●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, December 27, 2024 ●● ● Dec 27 [00:01] MinceR ferromagnetic HDD - antiferromagnetic HDD explosion [00:02] IsambardPrince It's pretty easy to destroy old hard drives. [00:02] IsambardPrince It's called thermite. [00:04] IsambardPrince There's like a dozen ways to make the stuff. There's basically no way for the government to actually prevent it. [00:05] IsambardPrince You can make a sticky paste out of it with vaseline, or compress it into bricks with plaster of paris. [00:05] Righty The whole idea is to retain the data on the HDD rather than to destroy ir. [00:05] Righty *it [00:06] Righty You just do a single pass of zeros and the data is gone, unless the proprietary software on the HDD controller is crafted to get you. [00:07] Righty Even that case is possible to mitigate by always using LUKS - there's no data to collect except for encrypted blocks. [00:07] IsambardPrince I destroyed a pile of old hard drives that had been accumulating on me before I left an apartment a few years ago. [00:07] IsambardPrince The landlord did ask why part of the lawn was scorched. [00:07] IsambardPrince :) [00:08] Righty The main reason to open HDDs is that they have nice neodymium magnets inside, too bad newer HDDs are using smaller ones. [00:08] IsambardPrince I've recovered data myself on some hard drives in pretty bad shape using DOS-based tools. [00:12] Righty I would use GNU ddrescure or instead of proprietary software myself. [00:13] Righty Second is photorec. [00:13] IsambardPrince I ended up having to just use the phone with my doctor today. [00:13] IsambardPrince For some reason, the Chromebook's webcam and microphone work fine with local software, with Zoom, with everything else. [00:13] IsambardPrince But not Zocdoc. [00:16] Righty The expected result of proprietary software. [00:18] IsambardPrince Yeah, the good thing is that we can just fallback to using the phone line. [00:18] IsambardPrince There's some sort of "cone of silence" at the library for video calls with doctors. [00:18] IsambardPrince Maybe it would work, but then you're using a public facing laptop with Windows to talk to your doctor. [00:19] IsambardPrince The soundproofing in the room might work fine, but there's all kinds of spyware that could be on this thing. [00:22] Righty Will be done - both windows and ChromeOS are spyware OS's. [00:27] *divorce has quit (Quit: Leaving) [00:31] MinceR does it work as well as the one in Get Smart? [00:36] IsambardPrince :D [00:36] IsambardPrince Better. [00:36] IsambardPrince But not as well as the shoe phone. [00:36] MinceR :> [00:43] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [00:45] admfubar https://linuxtldr.com/installing-cobol/ [00:45] TR Bot COBOL Programming on Linux: Installation Guide & First Program [00:45] Righty Let me guess, this is about installing GNU cobol? [00:47] Righty I was correct of course they wrote it was "Linux" on the "Linux system" and GNU is only mentioned because the package is called "gnucobol". [00:47] *xmas (~Enviosity@2.219.56.221) has joined #techrights [00:48] *hawer_ (~hawer@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techrights [00:49] *xmas has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [00:50] *haver has quit (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) [00:51] IsambardPrince I was watching David Byrne talking about how the Talking Heads was during the late 70s. He said when he got his first royalties payment he went and bought a 1979 Sony television. Horrible by modern standards, but state of the art back then. [00:52] IsambardPrince Probably made in Japan. They actually had pride in their domestic economy and hired their own people to work back then. [00:52] IsambardPrince Now they have homeless encampments and hide them from tourists. [00:52] IsambardPrince Like America does. [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] Righty Japan has always had a homeless problem and of course they would hide the encampments from tourists. [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e974:da00::1d7f) has joined #techrights [00:56] Righty Although housing is cheap, that's no good to those with no money at all. [00:59] Righty Unlike many countries, Japan still has advanced manufacturing capabilities and has permitted allowed workers to become competent, thus when a sinkhole opens up, they can get it filled in within a few days. [00:59] IsambardPrince Housing is cheaper there. ● Dec 27 [01:00] IsambardPrince But wages are lower. [01:00] IsambardPrince And good luck finding employment. [01:00] IsambardPrince It might even be worse on that front than the US. [01:00] Righty Yep, but even a crappy job at a grocery store will pay enough to cover rent. [01:01] Righty Lots of employers will try to screw you over if you decide to change jobs even - I've read about a previous employer contacting the new employer. [01:01] IsambardPrince That happens here. [01:02] IsambardPrince But many of them go into ass covering mode. [01:02] IsambardPrince Like Walmart having a number where it just tells them the dates you worked there, positions you had, and the wage you made when you left. [01:02] IsambardPrince But it doesn't say "He clocked in late a lot and we ended up firing him for whatever." [01:03] IsambardPrince It verifies that you worked there, but not much else. [01:03] admfubar https://medevel.com/open-source-radiology-apps/ [01:03] TR Bot "Open-source Radiology Apps Are a Joke," Says a Radiologist! I Say They are NOT! [01:03] Righty It shouldn't tell the wage. [01:03] IsambardPrince So when they fired my spouse's coworker for time card theft (clocking in late them "fixing it"), that doesn't come up. [01:03] IsambardPrince *then [01:04] IsambardPrince So she works at Kroger now. [01:04] IsambardPrince She's unreliable you know. [01:04] IsambardPrince She was at Walmart like 3 times. [01:04] IsambardPrince Kept starting over at the entry level wage with no healthcare or 401(k) match or vacation time. [01:04] IsambardPrince They don't mind that. [01:04] Righty Such is unathorised data manipulation rather than theft, unless the time cards were stolen. [01:05] IsambardPrince Once it was because she went to work at Amazon and they got rid of her after 6 months. [01:05] IsambardPrince She was a supervisor. [01:05] IsambardPrince So she got in and used her own access code to falsify her time card. [01:05] IsambardPrince Repeatedly. [01:05] admfubar https://medevel.com/can-a-b-testing-improve-healthcare/ [01:05] TR Bot Can A/B Testing Improve Healthcare? Boosting Patient Satisfaction and Reducing Human Error [01:05] IsambardPrince So not only was she so stupid that she kept coming in late then stealing money from them. [01:05] IsambardPrince She did it with her own access code. [01:06] admfubar https://medevel.com/when-ai-misdiagnoses/ [01:06] TR Bot When AI Misdiagnoses: Who Pays the Price for Medical Errors? The Age of AI-driven HumanErrors! [01:06] IsambardPrince Normally, they don't get you the first time you do something. [01:06] IsambardPrince This had gone on like 17-18 times, something like that. [01:06] Righty Ah yes, combining data manipulation with theft. [01:07] IsambardPrince Another thing Walmart does is they're supposed to fire you after 4.5 attendance points, but some people get 60 and still work there. [01:07] IsambardPrince Until they want to have a layoff and not call it that. [01:07] darwin activist/journallist Tommy Robinson has been imprisoned for not giving the state his telephone PC access code, because it has confidential (victims, witnesses, lawyers) information. In USA, one of the constitution's amendment should be updated it's not just your papers that are private, but all your devices/stuff, and that should be a right in UK also. They also want to charge him because someone else leaked a film he made that was banned for [01:07] darwin telling the truth a corrupt judge lied isn't the truth [01:07] darwin 'amendments'\ [01:07] IsambardPrince Righty, Walmart loses almost all unemployment claims. [01:07] IsambardPrince They don't apply their own policies consistently. [01:08] IsambardPrince So if they fire you for having 60 attendance points you can say that they were supposed to do it at 4.5. [01:08] IsambardPrince They rely on people who work there not being smart enough to realize that you can file for unemployment income. [01:08] IsambardPrince :) [01:08] IsambardPrince They like hiring people from other countries who don't know US employment law. [01:08] IsambardPrince Like UI, or FMLA. [01:09] Righty Isn't NEETbux pretty much nothing? [01:09] IsambardPrince But in my spouse's case I know all kinds of stuff. [01:09] Righty *close to nothing [01:09] darwin as a college freshman, my multivariable calculus offered to let me listen to a rock & roll band CD they looked weird (Bahaus) so I said 'is that from another country?'. [01:25] *xmas has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [01:25] *hawer_ has quit (Connection closed) [01:34] admfubar https://www.osnews.com/story/141392/intel-admits-it-no-longer-controls-the-direction-of-x86/ [01:34] TR Bot admits it no longer controls the direction of x86 OSnews [01:35] Righty Intel controls x86 with patents, but not AMD64. [01:38] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2024/12/19/walmart-employees-now-wearing-body-cameras-to-keep-them-safe/ [01:38] TR Bot Employees Now Wearing Body Cameras to Keep Them Safe | PetaPixel [01:42] Righty A body camera cannot keep you safe, all it can do is help catch the attacker. [01:42] MinceR maybe you can bludgeon the attacker with it [01:54] admfubar https://pirg.org/articles/this-toxic-pesticide-is-banned-in-70-countries-but-still-legal-in-america/ [01:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://pirg.org/articles/this-toxic-pesticide-is-banned-in-70-countries-but-still-legal-in-america/ ) [01:56] admfubar https://pirg.org/articles/four-real-solutions-to-the-plastic-pollution-problem/ [01:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://pirg.org/articles/four-real-solutions-to-the-plastic-pollution-problem/ ) [01:57] admfubar https://pirg.org/articles/could-cheap-amazon-haul-deals-be-hiding-hidden-dangers/ [01:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://pirg.org/articles/could-cheap-amazon-haul-deals-be-hiding-hidden-dangers/ ) ● Dec 27 [02:16] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/18/loose-flapping-ends/ [02:16] TR Bot Pluralistic: Nurses whose shitty boss is a shitty app (17 Dec 2024) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [02:28] Righty >Ever purchasing from amazon. Even if you don't hesitate to surrender your freedom, the prices are 30-50% higher and there is less selection than from elsewhere. [02:34] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:40] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@28zhuu2v47wgn.irc) has joined #techrights [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-261224.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-261224.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-261224.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-261224.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, December 26, 2024 [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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[02:57] TR News "the "business logic" of 15th century music composition." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/12/27/counterpoint.gmi [02:58] TR News "After upgrading both machines to macOS Sequoia, I noticed that Touch ID stopped working." gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2024-10-14-macos-touchid.gmi [02:59] TR News Life imitating art gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/12/26.1 ● Dec 27 [03:00] TR News "I've removed posting results to Antenna to help clean up the timeline. I tested on DSN but disabled that as well for the same reason. you can subscribe to the page directly if you'd like." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/farkle/23231 [03:01] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:01] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:02] TR News "Well, Christmas is over now and everything is returning a bit to a more "normal" mode" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/261224.txt [03:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [03:03] TR News "Well we ended up with about 25cm of snow, quite the white Christmas after all. My wife and I did get out for some snowshoeing. We went while it was snowing - so there was no one else on the pristine trails. I uploaded some images of the snowy scene: [...]" gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~slugmax/phlog/2024-12-26-snowshoeing [03:05] TR News "After a few years off social network and a hiatus off the surface web, I'm back!" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/hiatus [03:06] TR News "The water pipe at the lake is leaking, so I don't have a lot of water to the house." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/waterPipe [03:07] TR News CHRISTMAS CREATIONS gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2024-12-27Christmas_Creations.txt [03:09] *asusbox (~rianne@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #techrights [03:09] *rianne (~rianne@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #techrights [03:13] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 27/12/2024: Slop and Self-hosting https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/Gemini_Links_27_12_2024_Slop_and_Self_hosting.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/Gemini_Links_27_12_2024_Slop_and_Self_hosting.gmi [03:13] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 27/12/2024: Slop and Self-hosting [03:19] TR News "IBM layoffs... Do we have any idea when the next RA will hit? Its anyones guess. But it is as certain as death and taxes." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1waJEpFd [03:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1waJEpFd ) [03:20] TR News "Ever since RAs began at IBM in the 1990s, they have typically occurred every quarter. The "interesting" thing now is that all the low-hanging, the mid-hanging, and even some of the high-hanging fruit is now gone. For decades, IBM's primary business model has been to reduce labor costs through globalization and division sales rather than increase top-line revenue through organic business growth." [03:21] TR News "They have added divisions now and then, but they don't make up for the major losses of business that have taken place over the years. IBM is likely now at a point where it cannot fire staff without severely impacting its core businesses. How many more salespeople can be "surplussed" for not making numbers?" [03:22] TR News "How many more senior-level architects and developer jobs can be sent overseas? Customer service and other admin jobs are already handled using cheap labor. How many more CHQ or letter-banded jobs can be cut? I'm sure the management can find pennies under the cushions, but is there that much more?" [03:22] TR News "For what it's worth...I was RA'd at the end of March (I won't say which year). On March 31, I walked into an IBM sales office (I was a remote employee), handed in my Thinkpad and my badge, and walked out with a paper check." [03:24] TR News 2024 in review: A bad year for public cloud in telecom https://www.lightreading.com/cloud/2024-in-review-a-bad-year-for-public-cloud-in-telecom [03:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.lightreading.com/cloud/2024-in-review-a-bad-year-for-public-cloud-in-telecom ) [03:26] TR News ""Hyperscaler" economics and artificial intelligence (AI) urges make it inevitable that operators will eventually move telco workloads, along with less mission-critical IT, into the giant data centers operated by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure for thousands of multinational clients. Unfortunately for the cheerleaders, it is just not happening." [03:27] TR News "The economic case, however, is obviously not as strong as it is when resources can be shared with numerous other companies. Spain's Telefnica, moreover, is still not fully convinced by the other benefits of the public cloud providers." PUBLIC means SURVEILLANCE and usually OUTSOURCING to USA. [03:42] TR News FSF fund-raiser at 237k. Probably around 260k by year's end. ● Dec 27 [04:00] *haver (~Enviosity@2.219.56.221) has joined #techrights [04:13] psydruid https://windowscopilot.news/2024/12/13/has-microsoft-lost-the-ai-wars/ [04:13] TR Bot Has Microsoft Lost the AI Wars? Windows Copilot News [04:13] psydruid lol [04:15] psydruid ICBM can be dismantled [04:27] schestowitz[TR2] lol [04:28] schestowitz[TR2] "AI wars" [04:28] schestowitz[TR2] is that part of the "AI ARMS RACE"? [04:31] TR News "Over the festive period Valve released an update to Proton Experimental bringing in more game fixes for the likes of Marvel Rivals and other games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/proton-experimental-updated-with-fixes-for-marvel-rivals-on-steam-deck-linux-and-other-game-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [04:31] TR Bot Experimental updated with fixes for Marvel Rivals on Steam Deck / Linux and other game improvements | GamingOnLinux [04:31] TR News "Make Illegally Trained LLMs Public Domain as Punishment" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/12/24/158221 [04:31] TR Bot Make Illegally Trained LLMs Public Domain as Punishment - SoylentNews [04:32] TR News "ICO Puts Foot Down on Google's Planned Fingerprinting Change" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/12/24/152233 [04:32] TR Bot ICO Puts Foot Down on Google's Planned Fingerprinting Change - SoylentNews [04:33] TR News "The average U.S. household consumes approximately 10,500 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per year. 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It's the day the nonagenarian cartoon characters officially enter the U.S. public domain along with a treasure trove of other iconic works." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5231543 | Source: NPR [04:44] TR Bot Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year [04:44] TR News "According to a phrase popularized by Carl Sagan, extraordinary claims should be supported by extraordinary evidence. A new piracy scare story published on Sunday takes a different approach." https://torrentfreak.com/bogus-pirate-iptv-portals-run-by-law-enforcement-entrap-hundreds-241226/ | Source: Torrent Freak [04:44] TR Bot Pirate IPTV Portals Run By Law Enforcement "Entrap Hundreds" * TorrentFreak [04:44] TR News "Walled Culture has been following the sorry saga of Italys automated blocking system Piracy Shield for a year now." https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/26/italys-piracy-shield-moving-from-digital-farce-to-national-tragedy/ | Source: Techdirt [04:44] TR Bot Piracy Shield Moving From Digital Farce To National Tragedy | Techdirt [04:44] TR News "As explored by DMN Pro, the seemingly minor maneuver had a decidedly significant impact; the majority of on-platform recordings ceased generating any royalties at all, to the clear-cut benefit of the major labels and their stream-heavy catalogs." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/26/amazon-music-streaming-threshold/ | Source: Digital Music News [04:44] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/26/amazon-music-streaming-threshold/ ) [04:49] TR News "At least two journalists including one who worked with Voice of America" https://www.voanews.com/a/deadly-attack-on-journalists-underscores-danger-for-media-in-haiti/7914953.html | Source: VOA News [04:49] TR Bot Deadly attack underscores danger for journalists in Haiti [04:49] TR News "a gang attack in Haiti " https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5239216 | Source: NPR [04:49] TR Bot A gang attack on a Haitian hospital reopening kills 2 reporters and a police officer [04:50] TR News "The Kremlin completed preparations to isolate the Russian segment of the [Internet] from the rest of the World Wide Web" https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-russian-kremlin-targets-full-internet-control-in-russia-/7915222.html | Source: VOA News [04:50] TR Bot VOA Russian: Kremlin targets full internet control in Russia [04:50] TR News "The reappearance of The Satanic Verses in Indian bookshops has nothing to do with freedom of speech" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/26/salman-rushdie-satanic-verses-india-bookshops | Source: The Guardian UK [04:50] TR Bot Rushdies Satanic Verses returns to Indian bookshops after 36 years | Salman Rushdie | The Guardian [04:51] TR News "Moscows formal alliances are limited to five ex-USSR states-members of Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization" https://www.voanews.com/a/putin-falsely-boasts-of-having-military-alliances-with-most-countries-around-the-world-/7915028.html | Source: VOA News [04:51] TR Bot Putin falsely boasts of having military alliances with 'most countries around the world' [04:51] TR News "The GEC had an annual budget of US$61 million and a staff of around 120." https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/26/us-agency-focused-on-foreign-disinformation-shuts-down/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [04:51] TR Bot US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down [04:52] TR News "How effectively have these laws been enforced? " https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/eu-tech-regulation-good-intentions-unclear-consequences-2024-year-review | Source: EFF [04:52] TR Bot EU Tech RegulationGood Intentions, Unclear Consequences: 2024 in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation [04:53] TR News "Major investors in this funding round include Nvidia" (selling hardware for HYPE!) https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/elon-musks-xai-raises-usd6-billion-to-build-even-more-powerful-ai-supercomputers-nvidia-amd-contribute-to-funding-round | Source: Tom's Hardware [04:53] TR Bot Elon Musk's xAI raises $6 billion to build even more powerful AI supercomputers Nvidia, AMD contribute to funding round | Tom's Hardware [04:54] TR News "The so-called rip and replace provision in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act targets equipment from companies" https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/25/us-allocates-3b-rip-replace-chinese-technology-smaller-telcos/ | Source: Silicon Angle [04:54] TR Bot allocates $3B to 'rip and replace' Chinese technology at smaller telcos - SiliconANGLE [04:54] TR News "GSA Technology Accountability Act, signed by President Joe Biden on Monday" https://fedscoop.com/gsa-technology-accountability-act-biden-law/ | Source: Scoop News Group [04:54] TR Bot signs GSA tech accountability bill into law | FedScoop [04:54] TR News "Telegram told investors that it was tackling its legal troubles head-on" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/under-pressure-telegram-pulls-off-an-elusive-milestone-a-profit/articleshow/116667724.cms | Source: India Times [04:54] TR Bot telegram: Under pressure, Telegram pulls off an elusive milestone: a profit - The Economic Times [04:55] IsambardPrince "AI wars" [04:55] IsambardPrince Episode IV A New Hope [04:55] TR News "Apple is closing in on a $4 trillion stock market valuation" https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/apple-4-trillion-stock-market-valuation | Source: Axios http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/07/Apple_s_Debt_Has_Skyrocketed_While_Gimmicks_Like_Vision_Pro_Fai.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/05/05/Apple_Delivered_Very_Disappointing_Results_Said_It_Would_Buy_It.shtml [04:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/apple-4-trillion-stock-market-valuation ) [04:55] TR Bot Techrights Apple's Debt Has Skyrocketed While Gimmicks Like Vision Pro Failed [04:55] TR Bot Techrights Apple Delivered Very Disappointing Results, Said It Would Buy Its Own Shares (Nobody Will Check This), Company's Debt Now Exceeds Its Monetary Assets [04:56] TR News "Unsurprisingly, the transactions arrived against the backdrop of continued valuation growth for Spotify stock." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/24/spotify-stock-exec-sales-2024-total/ | Source: Digital Music News [04:56] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/24/spotify-stock-exec-sales-2024-total/ ) [04:57] TR News "Temu, which is owned by PDD, one of the biggest ecommerce giants in China" https://www.wired.com/story/temus-takeover-is-now-complete/ | Source: Wired [04:57] TR Bot Takeover Is Now Complete | WIRED [04:57] TR News [Old] "Those who assume the current crisis gripping the world will end and that, sooner or later" https://medium.com/@adamjlent/the-permacrisis-explained-in-under-500-words-8fd82a81fff6 | Source: Medium [04:57] TR Bot Permacrisis explained in under 500 Words | by Adam Lent | Medium [04:57] IsambardPrince Most people wouldn't really notice a 64-bit only x86 CPU at this point. [04:58] IsambardPrince Older stuff can be emulated. [04:58] schestowitz[TR2] yeah [04:59] TR News "Operating at 161.975 and 162.025 megahertz, AIS transmitters broadcast a ships identification number, name, call sign, length and beam, type, and antenna location every six minutes." https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/25/1108508/public-data-ship-movements-data-visualization/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [04:59] TR Bot These stunning images trace ships' routes as they move | MIT Technology Review [04:59] TR News "Experts like Stern say headlight glare is a serious issue across North America as vehicles transition from warmer old-style halogen lights." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/headlights-led-driving-safety-night-1.7409099 | Source: CBC [04:59] TR Bot Headlights seem a lot brighter these days because they are | CBC News ● Dec 27 [05:00] TR News "Sanctions have complicated Russia's trade with its major partners such as China or Turkey, as local banks are extremely cautious with Russia-related transactions to avoid scrutiny from Western regulators." https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/russia-is-using-bitcoin-foreign-trade-finance-minister-says-2024-12-25/ | Source: Reuters [05:00] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/russia-is-using-bitcoin-foreign-trade-finance-minister-says-2024-12-25/ ) [05:00] TR News "As a result, cryptocurrencies have emerged as a viable alternative for Russian companies to conduct international trade without using the U.S. dollar or the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication-based payment systems." https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/25/russias-finance-minister-reveals-bitcoin-used-conduct-foreign-trade/ | Source: Silicon Angle [05:00] TR Bot finance minister reveals bitcoin is being used to conduct foreign trade - SiliconANGLE [05:00] TR News "If they were willing to lease this land for the very first solar project in the area, the county needed to get something back in return" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/how-one-nonprofit-is-working-to-build-support-for-solar-and-added-benefits-for-communities-in-rural-north-carolina/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [05:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/how-one-nonprofit-is-working-to-build-support-for-solar-and-added-benefits-for-communities-in-rural-north-carolina/ ) [05:01] TR News "his practice, also known as "inter-filing" or "lane splitting" refers to motorcyclists passing between two vehicles, typically during congested traffic." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2262383.html | Source: RTL [05:01] TR Bot RTL Today - Motorcyclists: New regulation in France will prohibit driving in between lanes starting 2025 [05:01] TR News "AI needs facilities and machines and power, and all of that has, in turn, fueled its own new spending involving real estate, building materials, semiconductors and energy." https://www.axios.com/2024/12/20/big-tech-capex-ai | Source: Axios [05:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/20/big-tech-capex-ai ) [05:02] TR News "As you might expect, theres also a looser non-linear relationship between battery capacity and claimed endurance, although that has altered with the transition to low-power Apple silicon chips." https://eclecticlight.co/2024/12/26/a-brief-history-of-mac-batteries/ | Source: Howard Oakley [05:02] TR Bot A brief history of Mac batteries The Eclectic Light Company [05:02] TR News "While the court only hears a fraction of the cases it's asked to review, lawyers for Ontario say this case strikes at an unresolved issue of national concern." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-government-supreme-court-youth-climate-case-1.7418427 | Source: CBC [05:02] TR Bot Ontario government asks Canada's highest court to hear youth-led climate case | CBC News [05:05] TR News "There are probably some money-minded people who are impressed by how commoditized lithium-ion batteries have become. But this seems to me like obvious waste." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/e-bike-vapes/ | Source: Nick Heer [05:05] TR Bot Powering an E-Bike From Tossed Vape Batteries Pixel Envy [05:05] TR News "Under the new state law, companies responsible for the bulk of emissions from 2000 to 2018 will be on the hook for some $3 billion a year over the next 25 years." https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5056675-hochul-new-york-climate-change/ | Source: The Hill [05:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5056675-hochul-new-york-climate-change/ ) [05:07] TR News "Milpamrica.org is an autonomous network for posting stories about Mesoamerica and its diasporas." https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-25/milpamerica-a-social-network-for-resisting-the-musk-algorithm.html | Source: El Pas [05:07] TR Bot Defenders of the territory: Milpamrica, a social network for resisting the Musk algorithm | International | EL PAS English [05:09] TR News "Two fibre-optic cables owned by Finnish operator Elisa linking Finland and Estonia were broken" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/finnish-coastguard-boards-eagle-s-oil-tanker-suspected-of-causing-power-cable-outages | Source: The Guardian UK [05:09] TR Bot Finnish coastguard boards tanker suspected of causing power and internet cable outages | Finland | The Guardian [05:10] TR News "Finland has stopped and boarded a ship suspected of causing damage to the Estlink 2 undersea power cable" https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/finnish-authorities-board-tanker-suspected-of-damaging-undersea-cables-tanker-is-reportedly-linked-to-russias-shadow-fleet | Source: Tom's Hardware [05:10] TR Bot Finnish authorities board tanker suspected of damaging undersea cables tanker is reportedly linked to Russias shadow fleet | Tom's Hardware [05:10] TR News "aggravated sabotage" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241226-finland-probes-russia-linked-tanker-sabotage-undersea-cable | Source: France24 [05:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241226-finland-probes-russia-linked-tanker-sabotage-undersea-cable ) [05:11] TR News "The oil tanker was, according to MarineTraffic, on its way from St. Petersburg to Egypt." https://yle.fi/a/74-20133516 | Source: YLE [05:11] TR Bot Estlink cable disruption: Finnish Border Guard detains tanker linked to Russia's 'dark fleet' | Yle News | Yle [05:11] TR News "it had seized a Cook Islands-registered" https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5056755-finland-russia-undersea-cable-cut/ | Source: The Hill [05:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5056755-finland-russia-undersea-cable-cut/ ) [05:12] TR News "Electricity transmission between Finland and Estonia through the Estlink 2 connection was cut at 12:26pm" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/26/finland-estonia-baltic-sea-cables-espionage-christmas-day/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [05:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/26/finland-estonia-baltic-sea-cables-espionage-christmas-day/ ) [05:12] TR News "Finnish police and border guards boarded the vessel, the Eagle S, just past midnight Thursday" https://www.voanews.com/a/finland-detains-russia-linked-vessel-on-suspicion-it-damaged-undersea-cable/7914658.html | Source: VOA News [05:12] TR Bot Finland detains Russia-linked vessel on suspicion it damaged undersea cable [05:13] TR News "Amazon, Meta, GM" https://www.axios.com/2024/12/25/companies-donate-trump-inauguration | Source: Axios [05:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/25/companies-donate-trump-inauguration ) [05:14] TR News "Two of the cables are marine cables operated by Elisa, running between Helsinki and Tallinn, Estonia." https://yle.fi/a/74-20133531 | Source: YLE [05:14] TR Bot Four telecommunication cables connecting Finland out of service | Yle News | Yle [05:14] TR News "According to Finish and Estonian authorities" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/26/finland-russia-ship-undersea-cable-sabotage/ | Source: The Washington Post [05:14] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/26/finland-russia-ship-undersea-cable-sabotage/ ) [05:15] TR News "boarded and took control of an oil tanker traveling from Russia" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/26/finland-boards-and-seizes-likely-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker-suspected-of-damaging-power-cable-in-baltic-sea | Source: Meduza [05:15] TR Bot Finland boards and seizes likely Russian shadow fleet tanker suspected of damaging power and communications cables in Baltic Sea Meduza [05:15] TR News "The Cook Islands-registered ship, named by authorities as the Eagle S" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-police-investigate-role-foreign-ship-after-power-cable-outage-2024-12-26/ | Source: Reuters [05:15] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-police-investigate-role-foreign-ship-after-power-cable-outage-2024-12-26/ ) [05:16] TR News One can hope Europe makes its OWN cables (and protective materials), inc. fibre-optics, rather than rely on China [05:16] TR News "There was a roughly 10% increase in the number of lobbyists who registered for the 2023-24 session" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2024-12-26/number-of-registered-lobbyists-jumps-to-a-record-high-in-california | Source: US News And World Report [05:16] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2024-12-26/number-of-registered-lobbyists-jumps-to-a-record-high-in-california ) [05:18] TR News Outsourcing was ALWAYS a national security risk. 1) outsourcing labour. 2) outsourcing IT/data ("the cloud"). 3) outsourcing production and _means_ of production. In pursuit of "cost-savings" (greed) we neglected our collective destiny and autonomy. [05:19] TR News "Ive noted for years how the U.S. is simply too corrupt to pass a modern [Internet]-era privacy law or regulate dodgy data brokers." https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/26/yeah-maybe-your-air-fryer-doesnt-need-to-collect-your-gender-or-location-data/ | Source: Techdirt [05:19] TR Bot Maybe Your Air Fryer Doesnt Need To Collect Your Gender Or Location Data | Techdirt [05:19] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:19] *oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.) [05:19] TR News "SciTechDaily reported on a new study published by researches at my Sydney alma mater about the impact surveillance, or the feeling of being watched, had on their sensory perceptions: [...]" https://rubenerd.com/psychological-impact-of-surveillance/ | Source: Ruben Schade [05:19] TR Bot The phsycological impact of surveillance [05:19] TR News "Irans government has unblocked access to the WhatsApp messenger and Google Play store after banning them two years ago, state media reported." https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/24/iran-votes-lift-bans-whatsapp-google-play-foreign-owned-apps/ | Source: Silicon Angle [05:20] TR Bot votes to lift bans on WhatsApp, Google Play and other foreign-owned apps - SiliconANGLE [05:20] TR News "This year, we celebrated the 15th anniversary of our Surveillance-Self Defense (SSD) guide. Howd we celebrate?" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/surveillance-self-defense-2024-year-review | Source: EFF [05:20] TR Bot Surveillance Self-Defense: 2024 in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation [05:20] TR News "Add to that impersonation scams, where a criminal pretends to be someone known to their target and extracts money." https://www.wired.com/story/you-need-to-create-a-secret-passphrase-with-your-family/ | Source: Wired [05:20] TR Bot Need to Create a Secret Password With Your Family | WIRED [05:21] TR News Windows TCO: "Sales for both domestic and international flights departing today have been suspended." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/japan-airlines-reports-cyberattack/articleshow/116667365.cms | Source: India Times [05:21] TR Bot Japan Airlines cyberattack: Japan Airlines hit by cyberattack, causing some delays to its flights - The Economic Times [05:21] TR News Windows TCO: "We identified and addressed the cause of the issue." https://www.voanews.com/a/japan-airlines-suffers-delays-after-carrier-reports-cyberattack/7914450.html | Source: VOA News [05:21] TR Bot Japan Airlines suffers delays after carrier reports cyberattack [05:22] TR News Windows TCO: "JAL said the problem started Thursday morning when the companys network connecting internal and external systems" https://www.securityweek.com/japan-airlines-was-hit-by-a-cyberattack-delaying-flights-during-the-year-end-holiday-season/ | Source: Security Week [05:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/japan-airlines-was-hit-by-a-cyberattack-delaying-flights-during-the-year-end-holiday-season/ ) [05:22] TR News Windows TCO: "Cl0p took credit for the Cleo attacks in mid-December" https://www.securityweek.com/cl0p-ransomware-group-to-name-over-60-victims-of-cleo-attack/ | Source: Security Week [05:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cl0p-ransomware-group-to-name-over-60-victims-of-cleo-attack/ ) [05:24] TR News "The implied value proposition for this Muhu.ai startup is to enable clueless suits to surveil the proles working for them without needing to understand any of the domain expertise their developers have accumulated." https://soatok.blog/2024/12/26/roasted-christmas-spam-from-muhu-ai/ | Source: Dhole Moments [05:24] TR Bot Roasted Christmas Spam from Muhu.ai - Dhole Moments [05:24] TR News "On https://x.com/settings/, click More -> Settings and privacy -> Download an archive of your data. Wait for a message from x.com: "@XXX your X data is ready" Download the archive." https://maskray.me/blog/2024-12-25-exporting-tweets | Source: MaskRay [05:24] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-x.com [05:24] TR Bot Exporting Tweets | MaskRay [05:24] TR News "The most obvious problem is that generative A.I. is not just ChatGPT or other similar chat bots; it is an entire genre of features." https://pxlnv.com/blog/generative-ai-grouch/ | Source: Nick Heer [05:24] TR Bot The Generative A.I. Grouch Pixel Envy [05:24] TR News "If you insist on asking people, as if they can make an informed choice, then provide them context written in plain English, what Rosetta is and why you need it." https://peroty.micro.blog/2024/12/26/offering-a-choice-isnt-empowering.html | Source: Peroty [05:24] TR Bot Bask in the glow - Offering a choice isnt empowering when the choice isnt understood [05:25] TR News "According to the outage tracking service Down Detector, the issue emerged around 1:30 p.m. ET. The Verge reported that some users who attempted to launch ChatGPT were greeted by an error message." https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/26/outage-takes-chatgpt-sora-openais-apis-offline-many-users/ | Source: Silicon Angle [05:25] TR Bot takes ChatGPT, Sora and OpenAIs APIs offline for many users - SiliconANGLE [05:26] TR News "human beings are ruled by algorithms" https://variety.com/2024/film/news/denis-villeneuve-cellphones-banned-sets-1236260000/ | Source: Variety [05:26] TR Bot Denis Villeneuve: 'Cellphones Are Banned on My Sets. It's Forbidden.' [05:26] TR News (NEW): Windows TCO: Windows Botnet Ransomware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/Windows_TCO_Windows_Botnet_Ransomware.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/Windows_TCO_Windows_Botnet_Ransomware.gmi [05:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Windows TCO: Windows Botnet Ransomware [05:26] TR News "In order to improve your fitness, you need to disrupt your body's homeostasis." https://www.sciencealert.com/experts-reveal-why-you-shouldnt-do-the-same-workout-everyday | Source: Science Alert [05:26] TR Bot Reveal Why You Shouldn't Do The Same Workout Everyday : ScienceAlert [05:27] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [05:27] TR News "What advice would you give to young programmers or engineers?" https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2024/12/26/reflecting-on-life/ | Source: Armin Ronacher [05:27] TR Bot Reflecting on Life | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [05:27] TR News "Their data shows over and over again, that masks work" https://mwl.io/archives/23929 | Source: MWL [05:27] TR Bot BSDCan 2025 Chairs Entirely Personal Comments on the Con Mask Policy Michael W Lucas [05:28] TR News [Old] "I recently attended a free guided meditation at the college where I used to teach." https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/what-im-reading-the-anxious-generation-jonathan-haidt/ | [05:28] TR Bot What Im Reading: The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt | Stories | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame [05:28] TR News [Old] "Haidt calls the period from 2010 to 2015 the great rewiring." https://theconversation.com/have-smartphones-created-an-anxious-generation-jonathan-haidt-sounds-the-alarm-227344 | Source: The Conversation [05:28] TR Bot Have smartphones created an anxious generation? Jonathan Haidt sounds the alarm [05:28] TR News [Old] "This section provides supplemental material omitted from the book for brevity." https://jonathanhaidt.com/anxious-generation/supplement/ | [05:28] TR Bot Online Supplement for The Anxious Generation | Jonathan Haidt [05:29] TR News "Some broadcast engineering tasks are a bit too daunting for me to consider." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/documenting-1115-ft-radio-tower-climb | Source: Jeff Geerling [05:29] TR Bot Documenting an 1115 ft radio tower climb | Jeff Geerling [05:29] TR News "The Skydio X10D drone is a short-range recon aircraft that can fly up to 5 kilometers and stay aloft for approximately 30 minutes, according to the release." https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2024/12/26/this-army-unit-is-the-first-to-field-new-company-and-battalion-drones/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [05:29] TR Bot This Army unit is the first to field new company and battalion drones [05:29] TR News "Early in my computer related life that means being 15+ years old especially at parents house" https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/12/27/perfect-desk/ | Source: Vermaden [05:29] TR Bot Perfect Desk | [05:30] TR News "culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian," https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/maga-civil-war-ramaswamy-musk-loomer-cernovich | Source: Axios [05:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/maga-civil-war-ramaswamy-musk-loomer-cernovich ) [05:31] TR News "What does it really mean to be a strong software engineer? " https://www.seangoedecke.com/weak-engineers/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [05:31] TR Bot What can strong engineers do that weak engineers can't? | sean goedecke [05:32] TR News "Now researchers have estimated the speed of information flow in the human brain: just 10 bps." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/science/speed-of-thought.html | Source: New York Times [05:32] TR Bot Human Thought Is Far Slower Than Your Internet Connection - The New York Times [05:33] TR News "Dr. Bitzer, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/technology/donald-bitzer-dead.html | Source: New York Times [05:33] TR Bot Donald Bitzer, Unsung Pioneer of Interactive Computing, Dies at 90 - The New York Times [05:33] TR News "When we sort our stuff, were telling people a story. A story about our stuff and a story about how we see the world." https://seths.blog/2024/12/taxonomy-as-a-service/ | Source: Seth Godin [05:33] TR Bot Taxonomy as a service | Seth's Blog [05:33] TR News "Since playing around with Android and trying to get some self-hosted services running" https://kevquirk.com/blog/the-cost-of-self-hosting | Source: Kev Quirk [05:33] TR Bot The Cost of Self-Hosting | Kev Quirk [05:34] TR News "I am not the biggest fan of meta blog posts, also called blogging about blogging." https://manuelmoreale.com/meta-blog-post | Source: Manuel Moreale [05:34] TR Bot Meta blog post Manu [05:35] TR News Orange Nazi nominee favors destroying TSMC fabs if China invades Taiwan strategy designed to deprive China of key motivation to attack https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/trump-nominee-favors-destroying-tsmc-fabs-if-china-invades-taiwan-strategy-would-deprive-china-of-a-key-motivation-to-attack-but-devastate-world-economy [05:35] TR Bot Trump nominee favors destroying TSMC fabs if China invades Taiwan strategy designed to deprive China of key motivation to attack | Tom's Hardware [05:37] TR News Safety fixture for trike pedals https://bkhome.org/news/202412/safety-fixture-for-trike-pedals.html [05:37] TR Bot Safety fixture for trike pedals [05:38] TR News Logseq privacy-first platform for knowledge management and collaboration https://www.linuxlinks.com/logseq-privacy-first-platform-knowledge-management-collaboration/ [05:38] TR Bot - privacy-first platform for knowledge management and collaboration - LinuxLinks [05:38] TR News Brittany Day Can Rest and Let Microsoft/Chatbots Write Fake 'Articles' About "Linux" This Christmas https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/25/Brittany_Day_Can_Rest_and_Let_Microsoft_Chatbots_Write_Fake_Art.shtml [05:38] TR Bot Techrights Brittany Day Can Rest and Let Microsoft/Chatbots Write Fake 'Articles' About "Linux" This Christmas [05:41] TR News State Departments Global Engagement Center accused of pushing censorship to combat online disinformation shuts down https://nypost.com/2024/12/26/us-news/state-departments-global-engagement-center-accused-of-pushing-censorship-to-combat-online-disinformation-shuts-down/ [05:41] TR Bot State Departments Global Engagement Center accused of pushing censorship to combat online 'disinformation' shuts down [05:43] IsambardPrince What really made me laugh was that x32abi or whatever it was. [05:44] TR News California Economy Feels the Pain of Hollywood Studio Troubles https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/business/economy/hollywood-southern-california-economy.html [05:44] TR Bot California Economy Feels the Pain of Hollywood Studio Troubles - The New York Times [05:48] TR News Scams Based on Fake Surveillance Giant Google Emails https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/scams-based-on-fake-google-emails.html [05:48] TR Bot Based on Fake Google Emails - Schneier on Security [05:51] TR News Russian firm starts shipments of Hey Hi (AI) systems based on homegrown CPUs, but can't avoid using foreign GPUs https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/russian-firm-starts-shipments-of-hpc-system-based-on-homegrown-cpu-but-cannot-really-avoid-using-a-foreign-gpu [05:51] TR Bot Russian firm starts shipments of AI systems based on homegrown CPUs, but can't avoid using foreign GPUs | Tom's Hardware [05:55] TR News 2024 In Board Games https://brainbaking.com/post/2024/12/2024-in-board-games/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [05:55] TR Bot 2024 In Board Games | Brain Baking [05:56] TR News "Here's what you need to know." https://www.howtogeek.com/bsd-what-is-it-and-how-is-it-different-from-linux/ | Source: HowTo Geek [05:56] TR Bot BSD: What Is It, and How Is It Different From Linux? ● Dec 27 [06:02] TR News (NEW): Games: Updated Proton Experimental and 2024 In Board Games https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/Games_Updated_Proton_Experimental_and_2024_In_Board_Games.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/Games_Updated_Proton_Experimental_and_2024_In_Board_Games.gmi [06:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Updated Proton Experimental and 2024 In Board Games [06:05] TR News Techrights Links 27/12/2024: Perfect Desk, Banning Cellphones, Many Cables Cut Near Finland https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/Links_27_12_2024_Perfect_Desk_Banning_Cellphones_Many_Cables_Cu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/Links_27_12_2024_Perfect_Desk_Banning_Cellphones_Many_Cables_Cu.gmi [06:05] TR Bot Techrights Links 27/12/2024: Perfect Desk, Banning Cellphones, Many Cables Cut Near Finland [06:06] TR News "I am making some changes to my gemlog. Instead of separating my gemlog out by years and months, I am now just using a rolling list. This will make some of the updating of my gemlog easier, giving me more time to run in the woods with Foxy Brown!" gemini://lantashifiles.com/gemlog/entries/2024-12-26.gmi [06:07] TR News "Now, rather than get just a glob of XML thrown in your face, you get a reasonably nice looking list of posts. Go ahead and click on that link above and you'll see what I mean." https://bobmonsour.com/notes/look-ma-i-ve-styled-my-rss-feed/ | Source: Bob Monsour [06:07] TR Bot Look Ma, I've styled my RSS feed [06:08] TR News [Old] "It seems to have been discovered independently multiple times over the years, but the most famous papers are the original (PDF) by Milner and the follow-on (PDF) by Damas and Milner." https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/type-inference/ | [06:08] TR Bot Damas-Hindley-Milner inference two ways | Max Bernstein [06:08] TR News "Software developers are often evaluated based on how well they understand specific ideas and tools." https://www.openmymind.net/Basic-Awareness-In-Addition-To-Deep-Understanding/ | Source: Karl Seguin [06:08] TR Bot Basic Awareness in Addition to Deep Understanding [06:08] TR News "CPS, or continuation-passing style, is an intermediate representation for programs, particularly functional programs. Its used in compilers for languages such as SML and Scheme." https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/cps/ | [06:08] TR Bot Into CPS, never to return | Max Bernstein [06:09] TR News "Bill requiring US agencies to share custom source code with each other becomes law" https://fedscoop.com/agencies-must-share-custom-source-code-under-new-share-it-act/ | Source: Scoop News Group [06:09] TR Bot requiring US agencies to share custom source code with each other becomes law | FedScoop [06:10] TR News "The Web Design Museum is playing its part in the Christmas festivities by highlighting the 34th anniversary of the release date of the first-ever web browser and web page editor, an application called WorldWideWeb" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/relive-surfing-the-original-internet-with-new-emulator-34-years-later-worldwideweb-app-commemorates-the-first-web-browser | Source: Tom's Hardware [06:10] TR Bot Relive surfing the original internet with new emulator 34 years later, WorldWideWeb app commemorates the first web browser | Tom's Hardware [06:10] TR News "Ghostty has an unconventional tech stack and architecture: Zig for the core and platform-specific code for the GUIs. More details on the tech stack can be found in the original talk I gave on Ghostty" https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-1-0-reflection | Source: Mitchell Hashimoto [06:10] TR Bot Ghostty: Reflecting on Reaching 1.0 Mitchell Hashimoto [06:11] TR News "It was originally intended to group terms with their definitions, but it's also a great fit for other content that has a key/value structure, such as product attributes or cards that have several supporting details." https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2024/26/ | Source: Markup from Hell [06:11] TR Bot The underrated <dl> element - HTMHell [06:11] TR News "I mentioned recently a case when power cycling an (x86) server wasn't enough to recover it, although perhaps I should have put quotes around "power cycling"." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/ATXServerRebootResetPowerCycle | Source: University of Toronto [06:11] TR Bot Chris's Wiki :: blog/tech/ATXServerRebootResetPowerCycle [06:11] TR News How To Install Nmap on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-nmap-centos-stream-10/ [06:11] TR Bot How To Install Nmap on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [06:11] TR News How To Install VMware Workstation on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-vmware-workstation-centos-stream-10/ [06:11] TR Bot How To Install VMware Workstation on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [06:12] TR News How To Install Mattermost on Fedora 41 https://idroot.us/install-mattermost-fedora-41/ [06:12] TR Bot How To Install Mattermost on Fedora 41 - idroot [06:12] TR News How To Install Cacti on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-cacti-centos-stream-10/ [06:12] TR Bot How To Install Cacti on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [06:13] TR News GNU GNU/Linux Debian 13 (Trixie) how to set fixed ip (netplan) how to disable ipv6 https://dwaves.de/2024/12/26/gnu-linux-debian-13-trixie-how-to-set-fixed-ip-netplan-how-to-disable-ipv6/ [06:13] TR Bot GNU Linux Debian 13 (Trixie) how to set fixed ip (netplan) how to disable ipv6 | dwaves.de [06:13] TR News How to Install FreshRSS with Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-freshrss-rss-feed-aggregator-with-docker/ [06:13] TR Bot How to Install FreshRSS with Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide [06:13] TR News How to Install ZFS on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-zfs-on-almalinux-9-or-rocky-linux-9/ [06:13] TR Bot How to Install ZFS on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky Linux 9 - LinuxShout [06:13] TR News How to Install Zabbix Agent on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky linux https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-zabbix-agent-on-almalinux-9-or-rocky-linux/ [06:13] TR Bot How to Install Zabbix Agent on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky linux - LinuxShout [06:16] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/today_s_howtos.gmi [06:16] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [06:22] *cmb has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:23] *cmb (~cmb@y67qhiej8ixa6.irc) has joined #techrights [06:40] *cmb has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:42] *cmb (~cmb@y67qhiej8ixa6.irc) has joined #techrights [06:53] *cmb has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:55] *cmb (~cmb@y67qhiej8ixa6.irc) has joined #techrights [06:56] IsambardPrince https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/14/highland-park-woman-arrested-after-forcing-immigrants-to-hand-over-money-earned-and-threatening-their-families-police-say/ [06:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/14/highland-park-woman-arrested-after-forcing-immigrants-to-hand-over-money-earned-and-threatening-their-families-police-say/ ) [06:56] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Dec 27 [07:04] IsambardPrince https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/12/26/pregnant-woman-in-kissimmee-stabbed-multiple-times-by-pizza-delivery-driver-disgruntled-about-tip-sheriff-says/?itm_source=parsely-api [07:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/12/26/pregnant-woman-in-kissimmee-stabbed-multiple-times-by-pizza-delivery-driver-disgruntled-about-tip-sheriff-says/?itm_source=parsely-api ) [07:04] IsambardPrince "Pregnant woman in Kissimmee stabbed multiple times by pizza deliverer disgruntled about tip, sheriff says" [07:05] *cmb has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:05] *cmb (~cmb@y67qhiej8ixa6.irc) has joined #techrights [07:17] *nobody (~nobody@vrunmdpttux88.irc) has joined #techrights [07:19] nobody the terrorist who smashed a car into a christmas market crowd in public announced on his twitter account to commit violence to bring justice, he threatened and accused police and courts on several occasions, he gave several highly prominent nation-wide interviews to german newspapers [07:19] *agentcas- has quit (connection closed) [07:19] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:20] nobody however, politics argue, mass surveillance and spying had to be extended with artificial intelligence etc. [07:21] nobody they've had a complete record of this case for more than a decade, and excessive mass sureillance already does exist [07:24] nobody even the Saudi foreign ministry had warned in _advance_ of dangers [07:25] nobody there simply wasn't anything remaining to spy upon, just everything was known in advance [07:26] IsambardPrince the terrorist who smashed a car into a christmas market crowd in public announced on his twitter account to commit violence to bring justice, he threatened and accused police and courts on several occasions, he gave several highly prominent nation-wide interviews to german newspapers [07:27] IsambardPrince He would have been arrested for all of this before the attack here. [07:27] nobody his appartment was raided once 10years ago already [07:27] nobody however, there's something else, with regards to Quatar and Saudi Arabia [07:28] IsambardPrince If you start threatening police and judges, things happen. [07:28] nobody that FIFA voted Quatar organized soccer world championship, and just recently Saudi Arabia was designated as host [07:28] IsambardPrince Most people are smart enough to just skip the threats and do it, or don't do it. [07:29] nobody all of the sudden political opposition is haunted within germany [07:29] nobody Quatar was Bavaria Munich sponsor, and whoever the Saudis sponsor with oil and cash [07:29] *agentcas- has quit (connection closed) [07:30] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:30] nobody soccer and cash, that's multi-billion cash business in germany [07:30] nobody something's extremely stinky about this case [07:34] nobody police squads guarding soccer stadiums and christmas markets typically aren't too excited they're sent on duty unpaid overtime [07:38] IsambardPrince https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-police-investigate-role-foreign-ship-after-power-cable-outage-2024-12-26/ [07:38] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-police-investigate-role-foreign-ship-after-power-cable-outage-2024-12-26/ ) [07:41] IsambardPrince https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/azerbaijan-airlines-flight-was-downed-by-russian-air-defence-system-four-sources-2024-12-26/ [07:41] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/azerbaijan-airlines-flight-was-downed-by-russian-air-defence-system-four-sources-2024-12-26/ ) ● Dec 27 [08:35] TR News New labor reform protects rideshare and other platform gig workers https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/gig-worker-labor-reform/ [08:35] TR Bot New labor reform protects rideshare and other platform gig workers [08:35] TR News HHS wants to reduce medical accidents. Theres a dashboard for that https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2024/12/hhs-wants-to-reduce-medical-accidents-theres-a-dashboard-for-that/ [08:35] TR Bot HHS wants to reduce medical accidents. Theres a dashboard for that [08:36] TR News This agency hopes to achieve the miraculous enabling the blind to see https://federalnewsnetwork.com/tom-temin-federal-drive/2024/12/this-agency-hopes-to-achieve-the-miraculous-enabling-the-blind-to-see/ [08:36] TR Bot This agency hopes to achieve the miraculous enabling the blind to see [08:39] *agentcas- has quit (connection closed) [08:40] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:49] *agentcas- has quit (connection closed) [08:50] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [08:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [08:59] *agentcas- has quit (connection closed) ● Dec 27 [09:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [09:00] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [09:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [09:07] TR News FOSS Weekly #24.52: Holiday Special Tuxmas Days https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-24-52/ [09:07] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #24.52: Holiday Special Tuxmas Days [09:08] TR News "Kazakhstan jails blogger" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/26/kazakhstan-jails-blogger-who-captured-early-drone-footage-of-downed-azerbaijan-airlines-plane | Source: Meduza [09:08] TR Bot Kazakhstan jails blogger who captured early drone footage of downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane Meduza [09:09] *agentcas- has quit (connection closed) [09:10] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [09:13] TR News (NEW): 12 Best Free and Open Source TypeScript-Based Web Content Management Systems https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/12_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_TypeScript_Based_Web_Content_Manag.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/12_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_TypeScript_Based_Web_Content_Manag.gmi [09:13] TR Bot Tux Machines 12 Best Free and Open Source TypeScript-Based Web Content Management Systems [09:16] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:18] TR News Windows botnets? Japan Airlines delays, cancels some flights following cyberattack https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/26/japan-airlines-delays-cancels-flights-following-cyberattack/ [09:18] TR Bot Airlines delays, cancels some flights following cyberattack - SiliconANGLE [09:19] *agentcas- has quit (connection closed) [09:20] TR News South Korea accelerates construction of Yongin semiconductor hub to start in 2026 https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/26/south-korea-accelerates-construction-yongin-semiconductor-hub-start-2026/ [09:20] TR Bot Korea accelerates construction of Yongin semiconductor hub to start in 2026 - SiliconANGLE [09:20] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [09:21] TR News Stream Deck Plus Reverse Engineered https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/stream-deck-plus-reverse-engineered/ | Source: Hackaday [09:21] TR Bot Deck Plus Reverse Engineered | Hackaday [09:22] TR News Tech In Plain Sight: Incandescent Bulb https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/tech-in-plain-sight-incandescent-bulbs/ | Source: Hackaday [09:22] TR Bot In Plain Sight: Incandescent Bulbs | Hackaday [09:22] TR News This Is The World's Longest-Burning Bulb, And It Could Outlive Us All https://www.sciencealert.com/this-is-the-worlds-longest-burning-bulb-and-it-could-outlive-us-all [09:22] TR Bot Is The World's Longest-Burning Bulb, And It Could Outlive Us All : ScienceAlert [09:23] TR News "When ships moved from muscle- and wind power to burning coal and other fossil fuels for their propulsion, they also became significantly faster and larger." https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/battery-electric-ships-coming-soon-to-a-harbor-near-you/ | Source: Hackaday [09:23] TR Bot Ships: Coming Soon To A Harbor Near You? | Hackaday [09:24] TR News TimeChi https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/the-focus-dial-never-shipped-but-you-can-build-one-from-scratch/ | Source: Hackaday [09:24] TR Bot TimeChi Never Shipped, But You Can Build One From Scratch | Hackaday [09:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [09:26] TR News "There was a brief period through the 1960s into the 1970s when the last word in electronics was the calculator" https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/a-mechanical-calculator-for-the-modern-age/ | Source: Hackaday [09:26] TR Bot Mechanical Calculator For The Modern Age | Hackaday [09:27] TR News Human Thought Is Far Slower Than Your Internet Connection https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/science/speed-of-thought.html [09:27] TR Bot Human Thought Is Far Slower Than Your Internet Connection - The New York Times [09:28] TR News "manufactured lies" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/opinion/blake-lively-justin-baldoni.html [09:28] TR Bot Opinion | Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and the Brute Force of Celebrity P.R. Tactics - The New York Times [09:28] TR News "LED Headlights" https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/blinded-by-the-light-the-problem-with-led-headlights/ | Source: Hackaday [09:28] TR Bot By The Light: The Problem With LED Headlights | Hackaday [09:28] TR News "A LoRa Rain Gauge From The Ground Up" https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/a-lora-rain-gauge-from-the-ground-up/ | Source: Hackaday [09:28] TR Bot LoRa Rain Gauge From The Ground Up | Hackaday [09:29] *agentcas- has quit (connection closed) [09:29] TR News Another BS buzzword??? "Hey Hi (AI) horsepower" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidias-next-gen-b300-gpus-have-1-400w-tdp-deliver-50-percent-more-ai-horsepower-report [09:29] TR Bot Nvidia's next-gen B300 GPUs have 1,400W TDP, deliver 50% more AI horsepower: Report | Tom's Hardware [09:30] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [09:31] TR News US condemns Hong Kong bounties, passport revocations for democrats https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-condemns-hong-kong-bounties-passport-revocations-for-democrats [09:31] TR Bot US condemns Hong Kong bounties, passport revocations for democrats | The Straits Times [09:31] *darwin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [09:32] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [09:33] TR News Inky Frame 7.3 is a 7-color ePaper display powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/26/inky-frame-7-3-7-color-epaper-display-powered-by-a-raspberry-pi-pico-2-w/ [09:33] TR Bot Inky Frame 7.3" is a 7-color ePaper display powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W - CNX Software [09:33] TR News I-Pi SMARC Amston Lake development kit features defective chip maker Intel Atom x7433RE SoC, 8GB LPDDR5, two Raspberry Pi GPIO headers https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/26/i-pi-smarc-amston-lake-development-kit-features-intel-atom-x7433re-soc-8gb-lpddr5-two-raspberry-pi-gpio-headers/ [09:33] TR Bot I-Pi SMARC Amston Lake development kit features Intel Atom x7433RE SoC, 8GB LPDDR5, two Raspberry Pi GPIO headers - CNX Software [09:35] *darwin (~darwin@7d3n498busjrn.irc) has joined #techrights [09:37] TR News Former state media journalist flees China amid police harassment https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/26/china-state-journalist-flees-us-through-mexico/ [09:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/26/china-state-journalist-flees-us-through-mexico/ ) [09:37] TR News 2025 Will be Fought and Fraught With LLM Slop or Fake 'Articles' (Former Media/News Sites Turning to Marketing Spam) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/26/2025_Will_be_Fought_and_Fraught_With_LLM_Slop_or_Fake_Articles_.shtml [09:37] TR Bot Techrights 2025 Will be Fought and Fraught With LLM Slop or Fake 'Articles' (Former Media/News Sites Turning to Marketing Spam) [09:37] TR News Microsoft Openwashing Stunts Initiative (OSI) is A Vulture in "Open" Clothing (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/25/Microsoft_Openwashing_Stunts_Initiative_OSI_is_A_Vulture_in_Ope.shtml [09:37] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Openwashing Stunts Initiative (OSI) is A Vulture in "Open" Clothing [09:39] TR News These patens ought not even exist! "On December 24, 2026, the USPTO issued 6,920 utility patents and 800 design patents. The vast majority of utility patents are published prior to issuance - this week the numbers were 94%." https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/12/some-numbers-from.html [09:39] TR Bot Some numbers from this week | Patently-O [09:39] *agentcas- has quit (connection closed) [09:40] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [09:40] TR News Openwashing nonsense https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/26/deepseek-open-sources-new-ai-model-671b-parameters/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/10/The_Other_Bruce_on_Openwashing_at_OSI_and_Not_Bruce_Perens_the_.shtml [09:40] TR Bot open-sources new AI model with 671B parameters - SiliconANGLE [09:40] TR Bot Techrights The 'Other' Bruce... on Openwashing at OSI (and Not Bruce Perens, the OSI's Co-founder) [09:41] TR News A black cat in 2032 bytes https://evanhahn.com/light-switch/ [09:41] TR Bot A black cat in 2032 bytes [09:44] TR News Thunderbird, The Free Email and Productivity App: Can it Replace Outlook? https://medevel.com/thunderbird-vs-outlook/ [09:44] TR Bot Thunderbird, The Free Email and Productivity App: Can it Replace Outlook? [09:44] TR News OpenRGB: The Open-Source Free App for RGB Lighting Control https://medevel.com/openrgb/ [09:44] TR Bot OpenRGB: The Open-Source Free App for RGB Lighting Control [09:45] TR News Digital Health Apps: Are They Actually Making Us Healthier or Just Adding Digital Noise? https://medevel.com/digital-health-apps/ [09:45] TR Bot Digital Health Apps: Are They Actually Making Us Healthier or Just Adding Digital Noise? [09:47] TR News Luckfox Lyra boards feature Rockchip RK3506G2 triple-core SoC, display interface, optional Ethernet port https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/27/luckfox-lyra-boards-rockchip-rk3506g2-triple-core-soc-display-interface-ethernet-port/ [09:47] TR Bot Luckfox Lyra boards feature Rockchip RK3506G2 triple-core SoC, display interface, optional Ethernet port - CNX Software [09:49] *agentcas- has quit (connection closed) [09:50] TR News (NEW): 9 Major Annoyances With Linux That Look Like a Thing of the Past in 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/9_Major_Annoyances_With_Linux_That_Look_Like_a_Thing_of_the_Pas.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/9_Major_Annoyances_With_Linux_That_Look_Like_a_Thing_of_the_Pas.gmi [09:50] TR Bot Tux Machines 9 Major Annoyances With Linux That Look Like a Thing of the Past in 2025 [09:50] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [09:57] TR News Techrights Spending Christmas Pasting Microsoft's Chatbot Garbage - Anti-Linux and Anti-BSD FUD - Into LinuxSecurity.com (Under the Guise of 'Article') https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/Spending_Christmas_Pasting_Microsoft_s_Chatbot_Garbage_Anti_Lin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/Spending_Christmas_Pasting_Microsoft_s_Chatbot_Garbage_Anti_Lin.gmi [09:57] TR Bot Techrights Spending Christmas Pasting Microsoft's Chatbot Garbage - Anti-Linux and Anti-BSD FUD - Into LinuxSecurity.com (Under the Guise of 'Article') [09:59] TR News Flow - Minimal Yet Cool Productivity App Written in Next.js https://medevel.com/flow/ [09:59] TR Bot Flow - Minimal Yet Cool Productivity App Written in Next.js [09:59] *agentcas- has quit (connection closed) [09:59] TR News Why Hey Hi (AI) Self-Diagnosis Could Be Riskier Than Googling Your Symptoms? https://medevel.com/why-ai-self-diagnosis-is-dangerous/ [09:59] TR Bot Why AI Self-Diagnosis Could Be Riskier Than Googling Your Symptoms? ● Dec 27 [10:00] TR News (NEW): AI Image Upscaler 'Upscayl' 2.15 Added Multiple Languages & TTA Mode https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/AI_Image_Upscaler_Upscayl_2_15_Added_Multiple_Languages_TTA_Mod.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/AI_Image_Upscaler_Upscayl_2_15_Added_Multiple_Languages_TTA_Mod.gmi [10:00] TR Bot Tux Machines AI Image Upscaler 'Upscayl' 2.15 Added Multiple Languages & TTA Mode [10:00] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [10:00] TR News "Open-source Radiology Apps Are a Joke," Says a Radiologist! I Say They are NOT! https://medevel.com/open-source-radiology-apps/ [10:00] TR Bot "Open-source Radiology Apps Are a Joke," Says a Radiologist! I Say They are NOT! [10:00] TR News Ruby 3.4 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1003547/ [10:00] TR Bot 3.4 released [LWN.net] [10:01] TR News Three of the best: Geoff Huston https://blog.apnic.net/2024/12/27/three-of-the-best-geoff-huston-7/ [10:02] TR Bot Three of the best: Geoff Huston | APNIC Blog [10:02] TR News Adam Young: Long Refactoring: Resetting the class model https://adam.younglogic.com/2024/12/long-refactoring-resetting-the-class-model/ [10:02] TR Bot Long Refactoring: Resetting the class model | Adam Young's Web Log [10:02] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1003542/ [10:02] TR Bot updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [10:02] TR News Event Wrap: 2nd APAC IPv6 Council Meet https://blog.apnic.net/2024/12/27/event-wrap-2nd-apac-ipv6-council-meet/ [10:02] TR Bot Event Wrap: 2nd APAC IPv6 Council Meet | APNIC Blog [10:13] TR News Kentaro Hayashi: How to check what matches linux-any? https://kenhys.hatenablog.jp/entry/2024/12/26/212918 [10:13] TR Bot How to check what matches linux-any? - [10:13] TR News GNU GNU/Linux bash stopwatch script https://dwaves.de/2024/12/26/gnu-linux-bash-stopwatch-script/ [10:13] TR Bot GNU Linux bash stopwatch script | dwaves.de [10:14] TR News GNU Linux open source surveillance motion detection with simple Logitech webcam https://dwaves.de/2024/12/27/gnu-linux-open-source-surveillance-motion-detection-with-simple-logitech-webcam/ [10:14] TR Bot GNU Linux open source surveillance motion detection with simple Logitech webcam | dwaves.de [10:14] TR News Set Color Temperature utility enhanced https://bkhome.org/news/202412/set-color-temperature-utility-enhanced.html [10:14] TR Bot Set Color Temperature utility enhanced [10:14] TR News Remove Daedalus pkg db files from Scarthgap https://bkhome.org/news/202412/remove-daedalus-pkg-db-files-from-scarthgap.html [10:14] TR Bot Remove Daedalus pkg db files from Scarthgap [10:15] TR News Creating an animated Christmas tree in R https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/creating-an-animated-christmas-tree-in-r/ [10:15] TR Bot an animated Christmas tree in R | R-bloggers [10:16] TR News Botnets leverage decade-old D-Link vulnerabilities in new attack campaigns https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/26/botnets-leverage-decade-old-d-link-vulnerabilities-new-attack-campaigns/ [10:16] TR Bot leverage decade-old D-Link vulnerabilities in new attack campaigns - SiliconANGLE [10:18] TR News Is Surveillance Giant Google Closing Surveillance Giant Google Keep? How to Export Your Notes There? https://medevel.com/is-google-closing-keep/ [10:18] TR Bot Is Google Closing Google Keep? How to Export Your Notes There? [10:18] TR News Setup Hyprland with ML4W 2.9.7.3 Dotfiles via Pamac GUI on CachyOS 241221 (bare metal) https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2024/12/setup-hyprland-with-ml4w-2973-via-pamac.html [10:18] TR Bot Openstack RDO && KVM Hypervisor: Setup Hyprland with ML4W 2.9.7.3 Dotfiles via Pamac GUI on CachyOS 241221 (bare metal) [10:22] TR News Apple Job Cuts In Digital Services Make Room For Startups https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/398882/apple-job-cuts-in-digital-services-make-room-for-s.html [10:22] TR Bot Apple Job Cuts In Digital Services Make Room For Startups 08/29/2024 [10:23] TR News "Freedom with EFF Supporters" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/celebrating-digital-freedom-eff-supporters-2024-year-review | Source: EFF http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation_Incorporated_is_Run_by_for_Corpo.shtml [10:23] TR Bot Celebrating Digital Freedom with EFF Supporters: 2024 in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation [10:23] TR Bot Techrights Electronic Frontier Foundation Incorporated is Run by/for Corporations Now (Members' Money is Less Than a Quarter of the Money EFF Receives) [10:25] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [10:26] TR News "PROMATCH" for Drum Sticks Identifies a Process, Fails to Function as a Trademark http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/12/promatch-for-drum-sticks-identifies.html [10:26] TR Bot The TTABlog: "PROMATCH" for Drum Sticks Identifies a Process, Fails to Function as a Trademark [10:33] TR News Prescription Songs, Kobalt, and More Formally Move to Consolidate 13 Infringement Suits Against NBA Teams https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/26/music-publishers-nba-lawsuits/ [10:33] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/26/music-publishers-nba-lawsuits/ ) [10:36] TR News Techrights will continue to explain how the anti-FOSS cancel mob works. This cancel mob tried hard to censor and deplatform explanations of how this cancel mob operates. Some members of the cancel mob hide their online accounts or delete them - an effort to 'cover up' [10:37] TR News Document with screenshots how the cancel mob works. Links won't work . They will delete what they can to hide evidence - a form of evidence tampering. [10:37] TR News Dealing with cancel mob by banning many people is a mistake; it's what the cancel mob arouses people to do [10:37] TR News The cancel mob does not like any light shining upon itself - therein lies the tactic for dealing with the cancel mob [10:37] TR News Failing everything, crimes will be committed by the cancel mob, sometimes fake or frivolous suits filed (it's a distraction from the crimes) [10:37] TR News Sometimes fake addresses will be provided by the cancel mob - that in itself is another crime of the cancel mob [10:38] TR News 2025 will be a banner year for exposing and canceling the Cancel Mob [10:40] TR News Stay classy, Russia. How to "trick rapists" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/26/russian-high-school-textbook-urges-girls-to-trick-rapists-and-not-to-provoke-boys-and-men-with-short-skirts-lipstick-and-wild-colors | Source: Meduza [10:40] TR Bot Russian high school textbook urges girls to trick rapists and not to provoke boys and men with short skirts, lipstick, and wild colors Meduza [10:43] TR News denouncing https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/27/anthropologist-alexandra-arkhipova-and-the-bbc-unmask-the-historian-responsible-for-denouncing-opposition-minded-russians-from-behind-a-pseudonym | Source: Meduza [10:43] TR Bot Anthropologist Alexandra Arkhipova and the BBC unmask the historian responsible for denouncing opposition-minded Russians from behind a pseudonym Meduza [10:48] TR News laptop uptime: 10:48:03 up 444 days [10:49] *agentcas- has quit (connection closed) [10:49] *agentcas- (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [10:51] TR News StackLok Is Making Security Boring for Open-Source AI-Assisted Devs https://fossforce.com/2024/12/stacklok-is-making-security-boring-for-open-source-ai-assisted-devs/ [10:51] TR Bot StackLok Is Making Security 'Boring' for Open-Source AI-Assisted Devs - FOSS Force [10:51] TR News (NEW): AI, Hardware and Open Models: Headed in the Linux Direction https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/AI_Hardware_and_Open_Models_Headed_in_the_Linux_Direction.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/27/AI_Hardware_and_Open_Models_Headed_in_the_Linux_Direction.gmi [10:51] TR Bot Tux Machines AI, Hardware and Open Models: Headed in the Linux Direction [10:52] TR News Japanese gov't under fire for funding native chipmaker Rapidus with $6.2 billion in COVID relief money https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/japanese-govt-under-fire-for-funding-native-chipmaker-rapidus-with-usd6-2-billion-from-covid-relief-money [10:52] TR Bot Japanese gov't under fire for funding native chipmaker Rapidus with $6.2 billion in COVID 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Links 27/12/2024: Ongoing Demise of Real Healthcare, Gemlog Cleanup, Fingers Point to Russia After Passenger Plane Crash [11:52] TR News Techrights Small Codebase is Typically Safer (More Aftermarket Snakeoil Means More Holes) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/Small_Codebase_is_Typically_Safer_More_Aftermarket_Snakeoil_Mea.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/Small_Codebase_is_Typically_Safer_More_Aftermarket_Snakeoil_Mea.gmi [11:52] TR Bot Techrights Small Codebase is Typically Safer (More Aftermarket Snakeoil Means More Holes) ● Dec 27 [12:24] TR News Techrights With 5 Days Left (Sans Time Extension, Which is Expected) FSF Has Already Raised 60% of the Money It Sought https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/With_5_Days_Left_Sans_Time_Extension_Which_is_Expected_FSF_Has_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/With_5_Days_Left_Sans_Time_Extension_Which_is_Expected_FSF_Has_.gmi [12:24] TR Bot Techrights With 5 Days Left (Sans 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[16:12] TR News "As an open-source operating system, Linux has a lot of different distrosthink of them as flavors. Among the most popular, and often recommended for people thinking about switching to Linux, are Linux Mint and Ubuntu. How different are these two, though, and which is the best pick for you?" https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-vs-ubuntu/ [16:12] TR Bot Linux Mint vs. Ubuntu: How Different Are They, Really? 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[sic] https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/proton-experimental-updated-with-fixes-for-marvel-rivals-on-steam-deck-linux-and-other-game-improvements/ [16:14] TR Bot Experimental updated with fixes for Marvel Rivals on Steam Deck / Linux and other game improvements | GamingOnLinux [16:15] TR News "Serpent OS is an interesting release to look forward to in 2025." https://news.itsfoss.com/serpent-os-alpha-release/ [16:15] TR Bot Serpent OS Gets an Alpha Release Right Before 2024 Ends [16:25] schestowitz[TR2] Musk, Ramaswamy defend Silicon Valleys foreign-born hires [16:25] schestowitz[TR2] https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5056699-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-immigration/ [16:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5056699-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-immigration/ ) [16:26] schestowitz[TR2] at least they immigrate legally, unlike the Melon https://www.alternet.org/elon-musk-illegal-immigrant/ [16:26] TR Bot Musk who rails against 'illegals in America' revealed to be an illegal immigrant - Alternet.org [16:27] *haver (~Enviosity@2.219.56.221) has joined #techrights [16:31] TR News "On Epiphany, three wise guy figurines will ring our doorbell. Before then I guess we'll install the holy family in the playmobil house. The beasts' time will have passed." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2024-12-27-christ.txt [16:32] TR News Fantasm gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/poetry/fantasm [16:32] admfubar https://www.salon.com/2024/12/26/please-take-care-of-us-low-income-worry-hell-cut-benefits-they-rely-on/ [16:32] TR Bot take care of us": Low-income Trump voters worry he'll cut benefits they rely on | Salon.com [16:32] TR News TIL: Elisp function `set-process-sentinel' gopher://box.matto.nl/0/til-elisp-function-set-process-sentinel.txt [16:33] TR News "This was a huge year for me, both personally and professionally. I got called to the bar, I survived a horrible articling experience on my way towards that call, and I got a new job not too long after my call." gemini://gem.saayaa.space/gemlog/2024-12-26-new-year.gmi [16:36] *hawer (~hawer@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techrights [16:43] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/star [16:43] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Star [16:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:45] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Dec 27 [17:00] admfubar but it's only friday! [17:19] *Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [17:49] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/bat-2 [17:49] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Bat ● Dec 27 [18:03] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: not where MinceR is [18:03] schestowitz[TR2] he is in japan ;-) [18:03] MinceR japan would be preferable to this fascist shithole [18:03] schestowitz[TR2] probably [18:03] schestowitz[TR2] it's not hard to beat .hu [18:03] MinceR yeah [18:04] schestowitz[TR2] i wonder though [18:04] schestowitz[TR2] would yo\u say romania is worse off, on average? [18:04] schestowitz[TR2] the common perception is that it is [18:04] schestowitz[TR2] or maybe bulgaria is the "sandwich" [18:04] schestowitz[TR2] like a "better romania" [18:05] schestowitz[TR2] back in the 90s anyway [18:05] schestowitz[TR2] going by 90s perceptions in the EU [18:05] schestowitz[TR2] hungary was just a little below adverage [18:05] schestowitz[TR2] and nobody in the uu wanted .ro and .bg [18:05] schestowitz[TR2] *eu [18:05] schestowitz[TR2] that was before orban [18:05] MinceR afaik romania is already doing better [18:06] MinceR though there were some attempts to put some fascists in power [18:06] schestowitz[TR2] who seems to have decided that escaping ussr was mistake because of the ":brutes" of eu [18:06] MinceR so maybe they'll "correct" their course [18:06] MinceR economically, ruscists' only hope is pretty much that other countries will also fuck themselves up [18:07] MinceR and it has largely worked that way since 2010 at least [18:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [18:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:18] psydruid hasn't it worked like that since forever? [18:19] MinceR \_()_/ [18:19] MinceR i think there was a period when people generally seemed to desire freedom [18:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [18:19] MinceR and wanted to live in democracies with market economy [18:20] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:20] MinceR which is why i expected people to flee these shitholes, making them collapse in a decade or less [18:21] MinceR but instead we're seeing the formation of a global chinese empire [18:24] MinceR (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/frJGccS = https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/gallery/frJGccS [18:24] TR Bot Christmas from Silvring! - Album on Imgur [18:24] TR Bot Merry Christmas from Silvring! - rimgo [18:26] schestowitz[TR2] but instead we're seeing the formation of a global chinese empire [18:26] schestowitz[TR2] competing t heory: [18:26] schestowitz[TR2] people in a free society become complacent [18:26] schestowitz[TR2] whereas the oppressive ones render the population de facto slaves [18:26] schestowitz[TR2] like 996 [18:26] schestowitz[TR2] then, they can capture capital [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] like, have people working for 2 dollars an hour for mass expore [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] in the long term this can work [18:27] MinceR this is not complacency [18:27] MinceR this is authoritarian personality type [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] it creates a dependence in the free societies [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] they cannot resist the low price of the slavefarms [sic] [18:27] MinceR hungarians have spent 14 years under fascist oppression and love it more than ever before [18:27] MinceR humanity is fucking hopeless and worthless [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] so they send capitals or invest (in capital) in those systems [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] like gettinf drunk on russian oil and gas [18:28] schestowitz[TR2] or asking putin to help make nuclear power plants [18:28] MinceR we need AI not to generate bullshit but to exterminate and replace this worthless scum species with an actually intelligent one [18:28] schestowitz[TR2] then they become dependent [18:28] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: we don't have ai [18:28] schestowitz[TR2] we have ml [18:28] schestowitz[TR2] and it's... interesting [18:28] schestowitz[TR2] with many limitations [18:28] schestowitz[TR2] LLMs are neither [18:29] MinceR AI has many branches [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] LLMs are just some probbability models with textual strings [18:29] MinceR so are our brains [18:29] MinceR even the working ones [18:29] MinceR neural networks [18:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [18:29] MinceR and we can implement those in silicon [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] and some brinding together with syntactic rules [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] grammatical contraints [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] that's now how human brains work [18:30] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] when i saw a sentence i don't bvuild a graph of words [18:30] MinceR LLMs learn those rules [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] nor do you [18:30] MinceR we can't explain how we interpret sentences, and afaik neither can LLMs [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] no, they do not learn [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] they train [18:30] MinceR same thing [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] and the rules are implicit [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] or enforced like their censorship model [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] to avoid saying very racist things [18:30] MinceR the rules are implicit in us as well [18:31] MinceR that's why our languages tend to be such illogical messes [18:31] schestowitz[TR2] not all [18:31] schestowitz[TR2] some talk precisely [18:31] schestowitz[TR2] not orbanian mess [18:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [18:40] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [18:50] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) ● Dec 27 [19:00] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [19:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [19:20] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:26] TR News Been an active month for libreplanet-discuss after a totally silent November https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2024-12/index.html [19:26] TR Bot libreplanet-discuss (date) [19:27] TR News Introducing a new project for teenagers in free software (and how you can help!) https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2024-12/msg00000.html [19:27] TR Bot Introducing a new project for teenagers in free software (and how you ca [19:28] TR News RightsCon 2025 Taiwan https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2024-12/msg00024.html [19:28] TR Bot RightsCon 2025 Taiwan anyone going? 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[19:29] TR News restart project extend life of old tech e.g laptops https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2024-12/msg00023.html [19:29] TR Bot restart project extend life of old tech e.g laptops [19:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [19:30] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:30] TR News Canoeboot 20241207 released, now with U-Boot UEFI payload on x86 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2024-12/msg00019.html [19:30] TR Bot Canoeboot 20241207 released, now with U-Boot UEFI payload on x86 [19:38] *divorce (~bet@2607:fb90:a830:c217:a7ce:6a84:4be9:7b4a) has joined #techrights [19:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [19:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Dec 27 [20:26] MinceR https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/079/420/165/390/306/original/688f6ebdd53814dc.png ● Dec 27 [21:03] TR News Techrights 'LaunchLibre' and Introducing People to Software Freedom While They're Still Young https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/LaunchLibre_and_Introducing_People_to_Software_Freedom_While_Th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/LaunchLibre_and_Introducing_People_to_Software_Freedom_While_Th.gmi [21:03] TR Bot Techrights 'LaunchLibre' and Introducing People to Software Freedom While They're Still Young [21:12] *divorce has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [21:15] TR News Techrights Happy Birthday to Linus Torvalds (55) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/Happy_Birthday_to_Linus_Torvalds_55.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/27/Happy_Birthday_to_Linus_Torvalds_55.gmi [21:15] TR Bot Techrights Happy Birthday to Linus Torvalds (55) [21:18] TR News I Don't Like Docker gemini://tilde.club/~nightheron/tech/no-docker.gmi "Me when the installation documentation for a project only includes instructions for Docker" [21:19] TR News "Here I am coming up on yet another year, and I am trying to think of ways to be more creative. I took Christmas week off from my job, so that I can spend time with my family. That's is really a blessing!" gemini://lantashifiles.com/gemlog/entries/2024-12-27.gmi [21:19] TR News [music] 2024-12-27 gemini:/ [21:20] TR News [music] 2024-12-27 gemini://bogbody.smol.pub/music-2024-12-27 [21:20] TR News "Many will have Noticed the tendency now being pushed to conflate "conspiracy theory", i.e., a claim that a conspiracy existed, with the term "conspiracy" itself. As such claims tend to be unevidenced, the term has further taken on a sense of "unproven allegation" and indeed "falsehood" itself." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2024-12-27_a-hill-to-die-on-conspiracy-is-not-the-same-as-conspiracy-theory.gmi [21:21] MinceR i don't like docker either [21:21] schestowitz[TR2] me 2 [21:21] schestowitz[TR2] used it before [21:22] schestowitz[TR2] not arguing out of ignorance [21:22] MinceR i've attempted to use it before [21:22] MinceR and that was enough for life [21:39] *oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.) 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