●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, July 27, 2026 ●● ● Jul 27 [00:01] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [00:02] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [00:19] IsambardPrince MinceR: I was reading more about the Nazi People's Court. [00:19] IsambardPrince Roughly 10% of the people who were taken there were acquitted, but then most of them got taken into "protective custody" by the SS and sent to a concentration camp. [00:20] IsambardPrince You manage to escape a show trial and you still get whisked away. [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights ● Jul 27 [01:15] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:23] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techrights [01:33] admfubar we need emp glasses... https://www.digitaltrends.com/wearables/apples-smart-glasses-are-running-late-because-they-dont-want-to-stir-a-privacy-storm/ [01:33] TR Bot Apple's smart glasses are running late because they don't want to stir a privacy storm - Digital Trends [01:33] MinceR lol [01:33] MinceR crApple pretending that they give a fuck about privacy [01:34] MinceR the sad part: idiots still believing it [01:42] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/physicists-build-a-computer-from-400-particles-orbiting-in-liquid-with-10-times-the-error-of-memristor-rivals [01:42] TR Bot Physicists turn particles in chaotic orbits into liquid computers but this fluid hardware still trails memristor rivals | Tom's Hardware [01:43] admfubar my cat scanners meow at me in the morning so i feed them... https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/open-source-3d-printed-portable-mri-machine-built-for-under-usd70-000-diy-medical-equipment-costs-less-than-7-percent-of-a-full-sized-mri-machines-usd1-1-million-starting-price [01:43] TR Bot Open-source 3D-printed portable MRI machine built for under $70,000 DIY medical equipment costs less than 7% of a full-sized MRI machines $1.1 million starting price | Tom's Hardware [01:44] admfubar that will encourage you to pray... https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/security-flaw-in-vaticans-click-to-pray-app-leaves-over-700-000-global-users-exposed-app-has-been-leaking-user-data-for-over-six-months-and-still-does [01:44] TR Bot Security flaw in Vaticans Click to Pray app leaves over 700,000 global users exposed app has been leaking user data for over six months and still does | Tom's Hardware [01:45] MinceR Plug And Pray [01:45] MinceR PrayStation [01:46] admfubar can they make emp glasses?? I really want a pair... https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/lockheed-martin-unveils-counter-drone-system-that-can-neutralize-up-to-50-enemy-drones-in-a-single-mission-sensor-agnostic-system-uses-high-power-microwave-to-purge-enemies-from-the-sky [01:46] TR Bot Lockheed Martin unveils counter-drone system that can neutralize up to 50 enemy drones in a single mission sensor-agnostic system uses High Power Microwave to purge enemies from the sky | Tom's Hardware [01:48] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/lockheed-martin-unveils-counter-drone-system-that-can-neutralize-up-to-50-enemy-drones-in-a-single-mission-sensor-agnostic-system-uses-high-power-microwave-to-purge-enemies-from-the-sky [01:49] admfubar was the chicken good?? https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/gaming-pcs/lucky-pc-gamer-scoops-insane-usd1-140-9800x3d-pc-at-costco-while-shopping-for-rotisserie-chicken-ibuypower-prebuilt-with-32gb-ram-and-rtx-5070-was-a-display-unit-discount [01:49] TR Bot Lucky PC gamer scoops insane $1,140 9800X3D PC at Costco while shopping for rotisserie chicken iBuyPower prebuilt with 32GB RAM and RTX 5070 was a display unit discount | Tom's Hardware [01:51] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/07/25/how-ai-drove-shopify-back-to-clean-code/5277901 [01:51] TR Bot How AI drove Shopify back to clean code [01:54] IsambardPrince MinceR: They did a study to get objective data about Solensia for cat arthritis. [01:54] IsambardPrince The first study suffered heavily from Caretaker Placebo Effect. [01:54] IsambardPrince So the next study just put fitbits on two groups of cats that were at about the same level of arthritis progression. [01:55] IsambardPrince One group got placebo and the other got Solensia. [01:55] IsambardPrince The cats that got the placebo had a 9.8% activity decline during the study period. [01:55] IsambardPrince The cats that got Solensia had an 11.7% increase in activity over the baseline. [01:57] admfubar https://thedebrief.org/an-unexpected-transmissible-cancer-is-appearing-in-north-american-waterways-where-did-it-come-from/ [01:57] TR Bot An Unexpected Transmissible Cancer Is Appearing in North American WaterwaysWhere Did It Come From? - The Debrief [01:58] admfubar uh huh... like the cats wore fitbits ● Jul 27 [02:03] MinceR :> [02:04] admfubar he's gotta add ai to it... https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/25/elon-musks-boring-company-reportedly-raising-funding-at-a-20-billion-valuation/ [02:04] TR Bot Musks Boring Company reportedly raising funding at a $20 billion valuation | TechCrunch [02:07] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/25/librarians-are-hosting-viral-avoiding-ai-workshops-for-people-who-are-fed-up-with-big-tech/ [02:07] TR Bot are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch [02:09] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/25/one-fallen-power-line-exposed-a-growing-ai-data-center-problem-heres-how-to-fix-it/ [02:09] TR Bot fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here's how to fix it. | TechCrunch [02:10] admfubar the honeymoon is over.... maybe the marriage too... https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/waymo-reportedly-mulling-a-breakup-with-uber/ [02:10] TR Bot reportedly mulling a breakup with Uber | TechCrunch [02:13] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-york-noisy-food-carts-electric.html [02:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-york-noisy-food-carts-electric.html ) [02:14] admfubar https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/0536218/ai-equipped-garbage-trucks-could-soon-start-spying-on-people-in-the-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed [02:14] TR Bot AI-Equipped Garbage Trucks Could Soon Start Spying On People in the US - Slashdot [02:16] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/26/0138257/typo-squatting-scammers-con-south-carolina-town-out-of-545k [02:16] TR Bot Typo-Squatting Scammers Con South Carolina Town Out of $545K - Slashdot [02:18] admfubar https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/25/2114259/32-of-35-students-caught-using-hilariously-wrong-ai-generated-answers-for-professors-midterm [02:18] TR Bot 32 of 35 Students Caught Using Hilariously Wrong AI-Generated Answers for Professor's Midterm - Slashdot [02:24] *buzzert (~buzzert@23-93-86-187.dedicated.static.sonic.net) has joined #techrights [02:24] *buzzert (~buzzert@23-93-86-187.dedicated.static.sonic.net) has left #techrights [02:24] *buzzert (~buzzert@csk3pkss7va5s.irc) has joined #techrights [02:29] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 26th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_July_26th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_July_26th_2026.gmi [02:29] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 26th, 2026 [02:31] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/25/2052238 [02:31] TR Bot The ACLU is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets - SoylentNews [02:42] admfubar https://www.propublica.org/article/adak-island-alaska-internet-subsidy-fcc [02:42] TR Bot You Pay for Internet Service in Empty Buildings on Alaskas Adak Island ProPublica [02:42] admfubar 'cause only americans can spy on anyone!!... https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/sen-wyden-calls-out-canadas-surveillance-bill [02:43] TR Bot NEWS & UPDATES | FISA REFORM | PPSA - Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability (PPSA) [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-260726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-260726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-260726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-260726.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, July 26, 2026 [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-260726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-260726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-260726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-260726.txt [02:47] TR Bot IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, July 26, 2026 [02:48] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. 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[04:41] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:41] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [04:43] TR News "The MUSE Pi Pro is an 85 56mm single-board computer built around SpacemiTs M1 processor, combining eight 64-bit RISC-V cores with 2.0 TOPS of AI processing capability." https://linuxgizmos.com/spacemit-muse-pi-pro-combines-octa-core-risc-v-processing-with-m-2-and-mini-pcie-expansion/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [04:43] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/spacemit-muse-pi-pro-combines-octa-core-risc-v-processing-with-m-2-and-mini-pcie-expansion/ ) [04:43] TR News "The NanoPi M6V2 is a compact SBC featuring 8K HDMI output, dual MIPI camera and display interfaces, NVMe SSD support, and 6 TOPS of AI performance." https://linuxgizmos.com/friendlyelec-refreshes-nanopi-m6-with-rk3588s-lpddr5-and-upgraded-audio-codec/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [04:43] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/friendlyelec-refreshes-nanopi-m6-with-rk3588s-lpddr5-and-upgraded-audio-codec/ ) [04:44] TR News "Chat Control 1: Grnt ljus i EU:s ministerrd" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/07/26/chat-control-1-gront-ljus-i-eus-ministerrad/ [04:44] TR Bot Chat Control 1: Grnt ljus i EU:s ministerrd [04:44] TR News "At the same time, Meta proposes a novel "de minimis" BitTorrent defense" https://torrentfreak.com/meta-confirms-data-engineer-is-behind-key-ip-address-in-adult-film-piracy-lawsuit/ | Source: Torrent Freak [04:44] TR Bot Confirms 'Data Engineer' is Behind Key IP Address in Adult Film Piracy Lawsuit * TorrentFreak [04:45] TR News Right of Publicity https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-07-26/hollywoods-ai-hiring-is-real-inside-studios-hiring-tells-more-careful-story | Source: Los Angeles Times [04:45] TR Bot Hollywoods open secret: Its battling AI and already addicted to it - Los Angeles Times [04:46] TR News "Plugged in a USB CD/DVD drive and ran the installation media. Put in the key. It installed, but when I ran it it said it could not register the key online" https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/word-2010-activation/ | Source: Darren Goossens [04:46] TR Bot Word 2010 activation DSPACE [04:46] TR News "Shortly before noon, Clarke used a megaphone to read aloud the names of the dozens who have died." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-25/pasadena-protests-ice-shootings-national-day-of-action-vigil | Source: Los Angeles Times [04:46] TR Bot ICE shootings protested in Pasadena on National Day of Action - Los Angeles Times [04:46] TR News "For the rest of the country, which associated Minneapolis more with Minnesota Nice than with fiery uprisings, the city may have seemed like an odd epicenter for our violent racial strife." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/i-dont-know-how-you-can-look-at-minneapolis | Source: Hamilton Nolan [04:46] TR Bot "I Dont Know How You Can Look at Minneapolis and Say They Are Better for Choosing Reform Over Revolution" [04:46] TR News "The report cited internal ICE documents showing plans for a mass detention center in the former Rivers Correctional Institution with 1,400 beds." https://truthout.org/articles/ice-to-reopen-private-prison-as-massive-north-carolina-detention-center/ | Source: TruthOut [04:46] TR Bot ICE to Reopen Private Prison as Massive North Carolina Detention Center | Truthout [04:47] TR News "On Saturday, July 25, the campaign could claim the credit for forcing Pradhan to step down." https://jacobin.com/2026/07/india-cockroach-protests-education-democracy | Source: Jacobin Magazine [04:47] TR Bot The Cockroach Protests Are Reviving Indias Ailing Democracy [04:47] TR News "But it also taught me something about resistance, and about how to hold fast to your own sanity and morality in increasingly insane and immoral times." https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/what-j-m-coetzee-can-teach-us-about-ice/ | Source: The Nation [04:47] TR Bot What J.M. Coetzee Can Teach Us About ICE | The Nation [04:47] TR News "The protests became one of the biggest challenges to Hindu nationalist Modi's administration since his 2024 re-election." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/india-clears-protest-site-after-cockroach-movement-scores-a-win-1497224330 | Source: RTL [04:47] TR Bot Streets calming down: India clears protest site after 'cockroach' movement scores a win - RTL Today [04:47] TR News "Over that past week, a gen Z movement that called itself the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) mobilised unprecedented protests in the name of justice for millions of young people" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/26/india-cockroach-protest-victory-signals-trouble-ahead-for-narendra-modi | Source: The Guardian UK [04:47] TR Bot Indias Cockroach Janta party protest victory signals trouble ahead for Modi | India | The Guardian [04:48] TR News "This July 11 Michael Grynbaum story described what happened in depth." https://emptywheel.net/2026/07/26/did-doj-subpoena-nyt-for-what-they-published-or-what-they-didnt/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [04:48] TR Bot Did DOJ Subpoena NYT for What They Published ... Or What They Didn't? - emptywheel [04:48] TR News "This administration is monomaniacally focused on constantly making headlines. Too bad its all the same bad news." https://newrepublic.com/post/213514/trump-tariffs-ice-elections-economy | Source: New Republic [04:48] TR Bot The Seven Trump News Cycles Were All Stuck In | The New Republic [04:48] TR News "According to Amnesty Internationals regional director, Tigere Chagutah, Mukukas arrest constitutes a misuse of the criminal justice system by authorities in order to intimidate journalists for simply performing their professional duties." https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/rights-group-calls-on-zambia-to-release-journalist-arrested-for-controversial-social-media-posts/ | Source: JURIST [04:49] TR Bot Rights group calls on Zambia to release journalist arrested for social media posts - JURIST - News [04:49] TR News "Rupert Lowe, the leader of the British far-right party Restore, has pulled off a neat trick." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/rupert-lowe-restore-britain-rogan/688033/ | Source: The Atlantic [04:49] TR Bot Joe Rogans New British Crush - The Atlantic [04:50] TR News "Warfighting" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-communications-systems-warfare-officers/ | Source: Task And Purpose [04:50] TR Bot Navy information officers get new name aimed at 'warfighting' [04:50] TR News "Over the many past years I have just been rather tired of tech. It overrides our wants and needs to serve the corporate overlords." https://akselmo.dev/posts/ramblings-about-complacency/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen [04:50] TR Bot Ramblings about complacency | AksDev [04:50] TR News "affirmed by tradition" https://aethrvmn.gr/theses/metaphysical/religious/catholicism/ | Source: Aethrvmn [04:50] TR Bot catholicism | aethrvmn [04:51] TR News "A fully laden coal train travelled several kilometres unmanned after it started rolling downhill during a crew change." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-26/runaway-coal-train-hunter-valley/106959762 | Source: ABC [04:51] TR Bot Runaway coal train travelled several kilometres unmanned in NSW Hunter Valley - ABC News [04:52] TR News "Thats about 37 miles an hour, for my American friends. Without a crew. Ill be interested in reading The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulators report when it comes out." https://www.rubenerd.au/runaway-train-in-the-hunter-valley/ | Source: Ruben Schade [04:52] TR Bot Rubenerd: Runaway train in the Hunter Valley [04:52] TR News "contradicts repeated assertions by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other officials that the projects were canceled" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-26/trump-administration-admits-grants-for-clean-energy-were-canceled-based-on-politics | Source: Los Angeles Times [04:52] TR Bot Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politics - Los Angeles Times [04:55] TR News "Moving down the list, Americas second richest man, Larry Ellison, has purchased CBS news, moving it rightward, and is trying to take control of CNN." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/against-oligarchy-part-ii-wealth | Source: Paul Krugman [04:55] TR Bot Against Oligarchy, Part II: Wealth Taxes - Paul Krugman [04:56] TR News "Apple is likely to rely on on-device processing and skip out on more controversial features like facial recognition or an always-on-recording similar to Metas super sensing." https://www.theverge.com/tech/971101/apple-smart-glasses-privacy | Source: The Verge [04:56] TR Bot Apple is banking on privacy to set its smart glasses apart | The Verge [04:56] TR News "Social media platforms are designed around engagement: Posts that generate reactions, comments and shares are more likely to be shown to users." https://phys.org/news/2026-07-caught-game-social-media-content.html | Source: Omicron Limited [04:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-caught-game-social-media-content.html ) [04:56] TR News "As social media companies face scrutiny over addictive design features, mental health experts cite a stream of breakup content as an example of the failure to protect users." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-instagram-breakup-content.html | Source: New York Times [04:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-instagram-breakup-content.html ) [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] "But as others have said; the problem for Flathub is the power imbalance of novice agent users filling the review queue with slop faster than the 3 people can drain it out. I understand why they're mad. What can we do to improve the tooling to make good Flatpaks w/ agent support? [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] GNOME I think is more about having space for more nuanced discourse on this; it requires someone with the asbestos to take the community lead on the debate. Not I." [04:58] TR News "A new lawsuit, filed July 15 in San Francisco Superior Court by Madisons father, alleges that OpenAIs ChatGPT instilled a messiah complex in her, eventually leading Madison to kill herself" https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/chatgpt-alabama-suicide-22356367.php | Source: SFGate [04:58] TR Bot Client Challenge [04:58] TR News "The package is available on GitHub, and through the R universe." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/gpopt-for-r-bayesian-and-conformal-optimization-of-black-box-functions-and-hyperparameter-tuning/ | Source: Rlang [04:58] TR Bot for R: Bayesian and conformal optimization of black-box functions and hyperparameter tuning | R-bloggers [04:59] TR News "LLMs are useful tools that are transforming the way we work in many professions. For example, they are extremely useful in the field of software development." https://www.dlp.rip/slop-proxy/ | Source: Chris Fenner [04:59] TR Bot Don't Be a Slop Proxy - Chris Fenner's Personal Blog [04:59] TR News "The AI videos usually feature AI avatars that present themselves as credible figures like doctors or Eastern medical gurus." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ai-doctors-quake-cures | Source: Futurism [04:59] TR Bot Meta Is Letting Fake AI-Generated Doctors Sell Quack Cures on Its Platforms [04:59] TR News "Perhaps we should rely less on Nazi Bars for our critical business functions somewhat" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/we-should-rely-less-on-the-nazi-bar-somewhat/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [04:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/we-should-rely-less-on-the-nazi-bar-somewhat/ ) ● Jul 27 [05:00] TR News "MRI machines are life-saving medical devices that can let doctors and radiologists diagnose various critical conditions, but theyre also insanely expensive." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/open-source-3d-printed-portable-mri-machine-built-for-under-usd70-000-diy-medical-equipment-costs-less-than-7-percent-of-a-full-sized-mri-machines-usd1-1-million-starting-price | Source: Tom's Hardware [05:00] TR Bot Open-source 3D-printed portable MRI machine built for under $70,000 DIY medical equipment costs less than 7% of a full-sized MRI machines $1.1 million starting price | Tom's Hardware [05:00] TR News "A batch of previously unseen videos from the Golden Age of coin-operated gaming for you this week." https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/07/26/lyle-raines-pioneer-of-ataris-coin-op-gaming-era/ | Source: The Arcade Blogger [05:00] TR Bot Lyle Raines: Pioneer of Ataris Coin-Op Gaming Era The Arcade Blogger [05:01] TR News "Let be a permutation on n elements. If there is a permutation such that applying twice has the same effect on the list of elements as applying once, we say = and is a square root of ." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/26/permutation-roots/ | Source: John D Cook [05:01] TR Bot Permutation roots [05:01] TR News "The function expq(x) is defined by taking the power series for exp(x) and keeping only the terms whose index is a multiple of q." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/26/exp-q/ | Source: John D Cook [05:01] TR Bot exp_q(x) keeps every qth term in the power series for exp(x) [05:01] TR News "According to experts, that's significant because sugars were a critical component for jump-starting life on Earth, and how exactly sugar molecules first formed on our planet has been a long-standing question among scientists." https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/sugar-in-space-life-on-earth-9.7281908 | Source: CBC [05:01] TR Bot Scientists just found sugar in space. Here's why that matters | CBC News [05:02] TR News "I dont do a lot of Python, at least not in my most recent life.1 However, I happen to have just written a production ML-DSA verifier in pure Python." https://words.filippo.io/mldsa-py/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda [05:02] TR Bot Production ML-DSA Verification in 350 Lines of Python [05:02] TR News "I found the post SIMD in Pure Python by retr0id about optimizing Game of Life and thought its a good opportunity to yap about SWAR" https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/thoughts-on-simd-in-pure-python/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva [05:02] TR Bot Thoughts on "SIMD in Pure Python" | purplesyringa's blog [05:03] TR News "Many bytes have been spilled on the topic of object-oriented programming: What is it? Why is it? Is it good?" https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/actors | Source: Joshua Barretto [05:03] TR Bot We are replacing OOP with something worse [05:03] TR News "For better or worse, I am trying to write Lua without feeling like its year 2010, and Teal promised to be suitable for this purpose." https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/impressions-of-teal/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva [05:03] TR Bot Impressions of Teal | purplesyringa's blog [05:03] TR News "A simple BASIC program: [...]" https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202607/acidica | Source: Ned Batchelder [05:03] TR Bot Acidica | Ned Batchelder [05:03] TR News "There is currently some recognition of the fact that with code creation having become cheaper, the burden of code review has not necessarily become easier." https://www.olafalders.com/2026/07/26/code-review-is-the-hard-part/ | Source: Olaf Alders [05:03] TR Bot Code Review Is the Hard Part Olaf Alders [05:06] TR News (NEW): Development and Hardware Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Development_and_Hardware_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Development_and_Hardware_Leftovers.gmi [05:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Development and Hardware Leftovers [05:07] TR News Techrights Links 27/07/2026: Chatbots Lead to Suicides, Social Control Media Intentionally Designed for Addiction https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Links_27_07_2026_Chatbots_Lead_to_Suicides_Social_Control_Media.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Links_27_07_2026_Chatbots_Lead_to_Suicides_Social_Control_Media.gmi [05:07] TR Bot Techrights Links 27/07/2026: Chatbots Lead to Suicides, Social Control Media Intentionally Designed for Addiction [05:09] TR News "For whatever reason I wanted to add a guestbook to my gopherhole. I had done it before on a different host. It's generally pretty easy... Or so I thought." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260726-doh.txt [05:10] TR News A year later - appendix gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2026-07-26-year-later-appendix.gmi "I dont move that fast, you see. I still have to switch the keys to my other hand, and I still need to steady myself - And thats when she looked at me with that look that threw me off balance." [05:11] TR News drops gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/drops [05:12] TR News "Those files must be .fsx files, and have the limitations of interpreted programs" gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2026-07-26-fsharp.gmi [05:12] TR News "I've just finished playing homeworld, and I'm brainrotting about it a little bit. It's kind of fun, because I remember receiving the game-of-the-year edition for christmas when I was around 10 years old?" gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2026-07-26-homeworld.gmi [05:13] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1721.jpg [05:13] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2078.jpg [05:14] TR News "Crucially, I understand what I have built." https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/static-site-generator | Source: Joshua Barretto [05:14] TR Bot Making a static site generator [05:14] TR News "Given the Data Model's unique constraits, I ended up in an analysis paralysis, and just needed to move forward with something." https://glfmn.io/devlog/2026-07-26/ | Source: Gwen Lofman [05:14] TR Bot Database or Not To Database ~ glfmn.io [05:14] TR News "The IoT/IIoT world has a data model problem and the concept of Digital Twin has made this issue more important." https://blog.frankel.ch/rfc-9880-iot-validation-compiler/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel [05:14] TR Bot RFC 9880 and the IoT Validation Problem [05:15] TR News "This setup has worked reliably for a few years now, until the automatic login process quit working out of the blue this week." https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/fixing-automatic-login-issues-on-ubuntu-26-04-lts/ | Source: Rich Trouton [05:15] TR Bot Fixing automatic login issues on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | Der Flounder [05:15] TR News "Ill admit, I feel slight trepidation over what will change in each new Linux distro release, and bone-chilling fear over what Apple will be shoving into the next macOS." https://www.rubenerd.au/all-my-freebsd-boxes-are-now-on-15-1/ | Source: Ruben Schade [05:15] TR Bot Rubenerd: All my FreeBSD boxes are now on 15.1 [05:16] TR News "Despite all the negativity above, Im actually quite happy with how this experiment turned out." https://ptrchm.com/posts/switching-to-linux/ | Source: Piotr Chmolowski [05:16] TR Bot to Linux After 19 Years on macOS | ptrchm [05:16] TR News "[...] If you know of any more Linux-themed games, let us know in the comments! [...]" https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260727 | Source: Distro Watch [05:16] TR Bot Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. [05:16] TR News [Old] "Most people assume that a router is a piece of hardware, but thats not true. The router is actually software, and the hardware is just what that software runs on." https://vimuser.org/l2tp.html | [05:16] TR Bot How to self-host servers in your living room on static IPs - Leah Rowe's Sleepless Rants [05:16] TR News "When a router throws a packet away because its TTL hit zero, it will often send back an ICMP Time Exceeded message to inform us about it." https://anagogistis.com/posts/icmp-calc/ | Source: Andreas [05:16] TR Bot computing with ICMP: making routers do arithmetic | Anagogistis [05:17] TR News "Better security, better reliability, better modularity." https://notes.hella.cheap/maybe-we-should-revisit-microkernels.html | Source: Hellacheap [05:17] TR Bot Maybe we should revisit microkernels | notes [05:17] TR News "The first event went beyond Jitsi/88s free tier, so this session will be held on Kims Zoom account, which you can just use with a web browser on desktop." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/25/im-doing-a-recovering-after-genai-webinar-today-1700-utc/ | Source: Pivot to AI [05:17] TR Bot Be vaporized either. It seemed to. [05:27] TR News CJP https://www.dw.com/en/india-news-cjp-to-call-for-modi-s-resignation-after-sonam-wangchuk-forcefully-shifted-to-hospital/live-78015662 [05:27] TR Bot India news: 'Cockroach' party warns of protest infiltrators [05:28] TR News ban on destroying unsold clothes https://www.dw.com/en/eu-ban-on-destroying-unsold-clothes-takes-effect/a-78024888 [05:28] TR Bot EU ban on destroying unsold clothes takes effect [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9qar1x [05:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9qar1x ) [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] "precisely. After the layoff, I won't talk to my old manager and I know he is hurt by it. Too bad. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] We have had a reorg every year since 2022 and you were forced to constantly figure out who the new people you had to get to know, to influence them. It was exhausting. The last reorg was a brick wall - new "leaders" who had their assignments to get rid of you, who already had their loyal insiders, locked me out of their little clubhouse. My manager was invited in and I kept telling him as a STSM I needed to work with the VPs - ess [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] ential to my job but they refused to see me - and he needed to let me in the door so I could do my job. I begged him. He acted helpless, weak. He knew they were fools but went along with it. He was my only representative and he did nothing to help me. [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] In the end, while he had nothing to do with selecting me, he sure did nothing about it. Not a word or a "you sure this is a good idea??!" [05:32] schestowitz[TR2] All part of the same system; they all share the same shame. [05:32] TR News "I am using Bob to compile a list of the top 20 Best Po-n Sites (BPS) for IBM Senior Managers, Directors and let's not forget our most hated CEO. Can the list be posted anonymously on w3 or the IBM Slack Channel ? A like po-n never hurt anyone...so don't act like a prude, Arvind, after laying off so many employees. You are without shame." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky8ghhd2 [05:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky8ghhd2 ) [05:34] TR News "Will HRL replace Albany? Or Yorktown?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9xhn9h [05:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9xhn9h ) ● Jul 27 [06:11] TR News Techrights When IBM "Managers Have to Mark 15% of Their Teams as Low Performers" a PIP Means Likely Layoffs (Disguised as a Performance Issue) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/When_IBM_Managers_Have_to_Mark_15_of_Their_Teams_as_Low_Perform.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/When_IBM_Managers_Have_to_Mark_15_of_Their_Teams_as_Low_Perform.gmi [06:11] TR Bot Techrights When IBM "Managers Have to Mark 15% of Their Teams as Low Performers" a PIP Means Likely Layoffs (Disguised as a Performance Issue) [06:42] TR News Techrights EPO Cocainegate and Current EPO/EU Series to Carry on for Months to Come https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/EPO_Cocainegate_and_Current_EPO_EU_Series_to_Carry_on_for_Month.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/EPO_Cocainegate_and_Current_EPO_EU_Series_to_Carry_on_for_Month.gmi [06:42] TR Bot Techrights EPO Cocainegate and Current EPO/EU Series to Carry on for Months to Come [06:51] TR News (NEW): FriendlyELEC updates NanoPi M6 with ES8389 audio codec and revised I/O https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/FriendlyELEC_updates_NanoPi_M6_with_ES8389_audio_codec_and_revi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/FriendlyELEC_updates_NanoPi_M6_with_ES8389_audio_codec_and_revi.gmi [06:51] TR Bot Tux Machines FriendlyELEC updates NanoPi M6 with ES8389 audio codec and revised I/O [06:52] TR News Techrights "The War on Children" Explained by The Cyber Show https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/The_War_on_Children_Explained_by_The_Cyber_Show.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/The_War_on_Children_Explained_by_The_Cyber_Show.gmi [06:52] TR Bot Techrights "The War on Children" Explained by The Cyber Show [06:53] TR News (NEW): Review: Package Forge and Soar https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Review_Package_Forge_and_Soar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Review_Package_Forge_and_Soar.gmi [06:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Package Forge and Soar [06:59] TR News (NEW): Vantum lightweight Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Vantum_lightweight_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Vantum_lightweight_Linux_distribution.gmi [06:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Vantum lightweight Linux distribution ● Jul 27 [07:03] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:04] TR News Techrights We Need More Transparency 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[07:13] TR News (NEW): After a decade on Windows, I finally understand why Linux users never go back https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/After_a_decade_on_Windows_I_finally_understand_why_Linux_users_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/After_a_decade_on_Windows_I_finally_understand_why_Linux_users_.gmi [07:13] TR Bot Tux Machines After a decade on Windows, I finally understand why Linux users never go back [07:13] TR News (NEW): Big in Japan https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Big_in_Japan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Big_in_Japan.gmi [07:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Big in Japan [07:21] TR News (NEW): Community Assistance for Our Fish and Snails/Shells https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Community_Assistance_for_Our_Fish_and_Snails_Shells.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Community_Assistance_for_Our_Fish_and_Snails_Shells.gmi [07:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Community Assistance for 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WTF is going on at IBM's Eclipse now? And what role does Microsoft have in upsetting the cart there? [14:10] TR News "The Eclipse Project was originally created by IBM in November 2001 and supported by a consortium of software vendors." -- https://www.hipeac.net/network/institutions/7549/eclipse-foundation-europe/ c.f. https://www.eclipse.org/about/ [14:10] TR Bot Eclipse Foundation Europe - HiPEAC [14:10] TR Bot About Us | Global Open Source Leadership [14:10] TR News ... c.f. https://www.eclipse.org/about/ Page poisoned by gratuitous javascript, Microsoft in there also https://www.eclipse.org/membership/explore-membership/ [14:10] TR Bot Explore Our Members | The Eclipse Foundation [14:18] TR News Skipping sleep may pack on pounds faster than you think, new study finds https://nypost.com/2026/07/26/health/skipping-sleep-may-pack-on-pounds-faster-than-you-think-new-study-finds/ [14:18] TR Bot Skipping sleep may pack on pounds faster than you think, new study finds [14:23] TR News All my FreeBSD boxes are now on 15.1 https://www.rubenerd.au/all-my-freebsd-boxes-are-now-on-15-1/ [14:23] TR Bot Rubenerd: All my FreeBSD boxes are now on 15.1 [14:28] TR News Meta Is Letting Fake AI-Generated Doctors Sell Quack Cures on Its Platforms https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ai-doctors-quake-cures [14:28] TR Bot Meta Is Letting Fake AI-Generated Doctors Sell Quack Cures on Its Platforms [14:28] TR News GPopt for R: Bayesian and conformal optimization of black-box functions and hyperparameter tuning https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/gpopt-for-r-bayesian-and-conformal-optimization-of-black-box-functions-and-hyperparameter-tuning/ [14:28] TR Bot for R: Bayesian and conformal optimization of black-box functions and hyperparameter tuning | R-bloggers [14:29] TR News Why TikToks Algorithm Keeps You Trapped in a Breakup Loop https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-instagram-breakup-content.html [14:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-instagram-breakup-content.html ) [14:29] TR News Runaway train in the Hunter Valley https://www.rubenerd.au/runaway-train-in-the-hunter-valley/ [14:29] TR Bot Rubenerd: Runaway train in the Hunter Valley [14:33] TR News "[ no upcoming talks. ]" https://stallman.org/ https://stallman.org/talks.html [14:33] TR Bot Richard Stallman's Personal Page [14:33] TR Bot Talks - Richard Stallman [14:44] TR News No social control media activity from Mr. Nonvidia for over a week. Did Nonvidia sack him for celebrating burned effigy of Nonvidia's biggest customer? [14:45] TR News My chargeback was approved https://www.rubenerd.au/my-chargeback-was-approved/ [14:45] TR Bot Rubenerd: My chargeback was approved [14:48] TR News Week 8: Gradient Widget Merged, Speed Ramp Begins https://yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev/week-8-gradient-widget-merged-speed-ramp-begins/ [14:48] TR Bot Week 8: Gradient Widget Merged, Speed Ramp Begins Yash Bavadiya [14:50] TR News Weeks 7 & 8: User Guide, Find Action, and Bug Fixes https://roshani-gsoc.bearblog.dev/weeks-7-8-user-guide-find-action-and-bug-fixes/ [14:50] TR Bot Weeks 7 & 8: User Guide, Find Action, and Bug Fixes Roshani's KDE & GSoC Blog [14:51] TR News Tray power-applet now beeps when low https://bkhome.org/news/202607/tray-power-applet-now-beeps-when-low.html [14:51] TR Bot Tray power-applet now beeps when low [14:59] TR News (NEW): Linux 7.2-rc5 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Linux_7_2_rc5.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Linux_7_2_rc5.gmi [14:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 7.2-rc5 [14:59] TR News Sex Doll Company Strikes Bizarre Deal to Put Its Robot in High School Classrooms https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/sex-doll-company-deal-robot-school-classrooms [14:59] TR Bot Sex Doll Company Strikes Bizarre Deal to Put Its Robot in High School Classrooms ● Jul 27 [15:02] TR News Being Pro-Slop is Death Knell to One's Credibility (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Being_Pro_Slop_is_Death_Knell_to_One_s_Credibility.shtml [15:02] TR Bot Techrights Being Pro-Slop is Death Knell to One's Credibility [15:02] TR News (NEW): Play Local Music With File-Manager Simplicity https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Play_Local_Music_With_File_Manager_Simplicity.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Play_Local_Music_With_File_Manager_Simplicity.gmi [15:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Play Local Music With File-Manager Simplicity [15:02] TR News (NEW): RawTherapee 5.13 Adds Tool Enhancements & New Cameras Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/RawTherapee_5_13_Adds_Tool_Enhancements_New_Cameras_Support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/RawTherapee_5_13_Adds_Tool_Enhancements_New_Cameras_Support.gmi [15:02] TR Bot Tux Machines RawTherapee 5.13 Adds Tool Enhancements & New Cameras Support [15:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:12] TR News Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: 4th week of july 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/07/26/misc-fedora-bits-4th-week-of-july-2026/ [15:12] TR Bot misc fedora bits: 4th week of july 2026 | Kevin's musings [15:12] TR News A Cleaner Test Case: Why Kahoot! Adds Fire to the Supreme Courts Settled Expectations Docket https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/07/a-cleaner-test-case-why-kahoot-adds-fire-to-the-supreme-courts-settled-expectations-docket.html [15:12] TR Bot A Cleaner Test Case: Why Kahoot! 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LinuxCapable [15:19] TR News How To Install Yarn on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-yarn-fedora-44/ [15:19] TR Bot How To Install Yarn on Fedora 44 - idroot [15:24] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [15:30] TR News Techrights XBox the Console is Practically Finished (Unofficially), Even the Streaming ("Live") or DRM Service is Dead https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/XBox_the_Console_is_Practically_Finished_Unofficially_Even_the_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/XBox_the_Console_is_Practically_Finished_Unofficially_Even_the_.gmi [15:30] TR Bot Techrights XBox the Console is Practically Finished (Unofficially), Even the Streaming ("Live") or DRM Service is Dead [15:37] TR News Techrights Daniel Pocock Campaigns Around "Safety of Children Online" and "Cybersecurity" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Daniel_Pocock_Campaigns_Around_Safety_of_Children_Online_and_Cy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Daniel_Pocock_Campaigns_Around_Safety_of_Children_Online_and_Cy.gmi [15:37] TR Bot Techrights Daniel Pocock Campaigns Around "Safety of Children Online" and "Cybersecurity" [15:37] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, and Review https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Review.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Review.gmi [15:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, and Review [15:42] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:42] *Righty (~Username@qiahibkh2iwka.irc) has joined #techrights [15:49] TR News (NEW): The FFmpeg GUI Frame 0.32.0 Released with UI Scaling Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/The_FFmpeg_GUI_Frame_0_32_0_Released_with_UI_Scaling_Support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/The_FFmpeg_GUI_Frame_0_32_0_Released_with_UI_Scaling_Support.gmi [15:49] TR Bot Tux Machines The FFmpeg GUI Frame 0.32.0 Released with UI Scaling Support [15:54] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu Touch update brings better support for modern smartphones & web apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Ubuntu_Touch_update_brings_better_support_for_modern_smartphone.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Ubuntu_Touch_update_brings_better_support_for_modern_smartphone.gmi [15:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu Touch update brings better support for modern smartphones & web apps ● Jul 27 [16:01] TR News (NEW): Orange Pi 5B SBC gets Ubuntu Desktop and Audio Production OS images with Bluetooth/Wi-Fi fix missed for 8 years https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Orange_Pi_5B_SBC_gets_Ubuntu_Desktop_and_Audio_Production_OS_im.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Orange_Pi_5B_SBC_gets_Ubuntu_Desktop_and_Audio_Production_OS_im.gmi [16:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Orange Pi 5B SBC gets Ubuntu Desktop and Audio Production OS images with Bluetooth/Wi-Fi fix missed for 8 years [16:01] TR News Japan PM Takaichis approval rating slides as inflation bites: Yomiuri poll https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-pm-takaichis-approval-rating-slides-as-inflation-bites-yomiuri-poll-shows [16:01] TR Bot Japan PM Takaichis approval rating slides as inflation bites: Yomiuri poll | The Straits Times [16:05] TR News Eminent Domain Could Be Used to Seize Your Land for Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/eminent-domain-ai-data-centers [16:05] TR Bot Eminent Domain Could Be Used to Seize Your Land for AI Data Centers [16:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:06] TR News Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its Hey Hi (AI) Pervert Glasses https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ban-creeps-ai-pervert-glasses [16:06] TR Bot Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI "Pervert Glasses" [16:09] TR News Startup Sued After Delivery Bot Clobbers 73-Year Old Woman https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/startup-delivery-robot-starship-technologies-lawsuit [16:09] TR Bot Startup Sued After Delivery Bot Clobbers 73-Year Old Woman [16:10] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:12] TR News Auto-cpufreq 3.1.0 Released with GUI Monitoring Mode & Bluetooth Control https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/auto-cpufreq-3-1-0-released-with-gui-monitoring-mode-bluetooth-control/ [16:12] TR Bot Auto-cpufreq 3.1.0 Released with GUI Monitoring Mode & Bluetooth Control | UbuntuHandbook [16:13] TR News Docking lightweight, feature-rich desktop dock https://www.linuxlinks.com/docking-lightweight-feature-rich-desktop-dock/ [16:13] TR Bot - lightweight, feature-rich desktop dock - LinuxLinks [16:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:19] TR News SpacemiT MUSE Pi Pro is an octa-core RISC-V SBC with Armbian support https://linuxgizmos.com/spacemit-muse-pi-pro-combines-octa-core-risc-v-processing-with-m-2-and-mini-pcie-expansion/ [16:19] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/spacemit-muse-pi-pro-combines-octa-core-risc-v-processing-with-m-2-and-mini-pcie-expansion/ ) [16:19] TR News PineVoice RISC-V smart speaker supports local wake-word detection for Home Assistant https://linuxgizmos.com/pinevoice-brings-local-voice-control-to-home-assistant/ [16:19] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/pinevoice-brings-local-voice-control-to-home-assistant/ ) [16:20] TR News Google Chrome arrives on Arm64 Linux, Widevine DRM included https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/chrome-arm64-linux-available [16:20] TR Bot Download Google Chrome for Arm64 Linux now [16:20] TR News openmamba 20260726 https://distrowatch.com/openmamba [16:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/openmamba ) [16:20] TR News FUSS 13.6.0 https://distrowatch.com/fuss [16:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/fuss ) [16:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:37] TR News In statCounter, a Lot of "Unknown" Turns Out to be GNU/Linux (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/In_statCounter_a_lot_of_Unknown_Turns_Out_to_be_GNU_Linux.shtml [16:37] TR Bot Techrights In statCounter, a Lot of "Unknown" Turns Out to be GNU/Linux [16:38] TR News Debian maintainers are considering banning Hey Hi (AI) contributions altogether https://www.neowin.net/news/debian-maintainers-are-considering-banning-ai-contributions-altogether/ [16:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/debian-maintainers-are-considering-banning-ai-contributions-altogether/ ) [16:39] TR News (NEW): As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/25/As_Ubuntu_embraces_AI_Debian_discusses_banning_all_AI_generated.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/25/As_Ubuntu_embraces_AI_Debian_discusses_banning_all_AI_generated.gmi [16:39] TR Bot Tux Machines As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code [16:53] TR News Lazy Reading for 2026/07/26 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/07/26/lazy-reading-for-2026-07-26/ [16:53] TR Bot Lazy Reading for 2026/07/26 DragonFly BSD Digest [16:54] TR News Fooyin https://sparkylinux.org/fooyin/ [16:54] TR Bot Fooyin - 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[17:17] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techrights [17:29] TR News Techrights The Techrights Gemini Capsule Was Never a Mirror https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/The_Techrights_Gemini_Capsule_Was_Never_a_Mirror.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/The_Techrights_Gemini_Capsule_Was_Never_a_Mirror.gmi [17:29] TR Bot Techrights The Techrights Gemini Capsule Was Never a Mirror [17:29] TR News (NEW): Fwupd 2.1.7 Linux Firmware Updater Brings New Features and Improvements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Fwupd_2_1_7_Linux_Firmware_Updater_Brings_New_Features_and_Impr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Fwupd_2_1_7_Linux_Firmware_Updater_Brings_New_Features_and_Impr.gmi [17:29] TR Bot Tux Machines Fwupd 2.1.7 Linux Firmware Updater Brings New Features and Improvements [17:31] TR News (NEW): About 70% of Tux Machines is Not in Its Gemini Capsule https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/About_70_of_Tux_Machines_is_Not_in_Its_Gemini_Capsule.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/About_70_of_Tux_Machines_is_Not_in_Its_Gemini_Capsule.gmi [17:31] TR Bot Tux Machines About 70% of Tux Machines is Not in Its Gemini Capsule [17:37] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Reaches 5+ Percent Market Share in Indonesia, an All-Time High https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/GNU_Linux_Reaches_5_Percent_Market_Share_in_Indonesia_an_All_Ti.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/GNU_Linux_Reaches_5_Percent_Market_Share_in_Indonesia_an_All_Ti.gmi [17:37] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Reaches 5+ Percent Market Share in Indonesia, an All-Time High [17:44] TR News "One of my most favorite things that I've made for Gemini Space is Where In The World?, my geography guessing game." gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2026-07-27-locator-maps-repo.gmi [17:45] TR News "When we talk about solving climate change (ration energy, leave the fossils in the ground, any DACCS and BioCCS should be funded directly instead of as an excuse to burn more fossils, fix market capitalism's bugs or replace it outright, tax the rich, get money out of politics) what they hear is akin to as if we wouldve said Oh, why do you need doors or windows?" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/walking-on-the-sun [17:46] TR News "Rogallo is a new Gemini/Finger/Smolnet TUI browser written in Python, and has already a lot of features and niceties, although it's still in active development. Its really easy to configure and operate." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2026-07-27-Losing_my_heart_to_the_rogallo_smolnet_browser.gmi [17:47] TR News The significance of coincidence gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2026-07-27-znaczenie-koincydencji.gmi [17:48] TR News love [17:48] TR News "The main plot has happened (up at the lake), and they're all gathered in the theatre in 1963, when a song from 1987 begins to play. This is not the soundtrack - it's diegetic. The old men in the room don't look impressed, but the kids are going to love it." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/07/27/doublebill/ [17:49] *Adran has quit (Quit: Este o fim.) [17:49] TR News "My (older) brother-in-law is a drug-addicted narcissist, my (older) half-sister is a hopeless stoner, my (older, adopted) half-brother gets out of prison in two? years for shooting his wife in the head (she survived), my (older, unrelated to the others) half-brother is following in the footsteps of our mother and becoming a horrible alcoholic." gemini://harrison.cafe/1785129194 [17:50] TR News "I wrote some tools to convert HTML RFCs into gemtext, then hosted them up over at spartan://docs.addictivecode.org/rfc/ " gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/07/27/00/gemified-internet-rfcs/ [17:51] TR News "A few brief thoughts as I wind down the weekend. Today I felt happy in a way that I haven't felt in a long time. Reflecting on that feeling, I attribute it to spending time on the indieweb, which has motivated me to learn, to create, and to connect with others." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/feeling-inspired-by-smol-pub-and-the-indieweb [17:52] TR News "I don't know why, but I've always found bonds hard to wrap my head around. About 30 percent of my portfolio is bonds, but I don't really understand bonds? I don't like buying things I don't understand. And since I'm about to spend An Amount of Money With a Comma In It on bonds, I figured it was time to understand them better." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-07-27 [17:53] *Adran (~adran@freenode-tf0oar.j78q.vhn8.esuooj.IP) has joined #techrights [17:55] TR News "ABBA is related to the dictionary words deed and noon. One might also build a graph of what country codes are connected to one another by this relationship, e.g. GA and KE (Gabon and Kenya) are connected, among others. As always, an actual productive use may be wanting." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/07/27/HAL2.gmi [17:56] TR News "This post is going to be very rambly. TOFU has been a major point of discussion since I started my journey in the Geminispace. At that time I was also in support of TOFU to remove PKI as a Geminispace dependency. Back in early 2021 there were 2 major camps in support of TOFU" gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/07-27-it-seems-i-restarted-the-tofu-war-again-and-my-throughts-on-it.gmi [17:57] TR News "Turns out, you _*can*_ have a daily tarot practice, without diluting it. Of course, nobody wants to end up asking questions like "Should I have papaya or mango today?", but there are many different things you can do with tarot. One must remember foremost that _Tarot is a deck of _*playing*_ cards_, and so, you should do just that." gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1785165158 [17:58] TR News "Anyone who has worked with an old codebase knows what it looks like. There are functions nobody remembers writing. Sections have been disabled rather than deleted. Old compatibility fixes remain because removing them might break something unexpected. A module marked deprecated still handles one obscure process on alternate Tuesdays." gemini://gemini.madsweeney.me/articles/2026-07-22-blog.gmi [17:59] TR News (NEW): First Look at Firefoxs Brand-New Design in Firefox Nightly https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/First_Look_at_Firefox_s_Brand_New_Design_in_Firefox_Nightly.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/First_Look_at_Firefox_s_Brand_New_Design_in_Firefox_Nightly.gmi [17:59] TR Bot Tux Machines First Look at Firefoxs Brand-New Design in Firefox Nightly ● Jul 27 [18:05] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 27/07/2026: Gemified Internet RFCs, Junk DNA Is Commented-Out Code, and More https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Gemini_Links_27_07_2026_Gemified_Internet_RFCs_Junk_DNA_Is_Comm.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Gemini_Links_27_07_2026_Gemified_Internet_RFCs_Junk_DNA_Is_Comm.gmi [18:05] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 27/07/2026: Gemified Internet RFCs, Junk DNA Is Commented-Out Code, and More [18:29] TR News Techrights In Techrights, Gemini and HTTP/HTML Are Very Different https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/In_Techrights_Gemini_and_HTTP_HTML_Are_Very_Different.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/In_Techrights_Gemini_and_HTTP_HTML_Are_Very_Different.gmi [18:29] TR Bot Techrights In Techrights, Gemini and HTTP/HTML Are Very Different [18:38] TR News 15 Years Soon https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/27/15-years-soon/ [18:38] TR Bot Blog Archive 15 Years Soon [18:43] *Goblin (~use@anjxxfe7gqque.irc) has joined #techrights [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] Goblin: hi [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] (NEW): RawTherapee 5.13 Adds Tool Enhancements & New Cameras Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/RawTherapee_5_13_Adds_Tool_Enhancements_New_Cameras_Support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/RawTherapee_5_13_Adds_Tool_Enhancements_New_Cameras_Support.gmi [18:51] TR Bot Tux Machines RawTherapee 5.13 Adds Tool Enhancements & New Cameras Support [18:51] Goblin hi [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] did you try thesoftware? [18:57] TR News "Both brothers were ordered held without bond following a July 20 hearing. Since then, Andrew Tate has posted a series of statements on X defending his innocence and casting himself as a political prisoner, comparing his situation to that of Julian Assange and Trump himself." https://www.rawstory.com/amp/barron-trump-tate-brothers-2677275003 [18:57] TR Bot Barron Trump put on notice over ties to accused sex traffickers: 'He's a full-blown adult' - Raw Story ● Jul 27 [19:01] TR News "After leading the campaign to bring his brother Julian Assange home to Australia," https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGN&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fhigher-education%2Fjulian-assanges-brother-fights-governments-university-antisemitism-report-card%2Fnews-story%2Ff10f12c0845fe901f7c738ee254f1247 [19:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGN&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fhigher-education%2Fjulian-assanges-brother-fights-governments-university-antisemitism-report-card%2Fnews-story%2Ff10f12c0845fe901f7c738ee254f1247 ) [19:02] TR News Old: https://www.wral.com/archive/17317290/ [19:02] TR Bot Judge Upholds Assanges Arrest Warrant :: WRAL.com [19:03] TR News Britain's Big Brother state is already here - we just don't realise it yet https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/an-unpalatable-truth-big-brother-state-already-here-we-just-do-not-realise-it-yet [19:03] TR Bot Britain's Big Brother state is already here - we just don't realise it yet | Middle East Eye [19:04] TR News High Court, 2024 https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Assange-v-USA-Judgment.pdf [19:05] schestowitz[TR2] "Leave to appeal having been refused on the papers by Swift J in June 2023, the applicant [19:05] schestowitz[TR2] renews his application for leave to appeal: first under section 103 of the Extradition Act [19:05] schestowitz[TR2] 2003 (the 2003 Act) against the decision of Senior District Judge Goldspring to send [19:05] schestowitz[TR2] his case to the Secretary of State (but in substance the appeal is against an earlier [19:05] schestowitz[TR2] decision of District Judge Baraitser (the judge)); and secondly, under section 108 of the [19:05] schestowitz[TR2] 2003 Act against the extradition order made by the Secretary of State." [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] "We refuse the renewed application for leave to appeal on grounds i) and viii) [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] (extradition incompatible with the Treaty), ii) (extradition barred by section 81(a) [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] because it is for the purpose of a prosecution for political opinion), iii) (extradition [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] incompatible with article 7 of the Convention), vi) (extradition incompatible with the [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] right to a fair trial under article 6 of the Convention) and vii) (extradition incompatible [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] with articles 2 and 3 of the Convention)." [19:08] schestowitz[TR2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Johnson_(judge) [19:08] TR Bot Jeremy Johnson (judge) - Wikipedia [19:08] schestowitz[TR2] "In March 2024, sitting in the High Court with Dame Victoria Sharp, Johnson found that Julian Assange had a real prospect of success with his appeal against extradition to the United States on three of the grounds he had argued, but they adjourned the leave to appeal application to give the US government three weeks to give assurances on the three matters.[9] On 20 May, not satisfied with the response from the US, they granted Ass [19:08] schestowitz[TR2] ange leave to appeal" [19:10] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/21/us-lawyers-urge-uk-court-to-block-julian-assange-extradition-appeal-bid [19:10] TR Bot US lawyers urge UK court to block Julian Assange extradition appeal bid | Julian Assange News | Al Jazeera [19:11] schestowitz[TR2] "Assange, 52, has been indicted in the US on 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks publication of classified US documents some 15 years ago." [19:13] Goblin Rawtherapee? Yes Ive used it however my goto is Darktable [19:14] TR News (NEW): Introducing Taiyo DHCP Server https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Introducing_Taiyo_DHCP_Server.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Introducing_Taiyo_DHCP_Server.gmi [19:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Introducing Taiyo DHCP Server [19:19] TR News We Got a Buzz | LINUX Unplugged 677 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/677/ [19:19] TR Bot We Got a Buzz | LINUX Unplugged 677 | Jupiter Broadcasting [19:19] TR News How to Convert MP4 to MP3 with ffmpeg https://linuxize.com/post/convert-mp4-to-mp3-with-ffmpeg/ [19:19] TR Bot to Convert MP4 to MP3 with ffmpeg | Linuxize [19:20] TR News LibreOffice 26.2.4 Demotes Skia Rendering for Mac and backdoored Windows https://fossforce.com/2026/07/libreoffice-26-2-4-demotes-skia-rendering-for-mac-and-windows/ [19:20] TR Bot LibreOffice 26.2.5 Demotes Skia Rendering for Mac and Windows - FOSS Force [19:20] TR News Fedoras Considering a Conflict-of-Interest Policy https://fossforce.com/2026/07/fedoras-considering-a-conflict-of-interest-policy/ [19:20] TR Bot Fedora's Considering a Conflict-of-Interest Policy - FOSS Force [19:21] TR News GNU Binutils 2.47 Released With New Linker, Disassembler Options https://fossforce.com/2026/07/gnu-binutils-2-47-released-with-new-linker-disassembler-options/ [19:21] TR Bot GNU Binutils 2.47 Released With New Linker, Disassembler Options - FOSS Force [19:25] TR News 5 non-FOSS apps I refuse to give up on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/these-closed-source-linux-apps-are-too-good-to-replace/ [19:25] TR Bot 5 non-FOSS apps I refuse to give up on Linux [19:25] TR News "Anyone building a homelab today has more choices than ever. A few years ago, Unraid was often the first recommendation for anyone who wanted to store files and run Plex. It made home servers approachable, especially for users who did not want to learn enterprise virtualization." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-homelabbers-are-ditching-unraid-for-proxmox-in-2026/ [19:25] TR Bot Why homelabbers are ditching Unraid for Proxmox [19:26] TR News 5 command-line apps I install on every new Linux PC https://www.howtogeek.com/every-linux-user-has-their-must-have-cli-tools-these-are-mine-and-they-might-suprise-you/ [19:26] TR Bot 5 command-line apps I install on every new Linux PC [19:26] TR News How Valve's desperation to escape Windows 8 turned it into a Linux powerhouse https://www.xda-developers.com/valve-desperation-escape-windows-8/ [19:26] TR Bot How Valve's desperation to escape Windows 8 turned it into a Linux powerhouse [19:27] TR News Linux makes old computers feel faster, not actually faster https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-old-computers-feel-faster-not-actually-faster/ [19:27] TR Bot Linux makes old computers feel faster, not actually faster [19:28] admfubar https://www.howtogeek.com/esim-was-supposed-to-replace-sim-cards-carriers-turned-it-into-a-trap/ [19:28] TR Bot eSIM was supposed to replace SIM cards, but carriers turned it into a trap [19:29] TR News (NEW): Valve, Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Valve_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Valve_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_and_More.gmi [19:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Valve, Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, and More [19:30] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [19:31] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/today_s_howtos.gmi [19:31] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [19:33] TR News (NEW): Google Summer of Code 2026 Reports for KDE, GUADEC 2026 Report https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Google_Summer_of_Code_2026_Reports_for_KDE_GUADEC_2026_Report.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Google_Summer_of_Code_2026_Reports_for_KDE_GUADEC_2026_Report.gmi [19:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Google Summer of Code 2026 Reports for KDE, GUADEC 2026 Report [19:35] TR News (NEW): Fedora: Kevin Fenzi (IBM), Fedoras Hypocrisy (IBM Speaks of "Conflict-of-Interest Policy"), and LVM in RHEL etc. https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Fedora_Kevin_Fenzi_IBM_Fedora_s_Hypocrisy_IBM_Speaks_of_Conflic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Fedora_Kevin_Fenzi_IBM_Fedora_s_Hypocrisy_IBM_Speaks_of_Conflic.gmi [19:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora: Kevin Fenzi (IBM), Fedoras Hypocrisy (IBM Speaks of "Conflict-of-Interest Policy"), and LVM in RHEL etc. [19:40] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [19:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [19:41] TR News (NEW): Applications: Auto-cpufreq 3.1.0, Google Chrome, GNU Binutils 2.47 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Applications_Auto_cpufreq_3_1_0_Google_Chrome_GNU_Binutils_2_47.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Applications_Auto_cpufreq_3_1_0_Google_Chrome_GNU_Binutils_2_47.gmi [19:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications: Auto-cpufreq 3.1.0, Google Chrome, GNU Binutils 2.47 [19:41] TR News (NEW): Hardware Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Hardware_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Hardware_Leftovers.gmi [19:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Hardware Leftovers [19:43] TR News (NEW): Linux, BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Linux_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Linux_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [19:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux, BSD Leftovers [19:52] TR News Techrights Microsoft is Down https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Microsoft_is_Down.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Microsoft_is_Down.gmi [19:52] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft is Down ● Jul 27 [20:03] TR News (NEW): New Addition to the Family https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/New_Addition_to_the_Family.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/New_Addition_to_the_Family.gmi [20:03] TR Bot Tux Machines New Addition to the Family [20:11] TR News A Few Hours Ago The Register MS Published an 'Article' With "AI" 32 Times in It, Including First Word in Headline and Summary. It Was Paid SPAM "Sponsored by Hammerspace". https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/A_Few_Hours_Ago_The_Register_MS_Published_an_Article_With_AI_32.shtml [20:11] TR Bot Techrights A Few Hours Ago The Register MS Published an 'Article' With "AI" 32 Times in It, Including First Word in Headline and Summary. It Was Paid SPAM "Sponsored by Hammerspace". [20:12] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [20:12] *Righty (~Username@7axqvai3rktc2.irc) has joined #techrights [20:19] TR News Techrights Links 27/07/2026: Sleepless Japan PM Takaichi Becomes Unpopular and Data Centre Magnate Confiscate Land Without Consent https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Links_27_07_2026_Sleepless_Japan_PM_Takaichi_Becomes_Unpopular_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Links_27_07_2026_Sleepless_Japan_PM_Takaichi_Becomes_Unpopular_.gmi [20:19] TR Bot Techrights Links 27/07/2026: Sleepless Japan PM Takaichi Becomes Unpopular and Data Centre Magnate Confiscate Land Without Consent [20:29] TR News Techrights Sad State of Troll-Feeding British Media (Establishment Channels Promoting Total Idiots) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Sad_State_of_Troll_Feeding_British_Media_Establishment_Channels.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Sad_State_of_Troll_Feeding_British_Media_Establishment_Channels.gmi [20:29] TR Bot Techrights Sad State of Troll-Feeding British Media (Establishment Channels Promoting Total Idiots) [20:36] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Approaching 5% in Cambodia https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/GNU_Linux_Approaching_5_in_Cambodia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/GNU_Linux_Approaching_5_in_Cambodia.gmi [20:36] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Approaching 5% in Cambodia [20:42] TR News "Look at what you just wrote and tell me how that makes sense to you. You're blaming sellers for not selling software that the industries all know is garbage. You sound exactly like Rob Thomas." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kycdkzhr "g1 like @cs mentioned - what or how exactly have they (you) generated this profit on? Which projects?" [20:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kycdkzhr ) [20:50] TR News "I contacted my old horrible managers new employer and told them exactly who they hired. Everyone else should too. Hold them accountable" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9qar1x " It's "The Fu-kening" - Andrew Yang's article. It's literally coming true. Funny when he predicted this years ago nobody listened" [20:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9qar1x ) ● Jul 27 [21:01] TR News Techrights IBMers on PIPs and the Age (or Cost) Factor https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/IBMers_on_PIPs_and_the_Age_or_Cost_Factor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/IBMers_on_PIPs_and_the_Age_or_Cost_Factor.gmi [21:01] TR Bot Techrights IBMers on PIPs and the Age (or Cost) Factor [21:02] admfubar every which way... https://xkcd.com/3277/ [21:02] TR Bot Forth [21:05] TR News "Sigh, I still surprise myself with how little I manage to get done in a weekend when working on cars (or most things really)." gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-07-27Jag_Progress.txt [21:06] TR News "When I was a middle-age programmer, I felt that thinking about the whys and hows was important and sometimes my fellow programmers failed at the task." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-07-27-ethics [21:37] *cow_20012 has quit (Quit: ) [21:47] *cow_20012 (~username@wusiwah4aa7ye.irc) has joined #techrights [21:49] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Rises Some More Internationally, statCounter Now Estimates Its Usage on Desktops/Laptops at 7.7% https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/GNU_Linux_Rises_Some_More_Internationally_statCounter_Now_Estim.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/GNU_Linux_Rises_Some_More_Internationally_statCounter_Now_Estim.gmi [21:49] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Rises Some More Internationally, statCounter Now Estimates Its Usage on Desktops/Laptops at 7.7% ● Jul 27 [22:02] TR News (NEW): Here's to Another Two Decades... https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Here_s_to_Another_Two_Decades.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Here_s_to_Another_Two_Decades.gmi [22:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Here's to Another Two Decades... [22:11] TR News Techrights Hate Consumes the Haters https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Hate_Consumes_the_Haters.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Hate_Consumes_the_Haters.gmi [22:11] TR Bot Techrights Hate Consumes the Haters [22:13] admfubar from "The Hated One": He Did It.. https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=qxWoxy3w2Vk [22:13] TR Bot Select instance - Invidious [22:39] admfubar https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/07/27/1656234/apple-will-watch-everything-burn-when-ai-bubble-bursts [22:39] TR Bot Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When AI Bubble Bursts - Slashdot [22:45] admfubar if you believe in peanut butter... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/high-school-teacher-arrested-clapping-data-center-activist [22:45] TR Bot High School Teacher Arrested for Clapping in Support of Anti-Data Center Activists [22:46] admfubar it's more like he is a "Single Larry".... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-announces-singularity [22:46] TR Bot Sam Altman Announces That the Singularity Has Arrived [22:47] admfubar "You may have noticed big-name AI labs pushing new commercials lately. 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