●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 ●● ● Oct 27 [00:16] IsambardPrince I only had one PC with a firewire port. [00:17] cybershow got a couple of boards with inbuilt f/w ports as it was really popular for AV work about 20 years ago [00:18] IsambardPrince Steve Jobs declared FireWire dead in 2008.[33] [00:18] IsambardPrince Steve Jobs was declared dead a few years later. [00:19] MinceR lol [00:19] MinceR Netcraft confirms steve jobs is dead [00:20] IsambardPrince Er ist tot. [00:20] IsambardPrince I wonder if any of his cancer woo woo practitioners attended the funeral. [00:21] cybershow I was reminded of it a dozen times every day because Apple sent out an "update" that filled every boot-up screen in the AV computer lab with a black-band and picture of Jobs [00:21] cybershow emetic self-indulgence [00:22] IsambardPrince You know in Communism they build 50 foot statues of you and have you mummified. [00:22] IsambardPrince But only if you were the leader. [00:23] IsambardPrince If you're a peasant you get tapeworms and military conscription letters. [00:23] MinceR lol @ update [00:24] cybershow Steve Jobs d. October 5, 2011 dennis Ritchie d. October 12, 2011 [00:25] nobody seeing Milk-V Duo S type hardware, that's the burden with modern toolchains (c++), those cannot be used on embedded hardware themselves [00:26] nobody riscv-tcc made progress, but the whole software infrastructure including kernel/hardware-support just isn't there [00:26] IsambardPrince The first one was just "Death of a salesman." [00:26] IsambardPrince No big loss. [00:27] nobody except if a modern *BSD kernel could be compiled/linked with riscv-tcc, didn't try myself [00:27] nobody bootstrappable.org did not yet arrive at a riscv-tcc/toolchain, nor bootable kernel nor boot-loader etc. [00:28] nobody they focus on linux over there, but common issues intersect with *BSD alike [00:28] IsambardPrince https://www.facebook.com/reel/1621754022847826 [00:28] TR Bot NO TITLE [00:28] cybershow RISC-V is super important I wonder whay more ebergy is not going in to it? [00:28] nobody very good question, and there seems a trivial answer to this [00:29] nobody see, Nvidia(R) accounts for a total >4trillion$$$ on their balance, and is invested into RISC-V [00:29] MinceR more like death of a cult leader [00:30] nobody nonetheless RISC-V is NOT(!!!) bootstrapped, and the developers who could do it are only few and haven't got sufficient funding for it [00:30] nobody meanwhile Nvidia dumps billions into "shareholder value" elsewhere [00:30] MinceR people seem to be pretty bitter about RISC-V [00:30] nobody i think this could be the explanation [00:30] MinceR missing features, unreliable developer boards [00:31] nobody and just as said, RISC-V is NOT bootstrapped, a most enlighting approach from the engineering perspective [00:31] cybershow aren't there practical examples of Linux running on RISC-V ? [00:32] nobody cybershow: yes, but none of this is fully bootstrapped [00:32] nobody of cause you can deploy to any foreign ISA without bootstrapping, but then this misses most important development stages [00:32] cybershow by which you mean an open tool-chain right down the stack? [00:33] nobody just in case RISC-V ever shall replace x86_32 [00:33] nobody cybershow: it's a non-trivial issue, and documented by bootstrappable.org (including the incomplete!!! risc-v and aarch64 variants) [00:34] cybershow okay, something I need to understand [00:34] nobody if RISC-V was supposed to be just any other abritrary ISA then bootstrapping was less relevant [00:35] IsambardPrince MinceR, I just started playing Spear of Destiny last night. [00:35] IsambardPrince Holy shit. [00:35] IsambardPrince That is a tough one. [00:35] cybershow ah yes I see, this goes back to trusting trust [00:35] IsambardPrince I went in guns blazing like Wolfenstein 3d and found out quickly the game punishes you for that. [00:36] IsambardPrince It's easier to lure the guards to you with a gunshot. [00:36] nobody yes cybershow, but trusting trust is merely symptomatic for an absent bootstrapping chain [00:36] IsambardPrince It makes a lot more sense than Wolf3d did because in Wolf3d there were so many guards marked as "deaf" that just didn't alert on a gunshot. [00:37] IsambardPrince So you could literally shoot a guard standing to him and he still wouldn't alert until you were in his line of sight. [00:37] IsambardPrince Which I always thought was so stupid. [00:37] nobody and from a practical standpoing, llvm/clang and/or gcc/binutils/g++ just do NOT match the hardware-capabilities of a Milk-V Duo S [00:37] MinceR :> [00:37] IsambardPrince In Spear, you fire a gun and every guard in the area comes pouring in on top of you. [00:38] cybershow can't it start from assembly language? A viable minimal compiler in RISC-V ASM? [00:38] IsambardPrince The game's engine is exactly the same, there's just almost no guards with the "deaf" flag in Spear. [00:38] nobody so whole FOSS had to overhaul itself beginning with the C-toolchain/assembler/bootstrapping and rebuild the entire software stack [00:38] cybershow and build a chain of trust up from that? [00:38] nobody cybershow: sure it can, but it's a non-trivial task to say the least [00:38] IsambardPrince If you fire a gun, the game sends a sound wave through all open areas that doesn't stop until it hits an area that has a closed door. [00:39] IsambardPrince And as soon as the guards in however big of an area that is hear it, they're programmed to come investigate. [00:39] nobody the current "chain of trust" is this: live-bootstrap got a complete system-bootstrap for x86_32, and all else MUST be cross-compiled from there one way or another [00:39] cybershow indeed, somthing a research team at a uni or big open shop needs to get on [00:39] nobody and the system-bootstrap for x86_32 is far from optimal, hence the desire to do it for some other ISA, such as RISC-V [00:39] IsambardPrince MinceR, So in Spear a better way to deal with them is open the door and fire a shot. [00:39] IsambardPrince Let them bottleneck at that door and kill them all in a giant conga line of Nazis. [00:40] MinceR lol [00:40] cybershow I hope it comes with time. I'd love to run RISC-V system with a fully trustable stack right down to the HW [00:41] nobody good news is: riscv-tcc already exists, and with a little cross-compilation involved this might yield a bootable system and kernel.img with sufficient hardware support [00:41] IsambardPrince if it's on a computer, you can't really trust it. [00:41] IsambardPrince Trust is imaginary. [00:41] nobody i doubt however, this could be some modern Linux kernel (because this one is locked against g++/llvm without hope to detangle this ever) [00:42] cybershow I remember that isambard... "Mein Leben!" "Mein Leben!" "Mein Leben!" [00:42] nobody however i won't touch RISC-V, because i don't see long-term hardware supply on the horizon [00:42] cybershow not true Isambard... one or twice in my life I built a computer, from 68000 chips and things I could trust [00:43] nobody just in case i ever began hacking some kernel for RISC-V, the moment when the job is done for any hardware variant [00:43] cybershow but you're right... not any commercial h/w. not any longer, that's why RISC-V is attractive [00:43] nobody it's obsolete next day [00:44] cybershow so RISC is still not stable enough? [00:44] nobody i've been through this mess before, with aarch32/64, it's a nightmare to keep toolchain broadly compatible, leave alone picking some kernel-version which does not regress [00:44] nobody cybershow: i did not yet study RISC-V in detail, to my knowledge there is no common baseline to begin with [00:45] nobody each hardware and OS-vendor throwing random versions at each other [00:45] nobody and bother hardware and software obsoleted each few month [00:45] nobody *both [00:46] cybershow yes that's unacceptably shakey ground to stand on for a dev [00:46] nobody and that's fundementally different to IBM PC with X86_16/32/64 legacy-BIOS boot [00:47] cybershow so there needs to be a solid develpment consortium to make RISC-V standards that's NOT NVIDIA [00:47] cybershow that's probably going to be Chinese or European, right? [00:48] nobody i think first and foremost the industry must not have abandoned what was known working for 50years [00:48] nobody and even legacy-BIOS was not fully stabilized, until today (if you look at coreboot/SeaBIOS for example, that's NOT bootstrappable still) [00:49] nobody and what would some "consortium" come up with next? UEFI? i wouldn't place any bets on this. [00:50] cybershow well I guess what you want... a transparrent bootstrapable path? [00:50] nobody another important difference: in 1970s big corporations were established in some tiny garages (Apple, MICROS~1) with a half a dozen hackers [00:50] nobody nowadays, this is IMPOSSIBLE [00:51] nobody you couldn't at least design and implement some simple 16Bit SoC _without_ a monstrosity such as Altera Quartus which will cost you $10k or more [00:51] cybershow what are the reasons for this impossibility? [00:51] MinceR well, microslop was made by IBM, though [00:51] MinceR (and microslop's connections to IBM) [00:52] cybershow there is a saying in philosophy, if something has bappened it can happen :) [00:52] MinceR also, there were no hackers in either [00:52] cybershow a possibility once is a necessity forever [00:52] cybershow are we not as smart as the 1970s now? [00:52] MinceR probably not [00:53] nobody i would say, we already LOST the science and skills that existed in 1960s/70s [00:53] nobody although there is a few maniacs who can construct a simple 16bit calculator with pencil and paper, bootstrapping a forth for it etc. [00:54] nobody it's impossible to bridge the gap to anything practically usefull from there, with an IPv4 IRC client at least [00:54] nobody and well, yes, the entire history of this coincides with IBM MICROS~1 DOS [00:55] cybershow there are smart kids out not to underestimate, if they can build a CPU in minecraft they can build one in reality, given the motives and opportunities [00:55] cybershow we seem to live a society that has abandoned innovation [00:56] cybershow I mean *real* innovation, as a practical everyday skill [00:56] cybershow and drifted into complacency [00:56] MinceR the market doesn't want it, the "leaders" don't want it [00:57] MinceR the market wants shiny, trendy shit [00:57] cybershow sure, but fuck the "markets and leaders" [00:57] MinceR the "leaders" want easily controlled, easily limited shit [00:57] MinceR and most people have APT [00:57] MinceR so yeah [00:57] cybershow they're also an illusion [00:57] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:57] cybershow the "leaders" are clearly going to get less and less of what they "want" [00:57] nobody yes, because a capable Milk-V Duo S sane and simple type Unix would ignite a gigantic write-off in the balance sheets [00:58] MinceR IT was flooded by the clueless masses and the industry ignores the IT workers now [00:58] cybershow that's why they'er shitting their pants [00:58] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [00:59] cybershow in fact, to a great extent I do not think there are any "leaders" at all, just frightened old men with too much money and no ideas [00:59] cybershow keeping the kids stupid is the only way to hold on to power [00:59] nobody j-core.org documented a few more technical reasons, with their 32bit turtle board project ● Oct 27 [01:00] nobody and otherwise, kids aren't any more or less stupid than ever [01:00] cybershow I saw the turtle board project and was impressed [01:00] nobody but nowadays they're all trapped in the psychiatric ward of the tech industry from their youngest age [01:00] MinceR 27 015903 < cybershow> in fact, to a great extent I do not think there are any "leaders" at all, just frightened old men with too much money and no ideas [01:00] cybershow exactly nobody, we need to put faith in the young, they see what is what [01:00] MinceR there are people with ASPD, and usually also NPD [01:01] MinceR they see us all as tools [01:01] MinceR and the majority of the people have APT, so they want to be oppressed by the ASPD enjoyers and they want to serve the ASPD enjoyers [01:01] MinceR they also want everyone else to be oppressed in the same way [01:01] cybershow and their luck is running out [01:01] MinceR is it? [01:04] cybershow leadership and vision are some things that are important but now absent at the top, that cannot last [01:04] MinceR it's not leadership, it's "leadership" [01:05] MinceR insane person says something insane, and the authoritarian masses obey without hesitation or thought [01:05] cybershow I discovered a new word but now I forgot it and have to research [01:05] cybershow it means "history as science" [01:07] cybershow Oh well, of course I can't find it now, and search is truly dead [01:08] cybershow but its a fascinating concept [01:08] cybershow anyway... leaders as derelict as Trump always die horribly, inevitably [01:09] cybershow its the one certain precistion [01:09] cybershow and the others around then fall very quickly [01:10] cybershow many of the broligarchs know that once it starts crumbling they better escape to a bumker or will endu in jail, or worse [01:12] MinceR they always take too damn long to die, and the 77M mouth-breathers who voted him into power are still mostly around, and just as stupid [01:12] cybershow One of the obvious ones is Zuckerberg [01:13] cybershow I mean, cmon , you've been playing Wolfenstein the last week! :) [01:13] cybershow Zuck: "Mein Leben!" [01:15] cybershow Plenty to learn from the cold-war in Europe too [01:17] cybershow ever see Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu. One day the crowds are cheering and wavig flags outside the palace. An hour later they're dragging them out into the yard. [01:17] cybershow the ide turs very quick. terrifying, but the currents are under the surface [01:17] cybershow tide [01:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights (Error from remote client) [01:22] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2138.jpg [01:22] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1781.jpg [01:23] TR News It's October! It should be cooler than this! gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/10/14.1 [01:24] TR News I never did ask her why she was eating Trader Joe's Cheezy Poofs in a Public parking lot gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/09/19.1 [01:24] TR News "the other day i tried a guided meditation vel tarot reading from jenna matlin's "tarot book of the dead". i only have the sample of the book but the experience was positively surprising, it's making me want to read more." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/20261026 [01:25] TR News To Change or Not To Change? gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/261025change.gmi [01:26] TR News "Something new I've discovered recently: Analog Horror, and not only any analog horror, but Godzilla Analog Horror. A mixture of found footage and creepypasta with Godzilla added to it." gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/261021GAH.gmi [01:27] TR News bloom gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/bloom [01:28] TR News "Longer than I care to admit it (like months longer) the clothing rod in the closet had partically collapsed. The weight of the clothes on the rod pull both brackets holding it down about 30." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/10/11.1 [01:29] TR News "Decided to do the early planner change I was wondering about yesterday and the Jibun Techo doesn't fit well into the Travelers Journal. Like not at all. Even if I remove everything that's covered by the new planner, all the paper inlays, it's still too thick. It doesn't sit nicely in my bag." gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/261026planner.gmi [01:32] TR News Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [01:32] TR Bot Techrights [01:32] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 27/10/2026: "To Change or Not To Change?" and "Initial Planner Plans" https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Gemini_Links_27_10_2026_To_Change_or_Not_To_Change_and_Initial_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Gemini_Links_27_10_2026_To_Change_or_Not_To_Change_and_Initial_.gmi [01:32] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 27/10/2026: "To Change or Not To Change?" and "Initial Planner Plans" [01:33] schestowitz[TR2] Trust is imaginary. [01:33] schestowitz[TR2] and relative [01:34] schestowitz[TR2] I hope it comes with time. I'd love to run RISC-V system with a fully trustable stack right down to the HW [01:34] nobody that's the type of nonsense the young generation has to waste their life-time with: https://j-core.org/bitcomp.html [01:34] TR Bot HOWTO Install a VHDL to bitstream compiler. [01:34] schestowitz[TR2] it is hard to compile from source aND audit all the code while doing so [01:34] schestowitz[TR2] what more checking the chip design, exhaustively, and then fab'ing it at home [01:35] schestowitz[TR2] where possibble a "no-tech" solution is always most trustworthy [01:35] schestowitz[TR2] like checking the work of your carpenter [01:36] schestowitz[TR2] https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-financial-bubble-analysis-finance [01:36] TR Bot New Analysis Finds Signs the AI Bubble Is About to Blow [01:36] schestowitz[TR2] you do not need "analysis" to know this [01:37] schestowitz[TR2] like nobody said, now msft says in the open it wants like 27% of its workers to leave [01:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5xa4tyj [01:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5xa4tyj ) [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] very hightly rated [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] re microsoft [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] JUST LAY OFF ALL H1B PEOPLE!!!! [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] LAY THEM OFF AND DEPORT!!!!!!! [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] This is a ploy to lay off US workforce and retire in India since there is scrutiny on H1B abuse. [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] "1 agree 100%. This is the best way to rid the streets of Seattle from the most utterly repulsive people on the planet." [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] You should put the American flag on your profile photo and each PowerPoint. [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] When you do not have a clue how to answer a question in a meeting, just sing the American national anthem. [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] Just to make sure that you keep your job. [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] No holidays abroad. [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] Make America Great even though it is already great. [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] seems possible 50% or more MSFT staff in US got contacted [01:40] schestowitz[TR2] telling them to leave [01:40] MinceR lol [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] 27% worldwide [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5x654q2 [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] No H1b will accept buyout. Is this Hidden US employee layoff to avoid issues ? [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] No H1b will accept buyout as he will be losing his visa status. [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] Is this a hidden way to layoff US employees and retain all H1b's ? [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5x654q2 ) [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] Yep, nailed it [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] And what do they get by retaining H1Bs when they are being paid same ? Sorry to say this but - This comment is mere stupidity and fear mongering ! [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] You all vote for migrants to enter this country. They are taking jobs at half the cost. [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:42] schestowitz[TR2] "Microsoft is offering VEO to qualifying employees in the United States, India, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Lets be real and logical. What are you nlaming H1Bs for? If you just want to provoke people with this insanity- Good luck !!!" [01:42] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5wt7g8n [01:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5wt7g8n ) [01:42] schestowitz[TR2] "v" [01:42] schestowitz[TR2] Microsofts Visa Fraud is no longer in question [01:42] schestowitz[TR2] A company willing to let got 60,000 workers does not have labor shortage. That is a simple fact to understand. Any one who disagrees is a bad faith actor. [01:42] schestowitz[TR2] Now the question is, why is Microsoft one of the biggest H1B visas filers in the US year after year? [01:42] schestowitz[TR2] Because there is no labor shortage, obviously. H1b and H4 visas have been used against the American people to lower wages and squeeze more work out of them. [01:42] schestowitz[TR2] This is not an attack to those on H1b and H4 visas. You are not at fault. You are not the people benefit from all of this. [01:42] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:43] schestowitz[TR2] many mortgages will not be paid [01:43] schestowitz[TR2] 60k is a lot [01:43] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:43] schestowitz[TR2] OP, the tactic of labeling people ("bad faith actor","h-ater"," r-acist") who disagree with you is old and no one cares any more. You risk people labeling you (m-ron, id-iot, smooth brain). [01:43] schestowitz[TR2] Your statements are valid and would have stood on their own without the name calling. [01:43] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:43] schestowitz[TR2] "reasonable folks don't consider the phrase "bad faith actor" to be derogatory. It is simply accurate." [01:43] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1dqaxqh [01:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1dqaxqh ) [01:43] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago: "sk him to join ModiSoft and build khikhikhaka Office Suite." [01:44] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m4rs1zqy [01:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m4rs1zqy ) [01:44] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:44] schestowitz[TR2] Microsoft is a company run by and full of street shitters. No one is giving your resume extra weight for working at it [01:44] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:44] MinceR lol [01:44] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:44] schestowitz[TR2] Say you are willing to work 80 hrs a week - Infosys will hire you in Bangalore [01:44] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:45] schestowitz[TR2] they already contact staff [01:45] schestowitz[TR2] telling them to leave [01:45] schestowitz[TR2] about 27% of the company [01:45] schestowitz[TR2] "a friend just heard from his manager that he is not eligible. He is an L64 SWE in a consulting team (sales)." [01:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5wg98zv [01:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5wg98zv ) [01:45] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:45] schestowitz[TR2] The Indian at the top is betting the farm on AI (all Indians). [01:45] schestowitz[TR2] ' [01:45] schestowitz[TR2] Seems like historic event at microsoft [01:46] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m4nq6sh1 " [01:46] schestowitz[TR2] This is about layoffs. Read the title. [01:46] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m4nq6sh1 ) [01:46] schestowitz[TR2] from what i can see [01:46] schestowitz[TR2] these are genuine comments [01:46] schestowitz[TR2] and the pattern is [01:46] schestowitz[TR2] maybe 50% or more in the US andddd canada got contacted [01:46] schestowitz[TR2] telling them to take some money and leave [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] and now they get very angry at indian workers [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] microsoft said it's also doing this in india [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] but did not specify ratio [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] could be 10% in india [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] 60% in canada and us (and uk) [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] but what i want to know is this [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] why india, uk, ca, us? [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] why not denmark? [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] are danes paid less [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] than in the uk? [01:48] schestowitz[TR2] are italians safe? [01:48] schestowitz[TR2] no,. [01:48] schestowitz[TR2] techrights wrote about this last week [01:48] schestowitz[TR2] they do PIPs there [01:48] schestowitz[TR2] my guess is that pips carry on [01:48] schestowitz[TR2] the 60,000 is just for 4 countries [01:48] schestowitz[TR2] the others will have more than those 60k [01:48] schestowitz[TR2] but they won't call it "buyouts" [01:49] schestowitz[TR2] "to contain costs" https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-around-60000-employees-business-insider-reports-2026-10-26/ [01:49] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-is-offering-buyouts-around-60000-employees-business-insider-reports-2026-10-26/ ) [01:49] schestowitz[TR2] they mean, due to massive debt [01:49] schestowitz[TR2] https://thenextweb.com/news/tech-giants-hidden-off-balance-sheet-debt-ai [01:49] TR Bot Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt, using the trick that toppled Enron [01:49] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:50] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@qwt5jhqjqqain.irc) has joined #techrights [01:51] TR News He said no layoffs! This did NOT age well! https://menafn.com/1111653558/Microsoft-Comms-Chief-Frank-Shaw-To-Leave-After-17-Years [01:51] TR Bot Microsoft Comms Chief Frank Shaw To Leave After 17 Years [01:52] TR News "Voluntary exit" is NOT voluntary http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/17/Microsoft_Allegedly_Asks_Many_Workers_to_Leave_at_the_End_of_Th.shtml [01:52] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Allegedly Asks Many Workers to Leave at the End of This Year (or Get the Boot), It's Called Voluntary Exit Program a.k.a. Voluntary Early Retirement Program (or VEP) Even for People Far Too Young to Retire [01:52] TR News Voluntary is workers asking Microsoft, not Microsoft asking the WORKERS [01:54] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 159 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Mozilla_Firefox_159_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Mozilla_Firefox_159_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.gmi [01:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox 159 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New ● Oct 27 [02:22] TR News Techrights Richard Stallman Was Right About "Hey Hi" https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Richard_Stallman_Was_Right_About_Hey_Hi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Richard_Stallman_Was_Right_About_Hey_Hi.gmi [02:22] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman Was Right About "Hey Hi" [02:25] TR News Steam's AI disclosures are akin to "forcing developers to list their voting history", says man who must hate seeing eggs virtue signal that they're free-range. https://www.reddit.com/r/GameFeed/comments/1xg2snb/steams_ai_disclosures_are_akin_to_forcing/ [02:25] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Reddit [02:25] TR News Steam's AI disclosures are akin to "forcing developers to list their voting history", says man who must hate seeing eggs virtue signal that they're free-range https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steams-ai-disclosures-are-akin-to-forcing-developers-to-list-their-voting-history-says-man-who-must-hate-seeing-eggs-virtue-signal-that-theyre-free-range [02:25] TR Bot Steam's AI disclosures are akin to "forcing developers to list their voting history", says man who must hate seeing eggs virtue signal that they're free-range | Rock Paper Shotgun [02:41] nobody > "Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt" [02:41] nobody well, that's two aspects [02:42] nobody 1) first it's hidden for no purpose if an debt was secured with assets [02:42] nobody 2) mostly absent assets other than hot air emitted in AI hyper bubble boom data centers [02:43] nobody the latter is more concerning than the former [02:43] nobody because it's cannibalistic almost towards the real assets which big tech companies do have [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-261026.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-261026.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-261026.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-261026.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, October 26, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-10-26.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-10-26.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-10-26.txt [02:50] TR News Techrights It's Perfectly Possible That Microsoft Has Just Told Most of Its American Workers to Leave https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/It_s_Perfectly_Possible_That_Microsoft_Has_Just_Told_Most_of_It.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/It_s_Perfectly_Possible_That_Microsoft_Has_Just_Told_Most_of_It.gmi [02:50] TR Bot Techrights It's Perfectly Possible That Microsoft Has Just Told Most of Its American Workers to Leave [02:53] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5wt7g8n [02:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5wt7g8n ) [02:53] schestowitz[TR2] "OP so in your mind a perfectly innocent software engineer was sitting at home in India when he got kidnapped and brought to the US by Microsoft? Did Microsoft also forge his papers? Did Microsoft force his spouse to come over on a H4? Did Microsoft go looking for just the right candidate in the specific village that happened to be the same village of the manager who the H1B would be reporting to? A candidate that was of the accep [02:53] schestowitz[TR2] table caste that spoke just the right language? Wake up, the H1B candidate is just as culpable. Probably more so because this scam does not work without active participation of the H1B. Blame goes from the candidate all the way to the CEO and the board of directors, and even politicians . The CEO who set the strategy, the board that approved the strategy, politicians that took the lobbyist's money and looked the other way, the ca$ [02:53] schestowitz[TR2] trated HR that nodded along silently, the other management layers that were created to look important, every last one of them is guilty." [02:53] schestowitz[TR2] " [02:53] schestowitz[TR2] Nothing about my Indian brothers. I'm from USA but have enjoyed working my entire career with them. [02:53] schestowitz[TR2] The truth is that H1B fuels the greed at the corporate level. But, when it comes to licensing, they do sell them here charging big $$$ USD. [02:53] schestowitz[TR2] Program should be reformed. [02:53] schestowitz[TR2] " [02:54] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m51km29p [02:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m51km29p ) [02:54] schestowitz[TR2] " [02:54] schestowitz[TR2] Few of the 9/11 hijackers were here on student visas. Sadly/Hilariously/Infuriatingly student visa approvals for couple of those were sent 6 months after the attack. That was nearly a quarter century ago. Right now in 2026 these mo--ns in the government act all surprised and outraged that this is happening, what the heck did they expect? If you leave your door open and sheet gets stolen who's to blame? Thieves be doing what thieve [02:54] schestowitz[TR2] s do. Its your fault for being so nave about the world around you. This shLt is couple decades too late. [02:54] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Oct 27 [03:07] TR News Techrights As Microsoft Tells Close to 30% of Its Staff to Leave IBM Takes Notes https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/As_Microsoft_Tells_Close_to_30_of_Its_Staff_to_Leave_IBM_Takes_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/As_Microsoft_Tells_Close_to_30_of_Its_Staff_to_Leave_IBM_Takes_.gmi [03:07] TR Bot Techrights As Microsoft Tells Close to 30% of Its Staff to Leave IBM Takes Notes [03:10] TR News GNU/Linux 6% https://analytics.usa.gov/ [03:10] TR Bot The US government's web traffic. [03:12] TR News https://netsplit.de down or broken. "504 Gateway Time-out" [03:12] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 26, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_October_26_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_October_26_2026.gmi [03:12] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:13] TR Bot ( status 504 @ https://netsplit.de ) [03:13] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 26, 2026 [03:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:14] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:14] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:34] TR News (NEW): The Next Step in Microsoft's Graveley & Garrett v Schestowitz & Schestowitz https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/The_Next_Step_in_Microsoft_s_Graveley_Garrett_v_Schestowitz_Sch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/The_Next_Step_in_Microsoft_s_Graveley_Garrett_v_Schestowitz_Sch.gmi [03:34] TR Bot Tux Machines The Next Step in Microsoft's Graveley & Garrett v Schestowitz & Schestowitz [03:49] TR News Techrights Slop is Killing the Open Web https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Slop_is_Killing_the_Open_Web.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Slop_is_Killing_the_Open_Web.gmi [03:49] TR Bot Techrights Slop is Killing the Open Web [03:51] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: [03:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.jwz.org/blog/ > "Our rent just went up by 20%, so that's great. Now, before you start getting mad at our landlord, let me point out that since the beginning of COVID, he had been giving us a temporary discount on our rent. He didn't have to do that, and it had been incredibly helpful. "Temporary" turned out to be six years! But now he's raising it to what is actually stipulated in our lease. And while I can't really be [03:52] schestowitz[TR2] mad about it, it still sucks. [03:52] schestowitz[TR2] If only our income had gone up correspondingly. Oh-ho-ho-ho. Ha-ha-ha-ha. " [03:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/ ) [03:52] schestowitz[TR2] direct url: https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/10/20.html [03:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/10/20.html ) [03:53] schestowitz[TR2] " So that cost $200 in glass and $1,600 in labor. " [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] " Our back doors were falling apart, rusted out and beat to hell. Back in 2021 we replaced the front doors, and did some repairs on the back doors, but it was finally time; we had to replace them. So that was another $10k, because doors with panic hardware are stupid expensive, and incredibly finicky to install and adjust. It took them over six hours to install them today. I was gonna make a time lapse of that too -- you know how [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] I love my time lapses -- but, 6 hours, it would have taken days to render, so nevermind. " [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] "In summary, everything is terrible. " [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/shaver/\ [03:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/shaver/\ ) [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] "Question for people who shave their faces with an electric shaver: do you have one that has lasted longer than a year? [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] Recently every one I buy stops taking a charge within 6 months to a year. " [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] mine worked for about 20 years [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] but it was made in the 1990s [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] philips [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] the new ones are plasware [03:56] MinceR 27 045203 < schestowitz[TR2]> If only our income had gone up correspondingly. Oh-ho-ho-ho. Ha-ha-ha-ha. " [03:56] MinceR such is the fate of unpaid shills [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] who, jwz? [03:57] MinceR indeed [03:57] schestowitz[TR2] i c [03:57] schestowitz[TR2] well, he does have a tone to him [03:57] schestowitz[TR2] but [03:57] schestowitz[TR2] sometimes he says important stuff [03:57] schestowitz[TR2] like moz trying fake-coins [03:57] schestowitz[TR2] so it's a mixed bag [03:57] schestowitz[TR2] see latest TR article ● Oct 27 [04:09] *xwindows has quit (Quit: Till we meet again) [04:14] TR News Techrights Volunteers or Unpaid Developers Won't Bother Interacting With Mindless LLMs That Pass Labour From Lazy Companies to Human Beings https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Volunteers_or_Unpaid_Developers_Won_t_Bother_Interacting_With_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Volunteers_or_Unpaid_Developers_Won_t_Bother_Interacting_With_M.gmi [04:14] TR Bot Techrights Volunteers or Unpaid Developers Won't Bother Interacting With Mindless LLMs That Pass Labour From Lazy Companies to Human Beings [04:17] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [04:22] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@m8zwwjruipviw.irc) has joined #techrights [04:43] nobody UEFI isn't Garret's fault [04:46] nobody and what's all this doxing and smearing and court hearings all about? [04:49] nobody skimming recent related techrights hearsay, crazy how GNU/FSF threaten each other with strangling and stabbing ● Oct 27 [05:01] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [05:04] nobody then sending cops after each other accross continents [05:05] schestowitz[TR2] you may have missed the point [05:05] nobody including swatting [05:05] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@3ahpgksg4jyxu.irc) has joined #techrights [05:05] schestowitz[TR2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_paw [05:05] TR Bot Cat's paw - Wikipedia [05:05] schestowitz[TR2] they are used [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] that does not make it any more acceptable [05:08] TR News Microsoft funded publisher says (headline): "Microsoft offers to buy out a quarter of its workforce". Really??? A new way to say fires. BUYS OUT! Awesome! [05:08] TR News What next? LIBERATES? Microsoft LIBERATES 30% of its staff? [05:09] TR News This means the media is complicit. Perpetuating phony narratives for sponsors. [05:10] TR News So if Microsoft says 5,000 XBox layoffs, then the real number is a lot higher, than just call it "buyouts" https://www.gamesindustry.biz/xbox-staff-among-up-to-60000-microsoft-employees-offered-voluntary-exit [05:10] TR Bot staff among up to 60,000 Microsoft employees offered voluntary exit | GamesIndustry.biz [05:11] TR News Misleading narrative; those are all layoffs https://www.indiatoday.in/jobs/story/after-4800-layoffs-microsoft-offers-voluntary-exits-to-60000-employees-full-story-in-5-points-tchc-3025749-2026-10-27 [05:11] TR Bot After 4,800 layoffs, Microsoft offers voluntary exits to 60,000 employees: Full story in 5 points - India Today [05:12] TR News Microsofts 60,000-Worker Buyout Adds to H-1B Visa Uncertainty https://www.newsweek.com/microsoft-layoffs-buyout-h1b-visa-green-card-jobs-12621897 [05:12] TR Bot 60,000 Worker Buyout Adds to H-1B Visa Uncertainty - Newsweek [05:12] TR News what happens if they say no https://www.indiatoday.in/jobs/story/microsoft-buyout-offer-explained-severance-eligibility-risks-of-no-layoff-salary-benefit-bsc-3025745-2026-10-27 [05:12] TR Bot Microsoft buyout explained: What employees get and what happens if they say no - India Today [05:13] TR News "More than 30% of eligible employees accepted the offer, helping reduce the scale of subsequent job cuts, Microsoft Chief People Officer Amy Coleman said in July." [05:13] TR News 30% of 60,000 is about 20,000 [05:14] TR News But that was for older workers, who were near their 50s or 60s anyway [05:14] TR News "Microsoft has not said that employees who decline the offer will automatically lose their jobs. Nor does the Business Insider report establish that refusing the buyout will lead to a subsequent layoff." [05:14] TR News "However, the company has made clear that the current offer has a deadline. Employees who want to accept it must decide by early December, while those who take the package are expected to leave at the end of the year." [05:15] TR News "The distinction matters because a voluntary buyout is not the same as a compulsory layoff. Under a buyout, eligible employees can choose to leave in exchange for the specified benefits. A later layoff, if one occurs, could involve a different process and different terms." [05:16] TR News "For Microsoft employees, the immediate decision is whether the severance, stock vesting and health insurance benefits make the offer worth accepting. What happens to those who decline remains unclear, and the company has not indicated that refusing the current offer will automatically lead to dismissal." [05:38] IsambardPrince 27% of Microsoft's employees are being fired. [05:38] IsambardPrince Christmas really does come earlier and earlier. [05:40] IsambardPrince MinceR, Eukalyptusbonbon! [05:41] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yeah, rent going up 20%. Well, the guy froze it for six years. None of my landlords would have done that. [05:42] IsambardPrince Mark stole $125 from me and called it "carpet cleaning". [05:42] IsambardPrince On top of raising the rent every year. [05:43] IsambardPrince https://www.npr.org/2026/10/26/nx-s1-6017810/snap-benefits-ebt-card-chip-usda-rule [05:43] TR Bot Trump administration pushes to upgrade food assistance cards : NPR [05:44] IsambardPrince I actually support this. I can't believe that SNAP cards still use magnetic stripes in 2026. [05:44] IsambardPrince The cards replaced paper food stamps that didn't even indicate who the beneficiary was. Indiana was using the card in 2002, but Illinois didn't finish rolling them out until 2009. [05:45] IsambardPrince When there's actually a proposal that keeps benefits in the account belonging to the household and person who should receive them, they should implement that immediately. [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] snap did not go up 20% [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] from what i read weeks ago [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] it's being cut [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] so you assume people in the us will share rooms [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] not just apartments ● Oct 27 [06:01] TR News "Nobody in the USA take the deal. If they retain any H1-B and do an involuntary layoff then you have a case" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5xa4tyj [06:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5xa4tyj ) [06:02] TR News "OP you do not even know that 60k number includes Canada, UK, US and India. Most people who receive this communication are employees based in India compare to other. So stop spreading lies and hate" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5wt7g8n [06:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5wt7g8n ) [06:02] TR News "Only people in India are getting email - Looks like more than 50% cutoffs are happening in India itself. Most of my colleagues in India received email regarding offer" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5xx65h5 [06:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5xx65h5 ) [06:46] TR News Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XVII - The Relevance of Silent Layoffs at Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XVII_The_Relevance_of_Silent_La.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XVII_The_Relevance_of_Silent_La.gmi [06:46] TR Bot Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XVII - The Relevance of Silent Layoffs at Microsoft ● Oct 27 [07:16] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:16] *Goblin (~use@kfwqhwq7ax2n4.irc) has joined #techrights [07:17] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:26] TR News Techrights We've Already Begun Work on the 20th Year of Techrights https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/We_ve_Already_Begun_Work_on_the_20th_Year_of_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/We_ve_Already_Begun_Work_on_the_20th_Year_of_Techrights.gmi [07:26] TR Bot Techrights We've Already Begun Work on the 20th Year of Techrights [07:26] TR News (NEW): Stable kernels: Linux 7.2.13, and Linux 6.18.59 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Stable_kernels_Linux_7_2_13_and_Linux_6_18_59.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Stable_kernels_Linux_7_2_13_and_Linux_6_18_59.gmi [07:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 7.2.13, and Linux 6.18.59 [07:28] TR News (NEW): KrelboyneOS Debian-based Linux distribution for development and security https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/KrelboyneOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution_for_development_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/KrelboyneOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution_for_development_and.gmi [07:28] TR Bot Tux Machines KrelboyneOS Debian-based Linux distribution for development and security [07:30] TR News netsplit is back online. netsplit.de page for TR https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=techrights [07:30] TR Bot NO TITLE [07:44] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi [07:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations [07:48] TR News (NEW): My favorite Linux package manager GUIs for installing apps quickly and easily https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/My_favorite_Linux_package_manager_GUIs_for_installing_apps_quic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/My_favorite_Linux_package_manager_GUIs_for_installing_apps_quic.gmi [07:48] TR Bot Tux Machines My favorite Linux package manager GUIs for installing apps quickly and easily [07:49] TR News Techrights The British Economy Too Dependent on an American Slop Scheme https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/The_British_Economy_Too_Dependent_on_an_American_Slop_Scheme.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/The_British_Economy_Too_Dependent_on_an_American_Slop_Scheme.gmi [07:49] TR Bot Techrights The British Economy Too Dependent on an American Slop Scheme [07:54] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:58] TR News Oh, wow, Puppy Breaker has the audacity to "virtue-signal" over trans people totally overlooking what he did to a trans person https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/26/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_88_Out_of_200_Brett_Wilson_LLP_is_Defamin.shtml [07:58] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 88 Out of 200: Brett Wilson LLP is Defaming Trans People in America Because Garrett Pays Hired Guns to Silence Them [07:59] TR News Just saying the same PR over and over again won't spare Puppy Breaker the humiliation. He himself had said "transphobic shit" (his own words) before he hid his real self. [07:59] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Oct 27 [08:09] darwin We want open hardware and free/libre software for a workers' paradise [08:21] TR News Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XVIII - Microsoft is Not the Victim (It Was Never the Victim), It's Just DARVO https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XVIII_Microsoft_is_Not_the_Vict.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XVIII_Microsoft_is_Not_the_Vict.gmi [08:21] TR Bot Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XVIII - Microsoft is Not the Victim (It Was Never the Victim), It's Just DARVO [08:27] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:55] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 27 [09:43] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:46] *reap (~Username@s8kfk54nxqtqy.irc) has joined #techrights [09:56] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 27 [11:46] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights (Error from remote client) [11:48] nobody 2 [11:52] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [11:54] nobody according to ycombinator.com Dr. Schestowitz was sentenced 70k of compensation paid to mjg [11:55] nobody this can't be any technical disagreement over UEFI [11:55] nobody as a reference 70k, that's almost 10years to sustain a living (for myself, plus appartment rent of cause) [11:55] nobody alot of money [11:56] nobody don't mean to spit oil into fire over this, reading techrights.org it seems the slander continues ever since [11:58] nobody there's a 200(!!!) parts series already ● Oct 27 [12:03] nobody none of my business, only meant to say, it's very much money wasted for nonsense [12:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights (Error from remote client) [12:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [12:20] MinceR 27 064030 < IsambardPrince> MinceR, Eukalyptusbonbon! [12:20] MinceR no thanks [12:36] nobody there's a ladybug crawling on my desk [12:36] schestowitz[TR2] don't kill it [12:36] nobody it's a mystical creature in german fairytales, with a poem known [12:36] schestowitz[TR2] nobody: http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/20/Today_s_Judgement.shtml [12:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Today's Judgement [12:37] nobody "ladybyg, fly away, fly away, your house is burning, the children are crying" [12:37] nobody weird poem [12:37] nobody moment... [12:39] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/10/Y_Combinator_YC_Funds_Scams_Run_by_Scammers.shtml [12:39] TR Bot Techrights Y Combinator (YC) Funds Scams, Run by Scammers [12:41] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: this judgement does not explain why in particular you had to pay 70k compensation to mjg [12:42] TR News "But drugs, medical equipment and medical tests dont actually have to cost huge amounts of money." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/medicare-for-all-can-be-simple/ | Source: Truthdig [12:42] TR Bot 'Medicare for All' Can Be Simple [12:42] nobody some techrights writings are heavy satire [12:42] nobody sure [12:42] schestowitz[TR2] no [12:42] nobody but 70k? [12:42] schestowitz[TR2] it's not that [12:42] schestowitz[TR2] he spent like a million pounds [12:42] schestowitz[TR2] some of this borrowed money [12:42] schestowitz[TR2] and CFA [12:42] schestowitz[TR2] I cannot spend that much [12:43] schestowitz[TR2] that's how courts work [12:43] nobody there's even more money involved with this? wow. [12:43] TR News "The National Transportation Safety Board investigated the fire but never figured out what went wrong. No one was killed" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/internet-cloud-fragile-infrastracture/689148/ | Source: The Atlantic [12:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/internet-cloud-fragile-infrastracture/689148/ ) [12:43] schestowitz[TR2] nobody: [12:43] schestowitz[TR2] worse yet: [12:43] schestowitz[TR2] a) if we won, he would not pay [12:44] schestowitz[TR2] b) his spouse said he had run out of money [12:44] schestowitz[TR2] c) if he wins, he ends up losing [12:44] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/o/2021/12/25/timewasting-letters/ [12:44] TR Bot Stupid and Legally-Invalid Threats (Physical Letters) [12:44] schestowitz[TR2] i explains this to him 5 years ago [12:44] schestowitz[TR2] *explained [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] there is a name for lawsuits like these [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] other than SLAPPs [12:46] TR News "The studies tell us that DARVO can shift observers beliefs about who is really to blame." https://www.salon.com/2026/10/26/darvo-is-now-in-the-dictionary-thats-a-win-for-abuse-survivors/ | Source: Salon [12:46] TR Bot is now in the dictionary. Thats a win for abuse survivors - Salon.com [12:47] TR News "In other words, Americans have developed a fairly robust appetite for complaining about tipping, but considerably less enthusiasm for actually stopping" https://www.salon.com/2026/10/26/americans-hate-tipping-so-why-havent-they-stopped/ | Source: Salon [12:47] TR Bot hate tipping. So why haven't they stopped? - Salon.com [12:47] TR News "As tech billionaires make bank off an AI trade that now threatens retirement accounts and university endowments, a criminal element is rising to take advantage of the crumbs that fall off the table." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-data-center-heist-thieves-equipment | Source: Futurism [12:47] TR Bot Thieves Are Making a Fortune Heisting AI Data Center Equipment [12:48] TR News "Most Have No Idea How Dangerous He Truly Is..." | Edward Snowden Latest Interview https://youtu.be/nD0NC7hO7qE [12:48] TR Bot https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=nD0NC7hO7qE [12:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/.gandalf/check?gandalf_id=d08c3a89-33eb-49e8-b03f-526ff1379743&gandalf_redir=/watch?v=nD0NC7hO7qE ) [12:48] TR News "Moving to another province, away from family, brings other difficulties, Najab continued." https://www.dw.com/en/a-bad-omen-syria-bans-women-from-university-courses/a-79769348 | Source: Deutsche Welle [12:48] TR Bot A bad omen? Syria bans women from university courses [12:48] TR News "Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan has reportedly dismissed his chief adviser Oktay Saral for his criticism of Azerbaijans school hijab ban." https://oc-media.org/erdogan-reportedly-sacks-adviser-who-criticised-azerbaijan-hijab-ban/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media [12:48] TR Bot Erdoan reportedly sacks adviser who criticised Azerbaijan hijab ban [12:49] TR News "Basically, there's an epidemic of bad legal terms sweeping the American media industry, and while the LA Times isn't the worst offender (at least they didn't ask me to assign any related patents" https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/26/abandon-hope/#all-ye-who-enter-here | Source: CoryDoctorow [12:49] TR Bot Pluralistic: Sovereign citizens, but for news (26 Oct 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [12:50] TR News "Local journalism captures the first draft of history in communities across the country." https://blog.archive.org/2026/10/20/internet-archive-hero-award-2026/ | Source: Internet Archive [12:50] TR Bot Internet Archive Honors Poynter and IRE for Preserving Local News Online - Internet Archive Blogs [12:51] TR News [Old] "If youve come this far, I want to pause briefly. Many of you will know about a long-running lawsuit that debilitated me for years." https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-russia | Source: Carole Cadwalladr [12:51] TR Bot We need to talk about Russia - by Carole Cadwalladr [12:51] TR News "Always turned out not to be as long as it used to be, Mr. Woodward now says he discovered." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/politics/bob-woodward-memoir-jeff-bezos.html | Source: New York Times [12:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/politics/bob-woodward-memoir-jeff-bezos.html ) [12:52] TR News "defamation case brought by Donald Trump against the BBC over a program broadcast about the January 6, 2021 riots" https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/why-trump-suing-the-bbc-could-become-the-biggest-taco-of-all-20261027-p618p9.html | Source: The Age AU [12:52] TR Bot Donald Trump suing the BBC could become the biggest TACO of all [12:55] TR News "" https://bianet.org/haber/two-students-jailed-over-banner-calling-on-education-minister-to-resign-324795 | Source: BIA Net [12:55] TR Bot Two students jailed over banner calling on education minister to resign [12:56] nobody i've found the complete court ruling document online... interesting [12:56] nobody mjg is hired by nvidia nowadays [12:56] TR News "On 5 September, Srulik Einhorn, one of the Netanyahu advisers, is said to have emailed his colleague and partner at the firm Perception" https://digit.site36.net/2026/10/26/netanyahu-advisers-run-pro-israeli-propaganda-campaigns-in-germany-romania-and-other-countries/ | Source: Site36 [12:56] nobody formerly ARM ltd. [12:56] TR Bot Netanyahu advisers run pro-Israeli propaganda campaigns in Germany, Romania and other countries | Matthias Monroy [12:57] schestowitz[TR2] aleast not "hacker news" [12:57] TR News "The filing toward an IPO represents a major milestone for a company that was founded just five years ago." https://www.dw.com/en/ai-company-anthropic-files-its-ipo-in-hopes-of-raising-100-billion/a-79768876 | Source: Deutsche Welle [12:57] TR Bot Anthropic prepares for blockbuster IPO amid AI concerns [12:58] TR News "The company will sell the common stock alongside $12.5 billion worth of securities it calls Series A depositary shares." https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/26/meta-to-sell-up-to-95b-in-stock-to-finance-ai-infrastructure-buildout/ | Source: Silicon Angle [12:58] TR Bot to sell up to $95B in stock to finance AI infrastructure buildout - SiliconANGLE [12:58] TR News "Anthropic and OpenAI, its chief rival, sit atop a pyramid of business partners and suppliers infrastructure providers, chipmakers, energy companies and A.I. start-ups" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/technology/anthropic-going-public-stakes.html | Source: New York Times [12:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/technology/anthropic-going-public-stakes.html ) [12:59] TR News "net loss was $80.7 billion, driven largely by a one-time charge." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/technology/anthropic-ipo-finances.html | Source: New York Times [12:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/technology/anthropic-ipo-finances.html ) [12:59] TR News "according to its annual filing" https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/microsoft-voluntary-buyout-9.7396520 | Source: CBC [12:59] TR Bot Microsoft gives voluntary buyout offer to about 60,000 employees | CBC News ● Oct 27 [13:00] TR News "The approximately 60,000 workers affected by the move are located in the U.S., Canada, India and the U.K." https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/26/microsoft-offers-voluntary-buyouts-to-60000-employees-amid-ai-investments/ | Source: Silicon Angle [13:00] TR Bot offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees amid AI investments - SiliconANGLE [13:06] TR News "Only a sliver of the 60,000 employees offered a buyout are expected to take it, the company said" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/technology/microsoft-buyouts-ai-spending.html | Source: New York Times [13:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/technology/microsoft-buyouts-ai-spending.html ) [13:06] TR News "Its worth taking a moment to ask: What is Anthropic? It might sound like a starter question on a family quiz show, but its far harder to answer than you might think." https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/26/1147672/will-the-real-anthropic-please-stand-up/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [13:06] TR Bot Will the real Anthropic please stand up | MIT Technology Review [13:07] schestowitz[TR2] nobody: https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/08/waste-of-the-courts-money/ "We now have more than a fortnight to put forth some input to the judge, who said Garretts case was a waste of the courts money. [13:07] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:07] TR Bot Blog Archive Waste of the Courts Money [13:08] TR News "The proposed acquisition of Classiq would combine Intels quantum software platform, scalable silicon spin-qubit technology and advanced semiconductor manufacturing expertise" https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/corporate/intel-classiq-accelerate-scalable-quantum-computing.html | [13:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/corporate/intel-classiq-accelerate-scalable-quantum-computing.html ) [13:08] TR News "According to the filing, the artificial intelligence company plans to go public on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ANT" https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-ipo-filings-reveal-finances-risks-strategy/ | Source: Wired [13:08] TR Bot IPO Prospectus Reveals Whats Under the Hood | WIRED [13:08] TR News "Anthropic, PBC filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2026." https://sqmagazine.co.uk/anthropic-files-s1-ipo-nasdaq-ant/ | Source: SQ Magazine [13:08] TR Bot Anthropic Files S-1 for Nasdaq IPO Under Symbol ANT [13:09] TR News "I have one more: big tech companies lack imagination, even if they once had it." https://www.rubenerd.au/why-big-tech-stopped-building-useful-stuff/ | Source: Ruben Schade [13:09] TR Bot Rubenerd: Why big tech stopped building useful stuff [13:09] TR News "Gifts from donors further ensure that the foundation can continue its day-to-day work, including: [...]" https://www.perl.com/article/duckduckgo-donates-25-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation-v2026/ | Source: Perl [13:09] TR Bot Donates $25,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation v2026 [13:10] TR News "The elephants were one of the most popular attractions, and they were happy to demonstrate their pumpkin-handling skills to the crowds of excited children." https://news.err.ee/1610176459/tallinn-zoo-hosts-annual-pumpkin-party | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhling [13:10] TR Bot Tallinn Zoo hosts annual Pumpkin Party | News | ERR [13:12] TR News "But the other property solar energy has is relative decentralization." https://werd.io/solar-is-offensively-cheap-to-live-up-to-its-promise-it-also-needs-to-be-equitable/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [13:12] TR Bot Solar is "offensively cheap". To live up to its promise, it also needs to be equitable. [13:12] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: myself, my opinion, considers it incriminating for the idea of foss when hired by nvid.. [13:13] schestowitz[TR2] he is not foss [13:14] TR News "And in a possible catch-22, Anthropic admits that rising global temperatures a symptom of burning fossil fuels will increase the companys operating costs." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1018994/anthropic-ipo-ai-data-center-energy-climate-risk | Source: The Verge [13:14] TR Bot Anthropic is burning gas to feed the AI boom | The Verge [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] i explained this to the judge [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] she accepted it [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] he is chasing money [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] so went to the us [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] i used my knowledge pro bono to improve things [13:14] TR News "The fully integrated ESS solution integrates nickel-cobalt-aluminum (NCA) batteries" https://interestingengineering.com/energy/1-gwh-nca-batteries-power-us-grid | Source: Interesting Engineering [13:14] TR Bot Prismatic batteries to supercharge US power grid with 17% more energy [13:15] TR News "Nvidia is collaborating with German energy firm PreussenElektra GmbH (PEL) to explore converting old nuclear power plants into AI data centers." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/nvidia-eyes-converting-old-nuclear-plants-into-massive-ai-data-centers-reusing-shut-down-german-energy-sites-could-reduce-the-cost-and-timeline-of-building-from-scratch | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:15] TR Bot Nvidia eyes converting old nuclear plants into massive AI data centers reusing shut-down German energy sites could reduce the cost and timeline of building from scratch | Tom's Hardware [13:15] TR News The [13:15] TR News "The concept of rocket cargo is part science fiction, part practical." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-rocket-cargo-space-launch-test/ | Source: Task And Purpose [13:15] TR Bot Air Force tests rocket cargo to resupply troops anywhere [13:15] TR News "Nobody knew that plastic degradation was going to be a problem when he did this work" https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-10-26/industry-executives-knew-for-decades-about-microplastics | Source: Los Angeles Times [13:15] TR Bot Chemical companies scientists tracked early microplastics risks, internal memos show - Los Angeles Times [13:16] TR News "While oil is known to float, new research finds that over time it can permeate even extremely deep marine habitats, with animal populations declining by as much as 80 percent." https://www.wired.com/story/oil-spills-wreak-havoc-on-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-even-a-decade-later/ | Source: Wired [13:16] TR Bot Spills Wreak Havoc on the Bottom of the Ocean, Even a Decade Later | WIRED [13:16] TR News "But Montanas Tribes are now split. Next door to the Northern Cheyenne, the Apsalooke, or Crow Tribe" https://truthout.org/articles/data-center-near-yellowstone-river-would-cause-irreparable-harm-activist-says/ | Source: TruthOut [13:16] TR Bot Data Center Near Yellowstone River Would Cause Irreparable Harm, Native Activist Says | Truthout [13:18] TR News "About two-thirds of the deaths, more than 32,600, are directly attributed to climate change, driven by fossil fuel pollution, according to the findings" https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/22/climate/europe-heat-wave-deaths-50000 | Source: CNN [13:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/22/climate/europe-heat-wave-deaths-50000 ) [13:18] TR News "I think we can be quite confident in stating that the summer of 2026 is likely to have been the worst on record for heat-related mortality across much of Europe" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-estimate-that-europes-scorching-summer-heat-killed-more-than-50000-people-in-urban-areas-180989745/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [13:18] TR Bot Scientists Estimate That Europe's Scorching Summer Heat Killed More Than 50,000 People in Urban Areas [13:19] TR News "war on nature." https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/26/Every-Day-Humankind-Saws-Another-Branch/ | Source: The Tyee [13:19] TR Bot Every Day, Humankind Saws Another Branch Off the Tree of Life | The Tyee [13:22] TR News "Anthropic founders Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Jared Kaplan, Sam McCandlish, Tom Brown, Jack Clark and Christopher Olah..." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/technology/anthropic-founders.html | Source: New York Times [13:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/technology/anthropic-founders.html ) [13:22] TR News "risk profile ahead of its public debut." https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-prospectus-leaves-out-some-numbers/ | Source: Wired [13:22] TR Bot Anthropics IPO Prospectus Is Missing So Many Key Figures | WIRED [13:22] TR News "Seven months ago, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court objected to search filters that let intelligence analysts pull Americans messages from intercepted data" https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-government-is-hiding-a-secret-court-ruling-about-how-it-spies-on-americans/ | Source: Wired [13:22] TR Bot US Government Is Hiding a Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on Americans | WIRED [13:24] TR News "2016 was a pivotal year in the 21st century. In June, Britons voted in a referendum to leave the European Union." https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-10-26/cambridge-analytica-10-years-on-meta-still-struggles-to-shake-off-the-specter-of-political-interference.html | Source: El Pas [13:24] TR Bot Cambridge Analytica, 10 years on: Meta still struggles to shake off the specter of political interference | Technology | EL PAS English [13:24] TR News "Claude did not access the states voter registration system, change any voting records, or pull any individual voter records" https://newrepublic.com/post/217139/claude-ai-bot-spontaneously-access-georgia-voter-data | Source: New Republic [13:24] TR Bot Claude Spontaneously Accesses Key Swing States Voter Data | The New Republic [13:25] TR News "leveraging his wealth to sway elections, threaten Congress" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/elon-musk-democracy-silicon-valley/ | Source: The Nation [13:25] TR Bot Elon Musks Mortal Threat to Democracy | The Nation [13:25] TR News "Billionaires have funneled vast sums into the campaigns of Republicans at risk of losing both chambers of Congress." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/not-all-pac-money-is-good-money/ | Source: Truthdig [13:25] TR Bot Will the Billionaires Get Pennies for Their Dollars? [13:25] TR News "incomprehensible slop-generated spaghetti made by Big Tech lap-dogs of mentally addled billionaires" https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/precautionary/precautionary.html | Source: The Cyber Show [13:25] TR Bot The quiet guardian's dilemma [13:26] TR News ""The informational system consistently oversells its power to control the environment before crashing into the hard limits of reality. Likewise, in America especially, it overestimates its capacity to alter the beliefs of people who remain stubbornly attached to making up their own minds." Jacob Siegel" https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html [13:26] TR Bot Home [13:31] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: you've lost 70k for this nonsense [13:33] nobody it seems the court didn't take into account legitimate criticism on technical basis [13:34] TR News "Russia still holds elections, registers political parties and maintains the institutions of parliamentary democracy." https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/10/26/how-russia-eliminated-electoral-competition/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [13:34] TR Bot How Russia eliminated electoral competition - New Eastern Europe [13:35] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/22/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_194_Out_of_200_The_Court_Needs_to_Also_Lo.shtml nobody [13:35] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 194 Out of 200: The Court Needs to Also Look Into Microsoft-Controlled Restricted Boot Advanced by An American (Garrett) to Promote Monopoly and Back Doors Everywhere [13:40] TR News "A powerful, free Flock surveillance-tracking platform is now hosted by Proton, the creator of Proton Mail and Proton VPN." https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/proton-hosts-flock-surveillance-map/ | Source: CNET [13:40] TR Bot Privacy Company Just Saved the Clearest Flock Surveillance Map I've Seen - CNET [13:40] TR News "My government (Canada) is trying as hard as possible to become an overreaching, surveillance state." https://btxx.org/posts/1984/ | Source: Brad Taunt [13:40] TR Bot 1984: The Canadian Edition [13:40] TR News "Log4j also found behavior for TVs without microphones" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hacker-finds-own-samsung-tv-collecting-scary-amounts-of-user-information-and-gets-banned-by-openai-for-cyber-abuse-tv-runs-an-ai-model-that-collects-audio-screenshots-and-plenty-of-other-user-data-for-ad-targeting | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:40] TR Bot Cybersecurity bounty hunter says Samsung TVs use AI to record audio and screenshots for ads 'Finally found a company that truly listens to its customers,' says hacker | Tom's Hardware [13:41] TR News "These cameras and systems are frequently contracted by law enforcement, neighborhood associations and private property owners." https://www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arbor/ann-arbor-resists-flock-cameras-amid-national-backlash/ | Source: University of Michigan [13:41] TR Bot Ann Arbor resists Flock cameras amid national backlash [13:41] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: i'm reading the original court ruling still [13:41] TR News "The GUPs inclusion of ALPRs comes as the technology has been the subject of controversy nationwide." https://stanforddaily.com/2026/10/26/a-civil-rights-issue-licenses-privacy/ | Source: Stanford University [13:41] TR Bot A civil rights issue: New proposal for license plate cameras sparks concern over privacy [13:42] TR News Discovery [13:42] TR News "FNB, Discovery Bank and Capitec say they dont allow third-party AI agents into customer accounts." https://techcentral.co.za/sa-banks-warn-customers-logins-ai-agents/287667/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [13:42] TR Bot SA banks warn customers not to share logins with AI agents [13:42] nobody egocentric as i am, i still feel a little offended myself, by german government institutions qualifying myself as "distanced to labor market" and subject to "psychological evaluation" [13:43] nobody erasing entries from my employment record, tampering my file in their database (while ago) [13:43] schestowitz[TR2] sounds bad [13:43] TR News "Having been gaslighted by the right, some of the global media appeared to have difficulty wrapping their minds around the outcome. Here was the headline in the Financial Times as I write this: [...]" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-oligarchs-lose-a-big-one | Source: Paul Krugman [13:43] TR Bot The Oligarchs Lose a Big One - Paul Krugman [13:43] schestowitz[TR2] nobody: it is also a self-fulfilling prophecy [13:44] nobody since then i never bothered again, it's done silently, when government is doing it [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] they marked you are "distanced to labor market" [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] so when you apply for ajob they see "distanced to labor market" [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] and they you don't get the role/job [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] and the the gov rpeeats [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] see we told ya! ja! ""distanced to labor market" " [13:44] nobody except for the fact i've worked for almost a dozen big corporations and their subsidiaries (traineeships included) [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] they are flagging you\ [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] to do damage [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] it's like wheen people end up homeless [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] and theeen they are called "dirty" [13:45] TR News "Copper prices are at record highs, but for TikTok creators, the real money may be in teaching others how to strip wireand selling them the tools to do it." https://www.wired.com/story/the-hottest-new-side-hustle-is-stripping-copper-wire-and-posting-about-it/ | Source: Wired [13:45] TR Bot Hottest New Side Hustle Is Stripping Copper Wire and Posting About It | WIRED [13:45] nobody Eutelsat, German Aerospace Center, Volkswage, TelekomHQ (i got granted the "generous" student loand from them, you know, 600/month they didn't bother to pay anymore either) [13:45] nobody a few more.. often it was sub-sub-sub contracted [13:45] TR News "But even if the threat isn't real, Rissanen says children's fear is genuine." https://yle.fi/a/74-20253490 | Source: Yle [13:45] TR Bot Creepy Cat in the Hat videos reach Finland | Yle News | Yle [13:45] schestowitz[TR2] nobody: nobody puts past jobs on the tomebstone [13:45] schestowitz[TR2] it doesn't matter [13:46] schestowitz[TR2] it's just a way to make a euro [13:46] schestowitz[TR2] it's like pregnancy [13:46] schestowitz[TR2] most women get pregnant [13:46] schestowitz[TR2] it's not a huuge accomplishment [13:46] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: the whole insanity boiled up that badly, TelekomHQ and their politics were forbidden to interfere any further with their own university [13:46] TR News "Not disclosing that its an ad could lead voters to believe the AI voice is actually Raman, according to the complaint." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-10-26/ethics-complaint-filed-over-ads-falsely-portraying-raman-promoting-homeless-camps | Source: Los Angeles Times [13:46] TR Bot Ethics complaint filed over ads falsely portraying Raman promoting homeless camps - Los Angeles Times [13:47] nobody which then was closed (sadly a little late, because i left this madhouse 15years before already, knowing what's coming) [13:47] nobody ever since then, i was the scapegoat, not some 6figure salary management and academic staff who arrenged for the clusterfucked curriculum [13:47] TR News "Anthropic never wants that to happen again. So they made up a structure where their next model cant be blocked by the government." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/26/anthropic-ai-safety-bill-let-us-kill-50-people-but-not-51/ | Source: Pivot to AI [13:47] TR Bot Person at the end she started crying louder than ever. "Oh, don't cry, Linda. [13:48] TR News "Merchant was among the layoffs at the Times, where he had been for a year, in January." https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/ex-la-times-tech-columnist-merchant-joining-ai-now-institute/ | Source: Vested LLC [13:48] TR Bot Ex-LA Times tech columnist Merchant joining AI Now Institute Talking Biz News [13:48] nobody it's deeply corrupted here, corrupt labor unions, corrupt churches, corrupt politics, corrupt public tv and news papers [13:48] nobody it is impossible to raise some little truths above noise floor [13:48] schestowitz[TR2] not just in .de [13:48] schestowitz[TR2] a lot of things are nepotism-based [13:48] schestowitz[TR2] poltiics, jobs, schools.. [13:49] TR News "Marcus suggest we would benefit from thinking less about P(doom) and more about our P(dystopia)." https://ethanzuckerman.com/2026/10/26/public-media-vs-pdystopia-reflections-from-attention-2026/ | Source: Ethan Zuckerman [13:49] TR Bot Public Media vs. P(dystopia): reflections from Attention 2026 - Ethan Zuckerman [13:49] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: see, in germany we've had ONLY ONE "private university" which was "managed" by a german stock exchange corporation (DAX), that was Telekom [13:49] TR News "Companies going public file Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which includes all the information that potential investors need to know about what they might be investing in." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/risk-factors | Source: Hamilton Nolan [13:49] TR Bot Risk Factors - by Hamilton Nolan - How Things Work [13:49] nobody TelekomHQ in particular, and they clusterfucked that badly, science council intervened [13:49] nobody but you see, it's a junior professor on a payroll of 600/month at fault [13:50] TR News "This piece of shit keeps showing up in my eBay searches for old DNA Lounge flyers: they are taking dates and venues on which actual concerts happened in history and having the Plagiarism Machine vomit out new, terrible posters for them." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/the-slopfondlers-are-even-sloperating-old-concert-posters/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [13:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/the-slopfondlers-are-even-sloperating-old-concert-posters/ ) [13:50] schestowitz[TR2] also all unis are private [13:50] schestowitz[TR2] they havee owners [13:50] schestowitz[TR2] and profits [13:50] nobody that's considered "social" "market economy" by those a**h** [13:50] nobody not really schestowitz[TR2] [13:50] nobody all Universities must be certified by science council here [13:51] nobody most receive public funding from taxpayers, and some private funding too [13:51] TR News "In some past releases an AI company has designated mathematicians to receive the output on a problem, often before anyone else." https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/10/25/disadvantages-of-designating-mathematicians-for-ai-output-releases/ | Source: Terence Tao [13:51] TR Bot Disadvantages of Designating Mathematicians for AI Output Releases | What's new [13:51] nobody but there was only one such university "owned" by a DAX corporation [13:51] nobody and this was found to "violate academic standards"... i've not heard a single voice raised in public tv here [13:51] nobody although it could be considered a gigantic academic scandal [13:51] TR News "Popular food delivery brand Just Eat has had to call an abrupt halt to its generative AI test and apologize because the tech simply didn't understand the menus" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/dont-just-eat-slop-eat-ai-slop-just-eat-pauses-roll-out-of-generative-ai-photos-after-some-hilarious-results-but-they-still-seem-keen-to-eliminate-real-food-photography | Source: Digital Camera World [13:51] TR Bot "Don't just eat slop eat AI slop!" Just Eat pauses roll out of generative AI photos after some hilarious results, but they still seem keen to eliminate real food photography | Digital Camera World [13:52] nobody so, that's how i feel a little emotionally attached to libel and defamation [13:52] schestowitz[TR2] towards you? [13:52] TR News "Anthropic has officially filed the prospectus for its initial public offering, which means the AI lab has put all kinds of formerly private information on display." https://www.wired.com/story/the-anthropic-ipo-is-also-a-doomsday-primer/ | Source: Wired [13:52] TR Bot Anthropic S-1 Filing Is Also an AI Doomsday Primer | WIRED [13:53] nobody well, concerning damages, what would you estimate that is, 20years of absent salary? [13:53] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.dw.com/en/german-lawfare-when-lawsuits-become-a-political-weapon/a-79615817 [13:53] TR Bot Germany's Left Party sues opponents over antisemitism [13:53] nobody except for the fact, i got granted the special TelekomHQ contracting because i've not been too bad with maths, digital circuit design and a thousand other things lectured in parallel [13:54] TR News "The email seemed AI-generated, like many others we have gotten recently." https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-keeps-telling-people-404-media-can-solve-their-tech-support-problems/ | Source: 404 Media [13:54] TR Bot ChatGPT Keeps Telling People 404 Media Can Solve Their Tech Support Problems [13:54] nobody little later that's discarded as "unqualified"??? [13:54] schestowitz[TR2] i had a friend at the gym who sued nhs [13:54] schestowitz[TR2] claiming like 10 years of lost salaries [13:54] schestowitz[TR2] after they gave him the wrong drugs [13:54] TR News "In the analysis published on Saturday, Apollo Global Management Inc. said that the S&P 493, which refers to the S&P 500 minus technology firms Alphabet Inc." https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/25/apollo-analysis-shows-that-no-one-apart-from-the-biggest-tech-giants-is-seeing-any-real-benefits-from-ai/ | Source: Silicon Angle [13:54] TR Bot analysis shows no one besides the biggest tech giants is seeing benefits from AI - SiliconANGLE [13:55] TR News "Overall, about two out of three Americans say there is at least a moderate risk that advanced AI could destroy humanity, with majorities across parties" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/16/poll-ai-technology-risks-humanity-trump-voters-01078087 | Source: Politico LLC [13:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/16/poll-ai-technology-risks-humanity-trump-voters-01078087 ) [13:55] nobody the "science council" report was rigged too, because it skipped the "minor" little detail it was TelekomHQ and their politics among others who clusterfucked the curriculum beyond imagination [13:55] TR News "Put simply, according to the survey, people are more scared of AI than a loved one getting a terminal diagnosis" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/americans-more-scared-ai-loved-one-ill | Source: Futurism [13:55] TR Bot Americans Are Officially More Scared of AI Than a Loved One Getting Cancer [13:55] nobody but that's been THE reason why I left this madhouse [13:56] schestowitz[TR2] why work in tech at all? [13:56] nobody and they framed it was supposedly me being "unqualified" [13:56] TR News "They must dramatically reverse course to reduce the likelihood of disaster" https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/report-brace-for-impact-protecting-people-and-the-economy-when-the-ai-bubble-burst | [13:56] TR Bot Report - Brace for Impact: Protecting People and the Economy When the AI Bubble Bursts Open Markets Institute [13:56] schestowitz[TR2] see ^ [13:56] nobody if at least it's been "tech", because the realm surrounding Telekom that's politics, soccer, whatever besides [13:56] schestowitz[TR2] a lot of that sector is pure BS [13:56] schestowitz[TR2] and financial scam [13:56] schestowitz[TR2] maybe look outside tech [13:57] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: well, the real telekom business is NOT scam, they're operating global internet/telco backbone [13:57] TR News "If the AI industry cant pay back its mounting debts" https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-financial-bubble-analysis-finance | Source: Futurism [13:57] TR Bot New Analysis Finds Signs the AI Bubble Is About to Blow [13:57] schestowitz[TR2] nobody: some are technicians [13:57] schestowitz[TR2] who might deploy chinese h/w [13:57] schestowitz[TR2] and not make it [13:57] schestowitz[TR2] or evedesign it [13:57] schestowitz[TR2] but deal with circuits [13:57] nobody and you've had to study alot for decades to excell in this, with whatever you do: management, engineering [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] they don't value knowledge [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] i worked in tech companies for decadesd [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] and unis [13:58] nobody well, they do, if they can capitalize upon it [13:58] nobody for quick profit [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] they don't need "overqualifgied" or "overqualifie" people [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] they know clop coding does not work [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] and does not yuield valuable tthings [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] but they deskill the workers [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] then pay them less [13:58] schestowitz[TR2] like the slop prompters [13:59] TR News "Harari warns that humanitys greatest strength has always been building bureaucratic systemslike finance, law, and religionthat allow millions to cooperate." https://pariganaka.com/harari-warns-ai-mass-dementia-has-started/ | Source: Pariganaka [13:59] schestowitz[TR2] *"overquallllified" or "over-educated" [13:59] TR Bot Warns: AI "Mass Dementia" Has Started - PARIGANAKA [13:59] nobody interestingly, they consider it a big win still, where tech sector arrived at nowadays [13:59] schestowitz[TR2] not really [13:59] schestowitz[TR2] ddeep inside they know it''s a sham [13:59] schestowitz[TR2] see: ● Oct 27 [14:00] schestowitz[TR2] "I have one more: big tech companies lack imagination, even if they once had it." https://www.rubenerd.au/why-big-tech-stopped-building-useful-stuff/ | Source: Ruben Schade [14:00] TR Bot Rubenerd: Why big tech stopped building useful stuff [14:00] nobody i'm framed a little different [14:01] TR News "We dont show you personalized ads based on your content from Drive, Gmail, or Google Photos" https://manualdousuario.net/en/google-termos-anuncios-gmail-drive-fotos/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [14:01] TR Bot Blink and you missed it: Google gave itself the right to use your Gmail, Drive, and Photos to personalize ads Manual do Usurio [14:01] TR News "Im thinking the app is doing something strange here so all I can do is delete it and I urge you to check your phone too." https://ljpuk.net/posts/is-the-ebay-app-causing-my-battery-drain | Source: Lee Peterson [14:01] TR Bot Is the eBay app causing my battery drain? - LJPUK [14:01] nobody see, for example, German Railway contracted with Nortel to eqiup with 2G/GSM (ETCS) [14:01] nobody (too german traffic toll system did) ... Nortel went bancrupt (intersting story) [14:01] TR News "How could medieval people determine whether someone had died without modern medical technology?" https://www.medievalists.net/2026/10/how-did-medieval-people-tell-if-someone-was-dead/ | Source: Medievalists.net [14:01] TR Bot Did Medieval People Tell If Someone Was Dead? - Medievalists.net [14:02] nobody now german railway is _forced_ to replace "obsolete" equipment (which wasn't fully put into production yet either) [14:02] nobody with 5G, that german ministry of the interior itself (their tech security department) argued didn't comply with certification requirements [14:02] TR News Rianne s/suffered online abuse/suffered online abuse which we did not instigate/ [14:02] nobody but 5G was deployed EVERYWHERE already, except for railway [14:03] nobody all of the sudden railway was in a hurry (Stuttgart21, another intersting story, their giant data center) [14:03] TR News "Kind of a crazy piece of hardware for the late 80s this would be pretty cutting edge for the time." https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2026/winner-name-that-ware-september-2026/ | Source: Bunnie Huang [14:03] TR Bot Winner, Name that Ware September 2026 bunnie's blog [14:03] nobody the moment when the pull the plug from 2G/GSM during "scheduled maintenance" the ENTIRE railway grid malfuncted for several hours [14:03] TR News "Another contribution from FETguy and Renew Computers! I found this board to be interesting mainly because I always wondered how these things worked." https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2026/name-that-ware-october-2026/ | Source: Bunnie Huang [14:03] TR Bot Name that Ware, October 2026 bunnie's blog [14:03] nobody because their entire telco went down, the moment when some 5G "certified" spare part was installed [14:03] TR News "There turn out to be a number of interesting aspects to this particular hardware failure." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/LCDOddPixelLineFailure | Source: University of Toronto [14:03] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [14:04] nobody that's the scale of things, where they arrived at, with their "management" methods [14:04] nobody which costs tax payers a dozen billion or so, each year [14:04] nobody German military and their digital radio, another intersting story, to say the least [14:05] nobody dumping 20billion into a tech project for more than a decade, which MUST have been "combat ready" two years ago already [14:05] nobody german ministry of defense: "everything goes as planned" [14:05] nobody blah... [14:05] TR News "The more1090 receiver only decodes Mode-S extended squitter replies (DF17 and DF18), which is how ADS-B is transmitted at 1090 MHz." https://destevez.net/2026/10/a-high-sensitivity-ads-b-receiver/ | Source: Daniel Estvez [14:05] TR Bot A high-sensitivity ADS-B receiver Daniel Estvez [14:05] schestowitz[TR2] planned by who? [14:05] schestowitz[TR2] the vendors? [14:05] schestowitz[TR2] they get paid more [14:05] schestowitz[TR2] and work more slowly [14:06] TR News "Thats a good thing as I can walk around the city all day making photographs." https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/10/26/40mm-f-2-zuiko-auto-s/ | Source: Jim Grey [14:06] nobody they're dumping dozens of billions... but they don't "manage" you know [14:06] TR Bot 40mm f/2 Zuiko Auto-S - Down the Road [14:06] nobody for that matter, managers are the worst scum on earth after all [14:06] TR News "Paying close attention huh, what a concept. Turns out this does apply to CDs too." https://www.rubenerd.au/double-check-used-cds-before-buying-them/ | Source: Ruben Schade [14:06] TR Bot Rubenerd: Double check used CDs before buying them [14:06] nobody that's why it's not worth no more than 600/month, ridiculous [14:06] nobody and even this wasn't paid either [14:06] schestowitz[TR2] "s--t floats [14:06] nobody another little fuzz in recent days [14:07] TR News "Code Classroom formerly known as the Code Editor for Education is our free, safe tool for teaching and learning computing and programming." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/reintroducing-code-classroom-now-with-the-blocks-editor/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [14:07] TR Bot Reintroducing Code Classroom now with the Blocks editor - Raspberry Pi Foundation [14:07] TR News "One of the problems of the moment is we now have a political class, and in many ways, a media class, that deliberately feeds on and magnifies that civic ignorance" https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/10/why-american-electorate-isnt-holding-up-its-end-on-keeping-informed/ | Source: Harvard University [14:07] TR Bot Why American electorate isnt holding up its end on keeping informed Harvard Gazette [14:07] TR News "The researchers found that the verbal-reasoning section was also less cognitively complex than the SAT and ACT." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/classic-learning-test-clt/689144/ | Source: The Atlantic [14:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/classic-learning-test-clt/689144/ ) [14:08] TR News "The top mathematician says Silicon Valleys rush to solve long-investigated conundrums excludes elegant solutions and reduces maths to raw training material" https://observer.co.uk/news/science-technology/article/terence-tao-ai-turns-beautiful-mathematics-into-toxic-waste | Source: Tortoise Media [14:08] TR Bot Terence Tao: AI turns beautiful mathematics into toxic w... [14:09] TR News "CSS-Tricks is an independent site once again!" https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner/ | Source: CSS Tricks [14:09] TR Bot has a new owner! | CSS-Tricks [14:09] TR News "ASAP is an acronym for as soon as possible. Its the kind of acronym people use when they want to hear back." https://artlung.com/blog/2026/10/26/asynchronous-communication-is-beautiful-and-humane/ | Source: Joe Crawford [14:09] TR Bot Asynchronous communication is beautiful and humane ~ 26 Oct 2026 [14:10] TR News "Email being disruptive to your productivity must be a pretty common phenomenon because nearly all the productivity books out there" https://daverupert.com/2026/10/bad-at-email/ | Source: Dave Rupert [14:10] TR Bot at email - daverupert.com [14:10] TR News "We can make plans and somewhat predict what tomorrow brings. That helps." https://robertbirming.com/not-knowing-tomorrow/ | Source: Robert Birming [14:10] TR Bot Not knowing tomorrow Robert Birming [14:11] TR News "relax dude!" https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/10/hello-where-is-everybody/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [14:11] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/10/hello-where-is-everybody/ ) [14:11] TR News "A Day in Court" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-10-26/walter-koenig-star-trek-original-chekov-dies-at-90 | Source: Los Angeles Times [14:11] TR Bot Walter Koenig, Star Trek franchise's original Chekov, dies at 90 - Los Angeles Times [14:14] TR News "Long story short, I wrote a document with my notes about Realia COBOL 4.00 for DOS, along with some example code showing how to use this little gem of a compiler." https://www.tara.sh/posts/2026/2026-10-26_realia_cobol/ | Source: Tara Stella [14:14] TR Bot Realia COBOL 4.00 for DOS: From Experiment to Field Notes [14:15] TR News "Simon Willison identified Lethal Trifecta as an set of 3 conditions that can lead to undesired behavior like data leakage, destruction or wrong action." https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/lethal-trifecta | Source: Alex Ewerlf [14:15] TR Bot The Lethal Trifecta - Alex Ewerlf Notes [14:18] nobody thing is, i think, telekom was rather good at what they were doing [14:18] nobody but finally this total chaos at their university was beyond comprehension (of mine) [14:19] schestowitz[TR2] was or is? [14:19] nobody see, it's not easy to explain, without going into details [14:19] schestowitz[TR2] DT is not visiblllle internationally [14:19] schestowitz[TR2] not like cisco or huawei or bt [14:19] nobody long story short, it just does not make any sense whatsoever to lecture Motorola Assembler (technical computer science) in parallel to Oracle Databses (business computer science) [14:19] *reap has quit (connection closed) [14:20] nobody besides a thousand other things, all of it, in parallel [14:20] nobody the gigantic stack of telco protocols alone, a stack of paper 1meter in height ITU-T protocols [14:20] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [14:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [14:20] nobody for breakfast, and in the afternoon a little Adobe Premiere lecture... TOTAL nonsense [14:21] nobody but "science council" remained totally silent about this with their final report when they had FORBIDDEN TelekomHQ to continue any further with this [14:21] nobody because they knew, this science council itself together with ministry of education and science had certified this themselves for almost two decades before [14:22] nobody so they were in the sinking boat alltogether [14:22] TR News (NEW): KDE Plasma 6.8.2 Desktop Environment Released with Numerous Bug Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/KDE_Plasma_6_8_2_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_Numerous_Bug.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/KDE_Plasma_6_8_2_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_Numerous_Bug.gmi [14:22] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Plasma 6.8.2 Desktop Environment Released with Numerous Bug Fixes [14:23] TR News "But to deliver to all different email addresses, you need to be trusted by inbox providers with the oldest and goofiest spam filters." https://evancz.dev/why-is-it-so-expensive-to-send-an-email | [14:23] TR Bot Why is it so expensive to send an email? [14:23] nobody it seemed almost as if, some half-intellect of management staff were checking stock exchange ratings of various companies, and then decided upon this what should be placed into the university schedule [14:23] TR News Techrights Links 27/10/2026: Google Increases Spying on Online Everything (Personal Files, Mail), Anthropic Takes Its Losses and Debt Public https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Links_27_10_2026_Google_Increases_Spying_on_Online_Everything_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Links_27_10_2026_Google_Increases_Spying_on_Online_Everything_P.gmi [14:23] TR Bot Techrights Links 27/10/2026: Google Increases Spying on Online Everything (Personal Files, Mail), Anthropic Takes Its Losses and Debt Public [14:23] schestowitz[TR2] it's like football to them [14:23] schestowitz[TR2] so one suit can talk to another suit [14:23] schestowitz[TR2] about "finance" [14:24] nobody if any student did not excell, they just kicked out "low performers", at most 30% of the students finished this [14:24] TR News Open Data https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2026/10/25/dogs-of-new-york-shapes-and-sizes-edition/ | Source: Kieran Healy [14:24] TR Bot of New York, Shapes and Sizes Edition - kieranhealy.org [14:24] nobody i too did take all lectures and exams, until the bitter end, but then decided to NOT write my diploma thesis for this company [14:24] TR News "When researching the law in our common law system, it is usually necessary to explore an elaborate universe of cases." https://ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/10/26/cases-units-of-meaning-in-a-body-of-law/ | Source: RIPS Law Librarian Blog [14:24] TR Bot Cases: Units of Meaning in a Body of Law | RIPS Law Librarian Blog [14:24] nobody and this is when trouble began, as you might guess [14:25] nobody after all what they've "generously" "invested", 600/month total, for 2years, subject to fully repay if you didn't meet their standards [14:26] nobody so far TelekomHQ didn't ever bother to demand refunding, i would however wanted to kindly asked where MY money went [14:26] nobody because the contract was _never_ terminated, and 20years is a long time [14:26] nobody plus interest, plus compensation of damages, that's probably the reason why it's all been drowning below noise floor [14:27] nobody up until when, all of the sudden out of nowhere, some teleco management deficiencies are disclosed [14:27] nobody they couldn't manage german railway telco grid reliably anymore, nor german digital military radio system [14:27] nobody in parallel to the "final nuclear shutdown" here [14:27] nobody i do see a connection between these incidentws [14:28] nobody yet corrupt politics, corrupt labor unions, overall the benefitiaries of this extortion and exploitation scam [14:28] nobody are throwing smoke grenades 360, to cover-up what happened, and their responsibilites [14:34] nobody another irony of this: the employment agency where they created a file about me notes "distanced to labor market" with the necessity for "psychological evaluation" now [14:34] nobody that's considered "standard routine" by them [14:35] nobody thing is, it's labor unions pulling strings into this, just like they do among Telekom etc. [14:35] nobody besides it was Telekom too who got contracted to build the IT system at employment agency [14:35] nobody just a little speculation and theory [14:36] nobody and here comes the contradiction, regardless of all the hazzle in recent 20 years i was considered for hiring into a Professor position at a university in Thuringia still [14:36] nobody (with similar politics and interest involved as usual) [14:37] nobody so there's a discrepancy between what's noted inside the employment agency file about me, and a commission considering my application for a half a year at a University [14:37] nobody the only reason why this didn't yield anything, they wanted _more_ documents of mine, without any contracting nor salary [14:37] nobody which i kindly refused in the end [14:37] nobody my fault, of cause [14:38] nobody or what do they expect, lecture materials for students written _without_ salary? [14:40] nobody politics were hit all at once by this: nuclear shutdown, telekom university closure, military radio rollout failure, railway telco grid outages [14:40] nobody at almost he exact same time, all at once [14:40] nobody *the [14:41] nobody but it's been 20years to see my(!) prognosis materialize in reality, while TelekomHQ politics etc. didn't see it coming [14:42] nobody the deficiency on their budget for those few minor mistakes, who knows, 50billion at that scale [14:43] *schestowitz[TR2] back from run [14:43] schestowitz[TR2] after all what they've "generously" "invested", 600/month total, for 2years, subject to fully repay if you didn't meet their standards [14:43] schestowitz[TR2] that us not much money by their standards [14:43] nobody one proposal of mine now is this: after they had "privatized Telekom", then why not too "privatize" their public TV propaganda stations? [14:43] nobody this alone could save 8billion , each year [14:44] schestowitz[TR2] it's not about money [14:44] schestowitz[TR2] it's about controil [14:44] schestowitz[TR2] like the media [14:44] nobody they do have full control [14:44] nobody it's totalitarian [14:44] TR News "The Package Management devroom is back at FOSDEM 2027, on Sunday 31 January from 13:15 to 17:00 at the Universit libre de Bruxelles." https://nesbitt.io/2026/10/26/package-management-devroom-at-fosdem-2027-call-for-participation.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [14:44] TR Bot Package Management Devroom at FOSDEM 2027: Call for Participation | Andrew Nesbitt [14:44] TR News "We are excited to announce the Call for Participation for the Package Management devroom at FOSDEM 2027, taking place on 31 Jan 2027, from 13:15 to 17:00" https://stewardshiplab.org/ideas/cfp-package-management-devroom-at-fosdem-27/ | [14:44] TR Bot CfP: Package Management devroom at FOSDEM 27 Software Stewardship Lab [14:45] TR News "A special note about Fowl Language: GoComics and ArcaMax publish this strip on different days" https://blog.kamens.us/2026/10/26/comics-aggregator-more-new-comics-other-improvements/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens [14:45] TR Bot Comics aggregator: more new comics, other improvements Something better to do [14:45] TR News "Its a grubby practice, and one which Google has spent decades trying to detect and prevent. Quite rightly, too." https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/cloaking-is-dead-long-live-cloaking/ | Source: Jono Alderson [14:45] TR Bot Cloaking is dead. Long live cloaking. - Jono Alderson [14:46] TR News "Emacs news" https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/10/2026-10-26-emacs-news/ | Source: Sacha Chua [14:46] TR Bot 2026-10-26 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua [14:46] TR News "Now I can use M-x sacha-subed-youtube to open the VTT file, which is cached locally, and I can use M-x sacha-subed-youtube-region-as-quote after selecting a section" https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/10/subed-el-and-quoting-snippets-of-youtube-videos-from-the-auto-captions/ | Source: Sacha Chua [14:46] TR Bot subed.el and quoting snippets of YouTube videos from the auto captions :: Sacha Chua [14:49] TR News "As for myself, even if voice interface catches on in the wider world, I have no desire to use it." https://macadie.info/2026/10/25/emacs-carnival-are-keyboards-and-m-x-here-to-stay/ | Source: Eric MacAdie [14:49] TR Bot not resolve host: macadie.info ( status 0 @ https://macadie.info/2026/10/25/emacs-carnival-are-keyboards-and-m-x-here-to-stay/ ) [14:49] TR News "While summarizing my history with Emacs, I was curious about just how many Emacs News posts I've written and how many links I've highlighted." https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/10/analyzing-emacs-news/ | Source: Sacha Chua [14:49] TR Bot Analyzing Emacs News: 564 posts over 11 years, > 34k items, ~60/post :: Sacha Chua [14:52] TR News "Dad, why dont you have a cell phone?" https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/why-dad-didnt-have-cellphone/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [14:52] TR Bot Why My Dad Didnt Have a Cell Phone - Jim Nielsens Blog [14:53] TR News "The Apple II was not the first personal or home computer, but it was part of the iconic trinity of computers that came out in 1977" https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/emulate-apple-ii-on-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [14:53] TR Bot Emulate Apple II on Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi [14:53] TR News "Matter is the smart-home standard that Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa and SmartThings all speak." https://olimex.wordpress.com/2026/10/26/esp32-c6-devkit-lipo-becomes-a-matter-light-a-step-by-step-guide/ | Source: Olimex [14:53] TR Bot ESP32-C6-DevKit-Lipo becomes a Matter light: a step-by-step guide | olimex [14:53] cybershow it is hard to compile from source aND audit all the code while : that's not necessary. The possibility alone is a deterrence that keeps the wannabe crooks honest because they know they can be found out. [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] we need small programs [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] and simple devices [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] but [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] it would not work anymore [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] because banks have huge specs [14:54] schestowitz[TR2] so they would have excuses for blocking the simple programs [14:55] TR News "Keeping a number in an HTML attribute and copying it into an inline style feels like unnecessary bookkeeping." https://ronaldsvilcins.com/2026/10/27/using-html-attribute-values-inside-css-with-attr/ | Source: Ronalds Vilci [14:55] TR Bot Using HTML Attribute Values Inside CSS With attr() Ronalds Vilci [14:55] schestowitz[TR2] have got an arg with manchester CC atm [14:55] schestowitz[TR2] about adding support for non-chrome-isms [14:55] schestowitz[TR2] their site has these awful recs [14:55] schestowitz[TR2] for things that are residents are forced to access [14:56] TR News "We run servers running Ubuntu LTS, and over time we need to move to new LTS releases." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/OurServerUpgradePractices | Source: University of Toronto [14:56] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [14:57] TR News "Weve been told for decades that a plastic bottle lasts 450 years, or even that plastic never goes away" https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-problem-with-plastic-is-not-what.html | Source: Sabine Hossenfelder [14:57] TR Bot Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: The Problem With Plastic Is Not What You Think [14:57] cybershow my life is not rules by banks, and neither should anyone elses. I use phone banking with a dedicated hardware device the bak supplies. [14:57] cybershow If you're letting a bank dictate your digital life you've gone wrong [14:57] schestowitz[TR2] phone? [14:57] schestowitz[TR2] you know tvs use these as beacons now [14:57] schestowitz[TR2] i joked with rianne today [14:57] schestowitz[TR2] as the tv played some celeb ads [14:57] schestowitz[TR2] i said, [14:57] cybershow a telephonicular device for voice communication (tou can talk to people when they're not present) :) [14:58] schestowitz[TR2] maybe some peopple with their phones here are "emitting" ad signals to the TV [14:58] schestowitz[TR2] phone banking is mostly gone [14:58] schestowitz[TR2] hard to authnticate [14:58] schestowitz[TR2] not impossible [14:58] schestowitz[TR2] but hard [14:59] cybershow seems like someone elses problem [14:59] cybershow like I dunno, a banks problem maybe? ● Oct 27 [15:01] cybershow so I was saying about RISC-V or rather a berifiable stack, [15:01] schestowitz[TR2] banks have atms [15:01] cybershow verifiab;e [15:01] schestowitz[TR2] it's that thing that lets you get moneythings [15:01] schestowitz[TR2] but anyway, many things people must have have requirements [15:01] schestowitz[TR2] and they are not compatible with simple programs [15:02] schestowitz[TR2] that run on chips you can make [15:02] TR News [Old] "A new book by longtime Bay Area journalist Gil Durn investigates tech fascism and its mounting influence on U.S. politics." https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/17/gil_duran_nerd_reich | Source: Democracy Now [15:02] TR Bot The Nerd Reich: Author Gil Durn on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance & the War on Democracy | Democracy Now! [15:02] cybershow transparrency (openness) is important not because you must verify it, but because you can and might [15:02] cybershow that's what keeps vendors and developers honest [15:02] cybershow (I'm just quoting RMS by the way) [15:03] schestowitz[TR2] yes, or you rely on others [15:03] schestowitz[TR2] who do check [15:03] schestowitz[TR2] and makers of that stuff are wary [15:03] schestowitz[TR2] they might get caught [15:03] cybershow and build a circle of trust [15:03] schestowitz[TR2] or programs might modify to remove antifeatures [15:03] cybershow remember "Meet The Fockers"? [15:03] TR News "I use macOS as my terminal and browser environment. Most of my development work happens on Linux machines I SSH into. The hardware I use has its own page." https://tech.stonecharioteer.com/uses/software/ | Source: Vinay Keerthi [15:03] TR Bot Software I use | Stonecharioteer on Tech [15:03] schestowitz[TR2] yes, both [15:04] schestowitz[TR2] daddy cia [15:04] cybershow yeah [15:05] schestowitz[TR2] i remmeber her name [15:05] schestowitz[TR2] martha [15:05] schestowitz[TR2] you know why [15:06] cybershow Rovert DeNero [15:06] TR News IBM's Red Hat selling slop https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/mlops-edge-ai-keeping-models-accurate-over-time | Source: Red Hat Official [15:06] TR Bot MLOps for edge AI: Keeping models accurate over time [15:06] nobody > transparrency (openness) is important not because you must verify it, but because you can and might [15:06] TR News IBM spreading buzz like "Vulnpocalypse" as if it's a new thing; it's not https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/responsible-disclosure-age-vulnpocalypse | Source: Red Hat Official [15:06] TR Bot Responsible disclosure in the age of Vulnpocalypse [15:06] nobody there's different modalities, necessity and sufficiency [15:07] nobody free/opensource is necessary to keep vendors and developers honest, but this alone is INSUFFICIENT [15:07] TR News a lot of it is marketing hype paid by companies deep in debt trying to sell their latest vapourware with dubious use case [15:07] schestowitz[TR2] cybershow: the best punchliine in the movie [15:08] TR News 100% of the blog posts in Red Hat dot com are "AI" nonsense https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/enterprise-ai-needs-data-strategy-not-just-model-strategy | Source: Red Hat Official [15:08] TR Bot Enterprise AI needs a data strategy, not just a model strategy [15:09] TR News "The challenge is choosing the right tool for the job. curl can handle almost any HTTP task, but its command-line options can get lengthy when working with JSON APIs." https://www.tecmint.com/command-line-http-clients-for-linux/ | Source: TecMint [15:09] TR Bot 8 Best Command Line HTTP Clients for Linux [15:10] TR News Microlandia, a deeply simulated city-builder gets a big game engine upgrade | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/microlandia-a-deeply-simulated-city-builder-gets-a-big-game-engine-upgrade/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:10] TR Bot a deeply simulated city-builder gets a big game engine upgrade | GamingOnLinux [15:11] cybershow the best punchline in the movie is just the look on the character (Jacks) face after hes been with DeNiros sex-therapist wife [15:14] cybershow nobody: the mission with civic cybersecurity isn't to guarantee any level of infosec to anyone, just to turn people to "least bit of effort and care" from "really couldn't give a shit at all" [15:15] cybershow a tiny change in the mindset yeilds enormous gains at scale [15:16] *jkl has quit (Quit: Gone.) [15:17] schestowitz[TR2] i forgot that part [15:17] schestowitz[TR2] (of themovie) [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] i remember the polygraph and martha focker [15:18] TR News S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl 2.1 adds A-Life NPC visualisation distance options | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-heart-of-chornobyl-2-1-adds-a-life-npc-visualisation-distance-options/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:18] TR Bot 2: Heart of Chornobyl 2.1 adds A-Life NPC visualisation distance options | GamingOnLinux [15:19] TR News Steam Frame tips and tricks | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/steam-frame-tips-and-tricks/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/steam-frame-tips-and-tricks/ [15:19] TR Bot Frame tips and tricks | GamingOnLinux [15:19] TR News Here's 17 upcoming VR games worth keeping eyes on | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/heres-17-upcoming-vr-games-worth-keeping-eyes-on/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/heres-17-upcoming-vr-games-worth-keeping-eyes-on/ [15:19] TR Bot 17 upcoming VR games worth keeping eyes on | GamingOnLinux [15:20] cybershow and the fake breast for feeding... classic stuff [15:20] schestowitz[TR2] that was the mother [15:20] schestowitz[TR2] iirc [15:21] cybershow when they come home and the kid is watching Scarface [15:21] TR News Pick up many quality puzzle and physics games with two new Humble Bundles | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/pick-up-many-quality-puzzle-and-physics-games-with-two-new-humble-bundles/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:21] TR Bot up many quality puzzle and physics games with two new Humble Bundles | GamingOnLinux [15:21] schestowitz[TR2] ah no\ [15:21] schestowitz[TR2] tthat was the dad [15:21] TR News PlayStation 5 Linux project upgraded to support PS5 Pro and newer firmware | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/playstation-5-linux-project-upgraded-to-support-ps5-pro-and-newer-firmware/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:21] TR Bot 5 Linux project upgraded to support PS5 Pro and newer firmware | GamingOnLinux [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] reading https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/precautionary/precautionary.html [15:23] TR Bot The quiet guardian's dilemma [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] re " The work you are doing is inconvenient, embarrassing and upsetting to such employers and universities, even though you and a great many vigilant people understand why it is crucial at this time of technical peril in computing. They cannot openly recognise your project. " [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] it's like Firefox and Librewolf in Manchester CC [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] you say Librewolf [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] they nod like they understand [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] the ladies at receptiion [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] you say edge is just a chromium or chrome clonr [15:23] schestowitz[TR2] and they pretend to know that it is [15:24] schestowitz[TR2] but the facial impression says otherwise [15:24] schestowitz[TR2] you ask for contact of the site people [15:24] schestowitz[TR2] blank stare [15:24] schestowitz[TR2] you are asking questions not in the script [15:24] schestowitz[TR2] so you are "difficult" [15:24] cybershow not difficult, confusing [15:25] cybershow when something isn't in the script it throws people [15:25] schestowitz[TR2] that leads toi fear [15:25] cybershow nut often they want to not offend [15:25] schestowitz[TR2] so they call security [15:25] cybershow but often [15:25] schestowitz[TR2] because of the 100kg guy who askkks about site compatibility [15:25] cybershow they do not want to offend you [15:25] schestowitz[TR2] and claims he wants to rectify the issue for many people who don't use chrome [15:26] cybershow its amazonmg how often you can kindly social engineer these people into helping you [15:26] cybershow and they thank you for it afterwards :) [15:26] schestowitz[TR2] " It's a rare and noble moral standpoint since the precautionary actor has to hope they're wrong, while everyone else hopes them-self right because their ego is invested in notoriety at the frontier. Hoping you are right about bad things so that people might recognise you is chasing chaos " [15:26] schestowitz[TR2] ""i forgot my password" [15:27] cybershow it has to come from genuine desire to see them do better [15:27] cybershow verbal judo [15:27] cybershow Thompson [15:27] schestowitz[TR2] at the end it was ok [15:27] schestowitz[TR2] https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/24/manchester-city-council-customer-service-issues-part-iv-cautious-hope-for-a-better-future/ [15:27] TR Bot Blog Archive Manchester City Council Customer Service Issues Part IV Cautious Hope for a Better Future [15:28] cybershow https://verbaljudo.com/george-thompson/ [15:28] TR Bot george-thompson Verbal Judo Founder [15:28] cybershow a remarkable man with a lot of wisdom [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] "Indeed they will surreptitiously copy and claim as their own all of your work when first opportunity arises. Not only that, if exposed as plagiarists they'll claim they always followed and supported you. " [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] Did that happen to you? [15:28] cybershow not for malicious social engineering but for helping people [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] " A lack of confidence makes you a bad politician, and hiding it makes you a worse one. " [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/confidence/confidence.html [15:29] TR Bot Confidence versus competence [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] worse [15:29] cybershow Roy I worled in the music business and professional entertainments for a while. Did it happen to me? LOL [15:29] nobody "they'll claim they always followed and supported you" [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] it imports thitrd parties [15:30] schestowitz[TR2] it's allleged that cheeto makes many White house policies based on hisn chats with Grok (MElon) [15:31] schestowitz[TR2] cybershow: let's be frank, in music the i and o in i/o is a mix [15:31] schestowitz[TR2] many drug addicts make music [15:32] cybershow lots of very vulnerable people in the entertainments business [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] " When it comes to fake confidence anyone can take drugs to get a quick dose of it. " [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html [15:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html ) [15:33] schestowitz[TR2] "As Mr. Musk entered President Trumps orbit, his private life grew increasingly tumultuous and his drug use was more intense than previously known." [15:33] schestowitz[TR2] i court i use a notebook [15:33] schestowitz[TR2] and that alone [15:34] schestowitz[TR2] it can help to scribble down questions [15:34] schestowitz[TR2] and then break them down before answering them [15:34] schestowitz[TR2] it takes time though [15:34] cybershow I have no idea how people on the sorts of drugs Musk and Trump are alleged to use can function professionally in any way [15:34] schestowitz[TR2] they do not function [15:34] schestowitz[TR2] look how they bungled iran [15:34] cybershow paper notes are a quite acceptable mind-body extension [15:34] schestowitz[TR2] any kid could anticipate this [15:35] schestowitz[TR2] no ground troops, passage of boats with oil [15:35] schestowitz[TR2] many based to lob missiles at all across the water [15:35] schestowitz[TR2] the us is run like a drunkk man [15:35] nobody subjective observation here: seems the recent middle-east conflicts ignited yet another wave of immigrants with luxury vehicles arriving [15:35] cybershow but the combo of "superhuman augmentation" drugs and covert tech , it might boost you for a short while but then you fail massiveky when it crashes [15:35] schestowitz[TR2] paper notes are a quite acceptable mind-body extension [15:36] schestowitz[TR2] goblin and i reccorded shows [15:36] schestowitz[TR2] sometimes we take turns in talking [15:36] schestowitz[TR2] and it can help to type down or scribble the points you will make next [15:36] schestowitz[TR2] otherwiseee you go, "oh, i forgot the seccond point i was gonna make" [15:36] schestowitz[TR2] the paper is a second brain [15:36] cybershow Yes I do that with Helen. Oh I'd like to hear those some time [15:37] cybershow gotta be with my kid, bbl [15:37] schestowitz[TR2] this way no inerruptions [15:37] schestowitz[TR2] you add points and waait for the next pass [15:38] schestowitz[TR2] "Fortunately people recognise that this sort of tech is a kind of cheating. It's long been a problem in quizzes, exams and interviews and I expect to see similar attitudes prevail in public institutions like government." [15:38] schestowitz[TR2] south korea or china passed new rules [15:38] schestowitz[TR2] due to cheaters with "smart" worn gadgets [15:38] schestowitz[TR2] glasses and such [15:38] schestowitz[TR2] was in the news weeks ago [15:39] schestowitz[TR2] "b" [15:39] schestowitz[TR2] "b" [15:39] schestowitz[TR2] "Standing there as a supposed public figure, the apparent speaker is now nothing but what we call a "meat proxy". He becomes a human puppet controlled by another intelligence or directing mind." [15:39] TR News Steam's useful Personal Calendar gets a full release | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steams-useful-personal-calendar-gets-a-full-release/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steams-useful-personal-calendar-gets-a-full-release/ [15:39] TR Bot useful Personal Calendar gets a full release | GamingOnLinux [15:39] TR News Epic's Tim Sweeney believes AI notices on Steam are a "political statement" for the "hate mob" | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/epics-tim-sweeney-believes-ai-notices-on-steam-are-political-statement-for-the-hate-mob/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:39] TR Bot Tim Sweeney believes AI notices on Steam are a "political statement" for the "hate mob" | GamingOnLinux [15:40] TR News Steam Next Fest - October 2026, here's the most-played demos so far | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steam-next-fest-october-2026-heres-the-most-played-demos-so-far/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:40] TR Bot Next Fest - October 2026, here's the most-played demos so far | GamingOnLinux [15:42] TR News (NEW): Games: Microlandia, Epic's Tim Sweeney Promotes Slop Plagiarism, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Games_Microlandia_Epic_s_Tim_Sweeney_Promotes_Slop_Plagiarism_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Games_Microlandia_Epic_s_Tim_Sweeney_Promotes_Slop_Plagiarism_a.gmi [15:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Microlandia, Epic's Tim Sweeney Promotes Slop Plagiarism, and More [15:43] nobody rather not mention Trumpistan politics [15:43] nobody unrelated, deluded [15:43] TR News "A stack of ministerial responses about the CPR case have landed today and... I'll do my best not to go full Egon Olsen but..." | "Godt s | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/godt-saa [15:43] TR Bot Godt s | Version2 [15:44] nobody just had a short walk outside, and saw the outcome of recent adventures [15:44] nobody it's comfortable for USA accross the oceans to escalate, and immigrants arrive in Europe then [15:45] nobody too recent Berlin elections aren't settled with a coalition agreement yet, due to this [15:45] TR News "That cruelty is negatively impacting Ramaswamys campaign. An anonymous Ohio Republican even told Zeteo that they were getting calls that people dont want him there. Other venues that hosted Ramaswamy over the weekend have been flooded by one-star reviews on Google." https://newrepublic.com/post/217170/ohio-venues-cancel-vivek-ramasamy-events-campaign-ad-amy-acton-mom [15:45] TR Bot Ohio Venues Keep Canceling on Vivek Ramasamy After That Campaign Ad | The New Republic [15:45] nobody the far-left Mandami style agitators there, argued with "Nations got no right to exist, only people do" [15:46] nobody based upon this premise, far-lect attracts the largest Palestinian diaspora in Berlin [15:46] TR News "Terence Tao: AI Turns Beautiful Mathematics Into Toxic Waste - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/10/26/1728237 [15:46] TR Bot Terence Tao: AI Turns Beautiful Mathematics Into Toxic Waste - SoylentNews [15:46] nobody Nrnberg City hasn't got an official political representation for this, but similar demographics [15:47] TR News France prepared to shut down social media | "Frankrike frberedde att slcka sociala medier" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/10/26/frankrike-forberedde-att-slacka-sociala-medier/ [15:47] TR Bot Frankrike frberedde att slcka sociala medier [15:47] nobody in USA often it's forgotten, native language in Germany is German, not English [15:48] nobody but policies are imposed as if that wasn't the case [15:48] schestowitz[TR2] drumpf speaks many languages [15:48] schestowitz[TR2] english and english [15:49] nobody i haven't got hard statistics, officially german politics are bragging they accomplished a turning point to control immigration [15:49] nobody but having a look at this city in Nrnberg here, i cannot confirm this, and Trump/Netanjahu politics contributed to this [15:50] nobody although i must admit i cannot distinguish Arab from Hebrew, or whatever else is spoken on the streets here by >90% of the population [15:50] nobody it's neither german nor english most of the time [15:51] *jkl (~jkl@freenode/user/jkl) has joined #techrights [15:51] nobody doesn't matter, i've just noticed again a moment ago, it's certainly not European-realm immigration [15:51] TR News Red Hat Lightspeed advisor self-managed for air-gapped clusters https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/26/red-hat-lightspeed-advisor-self-managed-air-gapped-clusters [15:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/26/red-hat-lightspeed-advisor-self-managed-air-gapped-clusters ) [15:52] nobody even when the cars got a german registration plate, a major metroplitan region such as Nrnberg is fully "transformed" into a foreign country [15:52] nobody this isn't an opinion, it's a fact [15:52] TR News What's new in Red Bait build of Podman Desktop 1.2 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/26/whats-new-in-red-hat-build-of-podman-desktop-1-2 [15:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/26/whats-new-in-red-hat-build-of-podman-desktop-1-2 ) [15:53] nobody in Berlin the far-left insists upon granting german passports to everyone, according to recent hearsy in newspapers [15:53] nobody *hearsay [15:53] schestowitz[TR2] who is far left? [15:53] schestowitz[TR2] which party? [15:54] schestowitz[TR2] what you mean by far left is probably not left but some other movement [15:54] nobody that's how it becomes interesting nowadays, what's considered extremist/anti-semitic, this one: [15:54] schestowitz[TR2] here in the uk we used to have green party and for many years i voted for them [15:54] nobody "nations got no right to exist, only people do" [15:54] schestowitz[TR2] then it became islamic parrty [15:54] schestowitz[TR2] ORG was the same [15:55] schestowitz[TR2] i will write about this one day [15:55] nobody not islamic by itself, but interests dictated from Quatar or Saudis who supply precious oil and gas through straits of hormuz [15:55] schestowitz[TR2] nobody said humans have no right to exist [15:55] schestowitz[TR2] or that nations should cease to exist [15:55] schestowitz[TR2] no borders [15:55] schestowitz[TR2] so that statementis atupid [15:55] schestowitz[TR2] sounds good on the surface only [15:56] schestowitz[TR2] borders are everywhere [15:56] schestowitz[TR2] in the bathroom [15:56] schestowitz[TR2] in thee homme [15:56] schestowitz[TR2] etc etc [15:56] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: i grew up in former GDR, a nightmare that supposedly ended in 1990s, just to wake up in the middle of another one [15:56] schestowitz[TR2] people need boundaries for many reasons [15:56] nobody the "far-left" for a while here officially tradated the former GDR socialists, but nowadays that's not the case at all [15:57] nobody because GDR socialists _never_ questioned the existence of a german nation, a german state [15:57] schestowitz[TR2] huimans are naturally territorial animals [15:57] schestowitz[TR2] i think all mammals are [15:57] schestowitz[TR2] some groups territorialism [15:57] schestowitz[TR2] family, kinship, village [15:57] nobody not really, humans naturally do not bother with borders that much [15:57] nobody it's international law to recognize those, for good reason [15:58] nobody that's all arbitrary nowadays [15:58] schestowitz[TR2] borders are about power [15:58] schestowitz[TR2] the powerful draw maps [15:58] schestowitz[TR2] like the frennch and british did [15:58] schestowitz[TR2] they take a map [15:58] schestowitz[TR2] pass pencils through it [15:58] schestowitz[TR2] that's it" [15:59] schestowitz[TR2] that's your colony [15:59] schestowitz[TR2] this is mine [15:59] nobody borders are about respecting other people and their rights [15:59] schestowitz[TR2] there, "nations" [15:59] nobody ideally, borders aren't necessary for this [15:59] schestowitz[TR2] but then SHTF [15:59] schestowitz[TR2] like rioters [15:59] schestowitz[TR2] and then you want to protect your home ● Oct 27 [16:00] nobody anyway, it's boiling up still, in Berlin mainly [16:01] nobody some minor AfD victories are irelevant almost, given the situation in Berlin [16:01] nobody USA and Israel scheduled elections next [16:02] nobody suspicion and theory, to remain cautios: [16:03] nobody politics seek to down-play post-WW2 agenda [16:03] nobody with the "special responsibility" involved [16:03] nobody however, germany is not responsible for the recent conflicts in middle-east [16:04] nobody we're not responsible for anti-constitutional protests on german streets either, organized by Hamas-followers [16:04] nobody germany was, more or less, _forced_ to accept _all_ immigration from _everywhere_ [16:05] nobody now they're playing ideological ping-pong [16:05] nobody "nations got no right to exist, only people do" [16:06] nobody a consequence of this, in Nrnberg here, is >90% of incomprehensible socio-cultural-economics, to remain polite [16:06] nobody Berlin got the largest Palestinian Diaspora, not Israel if i'm not mistaken [16:07] nobody and maybe, this wasn't by choice in compliance with the "right to self-determination" and "respection borders" etc. [16:08] nobody but as soon as a question mark is raised over this... [16:08] nobody it didn't help either, Trump escalated conflict with Iran [16:09] nobody not implying either avoiding any escalation would have helped [16:09] schestowitz[TR2] GOP might lose the election badly [16:10] schestowitz[TR2] their chief calls norway "shithole" or "shithousE" [16:10] schestowitz[TR2] while calling putin "humaniatarian" [16:10] schestowitz[TR2] it's like he sabotages his own party [16:10] schestowitz[TR2] dems just released material about his rapes [16:10] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6d93gq1xdgno [16:10] TR Bot Minimum wage set to rise but 18-20 year-olds will not get bigger increases - BBC News [16:11] schestowitz[TR2] better than nothing, for most.... [16:11] nobody for that matter, there certainly is one reason why some might hesitate to hire myself [16:11] nobody i'm fully radicalized politically [16:12] nobody unwillingly, i've just listened and read government propaganda lies far too long [16:12] nobody and i've had enough of all those lies, who benefit only those with Nvidia shareholder portfolios [16:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights (Error from remote client) [16:12] nobody in Saudi-Arbia, Quatar, or wherever else [16:13] nobody "investors" might "avoid Berlin" due to the political situation there... you get the idea [16:13] nobody so we have to play cozy AGAIN, with all imaginable nonsense the world all over [16:14] schestowitz[TR2] for that matter, there certainly is one reason why some might hesitate to hire myself [16:14] nobody dare you say something "politically incorrect", this might offend Quatari Hamas Politbureau and "investors" there [16:14] schestowitz[TR2] there is an abundance of people wanting to work [16:15] schestowitz[TR2] so regardless, they are in no rush to achieve this [16:15] schestowitz[TR2] there is also the aarmy [16:15] schestowitz[TR2] they want to conscript [16:15] nobody politics want to [16:15] nobody to fullfill "NATO obligations" [16:16] nobody for all i know they've looted all my money anyway, there's nothing remaining to defend [16:16] TR News Double check used CDs before buying them https://www.rubenerd.au/double-check-used-cds-before-buying-them/ [16:17] TR Bot Rubenerd: Double check used CDs before buying them [16:17] nobody why should i be dragged into in the middle in between a conflict between Iran, Palestine, Israel [16:17] nobody with, in the end, almost all oil and gas shipped to india, iran, russia [16:18] nobody and what's arriving in germany is fueled into the tanks of luxury vehicles driven by, guess who... immigrants from that realm [16:18] nobody another little fuzz of today [16:18] nobody > amok run with BMW car ramming into am (immigrant) "clan" event in Hannover city [16:18] nobody few days before [16:19] nobody > Hitler's historical tea house in the alps mountains set on fire [16:19] nobody whatever this conflict among different "clans" is, it's arriving in germany [16:20] nobody german car makers advertizing their latest products on the streets [16:20] schestowitz[TR2] "tea house" [16:20] schestowitz[TR2] nobody: when are you getting your tea house? [16:23] nobody few weeks ago [16:23] nobody > Kindergaden in Wolfsburg city (Volkswagen) exploded due to a gas leak [16:24] nobody > no evidence of suspicions of an intentional act of sabotage [16:24] nobody > investigations finished [16:26] schestowitz[TR2] explosions by gas are common here [16:26] schestowitz[TR2] there are better ways to do sabotage [16:26] schestowitz[TR2] then to deal with leaky gas pipes [16:26] schestowitz[TR2] *tha [16:26] nobody i've followed the Wolfsburg incident public reporting [16:27] schestowitz[TR2] happened in russia also [16:27] nobody no evidence found [16:27] schestowitz[TR2] about 6 years ago [16:27] nobody however, Hitler's tea house residence, this was an intentional act [16:27] TR News What Happened to the Neanderthals? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/science/what-happened-to-the-neanderthals.html [16:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/science/what-happened-to-the-neanderthals.html ) [16:28] nobody for today i remember, there was another court hearing scheduled over the Nordstream pipeline detonation [16:28] nobody that's been 4 years, still waiting... [16:29] nobody another one for October after 32month, Air India AI-171 fatal accident announced a final report will be published [16:29] nobody but that's unrelated to germany [16:30] nobody except for one german investigator had an eye on this one too [16:31] nobody it's a typical routine, public media report on what couldn't be hidden anyway [16:31] nobody and then there's no final report after several years often, of what really happened [16:31] schestowitz[TR2] what's in TECH news? [16:32] TR News Malaysia says extending life of coal plants remains an option if needed https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-says-extending-life-of-coal-plants-remains-an-option-if-needed [16:32] TR Bot Malaysia may extend coal plant life for energy security | The Straits Times [16:33] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: well, the AI-171 Boeing Dreamline one could be some [16:33] TR News In China, the Hey Hi (AI) bubble has already burst https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/in-china-the-ai-bubble-has-already-burst https://medium.com/@alvarodmn39/baidus-ceo-believes-99-of-ai-companies-won-t-survive-after-the-bubble-bursts-595d7dc8bc6c [16:33] TR Bot China AI bubble bursts as tech stocks crash | The Straits Times [16:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://medium.com/@alvarodmn39/baidus-ceo-believes-99-of-ai-companies-won-t-survive-after-the-bubble-bursts-595d7dc8bc6c ) [16:33] nobody otherwise, it's mostly the AI hyper bubbler marketing fuzz here, "renewable energy" accounting fraud nonsense scam [16:33] nobody and the usual "security vulnerabilities" [16:35] schestowitz[TR2] We wrote a lot about it today and last night: [16:35] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/browse/latest.shtml [16:35] TR Bot Chronological Index, Page 164 [16:35] nobody maybe some [16:36] nobody > Frontex EU border guard shall become digital center to automate immigrants returning (loose translation) [16:36] nobody reminds me [16:37] nobody > a Syrian immigrant male requested and got granted child social security support for 32 children of his [16:37] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:37] nobody which could help with understanding, how those luxury vehicles are financed, driven by "clan" members of those [16:38] nobody > immigrant clan member reported to employment agency with expensive rolex watch at his wrist [16:39] nobody today i received a letter from Deutsche Bank i shall "confirm my identity" to them [16:40] nobody or, to put it another way, Deutsche Bank seems to administer accounts which they wouldn't be certain of the associated identities [16:40] TR News Online post purportedly by Chinese students calls for restoring term limits for Pooh-tin https://rfa.org/english/china/2026/10/26/xi-jinping-term-limits-open-letter/ [16:40] TR Bot Online post purportedly by Chinese students calls for restoring term limits for Xi Radio Free Asia [16:41] TR News Reuters adds 37 years of Sky News content to its video archive https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/reuters-adds-37-years-of-sky-news-content-to-its-video-archive/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/21/Reuters_is_Becoming_Slop_Not_a_News_Agency_Treat_Reports_From_R.shtml [16:41] TR Bot Reuters adds 37 years of Sky News content to its video archive - Press Gazette [16:41] nobody I shall too report if i held any other than a german citizenship... well, i don't deserve such a privilege [16:41] TR Bot Techrights Reuters is Becoming Slop, Not a News Agency (Treat Reports From Reuters Sceptically) [16:42] TR News Kali GNU/Linux 2026.3 Release (Build-Scripts Refresh) https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2026-3-release/ [16:42] TR Bot Kali Linux 2026.3 Release (Build-Scripts Refresh) | Kali Linux Blog [16:44] schestowitz[TR2] nobody: can we switch baack to tech? [16:44] schestowitz[TR2] you created #techpol [16:44] schestowitz[TR2] so that we can keep high s/n ratio here [16:44] nobody nobody> or, to put it another way, Deutsche Bank seems to administer accounts which they wouldn't be certain of the associated identities [16:45] nobody nobody> > Frontex EU border guard shall become digital center to automate immigrants returning (loose translation) [16:45] nobody nobody> > a Syrian immigrant male requested and got granted child social security support for 32 children of his [16:45] TR News Two stable kernels for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1102973/ [16:45] TR Bot stable kernels for Monday [LWN.net] [16:45] TR News Enrico Zini: Sandboxing pre-commit https://www.ezini.eu/blog/2026/python/sandboxing-pre-commit [16:45] TR Bot Sandboxing pre-commit [16:45] nobody ok. done. [16:46] TR News The Wait for a First Action https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/10/the-wait-for-a-first-action.html [16:46] TR Bot The Wait for a First Action | Patently-O [16:49] nobody maybe not, what if, it's known immigrants occasionally throw away their passports and don't identify [16:52] schestowitz[TR2] come on, mikael [16:52] schestowitz[TR2] tech pls [16:53] TR News Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #544 - Throwback to your favourite retro games with our new book https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/CSd07639892N7892uXT2Ylx99mJA [16:53] TR Bot Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #544 [16:53] TR News Modder turns NES into a Windows-like desktop with original hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/modder-turns-nes-into-a-windows-like-desktop-with-original-hardware-emulates-a-full-retro-experience-with-a-cd-drive-and-slow-internet [16:53] TR Bot Modder turns NES into a Windows-like desktop with original hardware emulates a full retro experience with a CD drive and slow internet | Tom's Hardware [16:54] TR News Adafruit Metro ESP32-P4 Hydra An Arduino UNO-shaped ESP32-P4 + ESP32-C6 board with WiFi 6, MIPI interfaces https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/26/adafruit-metro-esp32-p4-hydra-an-arduino-uno-shaped-esp32-p4-esp32-c6-board-with-wifi-6-mipi-interfaces/ [16:54] TR Bot Adafruit Metro ESP32-P4 Hydra - An Arduino UNO-shaped ESP32-P4 + ESP32-C6 board with WiFi 6, MIPI interfaces - CNX Software ● Oct 27 [17:00] TR News UBQS-IP file collaboration patent monopoly challenge granted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/10/21/ubqs-ip-file-collaboration-patent-challenge-granted [17:00] TR Bot UBQS-IP file collaboration patent challenge granted Unified Patents [17:00] TR News Osborne Clarke bolsters German patent monopoly litigation practice with Frankfurt team from BluePort https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/osborne-clarke-bolsters-german-patent-litigation-practice-with-frankfurt-team-from-blueport/ [17:00] TR Bot Osborne Clarke bolsters German patent litigation practice with Frankfurt team from BluePort - JUVE Patent [17:01] TR News UPC is illegal, so it should have no power at all; it's connected to EPO corruption and cocaine https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/upc-claims-power-to-stop-patentees-escaping-validity-decisions-via-withdrawal/ [17:01] TR Bot UPC claims power to stop patentees escaping validity decisions via withdrawal - JUVE Patent [17:03] TR News Panfrost is now using Kraid! https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/panfrost-is-now-using-kraid.html [17:03] TR Bot Panfrost is now using Kraid! [17:05] TR News Security advisory: CVE-2026-107472 Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in QTextCodec TSCII encoding impacts Qt An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Qt https://www.qt.io/blog/security-advisory-cve-2026-107472 [17:05] TR Bot Security advisory: CVE-2026-107472 Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in QTextCodec TSCII encoding impacts Qt [17:07] TR News Billion-query-per-second lookup tables in C++ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/10/26/billion-query-per-second-lookup-tables-in-c/ [17:07] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/10/26/billion-query-per-second-lookup-tables-in-c/ ) [17:07] TR News Experts temper emergency-level alarms over critical Brotli defect https://cyberscoop.com/brotli-critical-vulnerability-decompression-library-node2shell-broccoli2shell/ [17:07] TR Bot temper emergency-level alarms over critical Brotli defect | CyberScoop [17:07] nobody Trump's argument was the elections were rigged alike, because voters weren't correclty registered [17:08] nobody which isn't a formal technical issue of voting machines, if formalities were tricked beforehand [17:09] TR News Node2Shell: Brotli Flaw Triggers Patching Across Microsoft, Node.js, Python Packages https://www.securityweek.com/node2shell-brotli-flaw-triggers-patching-across-microsoft-node-js-python-packages/ [17:09] TR Bot Brotli Flaw Triggers Patching Across Microsoft, Node.js, Python Packages - SecurityWeek [17:09] nobody if it's possible in germany to trick social security to pay for 32 children of a single male [17:10] TR News Apple Patches for October 2026, (Mon, Oct 26th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33458 [17:10] TR Bot Apple Patches for October 2026 - SANS Internet Storm Center [17:10] nobody and Deutsche Bank wasn't confident of banking accounts' associated identities with however many passports [17:11] TR News BSD Users Can Now Enjoy Omarchy Flavor https://itsfoss.com/news/daemonarchy-overview/ [17:11] TR Bot BSD Users Can Now Enjoy Omarchy Flavor [17:11] nobody all i had to do to confirm the identity, is sending back some pre-filled form letter to them and this sufficed to "comply with legal requirements" [17:11] TR News UGREEN HomeAgent HA100 A NAS, Smart Home Hub and Local Hey Hi (AI) Assistant in One https://the-diy-life.com/ugreen-homeagent-ha100-a-nas-smart-home-hub-and-local-ai-assistant-in-one/ [17:11] TR Bot UGREEN HomeAgent HA100 A NAS, Smart Home Hub and Local AI Assistant in One - The DIY Life [17:12] nobody the reading in the middle in between the lines of this letter, Deutsche Bank would not bother assuming all registered accounts could be transferred into their "new system" (i asked the banking staff) [17:13] TR News Industrial Vendors Check Products for PHP2Shell Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/industrial-vendors-check-products-for-php2shell-vulnerabilities/ [17:13] TR Bot Vendors Check Products for PHP2Shell Vulnerabilities - SecurityWeek [17:13] nobody i had to show my passport though, which wouldn't have been necessary either if i had done it with a postal letter send back only [17:13] TR News Bitcoin reward offered to anyone who could break into an unpatched server running PHP, hacker cracks site and claims bounty https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptomining/hacker-offers-bitcoin-reward-to-anyone-who-can-break-into-an-unpatched-server-running-php-still-remains-unhacked-php2shell-challenge-tests-claims-that-ai-makes-exploiting-vulnerabilities-easy [17:13] TR Bot Bitcoin reward offered to anyone who could break into an unpatched server running PHP, hacker cracks site and claims bounty PHP2Shell challenge tested claims that AI makes exploiting vulnerabilities easy | Tom's Hardware [17:16] TR News pg_ivm 1.17 released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_ivm-117-released-3420/ [17:16] TR Bot PostgreSQL: pg_ivm 1.17 released [17:16] TR News HypoPG 1.4.4 is out! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/hypopg-144-is-out-3421/ [17:16] TR Bot PostgreSQL: HypoPG 1.4.4 is out! [17:16] TR News pg_hdr_histogram 1.0.0 - exact percentiles in PostgreSQL https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_hdr_histogram-100-exact-percentiles-in-postgresql-3418/ [17:16] TR Bot PostgreSQL: pg_hdr_histogram 1.0.0 - exact percentiles in PostgreSQL [17:18] TR News New story: Tormented by Teledildonics https://mwl.io/archives/25026 [17:18] TR Bot New story: Tormented by Teledildonics Michael W Lucas [17:18] nobody i see, the political left insisted upon multiple citizenships were permitted (multiple passports) [17:19] TR News php-8.1 on gentoo after CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2026/10/26/php-8-1-on-gentoo-after-cve-2026-109618-and-cve-2026-109619/ [17:19] TR Bot php-8.1 on gentoo after CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 | agostino's blog [17:19] nobody in theory, any individual could hold multiple passports, and register multiple times, for social security (with 32 children), for multiple votes (the left wants to permit voting for immigrants) [17:20] TR News Senators, rights groups say Convicted Felon administration breaking law by withholding surveillance court opinion https://cyberscoop.com/wyden-schiff-fisa-section-702-declassification/ [17:20] TR Bot rights groups say Trump administration breaking law by withholding surveillance court opinion | CyberScoop [17:20] nobody this too requires multiple residences registered (in germany, in USA that could be different) [17:20] TR News LLM slop is NOT journalists https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/clickout-media-makes-journalists-redundant-but-bylines-revived-with-ai/ [17:20] TR Bot Clickout Media makes journalists redundant but bylines revived with AI - Press Gazette [17:20] nobody it's the agenda of the left, to rig the system [17:21] nobody so when Trump argued, the elections were rigged, this didn't appeal as a suspicion of his, but stating obvious facts [17:21] nobody looking at it from germany [17:22] TR News Beware: Fake Currency http://kn100.me/beware-fake-currency/ [17:22] TR Bot Beware: Fake Currency | kn100 [17:23] TR News KrelboyneOS Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution for development and security https://www.linuxlinks.com/krelboyneos-debian-based-linux-distribution/ [17:23] TR Bot - Debian-based Linux distribution for development and security - LinuxLinks [17:24] *nobody has quit (Quit: connection closed.) [17:25] TR News Proprietary / Vendor Lock-in / Malware https://itsfoss.com/news/amutable-foundations-private-preview/ [17:25] TR Bot Systemd Creators Startup Opens Signups for Private Preview of its Linux System [17:26] TR News Select alternative kernel version https://bkhome.org/news/202610/select-alternative-kernel-version.html [17:26] TR Bot Select alternative kernel version [17:27] TR News Kernel 7.2.12 compiled https://bkhome.org/news/202610/kernel-7212-compiled.html [17:27] TR Bot Kernel 7.2.12 compiled [17:27] TR News Ext234 patch for Limine v12 https://bkhome.org/news/202610/ext234-patch-for-limine-v12.html [17:27] TR Bot Ext234 patch for Limine v12 [17:28] TR News Mozilla Open Policy & Advocacy Blog: A Reason for Optimism on US Competition Policy https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/10/26/a-reason-for-optimism-on-us-competition-policy/ [17:28] TR Bot A Reason for Optimism on US Competition Policy - Open Policy & Advocacy [17:35] TR News Getting Started with the BeaglePlay SBC on Debian https://www.linux.org/threads/getting-started-with-the-beagleplay-sbc-on-debian.65403/ [17:35] TR Bot Started with the BeaglePlay SBC on Debian | Linux.org [17:35] bms I am done reading David Redell's 1974 UCB PhD thesis for now [17:35] schestowitz[TR2] any good? [17:35] bms sealing for capabilities makes more sense in the capability addressing context [17:35] bms CheriABI recapitulates the last 3 of his 4 approaches [17:35] TR News Windows TCO: Microsoft issues urgent .NET security patches for critical buffer overflow flaws https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-issues-urgent-net-security-patches-for-critical-buffer-overflow-flaws/?utm_source=rss [17:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-issues-urgent-net-security-patches-for-critical-buffer-overflow-flaws/?utm_source=rss ) [17:36] TR News Nvidia RTX 20, 30, and 40-series GPUs hacked to remove a half-speed Hey Hi (AI) throttle https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-rtx-20-30-and-40-series-gpus-hacked-to-remove-a-half-speed-ai-throttle-firmware-exploit-doubles-rtx-4090s-peak-tensor-rate-lifts-rtx-3090-ti-matrix-math-up-to-80-percent [17:36] TR Bot Nvidia RTX 20, 30, and 40-series GPUs hacked to remove a half-speed AI throttle firmware exploit doubles RTX 4090's peak tensor rate, lifts RTX 3090 Ti matrix math up to 80% | Tom's Hardware [17:37] bms Capsicum the first -- representational; sealing doesn't make sense because the scope of the tokens (file descriptors) is constrained to the process, and even when passed to another process, the object reference *changes* (new file descriptors as a result of unp_externalize() called for AF_UNIX SCM_RIGHTS as per W. Richard Stevens' writeup) [17:37] bms similar things persist with Cap'n Proto [17:37] TR News Reddits r/opensource bans AI-made and AI-focused projects, also bans non-English speakers https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/reddits-r-opensource-bans-ai-made-and-ai-focused-projects-also-bans-non-english-speakers-sweeping-new-rules-spark-backlash-over-linux-kernel-contributions-and-solo-developers [17:37] TR Bot Reddits r/opensource bans AI-made and AI-focused projects, also bans non-English speakers sweeping new rules spark backlash over Linux kernel contributions and solo developers | Tom's Hardware [17:37] bms I'd still regard Redell's thesis published as MIT TR 140 as the go-to to understand "why sealing" [17:38] schestowitz[TR2] are you working on nnetworkk stacks of ffile systems? [17:38] bms as I'd outlined to Andy Farnell on here the other week, you seal before calling untrusted code, so the capabilities you hold in your current control flow cannot be subverted [17:38] bms I aim to build the toughest Internet routers on the planet [17:38] schestowitz[TR2] re " calling untrusted code" [17:38] schestowitz[TR2] define trusted [17:38] schestowitz[TR2] and untrusted [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] by who? [17:39] TR News Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1102946/ [17:39] TR Bot updates for Monday [LWN.net] [17:39] bms code where you can't be sure 100% of the provenance of, or might otherwise have reason to suspect, directly. of course process based compartmentalization helps up to a point. It is one way in which CheriBSD applies capability based isolation to shared libraries [17:39] TR News Transmission 4.1.4 Released! How to Fix App Launch (DEB Package) Issue https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/10/transmission-4-1-4-released-how-to-fix-app-launch-deb-package-issue/ [17:39] TR Bot Transmission 4.1.4 Released! How to Fix App Launch (DEB Package) Issue | UbuntuHandbook [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] just don'e run it [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] example [17:40] bms better than Rust because hardware enforced [17:40] bms well sure but there are always gaps [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] do you trust OBS?> maybe [17:40] bms even in hardcore MLS systems of which there are few [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] do you trust it to access your cam? [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] do your trust debian? [17:40] bms even BAe Systems had problems with doing MLS the TCSEC way [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] do you trust debian to ship what is in OBS? [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] and do you trust ggithub (microsofty [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] ) to keep obs likke in the code? [17:40] bms that is a bit higher level than capability segments [17:41] bms cap rights exist [17:41] bms Linux "capabilities" are not such, but the syscall ACL remnants of POSIX.1e [17:41] bms SBOM is an upper layer issue [17:41] bms Python is a problem [17:41] bms the main Pythonista tasked with dealing with PyPI issues has... TESCREAL tendencies [17:41] TR News The php2shell Vulnerability: What You Need to Know and How to Patch https://www.linuxtuto.com/the-php2shell-vulnerability-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-to-patch/ [17:41] TR Bot php2shell Vulnerability: What You Need to Know and How to Patch - LinuxTuto [17:42] bms I am working on how to compartentalize Python scripts under Capsicum [17:42] bms the techniques broadly overlap with C/C++ but differ subtly e.g. service process sandboxing [17:42] bms again, CapPython itself, ie language based capabilities and compartmentalization, did not land [17:43] bms and arguably object capabilities model programming is un-Pythonic otherwise [17:43] TR News This seems likely to be LLM slop [17:43] bms with apologies to the late Dale Winton: next time you're at the app store and you hear the PLOP, think of the fun you could be having, with SUPERMARKET FOR SLOP! [17:44] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: How to fund Rust contributors https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/10/26/how-to-fund-rust-contributors/ [17:44] TR Bot How to fund Rust contributors | Rust Blog [17:45] TR News LibreOffice at hackathons in Nepal https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/26/libreoffice-at-hackathons-in-nepal/ [17:45] TR Bot LibreOffice at hackathons in Nepal - TDF Community Blog [17:46] TR News FOSS Office DevRoom Call for Papers https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/26/foss-office-devroom-cfp/ [17:46] TR Bot FOSDEM: FOSS Office DevRoom Call for Papers - TDF Community Blog [17:46] TR News Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Launch Lawsuit Against My Chemical Romance Over Lookalike Costumes https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/25/my-chemical-romance-dallas-cheerleaders/ [17:46] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/25/my-chemical-romance-dallas-cheerleaders/ ) [17:47] schestowitz[TR2] bms: they oursourced a lot to microsoft [17:47] schestowitz[TR2] like github/npm [17:47] schestowitz[TR2] so pulling in python "modules" is riskt [17:47] schestowitz[TR2] *risky [17:47] TR News Elvis Presley IP Owners Sue Anthropic Over Allegations of Copyright Infringement https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/25/elvis-presley-ip-anthropic-copyright-infringement/ [17:47] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/25/elvis-presley-ip-anthropic-copyright-infringement/ ) [17:48] TR News As UMG v. Suno Subpoenas Target the MLC, Multiple Investors, DistroKid, and Now Fashion Company Apple Music, Are Game-Changing Disclosures on the Horizon? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/26/suno-subpoenas-umg-apple-music/ [17:48] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/26/suno-subpoenas-umg-apple-music/ ) [17:49] TR News CRB Approves Streaming Services Request to Access Web VI Materials Amid the Phono V Rate-Setting Proceeding Albeit With a Few Conditions https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/26/phono-v-web-vi-documents-order/ [17:49] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/26/phono-v-web-vi-documents-order/ ) [17:49] TR News Russell Coker: CEO Impersonation Fraud https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/10/26/ceo-impersonation/ [17:49] TR Bot CEO Impersonation Fraud etbe Russell Coker [17:51] TR News Kali 2026.3 https://distrowatch.com/kali [17:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/kali ) [17:51] TR News Coyote 4.0.198 https://distrowatch.com/coyote [17:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/coyote ) [17:51] TR News AUSTRUMI 5.2.9 https://distrowatch.com/austrumi [17:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/austrumi ) [17:53] bms schestowitz[TR2]: I'd have to vet the dependency graph for what I'd intend to do, sure. lazy imports, the Python 3.15+ feature, are largely incompatible with Capsicum sandboxing. [17:54] bms schestowitz[TR2]: What I'd intend to do requires the use of a domain-specific language, with an SBOM gap of its own. I'm considering sigstore. I turned up PIV on my Yubikey a few nights ago but none of the cosign builds for sigstore I have, have PKCS#11 / PIV support. [17:54] bms schestowitz[TR2]: Save yourself the aggro, Yubico Authenticator deals with PIV better than Kleopatra does. The converse is true for OpenPGP applications. [17:55] bms schestowitz[TR2]: Better things like own SBOM, sigstore, CONAN, than the single vendor Golang SBOM situation where Google must approve all your modules. [17:56] bms schestowitz[TR2]: When I last looked, however, most community forges were not on the sigstore list of trusted signers for CI artifacts, which sort of defeats the point if you don't trust GAFAM already, at least for that particular feature. "Trust me bro." [17:57] bms I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM [17:57] bms meanwhile a usual suspect has been harassing someone on the FreeBSD sub-Reddit for criticising Omarchy [17:59] schestowitz[TR2] the above is stuff we criticised and covered years ago [17:59] schestowitz[TR2] sigstore is ibm and gulag [17:59] schestowitz[TR2] it's about centralisation [17:59] schestowitz[TR2] sbom is LF (GAFAM) [17:59] schestowitz[TR2] and Yubico is a gimmick [17:59] schestowitz[TR2] complexity as security [17:59] schestowitz[TR2] and overpriced gadgets ● Oct 27 [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] Omarchy is worth criticising for some things [18:00] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Omarchy_is_Built_on_the_Idea_That_Slop_is_Desirable_It_s_Not.shtml [18:00] TR Bot Techrights Omarchy is Built on the Idea That Slop is Desirable (It's Not) [18:02] TR News Nose Spray Made From Toad Venom Compound Quickly Eases Depression For Weeks in Clinical Trial https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-tested-a-toad-venom-psychedelic-on-treatment-resistant-depression-heres-what-happened [18:02] TR Bot Spray Made From Toad Venom Compound Quickly Eases Depression For Weeks in Clinical Trial : ScienceAlert [18:03] TR News Police Are Increasingly Pulling People Over Because Hey Hi (AI) Deems Their Driving Patterns Suspicious https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/ai-driven-police-stops [18:03] TR Bot Police Are Increasingly Pulling People Over Because AI Deems Their Driving Patterns Suspicious | American Civil Liberties Union [18:03] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@63qav8p59gqwn.irc) has joined #techrights [18:03] TR News A civil rights issue: New proposal for license plate cameras sparks concern over privacy https://stanforddaily.com/2026/10/26/a-civil-rights-issue-licenses-privacy/ [18:03] TR Bot A civil rights issue: New proposal for license plate cameras sparks concern over privacy [18:04] TR News Mozilla Addons Blog: Developer Spotlight: Profile Manager Pro https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2026/10/26/developer-spotlight-profile-manager-pro/ [18:04] TR Bot Developer Spotlight: Profile Manager Pro - Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog [18:05] TR News Blockades reported in Oaxaca, central Mexico and Veracruz as truckers protest insecurity, steep fees https://mexiconewsdaily.com/travel/blockades-oaxaca-central-mexico-veracruz-truckers/ [18:05] TR Bot Blockades reported in Oaxaca, central Mexico and Veracruz as truckers protest insecurity, steep fees [18:06] TR News Urgent global call following the referral of Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah to trial https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/https-www-accessnow-org-press-release-urgent-global-call-following-the-referral-of-mada-masr-editor-in-chief-lina-attalah-to-trial/ [18:06] TR Bot Urgent Global Call Following the Referral of Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah to Trial - The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy [18:06] TR News 953 Online Stores Infected in Long-Lasting Malware Campaign https://www.securityweek.com/953-online-stores-infected-in-long-lasting-malware-campaign/ [18:06] TR Bot Online Stores Infected in Long-Lasting Malware Campaign - SecurityWeek [18:06] TR News 2026.42/43 APPropriate Raku https://rakuweekly.blog/2026/10/26/2026-42-43-appropriate-raku/ [18:06] TR Bot 2026.42/43 APPropriate Raku Raku Weekly News [18:07] TR News One week on the APNIC honeynet: 99,000 IP addresses and 173 million events https://blog.apnic.net/2026/10/26/one-week-on-the-apnic-honeynet-99000-ip-addresses-and-173-million-events/ [18:07] TR Bot One week on the APNIC honeynet: 99,000 IP addresses and 173 million events | APNIC Blog [18:07] IsambardPrince Hmm, Kiki ssems happy today. [18:07] TR News Improvement for SFSget UI https://bkhome.org/news/202610/improvement-for-sfsget-ui.html [18:07] TR Bot Improvement for SFSget UI [18:07] IsambardPrince Chasing a toy mouse around everywhere. [18:08] TR News Checkbox share mounted partitions in container https://bkhome.org/news/202610/checkbox-share-mounted-partitions-in-container.html [18:08] TR Bot Checkbox share mounted partitions in container [18:08] IsambardPrince Leeloo didn't hunt those. [18:08] IsambardPrince She treated them like kittens. [18:08] IsambardPrince She grabbed them and took them with her and kept them warm. [18:09] TR News Notational Velocity and nvALT got updates https://www.rubenerd.au/notational-velocity-and-nvalt-got-updates/ [18:09] TR Bot Rubenerd: Notational Velocity and nvALT got updates [18:09] MinceR https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-dtbmh-j [18:09] TR Bot SCP-DTBMH-J - SCP Foundation [18:09] TR News How to Upgrade FunOS 26.04 LTS to FunOS 26.10 https://funos.org/upgrade-funos-26-04-to-funos-26-10/ [18:09] TR Bot How to Upgrade FunOS 26.04 LTS to FunOS 26.10 FunOS [18:09] IsambardPrince MinceR, The Nazis didn't forbid owning pet cats. [18:09] IsambardPrince But they preferred dogs, and exotic animals. [18:09] IsambardPrince Their racial propaganda bled over into pet ownership. [18:09] MinceR authoritarian people seem to prefer dogs [18:10] TR News Been over 24 months since the Serial Strangler from Microsoft sued Techrights and he's still not past the stage of dealing with the counterclaim. [18:10] IsambardPrince They do. [18:10] IsambardPrince MinceR, Not just any dog. [18:10] IsambardPrince It has to be a vicious breed. [18:10] TR News Maybe aiming for a new UK record of most stale "Case" [18:11] IsambardPrince I remember when the Republicans were making fun of the Obamas for having a Portuguese Water Dog. [18:11] IsambardPrince And the Clintons for having the pet cat, Mr. Socks. [18:11] IsambardPrince Right before the 1996 election, Clinton got a dog named Buddy. [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] Trump, now has a b---ch [18:11] IsambardPrince They had to keep Buddy and Mr. Socks apart. [18:12] schestowitz[TR2] instroduced to him by a pedophile traficker [18:12] IsambardPrince He jokes that he had more luck with the Israelis and Palestinians. [18:12] MinceR 27 191026 < IsambardPrince> It has to be a vicious breed. [18:12] MinceR all dogs are vicious [18:12] IsambardPrince Mr. Socks went to live with one of his secretaries when they left the White House. [18:12] IsambardPrince MinceR, Darla wasn't vicious. [18:13] MinceR and they're not republicans [18:13] IsambardPrince She never bit anyone, she never growled at anyone, or showed her teeth to anyone. [18:13] MinceR she barked, sprayed drool and clawed instead? [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] all dogs are vicious [18:13] IsambardPrince No clawing, no drooling. [18:13] schestowitz[TR2] golden retrievers also? [18:13] MinceR was she dead? [18:13] IsambardPrince She never tore anything up. [18:14] IsambardPrince No, she was just a very calm good natured dog. [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] some dogs are like this [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] very low temper [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] usually the tiny ones are noisy [18:14] MinceR i guess those just aren't popular around here [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] bred heavily by humans [18:14] IsambardPrince She was. I fed her table food sometimes. [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] they also have many medical problems, naturally [18:14] IsambardPrince She loved sausage and biscuits and gravy. [18:15] IsambardPrince But she would smell it and come patiently sit there while I cooked it. [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] we had a golden retriever, jenny [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] she lived to bee almost 20 [18:15] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The Microsoft Stabber had a German Shepherd. [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2007/03/04/jenny-rest-in-peace/ [18:15] TR Bot Blog Archive I Will Miss Jenny a Lot! [18:15] IsambardPrince In case he ever had to sic it on some Juden I suppose. [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: he could instead f--k them vigorously with a chainnnnsaw [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] or strangle them [18:16] IsambardPrince He wrote in his diary that while he was unemployed he wasn't feeding it properly. [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] after they're in a coma [18:17] IsambardPrince I probably would have rationed my own food so I could feed my pets if it came to that. [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] he could afford drugs [18:17] IsambardPrince Yeah. [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] and had a facy of a meth addict [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] also in mug shots [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] *faace [18:17] IsambardPrince He was getting crypto and buying drugs with it on dark web sites. [18:17] IsambardPrince Presumably he could have exchanged those for USD to buy food. [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] "cryptonazi" [18:18] IsambardPrince Meine Mutter ist tot. *uses some drugs* [18:19] MinceR :> [18:19] MinceR "Tod ist mein Leben!" [18:19] schestowitz[TR2] "nobody does it better" [18:19] TR News ZelixOS 2026.10.26 https://distrowatch.com/zelixos [18:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/zelixos ) [18:20] TR News With Qt 6.12, the SkyMaterial is the limit https://www.qt.io/blog/with-qt-6.12-the-skymaterial-is-the-limit [18:20] TR Bot With Qt 6.12, the SkyMaterial is the limit [18:20] TR News Experts predict more Michigan data center regulations amid public pushback https://bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/experts-predict-more-michigan-data-center-regulations-amid-public-pushback/ [18:20] TR Bot Experts predict more Michigan data center regulations amid public pushback - Bridge Michigan [18:21] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Thunderbird 159 Email Client Improves Tray Icon Support on Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Mozilla_Thunderbird_159_Email_Client_Improves_Tray_Icon_Support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Mozilla_Thunderbird_159_Email_Client_Improves_Tray_Icon_Support.gmi [18:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla Thunderbird 159 Email Client Improves Tray Icon Support on Linux [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=SaV-6qerkqI [18:22] schestowitz[TR2] Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better - The Spy Who Loved Me (Official HD Music Video) [18:22] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=SaV-6qerkqI ) [18:23] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 409 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-409/ [18:23] TR Bot Late Night Linux Episode 409 Late Night Linux [18:25] TR News Mixture of Eggheads (Season 7 Episode 3) https://www.linuxuserspace.show/703 [18:25] TR Bot Linux User Space: Mixture of Eggheads (Season 7 Episode 3) [18:25] TR News The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 280: A Fall Update on Where Things Stand on Canadian Digital Policy Reforms https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/10/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-280-a-fall-update-on-where-things-stand-on-canadian-digital-policy-reforms/ [18:25] TR Bot The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 280: A Fall Update on Where Things Stand on Canadian Digital Policy Reforms - Michael Geist [18:26] TR News Survey Says! Hey Hi (AI) Images and Video Lead Hey Hi (AI) Creative Searches https://fossforce.com/2026/10/survey-says-ai-images-and-video-lead-creative-searches/ how very relevant to FOSS [18:26] TR Bot Survey Says! AI Images and Video Lead AI Creative Searches - FOSS Force [18:31] TR News The "lesser evil" fallacy https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/26/1147645/the-focus-on-ai-safety-disasters-ignores-everyday-harms/ [18:31] TR Bot The focus on AI safety disasters ignores everyday harms | MIT Technology Review [18:32] TR News Japan grapples with changing face of juvenile delinquency in age of social control media https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-grapples-with-changing-face-of-juvenile-delinquency-in-age-of-social-media [18:32] TR Bot Japan juvenile delinquency rises amid social media use | The Straits Times [18:33] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I think I have COVID. [18:33] schestowitz[TR2] again?> [18:33] schestowitz[TR2] did you test? [18:33] schestowitz[TR2] symptoms? [18:33] TR News Mythos 5 Ignored Real-World Harm in July Attack https://www.securityweek.com/mythos-5-ignored-real-world-harm-in-july-attack/ [18:33] TR Bot 5 Ignored Real-World Harm in July Attack - SecurityWeek [18:33] IsambardPrince Tested on day 2, negative for COVID, flu, and RSV. [18:33] IsambardPrince I might test again today. [18:34] IsambardPrince High fever, coughing, congestion, burning nasal passages, now diarrhea and gas. [18:34] schestowitz[TR2] maybe lettuce [18:34] schestowitz[TR2] from fast food :) [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] is it... EXPLOSIVE :)? [18:37] TR News Genesys Hack Exposes Customer Data From Internal Systems https://www.securityweek.com/genesys-hack-exposes-customer-data-from-internal-systems/ [18:37] TR Bot Hack Exposes Customer Data From Internal Systems - SecurityWeek [18:38] TR News Stolen Hey Hi (AI) Reasoning Could Help China Build Cheaper Rivals https://www.securityweek.com/stolen-ai-reasoning-could-help-china-build-cheaper-rivals/ [18:38] TR Bot AI Reasoning Could Help China Build Cheaper Rivals - SecurityWeek [18:39] TR News PHP2Shell Exploitation Moves From Probes to Working Shells https://www.securityweek.com/php2shell-exploitation-moves-from-probes-to-working-shells/ [18:39] TR Bot Exploitation Moves From Probes to Working Shells - SecurityWeek [18:39] *tr1n1t4s (~tr1n1t4s@ryd4vrp4czeq8.irc) has joined #techrights [18:39] TR News Dutch Police Arrest Two Over NFC Relay Attacks That Drained $400,000+ From Bank Accounts https://www.securityweek.com/dutch-police-arrest-two-over-nfc-relay-attacks-that-drained-400000/ [18:39] TR Bot Police Arrest Two Over NFC Relay Attacks That Drained $400,000+ From Bank Accounts - SecurityWeek [18:42] TR News Qt 6.11.3 Released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.11.3-released [18:42] TR Bot Qt 6.11.3 Released [18:42] TR News Security advisory: CVE-2026-107157 Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in QCborValue::fromCbor() impacts Qt Framework https://www.qt.io/blog/security-advisory-cve-2026-107157 [18:42] TR Bot Security advisory: CVE-2026-107157 Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in QCborValue::fromCbor() impacts Qt Framework [18:42] TR News Lack of staff and funding likely led to the recent PHP security snafu; project has only one full-time employee, but that's just the tip of the iceberg https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/lack-of-funding-likely-led-to-the-recent-php-security-snafu-but-thats-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-a-dreary-situation-caused-by-services-running-old-versions-with-no-support [18:42] TR Bot Lack of staff and funding likely led to the recent PHP security snafu; project has only one full-time employee, but that's just the tip of the iceberg a dreary situation caused by services running old versions with no support | Tom's Hardware [18:44] TR News Cybersecurity Issue Forces a Major New Mexico Hospital to Divert Patients and Close Clinics https://www.securityweek.com/cybersecurity-issue-forces-a-major-new-mexico-hospital-to-divert-patients-and-close-clinics/ [18:44] TR Bot Issue Forces a Major New Mexico Hospital to Divert Patients and Close Clinics - SecurityWeek [18:45] TR News CISA publishes strategy with eye on the next four years https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-2030-cybersecurity-strategy/ [18:45] TR Bot publishes strategy with eye on the next four years | CyberScoop [18:46] TR News Class Action Lawsuit Against Spotify Over Massive Bot-Driven Fraud Gets Tossed by a Federal Judge https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/26/spotify-bot-fraud-class-action-dismissed/ [18:46] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/26/spotify-bot-fraud-class-action-dismissed/ ) [18:46] TR News Major Brands Are Increasingly Getting Sued Over Their Music Use on Social MediaNow Theres a Way They Can Get Ahead of the Problem https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/26/brands-getting-sued-social-media-music-use/ [18:46] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/26/brands-getting-sued-social-media-music-use/ ) [18:48] TR News Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Says She Used Hey Hi (AI) to Identify Whats Special About Her Daughter https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-motherhood-ai-startup [18:48] TR Bot Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Says She Used AI to Identify What's Special About Her Daughter [18:48] TR News Top Economist Finds That Hey Hi (AI) Has Provided Zero Financial Payoff to Companies Outside Tech https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/economist-ai-provided-zero-economic-benefit-companies-outside-tech [18:48] TR Bot Top Economist Finds That AI Has Provided "Zero Financial Payoff" to Companies Outside Tech [18:49] TR News Theres No Evidence Hey Hi (AI) is Improving Corporate Productivity, Profit Margins, or Growth, Apollo Finding Claims https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/25/apollo-research-ai-impact-corporate-environment/ [18:49] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/25/apollo-research-ai-impact-corporate-environment/ ) [18:50] TR News Darline Graham Gets Help From the Data Center Industry in South Carolina Senate Race https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/politics/darline-graham-data-centers-south-carolina.html [18:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/politics/darline-graham-data-centers-south-carolina.html ) [18:51] TR News Did Substack Fix the Internet? https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/did-substack-fix-the-internet [18:51] TR Bot Did Substack Fix the Internet? | The New Yorker [18:52] TR News Systemd adds support for components written in Rust https://lwn.net/Articles/1102970/ Christian Brauner, the leading slopper in Linux, who came from Microsoft. MinceR, [18:52] TR Bot adds support for components written in Rust [LWN.net] [18:52] MinceR yes? [18:52] TR News Inflation affects every retiree, but not all federal retirees receive the same cost-of-living protection https://federalnewsnetwork.com/retirement/2026/10/inflation-affects-every-retiree-but-not-all-federal-retirees-receive-the-same-cost-of-living-protection/ [18:52] TR Bot Inflation affects every retiree, but not all federal retirees receive the same cost-of-living protection - Federal News Network [18:52] MinceR why don't they just rewrite it in rust? [18:52] schestowitz[TR2] your attention [18:52] schestowitz[TR2] they might [18:52] MinceR i've heard that typewanking prevents bugs [18:52] TR News Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy. https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/want-to-lower-the-cost-of-living-unrig-our-democracy [18:52] TR Bot Want to Lower the Cost of Living? Unrig our Democracy. | American Civil Liberties Union [18:53] MinceR so they could just put dd if=/dev/urandom of=systemd.rs in a loop until it builds successfully [18:53] MinceR they don't even need an LLM! [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] :D [18:54] schestowitz[TR2] it's worse than that [18:55] TR News Pasquale Pillitteri = LLM slopfarm. S-it https://pasqualepillitteri.it/en/news/26862/php2shell-php-74-patch-ubuntu-20-04-pro-hosting [18:55] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://pasqualepillitteri.it/en/news/26862/php2shell-php-74-patch-ubuntu-20-04-pro-hosting ) [18:56] TR News Also massive CPU hoard. Malice? [18:56] TR News Jailbroken PS5s can now download and run Steam PC games locally without Linux or streaming https://www.tweaktown.com/news/114286/jailbroken-ps5s-can-now-download-and-run-steam-pc-games-locally-without-linux-or-streaming/index.html [18:56] TR Bot Jailbroken PS5s can now download and run Steam PC games locally without Linux or streaming [18:57] TR News Slop based on LF spam based on IBM requirements + PR bribes https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/4040668159054728 http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/What_Linux_Foundation_Research_is_Paid_Marketing.shtml [18:57] TR Bot 1 in 4 PRs Are "AI Junk": Linux Foundation Report Reveals AI Cuts Coding Time by 52% While Overburdening Open Source Maintainers [18:57] TR Bot Techrights What Linux Foundation 'Research' is: Paid Marketing [18:58] TR News Also here https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/26/linux-foundation-open-source-ai-slop/ [18:58] TR Bot AI slop is piling up highest on the biggest open-source projects - Help Net Security [18:59] TR News New Linux Tool Brings Resizable BAR to Intel Arc GPUs on Old Motherboards https://www.techpowerup.com/354116/new-linux-tool-brings-resizable-bar-to-intel-arc-gpus-on-old-motherboards [18:59] TR Bot Linux Tool Brings Resizable BAR to Intel Arc GPUs on Old Motherboards | TechPowerUp ● Oct 27 [19:00] TR News These 3 Linux apps replaced all my favorite dead Windows apps https://www.howtogeek.com/these-3-linux-apps-replaced-all-my-favorite-dead-windows-apps/ [19:00] TR Bot These 3 Linux apps replaced all my favorite dead Windows apps [19:00] TR News Reddits Largest Open Source Community Dumbfounded By AI Ban: I Guess Linux Is No Longer Allowed Here? https://kotaku.com/reddits-largest-open-source-community-dumbfounded-by-ai-ban-i-guess-linux-is-no-longer-allowed-here-2000749384 [19:00] TR Bot Reddit's Largest Open Source Community Dumbfounded By AI Ban [19:01] TR News This OS isn't Linux, isn't Windows, it runs on any PC you have lying around, and I used it for a month https://www.makeuseof.com/this-os-isnt-linux-isnt-windows-and-it-runs-on-any-pc-you-have-lying-around/ [19:01] TR Bot This OS isn't Linux, isn't Windows, it runs on any PC you have lying around, and I used it for a month [19:01] TR News The NVK driver for Linux was 18% slower than the GeForce Game Ready Driver in Cyberpunk 2077 https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/otkrytyj-drajver-nvk-dlya-linux-okazalsya-na-18-medlennee-geforce-game-ready-driver-v-cyberpunk-2077 [19:01] TR Bot The NVK driver for Linux was 18% slower than the GeForce Game Ready Driver in Cyberpunk 2077 [19:02] TR News A Linux workaround gives Intel's Arc B580 ReBAR support on older motherboards https://www.tweaktown.com/news/114283/a-linux-workaround-gives-intels-arc-b580-rebar-support-on-older-motherboards/index.html [19:02] TR Bot A Linux workaround gives Intel's Arc B580 ReBAR support on older motherboards [19:03] TR News I ditched desktop apps for these 5 Linux terminal apps, and Im not going back https://www.howtogeek.com/i-ditched-desktop-apps-for-linux-terminal-apps/ [19:03] TR Bot I ditched desktop apps for these 5 Linux terminal apps, and Im not going back [19:03] TR News This 5-minute setup lets me permanently share a Linux folder with my Android phone https://www.howtogeek.com/quick-setup-lets-me-permanently-share-linux-folder-with-android-phnoe/ [19:03] TR Bot This 5-minute setup lets me permanently share a Linux folder with my Android phone [19:03] TR News "Many Linux veterans still vouch for Vim for editing documents and writing code. As a Linux user myself, I can see why. When many companies are going AI-first with their code editors, Vim stays true to what it was meant for: a simple terminal text editor that makes you efficient while programming." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-im-learning-to-program-in-vim-instead-of-vs-code/ [19:03] TR Bot Why I'm learning to program in Vim instead of VS Code [19:09] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi [19:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [19:11] TR News (NEW): PostgreSQL: pg_ivm 1.17, HypoPG 1.4.4, and pg_hdr_histogram 1.0.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/PostgreSQL_pg_ivm_1_17_HypoPG_1_4_4_and_pg_hdr_histogram_1_0_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/PostgreSQL_pg_ivm_1_17_HypoPG_1_4_4_and_pg_hdr_histogram_1_0_0.gmi [19:11] TR Bot Tux Machines PostgreSQL: pg_ivm 1.17, HypoPG 1.4.4, and pg_hdr_histogram 1.0.0 [19:14] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Focused on Slop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Red_Hat_Focused_on_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Red_Hat_Focused_on_Slop.gmi [19:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Focused on Slop [19:16] TR News (NEW): Barry Kaule on Latest Changes and Additions in EasyOS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Barry_Kaule_on_Latest_Changes_and_Additions_in_EasyOS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Barry_Kaule_on_Latest_Changes_and_Additions_in_EasyOS.gmi [19:16] TR Bot Tux Machines Barry Kaule on Latest Changes and Additions in EasyOS [19:18] TR News (NEW): Linux Graphics: ReBAR, Panfrost, and Nvidia RTX https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Linux_Graphics_ReBAR_Panfrost_and_Nvidia_RTX.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Linux_Graphics_ReBAR_Panfrost_and_Nvidia_RTX.gmi [19:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Graphics: ReBAR, Panfrost, and Nvidia RTX [19:18] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/today_s_howtos.gmi [19:18] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [19:21] TR News (NEW): New Episodes of Late Night Linux, Linux User Space, Law Bytes Podcast https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/New_Episodes_of_Late_Night_Linux_Linux_User_Space_Law_Bytes_Pod.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/New_Episodes_of_Late_Night_Linux_Linux_User_Space_Law_Bytes_Pod.gmi [19:21] TR Bot Tux Machines New Episodes of Late Night Linux, Linux User Space, Law Bytes Podcast [19:22] *Goblin (~use@kfwqhwq7ax2n4.irc) has joined #techrights [19:30] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Picked up another flu/covid test. [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] and? [19:30] IsambardPrince Just unboxing it now. [19:30] IsambardPrince I'll know in another 20 minutes. [19:31] schestowitz[TR2] it's covid-26 [19:31] TR News (NEW): Applications: Transmission 4.1.4, HowTo Geek Gives Lists of Recommendations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Applications_Transmission_4_1_4_HowTo_Geek_Gives_Lists_of_Recom.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Applications_Transmission_4_1_4_HowTo_Geek_Gives_Lists_of_Recom.gmi [19:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Applications: Transmission 4.1.4, HowTo Geek Gives Lists of Recommendations [19:33] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, BeaglePlay, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_BeaglePlay_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_BeaglePlay_and_More.gmi [19:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, BeaglePlay, and More [19:34] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers: Comics, Cloaking, and Mozilla/Firefox https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Feed_Readers_Comics_Cloaking_and_Mozil.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Feed_Readers_Comics_Cloaking_and_Mozil.gmi [19:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers: Comics, Cloaking, and Mozilla/Firefox [19:36] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice at hackathons in Nepal and FOSS Office Software and Suites https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/LibreOffice_at_hackathons_in_Nepal_and_FOSS_Office_Software_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/LibreOffice_at_hackathons_in_Nepal_and_FOSS_Office_Software_and.gmi [19:36] TR Bot Tux Machines LibreOffice at hackathons in Nepal and FOSS Office Software and Suites [19:36] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], We're off to the races. [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] and it's... [19:37] *schestowitz[TR2] nods and says "no" [19:38] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [19:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [19:38] TR News (NEW): Package Management Devroom at FOSDEM 2027 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Package_Management_Devroom_at_FOSDEM_2027.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Package_Management_Devroom_at_FOSDEM_2027.gmi [19:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Package Management Devroom at FOSDEM 2027 [19:38] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: IT IS CANCER [19:38] schestowitz[TR2] you have 3 months left [19:38] schestowitz[TR2] IF YOU ARE LUCKY!! [19:38] schestowitz[TR2] WRITE YOUR WILL! [19:39] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [19:39] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [19:40] *tr1n1t4s has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:41] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Security_Leftovers.gmi [19:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [19:43] TR News (NEW): Proprietary / Vendor Lock-in: Microsoft Amutable Promoting LLM Slop, Lock-down (Think TPMs/DRM), and Rust; Qt Has New Holes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Proprietary_Vendor_Lock_in_Microsoft_Amutable_Promoting_LLM_Slo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Proprietary_Vendor_Lock_in_Microsoft_Amutable_Promoting_LLM_Slo.gmi [19:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Proprietary / Vendor Lock-in: Microsoft Amutable Promoting LLM Slop, Lock-down (Think TPMs/DRM), and Rust; Qt Has New Holes [19:44] TR News (NEW): Reddit Being Reddit and Slop Being a Problem in "Open Source" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Reddit_Being_Reddit_and_Slop_Being_a_Problem_in_Open_Source.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/27/Reddit_Being_Reddit_and_Slop_Being_a_Problem_in_Open_Source.gmi [19:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Reddit Being Reddit and Slop Being a Problem in "Open Source" [19:45] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Negative so far. They say it can take 15 minutes. [19:46] IsambardPrince But both times I tested positive, I got a T line within 10-20 seconds of the liquid hitting that part of the strip. [19:46] schestowitz[TR2] i forgot how those kits work [19:47] schestowitz[TR2] i first used one in sept 2023 [19:47] schestowitz[TR2] and it was was pos [19:47] schestowitz[TR2] for rianne also [19:47] IsambardPrince It's an antibody test. [19:47] IsambardPrince They say retest in 48 hours because false negatives are more common when you just started having symptoms. [19:48] schestowitz[TR2] "buy MOAR of our stuff!!" [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] if it was 1990s [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] it would not be disposable plasticware [19:49] TR News Techrights Links 27/10/2026: "Why My Dad Didnt Have a Cell Phone" and Sudan Famine Risk https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Links_27_10_2026_Why_My_Dad_Didn_t_Have_a_Cell_Phone_and_Sudan_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Links_27_10_2026_Why_My_Dad_Didn_t_Have_a_Cell_Phone_and_Sudan_.gmi [19:49] TR Bot Techrights Links 27/10/2026: "Why My Dad Didnt Have a Cell Phone" and Sudan Famine Risk [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] they would give tubes [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] and some liquid agent [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] so you can reuse the same kit [19:49] schestowitz[TR2] but no... this is not 90s anymore [19:55] TR News "I've seen and enjoyed most of the MCU, but this side-quest CU by Sony escaped me until today. Now, I say /most/ of the MCU, because I can't bring myself to care one bit about any of the multiverse instalments. However, this particular multiverse story was fab." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/10/27/spider/ [19:55] TR News "In the part of the world where I have been living at, we write from the left to the right; we grow text from the left to the right. But still here, writing numbers is weird, because the numbers grow from the right to the left." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2026-10-27__BaseFree_Numerical_System_-_Part_3.gmi [19:56] TR News "I play video games fairly regularly, but I don't really consider myself a gamer. The few games I do play are old titles that I grew up with or have a strong attachment to; I rarely play new games, and I essentially never play so-called "AAA" games." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202610/20261027-celeste.gmi [19:57] TR News Krabat and the Satanic Mill gopher://box.matto.nl/0/krabat-and-the-satanic-mill.txt [19:57] TR News "Meanwhile, I've picked up drawing again, and this time I made a poster and a streetscape to go with it. This is still in production at the time, missing some small details to complete." gemini://isoraqathedh.pollux.casa/gemlog/2026-10.gmi [19:57] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The test pad is disposable. [19:58] IsambardPrince It gets used up the first time. [19:58] IsambardPrince I mean I suppose you could make them so you could put another paper strip in it. [19:58] schestowitz[TR2] yeah [19:58] schestowitz[TR2] less plastic [19:58] IsambardPrince You think that's bad? [19:58] IsambardPrince You should have seen what the at home HIV tests used to have in them. [19:59] IsambardPrince Tons of clamshell hard plastic. An entire book. [19:59] TR News "I'm tired of replacing devices that still work fine for my use cases. So I stuck with my Google Pixel 5 for, well, longer than was probably advisable, since Android system updates were discontinued after only 3 years." gemini://kvibber.com/reviews/products/pixel5.gmi [19:59] IsambardPrince They cost over $70 each. [19:59] IsambardPrince They don't have all that shit in them anymore. [19:59] TR News "A tortilla press makes it easier but is hardly necessary. 3 cups of flour (I like to sub in 3/4 c masa corn flour), 1/3 c veg oil, 1 c warm water, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt." gemini://meow.team/gemlog/2026-10-25.gmi ● Oct 27 [20:00] IsambardPrince Just a tube of solution, a pad to swab your gums, you stick the pad into the solution and wait a big for the test to turn positive or not. [20:00] TR News "We've all been there. We've all felt its sting. Some people say that you are born destined to be doomed. Well, you most probably cried just after you breathed your first breath." gemini://aenu.smol.pub/it-is-sad [20:00] IsambardPrince https://images.ctfassets.net/ydyvnem5zkxh/4uAH95jAgMjN3st22HWYRU/7a8af838b5a9c2b9ecdb45b882fe7760/OraQuick_In-Home_HIV_Test_Kit_Contents.png?w=1200&h=928&q=50&fm=png [20:00] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], That's what they USED TO LOOK LIKE. [20:01] TR News Dark Folklore of Worcestershire - Part1' gemini://gemini.yunzi.co.uk/gemlog/2026-10-27-darkfolklore1.gmi [20:01] IsambardPrince https://gsemedicalsupplies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Oraquick-HIV-beauty-shot-all-contents.jpg [20:01] IsambardPrince This is what they have in them NOW [20:01] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They got a lot cheaper when they stopped putting all that crap in the box. [20:02] TR News "In that post, I noted that Step One is "put everything back where it goes." I also noted that this can be hard to do when some things do not have a designated Place Where They Go." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-10-27 [20:02] IsambardPrince So now you can actually afford to test more often. Or ask someone you plan to have sex with to test with you first. [20:02] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I was told by a person at a testing center one time that I was "awful" for wanting to avoid having sex with someone who tested positive for HIV. [20:03] IsambardPrince He said that was an "outdated" attitude. [20:03] TR News "Been a while since I've posted in this capsule. But I had to cancel agi training more often than not, due to fatigue and then fatigue+cold. Quite annoyed at that." gemini://kaijudogs.gemcities.com/gemlog/261027vetventures.gmi [20:03] IsambardPrince It's outdated to not want to have a horrible immune compromising virus they can never get rid of? [20:03] schestowitz[TR2] re https://images.ctfassets.net/ydyvnem5zkxh/4uAH95jAgMjN3st22HWYRU/7a8af838b5a9c2b9ecdb45b882fe7760/OraQuick_In-Home_HIV_Test_Kit_Contents.png?w=1200&h=928&q=50&fm=png yes, they look like this [20:03] schestowitz[TR2] wasteful [20:04] schestowitz[TR2] like snacks [20:04] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], You actually needed less than 10% of what was in that first kit. [20:05] TR News "While working to downgrade the CUDA drivers on our latest system deployment, I like make jokes about the things that have gone really wrong. Today was no different, either." gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-10-27.gmi [20:06] TR News mayonnaise sugar cookies gemini://meow.team/gemlog/mayonnaise-cookies.gmi [20:07] TR News "I recently bought a Tolino Vision 2 on an online marketplace for $50. Not exactly the latest piece of technology, but hey, a perfectly good e-reader shouldn't be left behind just because it's old." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/old-e-reader-new-tricks-the-tolino-vision-2-in-2027/ [20:07] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: i hardly used some [20:07] schestowitz[TR2] we also gave spare kits to my inlaws [20:07] schestowitz[TR2] i think our antibodies are strong now [20:07] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They slap an expiration date on COVID-19 kits. [20:08] IsambardPrince But the kits are actually reliable for about a year or so after that date. [20:08] TR News illustion of time gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/mental [20:09] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], My doctor said this, but only after closing the door. [20:09] IsambardPrince She said the vaccines were sort of a disappointment. [20:09] IsambardPrince She said that taking Paxlovid just "prolongs the agony" because you run out of medicine and the disease comes back around with a vengeance. [20:10] IsambardPrince She said the best thing you can do for COVID is just stay in bed and get plenty of fluids. If it becomes severe enough, go to the ER. [20:11] TR News Techrights [DGemini Links 28/10/2026: BaseFree Numerical System, Tolino Vision 2, and More https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/DGemini_Links_28_10_2026_BaseFree_Numerical_System_Tolino_Visio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/DGemini_Links_28_10_2026_BaseFree_Numerical_System_Tolino_Visio.gmi [20:11] TR Bot Techrights [DGemini Links 28/10/2026: BaseFree Numerical System, Tolino Vision 2, and More [20:11] IsambardPrince She said she's seen a lot of people take Paxlovid and about all it does is make them feel better only to feel worse again and go through all of that later on. [20:11] IsambardPrince It keeps the viral load down for five days until you're out of medicine, then the COVID comes roaring back. [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] i see [20:11] schestowitz[TR2] but [20:12] schestowitz[TR2] is she an expert at this [20:12] IsambardPrince It was appropriate to take the medicine I did (Molnupiravir) during the first wave. [20:12] IsambardPrince When the virus was more lethal. [20:12] IsambardPrince But that medicine has risks too. [20:12] schestowitz[TR2] or just a gp physician family doctor etc? [20:12] IsambardPrince It mutates human cells. [20:12] IsambardPrince They say in the literature make sure you don't have sex and accidentally get pregnant or get someone pregnant for at least two weeks after you run out of medicine. [20:13] IsambardPrince Because they know it can cause birth defects. [20:13] IsambardPrince or just a gp physician family doctor etc? [20:13] IsambardPrince MD [20:13] IsambardPrince I told her I regularly took Vitamins C and D anyway because they support the immune system. [20:14] IsambardPrince It's not avoiding the respiratory crap, but it can take the edge off. [20:14] IsambardPrince What killed all those people during 1918 flu was not really the virus. [20:14] IsambardPrince It was an overreaction by the body's immune system that caused their lungs to fill up with fluid. [20:14] IsambardPrince And they drowned in that fluid. [20:15] IsambardPrince The innate immune system sometimes fights back way too hard and ends up killing you. [20:16] IsambardPrince My lungs have been filling up with phlegm. I was up last night coughing and running for the cough drops. [20:16] IsambardPrince But I've been taking an extra strength expectorant which makes the cough more productive. [20:16] IsambardPrince You don't want that stuff building up in the lungs while you have a dry cough that's not getting it out. [20:20] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I can't take anything that says DM on it. [20:20] IsambardPrince It mixes with my psych meds and can cause weird shit to happen. [20:21] IsambardPrince I get extremely loopy. It's almost like being on opioids. [20:21] IsambardPrince I have to make sure to get the plain extra strength Mucinex with nothing else in it. [20:22] IsambardPrince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextromethorphan [20:22] TR Bot Dextromethorphan - Wikipedia [20:22] IsambardPrince Have to avoid this. [20:22] IsambardPrince Everyone who is on an atypical antipsychotic or a SSRI or Tricyclic antidepressant needs to avoid this stuff like the plague. [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] sounds like trouble waiting to be triggered [20:23] IsambardPrince It is! [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] anyway, did you visit an "MD"? [20:23] IsambardPrince Not this time. [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] in the us many medicate with doctor altmaan [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] too affraid of a bill [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] from a real doc [20:24] IsambardPrince There's not much they can really do about respiratory illness. [20:24] IsambardPrince Give you a bill for saying go home, jump in bed, take Mucinex, and get plenty of fluids. [20:25] IsambardPrince If it's the flu or COVID there are medicines, but not very good medicines, and they have to be started right away. [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] a bad MD might say this [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] better one gives diagnoss [20:25] schestowitz[TR2] so you know what to do (or not do) [20:25] IsambardPrince When you go to the Urgent Care, most of them just say come back and get another bill if you still have it in 10 days. [20:26] IsambardPrince If you go to the family doctor, they have an appointment in two or three months. [20:26] IsambardPrince It's actually quicker to see most specialists than your family doctor. [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] if you surivive [20:27] IsambardPrince Yeah, it's a racket, Roy. [20:27] IsambardPrince You might as well not even go unless it's gotten so bad you have to call 911. [20:27] TR News WSJ: "Microsoft Is Trying to Shed a Lot of Workers. Just Dont Call It a Layoff." Oh, you see? http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/13/We_re_Way_Past_the_Point_Where_Companies_Announce_or_Declare_Ma.shtml [20:27] TR Bot Techrights We're Way Past the Point Where Companies Announce or Declare Mass Layoffs [20:27] IsambardPrince Or you get a positive at-home test you can show them. [20:27] TR News Layoffs are not layoffs. Nukes are not nukes. War is not war. You needn't even ask Congress to start one. [20:28] TR News Soon the US will say it has no national debt but national "credit". [20:28] TR News And the commander in cheeto is not demented but SUPER INTELLIGENT, "very stable genius" [20:29] TR News Only a genius calls a NATO partner "shithole country" and Putin "humanitarian" [20:29] TR News "Is Tech On Its Way To 500,000 Layoffs?" [20:30] TR News "Techie 'Super Scared' After Microsoft Offers Exit Packages To 60,000 Staff: 'I Couldn't Sleep'" [20:30] TR News Well, you work for Microsoft, so... [20:30] MinceR no, LLMs are superintelligence, compared to him [20:31] TR News MAANG??? WTH? https://www.ndtvprofit.com/india/maang-dream-is-dead-laid-off-techies-reddit-post-sounds-alarm-over-ai-job-cuts-amid-microsoft-veo-12245419 [20:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.ndtvprofit.com/india/maang-dream-is-dead-laid-off-techies-reddit-post-sounds-alarm-over-ai-job-cuts-amid-microsoft-veo-12245419 ) [20:32] TR News Present mango MANGAA [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] ping [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] i am reading re openbsd [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] it uses slop [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] can you confirm [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, you mess about with it [20:50] MinceR pong [20:50] MinceR i don't know [20:50] MinceR i'm not that worried about slop, as long as it's reviewed by someone who knows what they're doing [20:55] schestowitz[TR2] can you confirmit is infeasible [20:55] schestowitz[TR2] once they open the floodgates [20:55] schestowitz[TR2] as the bots work faster [20:55] schestowitz[TR2] and huaans won't bother keeping up [20:56] TR News Techrights The Need for Operating System Kernels That Forbid LLM Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/The_Need_for_Operating_System_Kernels_That_Forbid_LLM_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/The_Need_for_Operating_System_Kernels_That_Forbid_LLM_Slop.gmi [20:56] TR Bot Techrights The Need for Operating System Kernels That Forbid LLM Slop ● Oct 27 [21:00] MinceR \_()_/ [21:06] TR News Techrights Just Jealous https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Just_Jealous.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/Just_Jealous.gmi [21:06] TR Bot Techrights Just Jealous [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: cat ^ [21:15] *Received a CTCP VERSION from StatServ [21:32] TR News Techrights "EVENTS" as Paid Spam (Marketing) at The Register MS https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/EVENTS_as_Paid_Spam_Marketing_at_The_Register_MS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/EVENTS_as_Paid_Spam_Marketing_at_The_Register_MS.gmi [21:32] TR Bot Techrights "EVENTS" as Paid Spam (Marketing) at The Register MS [21:37] TR News "We need brave, bold independent news organisations more than ever. Drew Sullivan told me two golden rules; You have to operate a no man left behind policy. And you always double down on your reporting. Carole Cadwalladr" https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html [21:37] TR Bot Home [21:46] TR News Techrights The Cyber Show on Plagiarism (BS Artists) and Fear of GNU/Linux Users https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/The_Cyber_Show_on_Plagiarism_BS_Artists_and_Fear_of_GNU_Linux_U.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/27/The_Cyber_Show_on_Plagiarism_BS_Artists_and_Fear_of_GNU_Linux_U.gmi [21:46] TR Bot Techrights The Cyber Show on Plagiarism (BS Artists) and Fear of GNU/Linux Users [21:53] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [21:58] *IsambardPrince (~IsambardPrince@zf4b7qacbcjqg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 27 [22:09] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:10] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 275 seconds) [22:11] *Righty (~Username@vurz7ki97u43q.irc) has joined #techrights [22:20] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [22:27] *Now talking on #techrights [22:34] *ohama_ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [22:34] *ohama (ohama@freenode-0df.kav.vc6dkt.IP) has joined #techrights [22:43] cybershow Thanks for posting the last two (shorter :) articles Roy. [22:44] cybershow https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/bias-in-qwen3-coder-model.html [22:44] TR Bot in Qwen3-Coder Model - Schneier on Security [22:45] cybershow I simply cannot understand how people cam talk about "security" and "AI" in the same breath. [22:46] cybershow If there is anything that can be called "security" it absolutely does not intersect with the set of all things about which know absolutely nothing and cannot know, even in principle. [22:46] cybershow The two worlds seem anithetical to one another. ● Oct 27 [23:55] *tr1n1t4s (~Trinitas@vi54h3aqm4ywa.irc) has joined #techrights