●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, April 28, 2025 ●● ● Apr 28 [00:22] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [00:22] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [00:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [00:35] MinceR (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/9BDMAB8 = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/9BDMAB8 [00:35] TR Bot this shape - Album on Imgur [00:35] TR Bot name this shape - rimgo [00:36] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) [00:38] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [00:49] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 27th, 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/27/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_April_27th_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/27/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_April_27th_2025.gmi [00:49] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 27th, 2025 [00:50] *fantom (~fantom@2.219.56.221) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *fantom (~fantom@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1d7f) has joined #techrights ● Apr 28 [01:02] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [01:23] *grey (~grey@598p776662wny.irc) has joined #techrights [01:24] *grey stretches [01:24] *grey looks around [01:24] grey o_o [01:24] grey <_< [01:24] grey o_o [01:24] grey >_> [01:26] *grey has quit (Quit: leaving) [01:42] TR News "After some running, some good tarte tatin and some bad wine, I'm back on the keyboard. Time to make that glossary actually readable." gemini://tilde.club/~sfelicio/gemlog/2025-04-27.gmi [01:43] TR News "Sometimes my mind goes back to text editing and text editors. I have a love/hate relationship with ed(1). I kind of like the deliberate mindset I need to bring." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-04-27-structural-navigation [01:43] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/intelligent [01:43] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Intelligent [01:44] TR News "Please keep in mind that my writing in this entry comes from my own personal experience as a low-support-needs autistic person. Other autistic people may have different experiences." gemini://nicholasjohnson.ch/2025/04/26/snow-white-syndrome-the-autism-version/ [01:45] TR News "Many of us autistics have a habit of overthinking things. When I say overthinking, I'm referring to using thinking as a substitute for other things like socializing, feeling, and taking action." gemini://nicholasjohnson.ch/2025/04/26/dont-overthink-it/ [01:46] TR News "And SSDs are funny: in a nutshell, they try to "hold" electrons inside... despite Heisenberg's uncertainty principle stating how electrons are pretty agitated, insofar they can be cheering and jumping anywhere across the cosmos!" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2598 [01:47] TR News "In stressful times, bug fixing can take your mind of things. Having been very stressed in the last few days, I found solace this weekend in fixing bugs that were many years old." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-04-28_Bug_fixing_as_an_avoidance_behaviour.gmi [01:47] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1278.jpg [01:48] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1628.jpg [01:51] schestowitz[TR2] https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/27/088238/wsj-tech-industry-workers-now-miserable-fearing-layoffs-working-longer-hours [01:51] schestowitz[TR2] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- it.slashdot.org | WSJ: Tech-Industry Workers Now 'Miserable', Fearing Layoffs, Working Longer Hours - Slashdot [01:51] TR Bot WSJ: Tech-Industry Workers Now 'Miserable', Fearing Layoffs, Working Longer Hours - Slashdot [01:51] schestowitz[TR2] i heard the same, directly [01:51] schestowitz[TR2] they work more [01:51] schestowitz[TR2] for same pay [01:51] schestowitz[TR2] but they make an error [01:51] schestowitz[TR2] the layoffs are typically nottt based on performance [01:51] schestowitz[TR2] so even if they work extra, they will still get cut off [01:52] schestowitz[TR2] might as well take it easy [01:52] schestowitz[TR2] they say things like, [01:52] schestowitz[TR2] "they depend on me" [01:52] schestowitz[TR2] "I do the work of many people" [01:52] schestowitz[TR2] "i am not paid too much" [01:52] schestowitz[TR2] but those don't mean much [01:52] schestowitz[TR2] they can get cheaper workers in asia [01:57] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [01:57] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [01:57] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 28/04/2025: Autism and Structural Navigatio https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Gemini_Links_28_04_2025_Autism_and_Structural_Navigatio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Gemini_Links_28_04_2025_Autism_and_Structural_Navigatio.gmi [01:57] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 28/04/2025: Autism and Structural Navigatio [01:59] TR News (NEW): Linux 6.15-rc4 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Linux_6_15_rc4.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Linux_6_15_rc4.gmi [01:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 6.15-rc4 ● Apr 28 [02:01] TR News HAARP conspiracy theories https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-officially-dismisses-haarp-conspiracy-theories-after-istanbul-quake-306760 [02:01] TR Bot Turkey officially dismisses HAARP conspiracy theories after stanbul quake [02:02] TR News Turkeys largest oil refinery https://bianet.org/haber/thousands-of-workers-stop-work-at-turkeys-largest-oil-refinery-306659 [02:02] TR Bot Thousands of workers stop work at Turkeys largest oil refinery [02:03] TR News One in four children in Turkey engaged in labor, TurkStat reveals https://bianet.org/haber/one-in-four-children-in-turkey-engaged-in-labor-turkstat-reveals-306592 [02:04] TR Bot One in four children in Turkey engaged in labor, TurkStat reveals [02:06] TR News Red Hat REMOVED the page "Announcing OLM v1: Next-Generation Operator Lifecycle Management". It was in https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-olm-v1-next-generation-operator-lifecycle-management premature announcement? [02:06] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-olm-v1-next-generation-operator-lifecycle-management ) [02:11] TR News Clean-Energy https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-21/republican-lawmakers-face-clean-energy-conundrum-as-they-work-on-tax-bill [02:11] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-21/republican-lawmakers-face-clean-energy-conundrum-as-they-work-on-tax-bill ) [02:11] TR News clean-energy incentives https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-improve-michigan-public-schools-protecting-clean-energy-incentives [02:11] TR Bot Opinion | Improve Michigan public schools by protecting clean-energy incentives | Bridge Michigan [02:12] TR News Puerto Rico's Government Demands Answers From Energy Company After Island-Wide Blackout https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-04-21/puerto-rico-government-demands-answers-from-luma-after-island-wide-blackout [02:12] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-04-21/puerto-rico-government-demands-answers-from-luma-after-island-wide-blackout ) [02:12] TR News Environmental Lawyers Get Ready to Pounce on Cheeto Mussolinis Energy Deregulation Moves https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-22/environmental-lawyers-get-ready-to-pounce-on-trumps-energy-deregulation-moves [02:12] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-22/environmental-lawyers-get-ready-to-pounce-on-trumps-energy-deregulation-moves ) [02:13] TR News Green Energy Supporters Pushed for Faster Permitting. Cheeto Mussolini Is Doing It, but Not for Solar or Wind https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-04-24/green-energy-supporters-pushed-for-faster-permitting-trump-is-doing-it-but-not-for-solar-or-wind [02:13] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-04-24/green-energy-supporters-pushed-for-faster-permitting-trump-is-doing-it-but-not-for-solar-or-wind ) [02:13] TR News His Green Plans Could Raise Your Energy Bills https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-ed-miliband-labour-leader-sandwich-meme-why-his-green-plans-could-raise-your-energy-bills-1733043 [02:13] TR Bot Who Is Ed Miliband? From Labour Leader To 'Sandwich Meme'And Why His Green Plans Could Raise Your Energy Bills | IBTimes UK [02:14] TR News LNG https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/liquefied-natural-gas-federal-parties-economy-carney-poilievre-1.7516579 [02:14] TR Bot LNG could help break Canada's dependence on the U.S. energy economy but there are no guarantees | CBC News [02:14] TR News Synchronized Global Climate Breakdown https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/18/synchronized-global-climate-breakdown/ [02:14] TR Bot Global Climate Breakdown - CounterPunch.org [02:15] TR News Will any climate progress survive the next four years? https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/409210/podcast-climate-progress-trump-threats-energy [02:15] TR Bot any climate progress survive the next four years? | Vox [02:15] TR News Escape Velocity https://www.vox.com/climate/408450/escape-velocity-vox-energy-transition-momentum [02:15] TR Bot Velocity: The energy transition has momentum and will be hard to stop. | Vox [02:16] TR News "My husband was laid off March 18 after 28 years with company. 3 months severance and one year of medical." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpk2jkbv [02:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpk2jkbv ) [02:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k [02:17] schestowitz[TR2] Krishna: The AI (All Indians) strategy at IBM which consists in moving jobs from western hemisphere to India with pennies on the dollar using meat grinder sweatshops process and younger energetic motivated darker slaves, is the only way to save IBM from bankruptcy ; its about cleaning up the swamp and its making me rich in the process ; thats why I was hired by the board: capitalism is beautiful [02:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k ) [02:17] TR News "Overhead cost of an IBM employee in NA is way too expensive compared to one in India: possible 1 to 5 or more; so the maths is easy" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k [02:18] schestowitz[TR2] "It might be futile to argue with your naive logic. [02:18] schestowitz[TR2] Do you think, you are buying tomatoes from a vegetable stand ? Indian tomatoes are 5 times cheaper than American tomatoes, so, I can make a cheaper tomato sauce. [02:18] schestowitz[TR2] Even, among US based engineers, not all engineers are the same. Less than 10% of the engineering population are worth to be called engineers. A large portion of the rest are stupid, cheaters, boot lickers .... [02:18] schestowitz[TR2] Only the future can answer, what is the distribution among Indian engineers ? " [02:22] TR News The Street: "International Business Machines (IBM) began its journey early in the 20th century and kept growing through the era of electric typewriters and computers right up to the age of the cloud and artificial intelligence." More of that old BS about "cloud and artificial intelligence." Totally made up concepts. [02:22] TR News Weve unlocked a holy grail in clean energy. https://www.vox.com/climate/408381/energy-transition-renewables-grid-scale-energy-storage-giant-batteries [02:22] TR Bot transition: Whats going on with energy storage? | Vox [02:23] TR News Climate Non-Profits Anticipate Fight With Cheeto Mussolini Over Tax Status https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-21/climate-non-profits-anticipate-fight-with-trump-over-tax-status [02:23] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-21/climate-non-profits-anticipate-fight-with-trump-over-tax-status ) [02:23] TR News climate change expedition https://www.theage.com.au/national/gold-coast-father-and-son-undertake-ambitious-climate-change-expedition-20250421-p5lt9p.html [02:23] TR Bot Video: Gold Coast father and son undertake ambitious climate change expedition [02:23] TR News Climate Change Kills Capitalism https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/21/climate-change-kills-capitalism/ [02:23] TR Bot not resolve host: www.counterpunch.org ( status 0 @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/21/climate-change-kills-capitalism/ ) [02:24] TR News Climate Week 2025 https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-ms-climate-week-2025-aims-to-boost-climate-engagement/ [02:24] TR Bot U-Ms Climate Week 2025 aims to boost climate engagement | The University Record [02:24] TR News a dazzling ecosystem is changing fast https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/405398/tidepools-sunflower-seastars-climate-change-ocean-warming [02:24] TR Bot heat waves and sea star wasting, researchers look to protect Californias tidepools | Vox [02:24] TR News Cheeto Mussolini supporters who love wind energy https://www.vox.com/climate/407981/wind-energy-iowa-trump-escape-velocity-energy-climate-progress [02:24] TR Bot energy transition: The Republican state that benefits the most from wind energy | Vox [02:24] TR News Pope Francis Converted to the Environmental Cause and Denounced Those He Blamed for Climate Change https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-22/pope-francis-saw-environmental-and-climate-issues-as-moral-concerns [02:24] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-22/pope-francis-saw-environmental-and-climate-issues-as-moral-concerns ) [02:25] TR News How is the climate crisis affecting affordable housing? https://www.dw.com/en/how-is-the-climate-crisis-affecting-affordable-housing/a-72215607 [02:25] TR Bot is the climate crisis affecting affordable housing? DW 04/22/2025 [02:25] TR News The false climate solution that just wont die https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/409940/regenerative-agriculture-kiss-the-ground-common-ground [02:25] TR Bot Ground review: What the regenerative agriculture documentary gets wrong about our food system | Vox [02:25] TR News triple-digit spring weather https://www.vox.com/climate/410042/extreme-heat-wave-spring-phoenix-india-asia-climate-change [02:25] TR Bot heat wave hitting Pakistan is a window into a future of extreme heat. | Vox [02:25] TR News The gas station of the future is not what you think https://www.vox.com/climate/408440/ev-charging-infrastructure-energy-transition-climate-progress [02:25] TR Bot going on with electric vehicle charging infrastructure? | Vox [02:26] TR News China's Action on Climate Change Will Not Slow Despite Global Political Changes, Pooh-tin Says https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-23/chinas-action-on-climate-change-will-not-slow-despite-global-political-changes-xi-says [02:26] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-23/chinas-action-on-climate-change-will-not-slow-despite-global-political-changes-xi-says ) [02:26] TR News The World's Biggest Companies Have Caused $28 Trillion in Climate Damage, a New Study Estimates https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-04-23/the-worlds-biggest-companies-have-caused-28-trillion-in-climate-damage-a-new-study-estimates [02:26] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-04-23/the-worlds-biggest-companies-have-caused-28-trillion-in-climate-damage-a-new-study-estimates ) [02:26] TR News COP30 Should Deliver Bold Action on Climate and Rights https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/23/cop30-should-deliver-bold-action-climate-and-rights [02:26] TR Bot COP30 Should Deliver Bold Action on Climate and Rights | Human Rights Watch [02:27] TR News Greens challenge con artist Farage to climate TV debate https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/04/23/greens-challenge-con-artist-farage-to-climate-tv-debate/ [02:27] TR Bot Greens challenge "con artist" Farage to climate TV debate - Green Party [02:27] TR News Canadas Oil Habit https://jacobin.com/2025/04/canada-oil-sands-climate-economy/ [02:27] TR Bot Canadas Oil Habit Is Wrecking Its Future [02:29] TR News Rising demand at food banks seen as 'canary in the coal mine' for affordability crisis https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/federal-election-food-ndg-depot-1.7516940 [02:29] TR Bot Rising demand at food banks seen as 'canary in the coal mine' for affordability crisis | CBC News [02:39] TR News NDPC, Health Ministry Partner to Boost Data Protection in Healthcare https://von.gov.ng/ndpc-health-ministry-partner-to-boost-data-protection-in-healthcare/ [02:39] TR Bot NDPC, Health Ministry Partner to Boost Data Protection in Healthcare Voice of Nigeria [02:40] TR News Dont be so quick to claim theres no reason to believe theres compromise of patient info: Saturday edition https://databreaches.net/2025/04/19/dont-be-so-quick-to-claim-theres-no-reason-to-believe-theres-compromise-of-patient-info-saturday-edition/ [02:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/19/dont-be-so-quick-to-claim-theres-no-reason-to-believe-theres-compromise-of-patient-info-saturday-edition/ ) [02:40] TR News Baltimore City States Attorneys Office hacked; Data leaked https://databreaches.net/2025/04/19/baltimore-city-states-attorneys-office-hacked-data-leaked/ [02:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/19/baltimore-city-states-attorneys-office-hacked-data-leaked/ ) [02:41] TR News Chinese Ghost Hackers Hit Hospitals And Factories In America And U.K. https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/20/chinese-ghost-hackers-hit-hospitals-and-factories-in-america-and-uk/ [02:41] TR Bot Chinese Ghost Hackers Driven By Profit, Making America Pay [02:41] TR News Behavioral Health Resources of Washington state updates its data breach disclosure https://databreaches.net/2025/04/20/behavioral-health-resources-of-washington-state-updates-its-data-breach-disclosure/ [02:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/20/behavioral-health-resources-of-washington-state-updates-its-data-breach-disclosure/ ) [02:42] TR News Hospital Espaol Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico notifies patients of September 2023 cyberattack https://databreaches.net/2025/04/22/hospital-espanol-auxilio-mutuo-de-puerto-rico-notifies-patients-of-september-2023-cyberattack/ [02:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/22/hospital-espanol-auxilio-mutuo-de-puerto-rico-notifies-patients-of-september-2023-cyberattack/ ) [02:42] *oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.) [02:42] TR News Florida Bar Urges Law Firms to Adopt Incident Response Plans: A Call to Action for Legal Professionals https://www.workplaceprivacyreport.com/2025/04/articles/incident-response-planning/florida-bar-urges-law-firms-to-adopt-incident-response-plans-a-call-to-action-for-legal-professionals/ [02:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.workplaceprivacyreport.com/2025/04/articles/incident-response-planning/florida-bar-urges-law-firms-to-adopt-incident-response-plans-a-call-to-action-for-legal-professionals/ ) [02:43] TR News Ex-employee, firm head booked for data theft https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/ex-employee-firm-head-booked-for-data-theft/ [02:43] TR Bot Ex-employee, firm head booked for data theft - The Tribune [02:43] TR News Cyberattack targets thousands of students, staff members at Baltimore City Public Schools https://www.wbaltv.com/article/cyberattack-baltimore-city-public-schools-students-staff-cloak/64543595 [02:43] TR Bot ( status 451 @ https://www.wbaltv.com/article/cyberattack-baltimore-city-public-schools-students-staff-cloak/64543595 ) [02:44] TR News Former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Sentenced for Selling Sensitive Military Information to Individual Tied to Chinese Government https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-army-intelligence-analyst-sentenced-selling-sensitive-military-information [02:44] TR Bot Office of Public Affairs | Former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Sentenced for Selling Sensitive Military Information to Individual Tied to Chinese Government | United States Department of Justice [02:44] TR News DOGE Ransomware Hackers Demand $1 Trillion https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/23/doge-ransomware-hackers-demand-1-trillion/ [02:44] TR Bot DOGE-Trolling Ransomware Hackers Demand $1 Trillion In Bizarre Attack [02:45] TR News Hacking suspect nabbed over court file data breach https://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/story/8949740/hacking-suspect-nabbed-over-court-file-data-breach/ [02:45] TR Bot Hacking suspect nabbed over court file data breach | Lithgow Mercury | Lithgow, NSW [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-270425.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-270425.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-270425.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-270425.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, April 27, 2025 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-04-27.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-04-27.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-04-27.txt [02:50] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 27, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_April_27_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_April_27_2025.gmi [02:50] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 27, 2025 [02:50] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:51] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [02:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [02:52] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [02:52] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [02:52] *Righty (~Username@zpv6niytxp9fu.irc) has joined #techrights [02:59] TR News Slashdot links to LLM SLOP as a SOURCE!! Peak stupidity!!!! https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/04/24/142249/hackers-can-now-bypass-linux-security-thanks-to-terrifying-new-curing-rootkit [02:59] TR Bot Hackers Can Now Bypass Linux Security Thanks To Terrifying New Curing Rootkit - Slashdot ● Apr 28 [03:01] TR News Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/18/chatty-zucky/ [03:01] TR Bot Pluralistic: Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case (18 Apr 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [03:01] TR News Dutch privacy regulator concerned over Metas [Slop] plans using Facebook, Instagram posts https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/24/dutch-privacy-regulator-concerned-metas-ai-plans-using-facebook-instagram-posts [03:01] TR Bot Dutch privacy regulator concerned over Metas AI plans using Facebook, Instagram posts | NL Times [03:02] TR News 1,400 Benefits by Travelling in a Trailer https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/boomer-escapes-high-rent-lives-1400-social-security-benefit-travelling-us-trailer-1732983 [03:02] TR Bot US Boomer Avoids High Rent and Lives on 1,400 Benefits by Travelling in a Trailer | IBTimes UK [03:09] TR News FunOS 25.04 is out https://distrowatch.com/funos https://funos.org/ [03:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/funos ) [03:09] TR Bot FunOS GNU/Linux distro based on Ubuntu LTS with the JWM window manager [03:10] MinceR doesn't sound fun [03:10] TR News Chimera 20250420 is out [03:13] TR News Linuxfx 11.25.04.2 is out. Copying Windows. [03:14] TR News (NEW): CRUX 3.8 Release Notes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/CRUX_3_8_Release_Notes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/CRUX_3_8_Release_Notes.gmi [03:14] TR Bot Tux Machines CRUX 3.8 Release Notes [03:16] TR News Commodore 3.0 is out https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=commodore https://myretrocomputer.com/ [03:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=commodore ) [03:16] TR Bot Home - My Retro Computer - A modern day Commodore 64x PC [03:17] TR News CentOS 10-20250422 available, but no reason to use it anymore, IBM wants to force people into RHEL [03:17] TR News DragonOS Noble-R2 is out [03:19] TR News myretrocomputer.com sells GNU/Linux but uses Windows (ASPX) to run its site. That says a lot about how they view things... [03:24] TR News iophk: Social control media has coralled people into censored 'free speech zones' so that their voices go to /dev/null and their ears and eyes are filled only with the party line. https://openpublishing.library.umass.edu/democratic-communique/article/291/galley/256/download/ [03:26] TR News "Propaganda used to deliver a singular message to the exclusion of other messaging. Now propaganda will just deluge you with everything." https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/18/ai-threat-boris-eldagsen-fake-photo-duped-sony-judges-hits-back [03:26] TR Bot AI isnt a threat Boris Eldagsen, whose fake photo duped the Sony judges, hits back | Photography | The Guardian [03:30] TR News keeping client funds https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/retired-toronto-lawyer-charged-fraud-1.7516410 [03:31] TR Bot Retired Toronto lawyer charged with fraud after allegedly keeping client funds | CBC News [03:33] TR News Gutting Canada for Putin https://www.truthdig.com/articles/revealed-the-conservative-playbook-for-bringing-doge-to-canada/ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/doge-musk-canada-conservatives-brodie/ [03:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/revealed-the-conservative-playbook-for-bringing-doge-to-canada/ ) [03:33] TR Bot The Canadian Right Wants to Copy DOGE [03:35] *whatA (~chatzilla@5r9tssuwj9jx8.irc) has joined #techrights [03:35] TR News $10M in damages after class action over ticket prices https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/air-canada-class-action-ruling-1.7516556 [03:35] TR Bot Air Canada ordered to pay passengers $10M in damages after class action over ticket prices | CBC News [03:36] TR News Sell something that does not exist? Or the trademark? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/frank-and-oak-stores-closing-1.7516198 [03:36] TR Bot Montreal-based retailer Frank and Oak to close all stores, sell intellectual property | CBC News [03:37] TR News U.S. auto industry warns new auto parts tariffs will hike prices, cut sales https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/us-auto-warn-auto-parts-tariffs-1.7516147 [03:37] TR Bot U.S. auto industry warns new auto parts tariffs will hike prices, cut sales | CBC News [03:41] TR News German beer sales https://www.dw.com/en/german-beer-sales-down-at-home-and-abroad/a-72306658 [03:41] TR Bot beer sales down at home and abroad DW 04/22/2025 [03:41] TR News Swasticars https://www.dw.com/en/elon-musk-s-automaker-tesla-sees-profits-plummet/a-72314708 [03:41] TR Bot Musk's automaker Tesla sees profits plummet DW 04/23/2025 [03:42] TR News Coral bleaching at highest level ever recorded https://www.dw.com/en/report-coral-bleaching-at-highest-level-ever-recorded/a-72314919 [03:42] TR Bot Coral bleaching at highest level ever recorded DW 04/23/2025 [03:47] TR News Geographical Indications in Africa http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/book-review-protecting-geographical.html [03:47] TR Bot [Book review] Protecting Geographical Indications in Africa - The IPKat [03:52] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:55] TR News new mecca for raw materials? https://www.dw.com/en/is-canada-the-new-mecca-for-raw-materials/a-72267831 [03:55] TR Bot Canada the new mecca for raw materials? DW 04/19/2025 [03:58] TR News zero growth in 2025 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-sees-zero-growth-in-2025-blames-trump-tariffs/a-72338707 [03:58] TR Bot expects zero growth in 2025, blames Trump tariffs DW 04/24/2025 [03:59] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 28 [04:23] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux 9% in Cuba, Vista 11 Waning, Android Dominant https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/GNU_Linux_9_in_Cuba_Vista_11_Waning_Android_Dominant.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/GNU_Linux_9_in_Cuba_Vista_11_Waning_Android_Dominant.gmi [04:24] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux 9% in Cuba, Vista 11 Waning, Android Dominant [04:46] TR News "Open Source Property A Free Casebook" https://opensourceproperty.org/download/ iophk: sadly, it uses microsoft proprietary format instead [04:46] TR Bot Download The Casebook Open Source Property [04:46] TR News old: "Arctic winters aren't what they used to be" https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10139141 [04:46] TR Bot Arctic winters aren't what they used to be [04:47] TR News "Minisforum recently introduced the MS-A2, a compact workstation featuring high-end AMD processors, support for up to 96GB of memory, and flexible storage options." https://linuxgizmos.com/ms-a2-combines-ryzen-9-9955hx-and-7945hx-processing-with-scalable-storage-in-a-compact-form-factor/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [04:47] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/ms-a2-combines-ryzen-9-9955hx-and-7945hx-processing-with-scalable-storage-in-a-compact-form-factor/ ) [04:47] TR News "AnalogLamb has introduced three new RISC-V development boards based on the ESP32-C6, designed for low-cost, full-function, and low-power IoT applications." https://linuxgizmos.com/analoglamb-expands-maple-series-with-low-cost-esp32c6-breakout-boards/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [04:47] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/analoglamb-expands-maple-series-with-low-cost-esp32c6-breakout-boards/ ) [04:47] TR News "27 April 2025 at 11:06" https://kevquirk.com/notes/20250427-1106 [04:47] TR Bot 27 April 2025 at 11:06 | Kev Quirk [04:47] TR News "Windows Recall is too risky for your Copilot+ PC. Turn it off, now" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2739587/windows-recall-is-too-risky-for-your-copilot-pc-turn-it-off-now.html opt-in ... for now http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/06/is-microsoft-trying-to-commit-.html [04:48] TR Bot Recall is too risky for your Copilot+ PC. Turn it off, now | PCWorld [04:48] TR Bot Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide? - Charlie's Diary [04:49] TR News Editors https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/past-3 [04:49] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Past [04:50] TR News "Opinion | Ads linking to paywalled articles are stupid | justinsearlsco" https://justin.searls.co/shots/2025-04-27-20h33m40s/ [04:50] TR Bot Opinion | Ads linking to paywalled articles are stupid | justinsearlsco [04:51] TR News blocked by gratuitous javascript and bad advice as Google et al keep all this data https://www.androidpolice.com/reasons-to-clean-up-your-google-search-history/ ("3 reasons you should clean up your Google search history ASAP") [04:51] TR Bot 3 reasons you should clean up your Google search history ASAP [04:56] TR News "MusicAnswers has spent two years conducting a survey of college student music creators to better understand their experience with song registration agenciesspecifically the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC)." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/27/music-creator-college-students-survey-the-mlc/ | Source: Digital Music News [04:56] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/27/music-creator-college-students-survey-the-mlc/ ) [04:56] TR News "Google has a monopoly, and thats the official line of the US federal government. In fact, it has two of them, losing two separate antitrust cases that threaten to cripple the tech giant." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2764507/the-vultures-are-circling-for-chrome.html | Source: PC World [04:56] TR Bot vultures are circling for Chrome | PCWorld [04:57] TR News "Google is the only company that can offer the level of features and functionality that its popular Chrome web browser has today, given its interdependencies on other parts of the company, the head of Chrome testified." https://techcentral.co.za/only-google-can-run-chrome-antitrust/262854/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [04:57] TR Bot Only Google can run Chrome, company says in antitrust trial - TechCentral [04:57] TR News "Parsa Tabriz, Google's vice president of engineering and general manager for Chrome, warned that ordering the divestment of the browser would lead to significant performance issues for consumers." https://www.courthousenews.com/google-chrome-exec-testifies-dojs-proposed-breakup-likely-not-feasible/ | Source: Court House News [04:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/google-chrome-exec-testifies-dojs-proposed-breakup-likely-not-feasible/ ) ● Apr 28 [05:02] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) suck. "So, what I'm saying is that you don't need Spotify." https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/Radio.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell [05:02] TR Bot Radio is underrated [05:03] TR News "ElevenLabs scrambled to post that ARN is not replacing people though it literally is." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/25/fake-diversity-why-hire-a-non-white-dj-when-you-could-just-generate-one-with-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI [05:03] TR Bot Fake diversity: why hire a non-white DJ when you could just generate one with AI? Pivot to AI [05:03] TR News "Are you looking for a book that explains why you should care about web accessibility?" https://adactio.com/articles/21876 | Source: Jeremy Keith [05:03] TR Bot ArticlesForeword to Accessibility Cookbook by Manuel Matuzovic [05:03] TR News "All of this, despite the fact that tech union density is so low it can barely be charted. Tech workers' power didn't come from solidarity, it came from scarcity." https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/27/some-animals/#are-more-equal-than-others | Source: CoryDoctorow [05:03] TR Bot Pluralistic: The enshittification of tech jobs (27 Apr 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [05:04] TR News "The fate of thousands of Yazidis, especially women, remains unknown. Many were sold in slave markets established by ISIS in cities such as Raqqa, Mosul, Deir ez-Zor, and Al-Bukamal." https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/two-yazidi-youngsters-rescued-from-isis-reunited-with-their-families-in-shengal-79080 | Source: ANF News [05:04] TR Bot ANF | Two Yazidi youngsters rescued from ISIS reunited with their families in Shengal [05:05] TR News "There was no president" https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-26/white-house-journalists-use-annual-press-dinner-to-celebrate-first-amendment | Source: US News And World Report [05:05] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-26/white-house-journalists-use-annual-press-dinner-to-celebrate-first-amendment ) [05:05] TR News "Our children and I had the honor of meeting Pope Francis in June 2023 to discuss how to free Julian from Belmarsh prison" https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2297654.html | Source: RTL [05:05] TR Bot RTL Today - Thankful for support: Wikileaks founder Assange joins crowds for pope funeral [05:06] TR News "lumen-s Even after years of trawling the invaluable Lumen Database, the scale of online copyright infringement today still manages to surprise week after week." https://torrentfreak.com/dmca-notices-can-silence-critics-but-public-complaints-are-chaotic-250427/ | Source: Torrent Freak [05:06] TR Bot Notices Can Silence Critics But Complaints By The Public Put All at Risk * TorrentFreak [05:07] TR News "Carnivals in Germany have long satirized the powerful. Calls to keep politics out of the festivities are now being used to silence dissent." https://jacobin.com/2025/04/germany-carnival-political-free-speech/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [05:07] TR Bot The Free Spirit of Germanys Carnivals Is Under Attack [05:07] TR News [Old] "The justices ruled unanimously that the Secret Service acted appropriately when it moved anti-Bush protesters several blocks further away from the president's dinner table" https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/05/27/supreme-court-bush-protest-speech/9172707/ | Source: Gannett [05:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/05/27/supreme-court-bush-protest-speech/9172707/ ) [05:09] TR News [Old] "In many cities across the country, the Secret Service has discriminated against protesters during Presidential and Vice Presidential appearances." https://www.aclu.org/documents/free-speech-under-fire-aclu-challenge-protest-zones | Source: ACLU [05:09] TR Bot Free Speech Under Fire: The ACLU Challenge to "Protest Zones" | American Civil Liberties Union [05:09] TR News [Old] "Following Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush Administration began imposing every increasing limitations on civil rights. One example is the implementation of free speech zones" https://openpublishing.library.umass.edu/democratic-communique/article/291/galley/256/download/ | [05:10] TR News "At a disinformation conference at Stanford in April, Barack Obama told an audience: People like Putinand Steve Bannon, for that matterunderstand its not necessary for people to believe disinformation in order to weaken democratic institutions." https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/07/steve-bannon-war-room-democracy-threat/638443/ | Source: The Atlantic [05:10] TR Bot Steve Bannon Is a Lit Bomb in the Mouth of Democracy - The Atlantic [05:10] TR News "I call this manufactured because its the consequence of a deliberate strategy." https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/16/20991816/impeachment-trial-trump-bannon-misinformation | Source: Vox [05:10] TR Bot impeachment trial didnt change any minds. Heres why. | Vox [05:11] TR News "From slashed federal funding for disinformation research to the closure of a key agency combating foreign influence operations, the United States has dismantled vital guardrails against falsehoods within President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office." https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2297970.html | Source: RTL [05:11] TR Bot RTL Today - US anti-disinformation guardrails fall in Trump's first 100 days [05:11] TR News "In a world where information [sic] travels at breakneck speed and communication is almost instantaneous, its no wonder that religious discourse has been caught up in the digital change. Faith is no longer constrained by geographical boundaries." https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/04/27/faith-in-the-digital-age-how-ai-and-social-media-are-shaping-the-future-of-global-diplomacy/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy [05:11] TR Bot Faith in the Digital Age: How AI and Social Media Are Shaping the Future of Global Diplomacy - Modern Diplomacy [05:12] TR News "Uber Is Being Accused of Something Incredibly Sleazy" https://futurism.com/uber-accused-ftc-subscriptions | Source: Futurism [05:12] TR Bot Check Your Credit Card Statement: Uber Is Being Accused of Something Incredibly Sleazy [05:37] TR News "Math is a hammer; meaning lives in the hand that swings it." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/trust-math-not-people | Source: Mike Brock [05:37] TR Bot Trust Math, Not People - by Mike Brock [05:49] TR News Techrights Speed of GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Speed_of_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Speed_of_GNU_Linux.gmi [05:49] TR Bot Techrights Speed of GNU/Linux [05:50] TR News "smarter irrigation strategies" https://phys.org/news/2025-04-highlights-global-aridification-threat-agriculture.html | Source: Omicron Limited [05:50] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-04-highlights-global-aridification-threat-agriculture.html ) [05:50] TR News "One vital and underapplied part of how were gonna beat climate change is learning and teaching mental coping skills." https://idiomdrottning.org/serenity | Source: Idiomdrottning [05:50] TR Bot Serenity Dialectics [05:51] TR News "an economic policy think tank in Brussels." https://www.thelocal.dk/20250427/integrate-immigrants-how-europe-can-deal-with-its-population-challenge | Source: The Local DK [05:51] TR Bot 'Integrate immigrants': How Europe can deal with its population challenge [05:51] TR News "Nazis test new air force, Luftwaffe, on Basque town of Guernica | April 26, 1937" https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-26/nazis-test-luftwaffe-on-guernica | Source: History AE [05:51] TR Bot test new air force, Luftwaffe, on Basque town of Guernica | April 26, 1937 | HISTORY [05:52] TR News "[...] Pablo Picassos motivation for painting the scene in this great work was the news of the German aerial bombing of the Basque town whose name the piece bears, which the artist had seen in the dramatic photographs published in various periodicals" https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/collection/artwork/guernica | [05:52] TR Bot Pablo Picasso (Pablo Ruiz Picasso) - Guernica [05:52] TR News "On 26 April 1937, German bombers of the Condor Legion, together with the Italian Air Force, bombed the Spanish town of Guernica." https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/51/the-german-luftwaffe-bombs-guernica/ | [05:52] TR Bot The German Luftwaffe bombs Guernica | Anne Frank House [05:53] TR News "The chess champion understands what many well-meaning defenders of democracy don't: that knowing you're on the right side isn't enough." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/kasparovs-clarity | Source: Mike Brock [05:53] TR Bot Kasparov's Clarity - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus [05:54] TR News "The focus of The Next Move is laying out a strategy to win against demagogues and wannabe despotsin America and around the world." https://thenextmove.substack.com/p/are-you-ready-to-lose-again-a-response | [05:54] TR Bot Are You Ready to Lose Again? A Response to the Charge of Both-Sidesism [05:54] TR News "deliberately designed to be emotionally engaging and addictive" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-reacts-to-claims-gpt-4o-is-engineered-as-a-psychological-weapon/articleshow/120667084.cms | Source: India Times [05:55] TR Bot Elon Musk reacts to claims GPT-4o is engineered as a psychological weapon - The Economic Times [05:55] TR News "Now, Recall and its saved snapshots provide a record of information that could be used against you." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2739587/windows-recall-is-too-risky-for-your-copilot-pc-turn-it-off-now.html | Source: PC World [05:55] TR Bot Recall is too risky for your Copilot+ PC. Turn it off, now | PCWorld ● Apr 28 [06:04] TR News Social Control Media https://james.grimmelmann.net/files/articles/fine-line-persuasion-coercion.pdf | Source: James Grimmelmann [06:04] TR News "So every search now starts with AI Overview which goes through websites that have original information and redigests them into incorrect slop." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/26/googles-ai-overview-directly-takes-readers-away-from-its-own-source-sites/ | Source: Pivot to AI [06:04] TR Bot Googles AI Overview directly takes readers away from its own source sites Pivot to AI [06:14] TR News Techrights Phone Adoption Very Low in Vatican, Windows Usage Fell Nonetheless https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Phone_Adoption_Very_Low_in_Vatican_Windows_Usage_Fell_Nonethele.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Phone_Adoption_Very_Low_in_Vatican_Windows_Usage_Fell_Nonethele.gmi [06:14] TR Bot Techrights Phone Adoption Very Low in Vatican, Windows Usage Fell Nonetheless [06:14] TR News "lack of empathy and other emotions means they cannot make decisions that affect humans." https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-04-27/juli-ponce-lawyer-100-of-ai-machines-are-psychopaths-humans-make-mistakes-but-only-1-are-psychopathic.html | Source: El Pas [06:14] TR Bot Juli Ponce, lawyer: 100% of AI machines are psychopaths. Humans make mistakes, but only 1% are psychopathic | Technology | EL PAS English [06:14] TR News "I cant think of any strong technological reasons for MCP to exist." https://timkellogg.me/blog/2025/04/27/mcp-is-unnecessary | Source: Tim Kellogg [06:14] TR Bot MCP is Unnecessary - Tim Kellogg [06:15] TR News "In todays moment, I wonder if AI tools help or hinder fostering a sense of wonder in what it means to craft something?" https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/craft-and-satisfaction/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [06:15] TR Bot Craft and Satisfaction - Jim Nielsens Blog [06:15] TR News "We ran three experiments on a total of 288 people. In the first two experiments, participants were given legal advice and asked which they would be willing to act on." https://theconversation.com/people-trust-legal-advice-generated-by-chatgpt-more-than-a-lawyer-new-study-252217 | Source: The Conversation [06:15] TR Bot People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer new study [06:16] TR News "AI researchers Gary Smith, Valentina Liberman, and Isaac Warshaw of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence posed a series of 12 finance questions to four leading large language models (LLMs)" https://futurism.com/the-byte/top-chatbots-horrible-financial-advice | Source: Futurism [06:16] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://futurism.com/the-byte/top-chatbots-horrible-financial-advice ) [06:17] TR News "The brief version: Software was previously deployed on servers, then on virtual servers, then on rented virtual servers." https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/beware-cloud-is-part-of-the-software/ | Source: Bert Hubert [06:17] TR Bot 'The cloud' is not just servers. 'Going to the cloud' could also mean locking into a forever sub-contractor - Bert Hubert's writings [06:17] TR News "Recently, like others, I started to question these very habits and accepted the idea that some of these apps may need to go." https://thejollyteapot.com/2025/04/27/i-think-i-m-done-with-safari-and-apple-mail/ | Source: Nicolas Magand [06:17] TR Bot I think Im done with Safari and Apple Mail [06:18] TR News "Removing things is typically considerably easier than adding new things though. Meanwhile, a lot of commercially produced software would be a lot better if we just... removed parts of them." https://simonsafar.com/2025/feature_removal/ | Source: Simon Safar [06:18] TR Bot to Remove Features - simonsafar.com [06:19] TR News "Make another desperate sweep through the BIOS options and discover something called VMD, which is some volumen manager scam that eats hard drives." https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/vivibook-14 | Source: Ted Unangst [06:19] TR Bot vivibook 14 [06:20] TR News "I have certain core memories that are embedded deep in my mind. The years I attended SXSW from 2007-2012 encompass some of those." https://nazhamid.com/journal/sxsw-2011/ | Source: Naz Hamid [06:20] TR Bot Naz Hamid SXSW 11 [06:20] TR News "This is definitely unprecedented" https://www.twincities.com/2025/04/27/trump-administration-cuts-more-than-1-3m-in-grants-from-minnesota-museums-institutions/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press [06:20] TR Bot Trump administration cuts more than $1.3M in grants from Minnesota museums, institutions Twin Cities [06:21] TR News "a breakthrough in quantum algorithms" https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-speedup-found-for-huge-class-of-hard-problems/ | Source: Wired [06:21] TR Bot New Quantum Algorithm Speeds Up Solving a Huge Class of Problems | WIRED [06:21] *phebus has quit (Quit: POKE 1,0) [06:22] TR News "Culture is what we make it. Culture is what we collectively agree upon." https://anniemueller.com/posts/every-small-thing-you-do-actually-matters | Source: Annie Mueller [06:22] TR Bot Every small thing you do actually matters - annie's blog [06:22] TR News [Old] "Not publishing one sentence per line, no. Write like this for your eyes only. HTML or Markdown combine separate lines into one paragraph." https://sive.rs/1s | Source: Derek Sivers [06:22] TR Bot Writing one sentence per line | Derek Sivers [06:25] TR News "When it comes to a prosthesis like this, there are two big challenges." https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/27/an-affordable-open-source-robotic-prosthetic-arm/ | Source: Arduino [06:25] TR Bot An affordable open-source robotic prosthetic arm | Arduino Blog [06:25] TR News "This is not exactly letterpress. It is a device for engraving lettered signs on thin strips of metal or perhaps plastic." https://blog.plover.com/2025/03/15/#gorton | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus [06:25] TR Bot The Universe of Discourse : Hangeul sign-engraving machine [06:25] *phebus (~phebus@f95gnd3zj7732.irc) has joined #techrights [06:28] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware: Arduino, Linux, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Open_Hardware_Arduino_Linux_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Open_Hardware_Arduino_Linux_and_More.gmi [06:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware: Arduino, Linux, and More [06:30] TR News Techrights Links 28/04/2025: Cyberattacks Happening, Chatbots Disappointing, and "Free Speech Under Fire" https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Links_28_04_2025_Cyberattacks_Happening_Chatbots_Disappointing_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Links_28_04_2025_Cyberattacks_Happening_Chatbots_Disappointing_.gmi [06:30] TR Bot Techrights Links 28/04/2025: Cyberattacks Happening, Chatbots Disappointing, and "Free Speech Under Fire" [06:34] TR News "The release of Emacs 29 provides a better way to do this." https://box.matto.nl/set-up-an-alternative-emacs-configuration.html | Source: MJ Fransen [06:34] TR Bot up an alternative Emacs configuration - box.matto.nl [06:35] TR News "In this post, I will show you how to create such a plot using the ggplot2 package in R." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/r-how-to-create-errorbars-with-overlaid-points-using-ggplot/ | Source: Rlang [06:35] TR Bot How to create errorbars with overlaid points using ggplot | R-bloggers [06:36] TR News "A Free Casebook is a free resource for instructors and students" https://opensourceproperty.org/ | [06:36] TR Bot Open Source Property A Free Casebook [06:37] TR News "May marks five years since Dolt adopted go-mysql-server." https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2025-04-25-sql-engine-anatomy/ | Source: Zach Musgrave [06:37] TR Bot Of A SQL Engine | DoltHub Blog [06:38] TR News HarmonyOS https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/asia_tech_news_in_brief/ | Source: The Register UK [06:38] TR Bot Toyota picks Huaweis HarmonyOS for Chinese EV The Register [06:41] TR News "Yup, Alvind's a citizen but only good for sending American jobs to India. And collecting his mega million dollar bonus." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsty5m1k [06:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsty5m1k ) [06:43] TR News "Then who believes in analyst comments? They didn't trade any stocks. They are outsiders. They are the same as Amway tool cults. They don't make good money from trading." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jstbfy58 [06:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jstbfy58 ) [06:44] TR News When what they have to say is so worthless they become candidate for replacement by LLM slop. LLM slop loves to spew out hype in support of itself, i.e. LLM slop (they call it "AI"). [06:46] TR News "If you already have an OpenBSD 7.6 system, and do not want to reinstall, upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the Upgrade Guide." https://www.openbsd.org/77.html | Source: OpenBSD [06:46] TR Bot OpenBSD 7.7 [06:46] TR News "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 7.7." https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=174577758604758&w=2 | Source: Mailing list ARChives [06:46] TR Bot 'OpenBSD 7.7 released April 28, 2025' - MARC [06:47] TR News "Compared to FreeBSD, OpenBSD does a lot of things differently. Their installer is probably as much no-frills, no-nonsense as it could be." https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2025/04/27/installing-bsd-in-2025-part-2-a-critical-look-at-openbsds-installer/ | Source: Eerie Linux [06:47] TR Bot Installing *BSD in 2025 part 2 A critical look at OpenBSDs installer eerielinux [06:47] TR News "The OpenBSD team have released OpenBSD 7.7." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12432 | Source: Distro Watch [06:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12432 ) [06:47] TR News "The OpenBSD project has announced OpenBSD 7.7, its 58th release." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250427183032 | Source: Undeadly [06:47] TR Bot OpenBSD 7.7 Released [06:48] TR News "In OIDC, roughly speaking and as I understand it" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/OIDCLookingAtTokens | Source: University of Toronto [06:48] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [06:49] TR News "OAuth2 describes a HTTP-based protocol where a client (typically using a web browser) can obtain an access token from an authorization server and then present this token to a resource server to gain access to something." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/OIDCAndOAuth2 | Source: University of Toronto [06:49] TR News "Below I will guide you to install the GitLab Runner on the pre-installed Ubuntu 24.04 that ships with the P550, and configure it to use Podman in root-less mode and without the --privileged flag." https://blog.josefsson.org/2025/04/25/gitlab-runner-with-rootless-privilege-less-podman-on-riscv64/ | Source: Simon Josefsson [06:49] TR Bot GitLab Runner with Rootless Privilege-less Podman on riscv64 Simon Josefsson's blog [06:50] TR News (NEW): OpenBSD 7.7 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/OpenBSD_7_7_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/OpenBSD_7_7_Released.gmi [06:50] TR Bot Tux Machines OpenBSD 7.7 Released [06:50] TR News How To Install Realtek Wifi Drivers on Manjaro https://idroot.us/install-realtek-wifi-drivers-manjaro/ [06:50] TR Bot How To Install Realtek Wifi Drivers on Manjaro - idroot [06:52] TR News Proprietary spyware that gets access to many things it should not; use something else. https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-teams-fedora-42/ [06:52] TR Bot How To Install Microsoft Teams on Fedora 42 - idroot [06:52] TR News How To Install Terraform on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-terraform-linux-mint-22/ [06:52] TR Bot How To Install Terraform on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [06:54] TR News How To Install Postfix on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-postfix-centos-stream-10/ [06:54] TR Bot How To Install Postfix on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot ● Apr 28 [07:04] TR News vaccine-preventable diseases https://www.dw.com/en/un-warns-of-rise-in-vaccine-preventable-diseases/a-72328262 forcing everybody to take experimental and monopolised vaccines is dangerous as it imperils a momentum of trust in vaccines; 2020 and 2021 were doing a lot of damage to trust in authorities, health professionals and vaccines [07:04] TR Bot warns of rise in vaccine-preventable diseases DW 04/24/2025 [07:07] TR News The money controls the output https://www.dw.com/en/how-are-america-s-elite-universities-financed/a-72323046 [07:07] TR Bot are America's elite universities financed? DW 04/24/2025 [07:14] TR News Some Migrants in Canada Lose Work Status While Applications Languish https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-21/some-migrants-in-canada-lose-work-status-while-applications-languish [07:14] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-21/some-migrants-in-canada-lose-work-status-while-applications-languish ) [07:16] TR News (NEW): WebKitGTK API Versions Demystified https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/WebKitGTK_API_Versions_Demystified.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/WebKitGTK_API_Versions_Demystified.gmi [07:16] TR Bot Tux Machines WebKitGTK API Versions Demystified [07:18] TR News (NEW): 5 ways to use the Linux terminal on your Android phone - including my favorite https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/5_ways_to_use_the_Linux_terminal_on_your_Android_phone_includin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/5_ways_to_use_the_Linux_terminal_on_your_Android_phone_includin.gmi [07:18] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 ways to use the Linux terminal on your Android phone - including my favorite [07:18] TR News Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 17 (Apr 21 27, 2025) https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-17-apr-21-27-2025/ [07:18] TR Bot Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 17 (Apr 21 27, 2025) [07:19] TR News For the second time in a week this site is shilling an attack on GNU/Linux. WSL is hostile. https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-officially-arrives-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux/ [07:19] TR Bot Arch Linux Officially Arrives on Windows Subsystem for Linux [07:20] TR News (NEW): 7 Linux distros you should avoid until you've mastered the command line https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/7_Linux_distros_you_should_avoid_until_you_ve_mastered_the_comm.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/7_Linux_distros_you_should_avoid_until_you_ve_mastered_the_comm.gmi [07:20] TR Bot Tux Machines 7 Linux distros you should avoid until you've mastered the command line [07:20] TR News Steinar H. Gunderson: Random IS-IS interop notes http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2025-04-27-10-51_random_is_is_interop_notes.html [07:20] TR Bot Steinar H. Gunderson [07:21] TR News Ruby on Rails on FreeBSD http://www.boucek.me/blog/ror-on-freebsd/ [07:21] TR Bot on Rails on FreeBSD boucek.me [07:23] TR News (NEW): Petition Attempts to Force OSI to Release Complete Vote Count https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Petition_Attempts_to_Force_OSI_to_Release_Complete_Vote_Count.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Petition_Attempts_to_Force_OSI_to_Release_Complete_Vote_Count.gmi [07:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Petition Attempts to Force OSI to Release Complete Vote Count [07:26] TR News (NEW): This Month in KDE Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/This_Month_in_KDE_Apps.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/This_Month_in_KDE_Apps.gmi [07:26] TR Bot Tux Machines This Month in KDE Apps [07:28] TR News (NEW): Review: Ubuntu MATE 25.04 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Review_Ubuntu_MATE_25_04.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Review_Ubuntu_MATE_25_04.gmi [07:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Ubuntu MATE 25.04 [07:31] TR News (NEW): NetBSD fast, secure and highly portable Unix-like operating system https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/NetBSD_fast_secure_and_highly_portable_Unix_like_operating_syst.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/NetBSD_fast_secure_and_highly_portable_Unix_like_operating_syst.gmi [07:31] TR Bot Tux Machines NetBSD fast, secure and highly portable Unix-like operating system [07:32] TR News Techrights Proprietary Windows Versus "Linux" News (Trying to Keep People on Windows, Never Exploring GNU/Linux) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Proprietary_Windows_Versus_Linux_News_Trying_to_Keep_People_on_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Proprietary_Windows_Versus_Linux_News_Trying_to_Keep_People_on_.gmi [07:32] TR Bot not resolve host: techrights.org ( status 0 @ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Proprietary_Windows_Versus_Linux_News_Trying_to_Keep_People_on_.shtml ) [07:34] TR News This Month in KDE Apps https://blogs.kde.org/2025/04/27/this-month-in-kde-apps/ [07:34] TR Bot This Month in KDE Apps - KDE Blogs [07:39] TR News carbon tax rebate https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carbon-tax-rebate-cost-1.7510013 [07:39] TR Bot Last carbon tax rebate arrives Tuesday, but Finance Canada won't say how much it costs | CBC News [07:39] TR News voice remote https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/her-9-year-old-used-a-voice-remote-to-buy-netflix-now-this-ontario-mom-wants-to-warn-others-1.7512255 [07:39] TR Bot Her 9-year-old used a voice remote to buy Netflix, now this Ontario mom wants to warn others | CBC News [07:40] TR News Your morning cup of coffee is about to cost even more thanks to U.S. tariffs https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coffee-tariffs-canada-us-1.751461 [07:40] TR Bot Tibetan protestors chain themselves to Kathmandu's Chinese embassy gate | CBC News [07:41] TR News Strike Is Under New Management https://jacobin.com/2025/04/quebec-canada-anti-strike-law/ [07:41] TR Bot In Canada, the Strike Is Under New Management [07:43] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:45] TR News Corrected URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coffee-tariffs-canada-us-1.7514615 [07:45] TR Bot Your morning cup of coffee is about to cost even more thanks to U.S. tariffs | CBC News [07:47] TR News Tariffs pushing businesses OUT of the US https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/non-profit-moving-us-tariffs-1.7512564 [07:47] TR Bot American vision care non-profit moving to Manitoba as U.S. tariffs drive up costs | CBC News [07:48] TR News (NEW): 8 Common Ubuntu Issues: Fixing Boot Errors, Wi-Fi Problems, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/8_Common_Ubuntu_Issues_Fixing_Boot_Errors_Wi_Fi_Problems_and_Mo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/8_Common_Ubuntu_Issues_Fixing_Boot_Errors_Wi_Fi_Problems_and_Mo.gmi [07:48] TR Bot Tux Machines 8 Common Ubuntu Issues: Fixing Boot Errors, Wi-Fi Problems, and More [07:55] TR News (NEW): 5 reasons I stopped dualbooting Linux/Windows and spun up a Type2 hypervisor instead https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/5_reasons_I_stopped_dual_booting_Linux_Windows_and_spun_up_a_Ty.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/5_reasons_I_stopped_dual_booting_Linux_Windows_and_spun_up_a_Ty.gmi [07:55] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 reasons I stopped dualbooting Linux/Windows and spun up a Type2 hypervisor instead [07:57] TR News (NEW): 5 High-Performance Linux Distros for Modern PCs and Laptops https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/5_High_Performance_Linux_Distros_for_Modern_PCs_and_Laptops.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/5_High_Performance_Linux_Distros_for_Modern_PCs_and_Laptops.gmi [07:57] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 High-Performance Linux Distros for Modern PCs and Laptops ● Apr 28 [08:00] TR News (NEW): Commodore OS Vision 3.0 Linux-based OS arrives to spruce up retro builds https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Commodore_OS_Vision_3_0_Linux_based_OS_arrives_to_spruce_up_ret.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Commodore_OS_Vision_3_0_Linux_based_OS_arrives_to_spruce_up_ret.gmi [08:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Commodore OS Vision 3.0 Linux-based OS arrives to spruce up retro builds [08:02] TR News (NEW): Forget WinRAR: These Are the Best Native Archive Managers for Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Forget_WinRAR_These_Are_the_Best_Native_Archive_Managers_for_Li.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Forget_WinRAR_These_Are_the_Best_Native_Archive_Managers_for_Li.gmi [08:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Forget WinRAR: These Are the Best Native Archive Managers for Linux [08:05] TR News (NEW): 5 Reasons to Replace SteamOS With Bazzite (& 3 Reasons Not To) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/5_Reasons_to_Replace_SteamOS_With_Bazzite_3_Reasons_Not_To.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/5_Reasons_to_Replace_SteamOS_With_Bazzite_3_Reasons_Not_To.gmi [08:05] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 Reasons to Replace SteamOS With Bazzite (& 3 Reasons Not To) [08:12] TR News (NEW): FerenOS: A Refreshing Take on KDE Plasma That Could Win You Over https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/FerenOS_A_Refreshing_Take_on_KDE_Plasma_That_Could_Win_You_Over.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/FerenOS_A_Refreshing_Take_on_KDE_Plasma_That_Could_Win_You_Over.gmi [08:12] TR Bot Tux Machines FerenOS: A Refreshing Take on KDE Plasma That Could Win You Over [08:15] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:20] TR News Techrights Glue Inside Your Pizza (or Why People Will Get Fed Up With Slop) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Glue_Inside_Your_Pizza_or_Why_People_Will_Get_Fed_Up_With_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Glue_Inside_Your_Pizza_or_Why_People_Will_Get_Fed_Up_With_Slop.gmi [08:20] TR Bot Techrights Glue Inside Your Pizza (or Why People Will Get Fed Up With Slop) [08:29] TR News China widens tax rebates for foreign tourists to boost spending https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-widens-tax-rebates-for-foreign-tourists-to-boost-spending [08:29] TR Bot China widenstax rebatesfor foreign tourists to boost spending | The Straits Times [08:33] TR News Panel Making https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/deep-dive-on-panel-making/ | Source: Hackaday [08:33] TR Bot Dive On Panel Making | Hackaday [08:40] TR News Trinidad and Tobago politicians urged to take action on press freedom ahead of 2025 elections https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/trinidad-and-tobago-politicians-urged-to-take-action-on-press-freedom-ahead-of-2025-elections/ [08:40] TR Bot Trinidad and Tobago politicians urged to take action on press freedom ahead of 2025 elections - JURIST - News [08:43] TR News Water scarcity, connected to overpopulation and climate change, now brings another couple of nuclear-armed nations into persistent conflict. It'll likely be the epicentre of the next nuclear war, first one since 1945. [08:44] TR News Get A Power Bank For Your Troubles https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/save-cells-from-the-landfill-get-a-power-bank-for-your-troubles/ | Source: Hackaday [08:44] TR News Design Constraints Bring Lockbox To Life https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/design-constraints-bring-lockbox-to-life/ | Source: Hackaday [08:44] TR Bot Cells From The Landfill, Get A Power Bank For Your Troubles | Hackaday [08:44] TR Bot Constraints Bring Lockbox To Life | Hackaday [08:47] TR News Marco d'Itri: On the use of SaaS in systems engineering https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_471 [08:47] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_471 ) [08:48] TR News 'The cloud' is not just servers. 'Going to the clown' could also mean locking into a forever sub-contractor https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/beware-cloud-is-part-of-the-software/ [08:48] TR Bot 'The cloud' is not just servers. 'Going to the cloud' could also mean locking into a forever sub-contractor - Bert Hubert's writings [08:49] *luvr (~uid700391@qzrq235qjvpfw.irc) has joined #techrights [08:49] TR News Stethoscope https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/quick-and-easy-digital-stethoscope-keeps-tabs-on-cat/ | Source: Hackaday [08:49] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/quick-and-easy-digital-stethoscope-keeps-tabs-on-cat/ ) [08:50] TR News Bed Bugs Appear to Have a Genetic Resistance to Pesticides https://www.sciencealert.com/bed-bugs-appear-to-have-a-genetic-resistance-to-pesticides [08:50] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://www.sciencealert.com/bed-bugs-appear-to-have-a-genetic-resistance-to-pesticides ) [08:55] TR News What People Must Understand About the Open Source Initiative (OSI) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/26/What_People_Must_Understand_About_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OS.shtml [08:55] TR News Receiving SLAPPs and Collecting Them Like Trophies (the SLAPPs Always Fail) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/26/Receiving_SLAPPs_and_Collecting_Them_Like_Trophies_the_SLAPPs_A.shtml [08:55] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/26/What_People_Must_Understand_About_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OS.shtml ) [08:55] TR News What's Very Vexing to GAFAM, EPO and Others Is That It's Incredibly Hard to Censor Us (and Nobody Ever Successfully Did That Before) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/26/What_s_Very_Vexing_to_GAFAM_EPO_and_Others_Is_That_It_s_Incredi.shtml [08:55] TR Bot Techrights Receiving SLAPPs and Collecting Them Like Trophies (the SLAPPs Always Fail) [08:55] TR News What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: The Purge, the Cover-up, and the Witch-hunts (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/27/What_Happened_to_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Elections_The_P.shtml [08:56] TR Bot Techrights What's Very Vexing to GAFAM, EPO and Others Is That It's Incredibly Hard to Censor Us (and Nobody Ever Successfully Did That Before) [08:56] TR Bot Techrights What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: The Purge, the Cover-up, and the Witch-hunts [08:56] TR News Kernel prepatch 6.15-rc4 https://lwn.net/Articles/1019110/ [08:56] TR Bot prepatch 6.15-rc4 [LWN.net] [08:57] TR News Soto v. US: Will the Court Require Congress to Say the Magic Words? https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/04/court-require-congress.html [08:57] TR Bot Soto v. US: Will the Court Require Congress to Say the "Magic Words?" [08:57] TR News Muse Pi Pro is a feature-packed, credit card-sized SpacemIT M1 RISC-V SBC with HDMI, GbE, 4x USB, M.2 and mPCIe sockets https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/27/muse-pi-pro-feature-packed-credit-card-sized-spacemit-m1-risc-v-sbc/ [08:58] TR Bot Muse Pi Pro is a feature-packed, credit card-sized SpacemIT M1 RISC-V SBC with HDMI, GbE, 4x USB, M.2 and mPCIe sockets - CNX Software [08:59] TR News Slop / Plagiarism: "[David Bloomfield] wanted to make some tweaks to an embedded system, but didnt quite have the requisite skills. He decided to see if vibe coding could help." https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/vesc-mods-made-via-vibe-coding/ | Source: Hackaday [08:59] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/vesc-mods-made-via-vibe-coding/ ) [08:59] TR News Slop / Plagiarism https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/28/arduino-cloud-editor-gets-claude-powered-ai-assistant-trained-on-arduino-docs-and-libraries/ ● Apr 28 [09:00] TR Bot Arduino cloud editor gets Claude-powered AI assistant trained on Arduino docs and libraries - CNX Software [09:00] TR News OpenBSD 7.7 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1019104/ [09:00] TR Bot 7.7 released [LWN.net] [09:02] TR News Pluralistic: The enshittification of tech jobs (27 Apr 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/27/some-animals/ [09:02] TR Bot Pluralistic: The enshittification of tech jobs (27 Apr 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [09:03] TR News Methane https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/how-methane-took-over-the-booster-world/ | Source: Hackaday [09:03] TR Bot Methane Took Over The Booster World | Hackaday [09:03] TR News Petition Attempts to Force OSI to Release Complete Vote Count https://fossforce.com/2025/04/petition-attempts-to-force-osi-to-release-complete-vote-count/ [09:03] TR Bot Petition Attempts to Force OSI to Release Complete Vote Count - FOSS Force [09:05] TR News Commodore OS Vision 3.0 Linux-based OS arrives to spruce up retro builds https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/commodore-os-vision-3-0-linux-based-os-arrives-to-spruce-up-retro-builds [09:05] TR Bot Commodore OS Vision 3.0 Linux-based OS arrives to spruce up retro builds | Tom's Hardware [09:05] TR News Ensuring That Every Computer User Anywhere in the World Can Take Control of All His or Her Computers (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/27/Ensuring_That_Every_Computer_User_Anywhere_in_the_World_Can_Tak.shtml [09:05] TR Bot Techrights Ensuring That Every Computer User Anywhere in the World Can Take Control of All His or Her Computers [09:08] TR News Game controller exports to Russia banned by UK gov hopes to reduce options for enemy drone pilots https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/controllers-gamepads/game-controller-exports-to-russia-banned-by-uk-gov-hopes-to-reduce-options-for-enemy-drone-pilots [09:08] TR Bot Game controller exports to Russia banned by UK gov hopes to reduce options for enemy drone pilots | Tom's Hardware [09:08] TR News More Copyright Lawsuits Against LLM Slop Providers and Suppliers of LLM Slopfarms Would Benefit Society https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/26/More_Copyright_Lawsuits_Against_LLM_Slop_Providers_and_Supplier.shtml [09:08] TR Bot Techrights More Copyright Lawsuits Against LLM Slop Providers and Suppliers of LLM Slopfarms Would Benefit Society [09:09] TR News W3C Standardizes Mozilla Developed Spying Technology https://lunduke.substack.com/p/w3c-standardizes-mozilla-developed [09:09] TR Bot W3C Standardizes Mozilla Developed Spying Technology [09:10] TR News How to install coolify on GNU/Linux https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-coolify-on-linux/ [09:10] TR Bot How to install coolify on Linux [09:11] TR News #Japan2025 SCMaglev and Railway Park! https://rubenerd.com/japan2025-scmaglev-and-railway-park/ [09:11] TR Bot #Japan2025 SCMaglev and Railway Park! [09:11] TR News FerenOS: A Refreshing Take on KDE Plasma That Could Win You Over https://thenewstack.io/ferenos-a-refreshing-take-on-kde-plasma-that-could-win-you-over/ [09:11] TR Bot FerenOS: A Refreshing Take on KDE Plasma That Could Win You Over - The New Stack [09:12] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/today_s_howtos.gmi [09:12] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [09:13] TR News (NEW): HarmonyOS, Muse Pi, and Commodore OS (Linux) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/HarmonyOS_Muse_Pi_and_Commodore_OS_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/HarmonyOS_Muse_Pi_and_Commodore_OS_Linux.gmi [09:14] TR Bot Tux Machines HarmonyOS, Muse Pi, and Commodore OS (Linux) [09:15] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [09:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [09:16] TR News Techrights Links 28/04/2025: Canada's Election, Pakistan-India Conflict https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Links_28_04_2025_Canada_s_Election_Pakistan_India_Conflict.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Links_28_04_2025_Canada_s_Election_Pakistan_India_Conflict.gmi [09:16] TR Bot Techrights Links 28/04/2025: Canada's Election, Pakistan-India Conflict [09:17] *HumanG331 (~HumanG33k@82.66.65.160) has joined #techrights ● Apr 28 [10:17] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 28 [11:04] *SomeGoat has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:37] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) [11:41] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [11:42] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Apr 28 [13:25] *wael___ has quit (connection closed) [13:25] *wael___ (~quassel@hgmhm4zzuwffw.irc) has joined #techrights [13:30] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 138 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Mozilla_Firefox_138_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Mozilla_Firefox_138_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.gmi [13:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox 138 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New ● Apr 28 [14:09] *rsheftel1435 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [14:10] *\join_subline has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:14] *rsheftel1435 (~rsheftel@freenode-2q9.ilv.1cipql.IP) has joined #techrights [14:14] *\join_subline (~join_subline@x58kccsbytrv6.irc) has joined #techrights [14:16] TR News pxtone collab is a sample-based music editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/pxtone-collab-sample-based-music-editor/ [14:16] TR Bot collab is a sample-based music editor - LinuxLinks [14:16] TR News Essential Utilities: Reclaiming Disk Space (GUI Tools) https://www.linuxlinks.com/reclaimdiskspace/ [14:16] TR Bot Utilities: Reclaiming Disk Space (GUI Tools) - LinuxLinks [14:16] TR News Shiori is a simple bookmark manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/shiori-simple-bookmark-manager/ [14:16] TR Bot is a simple bookmark manager - LinuxLinks [14:17] TR News SaVi simulates satellite orbits and coverage, in two and three dimensions https://www.linuxlinks.com/savi-simulates-satellite-orbits-coverage/ [14:17] TR Bot simulates satellite orbits and coverage, in two and three dimensions - LinuxLinks [14:17] TR News tinyMediaManager is a media management tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/tinymediamanager-media-management-tool/ [14:17] TR Bot is a media management tool - LinuxLinks [14:18] TR News In 24 Countries Observed by statCounter Vista 11 is Still Less Than a Quarter of backdoored Windows Users Despite All Other Versions Being 'Expired' https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/27/In_24_Countries_Observed_by_statCounter_Vista_11_is_Still_Less_.shtml [14:18] TR Bot Techrights In 24 Countries Observed by statCounter Vista 11 is Still Less Than a Quarter of Windows Users Despite All Other Versions Being 'Expired' [14:18] TR News NetBSD fast, secure and highly portable Unix-like operating system https://www.linuxlinks.com/netbsd-fast-secure-highly-portable-unix-like-operating-system/ [14:18] TR Bot - fast, secure and highly portable Unix-like operating system - LinuxLinks [14:19] TR News 18 Best Free and Open Source Media Players https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-media-players/ [14:19] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Media Players - LinuxLinks [14:19] TR News Databend is a cloud data warehouse https://www.linuxlinks.com/databend-cloud-data-warehouse/ [14:19] TR Bot is a cloud data warehouse - LinuxLinks [14:22] TR News ElecWhat https://sparkylinux.org/elecwhat/ [14:22] TR Bot ElecWhat - SparkyLinux [14:23] TR News Year of GNU/Linux on the Laptop? 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[14:24] TR News A Simple Way to Install Talos GNU/Linux on Any Machine, with Any Provider https://www.linux.com/thelinuxfoundation/a-simple-way-to-install-talos-linux-on-any-machine-with-any-provider/ [14:24] TR Bot Simple Way to Install Talos Linux on Any Machine, with Any Provider - Linux.com [14:24] TR News (NEW): qBittorrent 5.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released as a Major Update https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/qBittorrent_5_1_Open_Source_BitTorrent_Client_Released_as_a_Maj.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/qBittorrent_5_1_Open_Source_BitTorrent_Client_Released_as_a_Maj.gmi [14:24] TR Bot Tux Machines qBittorrent 5.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released as a Major Update [14:27] TR News (NEW): TDE R14.1.4 released! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/TDE_R14_1_4_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/TDE_R14_1_4_released.gmi [14:27] TR Bot Tux Machines TDE R14.1.4 released! [14:27] TR News Conf Kde India 2025 A memorable convergence https://blog.rishikumar.dev/posts/cki2025/ [14:27] TR Bot Conf Kde India 2025 A memorable convergence Rishi's Blog [14:28] TR News Mixxx 2.5.1 Adds Mapping for the DJ TechTools MIDI Fighter Spectra Controller https://9to5linux.com/mixxx-2-5-1-adds-mapping-for-the-dj-techtools-midi-fighter-spectra-controller [14:28] TR Bot 2.5.1 Adds Mapping for the DJ TechTools MIDI Fighter Spectra Controller - 9to5Linux [14:28] TR News 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 27th, 2025 https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-27th-2025 [14:28] TR Bot Weekly Roundup: April 27th, 2025 - 9to5Linux [14:29] TR News "Um, when did the #Ubuntu image become 6GB???" https://kevquirk.com/notes/20250427-1106 [14:29] TR Bot 27 April 2025 at 11:06 | Kev Quirk [14:30] TR News Set up an alternative Emacs configuration https://box.matto.nl/set-up-an-alternative-emacs-configuration.html [14:30] TR Bot up an alternative Emacs configuration - box.matto.nl [14:31] TR News SRUM-DUMP Version 3: Uncovering Malware Activity in Forensics, (Sun, Apr 27th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31896 [14:31] TR Bot SRUM-DUMP Version 3: Uncovering Malware Activity in Forensics - SANS Internet Storm Center [14:45] *\join_su1line (~join_subline@qbhetikhdy6yk.irc) has joined #techrights [14:45] TR News "I use Homebrew to get a lot of random small programs that I otherwise never would have bothered to get. However, the output of `brew list | wc -l` is currently up to the mid-200s, and a lot of these are mere dependencies of things I actually care about." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/programs/ [14:46] TR News "For the past few months I've been regularly using a custom task tracking tool called busiless. I'm very happy with the tool: it's tiny and unobtrusive, integrates seemlessly into any code repository" gemini://mediocregopher.com/lab/busiless/intro.gmi [14:47] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-28.gmi [14:48] TR News SpellBinding FGWILNH Wordo: SQUAB gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-28.gmi ● Apr 28 [15:10] *rsheftel14351 (~rsheftel@freenode-2q9.ilv.1cipql.IP) has joined #techrights [15:11] *rsheftel1435 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [15:11] *rsheftel14351 is now known as rsheftel1435 [15:15] TR News gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/newMoonApril [15:16] whatA Did Ubuntu just got bloated? I saw that went 6 GB instead of the typical 4 GB barrier (thanks my backdoored childhood Windows 7) [15:16] TR News martial art competition gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/taekwondo [15:17] TR News "Sometimes, my hobby projects are doomed to be short-lived, but they serve their purpose nonetheless." gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-04-28-the-real-deal.txt [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] whatA: iso size? [15:18] whatA Yes it is, precisely, image size [15:19] schestowitz[TR2] no minimal install option [15:19] schestowitz[TR2] ? [15:22] TR News (NEW): Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.4 Released with Support for Ubuntu 25.04 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Trinity_Desktop_Environment_R14_1_4_Released_with_Support_for_U.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/Trinity_Desktop_Environment_R14_1_4_Released_with_Support_for_U.gmi [15:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.4 Released with Support for Ubuntu 25.04 [15:29] TR News "For years, I maintained a dualboot setup to enjoy both Linux and Windows on a single machine. Obviously, dual-booting allows you to use all the hardware resources at one time, but while I tried experimenting with features on both OSes" https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-stopped-dualbooting-used-type2-hypervisor/ [15:29] TR Bot 5 reasons I stopped dualbooting Linux/Windows and spun up a Type2 hypervisor instead [15:29] TR News "Linux has a reputation as the operating system for old and weak hardware, but did you know it can supercharge your high-end PCs and Laptops as well? Here are five Linux distributions (distros) that are designed to take full advantage of modern hardware to deliver stellar performance." https://www.howtogeek.com/high-performance-linux-distros-for-modern-pcs-and-laptops/ [15:29] TR Bot 5 High-Performance Linux Distros for Modern PCs and Laptops [15:30] TR News "Learn how to set up and use remote desktop access on Ubuntu, with easy-to-follow steps for both VNC and RDP solutions" https://www.itpro.com/mobile/remote- [15:30] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.itpro.com/mobile/remote- ) [15:30] TR News "Learn how to set up and use remote desktop access on Ubuntu, with easy-to-follow steps for both VNC and RDP solutions" https://www.itpro.com/mobile/remote-access/368102/how-to-remote-desktop-into-ubuntu [15:30] TR Bot How to remote desktop into Ubuntu | IT Pro [15:31] TR News Nobody forced you to https://www.xda-developers.com/regret-switching-linux/ [15:31] TR Bot I regret switching to Linux, even though I wanted to love it [15:31] TR News "Intel 200S Boost results were within the margin of error." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/tests-indicate-intels-200s-boost-feature-provides-no-real-gain-for-arrow-lake-cpus-on-linux [15:31] TR Bot Tests indicate Intel's '200S Boost' feature provides no real gain for Arrow Lake CPUs on Linux | Tom's Hardware [15:31] TR News "On Linux, you can run WinRAR through Wine, but setting it up is challengingespecially for those switching from Windows who aren't used to the command-line interface. The good news? Linux has plenty of native archive managers that are free, reliable, and surprisingly easy to use." https://www.howtogeek.com/best-native-archive-manager-winrar-alternatives-for-linux/ [15:31] TR Bot Forget WinRAR: These Are the Best Native Archive Managers for Linux [15:33] TR News iophk: the 'benefits' of social control media https://yle.fi/a/74-20158446 ("Finland's rural anti-vaccine movement") [15:33] TR Bot Finland's rural anti-vaccine movement | Yle News | Yle [15:40] TR News layoffs, long hours https://www.techspot.com/news/107700-reality-today-tech-industry-layoffs-long-hours-ai.html [15:40] TR Bot reality of today's tech industry: layoffs, long hours, AI threats, and few perks | TechSpot [15:42] TR News "Yes mine was shipped to India, supposed to fly there and train my replacements this year, but they just cut us early. Toss the new Indians in the fire. Blame the people who were let go for all their inadequacies." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsty5m1k [15:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsty5m1k ) [15:42] TR News "(Yes I said replacements plural. It takes 3-6 Indians to take over the work of one American worker. There is no cost savings, this is pure move the company to India motive. There are also many Indians living in the US that are getting promoted to jobs that others are getting RA'd from. )" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsty5m1k [15:43] TR News "Wall Street analysts and investors arent impressed with free cash flow allocation and want to see more layoffs in order to make IBM stock attractive" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k [15:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k ) [15:46] TR News "If you look at their Balance Sheet ($15B Cash balance) and their Free Cash Flow ($11B annually) they simply will not even have anywhere near $150B over the next 5 years to invest anywhere." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy97hqr [15:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy97hqr ) [15:46] TR News "Of course, what they mean is they will SPEND that much, mainly on salaries, which they are currently spending anyways. Even that number looks like a stretch when you look at total OpEx, so maybe they're including Dividends paid too." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy97hqr [15:47] TR News "How long did it take you before your severance was paid out from the day you got let go?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy8v6r8 [15:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy8v6r8 ) [15:47] TR News "Mine took about 2 weeks. I have heard some a little quicker and some a little longer. The key is quickly signing and sending back your severance package and get your equipment returned. They don't start cutting the checks until everything is in order." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy8v6r8 [15:48] TR News This is a lie. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsyck5br https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-28/ibm-plans-to-invest-150-billion-in-us-over-next-five-years [15:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsyck5br ) [15:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-28/ibm-plans-to-invest-150-billion-in-us-over-next-five-years ) [15:49] TR News People are paid 100m a year to spread lies like these. Political lobbying/pandering based on sums of money that do not even exist. [15:50] TR News "Is this a ploy to please the Trump administration?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy97hqr [15:58] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 28/04/2025: A Simple Task Tracking and Auto-Prioritization Tool and Other Programs https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Links_28_04_2025_A_Simple_Task_Tracking_and_Auto_Prioritization.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Links_28_04_2025_A_Simple_Task_Tracking_and_Auto_Prioritization.gmi [15:58] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 28/04/2025: A Simple Task Tracking and Auto-Prioritization Tool and Other Programs [15:58] TR News Vista 11 DOWN in Egypt https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/egypt/#monthly-200902-202504 [15:58] TR Bot Desktop Windows Version Market Share Egypt | Statcounter Global Stats [15:59] TR News Chrome extremely dominant there, Microsoft just 3% https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/egypt/#monthly-200902-202504 [15:59] TR Bot Browser Market Share Egypt | Statcounter Global Stats [15:59] TR News (NEW): YouTuber PewDiePie Switches to Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/YouTuber_PewDiePie_Switches_to_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/YouTuber_PewDiePie_Switches_to_Linux.gmi [15:59] TR Bot Tux Machines YouTuber PewDiePie Switches to Linux [15:59] *libredev has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Apr 28 [16:00] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:03] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techrights [16:17] TR News (NEW): This lightning-fast Linux distro will hook you the moment you try it https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/This_lightning_fast_Linux_distro_will_hook_you_the_moment_you_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/This_lightning_fast_Linux_distro_will_hook_you_the_moment_you_t.gmi [16:17] TR Bot Tux Machines This lightning-fast Linux distro will hook you the moment you try it [16:19] TR News (NEW): 8 ways to protect your privacy on Linux and keep your data safe https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/8_ways_to_protect_your_privacy_on_Linux_and_keep_your_data_safe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/8_ways_to_protect_your_privacy_on_Linux_and_keep_your_data_safe.gmi [16:19] TR Bot Tux Machines 8 ways to protect your privacy on Linux and keep your data safe [16:29] TR News Techrights BSD and GNU/Linux Replaced Microsoft in Secure Servers, All Microsoft Has Left is LLM Slop for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/BSD_and_GNU_Linux_Replaced_Microsoft_in_Secure_Servers_All_Micr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/BSD_and_GNU_Linux_Replaced_Microsoft_in_Secure_Servers_All_Micr.gmi [16:29] TR Bot Techrights BSD and GNU/Linux Replaced Microsoft in Secure Servers, All Microsoft Has Left is LLM Slop for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) [16:30] *libredev (~libredev@w4s7ck52qnvc2.irc) has joined #techrights [16:30] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:30] TR News EPO leaks coming out shortly [16:35] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:39] TR News Techrights Central African Republic (CAR): Vista 11 is Only ~0.2% Market Share https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Central_African_Republic_CAR_Vista_11_is_Only_0_2_Market_Share.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Central_African_Republic_CAR_Vista_11_is_Only_0_2_Market_Share.gmi [16:39] TR Bot Techrights Central African Republic (CAR): Vista 11 is Only ~0.2% Market Share [16:47] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer ● Apr 28 [17:03] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techrights [17:04] TR News Techrights New Leaks Coming Soon, We Maintain 100% Record of Successful Resistance to Censorship https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/New_Leaks_Coming_Soon_We_Maintain_100_Record_of_Successful_Resi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/New_Leaks_Coming_Soon_We_Maintain_100_Record_of_Successful_Resi.gmi [17:04] TR Bot Techrights New Leaks Coming Soon, We Maintain 100% Record of Successful Resistance to Censorship [17:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [17:11] *\join_su1line has quit (Quit: leaving) [17:23] whatA I've seen (backdoored) Windows Vista instances here, but can we go nastier? 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A team of 3 PM's replaced by over 30 PM's and they still couldn't handle the load with any speed or quality." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k [17:29] TR News "You want to see more layoffs... let's get rid of 30-50% of management." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k [17:30] TR News "The belief that you can replace someone that has 10, 20, 30+ years of experience with an out-of-college kid is just totally nuts. As always, great job IBM! You are digging your own grave." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k [17:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [17:39] whatA work? nah, just personal computing. I mean, also people's secrets, not just ours, a reason why there are instances of "backdoored Windows" in the Links section. [17:41] TR News Techrights No, IBM is Not Investing $150 Billion in the US and It Doesn't Even Have That Kind of Money https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/No_IBM_is_Not_Investing_150_Billion_in_the_US_and_It_Doesn_t_Ev.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/No_IBM_is_Not_Investing_150_Billion_in_the_US_and_It_Doesn_t_Ev.gmi [17:41] TR Bot Techrights No, IBM is Not Investing $150 Billion in the US and It Doesn't Even Have That Kind of Money [17:46] *whatA has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.8.7 [Mozilla rv:1.0.0/20020530]) [17:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Apr 28 [18:02] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:06] TR News Techrights Chromebooks' Adoption in Sweden No Longer Depends on Schools https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Chromebooks_Adoption_in_Sweden_No_Longer_Depends_on_Schools.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Chromebooks_Adoption_in_Sweden_No_Longer_Depends_on_Schools.gmi [18:06] TR Bot Techrights Chromebooks' Adoption in Sweden No Longer Depends on Schools [18:13] admfubar https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/28/0610254/ai-helps-unravel-a-cause-of-alzheimers-disease-and-identify-a-therapeutic-candidate [18:13] TR Bot AI Helps Unravel a Cause of Alzheimer's Disease and Identify a Therapeutic Candidate - Slashdot [18:14] TR News "Just sell others to OpenAi before collapse of chatbot bubble. Problem will solved." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsdt3n3v [18:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsdt3n3v ) [18:21] TR News Techrights Coming Soon: Microsoft Fake Results, Mass Layoffs, and Silence About All the People Microsoft Pressured to "Quit" (So That They Don't Get Counted as Layoffs) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Coming_Soon_Microsoft_Fake_Results_Mass_Layoffs_and_Silence_Abo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Coming_Soon_Microsoft_Fake_Results_Mass_Layoffs_and_Silence_Abo.gmi [18:21] TR Bot Techrights Coming Soon: Microsoft Fake Results, Mass Layoffs, and Silence About All the People Microsoft Pressured to "Quit" (So That They Don't Get Counted as Layoffs) [18:29] TR News (NEW): My favorite SSH clients for Android - and why you need them https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/My_favorite_SSH_clients_for_Android_and_why_you_need_them.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/My_favorite_SSH_clients_for_Android_and_why_you_need_them.gmi [18:30] TR Bot Tux Machines My favorite SSH clients for Android - and why you need them [18:31] TR News (NEW): 5 reasons NixOS is the most exciting Linux distro in years https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/5_reasons_NixOS_is_the_most_exciting_Linux_distro_in_years.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/5_reasons_NixOS_is_the_most_exciting_Linux_distro_in_years.gmi [18:31] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 reasons NixOS is the most exciting Linux distro in years [18:46] TR News Techrights If Tesla Shares (and Alleged Value) Fell 55% (From $489 to $222) in a Few Months Maybe It's Not Worth Anything At All (It's Just Gambling) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/If_Tesla_Shares_and_Alleged_Value_Fell_55_From_489_to_222_in_a_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/If_Tesla_Shares_and_Alleged_Value_Fell_55_From_489_to_222_in_a_.gmi [18:46] TR Bot Techrights If Tesla Shares (and Alleged Value) Fell 55% (From $489 to $222) in a Few Months Maybe It's Not Worth Anything At All (It's Just Gambling) [18:51] TR News RMS now selling a movie (with DRM, not a real sale) about Free software https://tv.apple.com/ca/movie/revolution-os/umc.cmc.3daul68l7ry55rkp0bwrljib5 [18:51] TR Bot Revolution OS - AppleTV (CA) [18:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/1k9udhq/how_seriously_are_stallmans_ideas_taken_nowadays/ [18:52] TR Bot - The heart of the internet [18:52] schestowitz[TR2] " How seriously are Stallman's ideas taken nowadays by the average FOSS consumer / producer? 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[18:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.sciencedirect.com/unsupported_browser ) ● Apr 28 [19:07] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/windows_opinion/ [19:07] TR Bot Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit bordering on addiction The Register [19:09] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [19:15] TR News Techrights The "Telephone Operating System in the Vatican" is 95 Years Old, Vatican Moved to GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/The_Telephone_Operating_System_in_the_Vatican_is_95_Years_Old_V.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/The_Telephone_Operating_System_in_the_Vatican_is_95_Years_Old_V.gmi [19:15] TR Bot Techrights The "Telephone Operating System in the Vatican" is 95 Years Old, Vatican Moved to GNU/Linux [19:16] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:28] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:30] TR News Techrights China is Already Culling GAFAM (Not Just Microsoft Windows) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/China_is_Already_Culling_GAFAM_Not_Just_Microsoft_Windows.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/China_is_Already_Culling_GAFAM_Not_Just_Microsoft_Windows.gmi [19:30] TR Bot Techrights China is Already Culling GAFAM (Not Just Microsoft Windows) [19:35] TR News "Using Linux is a good start - but it is not enough. These easy privacy tricks could mean the difference between secure and sorry." https://www.zdnet.com/article/8-ways-to-protect-your-privacy-on-linux-and-keep-your-data-safe/ [19:35] TR Bot ways to protect your privacy on Linux and keep your data safe | ZDNET [19:36] TR News "This release introduces new modern vector wallpapers, new color themes, and a new control module to manage DEB/RPM alternatives." https://9to5linux.com/trinity-desktop-environment-r14-1-4-released-with-support-for-ubuntu-25-04 [19:36] TR Bot Desktop Environment R14.1.4 Released with Support for Ubuntu 25.04 - 9to5Linux [19:36] TR News "Ubuntu is a favorite among Linux enthusiasts for its stability, security, and user-friendly interface. But lets face it, even the most reliable systems have hiccups. If youve ever felt stuck trying to solve boot errors, Wi-Fi problems, or other quirks, these tips should help." https://www.howtogeek.com/common-ubuntu-issues-fixing-boot-errors-wi-fi-problems-and-more/ [19:36] TR Bot 8 Common Ubuntu Issues: Fixing Boot Errors, Wi-Fi Problems, and More [19:37] TR News Even PewDiePie thinks you should install Linux on your computer after saying he was "tortured by Windows" https://www.xda-developers.com/pewdiepie-install-linux-tortured-by-windows/ [19:37] TR Bot Even PewDiePie thinks you should install Linux on your computer after saying he was "tortured by Windows" [19:37] TR News "PewDiePie, one of the most popular YouTubers with some 110M subscribers, has released a video detailing his switch from Windows to Linux." https://www.webpronews.com/youtuber-pewdiepie-switches-to-linux/ [19:37] TR Bot YouTuber PewDiePie Switches to Linux [19:38] TR News Lenovo slashes Windows tax with cheaper Linux laptops https://www.fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardware/60940-lenovo-slashes-windows-tax-with-cheaper-linux-laptops [19:38] TR Bot Lenovo slashes Windows tax with cheaper Linux laptops [19:40] TR News "You can do a lot with the Linux terminal app for Android - if you don't mind using the command line. Here are five things to try first." https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-ways-to-use-the-linux-terminal-on-your-android-phone-including-my-favorite/ [19:40] TR Bot ways to use the Linux terminal on your Android phone - including my favorite | ZDNET [19:40] TR News (NEW): Lenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installed https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Lenovo_Cuts_the_Windows_Tax_and_offers_Cheaper_Laptops_with_Lin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/25/Lenovo_Cuts_the_Windows_Tax_and_offers_Cheaper_Laptops_with_Lin.gmi [19:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Lenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installed [19:40] TR News "This fan-made Linux-based OS was just released for Commodore-branded devices." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/commodore-os-vision-3-0-linux-based-os-arrives-to-spruce-up-retro-builds [19:40] TR Bot Commodore OS Vision 3.0 Linux-based OS arrives to spruce up retro builds | Tom's Hardware [19:41] TR News "Introduces modern functions to get random numbers under Linux systems for improved security and support for the Thunar file manager." https://9to5linux.com/qbittorrent-5-1-open-source-bittorrent-client-released-as-a-major-update [19:41] TR Bot 5.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released as a Major Update - 9to5Linux [19:42] TR News "If you're new to Linux, skip these distros until you have plenty of experience." https://www.zdnet.com/article/7-linux-distros-you-should-avoid-until-youve-mastered-the-command-line/ [19:42] TR Bot Linux distros you should avoid until you've mastered the command line | ZDNET [19:44] TR News "Supporting, enabling, or platforming bigotry and harassment is just as bad as supporting or enabling other forms of censorship since they are threats to free speech." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/free-speech [19:50] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/windows_server_2025_hotpatching_subscription/ [19:50] TR Bot Microsoft teases pay-to-patch plan for Windows Server 2025 The Register [19:52] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/google_nest_thermostat_changes/ [19:52] TR Bot Google to stop making smart thermostats for Europe The Register ● Apr 28 [20:04] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/hold-up [20:04] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Hold Up [20:33] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00:b666:dabc:5b9c:65e3) has joined #techrights [20:49] MinceR https://files.catbox.moe/frdl9r.jpg [20:50] admfubar https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/04/28/how-california-sent-residents-personal-health-data-to-linkedin [20:50] TR Bot How California sent residents personal health data to LinkedIn The Markup [20:51] *includeals has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [20:54] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00:b666:dabc:5b9c:65e3) has joined #techrights ● Apr 28 [21:33] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@ddyacvyj9ssfw.irc) has joined #techrights [21:33] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/27/meta-moderator-on-the-cost-of-viewing-beheadings-child-abuse-and-suicide [21:33] TR Bot I didnt eat or sleep: a Meta moderator on his breakdown after seeing beheadings and child abuse | Meta | The Guardian [21:53] IsambardPrince MinceR, I posted: [21:53] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/ohio-could-be-the-latest-state-to-pass-right-to-repair-law-showcasing-broad-bipartisan-support/ [21:53] TR Bot Could Be The Latest State To Pass Right To Repair Law, Showcasing Broad, Bipartisan Support | Techdirt [21:53] IsambardPrince "The idea of deporting US citizens who are not "racial Aryans" and then paying white people to have kids, I'm sure this came up in Germany at some point, not that they even teach children anything about History anymore. [21:53] IsambardPrince One of my exes was 11 years younger. In the same generation, just on different ends. [21:53] IsambardPrince He described Fort Wayne Indiana schools as "they had holes in the floor big enough to fall through" and in History class they played "Bill and Ted". I said, "So Napoleon was a short, dead dude?"" [21:54] admfubar wait.. they have support????!! https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/28/youtube-support-affected-by-european-power-outages-too/ [21:54] TR Bot support affected by European power outages, too | TechCrunch [21:55] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:57] MinceR :> [21:59] IsambardPrince "The Democrats figured that if they dumped billions into expanding high speed internet into the Buy Bull belt [sic] they might increase educational attainment. [21:59] IsambardPrince Instead, they gave a lot of weird sickos the ability to further self-radicalize, and meet with others that did not previously have those opportunities, and to consume copious amounts of pornography. [21:59] IsambardPrince It was the ultimate Eternal September. [21:59] IsambardPrince You know who these people are because they flooded Reddit and don't know how to spell anything." ● Apr 28 [22:01] IsambardPrince "I see it this way, you have a bunch of people that would have been better off cut off from the rest of us like they'd always been. [22:01] IsambardPrince Democrats are such unbelievable fools that they feel that if you throw savages a pile of books or the Internet or something, they'll try to better themselves, but that isn't how it works. [22:01] IsambardPrince If you give smart people bricks, they build civilization. If you give stupid people a civilization, they leave you with a pile of bricks." [22:07] TR News (NEW): 4MLinux 48.0 Is Now Available for Download, Powered by Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/4MLinux_48_0_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Powered_by_Linux_Ker.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/4MLinux_48_0_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Powered_by_Linux_Ker.gmi [22:07] TR Bot Tux Machines 4MLinux 48.0 Is Now Available for Download, Powered by Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS [22:08] admfubar https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/air-fryer-spy/ [22:08] TR Bot Your Air Fryer Spying on You? Experts Say Some Brands Could Be Listening In | Snopes.com [22:09] admfubar https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/28/1642223/unauthorized-ai-bot-experiment-infiltrated-reddit-to-test-persuasion-capabilities [22:09] TR Bot Unauthorized AI Bot Experiment Infiltrated Reddit To Test Persuasion Capabilities - Slashdot [22:09] IsambardPrince How does an air fryer spy on you? [22:09] IsambardPrince Isn't that a thing you plug into the wall and bake a potato in or something? [22:10] MinceR maybe it has microphones and/or cameras [22:10] MinceR maybe it just exploits its access to your LAN, if it can [22:10] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) [22:10] MinceR maybe it just reports what it knows about what you fry/eat to the CPC [22:11] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@bn6gayc6334ay.irc) has joined #techrights [22:11] IsambardPrince I have no idea why the first person we hired to represent us to USCIS did not call the police on MARISOL. [22:12] IsambardPrince She might be lucky that they're Catholics. From what I heard she was threatening them with physical violence. [22:12] admfubar if you read the article you would find out how it spies on you... [22:12] admfubar https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/new-linux-rootkit.html [22:12] IsambardPrince She's unhinged but nobody will do anything about her. [22:12] TR Bot Linux Rootkit - Schneier on Security [22:13] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [22:13] IsambardPrince MinceR, I realized how bad my eyesight was getting in my left eye. [22:13] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:13] IsambardPrince I was looking at the TV while watching The Princess Bride in HD last night. [22:14] IsambardPrince So many little details that aren't there without my eyeglasses on. [22:14] *Righty (~Username@hegepg96h3mas.irc) has joined #techrights [22:14] IsambardPrince I might as well be watching a VHS tape without my glasses on. All the basic stuff would be there, but no detail. [22:14] MinceR ah, they have companion apps that use your phone to spy on you [22:14] MinceR of course. this is the cheapest method. :> [22:15] MinceR also the idea of a Corsair branded air fryer is amusing [22:15] MinceR though i'm not sure if it's the same Corsair [22:16] MinceR they probably misspelled it, as it's Cosori later [22:17] IsambardPrince I loved that scene where he tricks Vizzini into drinking poison by letting him pretend to use his superior reasoning to figure out which cup of wine was poisoned. [22:18] IsambardPrince Turns out that he poisoned both cups and as Vizzini sits there gloating and laughing, then suddenly falls over dead mid-sentence, he explains to the princess that he poisoned both glasses and that it didn't affect him because he'd spent a long time developing a tolerance to the poison he used. [22:19] IsambardPrince So Vizzini would have died no matter which glass of wine he chose. [22:19] IsambardPrince Nothing that Vizzini said during their dialogue would have helped him figure out which glass was poisoned even if only one of them was poisoned. [22:20] MinceR :> [22:20] IsambardPrince And along the way, (after drinking the poison) he says "You've fallen for one of the classic traps, one being never get involved in a land war in Asia." [22:21] IsambardPrince In a book where Asia doesn't even exist. [22:21] IsambardPrince In a movie made about a decade after the US left Vietnam. [22:24] IsambardPrince I was considering the atomic bombings of Japan. The US claimed that there'd be at least as many dead, or more, had there been an invasion. That is plausible. The worst part of the war against Germany was when Allied forces got near to Germany itself and had to face the most radical defenses, which Hitler had kept in reserve. Hitler's strategy in the Ardennes almost could have worked. [22:25] IsambardPrince Their biggest problem with the Ardennes was the weather and fuel shortages, although the shortages of fuel were eventually mostly overcome by seizing an American fuel depot. [22:26] IsambardPrince There was also the terrain, much of it being unfavorable for the German tanks to get through due to dense trees and mud. [22:26] IsambardPrince The heavier the vehicle, the more trouble the mud turns into. [22:27] IsambardPrince And the Germans built their tanks with a lot of armor. The armor was good at deflecting shells and anti-tank rockets, but it weighed the tanks down so much they were stuck in mud that the US Sherman Tanks could still get through/ [22:27] IsambardPrince They didn't have reactive composite armor and things like that yet, so their best tanks just had a lot of steel plating. [22:28] IsambardPrince The extra weight also turned them into gas guzzlers. [22:28] MinceR did anyone have reactive composite armor back then? [22:28] IsambardPrince US tanks could make it 3-4 times the distance on the same amount of fuel in some cases. [22:29] IsambardPrince The US tanks were extremely weak as far as a head on fight with a German tank of the era. The Soviets had the same problem. [22:30] IsambardPrince But the Germans were limited in how many they could produce, how far ahead of the supply line they could operate the tanks, and the tanks eating up all the fuel and getting stuck where they were, and making it through mud. [22:30] IsambardPrince Modern US tanks can run on just about any kind of fuel they can get, albeit not necessarily under an ideal amount of power. [22:30] IsambardPrince They can run on gasoline or diesel fuel if they need to. [22:31] IsambardPrince But jet fuel is preferred. [22:31] IsambardPrince <@MinceR> did anyone have reactive composite armor back then? [22:31] IsambardPrince Not that I'm aware of. [22:31] IsambardPrince The most advanced German tanks came out in like 1944 and never in a number that could have turned the war around. [22:32] IsambardPrince By that point Germany couldn't get supplies. [22:32] IsambardPrince IIRC, their most advanced U-Boats only had a few that were built. I think two were sunk at port but were later floated to the surface and repaired and put into West German service after the war. [22:33] IsambardPrince MinceR, I've been on a World War II era U-Boat. [22:33] IsambardPrince We have one in Chicago. :) [22:34] IsambardPrince https://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/u-505-submarine/ [22:34] TR Bot U-505 Submarine - Griffin Museum of Science and Industry [22:34] IsambardPrince Nobody my size could have served on that boat. [22:35] IsambardPrince It's impossible for me to stand all the way up. The captain had the best bed but it wasn't long enough for me to even fit into. [22:37] IsambardPrince MinceR, Hitler knew his generals didn't want to fight in the Ardennes so he had them arrested and disarmed by the SS and then forced to agree with the plan at gunpoint. [22:37] IsambardPrince Like the rest of the war, only worse. [22:37] IsambardPrince Ignore the generals, accuse them of cowardice and treason. [22:38] IsambardPrince Blame them for losing after making them go along with your plans. [22:39] IsambardPrince Hitler should have been more hands off, honestly. He should have let his top generals tell him what was attainable, what order it should unfold in. [22:39] IsambardPrince Personally, I'm surprised that they went after the United Kingdom first and not the USSR [22:39] IsambardPrince You take the UK, you don't get much honestly. [22:39] IsambardPrince Waste of time. [22:40] MinceR he shouldn't have been born [22:40] MinceR they didn't go after the USSR because they were comrades [22:40] IsambardPrince I would have made one straight shot for Moscow, stopping only to engeage and destroy the outer defenses of each city we passed by. [22:40] IsambardPrince Need to get to Moscow before winter. [22:40] IsambardPrince Betray them sooner. [22:41] MinceR national socialism and socialism are pretty much the same thing [22:41] MinceR brutal oppression in every way conceivable [22:41] MinceR exterminating entire groups based on the whims of the dictator [22:48] IsambardPrince https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON565 [22:48] TR Bot Measles Region of the Americas [22:48] IsambardPrince I'd like to point out there have been no confirmed cases in Illinois, and that the ooutbreak in Ontario is bigger than the one in Texas. [22:49] IsambardPrince This is despite having several times less people and "universal healthcare" in Ontario that would pay for MMRs for anyone who shows up and asks for one. [22:49] IsambardPrince It's a disease of the stupid. [22:49] IsambardPrince And obviously the Canadians are even dumber than Texas. [22:50] IsambardPrince Effective vaccines mean that the only people at risk are stupid adults and the children of stupid adults. [22:50] MinceR is antivax also popular in canada? [22:50] IsambardPrince Antivax is rampant in Canada. [22:51] MinceR good to know [22:51] admfubar they've been trying to get rid of their vax machines for years up there [22:51] IsambardPrince This is partially because they've opened their doors to invasion by people from third world countries. [22:51] IsambardPrince These people never got vaccinated for anything. [22:51] IsambardPrince And they're in the US and Canada now. [22:52] IsambardPrince MinceR, Trump had ICE and a bunch of others raid an illegal nightclub in Colorado Springs a few days ago. [22:52] IsambardPrince They nabbed over 200 people including at least 114 illegal immigrants, most of them criminal gang members from Venezuela. [22:52] IsambardPrince But the kicker is that they had hired over two dozen US soldiers to provide security. [22:52] IsambardPrince So they're facing court martial now. [22:53] MinceR admfubar: i see what you did there [22:54] IsambardPrince It's pretty funny that they're hiring US soldiers to protect their illegal nightclubs. Nobody would have ever tolerated this before. [22:56] MinceR (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/b1zvPM6 = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/b1zvPM6 [22:56] TR Bot Cat - Album on Imgur [22:56] TR Bot Today's Cat - rimgo ● Apr 28 [23:02] IsambardPrince MinceR, United States v. Illinois is still spinning its wheels. [23:02] IsambardPrince They don't have anyone competent enough to deal with this car they just caught, at the US DOJ. [23:03] IsambardPrince The government's own lawyers probably don't even want it to move forward much for fear that Pam "Bondo" will fire them and the gravy train will be over. [23:07] IsambardPrince MinceR, I started watching The War of the Worlds last night. Criterion cleaned it up nicely. It looks good. [23:07] IsambardPrince The neighbors did some more of that boom boom boom **** **** ***** booom boom stuff last night. [23:07] MinceR :> [23:07] IsambardPrince So I put on The War of the Worlds. [23:07] IsambardPrince The alien death ray makes a nice sound over the Bose at Volume level 83. [23:08] IsambardPrince This was one of my favorite movies as a child. My aunt had it on VHS. I probably watched it at least a dozen times. [23:08] IsambardPrince I like the look of these old movies that used Technicolor. [23:09] IsambardPrince Extremely vivid. [23:19] *KindOne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:21] IsambardPrince https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/vladimir-putin-declares-72-hour-may-ceasefire-in-ukraine-war-to-mark-ww2-anniversary [23:21] TR Bot Putin announces 72-hour May ceasefire in Ukraine war | Russia | The Guardian [23:21] *KindOne has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [23:21] IsambardPrince "All hostilities will be suspended during this period." would that be the thing Putin always says before hypersonic missile and drone attacks that hit apartment buildings during the "ceasefire"? [23:25] IsambardPrince MinceR, I came across a recipe for deodorant. I might order all the ingredients and make my own. If my calculations are right, I can make about 80-90 sticks worth for the cost of buying one bottle of the store bought. [23:25] *KindOne (~KindOne@23xffjdf3phbn.irc) has joined #techrights [23:25] IsambardPrince They have these things to $8.99 then it lasts about three weeks. They raise the price and then cut the product. [23:25] *KindOne (kindone@user/meow/KindOne) has joined #techrights [23:27] IsambardPrince https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/04/28/spain-and-portugal-power-outages-electricity-restored-in-some-regions-live-updates/ [23:27] TR Bot Europe Power Outages: Electricity 'Progressively' Restored In Some Regions (Live Updates) [23:27] IsambardPrince Russian gas and green energy projects. [23:27] IsambardPrince Very sustainable. [23:55] MinceR 29 002159 < IsambardPrince> "All hostilities will be suspended during this period." would that be the thing Putin always says before hypersonic missile and drone attacks that hit apartment buildings during the "ceasefire"? [23:55] MinceR exactly