●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 ●● ● Oct 28 [00:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [00:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [00:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [00:39] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/2025/07/22/national-park-service-tweets-that-honestly-might-just-be-a-bear-on-twitter/ [00:39] TR Bot 35 Funniest National Park Service Tweets That Honestly Might Just Be A Bear Using Twitter [00:45] TR News "If you've ever used a Mac, you're probably familiar with its Time Machine feature. It's a system restore feature that lets you roll back to a saved point in macOS if something goes wrong while you are experimenting on your Mac." https://www.xda-developers.com/timeshift-brings-time-machine-to-linux-machine/ [00:45] TR Bot This free tool brings Time Machine to any Linux machine [00:46] TR News "Microsoft really doesn't want us making local accounts on Windows, does it?" https://www.xda-developers.com/use-local-accounts-switch-to-linux/ [00:46] TR Bot Want to use local accounts? Just switch to Linux [00:47] TR News "This release introduces systemd-cryptsetup on the systemd-based ISOs to fix an issue with encrypted /home partitions." https://9to5linux.com/mx-linux-25-release-candidate-arrives-with-various-improvements-and-changes [00:47] TR Bot Linux 25 Release Candidate Arrives with Various Improvements and Changes - 9to5Linux [00:48] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [00:50] TR News "I browse Gemini on my smartphone using Deedum, but in my apps list, I've renamed it to simply "Gemini Client." This weekend my Samsung Galaxy A15 received an Android update." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202510/20251027-the-wrong-gemini-on-my-phone.gmi [00:50] TR News "I have downsized my planner. I used to have a daily planner and a weekly planner, one to hold events and logs and one to hold statistics, but I have now combined them into one weekly planner." gemini://isoraqathedh.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-10.gmi [00:51] TR News "But oh, how fun and good the core game play is inspite of that (and the off-putting AI theme). I love playing it." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/compile-card-game [00:52] TR News "This is so jank but I was frustrated with how the rest parameter redundantly has all the keywords left in (unlike stragglers in define-options) so I did a grobian solution at least for now: [...]" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/dsssl-with-varargs [00:53] TR News "Keeping with the seasons theme, we decided it was time to harvest the biggest of the 3 or 4 pumpkins we had growing this year. So, yeah, no big life changes. As I was telling a friend the other day, my life these days is comfortably dull. But, hey, we got a big pumpkin." gemini://tilde.green/~jmcs/gemlog/2025-10-27-big-pumpkin.gmi [00:54] TR News "If you buy a painting, I'm sure that you take the time to have a look at the artist's signature. This has fallen by the way side when it comes to ASCII art. I saw a post today that reminded me to be more mindful in this regard and pointed me to the "Respect ASCII Artist's Campaign"." gemini://lilemon.gemsync.net/log/ASCIIArtAttribution.gmi [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] TR News SpellBinding: ADEIQRU Wordo: SAGAS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-10-27.gmi [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights [00:56] TR News "I'd like to cite Aaron Swartz as a source of inspiration for this entry. I don't have heroes, but if I did, he'd be mine. He is deceased now, but he was more like myself than any other public figure I'm aware of and he had very similar long-term life goals." gemini://nicholasjohnson.ch/2025/10/26/how-to-maximize-your-positive-impact/ [00:58] TR News We Protect you From.. gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2724 [00:58] TR News "These are mostly the same, only that find(1) takes more key presses (though a wrapper script could help with that) and includes a directory component with the filename." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/10/27/find-glob.gmi ● Oct 28 [01:03] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1807.jpg [01:03] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1457.jpg [01:04] TR News Make computing personal again: return to the roots gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-10-27-return-to-the-roots.txt [01:10] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [01:10] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 28/10/2025: "#HowTo Maximize Your Positive Impact" and ASCII Art and Artist Attribution https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Gemini_Links_28_10_2025_How_to_Maximize_Your_Positive_Impact_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Gemini_Links_28_10_2025_How_to_Maximize_Your_Positive_Impact_an.gmi [01:10] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [01:10] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 28/10/2025: "How to Maximize Your Positive Impact" and ASCII Art and Artist Attribution [01:17] TR News Bug in Coreutil's Rust Implementation Briefly Downed Ubuntu 25.10's Automatic Upgrade System https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-25-10-rust-automatic-upgrade-bug/ [01:17] TR Bot Bug in Coreutil's Rust Implementation Briefly Downed Ubuntu 25.10's Automatic Upgrade System [01:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [01:24] TR News Tellico 4.1.4 Released https://tellico-project.org/tellico-4-1-4-released/ [01:24] TR Bot Tellico 4.1.4 Released Tellico [01:25] TR News Microsoft's decision to axe backdoored Windows 10 https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/microsofts-decision-to-axe-windows-10-is-driving-apple-pc-sales-growth-users-buy-macs-instead-of-ai-pcs-despite-microsofts-push-for-copilot-pcs [01:25] TR Bot Microsoft's decision to axe Windows 10 is driving Apple PC sales growth users buy Macs instead of AI PCs despite Microsofts push for Copilot+ PCs | Tom's Hardware [01:25] TR News Japan grapples with deepfake pornography, with laws yet to catch up https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-grapples-with-deepfake-pornography-with-laws-yet-to-catch-up [01:25] TR Bot Japan grapples with deepfake pornography, with laws yet to catch up | The Straits Times [01:25] TR News Spreadsheets Apple ][ Style https://hackaday.com/2025/10/26/spreadsheets-apple-style/ | Source: Hackaday [01:25] TR Bot Apple ][ Style | Hackaday [01:26] whatA____ https://endof10.org [01:26] TR Bot End of 10 [01:26] TR News Australia sues Abusive Monopolist Microsoft over misleading Hey Hi (AI) offer https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-sues-microsoft-over-misleading-ai-offer [01:26] TR Bot Australia sues Microsoft over misleading AI offer | The Straits Times [01:28] TR News "Software Freedom Conservancy had Microsoft, Google and Salesforce as Platinum sponsors: https://web.archive.org/web/20200522063800/https://2020.copy... The whole software foundation industry is sketchy." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45716485 [01:28] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://web.archive.org/web/20200522063800/https://2020.copy ) [01:28] TR Bot Software Freedom Conservancy had Microsoft, Google and Salesforce as Platinum sp... | Hacker News [01:28] TR News Amazon Looks To Lay Off 30,000 Workers, Almost 10 Percent Of Corporate Jobs: Reports https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2025/amazon-looks-to-lay-off-30-000-almost-10-percent-of-corporate-jobs-reports [01:28] TR Bot Amazon Looks To Lay Off 30,000 Workers, Almost 10 Percent Of Corporate Jobs: Reports [01:29] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/10/25/1458239&from=rss [01:29] TR Bot 71 Samsung Devices Can Not Longer be Used in Australia From November 2025 - SoylentNews [01:29] TR News Amazon may lay off 30,000 corporate employees this week, Reuters reports https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-to-reportedly-may-lay-off-30000-corporate-employees-this-week/ [01:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-to-reportedly-may-lay-off-30000-corporate-employees-this-week/ ) [01:31] MinceR > Is it the Year of the Linux Phone yet? [01:31] TR News "Amazon cut 30K jobs .... Amazon to cut about 30,000 corporate jobs beginning this week .... Well its not as bad as they were leading the media to believe. A few hours ago we thought it would be about 75k. I guess they learned the art of perception management." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m [01:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m ) [01:31] MinceR Android and the HTC Dream came out in 2008, and Android is still around, and still based on Linux, so i'd say yes. [01:35] TR News Nexperia's China parent Wingtech declares cash-flow risk despite massive 280% profit surge - car production shutdowns loom as Dutch state tightens grip https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/wingtech-flags-nexperia-cash-flow-risk-despite-q3-profit-surge [01:35] TR Bot Nexperia's China parent Wingtech declares cash-flow risk despite massive 280% profit surge - car production shutdowns loom as Dutch state tightens grip | Tom's Hardware [01:36] TR News Chinese Company Launches Wind-Powered Data Center at the Bottom of the Sea https://futurism.com/science-energy/china-data-center-ocean-wind [01:36] TR Bot Chinese Company Launches Wind-Powered Data Center at the Bottom of the Sea [01:37] *oarion7 has quit (Quit: Running IRC on a charmed medieval abacus.) [01:40] admfubar fungus space here we come... https://thedebrief.org/scientists-demonstrate-brain-inspired-computers-made-from-mushrooms-that-mimic-neural-activity/ [01:40] TR Bot Scientists Demonstrate Brain-Inspired Computers Made from Mushrooms That Mimic Neural Activity - The Debrief [01:42] MinceR a refreshing change from masses of humans that don't even mimic neural activity [01:45] Isambard_Prince The premise that US culture and software is somehow extremely valuable compared to that of the rest of the world, needing some kind circumvention to make it available to those who can't otherwise afford it? I don't see what there is to accept here. [01:45] Isambard_Prince The software is best to be avoided. [01:45] Isambard_Prince https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/10/27/lake-in-the-hills-man-found-with-gun-after-claiming-he-fell-asleep-crashed-tesla-in-autopilot-into-south-barrington-police-squad/ [01:45] TR Bot Lake in the Hills man found with gun after claiming he fell asleep, crashed Tesla in autopilot into South Barrington police squad [01:45] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], ^ MinceR [01:45] TR News Techrights Google News Drowning in Slop (and Slopfarms That Hijack About Half the Results) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Google_News_Drowning_in_Slop_and_Slopfarms_That_Hijack_About_Ha.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Google_News_Drowning_in_Slop_and_Slopfarms_That_Hijack_About_Ha.gmi [01:45] TR Bot Techrights Google News Drowning in Slop (and Slopfarms That Hijack About Half the Results) [01:46] Isambard_Prince :) [01:46] TR News Home Automation Upgrades https://hackaday.com/2025/10/26/erv-gets-home-automation-upgrades/ | Source: Hackaday [01:46] TR Bot Gets Home Automation Upgrades | Hackaday [01:46] MinceR the planet is best to be avoided [01:47] TR News Experiment Reveals What Is Truly Burrowing Beneath Mars's Dunes Each Spring https://www.sciencealert.com/experiment-reveals-what-is-truly-burrowing-beneath-marss-dunes-each-spring [01:47] TR Bot Reveals What Is Truly Burrowing Beneath Mars's Dunes Each Spring : ScienceAlert [01:47] TR News 'Off Switch' Discovery Could Help Clear Our Brains of a Common Parasite https://www.sciencealert.com/off-switch-discovery-could-help-clear-our-brains-of-a-common-parasite [01:47] TR Bot Switch' Discovery Could Help Clear Our Brains of a Common Parasite : ScienceAlert [01:51] TR News First Mechanical Calculator https://hackaday.com/2025/10/26/examining-the-first-mechanical-calculator/ | Source: Hackaday [01:51] TR Bot The First Mechanical Calculator | Hackaday [01:51] admfubar adulterated labels for adult products... https://thedebrief.org/can-you-trust-your-weed-dealer-new-study-finds-nearly-half-of-cannabis-labels-overstate-thc-potency/ [01:51] TR Bot Can You Trust Your Weed Dealer? New Study Finds Nearly Half of Cannabis Labels Overstate THC Potency - The Debrief [01:53] TR News VFETs Are (Almost) Solid State Tubes https://hackaday.com/2025/10/26/vfets-are-almost-solid-state-tubes/ | Source: Hackaday [01:53] TR Bot Are (Almost) Solid State Tubes | Hackaday [01:53] TR News Record-Breaking Robots At Guinness World Records https://hackaday.com/2025/10/26/record-breaking-robots-at-guinness-world-records/ | Source: Hackaday [01:53] TR Bot Robots At Guinness World Records | Hackaday [01:54] TR News Quantum Teleportation Was Achieved Over The Internet For The First Time https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-teleportation-was-achieved-over-the-internet-for-the-first-time [01:54] TR Bot Teleportation Was Achieved Over The Internet For The First Time : ScienceAlert [01:55] TR News No, it is NOT Hey Hi (AI)... they basically sack people who offer service and let people handle useless CHATBOTS, which won't solve issues https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/booking.com-replaces-customer-service-staff-with-ai-a3Pev2k03sgS see https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/03/Evri_Killed_Customer_Support_in_Favour_of_a_100_Useless_Chatbot.shtml [01:55] TR Bot Booking.com replaces customer service staff with AI - Which? [01:55] TR Bot Techrights Evri Killed Customer Support in Favour of a 100% Useless Chatbot That Wastes Your Time, Solves Nothing, and Gaslights You [01:55] TR News Meta Tells Employees Their Jobs Are Being Automated https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-memo-automation [01:55] TR Bot Meta Tells Employees Their Jobs Are Being Automated [01:56] TR News Guillermo del Toro on Using AI: Id Rather Die https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/guillermo-del-toro-ai-rather-die [01:56] TR Bot Guillermo del Toro on Using AI: "I'd Rather Die" ● Oct 28 [02:01] Isambard_Prince MinceR, Tesla Autopilot crashed him into a cop car and he had an illegal gun so instant feloony. [02:01] Isambard_Prince *felony [02:01] Isambard_Prince Your delivery has arrived! [02:03] Isambard_Prince "Walsh said the driver of the Tesla, Joseph Fresso, 43, of Lake in the Hills, told officers his vehicle was engaged in self-driving mode. [02:03] Isambard_Prince Fresso said that he had fallen asleep and woke up too late to avoid the crash." "Walsh said officers discovered a loaded pistol in Fressos belongings. He does not have a valid Firearm Owners Identification card." [02:10] TR News Hong Kong collects black boxes after deadly plane crash https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/26/hong-kong-collects-black-boxes-after-deadly-plane-crash/ [02:10] TR Bot Hong Kong collects black boxes after deadly plane crash [02:15] *nobody (~nobody@9ekhjzdsrdcec.irc) has joined #techrights [02:18] TR News Creator makes Wi-Fi sound like dial-up Internet uses Raspberry Pi and 2-watt speaker to convert digital data into analog signals https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/creator-makes-wi-fi-sound-like-dial-up-internet-uses-raspberry-pi-and-2-watt-speaker-to-convert-digital-data-into-analog-signals [02:18] TR Bot Creator makes Wi-Fi sound like dial-up Internet uses Raspberry Pi and 2-watt speaker to convert digital data into analog signals | Tom's Hardware [02:38] TR News "General Motors trims over 200 white-collar roles amid restructuring, even as profits surge" [02:39] MinceR i guess they won't surge so much after they cripple their infotainment systems :> [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-271025.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-271025.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-271025.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-271025.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, October 27, 2025 [02:46] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/microsofts-openai-math-is-still-a-black-box [02:46] TR Bot Microsoft's OpenAI losses hidden as part of $4.7 billion 'other' expense stake in AI company still doesn't turn a profit as companies grapple with ongoing contract negotiation | Tom's Hardware [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-271025.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-271025.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-271025.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-271025.txt [02:47] TR Bot IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, October 27, 2025 [02:48] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-271025.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-271025.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-271025.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-271025.txt [02:48] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, October 27, 2025 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-271025.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-271025.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-271025.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-271025.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, October 27, 2025 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2025-10-27.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2025-10-27.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-2025-10-27.txt [02:52] admfubar my philosophy like color tv is all there in black and white... https://xkcd.com/3160/ [02:52] TR Bot Document Forgery [02:53] admfubar https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/10/24/make-your-odf-files-accessible/ [02:53] TR Bot Make your ODF files accessible: a simple guide for everyone - The Document Foundation Blog ● Oct 28 [03:07] whatA____ "NonFreeHeyHi math is black box" look at this http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [03:07] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [03:07] whatA____ http://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/ [03:07] TR Bot Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XXVII The Future of OpenAI May Depend on the Fate of GitHub's Copilot in Court ($9 Billion in Damages) [03:11] whatA____ I wonder how far Microsoft goes just to end software freedom, to the point that they did a Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned just to take us down [03:13] whatA____ [joke] missing DLC: Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Violent Garett [03:13] MinceR well, they put together a horde of SJW trolls to attack free software projects for not having a CoC, they put together a "foundation" to bribe Torvalds and take over Linux just so they could drive it into the ground [03:14] MinceR together with Indian Bowel Movement, they took over all projects red hat had power over and corrupted the FSF into saying nothing about cancerd [03:14] MinceR the funny thing is, people don't even want to be free [03:14] MinceR so all this effort is really for naught ● Oct 28 [04:12] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:13] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [04:19] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [04:26] *CrystalMath (~coderain@zb8r4kfzknsge.irc) has joined #techrights [04:28] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:28] Isambard_Prince I'm thinking of moving to the Philipines eventually. [04:29] Isambard_Prince Errr. Can't spell anything with one hand. [04:34] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 27, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_October_27_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_October_27_2025.gmi [04:34] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 27, 2025 [04:35] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:36] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:36] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:37] TR News Probably exaggerated; you cannot use Wi-Fi to figure out things like DNA, an exposed face is more of an issue and unmasking people all the time ie expensive https://www.techspot.com/news/109975-wi-fi-can-accurately-identify-people-even-if.html [04:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techspot.com/news/109975-wi-fi-can-accurately-identify-people-even-if.html ) [04:37] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [04:43] whatA____ any "cloak of invinsibility" out there? [04:44] whatA____ IRL it's called Faraday's Cage [04:45] whatA____ looks tedious if one were to bring a REAL Faraday's Cage just to strangle those sonar to avoid identification ● Oct 28 [05:12] *darwin has quit (Quit: peace be with you) [05:12] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [05:13] *whatA____ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:16] TR News explosive EPO story out shortly [05:51] TR News The Cocaine Patent Office - Part II: The Person Who Planted Paid-for Fake News for the European Patent Office (EPO) is a Cocaine User, Friend of Antnio Campinos, Now on Record as Having Been Arrested https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/The_Cocaine_Patent_Office_Part_II_The_Person_Who_Planted_Paid_f.shtml [05:51] TR Bot Techrights The Cocaine Patent Office - Part II: The Person Who Planted Paid-for Fake News for the European Patent Office (EPO) is a Cocaine User, Friend of Antnio Campinos, Now on Record as Having Been Arrested [05:56] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@g4fkpdw9jnnwn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 28 [06:20] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [06:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [06:32] TR News (NEW): Sparky 8.1-RC1 ARM64 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Sparky_8_1_RC1_ARM64.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Sparky_8_1_RC1_ARM64.gmi [06:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Sparky 8.1-RC1 ARM64 [06:37] TR News (NEW): Done With Windows? This Linux Distro Makes It Easy to Switch https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Done_With_Windows_This_Linux_Distro_Makes_It_Easy_to_Switch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Done_With_Windows_This_Linux_Distro_Makes_It_Easy_to_Switch.gmi [06:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Done With Windows? This Linux Distro Makes It Easy to Switch [06:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [06:42] TR News (NEW): nEMU 3.4 Ncurses-Based QEMU Frontend Released with VM Preview Feature https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/nEMU_3_4_Ncurses_Based_QEMU_Frontend_Released_with_VM_Preview_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/nEMU_3_4_Ncurses_Based_QEMU_Frontend_Released_with_VM_Preview_F.gmi [06:42] TR Bot Tux Machines nEMU 3.4 Ncurses-Based QEMU Frontend Released with VM Preview Feature [06:49] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Ubuntu_Unity_Project_Faces_Uncertain_Future.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Ubuntu_Unity_Project_Faces_Uncertain_Future.gmi [06:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future [06:52] whatA____ i guess that rust blunder? [06:54] TR News (NEW): OpenRazer 3.11 Adds Support for 2025 Razer Laptops and New Peripherals https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/OpenRazer_3_11_Adds_Support_for_2025_Razer_Laptops_and_New_Peri.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/OpenRazer_3_11_Adds_Support_for_2025_Razer_Laptops_and_New_Peri.gmi [06:54] TR Bot Tux Machines OpenRazer 3.11 Adds Support for 2025 Razer Laptops and New Peripherals [06:54] whatA____ "look at them bugs" [06:56] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [06:57] TR News (NEW): Python Software Foundation Withdraws $1.5M U.S. Government Grant Over DEI Restrictions https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Python_Software_Foundation_Withdraws_1_5M_U_S_Government_Grant_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Python_Software_Foundation_Withdraws_1_5M_U_S_Government_Grant_.gmi [06:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Python Software Foundation Withdraws $1.5M U.S. Government Grant Over DEI Restrictions ● Oct 28 [07:00] TR News You can grab 911 Operator for free to keep on Steam | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/you-can-grab-911-operator-for-free-to-keep-on-steam/ [07:00] TR Bot can grab 911 Operator for free to keep on Steam | GamingOnLinux [07:00] TR News "GE-Proton 10-22 is out now to further enhance running Windows games on Linux + SteamOS / Steam Deck, here's what's been changed and improved." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/ge-proton-10-22-released-with-a-fix-for-game-launchers-persona-5-strikers-and-richard-burns-rally/ [07:00] TR Bot 10-22 released with a fix for game launchers, Persona 5 Strikers and Richard Burns Rally | GamingOnLinux [07:01] TR News "Good news for everyone who dislikes DRM, as Denuvo has now been removed from Dead Island 2 making it easier to run than ever." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/denuvo-has-been-removed-from-dead-island-2/ [07:01] TR Bot has been removed from Dead Island 2 | GamingOnLinux [07:01] whatA____ good riddance http://defectivebydesign.org [07:01] TR Bot We oppose DRM. | Defective by Design [07:02] whatA____ we need to end the "you own nothing and be happy" software backdoor and the scam where purchasing is just renting [07:03] TR News The useful AI warning for Steam script has been turned into a proper browser extension | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-useful-ai-warning-for-steam-script-has-been-turned-into-a-proper-browser-extension/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:03] TR Bot useful AI warning for Steam script has been turned into a proper browser extension | GamingOnLinux [07:05] TR News iophk: the necessity of avoiding microsoft mentioned near the end, sw patents mentioned at 28:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um-TVmzzK_g ("The Rise of the Thielverse & the Surveillance State (w/ Whitney Webb) | The Chris Hedges Report") [07:05] TR Bot https://invidious.slipfox.xyz/watch?v=Um-TVmzzK_g [07:05] TR Bot ww25.invidious.slipfox.xyz | NO TITLE [07:05] whatA____ long overdue SlopWatch [07:06] whatA____ but outsourced to a proprietary prison [07:06] whatA____ http://github.com/seeeeew/aiwarningforsteam [07:06] TR Bot - seeeeew/aiwarningforsteam: Browser extension to show the AI Generated Content Disclosure on Steam store pages as a modal popup, instead of just at the end of the page. [07:08] TR News "Hand-cranked "They Live" transformation" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/10/hand-cranked-they-live-transformation/ [07:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/10/hand-cranked-they-live-transformation/ ) [07:11] TR News "Qilin Ransomware Group TTPs Examined By Researchers" https://thecyberexpress.com/qilin-ransomware-group-ttps/ FUD [07:11] TR Bot Qilin Ransomware Group TTPs Examined By Researchers [07:12] TR News iophk: mike is barking https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/27/how-neutrality-and-free-speech-become-excuses-for-driving-out-the-people-you-claim-to-value/ [07:12] TR Bot Neutrality And Free Speech Become Excuses For Driving Out The People You Claim To Value | Techdirt [07:12] TR News EFF works hard to marginalize what should be a popular, anti-surveillance position https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/joint-statement-un-cybercrime-convention-eff-and-global-partners-urge-governments [07:12] TR Bot Joint Statement on the UN Cybercrime Convention: EFF and Global Partners Urge Governments Not to Sign | Electronic Frontier Foundation [07:13] TR News The whole world is out of reason | "Hele verden er fra forstanden | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/hele-verden-er-fra-forstanden [07:13] TR Bot Hele verden er fra forstanden | Version2 [07:13] TR News EU steps up fight against hate| "EU trappar upp kampen mot hat" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/10/27/eu-trappar-upp-kampen-mot-hat/ [07:14] TR Bot EU trappar upp kampen mot hat [07:19] TR News "Sometimes when youre making a PCB that you plan on programming over USB, but you only plan on plugging in a couple of times" https://hackaday.com/2025/10/27/connector-free-zone-pcb-edge-as-usb-c-interfaces/ | Source: Hackaday [07:19] TR Bot Zone: PCB Edge As USB-C Interfaces | Hackaday [07:24] TR News MISERY is a new rogue-lite Stalker-like co-op survival game | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/misery-is-a-new-rogue-lite-stalker-like-co-op-game/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:24] TR Bot is a new rogue-lite Stalker-like co-op survival game | GamingOnLinux [07:24] TR News "TimeSplitters Rewind is a massive upcoming fan project that pretty much remakes the original trilogy of TimeSplitters games and it finally has a release date." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-huge-timesplitters-rewind-fan-project-launches-in-november/ [07:24] TR Bot huge TimeSplitters Rewind fan project launches in November | GamingOnLinux [07:30] TR News Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt to fully shut down in April 2026 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodhunt-to-fully-shut-down-in-april-2026/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:30] TR Bot The Masquerade - Bloodhunt to fully shut down in April 2026 | GamingOnLinux [07:31] TR News Check out the demo for Turnbound, a clever haunted boardgame inventory battler | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/check-out-the-demo-for-turnbound-a-clever-haunted-boardgame-inventory-battler/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:31] TR Bot out the demo for Turnbound, a clever haunted boardgame inventory battler | GamingOnLinux [07:31] TR News Grab the wonderful Kingdom series in a new Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/grab-the-wonderful-kingdom-series-in-a-new-humble-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:31] TR Bot the wonderful Kingdom series in a new Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux [07:35] TR News (NEW): Games: Turnbound, TimeSplitters, MISERY, Denuvo https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Games_Turnbound_TimeSplitters_MISERY_Denuvo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Games_Turnbound_TimeSplitters_MISERY_Denuvo.gmi [07:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Turnbound, TimeSplitters, MISERY, Denuvo [07:39] TR News "An antennas physical properties are inextricably linked to its electromagnetic properties and how it radiates and receives radio waves." https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/27/morphing-meta-antennas-enable-frequency-manipulation/ | Source: Arduino [07:39] TR Bot Morphing Meta-antennas enable frequency manipulation | Arduino Blog [07:39] TR News "To avoid reinventing the wheel (literally), LeMaster started with a pitching machine that feeds balls down a ramp to a wheel spinning at high speed" https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/27/this-machine-lets-you-practice-baseball-solo-similar-to-topgolf/ | Source: Arduino [07:39] TR Bot This machine lets you practice baseball solo, similar to Topgolf | Arduino Blog [07:39] TR News "I purchased this 1946 Royal KMM standard typewriter on October 4th via Goodwill for $22.00." https://boffosocko.com/2025/10/27/1946-royal-kmm-standard-typewriter/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [07:39] TR Bot | Chris Aldrich [07:40] TR News "Recently a former employee who was on the business development team for Apple's server products posted on the Tinker Different boards: not only did he have the mythical MacOS ROM" https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-apple-network-server-macos-roms.html | Source: Old VCR [07:40] TR Bot Old Vintage Computing Research: The Apple Network Server MacOS ROMs have resurfaced [07:42] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.gmi [07:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More [07:44] TR News (NEW): Tellico 4.1.4 Released and Kaitai Struct WebIDE https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Tellico_4_1_4_Released_and_Kaitai_Struct_WebIDE.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Tellico_4_1_4_Released_and_Kaitai_Struct_WebIDE.gmi [07:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Tellico 4.1.4 Released and Kaitai Struct WebIDE [07:45] TR News OpenIndiana 2025.10 is released [07:46] TR News "A lawsuit filed last November by DISH and Sling TV targeted Richard Moy and CLVPN LLC." https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptv-man-settles-lawsuit-for-44-5m-yet-couldnt-pay-his-attorney-251027/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:46] TR Bot IPTV Man Settles Lawsuit For $44.5m Yet Couldn't Pay His Attorney * TorrentFreak [07:46] TR News "From artists to journalists" https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/labor-rules-out-text-and-data-mining-exception-in-copyright-review-amid-ai-datafeeding-frenzy/news-story/9df65f82c2d038a4a9d63da91373e4f9 | Source: News AU [07:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/labor-rules-out-text-and-data-mining-exception-in-copyright-review-amid-ai-datafeeding-frenzy/news-story/9df65f82c2d038a4a9d63da91373e4f9 ) [07:47] TR News "Whether OpenAI is an anti-competitive monopoly in need of breaking up remains a point of contention." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bernie-sanders-breakup-openai | Source: Futurism [07:47] TR Bot Bernie Sanders Calls for Breakup of OpenAI [07:47] TR News "Nevertheless, Windows Centrals sources seem to believe that you might able to tap that full-fledged Windows if you so choose." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2953703/did-pcs-win-the-console-war-the-next-xbox-will-run-windows-report-claims.html | Source: PC World [07:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2953703/did-pcs-win-the-console-war-the-next-xbox-will-run-windows-report-claims.html ) [07:53] TR News "Copper theft does not just cost money it undermines neighborhood safety and public trust" https://insidetowers.com/california-gets-bipartisan-on-copper-theft/ | Source: Inside Towers [07:53] TR Bot California Gets Bipartisan on Copper Theft - Inside Towers [07:54] TR News "This binding arbitration bullshit was illegal until the 2010s" https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/27/shit-shack/#binding-arbitration | Source: CoryDoctorow [07:54] TR Bot Pluralistic: Shake Shack wants you to shit yourself to death (27 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [07:54] TR News "In August, CPB, which has long served as the vessel for distributing federal funding to NPR and PBS" https://www.semafor.com/article/10/26/2025/cpb-hits-back-against-npr-in-court | Source: Semafor Inc [07:54] TR Bot hits back against NPR in court | Semafor [07:55] TR News "When we finally got access to it, WIRED found that the online encyclopedia contained lengthy entries generated by AI." https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-launches-grokipedia-wikipedia-competitor/ | Source: Wired [07:55] TR Bot Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points | WIRED [07:55] TR News "Almost one-fifth of responses to questions about Russias war in Ukraine, across the four chatbots they tested, cited Russian state-attributed sources, the ISD research claims" https://www.wired.com/story/chatbots-are-pushing-sanctioned-russian-propaganda/ | Source: Wired [07:55] TR Bot Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda | WIRED [07:58] TR News [Old] "Now, that message of free trade is one I conveyed to Canada's leaders a few weeks ago, and it was warmly received there." https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/radio-address-nation-free-and-fair-trade-4 | [07:58] TR Bot Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade | Ronald Reagan [07:58] TR News "The ad accurately portrays Reagan as being against tariffs, which are a tax on imports and are eventually shouldered by consumers in the form of higher prices." https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/24/2350203/-Watch-the-ad-driving-Trump-mad | Source: Daily Kos [07:58] TR Bot Watch the ad driving Trump mad [07:59] TR News "Ever since the enlightenment, people disillusioned with religion are always bemoaning the fact that there does not seem to be anything quite adequate to replace its cultural role." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/eugene-debs-and-all-of-us | Source: Hamilton Nolan [07:59] TR Bot Eugene Debs and All Of Us - by Hamilton Nolan [07:59] TR News "The cuts are primarily in corporate and back-office functions both at the companys Stamford, CT, headquarters and around the country." https://insidetowers.com/charter-to-cut-1200-jobs/ | Source: Inside Towers [07:59] TR Bot Charter to Cut 1,200 Jobs - Inside Towers ● Oct 28 [08:00] TR News "The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has walked away from a $1.5 million government grant and you can blame the Trump administration's war on woke for effectively weakening some open source security." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/python_foundation_abandons_15m_nsf/ | Source: The Register UK [08:00] TR Bot Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings The Register [08:00] TR News "Microsoft is as much an Israeli company as an American company." https://www.mintpressnews.com/microsoft-israel-surveillance-azure-idf-gaza-genocide/290534/ | Source: Mint Press News [08:00] TR Bot Hi-Tech Holocaust: How Microsoft Aids The Gaza Genocide [08:01] TR News "The figure represents a small percentage of Amazon's 1.55 million total employees, but nearly 10% of its roughly 350,000 corporate employees." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/amazon-to-lay-off-30-000-corporate-employees-in-largest-job-cut-since-2022-9527291 | Source: NDTV [08:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/amazon-to-lay-off-30-000-corporate-employees-in-largest-job-cut-since-2022-9527291 ) [08:04] TR News "It will have five times more storage than all of Australias other pumped hydro and grid batteries combined" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-storage/pumped-storage/white-elephant-hardly-snowy-2-0-will-last-150-years-and-work-with-batteries-to-push-out-gas/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [08:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-storage/pumped-storage/white-elephant-hardly-snowy-2-0-will-last-150-years-and-work-with-batteries-to-push-out-gas/ ) [08:04] TR News "They are a tool, in my eyes." https://thomasrigby.com/posts/rover-p6-3500-v8-police-car/ | Source: Thomas Rigby [08:04] TR Bot P6 3500 V8 Police Car | thomasrigby.com [08:13] TR News "Australia will from December 10 force social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/australia-and-new-zealand/meta-and-tiktok-to-obey-australia-under-16-social-media-ban-1913045 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [08:13] TR Bot Meta and TikTok to Obey Australia Under-16 Social Media Ban [08:14] TR News "Whittaker said that the concentration of power among cloud hyperscalers (AWS, Google, and Microsoft)" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/signal_ceo_meredith_whittaker_aws_dependency/ | Source: The Register UK [08:14] TR Bot Signal's Meredith Whitaker decries dependence on AWS The Register [08:14] TR News "Watch my talk below. Of if you prefer reading articles over watching video" https://micahflee.com/practical-defenses-against-technofascism/ | Source: Micah F Lee [08:14] TR Bot Practical Defenses Against Technofascism [08:15] TR News [Old] "In Part I, we saw that authenticated encryption is usually the security goal you want in both the symmetric and public key settings." https://neilmadden.blog/2018/12/14/public-key-authenticated-encryption-and-why-you-want-it-part-iii/ | [08:15] TR Bot Public key authenticated encryption and why you want it (Part III) Neil Madden [08:15] TR News [Old] "In some cases, we may want to explicitly identify the sender of all messages." https://neilmadden.blog/2018/11/26/public-key-authenticated-encryption-and-why-you-want-it-part-ii/ | [08:15] TR Bot Public key authenticated encryption and why you want it (Part II) Neil Madden [08:16] TR News [Old] "If you read or watch any recent tutorial on symmetric (or secret key) cryptography, one lesson should be clear: in 2018 if you want to encrypt something youd better use authenticated encryption." https://neilmadden.blog/2018/11/14/public-key-authenticated-encryption-and-why-you-want-it-part-i/ | [08:16] TR Bot Public key authenticated encryption and why you want it (Part I) Neil Madden [08:16] TR News "Ive updated the section on Cryptographic Doom at the end of the article after clarifications from the age author." https://neilmadden.blog/2019/12/30/a-few-comments-on-age/ | [08:16] TR Bot A few comments on age Neil Madden [08:16] TR News "The sensitive personal details of more than 450 people holding top secret US government security clearances were left exposed online, new research seen by WIRED shows" https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-people-with-top-secret-clearance-exposed-by-house-democrats-website/ | Source: Wired [08:16] TR Bot of People With Top Secret Clearance Exposed by House Democrats Website | WIRED [08:17] TR News "Court records show Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a part of ICE, and the FBI obtained Con Edison user data. The utility provider refuses to say whether law enforcement needs a warrant to access its data." https://www.404media.co/con-edison-refuses-to-say-how-ice-gets-its-customers-data/ | Source: 404 Media [08:17] TR Bot Con Edison Refuses to Say How ICE Gets Its Customers Data [08:17] TR News "If you thought living in Europe, Canada, or Hong Kong meant you were protected from having LinkedIn scrape your posts to train its AI, think again." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/linkedin_ai_profile_scraping/ | Source: The Register UK [08:17] TR Bot One week to opt out or be fodder for LinkedIn AI training The Register [08:18] TR News "Browser memories are potentially a privacy nightmare, since they can hold all kinds of sensitive information about users and their browsing habits." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/27/are-web-browsers-with-integrated-chatbots-a-paradigm-shift-or-just-privacy-and-security-disasters-waiting-to-happen/ | Source: Techdirt [08:18] TR Bot Web Browsers With Integrated Chatbots A Paradigm Shift Or Just Privacy And Security Disasters Waiting To Happen? | Techdirt [08:18] *whatA____ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:19] TR News "The Convention obligates states to establish broad electronic surveillance powers to investigate and cooperate on a wide range of crimes" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/joint-statement-un-cybercrime-convention-eff-and-global-partners-urge-governments | Source: EFF [08:19] TR Bot Joint Statement on the UN Cybercrime Convention: EFF and Global Partners Urge Governments Not to Sign | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:20] TR News "Microsofts Teams platform will soon track employees office presence using Wi-Fi signals, automatically updating work location status." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-teams-turns-snitch-will-tell-your-boss-if-youre-in-office-or-not/articleshow/124845035.cms | Source: India Times [08:20] TR Bot Microsoft Teams turns snitch, will tell your boss if youre in office or not - The Economic Times [08:23] TR News "With the US government shutdown effectively paralyzing the National Flood Insurance Program" https://jacobin.com/2025/10/flood-insurance-nfip-neptune-shutdown/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [08:23] TR Bot Private Flood Insurers Are Capitalizing on the Shutdown [08:23] TR News Windows TCO: "State-owned Svenska kraftnt, which operates the countrys electricity transmission system" https://therecord.media/sweden-power-grid-operator-data | Source: The Record [08:23] TR Bot Swedens power grid operator confirms data breach claimed by ransomware gang | The Record from Recorded Future News [08:24] TR News "Shes also concerned about phones, social media, and internet searches..." https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-10-27/jennifer-aniston-star-of-the-morning-show-phones-are-these-almighty-algorithms-that-are-just-feeding-people-and-dividing-and-dividing.html | Source: El Pas [08:24] TR Bot Jennifer Aniston, star of The Morning Show: Phones are these almighty algorithms that are just feeding people and dividing and dividing | Culture | EL PAS English [08:25] TR News "Security keys enrolled as a 2FA method are currently tied to the twitter.com domain." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/x_passkey_reset/ | Source: The Register UK [08:25] TR Bot X assures passkey reset is nothing to worry about The Register [08:25] TR News "What follows is the logout process for each of the major social networks and social media platforms." https://bjhess.com/posts/log-out-process-for-various-social-networks | Source: Barry Hess [08:25] TR Bot Log Out Process for Various Social Networks - I am BARRY HESS [08:26] TR News "I couldnt find an equally good post with R code, and there seems to be a lot of misinformation about double descent online, so I thought I would write my own post." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/double-descent-explained/ | Source: Rlang [08:26] TR Bot Descent Explained | R-bloggers [08:26] TR News "I now think that AI/LLMs suck the joy out of programming. Ive used spicy auto-complete, as well as agents running in my IDE, in my CLI, or on GitHubs server-side." https://alexn.org/blog/2025/10/27/ai-sucks-the-joy-out-of-programming/ | Source: Alexandru Nedelcu [08:26] TR Bot 'AI' Sucks the Joy Out of Programming - Alexandru Nedelcu [08:26] TR News "What I am sure about is that em dashes are part of my style, and I'm not going to stop using them." https://doc.searls.com/2025/10/27/on-em-dashes-and-elipses/ | Source: Doc Searls [08:26] TR Bot On em dashes and elipses Doc Searls Weblog [08:26] TR News "A lot of these claims are cynical rhetoric to keep the hype (and investment) flowing. But it seems like there are a bunch of people whom actually believe this stuff." https://explodingcomma.com/posts/step-2 | Source: Pete Brown [08:26] TR Bot Step 2: ??? - Exploding Comma [08:27] TR News "My impression is that it is little more than cynicism masquerading as software." https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/27/1126673/openai-new-atlas-browser/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [08:27] TR Bot OpenAIs new Atlas browser but I still dont know what its for | MIT Technology Review [08:27] TR News [Old] "Unlike the large language models of today, ELIZA could not generate long texts." https://ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wjds/announcement/view/8 | [08:27] TR Bot Special Issue Celebrating 60 Years of ELIZA? Critical Pasts and Futures of AI | Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society [08:28] TR News "Attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services, bypassing a patch Microsoft issued earlier this month that failed to mitigate the issue affecting software versions dating back to 2012." https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-windows-server-update-services-vulnerability-exploited-attacks/ | Source: Scoop News Group [08:28] TR Bot bypass patch in deprecated Windows Server update tool | CyberScoop [08:28] TR News "The software giant is accused of making "false or misleading" statements to around 2.7 million Australians who subscribe by auto-renewal to Microsoft 365 plans" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/australia-and-new-zealand/australia-sues-microsoft-over-misleading-ai-offer-1912795 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [08:28] TR Bot Australia Sues Microsoft Over Misleading AI Offer [08:29] TR News "The ACCC alleges this information provided to subscribers was false or misleading because there was an undisclosed third option" https://itwire.com/government-tech-news/technology-regulation/microsoft-in-court-for-allegedly-misleading-millions-of-australians-over-microsoft-365-subscriptions.html [08:29] TR Bot - Microsoft in court for allegedly misleading millions of Australians over Microsoft 365 subscriptions [08:29] TR News "For those not as clued into the gaming space, this is similar in scale to when Sega first released a Sonic game for Nintendo, or if Nintendo ever released Mario Kart for PlayStation." https://birchtree.me/blog/when-you-put-your-brands-mascot-on-the-enemys-platform/ | Source: Matt Birchler [08:29] TR Bot When you put your brand's mascot on the enemy's platform [08:32] TR News "Just writing that last paragraph (in the office, on my lunch break) Ive heard 4 different phones beep." https://kevquirk.com/blog/smartphones-are-not-the-enemy/ | Source: Kev Quirk [08:32] TR Bot Smartphones are not the enemy | Kev Quirk [08:33] TR News "So I'm taking off from Computer Things for the rest of the year. There might be some announcements and/or one or two short newsletters in the meantime but I won't be attempting a weekly cadence until 2026." https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/im-taking-a-break/ | Source: Buttondown LLC [08:33] TR Bot taking a break Buttondown [08:33] *darwin has quit (connection closed) [08:33] TR News "In fact, none of these inferences are correct." https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2025/10/27/cancer-survival-rates-are-misleading/ | Source: Allen Downey [08:33] TR Bot Cancer Survival Rates Are Misleading - Probably Overthinking It [08:33] TR News [Old] "Someone vocalising an 'aah' sound followed by 10 seconds of normal breathing emits around 60 per cent more aerosols than 30 seconds of repeated coughing, research from 2009 found." https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-06-14/how-can-we-resume-choir-practice-without-spreading-coronavirus/12344812 | Source: ABC [08:33] TR Bot When and how can choirs sing again without becoming 'super spreaders'? - ABC News [08:35] TR News "Its been over a year since we incorporated HackSpace magazine into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/book-of-making-2026-on-sale-now/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:35] TR Bot Book of Making 2026 on sale now! - Raspberry Pi [08:35] TR News "These comments have been edited for length and clarity." https://www.wired.com/story/teens-stem-school-career-artificial-intelligence/ | Source: Wired [08:35] TR Bot Kids Still Looking for Careers in Tech? | WIRED [08:35] TR News "This matters because Im not just trying to inform you. Im trying to build your capacity to think through complexity yourself" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/on-my-writing-style | Source: Mike Brock [08:35] TR Bot On My Writing Style - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus [08:35] TR News "Regular Positive and Negative Inference, RPNI for short" https://rahul.gopinath.org/post/2025/10/24/rpni-learning-regular-languages/ | [08:35] TR Bot Learning Regular Languages with RPNI Algorithm [08:36] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], Illinois is passing a law that will stop stores from making you use app coupons to get an advertised price. [08:36] TR News "When I got the e-mail notifying me it was back in stock, I did not hesitate and ordered it." https://hacdias.com/2025/10/27/internet-phone-book/ | Source: Henrique Dias [08:36] TR Bot The Internet Phone Book - Henrique Dias [08:36] TR News "This week, my site is twenty years old! I do not know the exact date it launched but I do know it happened this week in 2005." https://jeffbridgforth.com/celebrating-20-years/ | Source: Jeff Bridgforth [08:36] TR Bot Celebrating 20 years | Jeff Bridgforth [08:36] TR News "Given that you can buy a pencil literally anywhere, I might not have needed to bring that many with me." https://johnnydecimal.com/20-29-communication/22-blog/22.00.0154-mitsubishi-9852/ | Source: Johnny Decimal [08:36] TR Bot 22.00.0154 Mitsu-bishi 9852 Johnny.Decimal [08:37] TR News "Of course the true crime is that filename. Every time I opened it I knew it was bad. So, improve it. Stick the ID in there: this is exactly what it's for." https://johnnydecimal.com/20-29-communication/22-blog/22.00.0155-front-door-and-elephant/ | Source: Johnny Decimal [08:37] TR Bot 22.00.0155 The front door and the elephant Johnny.Decimal [08:38] TR News "If theres one lesson I try to carry with me, it's that extremes are bad. And the goal should be to keep the pendulum swings to a minimum, and spend as much time as possible at the centre, where things are balanced." https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/indieweb-carnival-on-ego | Source: Manuel Moreale [08:38] TR Bot IndieWeb Carnival: On Ego Manu [08:38] TR News "California Highway Patrol did not receive word that Marines would fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 17, according to reporting by the Los Angeles Times." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-camp-pendleton-artillery-freeway-warning/ | Source: Task And Purpose [08:38] TR Bot Marines fired artillery over freeway without warning during rehearsal [08:43] Isambard_Prince https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/10/26/felon-wearing-ankle-monitor-admits-to-burglarizing-house-in-wauconda-cooking-tacos-in-kitchen/ [08:43] TR Bot Felon wearing ankle monitor admits to burglarizing house in Wauconda, cooking tacos in kitchen [08:43] Isambard_Prince MinceR, ^ [08:44] TR News Techrights Links 28/10/2025: Mass Layoffs at Amazon and Charter to Cut 1,200 Jobs https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Links_28_10_2025_Mass_Layoffs_at_Amazon_and_Charter_to_Cut_1_20.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Links_28_10_2025_Mass_Layoffs_at_Amazon_and_Charter_to_Cut_1_20.gmi [08:44] TR Bot Techrights Links 28/10/2025: Mass Layoffs at Amazon and Charter to Cut 1,200 Jobs [08:45] TR News "All this is inconvenient, but nowhere near the end of the [Internet]." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/26/internet-infrastructure-fragile-system-holding-modern-world-together | Source: The Guardian UK [08:45] TR Bot Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together | Internet | The Guardian [08:45] TR News [Old] "For the Internets purposes, the degradation was the important part." https://spectrum.ieee.org/jpeg-image-format-history | Source: IEEE [08:45] TR Bot How JPEG Became the Internets Image Standard - IEEE Spectrum [08:46] TR News "Here are the tools I used to conduct my Bytes over DNS tests." https://blog.didierstevens.com/2025/10/27/bytes-over-dns-tools/ | Source: Didier Stevens [08:46] TR Bot Bytes over DNS Tools | Didier Stevens [08:46] TR News "After a few weeks getting in the rhythm of editing the weekly" https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/10/27/2025-43-trick-or-treat/ | Source: Rakulang [08:46] TR Bot 2025.43 Trick or Treat Rakudo Weekly News [08:48] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [08:50] TR News "Fast forward to today, Im happy to introduce Zio, an asynchronous I/O and concurrency library for Zig." https://lalinsky.com/2025/10/26/zio-async-io-for-zig.html | [08:50] TR Bot How I turned Zig into my favorite language to write network programs in [08:50] TR News "Advent of Code is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like." https://adventofcode.com/2025/about | Source: AdventOfCode [08:50] TR Bot About - Advent of Code 2025 [08:50] TR News "On most Linux platforms (except AArch32, which uses .ARM.exidx), DWARF .eh_frame is required for C++ exception handling and stack unwinding to restore callee-saved registers." https://maskray.me/blog/2025-10-26-stack-walking-space-and-time-trade-offs | Source: MaskRay [08:50] TR Bot Stack walking: space and time trade-offs | MaskRay [08:50] TR News "This is so jank but I was frustrated with how the rest parameter redundantly has all the keywords left in (unlike stragglers in define-options) so I did a grobian solution at least for now: [...]" https://idiomdrottning.org/dsssl-with-varargs | Source: Idiomdrottning [08:50] TR Bot DSSSL with varargs [08:54] TR News "The URLSchemeHandler is a protocol with a reply method to return an async sequence of results. The AsyncSequence expects us to either yield a URLResponse and some data or throw an error." https://useyourloaf.com/blog/swiftui-custom-url-schemes/ | Source: Keith Harrison [08:54] TR Bot SwiftUI Custom URL Schemes [08:55] TR News "Working on UCL, adding some missing builtins Ive been finding myself wanting. Nothing too interesting." https://lmika.org/2025/10/27/devlog-ucl-adding-some-missing.html | Source: Leon Mika [08:55] TR Bot Devlog: UCL - Adding Some Missing Library Functions - Leon Mika [08:55] TR News "Well, I think I know why we get these proposals. The thing is that AI can code, but it can't build software." https://bytesauna.com/post/coding-vs-software-engineering?ref=birchtree.me | [08:55] TR Bot can code, but it can't build software | ByteSauna [08:55] TR News "Generative AI is erasing open source code provenance." https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-open-source-may-not-survive-the-rise-of-generative-ai/ | Source: ZDNet [08:55] TR Bot open source may not survive the rise of generative AI | ZDNET [08:57] TR News "Mark Wielaard said that developers are normally able to cite any inspirations for the code they write" https://lwn.net/Articles/1040888/ | Source: LWN [08:57] TR Bot FSF considers large language models [LWN.net] [08:57] TR News "Tracking down bugs in software is a pain that all of us who write code must bear." https://www.troyhunt.com/how-we-almost-found-chromiums-bug-via-crash-reports-to-report-uri/ | Source: Troy Hunt [08:57] TR Bot Troy Hunt: How We (Almost) Found Chromium's Bug via Crash Reports to Report URI [08:58] TR News "At first I didnt want to get involved and after returning from a delivery and seeing the state of things still" https://claytonerrington.com/blog/saving-the-night-at-a-restaurant/ | Source: Clayton Errington [08:58] TR Bot Saving the night at a restaurant [08:59] TR News "Now, every FreeBSD release artifact can be built without root privileges: [...]" https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-now-builds-reproducibly-and-without-root-privilege/ | Source: FreeBSD [08:59] TR Bot FreeBSD now builds reproducibly and without root privilege | FreeBSD Foundation [08:59] TR News "An AppImage is a single file that contains an entire Linux application." https://kevinboone.me/appimage.html | Source: Kevin Boone [08:59] TR Bot Kevin Boone: AppImage from scratch ● Oct 28 [09:00] TR News "They are so weird I dont know how to write this article" https://entropicthoughts.com/the-greatness-of-text-adventures | Source: Chris [09:00] TR Bot The Greatness of Text Adventures [09:00] TR News "Full disclosure, I'm far from an expert, and I've only been running my own home server for about 4 months now" https://blog.nfreak.tv/music-stack/ | [09:00] TR Bot Replacing Music Streaming Services with a Self-hosted Stack [09:01] TR News "Once upon a time, Unix filesystem mounts worked by putting one inode on top of another" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/MountsAsNamespaceOperations | Source: University of Toronto [09:01] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [09:01] TR News "FX, inflation and SKU price adjustments are not considered during the modeling period." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/unlocking-telecommunication-transformation-red-hat-openshift-service-aws | Source: Red Hat Official [09:01] TR Bot Unlocking telecommunication transformation with Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS [09:02] TR News Global-ready from day one https://ubuntu.com//blog/localization-testing | Source: Ubuntu [09:02] TR Bot from day one | Ubuntu [09:02] TR News "Vaultwarden, a password manager application, is an unofficial Bitwarden server alternative written in Rust." https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-vaultwarden-password-manager-on-ubuntu-24-04/ | Source: RoseHosting [09:02] TR Bot to Install Vaultwarden Password Manager on Ubuntu 24.04 | RoseHosting [09:03] TR News "The below featured highlights listed on the communitys blog feed aggregator are from October 18 to 26." https://news.opensuse.org/2025/10/27/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE [09:03] TR Bot Planet News Roundup - openSUSE News [09:04] TR News "Were working on a new feature to display direct results in your address bar as you type" https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/better-search-suggestions/ | Source: Mozilla [09:04] TR Bot Better search suggestions in Firefox [09:05] TR News libc @ Savannah: The GNU C Library version 2.42 is now available https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10822 [09:05] TR Bot GNU C Library - News [Savannah] [09:07] TR News Information Overload or Informed Citizens? https://jxself.org/information-overload.shtml [09:07] TR Bot Information Overload or Informed Citizens? [09:13] TR News Meta and Fentanylware (CheeTok) to obey Australia under-16 social control media ban https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/meta-and-tiktok-to-obey-australia-under-16-social-media-ban [09:13] TR Bot Australia's under-16 social media ban | The Straits Times [09:14] TR News TikTok USA Deal with China Expected to be Signed ThursdayAccording to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/27/tiktok-usa-deal-being-finalized-scott-bessent-comments/ [09:14] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/27/tiktok-usa-deal-being-finalized-scott-bessent-comments/ ) [09:15] TR News Top EU body finds both Meta and Fentanylware (CheeTok) in breach of Digital Services Act https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/top-eu-body-finds-both-meta-and-tiktok-in-breach-of-eu-digital-services-act/ [09:15] TR Bot Top EU body finds both Meta and TikTok in breach of Digital Services Act - JURIST - News [09:18] TR News AI Powers a Browser Renaissance But Not for Open Source https://fossforce.com/2025/10/ai-powers-a-browser-renaissance-but-not-for-open-source/ [09:18] TR Bot AI Powers a Browser Renaissance - But Not for Open Source - FOSS Force [09:19] TR News The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 247: My Senate Appearance on the Bill That Could Lead to Canada-Wide Blocking of X, Reddit and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/10/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-247-my-senate-appearance-on-the-bill-that-could-lead-to-canada-wide-blocking-of-x-reddit-and-chatgpt/ [09:19] TR Bot The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 247: My Senate Appearance on the Bill That Could Lead to Canada-Wide Blocking of X, Reddit and ChatGPT - Michael Geist [09:29] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@p9r7xjwzxkr52.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 28 [10:09] TR News (NEW): IPFire 2.29 Core Update 198 Gives Major Boost to the Intrusion Prevention System https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_198_Gives_Major_Boost_to_the_Intrusion_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_198_Gives_Major_Boost_to_the_Intrusion_.gmi [10:09] TR Bot Tux Machines IPFire 2.29 Core Update 198 Gives Major Boost to the Intrusion Prevention System [10:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [10:37] *whatA____ has quit (connection closed) [10:44] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [10:45] *Now talking on #techrights [10:47] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:52] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@5qfh8ygvjx3sy.irc) has joined #techrights [10:54] *croissant (~croissant@zy9abmr927v9e.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 28 [11:18] TR News (NEW): KDE Plasma 6.5.1 Is Out to Fix Compatibility Issues with Older AMD GPUs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/KDE_Plasma_6_5_1_Is_Out_to_Fix_Compatibility_Issues_with_Older_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/KDE_Plasma_6_5_1_Is_Out_to_Fix_Compatibility_Issues_with_Older_.gmi [11:18] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Plasma 6.5.1 Is Out to Fix Compatibility Issues with Older AMD GPUs [11:24] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 28 [12:07] TR News New Firefox Extensions Required to Disclose Data Collection Practices https://www.securityweek.com/new-firefox-extensions-required-to-disclose-data-collection-practices/ [12:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/new-firefox-extensions-required-to-disclose-data-collection-practices/ ) [12:08] TR News Python Software Foundation withdraws security-related grant proposal https://lwn.net/Articles/1043563/ [12:08] TR Bot Software Foundation withdraws security-related grant proposal [LWN.net] [12:14] TR News Hidden Detail in Crotch Solves a 500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Mystery https://www.sciencealert.com/hidden-detail-in-crotch-solves-a-500-year-old-leonardo-da-vinci-mystery [12:14] TR Bot Detail in Crotch Solves a 500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Mystery : ScienceAlert [12:14] TR News Safe Browsing Flags Open Source Photo App Immich Web URLs as Dangerous https://news.itsfoss.com/google-safe-browsing-flags-immich/ [12:14] TR Bot Safe Browsing Flags Open Source Photo App Immich Web URLs as Dangerous [12:15] TR News When Good Writing Makes Bad Patents: The Synonym Trap in Claim Construction https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/10/writing-patents-construction.html [12:15] TR Bot When Good Writing Makes Bad Patents: The Synonym Trap in Claim Construction | Patently-O [12:16] TR News Windows TCO https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-windows-server-update-services-vulnerability-exploited-attacks/ [12:16] TR Bot bypass patch in deprecated Windows Server update tool | CyberScoop [12:20] whatA____ Google being a Tivoizing tyrant by making Immich "malware" (sic), they ARE the unjust malware [12:24] schestowitz[TR2] gpl [12:27] TR News Microchip PIC32-BZ6 BLE 6.0, Thread, and Matter wireless MCU integrates touch and motor control https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/28/microchip-pic32-bz6-ble-6-0-thread-and-matter-wireless-mcu-integrates-touch-and-motor-control/ [12:27] TR Bot Microchip PIC32-BZ6 BLE 6.0, Thread, and Matter wireless MCU integrates touch and motor control - CNX Software [12:27] TR News Radxa Dragon Q6A A $60+ Qualcomm QCS6490 Edge Hey Hi (AI) SBC with GbE, WiFi 6, three camera connectors https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/27/radxa-dragon-q6a-a-qualcomm-qcs6490-edge-ai-sbc-with-gbe-wifi-6-three-camera-connectors/ [12:27] TR Bot Radxa Dragon Q6A - A $60+ Qualcomm QCS6490 Edge AI SBC with GbE, WiFi 6, three camera connectors - CNX Software [12:28] TR News 1GHz Renesas RA8D2 and RA8M2 Cortex-M85 MCUs feature up to 1MB MRAM, 2MB SRAM https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/27/1ghz-renesas-ra8d2-and-ra8m2-cortex-m85-mcus-feature-up-to-1mb-mram-2mb-sram/ [12:28] TR Bot 1GHz Renesas RA8D2 and RA8M2 Cortex-M85 MCUs feature up to 1MB MRAM, 2MB SRAM - CNX Software [12:29] TR News Microsoft's Proprietary Chaffbot Company losses hidden as part of $4.7 billion 'other' expense stake in Hey Hi (AI) company still doesn't turn a profit as companies grapple with ongoing contract negotiation https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/microsofts-openai-math-is-still-a-black-box [12:29] TR Bot Microsoft's OpenAI losses hidden as part of $4.7 billion 'other' expense stake in AI company still doesn't turn a profit as companies grapple with ongoing contract negotiation | Tom's Hardware [12:37] whatA____ http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml http://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/ [12:37] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [12:37] TR Bot Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XXVII The Future of OpenAI May Depend on the Fate of GitHub's Copilot in Court ($9 Billion in Damages) [12:48] TR News Australian regulator sues Abusive Monopolist Microsoft over Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing notifications https://siliconangle.com/2025/10/27/australian-regulator-sues-microsoft-microsoft-365-copilot-pricing-notifications/ [12:48] TR Bot regulator sues Microsoft over Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing notifications - SiliconANGLE [12:51] TR News (NEW): A Good Start for This Week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/A_Good_Start_for_This_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/A_Good_Start_for_This_Week.gmi [12:51] TR Bot Tux Machines A Good Start for This Week [12:55] TR News Remembering Better Mono Graphics https://hackaday.com/2025/10/27/remembering-better-mono-graphics/ | Source: Hackaday [12:56] TR Bot Better Mono Graphics | Hackaday [12:56] TR News Amazon Braces for Major Cuts to Its White-Collar Work Force https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/amazon-layoffs.html [12:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/amazon-layoffs.html ) [12:57] TR News KDE e.V. elects new board members https://ev.kde.org/2025/10/27/decisions/ [12:57] TR Bot KDE e.V. elects new board members - KDE e.V. ● Oct 28 [13:02] TR News Court orders arrest of mamolu, journalist Yanarda in espionage probe https://bianet.org/haber/court-orders-arrest-of-imamoglu-journalist-yanardag-in-espionage-probe-312938 [13:02] TR Bot Court orders arrest of mamolu, journalist Yanarda in espionage probe [13:03] TR News OPM bringing protections for data breach victims to an end https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/10/opm-bringing-protections-for-data-breach-victims-to-an-end/ [13:03] TR Bot OPM bringing protections for data breach victims to an end [13:04] TR News Massive China-Linked Smishing Campaign Leveraged 194,000 Domains https://www.securityweek.com/massive-china-linked-smishing-campaign-leveraged-194000-domains/ [13:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/massive-china-linked-smishing-campaign-leveraged-194000-domains/ ) [13:04] TR News Year-Old WordPress Plugin Flaws Exploited to Hack Websites https://www.securityweek.com/year-old-wordpress-plugin-flaws-exploited-to-hack-websites/ [13:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/year-old-wordpress-plugin-flaws-exploited-to-hack-websites/ ) [13:05] TR News Ransomware Payments Dropped in Q3 2025: Analysis https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-payments-dropped-in-q3-2025-analysis/ [13:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-payments-dropped-in-q3-2025-analysis/ ) [13:06] TR News The Cocaine Patent Office - Part I: Antnio Campinos Brought Corruption and Nepotism to the EPO, Then Came the Cocaine https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/27/The_Cocaine_Patent_Office_Part_I_Antonio_Campinos_Brought_Corru.shtml [13:06] TR Bot Techrights The Cocaine Patent Office - Part I: Antnio Campinos Brought Corruption and Nepotism to the EPO, Then Came the Cocaine [13:06] TR News Our Latest European Patent Office (EPO) Series Will Last Several Weeks, Will Ask the EPO Management and the European Union (EU) Very Difficult Questions https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/27/Our_Latest_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_Will_Last_Several_.shtml [13:06] TR Bot Techrights Our Latest European Patent Office (EPO) Series Will Last Several Weeks, Will Ask the EPO Management and the European Union (EU) Very Difficult Questions [13:09] whatA____ heh https://news.itsfoss.com/austrian-ministry-kicks-out-microsoft/ [13:09] TR Bot Good News! Austrian Ministry Kicks Out Microsoft in Favor of Nextcloud [13:09] whatA____ or it's slopp? [13:13] schestowitz[TR2] it's foss seems like original stories [13:15] TR News Controversial UN Cybercrime Treaty Signed by 65 Countries https://www.datamation.com/security/un-cybercrime-treaty/ [13:15] TR Bot UN Cybercrime Treaty Signed by 65 Countries | Datamation [13:15] TR News From browsers to better drivers: Fixing Zinks synchronization the hard way https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2025/10/27/from-browsers-to-better-drivers-fixing-synchronization-in-zink/ [13:15] TR Bot From browsers to better drivers: Fixing Zinks synchronization the hard way [13:16] TR News Raku Weekly 2025.43 Trick or Treat https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/10/27/2025-43-trick-or-treat/ [13:16] TR Bot 2025.43 Trick or Treat Rakudo Weekly News [13:17] TR News Paul Tagliamonte: It's NOT always DNS. https://notes.pault.ag/its-not-always-dns/ [13:17] TR Bot Paul's Notes | It's NOT always DNS. [13:19] TR News Mike Blumenkrantz: Apitrace Goes Vroom https://www.supergoodcode.com/apitrace-goes-vroom/ [13:19] TR Bot Apitrace Goes Vroom Mike Blumenkrantz Super. Good. Chair. [13:19] TR News FreeBSD now builds reproducibly and without root privilege https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-now-builds-reproducibly-and-without-root-privilege/ [13:19] TR Bot FreeBSD now builds reproducibly and without root privilege | FreeBSD Foundation [13:20] TR News SDG Hub: Building synthetic data pipelines with modular blocks https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/27/sdg-hub-building-synthetic-data-pipelines-modular-blocks [13:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/27/sdg-hub-building-synthetic-data-pipelines-modular-blocks ) [13:21] TR News Promoting hype and lies https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/27/multimodal-ai-edge-deploy-vision-language-models-ramalama [13:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/27/multimodal-ai-edge-deploy-vision-language-models-ramalama ) [13:26] TR News Sam Thursfield: Slow Fedora VMs https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/avoid-the-fedora-kernel-6-16-8-200-fc42-x86_64/ [13:26] TR Bot Slow Fedora VMs Sam Thursfield [13:30] TR News McDonalds Japan to stop using paper straws from November https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/mcdonalds-japan-to-stop-using-paper-straws-from-nov [13:30] TR Bot McDonalds Japan to stop using paper straws from November | The Straits Times [13:31] TR News AI Phone Farm Startup Gets Funding from Marc Andreessen to Flood Social Media With Spam https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/doublespeed-ai-phone-farm [13:31] TR Bot AI "Phone Farm" Startup Gets Funding from Marc Andreessen to Flood Social Media With Spam [13:32] TR News EAs Attempt to Use Hey Hi (AI) for Game Development Backfiring Horribly https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ea-attempts-use-ai-game-development-backfiring [13:32] TR Bot EA's Attempt to Use AI for Game Development Backfiring Horribly [13:32] TR News Were Laugh-Crying at This Footage of an AI-Generated Video Game https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/footage-ai-generated-video-game-terrible [13:32] TR Bot We're Laugh-Crying at This Footage of an AI-Generated Video Game [13:34] TR News Google News Drowning in Slop (and Slopfarms That Hijack About Half the Results) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Google_News_Drowning_in_Slop_and_Slopfarms_That_Hijack_About_Ha.shtml [13:34] TR Bot Techrights Google News Drowning in Slop (and Slopfarms That Hijack About Half the Results) [13:39] TR News "We do not need any Gamers. We need our men, husbands, sons and boys to do real work, not sit in front of games." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k80qwm7j [13:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k80qwm7j ) [13:43] TR News First Wap: A Surveillance Computer Youve Never Heard Of https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/first-wap-a-surveillance-computer-youve-never-heard-of.html [13:43] TR Bot Wap: A Surveillance Computer You've Never Heard Of - Schneier on Security [13:46] TR News Salvage work for cargo plane involved in fatal crash at Hong Kong airport to be completed Monday evening https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/27/salvage-work-for-cargo-plane-involved-in-fatal-crash-at-hong-kong-airport-to-be-completed-monday-evening/ [13:46] TR Bot Salvage work for cargo plane involved in HK fatal crash to be completed Mon [13:46] TR News Gun-Toting Police Swarm, Handcuff Young Black Man After Hey Hi (AI) Mistakes Doritos Bag For a Gun https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/doritos-or-gun [13:46] TR Bot Gun-Toting Police Swarm, Handcuff Young Black Man After AI Mistakes Doritos Bag For a Gun | American Civil Liberties Union [13:47] TR News Community Strikes Back: 12 Open Source Projects Born from Resistance https://itsfoss.com/community-strikes-back-with-forks/ [13:47] TR Bot Community Strikes Back: 12 Open Source Projects Born from Resistance [13:47] TR News Software Patents https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/via-la-strikes-out-against-amazon-at-dusseldorf-regional-court/ [13:47] TR Bot Via LA strikes out against Amazon at Dsseldorf Regional Court - JUVE Patent [13:49] TR News Exploding The Mystical Craftsman Myth https://hackaday.com/2025/10/27/exploding-the-mystical-craftsman-myth/ | Source: Hackaday [13:49] TR Bot The Mystical Craftsman Myth | Hackaday [13:50] TR News Smooth and easy: India, China resume direct flights as ties improve https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/27/smooth-and-easy-india-china-resume-direct-flights-as-ties-improve/ [13:50] TR Bot India, China resume direct flights as ties improve [13:51] TR News Step by step, how China seized control of critical minerals https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/step-by-step-how-china-seized-control-of-critical-minerals [13:51] TR Bot Step by step, how China seized control of critical minerals | The Straits Times [13:54] TR News AI accelerator selection for inference: A stage-based framework https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/27/ai-accelerator-selection-inference-stage-based-framework [13:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/27/ai-accelerator-selection-inference-stage-based-framework ) [13:55] TR News Malaysian lured with satay job to Cambodia, trapped in scam call centre https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-lured-with-satay-job-to-cambodia-trapped-in-scam-call-centre [13:55] TR Bot Malaysian lured with satay job to Cambodia, trapped in scam call centre | The Straits Times [13:55] TR News Dognapping claims in Malaysia spark fear and anger on social control media https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/dognapping-claims-in-malaysia-spark-fear-and-anger-on-social-media [13:55] TR Bot Dognapping claims in Malaysia spark fear and anger on social media | The Straits Times [13:56] TR News "Running suspicious software in a virtual machine seems like a basic precaution to figure out whether said software contains naughty code." https://hackaday.com/2025/10/27/making-a-virtual-machine-look-like-real-hardware-to-malware/ | Source: Hackaday [13:56] TR Bot A Virtual Machine Look Like Real Hardware To Malware | Hackaday [13:56] TR News Bytes over DNS, (Mon, Oct 27th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32420 [13:56] TR Bot Bytes over DNS - SANS Internet Storm Center [13:56] TR News (NEW): Fedora Linux 43 Officially Released, Now Available for Download https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Fedora_Linux_43_Officially_Released_Now_Available_for_Download.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Fedora_Linux_43_Officially_Released_Now_Available_for_Download.gmi [13:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora Linux 43 Officially Released, Now Available for Download [13:59] MinceR (cat) https://ircz.de/p/25101740 [13:59] TR Bot WHOOPSIE ● Oct 28 [14:00] TR News Hacking Team successor linked to malware campaign, new Dante commercial spyware https://cyberscoop.com/hacking-team-dante-spyware-kaspersky/ [14:00] TR Bot Team successor linked to malware campaign, new 'Dante' commercial spyware | CyberScoop [14:01] TR News Chrome Zero-Day Exploitation Linked to Hacking Team Spyware https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-zero-day-exploitation-linked-to-hacking-team-spyware/ [14:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-zero-day-exploitation-linked-to-hacking-team-spyware/ ) [14:02] TR News Launchpad News: Support for FIDO2 SSH Keys https://blog.launchpad.net/general/support-for-fido2-ssh-keys [14:02] TR Bot Launchpad Blog [14:03] TR News Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 915 https://ubuntu-news.org/2025/10/27/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-915/ [14:03] TR Bot Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 915 [14:04] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: #054: Faster r-ci Contimuous Integration via r2u Container http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/10/27#054_faster_r-ci [14:04] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [14:05] TR News FSF Blogs: FSD meeting recap 2025-10-24 http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsd-meeting-recap-2025-10-24 [14:05] TR Bot FSD meeting recap 2025-10-24 Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [14:05] TR News FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, October 31, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-10-31-irc [14:05] TR Bot Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, October 31, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [14:06] TR News Christian Hergert: Status Week 43 https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2025/10/27/status-week-43/ [14:06] TR Bot Status Week 43 Happenings in GNOME [14:07] TR News Ubuntu Announced How to Fix for 25.10 Automatic Updates https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/10/ubuntu-announced-fix-2510-updates/ [14:07] TR Bot Ubuntu Announced How to Fix for 25.10 Automatic Updates | UbuntuHandbook [14:07] TR News Bug in Coreutil's Rust Implementation Briefly Downed Ubuntu 25.10's Automatic Upgrade System https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-25-10-rust-automatic-upgrade-bug/ [14:07] TR Bot Bug in Coreutil's Rust Implementation Briefly Downed Ubuntu 25.10's Automatic Upgrade System [14:08] TR News Pig-butchering romance scams take hold in South Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pig-butchering-romance-scams-take-hold-in-south-korea [14:08] TR Bot Pig-butchering romance scams take hold in South Korea | The Straits Times [14:09] TR News Rust Coreutils 0.3.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1043390/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/27/Ubuntu_Loses_Features_and_Breaks_Itself_Because_Canonical_Hired.shtml [14:09] TR Bot Coreutils 0.3.0 released [LWN.net] [14:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu Loses Features and Breaks Itself Because Canonical Hired a Young British Army Officer to Make Bad Decisions [14:09] TR News Sparky 8.1-RC1 ARM64 https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-8-1-rc1-arm64/ [14:09] TR Bot Sparky 8.1-RC1 ARM64 - SparkyLinux [14:10] TR News Cassidy James Blaede: Ive Joined ROOST https://cassidyjames.com/blog/ive-joined-roost-oss-community-open-online-safety/ [14:10] TR Bot Ive Joined ROOST Cassidy James Blaede [14:10] TR News linuxsecurity seems to be deleting articles now. Finally, at long last? [14:10] TR News it basically became a slopfarm - a TERRIBLE strategy [14:12] TR News Ubuntu being divested in; yes, "di". Canonical too busy selling Microsoft back doors. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Unity-25.10-Troubles Unity dead, now GNOME with new limitations [14:12] TR Bot Unity In Need Of More Developers To Survive - Phoronix [14:12] TR News BleachBit 5.0.2 added Pacman and Disabled Snap Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/10/bleachbit-5-0-2-pacman-snap/ [14:12] TR Bot BleachBit 5.0.2 added Pacman and Disabled Snap Support | UbuntuHandbook [14:13] TR News How to Upgrade RHEL 9 to RHEL 10 Step-by-Step Guide https://www.linuxtechi.com/upgrade-rhel-9-to-rhel-10-step-by-step-guide/ [14:13] TR Bot How to Upgrade RHEL 9 to RHEL 10 Step-by-Step Guide [14:13] TR News Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, UbuntuPIT, Brian Fagioli, and Surveillance Giant Google News https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/27/Slopwatch_LinuxSecurity_UbuntuPIT_Brian_Fagioli_and_Google_News.shtml [14:13] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, UbuntuPIT, Brian Fagioli, and Google News [14:14] TR News Lenovo Legion devices running GNU/Linux set to get new 'Extreme' mode https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/lenovo-legion-devices-running-linux-set-to-get-new-extreme-mode-that-fixes-previously-broken-power-limits-only-approved-devices-will-be-able-to-run-the-maximum-performance-mode [14:14] TR Bot Lenovo Legion devices running Linux set to get new 'Extreme' mode that fixes previously-broken power limits only approved devices will be able to run the maximum performance mode | Tom's Hardware [14:14] TR News Linux 6.18-rc3 released and everything still looks normal https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-618-rc3-released-and-everything-still-looks-normal/ [14:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-618-rc3-released-and-everything-still-looks-normal/ ) [14:15] TR News (NEW): Linux 6.18-rc3 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/27/Linux_6_18_rc3.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/27/Linux_6_18_rc3.gmi [14:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 6.18-rc3 [14:16] TR News 16 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Serial Terminals https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-serial-terminals/ [14:16] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Serial Terminals - LinuxLinks [14:16] TR News lunas syncing cli tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/lunas-syncing-cli-tool/ [14:16] TR Bot - syncing cli tool - LinuxLinks [14:16] TR News 12 Best Free and Open Source Pixel Art Editors https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-pixel-art-editors/ [14:16] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Pixel Art Editors - LinuxLinks [14:16] TR News BrosTrend 8 Port 2.5GB Switch Review https://www.linuxlinks.com/brostrend-8-port-2-5gb-switch-review/ [14:16] TR Bot 8 Port 2.5GB Switch Review - LinuxLinks [14:16] TR News Bibman BIBliography MANager https://www.linuxlinks.com/bibman-bibliography-manager/ [14:16] TR Bot - BIBliography MANager - LinuxLinks [14:16] TR News Qlustar GNU/Linux distribution designed as an all-in-one cluster operating system https://www.linuxlinks.com/qlustar-linux-distribution/ [14:16] TR Bot - Linux distribution designed as an all-in-one cluster operating system - LinuxLinks [14:17] TR News lv directory listing and counting tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/lv-directory-listing-counting-tool/ [14:17] TR Bot - directory listing and counting tool - LinuxLinks [14:17] TR News OpenRazer 3.11 is out [14:18] TR News Colin Walters: Thoughts on agentic Hey Hi (AI) coding as of Oct 2025 https://blog.verbum.org/2025/10/27/thoughts-on-agentic-ai-coding-as-of-oct-2025/ [14:18] TR Bot Thoughts on agentic AI coding as of Oct 2025 Colin Walters [14:18] TR News Valgrind 3.26.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1043391/ [14:18] TR Bot 3.26.0 released [LWN.net] [14:19] TR News npdfr command-line PDF reader https://www.linuxlinks.com/npdfr-command-line-pdf-reader/ [14:19] TR Bot - command-line PDF reader - LinuxLinks [14:19] TR News luha simple file checksum tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/luha-simple-file-checksum-tool/ [14:19] TR Bot - simple file checksum tool - LinuxLinks [14:20] TR News Why KDE GNU/Linux Chose to Bet on Immutability Instead of Native Packages https://linuxiac.com/why-kde-linux-chose-to-bet-on-immutability-instead-of-native-packages/ [14:20] TR Bot Why KDE Linux Chose to Bet on Immutability Instead of Native Packages [14:20] TR News Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-unity-project-faces-uncertain-future/ [14:20] TR Bot Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future [14:20] TR News nEMU 3.4 Ncurses-Based QEMU Frontend Released with VM Preview Feature https://linuxiac.com/nemu-3-4-ncurses-based-qemu-frontend-released-with-vm-preview-feature/ [14:20] TR Bot nEMU 3.4 Ncurses-Based QEMU Frontend Released with VM Preview Feature [14:20] TR News Python Software Foundation Withdraws $1.5M U.S. Government Grant Over DEI Restrictions https://linuxiac.com/python-software-foundation-withdraws-1-5m-u-s-government-grant/ [14:20] TR Bot Python Software Foundation Withdraws $1.5M U.S. Government Grant Over DEI Restrictions [14:21] TR News OpenRazer 3.11 Adds Support for 2025 Razer Laptops and New Peripherals https://linuxiac.com/openrazer-3-11-adds-support-for-2025-razer-laptops-and-new-peripherals/ [14:21] TR Bot OpenRazer 3.11 Adds Support for 2025 Razer Laptops and New Peripherals [14:25] TR News Tabler 0.1.0 is here! https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/tabler-0-1-0-is-here/ [14:25] TR Bot 0.1.0 is here! | R-bloggers [14:26] TR News Hydraulic Gear Pump Isnt So Easy https://hackaday.com/2025/10/27/building-a-hydraulic-gear-pump-isnt-so-easy/ | Source: Hackaday [14:26] TR Bot A Hydraulic Gear Pump Isnt So Easy | Hackaday [14:26] TR News DicelyVerse Your Ultimate Dice Companion for RPGs! http://renaudguezennec.eu/index.php/2025/10/27/dicelyverse-ultimate-dice-companion-rpgs/ [14:26] TR Bot DicelyVerse Your Ultimate Dice Companion for RPGs! - Renaud Guezennec [14:27] TR News Looking for a Microsoft lobbyist in "Open" clothing https://opensource.org/blog/open-source-initiative-now-accepting-your-application-for-executive-director http://techrights.org/o/2020/09/27/osi-mostly-clearlydefined/ [14:27] TR Bot Open Source Initiative now accepting your application for Executive Director Open Source Initiative [14:27] TR Bot OSI President: Most or Half of the OSI's Money (Even Individual Donors' Money) Goes to a Microsoft-Led Initiative [14:28] TR News Hurricane Melissa threatens to unleash record destruction on Jamaica https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251027-jamaica-hurricane-melissa [14:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251027-jamaica-hurricane-melissa ) [14:28] TR News Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1043499/ [14:28] TR Bot updates for Monday [LWN.net] [14:29] TR News Floating Mini Panel Gains New Vertical Orientation Option https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/floating-mini-panel-vertical-mode [14:29] TR Bot Floating Mini Panel Gains New Vertical Orientation Option - 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Ubuntu [14:30] TR News Qubes OS 4.3.0-rc3 is available for testing https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/10/27/qubes-os-4-3-0-rc3-available-for-testing/ [14:30] TR Bot Qubes OS 4.3.0-rc3 is available for testing | Qubes OS [14:31] TR News How to Install Vim on Ubuntu Without Using the Terminal https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-vim-on-ubuntu-without-using-the-terminal/ [14:31] TR Bot How to Install Vim on Ubuntu Without Using the Terminal - LinuxShout [14:31] TR News How To Install Brave Browser on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-brave-browser-fedora-42/ [14:31] TR Bot How To Install Brave Browser on Fedora 42 - idroot [14:31] TR News How To Install Nessus Scanner on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-nessus-scanner-debian-13/ [14:31] TR Bot How To Install Nessus Scanner on Debian 13 - idroot [14:32] TR News How To Install ReactJS on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-reactjs-almalinux-10/ [14:32] TR Bot How To Install ReactJS on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [14:32] TR News How To Install Gitea on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-gitea-centos-stream-10/ [14:32] TR Bot How To Install Gitea on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [14:34] TR News LibreItalia Conference 2025 in Gradisca dIsonzo https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/10/27/libreitalia-conference-2025/ [14:34] TR Bot LibreItalia Conference 2025 in Gradisca d'Isonzo - The Document Foundation Blog [14:36] TR News Join the LibreOffice Team as a Paid Developer focusing on scripting support, preferably full-time, remote (m/f/d) https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/10/27/join-the-libreoffice-team-as-a-paid-developer-focusing-on-scripting-support-preferably-full-time-remote-m-f-d/ [14:36] TR Bot Join the LibreOffice Team as a Paid Developer focusing on scripting support, preferably full-time, remote (m/f/d) - The Document Foundation Blog [14:37] TR News TTABlog Test: Are T-Shirts and Hats Related to Toy Action Figures Under Section 2(d)? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/10/ttablog-test-are-t-shirts-and-hats.html [14:37] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTABlog Test: Are T-Shirts and Hats Related to Toy Action Figures Under Section 2(d)? [14:37] TR News Judge Mary Beth Myles Has Resigned from the TTAB http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/10/judge-mary-beth-myles-has-resigned-from.html [14:37] TR Bot The TTABlog: Judge Mary Beth Myles Has Resigned from the TTAB [14:38] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Fire the Top Copyright Official https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-copyright-official.html [14:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-copyright-official.html ) ● Oct 28 [15:10] whatA____ http://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ea-attempts-use-ai-game-development-backfiring [15:10] TR Bot EA's Attempt to Use AI for Game Development Backfiring Horribly [15:10] whatA____ EA Slop: It's in the LLM [15:11] whatA____ where's the game on this thing? [15:13] whatA____ http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://touhou-project.news/ [15:13] TR Bot Project | Project [15:13] whatA____ http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://typemoon.com/ [15:13] TR Bot TYPE-MOON Official Web Site [15:13] whatA____ That's the REAL game [15:13] whatA____ (on CJK regions) [15:20] whatA____ http://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/elon-musk-launches-grokipedia-a-new-ai-driven-alternative-to-wikipedia-and-its-wokeness-/ [15:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/elon-musk-launches-grokipedia-a-new-ai-driven-alternative-to-wikipedia-and-its-wokeness-/ ) [15:20] whatA____ Lemon Muskrat's latest slop [15:22] TR News Qubes 4.3.0-rc3 is out https://distrowatch.com/qubes [15:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/qubes ) [15:26] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 357 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-357/ [15:26] TR Bot Late Night Linux Episode 357 Late Night Linux [15:26] TR 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and Maintaining Kate Podcast [15:42] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [15:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [15:42] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [15:42] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [15:45] TR News Techrights Links 28/10/2025: Meta and Fentanylware (CheeTok) Age-Restricted Down Under, "Britain Needs Chinas Money" https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Links_28_10_2025_Meta_and_Fentanylware_CheeTok_Age_Restricted_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Links_28_10_2025_Meta_and_Fentanylware_CheeTok_Age_Restricted_D.gmi [15:45] TR Bot Techrights Links 28/10/2025: Meta and Fentanylware (CheeTok) Age-Restricted Down Under, "Britain Needs Chinas Money" ● Oct 28 [16:21] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) [16:23] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:33] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [16:46] whatA____ http://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/adobe-adds-ai-chatbots-to-photoshop-premiere-ai-masking-and-generative-audio-in-firefly/ [16:46] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/adobe-adds-ai-chatbots-to-photoshop-premiere-ai-masking-and-generative-audio-in-firefly/ ) [16:46] whatA____ Adobe Slop [16:52] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [16:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 28 [17:23] MinceR https://ceilingvibrator.com/ [17:23] TR Bot Ceiling Vibrator(Thumper): Noisy Upstairs Neighbors Solution [17:29] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/2025/08/06/funny-signs-that-are-hilarious-until-you-realize-some-wacko-is-the-reason-they-exist/ [17:29] TR Bot 35 Signs That Are Hilarious Until You Realize Some Wacko Is The Reason They Exist [17:29] whatA____ noise solution http://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=ln4pb7ElRYo [17:29] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [17:30] whatA____ kitty0706 deja vu [17:30] whatA____ original http://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=JSRBornnhIU [17:30] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! ● Oct 28 [18:26] whatA____ http://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/fedora-43-launches-with-gnome-49-anaconda-webui-installer-and-latest-python/ [18:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/fedora-43-launches-with-gnome-49-anaconda-webui-installer-and-latest-python/ ) [18:26] whatA____ "Wayland People" "Anti-i386 People" [18:50] *svenn has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:51] *svenn (~sid413885@qzrq235qjvpfw.irc) has joined #techrights [18:52] TR News The most versatile Linux distributions you can install right now - and I've tried them all https://analognowhere.com/_/auxcri/auxcri4.png [18:53] TR News Qilin Ransomware Combines Linux Payload With BYOVD Exploit in Hybrid Attack https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/qilin-ransomware-combines-linux-payload.html [18:53] TR Bot Qilin Ransomware Combines Linux Payload With BYOVD Exploit in Hybrid Attack [18:54] TR News "Fixing the Extreme mode on Linux." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/lenovo-legion-devices-running-linux-set-to-get-new-extreme-mode-that-fixes-previously-broken-power-limits-only-approved-devices-will-be-able-to-run-the-maximum-performance-mode [18:54] TR Bot Lenovo Legion devices running Linux set to get new 'Extreme' mode that fixes previously-broken power limits only approved devices will be able to run the maximum performance mode | Tom's Hardware [18:54] TR News I just found an obscure Linux distro that's outstanding on old hardware https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-just-found-an-obscure-linux-distro-thats-outstanding-on-old-hardware/ [18:54] TR Bot just found an obscure Linux distro that's outstanding on old hardware | ZDNET [18:55] TR News "Looking for a general, all-purpose Linux OS? These are user-friendly, secure, and suitable for both new and experienced users." https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-most-versatile-linux-distributions-you-can-install-right-now-and-ive-tried-them-all/ [18:55] TR Bot most versatile Linux distributions you can install right now - and I've tried them all | ZDNET [18:56] TR News Never mind Linux Windows 10's End of Life is driving up Apple Mac sales https://www.techradar.com/computing/macbooks/never-mind-linux-windows-10s-end-of-life-is-driving-up-apple-mac-sales [18:56] TR Bot mind Linux Windows 10's End of Life is driving up Apple Mac sales | TechRadar [18:56] TR News Qilin Targets Windows Hosts With Linux-Based Ransomware https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/qilin-targets-windows-hosts-linux-based-ransomware [18:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/qilin-targets-windows-hosts-linux-based-ransomware ) [18:57] TR News Ready to ditch Windows? 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I found a powerful mini PC that's optimized for Linux | ZDNET [18:58] TR News Cross-platform ransomware: Qilin weaponizes Linux binaries against Windows hosts https://www.csoonline.com/article/4079316/cross-platform-ransomware-qilin-weaponizes-linux-binaries-against-windows-hosts.html [18:58] TR Bot Cross-platform ransomware: Qilin weaponizes Linux binaries against Windows hosts | CSO Online [18:58] TR News Heres How Linux Users Get That Cool Logo in Their Terminal https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-how-linux-users-get-that-cool-logo-in-their-terminal/ [18:58] TR Bot Heres How Linux Users Get That Cool Logo in Their Terminal [18:59] TR News Linux variant of Qilin Ransomware targets Windows via remote management tools and BYOVD https://securityaffairs.com/183891/malware/linux-variant-of-qilin-ransomware-targets-windows-via-remote-management-tools-and-byovd.html [18:59] TR Bot Linux variant of Qilin Ransomware targets Windows via remote management tools and BYOVD [18:59] TR News Brotato gets first proper content drop of the Evil Empire era, plus Mac and Linux support https://rogueliker.com/brotato-new-dawn/ [18:59] TR Bot gets first proper content drop of the Evil Empire era, plus Mac and Linux support - Rogueliker ● Oct 28 [19:00] TR News Lenovo Legion Go Extreme Mode Is Coming To Address The Gaming Handheld's Biggest Flaw In Linux https://hothardware.com/news/legion-extreme-mode-linux-kernel-patches [19:00] TR Bot Legion Go Extreme Mode Is Coming To Address The Gaming Handheld's Biggest Flaw In Linux | HotHardware [19:01] TR News "Ive used Windows 10 for years, and with Microsoft pulling the plug on it, several machines like my 2015 HP EliteBook 850 G2 will be left behind. These systems arent bad, but simply dont meet the strict hardware requirements." https://www.makeuseof.com/forget-linux-mint-windows-alternative/ [19:01] TR Bot Forget Linux Mint this is the Windows alternative you need [19:01] TR News The only antivirus I trust on Linux - and it's free to use https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-only-antivirus-i-trust-on-linux-and-its-free-to-use/ [19:01] TR Bot only antivirus I trust on Linux - and it's free to use | ZDNET [19:02] TR News "Its a good read, and I hope the author and/or T3 doesnt take offense to what Im going to say." https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/10-years-of-google-chromebooks-bring-increased-capabilities/ [19:02] TR Bot 10 Years Of Google Chromebooks Bring Increased Capabilities [19:03] TR News Celebrating stupidity as a "win" https://thenewstack.io/ubuntu-25-10-scraps-x11-for-wayland-a-solid-step-forward/ [19:03] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.10 Scraps X11 for Wayland: A Solid Step Forward - The New Stack [19:05] TR News (NEW): Distributions and Operating Systems: Jack Wallen's Latest Articles About GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Jack_Wallen_s_Latest_Articl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Jack_Wallen_s_Latest_Articl.gmi [19:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Distributions and Operating Systems: Jack Wallen's Latest Articles About GNU/Linux [19:09] TR News (NEW): Low-grade Publishers Try to Blame "Linux" for Windows TCO https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Low_grade_Publishers_Try_to_Blame_Linux_for_Windows_TCO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Low_grade_Publishers_Try_to_Blame_Linux_for_Windows_TCO.gmi [19:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Low-grade Publishers Try to Blame "Linux" for Windows TCO [19:09] TR News (NEW): Windows 10's End of Life Helps GNU/Linux, "10 Years Of Google Chromebooks" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Windows_10_s_End_of_Life_Helps_GNU_Linux_10_Years_Of_Google_Chr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Windows_10_s_End_of_Life_Helps_GNU_Linux_10_Years_Of_Google_Chr.gmi [19:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Windows 10's End of Life Helps GNU/Linux, "10 Years Of Google Chromebooks" [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00004.html [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] "More and more of our home appliances are equipped with "smart" features. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] Some connect to cloud servers, which looks like a bad idea considering [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] the risk of server-side failure. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] There are other risks, of course. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] --- [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/aws-crash-causes-2000-smart-beds-to-overheat-and-get-stuck-upright-3272251/ [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] A major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on October 20 had the [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] unexpected side effect of causing chaos in bedrooms across the US, as [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] owners of Eight Sleep's $2,000+ `Pod' mattress covers found their [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] smart beds had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] and odd positions in the night. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] ... [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] Eight Sleep's products rely on cloud connectivity to control [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] temperature and track biometric data. When AWS went down, users lost [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] access to the app that manages its water-cooled coils, leaving them [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] stuck with whatever setting was last active. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] ... [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] --- [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] Eight Sleep - Wikipedia [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Sleep [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] The above article says that the bed is integrated with Amazon Echo. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] Eight Sleep manufactures luxury beds for the home market. I wonder if [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] there are beds in hospitals, care facilities and such which are [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] similarly connected to outside servers. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] Crew dormitories of Japanese railroads have special beds which crest [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] up at the middle to ensure that the occupant wakes up. Similar devices [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] may be installed in military facilities, fire stations, airline crew [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] dorms, etc. Making such devices dependent upon an outside server would [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] be a bad idea. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] Akira Urushibata" [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] :D [19:12] TR Bot to connect to lists.gnu.org port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00004.html ) [19:12] TR Bot crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto [19:13] TR News "I get the feeling that Mozilla Firefox is generally resource-consuming. Use of the Rust language, which is known to lead to larger binaries than c source code, is a likely cause. [...] An exhibition in which examples of the clever new uses for old devices would be interesting." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00005.html [19:13] TR Bot to connect to lists.gnu.org port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00005.html ) [19:13] TR Bot Eight Sleep - Wikipedia [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00006.html [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] "This gives a whole new meaning to the term "site reliability engineer". [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] The site in question being on-site in the customer's bedroom [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] I do wonder how difficult it would be to create libre replacements for [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] these applications. If you rerouted the DNS on your home network, you [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] could probably intercept the communications between the bed and the [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] server. But it's probably an HTTPS API. So you'd need to hope that the [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] bed doesn't do certificate validation or pinning for its comms. I doubt [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] there's a way to add a MITM cert to a bed's chain of trust. [19:13] schestowitz[TR2] What a strange sentence." [19:13] TR Bot to connect to lists.gnu.org port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00006.html ) [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] "Products which have functionality tied to remote servers are products which end users do not, in practice, actually own. The differentiator between possessing and owning is the matter of who has control. In the case of "smart" devices, it is the company which controls the "smart" device and not the purchaser / subscriber. Thus the company is the real owner there." [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00007.html [19:14] TR Bot to connect to lists.gnu.org port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00007.html ) [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] Speaking of server failure, for those that follow videos, there are some complicated beds which failed problematically when the company's serer failed. [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] "How a smart bed woke people up to lack of ownership; literally" [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://yewtu.be/zLeorZWkWGE [19:14] schestowitz[TR2] Louis Rossmann has been going on about false versus true ownership for some time in his videos like the video above. " [19:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/zLeorZWkWGE ) [19:28] TR News "We've been meaning to make a website/blog for the system, but we had a hard time getting around to do it (probably having ADHD, not being able to handle scope creep and all...)." gemini://mbox-sys.net/en/gemlog/2025-10-27_hello-world.gmi [19:29] TR News "Despite not knowing how to pixel art at all and having stopped playing Rivals of Aether 1, I kept thinking of how an amphimorpho character would work. 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rama diella ding dong... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/rama-diella-albania-pregnant [19:51] TR Bot World's First AI Minister is "Pregnant" With 83 Offspring Government Announces [19:51] TR News SFP#40: How to tackle Openwashing? https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-40.en.html "Openwashing" coined by Techrights, now the fake FSFE uses the term [19:51] TR Bot SFP#40: How to tackle Openwashing? - FSFE [19:52] TR News 2025 Youth Hacking 4 https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251025-01.en.html Underage labour [19:52] TR Bot 2025 Youth Hacking 4 Freedom: winners unveiled! - FSFE [19:54] TR News Distribution Release: Vinari OS 5.0.0 https://vinarios.me/changelog/KRYPTON [19:54] TR Bot Vinari OS | HELIUM Changelog [19:54] TR News Distribution Release: Planeta Tecno OS 7 https://planetatecno.com.uy/planeta/2025/10/24/planeta-tecno-os-7-amatista-nueva-version-mejorada-de-la-distro-linux-lista-para-usar/ [19:54] TR Bot Planeta Tecno OS 7 Amatista nueva versin mejorada de la distro Linux lista para usar [19:55] TR News MX-25 Infinity Release Candidate 1 (RC1) now available for testing purposes https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-25-infinity-release-candidate-1-RC1-now-available-for-testing-purposes/ [19:55] TR Bot MX-25 Infinity Release Candidate 1 (RC1) now available for testing purposes MX Linux [19:57] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grokipedia-article-cybertruck [19:57] TR Bot Grokipedia's Article on the Cybertruck Clearly Shows Why the Whole Project Is Doomed [19:57] TR News (NEW): MX Linux 25 Release Candidate Arrives with Various Improvements and Changes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/27/MX_Linux_25_Release_Candidate_Arrives_with_Various_Improvements.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/27/MX_Linux_25_Release_Candidate_Arrives_with_Various_Improvements.gmi [19:57] TR Bot Tux Machines MX Linux 25 Release Candidate Arrives with Various Improvements and Changes [19:58] admfubar yeah bill knows some sh!t... https://www.geekwire.com/2025/bill-gates-urges-world-to-refocus-climate-goals-pushes-back-on-emissions-targets/ [19:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/bill-gates-urges-world-to-refocus-climate-goals-pushes-back-on-emissions-targets/ ) [19:59] TR News "This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 7.8. For a comprehensive list, see the changelog leading to 7.8." https://www.openbsd.org/78.html [19:59] TR Bot OpenBSD 7.8 [19:59] TR News (NEW): HydraPWK 2025.03 (Apes) - arkime, elasticsearch, purplizer, desktop-changes, tools page https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/HydraPWK_2025_03_Apes_arkime_elasticsearch_purplizer_desktop_ch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/HydraPWK_2025_03_Apes_arkime_elasticsearch_purplizer_desktop_ch.gmi [19:59] TR Bot Tux Machines HydraPWK 2025.03 (Apes) - arkime, elasticsearch, purplizer, desktop-changes, tools page ● Oct 28 [20:05] TR News Lizzo Sued for Copyright Infringement: Why is Sydney Sweeney Involved in the Lawsuit? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lizzo-sued-copyright-infringement-why-sydney-sweeney-involved-lawsuit-1749625 [20:05] TR Bot Lizzo Sued for Copyright Infringement: Why is Sydney Sweeney Involved in the Lawsuit? | IBTimes UK [20:07] admfubar https://www.0xkato.xyz/linux-boot/ [20:07] TR Bot The Linux Boot Process: From Power Button to Kernel | 0xkato [20:12] TR News 10 Things I Wish I Knew About Linux (All Things Open 2025) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=TsJbYqvbsHc [20:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=TsJbYqvbsHc ) [20:13] TR News I Installed LMDE 7 on my Main Machine! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=mr0ax54Yi2M [20:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=mr0ax54Yi2M ) [20:13] TR News GZDoom Explodes, Team Leaves For A Fork https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=J3AYSUqLHMs [20:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=J3AYSUqLHMs ) [20:13] TR News Fsearch Is An Amazing File Searcher For Linux https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=x68o5o1l1Ms [20:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=x68o5o1l1Ms ) [20:13] TR News KDE Plasma Needs Your Help! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=lf0ixMctoU4 [20:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=lf0ixMctoU4 ) [20:14] TR News My Linux Desktop Just Got Scary! (Hyprland Halloween Setup on Arch With Dot Files) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=TOTZedtb_d8 [20:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=TOTZedtb_d8 ) [20:14] TR News Zorin OS 18 Core overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=UsT7hu6MYig [20:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=UsT7hu6MYig ) [20:14] TR News Learning The Linux File System 2025 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=p9lCbFq8IPo [20:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=p9lCbFq8IPo ) [20:15] TR News How to install ClassiCube on Kubuntu 24.04 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=0W-1VR3GTxQ [20:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=0W-1VR3GTxQ ) [20:15] TR News Full Linux apps on Android, Plasma 6.5, Zorin OS does big numbers https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Lxa86z9vtw4 [20:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Lxa86z9vtw4 ) [20:15] TR News Fedora 43 Delayed? When A Fedora Release Breaks https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=klIIZIBtmMk [20:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=klIIZIBtmMk ) [20:16] TR News COSMIC Desktop Is Technically Correct But Feels Wrong https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=coZG3iJV-j8 [20:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=coZG3iJV-j8 ) [20:16] TR News Wayland Desktop 5 Years Too Early To Be Awesome https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Lq038WVLQGc [20:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Lq038WVLQGc ) [20:16] TR News My 84 Year Old Mom Uses Linux!...Why Can't YOU? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=hAAbOYf_wsA [20:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=hAAbOYf_wsA ) [20:16] TR News Ubuntu 25.10 Setup From Download to Desktop https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=_chjY4Ipsqw [20:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=_chjY4Ipsqw ) [20:19] TR News THEY TAKE MICROSOFT BRIBES, then write " (e.g., please dont send something in a proprietary word-processor format; PDF is fine, though)." https://opensource.org/blog/open-source-initiative-now-accepting-your-application-for-executive-director Microsoft bribes are FINE, but... [20:19] TR Bot Open Source Initiative now accepting your application for Executive Director Open Source Initiative [20:19] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Videos: Available From Invidious This Past Week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/GNU_Linux_Videos_Available_From_Invidious_This_Past_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/GNU_Linux_Videos_Available_From_Invidious_This_Past_Week.gmi [20:19] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Videos: Available From Invidious This Past Week [20:23] TR News Kaufman County Faces Cybersecurity Attack: Courthouse Computer Operations Disrupted https://www.inforney.com/local-news/kaufman-county-faces-cybersecurity-attack-courthouse-computer-operations-disrupted/article_e9350250-dd15-47ba-81ef-14aba96ebd52.html [20:23] TR Bot Kaufman County Faces Cybersecurity Attack: Courthouse Computer Operations Disrupted [20:23] admfubar https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/how-tiktok-helps-the-stalkerverse-infiltrate-tinder [20:23] TR Bot NEWS & UPDATES | FISA REFORM | PPSA - Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability (PPSA) [20:23] TR News KT Chief to Resign After Cybersecurity Breach Resolution https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2025/10/21/2V74EFM7LVAXHKJFRAZWOUXIQI/ [20:23] TR Bot KT Chief to Resign After Cybersecurity Breach Resolution [20:24] TR News Cyber-Attack On Bectus Parent Union Sparks UK National Security Concerns https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cyber-attack-bectu-parent-union-102921559.html [20:24] TR Bot Cyber-Attack On Bectus Parent Union Sparks UK National Security Concerns [20:25] TR News Resource: NY DFS Issues New Cybersecurity Guidance to Address Risks Associated with the Use of Third-Party Service Providers https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr20251021 [20:25] TR Bot DFS Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow Issues New Cybersecurity Guidance to Address Risks Associated with the Use of Third-Party Service Providers | Department of Financial Services [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: similar to GAFAMware [20:26] schestowitz[TR2] like the Facebook things ("Meta") [20:26] TR News Cheeto Mussolini's Shutdown Pay Plan Prioritizes Security Personnel Over Civilian Workers https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-23/analysis-trumps-shutdown-pay-plan-prioritizes-security-personnel-over-civilian-workers [20:26] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-23/analysis-trumps-shutdown-pay-plan-prioritizes-security-personnel-over-civilian-workers ) [20:27] TR News Windows TCO https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/10/24/microsoft-releases-out-band-security-update-mitigate-windows-server-update-service-vulnerability-cve [20:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/10/24/microsoft-releases-out-band-security-update-mitigate-windows-server-update-service-vulnerability-cve ) [20:28] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/27/shit-shack/ [20:28] TR Bot Pluralistic: Shake Shack wants you to shit yourself to death (27 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [20:28] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (43/2025): Plasma 6.5 and more https://linmob.net/weekly-update-43-2025/ [20:28] TR Bot - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (43/2025): Plasma 6.5 and more [20:28] *whatA____ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:29] TR News (NEW): Fast and Lightweight Linux Distros You Can Install In Virtual Machines https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Fast_and_Lightweight_Linux_Distros_You_Can_Install_In_Virtual_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Fast_and_Lightweight_Linux_Distros_You_Can_Install_In_Virtual_M.gmi [20:29] TR Bot Tux Machines Fast and Lightweight Linux Distros You Can Install In Virtual Machines [20:30] TR News More distraction from Rust breaking Ubuntu and a shitfest of the new spy in the house (breaking Ubuntu)? https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/26/0141222/finally-you-can-now-be-a-certified-ubuntu-sys-adminlinux-user [20:30] TR Bot Finally, You Can Now be a 'Certified' Ubuntu Sys-Admin/Linux User - Slashdot [20:31] TR News Linux Load Average Explained: What It Means and How to Utilize It https://www.maketecheasier.com/linux-load-average-explained/ [20:31] TR Bot Linux Load Average Explained: What It Means and How to Utilize It - Make Tech Easier [20:32] TR News IBM layoffs going on. "Any new rumors circulating about this Thursday?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6b7d7xw [20:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6b7d7xw ) [20:32] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/28/productive-seething/ [20:32] TR Bot Pluralistic: Raymond Biesingers 9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off (28 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k86vt8ew [20:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k86vt8ew ) [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] "you can cherry pick and time slice various short dates to make the IBM stock price look good Arvind and Robbie. Fact is if you compare MSFT's stock results to IBM's since 1986 5 years into IBM selling PCs before the PS2, OS/2, Micro Channel, Token Ring debacles; if you invested $10,000 in IBM in 1986 (MSFT went public in 86) you would have just over $2M today. Had you done the same with MSFT (or many other tech firms as IBM wande [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] red in the woods since the mid 80s) you would have just over $88M. Who has lost out by believing IBM's fairy tales?" [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] notice to channel [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] (IRC) [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] @all [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] tomorrow we leave Manchester [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] Microsofters try to get out of their own SLAPPs [20:33] schestowitz[TR2] which they started [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] I won't elaborate further [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] but we will be back here Friday night [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: pls take note [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] i will be extended AFK [20:35] TR News "well youve lost out quite over the past two years" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k86vt8ew [20:35] TR News "IBM's RTP Main Campus site used to have multiple outsourcing Data Centers in multiple buildings. If the Main Campus is now closed, what has happened to these centers?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8fccj45 [20:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8fccj45 ) [20:35] TR News IBM is "dead beef". It is being robbed, for the old, dying brand. [20:36] TR News "Only 30K jobs to be lost at Amazon ? IBM Management under Comrade Alvind can easily beat that number by firing at least another 100K US employees, starting from the bottom of course. Then 100K jobs will magically appear in India in different job families, with different job titles and modified job descriptions. It's divide and hide, of course." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m [20:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m ) [20:36] MinceR schestowitz[TR2]: good luck [20:37] schestowitz[TR2] thank you, MinceR [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: in 2023, our judgement was correct [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] they are now hurt by their own past behaviour [20:38] schestowitz[TR2] i will say more next month [20:39] MinceR too bad it won't help a bit [20:39] MinceR since humans in general do not desire freedom for themselves or anyone else, and this includes computing [20:39] schestowitz[TR2] they are going to pay for this [20:39] schestowitz[TR2] a lot [20:39] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: right [20:39] schestowitz[TR2] but. [20:39] MinceR the redmond mafia can afford to pay a lot, they've collected tons of money [20:39] schestowitz[TR2] imho, it's a process [20:40] MinceR yeah, the process is there [20:40] schestowitz[TR2] and we keep fighting for what is right [20:40] schestowitz[TR2] even if it takes years, decades... [20:40] MinceR and in the end, there will be justice. i.e. humanity will be extinct [20:40] schestowitz[TR2] i am not that old, I can do another 40 years [20:41] schestowitz[TR2] i think it is now "Safe" to say in public [20:41] schestowitz[TR2] we got allocated the lead juidge [20:41] schestowitz[TR2] in the high court [20:41] schestowitz[TR2] and that is a good thing [20:41] schestowitz[TR2] the case is seen as important [20:42] schestowitz[TR2] we believe she will see what was done to us and act accordingly [20:42] schestowitz[TR2] now the other side seems to be panicking [20:42] schestowitz[TR2] that is all i will say for now [20:43] schestowitz[TR2] we are eager to speak to the justice [20:43] schestowitz[TR2] and for her to hear what was done to us [20:43] schestowitz[TR2] for many years [20:43] schestowitz[TR2] (end) [20:43] TR News Dancer2 2.0.1 Released https://blogs.perl.org/users/jason_a_crome/2025/10/dancer2-201-released.html [20:43] TR Bot 2.0.1 Released | Jason A. Crome [blogs.perl.org] [20:44] TR News Beware of Geeks bearing Grifts https://blogs.perl.org/users/saif/2025/10/beware-of-geeks-bearing-grifts.html [20:44] TR Bot of Geeks bearing Grifts | Saif [blogs.perl.org] [20:44] schestowitz[TR2] one more thing [20:44] schestowitz[TR2] that is not giving away tactical info [20:44] schestowitz[TR2] they spennnt years trying to cancel me [20:44] schestowitz[TR2] they even attacked my family [20:44] schestowitz[TR2] not just rianne [20:44] schestowitz[TR2] they didn't censor anything [20:44] schestowitz[TR2] (they tries) [20:44] schestowitz[TR2] and: [20:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/22/cost-of-censorship/ [20:45] TR Bot Blog Archive Apparently Some Articles I Published Are Worth a Million Dollars [20:45] schestowitz[TR2] *tried (all the above is already public info) [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] the "BIG things" are not public yet, we reserve them for later\ [20:46] TR News Brussels Court of Appeal finds Dr Martens yellow stitching distinctive http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/brussels-court-of-appeal-finds-dr.html [20:46] TR Bot Brussels Court of Appeal finds Dr Martens yellow stitching distinctive - The IPKat [20:48] TR News HEY HI bubble swells http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/as-ai-bubble-swells-spotifys-artist.html [20:48] TR Bot As the AI bubble swells, Spotifys artist-first AI music product announcement might just be code for maximising shareholder value - The IPKat [20:49] TR News "Intellectual Property" is a collective misnomer http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-decolonizing-intellectual.html [20:49] TR Bot [Book Review] Decolonizing Intellectual Property Law An Afrocenteric Approach - The IPKat [20:49] TR News overdependence https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tech-companies-oligopolies-market-control-9.6948559 [20:49] TR Bot Amazon cloud outage downed sites for millions of users, exposing risks of overdependence | CBC News [20:49] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: i just wanted to express sincere gratitude [20:50] MinceR :) [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] you did a good job handlign them [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] and they squirm now [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] we have evidence of what they did [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] how they coordinated [20:50] MinceR i'm glad i could do something helpful, then [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] and how they tried to take our home connection online [20:50] schestowitz[TR2] and blackmailed kaniini repeatedly [20:51] schestowitz[TR2] you did [20:51] schestowitz[TR2] and we'll publish a lot about what happened [20:51] schestowitz[TR2] based on verified disclosures [20:51] schestowitz[TR2] these people are _pure evil_ [20:52] TR News Amazon ordered to pay $20K after B.C. customer says package never arrived https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-fine-delivery-9.6949078 [20:52] TR Bot Amazon ordered to pay $20K after B.C. customer says package never arrived | CBC News [20:52] TR News The Good and Bad of Amazons Dark Patterns Settlement https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/22/the-good-and-bad-of-amazons-dark-patterns-settlement/ [20:52] TR Bot Good and Bad of Amazons Dark Patterns Settlement - CounterPunch.org [20:53] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: their #1 priority now is to stop us talking [20:53] schestowitz[TR2] but it doesn't work [20:53] schestowitz[TR2] because the harder they try [20:54] schestowitz[TR2] the more scandals they create [20:54] schestowitz[TR2] http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/23/Microsoft_s_Graveley_a_Serial_Strangler_of_Women_Pays_People_on.shtml [20:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsoft's Graveley, a Serial Strangler of Women, Pays People on Motorcycle (Dressed Like Hells Angels) to Drive in Heavy Rain From London to My Home's Doorstep [20:54] schestowitz[TR2] it's EPO all over again [20:54] schestowitz[TR2] EPO leanred over time [20:54] schestowitz[TR2] the least harmful approach is [20:55] schestowitz[TR2] leave us alone, let us do our thing [20:55] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/o/2015/11/29/epo-twisting-defamation-law/ [20:55] TR Bot How the EPO Twisted Defamation Law in a Failed Bid to Silence Techrights [20:55] TR News The new species of flesh-eating dinosaur that once roamed south Wales: an imaging technology revolution https://theconversation.com/the-new-species-of-flesh-eating-dinosaur-that-once-roamed-south-wales-an-imaging-technology-revolution-266849 [20:55] TR Bot The new species of flesh-eating dinosaur that once roamed south Wales: an imaging technology revolution [20:56] TR News Why does putting back the clocks an hour disrupt us so much? https://theconversation.com/why-does-putting-back-the-clocks-an-hour-disrupt-us-so-much-268016 [20:56] TR Bot Why does putting back the clocks an hour disrupt us so much? 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