●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, March 28, 2025 ●● ● Mar 28 [00:01] MinceR IsambardPrince: we have the "Pzmny Pter Catholic University" and the "Kroli Gspr University of the Reformed Church in Hungary" and apparently some others i haven't heard of before [00:02] MinceR i bet people whose job it is to hold obviously false beliefs do great at both researching and teaching our best knowledge about the universe and the systematic method we use to build and improve on that model [00:03] MinceR nobody: well, soccer is easier than any engineering [00:03] MinceR and afd may be new, but they're still the most loudly ruscist party in germany [00:04] MinceR and as such, the closest allies to fidesz - hungarian pedophile alliance and the nazi party of america [00:06] IsambardPrince MinceR, I started referring to the Democrats as the "guest party" including in my letters to my representatives. [00:06] MinceR :> [00:07] IsambardPrince The Nazis had elections where you could also vote for the "guest party" who were also Nazis. [00:10] MinceR :> [00:10] nobody those 250million, that's the soccer sponsoring of Deutsche Telekom alone, and only one such contract with Bavaria Munich [00:10] MinceR in previous communist hungary, any candidate the party didn't like would be banned from running in elections, so all options were the "patriotic people's front"'s members or lists [00:13] nobody you've noticed, government chose to ignore the election results and violate the constition in germany? [00:13] IsambardPrince MinceR, on Reddit, I said: "Yeah, soon all the dumbasses who say "Well, 80% of my children lived and I can always make more." can have immunity the hard way, and some heart attack (beef tallow) french fries. RFK Jr.-approved [00:13] IsambardPrince "A worn ate part of my brain. [...] Everyone's raving about these fries!" -RFK Jr. Health Secretary Extraordinaire" [00:14] IsambardPrince *worm [00:14] nobody they didn't appreciate the results, although new parliament was voted, they used the old 66% majority of votes to circuumvent debt limit [00:14] IsambardPrince *fixes [00:14] nobody because in new parliament, AfD would have had veto minority [00:14] nobody together with the former "socialist union party" in oppostion [00:15] nobody but they filed faked complaints at supreme court [00:15] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8 [00:15] TR Bot https://inv.in.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8 [00:15] IsambardPrince Walk without rhythm, you won't attract the worm. [00:15] TR Bot ( status 502 @ https://inv.in.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8 ) [00:15] nobody it's fake opposition, AfD and too socialsts, are fake [00:15] IsambardPrince "Fatboy Slim ft. Bootsy Collins - Weapon Of Choice [Official 4k Video]" [00:16] nobody MinceR: few days ago yellow press reported, besides german secret service too the CIA of US&A had subverted and controlled "national democrats" [00:16] nobody a fraction of those former "national democrats" were absorbed into AfD [00:16] nobody i don't trust them [00:17] MinceR 28 011407 < nobody> they didn't appreciate the results, although new parliament was voted, they used the old 66% majority of votes to circuumvent debt limit [00:18] MinceR was that ratio supposed to have changed? [00:18] MinceR i don't know the german rules [00:18] nobody yes, it did change, in new parliament AfD together with former "socialist union party" (SED) got a 33% veto minority against changes of the constition [00:19] nobody it's murderous corruption [00:19] nobody and FYI, i've recieved yet ANOTHER extortion letter from them, that intends to tax me for non-existent income with fraudulent accounting and bills [00:20] nobody that's legislation however, that was introduced by "social democrats" together with "christian democrats' and their "grand coaltion" (which shrunk) [00:21] nobody murderous corruption [00:21] nobody but hey, at least "tax payers" of theirs got "magenta tv" now, to watch bavaria munich soccer sponsored with another 250million bonus [00:22] nobody they merely consider it "financing" [00:23] nobody accounting fraud and extortion, that's their "investment into the future" [00:25] nobody accounting fraud and extortion with tampered energy bills to maximize profits from coal and oil burned, that's considered "renewable" "carbon neutral" to "safe the climate" [00:47] IsambardPrince MinceR, The machine shop that made some of the parts where I worked at my first job was so bad I had all kinds of ways to hack past their mistakes. [00:47] IsambardPrince Suction cups, self tapping screws, all sorts of things. [00:48] IsambardPrince It was a hell of a nightmare to get a 800 pound fireplace assembly off the line once it reached my workstation so I had ways of making them go together. [00:48] IsambardPrince I didn't want to get yelled at for having the line backing up at my station, so I just did that one wrong, but close enough to pass QA. [00:50] MinceR :> [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] IsambardPrince MinceR, I wonder... [00:55] IsambardPrince What will they do to ban naturally occurring fluoride in the water? [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [00:56] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/25030226 [00:56] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [00:56] IsambardPrince You suppose someone should write to the Honorable Brain Worm Guy and tell him that there's fluoride in much of the water supply at some level anyway? [00:56] IsambardPrince Or do you think he's like FidSS and can't read? [00:56] MinceR IsambardPrince: angry rhetoric? [00:56] MinceR i think he's like fidesz - hungarian pedophile alliance and can't read ● Mar 28 [01:30] TR News Qualcomm launches global antitrust campaign against Arm accuses Arm of restricting access to technology https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/qualcomm-launches-global-antitrust-campaign-against-arm-accuses-arm-of-restricting-access-to-technology [01:30] TR Bot Qualcomm launches global antitrust campaign against Arm accuses Arm of restricting access to technology | Tom's Hardware [01:34] TR News AirAsia flight to China turns back due to engine fire, lands safely in KL https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/airasia-flight-to-china-turns-back-due-to-engine-fire-lands-safely-in-kl [01:34] TR Bot AirAsia flight to China turns back due to engine issue, lands safely | The Straits Times [01:35] TR News Does a video show Japanese foreign minister pulling out a chair for Chinas Wang Yi? https://rfa.org/english/factcheck/2025/03/26/afcl-china-japan-south-korea-summit/ Verdict: False [01:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/factcheck/2025/03/26/afcl-china-japan-south-korea-summit/ ) [01:38] TR News IBM US cuts may run deeper than feared and the jobs are heading to India https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/ibm_cuts_jobs_in_us/ [01:38] TR Bot IBM cuts jobs in US while adding roles in India The Register [01:41] TR News "Don't kid yourself. I worked for IBM for 8 years and let me tell ya, nobody out there cared that it was on my resume." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq79tj52 [01:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq79tj52 ) [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] IBM layoffs today in Canada (and Brazil too) [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] Report of very recent (this week) RAs in Canada and Brazil -- [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1jl60t0/ibm_layoffs_today_in_canada/ [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:41] TR Bot - The heart of the internet [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] IBM layoffs today in Canada (and Brazil too) [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] Report of very recent (this week) RAs in Canada and Brazil -- [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1jl60t0/ibm_layoffs_today_in_canada/ [01:41] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:43] TR News "ahhh the great ibm consulting. where we promising you everything and you get nothing!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbeyn6n [01:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbeyn6n ) [01:44] TR News "Was a substantial layoff in Canada this week. Im hearing numbers are around 200 people. Cloud and security teams affected amongst others." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqc6zjbg [01:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqc6zjbg ) [01:45] TR News " but .....it's public business when a layoff at a public company like IBM happens. He's probably compiling his research and writing the sequel to the book "The Decline and Fall of IBM: End of an American Icon?" by none other than the one and only Robert Cringley. Alvind and Krabanaugh aren't fit to lick Cringley's shoes. Available for $10.95 in paperback from Amazon. Definitely worth reading for all the IBM newbies." [01:46] TR News "Not just Ottawa. Markham too. One manager had the special 1-on-1 with four people today" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqa4aht9 [01:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqa4aht9 ) [01:46] TR News "Yes, laid off today after 9 years, Band 8, Security division. One month notice + severance. Every country is sharing the pain... enjoy Canada!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqa4aht9 [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] Why Kyndryl Holdings Stock Is Down Big Today [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] Could it happen to Big Blue IBM since we know that Alvind and the Pipmunks are no saints and Kyndryl is an offshoot of IBM and it's senior executives are from IBM ? It is no secret that Krabanaugh cooks the books... [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-kyndryl-holdings-stock-down-183900468.html [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] " [01:47] TR Bot Why Kyndryl Holdings Stock Is Down Big Today [01:47] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqcvfjda [01:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqcvfjda ) [01:47] TR News Teardown Of Casio Credit Card-Sized Radio https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/teardown-of-casio-credit-card-sized-radio/ | Source: Hackaday [01:47] TR Bot Of Casio Credit Card-Sized Radio | Hackaday [01:54] TR News 3D-Printed Scanner https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/3d-printed-scanner-automates-deck-management-for-trading-card-gamers/ | Source: Hackaday [01:54] TR Bot Scanner Automates Deck Management For Trading Card Gamers | Hackaday [01:55] TR News Failure to tackle online abuse of journalists could prove fatal, editors warned https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/failure-to-tackle-online-abuse-of-journalists-could-prove-fatal-editors-warned/ [01:55] TR Bot Failure to tackle online abuse of journalists could prove fatal, editors warned - Press Gazette [01:57] TR News Night Owls Face Higher Depression Risk. A New Study Explains The Link. https://www.sciencealert.com/night-owls-face-higher-depression-risk-a-new-study-explains-the-link [01:57] TR Bot Owls Face Higher Depression Risk. A New Study Explains The Link. : ScienceAlert [01:58] TR News Debian bookworm live images now fully reproducible https://lwn.net/Articles/1015402/ [01:58] TR Bot bookworm live images now fully reproducible [LWN.net] [01:58] TR News Michael Meeks: 2025-03-25 Tuesday https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-03-25.html "last-round interview." Michael Meeks: 2025-03-26 Wednesday https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-03-26.html "Published the next strip: building for maintainability" [01:58] TR Bot Stuff Michael Meeks is doing [01:58] TR Bot Stuff Michael Meeks is doing ● Mar 28 [02:00] TR News Indian stand-up comic sets off free speech debate with parody song https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indian-stand-up-comic-sets-off-free-speech-debate-with-parody-song [02:00] TR Bot Indian stand-up comic sets off free speech debate with parody song | The Straits Times [02:00] TR News As MElon Makes Some Headway in India, He Is Also Suing Its Government https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/world/asia/india-elon-musk-x-lawsuit-grok.html "his X platform is waging a fight over free speech." [02:00] TR Bot As Musk Makes Some Headway in India, He Is Also Suing Its Government - The New York Times [02:00] TR News UK University Gets Record Fine Over Free Speech on Campus https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/world/europe/uk-university-sussex-free-speech-transgender.html [02:00] TR Bot UK University Gets Record Fine Over Free Speech on Campus - The New York Times [02:03] *nobody has quit (connection closed) [02:04] *nobody (~nobody@jrpx766xkp2nn.irc) has joined #techrights [02:05] TR News Integrated BMS Makes Battery Packs Easy https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/integrated-bms-makes-battery-packs-easy/ | Source: Hackaday [02:05] TR Bot BMS Makes Battery Packs Easy | Hackaday [02:07] TR News Clearing Brain Waste Dramatically Improves Memory in Aging Mice https://www.sciencealert.com/clearing-brain-waste-dramatically-improves-memory-in-aging-mice [02:07] TR Bot Brain Waste Dramatically Improves Memory in Aging Mice : ScienceAlert [02:08] TR News Its time for a national rent freeze https://breachmedia.ca/its-time-for-a-national-rent-freeze/ [02:08] TR Bot Its time for a national rent freeze The Breach [02:08] TR News Fitting A Spell Checker Into 64 KB https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/fitting-a-spell-checker-into-64-kb/ | Source: Hackaday [02:08] TR Bot A Spell Checker Into 64 KB | Hackaday [02:09] TR News "ultra-cheap specimens purchased over at his local Micro Center store." https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/why-are-micro-center-flash-drives-so-slow/ | Source: Hackaday [02:09] TR Bot Are Micro Center Flash Drives So Slow? | Hackaday [02:09] TR News Intelligence Officials Face a Fresh Round of Questions About Signal Leak https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/politics/intelligence-officials-signal-leak.html [02:09] TR Bot Intelligence Officials Face a Fresh Round of Questions About Signal Leak - The New York Times [02:10] TR News TTABlog Test: Is STEED COMPANY Confusable with CORCEL for Clothing? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/03/ttablog-test-is-steed-company.html [02:10] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTABlog Test: Is STEED COMPANY Confusable with CORCEL for Clothing? [02:12] TR News Announcing Istio 1.25.1 https://istio.io/latest//news/releases/1.25.x/announcing-1.25.1/ [02:12] TR Bot Istio / Announcing Istio 1.25.1 [02:12] TR News LLM Slopfarm: A Site's Last Incarnation Before Throwing in the Towel, Going Offline Permanently (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/LLM_Slopfarm_A_Site_s_Last_Incarnation_Before_Throwing_in_the_T.shtml [02:12] TR Bot Techrights LLM Slopfarm: A Site's Last Incarnation Before Throwing in the Towel, Going Offline Permanently [02:12] TR News Microsoft's Serial Strangler's Law Firm Has a Long History of Fronting for People Who Do Bad and/or Illegal Things (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_s_Law_Firm_Has_a_Long_History_of_F.shtml [02:12] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Serial Strangler's Law Firm Has a Long History of Fronting for People Who Do Bad and/or Illegal Things [02:13] TR News Let Them Eat 'Apps' https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/25/Let_Them_Eat_Apps.shtml [02:13] TR Bot Techrights Let Them Eat 'Apps' [02:13] TR News Free Software Community Folks Are Closer Together Than the Cliques and Opportunists Rallying Around "Open Source" (Openwashing, Marketing, Conniving) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/25/Free_Software_Community_Folks_Are_Closer_Together_Than_the_Cliq.shtml [02:13] TR Bot Techrights Free Software Community Folks Are Closer Together Than the Cliques and Opportunists Rallying Around "Open Source" (Openwashing, Marketing, Conniving) [02:13] TR News After US Government Funding Cuts the Centralisation of the Web (Especially Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt) is at Risk https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/25/After_US_Government_Funding_Cuts_the_Centralisation_of_the_Web_.shtml [02:13] TR Bot Techrights After US Government Funding Cuts the Centralisation of the Web (Especially Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt) is at Risk [02:14] TR News Rumour: Mass Layoffs in I.C.B.M. Canada Today https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Rumour_Mass_Layoffs_in_IBM_Canada_Today.shtml [02:14] TR Bot Techrights Rumour: Mass Layoffs in IBM Canada Today [02:14] TR News Hololight joins the OpenXR momentum https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/hololight-joins-the-openxr-momentum.html [02:14] TR Bot Hololight joins the OpenXR momentum [02:15] TR News Tibetans express concern about gutting of RFA, but say, We still hear you https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/03/26/tibet-rfa-listeners-we-can-still-hear-you/ [02:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/03/26/tibet-rfa-listeners-we-can-still-hear-you/ ) [02:15] TR News European Patent Office (EPO) Illegally Turning to Slop Behind Closed Doors, Staff Objects to This Hidden Catastrophe https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/25/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Illegally_Turning_to_Slop_Behind_Clo.shtml [02:15] TR Bot Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Illegally Turning to Slop Behind Closed Doors, Staff Objects to This Hidden Catastrophe [02:15] TR News Looking Forward to the Fall of UPC and Revocation of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement, Which Was Always Illegal and Unconstitutional https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/Looking_Forward_to_the_Fall_of_UPC_and_Revocation_of_the_Unifie.shtml [02:15] TR Bot Techrights Looking Forward to the Fall of UPC and Revocation of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement, Which Was Always Illegal and Unconstitutional [02:16] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RDieHarder 0.2.7 on CRAN: Fix Bashism in Configure, Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/03/26#rdieharder_0.2.7 [02:16] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [02:17] TR News 'It's an important time, for all of Europe, not to close their eyes to what's happening in Turkey' https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250326-it-s-an-important-time-for-all-of-europe-not-to-close-their-eyes-to-what-s-happening-in-turkey [02:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250326-it-s-an-important-time-for-all-of-europe-not-to-close-their-eyes-to-what-s-happening-in-turkey ) [02:19] TR News Those are illegal and unconstitutional; the EPO's corruption has basically spread to the EU https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/epo-statistics-show-surge-in-unitary-patents/ [02:19] TR Bot Unitary Patents surge according to EPO Patent Index [02:20] TR News Corruption is nothing to be celebrated, except in the EPO [02:20] TR News Critical Next.js Vulnerability in Hacker Crosshairs https://www.securityweek.com/critical-next-js-vulnerability-in-hacker-crosshairs/ [02:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-next-js-vulnerability-in-hacker-crosshairs/ ) [02:20] TR News Neovim 0.11 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1015496/ [02:20] TR Bot 0.11 released [LWN.net] [02:22] TR News The Fallout From The Leaked Signal Chat, Explained https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010072631/the-fallout-from-the-leaked-signal-chat-explained.html [02:22] TR Bot The Fallout From The Leaked Signal Chat, Explained - The New York Times [02:23] TR News Artist Flatly Refuses to License Music to Kanye West Due to Antisemitism Now Shes Suing After He Used the Sample Anyway https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/26/artist-refuses-to-license-music-to-kanye-lawsuit/ [02:23] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/26/artist-refuses-to-license-music-to-kanye-lawsuit/ ) [02:24] TR News 'Kids are isolated from each other but joined by screens that then connect them to toxic cultures' https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250326-kids-are-isolated-from-each-other-but-joined-by-screens-that-then-connect-them-to-toxic-cultures [02:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250326-kids-are-isolated-from-each-other-but-joined-by-screens-that-then-connect-them-to-toxic-cultures ) [02:25] TR News Reflecting on TikToks Role in Society as New Ban Deadline Approaches https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-ban-deadline.html [02:25] TR Bot Reflecting on TikToks Role in Society as New Ban Deadline Approaches - The New York Times [02:26] TR News It's not AI, it's just computer program https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/03/27/north-korea-first-airborne-warning-plane/ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-leader-kim-jong-un-supervises-test-of-ai-suicide-drones-kcna-says [02:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/03/27/north-korea-first-airborne-warning-plane/ ) [02:26] TR Bot North Korea leader Kim Jong Un supervises test of AI suicide drones, KCNA says | The Straits Times [02:28] TR News FSF "Evacuating Boston was great, lets see Mozilla do the same with SF." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499176 [02:28] TR Bot Zo Kooyman on Post-Stallman Changes at the Free Software Foundation | Hacker News [02:28] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [02:29] TR News "If you give in to extortionists, theyll extort you and others for more. If you let bullies get their way, those bullies will bully you and others even more menacingly." https://stallman.org/ [02:29] TR Bot Richard Stallman's Personal Page [02:32] TR News Novell and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Apologist/Booster Bruce Byfield Writing About the FSF is a Recipe for Problems https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/Novell_and_Microsoft_Apologist_Booster_Bruce_Byfield_Writing_Ab.shtml [02:32] TR Bot Techrights Novell and Microsoft Apologist/Booster Bruce Byfield Writing About the FSF is a Recipe for Problems [02:37] TR News Apple boss Tim Cook hails next generation of developers on China visit https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/apple-boss-tim-cook-hails-next-generation-of-developers-on-china-visit [02:37] TR Bot Apple boss Tim Cook hails next generation of developers on China visit | The Straits Times [02:38] TR News Gut feeling (shared among several of us): covering of "HEY HI" has decreased in recent week, didn't measure this to verify though. Is the hype reaching its faster demise phase? [02:39] TR News And they have quit talking about "quantum". That didn't last long. They TRIED. [02:39] MinceR 28 033714 < techrights-news> Apple boss Tim Cook hails next generation of developers on China visit [02:39] TR News New Ransomware Group Claims Attack on US Telecom Firm WideOpenWest https://www.securityweek.com/new-ransomware-group-claims-attack-on-us-telecom-firm-wideopenwest/ [02:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/new-ransomware-group-claims-attack-on-us-telecom-firm-wideopenwest/ ) [02:39] MinceR "DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!" [02:40] TR News Security Firms Say Evidence Seems to Confirm Oracle Clown [Crack] https://www.securityweek.com/security-firms-say-evidence-seems-to-confirm-oracle-cloud-hack/ [02:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/security-firms-say-evidence-seems-to-confirm-oracle-cloud-hack/ ) [02:40] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: who sleep on the desk [02:41] TR News American Oversight Seeks Temporary Restraining Order Against Convicted Felon Administration to Stop Destruction of Signal Messages https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-seeks-temporary-restraining-order-against-trump-administration-to-stop-destruction-of-signal-messages/ [02:41] TR Bot American Oversight Seeks Temporary Restraining Order Against Trump Administration to Stop Destruction of Signal Messages - American Oversight [02:42] TR News AsiaRF AWH575-MF1 WiFi HaLow industrial IoT controller offers RS232, RS485, I2C, SPI, UART, and ADC interfaces https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/27/asiarf-awh575-mf1-wifi-halow-industrial-iot-controller-offers-rs232-rs485-i2c-spi-uart-and-adc-interfaces/ [02:42] TR Bot AsiaRF AWH575-MF1 WiFi HaLow industrial IoT controller offers RS232, RS485, I2C, SPI, UART, and ADC interfaces - CNX Software [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-03-27.txt [02:52] TR News "IBM without gobbledygook is like a duck without water." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbeyn6n [02:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqbeyn6n ) [02:52] TR News "We shouldnt be surprised by this. After Arvind Krishna became CEO it was inevitable. Its just sooner than I expected." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqd6cnsj [02:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqd6cnsj ) [02:53] TR News "IBM sold the qradar Sw last year" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqc6zjbg [02:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqc6zjbg ) [02:53] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:55] TR News The High Price of War With Iran: $10 Gas and the Collapse of the US Economy https://original.antiwar.com/kucinich/2025/03/26/the-high-price-of-war-with-iran-10-gas-and-the-collapse-of-the-us-economy/ [02:55] TR Bot The High Price of War With Iran: $10 Gas and the Collapse of the US Economy - Antiwar.com [02:55] TR News Trumps Top Aides Suffer Another Series of Embarrassing Data Blunders https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-top-aides-suffer-another-series-of-embarrassing-data-breaches/ [02:55] TR Bot Trumps Top Aides Suffer Another Series of Embarrassing Data Blunders [02:56] MinceR everyone has aids! [02:56] schestowitz[TR2] we need a wwwwar on aides [02:57] IsambardPrince "RFK Jr. is off doing "health secretary" things. You know, like encouraging people to not vaccinate their kids, use home remedies for the Measles that destroy the liver, eat fries that clog up your heart even worse than normal fast food fries, and take the fluoride out of the toothpaste and water. [02:57] IsambardPrince Should the fluoride thing worry people? Only the ones that wanted to keep their teeth past age 19. [02:57] IsambardPrince I've lived in Indiana. I've seen the result of someone who never went to the dentist and never brushed his teeth. He was missing over 60% of his teeth by age 19. Presumably he drank fluoridated water which was the only reason it wasn't even worse than that." [02:58] schestowitz[TR2] i have a dumb question [02:58] schestowitz[TR2] as it could be answered [02:58] schestowitz[TR2] by looking up sites [02:59] IsambardPrince I may be the person with the dumb answer you need. [02:59] schestowitz[TR2] what is RFK? [02:59] schestowitz[TR2] is he a meedical doctor? [02:59] IsambardPrince No, he is not. [02:59] schestowitz[TR2] what are his professsionalk qualifications? [02:59] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [02:59] IsambardPrince He's a distant relative of John F. Kennedy. [02:59] schestowitz[TR2] seems liike he ride the JFK brand [02:59] IsambardPrince The Kennedy family HATES him. [02:59] schestowitz[TR2] rides [02:59] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], He's a dirty ambulance chasing lawyer that sues vaccine companies for a living. ● Mar 28 [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] oh [03:00] IsambardPrince Mostly. [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] llawyer? [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] wtf? [03:00] IsambardPrince Yeah [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] and he's deciding health policies? [03:00] IsambardPrince Yep [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] gulagggboy also chose ambulance chasers [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] with less than 100k in the bank [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] and he pretends to bee securitty person [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] he's not [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] they help him lie about that [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] like RFK pretends to be health expert [03:01] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I don't know how RFK Jr. won any cases honestly. [03:01] IsambardPrince The guy is dumber than a sack of shit. [03:01] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/patrickstrudwick/this-law-firm-is-trying-to-target-people-on-facebook-whose-h [03:01] TR Bot ( status 406 @ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/patrickstrudwick/this-law-firm-is-trying-to-target-people-on-facebook-whose-h ) [03:01] schestowitz[TR2] the serial strangler uses them also [03:01] schestowitz[TR2] Gulag and the serial strangler [03:01] schestowitz[TR2] choosing people who prey on gays with hiv [03:01] schestowitz[TR2] many are gay [03:01] schestowitz[TR2] how "woke" [03:02] schestowitz[TR2] (of course they also bully women) [03:02] schestowitz[TR2] (that goes hand in hand)) [03:02] schestowitz[TR2] (with attacking gays) [03:03] TR News Will Convicted Felons push to cut waste hit Social Security? The view from Georgia. https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2025/0326/social-security-trump-doge-voters [03:03] TR Bot Trumps push for efficiency could affect Social Security - CSMonitor.com [03:05] TR News Radxa CM3J industrial-grade Rockchip RK3568J SoM is compatible with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/27/radxa-cm3j-industrial-grade-rockchip-rk3568j-som-is-compatible-with-raspberry-pi-compute-module-4/ [03:05] TR Bot Radxa CM3J industrial-grade Rockchip RK3568J SoM is compatible with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 - CNX Software [03:05] TR News Raising Felix: Surveillance Giant Google Misunderstood https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/raising-felix-google-misunderstood [03:05] TR Bot Raising Felix: Google Misunderstood | The New Yorker [03:06] TR News Slopfarms (Sites That Only Ever Publish LLM Slop) Are Killing Surveillance Giant Google News (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/Slopfarms_Sites_That_Only_Ever_Publish_LLM_Slop_Are_Killing_Goo.shtml [03:06] TR Bot Techrights Slopfarms (Sites That Only Ever Publish LLM Slop) Are Killing Google News [03:06] TR News Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Hacking of Inaba Plant Monitoring Cameras https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-allow-remote-hacking-of-inaba-plant-monitoring-cameras/ [03:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-allow-remote-hacking-of-inaba-plant-monitoring-cameras/ ) [03:07] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], A worm ate part of RFK Jr.'s brain. [03:07] IsambardPrince Or so he says. [03:07] IsambardPrince I actually believe this. [03:07] IsambardPrince For some reason. [03:07] schestowitz[TR2] morris? [03:08] TR News Federal judge who blocked Convicted Felon deportation plan to oversee Signal messaging case https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/federal-judge-who-blocked-trump-deportation-plan-to-oversee-signal-messaging-case/ [03:08] TR Bot Federal judge who blocked Trump deportation plan to oversee Signal messaging case - JURIST - News [03:09] TR News Intelligence chiefs insist Signal chat was a simple mistake https://cyberscoop.com/signal-chat-house-intelligence-tulsi-gabbard-chrissy-houlahan/ [03:09] TR Bot chiefs insist Signal chat was a simple mistake | CyberScoop [03:09] TR News Chris Avramidis: Tempi strike marks a golden page in history of Greece's labor movement https://bianet.org/haber/chris-avramidis-tempi-strike-marks-a-golden-page-in-history-of-greece-s-labor-movement-305863 [03:09] TR Bot Chris Avramidis: Tempi strike marks a golden page in history of Greece's labor movement [03:09] TR News macOS Users Warned of New Versions of ReaderUpdate Malware https://www.securityweek.com/macos-users-warned-of-new-versions-of-readerupdate-malware/ [03:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/macos-users-warned-of-new-versions-of-readerupdate-malware/ ) [03:10] TR News AMTSO Releases Sandbox Evaluation Framework https://www.securityweek.com/amtso-releases-sandbox-evaluation-framework/ [03:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/amtso-releases-sandbox-evaluation-framework/ ) [03:10] TR News "TCE is Highly Toxic." https://www.propublica.org/article/tce-ban-cancer-parkinsons-trump-republicans | Source: Pro Publica [03:10] TR Bot TCE is Highly Toxic. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It. ProPublica [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: MAHA ^ [03:11] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], These people have been buying filters that say they remove fluoride, and in turn they deposit heavy metals into the water. [03:12] IsambardPrince His anti-fluoride thing is big in Libertarian circles. [03:12] TR News CFPB Probes of Big Tech https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cfpb-investigation-capital-one-rocket-meta-carvana-greenlight | Source: Pro Publica http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml [03:12] TR Bot CFPB Probes of Big Tech and Finance Frozen Under Trump ProPublica [03:12] TR Bot Techrights GAFAM Kissing the Ring of the Mafia Don [03:12] IsambardPrince They buy these things called Berkey filters [03:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Berkey has "ways" of making you stop telling that to people btw. [03:12] TR News CFPB https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/cfpb-closure-trump-mortgage-debts-banks-credit-consumer-financial-protection | Source: Pro Publica [03:12] TR Bot Have You Recently Sought Help From the CFPB? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You. ProPublica [03:13] IsambardPrince That their filters are crap and put heavy metals in the water. [03:13] IsambardPrince They also don't submit their products to any testing lab. [03:13] IsambardPrince So you have nobody's word but their own, the company that makes it. [03:14] TR News (NEW): Announcing Istio 1.25.1 and Neovim 0.11 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Announcing_Istio_1_25_1_and_Neovim_0_11.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Announcing_Istio_1_25_1_and_Neovim_0_11.gmi [03:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Announcing Istio 1.25.1 and Neovim 0.11 [03:15] schestowitz[TR2] i c [03:15] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Security_Leftovers.gmi [03:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [03:16] schestowitz[TR2] to use the term from MinceR the troll vanquisher [03:17] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/today_s_leftovers.gmi [03:17] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [03:17] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], So basically, this national fluoride ban they want to do would preempt state laws. [03:18] IsambardPrince So even states that are not governed by idiots would not be allowed to fluoridate the water. [03:18] IsambardPrince But at the same time, the EPA and RFK Jr. don't want to do anything about forever chemicals or microplastics that actually are harmful. [03:18] TR News Techrights Links 28/03/2025: Australia at Risk, EPO Grants Illegal Patents With Illegal Effect https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Links_28_03_2025_Australia_at_Risk_EPO_Grants_Illegal_Patents_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Links_28_03_2025_Australia_at_Risk_EPO_Grants_Illegal_Patents_W.gmi [03:18] TR Bot Techrights Links 28/03/2025: Australia at Risk, EPO Grants Illegal Patents With Illegal Effect [03:19] IsambardPrince It doesn't cost the federal government anything to fluoridate tap water, that's always been local government. [03:20] TR News IBM layoffs https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/durham-county-news/rti-international-ibm-panera-among-hundreds-of-jobs-cut-factory-closures-impacting-nc/ [03:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/durham-county-news/rti-international-ibm-panera-among-hundreds-of-jobs-cut-factory-closures-impacting-nc/ ) [03:21] TR News IBM To Fire 9000 Employees; Imposes Strict Work From Office Rule https://trak.in/stories/ibm-to-fire-9000-employees-imposes-strict-work-from-office-rule/ [03:21] TR Bot To Fire 9000 Employees; Imposes Strict Work From Office Rule - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile & Startups [03:22] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Thought about a countertop reverse osmosis system. [03:22] IsambardPrince But those are expensive and you should buy a remineralization pack. [03:22] TR News Dell sheds 10% of staff for the second year in a row: that's 12,000 people in 12 months https://dev.ua/en/news/dell-skorochuie-10-personalu-druhyi-rik-pospil-tse-12-000-liudei-za-12-misiatsiv-1743071679 [03:22] TR Bot sheds 10% of staff for the second year in a row: that's 12,000 people in 12 months | dev.ua [03:23] IsambardPrince So you're basically tearing it down and rebuilding it to have "desirable" minerals. [03:25] TR News In expectation of more deep cuts and layoffs https://www.gamesindustry.biz/user-research-workers-at-activision-unionize [03:25] TR Bot research workers at Activision unionize | GamesIndustry.biz [03:29] schestowitz[TR2] no idea [03:32] MinceR 28 040711 < IsambardPrince> schestowitz[TR2], A worm ate part of RFK Jr.'s brain. [03:32] MinceR and then starved to death? [03:32] TR News "We do trivia once a month at a little microbrewery tucked away in the city's French Quarter. It actually runs every other week, but half our team is in a curling league. But we try to go whenever schedules allow, and curling was cancelled yesterday, so we went." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/3-26.gmi [03:33] TR News What else but mom gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-03-28-mom.txt "I give my daughter a structured life, full of friends, variety, care and discipline, math and stories, music and wilderness, good food and good memories. Almost all my thoughts are about us." [03:34] TR News "One of the worst harassers on the internet was pushing NOSTR as so censorship proof and so awesome so I was like uh nope, the fact that on ActivityPub, there is instance level moderation is actually awesome. And it is." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/nostr-moderation [03:35] TR News "Nowadays everyone can generate texts, images, videos using AI, with barely any effort, skills or knowledge." gemini://tearoom.earth/gemfeed/2025-03-28-the-ultimate-twilight-of-creativity.gmi The need to vet sources is hardly new; anyone can spew out anything, anywhere [03:36] TR News "I added another integrator today, bringing me up to three integrators. I need four integrators for a particular simulation I am looking at." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250327-0.gmi [03:37] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1247.jpg [03:38] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1597.jpg [03:39] MinceR > Even if I do scrub them off my own instance, they can still have their own lil 2minute hate sessions on their own server [03:40] MinceR i wonder what sort of solution does Idiomdrottning expect to exist for this problem? [03:40] MinceR i suppose killing the user who's having "hate sessions" would work [03:40] TR News "So I decided to re-watch the series, but in this list's order, starting with the top-ranked one ("Jose Chung's From Outer Space"). I watched "Beyond the Sea" last night; "Paper Hearts" is next." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-03-27-2 [03:41] MinceR or abolishing the general purpose computer and somehow centrally controlling what people are allowed to use computers for would work, except they could still do that on other media, for example, they could write a diary... [03:43] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 28/03/2025: Rewatching The X-Files, Slop Concerns, and NOSTR Censorship https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Gemini_Links_28_03_2025_Rewatching_The_X_Files_Slop_Concerns_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Gemini_Links_28_03_2025_Rewatching_The_X_Files_Slop_Concerns_an.gmi [03:43] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 28/03/2025: Rewatching The X-Files, Slop Concerns, and NOSTR Censorship [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: right [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] see above title [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] " NOSTR Censorship" [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] not "moderation" [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] Idiomdrottning being Idiomdrottning [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] it's not a new thing [03:45] MinceR :> [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] like, let us control our people think [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] and use terms like, [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] "Safe space" [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] ooof course it then gets biased for particular groups [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] no matter the "wing" [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] it's becoming a power trip [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] and it's happening in x, former twitter, even mstoodon [03:46] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/o/2020/05/04/twitter-hateful-conduct/ [03:46] TR Bot Social Control Media: Naming the Author Who Smeared Wikileaks (Using a Past Identity) is 'Hateful Conduct' (Updatedx3) [03:46] schestowitz[TR2] that was 5 years ago [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] "Update #3: I have also just discovered, 6 hours late, that at the same time Twitter suspended the Tux Machines account, which is totally unrelated, citing "suspicious activity" (very vague) and requiring a phone number and long recovery process to get the account back. This happened around the very same hour as the above process. It's not likely that the overlap is a coincidence. In a decade of Twitter this never happened to Tux [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] Machines. Is there a coordinated attempt to suppress speech? " [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] twitter is controlled by _Some_ extreemists [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] but the "good" extremists [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] now it's MElon [03:47] MinceR lol [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] all those platforms are a sad joke [03:47] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/o/2021/12/29/straw-man-censorship/ [03:47] TR Bot Criticising Microsoft and the OSI is COVID-19 Misinformation [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] thankfully i no longer waste time on such "problems" [03:49] IsambardPrince https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/did-a-tapeworm-really-eat-part-of-robert-f-kennedy-jr-s-brain [03:49] TR Bot Did a tapeworm really eat part of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s brain? | PBS News [03:49] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], MinceR ^ [03:50] IsambardPrince "In a 2012 deposition recently reviewed by the New York Times, the politician revealed that in 2010 a worm got into his brain ate a portion of it and then died." [03:54] schestowitz[TR2] haha [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] does that explainnn why he sounds like a robot? [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] did they implant something in there? [03:55] IsambardPrince More worms perhaps. [03:55] IsambardPrince They just wear the rest of the body like an Edgar Suit from Men In Black. [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] worms in kennnedy clothing [03:55] MinceR Junior [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] like the alien films [03:56] IsambardPrince MinceR, Like the episode of TNG. [03:56] IsambardPrince With the parasite works. [03:56] IsambardPrince *worms [03:56] MinceR and then the worm makes the human say things like "JAFFA! KREE!" [03:56] IsambardPrince They shot the guy with the phasers and his head exploded. [03:56] MinceR and makes the humans' eyes glow [03:56] IsambardPrince The worms were trying to take over the Federation. [03:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They censored that episode in the UK. [03:57] IsambardPrince They declared it to be too grotesque. [03:57] MinceR did the tories feel it hits too close to home? [03:57] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Vr9LnogLM [03:57] TR Bot https://iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=g_Vr9LnogLM [03:57] TR Bot ( status 500 @ https://nyc1.iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=g_Vr9LnogLM ) [03:57] IsambardPrince This scene. ● Mar 28 [04:00] MinceR poor guy couldn't say "peaceful coexistence" convincingly enough [04:01] MinceR and so he had to die [04:01] IsambardPrince Earlier, they were munching on bowls full of grubs or something. [04:20] MinceR "well, if you eat grubs, then we can't be friends. :(" [04:20] TR News Techrights Slopwatch: trendhunter.com and Other Pure Junk From "Google News" https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Slopwatch_trendhunter_com_and_Other_Pure_Junk_From_Google_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Slopwatch_trendhunter_com_and_Other_Pure_Junk_From_Google_News.gmi [04:20] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: trendhunter.com and Other Pure Junk From "Google News" [04:22] TR News "Did anyone get laid off who had forced to relocate last year? My whole department got cut except for one person who relocated to Austin during the RTO push. Apparently thats the reason theyre exempt but I heard rumors of people getting laid off even after relocating during the RTO push." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqd817p8 [04:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqd817p8 ) [04:22] MinceR "can't we all jussssst get along?" "well, not if you say it like that!" [04:23] TR News "I told everyone 1 year ago that Martin and Elly are cooking the books..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqcc3knh#bc [04:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqcc3knh#bc ) [04:23] TR News "Shares of Kyndryl (KD.N), opens new tab fell nearly 13% on Thursday, after a research report from short-seller Gotham City alleged the IT services provider has manipulated certain financial metrics." https://www.reuters.com/technology/kyndryl-shares-slump-after-gotham-city-alleges-it-manipulated-metrics-2025-03-27/ [04:23] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/technology/kyndryl-shares-slump-after-gotham-city-alleges-it-manipulated-metrics-2025-03-27/ ) [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: typical wall street [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] microsoft does this too [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] but evades detectiion by "Those Who Matter [04:24] MinceR munching on grubs? [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] maybe bribes them [04:24] IsambardPrince https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/27/hegseth-mistakes-some-trump-allies-00254817 [04:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/27/hegseth-mistakes-some-trump-allies-00254817 ) [04:24] IsambardPrince They may be getting ready to throw Waltz and Hegseth under the bus. [04:25] MinceR good [04:25] MinceR the game of trump musical chairs begins [04:26] IsambardPrince Like last time? [04:28] MinceR indeed [04:29] MinceR only this time they're supposed to be pickier about the candidates [04:43] TR News Techrights IBM, Red Hat and Microsoft Probably Also Manipulate Metrics (It Helps Con the Shareholders) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/IBM_Red_Hat_and_Microsoft_Probably_Also_Manipulate_Metrics_It_H.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/IBM_Red_Hat_and_Microsoft_Probably_Also_Manipulate_Metrics_It_H.gmi [04:44] TR Bot Techrights IBM, Red Hat and Microsoft Probably Also Manipulate Metrics (It Helps Con the Shareholders) [04:44] IsambardPrince MinceR, I noticed some weird sex freak on Reddit (the things you see there....) who was wearing a black rubber suit and a gas mask. [04:44] IsambardPrince I said, "Are you my mummy!?" [04:44] MinceR lol [04:45] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EpreukySEQ [04:45] TR Bot https://invidious.slipfox.xyz/watch?v=4EpreukySEQ [04:45] TR Bot ww25.invidious.slipfox.xyz | NO TITLE [04:46] MinceR "Who would have thought that a child could win a children's card game?" [04:50] MinceR lol [04:53] schestowitz[TR2] card in the door gap ● Mar 28 [05:00] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [05:01] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [05:14] IsambardPrince https://www.foxnews.com/us/trans-student-assaults-conservative-activist-bike-lock-unsettling-video-wanted-kill-me [05:14] TR Bot TPUSA chapter president sustains head injury after being attacked with bike lock: video | Fox News [05:14] IsambardPrince Vroom [05:14] IsambardPrince "Trans student arrested after allegedly wielding bike lock in stunning video" [05:15] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39266777 [05:15] TR Bot Lauren Jeska jailed for Alexander Stadium stabbings - BBC News [05:16] IsambardPrince "The footage shows the suspect, identified by authorities as 20-year-old Liam Thanh Tam Nguyen, grabbing his bike before swinging a bike lock at the camerawoman. [05:16] IsambardPrince Nguyen, who also identifies by the name Alyssa, was arrested and booked into Collin County Jail the same day. [05:16] IsambardPrince The alleged assailant was charged with two felony counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Dallas Observer, plus one count of attempting to take a weapon from an officer and one count of assault of a peace officer." [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] it's like someone incites them to commit violence [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] like gulagboy does [05:17] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], You bring great dishonah to our family! [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2024/06/24/Perens_on_a_Stick.shtml [05:17] TR Bot Techrights Perens on a Stick [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] stab em, punch em [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] then some of them do it [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] and attack women [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] inciting to commit violence is a crime in the UK [05:17] IsambardPrince "Turning Point USA posted video of the incident on X, writing that the attacker "struck Paige in the head with a metal bike lock, hitting her with enough force to shatter her phone."" [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] he will need to defend himself from our lawsuits [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] rianne also sued him [05:18] IsambardPrince Who is stupid enough to attack someone with a bike lock? It's Texas. [05:18] MinceR > being attacked with bike lock [05:18] IsambardPrince Most people there carry guns, including on college campuses. [05:18] MinceR warlock! [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] chainsaw vroom vroom - gulag's partneer [05:19] IsambardPrince MinceR, A Trans Warlock! Is it just me or is D&D getting woke these days? [05:19] MinceR lol [05:19] MinceR 5e is somewhat woke, unfortunately [05:19] IsambardPrince MinceR, I identify as a warlock. [05:19] IsambardPrince You can't challenge that or you're using white privilege. (somehow) [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] https://mastodon.social/@isis/110431186737459644 [05:20] TR Bot isis agora lovecruft : "CHAINSAW TIME VROOM VROOM MOTHERFUCKER" - Mastodon [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] "CHAINSAW TIME VROOM VROOM MOTHERFUCKER" [05:20] MinceR you can tell they're fine with dulling the edges on the Ravenloft setting to avoid what they see as offending certain people, even though those people are unlikely to be their clients either way [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] Good luck finding a hob [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] *job [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] talking like this in public [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] colleagues should bbe forwarned [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] at least they all lie to say bad wordfs [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] and allude to fantasies ttthey have about commiting acts of violence [05:21] MinceR then again, back in the day, they renamed demons and devils to avoid offenting religious nutcases [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] perfect couple [05:21] MinceR and then they undid that [05:21] MinceR and it remains undone [05:21] MinceR s/ntin/ndin/ [05:22] TR News Techrights Android Rises Above 76% in Mozambique, Leaving Windows in the Dust https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Android_Rises_Above_76_in_Mozambique_Leaving_Windows_in_the_Dus.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Android_Rises_Above_76_in_Mozambique_Leaving_Windows_in_the_Dus.gmi [05:22] TR Bot Techrights Android Rises Above 76% in Mozambique, Leaving Windows in the Dust [05:22] IsambardPrince MinceR, https://www.foxnews.com/travel/flight-passenger-106-says-airport-personnel-continues-flag-her-age-not-some-stupid-old-lady [05:22] TR Bot Texas woman, 106, says she's often asked to prove her age before flying to Florida | Fox News [05:22] IsambardPrince The video has someone with a selectee ticket, which means extra screening. [05:22] IsambardPrince The DHS prints the ticket SSSS. [05:23] IsambardPrince They forgot the space after the second S. [05:23] IsambardPrince It's the DHS. They're like the SS times two, you fucks! [05:23] MinceR Schutzstaffel Super Sport? [05:23] IsambardPrince Mein Leben! [05:23] MinceR lol [05:28] IsambardPrince https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-proposed-ballot-measure-blue-state-raises-eyebrows-named-after-road-side-lunatics [05:28] TR Bot New proposed ballot measure in blue state raises eyebrows over who its named after | Fox News [05:28] IsambardPrince "A proposed ballot initiative in California is named after alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione. [05:28] IsambardPrince The Luigi Mangione Access to Health Care Act submitted to the California Attorney Generals Office would make it illegal for an insurance company to "delay, deny or modify any medical procedure or medication" that is suggested by a licensed physician in the Golden State where there could be serious consequences such as "disability, death, amputation, permanent disfigurement, loss or reduction of any bodily function," the documen [05:28] IsambardPrince t states. It was filed by Paul Eisner, a longtime Los Angeles-based attorney." [05:28] IsambardPrince LOLOLOLOLOLOL [05:28] IsambardPrince YES [05:29] IsambardPrince I never agree with California, but yes yes, a million times yes. [05:31] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [05:32] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@b6dc92btrdtrn.irc) has joined #techrights [05:44] IsambardPrince https://www.wthitv.com/news/recent-zoom-bombings-disrupt-numerous-public-meetings-in-indiana/article_5b0639d2-74db-4698-b0e8-8a407dacf515.html [05:44] TR Bot ( status 451 @ https://www.wthitv.com/news/recent-zoom-bombings-disrupt-numerous-public-meetings-in-indiana/article_5b0639d2-74db-4698-b0e8-8a407dacf515.html ) [05:45] IsambardPrince "At least four state meetings were brought to a halt in recent months after online intruders broadcasted pornographic content and KKK imagery. [05:45] IsambardPrince The disruptions often referred to as Zoom bombings took place over Zoom and WebEx, according to Indianas Professional Licensing Agency (PLA). [05:45] IsambardPrince The isolated incidents occurred during various professional licensing board, commission and committee meetings beginning in October 2024, said Emily Cox, a PLA spokesperson. Pornographic content was displayed during three incidents and KKK imagery was displayed during one, Cox said. [05:45] IsambardPrince At least one intrusion took place this month during a state psychology board meeting. Another incident affected an early March gathering of the Indiana Real Estate Appraisers Board. [05:45] IsambardPrince All the meetings were open and accessible to the public both in-person and online. [05:45] IsambardPrince In these cases, the board director or assistant board director for each board, commission, or committee shut down the meeting streams immediately, removing the offender, Cox told the Indiana Capital Chronicle. When the meetings were restarted with the appropriate security settings in place there were no other incidents. [05:45] IsambardPrince The offenders remain unknown." [05:49] IsambardPrince MinceR, I posted on Reddit: [05:50] IsambardPrince "There really aren't many GenZ men. There are filthy mom's basement dwellers who self-radicalize into Neo-Nazism. [05:50] IsambardPrince A GenZer walked into Taco Bell yesterday for a job interview. The manager asked her to use "three words" to describe herself. She went on a pointless 6 minute word salad that was a lot longer than "three words". [05:50] IsambardPrince They don't get that "three words" just means "sum yourself up in three words". It's bullshit, the manager knows it's bullshit. You're not impressing a Taco Bell manager by wasting 6 minutes of her time going off on some idiotic narcissistic speech puffing yourself up and failing." [05:50] *koo5_ has quit (Quit: http://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.) [05:51] *koo5__ (~quassel@vmi579006.contaboserver.net) has joined #techrights [05:51] IsambardPrince GenZ is either the best people in the world or the worst people in the world, without a lot in the middle, and more of the latter. [05:51] schestowitz[TR2] the birds began coming at 5:20am [05:51] schestowitz[TR2] so you know it's really spring [05:53] IsambardPrince This isn't just "changing norms". I've never seen a group this big where so many of them could self-suck like that. [05:53] TR News "The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure from Afoot Games looks like a wonderful casual point and click adventure for you to relax with." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/the-beekeepers-picnic-a-sherlockian-adventure-point-and-click-adventure-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:53] TR Bot Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure point and click adventure out now | GamingOnLinux [05:54] TR News "Fulqrum Publishing and developers Acid Man Games and Fire Plant Games have revealed that Viscerafest, their retro styled sci-fi shooter will see a full launch on April 14th." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/retro-sci-fi-first-person-shooter-viscerafest-leaves-early-access-in-april-with-a-huge-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:54] TR Bot sci-fi first-person shooter Viscerafest leaves Early Access in April with a huge update | GamingOnLinux [05:54] TR News "Love classic RPGs? You might want to check out the newly released Geo Mythica, with some great looking 8-bit styled artwork and a quite unique sounding party-based combat system." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/geo-mythica-is-a-charming-8-bit-style-jrpg-quest-to-save-earth-with-unique-party-based-combat/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:54] TR Bot Mythica is a charming 8-bit style JRPG quest to save Earth with unique party-based combat | GamingOnLinux [05:55] TR News "Obsidian Entertainment have revisited the original Pillars of Eternity, with a big bumper patch out now and plans for another big update later this year." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/obsidian-rpg-pillars-of-eternity-got-a-big-update-with-a-turn-based-mode-coming-later-this-year/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:55] TR Bot RPG Pillars of Eternity got a big update, with a turn-based mode coming later this year | GamingOnLinux [05:56] TR News "US cities in states Trump won would be most hurt by Canadian tariffs" https://www.twincities.com/2025/03/27/trump-tariffs-canada-impact/ [05:56] TR Bot US cities in states Trump won would be most hurt by Canadian tariffs [05:56] TR News "Vi kan ikke la elbil-ladeplassene st tomme | Lars Egelands blogg" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://larsegeland.com/2025/03/27/vi-kan-ikke-la-elbil-ladeplassene-sta-tomme/ [05:56] TR Bot Vi kan ikke la elbil-ladeplassene st tomme | Lars Egelands blogg [05:57] TR News old: "Kommunerne er dybt afhngige af Microsoft, og deres udgifter stiger og stiger | Indland | DR" | Municipalities are deeply dependent on Microsoft, and their expenses are rising and rising. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/kommunerne-er-dybt-afhaengige-af-microsoft-og-deres-udgifter-stiger-og-stiger [05:57] TR Bot Kommunerne er dybt afhngige af Microsoft, og deres udgifter stiger og stiger | Indland | DR [05:57] TR News [paywall] Bills from tech giants cost regions salaries for 200 nurses https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://politiken.dk/danmark/art10141042/Regninger-fra-techgiganter-koster-regioner-l%C3%B8nninger-til-200-sygeplejersker iophk: interesting that they have the actual numbers available [05:57] TR Bot Regninger fra techgiganter koster regioner lnninger til 200 sygeplejersker [05:58] TR News "I'll admit I'm pretty uncultured apparently as seeing the release of ENA: Dream BBQ today led me down a bit of a rabbit hole about the ENA animated series." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/animated-series-ena-gets-a-video-game-with-the-free-surreal-adventure-ena-dream-bbq/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:58] TR Bot series ENA gets a video game with the free surreal adventure ENA: Dream BBQ | GamingOnLinux [05:58] TR News "After requesting Linux testers back in Early 2024, the sneaky stealth platformer Kiyo has a new playtest on Steam for you to try with expanded Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/stealth-platformer-kiyo-puts-up-a-new-playtest-with-improved-linux-and-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:58] TR Bot platformer Kiyo puts up a new playtest with improved Linux and Steam Deck support | GamingOnLinux [05:59] TR News "The Warfare Legacy Collection bundles together two classic Flash strategy games Warfare 1917 and Warfare 1944, upgraded for modern computers and expanded for a Steam release on April 28th." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/two-classic-flash-strategy-games-make-a-return-in-april-with-the-warfare-legacy-collection/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [05:59] TR Bot classic Flash strategy games make a return in April with the Warfare Legacy Collection | GamingOnLinux ● Mar 28 [06:00] TR News old: "Monopolet fortstter: Kommunale Microsoft-licenser til 4,1 mia. kr. sendt i udbud | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/monopolet-fortsaetter-kommunale-microsoft-licenser-til-41-mia-kr-sendt-i-udbud [06:00] TR Bot Monopolet fortstter: Kommunale Microsoft-licenser til 4,1 mia. kr. sendt i udbud | Version2 [06:01] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/atop_panic_averted/ [06:01] TR Bot Turns out it was just a bug in Atop after all The Register [06:01] TR News Microsoft bleeding the taxpayers dry; paywall / needs further investigation: "David Heinemeier: Hykleri af regeringen at forny dyre Microsoft-kontrakter midt i snak om teknologisk uafhngighed | Radar" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://radar.dk/artikel/david-heinemeier-hykleri-af-regeringen-forny-dyre-microsoft-kontrakter-midt-i-snak-om-teknologisk [06:01] TR Bot David Heinemeier: Hykleri af regeringen at forny dyre Microsoft-kontrakter midt i snak om teknologisk uafhngighed | Radar [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: big bug? [06:02] schestowitz[TR2] love bug? [06:02] TR News (NEW): Games: Warfare Legacy Collection, ENA: Dream BBQ, Geo Mythica, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Games_Warfare_Legacy_Collection_ENA_Dream_BBQ_Geo_Mythica_and_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Games_Warfare_Legacy_Collection_ENA_Dream_BBQ_Geo_Mythica_and_M.gmi [06:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Warfare Legacy Collection, ENA: Dream BBQ, Geo Mythica, and More [06:03] TR News "Stunning Signal security breach rattles US allies" https://www.semafor.com/article/03/26/2025/intel-leak-rattles-us-allies [06:03] TR Bot Signal security breach rattles US allies | Semafor [06:03] TR News These people are saving data from Trump censorship | "Digitale Bcherverbrennung: Diese Menschen retten Daten vor der Trump-Zensur" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digitale-buecherverbrennung-diese-menschen-retten-daten-vor-der-trump-zensur/ [06:03] TR Bot Digitale Bcherverbrennung: Diese Menschen retten Daten vor der Trump-Zensur [06:04] TR News "Medicare Would Be in Real Danger of Collapse Under Dr Oz" https://jacobin.com/2025/03/dr-oz-medicare-advantage-insurance/ [06:04] TR Bot Medicare Would Be in Real Danger of Collapse Under Dr Oz [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] request: [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] i tried https://ubuntu.com/engage/2025-state-of-software-supply-chain [06:15] TR Bot state of software supply chains: 2025 research | Ubuntu [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] it only sends the pdf by email [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] to real emaiul [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] does anyone fancy [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] requesting it [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] checking how they mader the pdf [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] probably adobe or windows or office or something [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] it's in trhe metadata [06:27] TR News Techrights Microsoft Canonical Continues Its FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) Campaign, Reveals Google Too Sponsored It https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Microsoft_Canonical_Continues_Its_FUD_Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Ca.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Microsoft_Canonical_Continues_Its_FUD_Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Ca.gmi [06:27] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Canonical Continues Its FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) Campaign, Reveals Google Too Sponsored It [06:28] TR News iophk: to paraphrase Theo de Raadt, the difference between a bug and a security hole is in the intelligence of the attacker [06:37] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [06:40] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/uk_facial_recognition/ [06:40] TR Bot UK's first permanent facial recognition cameras installed The Register [06:41] TR News Microsoft-funded slant "I don't need Windows anymore. One final tool broke my reliance on Microsoft" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2648498/i-dont-need-windows-anymore-one-final-tool-broke-my-reliance-on-microsoft.html pcworld = Microsoft funded http://techrights.org/wiki/IDG/ [06:41] TR Bot don't need Windows anymore. One final tool broke my reliance on Microsoft | PCWorld [06:41] TR Bot IDG [06:41] TR News "Producing Wafers at TSMC Arizona is Only 10% More Expensive Than in Taiwan" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/03/26/0237223 [06:41] TR Bot Producing Wafers at TSMC Arizona is Only 10% More Expensive Than in Taiwan - SoylentNews [06:42] TR News "Signal chat debacle shows depth of Vance's anti-Europe obsession" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/vance-anti-europe-obsession [06:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/vance-anti-europe-obsession ) [06:42] admfubar soon to be automated into oblivion .. https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/microsoft_365_copilot_reasoning_agents/ [06:42] TR Bot Microsoft 365 Copilot enlists Researcher, Analyst agents The Register [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.theregister.com | UK's first permanent facial recognition cameras installed The Register [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] i doube it [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] ine [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] ime [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] they did it beforte [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] and permanently [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] it does not work [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] it failed [06:42] schestowitz[TR2] way too many false positives [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] also see: http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2013/05/25/surveillance/ [06:43] TR Bot Blog Archive CCTV Not Effective [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] andy farnell wrote about it months agoi [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] or did an episode about that [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] i had given input for it [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.theregister.com | Microsoft 365 Copilot enlists Researcher, Analyst agents The Register [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] " [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] :agentic" [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] the new buzzword [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] "advanced" [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] "generative" [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] "superintelligent" [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] now... "agentic" [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] it's a ***show [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] a circus [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] buzzwords [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] Copilot failed [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] they cannot sell "Copilot" [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] and it costs more to run [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] than it brings in, "BOTTOM LINE" as they call it [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] they should call it quits [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] give up [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] but they won't [06:44] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] as that would crash the stock [06:44] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml [06:44] TR Bot Techrights No, Microsoft Does Not Invest $80B in Hey Hi (AI), It's Just Full of BS, Lies, and Over $80B in Debt [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/ [06:45] TR Bot Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI? Locus Online [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] "Of course AI is a bubble. It has all the hallmarks of a classic tech bubble. Pick up a rental car at SFO and drive in either direction on the 101 north to San Francisco, south to Palo Alto and every single billboard is advertising some kind of AI company. Every business plan has the word AI in it, even if the business itself has no AI in it. Even as two major, terrifying wars rage around the world, every newspaper h [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] as an above-the-fold AI headline and half the stories on Google News as I write this are about AI. Ive had to make rule for my events: The first person to mention AI owes everyone else a drink." [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [06:45] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [06:52] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/feds_multiplan_antitrust_defense/ [06:52] TR Bot Feds challenge MultiPlan price-fixing defense The Register ● Mar 28 [07:04] IsambardPrince https://www.reddit.com/r/FedJerk/comments/1jjlc30/opsec/ [07:04] TR Bot - The heart of the internet [07:04] IsambardPrince LOL [07:06] IsambardPrince https://www.reddit.com/r/FedJerk/comments/1jhjlxz/kash_patel_looks_like_someone_who_walked_in_on/ [07:06] TR Bot - The heart of the internet [07:06] IsambardPrince HAHA [07:08] TR News "Without Musk, know-nothing Trump falls flat on his face (video)" https://boingboing.net/2025/03/26/without-musk-know-nothing-trump-falls-flat-on-his-face-in-news-conference-video.html [07:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/03/26/without-musk-know-nothing-trump-falls-flat-on-his-face-in-news-conference-video.html ) [07:10] IsambardPrince https://www.reddit.com/r/FedJerk/comments/1j12643/discussing_the_next_executive_order/ [07:10] TR Bot - The heart of the internet [07:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [07:11] TR News "We're delighted to announce Experience CS, a free, integrated computer science curriculum for elementary and middle school students (814 years old) that will be available in June 2025." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/experience-cs-a-new-way-to-teach-computer-science/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [07:11] TR Bot Experience CS: a new way to teach computer science - Raspberry Pi Foundation [07:11] TR News "Fought for Media Democracy" https://fair.org/home/robert-w-mcchesney-a-scholar-activist-who-fought-for-media-democracy/ | Source: FAIR [07:11] TR Bot Robert W. McChesney, a Scholar/Activist Who Fought for Media Democracy FAIR [07:12] IsambardPrince https://www.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/1jj5c6s/a_33_yearold_trump_supporter_rick_fuze_of/ [07:12] TR Bot - The heart of the internet [07:13] TR News "(Windows only" https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1408/ Windows only when it's openly admitted by Microsoft that it takes screenshots all the time, making those available to police, Microsoft, NSA etc. [07:13] TR Bot New Release: Tor Browser 14.0.8 (Windows only) | The Tor Project [07:17] TR News "A report from Brazil suggests that the existence of an international site-blocking movement isn't just a theory." https://torrentfreak.com/un-database-wipo-alert-helps-to-facilitate-globalized-pirate-site-blocking-250327/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:17] TR Bot Database WIPO ALERT Helps to Facilitate Globalized Pirate Site Blocking * TorrentFreak [07:17] TR News "potentially bring in significant revenue" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ye-sued-copyright-infringement-alice-merton-1235303971/ | Source: Rolling Stone [07:17] TR Bot Kanye West Sued for Copyright Infringement by German Artist [07:17] TR News "Merton is a German resident who has close ties to the Holocaust through Jewish family members who survived its horrors, and as such feels closely connected to it." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/26/artist-refuses-to-license-music-to-kanye-lawsuit/ | Source: Digital Music News [07:17] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/26/artist-refuses-to-license-music-to-kanye-lawsuit/ ) [07:18] TR News (NEW): air is a live-reloading utility for developing Go applications https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/air_is_a_live_reloading_utility_for_developing_Go_applications.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/air_is_a_live_reloading_utility_for_developing_Go_applications.gmi [07:18] TR Bot Tux Machines air is a live-reloading utility for developing Go applications [07:18] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/new-uspto-memo-makes-fighting-patent-trolls-even-harder/ [07:18] TR Bot USPTO Memo Makes Fighting Patent Trolls Even Harder | Techdirt [07:18] TR News "Ive been asked a few times over the course of the same amount of days, what would happen if the powers that be began deleting top-level domains (TLDs) from the DNS system" https://jpmens.net/2025/03/27/theoretical-scenario-dns-edition/ | Source: Jan Piet Mens [07:18] TR Bot Jan-Piet Mens :: A very theoretical scenario, DNS edition [07:18] TR News "This idea came to me when I first heard about The Central Asia Peering and Interconnection Forum (CAPIF) an annual event where Central Asian economies discuss peering, Internet operational technologies, and networking" https://blog.apnic.net/2025/03/27/exploring-internet-connectivity-between-mongolia-and-kazakhstan/ | Source: APNIC [07:18] TR Bot Exploring Internet connectivity between Mongolia and Kazakhstan | APNIC Blog [07:19] TR News "Carr is already doing all sorts of terrible shit, whether its illegally leveraging FCC power to trample the First Amendment, bullying media companies that arent kissing Trumps ass" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/under-cover-from-other-trumpy-bullshit-fccs-carr-quietly-starts-rubber-stamping-att-and-comcasts-policy-wishlist/ | Source: Techdirt [07:19] TR Bot Cover From Other Trumpy Bullshit, FCCs Carr Quietly Starts Rubber Stamping AT&T And Comcasts Policy Wishlist | Techdirt [07:19] TR News "The most alarming portion of the order for Americans abroad concerns the portion in section 3(d)" https://www.thelocal.dk/20250327/what-trumps-voting-executive-order-means-for-americans-in-europe | Source: The Local DK [07:19] TR Bot What Trump's voting executive order means for Americans in Europe [07:20] IsambardPrince https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/credit-cards/article/what-happens-to-your-debt-when-you-go-to-jail-174519718.html [07:20] TR Bot What happens to your credit card debt when you go to jail? [07:20] TR News "These two services have provided windows into the truth about Tibet for Tibetans in Tibet and in exile, while also offering critical resources to the international community." https://www.rfa.org/english/opinions/2025/03/25/opinion-tibetan-voices-silenced-rfa-shutdown/ | Source: RFA [07:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.rfa.org/english/opinions/2025/03/25/opinion-tibetan-voices-silenced-rfa-shutdown/ ) [07:20] TR News "Child marriages have increased by around 25 percent since the Taliban takeover, according to the UN." https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-girls-school-ban-taliban/33360889.html | Source: RFERL [07:20] TR Bot Millions Of Afghan Girls Barred From School For Fourth Consecutive Year [07:20] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], There's the most America story of the day. [07:21] IsambardPrince What happens to your credit card debt when you get arrested? [07:21] IsambardPrince It goes up. A lot. [07:21] TR News "The effort to cut funding to NPR has a strong supporter in Musk, who also owns the social media site X, previously known as Twitter." https://text.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5340686/pbs-npr-congress-hearing-marjorie-taylor-greene | Source: NPR [07:21] TR Bot Republican lawmakers seek to put PBS and NPR in the hot seat [07:21] TR News "The journalists, who work for the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), were targeted with the NSO Groups Pegasus spyware, according to a press release." https://therecord.media/two-serbian-journalists-targeted-with-pegasus-spyware | Source: The Record [07:21] TR Bot Two Serbian journalists reportedly targeted with Pegasus spyware | The Record from Recorded Future News [07:22] TR News "They also confiscated his cell phone, even though he identified himself as a journalist and presented his press ID card. He reported the incident to the police." https://cpj.org/2025/03/several-journalists-attacked-while-covering-anti-military-protests-in-indonesia/ | Source: CPJ [07:22] TR Bot Several journalists attacked while covering anti-military protests in Indonesia - Committee to Protect Journalists [07:22] TR News "Google argues consistently that news has little value to them, and so this study will be referenced a lot in the coming months." https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/why-googles-impressive-value-of-news-study-has-serious-shortcomings/ | Source: Press Gazette [07:22] TR Bot Why Google's impressive value-of-news study has serious shortcomings - Press Gazette [07:22] TR News "The human rights group Memorial recognizes the journalist as a political prisoner." https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/27/jailed-journalist-ponomarenko-receives-new-sentence-for-alleged-assault-on-prison-guards-a88504 | Source: The Moscow Times [07:22] TR Bot Jailed Journalist Ponomarenko Receives New Sentence for Alleged Assault on Prison Guards - The Moscow Times [07:23] TR News "His arrest has prompted the largest anti-government protests in Turkey in more than a decade and has led to the detention of nearly 1,900 people across the country." https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/turkey-deports-bbc-journalist-over-public-order-threat-fines-tv-channels-101743081155202.html | Source: Hindustan Times [07:23] TR Bot Turkey deports BBC journalist over 'public order' threat, fines TV channels | World News - Hindustan Times [07:23] TR News "BBC journalist Mark Lowen has been deported from Turkey after being arrested and detained for about 17 hours, the corporation has confirmed." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mark-lowen-bbc-journalist-turkey-deported-b2722643.html | Source: The Independent UK [07:23] TR Bot BBC journalist Mark Lowen arrested, deported from Turkey after covering protests | The Independent [07:23] TR News "Failure to tackle the online abuse of journalists before its too late could lead to someone being killed, two high-profile names have warned." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/failure-to-tackle-online-abuse-of-journalists-could-prove-fatal-editors-warned/ | Source: Press Gazette [07:23] TR Bot Failure to tackle online abuse of journalists could prove fatal, editors warned - Press Gazette [07:24] TR News "Turkish authorities deported a BBC News correspondent on Thursday after detaining him for 17 hours and branding him a "threat to public order"." https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-03-27/turkey-deports-bbc-journalist-over-public-order-threat-fines-tv-channels | Source: US News And World Report [07:24] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-03-27/turkey-deports-bbc-journalist-over-public-order-threat-fines-tv-channels ) [07:24] TR News "Ponomarenko was already serving a six-year sentence for spreading disinformation about the Russian military over a post about Russias bombing of the Mariupol Drama Theater in Ukraine." https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/27/jailed-russian-anti-war-journalist-reportedly-on-verge-of-suicide-sentenced-to-additional-one-year-and-10-months | Source: Meduza [07:24] TR Bot Jailed Russian anti-war journalist, reportedly on verge of suicide, sentenced to additional one year and 10 months Meduza [07:24] TR News "Lowen, who previously lived in Turkey for five years, said his expulsion was extremely distressing, adding that press freedom is essential to democracy." https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1265289/turkey-deports-bbc-journalist-over-public-order-threat/ | Source: Greece [07:24] TR Bot deports BBC journalist over public order threat | eKathimerini.com [07:25] TR News "We applaud the organizations and individuals who are warning of the damage that will result from cuts to research, education" https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/27/guest-post-supporting-academic-librarians-in-navigating-attacks-on-intellectual-freedom/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing [07:25] TR Bot Guest Post - Supporting Academic Librarians in Navigating Attacks on Intellectual Freedom - The Scholarly Kitchen [07:25] TR News "Celebratory Chinese media reports about the U.S. administrations gutting of Radio Free Asia and Voice of America has sparked widespread concern among Tibetans living in Tibet" https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/03/26/tibet-rfa-listeners-we-can-still-hear-you/ | Source: RFA [07:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/03/26/tibet-rfa-listeners-we-can-still-hear-you/ ) [07:26] TR News "Rights groups and the UN have condemned the arrests and the use of force by police on the protesters." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgz58rz3k8o | Source: BBC [07:26] TR Bot Thousands turn out in Turkey for protests after more than 1,400 arrests [07:26] TR News (NEW): These 5 Companies Make Linux-First PCs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/These_5_Companies_Make_Linux_First_PCs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/These_5_Companies_Make_Linux_First_PCs.gmi [07:26] TR Bot Tux Machines These 5 Companies Make Linux-First PCs [07:26] TR News "While public resistance is now nearly impossible without facing repercussions, some students still find ways to express their opposition, either silently or openly." https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/27/in-russias-universities-anti-war-voices-are-silenced-but-resistance-remains-a88500 | Source: The Moscow Times [07:26] TR Bot In Russia's Universities, Anti-War Voices Are Silenced. But Resistance Remains. - The Moscow Times [07:27] TR News "In this second act of the Trump administration, traditional media rules have been shelved." https://www.newsweek.com/podcasts-helped-trump-win-now-white-house-expanding-strategy-2049719 | Source: Newsweek [07:27] TR Bot Helped Trump Win. Now the White House Is Expanding the Strategy - Newsweek [07:27] TR News "to showcase the rapidly growing media apparatus that the American people are actually consuming" https://www.semafor.com/article/03/27/2025/trump-administration-to-host-podcasters-at-white-house-michael-knowles-sage-steele | Source: Semafor Inc [07:27] TR Bot administration to host podcasters at White House: Michael Knowles, Sage Steele | Semafor [07:28] TR News "Another thing thats very annoying is the fact that membership can only be monthly. This sucks for me since I run a membership with such a low barrier of entry and on a 1$ donation a huge % gets eaten away by Stripe/Paypal." https://manuelmoreale.com/ko-fi-wishlist | Source: Manuel Moreale [07:28] TR Bot Ko-Fi Wishlist Manu [07:29] TR News "recover unlawfully deleted messages and prevent further destruction." https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/signal-chat-trump-officials-lawsuit-hegseth | Source: Axios [07:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/signal-chat-trump-officials-lawsuit-hegseth ) [07:29] TR News "During the first two months of this year, per the ACEA's tracking, only about 19,000 units of the Musk-owned electric vehicles were registered in the EU. That's a massive drop from January and February 2024, when 37,000 Teslas were registered." https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-sales-data-europe | Source: Futurism [07:29] TR Bot Tesla Just Got Horrible New Sales Data From Europe [07:29] TR News "Up until February 2025, battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) accounted for 15.2% of total EU market share" https://www.acea.auto/files/Press_release_car_registrations_February_2025.pdf | [07:29] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.acea.auto/files/Press_release_car_registrations_February_2025.pdf ) [07:29] TR News "Battery recycling is crucial to electrification, helping limit the significant environmental and social toll of mining." https://www.theenergymix.com/new-battery-recycling-method-could-lower-costs-cut-pollution/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc [07:29] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.theenergymix.com/new-battery-recycling-method-could-lower-costs-cut-pollution/ ) [07:30] TR News "War Plans"... "may have provided false or misleading testimony to Congress regarding the nature of the operation and the integrity of internal communications." https://meidasnews.com/news/the-white-house-still-claims-pete-hegseths-messages-werent-war-plans-they-were- | Source: Arena Group [07:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://meidasnews.com/news/the-white-house-still-claims-pete-hegseths-messages-werent-war-plans-they-were- ) [07:31] TR News "Update: Witkoff makes it more clear. The personal phone on which he was discussing military operations was at home." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/26/clean-on-opsec-pete-hegseth-spilled-specific-details-of-an-attack-in-advance/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [07:31] TR Bot Clean on OpSec: Pete Hegseth Spilled Specific Details of an Attack in Advance - emptywheel [07:31] TR News "An unstoppable force President Trump's famed "never back down" mentality has met an immovable object: the cold, hard Signalgate receipts published by The Atlantic." https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/signal-scandal-trump-maga-influencers | Source: Axios [07:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/signal-scandal-trump-maga-influencers ) [07:32] TR News "we must address the intertwined problems of overpopulation and limits to economic growth." https://overpopulation-project.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/A-New-Definition-of-Overpopulation-working-paper.pdf | Source: Overpopulation [07:32] TR News "the past hundred years population explosion from two to eight billion human beings" https://overpopulation-project.com/a-new-definition-of-global-overpopulation-explained-and-applied/ | Source: Overpopulation [07:32] TR Bot A new definition of global overpopulation, explained and applied - The Overpopulation Project [07:33] *mechap (~mechap@uqjcce4bv6jd4.irc) has joined #techrights [07:33] TR News "DOGE Kids Reportedly Helped a Cybercrime Ring" https://futurism.com/doge-kid-helped-cybercrime-ring | Source: Futurism [07:33] TR Bot One of Elon Musk's DOGE Kids Reportedly Helped a Cybercrime Ring [07:33] *mechap has quit (Quit: WeeChat 4.6.0) [07:33] TR News "Coristine ran a company called DiamondCDN" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-staffer-big-balls-provided-tech-support-cybercrime-ring-records-show-2025-03-26/ | Source: Reuters [07:33] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-staffer-big-balls-provided-tech-support-cybercrime-ring-records-show-2025-03-26/ ) [07:34] TR News "The incident is a disaster, as it shows a high level of amateurism." https://www.telesurenglish.net/top-u-s-officials-blasted-for-jaw-dropping-security-breach/ | Source: teleSUR [07:34] TR Bot Top U.S. Officials Blasted for Jaw-Dropping Security Breach - teleSUR English [07:40] TR News "the officials' use of Signal which is not authorized for discussions of classified information" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/espionage-act-trump-signal-chat | Source: Axios [07:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/espionage-act-trump-signal-chat ) [07:41] TR News (NEW): Linux for Windows Users? Theres No Such Thing! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Linux_for_Windows_Users_There_s_No_Such_Thing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Linux_for_Windows_Users_There_s_No_Such_Thing.gmi [07:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux for Windows Users? Theres No Such Thing! [07:51] TR News (NEW): openSUSEs Zypper Package Manager Gets an Exciting New Feature https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/openSUSE_s_Zypper_Package_Manager_Gets_an_Exciting_New_Feature.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/openSUSE_s_Zypper_Package_Manager_Gets_an_Exciting_New_Feature.gmi [07:51] TR Bot Tux Machines openSUSEs Zypper Package Manager Gets an Exciting New Feature [07:54] admfubar https://pirg.org/articles/is-your-phone-company-protecting-you-from-scams/ [07:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://pirg.org/articles/is-your-phone-company-protecting-you-from-scams/ ) [07:59] TR News "A US law has ordered TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or be banned in the United States" https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2289022.html | Source: RTL [07:59] TR Bot RTL Today - Ban to be reinstated?: China rebuffs Trump offer of tariff concessions if Beijing agrees TikTok deal ● Mar 28 [08:00] admfubar some companies somewhere are gobbling them up... https://restofworld.org/2025/turkeys-brain-drain-is-taking-its-female-coders-with-it/ [08:00] TR Bot Turkish female coders leave tech industry over sexism - Rest of World [08:00] TR News "The leaks, some former service members say, paint a picture of a dismissive and potentially dangerous" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2025/0326/signal-chat-leak-hegseth-atlantic | Source: CS Monitor [08:00] TR Bot the Signal group chat leak threatens US military morale - CSMonitor.com [08:01] TR News "Im convinced that the fight against authoritarianism is the most important issue of our time." https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/400603/trump-resistance-activism-democracy-authoritarianism | Source: Vox [08:01] TR Bot to resist Trump and Musk without ruining your life | Vox [08:01] admfubar https://restofworld.org/2025/careless-people-book-review-facebook-global-policy/ [08:01] TR Bot Careless People book review: Sarah Wynn-Williams Facebook memoir reveals Metas global problems - Rest of World [08:01] TR News "The press is mostly framing the Yemen group chat scandal as a story of incompetence." https://jacobin.com/2025/03/yemen-scandal-jeffrey-goldberg-group-chat/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [08:01] TR Bot The Real Yemen Scandal Has Zero to Do With Jeffrey Goldberg [08:02] TR News "On Monday, three Democratic senators published a letter urging the President to work to resolve the ban" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/social-media/the-tiktok-ban-is-rapidly-losing-support-but-if-the-legislation-doesnt-change-senators-warn-that-this-is-what-could-happen | Source: Digital Camera World [08:02] TR Bot The TikTok ban is rapidly losing support, but if the legislation doesnt change, senators warn that this is what could happen | Digital Camera World [08:02] TR News "Yes, Karoline, we know you're not taking any follow-ups. That this is all a performance of bullshittery." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-simplest-revolution | Source: Mike Brock [08:02] TR Bot The Simplest Revolution - by Mike Brock [08:03] TR News "Google is introducing new features to Maps, Search, and Hotels that aim to help users plan upcoming travel and vacations." https://www.theverge.com/news/637137/google-maps-screenshot-searchhotels-travel-features | Source: The Verge [08:03] TR Bot Google Maps can soon scan your screenshots to plan your vacation | The Verge [08:03] TR News "The installation follows a two-year trial in the area where police vans fitted with the camera have been patrolling the streets matching passersby to its database of suspects or criminals" https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/uk_facial_recognition/ | Source: The Register UK [08:03] TR Bot UK's first permanent facial recognition cameras installed The Register [08:03] TR News "The TV business traditionally included three distinct entities. Theres the hardware, namely the TV itself; the entertainment, like movies and shows; and the ads, usually just commercials that interrupt your movies and shows." https://www.vox.com/technology/405879/roku-amazon-netflix-moana-disney | Source: Vox [08:03] TR Bot Moana 2 controversy is part of a bigger ad problem | Vox [08:04] TR News "This week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/how-delete-your-23andme-data | Source: EFF [08:04] TR Bot How to Delete Your 23andMe Data | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:04] TR News "In our 820th issue: [...]" https://www.eff.org/effector/37/3 | Source: EFF [08:04] TR Bot A New Tool to Detect Cellular Spying | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:04] TR News "You can read the full details of what happened in the post" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2649559/this-pc-security-guru-fell-for-a-scam-learn-these-three-lessons-from-his-mistakes.html | Source: PC World [08:04] TR Bot PC security guru fell for a scam. Here are 3 lessons from his mistakes | PCWorld [08:05] TR News Windows TCO: "The UK's data protection watchdog is dishing out a 3.07 million ($3.95 million) fine to Advanced Computer Software Group, whose subsidiary's security failings led to a ransomware attack affecting NHS care." https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/ransomwared_nhs_software_supplier_nabs/ | Source: The Register UK [08:05] TR Bot ICO fines NHS software supplier 3M for ransomware failings The Register [08:05] TR News Windows TCO: "Following the demise of the LockBit and BlackCat ransomware groups in 2024" https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-groups-increasingly-adopting-edr-killer-tools/ | Source: Security Week [08:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-groups-increasingly-adopting-edr-killer-tools/ ) [08:06] TR News Windows TCO: "" https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/malaysian-pm-says-no-way-to-10-million-ransom-after-alleged-cyber-attack-against-kuala-lumpur-airport | Source: Bitdefender [08:06] TR Bot Malaysian PM says "no way" to $10 million ransom after alleged cyber attack against Kuala Lumpur airport [08:06] IsambardPrince https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14544673/trans-activist-attacks-texas-female-student-bike-lock-conservative.html [08:06] TR Bot Hulking trans activist attacks young female student with heavy BIKE LOCK for being conservative | Daily Mail Online [08:06] TR News "Now, why on earth this presenter decided to show this particular video to one of the greatest animators of all time remains to be seen" https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/hayao-miyazaki-on-ai-utterly-disgusted/ | Source: Far Out Mag [08:06] TR Bot Hayao Miyazaki on the use of AI: "I am utterly disgusted" [08:07] IsambardPrince "According to The Dallas Observer, Nguyen was charged with two felony counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. [08:07] IsambardPrince He is also facing one count of attempting to take a weapon from an officer and one of a peace officer. [08:07] IsambardPrince Nguyen was also slapped with charges including resisting arrest and two counts of criminal mischief. [08:07] IsambardPrince According to his Collin County Jail records, his preferred name is listed as 'Alyssa' and is biologically male. " [08:07] TR News "The animated image looked like a horrific zombie, and they explained that AI could come up with strange, unnatural movements beyond what humans can imagine." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/quot-i-would-never-incorporate-this-quot-what-studio-ghibli-039-s-hayao-miyazaki-once-said-about-ai-animation-8021037 | Source: NDTV [08:07] TR Bot "Insult To Life Itself": Ghibli Founder Hayao Miyazaki On AI-Generated Art [08:07] TR News "So far, companies have continued to pour tens of billions of dollars into building out massive data centers to meet the demands of increasingly power-hungry AI models." https://futurism.com/alibaba-ai-industry-signs-bubble | Source: Futurism [08:07] TR Bot Alibaba Head Warns AI Industry Is Showing Signs of Bubble [08:10] TR News "We're spending just shy of $1.5 million/year on AWS S3 at the moment to host files for Basecamp, HEY, and everything else." https://world.hey.com/dhh/it-s-five-grand-a-day-to-miss-our-s3-exit-b8293563 | Source: 37signals LLC [08:10] TR Bot It's five grand a day to miss our S3 exit [08:10] TR News "Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has taken to his YouTube channel to explain Redmond's missteps with Windows Longhorn" https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/looking_back_at_windows_longhorn/ | Source: The Register UK [08:10] TR Bot Looking back at Windows Longhorn The Register [08:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], That younger guy in the room looked like he was crying in response to Miyazaki's reply. [08:12] TR News "SCOTUS says if you build it, it's still a gun" https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2025-03-27/chabria-column-ghost-guns-supreme-court-politics | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:12] TR Bot SCOTUS says if you build it, it's still a gun - Los Angeles Times [08:12] IsambardPrince "AI" is garbage that is making things worse, everything it touches is made worse. [08:12] TR News "A Chinese firm has started to mass produce a 31.2-inch color e-paper display." https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/mass-production-of-worlds-first-color-e-paper-display-over-30-inches-begins | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:12] TR Bot Mass production of 'world's first' color e-paper display over 30-inches begins | Tom's Hardware [08:12] IsambardPrince There's nothing authentic or original that these programs can do. [08:13] TR News "The concept was that, upon lifting the handset, the user would hear a voice reading out a poem and this, he explains, would indulge a burning passion to mix technology with art." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/poetry-on-the-line-a-vintage-phone-brought-to-life-with-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/poetry-on-the-line-a-vintage-phone-brought-to-life-with-raspberry-pi/ ) [08:13] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers and Windows TCO https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_TCO.gmi [08:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers and Windows TCO [08:13] IsambardPrince This is like showing a master painter some AI slop that's trying to copy him. [08:13] IsambardPrince That's why he's pissed and gave that reaction. [08:14] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, 3-D Printing, FPGAs, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_3_D_Printing_FPGAs_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_3_D_Printing_FPGAs_and_More.gmi [08:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, 3-D Printing, FPGAs, and More [08:15] TR News "Its spring, and once again were being bombarded with advice about spending time in nature." https://nesslabs.com/taking-note-of-nature | Source: Ness Labs [08:15] TR Bot City-Friendly Tiny Experiments to Connect with the Natural World [08:15] TR News "Carney went to work drafting a new bill that she said addresses Mills concern about overly sweeping language. LD 677 changes the definition of machine gun to account for new technology that can convert a semiautomatic firearm into a machine gun." https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/03/27/maine-legislature-weighs-updates-to-machine-gun-definition-ghost-gun-regulations/ | Source: Maine Morning Star [08:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/03/27/maine-legislature-weighs-updates-to-machine-gun-definition-ghost-gun-regulations/ ) [08:15] IsambardPrince https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2025/03/27/ut-dallas-student-arrested-after-allegedly-assaulting-two-other-students-with-bike-lock/ [08:15] TR Bot UT Dallas student arrested after allegedly assaulting two other students with bike lock [08:15] TR News "And it certainly seems like upper-middle-class American parents have decided that blaming the smartphone for everything is easier than interrogating the lack of unsupervised free play" https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-80s-are-still-alive-in-denmark-54e7a404 | Source: 37signals LLC [08:15] TR Bot The 80s are still alive in Denmark [08:16] TR News "When kids are off but parents are working, the options are somewhat limited. Some camps operate during spring break, but the cost" https://www.vox.com/life/405872/spring-break-kids-camp-school-children-students-parents | Source: Vox [08:16] TR Bot to make spring break better for kids | Vox [08:16] TR News "challenges the Trump administrations unlawful and unprecedented effort to overpower a universitys academic autonomy and control the thought, association, scholarship, and expression of its faculty and students." https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/us_funding_science_cuts_lawsuit/ | Source: The Register UK [08:16] TR Bot Academics sue to undo Trump science funding cuts The Register [08:17] TR News "If Fisher wanted experiments to challenge null hypotheses, he needed to decide where to set the line." https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-cup-of-tea-laid-the-foundations-for-modern-statistical-analysis-adam-kucharski-proof-book/ | Source: Wired [08:17] TR Bot a Cup of Tea Laid the Foundations for Modern Statistical Analysis | WIRED [08:17] TR News "CERN is the worlds largest particle physics laboratory, located on the border between Switzerland and France." https://www.wired.com/story/hikaru-utada-would-rather-play-cern-than-coachella/ | Source: Wired [08:17] TR Bot Utada Would Rather Play CERN Than Coachella | WIRED [08:18] TR News "Critics view Trump's assault on research freedom as a politically-motivated attack on the pluralistic system and the liberal democratic order." https://www.dw.com/en/dear-us-researchers-welcome-to-germany/a-72058292 | Source: Deutsche Welle [08:18] TR Bot US researchers: Welcome to Germany! DW 03/27/2025 [08:19] TR News "The last few movies of the Barbara Broccoli era of James Bond demonstrated a self-awareness and understanding of where we stand as a society that you dont usually expect from big Hollywood producers" https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2025/james-bond-and-my-grandfather/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason [08:19] TR Bot Anti-terrorist spy movies, the end of James Bond, and remembering my grandfather [08:19] TR News "I need to emphasise that I dont think Alex is wrong in their writing, just to be clear." https://piccalil.li/blog/if-it-works-its-right/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell [08:20] TR Bot If it works, it's right - Piccalilli [08:20] TR News [Old] "It's been ten years since a small group of Bergen hackers implemented RFC1149, the Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol, making in-flight Internet a reality well ahead of any airline." https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2011/04/rfc1149-ten-years-of-in-flight-internet.html | Source: BSDly [08:20] TR Bot That grumpy BSD guy: RFC1149: Ten Years of In-Flight Internet [08:21] TR News [Old] "This memo amends RFC 1149, "A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers", with Quality of Service information. This is an experimental, not recommended standard." https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2549.html | Source: RFC [08:21] TR Bot RFC 2549: IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service [08:21] TR News "...would I have imagined my video on whether a pigeon is faster than the Internet would end up on a popular Italian quiz show, L'Eredita. Specifically, in the March 26th episode (playable in Italy, or with an account)." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/never-million-years | Source: Jeff Geerling [08:21] TR Bot Never in a million years... | Jeff Geerling [08:21] TR News "My goal is always the same: build good things, with good people, and have fun." https://cliophate.wtf/posts/how-to-clio | Source: Kevin Wammer [08:21] TR Bot to work with me - cliophate.wtf [08:22] TR News "The Panini projection is very useful, and you have probably encountered it at some point without even realising it" https://medium.com/@brunopostle/piranesis-perspective-trick-6bcd7a754da9 | Source: Medium [08:22] TR Bot Perspective Trick. This is a quick report explaining what | by Bruno Postle | Medium [08:25] TR News "These enhancements, according to an email on the factory mailing list" https://news.opensuse.org/2025/03/27/zypper-adds-experimental-parallel-downloads/ | Source: OpenSUSE [08:25] TR Bot Zypper Adds Experimental Parallel Downloads - openSUSE News [08:25] TR News Techrights Links 28/03/2025: Last Reminder "to Delete Your 23andMe Data", "UK's First Permanent Facial Recognition Cameras Installed" https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Links_28_03_2025_Last_Reminder_to_Delete_Your_23andMe_Data_UK_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Links_28_03_2025_Last_Reminder_to_Delete_Your_23andMe_Data_UK_s.gmi [08:25] TR Bot Techrights Links 28/03/2025: Last Reminder "to Delete Your 23andMe Data", "UK's First Permanent Facial Recognition Cameras Installed" [08:26] TR News "Want Linux to feel like Windows? Heres why that wont workand what you should really expect when crossing over to the Linux side." https://linuxiac.com/linux-for-windows-users-there-is-no-such-thing/ | Source: Linuxiac [08:26] TR Bot Linux for Windows Users? Theres No Such Thing! [08:26] TR News air is a live-reloading utility for developing Go applications https://www.linuxlinks.com/air-live-reloading-utility-go/ [08:26] TR Bot is a live-reloading utility for developing Go applications - LinuxLinks [08:37] TR News Techrights Something to Celebrate in Gemini Protocol https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Something_to_Celebrate_in_Gemini_Protocol.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Something_to_Celebrate_in_Gemini_Protocol.gmi [08:37] TR Bot Techrights Something to Celebrate in Gemini Protocol [08:45] TR News Microsoft Scales Back Data Center Leases Amid Oversupply and Shifting AI Demands https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-scales-back-data-center-122937917.html every bubble comes to an end [08:45] TR Bot Microsoft Scales Back Data Center Leases Amid Oversupply and Shifting AI Demands [08:45] TR News Because http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml [08:45] TR Bot Techrights No, Microsoft Does Not Invest $80B in Hey Hi (AI), It's Just Full of BS, Lies, and Over $80B in Debt ● Mar 28 [09:10] TR News Techrights The SLAPPs From the Microsoft Strangler (and Sidekick) No Better Than Patent Trolling https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/The_SLAPPs_From_the_Microsoft_Strangler_and_Sidekick_No_Better_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/The_SLAPPs_From_the_Microsoft_Strangler_and_Sidekick_No_Better_.gmi [09:10] TR Bot Techrights The SLAPPs From the Microsoft Strangler (and Sidekick) No Better Than Patent Trolling [09:15] IsambardPrince "Nguyen faces two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one count of assault of a peace officer, one count of attempting to take a weapon from an officer, one count of resisting arrest, search or transport and two counts of criminal mischief causing between $750 to $2,500 worth of damage, the jail records show." [09:19] TR News LLM Slop (Lots of It Spewed Out by Microsoft) Versus GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/LLM_Slop_Lots_of_It_Spewed_Out_by_Microsoft_Versus_Linux.shtml [09:19] TR Bot Techrights LLM Slop (Lots of It Spewed Out by Microsoft) Versus Linux [09:19] TR News Slopwatch: BetaNews, LinuxSecurity.com, and the Attack on Web Search Using Fake and Likely Plagiarised Pages https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Slopwatch_BetaNews_LinuxSecurity_com_and_the_Attack_on_Web_Sear.shtml [09:19] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: BetaNews, LinuxSecurity.com, and the Attack on Web Search Using Fake and Likely Plagiarised Pages [09:20] TR News [Old] "Not that it matters too much, but its unfortunate that RSS has sort of won this format war." https://nullprogram.com/blog/2013/09/23/ | Source: Chris Wellons [09:20] TR Bot Atom vs. RSS [09:20] TR News "WebP is a relatively modern image file format" https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2025/03/blasting-past-webp.html | Source: Google [09:20] TR Bot Project Zero: Blasting Past Webp [09:21] TR News "My journey in creating my first R package all started when I received an email from a colleague who was working with archived soil samples" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/03/software-review-perspectives-from-an-academic/ | Source: Rlang [09:21] TR Bot Review, Perspectives from an Academic | R-bloggers [09:22] TR News "Nearly 35 years ago, Ginsparg created arXiv" https://www.wired.com/story/inside-arxiv-most-transformative-code-science/ | Source: Wired [09:22] TR Bot arXivthe Most Transformative Platform in All of Science | WIRED [09:22] IsambardPrince That's why they have appeals, MinceR [09:23] IsambardPrince Nguyen at first you don't succeed, try try again, I always say. [09:24] TR News "Within this workshop, we provide tips and tricks on how one can begin their art journey for completely free." https://krita.org/en/posts/2025/twinimation_2025/ | Source: Krita [09:24] TR Bot Twinimation Studios Presents Their Next Krita Workshop: Becoming an Artist on a Budget | Krita [09:24] TR News "The feature currently applies only to the desktop browser." https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/vivaldi_proton_vpn/ | Source: The Register UK [09:24] TR Bot Vivaldi bakes Proton VPN into browser to boost privacy The Register [09:25] TR News "Q4OS is a Debian-based distribution which is available in KDE Plasma and Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) flavours." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12390 | Source: Distro Watch [09:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12390 ) [09:25] TR News "This release brings along a few Q4OS specific improvements" https://q4os.org/blog.html#news250327 | [09:25] TR Bot Q4OS - desktop operating system [09:27] TR News "EU OS is not an entirely novel operating system. Instead, it builds upon a Linux foundation derived from Fedora" https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/eu-os-bold-step-toward-digital-sovereignty-europe | Source: Linux Journal [09:27] TR Bot EU OS: A Bold Step Toward Digital Sovereignty for Europe | Linux Journal [09:28] TR News "To determine the range of this graph, I consulted my logs: [...]" https://dan.langille.org/2025/03/27/powerd-not-always-savings/ | Source: Dan Langille [09:28] TR Bot powerd++: Not always savings Dan Langille's Other Diary [09:29] TR News "The ReactOS project is putting out a point-release for the first time in a few years, and this insanely optimistic effort is making progress" https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/reactos_drops_release_0415/ | Source: The Register UK [09:29] TR Bot ReactOS emits release 0.4.15 first since 2021 The Register [09:29] TR News (NEW): ReactOS 0.4.15 is Out https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/22/ReactOS_0_4_15_is_Out.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/22/ReactOS_0_4_15_is_Out.gmi [09:29] TR Bot Tux Machines ReactOS 0.4.15 is Out [09:30] TR News (NEW): Debian-Based Q4OS Has a New Release https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Debian_Based_Q4OS_Has_a_New_Release.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Debian_Based_Q4OS_Has_a_New_Release.gmi [09:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian-Based Q4OS Has a New Release [09:31] TR News "It's not uncommon to encounter Ansible Automation Platform workflows with hundreds of nodes, dozens of job templates, and numerous inventories." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/managing-ansible-automation-platform-workflow-job-templates-scale | Source: Red Hat Official [09:31] TR Bot Managing Ansible Automation Platform workflow job templates at scale [09:33] TR News Red Hat is still boosting this hype with openwashing https://whatthedev.buzzsprout.com/673192/episodes/16817442-300-the-complex-world-of-open-source-ai-with-red-hat-s-stephen-watt [09:33] TR Bot 300: The complex world of open source AI (with Red Hat's Stephen Watt) [09:34] TR News People they hired as "hype agents" https://www.redhat.com/en/authors/cedric-clyburn [09:34] TR Bot Cedric Clyburn [09:34] TR News "a Senior Content Strategist" to promote HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI https://www.redhat.com/en/authors/deb-richardson [09:34] TR Bot Deb Richardson [09:36] TR News Sean Michael Kerner runs sponsored puff pieces now https://www.networkworld.com/article/3842549/what-is-kubevirt-how-does-it-migrate-vmware-workloads-to-kubernetes.html [09:36] TR Bot What is KubeVirt? How does it migrate VMware workloads to Kubernetes? | Network World [09:36] TR News So many buzzwords in this title; marketing dunces wrote this https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-boosts-enterprise-ai-across-hybrid-cloud-red-hat-ai [09:36] TR Bot Red Hat Boosts Enterprise AI Across the Hybrid Cloud with Red Hat AI [09:37] TR News JPNIC RPKI guidelines released https://blog.apnic.net/2025/03/28/jpnic-rpki-guidelines-released/ [09:37] TR Bot JPNIC RPKI guidelines released | APNIC Blog [09:38] TR News "back on the new Networking for System Administrators" https://mwl.io/archives/24033 [09:38] TR Bot 82: Lying to All Sides Michael W Lucas [09:39] TR News Christian Hergert: Fiber cancellation in libdex https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2025/03/27/fiber-cancellation-in-libdex/ [09:39] TR Bot Fiber cancellation in libdex Happenings in GNOME [09:41] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:41] TR News People who complain about rampant crime and corruption but at the same time talk down or discourage people who try to tackle it should be condemned for selfishness. They're some of the worst people because they actively enable or shield the very same stuff they bemoan. [09:41] TR News (NEW): Contribute to Fedora 42 KDE, Virtualization, and Upgrade Test Days https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Contribute_to_Fedora_42_KDE_Virtualization_and_Upgrade_Test_Day.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Contribute_to_Fedora_42_KDE_Virtualization_and_Upgrade_Test_Day.gmi [09:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Contribute to Fedora 42 KDE, Virtualization, and Upgrade Test Days [09:44] TR News This has absolutely nothing to do with security but about outsourcing to untrustworthy, spying, privacy-hostile companies under the false premise of confidentiality (there is none; it's a lie and mirage) https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-confidential-vms-now-available-on-google-cloud-a3-with-nvidia-h100-gpus | Source: Ubuntu [09:44] TR Bot Confidential VMs Now Available on Google Cloud A3 with NVIDIA H100 GPUs | Ubuntu [09:45] TR News This one also https://canonical.com//blog/open-source-enterprise-application-security-remains-a-challenge-despite-greater-patching-efforts-idc-research-reveals see http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Microsoft_Canonical_Continues_Its_FUD_Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Ca.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/Microsoft_Canonical_Pays_IDG_to_Spread_FUD_Fear_Uncertainty_Dou.shtml [09:45] TR Bot Open source enterprise application security remains a challenge despite greater patching efforts, IDC research reveals [09:45] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Canonical Continues Its FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) Campaign, Reveals Google Too Sponsored It [09:45] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Canonical Pays IDG to Spread FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) [09:46] TR News Debian sucks up to GAFAM. Canonical deep-throats GAFAM. [09:47] TR News Speaking of GAFAM, "MS Key is fucking stupid to begin with," said Torvalds http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/redhat-uefi-2.png context: http://techrights.org/o/2020/07/30/wontboot/ [09:47] TR Bot Karma or Hubris? Is #TorvaldsWasRight a Thing Now? [09:48] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [09:48] TR News Dithering using Imagemagick https://rubenerd.com/dithering-using-imagemagick/ [09:48] TR Bot Dithering using Imagemagick [09:49] TR News Microsoft's Serial Strangler's Law Firm Has a Long History of Fronting for People Who Do Bad and/or Illegal Things https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_s_Law_Firm_Has_a_Long_History_of_F.shtml [09:49] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Serial Strangler's Law Firm Has a Long History of Fronting for People Who Do Bad and/or Illegal Things [09:49] TR News LLM Slopfarm: A Site's Last Incarnation Before Throwing in the Towel, Going Offline Permanently https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/LLM_Slopfarm_A_Site_s_Last_Incarnation_Before_Throwing_in_the_T.shtml [09:49] TR Bot Techrights LLM Slopfarm: A Site's Last Incarnation Before Throwing in the Towel, Going Offline Permanently [09:50] TR News In Some Countries the Market Share of Vista 11 is Going Down, Not Up https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/In_Some_Countries_the_Market_Share_of_Vista_11_is_Going_Down_No.shtml [09:50] TR Bot Techrights In Some Countries the Market Share of Vista 11 is Going Down, Not Up [09:50] TR News EPO Management Fails to Deny That the Office is Discriminating Against Women https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/EPO_Management_Fails_to_Deny_That_the_Office_is_Discriminating_.shtml [09:50] TR Bot Techrights EPO Management Fails to Deny That the Office is Discriminating Against Women [09:50] TR News IBM CFO James Kavanaugh Refers to Firing of Almost 10,000 Americans as "Workforce Rebalancing" (Shifting IBM's Centre of Balance to Low-salary Contracts/Countries) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/IBM_CFO_James_Kavanaugh_Refers_to_Firing_of_Almost_10_000_Ameri.shtml [09:50] TR Bot Techrights IBM CFO James Kavanaugh Refers to Firing of Almost 10,000 Americans as "Workforce Rebalancing" (Shifting IBM's Centre of Balance to Low-salary Contracts/Countries) [09:50] TR News Using Courts for 'Revenge' is Always a Losing Strategy https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Using_Courts_for_Revenge_is_Always_a_Losing_Strategy.shtml [09:50] TR Bot Techrights Using Courts for 'Revenge' is Always a Losing Strategy [09:50] TR News Apparently Confirmed: I.C.B.M. Layoffs in Canada Today, Hundreds Affected (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Apparently_Confirmed_IBM_Layoffs_in_Canada_Today_Hundreds_Affec.shtml [09:50] TR Bot Techrights Apparently Confirmed: IBM Layoffs in Canada Today, Hundreds Affected [09:53] TR News Seems like a privacy issue? Where's the charlatan and fraud Zemlin? Letting Linux be devoured by vultures? https://www.phoronix.com/news/Akamai-Hosting-Kernel.org [09:53] TR Bot Now Providing The Hosting Infrastructure For Kernel.org - Phoronix [09:55] TR News "LILYGO has introduced the T-Deck Pro, an open-source development board with a built-in keyboard and a 3.1-inch e-paper touchscreen." https://linuxgizmos.com/lilygo-t-deck-pro-offers-e-paper-display-with-configurable-4g-and-voice-options/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [09:55] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/lilygo-t-deck-pro-offers-e-paper-display-with-configurable-4g-and-voice-options/ ) [09:55] TR News "CrowdSupply recently featured the Firefly Automation Controller, a platform combining Raspberry Pi Compute Module-compatible modules with the STM32H7 microcontroller for industrial applications." https://linuxgizmos.com/firefly-automation-controller-adds-industrial-control-capabilities-to-raspberry-pi-compute-module/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [09:55] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/firefly-automation-controller-adds-industrial-control-capabilities-to-raspberry-pi-compute-module/ ) [09:55] TR News "This month, Raspberry Pi launched a device capable of powering its single-board computers over Power-over-Ethernet." https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-poe-injector-leverages-power-over-ethernet-for-remote-deployments/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [09:55] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-poe-injector-leverages-power-over-ethernet-for-remote-deployments/ ) [09:56] TR News "hard-to-read text or a webpage" https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/accessibility-extensions/ | Source: Mozilla [09:56] TR Bot ( status 504 @ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/accessibility-extensions/ ) [09:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [09:58] TR News When Getting Phished Puts You in Mortal Danger https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/when-getting-phished-puts-you-in-mortal-danger/ [09:58] TR Bot When Getting Phished Puts You in Mortal Danger Krebs on Security ● Mar 28 [10:51] *darwin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [10:51] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Mar 28 [11:33] TR News Russian Espionage Group Using Ransomware in Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/russian-espionage-group-using-ransomware-in-attacks/ [11:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-espionage-group-using-ransomware-in-attacks/ ) [11:51] TR News Dua Lipa Beats Years-Old Levitating Infringement Suit Judge Says Certain Musical Elements Cannot Possibly Be Protectable https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/27/dua-lipa-levitating-lawsuit-2/ [11:51] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/27/dua-lipa-levitating-lawsuit-2/ ) [11:52] TR News Announcement of LibreOffice 25.2.2 and LibreOffice 24.8.6 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03/27/libreoffice-25-2-2-and-24-8-6/ [11:52] TR Bot Announcement of LibreOffice 25.2.2 and LibreOffice 24.8.6 - The Document Foundation Blog [11:52] TR News Tor, F-Droid, & Let's Encrypt Lose Tax Payer Funding, Go To Court https://lunduke.substack.com/p/tor-f-droid-and-lets-encrypt-lose [11:52] TR Bot Tor, F-Droid, & Let's Encrypt Lose Tax Payer Funding, Go To Court [11:53] TR News How To Install Viber on Fedora 41 https://idroot.us/install-viber-fedora-41/ [11:53] TR Bot How To Install Viber on Fedora 41 - idroot [11:53] TR News How To Install Miniconda on Manjaro https://idroot.us/install-miniconda-manjaro/ [11:53] TR Bot How To Install Miniconda on Manjaro - idroot [11:54] TR News How To Install OpenTofu on Fedora 41 https://idroot.us/install-opentofu-fedora-41/ [11:54] TR Bot How To Install OpenTofu on Fedora 41 - idroot [11:54] TR News How To Install DirectAdmin on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-directadmin-debian-12/ [11:54] TR Bot How To Install DirectAdmin on Debian 12 - idroot [11:55] TR News How to List Groups in GNU/Linux Like a Pro https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/how-list-groups-linux-pro [11:55] TR Bot How to List Groups in Linux Like a Pro | Linux Journal [11:56] TR News Faizul "Piju" 9M2PJU: How to Install the Latest CHIRP on Ubuntu https://hamradio.my/2025/03/how-to-install-the-latest-chirp-on-ubuntu/ [11:56] TR Bot to Install the Latest CHIRP on Ubuntu - Hamradio.my [11:59] TR News More Microsoft "hey hi" openwashing https://opensource.org/blog/ensuring-open-source-ai-thrives-under-the-eus-new-ai-rules [11:59] TR Bot Ensuring Open Source AI thrives under the EUs new AI rules Open Source Initiative ● Mar 28 [12:00] TR News Essential Open Source Tools for Budding Data Scientists https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/03/essential-open-source-tools-for-budding-data-scientists/ [12:00] TR Bot Essential Open Source Tools for Budding Data Scientists - Open Source For You [12:00] TR News YouTube broadcaster lker Canikligil arrested over call for 'Order 66' targeting Erdoan supporters https://bianet.org/haber/youtube-broadcaster-ilker-canikligil-arrested-over-call-for-order-66-targeting-erdogan-supporters-305894 [12:00] TR Bot YouTube broadcaster lker Canikligil arrested over call for 'Order 66' targeting Erdoan supporters [12:01] TR News YouTube Shorts Changes the Way It Counts Views But No Changes to Monetization https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/27/how-does-youtube-shorts-count-views-2025/ [12:01] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/27/how-does-youtube-shorts-count-views-2025/ ) [12:01] TR News [Video] Dr. Richard Stallman's Keynote Speech in Kerala Finally Uploaded (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Video_Dr_Richard_Stallman_s_Keynote_Speech_in_Kerala_Finally_Up.shtml [12:01] TR Bot Techrights [Video] Dr. Richard Stallman's Keynote Speech in Kerala Finally Uploaded [12:04] TR News rOpenSci News Digest, March 2025 https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/03/ropensci-news-digest-march-2025/ [12:04] TR Bot News Digest, March 2025 | R-bloggers [12:05] TR News More Limine Installer fixes https://bkhome.org/news/202503/more-limine-installer-fixes.html [12:05] TR Bot More Limine Installer fixes [12:06] TR News Kubernetes DaemonSet: What it is & How to Use it? https://linuxhandbook.com/kubernetes-daemonsett/ [12:06] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://linuxhandbook.com/kubernetes-daemonsett/ ) [12:07] TR News First Look at Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Beta https://linuxiac.com/first-look-at-ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-beta/ [12:07] TR Bot First Look at Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Beta [12:08] TR News openSUSEs Zypper Package Manager Gets an Exciting New Feature https://linuxiac.com/opensuses-zypper-package-manager-gets-an-exciting-new-feature/ [12:08] TR Bot openSUSEs Zypper Package Manager Gets an Exciting New Feature [12:18] TR News UMich announces cuts to all DEI programs https://www.michigandaily.com/news/news-briefs/umich-announces-cuts-to-all-dei-programs/ [12:18] TR Bot UMich announces cuts to all DEI programs [12:19] TR News Hunger and malnutrition: The cost of inaction https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/people-profit/20250327-hunger-and-malnutrition-the-cost-of-inaction [12:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/people-profit/20250327-hunger-and-malnutrition-the-cost-of-inaction ) [12:22] TR News Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and close agencies in a major restructuring https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/department-of-health-and-human-services-will-cut-10000-jobs-as-part-of-a-major-restructuring-plan/ [12:22] TR Bot Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and close agencies in a major restructuring [12:23] TR News Trump MAHA seems like eugenics but with better marketing/promise than Eugenics(TM), wherein "genics" refers to class more so than race/genes [12:29] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:30] TR News South Korea plans emergency response over US auto tariffs https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-plans-emergency-response-over-us-tariffs-on-autos [12:30] TR Bot South Korea plans emergency response over US auto tariffs | The Straits Times [12:31] TR News South Korea admits to human rights violations through mass intercountry adoptions https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/south-korea-admits-to-human-rights-violations-through-mass-intercountry-adoptions/ [12:31] TR Bot South Korea admits to human rights violations through mass intercountry adoptions - JURIST - News [12:32] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:34] TR News IBM layoffs. "Usually RTOed people will be exempt from RA (not PIP) for 1 year after the move. But on Day 366 they go to the top of the list for the next one." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqd817p8 [12:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqd817p8 ) [12:36] TR News IBM to layoff thousands of U.S. employees as hiring shifts to India: Report https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/ibm-to-layoff-thousands-of-us-employees-as-hiring-shifts-to-india-report/article69385319.ece "employees who were asked to train Indian employees on their job role after being told they would soon have to leave." [12:36] TR Bot IBM to layoff thousands of U.S. employees as hiring shifts to India: Report - The Hindu [12:41] TR News AirAsia flight to China turns back due to engine issue, lands safely https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/airasia-flight-to-china-turns-back-due-to-engine-fire-lands-safely-in-kl [12:41] TR Bot AirAsia flight to China turns back due to engine issue, lands safely | The Straits Times [12:45] TR News (NEW): GNU Head, Stallman's katana, and Internet Hall of Fame medal auctioned off to free software community members https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/25/GNU_Head_Stallman_s_katana_and_Internet_Hall_of_Fame_medal_auct.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/25/GNU_Head_Stallman_s_katana_and_Internet_Hall_of_Fame_medal_auct.gmi [12:45] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU Head, Stallman's katana, and Internet Hall of Fame medal auctioned off to free software community members [12:49] TR News China's SiCarrier challenges U.S. and EU with full-spectrum of chipmaking equipment Huawei-linked firm makes an impressive debut https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/chinas-sicarrier-challenges-u-s-and-eu-with-full-spectrum-of-chipmaking-equipment-huawei-linked-firm-makes-an-impressive-debut [12:49] TR Bot China's SiCarrier challenges U.S. and EU with full-spectrum of chipmaking equipment Huawei-linked firm makes an impressive debut | Tom's Hardware [12:51] TR News Inroads: How China's BYD overtook Tesla as the global leader in electric cars https://www.france24.com/en/business/20250327-inroads-how-china-byd-overtook-tesla-global-leader-electric-cars-evs-musk-wang-chuanfu [12:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/business/20250327-inroads-how-china-byd-overtook-tesla-global-leader-electric-cars-evs-musk-wang-chuanfu ) [12:53] TR News Linux Kernel 6.14 Released http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Kernel-6.14-Released [12:53] TR Bot Linux Kernel 6.14 Released Linux Magazine [12:57] TR News Ubuntu 25.04: The Best New Features https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/ubuntu-25-04-new-features [12:57] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.04: The Best New Features - OMG! Ubuntu ● Mar 28 [13:00] TR News Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin Enters Public Beta Testing with GNU/Linux 6.14, GNOME 48 https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-enters-public-beta-testing-with-linux-6-14-gnome-48 [13:00] TR Bot 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux 6.14, GNOME 48 - 9to5Linux [13:00] TR News LibreOffice 25.2.2 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 83 Bug Fixes https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-25-2-2-office-suite-is-now-available-for-download-with-83-bug-fixes [13:00] TR Bot 25.2.2 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 83 Bug Fixes - 9to5Linux [13:01] TR News Bits from Debian: Viridien Platinum Sponsor of DebConf25 https://bits.debian.org/2025/03/viridien-platinum-debconf25.html [13:01] TR Bot Viridien Platinum Sponsor of DebConf25 - Bits from Debian [13:01] TR News Use Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu Server: Guide to Headless Installation for Beginners https://peppe8o.com/raspberry-pi-ubuntu-server/ [13:01] TR Bot Use Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu Server: Guide to Headless Installation for Beginners [13:02] TR News Scarlett Gately Moore: KDE Snap updates, Kubuntu Beta testing, Life updates! https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-snap-updates-kubuntu-beta-testing-life-updates/ [13:02] TR Bot KDE Snap updates, Kubuntu Beta testing, Life updates! Scarlett Gately Moore [13:05] TR News Vivaldi Web browser is proprietary and thus not trustworthy https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/vivaldi-browser-now-includes-built-in-proton-vpn [13:05] TR Bot Free Proton VPN Now Included in Vivaldi Web Browser - OMG! Ubuntu [13:05] TR News Ubuntu 25.04 Beta is Now Available to Download https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/ubuntu-25-04-beta-download [13:05] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.04 Beta is Now Available to Download - OMG! Ubuntu [13:07] TR News (NEW): Proton VPN in Proprietary Web Browsers Sold as "Privacy" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Proton_VPN_in_Proprietary_Web_Browsers_Sold_as_Privacy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Proton_VPN_in_Proprietary_Web_Browsers_Sold_as_Privacy.gmi [13:07] TR Bot Tux Machines Proton VPN in Proprietary Web Browsers Sold as "Privacy" [13:14] TR News Supercon 2024 https://hackaday.com/2025/03/27/supercon-2024-yes-you-can-use-the-controller-area-network-outside-of-cars/ | Source: Hackaday [13:14] TR Bot 2024: Yes, You Can Use The Controller Area Network Outside Of Cars | Hackaday [13:14] TR News "Your Badminton Racket Needs Restringing?" https://hackaday.com/2025/03/27/your-badminton-racket-needs-restringing-theres-a-diy-machine-for-that/ | Source: Hackaday [13:14] TR Bot Badminton Racket Needs Restringing? Theres A DIY Machine For That | Hackaday [13:15] TR News "Inside A Fake WiFi Repeater" https://hackaday.com/2025/03/27/inside-a-fake-wifi-repeater/ | Source: Hackaday [13:15] TR Bot A Fake WiFi Repeater | Hackaday [13:16] TR News An Inexpensive Way To Break Down Plastic https://hackaday.com/2025/03/27/an-inexpensive-way-to-break-down-plastic/ | Source: Hackaday [13:16] TR Bot Inexpensive Way To Break Down Plastic | Hackaday [13:20] TR News Also created a SLAPP machine to attack that very same media, under the "Royal" or "Crown" brand https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/king-pays-tribute-to-uk-local-media-at-lavish-buckingham-palace-reception/ [13:20] TR Bot King pays tribute to UK local media at Buckingham Palace - Press Gazette [13:22] TR News Scientists Discovered An Amazing Practical Use For World's Leftover Coffee Grounds https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-an-amazing-practical-use-for-worlds-leftover-coffee-grounds [13:22] TR Bot Discovered An Amazing Practical Use For World's Leftover Coffee Grounds : ScienceAlert [13:24] TR News Oral Cancer Cases Are on The Rise, And Sugary Drinks Could Be to Blame https://www.sciencealert.com/oral-cancer-cases-are-on-the-rise-and-sugary-drinks-could-be-to-blame [13:24] TR Bot Cancer Cases Are on The Rise, And Sugary Drinks Could Be to Blame : ScienceAlert [13:28] TR News A burst of progress on the GCC Rust front end https://lwn.net/Articles/1015627/ [13:28] TR Bot burst of progress on the GCC Rust front end [LWN.net] [13:29] TR News Rust adopting Ferrocene Language Specification https://lwn.net/Articles/1015636/ [13:29] TR Bot adopting Ferrocene Language Specification [LWN.net] [13:30] TR News Expanded Client Areas and Safe Areas https://www.qt.io/blog/expanded-client-areas-and-safe-areas-in-qt-6.9 [13:30] TR Bot Expanded Client Areas and Safe Areas [13:33] TR News Ex-Intel CEO Gelsinger warns TSMC's $165B investment will not restore U.S. semiconductor leadership https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/ex-intel-ceo-gelsinger-warns-tsmcs-usd165b-investment-will-not-restore-u-s-semiconductor-leadership [13:33] TR Bot Ex-Intel CEO Gelsinger warns TSMC's $165B investment will not restore U.S. semiconductor leadership | Tom's Hardware [13:34] TR News Modern Military Healthcare: Digital and integrated https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-insights/2025/03/modern-military-healthcare-digital-and-integrated/ [13:34] TR Bot Modern Military Healthcare: Digital and integrated [13:34] TR News CLASSIC vapourware and DUMB DUMB DUMB investors! This will not work! https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/27/taxo-raises-5m-reduce-paperwork-doctors-can-care-patients/ just more HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI scamming [13:34] TR Bot raises $5M to reduce paperwork for doctors so they can care for patients - SiliconANGLE [13:38] TR News Radio Free Asia files lawsuit against US administration to restore funding https://rfa.org/english/asia/2025/03/27/us-rfa-lawsuit/ [13:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/asia/2025/03/27/us-rfa-lawsuit/ ) [13:39] TR News Drake Prepares Updated Universal Music Lawsuit Both Sides Say Settlement Discussions Would Not Be Productive https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/27/drake-universal-music-lawsuit-amended-action/ [13:39] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/27/drake-universal-music-lawsuit-amended-action/ ) [13:39] TR News Another Hit, Another Writ Tyla and Her Producer Sued Over Smash Water https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/27/tyla-producer-sued-water/ [13:39] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/27/tyla-producer-sued-water/ ) [13:41] TR News Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/signal-chat-houthis-court-decision.html [13:41] TR Bot Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts - The New York Times [13:43] TR News Hong Kong security chief slams Ming Pao for defending reporter who asked why officials trip was not announced https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/27/hong-kong-security-chief-slams-ming-pao-for-defending-reporter-who-asked-why-officials-trip-was-not-announced/ [13:43] TR Bot HK security chief slams Ming Pao for defending reporter [13:45] TR News Will Convicted Felons Gulf of America Power Trip Break the White House Press Corps? https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/will-trumps-gulf-of-america-power-trip-break-the-white-house-press-corps [13:45] TR Bot Will Trumps Gulf of America Power Trip Break the White House Press Corps? | The New Yorker [13:46] TR News Insert Data into a MySQL Database via a Python Script https://thenewstack.io/insert-data-into-a-mysql-database-via-a-python-script/ [13:46] TR Bot Insert Data into a MySQL Database via a Python Script - The New Stack [13:47] TR News Qt 6.8.3 Released https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.8.3-released [13:47] TR Bot Qt 6.8.3 Released [13:48] TR News Windows TCO: "Sitecore itself is written in .Net and is often sold as part of a solution offered by Sitecore partners." https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31806 [13:48] TR Bot Sitecore "thumbnailsaccesstoken" Deserialization Scans (and some new reports) CVE-2025-27218 - SANS Internet Storm Center [13:56] TR News Mozilla Open Policy & Advocacy Blog: Mozilla shares 2025 Policy Priorities and Recommendations for Creating an Internet Where Everyone Can Thrive https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/03/27/mozilla-shares-2025-policy-priorities-and-recommendations-for-creating-an-internet-where-everyone-can-thrive/ [13:56] TR Bot Mozilla shares 2025 Policy Priorities and Recommendations for Creating an Internet Where Everyone Can Thrive - Open Policy & Advocacy [13:56] TR News With Aid programmes in crisis, we risk more global surveillance http://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5549/aid-programmes-crisis-we-risk-more-global-surveillance [13:56] TR Bot With Aid programmes in crisis, we risk more global surveillance | Privacy International [13:57] TR News Autobase 2.2.0 released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/autobase-220-released-3045/ [13:57] TR Bot PostgreSQL: Autobase 2.2.0 released [13:57] TR News Slopfarms (Sites That Only Ever Publish LLM Slop) Are Killing Surveillance Giant Google News https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/Slopfarms_Sites_That_Only_Ever_Publish_LLM_Slop_Are_Killing_Goo.shtml [13:57] TR Bot Techrights Slopfarms (Sites That Only Ever Publish LLM Slop) Are Killing Google News ● Mar 28 [14:00] TR News Surgery on eyelid https://bkhome.org/news/202503/surgery-on-eyelid.html [14:00] TR Bot Surgery on eyelid [14:01] TR News Islands Are Leaving Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Behind, According to statCounter https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/Islands_Are_Leaving_Microsoft_Behind_According_to_statCounter.shtml [14:01] TR Bot Techrights Islands Are Leaving Microsoft Behind, According to statCounter [14:01] TR News When backdoored Windows Was Dominant (1990s) Browser Monopoly Meant MSIE, But Now Surveillance Giant Google Android is Dominant and the Web in a 'Webapps' Era Works With (or Is Designed for) Chrome-isms https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/27/When_Windows_Was_Dominant_1990s_Browser_Monopoly_Meant_MSIE_But.shtml [14:01] TR Bot Techrights When Windows Was Dominant (1990s) Browser Monopoly Meant MSIE, But Now Google Android is Dominant and the Web in a 'Webapps' Era Works With (or Is Designed for) Chrome-isms [14:13] TR News Court Orders Convicted Felon Administration to Preserve Signal Messages in American Oversight Lawsuit https://americanoversight.org/court-orders-trump-administration-to-preserve-signal-messages-in-american-oversight-lawsuit/ [14:13] TR Bot Court Orders Trump Administration to Preserve Signal Messages in American Oversight Lawsuit - American Oversight [14:14] TR News More Solar System Vulnerabilities Expose Power Grids to Hacking https://www.securityweek.com/more-solar-system-vulnerabilities-expose-power-grids-to-hacking/ [14:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/more-solar-system-vulnerabilities-expose-power-grids-to-hacking/ ) [14:14] TR News T-Mobile Coughed Up $33 Million in SIM Swap Lawsuit https://www.securityweek.com/t-mobile-coughed-up-33-million-in-sim-swap-lawsuit/ [14:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/t-mobile-coughed-up-33-million-in-sim-swap-lawsuit/ ) [14:15] TR News "Indians are becoming arrogant. The overall quality of their work is not up to the expected standards. Very few are honest. Most try to devise a way to cheat. Some might consider my words harsh. Too bad. My experience dealing with Indian engineers spans over at least 2 decades." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqec25mw [14:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqec25mw ) [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] " [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Agree with view on India. I have worked with a few smart ones and the rest are drek. But they are viewed as CHEAPER and so can fixed Windows problems "cheaperfasterbetter" than highly paid (!) American workers. That was a phrase I heard all the time at Aon when outsourced everybody because we were all IT slackers and dead wood. So have at it IBM and destroy what is left of this fine company. (Disclosure - worked for an IBM busines [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] s partner long ago during the catastrophic Akers years. ) [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] " [14:17] schestowitz[TR2] ouch. [14:17] TR News Defense Contractor MORSE to Pay $4.6M to Settle Cybersecurity Failure Allegations https://www.securityweek.com/defense-contractor-morse-to-pay-4-6m-to-settle-cybersecurity-failure-allegations/ [14:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/defense-contractor-morse-to-pay-4-6m-to-settle-cybersecurity-failure-allegations/ ) [14:18] TR News Windows TCO ii https://www.securityweek.com/uk-software-firm-fined-3-million-over-ransomware-caused-data-breach/ [14:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/uk-software-firm-fined-3-million-over-ransomware-caused-data-breach/ ) [14:19] TR News Splunk Patches Dozens of Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/splunk-patches-dozens-of-vulnerabilities/ [14:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/splunk-patches-dozens-of-vulnerabilities/ ) [14:19] TR News House Democrats want to know how often Cabinet officials use Signal https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/03/house-democrats-want-to-know-how-often-cabinet-officials-use-signal/ [14:19] TR Bot House Democrats want to know how often Cabinet officials use Signal [14:20] TR News Raspberry Pi Pico fightstick randomly mashes buttons for fighting game combos https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-pico-fightstick-randomly-mashes-buttons-for-fighting-game-combos [14:20] TR Bot Raspberry Pi Pico fightstick randomly mashes buttons for fighting game combos | Tom's Hardware [14:21] TR News Arduino https://hackaday.com/2025/03/27/half-the-reflow-oven-you-expected/ | Source: Hackaday [14:21] TR Bot The Reflow Oven You Expected | Hackaday [14:21] TR News Quickly digitize your Magic deck with this 3D-printable scanning rig https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/03/27/quickly-digitize-your-magic-deck-with-this-3d-printable-scanning-rig/ [14:21] TR Bot Quickly digitize your Magic deck with this 3D-printable scanning rig | Arduino Blog [14:25] TR News Why has it been outsourced to proprietary Microsoft GitHub? Sends the wrong message. Week 34 Progress https://coosmos.github.io/posts/Week4/ [14:25] TR Bot Week 3-4 /> | Ashutosh's Blog [14:26] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: tint 0.1.5 on CRAN: Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/03/27#tint_0.1.5 [14:26] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [14:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [14:47] TR News Inside a romance scam compoundand how people get tricked into being there https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/27/1113782/scam-compound-meta-facebook-pig-butchering-wechat/ [14:47] TR Bot Inside a romance scam compoundand how people get tricked into being there | MIT Technology Review [14:49] TR News The Peoples Party | April 3 https://publicknowledge.org/the-peoples-party-april-3/ Peoples Party or Microsoft lobbying in "NGO" clothing? https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml [14:49] TR Bot The People's Party | April 3 - Public Knowledge [14:49] TR Bot Techrights At Microsoft, Promoting Back Doors, Proprietary Lock-in and Mass Surveillance Under the Guise of Diversity ("Microsoft Philanthropy Team") [14:50] TR News TTABlog Test: Are Sexual Arousal Supplements Related to Hair Care Products Under Section 2(d)? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/03/ttablog-test-are-sexual-arousal.html [14:51] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTABlog Test: Are Sexual Arousal Supplements Related to Hair Care Products Under Section 2(d)? [14:51] TR News why is there more and more captchas: Hey Hi (AI) crawler DDoS like attack on entire internet? https://dwaves.de/2025/03/26/why-is-there-more-and-more-captchas-ai-crawler-ddos-like-attack-on-entire-internet/ [14:51] TR Bot why is there more and more captchas: AI crawler DDoS like attack on entire internet? | dwaves.de [14:52] TR News "Exploitation of Lapland seasonal workers raises red flags" https://yle.fi/a/74-20152435 "So far this winter, at least one case has been reported to the police which is being investigated as extortion." [14:52] TR Bot Exploitation of Lapland seasonal workers raises red flags | Yle News | Yle [14:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [14:55] TR News A Taxonomy of Adversarial Machine Learning Attacks and Mitigations https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/a-taxonomy-of-adversarial-machine-learning-attacks-and-mitigations.html [14:55] TR Bot Taxonomy of Adversarial Machine Learning Attacks and Mitigations - Schneier on Security [14:56] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [14:58] TR News Robert Roth: GNOME Calculator updates https://curiositydrivendevelopment.blogspot.com/2025/03/gnome-calculator-updates.html [14:58] TR Bot Curiosity-driven development: GNOME Calculator updates [14:58] TR News GNOME Foundation News: GUADEC 2025 Registrations are Open! https://foundation.gnome.org/2025/03/27/guadec-2025-registration-is-open/ [14:58] TR Bot GUADEC 2025 Registrations are Open! The GNOME Foundation ● Mar 28 [15:00] TR News (NEW): GNOME/GTK: Christian Hergert on libdex, Robert Roth on GNOME Calculator, and GNOME Foundation on GUADEC 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/GNOME_GTK_Christian_Hergert_on_libdex_Robert_Roth_on_GNOME_Calc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/GNOME_GTK_Christian_Hergert_on_libdex_Robert_Roth_on_GNOME_Calc.gmi [15:00] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME/GTK: Christian Hergert on libdex, Robert Roth on GNOME Calculator, and GNOME Foundation on GUADEC 2025 [15:01] TR News Federal Circuit Redefines Prior Art Requirements Under 102(e)/102(a)(2): In re Riggs https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/03/federal-redefines-requirements.html [15:01] TR Bot Federal Circuit Redefines Prior Art Requirements Under 102(e)/102(a)(2): In re Riggs | Patently-O [15:03] TR News The approach to the assessment of inventive step of antibodies at the EPO is there an artificial barrier and should it be broken? https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/03/27/the-approach-to-the-assessment-of-inventive-step-of-antibodies-at-the-epo-is-there-an-artificial-barrier-and-should-it-be-broken/ [15:03] TR Bot The approach to the assessment of inventive step of antibodies at the EPO is there an artificial barrier and should it be broken? - Kluwer Patent Blog [15:05] TR News Many Unitary Patents are basically illegal software patents, EPO keeps breaking the law with impunity https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/03/27/epo-patent-index-2024-shows-increase-computer-technology-inventions-unitary-patent-requests/id=187629/ [15:05] TR Bot EPO Patent Index 2024 Shows Increase in Computer Technology Inventions, Unitary Patent Requests [15:11] TR News AutoNavigare mobile app control patent monopoly challenge instituted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/3/27/autonavigare-mobile-app-control-patent-challenge-instituted [15:11] TR Bot AutoNavigare mobile app control patent challenge instituted Unified Patents [15:16] TR News Marketing spam disguised as "news" https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/herbert-smith-freehills-boosts-practice-with-tech-litigator-from-eip-schmidt-bogatzky/ [15:16] TR Bot Herbert Smith Freehills boosts practice with tech litigator from EIP - JUVE Patent [15:20] TR News This is an illegal and unconstitutional court whose very existence does enormous damage to the EU's credibility. The patent law profession is itself becoming an illegality. https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/upc-infringement-case-can-resume-after-epo-upholds-10x-genomics-patent/ [15:20] TR Bot UPC infringement case can resume after EPO upholds 10x Genomics patent - JUVE Patent [15:24] TR News FourThirdsEye is an open-source hardware 10.7MP IMX294 camera module for the Raspberry Pi 5/CM4 https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/27/fourthirdseye-is-an-open-source-hardware-10-7mp-imx294-camera-module-for-the-raspberry-pi-5-cm4/ [15:24] TR Bot FourThirdsEye is an open-source hardware 10.7MP IMX294 camera module for the Raspberry Pi 5/CM4 - CNX Software [15:24] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/25030124 [15:24] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [15:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:29] TR News The new Multi-Cluster Alerting UI: A developer preview https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/03/27/new-multi-cluster-alerting-ui-developer-preview [15:29] TR Bot The new Multi-Cluster Alerting UI: A developer preview | Red Hat Developer [15:37] TR News Panic averted: It was just a bug in Atop after all https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/atop_panic_averted/ [15:37] TR Bot Turns out it was just a bug in Atop after all The Register [15:40] TR News (NEW): Linux Foundation Outsourcing Linux to Akamai (Privacy Issue) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Linux_Foundation_Outsourcing_Linux_to_Akamai_Privacy_Issue.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Linux_Foundation_Outsourcing_Linux_to_Akamai_Privacy_Issue.gmi [15:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Foundation Outsourcing Linux to Akamai (Privacy Issue) [15:42] TR News "Nice to see another developer putting effort into their Linux support. Go give it a run on the playtest and see what you think of it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/stealth-platformer-kiyo-puts-up-a-new-playtest-with-improved-linux-and-steam-deck-support/ [15:42] TR Bot platformer Kiyo puts up a new playtest with improved Linux and Steam Deck support | GamingOnLinux [15:44] TR News (NEW): State of Linux Windowing Systems: Is Wayland Good in 2025? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/State_of_Linux_Windowing_Systems_Is_Wayland_Good_in_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/State_of_Linux_Windowing_Systems_Is_Wayland_Good_in_2025.gmi [15:44] TR Bot Tux Machines State of Linux Windowing Systems: Is Wayland Good in 2025? [15:44] TR News LF markrting spam, funded by the LF (which pays this site and thus this author) https://www.zdnet.com/article/want-to-learn-linux-from-legends-this-mentorship-pairs-you-with-top-developers/ [15:44] TR Bot to learn Linux from legends? This mentorship pairs you with top developers | ZDNET [15:47] TR News (NEW): Buzzword-Ready Linux Distributions To Watch in 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Buzzword_Ready_Linux_Distributions_To_Watch_in_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Buzzword_Ready_Linux_Distributions_To_Watch_in_2025.gmi [15:47] TR Bot Tux Machines Buzzword-Ready Linux Distributions To Watch in 2025 [15:49] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [15:54] TR News "The final release of Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) is expected on April 17th, 2025." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-enters-public-beta-testing-with-linux-6-14-gnome-48 [15:54] TR Bot 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux 6.14, GNOME 48 - 9to5Linux [15:54] TR News Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Beta released https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-beta-released/ [15:54] TR Bot 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Beta released | GamingOnLinux [15:54] TR News Techrights Intimidation, Threats, and Bullying Not Tolerated by Techrights https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Intimidation_Threats_and_Bullying_Not_Tolerated_by_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Intimidation_Threats_and_Bullying_Not_Tolerated_by_Techrights.gmi [15:54] TR Bot Techrights Intimidation, Threats, and Bullying Not Tolerated by Techrights ● Mar 28 [16:00] TR News [More] censorshio at HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43489058 https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/the_website_hacker_news_is_afraid_to_discuss [16:00] TR Bot The Website Hacker News Is Afraid to Discuss | Hacker News [16:00] TR Bot Daring Fireball: The Website That Hacker News Is Afraid to Discuss (Youre Reading It) [16:04] TR News "Lets say I wanted to connect AT proto and ActivityPub from the ActivityPub side of things. Im gonna call this style of bridge Donkey." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/donkey-zebra-bridging [16:05] TR News "Desktop developers like to add new features at every new release." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/say-no-to-1000-things.txt [16:07] TR News "Amazon recently announced that, from now on, everything you say to Alexa will be sent to their server." gemini://ploum.net/2025-03-28-geeks-naivety.gmi [16:08] TR News SpellBinding: YEILQUC Wordo: CULTS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-03-28.gmi [16:11] TR News "Adventuron is a tool wrapping a specialised language for creating text adventures that can be exported to HTML or 8-bit platforms. It has a Spectrum aesthetic and was intended for children to use as part of the UK's Key Stage 2 and 3 curriculum." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/adventuron [16:11] TR News RETO: USANDO LINUX SIN GUI gemini://moribundo.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-03-28-sin_gui.gmi [16:12] TR News "an mp3 is a good choice. mp3s are always cool, no matter what the year. last week-ish, this cute secondhand hello kitty mp3 player that's officially licensed by sanrio just went on sale. with a huge price drop!! and let me tell you, i was SO close to buying it..." gemini://angelai.smol.pub/19 [16:14] TR News Bipartisan group of US senators demand probe into Signal chat scandal https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250327-top-us-senators-demand-probe-into-chat-scandal [16:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250327-top-us-senators-demand-probe-into-chat-scandal ) [16:17] TR News How to run MicroShift with OpenShift Local and Podman Desktop https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/03/27/how-run-microshift-openshift-local-and-podman-desktop [16:17] TR Bot How to run MicroShift with OpenShift Local and Podman Desktop | Red Hat Developer [16:19] TR News Bypassing Ubuntu's user-namespace restrictions https://lwn.net/Articles/1015649/ [16:19] TR Bot Ubuntu's user-namespace restrictions [LWN.net] [16:20] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1015589/ [16:20] TR Bot updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [16:21] TR News A new home for kernel.org https://lwn.net/Articles/1015555/ [16:21] TR Bot new home for kernel.org [LWN.net] [16:28] TR News The Future of GNU/Linux Software: Will Flatpak and Snap Replace Native Desktop Apps? https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/future-linux-software-will-flatpak-and-snap-replace-native-desktop-apps [16:28] TR Bot The Future of Linux Software: Will Flatpak and Snap Replace Native Desktop Apps? | Linux Journal [16:29] TR News 9 Best Free and Open Source Surveillance Giant Google Analytics Alternatives https://www.linuxlinks.com/googleanalytics/ [16:29] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Google Analytics Alternatives - LinuxLinks [16:29] TR News 8 Useful Free Books to Learn about Deep Learning https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-books-learn-deep-learning/ [16:29] TR Bot Useful Free Books to Learn about Deep Learning - LinuxLinks [16:30] TR News Zorin OS 17.3 is available with new features, stronger privacy, and improved user experience https://www.reallinuxuser.com/zorin-os-17-3-is-available-with-new-features-stronger-privacy-and-improved-user-experience/ [16:30] TR Bot Zorin OS 17.3 is available with new features, stronger privacy, and improved user experience - Real Linux User [16:30] TR News Flowblade Video Editor 2.20 Released with Improved Sync Editing https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/03/flowblade-video-editor-2-20-released-with-improved-sync-editing/ [16:30] TR Bot Flowblade Video Editor 2.20 Released with Improved Sync Editing | UbuntuHandbook [16:31] TR News The Beginner-friendly GNU/Linux Distro Zorin OS Released New v17.3 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/03/zorin-os-released-173/ [16:31] TR Bot The Beginner-friendly Linux Distro Zorin OS Released New v17.3 | UbuntuHandbook [16:33] TR News Kubuntu Plucky Puffin (25.04) Beta released https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-plucky-puffin-25-04-beta-released/ [16:33] TR Bot Kubuntu Plucky Puffin (25.04) Beta released | Kubuntu [16:33] TR News Kubuntu General News: Kubuntu Plucky Puffin (25.04) Beta released https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-plucky-puffin-25-04-beta-released/ [16:34] TR News Lubuntu Blog: Lubuntu Plucky Puffin Beta Released! https://lubuntu.me/plucky-beta/ [16:34] TR Bot Lubuntu Plucky Puffin Beta Released! Lubuntu [16:35] TR News Ubuntu Studio: Ubuntu Studio 25.04 Beta Released https://ubuntustudio.org/2025/03/ubuntu-studio-25-04-beta-released/ [16:35] TR Bot Ubuntu Studio 25.04 Beta Released Ubuntu Studio [16:36] TR News Will he allow child-r0n links? https://drewdevault.com/2025/03/27/2025-03-27-Using-linkhut.html see https://dmpwn.info/ [16:36] TR Bot Using linkhut to signal-boost my bookmarks [16:36] TR Bot The DeVault report [16:41] TR News "I was knee-deep in reading about the new GNU/Linux container framework" https://rubenerd.com/gentle-rain-outside/ [16:41] TR Bot Gentle rain outside [16:42] TR News BSD Now 604: Future looks back https://www.bsdnow.tv/604 [16:42] TR Bot BSD Now 604: Future looks back [16:43] TR News Pluralistic: Reality-Based Communities (27 Mar 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/27/use-your-mentality/ [16:43] TR Bot Pluralistic: Reality-Based Communities (27 Mar 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [16:44] TR News Custom Slimline CD Player Hides Out Under Speaker https://hackaday.com/2025/03/27/custom-slimline-cd-player-hides-out-under-speaker/ | Source: Hackaday [16:44] TR Bot Slimline CD Player Hides Out Under Speaker | Hackaday [16:47] TR News China rebuffs US Hell Toupes offer of tariff concessions if Beijing agrees Fentanylware (TikTok) deal https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/27/china-rebuffs-us-president-trumps-offer-of-tariff-concessions-if-beijing-agrees-tiktok-deal/ [16:47] TR Bot China rebuffs Trump offer of tariff cuts if Beijing agrees TikTok deal [16:47] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man May Offer China Lower Tariffs to Encourage a Fentanylware (TikTok) Deal as April 5th Deadline Fast Approaches https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/27/trump-lower-tariffs-china-tiktok-deal/ [16:47] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/27/trump-lower-tariffs-china-tiktok-deal/ ) [16:49] TR News "Anyone can call themselves a life coach, which, unlike being a mental health therapist, does not require any kind of education, training or license." https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-life-coaches-mental-health-therapy-law | Source: Pro Publica [16:49] TR Bot A New Utah Law Targets Life Coaches Who Offer Unlicensed Therapy ProPublica [16:54] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/25022835 [16:54] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [16:54] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/today_s_howtos.gmi [16:54] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [16:56] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi [16:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [16:57] TR News (NEW): Fedora, Flatpak, Red Hat Puff Pieces, and Mass Layoffs at IBM https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Fedora_Flatpak_Red_Hat_Puff_Pieces_and_Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Fedora_Flatpak_Red_Hat_Puff_Pieces_and_Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM.gmi [16:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora, Flatpak, Red Hat Puff Pieces, and Mass Layoffs at IBM ● Mar 28 [17:01] TR News (NEW): BSD: powerd++ not always saving power, BSD Now has new episode https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/BSD_powerd_not_always_saving_power_BSD_Now_has_new_episode.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/BSD_powerd_not_always_saving_power_BSD_Now_has_new_episode.gmi [17:01] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi [17:01] TR Bot Tux Machines BSD: powerd++ not always saving power, BSD Now has new episode [17:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and More [17:07] TR News (NEW): Events and 'Follow the Money' https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Events_and_Follow_the_Money.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Events_and_Follow_the_Money.gmi [17:07] TR Bot Tux Machines Events and 'Follow the Money' [17:09] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [17:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [17:11] TR News (NEW): Release of Flowblade Video Editor 2.20 and Autobase 2.2.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Release_of_Flowblade_Video_Editor_2_20_and_Autobase_2_2_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Release_of_Flowblade_Video_Editor_2_20_and_Autobase_2_2_0.gmi [17:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Release of Flowblade Video Editor 2.20 and Autobase 2.2.0 [17:12] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). 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[17:12] *Now talking on #techrights [17:12] *hub.au.ozorg.net sets mode +n #techrights [17:12] *hub.au.ozorg.net sets mode +t #techrights [17:12] *Now talking on #techrights [17:12] *Topic for #techrights is: TechRights.org | Unofficial channel #techrights for http://TechRights.org [17:12] *Topic for #techrights set by superkuh!~superkuh@user/superkuh at Thu May 20 20:25:48 2021 [17:12] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi [17:12] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [17:17] TR News "Event loops libraries are optimized for the case of programs with huge number of sockets, timers, etc. Its great, big programs needs performances, but what about small programs?" gemini://gemini.omarpolo.com/post/evloop.gmi [17:21] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 28/03/2025: Alexa is for Gullible People, Rant About Feature Overload https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Gemini_Links_28_03_2025_Alexa_is_for_Gullible_People_Rant_About.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Gemini_Links_28_03_2025_Alexa_is_for_Gullible_People_Rant_About.gmi [17:21] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 28/03/2025: Alexa is for Gullible People, Rant About Feature Overload [17:25] TR News Techrights Links 28/03/2025: AirAsia Trouble Again, UMich Culls All DEI Programs https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Links_28_03_2025_AirAsia_Trouble_Again_UMich_Culls_All_DEI_Prog.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Links_28_03_2025_AirAsia_Trouble_Again_UMich_Culls_All_DEI_Prog.gmi [17:25] TR Bot Techrights Links 28/03/2025: AirAsia Trouble Again, UMich Culls All DEI Programs [17:32] TR News "You get what you pay for! Mumbai is just the next step before Manila and Shanghai take over before AI is fully operational and becomes Skylab" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqec25mw [17:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqec25mw ) [17:46] MinceR (cat) https://i.imgur.com/RQksjeI.png = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/RQksjeI [17:46] TR Bot I have strong, positive feelings for a post. - rimgo [17:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights ● Mar 28 [18:18] TR News Russian Priest Arrested Over 2014 Photo With Ukrainian Flag https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-03-24/russian-priest-arrested-over-2014-photo-with-ukrainian-flag [18:18] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-03-24/russian-priest-arrested-over-2014-photo-with-ukrainian-flag ) [18:20] schestowitz[TR2] the firm of Gulagboy is starting to seem no less antisemitic than its clients [18:20] schestowitz[TR2] what an own goal! [18:26] TR News Russian war documentary to be shown on Leiden University campus despite propaganda claim https://nltimes.nl/2025/03/26/russian-war-documentary-shown-leiden-university-campus-despite-propaganda-claim" [18:26] TR Bot Russian war documentary to be shown on Leiden University campus despite propaganda claim | NL Times [18:29] TR News Ukraine State Railway Reports Large Technical Failure https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-03-23/ukraine-state-railway-reports-large-technical-failure [18:29] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-03-23/ukraine-state-railway-reports-large-technical-failure ) [18:30] TR News Ukrainian Railways hit by large-scale, targeted cyberattack https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-railways-hit-by-large-scale-targeted-cyberattack/ [18:30] TR Bot Ukrainian Railways hit by 'large-scale, targeted cyberattack' [18:30] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [18:31] TR News SFP#32: Policy and EU: Router Freedom in the EU https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-32.en.html [18:31] TR Bot SFP#32: Policy and EU: Router Freedom in the EU - FSFE [18:32] TR News Cosmic Distance Calibration https://xkcd.com/3066/ [18:32] TR Bot Cosmic Distance Calibration [18:32] TR News Rock Identification https://xkcd.com/3068/ [18:32] TR Bot Rock Identification [18:32] TR News SawStart https://xkcd.com/3067/ [18:32] TR Bot SawStart [18:33] TR News TikTok teaching people to commit crimes https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/its-mine-now-tiktok-thieves-brag-about-stealing-restaurants-shocking-new-trend-1732052 [18:33] TR Bot 'It's Mine Now': TikTok Thieves Brag About Stealing From Restaurants in Shocking New Trend | IBTimes UK [18:34] TR News Cheeto Mussolini Says He Would Consider Reducing China Tariffs if There's a Deal on TikTok https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-03-26/trump-says-he-would-consider-reducing-china-tariffs-if-theres-a-deal-on-tiktok [18:34] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-03-26/trump-says-he-would-consider-reducing-china-tariffs-if-theres-a-deal-on-tiktok ) [18:34] TR News Cheeto Mussolini dangles possibility of lower tariffs for China to make TikTok sale happen https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-tiktok-tariffs-1.7494539 [18:34] TR Bot Trump dangles possibility of lower tariffs for China to make TikTok sale happen | CBC News [18:36] TR News The same Europe where TikTok helps promote the far right https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-03-27/tiktok-shop-steps-up-europe-expansion-with-us-future-unclear http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/27/When_Social_Control_Media_in_the_European_Union_is_Controlled_b.shtml [18:36] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-03-27/tiktok-shop-steps-up-europe-expansion-with-us-future-unclear ) [18:36] TR Bot Techrights When Social Control Media in the European Union is Controlled by BRICS [18:36] TR News Multifaceted Dilemma of TikTok https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/03/27/the-multifaceted-dilemma-of-tiktok/ [18:36] TR Bot The Multifaceted Dilemma of TikTok - Modern Diplomacy [18:39] TR News "New features. Stronger privacy. An even easier user experience." https://blog.zorin.com/2025/03/26/zorin-os-17.3-is-here/ [18:39] TR Bot Zorin OS 17.3 is Here - Zorin [18:40] TR News deepin 25 Alpha Release Note https://www.deepin.org/en/deepin-25-alpha-release/ [18:40] TR Bot deepin 25 Alpha Release Note Deepin Technology Community [18:43] TR News (NEW): deepin 25 Alpha Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/deepin_25_Alpha_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/deepin_25_Alpha_Released.gmi [18:43] TR Bot Tux Machines deepin 25 Alpha Released [18:45] TR News Rescuezilla 2.6 is out, but outsourced to Microsoft GitHub https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12384 [18:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12384 ) [18:46] TR News (NEW): On March 24th, 2025 EmmaDE5 1.04 maintenance and documentation updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/On_March_24th_2025_EmmaDE5_1_04_maintenance_and_documentation_u.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/On_March_24th_2025_EmmaDE5_1_04_maintenance_and_documentation_u.gmi [18:46] TR Bot Tux Machines On March 24th, 2025 EmmaDE5 1.04 maintenance and documentation updates [18:53] TR News Techrights Google News Lost the Fight to LLM Slop (While Google Itself Sells Slop, Nowadays Under the Name "Gemini") https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Google_News_Lost_the_Fight_to_LLM_Slop_While_Google_Itself_Sell.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Google_News_Lost_the_Fight_to_LLM_Slop_While_Google_Itself_Sell.gmi [18:53] TR Bot Techrights Google News Lost the Fight to LLM Slop (While Google Itself Sells Slop, Nowadays Under the Name "Gemini") [18:57] TR News "Victor Perevertkin (Extravert-ir) has accomplished major rewrites to the Plug and Play Manager in the ReactOS kernel." https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-0415-released/ [18:57] TR Bot ReactOS 0.4.15 released | ReactOS Project [18:58] TR News DragonOS Noble and Feren 22.04-beta2 are out [18:58] TR News RebornOS 2025.03.04 is also out [18:59] TR News Mercury Neo with Linux 6.13.7 and Arch mirror ranking bug fix https://distrowatch.com/12385 https://endeavouros.com/news/mercury-neo-with-linux-6-13-7-and-arch-mirror-ranking-bug-fix/ [18:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/12385 ) [18:59] TR Bot Neo with Linux 6.13.7 and Arch mirror ranking bug fix - EndeavourOS ● Mar 28 [19:02] TR News Samoa: GNU/Linux up sharply https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/samoa/#monthly-200902-202503 [19:02] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Samoa | Statcounter Global Stats [19:03] TR News PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202504/page13.html [19:03] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 13 [19:06] TR News "In the EU, they have the GDPR to help protect user data, and to reign in the data collection by Big Tech. Here in the U.S., we pretty much have nothing (or next to it) to protect the collection of private personal data." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202504/editorial.html [19:06] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Welcome From The Chief Editor [19:10] TR News ICYMI: Skype Closing Down May 5, 2025 https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202504/page01.html [19:10] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 1 [19:11] TR News (NEW): Firefox Threatens Suicide, Then Backpedals https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Firefox_Threatens_Suicide_Then_Backpedals.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/Firefox_Threatens_Suicide_Then_Backpedals.gmi [19:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Firefox Threatens Suicide, Then Backpedals [19:12] TR News "Wavacity is a free, open-source online audio editor inspired by Audacity." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202504/page03.html [19:12] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 3 [19:13] TR News Delete Lines From A Text File Easily & Quickly https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202504/page07.html [19:13] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 7 [19:13] TR News "The Shape Builder Tool in Inkscape is a tool that lets you create new shapes based on the intersecting areas of overlapping shapes. It was first introduced in ver. 1.3, but we havent covered it before. It was enhanced in ver. 1.4, so well look at it now." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202504/page05.html [19:13] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 5 [19:13] TR News Wiki Pick: Getting Rid Of Unwanted/Unneeded Files https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202504/page09.html [19:13] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 9 [19:16] TR News Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7 [19:16] TR Bot Pete Hegseth, Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online - DER SPIEGEL [19:16] TR News Defense Contractor MORSECORP Inc. Agrees to Pay $4.6 Million to Settle Cybersecurity Fraud Allegations https://databreaches.net/2025/03/26/defense-contractor-morsecorp-inc-agrees-to-pay-4-6-million-to-settle-cybersecurity-fraud-allegations/ [19:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/03/26/defense-contractor-morsecorp-inc-agrees-to-pay-4-6-million-to-settle-cybersecurity-fraud-allegations/ ) [19:16] TR News Enterprise Linux Security Episode 112 - Oh Data, Where Art Thou? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=XWIoSefMr0g [19:16] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=XWIoSefMr0g?v=XWIoSefMr0g ) [19:18] TR News Could Elon Musk Actually Destroy Social Security as We Know It? https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/26/could-elon-musk-actually-destroy-social-security-as-we-know-it/ [19:18] TR Bot Elon Musk Actually Destroy Social Security as We Know It? - CounterPunch.org [19:18] TR News Drastic DOGE-Backed Changes Put Social Security Benefits for Millions at Risk https://truthout.org/video/drastic-doge-backed-changes-put-social-security-benefits-for-millions-at-risk/ [19:18] TR Bot Drastic DOGE-Backed Changes Put Social Security Benefits for Millions at Risk | Truthout [19:20] TR News Social control media in action https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/rachel-zeglers-x-post-allegedly-why-disney-beefing-security-gal-gadot-amid-death-threats-1732154 [19:20] TR Bot Rachel Zegler's X Post Is Allegedly Why Disney Is Beefing Up Security For Gal Gadot Amid Death Threats, Insiders | IBTimes UK [19:21] TR News Social Security Under Attack: From Plutocrats, of Course https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/27/social-security-under-attack-from-plutocrats-of-course/ [19:21] TR Bot Security Under Attack: From Plutocrats, of Course - CounterPunch.org [19:21] TR News Social Security is a Joke to Cheeto Mussolini and His Team https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/27/social-security-is-a-joke-to-trump-and-his-team/ [19:21] TR Bot Security is a Joke to Trump and His Team - CounterPunch.org [19:23] TR News US Social Security Website Crashes Four Times In 10 Days, Raising Concerns Over Staffing Cuts https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-social-security-website-crashes-four-times-10-days-raising-concerns-over-staffing-cuts-1732147 [19:23] TR Bot US Social Security Website Crashes Four Times In 10 Days, Raising Concerns Over Staffing Cuts | IBTimes UK [19:26] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [19:26] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [19:26] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #techrights [19:26] *schestowitz-TR2 (~acer-box@freenode-v3a.5o5.hl01nn.IP) has joined #techrights [19:33] *nobody has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:33] *nobody (~nobody@3mqp28qbguvei.irc) has joined #techrights [19:51] TR News Techrights statCounter Sees Microsoft Windows Falling to New, Unprecedented Lows in Palau https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/statCounter_Sees_Microsoft_Windows_Falling_to_New_Unprecedented.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/statCounter_Sees_Microsoft_Windows_Falling_to_New_Unprecedented.gmi [19:52] TR Bot Techrights statCounter Sees Microsoft Windows Falling to New, Unprecedented Lows in Palau [19:56] TR News "I could not connect to my wireguard VPN! Now apparently, there is some motivation for some firewalls to disallow any internet-connections to ports other than, like 80 (http) and 443 (https). Their reasons? I am not sure. But I am not here to reason about their motivaiton. Much rather, I'm interested in how to restore full internet access!" gemini://shtrophic.net/tunneling-tunnels-masquerading-wireguard.gmi [19:57] TR News "A quite absurd thought has been on my mind for quite some time." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/03/28/creat.gmi [19:59] TR News "A related thought I had was that one way to keep gopher less like the web is to avoid linking to the web, or, where you must - scrape the web content and archive it as text on gopher (lynx -dump works well for this)." gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/lets-keep-gopher-boring.md ● Mar 28 [20:00] TR News What happens to your DNA data now that 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy? https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/23andme-data-security-1.7492589 What if they sold (copied) it already, or even years ago? [20:00] TR Bot What happens to your DNA data now that 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy? | CBC News [20:01] TR News The rich attack the poor without even pretending not to (anymore) https://scheerpost.com/2025/03/25/could-elon-musk-actually-destroy-social-security-as-we-know-it/ [20:01] TR Bot Could Elon Musk Actually Destroy Social Security as We Know It? [20:02] TR News US Social Security Agency Delays, Rolls Back Some Service Cuts After Complaints https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-03-26/us-social-security-agency-delays-rolls-back-some-service-cuts-after-complaints [20:02] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-03-26/us-social-security-agency-delays-rolls-back-some-service-cuts-after-complaints ) [20:03] TR News Social Security Administration Backtracks on Some ID Requirements After Backlash https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-03-26/social-security-administration-backtracks-on-some-id-requirements-after-backlash [20:03] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-03-26/social-security-administration-backtracks-on-some-id-requirements-after-backlash ) [20:04] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqcvfjda [20:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqcvfjda ) [20:04] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:04] schestowitz[TR2] Kyndryl's problems are related to IBM's problems, but the central issue both companies face is that both firms are losing relevancy in the modern world. Less relevancy means less customers, less customers means less revenue, blah blah blah. As very close relatives, executives at both firms employ the same book-cooking methods to make the stocks look good and to preserve whatever free cash flow they still have. [20:04] schestowitz[TR2] They are both doing as best they can under the circumstances, but the trajectories for both companies are still down...albeit for different reasons, due to the markets they allegedly serve. [20:04] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:07] *psydruid went to a job fair today and saw many of the same depressing names including Kyndryl [20:07] TR News "Isn't Stallman still on the board of directors at FSF?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43499176 Yes, he is. http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/Novell_and_Microsoft_Apologist_Booster_Bruce_Byfield_Writing_Ab.shtml [20:07] TR Bot Zo Kooyman on Post-Stallman Changes at the Free Software Foundation | Hacker News [20:07] TR Bot Techrights Novell and Microsoft Apologist/Booster Bruce Byfield Writing About the FSF is a Recipe for Problems [20:07] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: they joke that it sounds like cough medicine [20:07] schestowitz[TR2] at IBM [20:08] psydruid it does sound more like a pharmaceutical company than an IT company [20:09] TR News Microsoft-sponsored Reddit managed to have turned the "StallmanWasRight" section into anti-RMS trollfest https://www.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/comments/1jluvyv/richard_stallman_on_artifical_intelligence_and/ [20:09] TR Bot - The heart of the internet [20:25] TR News "If American jobs having been moving to India for the past 20+ years how are there any jobs left to move to India? Spoiler alert, companies end up hiring Americans again to get work done. That new job eventually shows up on a report to outsource again. cycle repeats over and over." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqd6cnsj [20:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqd6cnsj ) [20:25] TR News "Not true in our department. 4 jobs in India hired for every 1 US layoff this year. It's funny to watch how they need 4 or more India employees to do the work of 1 American employee. IBM is not getting their money worth." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqax2nm6 [20:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqax2nm6 ) [20:27] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/25022818 [20:27] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [20:29] TR News (NEW): KaOS 2025.03 Linux Distro Released with KDE Plasma 6.3 and Linux Kernel 6.13 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/KaOS_2025_03_Linux_Distro_Released_with_KDE_Plasma_6_3_and_Linu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/03/28/KaOS_2025_03_Linux_Distro_Released_with_KDE_Plasma_6_3_and_Linu.gmi [20:29] TR Bot Tux Machines KaOS 2025.03 Linux Distro Released with KDE Plasma 6.3 and Linux Kernel 6.13 [20:48] TR News Techrights IBM's BS (Bait, Switch) Regarding Ways to Stay Onboard https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/IBM_s_BS_Bait_Switch_Regarding_Ways_to_Stay_Onboard.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/IBM_s_BS_Bait_Switch_Regarding_Ways_to_Stay_Onboard.gmi [20:48] TR Bot Techrights IBM's BS (Bait, Switch) Regarding Ways to Stay Onboard [20:54] *agentcasey_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:57] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@b6dc92btrdtrn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Mar 28 [21:04] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@k59xzzj3kgzr2.irc) has joined #techrights [21:05] TR News Techrights A World Without Rules https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/A_World_Without_Rules.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/A_World_Without_Rules.gmi [21:05] TR Bot Techrights A World Without Rules [21:18] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], From Reddit, I wrote: [21:18] IsambardPrince "Hayao Miyazaki was recently shown an "AI" that can generate "animation". [21:18] IsambardPrince https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/hayao-miyazaki-on-ai-utterly-disgusted/ [21:18] IsambardPrince He called it "an insult to life itself" and said that after seeing this he felt as though "humanity has given up on itself" and like we were "living in the end times. [21:18] IsambardPrince He had the younger people either crying or looking like they just got whipped when he said that (so I guess Japan does have a GenZ) and while those were harsh words, they're well deserved. [21:18] TR Bot Hayao Miyazaki on the use of AI: "I am utterly disgusted" [21:18] IsambardPrince "Art" can never really be created by a mindless "intelligence" that doesn't really know anything or have an appreciation for it, like the reasoning behind all other forms of AI Slop, such as fake news articles that are hastily made to exploit Google, Apple, and MSN News aggregators, the goal isn't quality, it's not even there to create something desirable, or worthwhile, it's there because rich people ejaculate into their shorts [21:18] IsambardPrince when they think that they can fire people, who have to go home and tell their family that they're unemployed, and some of whom kill themselves. [21:18] IsambardPrince Netflix fired 2,000 people in their animation department about a year ago and said they'd just slop us using AI instead. This is a McDonald's Mentality, where it isn't very good, but you can make a lot of it cheaply and move on to the next thing. [21:18] IsambardPrince Miyazaki was obviously deeply offended. He had a career where his work was much beloved, and he actually did work for it, and many people worked for it and earned their money, only to be shown near the end of his life that nobody appreciates hard work, quality, art, or anything else, and they want to turn Studio Ghibli into a fucking McDonald's." [21:20] admfubar https://www.ghacks.net/2025/03/28/windows-bug-blocks-bios-updates-for-lenovo-thinkpad-laptops/ [21:20] TR Bot Windows bug blocks BIOS updates for Lenovo ThinkPad laptops - gHacks Tech News [21:22] IsambardPrince The way mom and dad's president is going, pretty soon you won't need to worry if there's toilet paper. Everything will be so expensive you can save the added step and just wipe your ass with the money, [21:36] admfubar https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/seychelles-offshore-services-provider-highlighted-in-the-pandora-papers-shuts-down-operations/ [21:36] TR Bot Seychelles offshore services provider highlighted in the Pandora Papers shuts down operations - ICIJ [21:36] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/paradox [21:36] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Paradox [21:40] TR News Techrights Banned evidence: Ars Technica forums censored email predicting DebConf23 death, Abraham Raji & Debian cover-up https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Banned_evidence_Ars_Technica_forums_censored_email_predicting_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Banned_evidence_Ars_Technica_forums_censored_email_predicting_D.gmi [21:40] TR Bot Techrights Banned evidence: Ars Technica forums censored email predicting DebConf23 death, Abraham Raji & Debian cover-up [21:43] schestowitz[TR2] Ars Technica Forums used to be moderated by http://techrights.org/wiki/Peter_Bright/ [21:43] TR Bot Peter Bright [21:46] TR News Signal Chat Security Lapse https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2025-03-25/5-takeaways-from-the-signal-chat-security-lapse [21:46] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2025-03-25/5-takeaways-from-the-signal-chat-security-lapse ) [21:46] TR News What to Know About the Leaked Signal Chat With Top U.S. Security Officials https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-03-25/what-to-know-about-the-leaked-signal-chat-with-top-u-s-security-officials [21:46] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-03-25/what-to-know-about-the-leaked-signal-chat-with-top-u-s-security-officials ) [21:47] TR News The Problem Is Far More Than Just Whether Signal Is Secure https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/25/signal-cybersecurity-trump-war-planning-00246881 [21:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/25/signal-cybersecurity-trump-war-planning-00246881 ) [21:47] TR News security breach https://www.dw.com/en/us-trump-admin-downplays-yemen-signal-security-breach/live-72036991 [21:47] TR Bot Trump admin downplays Yemen Signal security breach DW 03/26/2025 [21:47] TR News Windows TCO? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-airport-trudeau-delays-air-canada-sunwing-1.7492543 [21:47] TR Bot Tech problems causing check-in, security delays at Montreal's Trudeau airport | CBC News ● Mar 28 [22:02] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/japan_3d_printing_railway/ [22:02] TR Bot Japan is 3D printing train stations now The Register [22:44] IsambardPrince https://www.wthitv.com/news/new-document-shows-indiana-paid-900-000-for-execution-drug-but-other-details-still-sparse/article_fe11ce18-5154-4b81-aed4-c63dab9c1f7f.html [22:44] TR Bot ( status 451 @ https://www.wthitv.com/news/new-document-shows-indiana-paid-900-000-for-execution-drug-but-other-details-still-sparse/article_fe11ce18-5154-4b81-aed4-c63dab9c1f7f.html ) [22:44] IsambardPrince Indiana spent $900,000 to get execution drugs for one inmate.