●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, September 29, 2025 ●● ● Sep 29 [00:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [00:55] *MinceR has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights [00:56] *MinceR (~mincer@bringer.of.light) has joined #techrights [00:56] *irc.techrights.org gives channel operator status to MinceR ● Sep 29 [01:29] TR News "This post is my entry for ROOPHLOCH 2025, a challenge to write a publish a blog/phlog/gemlog post outdoors and without being connected to any hard wire." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202509/20250928-roophloch-2025.gmi [01:30] TR News Cyberpunk Book gemini://hispagatos.org/post/hispagatos-2025-updates/index.gmi [01:31] TR News "90s website vibe (think Geocities) but it aggressively uses P3-only colors in large solid blocks and not just in passing (like in photographs of flowers)" gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/internet/weird-website-ideas/ [01:32] TR News "So I've been reading The Labor Wars by Sidney Lens, which is an overview of organized labor history in the US. Specifically things like the Molly Maguires, steel strikes, mining strikes, rail strikes." gemini://tilde.club/~stocktonsmith/gemlog/labor-wars.gmi [01:33] TR News alpaca 2025 workshop notes gemini://compudanzas.net/alpaca_2025_workshop_notes.gmi "notes about our workshop: Introduction to the qiudanz technique: computational transformation of minimalist movement sequences, for the Alpaca Conference (Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts) sharing a workshop." [01:34] TR News "I got the urge to connect my Amiga 500 to our living room TV, with the goal of playing games together with my family from the couch." gemini://neongd.com/articles/a500tohdmi.gmi [01:35] *oarion7 (~ryan@ebmq5x6cde5zg.irc) has joined #techrights [01:35] TR News Making ALPA (Assembly Language Programming Aid) work on C64 gemini://neongd.com/articles/alpa.gmi [01:36] TR News Workbench 1.3 - Enhancements and programs gemini://neongd.com/articles/wb13enh.gmi [01:41] TR News (NEW): From Hurd to seL4: How Stallmans Microkernel Vision Stood the Test of Time https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/From_Hurd_to_seL4_How_Stallman_s_Microkernel_Vision_Stood_the_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/From_Hurd_to_seL4_How_Stallman_s_Microkernel_Vision_Stood_the_T.gmi [01:41] TR Bot Tux Machines From Hurd to seL4: How Stallmans Microkernel Vision Stood the Test of Time [01:44] TR News "I had a rather baffling interaction with someone last week, that brought to mind a similarly baffling interaction with the same person, 27 years ago." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jdd/phlog/20250928-otherpeople.txt [01:45] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1428.jpg [01:46] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1778.jpg [01:47] TR News "Over the past few years Ive worked to close the gap between my values and my lifestyle. I finally gave up dairy, I deleted all those Big Tech accounts, Im hardly flying and driving, Im building connections and becoming friends with my neighbors and committing to my neighborhood." gemini://degrowther.smol.pub/20250928_chill_out [01:48] TR News "There are several upscalers and adapters on the market that make it possible to connect old computers and video game systems to modern TVs." gemini://neongd.com/articles/odvgbsc.gmi [01:49] TR News "Fred Fish collected and published a great collection of public domain, freeware and shareware Amiga software between 1986 and 1994. He made over 1000 disks. It's one of the best resources for older Amigas, like the A500, as most of these programs cannot be found on Aminet or elsewhere. This is the full catalog of the disks, to help with finding what you're looking for." gemini://neongd.com/articles/fredfish.gmi [01:55] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [01:55] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 29/09/2025: The Labor Wars and Retro https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/Gemini_Links_29_09_2025_The_Labor_Wars_and_Retro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/Gemini_Links_29_09_2025_The_Labor_Wars_and_Retro.gmi [01:55] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [01:55] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 29/09/2025: The Labor Wars and Retro [01:56] *darwin has quit (connection closed) [01:57] Isambard_Prince https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/28/If_Only_Someone_Warned_Us_About_This.shtml [01:57] TR Bot Techrights If Only Someone Warned Us About This... [01:58] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], Pointless move to broken fork. [01:58] Isambard_Prince Like when they did that libav thing instead of ffmpeg. [01:58] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [01:58] Isambard_Prince The GNU package is proven and it's maintained by people who are probably not going to abandon it. [01:59] Isambard_Prince It's reckless to change to something that was just written in an unstable language by trolls who give up and don't fix their bugs. ● Sep 29 [02:06] *superkuh has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [02:10] *pi__ has quit (Quit: https://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.) [02:13] *pi (~quassel@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights [02:13] schestowitz[TR2] maybe the harm is intyentional [02:16] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [02:18] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:18] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:23] TR News "Linus Torvalds could not afford a UNIX license ... So, he created Linux. BitKeeper revoked free license for Linux development ... So, he created Git. https://www.threads.com/@sysxplore/post/DPJaHExjG-f/linus-torvalds-could-not-afford-a-unix-licenseso-he-created-linuxbitkeeper-revok [02:23] TR Bot Linus Torvalds could not afford a UNIX license So, he created Linux. BitKeeper revoked free license for Linux development So, he created Git. This guy is the definition of genius [02:25] *techrights-sec3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:25] *techrights-sec1 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:27] *techrights-sec1 (~quassel@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights [02:27] *techrights-sec3 (~quassel@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techrights [02:29] Isambard_Prince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitKeeper [02:29] TR Bot BitKeeper - Wikipedia [02:29] Isambard_Prince BitKeeper is no longer being developed. [02:29] MinceR no, the definition of genius is a definition, not a person [02:30] TR News "What do you think is the real unemployment rate? Can next jobs report be negative added jobs? It appears (which may well be subjective and restricted to the ones I talk to) that the environment is quite worrisome for 90+% of people. What they tell me is that Q4 is going to be tough. Nobody blamed AI." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k631de61 [02:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k631de61 ) [02:31] TR News "Sadly, I do see a lot of people with technical experience / degrees out of work, and 6-8 months is quite common as a bare minimum. I even know one person with a PhD that has even out of work since mid-2024. He's been updating his skills, but a lot of the job postings he tried appear to be ghost jobs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k631de61 [02:31] MinceR 29 025754 < Isambard_Prince> https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/28/If_Only_Someone_Warned_Us_About_This.shtml [02:31] MinceR https://tenor.com/view/kirk-shocked-shock-surprised-you-dont-say-gif-12138670 [02:32] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://tenor.com/view/kirk-shocked-shock-surprised-you-dont-say-gif-12138670 ) [02:32] TR News "noise,random noise is the technical to business problem quantum trying to simulate here. Prediction via noise." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k60vrf77 [02:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k60vrf77 ) [02:36] TR News "This release ships with the KDE Plasma 6.4.5 desktop environment, as well as KDE Gear 25.08.1 and KDE Frameworks 6.18 software suites." https://9to5linux.com/independent-distro-kaos-linux-2025-09-arrives-with-linux-6-16-kde-gear-25-08 [02:36] TR Bot Distro KaOS Linux 2025.09 Arrives with Linux 6.16, KDE Gear 25.08 - 9to5Linux [02:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [02:36] TR News "This release also adds preliminary Nix support and improves Bluetooth support to no longer allow autopair with Nissan Connect devices." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-ota-10-released-with-ubuntu-touch-upgrader-rabbit-r1-support [02:36] TR Bot Touch OTA-10 Released with Ubuntu Touch Upgrader, Rabbit R1 Support - 9to5Linux [02:37] TR News The 6.17 kernel has been released https://lwn.net/Articles/1038266/#Comments [02:37] TR Bot 6.17 kernel has been released [LWN.net] [02:38] *acer-box (~acer-box@freenode-csomsk.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techrights [02:39] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [02:42] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@r2s3r9up5fhmi.irc) has joined #techrights [02:45] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[03:32] Isambard_Prince heh [03:38] TR News Techrights Stefano Maffulli's Front Page Mentions "AI" 11 Times https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/Stefano_Maffulli_s_Front_Page_Mentions_AI_11_Times.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/Stefano_Maffulli_s_Front_Page_Mentions_AI_11_Times.gmi [03:38] TR Bot Techrights Stefano Maffulli's Front Page Mentions "AI" 11 Times [03:50] TR News Techrights It Feels Like Brett Wilson LLP Has Just Tacitly Admitted That It Defamed Me https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/It_Feels_Like_Brett_Wilson_LLP_Has_Just_Tacitly_Admitted_That_I.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/It_Feels_Like_Brett_Wilson_LLP_Has_Just_Tacitly_Admitted_That_I.gmi [03:50] TR Bot Techrights It Feels Like Brett Wilson LLP Has Just Tacitly Admitted That It Defamed Me ● Sep 29 [04:18] TR News (NEW): GNU Turned 42 This Past Weekend and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Turns 40 on Saturday https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/GNU_Turned_42_This_Past_Weekend_and_the_Free_Software_Foundatio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/GNU_Turned_42_This_Past_Weekend_and_the_Free_Software_Foundatio.gmi [04:18] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU Turned 42 This Past Weekend and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Turns 40 on Saturday [04:25] TR News Techrights The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Turns 40 in 5 Days https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Turns_40_in_5_Days.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Turns_40_in_5_Days.gmi [04:25] TR Bot Techrights The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Turns 40 in 5 Days [04:32] schestowitz[TR2] [notice] techrights.org | Techrights Stefano Maffulli's Front Page Mentions "AI" 11 Times [13:12] psydruid Stefano Maffioso [13:14] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Sep 29 [14:26] *cow_20012 (~username@wusiwah4aa7ye.irc) has joined #techrights [14:29] *MinceR has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:31] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techrights [14:47] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:48] TR News (NEW): GNU Linux-Libre 6.17 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/GNU_Linux_Libre_6_17_Kernel_Is_Now_Available_for_Software_Freed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/GNU_Linux_Libre_6_17_Kernel_Is_Now_Available_for_Software_Freed.gmi [14:48] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU Linux-Libre 6.17 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers [14:52] TR News iophk: "Windows Recall" is not just spyware but is a vehicle for TPM deployment... it also pushes biometric surveillance [14:54] TR News The Cheeto Plan https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-housing-reforms-aid-hud-immigration-homelessness | Source: Pro Publica [14:54] TR Bot Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan ProPublica [14:55] TR News "The quiet re-registration of Streameast.xyz marks a major symbolic win for the site, which continues to challenge the authorities who tried to shut it down." https://torrentfreak.com/streameast-reclaimed-domain-name-previously-seized-by-the-u-s-government/ | Source: Torrent Freak [14:55] TR Bot Reclaimed Domain Name Previously Seized By the U.S. Government * TorrentFreak [14:57] TR News "Amazon, which brings in more than $150 billion in revenue per quarter, wont have any problem paying the fine, and admitted no wrongdoing." https://www.semafor.com/article/09/26/2025/former-ftc-chair-khan-questions-amazons-25b-settlement | Source: Semafor Inc [14:57] TR Bot FTC Chair Khan questions Amazons $2.5B settlement | Semafor [14:57] TR News "Chaney, a disability advocate, told the Los Angeles Times." https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/delivery-robot-torments-disabled-man | Source: Futurism [14:57] TR Bot Delivery Robot Torments Disabled Man [14:58] TR News "Asam is one of many businesses executives whove been startlingly candid about their intentions to displace human labor with AI tools or agents." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sap-exec-fired-ai | Source: Futurism [14:58] TR Bot Exec: Get Ready to Be Fired Because of AI [14:58] TR News "Valtonen wrote on the National Coalition Party's Instagram account on Sunday that she does not change her attire based on whom she meets" https://yle.fi/a/74-20185434 | Source: YLE [14:58] TR Bot Iranian TV censors Finnish FM's legs | Yle News | Yle [14:59] TR News "Local TV stations used to be owned by small independent companies or by the networks themselves." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/kimmel-response-local-tv-stations-abc-conflict/684388/ | Source: The Atlantic [14:59] TR Bot Nexstar and Sinclair Lost Their Game of Chicken - The Atlantic [14:59] TR News "The saga, which made the rounds on late-night TV this week, did not stop there." https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-09-25/trump-epstein-statue-removed-reinstalled-permit-denied | Source: Los Angeles Times [14:59] TR Bot Trump and Epstein statue reinstallation denied after its removal - Los Angeles Times [14:59] TR News "When bullets silence speech, democracy is in grave peril." https://kansasreflector.com/2025/09/28/were-all-afraid-of-political-violence-and-retribution-but-dont-be-drawn-into-remaining-silent/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [14:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/09/28/were-all-afraid-of-political-violence-and-retribution-but-dont-be-drawn-into-remaining-silent/ ) ● Sep 29 [15:01] TR News "Transcript from a video from Chase Hughes: [...]" https://huijzer.xyz/posts/109/the-real-enemy-isnt-who-you-think-it-is | Source: Rik Huijzer [15:01] TR Bot The Real Enemy Isn't Who You Think It is - Rik's Weblog [15:01] TR News "President Donald Trump demanded Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco. Monaco serves as the company's President of Global Affairs." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/trump-demands-microsoft-fire-ex-biden-doj-official-lisa-monaco-over-national-security-concerns/articleshow/124175539.cms | Source: India Times [15:01] TR Bot Trump demands Microsoft fire ex-Biden DOJ official Lisa Monaco over national security concerns - The Economic Times [15:01] TR News "Trolls would search for popular India-US flights and start the checkout process without paying." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/whats-clog-the-toilet-campaign-that-blocked-flights-for-indian-h-1b-visa-holders-9358678#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV [15:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/whats-clog-the-toilet-campaign-that-blocked-flights-for-indian-h-1b-visa-holders-9358678#publisher=newsstand ) [15:01] TR News "All by organizational decisions made by leadership, with impressive professional profiles." https://blog.julik.nl/2025/09/the-boss-of-it-all | Source: Julik Tarkhanov [15:01] TR Bot The boss of it all - Julik Tarkhanov [15:01] TR News "The CEO quickly visited the White House, after which Trump praised his leadership qualities" https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/trump_wants_microsoft_exec_fired/ | Source: The Register UK [15:01] TR Bot Trump demands Microsoft fire its head of global affairs The Register [15:01] TR News "For simplicity, the cost calculations include only compute usage and exclude storage, bandwidth, and other components." https://beuke.org/hetzner-aws/ | Source: Fabian Beuke [15:01] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-beuke.org [15:02] TR News "Google nixed plans for a gigantic $1 billion data center on more than 460 acres of land in Indiana after residents hotly protested the proposal due to concerns" https://futurism.com/future-society/residents-shut-down-google-data-center | Source: Futurism [15:02] TR Bot Residents Shut Down Google Data Center Before It Can Be Built [15:02] TR News "Europe remains a leader in tackling climate change but must step up efforts to protect the environment and adapt to warming, the EUs environment agency warned on Monday." https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250928-europe-environment-climate | Source: France24 [15:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250928-europe-environment-climate ) [15:03] TR News "People in Western countries are having fewer kids, making politicians worried about the future of their nations populations." https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-people-arent-having-kids-how-to-fix.html | Source: Sabine Hossenfelder [15:03] TR Bot Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Why People Arent Having Kids & How To Fix It [15:04] TR News "Eurojust" https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/infosec_in_brief/ | Source: The Register UK [15:04] TR Bot Dutch teens arrested over Wi-Fi 'sniffing' for Russia The Register [15:07] TR News "Lithuania-based Whitebridge AI sells reputation reports on everyone with an online presence." https://noyb.eu/en/whitebridgeai-your-personal-data-sale-you-and-anyone | Source: NYOB [15:07] TR Bot Whitebridge.ai: your personal data is for sale to you and anyone [15:07] TR News "Last week, I described a gloomy situation: all public TLS certificate providers log your requests." https://blog.frankel.ch/privacy-subdomains/2/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel [15:07] TR Bot Privacy for subdomains: the solution [15:08] TR News Windows TCO: "The Metropolitan Police force said that inquiries about a ransomware attack on a London-based organization were ongoing and no arrests have been made." https://www.securityweek.com/british-department-store-harrods-warns-customers-that-some-personal-details-taken-in-data-breach/ | Source: Security Week [15:08] TR Bot Department Store Harrods Warns Customers That Some Personal Details Taken in Data Breach - SecurityWeek [15:08] *MinceR (~mincer@bringer.of.light) has joined #techrights [15:08] *irc.techrights.org gives channel operator status to MinceR [15:08] TR News "The four social media companies called to testify are far less popular than Facebook and Instagram, which together boast more than five billion monthly active users." https://jacobin.com/2025/09/the-gop-is-refusing-to-interrogate-trumps-big-tech-allies/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [15:08] TR Bot The GOP Is Refusing to Interrogate Trumps Big Tech Allies [15:08] TR News "Anger had been simmering in Nepal for months, much of it driven by widespread corruption among politicians." https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-travel-youtuber-captured-nepals-revolution-for-the-world/ | Source: Wired [15:08] TR Bot a Travel YouTuber Captured Nepals Revolution for the World | WIRED [15:09] TR News "The second is how we will have plenty of humanoid robots fifteen years from now, but they will look like neither todays humanoid robots nor humans. [...]" https://rodneybrooks.com/why-todays-humanoids-wont-learn-dexterity/ | [15:09] TR Bot Why Todays Humanoids Wont Learn Dexterity Rodney Brooks [15:09] TR News "In a new report, management consultants Bain & Company found that despite being one of the first areas to deploy generative AI, the savings have been unremarkable in programming." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-findings-ai-coding-overhyped | Source: Futurism [15:09] TR Bot AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds [15:09] TR News "In practice, that can be dangerous. When people share paranoid or delusional beliefs with ChatGPT, the bot often agrees with the unbalanced thoughts, sending users into severe mental health crises that have led to involuntary commitment and even death." https://futurism.com/future-society/humans-think-jerk-chatgpt-behaving | Source: Futurism [15:09] TR Bot In Situations Where Most Humans Think You're Being a Jerk, ChatGPT Will Assure You You're Behaving Like an Angel [15:10] *lxo (~lxo@kunug3umq8pey.irc) has joined #techrights [15:14] TR News "All India Council for Technical Education chairman T G Sitharam, who was honoured with the Shiksha Garima Award at the conference, said that technologies will come and go but their usage should always be in the right manner." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/technology-a-tool-not-teacher-experts-stress-the-need-to-be-vigilant-on-ai-usage-by-children/articleshow/124180751.cms | Source: India Times [15:14] TR Bot 'Technology a tool, not teacher': Experts stress the need to be vigilant on AI usage by children - The Economic Times [15:14] TR News "I coded the world wide web on a single computer in a small room. But that small room didnt belong to me, it was at [CERN]." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free | Source: The Guardian UK [15:14] TR Bot Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Technology | The Guardian [15:15] TR News "Were finally seeing signs of the mainstream financial press admitting the AI bubble might not be robot heaven, and all the AI pumpers telling them everything was fine just might be full of it." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/28/the-finance-press-finally-starts-talking-about-the-ai-bubble/ | Source: Pivot to AI [15:15] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/28/the-finance-press-finally-starts-talking-about-the-ai-bubble/ ) [15:15] TR News "Things. Theres a thing I call collapse thats like boredom. Theres also something akin to meditation." https://timkellogg.me/blog/2025/09/27/boredom | Source: Tim Kellogg [15:15] TR Bot Does AI Get Bored? - Tim Kellogg [15:24] TR News "Over 40% of US-based full-time employees reported receiving workslop in the last month, defined as AI-generated content that "masquerades as good work but lacks the substance to meaningfully advance a given task."" https://www.pcmag.com/news/ai-workslop-is-plaguing-american-companies-says-stanford-research | Source: PC Mag [15:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcmag.com/news/ai-workslop-is-plaguing-american-companies-says-stanford-research ) [15:24] TR News "In light of this, the Fedora Project is taking a clear step toward defining how artificial intelligence should be utilized within its community, aiming to strike a balance between enabling contributors to benefit [sic] from AI tools and protecting the communitys core values." https://linuxiac.com/fedora-council-proposes-policy-on-ai-assisted-contributions/ | Source: Linuxiac [15:24] TR Bot Fedora Council Proposes Policy on AI-Assisted Contributions [15:25] TR News "The videos all adhered to a general formula, according to 404: a photo-realistic depiction of a woman begging for her life while she was being held at gunpoint by a man who loomed over her in the foreground." https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-slop-women-murdered | Source: Futurism [15:25] TR Bot YouTube Removes Disturbing AI Slop YouTube Channel Filled With Videos of Women Being Murdered [15:25] TR News "Adolescence is a crucial developmental stage during which people go through significant changes in their biology, cognition, and personalities." https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jun/internet-addiction-affects-behaviour-and-development-adolescents | Source: uni College London [15:25] TR Bot Internet addiction affects the behaviour and development of adolescents | UCL News - UCL University College London [15:26] TR News [Old] "A new study has possibly captured that objectively, finding that for teens diagnosed with internet addiction, signaling between brain regions important for controlling attention, working memory and more was disrupted." https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/04/health/internet-addiction-teen-brain-activity-wellness | Source: CNN [15:26] TR Bot Internet addiction may harm the teen brain, MRI study finds | CNN [15:26] TR News [Old] "The research found that these changes resulted in addictive behaviours and tendencies in adolescents, as well as behavioural changes linked to mental health, development, intellectual ability and physical coordination." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/04/internet-addiction-alters-brain-chemistry-in-young-people-study-finds | Source: The Guardian UK [15:26] TR Bot Internet addiction alters brain chemistry in young people, study finds | Internet | The Guardian [15:27] TR News [Old] "Scans show that the brains of teenagers who are addicted to the [Internet] undergo changes in the parts of the brain involved in active thinking." https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickmorrison/2024/06/04/too-much-internet-use-is-changing-teenage-brains-study-finds/ | Source: Forbes [15:27] TR Bot Too Much Internet Use Is Changing Teenage Brains, Study Finds [15:27] TR News "I met a couple of CSC instructors that day and asked them about their Compassionate Schools Project. They explained that it was a syllabus for grade-school students, derived from a decade of working with public schools in Louisville, Kentucky." https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/gen-z-anxiety-panic-tools-to-help-1235432490/ | Source: Rolling Stone [15:27] TR Bot Gen Z Is Being Crushed by Anxiety. One Teen Started an Org to Help [15:27] TR News "Do you want the Internet to be an extension of your existing offline relationships, or to be separate from your offline life?" https://tracydurnell.com/2025/09/28/two-modes-of-internet-use/ | Source: Tracy Durnell [15:27] TR Bot Two modes of Internet use Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden [15:28] TR News "The fire struck on Friday night at a datacenter operated by South Koreas National Information Resources Service." https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/28/asia_tech_news_roundup/ | Source: The Register UK [15:28] TR Bot Datacenter fire downs 647 South Korean government services The Register [15:28] TR News "Leica, as most will know, started the 35mm revolution 100 years ago, back in 1925. But the digital revolution seemed to catch it off-guard." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/film-cameras/the-flaw-that-nearly-killed-leicas-digital-dream-and-how-leica-fixed-it | Source: Digital Camera World [15:28] TR Bot The flaw that nearly killed Leica's digital dream (and how Leica fixed It) | Digital Camera World [15:29] TR News "It's the work of scientists from the California Institute of Technology, who used cesium atoms as their qubits, trapping them in place with a complex system of lasers that acted as tweezers to keep the atoms as stable as possible" https://www.sciencealert.com/6100-qubit-processor-shatters-quantum-computing-record | Source: Science Alert [15:29] TR Bot Processor Shatters Quantum Computing Record : ScienceAlert [15:29] TR News "In a paper published in the journal Nature, the team demonstrated a system of more than 3,000 quantum bits (or qubits) that could run for more than two hours" https://phys.org/news/2025-09-physicists-quantum-bit-capable.html | Source: Omicron Limited [15:29] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-09-physicists-quantum-bit-capable.html ) [15:29] TR News "Cody challenged me to prove that there are an infinitely many primes in Knuckledragger, saying its the minimum thing to do to demonstrate you have a proof assistant." https://www.philipzucker.com/knuckle_primes/ | Source: Philip Zucker [15:29] TR Bot Proving the Infinitude of Primes in Knuckledragger | Hey There Buddo! [15:30] TR News "Now that I know what the issue is, I can solve it by renaming the files with a consistent scheme." https://sebastiano.tronto.net/blog/2025-09-28-alphabetic-order/ | Source: Sebastian Tronto [15:30] TR Bot When I say "alphabetical order", I mean "alphabetical order" | Sebastiano Tronto [15:30] TR News "I am one of those someones. I was a teenager when I first started listening to Laboe in the 1970s." https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-09-28/art-laboe-radio-dj-angel-baby-rodriguez | Source: Los Angeles Times [15:30] TR Bot Contributor: He DJ'd radio for 79 years. The late Art Laboe's fans are still tuning in - Los Angeles Times [15:30] TR News "In fact, Condor holds the distinction of being the first Hollywood thriller to focus solely on the CIA." https://thedissenter.org/three-days-of-the-condor-at-50-a-classic-conspiracy-thriller-and-whistleblower-film/ | Source: The Dissenter [15:30] TR Bot 'Three Days of The Condor' At 50: The Classic CIA Thriller [15:31] TR News "Unfortunately the meter is mounted in the basemet of my apartment building, too far for any WiFi signals. So I decided to try out LoRa to transmit the data, using two Heltec LoRa32 dev boards." https://www.xythobuz.de/lora_sml.html | Source: Thomas Buck [15:31] TR Bot Meter Bridge - xythobuz.de [15:31] TR News [Old] "The good news when looking at this board, is that it provides access (on the back side, not pictured) to some kind of serial port CN3 is marked with a 4-wires GND/+5 and RXD/TXD connectors." https://flameeyes.blog/2025/02/16/whirlpool-ap330w-its-a-trap/ | Source: Diego Elio Petten [15:31] TR Bot Whirlpool AP330W: Its A Trap Flameeyes's Weblog [15:31] TR News "Recently I learned about the CYD (cheap yellow display), a nice ESP32 dev board with a touchscreen. This seemed ideal to run a simple user interface to control everything via MQTT." https://www.xythobuz.de/cyd_ui.html | Source: Thomas Buck [15:31] TR Bot MQTT Touchscreen UI - xythobuz.de [15:32] TR News "Runit can be an entire init system (including PID 1), but that capability is beyond the scope of this document." https://troubleshooters.com/linux/init/normal_user_runit.htm | Source: Steve Litt [15:32] TR Bot User Specific Runit Supervisor [15:32] TR News [Old] "just like TunnelBear, which at least makes it very obvious in their name and marketing copy, though they also insist on you gaining some type of browsing privacy by using their service." https://flameeyes.blog/2024/09/29/stop-calling-them-vpns/ | Source: Diego Elio Petten [15:32] TR Bot Stop Calling Them VPNs! Flameeyes's Weblog [15:34] *Now talking on #techrights [15:34] *Topic for #techrights is: Techrights.org IRC discussions @ localhost | Channel #techrights for http://techrights.org [logged online] :: please also join channels #boycottnovell-social #techbytes and #boycottnovell for related discussions. For scrollback see http://techrights.org/irc-channel/ [15:34] *Topic for #techrights set by schestowitz!~roy@22e8m8t4gqjin.irc at Fri Jun 18 16:51:47 2021 [15:48] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/today_s_howtos.gmi [15:48] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [15:49] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/Open_Hardware_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/Open_Hardware_Leftovers.gmi [15:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware Leftovers [15:51] TR News Techrights Links 29/09/2025: Datacenter Fires and "Too Much Internet Use Is Changing Teenage Brains" https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/Links_29_09_2025_Datacenter_Fires_and_Too_Much_Internet_Use_Is_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/Links_29_09_2025_Datacenter_Fires_and_Too_Much_Internet_Use_Is_.gmi [15:51] TR Bot Techrights Links 29/09/2025: Datacenter Fires and "Too Much Internet Use Is Changing Teenage Brains" ● Sep 29 [16:18] TR News "Olivier Cochard-Labb has announced the release of BSD Router Project (BSDRP) 2.0, a major update of the free and open-source software router distribution based on embedded FreeBSD." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12574 | Source: Distro Watch [16:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12574 ) [16:19] TR News "What they discovered was just normal criminal enterprise, banks of thousands of cell phones (sic) used to send spam or forward international calls using local phone numbers." https://cybersect.substack.com/p/that-secret-service-sim-farm-story | [16:19] TR Bot That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus [16:19] TR News "Additionally, Kitty introduces a brand-new protocol for multiple cursors within the terminal. That means applications can directly take advantage of multi-cursor editing workflows." https://linuxiac.com/kitty-terminal-0-43-brings-session-management/ | Source: Linuxiac [16:19] TR Bot Kitty Terminal 0.43 Brings Session Management [16:21] TR News "Initially I followed only several sites over RSS but more has come over time and as I get closer to 40 of additional sources" https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/rss-on-freebsd/ | Source: Vermaden [16:21] TR Bot RSS on FreeBSD | [16:21] TR News "Beyond that, most other browsers are not nearly as secure." https://thenewstack.io/tor-the-easiest-way-to-securely-browse-the-web-on-linux/ | Source: The New Stack [16:21] TR Bot Tor: The Easiest Way to Securely Browse the Web on Linux - The New Stack [16:22] TR News "Writing out C++ module files and importing them is awfully complicated." https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/09/in-c-modules-globally-unique-module.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen [16:22] TR Bot Nibble Stew: In C++ modules globally unique module names seem to be unavoidable, so let's use that fact for good instead of complexshittification [16:23] TR News "This idea allows us to create automated build systems that resolve to an artifact whose dependencies have never existed before in that given combination let alone tested and executed together in that combination." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/run-software-on-software-youve-never-run/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [16:23] TR Bot Running Software on Software Youve Never Run - Jim Nielsens Blog [16:23] TR News "SFrame employs a unified indexed format across both relocatable files (linking view) and executable files (execution view)." https://maskray.me/blog/2025-09-28-remarks-on-sframe | Source: MaskRay [16:23] TR Bot Remarks on SFrame | MaskRay [16:24] TR News "Here are some indicators of software taste: [...]" https://www.seangoedecke.com/taste/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [16:24] TR Bot What is "good taste" in software engineering? [16:24] TR News "What can be done to prevent this?" https://archaeologist.dev/artifacts/priorities | Source: Adam Thalhammer [16:24] TR Bot Priorities [16:24] TR News "SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) is like having 64 workers all performing the exact same task simultaneously, rather than one worker doing 64 tasks sequentially." https://sanixdk.xyz/blogs/how-i-accidentally-created-the-fastest-csv-parser-ever-made | [16:24] TR Bot sanix | HOW I ACCIDENTALLY CREATED THE FASTEST CSV PARSER EVER MADE [16:25] TR News "garbage code." https://giodicanio.com/2025/08/27/linus-torvalds-and-the-supposedly-garbage-code/ | [16:25] TR Bot Linus Torvalds and the Supposedly Garbage Code Giovanni Dicanio's Blog [16:26] TR News "Fish shell, a modern Unix shell designed to be user-friendly and easy to use, has announced version 4.1" https://linuxiac.com/fish-shell-4-1-released-with-brace-syntax-transient-prompts/ | Source: Linuxiac [16:26] TR Bot Fish Shell 4.1 Released with Brace Syntax, Transient Prompts [16:27] TR News "The ComparableHasher type is the default hasher implementation for comparable types, like numbers, strings, and structs with comparable fields" https://antonz.org/accepted/maphash-hasher/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov [16:27] TR Bot Go proposal: Hashers [16:27] TR News "He asked: How should he react to the AI-generated code now appearing at the businesses where he consults?" https://thenewstack.io/go-experts-i-dont-want-to-maintain-ai-generated-code/ | Source: The New Stack [16:27] TR Bot Go Experts: 'I Don't Want to Maintain AI-Generated Code' - The New Stack [16:27] TR News "This is known as the Year 2038 problem (Y2K38)." https://anagogistis.com/posts/y2k38/ | Source: Andreas [16:27] TR Bot some systems may break in 2038 | Anagogistis [16:27] TR News "(Unfortunately this may not fit well with feed reader code structures, data storage, or uses of low-level HTTP request libraries that hide things like HTTP redirects from you.)" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FeedFetchersRedirectsAndCondGet | Source: University of Toronto [16:27] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [16:28] TR News "In this blog, we discuss our efforts to analyse the feasibility and impact of such a transition period by investigating edge cases in DNSSEC validation with multiple algorithms." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/09/29/edge-cases-in-dnssec-validation-with-multiple-algorithms/ | Source: APNIC [16:28] TR Bot Edge cases in DNSSEC validation with multiple algorithms | APNIC Blog [16:28] TR News "[...] Answers column talks about the state of Linux distributions on phones." https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250929 | Source: Distro Watch [16:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250929 ) [16:29] TR News "Linux kernel 6.17 has been officially released, introducing new file system updates, security enhancements, and expanded hardware support." https://linuxiac.com/linux-kernel-6-17-released/ | Source: Linuxiac [16:29] TR Bot Linux Kernel 6.17 Released, This Is Whats New [16:29] TR News "It's a window manager, like many others, but with tons of shortcut keys which facilitate the day to day use." https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20250928 | Source: Vincent Delft [16:29] TR Bot Vincent's blog [16:30] TR News "Ariana Grande Calls Out Trump Supporters in Fiery Instagram Post" https://www.tmz.com/2025/09/28/ariana-grande-calls-out-trump-supporters-fiery-instagram-post/ [16:30] TR Bot Ariana Grande Calls Out Trump Supporters in Fiery Instagram Post [16:31] TR News iophk: microsoft fears platform independent packages and a universal file format for productivity software https://www.pcworld.com/article/2920337/stop-struggling-with-free-apps-get-a-lifetime-of-ms-office-2021-for-50.html [16:31] TR Bot struggling with free apps get a lifetime of MS Office 2021 for $50 | PCWorld [16:32] TR News iophk: wishful thinking https://blakewatson.com/journal/understanding-not-slop-is-whats-interesting-about-llms/ [16:32] TR Bot - Understanding, not slop, is whats interesting about LLMs [16:34] TR News "Theyll have to BAN EVERYTHING and it STILL WON'T WORK!" https://odysee.com/@Shadiversity:d/they%E2%80%99ll-have-to-ban-everything-and-it:5 [16:34] TR Bot Theyll have to BAN EVERYTHING and it STILL WON'T WORK! [16:36] psydroid3 the struggle is real, stop struggling! [16:36] psydroid3 stop resisting! [16:37] TR News "Kubuntu Default Audio Player" https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/09/elisa-intro-to-kubuntu-default-audio-player.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz [16:37] TR Bot Elisa - An Intro to Kubuntu Default Audio Player [16:38] TR News How to Install Debian 13 Step by Step https://www.linuxtechi.com/how-to-install-debian-13-step-by-step/ [16:38] TR Bot How to Install Debian 13 Step by Step [16:46] TR News Linux Kernel 6.17 Released, This Is Whats New https://linuxiac.com/linux-kernel-6-17-released/ [16:48] TR News Kitty Terminal 0.43 Brings Session Management https://linuxiac.com/kitty-terminal-0-43-brings-session-management/ [16:48] TR Bot Kitty Terminal 0.43 Brings Session Management [16:49] TR News Tor: The Easiest Way to Securely Browse the Web on GNU/Linux https://thenewstack.io/tor-the-easiest-way-to-securely-browse-the-web-on-linux/ [16:49] TR Bot Tor: The Easiest Way to Securely Browse the Web on Linux - The New Stack [16:49] TR News Jussi Pakkanen: In C++ modules globally unique module names seem to be unavoidable, so let's use that fact for good instead of complexshittification https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/09/in-c-modules-globally-unique-module.html [16:49] TR Bot Nibble Stew: In C++ modules globally unique module names seem to be unavoidable, so let's use that fact for good instead of complexshittification [16:49] TR News Fish Shell 4.1 Released with Brace Syntax, Transient Prompts https://linuxiac.com/fish-shell-4-1-released-with-brace-syntax-transient-prompts/ [16:51] TR News Fedora Council Proposes Policy on AI-Assisted Contributions https://linuxiac.com/fedora-council-proposes-policy-on-ai-assisted-contributions/ [16:51] TR Bot Fedora Council Proposes Policy on AI-Assisted Contributions [16:52] TR News British Department Store Harrods Warns Customers That Some Personal Details Taken in Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/british-department-store-harrods-warns-customers-that-some-personal-details-taken-in-data-breach/ [16:52] TR Bot Department Store Harrods Warns Customers That Some Personal Details Taken in Data Breach - SecurityWeek [16:56] TR News mintCast 469 Bill Loves backdoored Windows https://mintcast.org/469-bill-loves-windows/ [16:56] TR Bot 469 Bill Loves Windows mintCast [16:58] TR News LibreOffice turns 15: a celebration of freedom, collaboration and open technologies and standards https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/28/libreoffice-turns-15/ [16:58] TR Bot LibreOffice turns 15: a celebration of freedom, collaboration and open technologies and standards - The Document Foundation Blog ● Sep 29 [17:02] TR News MagOS 20250926 is released https://distrowatch.com/magos [17:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/magos ) [17:04] TR News How To Enable Wayland on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/enable-wayland-ubuntu-24-04/ [17:04] TR Bot How To Enable Wayland on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [17:04] TR News How To Install PulseAudio on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-pulseaudio-debian-13/ [17:04] TR Bot How To Install PulseAudio on Debian 13 - idroot [17:05] TR News How To Install Suricata on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-suricata-linux-mint-22/ [17:05] TR Bot How To Install Suricata on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [17:05] TR News How To Install Pandas on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-pandas-debian-13/ [17:05] TR Bot How To Install Pandas on Debian 13 - idroot [17:06] TR News How To Install Nload on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-nload-debian-13/ [17:06] TR Bot How To Install Nload on Debian 13 - idroot [17:06] TR News How To Install Apache Spark on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-apache-spark-almalinux-10/ [17:06] TR Bot How To Install Apache Spark on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [17:07] TR News YouTube Removes Disturbing Hey Hi (AI) Slop YouTube Channel Filled With Videos of Women Being Murdered https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-slop-women-murdered [17:07] TR Bot YouTube Removes Disturbing AI Slop YouTube Channel Filled With Videos of Women Being Murdered [17:07] TR News New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including It Has My Face and Granvir - 2025-09-24 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-09-24-edition/index.html [17:07] TR Bot New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including It Has My Face and Granvir - 2025-09-24 Edition [17:08] TR News I have an SGI Indigo2! https://rubenerd.com/i-have-an-sgi-indigo2/ [17:08] TR Bot I have an SGI Indigo2! [17:08] TR News Olimex RP2350-PICO2 open hardware boards expose all 48 GPIOs for breadboard prototyping https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/29/olimex-rp2350-pico2-open-hardware-boards-expose-all-48-gpios-for-breadboard-prototyping/ [17:08] TR Bot Olimex RP2350-PICO2 open hardware boards expose all 48 GPIOs for breadboard prototyping - CNX Software [17:09] TR News Bootlin engineer Louis Chauvet talks at XDC 2025 in Vienna https://bootlin.com/blog/bootlin-engineer-louis-chauvet-talks-at-xdc-2025-vienna/ [17:09] TR Bot engineer Louis Chauvet talks at XDC 2025 in Vienna Bootlin [17:10] TR News The 6.17 kernel has been released https://lwn.net/Articles/1038266/ [17:10] TR Bot 6.17 kernel has been released [LWN.net] [17:10] TR News Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 39 (Sep 22 28, 2025) https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-39-sep-22-28-2025/ [17:10] TR Bot Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 39 (Sep 22 28, 2025) [17:12] TR News Rayhunter Tutorial: Convert a Verizon Orbic Speed RC400L into a Stingray Detector https://linuxconfig.org/rayhunter-tutorial-convert-a-verizon-orbic-speed-rc400l-into-a-stingray-detector [17:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/rayhunter-tutorial-convert-a-verizon-orbic-speed-rc400l-into-a-stingray-detector ) [17:14] TR News The Myths of "Linux" and of "Intelligence" https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/28/The_Myths_of_Linux_and_of_Intelligence.shtml [17:14] TR Bot Techrights The Myths of "Linux" and of "Intelligence" [17:14] TR News T-Crisis 4 Tetris-like falling blocks puzzle game https://www.linuxlinks.com/t-crisis-4-tetris-like-falling-blocks-puzzle-game/ [17:14] TR Bot 4 - 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edit SSH configuration files - LinuxLinks [17:18] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [17:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [17:18] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [17:18] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [17:21] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.gmi [17:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards [17:24] psydroid3 https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/135003/all-eu-countries-back-dutch-coalition-for-chips-act-2-0/ [17:24] TR Bot All EU countries back Dutch coalition for Chips Act 2.0 - 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[17:54] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@r2s3r9up5fhmi.irc) has joined #techrights [17:56] TR News Residents Shut Down Surveillance Giant Google Data Center Before It Can Be Built https://futurism.com/future-society/residents-shut-down-google-data-center [17:56] TR Bot Residents Shut Down Google Data Center Before It Can Be Built [17:58] TR News What Salt Typhoon Shows About the Cyber Power of Chinas Spy Agency https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/world/asia/how-chinas-secretive-spy-agency-became-a-cyber-powerhouse.html http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/Credit_to_Jessica_Lyons_at_The_Register_for_Covering_the_Commun.shtml [17:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/world/asia/how-chinas-secretive-spy-agency-became-a-cyber-powerhouse.html ) [17:58] TR Bot Techrights Credit to Jessica Lyons at The Register for Covering the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), Proving That Authorities Do Not Want and Probably Never Wanted Computer Security (Except for Themselves) ● Sep 29 [18:00] TR News (NEW): OpenTofu Introduces Ephemeral Support for Safer Secrets Management https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/OpenTofu_Introduces_Ephemeral_Support_for_Safer_Secrets_Managem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/OpenTofu_Introduces_Ephemeral_Support_for_Safer_Secrets_Managem.gmi [18:00] TR Bot Tux Machines OpenTofu Introduces Ephemeral Support for Safer Secrets Management [18:17] TR News BSDRP 2.0 is out https://distrowatch.com/bsdrp [18:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/bsdrp ) [18:25] TR News Techrights Links 29/09/2025: Opposition to Surveillance Giant Google and Conflicts Worldwide (Moldova Sides With EU) https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/Links_29_09_2025_Opposition_to_Surveillance_Giant_Google_and_Co.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/Links_29_09_2025_Opposition_to_Surveillance_Giant_Google_and_Co.gmi [18:25] TR Bot Techrights Links 29/09/2025: Opposition to Surveillance Giant Google and Conflicts Worldwide (Moldova Sides With EU) [18:37] TR News SpellBinding AHINVSR Wordo: UNTIL gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-09-29.gmi [18:37] MinceR (no audio) https://images.apina.biz/full/210942.webm [18:38] TR News A nex server written in C gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2025-09-29-a-nex-server-written-in-c.gmi [18:45] TR News Over a decade later, AMD Radeon HD 7000 GPUs still receive Linux updates from one Valve developer https://videocardz.com/newz/over-a-decade-later-amd-radeon-hd-7000-gpus-still-receive-linux-updates-from-one-valve-developer [18:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://videocardz.com/newz/over-a-decade-later-amd-radeon-hd-7000-gpus-still-receive-linux-updates-from-one-valve-developer ) [18:45] TR News "Secure browsing is necessary due to widespread privacy and security issues with modern web browsers. Try Tor for enhanced anonymity." https://thenewstack.io/tor-the-easiest-way-to-securely-browse-the-web-on-linux/ [18:45] TR Bot Tor: The Easiest Way to Securely Browse the Web on Linux - The New Stack [18:46] TR News The Smoothest Way to Send Clipboard Text and Files Between Your Android and PC https://www.howtogeek.com/the-smoothest-way-to-send-clipboard-text-and-files-between-your-android-and-pc/ [18:46] TR Bot The Smoothest Way to Send Clipboard Text and Files Between Your Android and PC [18:46] TR News I Replaced Notepad++ on Linux With This Text Editor https://www.howtogeek.com/i-replaced-notepad-plus-plus-on-linux-with-this-text-editor/ [18:46] TR Bot I Replaced Notepad++ on Linux With This Text Editor [18:47] TR News (NEW): Announcing Incus 6.17 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/Announcing_Incus_6_17.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/Announcing_Incus_6_17.gmi [18:47] TR Bot Tux Machines Announcing Incus 6.17 [18:49] TR News A Walk Down PC Video Card Memory Lane https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/a-walk-down-pc-video-card-memory-lane/ | Source: Hackaday [18:49] TR Bot Walk Down PC Video Card Memory Lane | Hackaday [18:52] MinceR https://apina.biz/210476.jpeg?mode=sfw [18:52] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/210476.jpeg [18:54] TR News "Starting off with what might be the simplest option. You can install OpenMW via Flathub, which is available via the Discover app for KDE Plasma / SteamOS. Or Software on GNOME." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-setup-openmw-for-modern-morrowind-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck/ [18:54] TR Bot to setup OpenMW for modern Morrowind on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [18:54] TR News "Nice to see the developer continuing to make it better after release. With the update landing Friday 26th, they noted in the announcement they "Fixed an issue where linux version had problems with enabling HDR"." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/cronos-the-new-dawn-gets-performance-improvements-and-a-linux-hdr-fix/ [18:54] TR Bot The New Dawn gets performance improvements and a Linux HDR fix | GamingOnLinux [18:54] TR News "Introduces support for ARMs Branch Record Buffer Extension (BRBE), support for AMDs hardware feedback interface (HFI), and Intel Wildcat Lake support." https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-17-officially-released-this-is-whats-new [18:54] TR Bot Kernel 6.17 Officially Released, This Is Whats New - 9to5Linux [18:57] TR News Bits from Debian: New Debian Developers and Maintainers (July and August 2025) https://bits.debian.org/2025/09/new-developers-2025-09.html [18:57] TR Bot New Debian Developers and Maintainers (July andAugust 2025) - Bits from Debian [18:58] TR News Asztropapucs debut single https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/asztropapucs-debut/ [18:58] TR Bot Asztropapucs debut single | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik ● Sep 29 [19:02] TR News Session save in lockdown-mode fixed and improved https://bkhome.org/news/202509/session-save-in-lockdown-mode-fixed-and-improved.html [19:02] TR Bot Session save in lockdown-mode fixed and improved [19:02] TR News EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0.17 released https://bkhome.org/news/202509/easyos-excalibur-series-version-7017-released.html [19:02] TR Bot EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0.17 released [19:03] TR News Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn Ups the Ante for Open Source Clouds https://fossforce.com/2025/09/nextcloud-hub-25-autumn-ups-the-ante-for-open-source-clouds/ [19:03] TR Bot Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn Ups the Ante for Open Source Clouds - FOSS Force [19:03] vanveldt ,/47 [19:04] TR News Pop!_OS 24.04 is Available for Beta Testing! https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/09/pop_os-24-04-is-available-for-beta-testing/ [19:04] TR Bot Pop!_OS 24.04 is Available for Beta Testing! | UbuntuHandbook [19:05] TR News John Walker summarises gen-AI, and some feedback https://rubenerd.com/john-walker-summarises-gen-ai/ [19:05] TR Bot John Walker summarises gen-AI, and some feedback [19:05] TR News If Only Someone Warned Us About This... https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/28/If_Only_Someone_Warned_Us_About_This.shtml [19:05] TR Bot Techrights If Only Someone Warned Us About This... [19:07] TR News Omarchy 3.0.2 is out https://distrowatch.com/omarchy [19:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/omarchy ) [19:07] TR News Linux Kernel 6.17 Released, This is Whats New https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/linux-kernel-6-17-new-features [19:07] TR Bot Linux Kernel 6.17 Released, This is What's New - OMG! Ubuntu [19:09] TR News Slopwatch: Fake Articles About GNU/Linux 6.17 and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Meddling in GNU/Linux Development https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/Slopwatch_Fake_Articles_About_Linux_6_17_and_Microsoft_Meddling.shtml [19:09] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Fake Articles About Linux 6.17 and Microsoft Meddling in Linux Development [19:09] TR News Independent Distro KaOS GNU/Linux 2025.09 Arrives with GNU/Linux 6.16, KDE Gear 25.08 https://9to5linux.com/independent-distro-kaos-linux-2025-09-arrives-with-linux-6-16-kde-gear-25-08 [19:09] TR Bot Distro KaOS Linux 2025.09 Arrives with Linux 6.16, KDE Gear 25.08 - 9to5Linux [19:09] TR News Linux Kernel 6.17 Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-17-officially-released-this-is-whats-new [19:09] TR News Voyager 25.10-beta2 is released https://distrowatch.com/voyager [19:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/voyager ) [19:10] TR News New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Sonic Racing Crossworlds, Mars First Logistics and Silent Hill f - 2025-09-27 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2025-09-27-edition/index.html [19:10] TR Bot New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Sonic Racing Crossworlds, Mars First Logistics and Silent Hill f - 2025-09-27 Edition [19:11] TR News "Fully-Local AI Agent Runs On Raspberry Pi" https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/fully-local-ai-agent-runs-on-raspberry-pi-with-a-little-patience/ | Source: Hackaday [19:11] TR Bot AI Agent Runs On Raspberry Pi, With A Little Patience | Hackaday [19:16] lxo schestowitz[TR2], FYI, I posted the Happy Hacking to GNU parody in a hurry, just before heading out for the second day at the GNU Tools Cauldron, and messed up the formatting :-( [19:16] lxo I've just fixed that with the expected line breaks, but I wanted to share that I sang it at the end of my presentation that day, and attendands singed with me. it was a beautiful moment :-) [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] i saw the image today [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] in the gnu linux-libre page [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] with 42 and 40 [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] and it rang a bell [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/29/GNU_Linux_Libre_6_17_Kernel_Is_Now_Available_for_Software_Freed.shtml [19:17] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU Linux-Libre 6.17 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers [19:18] schestowitz[TR2] http://news.tuxmachines.org/i/2025/09/gll617.webp [19:18] MinceR i'd settle for "freedom right now", but even that is a bridge too far [19:19] MinceR humans, freedom: choose one [19:19] schestowitz[TR2] freemans [19:21] TR News South Korea's Lee calls for improving security at national data centre after fire https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/South-Koreas-Lee-calls-for-improving-security-at-national-data-centre-after-fire [19:21] TR Bot The Straits Times - Breaking news, Singapore news, Asia and world news & multimedia [19:21] TR News South Korea data centre fire started during safety work; President Lee calls for improved security https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-data-centre-fires-ripple-effects-felt-nationwide [19:21] TR Bot South Korea data centre fire started during safety work; President Lee calls for improved security | The Straits Times [19:23] lxo I hope they release the recording of that session soon. I'm looking forward to finding out whether the recording captured the audience singing with me [19:23] TR News InfinityTerminal https://hackaday.com/2025/09/29/infinityterminal-brings-infinite-horizontal-scrolling/ | Source: Hackaday [19:23] TR Bot Brings Infinite Horizontal Scrolling | Hackaday [19:24] TR News Hey Hi (AI) as excuse for failing businesses https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sap-exec-fired-ai [19:24] TR Bot Exec: Get Ready to Be Fired Because of AI [19:24] TR News MElon Is Fuming That Workers Keep Ditching His Company for Proprietary Chaffbot Company https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-fuming-workers-leave-for-openai [19:24] TR Bot Elon Musk Is Fuming That Workers Keep Ditching His Company for OpenAI [19:24] lxo I was lucky that one of my two presentations happened to be scheduled on the 27th ;-) [19:24] lxo https://conf.gnu-tools-cauldron.org/opo25/talk/FNC8SK/ [19:24] TR Bot Time-traveling through the GCC PR database and testsuite :: GNU Tools Cauldron 2025 :: pretalx [19:25] TR News "Scam Altman Says" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-new-data-centers-more-power-new-york-city http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/TRILLIONS_And_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_Invest_toda.shtml [19:25] TR Bot OpenAI's New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says [19:25] TR Bot Techrights TRILLIONS! And TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS! Invest today! [19:25] lxo have you considered referring to LLMs as A Lie? [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] we say chaffbots sometimes [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] rms says bs genrators [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] you reused "stochastic parrots" [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] the key thing is not to say the "I" [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] there is no I in there [19:26] lxo yup, it's A Lie [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] last year they started spouting out "SUPERINTELLIGERNCE" [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] see: [19:27] lxo *nod* [19:27] lxo stochastic parrots is by T.Gebru [19:27] MinceR to be fair, compared to most humans, it is already superintelligent [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] it's not [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] it just spews out texts [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] of other people [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] hence, a repeater [19:28] MinceR it's like this >> https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ai-3 [19:28] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - AI [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] with permutation [19:28] MinceR only we don't even need lead [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] humans don't just memorise what they say [19:28] MinceR most humans are already fucking stupid [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] maybe, as a whole [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] like illiterate countries [19:29] MinceR not just as a whole [19:29] MinceR but also every religious fundamentalist is fucking stupid [19:29] MinceR and that already covers about half of them [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] you make more kids [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] and add up their IQs [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] after 10 kids you reach IQ of 500 [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] but it's not how intelligence works [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] it's not additive [19:30] MinceR rotfl [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] and LLMs swallowing 10 sites does not improve them [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] better 1 reliable sites [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] than 1 real site and 9 generated by LLMs [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] as inputs [19:30] MinceR LLMs already tend to give more coherent, sensible and informative answers than most voters of ruscist parties [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] because you start to repeat all the errors [19:30] MinceR even when they're hallucinating [19:31] MinceR i got a demonstration of this today, on a channel full of ruscists [19:31] TR News U.S. gov't mulls tariffing devices based on the number of chips used and their estimated value policy would impact nearly every type of electronic device https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/u-s-govt-mulls-tariffing-devices-based-on-the-number-of-chips-used-and-their-estimated-value-policy-would-impact-nearly-every-type-of-electronic-device [19:31] TR Bot U.S. gov't mulls tariffing devices based on the number of chips used and their estimated value policy would impact nearly every type of electronic device | Tom's Hardware [19:31] MinceR even chatgupta makes more sense than those people [19:31] schestowitz[TR2] like those irc image forums? [19:31] MinceR yes [19:31] MinceR stupidity radiates from what most humans say and do [19:31] schestowitz[TR2] those are dumb [19:31] MinceR i wonder how they manage to breathe [19:31] schestowitz[TR2] just wankers and nationalists [19:31] schestowitz[TR2] like "PINA" [19:32] MinceR lol [19:32] schestowitz[TR2] maybe putin sends them first to trenches [19:32] schestowitz[TR2] after the prisoners [19:32] MinceR well, being really into baby-stealing and genocide is a separate problem [19:32] schestowitz[TR2] the smart ones are in the back lines, doing drones over the russian gps equiv [19:33] MinceR most LLMs have stuff implemented in them that tends to keep such impulses in check [19:33] MinceR at least 39% of humans do not [19:36] TR News "Can you play DOOM in Discord? At first glance, that may seem rather nonsensical, as Discord is a proprietary chat service and neither a hardware device nor something else that may seem like an obvious target for being (ab)used for demon-shooting points." https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/playing-doom-in-discord-with-a-special-image-url/ | Source: Hackaday [19:36] TR Bot DOOM In Discord With A Special Image URL | Hackaday [19:36] TR News "Over the years, weve brought you many stories of the creative artwork behind electronic event badges, but today we may have a first for you. [Spencer] thinks nobody before him has made a badge powered by a Z80, and we believe he may be right." https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/decorate-your-neck-with-the-first-z80-badge/ | Source: Hackaday [19:36] TR Bot Your Neck With The First Z80 Badge | Hackaday [19:37] TR News "Do you remember the movie WALL-E? Apparently, [Leviathan engineering] did, and he wasnt as struck by the title character, or Eva, or even the Captain. He was captivated by BURN-E. His working model shows up in the video below." https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/wall-es-forgotten-sibling-rebuilt/ | Source: Hackaday [19:37] TR Bot Forgotten Sibling Rebuilt | Hackaday [19:40] TR News "IBM not only has become incompetent; it has become evil in the way it hires and fires and promotes. It truly is about who you know, getting the best accounts that would buy from Bozo the clown and most importantly if you are NOT a male, NOT experienced, NOT white, NOT over 35." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6abyvjm [19:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6abyvjm ) [19:40] TR News "Unfortunately no. Even if the RA is not performance driven, the usual setup includes one or more growth opportunities and sometimes a Low performance identification . This is done with legal involvement to minimize the risk of a labor dispute (at least in Canada)." [19:41] TR News "I was a first line manager that was forced to do this several times, I did pushed back as much as I could, and as a result, I got exactly the same treatment: After 5 years of exceeding expectations especially on business outcomes, I got a BS growth opportunity and got RAed 1 month later. (March 2025). 7 months before my RA, I got one of those outstanding technical awards." [19:41] TR News "Managers are given a script to read during an RA to avoid legal issues. Also, let me guess, your manager is Indian, the replacement is Indian, and you're not Indian." [19:42] TR News "Former RA here...the simple answer to your question is "NO!". If you're willing to search through the archives of this forum, you can find many threads describing the RA process and how it works. The bottom line for you is that the "RA decision" was made with the approval of several different managers, and is driven by financial reasons (you cost too much for what you can provide the company)." [19:42] TR News "Don't take it personally. It's easy to feel slighted when it happens, but mass firings (RAs) are how IBM has conducted its business for a long time. It doesn't matter what band you're in, what your job is, or even what your performance is like. If your number comes up, you're booted out the door and that's that. By the way...I too had great performance reviews and e-mails before RA. Welcome to the club!" [19:43] TR News "Has anyone been able to successfully reverse RA because manager gave false and misleading reasons for RA (non performances based) and instead onboarding a new replacement from a vendor he has known for a while. had several good performance reviews and emails before RA. I dont get the motivation to do this as there were no complaints against my work . How likely is this to happen" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6abyvjm [19:44] TR News IBM layoffs (RAs): "RE: OCT RA. Anyone know what days this might be coming up?" "Almost always the last Thursday" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6b7d7xw [19:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6b7d7xw ) [19:45] TR News "The bad news is that in order for the tech cycle to continue contributing to GDP growth, capital investment needs to remain parabolic. This is highly unlikely" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k68gzwn7 [19:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k68gzwn7 ) [19:45] TR News "Deutsche Bank highlights that much of this growth comes from new facilities being built by human workers, while the AI technology and services sector has yet to make a meaningful contribution to the GDP. Around half of the market gains captured by the S&P 500 index have been driven by tech-related stocks, Deutsche Bank warns." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k68gzwn7 [19:50] TR News "I made a new Odd release. I added feed pagination. This happened after I started thinking about feeds as archives." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-09-29-oddmu-release [19:51] TR News "What's a quote post, and why would feature parity be a good thing? Micro.blog indicates they omit "like, boosts, and trending tags" to try to cut down on outage and popularity contests." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/09/29/fedfrag.gmi [19:53] TR News Finding reason, finding belonging https://gotplt.org/posts/finding-reason-finding-belonging.html "So yeah, I almost decided to not go to Porto for Cauldron, because for the past year or so, I didnt feel like I did anything of consequence in the GNU toolchain community." ping lxo [19:53] TR Bot Finding reason, finding belonging [19:54] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/dont_even_consider_microsoft/ [19:54] TR Bot 'Don't even consider' Microsoft? Gosh The Register [19:55] lxo gotplt.org is siddhesh, no? [19:55] schestowitz[TR2] yes [19:56] schestowitz[TR2] an interesting post [19:56] schestowitz[TR2] "Was it the fact that all of the most amazing leaders in the GNU tools ecosystem were there? Or was it the relief at seeing an old friend and mentor (I dont know if he knows how much my interactions with him meant to me) safe and doing well? Or, in fact, was it the realization of how much I owe it to pretty much every person who has been coming to Cauldron regularly, probably with their own personal reasons, but leaving their o [19:56] schestowitz[TR2] wn, indelible impression on me as a person? Or, of course, the annual JL (if you know you know) therapy session? [19:56] schestowitz[TR2] Maybe it was the fantastic surprise musical performance by a group of school kids, which reminded me of my kiddo back home. OK maybe that one actually had me longing to return home soon." 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[22:04] admfubar i would think this is something you'd find on "only fans" (only heard about OF.. honest!!) https://www.geekwire.com/2025/what-is-vibe-working-microsoft-brings-agent-powered-ai-to-excel-word-and-powerpoint/ [22:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/what-is-vibe-working-microsoft-brings-agent-powered-ai-to-excel-word-and-powerpoint/ ) [22:22] admfubar excel now with "AI" that will hallucinate errors for you! your business will never be better!!! (no really it will NEVER be better) [22:23] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/f-droid-calls-for-regulators-to-stop-googles-crackdown-on-sideloading/ [22:23] TR Bot F-Droid says Googles new sideloading restrictions will kill the project - Ars Technica [22:25] admfubar https://prospect.org/power/2025-09-29-why-do-we-assume-trumptok-will-succeed/ [22:25] TR Bot Why Do We Assume TrumpTok Will Succeed? - The American Prospect [22:55] MinceR (audio:music) https://apina.biz/210926.mp4?mode=sfw [22:55] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/210926.mp4 ● Sep 29 [23:10] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:25] *lxo (~lxo@kunug3umq8pey.irc) has joined #techrights [23:57] *oarion7 (~ryan@ebmq5x6cde5zg.irc) has joined #techrights