●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ●● ● Apr 29 [00:00] MinceR https://i.redd.it/99fwz2nbc0xe1.jpeg [00:45] IsambardPrince MinceR, I decided to pay "a few dollars more" for the Dollars trilogy on Blu Ray disc. [00:45] IsambardPrince Looks fantastic. [00:46] IsambardPrince I don't think that too much was lost by applying the plot of Yojimbo to a western. [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1d7f) has joined #techrights ● Apr 29 [01:01] IsambardPrince MinceR, Lots of good films from other countries and many years ago. There were just more good movies in the 30s-90s than there are today. What you get today is plagiarism, half-assing, soulless cash grabs... [01:01] IsambardPrince They wonder why you don't have a good movie simply because you threw a billion dollars at it. [01:02] IsambardPrince Some of the best ones had to work with what they had at the time and make the best of it. [01:02] IsambardPrince A lot of things were like that, you know. [01:02] MinceR yeah [01:03] IsambardPrince I like 70s and 80s New Wave, you know new technology and they used it well, to see what they could do with it, and a lot of it was very experimental, but good. [01:03] MinceR video games are also increasingly like that, afaict [01:03] IsambardPrince Today, you get new tech and they find some way of making things worse than they ever were without it. [01:03] MinceR they've got to spend on technology and assets but gameplay gets dumbed down and mostly ignored [01:03] IsambardPrince Press F to pay respects! [01:03] MinceR though to be honest, that's what the market demands [01:04] IsambardPrince I haven't purchased a video game in years. [01:04] IsambardPrince I think the last modern ones that I really got roped into were Red Dead Revolver, Red Dead Redemption and RDR 2. [01:05] IsambardPrince Love the whole "immersed into a Western" thing. [01:05] IsambardPrince MinceR, I played through RDR again using Yuzu. [01:05] IsambardPrince I stopped and amused myself by murdering NPC by dumping them in the water. [01:06] IsambardPrince The game kills them but doesn't assign it to you as a crime. [01:06] MinceR i have, but they're mostly throwbacks or remasters [01:06] IsambardPrince I didn't kill them. They should have known how to swim! [01:06] MinceR :> [01:07] IsambardPrince Mine is an evil laugh! [01:07] IsambardPrince MinceR, I've watched too much MST3K and Rifftrax. [01:08] IsambardPrince Sometimes I start doing my own takes on really good movies. [01:09] IsambardPrince Akira Kurosawa's Ran opens with some wild boars running around. So I started singing "Hakuna Matata" and then Japanese people ride over the hill on horseback with bows and arrows and the picks run away so I break from the song and shout "Oh fuck! Run, Run!!!" [01:09] MinceR lol [01:09] IsambardPrince *pigs [01:10] IsambardPrince "Would you like to see our specials?" [01:10] IsambardPrince Patrick Bateman: "Not if you want to keep your spleen." [01:14] IsambardPrince MinceR, Mandy asked why I was making ketchup. I said, "The store bought crap is full of too much salt, and High Fructose Corn Syrup. They charge even more if you want it made right." I mean, it's basically something you can just refill yourself with some tomato sauce and paste, sugar, a bit of salt. How expensive is that? Like less than half? [01:14] IsambardPrince My great-grandmother had to stop cooking because she burned herself making ketchup. [01:14] IsambardPrince They disconnected the stove. There's always an age where people just forget to do things like turn off the stove. [01:15] IsambardPrince My mom kept going over to my grandmother's house and saying "How long has this burner been on?" and grandma was like "Oh, I made an egg this morning." and it was 4 PM. [01:16] IsambardPrince High nursing home costs and no safety net in the US. [01:16] IsambardPrince Means lots of people stay in their home well past the age where they should. [01:16] IsambardPrince She's got dementia and she's in her 90s. [01:17] IsambardPrince The first nursing home threw her out because she paid for nursing home insurance for decades, then when she was in the nursing home, the company sent a man to ask her if she needed to be there and she said no. [01:17] IsambardPrince So they stopped paying the bill. [01:18] IsambardPrince And then they came after my cousin for it because she signed for fiscal respnsibility, and she had to throw over $38,000 from the nursing home into her second bankruptcy. [01:56] IsambardPrince MinceR, Everything fails to kill the Martians. Tanks, bombs, guns, even nuking them. [01:57] IsambardPrince But they were exposed to germs and they all start dying. ● Apr 29 [02:38] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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Truman: Navy loses $60 million Super Hornet jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier | CNN Politics [03:45] IsambardPrince That's fine. Trump has cost our economy at least several hundred billions of dollars in losses while DOGE is finding couch pennies, at best. [03:46] IsambardPrince People like my parents may not even be smart enough to vote for Trump trying to cause me to become homeless. [03:46] IsambardPrince They certainly don't realize how nobody employed to pay Social Security tax is bad for them. [03:49] IsambardPrince https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/28/truckers-feeling-impact-of-us-trade-war/ [03:49] TR Bot Oakland trucking companies hit by U.S. trade war weigh job cuts [03:53] IsambardPrince https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/irish-woman-cliona-ward-us-detained-immigration [03:53] TR Bot Irish woman living in US for decades detained by immigration officials | US news | The Guardian ● Apr 29 [04:08] admfubar https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/intel-confirms-management-job-cuts-refocus-on-engineering [04:08] TR Bot Intel confirms management job cuts, refocus on engineering [04:14] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/2025/04/28/funniest-software-fails/ [04:14] TR Bot 45 Funniest Software Fails Prove Even Computers Have Bad Days [04:20] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [04:24] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/28/1914200/milwaukee-police-consider-trading-millions-of-mugshots-for-free-facial-recognition-access [04:24] TR Bot Milwaukee Police Consider Trading Millions of Mugshots For Free Facial Recognition Access - Slashdot [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.theregister.com | Microsoft teases pay-to-patch plan for Windows Server 2025 The Register [04:40] schestowitz[TR2] patched does not mean secure [04:42] schestowitz[TR2] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.theverge.com | Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | The Verge [04:42] schestowitz[TR2] sloop and chatbots are not "AI" [04:42] schestowitz[TR2] they just mean [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] the company has financial isues [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] it must cut staff [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] people laid off [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] and to handle something like support queries they might burp out useless automated messages [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] not "AI" [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] this is a lie amplified by the worst media [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] so failing companies get to be painted as "iunnovative" [04:44] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/03/Evri_Killed_Customer_Support_in_Favour_of_a_100_Useless_Chatbot.shtml [04:44] TR Bot Techrights Evri Killed Customer Support in Favour of a 100% Useless Chatbot That Wastes Your Time, Solves Nothing, and Gaslights You [04:45] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [04:45] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [04:45] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, April 28, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_April_28_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_April_28_2025.gmi [04:45] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, April 28, 2025 [04:46] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:47] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:47] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... ● Apr 29 [05:00] TR News Techrights Microsoft is Already Laying Off Lots of Contractors https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Microsoft_is_Already_Laying_Off_Lots_of_Contractors.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Microsoft_is_Already_Laying_Off_Lots_of_Contractors.gmi [05:00] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft is Already Laying Off Lots of Contractors [05:14] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yes, Duolingo has been trying to offer 50% rebates through credit cards lately. [05:14] IsambardPrince It seems a lot of companies that are not really good companies try to slip you rebates through credit cards to say they have growth or something. [05:14] IsambardPrince Like I was saying about Paramount Plus, which surfaces on so many credit card rebate systems now it's unbelievable. [05:15] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I'm not sure why I would subscribe to "Criterion Channel". The library system in my area has almost everything they ever released. [05:15] IsambardPrince For free. [05:16] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The library has parking meters, but there's the county courthouse nearby, so I park there. I take a ticket and the first two hours are free. [05:16] IsambardPrince Mandy asked if I'm supposed to do that. I said, "Probably not but they can take it off what they owe me." [05:16] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^' [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] ER. Or Cloud. Or Storage. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy97hqr [05:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy97hqr ) [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] No mention of POWER. Or Cloud. Or Storage. IBM has been aligned with the radical Dems for over 100 years going back to when Thomas J Watson Sr was very closely to FDR and they would have dinner in the Poughkeepsie - Hyde Park NY area. Thomas J Watson J was US Ambassador to Russia under Carter just before they invaded Afghanistan. This is just pandering and politics to appear in support of US/Trump but we all know the truth that Ar [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] vind how has well over 50% of IBM in India. Apple did the same with $500B as did Nvidia $500B. Once Trump is out the whole house of cards falls apart. SMH. [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:21] TR News "IBM CEO is all in on MIGA (Make India Great Again)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszdzp4x [05:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszdzp4x ) [05:23] IsambardPrince https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/walmart-memberships-boost-sales-amid-trump-tariffs-recession-fears.html?&qsearchterm=walmart [05:23] TR Bot Walmart+ memberships boost sales amid Trump tariffs, recession fears [05:24] IsambardPrince "He said Walmart has seen a rise in spending per subscriber and strong growth of sign-ups through Walmart+ Assist, a program that allows customers who qualify for government assistance to pay half price for membership." [05:25] IsambardPrince "Walmart+ Week" LOL [05:25] IsambardPrince Yeah, I've been letting my gas tank get pretty low. Because they have a 50 cent per gallon gas discount at the Murphy station this week for Walmart+. [05:26] IsambardPrince Basically if I wait until I'm hovering over E I'll get about $8 worth of gas savings from that. [05:27] TR News Techrights What Fake News Looks Like (IBM) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/What_Fake_News_Looks_Like_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/What_Fake_News_Looks_Like_IBM.gmi [05:27] TR Bot Techrights What Fake News Looks Like (IBM) [05:36] IsambardPrince I just made a bottle of eyeglass cleaner spray. [05:37] IsambardPrince 4 ounces of 91% isopropyl alcohol, 4 ounces of filtered water, 1 drop Dawn Ultra Platinum dish soap. [05:37] IsambardPrince Spray on the lenses and use a clean coffee filter (Bunn type) to wipe. [05:41] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2], Yes, Duolingo has been trying to offer 50% rebates through credit cards lately. [05:41] schestowitz[TR2] pay us or HEY HI [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] trick or treat [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] maybe they even faked a lot [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] like, give people stuff for free [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] gain free users or FREELOPADERS [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] boast to investors about # of users [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] even if less than 1% would pay for the same [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] now it is imploding [05:43] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yes, when you see the full price of something in a recessionary economy and it's something you're willing to live without, you ditch it. [05:43] IsambardPrince So rebates that make something "free" are basically a company's way of saying "We get them hooked them maybe if money isn't so tight in the future, they pay us then." [05:44] IsambardPrince This is where Paramount Plus is at. They lay people off. They cancel shows. It's not healthy. [05:44] IsambardPrince It's going to die at some point it's just a matter of when. [05:44] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-29.gmi [05:46] TR News A week ago 3k active capsules, now 3010. gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi [05:47] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1279.jpg [05:47] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1629.jpg [05:48] TR News [flowers] [japan] [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-04-28.gmi [05:49] TR News Sharing our transient elpher menu gopher://box.matto.nl/0/sharing-our-transient-elpher-menu.txt [05:50] TR News openBSD on my work computer gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/openBSD [05:51] TR News "Perhaps the lesson is not that perfectionism is bad, but that perfectionism is only good after you have something to show." gemini://tilde.club/~sfelicio/gemlog/2025-04-28.gmi [05:53] TR News "recently i came across a series of video lectures by Robert Paul Wolff on immanuel kant's critique of pure reason. 8 videos, 1 hour each, 2016 youtube uploads. I was immediately charmed by Wolff's alternating balance of theory and anecdote." gemini://highstakesbingo.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-04-28%20on%20the%20hunt%20for%20grandparents.gmi [05:55] TR News "Your Sim has no real direction in life. One day, they make a grilled cheese sandwich and have a revelation. They immediately decide to quit their job and devote their life to spreading the gospel of Cheesus." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-04-28 [05:57] TR News "I found a fully opened, dried-out spruce cone on the ground. I observed that the scales are arranged as a set of spirals stacked above each other. This stack is six spirals deep, not counting a small flower-like set of scales at the top, which are shaped similar to a rose." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250428-2.gmi [05:57] TR News Tanana Ice Shard Forest gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250428-1.gmi [05:58] TR News "Lots of pink, as well as some yellow pink and some dark-pink, on the bottoms of flat clouds over hills to the East. The "pink" has a hint of orange. The clouds are puffy but flat, and not very thick. I can see the silhouette of a radio tower against the sunrise." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250428-0.gmi ● Apr 29 [06:01] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 28/04/2025: Free Speech and Perfectionism in Design https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Gemini_Links_28_04_2025_Free_Speech_and_Perfectionism_in_Design.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Gemini_Links_28_04_2025_Free_Speech_and_Perfectionism_in_Design.gmi [06:01] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 28/04/2025: Free Speech and Perfectionism in Design [06:01] TR News "Its called AI (All Indians) strategy for a reason" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsty5m1k [06:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsty5m1k ) [06:02] TR News "It never stops, yep" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszv0s0f [06:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszv0s0f ) [06:04] TR News "Ohio loses Microsoft plant, union leader worries Intel could be next" https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/with-intels-latest-layoffs-will-the-ohio-plant-ever-be-built [06:04] TR Bot Will the Ohio Intel plant ever be built? [06:04] TR News Intel's New CEO Outlines Strategy Behind Layoff Policy https://en.tempo.co/read/2001465/intels-new-ceo-outlines-strategy-behind-layoff-policy [06:04] TR Bot New CEO Outlines Strategy Behind Layoff Policy - Sci En.tempo.co [06:13] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The problem with consumerism is basically just that it appeals to covetous people. [06:13] IsambardPrince I'm watching The Silence of the Lambs again. Criterion version. [06:14] IsambardPrince Lecter says "Do our eyes search for things to covet? We covet what we see every day." [06:14] IsambardPrince If you start paying too much attention to advertising, you may become covetous for a new car or an iPhone you don't need. [06:15] IsambardPrince If you start watching a ton of porn, you might become covetous of people that look like those models, and then you objectify them. [06:16] TR News Earning mone is hard. Losing money is easy. Losing OTHER people's money is EASIEST. [06:16] IsambardPrince https://parade.com/983468/alexandra-hurtado/princess-bride-quotes/ [06:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://parade.com/983468/alexandra-hurtado/princess-bride-quotes/ ) [06:16] IsambardPrince 1. "Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something." [06:19] TR News Techrights New Video Report About Microsoft Cancelling Multi-Billion Dollar Projects https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/New_Video_Report_About_Microsoft_Cancelling_Multi_Billion_Dolla.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/New_Video_Report_About_Microsoft_Cancelling_Multi_Billion_Dolla.gmi [06:19] TR Bot Techrights New Video Report About Microsoft Cancelling Multi-Billion Dollar Projects [06:22] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Small stuff too. [06:22] IsambardPrince Saw an article that nearly 200 people were being laid off on some sort of shuttle bus because Microsoft nixed the contract. [06:23] schestowitz[TR2] wait [06:23] schestowitz[TR2] did you seE: [06:23] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Microsoft_is_Already_Laying_Off_Lots_of_Contractors.shtml [06:23] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft is Already Laying Off Lots of Contractors [06:23] IsambardPrince Maybe [06:23] schestowitz[TR2] that's the one [06:23] schestowitz[TR2] you just mentioned [06:23] schestowitz[TR2] many companies have their own buses [06:23] IsambardPrince ahh [06:23] schestowitz[TR2] micxrosoft does contractingh [06:24] schestowitz[TR2] this way is can "switch them on and off" [06:24] schestowitz[TR2] like a tap [06:24] schestowitz[TR2] any time they want [06:24] schestowitz[TR2] no severance etc. [06:24] schestowitz[TR2] it's a bit like gig economy, just bigger [06:24] schestowitz[TR2] in sirius we had gov clients [06:24] schestowitz[TR2] when the pension money was stolen i contacted them [06:24] schestowitz[TR2] asss a contractor of theirs [06:25] schestowitz[TR2] to lettt them know about the crime [06:25] schestowitz[TR2] silence [06:25] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], John said Seattle's ports are empty. [06:25] IsambardPrince Worse than COVID. [06:25] schestowitz[TR2] it's convenient to them [06:25] schestowitz[TR2] right now we live off the warrrehouses [06:25] schestowitz[TR2] so you do not see the shortages jkust yet [06:25] schestowitz[TR2] it'll come [06:26] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.salon.com/2025/04/28/poll-numbers-are-so-abysmal-hes-crying-fraud/ [06:26] schestowitz[TR2] -TechPolBot/#techpol- Trump's poll numbers are so abysmal he's crying "fraud" | Salon.com [06:26] schestowitz[TR2] lol [06:26] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.rawstory.com/trump-business-2671857773/ [06:26] schestowitz[TR2] -TechPolBot/#techpol- www.rawstory.com | 'Worse than Afghanistan' but good for portfolio: Trump is cashing in on cities he hates - Raw Story [06:26] TR Bot poll numbers are so abysmal he's crying "fraud" | Salon.com [06:26] TR Bot 'Worse than Afghanistan' but good for portfolio: Trump is cashing in on cities he hates - Raw Story [06:26] IsambardPrince Yes, they made a mad rush to get everything in they could. [06:26] IsambardPrince Which buys them a couple of months. [06:26] schestowitz[TR2] coffee prices are up [06:26] schestowitz[TR2] by a LOT [06:26] schestowitz[TR2] https://groceries.asda.com/search/coffee/products?page=2 [06:26] TR Bot NO TITLE [06:26] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I don't mind the fact that people who voted for this will eat crow. [06:27] IsambardPrince But everyone will suffer. [06:27] schestowitz[TR2] https://groceries.asda.com/search/coffee/products/ [06:27] TR Bot NO TITLE [06:27] schestowitz[TR2] 3 pounds per 100g for decent brand [06:27] schestowitz[TR2] and 100g is not much [06:27] schestowitz[TR2] yesterday we saw nescafe at the shop [06:27] schestowitz[TR2] they made it look cheap [06:27] schestowitz[TR2] it saaays, 3 in 1 [06:27] schestowitz[TR2] which i assumed meant [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] they mis it with noncoffee, like whitening powder [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] and then put them in sachet [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] in a big pack with air in it [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] so it's 2.50 for 320 grams [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] but not of coffee [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] of wrapping paper, white powder etc. [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] it might be good for 15-20 cups [06:28] schestowitz[TR2] and that's it [06:29] schestowitz[TR2] a new marketing method [06:29] schestowitz[TR2] Nescafe (3.37/100g) [06:29] schestowitz[TR2] 34 pounds per kilo [06:30] schestowitz[TR2] people work 3 hours for this at minnn wage [06:30] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours for a kilo of coffee [06:30] schestowitz[TR2] now they sell you 8 sachets [06:30] schestowitz[TR2] https://groceries.asda.com/product/cappuccino-latte-sachets/nescafe-gold-caramel-latte-coffee-sachets/910001268193 [06:30] TR Bot NO TITLE [06:30] schestowitz[TR2] 8 mugs [06:30] schestowitz[TR2] for 1.70 [06:30] schestowitz[TR2] they are likew pinoys [06:31] schestowitz[TR2] they target a market like its micripayment budget is like "till manana" [06:31] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Watched Risky Business yesterday. Criterion release. [06:31] schestowitz[TR2] maybe soon they'll start selling us pantene in sachets [06:31] schestowitz[TR2] to hide the true cost\ [06:31] IsambardPrince They were at a swanky hotel in 1983, and his friend was mad about "$4 for a hot chocolate" [06:31] schestowitz[TR2] and add to volume with packaging material [06:31] IsambardPrince Said "where else could you pay that?" [06:31] IsambardPrince I laughed and said "$8 at Starbucks in about 40 years." [06:31] schestowitz[TR2] choc also got expensive [06:32] schestowitz[TR2] we took like 2kg of choc yesterday [06:32] schestowitz[TR2] put it in the fridge [06:32] *KindOne (kindone@user/meow/KindOne) has joined #techrights [06:32] schestowitz[TR2] so they want to charge you 20 p for a mug of coffee at home [06:32] schestowitz[TR2] not inc. kettle, milk [06:33] schestowitz[TR2] so you don't notice the truuue cost [06:33] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], It would help if Trump at least told Walmart that if they switched their supply lines away from China that he wouldn't just hit those countries with 145% tariffs. [06:33] schestowitz[TR2] after 4 cups a day for a month you're paying like 40 a month [06:33] schestowitz[TR2] more than your water bill [06:33] IsambardPrince But he won't commit to anything. It's just insanity every day, and he changes his mind more than I change my underwear. [06:34] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yes, I drink exactly half a liter of coffee in the morning. [06:34] IsambardPrince I know because that's where my travel mug is full after I add cream and splenda. [06:34] IsambardPrince And if I make 0.75 liters, then there's waste going down the sink. [06:35] IsambardPrince So I only make half a liter. [06:35] schestowitz[TR2] Trump Just FURIOUSLY SNAPPED At Seth Meyers OVER THIS https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ST71nMLUtoc [06:35] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ST71nMLUtoc ) [06:35] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], When coffee was $4 and you got the can that never ran out, and it was the national brand.... [06:35] IsambardPrince Nobody cared how much went down the sink. [06:35] schestowitz[TR2] a friend told me choc and coffee bbbboth went up by a lot [06:36] schestowitz[TR2] and are not unaffordable or luxury [06:36] schestowitz[TR2] i still have a lot of coffee, but only for 6 months more [06:36] IsambardPrince Low prices tend to lead to carelessness because it's not really costing you anything. [06:36] schestowitz[TR2] no, it addsss up [06:36] schestowitz[TR2] always add it up [06:36] schestowitz[TR2] like a gym [06:36] schestowitz[TR2] we useed to pay over 1000 a year [06:36] schestowitz[TR2] and for what? [06:36] schestowitz[TR2] to use the tttreadmill? [06:36] schestowitz[TR2] the showers? [06:37] IsambardPrince You have a shower. [06:37] schestowitz[TR2] you can run in the past in summer [06:37] schestowitz[TR2] *park [06:37] schestowitz[TR2] and your shower is clean, not shared [06:37] IsambardPrince If all you are using is a treadmill, run to Walmart and get a treadmill for a few hundred bucks. [06:37] schestowitz[TR2] anyway, it adds up [06:37] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yeah, you use a communal shower, wear sandals or else. [06:37] schestowitz[TR2] 10 years of gym can be 10,000 pounds or more [06:37] IsambardPrince Enjoy the athlete's foot and plantar warts. [06:37] schestowitz[TR2] you can buy a car, but that's aprt the story [06:38] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I tried explaining this to my mother. [06:38] schestowitz[TR2] a car is like 3000 a year just to "own" [06:38] IsambardPrince She doesn't get how seemingly small things like streaming and gyms can get entirely out of hand for something you can't really use anyway. [06:38] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: then you need to wash the sndals [06:38] schestowitz[TR2] every time [06:38] schestowitz[TR2] as they go inside your bag [06:38] schestowitz[TR2] and then you unload, pack the bag [06:38] schestowitz[TR2] lots of time wasted [06:38] schestowitz[TR2] to use a treadmill and weights [06:38] IsambardPrince Public showers are just gross. [06:38] schestowitz[TR2] i booought some for home [06:39] IsambardPrince I used to grab a pair for like $1 in the 90s. Just the cheapest one they made. [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] the equipment is not that expensive [06:39] IsambardPrince We'd go to a KOA or something, campground. [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] but anyway, back to coffee [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] coffee for a hneavy drinker of it is not cheap [06:39] IsambardPrince I'd toss them in a Walmart bag when I was done. [06:39] IsambardPrince Threw them out at the end of the week. [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] it useeed to be maybe 10 pounds a month [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] at most [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] now it can be lllike your water bill and more [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] not counting milk, kettle [06:39] schestowitz[TR2] just the brown stuff [06:39] IsambardPrince I stocked up deep on coffee when it was still on sale a lot. [06:40] IsambardPrince Now I just need to control the rate I burn through it and I may be good for years. [06:40] schestowitz[TR2] ppprotein shakes also went up innn price [06:40] schestowitz[TR2] we have enmough for 2-3 more years [06:40] schestowitz[TR2] i used to buy aaa tube for 10 pounds in 2000 [06:40] schestowitz[TR2] now they're like 50 or 60 [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] when the warehouses run dry due to cheeto tariffs [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] they will come raid your mom's home [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] for all those parcels [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] see what they can replish [06:41] IsambardPrince Heat transfer. [06:41] schestowitz[TR2] at the warehouise [06:41] IsambardPrince Stuck the instant pot insert in the sink. Running cold water. [06:42] IsambardPrince Cools the pot so I can get my banana bread out. [06:42] IsambardPrince Flushes the pipes so I can draw fresh water for my Brita. [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] *replenish [06:45] *schestowitz[TR2] back [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] we start to have ssso many indoor plants that i forget to waterrr some ooof them [06:45] schestowitz[TR2] need to restart barrier here, multiple keystrokes pass [06:46] IsambardPrince Flushing the pipes for a couple minutes gets most of the lead out if you have lead service pipes. [06:46] schestowitz[TR2] done. [06:46] IsambardPrince Cities were cheating the tests by telling people to run the tap for a minute and a half then collect the sample water. [06:47] IsambardPrince It would get rid of about 90% of the lead then they'd pass. [06:47] IsambardPrince But that's not how most people use the tap. [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] you could [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] make a large containe [06:47] IsambardPrince Yes, knowing that, you can. [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] like 100 gallons [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] fill it [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] then suck off it it [06:47] schestowitz[TR2] *of it [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] some people do that for filtering [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] take it from the pipe [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] ionisation tackled too [06:48] IsambardPrince I run the tap for a minute and a half or so and then draw 3 gallons to fill the Brita pitchers. [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] i feed water to the coffee maker through a jug [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] it sits there half a day warming up [06:48] IsambardPrince The standard Brita is not rated for lead, but most lab tests show that they do reduce it by about 60-70%. [06:49] IsambardPrince I figure if I can flush the pipe then filter it through the Brita, most of the lead is probably gone. [06:49] IsambardPrince It also seems to lower Zinc and Copper from flushing. [06:50] IsambardPrince I notice if I draw some and taste it without flushing, it tastes much worse than flush for a minute and a half then taste, and that's before I even filter it. [06:50] IsambardPrince So we've got deteriorating plumbing in this building that's leeching god knows what. Lead is tasteless, but Zinc and Copper are not. [06:52] IsambardPrince The Brita can remove Zinc and Copper but only until the Ion Exchange pearls are depleted. [06:53] IsambardPrince Do your water may start tasting metallic again while the rest of the filter has some life left if you don't flush. [06:56] IsambardPrince I don't have an aerator on my faucet. [06:57] IsambardPrince Took it off so lead won't accumulate in it and the water flows out faster. [06:58] *schestowitz[TR2] back [06:59] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I need to freeze bananas in a couple days. [06:59] schestowitz[TR2] bread? [06:59] IsambardPrince I want to give them time to over-ripen. [06:59] IsambardPrince Yeah, you peel them, put them in the freezer a few hours on a baking sheet, then take it out and put them in freezer bags. [06:59] IsambardPrince They'll be good for a few months. ● Apr 29 [07:00] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Walmart came out with 12.5 pounds of bananas when I only wanted six bananas. [07:00] schestowitz[TR2] afaik, us does not grow many of its own bananas [07:00] IsambardPrince Nope. [07:00] schestowitz[TR2] many come from the south - same as here [07:00] schestowitz[TR2] so the tariffs would likely mean less fruit [07:00] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], We can grow bananas, in a hot house. [07:00] schestowitz[TR2] hence, worse health [07:00] schestowitz[TR2] "MAHA!!" [07:01] IsambardPrince If it becomes cheaper to grow them in a hot house I suspect they will. [07:04] *KindOne (~KindOne@23xffjdf3phbn.irc) has joined #techrights [07:04] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I now own over 300 Criterion movies on DVD or Blu Ray. [07:04] IsambardPrince Some are older DVDs I have from the 90s and 2000s. [07:05] IsambardPrince Those an Studio Ghibli get their own bookshelf in my living room. [07:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Their mistake might be good anyway. [07:12] IsambardPrince Stabilize one of my inputs. [07:12] schestowitz[TR2] ? [07:13] IsambardPrince Ingredients. [07:13] IsambardPrince Baking stuff for Mandy's friends. [07:13] TR News Windows down in Costa Rica https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/costa-rica/#monthly-200902-202504 [07:13] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Costa Rica | Statcounter Global Stats [07:15] TR News Czech Republic the same https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/czech-republic/#monthly-200902-202504 [07:15] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Czech Republic | Statcounter Global Stats [07:18] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Sitting here cleaning out the revolver. [07:18] IsambardPrince Something peaceful about it. I finally got in some range time, [07:18] TR News iOS now bigger than Windows in South Africa https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/south-africa/#monthly-200902-202504 [07:18] TR Bot Operating System Market Share South Africa | Statcounter Global Stats [07:19] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2], Sitting here cleaning out the revolver. [07:19] schestowitz[TR2] i hope it is not a metaphor [07:20] IsambardPrince No. [07:20] IsambardPrince Cleaning accidents mostly happen to idiots. [07:21] schestowitz[TR2] you end up with cheetos all over the place [07:21] IsambardPrince Spin out the cylinder, make sure it's clear, detach, clean the barrel. Oil everything. Reattach the barrel. [07:22] IsambardPrince Gunpowder residue goes everywhere. [07:22] IsambardPrince Gets all over your hands, your clothes. [07:22] schestowitz[TR2] you were missing my joke [07:22] IsambardPrince Oh, I get it now. [07:23] IsambardPrince It would be strange to cum after accidentally shooting yourself. [07:23] IsambardPrince But I suppose it could happen. [07:23] schestowitz[TR2] no [07:23] schestowitz[TR2] "cleaning my revolver" [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] like drpizza "teaching" kids [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/wiki/Peter_Bright/ [07:24] TR Bot Peter Bright [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] scary to think he'll "come out" in a few years [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] what then? [07:24] schestowitz[TR2] it's notlike hhhe'll be castrated [07:25] IsambardPrince Deportation. [07:25] IsambardPrince To the UK. [07:25] schestowitz[TR2] or suddenly be interested in grown-ups [07:25] IsambardPrince He can be your problem. [07:25] schestowitz[TR2] oh, dea, not the UK [07:25] schestowitz[TR2] where, British Library? [07:25] IsambardPrince We're not going to keep your criminal in the US after he did that. [07:25] IsambardPrince He's going to be deported. [07:26] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Was he a US citizen? [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] he's way too fat to do productive work [07:26] IsambardPrince That's the only way he could stay, but it would be easier for him to go to the UK. [07:26] schestowitz[TR2] and cannot be trusted around people [07:27] IsambardPrince He's not on the sex offender list there. [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] imaGINE THIS CREEP ASKING, [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] AT WORK, [07:27] schestowitz[TR2] "DOI YOU HAVE CHILDREN?" [07:27] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], If he had a green card, they'll put him in removal proceedings. [07:27] IsambardPrince It won't be easy to convince an immigration judge that he should keep his green card and be yet another sex offender living in the US. [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] right [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] so no country wilkl want him [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] like a russian [07:28] schestowitz[TR2] except a pedo [07:28] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], You don't have a choice. [07:29] IsambardPrince You have to take your own citizens back or else. [07:29] IsambardPrince So he goes and lives in the UK and nobody there will know what he did here unless they google it I suppose. [07:30] IsambardPrince Assuming he doesn't have a criminal record in the UK, if I was him (eww, but hypothetically speaking), I'd move back there, change my name. [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] he could change his name [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] he could be likkke fong from honeycomb [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] you rape a bunch of women [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] while at Google [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] then you declare it your "deadname" [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] you make up a female name [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] and pretend it never happened [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] get a top notch job [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] as a rapist on the run [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] very common in san francisco [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] maybe graveley also wants to become a woman [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] without even choppinggg anything [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] just put a dress on [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] and starty over [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] maybe peter bright will try that [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] then molest kids again [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] maybe try to alter name again [07:32] schestowitz[TR2] very common [07:32] schestowitz[TR2] they make a whole fake ideology to facilitate such peoplke [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] he already changes his first name when that suits him [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] to escape what he did [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] gulagboy loves those types of people [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] running away from their "past" selves" [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] without improving anything [07:40] TR News (NEW): While Windows 10 users panic, Ubuntu makes extending support easy - here's how https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/While_Windows_10_users_panic_Ubuntu_makes_extending_support_eas.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/While_Windows_10_users_panic_Ubuntu_makes_extending_support_eas.gmi [07:40] TR Bot Tux Machines While Windows 10 users panic, Ubuntu makes extending support easy - here's how [07:43] IsambardPrince The only way a child molester improves is they eventually die. [07:43] IsambardPrince If I was the absolute ruler of the world, I would sign a decree stating that they were all to be disposed of as cheaply as possible. [07:44] IsambardPrince Thrown into a furnace, alive. [07:44] IsambardPrince Why bother killing them and cremating the body? That's two steps when you could do it in one. [07:44] IsambardPrince The same punishment would be doled out to most drug traffickers. [07:45] TR News (NEW): LibreWolf is now in my Slackware repository https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/LibreWolf_is_now_in_my_Slackware_repository.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/LibreWolf_is_now_in_my_Slackware_repository.gmi [07:45] TR Bot Tux Machines LibreWolf is now in my Slackware repository [07:45] IsambardPrince We'd clear out a lot of prison space because they'd be going away fast. [07:47] TR News Looking for a 1990s photo from Switzerland, Google "search" is pushing LLM slop that is TOTALLY false. This is beta-grade nonsense!! Why does Google insist on foisting/imposing falsehoods on people? Even when they just look for an old PHOTO? Google is in the propaganda business. [07:49] TR News Techrights statCounter: GNU/Linux Adoption Surging in Switzerland, Windows at All-time Low https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/statCounter_GNU_Linux_Adoption_Surging_in_Switzerland_Windows_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/statCounter_GNU_Linux_Adoption_Surging_in_Switzerland_Windows_a.gmi [07:49] TR Bot Techrights statCounter: GNU/Linux Adoption Surging in Switzerland, Windows at All-time Low [07:51] TR News Sapling says it is 98% slop https://betanews.com/2025/04/28/overcome-depression-about-the-state-of-the-world-by-installing-4mlinux-48-0/ [07:51] TR Bot Install 4MLinux 48.0 to breathe new life into your old computer [07:56] TR News (NEW): Kdenlive 25.04.0 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Kdenlive_25_04_0_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Kdenlive_25_04_0_released.gmi [07:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Kdenlive 25.04.0 released [07:58] TR News (NEW): Kdenlive 25.04.0 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Kdenlive_25_04_0_released.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Kdenlive_25_04_0_released.1.gmi [07:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Kdenlive 25.04.0 released ● Apr 29 [08:13] TR News (NEW): Plasma Sprint 2025 A Recap https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Plasma_Sprint_2025_A_Recap.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Plasma_Sprint_2025_A_Recap.gmi [08:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Plasma Sprint 2025 A Recap [08:16] TR News (NEW): DebLight OS is a lightweight and fast Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/DebLight_OS_is_a_lightweight_and_fast_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/DebLight_OS_is_a_lightweight_and_fast_Linux_distribution.gmi [08:16] TR Bot Tux Machines DebLight OS is a lightweight and fast Linux distribution [08:23] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [08:24] TR News Techrights Google Spreading Misinformation and Lies https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Google_Spreading_Misinformation_and_Lies.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Google_Spreading_Misinformation_and_Lies.gmi [08:24] TR Bot Techrights Google Spreading Misinformation and Lies [08:26] TR News (NEW): NixOS Logo and Branding Update https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/NixOS_Logo_and_Branding_Update.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/NixOS_Logo_and_Branding_Update.gmi [08:26] TR Bot Tux Machines NixOS Logo and Branding Update [08:31] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], They got bars of Dove soap that used to be 4.5 ounces in 2019 down to 2.6. [08:31] IsambardPrince And they raised the price by 51 cents. [08:31] IsambardPrince That's for one bar. [08:31] IsambardPrince $1.50 instead of 99 cents, for half the product. [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] probably [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] we have hundreds of bars [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] hotal soaps [08:31] IsambardPrince You used to get a half gallon of soap in a refill container. [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] *hotel [08:31] IsambardPrince That's 64 ounces. [08:31] IsambardPrince Now there's 50 ounces. [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] so i don't need to think aboiut it for a few years [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] aldi alsoi removed their branbd [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] they told me around covid-19 start time [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] they removed it [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] and it never came bakc [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] they sell dove [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] and that's about it [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] more profitable to them [08:33] TR News (NEW): Turntable is a Universal Scrobbler App for Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Turntable_is_a_Universal_Scrobbler_App_for_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Turntable_is_a_Universal_Scrobbler_App_for_Linux.gmi [08:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Turntable is a Universal Scrobbler App for Linux [08:35] IsambardPrince 4 ounce bars of Coast in an 8 pack, was $2.98. [08:35] IsambardPrince Now 8 3.2 ounce bars for $4.38 [08:36] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], So they stole 1.5 bars worth of soap from you and raised the price by $1.40. [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] not me [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] maybe you [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] i have other channels [08:36] IsambardPrince You got a guy? :) [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] several guys! [08:36] IsambardPrince Knows how to find things. [08:37] schestowitz[TR2] and i'm not even gay! [08:37] IsambardPrince Before he knew it, old Andy was doing taxes for all the guards at Shawshank. [08:37] TR News "It seems the same fate as empty TSMC Arizona. American wages are too high and nobody wants to work in manufacturing and data management jobs, so foreign facilities are still cheaper despite the crazy tariffs. We're tired of outdated 80s Trump economic ideas." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszzqg1q [08:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszzqg1q ) [08:38] TR News Openwashing: Upgraded Open-Source EV Charging Software Stack Supports New and Legacy Apps https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/power/article/55286125/electronic-design-linux-foundations-upgraded-open-source-ev-charging-software-stack-supports-new-and-legacy-applications [08:38] TR Bot Linux Foundation's Upgraded Open-Source EV Charging Software Stack Supports New and Legacy Applications | Electronic Design [08:43] TR News (NEW): Avocado OS: Open-source Linux platform for embedded systems - Help Net Security https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Avocado_OS_Open_source_Linux_platform_for_embedded_systems_Help.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Avocado_OS_Open_source_Linux_platform_for_embedded_systems_Help.gmi [08:43] TR News (NEW): Urgent Update: Kali Linux Users Must Manually Install New Repository Key https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Urgent_Update_Kali_Linux_Users_Must_Manually_Install_New_Reposi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Urgent_Update_Kali_Linux_Users_Must_Manually_Install_New_Reposi.gmi [08:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Avocado OS: Open-source Linux platform for embedded systems - Help Net Security [08:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Urgent Update: Kali Linux Users Must Manually Install New Repository Key [08:44] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], DOGE posted some videos of a conference call that happened under the Biden administration. [08:45] IsambardPrince They had some black guy prattling on in incoherent nonsense about something called the "white man's gaze". [08:45] IsambardPrince I had no idea what that meant because I'm not some stupid fucking asshole that worries about such things. [08:45] IsambardPrince And I looked it up briefly and then saw it was some leftist DEI shit. [08:45] IsambardPrince Stopped reading there. [08:46] schestowitz[TR2] maybe for #techpol [08:46] schestowitz[TR2] not here ● Apr 29 [09:02] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:49] IsambardPrince https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/28/politics/trump-el-savador-prison-negotiations/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc [09:49] TR Bot Trump admin proposed sending up to 500 alleged Venezuelan gang members during negotiations to use El Salvadors mega-prison | CNN Politics [09:49] IsambardPrince "During a meeting between Trump and Bukele in the Oval Office, Trump urged the Salvadoran president to build more mega-prisons, like CECOT, and signaled that deportees could also include US citizens who are violence criminals." [09:49] IsambardPrince violence criminals [09:49] IsambardPrince LOL ● Apr 29 [10:24] schestowitz[TR2] "crime boss"? [10:25] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Never_Try_to_Justify_Strangulation_of_Women_Not_in_the_US_and_N.shtml [10:25] TR Bot Techrights Never Try to Justify Strangulation of Women (Not in the US and Not in the UK) [10:52] TR News "he MINIX Elite EU715-AI is a compact mini PC based on Intels Meteor Lake-H processor architecture. It features integrated Intel Arc Graphics, Wi-Fi 6E, dual 2.5G Ethernet ports, and quad-screen display support." https://linuxgizmos.com/minix-elite-eu715-ai-mini-pc-combines-meteor-lake-performance-and-dual-2-5gbe-ports/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [10:52] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/minix-elite-eu715-ai-mini-pc-combines-meteor-lake-performance-and-dual-2-5gbe-ports/ ) [10:53] TR News "At the heart of this journey is one critical decision: Which operating system should power our workloads?" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/it-modernization-red-hat-enterprise-linux-and-ansible-automation-platform-building-foundation-ready-future | Source: Red Hat Official [10:53] TR Bot IT modernization with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ansible Automation Platform: building a foundation ready for the future [10:53] TR News Buzzwords and hype in place of actual substance https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rise-small-language-models-enterprise-ai | Source: Red Hat Official [10:53] TR Bot The Rise of Small Language Models in Enterprise AI [10:54] TR News "Regular backups are crucial for any website or application using a MySQL database." https://www.tecmint.com/bash-script-for-mysql-backup/ | Source: TecMint [10:54] TR Bot How to Automate MySQL Database Backups with a Shell Script [10:54] TR News "This tool wraps a terminal application (such as bash) and provides a simple" https://www.tecmint.com/ttyd-share-linux-terminal-over-web/ | Source: TecMint [10:54] TR Bot ttyd: Securely Share Your Linux Terminal Over the Web [10:56] TR News "Avoid a single PC with virtual machines if you can it's another layer to distract your most precious asset, your attention, plus it will always feel like a slightly inferior option to dedicated hardware." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/windows_opinion/ [10:56] TR Bot Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit bordering on addiction The Register [10:56] TR News "Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit bordering on addiction" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/windows_opinion/ iophk: that's a clear jab at WSL, like TheReg of old :) [10:58] TR News "Whats Next?! Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2025/04/28/whats-next/ [10:58] TR Bot Whats Next?! Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase [10:58] TR News Fears that important research database will be closed. It is a complete crisis | "Frykter at viktig forskningsdatabase legges ned. Det er fullstendig krise" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.khrono.no/frykter-at-viktig-forskningsdatabase-legges-ned-det-er-fullstendig-krise/963372 [10:58] TR Bot Frykter at viktig forskningsdatabase legges ned. Det er fullstendig krise [10:59] TR News Because who wants facts anyway? https://www.governing.com/policy/major-education-resource-set-to-shut-down-this-week iophk: blocked by gratuitous javascript [10:59] TR Bot Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This Week [10:59] TR News Encryption: The National Police Chief demands the impossible | "Kryptering: Rikspolischefen krver det omjliga" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/04/28/kryptering-rikspolischefen-kraver-det-omojliga/ [10:59] TR Bot Kryptering: Rikspolischefen krver det omjliga ● Apr 29 [11:00] TR News Porn platform Onlyfans wants to meet with Swedish ministers | "Porrplattformen Onlyfans vill trffa svenska ministrar Sydsvenskan" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/artikel/porrplattformen-onlyfans-vill-traffa-svenska-ministrar/ [11:00] TR Bot Porrplattformen Onlyfans vill trffa svenska ministrar Sydsvenskan [11:00] TR News "Fedora Considers Dropping GNOME X11 Session From Repositories" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/04/26/1713213 [11:00] TR Bot Fedora Considers Dropping GNOME X11 Session From Repositories - SoylentNews [11:00] TR News "PewDiePie Made a Linux Ricing Video?!?" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/pewdiepie-made-a-linux-ricing-video-!:2 [11:00] TR Bot PewDiePie Made a Linux Ricing Video?!? [11:02] TR News iophk: straw man; # threats of violence and enticement of violence are not protected speech https://idiomdrottning.org/free-speech ("Free Speech") [11:02] TR Bot Free Speech [11:02] TR News simon willison is pushing microsoft github https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/28/give-it-away-for-free/#atom-everything ("Giving software away for free"). GitHub is NOT free. [11:02] TR Bot Giving software away for free [11:02] TR News "Senate report finds Musk's DOGE double dealing worth $2.4B" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/musk_doge_help_companies/ [11:02] TR Bot Senate report finds Musk's DOGE double dealing worth $2.4B The Register [11:03] TR News Schweden will Bezahlung von Camshows kriminalisieren | "OnlyFans: Schweden will Bezahlung von Camshows kriminalisieren" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/onlyfans-schweden-will-bezahlung-von-camshows-kriminalisieren/ [11:03] TR Bot OnlyFans: Schweden will Bezahlung von Camshows kriminalisieren [11:03] TR News "Inside first Observer after title relaunched by Tortoise" https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/observer-relaunched-by-tortoise/ [11:03] TR Bot Inside first Observer after title relaunched by Tortoise - Press Gazette [11:12] TR News "ISP Frontier has significantly altered the scope" https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-site-blocking-demands-shelved-as-filmmakers-settle-with-u-s-isp-250428/ | Source: Torrent Freak [11:12] TR Bot Site Blocking Demands Shelved as Filmmakers Settle With U.S. ISP * TorrentFreak [11:13] TR News "One obvious concern with cancelling these deals is that this will bankrupt Mozilla" https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/is-it-worth-killing-mozilla-to-shave-off-less-than-1-percent-from-googles-market-share/ | Source: Open Web Advocacy [11:13] TR Bot Is It Worth Killing Mozilla to Shave Off Less Than 1% From Googles Market Share? - Open Web Advocacy [11:13] TR News "Used by major video platforms including Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu to name just a few" https://torrentfreak.com/drm-free-onlyfans-downloads-see-widevine-project-nuked-from-github-250428/ | Source: Torrent Freak [11:13] TR Bot OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub * TorrentFreak [11:15] TR News "Meanwhile, streaming platforms including Spotify have considered charging extra money for early access" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/27/spotify-more-price-increases-not-us/ | Source: Digital Music News [11:15] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/27/spotify-more-price-increases-not-us/ ) [11:16] TR News Speed of GNU/Linux (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Speed_of_GNU_Linux.shtml [11:16] TR Bot Techrights Speed of GNU/Linux [11:17] TR News "I recently had a great discussion in a Kirby partners call. We talked about how important accessibility is, but also how theres not always a big enough budget for it in projects." https://medienbaecker.com/articles/accessibility-no-brainers | Source: Thomas Gnther [11:17] TR Bot Accessibility no-brainers Medienbcker Thomas Gnther [11:18] TR News "Mr. Tsering said the celebratory events, which would go on for a year from July 6, 2025" https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/intv-for-web-dalai-lama-could-make-a-decision-on-reincarnation-during-90th-birthday-events-in-july-sikyong-penpa-tsering/article69498365.ece | Source: The Hindu [11:18] TR Bot Central Tibetan Administration leader Penpa Tsering: Dalai Lama may decide on a spiritual successor during 90th birthday events in July - The Hindu [11:18] TR News "But when you hire people stating you have principles, they may believe you." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/28/googles-military-ai-deals-get-deepmind-uk-staff-to-start-unionising/ | Source: Pivot to AI [11:18] TR Bot Googles military AI deals get DeepMind UK staff to start unionising Pivot to AI [11:23] TR News "Nostalgia for a bygone gender regime is more than a weird social media trend." https://jacobin.com/2025/04/tradwives-hobbes-soviet-union-consumption/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [11:23] TR Bot Tradwives Are the Harbinger of Systemic Breakdown [11:24] TR News "But when Lauzon turned up to the polls, she was told it was closing around 2:30 p.m. seven hours before it was supposed to, as listed under the Canada Elections Act for districts in the Eastern time zone." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/planes-leave-nunavik-no-vote-1.7521042 | Source: CBC [11:24] TR Bot 'I lost my legal right to vote': Booths closed early or didn't open at all in some Nunavik villages | CBC News [11:24] TR News "The Pact: A Civil Rights Coalition Unity Commitment" https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-joins-civil-rights-coalition/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation [11:24] TR Bot FFRF joins civil rights coalition Freedom From Religion Foundation [11:24] TR News "The point is to protect our freedoms before the president starts having journalists and political activists assassinated. If we reach that point, its already too late." https://thenextmove.substack.com/p/keeping-the-conversation-moving | Source: Garry Kasparov [11:24] TR Bot Keeping the Conversation Moving - by Garry Kasparov [11:25] TR News "Sometimes you say what you think, and guess what happens? People get mad. People yell at you." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/ideas-that-cannot-be-spoken | Source: Hamilton Nolan [11:25] TR Bot Ideas That Cannot Be Spoken - by Hamilton Nolan [11:25] TR News "The New Leaf Journal launched exactly five years to the day on April 27, 2020." https://thenewleafjournal.com/50-things-i-learned-in-five-years-of-nlj-articles/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal [11:25] TR Bot 50 Things I Learned in Five Years of NLJ Articles The New Leaf Journal [11:25] TR News "In this sense, as much as the slashing of RFE/RL is a tragic event and part of a historic disjuncture in transatlantic relations, it is also an unprecedented opportunity for Europe to take responsibility and secure reliable information outlets" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/04/28/the-end-of-post-socialism-and-the-opportunity-for-a-european-public-service-media-house/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [11:25] TR Bot The end of post-socialism and the opportunity for a European public service media house - New Eastern Europe [11:27] TR News "Journalists whose channels were banned included Irshad Bhatti, Asma Shirazi, Umar Cheema, Muneeb Farooq and Rizwan Razi." https://www.dawn.com/news/1907114/16-pakistani-youtube-channels-banned-in-india-after-pahalgam-attack | Source: Dawn Media [11:27] TR Bot Pakistani YouTube channels banned in India after Pahalgam attack - World - DAWN.COM [11:27] TR News "The list of 16 banned channels included those operated by Dawn News, Samaa TV, ARY News, Geo News and more. As per the list shared by ANI, these channels have over 63 million subscribers." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/pakistan-youtube-channels-face-india-ban-after-pahalgam-terror-attack/articleshow/120685732.cms | Source: India Times [11:27] TR Bot India blocks Pakistani YouTube channels after Pahalgam terror attack - The Economic Times [11:28] TR News "Jiang is one of hundreds of Chinese people living overseas that Chinese authorities have targeted directly, through hacking and surveillance and indirectly, through interrogation of relatives, friends and even former teachers." https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-28/inside-chinas-machinery-of-repression-and-how-it-crushes-dissent-around-the-world.html | Source: El Pas [11:28] TR Bot ChinaTargets: Inside Chinas machinery of repression and how it crushes dissent around the world | International | EL PAS English [11:29] TR News "its one that critics fear will be used as a weapon against content the administration or its allies dislike." https://www.theverge.com/news/657632/take-it-down-act-passes-house-deepfakes | Source: The Verge [11:29] TR Bot Take It Down Act heads to Trumps desk | The Verge [11:29] TR News Cheeto "himself has said that he would use the law to censor his critics. The bill passed the Senate in February, and it now heads to the president's desk. " https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-passes-take-it-down-act-despite-major-flaws | Source: EFF [11:29] TR Bot Congress Passes TAKE IT DOWN Act Despite Major Flaws | Electronic Frontier Foundation [11:30] TR News "The bill started with the entirely reasonable goal of addressing non-consensual intimate imagery online" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/congress-moving-forward-on-unconstitutional-take-it-down-act/ | Source: Techdirt [11:30] TR Bot Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act | Techdirt [11:30] TR News "Most tellingly, Donald Trump in endorsing the bill during his address to Congress openly bragged about how he plans to abuse its provisions to censor content he personally dislikes. When the person championing your anti-abuse legislation is promising to use it for abuse, you might have a problem" [11:31] TR News "Harvard sued April 21 after getting letters from the Trump administration calling for broad changes to government and leadership and to the university's admissions policies." https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-04-28/harvard-and-trump-administrations-battle-over-freeze-of-2b-in-grants-will-head-into-summer | Source: US News And World Report [11:31] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-04-28/harvard-and-trump-administrations-battle-over-freeze-of-2b-in-grants-will-head-into-summer ) [11:31] TR News "spreading propaganda against the state." https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/woman-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison-in-tehran-79092 | Source: ANF News [11:31] TR Bot ANF | Woman sentenced to 16 years in prison in Tehran [11:31] TR News "foreign agent" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/28/russia-issues-arrest-warrant-for-tv-rain-journalist-yulia-taratuta-a88894 | Source: The Moscow Times [11:32] TR Bot Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for TV Rain Journalist Yulia Taratuta - The Moscow Times [11:32] TR News "Video exposs like thiswhere a sales agent breaks down the material cost of luxury goods" https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/28/1115876/why-chinese-manufacturers-are-going-viral-on-tiktok/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [11:32] TR Bot Why Chinese manufacturers are going viral on TikTok | MIT Technology Review [11:33] TR News "At the heart of the dispute and the lead defendant in the case was Ed Martin" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/the-untold-story-of-how-ed-martin-ghostwrote-online-attacks-against-a-judge-and-still-became-a-top-trump-prosecutor/ | Source: Techdirt [11:33] TR Bot Untold Story Of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against A Judge And Still Became A Top Trump Prosecutor | Techdirt [11:34] TR News "Announcing the report's findings, Annemie Turtelboom, ECA member in charge of the audit" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/eu_chips_act_report/ | Source: The Register UK [11:34] TR Bot EU Chips Act heading for failure, time for Chips Act 2.0 The Register [11:34] TR News "Indian" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/ibm/ | Source: The Register UK [11:34] TR Bot IBM pledges allegiance in form of $150B in US ops, R&D The Register [11:34] schestowitz[TR2] " [11:34] schestowitz[TR2] Artist formerly known as Indian Business Machines pledges $150B for US ops, R&D [11:34] schestowitz[TR2] " [11:35] TR News Register [11:35] TR News "arrested in October" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/former_disney_employee_jailed/ | Source: The Register UK [11:35] TR Bot Ex-Disney employee gets three years in prison for menu hacks The Register [11:35] TR News "Comparing the bill to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/28/congress-deepfake-revenge-porn-law/ | Source: The Washington Post [11:35] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/28/congress-deepfake-revenge-porn-law/ ) [11:35] TR News "But their influence flows through X, Substack, and podcasts" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america | Source: Semafor Inc [11:35] TR Bot group chats that changed America | Semafor [11:36] TR News "My very highest hope is that you, too, might be fortunate enough to one day have a similar experience." https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/04/crisis-communications-101-a-crash-course-for-privileged-guys-in-tech | Source: Adam Newbold [11:36] TR Bot Neatnik Notes Crisis Communications 101: A Crash Course for Privileged Guys in Tech [11:36] TR News "robo-mecca" https://futurism.com/china-robot-army-tariffs | Source: Futurism [11:36] TR Bot Experts Alarmed by China's Enormous Army of Robots [11:38] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:47] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights ● Apr 29 [12:14] TR News [Old] "I've decided to break this up in date order, so folks can immediately jump to more current information." https://web.archive.org/web/19990508012821/http://www.niestu.com/advocacy/win95-refund.html | Source: Internet Archive [12:14] TR News "As I have mentioned before, the business model of this site is a little unusual." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/two-years-of-how-things-work | Source: Hamilton Nolan [12:15] TR News "We are happy to announce the release of two new GNU Taler components: The Taler Directory (TalDir) and Mailbox services." https://www.taler.net/en/news/2025-03.html | Source: GNU Taler [12:15] TR Bot My Refund for Unused Windows 95 [12:15] TR Bot Two Years of How Things Work - by Hamilton Nolan [12:15] TR Bot GNU Taler [12:16] TR News "The Spanish and Portuguese governments convened emergency cabinet meetings after the outage, which also briefly affected a part of France, which borders northeastern Spain." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/parts-of-spain-france-and-portugal-hit-by-power-outage-flights-affected-8277907#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll | Source: NDTV [12:16] TR Bot Mega Power Outage Hits Spain, Portugal, Millions Without Electricity [12:16] TR News "The company declined to speculate on the causes of the huge blackout. The Portuguese National Cybersecurity Center issued a statement saying there was no sign the outage was due to a cyberattack." https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/news/major-power-outage-in-spain-and-portugal-knocks-out-subway-networks-traffic-lights-and-atm-machines/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [12:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/news/major-power-outage-in-spain-and-portugal-knocks-out-subway-networks-traffic-lights-and-atm-machines/ ) [12:17] TR News "Power outages which today hit Spain, Portugal, and parts of France have severely impacted industrial and consumer operations and underlined the need for grid stability and more secure networks" https://www.h2-view.com/story/europe-blackout-exposes-grid-and-security-concerns/2125163.article/ | Source: H2 View [12:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.h2-view.com/story/europe-blackout-exposes-grid-and-security-concerns/2125163.article/ ) [12:17] TR News "A cascade of infrastructure failures - from paralysed airports to darkened metro tunnels - followed Monday's unprecedented power outage across Spain and Portugal" https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2298204.html | Source: RTL [12:17] TR Bot RTL Today - Back at 90% capacity: Power returns to most of Spain, Portugal after massive blackout [12:17] TR News "While Spains prime minister has said the cause of the blackout remains unknown" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-portugal-power-outage-cut-electricity-live-updates-b2740780.html | Source: The Independent UK [12:17] TR Bot Spain-Portugal power outage live: Train and flight delays bring travel chaos as officials hunt blackout cause | The Independent [12:18] TR News "Still, the Unimark map is far closer to the feel of many other cities subway diagrams" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/nyc-new-york-subway-map | Source: The Guardian UK [12:18] TR Bot No more subway spaghetti! New Yorkers adjust to first new transit map in 50 years | New York | The Guardian [12:18] TR News "A study by the Atlantic Council , opens new tab, published shortly before Trumps election win last year" https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trump-could-spur-central-banks-adopt-digital-coins-peacock-2025-04-24/ | Source: Reuters [12:18] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trump-could-spur-central-banks-adopt-digital-coins-peacock-2025-04-24/ ) [12:19] TR News "I enjoy debates but not abuse." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/28/jeremy-vine-quits-sharing-cycling-videos-over-trolling/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [12:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/28/jeremy-vine-quits-sharing-cycling-videos-over-trolling/ ) [12:20] TR News "Across Vietnam, U.S. forces sprayed sprayed 72 million liters (19 million gallons) of defoliants during the war to strip the enemy's cover." https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-27/the-vietnam-war-ended-50-years-ago-but-the-battle-with-agent-orange-continues | Source: US News And World Report [12:20] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-27/the-vietnam-war-ended-50-years-ago-but-the-battle-with-agent-orange-continues ) [12:20] TR News "A pesticide sprayed on New Brunswick forests more than 55 years ago can still be found in some brook trout in the province, according to a new study." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/brook-trout-ddt-new-brunswick-1.7516615 | Source: CBC [12:20] TR Bot High levels of DDT found in N.B. brook trout decades after spraying | CBC News [12:22] TR News "Oligarchy" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bernie-sanders-americans-arent-dumb-oligarchy-1235326101/ | Source: Rolling Stone [12:22] TR Bot Bernie Sanders Says Americans Aren't 'Dumb,' Defends 'Oligarchy' Talk [12:22] TR News "House Republicans and Senate Democrats have introduced competing plans to limit smartphone use in Michigans K-12 public schools." https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/04/should-michigan-ban-smartphones-in-k-12-classrooms-lawmakers-offer-competing-plans.html | Source: Michigan News [12:22] TR Bot Michigan ban smartphones in K-12 classrooms? Lawmakers offer competing plans - mlive.com [12:23] TR News "Drone tactics emerging from the war in Ukraine have inspired other European countries to intensify their military-experimentation campaigns" https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2025/04/28/european-drone-training-sites-mushroom-in-nod-to-ukraine-war-tactics/ | Source: C4ISRNET [12:23] TR Bot European drone training sites mushroom in nod to Ukraine war tactics [12:23] TR News "The staff was ordered to terminate all ongoing voting rights cases including inquiries into election practices in Pennsylvania and Georgia." https://boingboing.net/2025/04/28/trump-officials-dismantle-federal-voting-rights-enforcement-team.html | Source: BoingBoing [12:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/04/28/trump-officials-dismantle-federal-voting-rights-enforcement-team.html ) [12:24] TR News "part of a broader attack on the departments civil rights division." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/trump-doj-voting-rights | Source: The Guardian UK [12:24] TR Bot Trumps justice department appointees remove leadership of voting unit | Trump administration | The Guardian [12:24] TR News "What I quickly came to realise was, its bad like really bad." https://ljpuk.net/2025/04/28/siri-might-be-the-reason-i-stop-using-an-iphone/ | Source: Lee Peterson [12:24] TR Bot Siri might be the reason I stop using an iPhone LJPUK [12:25] TR News "connected cars" https://www.wired.com/story/police-records-car-subscription-features-surveillance/ | Source: Wired [12:25] TR Bot Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show | WIRED [12:25] TR News "And even when they go out of business, the data we've handed over is out of our hands, being sold to the next highest bidder." https://blog.torproject.org/sc25/ | Source: Tor [12:25] TR Bot Privacy is possible even when it feels out of reach | The Tor Project [12:25] TR News "The company doesnt keep logs, so couldnt turn over data: [...]" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/windscribe-acquitted-on-charges-of-not-collecting-users-data.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [12:25] TR Bot Acquitted on Charges of Not Collecting Users' Data - Schneier on Security [12:26] TR News "The case centred around a Windscribe-owned server in Finland that was allegedly used to breach a system in Greece." https://hackread.com/court-dismisses-criminal-charges-against-vpn-executive-no-log-policy/ | [12:26] TR Bot Court Dismisses Criminal Charges Against VPN Executive, Affirms No-Log Policy [12:27] TR News "The attack started the old-fashioned way with an email. WUC members received a spearphishing message posing as a partner organization." https://thecyberexpress.com/text-editor-used-in-targeted-uyghur-spying/ | Source: Cyble Inc [12:27] TR Bot Trojanized Text Editor Software Used In Uyghur Spy Campaign [12:27] TR News "That archive contained a Windows version of an open source Uyghur text editor called UyghurEditPP." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/citizen_lab_uyghur_phishing_malware/ | Source: The Register UK [12:27] TR Bot Open source text editor poisoned to target Uyghur users The Register [12:27] TR News "Although the malware itself was not particularly advanced" https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/uyghur-language-software-hijacked-to-deliver-malware/ | Source: Citizen Lab [12:27] TR Bot Weaponized Words: Uyghur Language Software Hijacked to Deliver Malware - The Citizen Lab [12:28] TR News "These are good updates, but they won't change the fact that Recall is an inherently invasive tool. And as Ars Technica notes" https://futurism.com/microsoft-ai-copying-messages | Source: Futurism [12:28] TR Bot Microsoft's AI Secretly Copying All Your Private Messages [12:29] TR News Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/infosec_ceo_accused_of_installing_malware/ | Source: The Register UK [12:29] TR Bot Infosec pro blabs about alleged malware mishap on LinkedIn The Register [12:29] TR News "I want to stress that this is my own opinion. This is in no way an official statement from Fosstodon, and I'm not speaking on behalf of Mike or the rest of the team here" https://kevquirk.com/blog/my-thoughts-on-the-fosstodon-drama | Source: Kev Quirk [12:29] TR Bot My Thoughts on the Fosstodon Drama | Kev Quirk [12:30] TR News "The US tech giant profits from fraudulent adverts that steal the identities of high-profile individuals to exploit their reputations for honesty and financial expertise." https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/facebook-allows-scam-ads-stealing-journalists-identities-to-proliferate/ | Source: Press Gazette [12:30] TR Bot Facebook allows scam ads stealing journalists' identities - Press Gazette [12:31] TR News "I have moved to another Mastodon instance. Now I am at tilde.zone. I was at Fosstodon, and before that I was at the now-defunct Emacs.ch. appeasement latched flatterers" https://macadie.info/2025/04/28/moving-to-a-third-mastodon-server/ | Source: Eric MacAdie [12:31] TR Bot Moving to a Third Mastodon Server MacAdie Web Blog [12:31] TR News "At least the data centres are paid for by private companies and not bank loans. This means the bubble pop wont cause a banking crisis too." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/27/trump-tariffs-taking-out-ai-data-centres-too/ | Source: Pivot to AI [12:31] TR Bot Trump tariffs taking out AI data centres too Pivot to AI [12:31] TR News "But ubiquitous as the technology may seem, educators and students should rightfully be pushing back against discourses of inevitability." https://leonfurze.com/2025/04/28/the-myth-of-inevitable-ai/ | [12:31] TR Bot The Myth of Inevitable AI - Leon Furze [12:32] TR News "In this essay, I will perform the logical fallacy of argument from authority (wikipedia.org) to attack the notion that large language model (LLM)-based generative "AI" systems are capable of doing the work of human programmers." https://ratfactor.com/cards/naur-vs-llms | Source: Dave Gauer [12:32] TR Bot read Peter Naur's "Programming as Theory Building" and then come back and tell me that LLMs can replace human programmers - ratfactor [12:32] TR News "Earlier this year, CZI said it would move away from social advocacy and refocus on science research, namely research at the intersection of biology and AI." https://www.pcmag.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-funded-elementary-school-for-low-income-kids-to-shut-in | Source: PC Mag [12:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcmag.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-funded-elementary-school-for-low-income-kids-to-shut-in ) [12:32] TR News "information manipulation" https://www.pcmag.com/news/trump-appointed-attorney-accuses-wikipedia-of-allowing-foreign-actors-to | Source: PC Mag [12:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcmag.com/news/trump-appointed-attorney-accuses-wikipedia-of-allowing-foreign-actors-to ) [12:33] TR News "This latest move follows Martins established pattern of constitutional violations, including investigating protected speech by Congress members, attacking the Associated Press, and probing medical journals over their editorial policies." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/government-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/ | Source: Techdirt [12:33] TR Bot Actually Threatens Wikipedias Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans | Techdirt [12:34] TR News "nearly 30 defective citations" https://newrepublic.com/post/194427/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-ai-generated-legal-filing | Source: New Republic [12:34] TR Bot MyPillow CEO Torched for Hilariously Bad AI-Generated Legal Filing | The New Republic [12:35] TR News "Go figure: the brief was full of misquotes and miscited cases, sometimes referencing case law that simply didn't exist AI had hallucinated them, as the tech is prone to do in order to "complete" its prompt." https://futurism.com/the-byte/mypillow-ai-court | Source: Futurism [12:35] TR Bot The MyPillow Guy's Lawyers Used AI in Court and You'll Never Guess How That Turned Out [12:35] TR News "According to Hinton, AI companies should dedicate significantly more resources to safety research "like a third" of their computing power, compared to the much smaller fraction currently allocated." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/godfather-of-ai-geoffrey-hinton-ai-warning/ | Source: CBS http://techrights.org/n/2024/02/02/The_Great_LLM_Delusion_Part_VI_Hype_Agent_Geoff_Hinton_Would_Ne.shtml [12:35] TR Bot "Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton warns AI could take control from humans: "People haven't understood what's coming" - CBS News [12:35] TR Bot Techrights The Great LLM Delusion - Part VI: 'Hype Agent' Geoff Hinton Would Need to Disclose Conflict of Interest (Regarding LLMs) [12:35] TR News "I am worried that the overall consequence of this might be systems more intelligent than us that eventually take control." https://www.ndtv.com/science/godfather-of-ai-reveals-the-odds-of-humanity-being-overrun-by-machines-8278829#pfrom=home-ndtv_science | Source: NDTV [12:35] TR Bot 'Godfather Of AI' Reveals The Odds Of Humanity Being Overrun By Machines [12:36] TR News "The email was posted on Duolingos LinkedIn account" https://www.theverge.com/news/657594/duolingo-ai-first-replace-contract-workers | Source: The Verge [12:36] TR Bot Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | The Verge [12:37] TR News Another failing company with financial issues (Duolingo) distracting from mass layoffs by saying "AI" "AI" "AI" "AI" "AI" "AI" [12:37] TR News "Nobody talks much about Windows 12 because it doesn't matter, it's going to be even worse, it's going to hurt more. You may have more freedom to escape than you think, especially if you plan ahead." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/windows_opinion/ | Source: The Register UK [12:37] TR Bot Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit bordering on addiction The Register [12:37] TR News "It's easy to miss 125 million ($166 million). It could happen to anyone. Take Paul Patterson, for example." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/fujitsu_promised_not_to_bid_uk_public_sector/ | Source: The Register UK [12:37] TR Bot Fujitsu promised not to bid ... what happened? The Register [12:38] TR News "one language to rule them all" https://archive.ph/cvGwW | [12:38] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://archive.ph/cvGwW ) [12:38] TR News "Theyre not about advocacy or lobbying; they dont mistreat or sue anybody; and the only attention they want is from the industry theyre trying to help." https://loudpoet.com/2025/04/28/move-fast-and-fix-things-bisg-2025/ | Source: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez [12:38] TR Bot Move Fast and Fix Things: BISG 2025 | As in guillotine... [12:39] TR News "The Register also had an interview scheduled with NSA Director Dave Luber during the conference" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/nsa_cisa_bosses_notably_absent/ | Source: The Register UK [12:39] TR Bot NSA, CISA top brass absent from RSA Conference The Register [12:40] TR News "At the Columbia workshop last week, Andre Wibisono presented work related with a recent arXival on the exponentially fast convergence of both unadjusted Langevin and proximal sampler algorithms under strong [definitely strong] log-concavity assumptions. [...]" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/proximal-sampler/ | Source: Rlang [12:40] TR Bot sampler | R-bloggers [12:40] TR News "There are twelve recently closed and active submissions and 5 submissions on hold. Issues are at different stages: [...]" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/ropensci-news-digest-april-2025/ | Source: Rlang [12:40] TR Bot News Digest, April 2025 | R-bloggers [12:40] TR News "Just for fun I thought I would share some of my favorite examples." https://blakewatson.com/journal/im-fascinated-by-the-scale-of-things-in-space/ | Source: Blake Watson [12:40] TR Bot - Im fascinated by the scale of things in space [12:41] TR News "Driving the news: Collins said during his "60 Minutes" interview that "almost immediately" after President Trump's inauguration "there were statements made that you were not allowed, for instance, to start any new projects."" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/trump-rfk-nih-francis-collins-60-minutes | Source: Axios [12:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/trump-rfk-nih-francis-collins-60-minutes ) [12:42] TR News [Old] "Torvalds earnestly believes that if left to their own devices, most people will apply themselves to something, and that good things wonderful, unpredictable things will naturally come of it." https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-linus-torvalds-found-fun-and-a-new-operating-system/ | [12:42] TR Bot How Linus Torvalds Found Fun, and a New Operating System - Knowledge at Wharton [12:42] TR News "Now there is a new generation of tech-forward kids looking for places to call their own. Were pointing them to Pika, Ghost, the Fediverse, and freaking Neocities!" https://daniel.industries/2025/04/27/culture-is-what-we-collectively-agree-upon/ | Source: Daniel Miller [12:42] TR Bot Culture Is What We Collectively Agree upon [12:43] TR News "In her memory, we promise to never stop practicing journalism" https://bianet.org/haber/journalist-ceren-kaynak-iskit-dies-at-38-306878 | Source: BIA Net [12:43] TR Bot Journalist Ceren Kaynak-skit dies at 38 [12:43] TR News "Therefore architecturally anubis wasn't an option for me. It can't really be that complex to make one of these? Well, no." https://dgl.cx/2025/04/using-haproxy-to-stop-scrapers | [12:43] TR Bot Using HAProxy to protect me from scrapers [12:44] TR News "Of possible interest" https://doc.searls.com/2025/04/28/of-possible-interest/ | Source: Doc Searls [12:44] TR Bot Of possible interest Doc Searls Weblog [12:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [12:45] TR News "I understand that these things are services and they need to "keep the lites on", but Im tired of investing in things that have a policy of getting all the money they can make and then turning to poop when they try to squeeze out that last drop of profit." https://mandarismoore.com/2025/04/28/discordance.html | Source: Mandaris Moore [12:45] TR Bot Discordance - Mandaris [12:45] TR News "A few months ago, I was talking with a friend about my ergonomic setup and they asked if being vertical helps it with cooling." https://ntietz.com/blog/measuring-my-framework-laptops-performance-in-3-positions/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky [12:46] TR Bot Measuring my Framework laptop's performance in 3 positions | nicole@web [12:46] TR News "The passage of a right to repair reform in Ohio would be an ideological win for the movement given the states highly conservative bent. It illustrates once again that support for these reforms is hugely bipartisan." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/ohio-could-be-the-latest-state-to-pass-right-to-repair-law-showcasing-broad-bipartisan-support/ | Source: Techdirt [12:46] TR Bot Could Be The Latest State To Pass Right To Repair Law, Showcasing Broad, Bipartisan Support | Techdirt [12:46] TR News "With this small project we will show how easy is to setup web server and control the ESP32-EVB relays with simple web interface." https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/esp32-evb-relays-driven-by-web-interface-with-micropython-so-you-can-switch-on-and-off-loads-from-anywhere-with-internet-connection/ | Source: Olimex [12:46] TR Bot ESP32-EVB relays driven by web interface with MicroPython so you can switch on and off loads from anywhere with internet connection | olimex [12:46] TR News "A couple months ago my uncle made a beautiful tamo, or Japanese fish landing net, for me. And during my recent visit, I noticed that he and my cousin made leather belt holsters for their landing nets, so I resolved to make one for mine, too." https://cagrimmett.com/2025/04/28/leather-holster-for-a-landing-net/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett [12:46] TR Bot Leather holster for a landing net Chuck Grimmett [12:47] TR News "This was the step I got stuck on for months. I was trying the "smart" route of attempting to reverse-engineer and reconstruct the packets by hand using URH and then broadcasting them with very cheap 868Mhz microcontroller boards." https://blog.videah.net/attacking-my-landlords-boiler/ | [12:47] TR Bot Attacking My Landlord's Boiler - videah's blog [12:49] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Framework, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Framework_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Framework_and_More.gmi [12:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Framework, and More [12:49] TR News JBoss EAP 8.1 Beta: Modernizing enterprise Java applications https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/28/jboss-eap-8-1-beta-modernizing-enterprise-java [12:49] TR Bot EAP 8.1 beta Release Summary [12:50] TR News Performance boosts in vLLM 0.8.1: Switching to the V1 engine https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/28/performance-boosts-vllm-081-switching-v1-engine [12:50] TR Bot Performance boosts in vLLM 0.8.1: Switching to the V1 engine | Red Hat Developer [12:50] TR News Boost OpenShift database VM density with memory overcommit https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/28/boost-openshift-database-vm-density-memory-overcommit [12:50] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:50] TR Bot Boost OpenShift database VM density with memory overcommit | Red Hat Developer [12:51] TR News Announcing right-sizing for OpenShift Virtualization https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/28/announcing-right-sizing-openshift-virtualization [12:51] TR Bot Announcing right-sizing for OpenShift Virtualization | Red Hat Developer [12:52] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi [12:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Leftovers [12:53] TR News How To Install OpenCart on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-opencart-debian-12/ [12:53] TR Bot How To Install OpenCart on Debian 12 - idroot [12:53] TR News How To Set Static IP Address on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/set-static-ip-address-fedora-42/ [12:53] TR Bot How To Set Static IP Address on Fedora 42 - idroot [12:53] TR News How To Install R and Rstudio on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-r-and-rstudio-centos-stream-10/ [12:53] TR Bot How To Install R and Rstudio on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [12:54] TR News How To Install Joplin on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-joplin-fedora-42/ [12:54] TR Bot How To Install Joplin on Fedora 42 - idroot [12:54] TR News How to Install MySQL 8.4 on Ubuntu 24.04 https://www.linuxtuto.com/how-to-install-mysql-8-4-on-ubuntu-24-04/ [12:54] TR Bot to Install MySQL 8.4 on Ubuntu 24.04 - LinuxTuto [12:54] TR News How to install Tailscale on Ubuntu 22.04 https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-tailscale-on-ubuntu-22-04/ [12:54] TR Bot How to install Tailscale on Ubuntu 22.04 [12:54] TR News How To Install Mattermost on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-mattermost-centos-stream-10/ [12:54] TR Bot How To Install Mattermost on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [12:55] *Righty (~Username@a9k4we53x83yu.irc) has joined #techrights [12:55] TR News How To Install PHP on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-php-fedora-42/ [12:55] TR Bot How To Install PHP on Fedora 42 - idroot [12:55] TR News How To Install Wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-wkhtmltopdf-ubuntu-24-04/ [12:56] TR Bot How To Install Wkhtmltopdf on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [12:56] TR News Being a slave of Microsoft, working at one's own expense https://idroot.us/install-minecraft-server-debian-12/ [12:56] TR Bot How To Install Minecraft Server on Debian 12 - idroot [12:57] TR News Turntable is a Universal Scrobbler App for GNU/Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/turntable-is-a-universal-scrobbling-app-for-linux [12:57] TR Bot Turntable is a Universal Scrobbler App for Linux - OMG! Ubuntu [12:59] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/today_s_howtos.gmi [12:59] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos ● Apr 29 [13:00] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [13:00] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [13:02] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [13:03] TR News Techrights Links 29/04/2025: Water Scarcity, LLM Slop Backfiring Again in Legal Documents https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Links_29_04_2025_Water_Scarcity_LLM_Slop_Backfiring_Again_in_Le.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Links_29_04_2025_Water_Scarcity_LLM_Slop_Backfiring_Again_in_Le.gmi [13:03] TR Bot Techrights Links 29/04/2025: Water Scarcity, LLM Slop Backfiring Again in Legal Documents [13:05] TR News "The Domain Name System (DNS) is a cornerstone of the Internet." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/28/a-tree-in-a-tree-challenges-of-comprehensive-dns-tree-exploration/ | Source: APNIC [13:05] TR Bot A tree in a tree: Challenges of comprehensive DNS tree exploration | APNIC Blog [13:05] TR News "The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) introduced the USB 2.0 standard on April 27, 2000" https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/usb/usb-2-0-is-25-years-old-today-the-interface-standard-that-changed-the-world | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:05] TR Bot USB 2.0 is 25 years old today the interface standard that changed the world | Tom's Hardware [13:05] TR News "we have mostly switched over to installing third-party Python programs" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/VenvsReplaceNotUpdate | Source: University of Toronto [13:06] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [13:06] TR News "I will examine the connections between technical debt, housework/carework" https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon25americas/presentation/lam | Source: USENIX [13:06] TR Bot Technical Debt as Theory Building and Practice | USENIX [13:06] TR News "One of the traditional divides in unit testing is whether you should write 'glass box' or 'opaque box' tests (like GeePawHill I think I prefer those terms to the traditional ones)" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/UnitTestsAndStandards | Source: University of Toronto [13:06] TR News "Computer architects cant agree on a way to find the average." https://dgsq.net/2025-04-27-averages/ | [13:06] TR Bot Computer Architects Can't Find the Average | dgsq [13:07] TR News "According to Annex I Part II of the EU CRA, manufacturers must actively search for vulnerabilities in their embedded devices, fix them and publicly disclose them to their users and the cybersecurity authorities." https://embeddeduse.com/2025/04/28/eu-cra-essential-requirements-related-to-vulnerability-handling/ | Source: Burkhard Stubert [13:07] TR Bot EU CRA: Essential Requirements Related to Vulnerability Handling Burkhard Stubert [13:08] TR News "Fake news to cover up IBM losses to the tune of $150 Billion in the future....Krabanaugh needs reasons to provide to investors when he's just cooking the books. No real US jobs will be created, just a load of fake ones as was done under DEI@IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy97hqr [13:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy97hqr ) [13:10] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszw0nag [13:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszw0nag ) [13:10] schestowitz[TR2] "" [13:10] schestowitz[TR2] Just more smoke and mirrors from the IBM CEO p1mp called Alvind. [13:10] schestowitz[TR2] Alvind Krishna :"We have been focused on American jobs and manufacturing since our founding 114 years ago, and with this investment and manufacturing commitment we are ensuring that IBM remains the epicenter of the world's most advanced computing and AI capabilities." Is that why you (Alvind) have layoffs for over 9000 US folks in 2025 while you hire double that number hired in India to sit around and twiddle their thumbs ? Maybe [13:10] schestowitz[TR2] Musk and Trump need to read this. As well as your other lapdogs Krabanaugh and Gary Cohn. [13:10] schestowitz[TR2] Spending $150 billion on America over the next decade ?? It's just more IBM fake news to keep Alvind and the Pipmunks out of trouble with the Feds. After all, things don't look good for his Consultants for the next few years. Indian Partners in crime can't over bill the US Federal Government. But that allocated $150 Billion will surely weasel it's way to India's shores on some pretext or another. Krabanaugh will cook the books as [13:10] schestowitz[TR2] usual. After all, Alvind needs to get his $100 million bonus in 2026. And another medal on his chest from you know who. [13:10] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:10] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:10] schestowitz[TR2] "We have been focused on American jobs and manufacturing" ... [13:10] schestowitz[TR2] Absolutely a true statement, but the focus is on elimination not creation. Note that he specifically does not say "focused on creating American jobs and manufacturing" [13:10] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:11] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:11] schestowitz[TR2] It was already baked in for the last few years of "fall planning" Just attempts to grab headlines and try and garner some Trump effect goodwill. SMH. [13:11] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:12] TR News Open Data https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/announcing-schematic/ | Source: Rlang [13:12] TR Bot schematic | R-bloggers [13:13] TR News "Lenovo is quietly offering Linux pre-installed on some laptops in the US and Canada" https://www.fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardware/60940-lenovo-slashes-windows-tax-with-cheaper-linux-laptops | Source: Fudzilla [13:13] TR Bot Lenovo slashes Windows tax with cheaper Linux laptops [13:13] TR News [Old] "For those who hadn't heard the story, February 15th 1999 was windows refund day." https://marc.merlins.org/linux/refundday/ | [13:13] TR Bot Windows Refund Day [13:14] TR News "My soon-to-be-website uses Astro as its foundation" https://fantinel.dev/storybook-astro-svelte | Source: Matt Fantinel [13:14] TR Bot Setting up Storybook on an Astro project - Matt Fantinel [13:14] TR News "It went on to loosely confirm the rumors that surrounded the initial April 14 incident" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/4chan_back_onlin/ | Source: The Register UK [13:14] TR Bot 4chan back from 'catastrophic' attack with tale of cash woes The Register [13:14] TR News "The releases main highlight is security" https://linuxiac.com/firefox-138-now-available-for-download/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:14] TR Bot Firefox 138 Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New [13:15] TR News "one database per tenant" https://blog.julik.nl/2025/04/a-can-of-shardines | [13:16] TR Bot A Can of Shardines: SQLite Multitenancy With Rails | Julik Tarkhanov [13:16] TR News "combines [slop] with manual human review" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2766210/brave-browsers-newest-tool-swats-away-those-annoying-cookie-pop-ups.html | Source: PC World [13:16] TR Bot browser's newest tool swats away those annoying cookie pop-ups | PCWorld [13:17] TR News "Okay, what happened? According to the Kali project" https://linuxiac.com/kali-linux-users-must-manually-install-new-repository-key/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:17] TR Bot Urgent Update: Kali Linux Users Must Manually Install New Repository Key [13:18] TR News "As we saw recently in the Graphed and measured: running TCP input in parallel story" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250428084026 | Source: Undeadly [13:18] TR Bot MP-safe tcp_input() committed [13:18] TR News "Its been three years since our previous counting of lines" https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/Whats-in-OpenBSD-77 | Source: Ted Unangst [13:18] TR Bot What's in OpenBSD 7.7? [13:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [13:19] TR News "released and is ready to install" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/commodore-os-vision-3-0-linux-based-os-arrives-to-spruce-up-retro-builds | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:19] TR Bot Commodore OS Vision 3.0 Linux-based OS arrives to spruce up retro builds | Tom's Hardware [13:19] TR News "The 4MLinux project has released version 48.0 of its lightweight operating system for games" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12434 | Source: Distro Watch [13:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12434 ) [13:20] TR News "I made a website. Its called One Million Chessboards." https://eieio.games/blog/one-million-chessboards/ | Source: Nolen Royalty [13:20] TR Bot Million Chessboards eieio.games [13:21] TR News "As system administrators, its important to be able to quickly locate and manage files on a Linux system." https://www.baeldung.com/linux/setup-search-indexing | Source: Tarnum Java SRL [13:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.baeldung.com/linux/setup-search-indexing ) [13:22] TR News "Twelve years ago, I started a draft for an article. I never published it: there were a few cross-browser issues, and the idea was raw and unpolished." https://kizu.dev/svg-linked-parameters-workaround/ | [13:22] TR Bot Passing Data into SVG: Linked Parameters Workaround [13:22] TR News "Heres what I wrote in 2007. Revisiting some of the issues: [...]" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/04/28/revisiting-zfs-for-mac/ | Source: Michael Tsai [13:22] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - Revisiting ZFS for Mac [13:23] TR News "Some patrons asked for a podcast RSS feed just the audio" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/27/pivot-to-ai-the-podcast/ | Source: Pivot to AI [13:23] TR Bot Pivot to AI: The Podcast! Pivot to AI [13:26] TR News LSA political science major named 2025 Truman Scholar https://record.umich.edu/articles/lsa-political-science-major-named-2025-truman-scholar/ [13:26] TR Bot LSA political science major named 2025 Truman Scholar | The University Record [13:44] TR News Techrights Just Sending More and More Threats Does Not Change the Fact We Got Abused for Many Years and Women Got Strangled https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Just_Sending_More_and_More_Threats_Does_Not_Change_the_Fact_We_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Just_Sending_More_and_More_Threats_Does_Not_Change_the_Fact_We_.gmi [13:44] TR Bot Techrights Just Sending More and More Threats Does Not Change the Fact We Got Abused for Many Years and Women Got Strangled [13:45] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [13:58] TR News Scarlett Gately Moore: KDE Snaps and life. 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Spirits are up, but I need a little help please Scarlett Gately Moore ● Apr 29 [14:00] TR News Ayutthaya polices loft-style room Facebook (Farcebook) post goes viral https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ayutthaya-polices-loft-style-room-facebook-post-goes-viral [14:00] TR Bot Ayutthaya polices loft-style room Facebook post goes viral | The Straits Times [14:01] TR News Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #498 - More power, more books, and more sustainable practices https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/Eu1Sq77GQRQaPyeY0sbxFg [14:01] TR Bot Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #498 [14:04] TR News "Cant stop the signal" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/28/can-t-stop-the-signal | Source: Meduza [14:04] TR Bot Cant stop the signal Dubai emerges as key hub for Russia Todays campaign to continue reaching Western audiences, despite sanctions Meduza [14:07] TR News "Apparently everybody agrees that Ghibli style is not and has never been protected by copyright. Any person has always been free to create (and copy, publish, etc.) their own images/artwork/content in that style. What Studio Ghibli has is the copyright monopoly on their works and the trademark. Those rights are not diminished by AI." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/guest-post-ghiblification-and-moral.html [14:07] TR Bot [Guest post] Ghiblification and the Moral Wrongs of U.S. Copyright Law - The IPKat [14:07] TR News GNOME Blog: "F**k Nazis, GNOME is Antifa" https://lunduke.substack.com/p/gnome-blog-fk-nazis-gnome-is-antifa [14:07] TR Bot GNOME Blog: "F**k Nazis, GNOME is Antifa" [14:10] TR News gnu linux hardware review: benchmark SKC3000D2048G + PCIe riser card from icy box + how to minitor nvme temp https://dwaves.de/2025/04/27/gnu-linux-hardware-review-benchmark-skc3000d2048g-pcie-riser-card-from-icy-box-how-to-minitor-nvme-temp/ [14:10] TR Bot gnu linux hardware review: benchmark SKC3000D2048G + PCIe riser card from icy box + how to minitor nvme temp | dwaves.de [14:10] TR News GNU/Linux bash (Debian) git how to always show current branch https://dwaves.de/2025/04/27/gnu-linux-bash-debian-git-how-to-always-show-current-branch/ [14:10] TR Bot GNU Linux bash (Debian) git how to always show current branch | dwaves.de [14:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [14:11] *oarion7 (~ryan@e6jyc88uwxv5c.irc) has joined #techrights [14:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [14:22] TR News Kdenlive 25.04.0 released https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.04.0/ [14:22] TR Bot Kdenlive 25.04.0 released - Kdenlive [14:25] TR News PCLinuxOS Recent Updates https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5956 [14:25] TR Bot Updates PCLinuxOS [14:25] TR News qBittorrent 5.1.0 Adds Web Seeds & Cookies Managing for WebUI / WebAPI https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/qbittorrent-510-web-seeds-cookies/ [14:26] TR Bot qBittorrent 5.1.0 Adds Web Seeds & Cookies Managing for WebUI / WebAPI | UbuntuHandbook [14:26] TR News qBittorrent 5.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released as a Major Update https://9to5linux.com/qbittorrent-5-1-open-source-bittorrent-client-released-as-a-major-update [14:26] TR Bot 5.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released as a Major Update - 9to5Linux [14:27] TR News Sergio Talens-Oliag: ArgoCD Autopilot https://blogops.mixinet.net/posts/gitops/argocd-autopilot/ [14:27] TR Bot ArgoCD Autopilot | Mixinet BlogOps [14:28] TR News OSI publishes election retrospective https://lwn.net/Articles/1019215/ [14:28] TR Bot publishes election retrospective [LWN.net] [14:30] TR News Revenue is NOT profit!! https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/28/youtube-ad-revenue-q1-2025/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/15/YouTube_Layoffs_Mean_That_YouTube_is_Still_Losing_a_Lot_of_Mone.shtml [14:30] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/28/youtube-ad-revenue-q1-2025/ ) [14:30] TR Bot Techrights YouTube Layoffs Mean That YouTube is Still Losing a Lot of Money (Net Income or Profit Almost Definitely Negative) [14:31] TR News Mozilla Localization (L10N): Lost (and Found) in Translation: My Internship Story https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2025/04/28/lost-and-found-in-translation-my-internship-story/ [14:31] TR Bot Lost (and Found) in Translation: My Internship Story Mozilla L10N [14:31] TR News Goodge debt grew some more since it invested in Trump [14:32] TR News Sid Tosh: MacStadium sponsors GNOME macOS CI infrastructure https://blogs.gnome.org/sid/2025/04/27/macstadium-sponsors-gnome-macos-ci-infrastructure/ [14:32] TR Bot MacStadium sponsors GNOME macOS CI infrastructure Sid's GNOME Blog [14:33] TR News How the DSGE sausage is made https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/how-the-dsge-sausage-is-made/ [14:33] TR Bot the DSGE sausage is made | R-bloggers [14:34] TR News Why Chinese manufacturers are going viral on Fentanylware (TikTok) https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/28/1115876/why-chinese-manufacturers-are-going-viral-on-tiktok/ [14:34] TR Bot Why Chinese manufacturers are going viral on TikTok | MIT Technology Review [14:35] TR News Software Patent: $2,000 for FITE Technologies network patent monopoly prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/4/28/2000-for-fite-technologies-network-patent-prior-art [14:35] TR Bot $2,000 for FITE Technologies network patent prior art Unified Patents [14:37] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [14:56] TR News TDFs Annual Report 2024 LibreOffice Conference https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/04/28/tdfs-annual-report-2024-libreoffice-conference/ [14:56] TR Bot TDF's Annual Report 2024 LibreOffice Conference - 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A compact, fanless embedded box PC with Intel N97/N200 SoC, M.2 sockets, COM ports - CNX Software [15:05] TR News Zalmotek RA6M1, RA8M1, and RZ/A3U SoMs follow Adafruit Feather form factor, support carrier board for robotics and industrial control https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/28/zalmotek-ra6m1-ra8m1-and-rz-a3u-soms-follow-adafruit-feather-form-factor-support-carrier-board-for-robotics-and-industrial-control/ [15:05] TR Bot Zalmotek RA6M1, RA8M1, and RZ/A3U SoMs follow Adafruit Feather form factor, support carrier board for robotics and industrial control - CNX Software [15:07] TR News "If youve dealt with reactance, you surely know the two equations for computing inductive and capacitive reactance." https://hackaday.com/2025/04/28/deriving-the-reactance-formulas/ | Source: Hackaday [15:07] TR Bot The Reactance Formulas | Hackaday [15:08] TR News Valgrind-3.25.0 is available https://lwn.net/Articles/1019227/ [15:08] TR Bot is available [LWN.net] [15:09] TR News Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1019212/ [15:09] TR Bot updates for Monday [LWN.net] [15:10] TR News 22 Best Free and Paid Webinar Software for GNU/Linux https://linux.how2shout.com/best-webinar-software-linux/ [15:10] TR Bot 22 Best Free and Paid Webinar Software for Linux - LinuxShout [15:11] TR News [15:11] TR News A New Kali GNU/Linux Archive Signing Key https://www.kali.org/blog/new-kali-archive-signing-key/ [15:11] TR Bot A New Kali Linux Archive Signing Key | Kali Linux Blog [15:11] TR News Pasaffe is an easy to use password manager for GNOME https://www.linuxlinks.com/pasaffe-password-managerr-gnome/ [15:11] TR Bot is an easy to use password manager for GNOME - LinuxLinks [15:12] TR News 10 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Satellite Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-satellite-tools/ [15:12] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Satellite Tools - LinuxLinks [15:12] TR News VictoriaMetrics is a scalable solution for monitoring and managing time series data https://www.linuxlinks.com/victoriametric-monitoring-managing-time-series-data/ [15:12] TR Bot is a scalable solution for monitoring and managing time series data - LinuxLinks [15:12] TR News Free42 is an HP-42S calculator simulator https://www.linuxlinks.com/free42-hp-42s-calculator-simulator/ [15:12] TR Bot is an HP-42S calculator simulator - LinuxLinks [15:13] TR News Activepieces is business automation software https://www.linuxlinks.com/activepieces-business-automation-software/ [15:13] TR Bot is business automation software - LinuxLinks [15:14] TR News "It was already baked in for the last few years of "fall planning" Just attempts to grab headlines and try and garner some Trump effect goodwill. SMH." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszw0nag [15:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszw0nag ) [15:16] TR News Infosys Layoffs: Indian IT Major Lays Off More 195 Trainees for Failing Internal Assessments, Marking 3rd Round of Trainee Job Cuts This Year https://www.latestly.com/technology/infosys-layoffs-indian-it-major-lays-off-more-195-trainees-for-failing-internal-assessments-marking-3rd-round-of-trainee-job-cuts-this-year-6817387.html [15:16] TR Bot Layoffs: Indian IT Major Lays Off More 195 Trainees for Failing Internal Assessments, Marking 3rd Round of Trainee Job Cuts This Year | LatestLY [15:17] TR News Kali issues warning to users about update failures due to lost repository signing key https://www.neowin.net/news/kali-issues-warning-to-users-about-update-failures-due-to-lost-repository-signing-key/ [15:17] TR Bot Kali issues warning to users about update failures due to lost repository signing key - Neowin [15:20] TR News DebLight OS is a lightweight and fast GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/deblight-os-lightweight-fast-linux-distribution/ [15:20] TR Bot OS is a lightweight and fast Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [15:20] TR News Proprietary backdoored Windows Versus "Linux" News (Trying to Keep People on Windows, Never Exploring GNU/Linux) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Proprietary_Windows_Versus_Linux_News_Trying_to_Keep_People_on_.shtml [15:20] TR Bot Techrights Proprietary Windows Versus "Linux" News (Trying to Keep People on Windows, Never Exploring GNU/Linux) [15:20] TR News The "Telephone Operating System in the Vatican" is 95 Years Old, Vatican Moved to GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/The_Telephone_Operating_System_in_the_Vatican_is_95_Years_Old_V.shtml [15:20] TR Bot Techrights The "Telephone Operating System in the Vatican" is 95 Years Old, Vatican Moved to GNU/Linux [15:20] TR News BSD and GNU/Linux Replaced Abusive Monopolist Microsoft in Secure Servers, All Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Has Left is LLM Slop for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/BSD_and_GNU_Linux_Replaced_Microsoft_in_Secure_Servers_All_Micr.shtml [15:20] TR Bot Techrights BSD and GNU/Linux Replaced Microsoft in Secure Servers, All Microsoft Has Left is LLM Slop for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) [15:20] TR News GNU/Linux 9% in Cuba, Vista 11 Waning, Android Dominant https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/GNU_Linux_9_in_Cuba_Vista_11_Waning_Android_Dominant.shtml [15:20] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux 9% in Cuba, Vista 11 Waning, Android Dominant [15:22] TR News Michael Catanzaro: WebKitGTK API Versions Demystified https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2025/04/28/webkitgtk-api-versions/ [15:22] TR Bot WebKitGTK API Versions Demystified Michael Catanzaro's Blog [15:22] TR News NixOS Logo and Branding Update https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2025/nixos-logo-branding-updates/ [15:22] TR Bot NixOS Logo and Branding Update | Blog | Nix & NixOS [15:23] TR News Plasma Sprint 2025 A Recap https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/plasma-sprint-2025-a-recap/ [15:23] TR Bot Plasma Sprint 2025 A Recap KDE and Plasma Design [15:24] TR News Small (45x43mm) system-on-module packs Rockchip RK3562 AIoT SoC, 16GB eMMC, 2GB RAM, and PMIC https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/29/small-45x43mm-system-on-module-packs-rockchip-rk3562-aiot-soc-16gb-emmc-2gb-ram-and-pmic/ [15:24] TR Bot Small (45x43mm) system-on-module packs Rockchip RK3562 AIoT SoC, 16GB eMMC, 2GB RAM, and PMIC - CNX Software [15:34] TR News Software Patent: $2,000 for Adaptive Avenue website patent monopoly prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/4/28/2000-for-adaptive-avenue-website-patent-prior-art [15:34] TR Bot $2,000 for Adaptive Avenue website patent prior art Unified Patents [15:34] TR News Clear The Way Dont Jump the Gun: English Court of Appeal grants an Interim Injunction to AstraZeneca in Glenmark Dapagliflozin Case https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/04/28/clear-the-way-dont-jump-the-gun-english-court-of-appeal-grants-an-interim-injunction-to-astrazeneca-in-glenmark-dapagliflozin-case/ [15:34] TR Bot Clear The Way Dont Jump the Gun: English Court of Appeal grants an Interim Injunction to AstraZeneca in Glenmark Dapagliflozin Case - Kluwer Patent Blog [15:35] TR News Software Patents in HEY HI CLOTHING https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/04/inventorship-guidance-problematic.html [15:35] TR Bot The USPTO's AI Inventorship Guidance: A Legally Problematic Half-Measure [15:36] TR News 64GB DDR5 memory modules shown to work on ODROID-H4 Alder Lake-N SBC https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/28/64gb-ddr5-memory-modules-shown-to-work-on-odroid-h4-alder-lake-n-sbc/ [15:36] TR Bot 64GB DDR5 memory modules shown to work on ODROID-H4 Alder Lake-N SBC - CNX Software [15:36] TR News Coming Soon: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Fake Results, Mass Layoffs, and Silence About All the People Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Pressured to "Quit" (So That They Don't Get Counted as Layoffs) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Coming_Soon_Microsoft_Fake_Results_Mass_Layoffs_and_Silence_Abo.shtml [15:36] TR Bot Techrights Coming Soon: Microsoft Fake Results, Mass Layoffs, and Silence About All the People Microsoft Pressured to "Quit" (So That They Don't Get Counted as Layoffs) [15:36] TR News Microsoft is Already Laying Off Lots of Contractors https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Microsoft_is_Already_Laying_Off_Lots_of_Contractors.shtml [15:36] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft is Already Laying Off Lots of Contractors [15:38] TR News "A few years passed since my last attempt to get on Mastodon without it negatively impacting my life. There are much more interesting people on Mastodon now. And I havent stopped lurking on various fedi instances looking for news from the FLOSS world, which usually ends with doomscrolling." gemini://aelspire.info/posts/2025-04-29-mastodon/post.gmi [15:40] TR News SpellBinding: SCEIPRB Wordo: COOKS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-29.gmi [15:41] TR News Hey-Hi (AI) Isn't Your Friend or Lover or Partner in Crime gemini://the-brannons.com/hey-hi/ [15:44] TR News The skyrocketing space travel, a (not-so) fictional story gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2599 [15:44] TR News "After my previous post about Tenstorrent programming, I am curious about how exactly am I supposed to write my own LLK (programming the vector engine/SFPU)." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2025/04-27-adventuring-into-tenstorrent-sfpu-programming-mandelbrot-rendering.gmi [15:46] TR News "Shit like this is my kryptonite. \ wait, how does kryptonite actually work? it makes superman weaker, right? not like that. is there an arc where superman gets addicted to kryptonite because he just loves the way it makes him feel? superman thinks about it...often." gemini://highstakesbingo.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-04-25%20kryptowrite.gmi [15:48] TR News What Fake News Looks Like (IBM) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/What_Fake_News_Looks_Like_IBM.shtml [15:48] TR Bot Techrights What Fake News Looks Like (IBM) [15:48] TR News What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: The Purge, the Cover-up, and the Witch-hunts https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/27/What_Happened_to_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Elections_The_P.shtml [15:48] TR Bot Techrights What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: The Purge, the Cover-up, and the Witch-hunts [15:48] TR News LibreWolf is now in my Slackware repository https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/librewolf-is-now-in-my-slackware-repository/ [15:49] TR Bot LibreWolf is now in my Slackware repository Alien Pastures [15:49] TR News Phone Adoption Very Low in Vatican, backdoored Windows Usage Fell Nonetheless https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Phone_Adoption_Very_Low_in_Vatican_Windows_Usage_Fell_Nonethele.shtml [15:49] TR Bot Techrights Phone Adoption Very Low in Vatican, Windows Usage Fell Nonetheless [15:49] TR News Glue Inside Your Pizza (or Why People Will Get Fed Up With Slop) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Glue_Inside_Your_Pizza_or_Why_People_Will_Get_Fed_Up_With_Slop.shtml [15:49] TR Bot Techrights Glue Inside Your Pizza (or Why People Will Get Fed Up With Slop) [15:49] TR News Central African Republic (CAR): Vista 11 is Only ~0.2% Market Share https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Central_African_Republic_CAR_Vista_11_is_Only_0_2_Market_Share.shtml [15:49] TR Bot Techrights Central African Republic (CAR): Vista 11 is Only ~0.2% Market Share [15:51] TR News New Leaks Coming Soon, We Maintain 100% Record of Successful Resistance to Censorship https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/New_Leaks_Coming_Soon_We_Maintain_100_Record_of_Successful_Resi.shtml [15:51] TR Bot Techrights New Leaks Coming Soon, We Maintain 100% Record of Successful Resistance to Censorship [15:52] TR News Leak: The EPO's General Consultative Committee (GCC) Does Not Consult Staff on Crucial Matters and Bypasses the Administrative Council (AC) to Do Illegal Things https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Leak_The_EPO_s_General_Consultative_Committee_GCC_Does_Not_Cons.shtml [15:52] TR Bot Techrights Leak: The EPO's General Consultative Committee (GCC) Does Not Consult Staff on Crucial Matters and Bypasses the Administrative Council (AC) to Do Illegal Things [15:52] TR News No, I.C.B.M. is Not Investing $150 Billion in the US and It Doesn't Even Have That Kind of Money https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/No_IBM_is_Not_Investing_150_Billion_in_the_US_and_It_Doesn_t_Ev.shtml [15:52] TR Bot Techrights No, IBM is Not Investing $150 Billion in the US and It Doesn't Even Have That Kind of Money [15:52] TR News Chromebooks' Adoption in Sweden No Longer Depends on Schools https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Chromebooks_Adoption_in_Sweden_No_Longer_Depends_on_Schools.shtml [15:52] TR Bot Techrights Chromebooks' Adoption in Sweden No Longer Depends on Schools [15:52] TR News If Tesla Shares (and Alleged Value) Fell 55% (From $489 to $222) in a Few Months Maybe It's Not Worth Anything At All (It's Just Gambling) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/If_Tesla_Shares_and_Alleged_Value_Fell_55_From_489_to_222_in_a_.shtml [15:52] TR Bot Techrights If Tesla Shares (and Alleged Value) Fell 55% (From $489 to $222) in a Few Months Maybe It's Not Worth Anything At All (It's Just Gambling) [15:52] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [15:52] TR News China is Already Culling GAFAM (Not Just Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Windows) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/China_is_Already_Culling_GAFAM_Not_Just_Microsoft_Windows.shtml [15:52] TR Bot Techrights China is Already Culling GAFAM (Not Just Microsoft Windows) [15:53] TR News Kubernetes v1.33: HorizontalPodAutoscaler Configurable Tolerance https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/04/28/kubernetes-v1-33-hpa-configurable-tolerance/ [15:53] TR Bot Kubernetes v1.33: HorizontalPodAutoscaler Configurable Tolerance | Kubernetes [15:54] TR News Doom slithers and dithers its way with a 16-color Atari ST port https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/doom-slithers-and-dithers-its-way-with-a-16-color-atari-st-port [15:54] TR Bot Doom slithers and dithers its way with a 16-color Atari ST port | Tom's Hardware [15:54] TR News (NEW): Kubernetes v1.33 and Kiwi TCMS 14.2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/24/Kubernetes_v1_33_and_Kiwi_TCMS_14_2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/24/Kubernetes_v1_33_and_Kiwi_TCMS_14_2.gmi [15:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Kubernetes v1.33 and Kiwi TCMS 14.2 ● Apr 29 [16:02] TR News Closest to Palawan, not far from Malaysia and Vietnam, definitely not part of China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Cay_Reef so China is already "doing a Crimea" https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/beijing-finally-slices-off-sandy-cay/ [16:02] TR Bot Sandy Cay Reef - Wikipedia [16:02] TR Bot Beijing finally slices off Sandy Cay | The Strategist [16:02] TR News Dual Booting CachyOS and backdoored Windows https://itsfoss.com/dual-boot-cachyos-windows/ [16:03] TR Bot Dual Booting CachyOS and Windows [16:06] TR News Skype Shutdown Next Monday! https://techrights.org/wiki/Skype_is_Spy_Campaign/ a lesson for any company taken over by Microsoft [16:06] TR Bot Skype is Spy Campaign [16:06] TR News Skype will be remembered as something that MANY years ago MANY people used. Then Microsoft ruined the whole thing. [16:07] MinceR skype was never good [16:07] schestowitz[TR2] it was always hotile towards FOSS [16:07] schestowitz[TR2] *hhhostilke [16:07] schestowitz[TR2] *hostile [16:07] schestowitz[TR2] now it's dead [16:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:20] TR News "We know how to tune our CNC mill for the minimum chatter when its chewing through aluminium." https://hackaday.com/2025/04/28/supercon-2024-sketching-with-machines/ | Source: Hackaday [16:20] TR Bot 2024: Sketching With Machines | Hackaday [16:21] TR News "Custom Filament Colors" https://hackaday.com/2025/04/28/paint-mixing-theory-for-custom-filament-colors/ | Source: Hackaday [16:21] TR Bot Mixing Theory For Custom Filament Colors | Hackaday [16:22] TR News Tinycorder https://hackaday.com/2025/04/28/tinycorder-isnt-quite-a-tricorder-but/ | Source: Hackaday [16:22] TR Bot Isnt Quite A Tricorder, But | Hackaday [16:23] TR News Cancer-campaign journalist among winners at new Reach awards https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/reach-journalism-awards/ [16:23] TR Bot Cancer-campaign journalist among winners at Reach journalism awards - Press Gazette [16:24] TR News Censorship weapons "to Hell Toupes desk." https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/28/congress-passes-take-act-combat-elicit-deepfakes/ [16:24] TR Bot passes Take It Down Act to combat deepfakes - SiliconANGLE [16:26] TR News "Roughly the size of a Tic Tac container, this project packs a punch in a compact package. [Matt] sent in this beautifully documented pocket device that brings back great memories of texting on early cellphones." https://hackaday.com/2025/04/28/eclairm0-the-pocket-notepad/ | Source: Hackaday [16:26] TR Bot The Pocket Notepad | Hackaday [16:27] TR News Pi Pico https://hackaday.com/2025/04/28/pi-pico-throws-us-for-a-midi-loop/ | Source: Hackaday [16:27] TR Bot Pico Throws Us For A (MIDI) Loop | Hackaday [16:27] MinceR https://imgur.com/gallery/TswG8nS = https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/gallery/TswG8nS [16:27] TR Bot moderately sized DK dump of stolen memes for these trying times 1726. - Album on Imgur [16:27] TR Bot A moderately sized DK dump of stolen memes for these trying times 1726. - rimgo [16:28] TR News "All In One Place" https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/weird-and-wonderful-vr-mr-text-entry-methods-all-in-one-place/ | Source: Hackaday [16:28] TR Bot And Wonderful VR/MR Text Entry Methods, All In One Place | Hackaday [16:28] TR News 'Popcorn Lung': Vapers at Risk of Irreversible Disease, Experts Warn https://www.sciencealert.com/popcorn-lung-vapers-at-risk-of-irreversible-disease-experts-warn [16:28] TR Bot Lung': Vapers at Risk of Irreversible Disease, Experts Warn : ScienceAlert [16:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:46] TR News Some recent changes to choice of translation https://www.qt.io/blog/some-recent-changes-to-choice-of-translation [16:46] TR Bot Some recent changes to choice of translation [16:46] TR News Efficiently Create Leading-Edge Aerospace and Defense Software with Qt https://www.qt.io/blog/efficiently-create-leading-edge-ad-software-with-qt [16:46] TR Bot Efficiently Create Leading-Edge Aerospace and Defense Software with Qt [16:51] TR News From the Community | The death of authentic reading culture https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/27/from-the-community-the-death-of-authentic-reading-culture/ [16:51] TR Bot From the Community | The death of authentic reading culture [16:52] TR News DHS restores international student records, U-M continues to monitor https://record.umich.edu/articles/dhs-restores-international-student-records-u-m-continues-to-monitor/ "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has reinstated SEVIS records for 14 enrolled U-M students and 11 graduates whose records had previously been terminated" [16:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://record.umich.edu/articles/dhs-restores-international-student-records-u-m-continues-to-monitor/ ) [16:53] TR News First batch of Hong Kong democrats freed after 4 years' jail for subversion https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/first-batch-of-hong-kong-democrats-freed-after-4-years-jail-for-subversion [16:53] TR Bot First batch of Hong Kong democrats freed after 4 years jail for subversion | The Straits Times [16:59] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). [16:59] TR News Cybersecurity vendors are themselves under attack by hackers, SentinelOne says https://cyberscoop.com/cybersecurity-vendors-are-under-attack-sentinelone-says/ [16:59] TR Bot vendors are themselves under attack by hackers, SentinelOne says | CyberScoop [16:59] *Now talking on #techrights [16:59] *Topic for #techrights is: TechRights.org | Unofficial channel #techrights for http://TechRights.org [16:59] *Topic for #techrights set by superkuh!~superkuh@user/superkuh at Thu May 20 20:25:48 2021 ● Apr 29 [17:00] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). [17:00] *Now talking on #techrights [17:00] *hub.au.ozorg.net sets mode +n #techrights [17:00] *hub.au.ozorg.net sets mode +t #techrights [17:00] TR News House passes bill to study routers national security risks https://cyberscoop.com/routers-act-commerce-study-modems-chinese-hackers/ [17:00] TR Bot passes bill to study routers national security risks | CyberScoop [17:01] TR News Announcing the Release of The Memory Safety Continuum https://openssf.org/blog/2025/04/28/announcing-the-release-of-the-memory-safety-continuum/ Hype http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/What_Would_Dennis_Ritchie_Say_About_the_Memory_Safe_Hype_or_Car.shtml [17:01] TR Bot Announcing the Release of The Memory Safety Continuum Open Source Security Foundation [17:01] TR Bot Techrights What Would Dennis Ritchie Say About the "Memory-Safe" Hype (or Cargo Cult)? [17:01] TR News Weak tax revenue is a national security issue https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/weak-tax-revenue-is-a-national-security-issue/ [17:01] TR Bot Weak tax revenue is a national security issue | The Strategist [17:03] TR News Headline containing "AI" = immediate skipping article unless it is a critique [17:03] TR News "Agentic" is just the new "advanced" and "generative"... a meaningless adjective for hype [17:04] TR News African Telecom Giant MTN Group Discloses Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/african-telecom-giant-mtn-group-discloses-data-breach/ [17:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/african-telecom-giant-mtn-group-discloses-data-breach/ ) [17:05] TR News Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Planet Technology Industrial Networking Products https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerabilities-found-in-planet-technology-industrial-networking-products/ [17:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerabilities-found-in-planet-technology-industrial-networking-products/ ) [17:06] TR News 4 Million Affected by VeriSource Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/4-million-affected-by-data-breach-at-verisource-services/ [17:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/4-million-affected-by-data-breach-at-verisource-services/ ) [17:06] TR News Craft CMS Zero-Day Exploited to Compromise Hundreds of Websites https://www.securityweek.com/craft-cms-zero-day-exploited-to-compromise-hundreds-of-websites/ [17:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/craft-cms-zero-day-exploited-to-compromise-hundreds-of-websites/ ) [17:08] TR News Only 35% Americans support Musk's work for Trump, says poll https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/world/musk-s-work-for-donald-trump-is-very-unpopular-says-poll/story [17:08] TR Bot Only 35% Americans support Musk's work for Trump, says poll [17:10] TR News Privileged Conversations | May 2025 https://publicknowledge.org/privileged-conversations-may-2025/ Conversations partly controlled by Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml [17:10] TR Bot Privileged Conversations | May 2025 - Public Knowledge [17:10] TR Bot Techrights At Microsoft, Promoting Back Doors, Proprietary Lock-in and Mass Surveillance Under the Guise of Diversity ("Microsoft Philanthropy Team") [17:11] TR News But that does relate to corporate objectives of Microsoft? https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-applauds-fcc-vote-to-modernize-satellite-spectrum-sharing-to-help-close-digital-divide/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml [17:11] TR Bot Public Knowledge Applauds FCC Vote To Modernize Satellite Spectrum Sharing To Help Close Digital Divide - Public Knowledge [17:15] TR News The opposite of what Hitler would do on better paper: Observer relaunched by Tortoise https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/observer-relaunched-by-tortoise/ [17:15] TR Bot Inside first Observer after title relaunched by Tortoise - Press Gazette [17:17] TR News Power Outages in Spain and Portugal: Photos https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/world/europe/spain-power-outage-photos.html [17:17] TR Bot Power Outages in Spain and Portugal: Photos - The New York Times [17:19] TR News Washtenaw County Community Action Network loses federal AmeriCorps funding https://www.michigandaily.com/news/news-briefs/washtenaw-county-community-action-network-loses-federal-americorps-funding/ [17:19] TR Bot Community Action Network loses federal AmeriCorps funding [17:20] TR News How to Install Darktable on FunOS https://funos.org/install-darktable-funos/ [17:20] TR Bot How to Install Darktable on FunOS FunOS [17:21] TR News Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad: 'I never wanted to be an activist' https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20250428-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-nadia-murad-i-never-wanted-to-be-an-activist [17:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20250428-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-nadia-murad-i-never-wanted-to-be-an-activist ) [17:22] TR News Weaponized Words: Uyghur Language Software Hijacked to Deliver Malware https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/uyghur-language-software-hijacked-to-deliver-malware/ [17:22] TR Bot Weaponized Words: Uyghur Language Software Hijacked to Deliver Malware - The Citizen Lab [17:23] TR News Software Patents: Leigh M. Rothschild entity, Touchpoint Projection, cybersecurity patent monopoly challenge instituted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/4/25/leigh-m-rothschild-entity-touchpoint-projection-cybersecurity-patent-challenge-instituted [17:23] TR Bot Leigh M. Rothschild entity, Touchpoint Projection, cybersecurity patent challenge instituted Unified Patents [17:24] TR News Public Knowledge Cautions Take It Down Act Could Jeopardize Privacy, Free Speech https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-cautions-take-it-down-act-could-jeopardize-privacy-free-speech/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml [17:24] TR Bot Public Knowledge Cautions Take It Down Act Could Jeopardize Privacy, Free Speech - Public Knowledge [17:31] TR News Industrys Secret Sharing of Data https://www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-group-secret-data-sharing | Source: Pro Publica [17:31] TR Bot Gun Group Seeks Federal Probe of Industrys Secret Sharing of Data ProPublica [17:35] *whatA (~chatzilla@ave3s77w85udu.irc) has joined #techrights [17:39] TR News (NEW): Firefox 139 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Heres What to Expect https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Firefox_139_Is_Now_Available_for_Public_Beta_Testing_Here_s_Wha.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Firefox_139_Is_Now_Available_for_Public_Beta_Testing_Here_s_Wha.gmi [17:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Firefox 139 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Heres What to Expect [17:44] TR News Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 889 https://ubuntu-news.org/2025/04/28/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-889/ [17:44] TR Bot Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 889 [17:45] TR News Fix Dependency Issue for Grub-Customizer in Ubuntu 25.04 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/fix-dependency-grub-customizer-ubuntu-2504/ [17:45] TR Bot Fix Dependency Issue for Grub-Customizer in Ubuntu 25.04 | UbuntuHandbook [17:45] TR News Mixxx 2.5.1 Added Several More MIDI Controllers Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/mixxx-2-5-1-more-midi-controllers/ [17:45] TR Bot Mixxx 2.5.1 Added Several More MIDI Controllers Support | UbuntuHandbook [17:46] whatA Alphabet Google... MORE LIKE OmegaGamble Gulag, since what they do is to bet (hence the name: OmegaGamble) on the HEY HI arms race, wrecking search results, and laying off people as a result. [17:47] whatA Since yesterday I suggested backdoored Windows to be called "WinBlows", I wonder what other nasty names to apply to those Big Tech (sic) [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] "WinBlows" is an old term [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] i saw it 20+ years ago [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] in usenet and elsewhere [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] "Big tech" is a Microsoft propaganda term [17:49] schestowitz[TR2] designed to belittle Microsoft's role in the mess [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] they got exposedd for this by a politician [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] and then they made a lot of noise about vista 11 "leaked"\ [17:50] schestowitz[TR2] so nobody talked about this propaganda campaign anymore [17:55] whatA Back in 1998 (US v. M$), WayForward (Shantae creator) actually called them Micro$haft in Parroty Interactive's parody game using the old term, [17:55] whatA and it aged like wine since it gives an impression (kind of) that they "predicted the future" that M$ will shaft their end-users. [17:58] whatA We already have FarceBook, Scamazon (Kindle is called Swindle by RMS himself), and in terms of FarceBook, should we call Meta Platforms "MetaData Platforms" since all they do via FarceBook is hoard lots of PII? ● Apr 29 [18:00] TR News Techrights Disinformation and Marketing Spam From and For OIN (GAFAM's and IBM's Weapon Against Free Software Activists and Reformists Against Software Patents) https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Disinformation_and_Marketing_Spam_From_and_For_OIN_GAFAM_s_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Disinformation_and_Marketing_Spam_From_and_For_OIN_GAFAM_s_and_.gmi [18:00] TR Bot Techrights Disinformation and Marketing Spam From and For OIN (GAFAM's and IBM's Weapon Against Free Software Activists and Reformists Against Software Patents) [18:04] schestowitz[TR2] i didn't know how "Micro$haft" started [18:05] whatA That parody game by Parroty/WayForward called "Micro$haft Winblows 98" released during 1998 US antitrust vs Microsoft. [18:06] whatA no wonder the term seems old but (kind of) a foreshadowing... 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[18:36] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [18:36] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [18:38] TR News (NEW): Webinar Software, Mixxx 2.5.1, and GNU libsigsegv 2.15 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Webinar_Software_Mixxx_2_5_1_and_GNU_libsigsegv_2_15.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Webinar_Software_Mixxx_2_5_1_and_GNU_libsigsegv_2_15.gmi [18:38] TR Bot Tux Machines Webinar Software, Mixxx 2.5.1, and GNU libsigsegv 2.15 [18:41] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux, LINUX Unplugged, Late Night Linux, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Audiocasts_Shows_Destination_Linux_LINUX_Unplugged_Late_Night_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Audiocasts_Shows_Destination_Linux_LINUX_Unplugged_Late_Night_L.gmi [18:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux, LINUX Unplugged, Late Night Linux, and More [18:44] TR News (NEW): Hardware and Games, Modders and Gamers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Hardware_and_Games_Modders_and_Gamers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Hardware_and_Games_Modders_and_Gamers.gmi [18:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Hardware and Games, Modders and Gamers [18:58] TR News (NEW): KDE and GNOME: KDE Snap, LabPlot 2.12, and GNOME GitLab https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/KDE_and_GNOME_KDE_Snap_LabPlot_2_12_and_GNOME_GitLab.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/KDE_and_GNOME_KDE_Snap_LabPlot_2_12_and_GNOME_GitLab.gmi [18:58] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE and GNOME: KDE Snap, LabPlot 2.12, and GNOME GitLab ● Apr 29 [19:00] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Security_Leftovers.gmi [19:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [19:01] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [19:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [19:05] TR News (NEW): BSD and Kernel Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/BSD_and_Kernel_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/BSD_and_Kernel_Leftovers.gmi [19:05] TR Bot Tux Machines BSD and Kernel Leftovers [19:08] TR News (NEW): Mozilla and Mozilla-less Firefox https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Mozilla_and_Mozilla_less_Firefox.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Mozilla_and_Mozilla_less_Firefox.gmi [19:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla and Mozilla-less Firefox [19:10] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu, Free Software, and Openwashing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Ubuntu_Free_Software_and_Openwashing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/29/Ubuntu_Free_Software_and_Openwashing.gmi [19:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu, Free Software, and Openwashing [19:14] TR News [cat] [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-04-29.gmi [19:15] whatA Openwashing... We pretty much sure about this, but has there even "LibreWashing" yet? LibreWashing: claiming to respect Four Freedoms yet source code access denied (MALWARE) [19:15] whatA or FreeWashing "for the F word" [19:17] MinceR 29 185509 < whatA> and it aged like wine since it gives an impression (kind of) that they "predicted the future" that M$ will shaft their end-users. [19:17] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 29/04/2025: Hey-Hi (AI) Isn't Your Friend/Lover, Mastodon is a Mess, and Mandelbrot Programming https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Gemini_Links_29_04_2025_Hey_Hi_AI_Isn_t_Your_Friend_Lover_Masto.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Gemini_Links_29_04_2025_Hey_Hi_AI_Isn_t_Your_Friend_Lover_Masto.gmi [19:17] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 29/04/2025: Hey-Hi (AI) Isn't Your Friend/Lover, Mastodon is a Mess, and Mandelbrot Programming [19:17] MinceR the redmond mafia always shafted their end-users [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] in a macro way [19:20] TR News Techrights Links 29/04/2025: Microsoft Infosys Layoffs, 'Popcorn Lung' With Vapers, Hong Kong Banning Possession of e-cigarettes in Public https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Links_29_04_2025_Microsoft_Infosys_Layoffs_Popcorn_Lung_With_Va.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Links_29_04_2025_Microsoft_Infosys_Layoffs_Popcorn_Lung_With_Va.gmi [19:20] TR Bot Techrights Links 29/04/2025: Microsoft Infosys Layoffs, 'Popcorn Lung' With Vapers, Hong Kong Banning Possession of e-cigarettes in Public [19:21] whatA by hoarding Personally Identifiable Information via Big Brother buried deep inside WinBlows Vistaster 10 onwards [19:26] whatA so far, we have Micro$haft, OmegaGamble (Gulag), Scamazon, MetaData (FarceBook), but Fashion Company Apple seems to "evade" nasty nicknaming or so we thought... [19:26] whatA "Bad Apple!!" is too Touhou though... [19:27] MinceR i call them crApple [19:30] *whatA_ (~chatzilla@282dmj5h35cfi.irc) has joined #techrights [19:30] *whatA has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:49] whatA_ OIN... more like OINK since what those patent (sic) "Pigs" do is to unperson GNU people, piggybacked by the Whorshippers of "Gates' Open (sic) Letter-to-Hobbyists" (M$, ICBM and the like) [19:49] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) ● Apr 29 [20:02] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1d7f) has joined #techrights [20:16] admfubar and here i thought this was gonna be about iphone users... [20:19] whatA_ nah, AFAIK back then just Boycott Novell but has since grown into a full blown COMMuniSt (Crapple, OmegaGamble Gulag, MetaData FarceBook, Micro$haft, and Scamazon) + ICBM exposure [20:20] whatA_ the SLAPPs targeted at TR shows that Orwell was right: Journalism is about exposure, everything else are PubRels. 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I picked up a bunch of classical music CDs for 25 cents each. [22:44] IsambardPrince Mom laughed and said "If someone was listening to Vivaldi they probably didn't treat their CDs badly." [22:44] IsambardPrince I said, "You'd be surprised sometimes." [22:47] IsambardPrince https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-07-09/the-legacy-of-paramount-pictures [22:47] TR Bot Paramount Pictures enters a new phase in its storied history - Los Angeles Times [22:47] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Most of the deal was to take on Paramount's debts. [22:47] IsambardPrince Many of those are due to Paramount Plus. [22:49] IsambardPrince "Ellison, who will take over as studio chief, will inherit not only its treasures but also its financial challenges" [22:49] IsambardPrince They had to merge because it was that or bankruptcy. [22:50] IsambardPrince Paramount is basically financially ruined. ● Apr 29 [23:08] IsambardPrince Is there a way to overdrive the audio jack on a Chromebook? [23:21] *isak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:27] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) [23:27] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@ez893gw9fzt28.irc) has joined #techrights [23:35] *isak (~andreas@xj27spb7zb2fn.irc) has joined #techrights [23:37] IsambardPrince MinceR, I was playing the Klendathu Drop on my recorder. [23:37] IsambardPrince I really am bored. [23:39] MinceR :> [23:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [23:43] IsambardPrince I figured out how to play the song Picard played on that flute from The Inner Light. [23:44] IsambardPrince That was one of my favorite TNG episodes. [23:46] IsambardPrince That's the one where they couldn't escape their dying planet but they could launch a probe into space that might encounter someone, some day. It knocks Picard unconscious and implants the memory of their world and its people into his brain, then the probe leaves him the flute that he learned to play in the hallucination. [23:46] IsambardPrince From Picard's point of view he spent like 20 years in the simulation and started to regard it as reality. [23:48] IsambardPrince It's a good episode. A reminder that all we really have in the end is how we're remembered. [23:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [23:52] MinceR in the end, we are not remembered [23:52] MinceR because there won't be anyone to remember [23:55] *IsambardPrince cracks open an ice cold Moxie [23:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [23:55] IsambardPrince This is the only cola I really like. [23:56] IsambardPrince It's popular in Vermont. [23:59] IsambardPrince UPS just fired 20,000 citing less Amazon shipments. [23:59] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], ^