-without-stronger-open-source-strategy/
[18:15]	TR Bot	Foundation warns Europe risks falling behind without stronger open source strategy - BetaNews
[18:17]	TR News	Check out PCWorlds new Linux podcast, the Dual Boot Diaries https://www.pcworld.com/article/2888221/check-out-pcworlds-new-linux-podcast.html
[18:17]	TR Bot	out PCWorld's new Linux podcast, the Dual Boot Diaries | PCWorld
[18:17]	TR News	More Microsoft BRIBES for LF prnewswire.com/news-releases/linux-foundation-welcomes-documentdb-to-advance-open-developer-first-nosql-innovation-302534121.html
[18:18]	TR News	Kopia: Open-source encrypted backup tool for Windows, macOS, Linux https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/25/kopia-open-source-encrypted-backup-tool-windows-macos-linux/
[18:18]	TR Bot	 Kopia: Open-source encrypted backup tool for Windows, macOS, Linux - Help Net Security
[18:19]	TR News	Asmi Linux finally makes the Xfce desktop accessible to all, even newbies https://www.zdnet.com/article/asmi-linux-finally-makes-the-xfce-desktop-accessible-to-all-even-newbies/
[18:19]	TR Bot	Linux finally makes the Xfce desktop accessible to all, even newbies | ZDNET
[18:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Debian-Based Tails 7.0 RC1 and Asmi Linux 13 Debian Edition https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/16/Debian_Based_Tails_7_0_RC1_and_Asmi_Linux_13_Debian_Edition.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/16/Debian_Based_Tails_7_0_RC1_and_Asmi_Linux_13_Debian_Edition.gmi 
[18:21]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Debian-Based Tails 7.0 RC1 and Asmi Linux 13 Debian Edition
[18:21]	TR News	Openwashing https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/25/linux-foundation-takes-solo-ios-open-source-agentgateway-project/
[18:21]	TR Bot	Foundation takes over Solo.io's open-source Agentgateway project - SiliconANGLE
[18:23]	TR News	DDoS intrusion continues to disrupt Arch Linux https://www.scworld.com/brief/ddos-intrusion-continues-to-disrupt-arch-linux
[18:23]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.scworld.com/brief/ddos-intrusion-continues-to-disrupt-arch-linux )
[18:25]	TR News	Social engineering attack, not Linux https://www.scworld.com/brief/ongoing-apt36-malware-attacks-involve-linux-desktop-files
[18:25]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.scworld.com/brief/ongoing-apt36-malware-attacks-involve-linux-desktop-files )
[18:27]	TR News	The issue is this Meeting_Notice_Ltr_ID1543ops.pdf_.zip file, not "Linux" https://securityaffairs.com/181513/apt/pakistan-linked-apt36-abuses-linux-desktop-files-to-drop-custom-malware-in-new-campaign.html
[18:27]	TR Bot	 Pakistan-linked APT36 abuses Linux .desktop files to drop custom malware in new campaign
[18:29]	TR News	More Microsoft bribes to LF presented as "donations" https://sdtimes.com/data/microsoft-donates-documentdb-to-the-linux-foundation/
[18:29]	TR Bot	 Microsoft donates DocumentDB to the Linux Foundation - SD Times
[18:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  "Linux" Blamed for Users Downloading and Executing Malicious Files https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/_Linux_Blames_for_Users_Downloading_and_Executing_Malicious_Fil.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/_Linux_Blames_for_Users_Downloading_and_Executing_Malicious_Fil.gmi 
[18:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines "Linux" Blamed for Users Downloading and Executing Malicious Files
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[18:33]	MinceR	https://explosm.net/comics/scary-visitor#comic
[18:33]	TR Bot	& Happiness (Explosm.net)
[18:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  FOSS Force Sponsorships and 'Think Tank' Activity (Marketing/Lobbying) at LF https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/FOSS_Force_Sponsorships_and_Think_Tank_Activity_Marketing_Lobby.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/FOSS_Force_Sponsorships_and_Think_Tank_Activity_Marketing_Lobby.gmi 
[18:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines FOSS Force Sponsorships and 'Think Tank' Activity (Marketing/Lobbying) at LF
[18:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.gmi 
[18:36]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More
[18:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Security_Leftovers.gmi 
[18:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Security Leftovers
[18:39]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights
[18:39]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[18:39]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[18:40]	TR News	GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p2 Is Now Available https://www.ghostbsd.org/news/GhostBSD_25.02-R14.3p2_Is_Now_Available
[18:40]	TR Bot	 GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p2 Is Now Available | GhostBSD
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[18:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Latest From Red Hat's redhat.com https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Latest_From_Red_Hat_s_redhat_com.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Latest_From_Red_Hat_s_redhat_com.gmi 
[18:41]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Latest From Red Hat's redhat.com
[18:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  BSD: Release of GhostBSD 25.02 OpenBSD Home Network Setup https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/BSD_Release_of_GhostBSD_25_02_OpenBSD_Home_Network_Setup.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/BSD_Release_of_GhostBSD_25_02_OpenBSD_Home_Network_Setup.gmi 
[18:43]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines BSD: Release of GhostBSD 25.02 OpenBSD Home Network Setup
[18:44]	TR News	 (NEW):  Applications: Top 7 Free Odoo Apps and a Look at Kopia https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Applications_Top_7_Free_Odoo_Apps_and_a_Look_at_Kopia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Applications_Top_7_Free_Odoo_Apps_and_a_Look_at_Kopia.gmi 
[18:44]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Applications: Top 7 Free Odoo Apps and a Look at Kopia
[18:45]	TR News	 (NEW):  Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux and Dual Boot Diaries https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_and_Dual_Boot_Diaries.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_and_Dual_Boot_Diaries.gmi 
[18:45]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux and Dual Boot Diaries
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[18:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  Canonical/Ubuntu: Ubuntu Touch, Real-time OS Examples, and Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Canonical_Ubuntu_Ubuntu_Touch_Real_time_OS_Examples_and_Ubuntu_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Canonical_Ubuntu_Ubuntu_Touch_Real_time_OS_Examples_and_Ubuntu_.gmi 
[18:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Canonical/Ubuntu: Ubuntu Touch, Real-time OS Examples, and Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter
[18:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  KDE Krita Report and Pablo Correa Gomez on Ending GNOME Foundation Term https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/KDE_Krita_Report_and_Pablo_Correa_Gomez_on_Ending_GNOME_Foundat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/KDE_Krita_Report_and_Pablo_Correa_Gomez_on_Ending_GNOME_Foundat.gmi 
[18:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines KDE Krita Report and Pablo Correa Gomez on Ending GNOME Foundation Term
[18:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[18:48]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
[18:50]	TR News	 xkcd: Dual Roomba #3133 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3133.gmi
[18:51]	TR News	Flashing LineageOS onto old OnePlus6 gemini://elperronegro.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-08-26-flashing-lineageos.gmi
[18:53]	TR News	"I've got the vinyl version and now I'm listening the FLACs on my iPod classic using Rockbox. It's brilliant! It's funny how music this heavy can sound so classy when it's in French :D" gemini://kavka.wrote.re/post/listening-to-alcest-2025-08-26/
[18:54]	TR News	"Two days ago, I tried to add Japanese keyboard input to X11 for searching songs from anime I watched, because using English to search for Jpop music give less usefull result than using Japanese." gemini://tilde.club/~silica/gemlog-en/2025-08-26_keyboard-layout-and-input-method.gmi
[18:54]	TR News	"Google claims the measure is being done for security, and if the SANS newsletters I read are any indication, sideloading is indeed a major avenue for installing malware on smartphones. However, Google is making the new measure mandatory." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202508/20250826-on-google-ending-unsigned-app-sideloading.gmi
[18:59]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 26/08/2025: Listening to Alcest and Google Doing Evil (Users Installing Software is "Sideloading" and Prohibited) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Gemini_Links_26_08_2025_Listening_to_Alcest_and_Google_Doing_Ev.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Gemini_Links_26_08_2025_Listening_to_Alcest_and_Google_Doing_Ev.gmi 
[18:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 26/08/2025: Listening to Alcest and Google Doing Evil (Users Installing Software is "Sideloading" and Prohibited)
[18:59]	TR News	Techrights Links 26/08/2025: "Ballooning Debt" in France and "Transnational Repression in the UK" https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Links_26_08_2025_Ballooning_Debt_in_France_and_Transnational_Re.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Links_26_08_2025_Ballooning_Debt_in_France_and_Transnational_Re.gmi 
[18:59]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 26/08/2025: "Ballooning Debt" in France and "Transnational Repression in the UK"
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[19:01]		*psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights
[19:07]	TR News	Taking Microsoft money for openwashing via proprietary GitHub; it also gives Microsoft more logistical control over LF https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/linux_foundation_says_yes_to/
[19:07]	TR Bot	 Linux Foundation says yes to NoSQL via DocumentDB The Register
[19:25]	TR News	Techrights Slopwatch: DDoS Slop, LinuxBSDos.com Spam, and Slopfarms in Google News, Including webpronews.com https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Slopwatch_DDoS_Slop_LinuxBSDos_com_Spam_and_Slopfarms_in_Google.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Slopwatch_DDoS_Slop_LinuxBSDos_com_Spam_and_Slopfarms_in_Google.gmi 
[19:26]	TR Bot	 Techrights Slopwatch: DDoS Slop, LinuxBSDos.com Spam, and Slopfarms in Google News, Including webpronews.com
[19:30]	TR News	Techrights Why Techrights is Slow Today (Bot Floods) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Why_Techrights_is_Slow_Today_Bot_Floods.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Why_Techrights_is_Slow_Today_Bot_Floods.gmi 
[19:31]	TR Bot	 Techrights Why Techrights is Slow Today (Bot Floods)
[19:41]	TR News	Techrights The UEFI 9/11 - Part I - Introduction to Impending Catastrophe (Microsoft Preventing People From Booting Non-Windows Systems) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/The_UEFI_9_11_Part_I_Introduction_to_Impending_Catastrophe_Micr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/The_UEFI_9_11_Part_I_Introduction_to_Impending_Catastrophe_Micr.gmi 
[19:41]	TR Bot	 Techrights The UEFI 9/11 - Part I - Introduction to Impending Catastrophe (Microsoft Preventing People From Booting Non-Windows Systems)
[19:47]		*psydroid3 has ordered a bunch of RISC-V boards and touchscreen monitors to use and to experiment with over the next few weeks and months
[19:48]	psydroid3	also considering the Windroid situation looming large in 2026
● Aug 26
[20:02]	TR News	Techrights Panama: Windows Down From 97% "Market Share" to Less Than 30% https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Panama_Windows_Down_From_97_Market_Share_to_Less_Than_30.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Panama_Windows_Down_From_97_Market_Share_to_Less_Than_30.gmi 
[20:02]	TR Bot	 Techrights Panama: Windows Down From 97% "Market Share" to Less Than 30%
[20:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45024324
[20:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[20:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	> Stallman actively hurts the cause with his behaviour.
[20:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	People arguing this should realize that actors fighting oh the other side of the war might act kind and use politically correct wording, but they're still eroding our freedom little by little.
[20:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	Arguments like this ("his behaviour") really mean that people care about policing other people's behaviour more than they care about the actual topic being discussed.
[20:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	Downvote me if you want, I don't care:
[20:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	- Stallman, singlehandedly, did more than anybody else for freedom in the computing industry.
[20:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	- People pushing those arguments a huge part of the problem.
[20:14]	schestowitz[TR2]	- People like Stallman are a huge part of the solution."
[20:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	"cedilla 12 hours ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Google will allow only apps from verified develope...
[20:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	Stallman actively hurts the cause with his behaviour. I'm not only talking about his eccentricities, but also the adversarial and combative language. Yes, Amazon is trying to swindle us, but few people will be convinced of that when you start your argument by calling the kindle an "Amazon swindle" every time, directly implying that anyone who has one is an idiot or even malicious.
[20:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	Yes, it's unfair that someone can be 100% correct but people won't listen to them because of their appearance or mannerisms. But whining about that unfairness is unproductive. People will never listen to someone who can't stop themselves from eating stuff from their foot in public.
[20:15]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[20:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[20:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	I used to 100% feel the same, but at some point I realized the problem was me, not him, in not viscerally understanding his goals. His stated goals are very clear, but the audience usually has somewhat overlapping, but nevertheless distinct goals. This is indeed at the very core of Open Source-Free Software feud. The base is almost entirely the same people, yet the ideologies are not the same, and in a very interesting way: the di
[20:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	fferences are critical to RMS's ideology, but minute to the other side. Thus, the other side thinks of a crazy guy ruining the whole thing for nothing or very little, and evaluates him as net negative for "the cause." Well, it is absolutely true, for their cause, not his.
[20:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	I think his take on what compromises are valid and what aren't makes this clear: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/compromise.en.html
[20:16]	schestowitz[TR2]	In fact, this particular incident, re Android, a seemingly "open" system, is a perfect example of the importance of his PoV in particular, as it illustrates that Open Source ideology would not have been enough to ensure the user is in control."
[20:16]	TR Bot	( status 429 @ https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/compromise.en.html )
[20:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[20:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	The problem is: you never get to have your goals or arguments listened to when you fail to represent yourself as a basic human. That means not putting weird stuff in your mouth on camera, not looking too unkempt, not being too belligerent before you get to your points and never, never, never discussing the fine differences between ephebophilia and pedophilia on a mailing list.
[20:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	His point of view and his goals are completely besides the point that he is unfit as a spokesperson for them.
[20:17]	schestowitz[TR2]	Sadly. Because I agree with him quite a lot, and he does have good arguments."
[20:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Stallman is a "prophet": he needs to be extreme and rigid in his ideology so that the world shifts to a more moderate middle ground. For GNU to actually change the world, they need to be a pole of extreme that is opposite to our status quo of capitalist consumption. You are not supposed to emulate him.
[20:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	You see this phenomenon in every movement for societal change. The more dogmatic they are, the larger their effect on public opinion.
[20:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	The fact that the modern programming world defaults to releasing their code using corporate-friendly OSS licences like MIT is thanks to Stallman's and GNU's campaigns."
[20:18]	schestowitz[TR2]	"You're exactly right. And what you're saying is sort of shifting my perspective on non-violent extremist movements that I usually find insufferable. You may not be able to stand them but you do need them."
[20:19]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Android is open source. It is not free software. The issue we're discussing right now should make the difference very clear."
[20:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	"Calling the kindle the "swindle" hurt open software?
[20:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	Listen to yourself."
[20:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	"To put my thoughts into one sentence: You can't fight the system within the system."
[20:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[20:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	Frankly I find it refreshing in a world where everyone is obedient to the corporate overlords to have someone who just doesn't give a shit and calls it out exactly the way he sees it.
[20:20]	schestowitz[TR2]	We don't need more polished people."
[20:22]	TR News	"On this day suddenly folks come out of the woodwork advocating for half baked measures to achieve what Stallman portrayed but they still hardly recognize this was EXACTLY his concern when he started the Free Software movement." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45022661
[20:22]	TR Bot	 The funny thing is Stallman started his fight like half a century ago and on reg... | Hacker News
[20:34]	TR News	Techrights Richard Stallman (RMS) Was Right About "Sideloading" in 1996 https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Richard_Stallman_RMS_Was_Right_About_Sideloading_in_1996.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/26/Richard_Stallman_RMS_Was_Right_About_Sideloading_in_1996.gmi 
[20:34]	TR Bot	 Techrights Richard Stallman (RMS) Was Right About "Sideloading" in 1996
[20:45]	TR News	 (NEW):  Feels like DDoS Today https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Feels_like_DDoS_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Feels_like_DDoS_Today.gmi 
[20:45]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Feels like DDoS Today
[20:47]	TR News	But this publisher is being paid to inflate it https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/overinflated_ai_balloon/
[20:47]	TR Bot	 The air is hissing out of the overinflated AI balloon The Register
[20:49]	TR News	"I was around for the dotcom crash, but many of you weren't, so here's a quick history lesson. The NASDAQ saw a 77 to 78 percent collapse. Many companies didn't survive. Many others that you may think of as being too big to fail, such as Cisco, Intel, and Oracle, lost over 80 percent of their market value."
[20:53]	TR News	"Jim Cramer sends a blunt message on Microsoft layoffs". WHO CARES what Cramer says??
[20:54]	TR News	The TOP of the pyramid will know first when to dump MSFT stock because the "hey hi" bubble and Ponzi scheme comes to an end
[20:55]	TR News	Developer Rec Room lays off 'about half' its staff https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/developer-rec-room-lays-off-about-half-its-staff
[20:55]	TR Bot	 Developer Rec Room lays off 'about half' its staff
[20:56]	TR News	And somehow NOT blaming it on "HEY HI"
[20:57]	TR News	Microsoft India (proxy) https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/tcs-layoffs-it-employees-union-holds-protests-company-issues-statement-calling-it-/articleshow/123438954.cms
[20:57]	TR Bot	 TCS layoffs: IT employees union holds protests; company issues statement calling it ... - The Times of India
[20:59]	TR News	Scam Altman SEZ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/openai-ceo-sam-altman-says-having-kids-is-the-best-thing-in-the-world-and-still-somehow/articleshow/123498022.cms good thing, as he'd sexually abuse his kids...? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/technology/sam-altman-sister-lawsuit.html what's worse? Pedophilia or incest?
[20:59]	TR Bot	 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says having kids is the best thing in the world and still somehow | - The Times of India
[20:59]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/technology/sam-altman-sister-lawsuit.html )
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[21:00]	TR News	Blaming layoffs on HEY HI when the real issue is businesses failing. "Layoffs For AI: Oracle Pulls A MetaWill Investors Buy The Efficiency Story?"
[21:02]	TR News	"I miss the culture that existed before. What we have now is mush or rotten." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3c1bhhm
[21:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3c1bhhm )
[21:05]	TR News	"Z and IMS/CICS/TPF/DB2 and a few others will not be allowed to die. They would be nationalized before it happens." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3gvfb56
[21:05]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3gvfb56 )
[21:06]	TR News	"I have Upskilled .. Wheres my raise? I went from plugging numbers on a spreadsheet to becoming a full stack developer. I learned Granite as well as Watson X and Congos. Why arent I getting a raise?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3kwyzfn
[21:06]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3kwyzfn )
[21:07]	TR News	"Notice when they RA in the US its hardly any of the Indians they shipped here? Its mainly white people and many over 50" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3hht0y8
[21:07]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3hht0y8 )
[21:09]	admfubar	:))  "They say that dogs tend to resemble their owners," the columnist wrote.  "Chat GPT very much resembles Sam Altman always confident, often  wrong."
[21:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	:)
[21:10]	TR News	https://lists.gnu.org/ offline again. DDOS by LLM bots.
[21:10]	TR Bot	to connect to lists.gnu.org port 443 after 10000 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://lists.gnu.org/ )
[21:12]	TR News	armor gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/armor
[21:21]	admfubar	gnu.org needs to stat loading their site with zip bombs..
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[21:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	it might not work
[21:32]	schestowitz[TR2]	those are overrated
[21:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://thenewstack.io/how-the-free-software-foundation-battles-the-llm-bots/
[21:33]	TR Bot	 How the Free Software Foundation Battles the LLM Bots - The New Stack
[21:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	 has been under attack since August 2024.
[21:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/23/DDoS_Attacks_Against_Arch_Linux.shtml
[21:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines DDoS Attacks Against Arch Linux
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[22:03]	MinceR	https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/experience-4
[22:03]	TR Bot	 Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Experience
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[22:07]	admfubar	danger will robinson!!!! https://www.ghacks.net/2025/08/26/copilot-launches-in-excel-but-microsoft-warns-against-using-it-for-any-task-requiring-accuracy/
[22:07]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.ghacks.net/2025/08/26/copilot-launches-in-excel-but-microsoft-warns-against-using-it-for-any-task-requiring-accuracy/ )
[22:10]	MinceR	they should warn against using excel for any task requiring accuracy
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[23:23]	MinceR	https://crzysdrs.net/dv/victim/139-ak-jes-i-see-fortunes-from-za-gibs/
[23:23]	TR Bot	 Daily Victim Archive
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