●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, March 27, 2025 ●● ● Mar 27 [00:04] ZedHedTed lol someonee else posted that article in ##slackware [00:04] MinceR that's where i got it from [00:05] ZedHedTed ohh that was you that said "lol" in there [00:05] ZedHedTed my vision is swimming [00:05] MinceR :D [00:42] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [00:42] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@28s2rf5u6ctmw.irc) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:56] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights ● Mar 27 [01:13] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:20] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [01:27] admfubar https://walledculture.org/yes-lets-make-it-fair-by-recognising-that-copyright-has-failed-to-reward-creators-properly/ [01:27] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://walledculture.org/yes-lets-make-it-fair-by-recognising-that-copyright-has-failed-to-reward-creators-properly/ ) [01:30] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [01:47] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:53] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights ● Mar 27 [02:05] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:05] *Righty (~Username@4m2ne5gc3fcy8.irc) has joined #techrights [02:09] admfubar to complete the enshitification, it will be rebranded ad crapster... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/napster-to-become-a-music-marketing-metaverse-firm-after-207m-acquisition/ [02:10] TR Bot Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after being sold for $207M - Ars Technica [02:17] admfubar https://www.bullshithunting.com/p/go-on-blast-your-junk-with-a-radar [02:17] TR Bot Go On, Blast Your Junk With a Radar Gun - by Justin Seitz [02:20] MinceR > And why do the craziest conspiracies and panics seems to come from cops? [02:20] MinceR because they're some of the stupidest people (and also some of the most authoritarian people) [02:21] MinceR "Fentanyl Death Touch" sounds like a nice name for a metal band though [02:23] IsambardPrince https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/wells-fargo-usps/ [02:23] TR Bot Revolving Door Project | Wall Street Bankers Salivate Over Postal Privatization | Revolving Door Project [02:45] admfubar mincer.. closest i can find is an album called "Fentanyl" by a german band [02:46] MinceR :> [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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Rootless chroot has been possible for years, it just was always somewhat broken due to a lack of official support. Remember that many news articles are intentionally incorrect today, specially when [03:54] Righty referring to proprietary software as "open source" (like the kernel, Linux). [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] kernel in a rust crate [03:56] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1596.jpg [03:57] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1246.jpg [03:57] TR News Bloated and Vomitous gemini://thurk.org/blog/644.gmi [03:58] TR News Stargazing 2025-03-24 Fairbanks, AK, USA: Wide Field, Aurora (publ. 2025-03-26) gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250326-0.gmi [03:59] TR News "So now that I can classify IP (Internet Protocol) addresses by ASN (Autonomous System Number) [1], I thought I might see how it could help with spam email. I'm already using an ansi-spam agent [2] to cut down on spam, so maybe filtering by ASN could cut down even more." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/03/26.1 ● Mar 27 [04:05] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [04:05] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [04:05] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 27/03/2025: X-Files' "Kill Switch", Orlando, and ASN (Autonomous System Number) 'Hack' https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Gemini_Links_27_03_2025_X_Files_Kill_Switch_Orlando_and_ASN_Aut.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Gemini_Links_27_03_2025_X_Files_Kill_Switch_Orlando_and_ASN_Aut.gmi [04:05] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 27/03/2025: X-Files' "Kill Switch", Orlando, and ASN (Autonomous System Number) 'Hack' [04:07] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_March_26_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_March_26_2025.gmi [04:07] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 [04:08] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:08] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:08] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:09] IsambardPrince This bathrobe looks like I'm going to an Eyes Wide Shut party. [04:14] TR News "is the Baton Rouge CIC doing layoffs?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpv7hvvv [04:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpv7hvvv ) [04:21] TR News Hopefully Arvinds send jobs out of the U.S. gets picked up by Trump. Not a fan of his but Trump could end this trend of take jobs from Americans [04:21] TR News A bit on the cheeky side: "Hopefully Arvinds send jobs out of the U.S. gets picked up by Trump. Not a fan of his but Trump could end this trend of take jobs from Americans" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq76ayfm [04:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq76ayfm ) [04:28] TR News Oxidizing Ubuntu: adopting Rust utilities by default https://lwn.net/Articles/1014002/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Is_Ubuntu_Compromised_Push_Away_From_GNU_and_GPL_Led_by_Army_Of.shtml [04:29] TR Bot Ubuntu: adopting Rust utilities by default [LWN.net] [04:29] TR Bot Techrights Is Ubuntu Compromised? Push Away From GNU and GPL Led by Army Officers. [04:29] TR News Better CPU vulnerability mitigation configuration https://lwn.net/Articles/1013640/ "Modern CPUs all have multiple hardware vulnerabilities that the kernel needs to mitigate; the 6.13 kernel has workarounds for 14 security-sensitive CPU bugs just on x86_64." [04:29] TR Bot CPU vulnerability mitigation configuration [LWN.net] [04:30] TR News Warming up to frozen pages for networking https://lwn.net/Articles/1013408/ [04:30] TR Bot up to frozen pages for networking [LWN.net] [04:30] TR News "One of the many important tasks that the kernel's memory-management subsystem must handle is keeping track of how pages of memory are mapped into the address spaces of the processes running on the system. As long as mappings to a given page exist, that page must be kept in place." https://lwn.net/Articles/1013649/ [04:30] TR Bot forward to mapcount madness 2025 [LWN.net] [04:31] TR News "Organizations relying on open-source software have a wide range of tools, scorecards, and methodologies to try to assess security, legal, and other risks inherent in their so-called supply chain." https://lwn.net/Articles/1013614/ [04:31] TR Bot burden of knowledge: dealing with open-source risks [LWN.net] [04:33] TR News (NEW): A look at /e/OS on tablet hardware [LWN.net] https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/A_look_at_e_OS_on_tablet_hardware_LWN_net.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/A_look_at_e_OS_on_tablet_hardware_LWN_net.gmi [04:33] TR Bot Tux Machines A look at /e/OS on tablet hardware [LWN.net] [04:34] TR News (NEW): Kernel Articles in LWN https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Kernel_Articles_in_LWN.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Kernel_Articles_in_LWN.gmi [04:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Kernel Articles in LWN ● Mar 27 [05:00] TR News Techrights Rumour: Mass Layoffs in IBM Canada Today https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Rumour_Mass_Layoffs_in_IBM_Canada_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Rumour_Mass_Layoffs_in_IBM_Canada_Today.gmi [05:00] TR Bot Techrights Rumour: Mass Layoffs in IBM Canada Today [05:32] *agentcasey_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:33] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@b6dc92btrdtrn.irc) has joined #techrights [05:40] TR News Techrights In Some Countries the Market Share of Vista 11 is Going Down, Not Up https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/In_Some_Countries_the_Market_Share_of_Vista_11_is_Going_Down_No.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/In_Some_Countries_the_Market_Share_of_Vista_11_is_Going_Down_No.gmi [05:40] TR Bot not resolve host: techrights.org ( status 0 @ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/In_Some_Countries_the_Market_Share_of_Vista_11_is_Going_Down_No.shtml ) [05:59] TR News Alice Lippman (RMS mom) and Daniel Stallman divorced in 1958. He was still a child. ● Mar 27 [06:00] TR News So in weekdays RMS lived with his mom in Manhattan and in weekends with his dad in Queens. [06:01] TR News At age 12 he went to Columbia, which is where the war on dissent takes place this month [06:04] TR News So it is understandable if he has strong views about policy at Columbia. MIT also threw him to the dogs to save the pervert Bill Gates. http://techrights.org/o/2020/05/27/joi-ito-email/ http://techrights.org/o/2019/12/21/police-report-bill-gates/ [06:04] TR Bot Joi Ito Already Admitted on the Record That Bill Gates Had Paid MIT Through Jeffrey Epstein [06:04] TR Bot Mansion of Pedophilia - Part II: Dr. Stallman Defamed in the Media One Day After Request Made for King County Sheriffs Office to Divulge Information About Pedophilia in Home of Bill Gates [06:04] TR News So money basically buys policy and decisions, even at supposedly independent and 'free-thinking' universities [06:19] Sompi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M_hmwBBPnc [06:19] TR Bot https://vid.priv.au/watch?v=5M_hmwBBPnc [06:19] TR Bot not resolve host: vid.priv.au ( status 0 @ https://vid.priv.au/watch?v=5M_hmwBBPnc ) [06:20] Sompi I bought a blood pressure meter and even it has features that require some Android/iOS app [06:20] TR News Criminals from Microsoft boasting about trying to gag people who write about crime is a shot in one's own foot [06:21] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: ours uses USB for power [06:21] schestowitz[TR2] but no "app" [06:21] schestowitz[TR2] seems you got conned [06:21] schestowitz[TR2] what happened 5 or 10 years from now? [06:21] Sompi Mine has batteries [06:21] schestowitz[TR2] will there still be an "app"? [06:21] schestowitz[TR2] usb port can be tied to the socket [06:21] Sompi Usually those apps last for about two years and then they are removed from the package manager [06:22] schestowitz[TR2] we have some wall sockets with extensions and usb charging sockets [06:22] schestowitz[TR2] but "apps" perish in years [06:22] schestowitz[TR2] snot decades [06:22] schestowitz[TR2] *not [06:23] Sompi Trail cameras also, it is almost impossible to find one that does not require an Android/iOS app to use [06:24] Sompi Almost all modern cars also have important features locked behind an app, often you cannot even open the doors without it [06:24] TR News Antnio [06:33] schestowitz[TR2] don't buy such cars [06:33] schestowitz[TR2] they sound defective from the moment they eave the agencyu [06:33] schestowitz[TR2] with some "app" that will demand you keep buying spyphones [06:33] schestowitz[TR2] and will eventually become obsolete, regardless [06:34] Sompi But the problem is that stupid people are constantly scrapping those old sustainable cars and new ones aren't made anymore [06:34] Sompi It's not even legal to make such cars anymore [06:38] schestowitz[TR2] it's not illegal to be dumb [06:38] TR News Techrights EPO Management Fails to Deny That the Office is Discriminating Against Women https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/EPO_Management_Fails_to_Deny_That_the_Office_is_Discriminating_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/EPO_Management_Fails_to_Deny_That_the_Office_is_Discriminating_.gmi [06:38] TR Bot Techrights EPO Management Fails to Deny That the Office is Discriminating Against Women [06:38] schestowitz[TR2] but [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] there are consumer protection agencies [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] so maybe they can raise awareness or impose some regulations [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] such as, as a car manufacturer, you MUST support ALL the featuires for 20 yearsd [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] not just "apps" [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] also spare parts [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] but [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] what if the manufacturer goes under? [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] bankrupt? [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] see, it's not even enforceable [06:41] Sompi 20 years is not nearly enough [06:41] Sompi All features in the car should just work, without any "support" [06:41] Sompi And be repairable [06:42] Sompi Without special tools like surface-mount soldering station [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] i said 20 as some arbitrary number [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] my parents in law use a car from the early 90s, it's modified and modernised [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] so it works and looks ok [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] no need to throw away cars every 10 years [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] anything with "panel" and "app" will be hard to repair [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] unlike mechanical things [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] you cannot use a wrench on a silicon board [06:50] TR News "American intellectual property (IP) lawyer" LOL! https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/the-open-source-initiative-election-is-over rigged 'election' http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/20/What_Happened_to_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Elections_Leaki.shtml [06:50] TR Bot The Open Source Initiative Election is over [06:50] TR Bot Techrights What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: Leaking Information of Members (Even in 2025) [06:51] TR News Windows fell to all-time low in Nauru https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/nauru/#monthly-200902-202503 [06:51] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Nauru | Statcounter Global Stats [06:58] Sompi Already in the 90s it became illegal to manufacture new cars with purely mechanical fuel system [06:59] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Mar 27 [07:05] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [07:05] IsambardPrince I'm considering buying a newer car soon. [07:05] IsambardPrince Maybe an off lease Honda Civic. [07:05] IsambardPrince They guy with the car "fleece" took most of the depreciation. [07:08] IsambardPrince fish is still being rewritten in Rust. [07:10] TR News Techrights Islands Are Leaving Microsoft Behind, According to statCounter https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Islands_Are_Leaving_Microsoft_Behind_According_to_statCounter.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Islands_Are_Leaving_Microsoft_Behind_According_to_statCounter.gmi [07:10] TR Bot Techrights Islands Are Leaving Microsoft Behind, According to statCounter [07:11] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], https://www.sciencealert.com/how-you-make-your-coffee-could-affect-your-cholesterol-levels [07:11] TR Bot You Make Your Coffee Could Affect Your Cholesterol Levels : ScienceAlert [07:12] IsambardPrince Good reason for paper filters. [07:12] TR News "it is something like 93% of the stock market is owned by 10% of the population... how much do you want to bet that 10% does not contribute very much to society... also a lot of the market value is coming from US deficit spending (2 trillion/year), that money is just sloshing around and needs to go somewhere" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq99zncg [07:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq99zncg ) [07:12] schestowitz[TR2] yes, i posted that [07:12] schestowitz[TR2] i am trying another kind of filter now [07:12] schestowitz[TR2] there is german one, the famous brand [07:13] schestowitz[TR2] and then a dutch one, which does not endure multiple uses too well [07:13] TR News "Sorry but jobs arent being cut in India because that would devastate the curry industry which Arvind loves" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqax2nm6 [07:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqax2nm6 ) [07:13] IsambardPrince I just use the Melitta #4 filters. [07:13] IsambardPrince Those make the best coffee. All the best machines use them in my opinion. [07:14] IsambardPrince And there's pour over systems obviously. [07:14] IsambardPrince The off brand #4 filters work fine, but Melitta was the first company that made them. [07:14] schestowitz[TR2] i have enough Melitta only till winter [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] 'only' [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] the shops sell small packs [07:15] IsambardPrince I have like almost 1,000 of those filters on hand I think. [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] like they lower 500g to 450g [07:15] schestowitz[TR2] in aldi the washing powder is now a carton box that's like 50% or more of it just air [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] you pay for a box that's mostly air [07:16] schestowitz[TR2] i found a better supplier with better quality and it's 9kg in each pack [07:17] IsambardPrince https://www.wral.com/news/state/nc-health-services-cut-jobs-lose-funding-march-2025/ [07:17] TR Bot Health and Human Services Department to cut 80 jobs, lose $100 million in federal funding :: WRAL.com [07:17] IsambardPrince Oh I don't drink the Melitta brand coffee. [07:18] IsambardPrince I just use that style of filter. [07:18] IsambardPrince Studies have shown there's a distinct difference in taste and TDS levels depending on the shape of the filter. [07:19] IsambardPrince I've noticed a taste difference between filter types even with the same coffee. [07:23] schestowitz[TR2] TDS? [07:23] schestowitz[TR2] not trump derangement syndrome [07:24] TR News 5 reasons why Batocera is the best OS for retro gaming emulation https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-batocera-best-os-retro-gaming-emulation/ [07:24] TR Bot 5 reasons why Batocera is the best OS for retro gaming emulation [07:25] TR News "Valve is releasing SteamOS into beta in a couple of months, but it needs a few critical updates to become a PC gaming destination." https://www.xda-developers.com/updates-steamos-needs-dethrone-windows/ [07:25] TR Bot 6 upgrades SteamOS needs to dethrone Windows [07:25] IsambardPrince No, Total Dissolved Solids. [07:26] TR News 5 reasons you should use Bazzite instead of Windows on your gaming PC https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-use-bazzite-instead-windows-gaming-pc/ [07:26] TR Bot 5 reasons you should use Bazzite instead of Windows on your gaming PC [07:27] TR News 4 of the best operating systems for your virtual machines https://www.xda-developers.com/best-os-for-virtual-machines/ [07:27] TR Bot 4 of the best operating systems for your virtual machines [07:29] IsambardPrince https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/howard-county-judge-accused-of-game-or-jail-discipline-charges-filed/ [07:29] TR Bot Howard County Judge faces nine discipline charges - Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic | WISH-TV | [07:30] IsambardPrince Insulting a sexual abuse victim [07:30] IsambardPrince During a womans Re-Entry Court hearing, Elkin compared her history as a domestic violence victim to Tom Bradys joy from winning a Super Bowl. [07:30] IsambardPrince Do you know who Tom Brady is? How many Super Bowls? Seven Super Bowls hes won. When Tom Brady wins a Super Bowl, his brain is filled with all kinds of neurochemicals. All right? And he gets to scream, you know, Im going to Disney World Now, I know hes not married, hes not in a relationship anymore, but what he used to be able to do is he got two big brain rushes because he got to go I won the Super Bo [07:30] IsambardPrince wl and then the next thought is I get to (expletive) the super model. Okay? [07:30] IsambardPrince If I smack the (expletive) out of you right now, what chemicals get dumped in your brain? The exact same chemicals he experiences when he wins the Super Bowl. Did you know that? So the whole thing is every time I beat you up or you beat me up, we won the Super Bowl So if I smack you in the head and you feel the exact same way so you can enjoy the relationship. Thats what happens. [07:30] IsambardPrince Thats the truth. Thats why women dont leave. It gets worse. He experiences it once because he won the Super Bowl. You can cause yourself to experience that emotion at least two more times after youve been hit. One is if you feel guilty about having had youre as kicked, the exact same chemicals dump into your brain. You feel real shame over it. Then if you get angry over the fact that this person did it [07:30] TR News GNU+Linux https://www.makeuseof.com/i-bought-these-laptops-actually-value-privacy/ [07:30] TR Bot I Bought These Laptops Because They Actually Value Privacy [07:30] IsambardPrince to you, it happens a third time. Heres the deal, I can train for an entire lifetime for one shot at winning the Super Bowl and experiencing that elation, or I can have somebody kick my (expletive) and I can do it three times. Which is easier? [07:30] IsambardPrince You dont deserve this chance. You dont deserve it. I haveI know whats wrong with you and I know how to fix you. [07:30] IsambardPrince Youre not even my property yet. Do you know that youre the Department of Corrections property for 98 days, right? No, six months. Right? [07:30] IsambardPrince --- [07:30] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Indiana judges. [07:42] TR News Techrights [Video] Dr. Richard Stallman's Keynote Speech in Kerala Finally Uploaded https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Video_Dr_Richard_Stallman_s_Keynote_Speech_in_Kerala_Finally_Up.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Video_Dr_Richard_Stallman_s_Keynote_Speech_in_Kerala_Finally_Up.gmi [07:42] TR Bot Techrights [Video] Dr. Richard Stallman's Keynote Speech in Kerala Finally Uploaded [07:48] IsambardPrince https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/illinois-returns-stolen-land-prairie-band-potawatomi-nation-120144789 [07:48] TR Bot Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation - ABC News [07:54] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], If it was up to me ICE wouldn't bother anyone who wasn't a serious criminal. The most I can maybe do for now is keep the Illinois officials that won't work with ICE in office. [07:54] IsambardPrince The Shock and Awful seems to have mostly abated. [07:55] IsambardPrince They're not sending out hundreds of agents on overtime to get 6-7 people that day with Dr. Phil in tow anymore. [07:55] IsambardPrince That was never sustainable. [07:56] darwin 'president' tRump wants to censor/sue anyone saying anything he dislikes, such as online; you probably already linked articles on that here some days/weeks ago [07:57] darwin like if someone says photographers didn't make him and his buddy Kim Jong-un look 'slim & handsome' as tRump ordered, he could threaten/sue them for libel or slander [07:58] IsambardPrince He already raged about how he look in his portrait in the Colorado state capitol. [07:58] IsambardPrince LOL [07:58] IsambardPrince I thought the Disney Hall of Presidents was far less flattering. [07:58] IsambardPrince There's no way to make him look good because he's not a good looking man. ● Mar 27 [08:05] TR News "We know Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhanced Edition is probably coming, thanks to the previous leak, but it still hasn't actually been announced yet. However, it's clearly getting closer." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/neverwinter-nights-2-enhanced-edition-hasnt-been-announced-yet-but-it-just-got-a-steam-deck-playable-rating/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:05] TR Bot Nights 2 Enhanced Edition hasn't been announced yet but it just got a Steam Deck Playable rating | GamingOnLinux [08:05] IsambardPrince https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/buybuy-baby-close-brick-mortar-stores-115015557 [08:05] TR News "Junk Store may have failed to get released on Steam as Valve removed their store page" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/junk-store-plugin-for-steam-deck-plans-new-release-as-closed-source-paid-software-to-run-other-stores/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:05] TR Bot Video Buybuy Baby to close brick-and-mortar stores - ABC News [08:05] TR Bot Store plugin for Steam Deck plans new release as closed-source paid software to run other stores | GamingOnLinux [08:05] IsambardPrince That sounds like an abortion pill. [08:06] TR News "ChimeraOS Linux 48 has just released bringing in a whole lot of improvements." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/chimeraos-linux-48-brings-new-hardware-support-for-your-handhelds-and-living-room-pcs/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:06] TR Bot Linux 48 brings new hardware support for your handhelds and living room PCs | GamingOnLinux [08:06] TR News "While there's no current release date for the Steam release, Infold Games are still working towards it for Infinity Nikki and it seems it may be good news for Steam Deck players." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/infinity-nikki-devs-are-working-on-steam-deck-support-for-the-steam-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:06] TR Bot Nikki devs are working on Steam Deck support for the Steam release | GamingOnLinux [08:07] TR News "UnderMine 2 from developer Thorium is set to enter Early Access on July 22nd, promising to take the best bits of the fun original and expanding on it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/undermine-2-comes-to-early-access-in-july-with-co-op/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:07] TR Bot 2 comes to Early Access in July with co-op | GamingOnLinux [08:08] TR News "The Raspberry Pi is a small, single-board computer that has been hacked into nearly any type of device you can imagine. But what if you could run Linux on a Pi in the form factor of a BlackBerry smartphone? Someone did just that." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-blackberry-pi-and-the-end-of-skype-weekly-roundup/ [08:08] TR Bot The Blackberry Pi and the End of Skype: Weekly Roundup [08:09] TR News "dotAGE is a very unique turn-based village builder that blends in roguelike survival elements." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/folkways-dlc-for-the-excellent-village-builder-dotage-released-heres-a-little-interview-with-the-developer/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:09] TR Bot DLC for the excellent village builder dotAGE released - here's a little interview with the developer | GamingOnLinux [08:09] TR News This Raspberry Pi Can Survive in Cold Conditions https://www.howtogeek.com/raspberry-pi-compute-module-4-cold-temps/ [08:09] TR Bot This Raspberry Pi Can Survive in Cold Conditions [08:10] TR News Plex Is Ending Support for This Once-Popular NAS Brand https://www.howtogeek.com/plex-ends-drobo-support/ [08:10] TR Bot Plex Is Ending Support for This Once-Popular NAS Brand [08:11] TR News Mozilla Thunderbird 136 Is Here, Switching to Monthly Updates by Default https://www.howtogeek.com/mozilla-thunderbird-135-release/ [08:11] TR Bot Mozilla Thunderbird 136 Is Here, Switching to Monthly Updates by Default [08:13] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Thunderbird 136 Released with New Appearance Panel in Settings https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/04/Mozilla_Thunderbird_136_Released_with_New_Appearance_Panel_in_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/04/Mozilla_Thunderbird_136_Released_with_New_Appearance_Panel_in_S.gmi [08:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla Thunderbird 136 Released with New Appearance Panel in Settings [08:14] TR News Raspberry Pi 5 Now Supports Interlaced Video https://www.howtogeek.com/raspberry-pi-5-now-supports-interlaced-video/ [08:14] TR Bot Raspberry Pi 5 Now Supports Interlaced Video [08:14] TR News A Pi 5 Is Overkill for Most Projects, Get an Older Pi Instead https://www.howtogeek.com/a-pi-5-is-overkill-for-most-projects-get-an-older-pi-instead/ [08:14] TR Bot A Pi 5 Is Overkill for Most Projects, Get an Older Pi Instead [08:15] TR News 9 Popular Raspberry Pi Operating Systems That Aren't Raspbian https://www.howtogeek.com/popular-raspberry-pi-operating-systems-that-arent-raspbian/ [08:15] TR Bot 9 Popular Raspberry Pi Operating Systems That Aren't Raspbian [08:18] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [08:19] TR News "Monsterpatch is the latest game from Sean Young developer of Littlewood and Kindergarten, blending together Pokemon and Stardew Valley with a little of their own Littlewood thrown in." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/monsterpatch-is-pokemon-meets-stardew-valley-from-the-dev-of-littlewood-and-kindergarten/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:19] TR Bot is Pokemon meets Stardew Valley from the dev of Littlewood and Kindergarten | GamingOnLinux [08:20] TR News "The Triple-i Initiative have now announced their gaming announcement event is scheduled for April 10th, taking up only 45 minutes of your time." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/triple-i-initiative-returns-april-10-with-over-30-announcements-heres-all-the-devs-involved/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:20] TR Bot Initiative returns April 10 with over 30 announcements - here's all the devs involved | GamingOnLinux [08:20] TR News "Humble Bundle just launched two new bundles with Tactical Triumph and Dice and Destiny." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/humble-launch-the-tactical-triumph-and-dice-and-destiny-bundles-both-with-some-great-games/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:20] TR Bot launch the Tactical Triumph and Dice and Destiny bundles both with some great games | GamingOnLinux [08:21] TR News "Hello Game have somehow done it again." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/dig-up-planets-for-skeletons-and-fight-huge-guardians-in-the-latest-no-mans-sky-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:21] TR Bot up planets for skeletons and fight huge guardians in the latest No Man's Sky update | GamingOnLinux [08:21] TR News (NEW): 5 best Linux distros for staying anonymous - when a VPN isn't enough https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/5_best_Linux_distros_for_staying_anonymous_when_a_VPN_isn_t_eno.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/5_best_Linux_distros_for_staying_anonymous_when_a_VPN_isn_t_eno.gmi [08:21] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 best Linux distros for staying anonymous - when a VPN isn't enough [08:23] TR News (NEW): Trisquel Linux handles both your desktop and server needs - or does it? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Trisquel_Linux_handles_both_your_desktop_and_server_needs_or_do.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Trisquel_Linux_handles_both_your_desktop_and_server_needs_or_do.gmi [08:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Trisquel Linux handles both your desktop and server needs - or does it? [08:25] TR News (NEW): Games: Batocera, Bazzite, ChimeraOS, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Games_Batocera_Bazzite_ChimeraOS_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Games_Batocera_Bazzite_ChimeraOS_and_More.gmi [08:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Batocera, Bazzite, ChimeraOS, and More [08:28] TR News Dell's staff numbers have dropped by 25,000 in just 2 years [08:28] TR News Wait, people don't buy "Windows PCs" anymore? Or barely? [08:30] TR News "What were you expecting though? Some companies cut your access off before telling you. Cannot log into work; card key not working, that kinda stuff." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jp062hm7 [08:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jp062hm7 ) [08:33] TR News (NEW): This is the most helpful new Linux tool I've tried in years - here's why and how I use it https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/This_is_the_most_helpful_new_Linux_tool_I_ve_tried_in_years_her.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/This_is_the_most_helpful_new_Linux_tool_I_ve_tried_in_years_her.gmi [08:33] TR Bot Tux Machines This is the most helpful new Linux tool I've tried in years - here's why and how I use it [08:40] TR News Still propping up the large language models (LLMs) hype https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/alignment-tuning-and-rag-what-you-should-know | Source: Red Hat Official [08:40] TR Bot Alignment tuning and RAG: What you should know [08:41] TR News More "AI" nonsense https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/optimizing-gpu-roi-inference-day-training-night | Source: Red Hat Official [08:41] TR Bot Optimizing GPU ROI: Inference by day, training by night [08:42] TR News Red Hat is posting nothing today except about this hype, buzzword, and maybe Ponzi scheme https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-to-achieve-scalable-cost-effective-fine-tuning-llm | Source: Red Hat Official [08:42] TR Bot Scalable and cost-effective fine-tuning for LLMs [08:43] TR News "Wednesday's papers: More education cuts, same-day healthcare callbacks, and sniffle season" https://yle.fi/a/74-20151904 [08:43] TR Bot Wednesday's papers: More education cuts, same-day healthcare callbacks, and sniffle season | Yle News | Yle [08:43] TR News iophk: countries cannot 'save' by cutting education, that just produces higher costs and trouble down the road [08:43] TR News "Walmart Heiress Veiled Trump Critique Breaks Billionaire Quiet - Bloomberg" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-24/walmart-heiress-veiled-trump-critique-breaks-billionaire-quiet [08:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-24/walmart-heiress-veiled-trump-critique-breaks-billionaire-quiet ) [08:45] TR News "Coming Up: More History" https://doc.searls.com/2025/03/26/coming-up-more-history/ [08:45] TR Bot Coming Up: More History Doc Searls Weblog [08:48] TR News "The 25 Years of Finnix" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/03/24/1812238 [08:48] TR Bot The 25 Years of Finnix - SoylentNews [08:48] TR News "We are currently clean on OPSEC." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/we-are-currently-clean-on-opsec/ [08:48] TR Bot jwz: We are currently clean on OPSEC. [08:48] TR News "OpenDMARC, Redux" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/opendmarc-redux/ [08:48] TR Bot jwz: OpenDMARC, Redux [08:50] TR News "Why Social Media Is Suddenly Flooded With Studio Ghibli-Style Art" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/openai-chatgpts-why-social-media-is-suddenly-flooded-with-studio-ghibli-style-art-after-gpt-4o-launch-8020875 [08:50] TR Bot Why Social Media Is Suddenly Flooded With Studio Ghibli-Style Art [08:50] TR News "Zorin OS 17.3 cambia a Firefox por Brave... y ms novedades" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2025/03/26/zorin-os-17-3/ [08:50] TR Bot Zorin OS 17.3 cambia a Firefox por Brave... y ms novedades [08:58] TR News (NEW): Dolphin file manager, rar files & available space problem https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Dolphin_file_manager_rar_files_available_space_problem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Dolphin_file_manager_rar_files_available_space_problem.gmi [08:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Dolphin file manager, rar files & available space problem ● Mar 27 [09:05] TR News (NEW): A Roadmap for a modern Plasma Login Manager https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/A_Roadmap_for_a_modern_Plasma_Login_Manager.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/A_Roadmap_for_a_modern_Plasma_Login_Manager.gmi [09:05] TR Bot Tux Machines A Roadmap for a modern Plasma Login Manager [09:12] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [09:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [09:14] TR News Techrights IBM CFO James Kavanaugh Refers to Firing of Almost 10,000 Americans as "Workforce Rebalancing" (Shifting IBM's Centre of Balance to Low-salary Contracts/Countries) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/IBM_CFO_James_Kavanaugh_Refers_to_Firing_of_Almost_10_000_Ameri.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/IBM_CFO_James_Kavanaugh_Refers_to_Firing_of_Almost_10_000_Ameri.gmi [09:14] TR Bot Techrights IBM CFO James Kavanaugh Refers to Firing of Almost 10,000 Americans as "Workforce Rebalancing" (Shifting IBM's Centre of Balance to Low-salary Contracts/Countries) [09:15] *Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [09:23] TR News (NEW): 7 Linux Features I Miss Every Time I Boot into Windows 11 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/7_Linux_Features_I_Miss_Every_Time_I_Boot_into_Windows_11.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/7_Linux_Features_I_Miss_Every_Time_I_Boot_into_Windows_11.gmi [09:23] TR Bot Tux Machines 7 Linux Features I Miss Every Time I Boot into Windows 11 [09:25] TR News (NEW): Credible nerd says stop using atop, doesn't say why, everyone panics https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Credible_nerd_says_stop_using_atop_doesn_t_say_why_everyone_pan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Credible_nerd_says_stop_using_atop_doesn_t_say_why_everyone_pan.gmi [09:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Credible nerd says stop using atop, doesn't say why, everyone panics [09:42] IsambardPrince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Court_(Germany) [09:42] TR Bot People's Court (Germany) - Wikipedia [09:42] TR News Techrights Using Courts for 'Revenge' is Always a Losing Strategy https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Using_Courts_for_Revenge_is_Always_a_Losing_Strategy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Using_Courts_for_Revenge_is_Always_a_Losing_Strategy.gmi [09:42] TR Bot Techrights Using Courts for 'Revenge' is Always a Losing Strategy [09:42] IsambardPrince "However, Major General Helmuth Stieff attempted to raise the issue of his motives before being shouted down, and Witzleben managed to call out "You may hand us over to the executioner, but in three months, the disgusted and harried people will bring you to book and drag you alive through the dirt in the streets!" All were condemned to death by hanging, and the sentences were carried out shortly afterwards in Pltzensee Prison." [09:43] IsambardPrince [...] [09:43] IsambardPrince "Field Marshal von Witzleben's prediction of Roland Freisler's fate proved slightly incorrect, as he died in a bombing raid in February 1945, approximately half a year later.[12][13] [09:43] IsambardPrince On 3 February 1945, Freisler was conducting a Saturday session of the People's Court, when USAAF Eighth Air Force bombers attacked Berlin.[14] Government and Nazi Party buildings were hit, including the Reich Chancellery, the Gestapo headquarters, the Party Chancellery and the People's Court. According to one report, Freisler hastily adjourned court and had ordered that day's prisoners to be taken to a shelter, but paused to gather [09:43] IsambardPrince that day's files. Freisler was killed when an almost direct hit on the building caused him to be struck down by a beam in his own courtroom.[15] His body was reportedly found crushed beneath a fallen masonry column, clutching the files that he had tried to retrieve.[16]" [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbeyn6n [09:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbeyn6n ) [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] " [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Trump administration tells IBM Consulting to cut out the "gobbledygook" [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] The Trump administration tells big consulting firms like IBM Consulting to cut the 'consultative jargon or gobbledygook' and justify their contracts : [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/trump-administration-tells-big-consulting-firms-to-cut-the-gobbledygook-and-justify-their-contracts/ar-AA1BHNOQ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=w099&cvid=34b8776a16cd4d74a5753d7798d4818e&ei=17 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Some id--t sales, marketing and delivery managers at IBM conveniently forgot to keep things simple for the GSA. The "all expenses paid" trips to Hawaii go up in smoke. [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] " [09:44] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-MSN [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] " IBM. They have until March 31 to respond." [09:45] TR News (NEW): Plastics are good. As long as they are recycled https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Plastics_are_good_As_long_as_they_are_recycled.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Plastics_are_good_As_long_as_they_are_recycled.gmi [09:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Plastics are good. As long as they are recycled [09:46] TR News "Blame it on that reprobate Krabanaugh who can never do anything right." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqax2nm6 [09:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqax2nm6 ) [09:46] TR News IBM's management is very reviled and despised at the moment [09:50] TR News Giraffes for Peace https://therevelator.org/giraffes-for-peace/ | Source: The Revelator [09:50] TR Bot Giraffes for Peace The Revelator [09:52] TR News (NEW): redhat.com propping up the large language models (LLMs) hype instead of Linux and Free software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/redhat_com_propping_up_the_large_language_models_LLMs_hype_inst.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/redhat_com_propping_up_the_large_language_models_LLMs_hype_inst.gmi [09:52] TR Bot Tux Machines redhat.com propping up the large language models (LLMs) hype instead of Linux and Free software [09:53] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:53] TR News (NEW): How-To Geek on Plex Media Server and Raspberry Pi https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/How_To_Geek_on_Plex_Media_Server_and_Raspberry_Pi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/How_To_Geek_on_Plex_Media_Server_and_Raspberry_Pi.gmi [09:53] TR Bot Tux Machines How-To Geek on Plex Media Server and Raspberry Pi [09:56] TR News autism? https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2025/03/26/david-geier-an-antivax-blast-from-the-past-hired-to-prove-vaccines-cause-autism/ | [09:56] TR Bot David Geier: A blast from the antivax past hired to "prove" vaccines cause autism - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE ● Mar 27 [10:05] TR News A Roadmap for a modern Plasma Login Manager http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/a-roadmap-for-a-modern-plasma-login-manager/ [10:05] TR Bot # A Roadmap for a modern Plasma Login Manager David Edmundson's Web Log [10:06] TR News "Several years ago, KDE retired its bespoke display manager (KDM) in favor of SDDM." https://linuxiac.com/kde-proposes-new-plasma-login-manager-to-replace-sddm/ | Source: Linuxiac [10:06] TR Bot KDE Proposes New Plasma Login Manager to Replace SDDM [10:07] TR News "Here's a wee issue you won't come across every day. Or even every week. Say you're using Linux. A Plasma desktop, to be more precise. Let's say Kubuntu." https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-dolphin-rar-unrar.html | Source: Dedoimedo [10:07] TR Bot Dolphin file manager, rar files & available space problem [10:08] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [10:09] TR News "In a closely watched battle between music publishers and AI developer Anthropic, a California court has denied a request to halt the use of copyrighted song lyrics with its refusal to grant a preliminary injunction." https://torrentfreak.com/anthropic-scores-preliminary-victory-in-ai-copyright-clash-against-music-companies-250326/ | Source: Torrent Freak [10:09] TR Bot Scores Preliminary Victory in AI-Copyright Clash Against Music Companies (Updated) * TorrentFreak [10:09] TR News "Weve been here before. Five years ago, I wrote a post about the EU Copyright Directives plans for an ancillary copyright" https://walledculture.org/yes-lets-make-it-fair-by-recognising-that-copyright-has-failed-to-reward-creators-properly/ | Source: Walled Culture [10:09] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://walledculture.org/yes-lets-make-it-fair-by-recognising-that-copyright-has-failed-to-reward-creators-properly/ ) [10:10] TR News "This matches how courts are treating AI training cases lately youve got to show the visible harm." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/26/music-publishers-injunction-against-ai-firm-anthropic-fails/ | Source: Pivot to AI [10:10] TR Bot Music publishers injunction against AI firm Anthropic fails Pivot to AI [10:11] TR News "A federal judge in New York today rejected OpenAIs bid to dismiss a copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times accusing the company of scraping data from its content to train its products." https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/26/new-york-judge-allows-new-york-times-copyright-lawsuit-openai-proceed/ | Source: Silicon Angle [10:11] TR Bot York judge allows New York Times copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to proceed - SiliconANGLE [10:12] TR News "The Times has said OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft have threatened its livelihood by effectively stealing billions of dollars worth of work by its journalists" https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-03-26/judge-allows-newspaper-copyright-lawsuit-against-openai-to-proceed | Source: US News And World Report [10:12] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-03-26/judge-allows-newspaper-copyright-lawsuit-against-openai-to-proceed ) [10:13] TR News "The landmark law took effect in 2023 and applies tough competition rules on Meta and six other companies deemed [Internet] gatekeepers." https://nypost.com/2025/03/24/business/european-union-to-fine-meta-up-to-1b-or-more-for-breaching-digital-markets-act-sources/ | Source: NYPost [10:13] TR Bot Exclusive | European Union to fine Meta up to $1B or more for breaching Digital Markets Act: sources [10:14] TR News "The European Commission has fined Meta 797.72 million for breaching EU antitrust rules by tying its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace to its personal social network Facebook and by imposing unfair trading conditions on other online classified ads service providers." https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_5801 | Source: European Commission [10:14] TR Bot Press corner | European Commission ● Mar 27 [11:02] TR News "Contrary to any misinterpretations of the Internet2 mission statement, it was not intended to be a replacement or new Internet." https://www.networkworld.com/article/948606/internet2-at-20-alive-and-kicking.html | Source: Network World [11:02] TR Bot Internet2 at 20: Alive and kicking | Network World [11:02] TR News "In 1933, after the people had rejected Hoovers plan to let the Depression burn itself out, President-elect Roosevelt asked Perkins to serve as Secretary of Labor in his administration." https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-25-2025 | [11:02] TR Bot March 25, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson [11:03] TR News "Many accessibility groups warn that alt text should not just be fully automated like appears to be happening in the AOL article." https://www.404media.co/aols-ai-image-captions-terribly-describe-attempted-murder/ | Source: 404 Media [11:03] TR Bot AOLs AI Image Captions Terribly Describe Attempted Murder [11:03] TR News "Major League Baseball, it appears, does not. For over a decade, MLB has had a DEI program and a webpage for that program." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/26/mlb-misplaces-its-spine-alters-language-to-its-diversity-programs/ | Source: Techdirt [11:03] TR Bot Misplaces Its Spine & Alters Language To Its Diversity Programs | Techdirt [11:03] TR News "Russian prisons have long been notorious for widespread torture, but over the past three years, the problem has worsened significantly." https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/26/mom-you-have-no-idea-what-they-re-doing-to-me | Source: Meduza [11:03] TR Bot How Russian prison officers are honing their cruelty on Ukrainian POWs [11:04] TR News "What will happen next with Radio TV Mart remains to be seen." https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-03-25/trump-fulfills-fidel-castros-lifelong-dream-by-silencing-radio-television-marti.html | Source: El Pas [11:04] TR Bot Trump fulfills Fidel Castros lifelong dream by silencing Radio Televisin Mart | U.S. | EL PAS English [11:04] TR News "terminating RFE/RLs grant and that the actions would cause the broadcaster "irreparable harm" if carried out." https://www.rferl.org/a/court-tro-usagm-halt-moves-close-radio-free-europe/33358959.html | Source: RFERL [11:04] TR Bot Court Orders USAGM To Halt Moves To Close Radio Free Europe [11:05] TR News "Millions of Americans from major cities to rural areas rely on NPR and PBS for news and information on natural disasters, political developments, and so much more" https://cpj.org/2025/03/cpj-house-hearing-on-pbs-and-npr-a-dangerous-mischaracterization-of-u-s-public-media/ | Source: CPJ [11:05] TR Bot CPJ: House hearing on PBS and NPR a dangerous mischaracterization of U.S. public media - Committee to Protect Journalists [11:06] TR News "If you can assassinate the leader of the opposition in the middle of your capital city and completely get away with it, you can do absolutely anything" https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/former-political-prisoner-vladimir-kara-murza-discusses-russian-fight-for-democracy/ | Source: University of Michigan [11:06] TR Bot Vladimir Kara-Murza discusses Russian fight for democracy [11:06] TR News "Casablanca Court on March 3, 2025, sentenced a prominent activist, Fouad Abdelmoumni, to six months in prison and fines over a Facebook post, Human Rights Watch, and DAWN said today." https://dawnmena.org/morocco-activist-sentenced-for-peaceful-speech/ | Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now [11:06] TR Bot Morocco: Activist Sentenced for Peaceful Speech - DAWN [11:07] TR News "Imagine an internet where every website faced an impossible choice: either carefully review every single post before it goes live (making them essentially TV stations), or allow absolutely everything with zero moderation." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/26/otherwise-objectionable-the-internet-at-risk/ | Source: Techdirt [11:07] TR Bot Objectionable: The Internet At Risk | Techdirt [11:08] TR News "European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde's recent remarks on a "digital euro" prompted a fresh wave of misinformation online, highlighting an uphill battle ahead to convince the public of the project's merits." https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2288630.html | Source: RTL [11:08] TR Bot RTL Today - 'End of cash': ECB's digital euro sparks flurry of online misinformation [11:08] TR News "The rapid surge in anti-CPEC propaganda on TikTok is alarming." https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/03/26/tiktok-cpec-and-the-digital-battlefield/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy [11:08] TR Bot TikTok, CPEC and the Digital Battlefield - Modern Diplomacy [11:09] TR News "The campaign was identified during an investigation into a Bulgarian woman accused of spying for Russia earlier this year." https://therecord.media/austria-uncovers-russian-disinfo-campaign | Source: The Record [11:09] TR Bot Austria uncovers alleged Russian disinformation campaign spreading lies about Ukraine | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:10] TR News "Now put those numbers in the context of an Apple, a Microsoft, or a Google." https://manuelmoreale.com/the-cost-of-getting-too-big | Source: Manuel Moreale [11:10] TR Bot The cost of getting too big Manu [11:10] TR News "You would think that a campaign infused with Hollywood people would be able to make a commercial." https://pricepoint.substack.com/p/woke-is-the-new-disco | [11:10] TR Bot Woke is the New Disco - by Roy Price - Price Point [11:11] TR News "The tax is called an equalization levy, and since its introduction in 2016 has seen non-resident companies required to pay 6 percent of earnings derived from digital advertising." https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/26/india_drops_digital_ads_tax/ | Source: The Register UK [11:11] TR Bot India ditches its 'Google Tax', perhaps to tickle Trump The Register [11:11] TR News "Its hard to know whats next and how this will play out exactly, but economists and industry experts predict that most or all these costs will be passed on directly to buyers." https://thenewstack.io/it-leaders-brace-for-tariff-fallout-on-infrastructure-and-cloud-costs/ | Source: The New Stack [11:11] TR Bot IT Leaders Brace for Tariff Fallout on Infrastructure and Cloud Costs - The New Stack [11:18] TR News "The move was announced by the Bureau of Industry and Security, or BIS, a Commerce Department office tasked with enforcing trade controls." https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/26/us-imposes-export-restrictions-chinese-tech-firms/ | Source: Silicon Angle [11:18] TR Bot imposes export restrictions on more Chinese tech firms - SiliconANGLE [11:18] TR News "According to Dells Form 10-K, the formal regulatory filing that serves as an annual report rather than the glossy version produced for shareholders, it employed around 108,000 at the end of January." https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/dell_layoffs_2025/ | Source: The Register UK [11:18] TR Bot Dell again sheds ten percent of staff in a year The Register [11:19] TR News "In the two weeks since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a directive requiring the use of rapid procurement methods and contracting tools for all software acquisition" https://www.c4isrnet.com/pentagon/2025/03/26/in-the-wake-of-hegseths-software-memo-experts-eye-further-change/ | Source: C4ISRNET [11:19] TR Bot In the wake of Hegseths software memo, experts eye further change [11:19] TR News "VA is one of the largest employers in the federal government, with around 480,000 staffers. An overtime pay issue affecting about 2% of that total would still be nearly 10,000 individuals." https://www.navytimes.com/veterans/2025/03/26/some-va-employees-overtime-pay-will-be-delayed-by-software-problems/ | Source: US Navy Times [11:19] TR Bot Some VA employees overtime pay will be delayed by software problems [11:19] TR News "But Im hardly the first person to have had questions about the gap between DEIs promise and how it functions in reality." https://thewalrus.ca/dei-was-always-flawed-but-the-backlash-is-truly-alarming/ | Source: The Walrus [11:19] TR Bot DEI Was Always Flawed, but the Backlash Is Truly Alarming | The Walrus [11:21] TR News "It provides functions for quantitative financial modeling" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/03/collecting-stock-data-using-r-a-quick-guide/ | Source: Rlang [11:21] TR Bot Stock Data Using R: A Quick Guide | R-bloggers [11:30] TR News "Transport for London (TfL) has announced that all non-folding e-bikes will be banned from the majority of Londons public transport network." https://www.theverge.com/news/636207/tlf-london-underground-e-bike-ban-conversion-mods-fires | Source: The Verge [11:30] TR Bot E-bikes banned on London public transport after unsafe mods cause fires | The Verge [11:30] TR News "A truly integrated rail system is no longer just a matter of convenience; its a strategic necessity for Europes resilience in the 21st century," reads the 'Starline' report." https://www.thelocal.dk/20250326/will-europes-high-speed-metro-style-rail-network-really-happen | Source: The Local DK [11:30] TR Bot Will Europe's high-speed Metro-style rail network really happen? [11:31] TR News "Just months ago, a boom in data center construction was at its height, fueled by both government and private investors." https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/26/1113802/china-ai-data-centers-unused/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [11:31] TR Bot China built hundreds of AI data centers to catch the AI boom. Now many stand unused. | MIT Technology Review [11:31] TR News "we'd argue there's a far simpler explanation as to why Microsoft might be pulling back on its datacenter leases: many datacenters can't handle the power and cooling demands created by high-end AI hardware." https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/26/microsoft_ai_apocalypse/ | Source: The Register UK [11:31] TR Bot Microsoft dropping datacenter leases isn't AI Armageddon The Register [11:31] TR News "New research into lithium mining in the "Lithium Triangle" of Chile" https://phys.org/news/2025-03-amount-fresh-lithium-vastly-overestimated.html | Source: Omicron Limited [11:31] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-03-amount-fresh-lithium-vastly-overestimated.html ) [11:32] TR News "Recycling could significantly reduce the need to extract virgin material, a process that is riddled with human rights and environmental concerns, such as the reliance on open pit mines in developing countries." https://kansasreflector.com/2025/03/26/mining-is-an-environmental-and-human-rights-nightmare-battery-recycling-can-ease-that/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [11:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/03/26/mining-is-an-environmental-and-human-rights-nightmare-battery-recycling-can-ease-that/ ) [11:32] TR News "Juliana v. United States, named after plaintiff Kelsey Julianawas challenged repeatedly by the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations" https://www.theenergymix.com/u-s-climate-youth-lose-decade-long-lawsuit-that-saw-plaintiffs-grow-from-childhood-to-adulthood/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc [11:32] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/u-s-climate-youth-lose-decade-long-lawsuit-that-saw-plaintiffs-grow-from-childhood-to-adulthood/ ) [11:33] TR News "But the source denied that Rubio had voiced concerns quite like that." https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-03-26/rubio-didnt-raise-u-s-concerns-over-turkey-protests-as-stated-turkish-source-says | Source: US News And World Report [11:33] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-03-26/rubio-didnt-raise-u-s-concerns-over-turkey-protests-as-stated-turkish-source-says ) [11:33] TR News "In the chat, Hegseth included time stamps for when F-18 aircraft would launch and arrive at targets and when Tomahawk missiles would be fired at buildings controlled by Houthi members." https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/03/26/obviously-classified-experts-say-hegseth-chat-leaks-invited-danger/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [11:33] TR Bot Obviously classified: Experts say Hegseth chat leaks invited danger [11:33] TR News "Why it matters: The White House has confirmed the authenticity of the explosive text messages published by The Atlantic" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/25/signal-chat-atlantic-goldberg-release-texts | Source: Axios [11:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/03/25/signal-chat-atlantic-goldberg-release-texts ) [11:35] TR News "Houthi PC small group" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/ | Source: The Atlantic [11:35] TR Bot Here Are the Attack Plans That Trumps Advisers Shared on Signal - The Atlantic [11:35] TR News "A Venmo account under the name Michael Waltz, carrying a profile photo of the national security adviser and connected to accounts bearing the names of people closely associated with him" https://www.wired.com/story/michael-waltz-left-his-venmo-public/ | Source: Wired [11:35] TR Bot Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public | WIRED [11:35] TR News "Most of these numbers and email addresses are apparently still in use, with some of them linked to profiles on social media platforms like Instagram and LinkedIn." https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7 | Source: Spiegel [11:35] TR Bot Pete Hegseth, Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online - DER SPIEGEL [11:36] TR News Overpopulation https://medium.com/@NickHein/make-room-make-room-dystopian-warning-from-harry-harrison-e2e237b2daed | Source: Medium [11:36] TR Bot Room! Make Room! Dystopian Warning from Harry Harrison | by Nik Hein | Medium [11:38] MinceR 27 045400 < Righty> MinceR: It appears an official Debian chroot (GNU without including Linux) is now officially supported, although that was widely incorrectly reported in the news as [11:38] MinceR i see [11:39] MinceR it's weird, considering i've also seen talk of adding KVM support to Android and someone demonstrating it by running Backdoors in it earlier [11:39] TR News "This is all, of course, a very long way of saying that there is no messaging app that can protect you if you are wildly careles" https://www.404media.co/when-your-threat-model-is-being-a-moron-signal/ | Source: 404 Media [11:39] TR Bot When Your Threat Model Is Being a Moron [11:39] TR News "As that name becomes a shorthand for the biggest public blunder of the second Trump administration to date" https://www.wired.com/story/signalgate-isnt-about-signal/ | Source: Wired [11:39] TR Bot Isnt About Signal | WIRED [11:44] TR News "non-classified space" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/25/signal-cybersecurity-trump-war-planning-00246881 | Source: Politico LLC [11:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/25/signal-cybersecurity-trump-war-planning-00246881 ) [11:44] TR News "Team Trump tried to claim his account of the security fiasco" https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/26/signal_calls_congress/ | Source: The Register UK [11:44] TR Bot Signalgate storm brews up as journalist releases transcripts The Register [11:45] TR News "If any of this had leaked at the moment Hegseth blathered it over Signal" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-trump-denials/682179/ | Source: The Atlantic [11:45] TR Bot The Trump Teams Denials Are Laughable - The Atlantic [11:46] TR News Cheeto "told reporters that he could extend the deadline again." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-ban-deadline.html | Source: New York Times [11:46] TR Bot Reflecting on TikToks Role in Society as New Ban Deadline Approaches - The New York Times [11:47] TR News "work with Congress to save TikTok from going dark in the US after April 5th" but SCOTUS already said block it https://www.theverge.com/news/635019/tiktok-ban-deadline-extension-trump-markey-van-hollen-booker | Source: The Verge [11:47] TR Bot Trumps plans to save TikTok may fail to keep it online, Democrats warn | The Verge [11:47] TR News "The deadline for TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to divest from its U.S. operations is April 5, 2025." https://www.newsweek.com/tiktok-ban-donald-trump-senators-extend-deadline-sale-looms-2049981 | Source: Newsweek [11:47] TR Bot Ban: Senators Urge Trump to Give Company More Time - Newsweek [11:48] TR News Cheeto "said last month that he could further extend that deadline to give himself time to shepherd a deal" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/senators-urge-trump-seek-authority-congress-tiktok-sale-extension-2025-03-24/ | Source: Reuters [11:48] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/senators-urge-trump-seek-authority-congress-tiktok-sale-extension-2025-03-24/ ) [11:48] TR News "The answer is yes. These people are both incompetent and evil." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/incompetent-or-evil-a-false-dichotomy | Source: Paul Krugman [11:48] TR Bot Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy - Paul Krugman [11:49] TR News "When you look at a movie like Notorious made in 1946, in the immediate aftermath of World War II" https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/hitchcock-and-nazis/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason [11:49] TR Bot Hitchcock's Notorious, Defence in Depth, and the weakness of Nazis [11:50] TR News "The apparent denouement of this 19-year saga raises a number of questions for investors and consumers" https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-03-26/23andme-files-for-bankruptcy-putting-its-hoard-of-personal-health-information-at-risk | Source: Los Angeles Times [11:50] TR Bot Hiltzik: Who will own the genetic information held by 23andMe? - Los Angeles Times [11:50] TR News "impose privacy-invading age verification requirements" https://www.404media.co/texas-sex-toy-age-verification/ | Source: 404 Media [11:50] TR Bot Texans Might Soon Have to Show Photo ID to Buy a Dildo Online [11:51] TR News "Suppose, not hypothetically, that you have an MFA equipped OIDC identity provider (an 'OP' in the jargon), and you would like to use it to authenticate SSH connections." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/SSHAuthenticationWithOIDCTokens | Source: University of Toronto [11:51] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [11:51] TR News "The breach, which was discovered last week during maintenance and referred to the NSW Police State Crime Commands Cybercrime Squad on Tuesday, affected the NSW Online Registry Website" https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/at-least-9000-court-documents-exposed-in-major-data-breach-20250326-p5lmto.html | Source: Sydney Morning Herald [11:51] TR Bot NSW courts data breach: at least 9000 documents exposed [11:51] TR News "NSW Police said detectives were investigating the "major data breach"." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/nsw-court-website-major-data-breach-documents-leaked/105100678 | Source: ABC [11:52] TR Bot NSW court website involved in major data breach, 9,000 documents downloaded - ABC News [11:52] TR News "Upon further examination, they worked out that an account holder within the justice link system had gained an unlawful entry into that system" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-27/nsw-hacker-data-breach-identity-unknown-police-say/105101486 | Source: ABC [11:52] TR Bot Identity of hacker behind NSW court website data breach unknown, police say - ABC News [11:52] TR News "Kubernetes (K8s) clusters are exposed more often than you might think to external HTTP/S traffic, to allow outside access to the applications they run." https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/kubernetes_flaw_rce_risk/ | Source: The Register UK [11:52] TR Bot Public-facing Kubernetes clusters at risk of total takeover The Register [11:54] TR News Windows TCO: "Exploitation of the zero-day, flagged as CVE-2025-26633 and fixed on Patch Tuesday" https://www.securityweek.com/russian-ransomware-gang-exploited-windows-zero-day-before-patch/ | Source: Security Week [11:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-ransomware-gang-exploited-windows-zero-day-before-patch/ ) [11:54] TR News Windows TCO: "Under both the European Union and United Kingdoms data protection laws" https://therecord.media/advanced-fined-3-million-ransomware-attack-ico | Source: The Record [11:54] TR Bot British company Advanced fined 3m by privacy regulator over ransomware attack | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:55] TR News [Old] "Scammers and hackers got more tech tools, while users got locked inbecause those moves were profitable too." https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-real-crisis-in-humanities-isnt | [11:55] TR Bot The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College [11:55] TR News "I am particularly very happy that now Micro.blog offers the option to host your blog in Germany." https://blog.pcora.eu/2025/03/26/hosted-in-eu.html | Source: Pedro [11:55] TR Bot Hosted in EU | Pedroblog [11:55] TR News "I recently read an article in Marketing Brew by Ryan Barwick and Katie Hicks titled How Facebook lost its groove." https://thenewleafjournal.com/creators-and-more-and-more-content/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal [11:55] TR Bot Creators and More and More Content The New Leaf Journal [11:57] TR News "Need serious privacy on a regular basis? Work with these distributions, and you'll leave no trace. There's even a Windows and MacOS option." https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-best-linux-distros-for-staying-anonymous-when-a-vpn-isnt-enough/ [11:57] TR Bot best Linux distros for staying anonymous - when a VPN isn't enough | ZDNET [11:58] TR News "If you want to install a Linux desktop and server, you'd typically choose two different distributions. With Trisquel, you get both in one. But are the tradeoffs worth it?" https://www.zdnet.com/article/handles-both-your-desktop-and-server-needs-or-does-it/ [11:58] TR Bot Linux handles both your desktop and server needs - or does it? | ZDNET [11:58] TR News "This Linux tool is my new go-to for easier searching, upgrading, and automating my system. Anyone who works on a Linux desktop should try it." https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-most-helpful-new-linux-tool-ive-tried-in-years-and-how-i-use-it/ [11:58] TR Bot is the most helpful new Linux tool I've tried in years - here's why and how I use it | ZDNET [11:59] TR News "Its basically an AI-generated honeypot. And AI scraping is a growing problem: [...]" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/ai-data-poisoning.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [11:59] TR Bot Data Poisoning - Schneier on Security [11:59] TR News "UK-based agency Newsflare has withdrawn a number of fake videos it distributed which appear to have been generated using AI." https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/wires_and_agencies/fake-ai-generated-video-newsflare-cat-in-bird-nest/ | Source: Press Gazette [11:59] TR Bot Faked cat in bird nest AI video withdrawn by news agency [11:59] TR News "The fact that something is already happening makes it even more important to have a sharper idea of what exactly is going on when humans become entangled with these social AI or conversational AI tools." https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/405680/artificial-intelligence-chatbot-friends-relationships-philosophy | Source: Vox [11:59] TR Bot rise of chatbot friends | Vox ● Mar 27 [12:00] TR News "But in China, Tesla has been unable to train the system with data from its 2 million EVs because of the country's data laws." https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-says-will-release-fsd-feature-china-after-software-approval-2025-03-24/ | Source: Reuters [12:00] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-says-will-release-fsd-feature-china-after-software-approval-2025-03-24/ ) [12:00] TR News "After a rocky rollout of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system in China, Tesla is dropping FSD from the name of the system while it faces increased scrutiny from regulators." https://electrek.co/2025/03/25/tesla-drops-fsd-from-name-of-its-driver-assist-tech-in-china/ | Source: Electrek [12:00] TR Bot Tesla drops 'FSD' from name of its driver-assist tech in China | Electrek [12:01] TR News "Full Self-Driving" https://futurism.com/tesla-change-name-full-self-driving-china | Source: Futurism [12:01] TR Bot Tesla Forced to Change Name of "Full Self-Driving" in China, Since Its Cars Can't Fully Drive Themselves [12:02] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights [12:05] MinceR https://files.catbox.moe/klx09m.png [12:06] schestowitz[TR2] lol [12:06] schestowitz[TR2] nice. [12:09] TR News Proprietary crapware https://thecyberexpress.com/ukraine-railway-cyberattack-confirmed/ | Source: Cyble Inc [12:09] TR Bot Ukraine Railway Cyberattack: Online Ticketing System Down [12:12] TR News "The team found that manual methods of brewing coffee generally resulted in lower diterpene levels than grabbing a cup from a machine" https://www.sciencealert.com/how-you-make-your-coffee-could-affect-your-cholesterol-levels | Source: Science Alert [12:12] TR Bot You Make Your Coffee Could Affect Your Cholesterol Levels : ScienceAlert [12:12] TR News "Honeybee deaths in the United States have surged to record highs, with commercial beekeepers reporting having lost an average of 62 percent of their colonies over the winter" https://www.ecowatch.com/honeybees-deaths-us-2025.html | Source: EcoWatch [12:12] TR Bot Honeybee Deaths Reach Record High: Survey - EcoWatch [12:13] TR News "As a result, children as young as 2 years old are diagnosed. Reasons have included frequent library chatter and an inability to sit still while listening to music." https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/american-kids-are-overmedicated/ | Source: University of Michigan [12:13] TR Bot American kids are overmedicated [12:14] TR News "The company is developing a radical new kind of computer chip that harnesses the thermodynamic fluctuations that naturally occur within electronic circuits" https://www.wired.com/story/how-extropic-plans-to-unseat-nvidia/ | Source: Wired [12:14] TR Bot Extropic Plans to Unseat Nvidia | WIRED [12:14] TR News "The Marines first awarded a $40 million contract to Oshkosh to build the unmanned missile launcher after a prototyping phase ended in September 2023." https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/land/2025/03/26/oshkosh-defense-unveils-new-variant-of-marine-remote-fires-vehicle/ | Source: USMC [12:14] TR Bot Oshkosh Defense unveils new variant of Marine remote fires vehicle [12:14] TR News "Theres no shortcut to gaining experience. You cant consume enough content to get it. You have to do." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/value-of-experience/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [12:14] TR Bot The Value of Experience - Jim Nielsens Blog [12:15] TR News "Toil manual, repetitive tasks and sometimes dubbed busy work had been steadily declining since 2020, thanks to automation and streamlined workflows." https://thenewstack.io/5-non-ai-reasons-why-you-still-have-toil/ | Source: The New Stack [12:15] TR Bot 5 Non-AI Reasons Why You Still Have Toil - The New Stack [12:15] TR News "It's not exactly what's happening with smartphones, but I think about this story pretty frequently these days when the topic of phone addiction comes up." https://birchtree.me/blog/the-tale-of-narcissus/ | Source: Matt Birchler [12:15] TR Bot The tale of Narcissus [12:16] TR News "How bad is it for educators right now?" https://www.honest-broker.com/p/whats-happening-to-students?ref=birchtree.me | [12:16] TR Bot What's Happening to Students? - by Ted Gioia [12:17] TR News "One of the simplest, most over-studied organisms in the world is the C. elegans nematode. For 13 years, a project called OpenWorm has triedand utterly failedto simulate it." https://www.wired.com/story/openworm-worm-simulator-biology-code/ | Source: Wired [12:17] TR Bot Worm That No Computer Scientist Can Crack | WIRED [12:17] TR News "The super heavy rockets were built and used for nine crewed flights to the Moon from December 1968 to December 1972, as well as for launching US space station Skylab in 1973." https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/26/50_years_since_last_saturn/ | Source: The Register UK [12:17] TR Bot 50 years ago the last Saturn rocket rolled out The Register [12:20] TR News "has been discovered by an archivist in Cambridge University Library, folded and stitched into the binding of the 16th-Century register." https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250324-the-magical-medieval-tale-revealed-by-a-100000-dollar-camera | Source: BBC [12:20] TR Bot Lost manuscript of Merlin and King Arthur legend read for the first time after centuries hidden inside another book [12:20] TR News "Her work was so quiet and fundamentalto academia and industry, all over the worldthat Mary believed her job would be safe" https://www.newyorker.com/news/deep-state-diaries/the-governments-rock-librarian | Source: New Yorker [12:20] TR Bot The Governments Rock Librarian | The New Yorker [12:24] TR News "The impetus for the Technical Blogging episode was me asking Bryan some questions about his blogging: how he got started, why he continues, the most surprising impact, and so on." https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/bryan-cantrill-and-friends-on-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop [12:24] TR Bot Bryan Cantrill (and Friends!) on Blogging [12:24] TR News "They were on the right track. If you open your chosen graphic in the GNU Image Manipulation Program (a program that desperately needs a rebrand), then choose Image Mode Indexed, you see this dialogue box: [...]" https://rubenerd.com/dithering-images-on-my-retro-corner/ | Source: Ruben Schade [12:24] TR Bot Dithering images on my Retro Corner [12:24] TR News "Blogging has always been a part of my web experience. Earliest I can remember is building my band a GeoCities website back in high school." https://ryanmulligan.dev/blog/blog-questions-challenge-2025/ | Source: Ryan Mulligan [12:24] TR Bot Blog Questions Challenge [12:26] TR News "At the same time, writing in both languages without a formal i18n setup feels messy and disorganized. I think readers find it confusing to navigate a site where some posts are in English and others in Portuguese." https://abf.li/posts/between-two-languages/ | Source: Andre Franca [12:26] TR Bot Between Two Languages | Andre Franca [12:27] TR News "I really should just rebrand this site as a BSD and retrocomputing blog and be done with it." https://rubenerd.com/its-my-birthday-2025/ | Source: Ruben Schade [12:27] TR Bot Its my birthday 2025, and a silly purchase [12:27] TR News "Unlike the web (or even Gemini or gopher) there isn't one dominant network hereit's all spread out. I don't think it's really worth the effort to block via ASN for spam. At least for my email server." https://boston.conman.org/2025/03/26.1 | Source: Sean Conner [12:27] TR Bot Notes on blocking spam by filtering on ASN - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [12:29] TR News Blasting Past Webp https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2025/03/blasting-past-webp.html [12:29] TR Bot Project Zero: Blasting Past Webp [12:35] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers and Windows TCO https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.gmi [12:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers and Windows TCO [12:40] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/today_s_leftovers.gmi [12:40] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [12:42] TR News Techrights Links 27/03/2025: U.S. Honeybee Deaths Reach Record High, Legal Occupation Next in Line After War on Science https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Links_27_03_2025_U_S_Honeybee_Deaths_Reach_Record_High_Legal_Oc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Links_27_03_2025_U_S_Honeybee_Deaths_Reach_Record_High_Legal_Oc.gmi [12:42] TR Bot Techrights Links 27/03/2025: U.S. Honeybee Deaths Reach Record High, Legal Occupation Next in Line After War on Science [12:49] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [12:56] TR News Plastics are good. As long as they are recycled. https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/03/26/plastics-are-good-as-long-as-they-are-recycled/ [12:56] TR Bot are good. As long as they are recycled. - Fairphone [12:57] TR News "Better known online as rachelbythebay, Kroll has a good reputation in the tech industry. She's wrangled servers for Facebook and Lyft, and has been a speaker at events from USEnix to Strange Loop. She's also collected some of her writing in books, which used to be on Amazon, but which you can now get, free of DRM, from the Gumroad store." https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/26/uninstall_atop_for_now/ | Source: The Register UK [12:57] TR Bot It might be a good time to temporarily uninstall atop The Register ● Mar 27 [13:05] TR News Strained communication with Father gemini://tilde.club/~kyurivlis/gemlog/W13/4.gmi [13:05] TR News SpellBinding EULMOTH Wordo: IODIC gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-03-27.gmi [13:07] TR News "Here's one way to deal with #AI #bots and #scrapers hammering our websites: set up a trap. I've hidden a link on my website that humans wouldn't click on, but scrapers would follow." gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi [13:08] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [13:09] TR News "This article focuses solely on traffic telemetry protocols that export information about network packets (either in parsed format or as the first X bytes of the packet itself) observed or forwarded by network equipment." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/03/27/network-traffic-telemetry-on-modern-routers-part-1/ | Source: APNIC [13:09] TR Bot Network traffic telemetry on modern routers: Part 1 | APNIC Blog [13:09] TR News Network traffic telemetry on modern routers: Part 2 https://blog.apnic.net/2025/03/27/network-traffic-telemetry-on-modern-routers-part-2/ [13:09] TR Bot Network traffic telemetry on modern routers: Part 2 | APNIC Blog [13:11] TR News "A third release of the crc32c package is now on CRAN. The package bring the Google library crc32c to R and offers cyclical checksums with parity in hardware-accelerated form on (recent enough) intel cpus as well as on arm64." https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/03/25/#crc32c_0.0.3 | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel [13:11] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [13:11] TR News "In this post, we will look at the problem of semi-global alignment, as a next step after previous posts on global alignment." https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/mapping/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp [13:11] TR Bot [WIP] Semi-global alignment, mapping, and string searching CuriousCoding [13:12] TR News "It is not a good idea to use Regular Expressions to parse HTML - no matter how well-formed you think it is. Instead, use XPath to extract data from the DOM." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/03/create-a-table-of-contents-based-on-html-heading-elements/ | Source: Terence Eden [13:12] TR Bot Create a Table of Contents based on HTML Heading Elements Terence Edens Blog [13:12] TR News "There are four important methods on Zig's std.mem.Allocator interface that Zig developers must be comfortable with: [...]" https://www.openmymind.net/Allocator-resize/ | Source: Karl Seguin [13:12] TR Bot Allocator.resize [13:12] TR News "Again, this is not my world. I've never written a heap exploit, but reading about it briefly makes me think that there's meat on these bones." https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/03/26/atop/ | Source: Rachel [13:12] TR Bot Problems with the heap [13:20] TR News "During the last two weeks, first we saw what are the language features deprecated or removed from C++26 then we did the same for library features." https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/03/26/cpp26-undeprecate | Source: Sandor Dargo [13:20] TR Bot C++26: an undeprecated feature | Sandor Dargo's Blog [13:20] TR News "Thanks to our extensive research, we confidently decided to retire the newer UI and focus entirely on improving the older interface." https://labs.ripe.net/author/antonella-de-bellis/unlocking-ux-a-user-centred-journey-for-ripestat/ | Source: RIPE [13:20] TR Bot Unlocking UX: A User-Centred Journey for RIPEstat | RIPE Labs [13:22] TR News "Immich 1.130, a self-hosted photo and video backup solution, is here with a folder view for mobile, faster timelines, and massive external library scan speed boosts." https://linuxiac.com/immich-1-130-released-with-massive-speed-gains/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:22] TR Bot Immich 1.130 Released with Massive Speed Gains [13:22] TR News Abelujo [13:22] TR News "Abelujo is free software for bookstores, published under the AGPLv3. It is a web application that helps booksellers register new stock and sell books" https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/interview-with-abelujo-founder | Source: FSF [13:22] TR Bot Meet Abelujo, a free software solution for managing bookstores Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [13:23] TR News "Clownflare released OPKSSH (OpenPubkey SSH) as open source (Apache-2.0 license) under the umbrella of the OpenPubkey project." https://linuxiac.com/cloudflare-open-sources-opkssh/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:23] TR Bot Cloudflare Open-Sources OPKSSH: SSH with Single Sign-On [13:25] TR News "There may be unusual devices from obscure companies that are smaller, but I didnt see a single device for sale in those general electronics stores that were the size of my SE3, let alone smaller" https://rubenerd.com/a-large-dearth-of-small-phones/ | Source: Ruben Schade [13:25] TR Bot A large dearth of small phones [13:25] TR News "During the last few years, for more and more people, the line between a proper laptop computer and a mobile device, like a smartphone or a tablet, has been getting increasingly blurrier." https://thelibre.news/can-an-android-phone-be-your-next-linux-pc/ | Source: LibreNews [13:25] TR Bot Can an Android phone be your next Linux PC? [13:26] TR News "Samsung, a global leader in the technology industry, is often recognized for its cutting-edge devices and innovative features rivaling with Apple." https://abf.li/posts/disappointment-with-samsung/ | Source: Andre Franca [13:26] TR Bot Disappointment with Samsung | Andre Franca [13:29] TR News "This time around I learned from my old mistakes, and made some fresh new ones! The result looks like this: [...]" https://mediocregopher.com/workshop/terrace-workbench/ | Source: Mediocregopher [13:29] TR Bot Terrace Workbench [13:30] TR News "Now, theres nothing wrong with trying to grow your user base." https://linuxiac.com/zorin-os-17-3-tries-to-attract-windows-10-users/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:30] TR Bot Zorin OS 17.3 Tries to Attract Windows 10 Users [13:35] TR News "Zorin OS 17.3 is built to be the ideal replacement for Windows 10. It gives these computers a new lease on life with a fast, user-friendly" https://blog.zorin.com/2025/03/26/zorin-os-17.3-is-here/ | Source: Zorin Group [13:35] TR Bot Zorin OS 17.3 is Here - Zorin [13:35] TR News "The Zorin OS project has published an update for the Ubuntu-based distribution which seeks to make former Windows users feel at home." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12389 | Source: Distro Watch [13:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12389 ) [13:37] TR News Zorin OS 17.3 Released with New Default Browser https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/zorin-os-17-3-released-with-new-default-browser [13:37] TR Bot Zorin OS 17.3 Released with New Default Browser - OMG! Ubuntu [13:37] TR News Ubuntu-Based Zorin OS 17.3 Is Now Available Targeting backdoored Windows 10 Users https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-based-zorin-os-17-3-is-now-available-targeting-windows-10-users [13:37] TR Bot Zorin OS 17.3 Is Now Available Targeting Windows 10 Users - 9to5Linux [13:40] TR News "As a complete desktop experience, it's our job to provide support for the edge cases too." https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/a-roadmap-for-a-modern-plasma-login-manager/ | Source: David Edmundson [13:40] TR Bot # A Roadmap for a modern Plasma Login Manager David Edmundson's Web Log [13:42] TR News "I always was fascinated with the fact that you can program a shitload of mini games using only 510 bytes." https://nflatrea.bearblog.dev/bootsector-games-hello-world/ | Source: No Flatreaud [13:42] TR Bot Bootsector Games (1/3): Hello World | No Flatreaud [13:42] TR News "What I mean with shrink design is that I enjoy taking existing board games that often come in big boxes and look into what I can do" https://hamatti.org/posts/shrink-designing-board-games/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [13:42] TR Bot Shrink designing board games : Juha-Matti Santala [13:43] TR News "Staring long enough at honeypot logs, I am sure you will come across one or the other "oddity." Something that at first does not make any sense, but then, in some way, does make sense." https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31796 | Source: SANS [13:43] TR Bot Privacy Aware Bots - SANS Internet Storm Center [13:44] TR News "I work for ADN Telecom Ltd, an ISP in Bangladesh. Like any ISP, there are times when we need to push bulk updates to customers, so we decided to go for automation." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/03/26/automating-isp-networks-with-ansible-and-phpipam/ | Source: APNIC [13:44] TR Bot Automating ISP networks with Ansible and phpIPAM | APNIC Blog [13:45] TR News "A well-designed storage performance benchmark provides meaningful insights into system capabilities, but inaccurate methods can lead to misleading conclusions." https://klarasystems.com/articles/accurate-effective-storage-performance-benchmark/ | Source: Klara [13:45] TR Bot Accurate and Effective Storage Benchmarking - Klara Systems [13:46] TR News How To Install Fwupd on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-fwupd-opensuse/ [13:46] TR Bot How To Install Fwupd on openSUSE - idroot [13:47] TR News How To Install Kitty Terminal Emulator on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-kitty-terminal-emulator-linux-mint-22/ [13:47] TR Bot How To Install Kitty Terminal Emulator on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [13:47] TR News How To Install Valgrind on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-valgrind-ubuntu-24-04/ [13:47] TR Bot How To Install Valgrind on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [13:49] TR News How To Install Opera Browser on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-opera-browser-debian-12/ [13:49] TR Bot How To Install Opera Browser on Debian 12 - idroot [13:49] TR News Celebrating Document Freedom Day https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03/26/celebrating-document-freedom-day/ [13:49] TR Bot Celebrating Document Freedom Day - The Document Foundation Blog [13:50] TR News RHEL for Real Time: CPU throttling and risks https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/03/26/rhel-real-time-cpu-throttling-and-risks [13:50] TR Bot RHEL for Real Time: CPU throttling and risks | Red Hat Developer [13:50] TR News How to fine-tune LLMs with Kubeflow Training Operator https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/03/26/how-fine-tune-llms-kubeflow-training-operator [13:50] TR Bot How to fine-tune LLMs with Kubeflow Training Operator | Red Hat Developer [13:50] TR News Deliver generative Hey Hi (AI) at scale with NVIDIA NIM on OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/03/26/generative-ai-nvidia-nim-openshift-ai [13:50] TR Bot Deliver generative AI at scale with NVIDIA NIM on OpenShift AI | Red Hat Developer [13:50] TR News How To Install LibreNMS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-librenms-ubuntu-24-04/ [13:50] TR Bot How To Install LibreNMS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [13:51] TR News How To Install Windsurf on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-windsurf-debian-12/ [13:51] TR Bot How To Install Windsurf on Debian 12 - idroot [13:53] TR News "Subsonic gives you full control over your media anytime, anywhere and it is packed with useful features and comes with apps for Android and iOS, making it a versatile media server." https://www.tecmint.com/subsonic-personal-media-server/ | Source: TecMint [13:53] TR Bot How to Install Subsonic and Stream Your Media Securely [13:55] TR News "However, if a service crashes or stops unexpectedly, it wont restart automatically, to fix such an issue, you need to set up a system to restart services automatically after a failure." https://www.tecmint.com/auto-restart-service-openrc/ | Source: TecMint [13:55] TR Bot How to Use OpenRC to Automatically Restart Services [13:58] TR News 2025 15-Minute Bug Initiative update https://pointieststick.com/2025/03/25/2025-15-minute-bug-initiative-update/ [13:58] TR Bot 2025 15-Minute Bug Initiative update Adventures in Linux and KDE [13:58] TR News Maintenance release: Godot 4.4.1 https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-4-4-1/ [13:58] TR Bot Maintenance release: Godot 4.4.1 Godot Engine ● Mar 27 [14:01] TR News Mozilla tries to seem like it promotes (sells) privacy, but it leaves out privacy-respecting platforms and instead promotes a back-doored one which takes screenshots all the time, making them available to police, Microsoft, etc. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/extensions-addons/mozilla-vpn-for-firefox/ [14:01] TR Bot A smarter VPN experience: Introducing the Mozilla VPN extension for Windows [14:03] TR News Freedom Does Not Come From One Vendor https://news.opensuse.org/2025/03/26/freedom-is-not-one-vender/ [14:03] TR Bot Freedom Does Not Come From One Vendor - openSUSE News [14:06] TR News "Variscite has released the VAR-SOM-AM62P, a new System on Module based on the Texas Instruments Sitara AM62Px processor. This module expands the VAR-SOM product line with enhanced multimedia functionality while maintaining a focus on cost efficiency." https://linuxgizmos.com/variscite-expands-som-lineup-with-var-som-am62p-featuring-ti-sitara-am62px-processor/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:06] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/variscite-expands-som-lineup-with-var-som-am62p-featuring-ti-sitara-am62px-processor/ ) [14:08] TR News Richard W.M. Jones: Graphical differences between two disk images https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2025/03/26/graphical-differences-between-two-disk-images/ [14:08] TR Bot Graphical differences between two disk images | Richard WM Jones [14:11] TR News Ruby 3.2.8 Released https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/03/26/ruby-3-2-8-released/ [14:11] TR Bot Ruby 3.2.8 Released [14:12] TR News Ruby 3.1.7 Released https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/03/26/ruby-3-1-7-released/ [14:12] TR Bot Ruby 3.1.7 Released [14:12] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice 25.2.2 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 83 Bug Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/LibreOffice_25_2_2_Office_Suite_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_w.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/LibreOffice_25_2_2_Office_Suite_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_w.gmi [14:12] TR Bot Tux Machines LibreOffice 25.2.2 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 83 Bug Fixes [14:14] TR News Betteridge's Law of Software Engineering Specialness https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/betteridges-law-of-software-engineering/ [14:14] TR Bot Law of Software Engineering Specialness Buttondown [14:15] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: Adopting the FLS https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/03/26/adopting-the-fls.html [14:15] TR Bot Adopting the FLS | Rust Blog [14:17] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppRedis 0.2.5 on CRAN: Fix Bashism in Configure, Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/03/26#rcppredis_0.2.5 [14:17] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [14:18] TR News Red Hat streamlines data access for Hey Hi (AI) application training and inference https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/26/red-hat-boosts-data-access-ai-application-training-inference/ [14:18] TR Bot Hat streamlines data access for AI application training and inference - SiliconANGLE [14:20] TR News String of defects in popular Kubernetes component puts 40% of cloud environments at risk https://cyberscoop.com/kubernetes-nginx-controller-defects-wiz/ [14:20] TR Bot of defects in popular Kubernetes component puts 40% of cloud environments at risk | CyberScoop [14:25] TR News Slopwatch: Surveillance Giant Google News, LinuxSecurity.com, and the General Demise of the Web https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/Slopwatch_Google_News_LinuxSecurity_com_and_the_General_Demise_.shtml [14:25] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Google News, LinuxSecurity.com, and the General Demise of the Web [14:49] TR News "Typically, shells use profiles (e.g., .bashrc) to manage persistent configuration changes. For example, if I want to permanently set an environment variable then I might do so in my shell configuration file. Then my changes would be loaded each time I start my shell (or terminal application)." gemini://pwshnotes.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-03-27-fish-autosuggestion.gmi [14:57] TR News Techrights Slopwatch: BetaNews, LinuxSecurity.com, and the Attack on Web Search Using Fake and Likely Plagiarised Pages https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Slopwatch_BetaNews_LinuxSecurity_com_and_the_Attack_on_Web_Sear.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Slopwatch_BetaNews_LinuxSecurity_com_and_the_Attack_on_Web_Sear.gmi [14:57] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: BetaNews, LinuxSecurity.com, and the Attack on Web Search Using Fake and Likely Plagiarised Pages ● Mar 27 [15:02] TR News Twitter fell from 3.64% to about 2% since MElonisation https://gs.statcounter.com/social-media-stats/all/india/#monthly-200902-202503 [15:02] TR Bot Social Media Stats India | Statcounter Global Stats [15:11] *SomeGoat has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:19] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:19] *Righty (~Username@dafzvvhavnewq.irc) has joined #techrights [15:19] TR News Techrights When Windows Was Dominant (1990s) Browser Monopoly Meant MSIE, But Now Google Android is Dominant and the Web in a 'Webapps' Era Works With (or Is Designed for) Chrome-isms https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/When_Windows_Was_Dominant_1990s_Browser_Monopoly_Meant_MSIE_But.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/When_Windows_Was_Dominant_1990s_Browser_Monopoly_Meant_MSIE_But.gmi [15:19] TR Bot Techrights When Windows Was Dominant (1990s) Browser Monopoly Meant MSIE, But Now Google Android is Dominant and the Web in a 'Webapps' Era Works With (or Is Designed for) Chrome-isms [15:20] TR News "What is the severance in Canada, Ontario?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq586rbe [15:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq586rbe ) [15:21] TR News "They better make that an 8 year old for the goons that Elmo has hired." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbeyn6n [15:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbeyn6n ) [15:21] TR News "Oops! That is going to hurt for IBM Consulting... but well deserved, they rarely deliver anything of value and certainly overcharge for everything. Good Luck fellows!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbeyn6n [15:36] TR News Techrights Apparently Confirmed: IBM Layoffs in Canada Today, Hundreds Affected https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Apparently_Confirmed_IBM_Layoffs_in_Canada_Today_Hundreds_Affec.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Apparently_Confirmed_IBM_Layoffs_in_Canada_Today_Hundreds_Affec.gmi [15:36] TR Bot Techrights Apparently Confirmed: IBM Layoffs in Canada Today, Hundreds Affected [15:45] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Mar 27 [16:02] *psydroid3 has quit (connection closed) [16:02] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Mar 27 [17:15] TR News Korean clothing advertised with a Mac Classic!? https://rubenerd.com/korean-clothing-company-advertising-with-a-mac-classic/ [17:15] TR Bot Korean clothing advertised with a Mac Classic!? [17:16] TR News Commerce limits 19 Chinese, Taiwanese companies from buying U.S. tech https://cyberscoop.com/commerce-sanctions-chinese-firms-quantum-computing-ai-cloud/ [17:16] TR Bot limits 19 Chinese, Taiwanese companies from buying U.S. tech | CyberScoop [17:17] TR News US expands China trade blacklist, closes susidiary loopholes https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/us-expands-china-trade-blacklist-closes-susidiary-loopholes [17:17] TR Bot US expands China trade blacklist, closes susidiary loopholes | Tom's Hardware [17:27] TR News FLOSS Weekly Episode 826 https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/floss-weekly-episode-826-fedora-42-and-kde/ | Source: Hackaday [17:27] TR Bot Weekly Episode 826: Fedora 42 And KDE | Hackaday [17:28] TR News Never in a million years... https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/never-million-years [17:28] TR Bot Never in a million years... | Jeff Geerling [17:32] TR News Troll as head of USPTO: "the next USPTO Director, John Squires, was chief IP counsel at Goldman Sachs and helped create Fortress Investments IP fund." https://ipfray.com/donald-trump-jr-invests-in-famous-patent-monetizer-erich-spangenbergs-new-company-by-extension-becomes-upc-user-ipo-filing/ http://techrights.org/wiki/USPTO/ [17:32] TR Bot Donald Trump Jr. invests in famous patent monetizer Erich Spangenbergs new company, by extension becomes UPC user: IPO filing ip fray [17:32] TR Bot USPTO [17:36] TR News Federal Judge Denies Music Publishers Injunction Request in Anthropic Copyright Suit, Citing Significant Concerns Regarding Enforceability and Manageability https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/26/anthropic-lawsuit-music-publishers/ [17:36] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/26/anthropic-lawsuit-music-publishers/ ) [17:38] TR News Essential Open Source Tools for Network Administrators https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/03/essential-open-source-tools-for-network-administrators/ [17:38] TR Bot Essential Open Source Tools for Network Administrators - Open Source For You [17:38] TR News MongoDB Atlas Expands In Southeast Asia https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/03/mongodb-atlas-expands-in-southeast-asia/ [17:38] TR Bot MongoDB Atlas Expands In Southeast Asia - Open Source For You [17:38] TR News Obituary of my favorite CD shop: Stereo https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/obituary-of-my-favorite-cd-shop/ [17:38] TR Bot Obituary of my favorite CD shop: Stereo | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik [17:39] TR News Enchanted Pages https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1070/enchanted-pages [17:39] TR Bot Enchanted Pages - David Revoy [17:39] TR News Georges Basile Stavracas Neto: A Sysprof enhancement https://feaneron.com/2025/03/26/a-sysprof-enhancement/ [17:39] TR Bot Sysprof enhancement feaneron [17:41] TR News Kubernetes v1.33 sneak peek https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/03/26/kubernetes-v1-33-upcoming-changes/ [17:41] TR Bot Kubernetes v1.33 sneak peek | Kubernetes [17:43] TR News LibreArts Weekly recap 23 March 2025 https://librearts.org/2025/03/week-recap-23-mar-2025/ [17:43] TR Bot not resolve host: librearts.org ( status 0 @ https://librearts.org/2025/03/week-recap-23-mar-2025/ ) [17:44] TR News wait3() System Call as a Side Channel in Setuid Programs: nvidia-modprobe case study (CVE-2024-0149) https://security.opensuse.org/2025/03/26/nvidia-modprobe.html [17:44] TR Bot wait3() System Call as a Side Channel in Setuid Programs: nvidia-modprobe case study (CVE-2024-0149) | SUSE Security Team Blog [17:46] TR News SUSE Security Team Spotlight Winter 2024/2025 https://security.opensuse.org/2025/03/26/winter-spotlight.html [17:46] TR Bot SUSE Security Team Spotlight Winter 2024/2025 | SUSE Security Team Blog [17:46] TR News Kernel 6.14: Enhanced hardware capabilities, improved performance & more! https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kernel-614-enhances-hardware-capabilities-improved-performance.html [17:46] TR Bot Kernel 6.14: Enhanced hardware capabilities, improved performance & more! [17:48] TR News PAR Scrape is a web scraping tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/par-scrape-web-scraping-tool/ [17:48] TR Bot Scrape is a web scraping tool - LinuxLinks [17:48] TR News 8 Best Free and Open Source Font Viewers https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-font-viewers/ [17:48] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Font Viewers - LinuxLinks [17:48] TR News Qt-DAB is a DAB decoder https://www.linuxlinks.com/qt-dab-decoder/ [17:48] TR Bot is a DAB decoder - LinuxLinks [17:49] TR News This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 592 https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/03/26/this-week-in-rust-592/ [17:49] TR Bot This Week in Rust 592 This Week in Rust [17:50] TR News w2vgrep is a semantic grep tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/w2vgrep-semantic-grep-tool/ [17:50] TR Bot is a semantic grep tool - LinuxLinks [17:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq76ayfm [17:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq76ayfm ) [17:52] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:52] schestowitz[TR2] If Trump and his people really cared about American jobs, they would be levying a wage tariff on outsourced work to India. They won't. The billionaire oligarchs are the ones who've been benefiting from outsourcing all this time. Think of the impassioned defense Elon Musk had of H1B visas. [17:52] schestowitz[TR2] Trump and Musk just pretend to care, which is why they are laser focused on "illegal immigrants"--helpless people who are taking jobs that pay so little even American teenagers turn their noses up at them and who actually pay into things like Social Security without actually being able to benefit from those programs (no Virginia, there is no Social Security fraud.) [17:52] schestowitz[TR2] The type of tariffs that Trump is using is just ultimately destructive. He's just trying to get the interest rates down. He really doesn't care about anything else. [17:52] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbbr9mb [17:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbbr9mb ) [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] IBM is cutting 72 jobs in Winston-Salem starting May 30, the company told the North Carolina Commerce Department. [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] Its a permanent reduction in force at 1100 Reynolds Blvd. [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] Most of the jobs, 63 in all, are what IBM terms process delivery specialist. The rest are seven positions called process innovations professional and two delivery managers. [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] IBM top executives hinted at layoffs in general at the companys most recent quarterly report in January as the company reported full-year 2024 revenue was up 1% to $17.6 billion. " [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbbje11 [17:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbbje11 ) [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] " In a letter Tuesday, IBM informed the North Carolina Department of Commerce it was laying off 72 employees at a Winston-Salem office, with most working as process delivery specialists. [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] Employers are required to file WARN Notices to the state at least 60 days before closing a facility that affects 50 or more workers. IBMs U.S. human resources director Lawrence Sposato in the letter stated the first layoffs will become official on May 30. [17:53] schestowitz[TR2] This WARN Notice, which the state provided to The News & Observer, contains some of the only local insights into IBMs recent round of layoffs, which many company employees internally refer to as resource actions, or RAs. [17:57] TR News "Outplacement services like SinkStupid are almost always garbage and probably exist for the sole purpose of people like Nickel getting kick-backs or fulfilling some kind of legal requirement. They hire someone off of Fiverr with zero experience in your field to tell you how to format a resume in Microsoft Word and to join LinkedIn and network." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbd2ax0 [17:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbd2ax0 ) [17:58] TR News "I've known 7 people who were laid off including myself. I was at the end of 2024 and no, not a single one of us found it useful. My new position was from networking with Executivesn" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbd2ax0 [17:59] TR News "Be delighted that you've been RA'd. You're getting off the Titanic while there's still lifeboats. This company is sinking fast and is irrelevant." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq586rbe [17:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq586rbe ) [17:59] TR News "I used to manage Australia, all of them have been laid off." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq586rbe ● Mar 27 [18:01] TR News "Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Obama are just actors. None of them have a useful skillset for society. They are just good at putting on a show to move money or buy votes." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq99w6vd [18:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq99w6vd ) [18:01] TR News "The jobs will come back because eventually those countries will want more and kick out the US to start their own companies, just like what China has done. Forget the fact that it makes the US dependent upon those countries that we outsourced the work to. Maybe that is why we have such a large military so that we can 'encourage' those countries to behave the way we want." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq99w6vd [18:03] TR News "I am a bit confused about the notice period. According to ontario law it is supposed to be 8 weeks if more than 50 people are impacted. Seems like they are trying to rush people into accepting (have to accept within less than 2 weeks) whatever they are offering." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqa4aht9 [18:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqa4aht9 ) [18:05] TR News Xbox's Perfect Dark Co-Developer Announces Several Layoffs https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/03/xboxs-perfect-dark-co-developer-announces-several-layoffs [18:05] TR Bot Xbox's Perfect Dark Co-Developer Announces Several Layoffs | Pure Xbox [18:07] TR News LLM Slop (Lots of It Spewed Out by Microsoft) Versus GNU/Linux (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/LLM_Slop_Lots_of_It_Spewed_Out_by_Microsoft_Versus_Linux.shtml [18:07] TR Bot Techrights LLM Slop (Lots of It Spewed Out by Microsoft) Versus Linux [18:08] TR News Zorin OS 17.3 is out, bringing a new default browser, bug fixes, and more https://www.neowin.net/news/zorin-os-173-is-out-bringing-a-new-default-browser-bug-fixes-and-more/ [18:08] TR Bot Zorin OS 17.3 is out, bringing a new default browser, bug fixes, and more - Neowin [18:08] TR News Linux Runs Almost Everything, But They Almost Never Tell You This (No Marketing Budget) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/25/Linux_Runs_Almost_Everything_But_They_Almost_Never_Tell_You_Thi.shtml [18:08] TR Bot Techrights Linux Runs Almost Everything, But They Almost Never Tell You This (No Marketing Budget) [18:09] TR News Growing Poverty Rates in the United States of America (or Elsewhere) Beneficial to GNU/Linux Adoption https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/25/Growing_Poverty_Rates_in_the_United_States_of_America_or_Elsewh.shtml [18:09] TR Bot Techrights Growing Poverty Rates in the United States of America (or Elsewhere) Beneficial to GNU/Linux Adoption [18:09] TR News Going GNU/Linux #465 Listener Feedback https://goinglinux.com/episode-465-listener-feedback/index.html [18:09] TR Bot Episode 465 Listener Feedback Going Linux [18:10] TR News MPV 0.40.0 Released with NVIDIA RTX HDR Support [Ubuntu PPA] https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/03/mpv-0-40-0-released-ubuntu-ppa/ [18:10] TR Bot MPV 0.40.0 Released with NVIDIA RTX HDR Support [Ubuntu PPA] | UbuntuHandbook [18:11] TR News (NEW): MPV 0.40 Open-Source Video Player Released with Native HDR Support on Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/25/MPV_0_40_Open_Source_Video_Player_Released_with_Native_HDR_Supp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/25/MPV_0_40_Open_Source_Video_Player_Released_with_Native_HDR_Supp.gmi [18:11] TR Bot Tux Machines MPV 0.40 Open-Source Video Player Released with Native HDR Support on Linux [18:11] TR News A modern find command http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/293/User-Friendly-Search [18:11] TR Bot Command Line Modern Searching Linux Magazine [18:20] TR News Phoronix promoting Microsoft crapware again. 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[18:20] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [18:21] TR News Even twice in a single day [18:21] TR News Understanding pacman -Syu Command in Arch GNU/Linux https://itsfoss.com/pacman-syu/ [18:21] TR Bot Understanding pacman -Syu Command in Arch Linux [18:22] TR News KdeGuiTest (KdeEcoTest) in SoK25: Debugging, Building an Interactive User Interface, and More https://eco.kde.org/blog/2025-03-14_sok25-kguitest/ [18:22] TR Bot KdeGuiTest (KdeEcoTest) in SoK25: Debugging, Building an Interactive User Interface, and More - KDE Eco [18:23] TR News FOSS Weekly #25.13: Kernel 6.14, Zorin 17.3, EU OS, apt Guide and More GNU/Linux Stuff https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-13/ [18:23] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #25.13: Kernel 6.14, Zorin 17.3, EU OS, apt Guide and More Linux Stuff [18:26] TR News FSF Blogs: FSD meeting recap 2025-03-21 http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsd-meeting-recap-2025-03-21 [18:26] TR Bot FSD meeting recap 2025-03-21 Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [18:27] TR News Security updates for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1015464/ [18:27] TR Bot updates for Wednesday [LWN.net] [18:27] TR News Microsoft Canonical Pays IDG to Spread FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/Microsoft_Canonical_Pays_IDG_to_Spread_FUD_Fear_Uncertainty_Dou.shtml https://canonical.com//blog/70-of-it-teams-spend-more-than-6-hours-per-week-on-security-patching-new-idc-research [18:27] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Canonical Pays IDG to Spread FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) [18:28] TR Bot 70% of IT teams spend more than 6 hours per week on security patching new IDC research [18:28] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:28] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [18:31] TR News "This project details the installation and setup of Microchip's FPGA design tools Libero SoC Design Suite 2024.2 and SoftConsole v2022.2" https://www.hackster.io/whitney-knitter/microchip-fpga-design-tools-v2024-2-install-on-ubuntu-20-04-426ff0 [18:31] TR Bot FPGA Design Tools v2024.2 Install on Ubuntu 20.04 - Hackster.io [18:33] TR News "Ever wondered what you're missing by sticking to Windows and not trying out Linux? 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It's easy to install, gets you right into Steam Big Picture mode with their own custom built-in web app for managing games from various sources including Steam, Epic Games, GOG and others." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/chimeraos-linux-48-brings-new-hardware-support-for-your-handhelds-and-living-room-pcs/ [18:42] TR Bot Linux 48 brings new hardware support for your handhelds and living room PCs | GamingOnLinux [18:46] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:46] TR News (NEW): Android Devices as GNU/Linux PCs, Disappointment With Samsung, Phones Getting Bloated https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Android_Devices_as_GNU_Linux_PCs_Disappointment_With_Samsung_Ph.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Android_Devices_as_GNU_Linux_PCs_Disappointment_With_Samsung_Ph.gmi [18:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Devices as GNU/Linux PCs, Disappointment With Samsung, Phones Getting Bloated [18:48] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Buying Articles About Itself, Hey Hi (AI) Hype in Full Swing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Red_Hat_Buying_Articles_About_Itself_Hey_Hi_AI_Hype_in_Full_Swi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Red_Hat_Buying_Articles_About_Itself_Hey_Hi_AI_Hype_in_Full_Swi.gmi [18:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Buying Articles About Itself, Hey Hi (AI) Hype in Full Swing [18:49] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [18:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [18:49] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux 6.14, GNOME 48 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Ubuntu_25_04_Plucky_Puffin_Enters_Public_Beta_Testing_with_Linu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Ubuntu_25_04_Plucky_Puffin_Enters_Public_Beta_Testing_with_Linu.gmi [18:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux 6.14, GNOME 48 [18:53] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly, Geerling on TV, Going [GNU/]Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Audiocasts_Shows_FLOSS_Weekly_Geerling_on_TV_Going_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Audiocasts_Shows_FLOSS_Weekly_Geerling_on_TV_Going_GNU_Linux.gmi [18:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly, Geerling on TV, Going [GNU/]Linux [18:55] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Celebrating Document Freedom Day https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Celebrating_Document_Fr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Celebrating_Document_Fr.gmi [18:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Celebrating Document Freedom Day [18:56] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/27/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi [18:56] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [18:58] TR News "I was handed a flyer about Nostr, a new pubsub protocol at FOSDEM. To put it simply, Nostr is the minimal protocol to for a decentralized content publishing system which a lot of the same appeals as most small internet protocols." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2025/03-26-nostr-my-thoughts-on-a-new-decentralized-pubsub-protocol.gmi [18:58] TR News I need to drag my mother along on another hike already gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2025/ ● Mar 27 [19:00] TR News "The user's prompt could also be considered a "product." Since individual users insert prompts, however, these can't really be said to belong to OpenAI." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-03-27 [19:00] ZedHedTed i forgot about nostr [19:03] TR News Techrights Links 27/03/2025: Slop, Autosuggestions, and Nostr https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Links_27_03_2025_Slop_Autosuggestions_and_Nostr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Links_27_03_2025_Slop_Autosuggestions_and_Nostr.gmi [19:03] TR Bot Techrights Links 27/03/2025: Slop, Autosuggestions, and Nostr [19:06] TR News Techrights Links 27/03/2025: Obituary to a Shop, Russia Trying to Buy Time https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Links_27_03_2025_Obituary_to_a_Shop_Russia_Trying_to_Buy_Time.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Links_27_03_2025_Obituary_to_a_Shop_Russia_Trying_to_Buy_Time.gmi [19:06] TR Bot Techrights Links 27/03/2025: Obituary to a Shop, Russia Trying to Buy Time [19:07] TR News Boxing Clever: Tiny Cryptic #5 https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/03/tiny-cryptic-5 [19:07] TR Bot Boxing Clever: *Tiny Cryptic #5* The Public Domain Review [19:07] TR News Jack London, Jack Johnson, and the Fight of the Century https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/jack-london-jack-johnson-and-the-fight-of-the-century [19:07] TR Bot Jack London, Jack Johnson, and the Fight of the Century The Public Domain Review [19:07] TR News Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: The Cameramans Revenge (1912) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/cameramans-revenge [19:07] TR Bot Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: *The Cameramans Revenge* (1912) The Public Domain Review [19:09] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [19:54] *SomeGoat has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:54] admfubar https://www.firstpost.com/tech/australian-ai-startup-is-creating-fake-victims-to-fool-real-scammers-13874892.html [19:54] TR Bot AI startup is creating fake victims to fool real scammers Firstpost [19:59] MinceR (video) (audio:important) https://yewtu.be/watch?v=tYvVGffnB9g = https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=tYvVGffnB9g [19:59] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=tYvVGffnB9g ) [19:59] TR Bot Select instance - Invidious ● Mar 27 [20:02] MinceR ^ BAHFest London -Evolution - Zach Weinersmith: A Theory Created in the Last Two Hours [20:48] MinceR (cat) (video) (audio:important) https://imgur.com/gallery/drIlRFD = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/drIlRFD [20:48] TR Bot Cats - Album on Imgur [20:48] TR Bot War Cats - rimgo ● Mar 27 [21:44] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:47] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Mar 27 [22:11] psydruid https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-battle-for-23andmes-dna-customer-data-080046579.html [22:11] TR Bot The battle for 23andMe's DNA customer data [22:26] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@7bngixsbht9ri.irc) has joined #techrights [22:27] IsambardPrince MinceR, When I'm a dictator my first edict will be making Tool the official national music band. [22:28] MinceR i would be a very hands-off dictator [22:28] IsambardPrince If I need a jester, then Brandon Lobster will have a job because it's hard to find a bigger fool, according to Canada. [22:28] MinceR i wouldn't care about much other than preventing anyone else from getting to tell me what to do [22:30] IsambardPrince Oh it's fine when it's me. [22:30] IsambardPrince I won't do anything horrible. [22:30] IsambardPrince Maybe build some ovens and order the MAGA people to march in single file. [22:30] IsambardPrince Nothing grotesque. [22:41] IsambardPrince "The OSS Simple Sabotage manual suggested wetting a sponge with a cornstarch slurry mix and then squeezing it and wrapping strings around it and letting it dry like that and then putting it in the toilet and flushing so it would expand in the pipe and clog the pipe. [22:41] IsambardPrince I don't recommend doing this to anyone because it's illegal, but when the CIA declassified that manual and I read that, I thought it was funny." [22:41] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ ● Mar 27 [23:00] MinceR :) [23:11] IsambardPrince MinceR, My doctor, who is Jewish, said that her friend is thinking about getting rid of the Tesla. I said, "Good luck getting a fair price now that the market is flooded and nobody wants one. You know, I read about a Jewish man in Chicago that was getting tired of finding swastika stickers on his Tesla. Might be time to get rid of the car. Drawing too much attention." [23:13] IsambardPrince We were talking about how the price of a used Tesla collapsed. I said, "Well yes, the vandalism, all the people selling them at once. Eventually insurance premiums on them will rise to cover the expected vandalism." [23:14] MinceR i saw a photo of a tesla rebadged as an audi :> [23:15] IsambardPrince I told her they could all thank that "goose stepping moron, Elon Musk" for what's going on with their Tesla. [23:16] MinceR well, if the real founders of tesla weren't greedy and didn't effectively sell the company out to melon fusk, this wouldn't have happened to the company [23:22] IsambardPrince MinceR, Mom sent me a bathrobe that looks like some sort of cloak from that cult in Eyes Wide Shut, it was funny. [23:22] nobody either audi or tesla, those types of vehicles deserve the same branding, for the same technical and political reasons [23:22] IsambardPrince I immediately picked up a cat toy on a strung and dangled it around like Red Cloak. [23:23] IsambardPrince And mocked the music that was playing. [23:23] MinceR i haven't seen that movie [23:23] nobody the value of tesla had always been first and foremost the "carbon certificate" cash grabbing scam [23:23] IsambardPrince MinceR, It's good. [23:23] nobody which is the only incentive for any manufacturer to build such vehicles, because with such they comply with "climate agreements" [23:24] nobody because, even when coal is burned in a power plant to charge such, it's considered "carbon neutral" and "environmentall friendly" [23:24] IsambardPrince nobody, Yeah, Trump is talking about repealing the Inflation Reduction Act. [23:24] IsambardPrince Almost all the money and jobs flowed into Republican districts. [23:24] nobody in parallel, energy companies can inflate energy prices with the argument it's for "renewable subsidies" [23:25] MinceR he could sign the Inflation Augmentation Act to repeal it [23:25] nobody wherever money drained, i've just received yet another extortion letter, in germany though [23:30] IsambardPrince https://abcnews.go.com/International/amsterdam-stabbing-attack-near-dam-square/story?id=120229845 [23:30] TR Bot 5 injured, including 2 Americans, in 'serious' stabbing attack in Amsterdam: Police - ABC News [23:30] IsambardPrince Probably a Muslim. [23:30] IsambardPrince They let too many people in and now they have the trouble that causes. [23:34] IsambardPrince https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/debate-over-fluoride-in-drinking-water-suburban-dentist-talks-benefits-pushback/ [23:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/debate-over-fluoride-in-drinking-water-suburban-dentist-talks-benefits-pushback/ ) [23:34] IsambardPrince Now RFK Jr. is pushing for a national fluoride ban. [23:34] IsambardPrince Guess I'd better stock up on toothpaste. [23:36] MinceR someone should goad him into also banning E948 and DHMO [23:36] MinceR banning random molecules and moieties is a great idea [23:36] MinceR especially if the one to decide which to ban has zero understanding of chemistry and biology [23:40] IsambardPrince https://www.wxpr.org/health/2025-03-27/wisconsin-dnr-launches-fluoride-faq-webpage-in-response-to-increase-inquiries [23:40] TR Bot Wisconsin DNR launches fluoride FAQ webpage in response to increase inquiries | WXPR [23:40] IsambardPrince "Voters in the City of Tomahawk will share their thoughts next week on if the city should keep fluoridating the water." [...] "A 2023 Community Health Assessment by the Lincoln County Health Department found that 42% of residents dont have dental insurance." [23:42] MinceR i support switching from fluoridating the water to making fluoride toothpaste available, but i don't expect such nuance from any nazi party members [23:45] IsambardPrince MinceR, I'm going to stockpile a couple years worth at least. [23:46] IsambardPrince Before I have to start buying toothpaste from a country that hasn't lost their minds. [23:46] MinceR good luck finding such a country a couple years from now :> [23:46] IsambardPrince I wonder if Orbanistan is crazier than what's going on here. [23:46] MinceR probably a mix of crazier and less crazy [23:47] MinceR oh, and exactly as crazy [23:48] IsambardPrince MinceR, I asked my doctor to order a Measles immunity blood test. [23:48] IsambardPrince Since they're already taking half a gallon anyway for other reasons. [23:48] IsambardPrince :P [23:48] MinceR :> [23:48] MinceR "i vill suck your blood" [23:49] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [23:49] IsambardPrince She asked why. I said, "I don't trust my parents for anything. They're both antivaxxers. I think I got one dose of MMR in 1995 but I'm not completely sure about what happened regarding medical care. If I got anything I needed it was because Dr. Jesch was a great pediatrician andd I'm sure that was just happenstance that mom took me there." [23:50] IsambardPrince I said, "Every time I talk to my parents I'm kind of sorry I did." [23:53] IsambardPrince MinceR, We're rapidly losing the doctors who graduated from places like Indiana University in the 1960s and 1970s back when those institutions were respectable. [23:53] IsambardPrince Not just some money grubbing Trump dick-suckers with a Jew Board. [23:53] MinceR we only have two real universities left and they're on the brink of failure (BME and ELTE) [23:54] IsambardPrince By Jew Board, I mean those right-wing Jewish Nazis with the Inquisition. [23:54] MinceR every other university was already transferred into "foundations" that just happen to be managed entirely by fidesz - hungarian pedophile alliance cadres [23:55] MinceR and as a result, no one in europe takes them seriously, they don't get to participate in the erasmus program, and afaik they also don't get to participate in any international research programs [23:56] MinceR last time i checked, BME was looking to see how they could do the same thing, but dress it up differently in the hopes that they won't be caught [23:56] MinceR and ELTE elected a new leader who also seems to be open to the idea of fucking ELTE up [23:56] IsambardPrince MinceR, The universities in Indiana are operating somehow despite being ruled over by the most anti-science party in the country. This year, they banned Pride on college campuses, you're not even allowed to be in a student group that just uses a conference room when nobody else needs it. [23:57] MinceR we also have a few religious "universities" which were jokes even before 2010 [23:57] IsambardPrince Oh, like Liberty University? [23:57] nobody MinceR: slightly related, Deutsche Telekom closed all their universities that educated telco engineers (i talked about this before) [23:57] MinceR i don't know liberty university [23:57] MinceR nobody: well, i guess it shows [23:57] IsambardPrince Where the students sign a Christian morality code then go drinking and ass-fucking and just try not to get outed? [23:57] nobody interestingly, Deutsche Telekom rather sponors Bavaria Munich Soccer club with 250million shitcoins [23:57] MinceR the things i've seen from deutsche telekom weren't telecom and were absolute shit [23:57] MinceR interesting [23:58] MinceR is there a CSU/CDU/AfD leader who's really, really, really into soccer, like orban? [23:58] nobody it got "privatized", telekom, although government remained major shareholder [23:58] nobody MinceR: "we are world champion", all politicians ranked in the first line for gratitude [23:59] nobody in soccer, not telco engineering [23:59] nobody MinceR: but you know, this equation didn't need AfD, because when this happened, AfD didn't exist yet [23:59] nobody SPD,ALliance90,FDP,CDU,CSU... thanks to all of them