Techrights Recent IRC Comments
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Sat 14:06:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In preparation for these interviews, I asked several North American library leaders what they thought about these senior-level roles." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/25/guest-post-senior-librarians-as-publisher-change-agents-whats-the-business-case-part-1/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing
Sat 14:07:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Likewise, we must persevere through bad bosses. We must learn to navigate pernicious supervisors, backstabbing managers, and incompetent executives as the price of gainful employment." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-work-for-the-bad-boss-you-have | Source: Hamilton Nolan
Sat 14:07:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Nikhil Anand, whose blog can be found at nikhil.io." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/nikhil-anand | Source: Manuel Moreale
Sat 14:07:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "According to the FT, demand for software engineers is rising again, and in relative terms is outperforming the wider jobs market. That’s the headline most people will take away." ☛ https://blog.robbowley.net/2026/03/27/evidence-that-genai-is-widening-the-software-engineering-skills-gap/ | Source: Rob Bowley
Sat 14:08:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Looking back, I’m glad that people have strongly disliked some of the software I’ve built, for the same reason that I’m glad I wasn’t born into oil money." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/working-on-products-people-hate/ | Source: Sean Goedecke
Sat 14:08:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "AI-Influenced Futures in the Research Environment as a structured basis for examining how artificial intelligence and machine learning" ☛ https://www.arl.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AI-Futurescape-Workshop-Report-2026.pdf | Source: Association of Research Libraries
Sat 14:09:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The report is designed to support leaders as they consider how advances in AI may affect the roles, responsibilities, and future direction of research libraries." ☛ https://www.arl.org/resources/strategic-implications-of-ai-futures-for-research-libraries-workshop-report/ | Source: Association of Research Libraries
Sat 14:11:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What was special was that we were able to X-ray unimaginably fast before the ice froze and could observe how the liquid-liquid transition vanishes" ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/science/xray-laser-water-critical-point | Source: Interesting Engineering
Sat 14:12:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I have written more words about film in 2026 than I have about technology and business." ☛ https://www.jmduke.com/posts/film-blogger.html | Source: Justin Duke
Sat 14:12:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Every time I stumble on articles or posts discussing tech products, I’m perplexed when someone uses the word “successful” to describe a product with a lot of users." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/successful-products | Source: Manuel Moreale
Sat 14:13:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This post was written with the letter thorn in lieu of th, because it marks a special occasion. Don’t ask me how that works." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/my-2026-birthday/ | Source: Ruben Schade
Sat 14:13:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Resilience strategies must also be proven, not assumed. Regular recovery testing ensures backup environments align with real business priorities, surfacing gaps and strengthening governance over time." ☛ https://itwire.com/it-people-news/enterprise-staff/world-backup-day-why-smarter-data-%e2%80%93-not-more-data-%e2%80%93-defines-resilience.html | Source: IT Wire
Sat 14:15:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Farvel til Github | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/farvel-til-github
Sat 14:15:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ WARNING: Linux Age Checks ⚓ https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/warning-linux-age-checks:7 ䷉ Source: | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/warning-linux-age-checks:7
Sat 14:16:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Supreme Court Says Internet Service Provider Isn't Liable for Bootlegged Music Downloads" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/03/25/2355253
Sat 14:16:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The 49MB Web Page" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/03/23/1558231
Sat 14:19:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Chat Control 1 föll – så röstade svenskarna" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/03/27/chat-control-1-foll-sa-rostade-svenskarna/
Sat 14:19:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Chat Control 1 har fallit" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/03/26/chat-control-1-har-fallit/
Sat 14:21:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Conde Nast is now openly bosting slop https://www.wired.com/story/tech-reporters-using-ai-write-edit-stories/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Benj_Edwards_Ars_Technica_Used_Fake_Articles_to_Promote_Ponzi_S.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/07/WIRED_Conde_Nast_Reviews_Are_Paid_for_Marketing_Spam_They_Chang.shtml
Sat 14:22:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Open-source security leaders brace for [slop] SPAM / bug surge" https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/27/open-source-security-leaders-brace-ai-bug-surge-kubeconeu/
Sat 14:29:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 28/03/2026: More Worldwide Bans on Social Control Media (Harms to Adolescents), Protests in US Against Dictatorship ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Links_28_03_2026_More_Worldwide_Bans_on_Social_Control_Media_Ha.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Links_28_03_2026_More_Worldwide_Bans_on_Social_Control_Media_Ha.gmi ∎
Sat 14:45:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Here are the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of March 2026. [...]" ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/2026-03-27-javafx-links-of-march-2026/ | Source: Frank Delporte
Sat 14:46:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We (me, Konstantinos Kallas, Nikos Vasilakis, and Vagos Lamprou) gave a tutorial at POPL 2026 on the POSIX shell: [...]" ☛ https://blog.greenberg.science/posts/popl2026-tutorial/ | Source: Michael Greenberg
Sat 14:46:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Another step on a journey to a thinning egraph." ☛ https://www.philipzucker.com/thin_hash_cons_codebruijn/ | Source: Philip Zucker
Sat 14:47:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Experiments in the Eat Your Greens project have been many, varied and to satisfy my own curiosity." ☛ https://eyg.run/news/editions/6 | Source: EYG
Sat 14:47:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When I built Amie, an architectural question came to mind: can I build all of this in a single file using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript?" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/03/27/single-file-web-applications | Source: James G
Sat 14:48:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "self, where are these exits coming from?" ☛ https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/zjit-perfetto/ | Source: Max Bernstein
Sat 14:48:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "During this year’s RubyConf Thailand, I realized that I never seriously played around with the async gem." ☛ https://citizen428.net/blog/exploring-async-ruby/ | Source: Michael Kohl
Sat 14:49:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Wikipedia has taken a firm stance on generative AI, drawing clear boundaries around how editors can use it." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/wikipedia-bans-ai-generated-text-xontent | Source: Interesting Engineering
Sat 14:49:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Wikipedia has banned contributors from using artificial intelligence tools to create content [sic] for its platform through a recent policy update." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/26/wikipedia-cracks-contributors-using-ai-generate-content/ | Source: Silicon Angle
Sat 14:50:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "his Stanford law professor parents" ☛ https://www.citationneeded.news/sam-bankman-frieds-helicopter-parents/ | Source: Molly White
Sat 14:51:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In this article, we’re going to go “the other direction,” and talk about using DNSDB to go from an IP address to a FQDN." ☛ https://www.domaintools.com/blog/going-from-an-ip-address-to-a-fully-qualified-domain-name-fqdn-in-dnsdb | Source: DomainTools
Sat 14:51:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "anyway, i went down the rabbit hole of self-hosted photo management and landed on two options that kept coming up everywhere: immich and ente photos." ☛ https://alexandmanu.com/blog/immich-vs-ente-photos/ | Source: Alex & Manu
Sat 14:52:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Pawel’s wife had already mentioned something that could address the lack-of-light issue." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-powered-sunrise-alarm-clock/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
Sat 14:52:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In my last post, I showed you to use FireWire on a Raspberry Pi with a PCI Express IEEE 1394 adapter." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/minidv-with-raspberry-pi-firewire-hat/ | Source: Jeff Geerling
Sat 14:52:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "FireWire (IEEE 1394) has been dying a slow death ever since Apple and Sony switched over to USB" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/27/using-firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi-before-linux-drops-support/ | Source: Hackaday
Sat 14:53:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The padding of one of my ear cups of my Sennheniser HD 280 Pro headphones was starting to wear out." ☛ https://lmika.org/2026/03/28/replacing-ear-cups-on-my.html | Source: Leon Mika
Sat 14:53:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Laser Welding is apparently the new hotness, in part because these sci-fi rayguns masquerading as tools are really cool. They cut! They weld! They Julienne Fry! Well, maybe not that last one." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/27/laser-welding-helps-youtuber-get-ahead-with-aluminum-sheet/ | Source: Hackaday
Sat 14:54:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At this point all of the parts are treated similarly to how a wood guitar might be built. The parts are trimmed down on a table saw, glued together, and then finished with a router before getting some other finishing treatments." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/27/luthier-crafts-guitar-from-cardboard/ | Source: Hackaday
Sat 14:54:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "After installing Calibre, the next step is to create a “book” from a collection of articles/links." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/how-to-kindle-personal-newspaper/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin
Sat 14:57:14 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ if they are moving faster than light, how can they see them??? https://thedebrief.org/scientists-observe-mysterious-light-wave-vortices-moving-faster-than-light/
Sat 15:04:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Edubuntu team, along with other members of the Ubuntu official editions, published a development snapshot for the projects' upcoming 26.04 release." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12774 | Source: Distro Watch
Sat 15:05:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Canonical expects you to operate all of your Ubuntu server networking through Canonical Netplan." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/NetplanVersusAutomation | Source: University of Toronto
Sat 15:07:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "powered by Forgejo" ☛ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/the-forge-is-our-new-home/ | Source: Fedora Project
Sat 15:08:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I’m not sure where the tqznopjxm4 address came from. What is interesting, it’s been sending this for over 2 years." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/03/27/whats-sending-mail-to-someexample-com-anexample-com-and-tqznopjxm4pomail-net/ | Source: Dan Langille
Sat 15:08:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Linux containers are not a single kernel feature. They are a combination of several independent primitives added to the kernel over a number of years." ☛ https://hypha.pub/back-to-freebsd-part-2 | Source: Hypha
Sat 15:09:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I wanted to revive this machine to avoid lugging the BIG laptop, especially for the friday SystemCrafters stream in my comfy chair in the living." ☛ https://www.snamellit.com/posts/20260320t110150-install-guix-on-macbook-12-guix-linux-sysadmin/ | Source: Peter Tillemans
Sat 15:09:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I decided to write a GUI app rather than a web app, for no particular reason other than because I happen to like desktop apps" ☛ https://www.mistys-internet.website/blog/blog/2026/03/27/forget-spreadsheets/ | Source: Misty De Méo
Sat 15:10:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I wanted to block the IPs of this traffic to reduce the load" ☛ https://blog.feld.me/posts/2026/03/blocking-traffic-docker/ | Source: Feld
Sat 15:11:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] admfubar: questions humans cannot answer but pretend that they can
Sat 15:11:37 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] they call them "theories"
Sat 15:12:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Never knock on the door of a nuclear submarine base and ask for a selfie" ☛ https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-460/ | Source: Graham Cluley
Sat 15:12:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Designing OpenZFS Storage for Independence, The day Telnet died, PiDP 11/70, OpenBSD on SGI and more..." ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/656 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast
Sat 15:12:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What did Elliot Williams and Al Williams read on Hackaday last week? Tune in and find out. " ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/27/hackaday-podcast-episode-363-the-history-of-pla-laser-diy-pcbs-and-corporate-craziness/ | Source: Hackaday
Sat 15:15:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Serious Sam: Shatterverse announced as a new co-op roguelite FPS | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/serious-sam-shatterverse-announced-as-a-new-co-op-roguelite-fps/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Sat 15:15:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Story-driven action RPG The Expanse: Osiris Reborn gets a new trailer and release window | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/story-driven-action-rpg-the-expanse-osiris-reborn-gets-a-new-trailer-and-release-window/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Sat 15:16:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The next major release of Ubuntu is almost here with a Beta now available for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Long-term support) for testing and bug-hunting. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ubuntu-26-04-lts-beta-released-with-gnome-50-linux-kernel-7-0-mesa-26/
Sat 15:17:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta Shows You There's Potential in the Stable Release ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-04-lts-beta/
Sat 15:17:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Grounded 2 gets Steam Deck Verified with the latest updates | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/grounded-2-gets-steam-deck-verified-with-the-latest-updates/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/grounded-2-gets-steam-deck-verified-with-the-latest-updates/
Sat 15:18:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Monado becomes the open source foundation for various OpenXR (VR) vendors | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/monado-becomes-the-open-source-foundation-for-various-openxr-vr-vendors/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/monado-becomes-the-open-source-foundation-for-various-openxr-vr-vendors/
Sat 15:19:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ODF is the future, OOXML is the past ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/27/odf-is-the-future-ooxml-is-the-past/
Sat 15:20:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ODF: Open by Design, Not by Marketing ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/03/odf-open-by-design-not-by-marketing/
Sat 15:20:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ STALKER 2: Cost of Hope expansion announced for Summer 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/stalker-2-cost-of-hope-expansion-announced-for-summer-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/stalker-2-cost-of-hope-expansion-announced-for-summer-2026/
Sat 15:22:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hytale update 4 is another absolute whopper with over 500 new blocks | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/hytale-update-4-is-another-absolute-whopper-with-over-500-new-blocks/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/hytale-update-4-is-another-absolute-whopper-with-over-500-new-blocks/
Sat 15:30:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Rebellion revealed first-person action horror Alien Deathstorm | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/rebellion-revealed-first-person-action-horror-alien-deathstorm/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/rebellion-revealed-first-person-action-horror-alien-deathstorm/
Sat 15:31:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Planetary Annihilation: TITANS gets revived as the devs ask for Linux help and feedback | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/planetary-annihilation-titans-gets-revived-as-the-devs-ask-for-linux-help-and-feedback/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Sat 15:31:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The community blog feed aggregator lists the featured highlights below from March 13 to March 19." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/03/27/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE
Sat 15:32:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This article completes the defense strategy by focusing on the backbone that makes guardrails enforceable in production—identity, authentication, authorization, and zero trust." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-security-identity-and-access-control | Source: Red Hat Official
Sat 15:33:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Slop promotion, as usual: "Whether it’s a factory floor, a wind turbine, or a retail backroom, the edge is where the most impactful business data is being generated." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/closing-gap-bringing-ai-and-kubernetes-source-data | Source: Red Hat Official
Sat 15:33:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Managing VMs at scale often involves operational tasks that can slow teams down, introducing complexity." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-red-hat-openshift-virtualization-421 | Source: Red Hat Official
Sat 15:35:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At Canonical, we have developed a comprehensive framework to make identity management across Ubuntu server and desktop deployments more secure" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/modern-linux-identity-management-ubuntu | Source: Ubuntu
Sat 15:36:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Edge" ☞ https://canonical.com//blog/stability-backports-and-hidden-risks-of-the-bleeding-edge
Sat 15:36:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Copyrights http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/guest-post-conference-report.html
Sat 15:37:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ hospitality http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/from-braunschweig-to-luxembourg-when.html
Sat 15:38:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Paul Tagliamonte: librtlsdr.so for fun and profit ☞ https://k3xec.com/sparky-rtlsdr/
Sat 15:41:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hyprclock – customisable clock application for the Hyprland window manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hyprclock-customisable-clock-application/
Sat 15:41:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ObsPy – framework to process, analyse, and visualise seismological data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/obspy-python-ramework/
Sat 15:41:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ pyfx – python-native TUI JSON viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pyfx-python-native-tui-json-viewer/
Sat 15:41:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fontra – browser-based font editor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fontra-browser-based-font-editor/
Sat 15:42:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Nightwatch – integrated testing framework ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nightwatch-integrated-testing-framework/
Sat 15:42:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Perspec – perspective correction of images ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/perspec-perspective-correction-images/
Sat 15:43:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Mageia 10 Art Voting https://blog.mageia.org/en/2026/03/27/mageia-10-art-voting/
Sat 15:43:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LazyLinux – Void-based desktop GNU/Linux distribution with Xfce ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lazylinux-void-linux-distribution-xfce/
Sat 15:43:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Coyote GNU/Linux – security-focused distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/coyote-linux-security-focused-distribution/
Sat 15:44:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Framework Becomes a KDE Patron ☞ https://ev.kde.org/2026/03/27/framework-becomes-kde-patron/
Sat 15:44:36 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ 28 070039 < IsambardPrince> Wayland Yutani.
Sat 15:44:40 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ Building Worse Windows
Sat 15:44:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This Week in Plasma: Easier Microphone Sensitivity Adjustment ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/03/28/this-week-in-plasma-easier-microphone-sensitivity-adjustment/
Sat 15:44:47 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ 28 070539 < schestowitz[TR3]> maybe one day wayland will be great
Sat 15:44:54 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ not with the attitude of its developers
Sat 15:45:06 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] wayTooVain?
Sat 15:45:16 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ it's a cult
Sat 15:45:31 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] wayleininism?
Sat 15:45:42 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ and i doubt the 3 or so sane people trying their hands at unfucking the design are going to be able to do much against the masses of cultists
Sat 15:46:22 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ every feature they don't feel like implementing is "insecure" and haraam, until their corporate overlords order them to implement one, and then they (and only they!) are allowed to implement it
Sat 15:46:26 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ i'm fucking sick of it
Sat 15:46:50 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ and, of course, even though it's immature, they attack everyone who doesn't rush to adopt wayland-yutani
Sat 15:47:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ AI-generated bug reports are turning into a nightmare for open-source maintainers ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/27/open-source-security-leaders-brace-ai-bug-surge-kubeconeu/
Sat 15:48:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Court of Appeal hears Fujifilm vs Kodak over two days ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/court-of-appeal-hears-fujifilm-vs-kodak-over-two-days/
Sat 15:48:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sandoz fends off PI over Eylea at Higher Regional Court Munich ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/sandoz-fends-off-pi-over-eylea-at-higher-regional-court-munich/
Sat 15:49:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Stable kernel update to fix regression on LoongArch platform ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065018/
Sat 15:50:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Coruna iOS Exploit Kit Likely an Update to Operation Triangulation ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/coruna-ios-exploit-kit-likely-an-update-to-operation-triangulation/
Sat 15:53:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This Week in GNOME: #242 Shuffling Cards ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/03/twig-242/
Sat 15:54:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Gedit Technology: gedit 50.0 released ☞ https://gedit-text-editor.org/blog/2026-03-28-gedit-50-0.html
Sat 15:55:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bring back MiniDV with this Raspberry Pi FireWire HAT ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/minidv-with-raspberry-pi-firewire-hat/
Sat 16:06:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft's AI Ambitions Face Investor Scrutiny Amid Soaring Costs https://www.ad-hoc-news.de/boerse/news/ueberblick/microsoft-s-ai-ambitions-face-investor-scrutiny-amid-soaring-costs/69011841
Sat 16:07:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GAFAM to GAFAM is till GAFAM https://www.thechannels.org/news/2026/03/27/academic-senate-discuss-issues-of-a-possible-shift-to-microsoft/
Sat 16:08:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ (still)
Sat 16:09:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): SystemRescue 13 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GParted 1.8.1, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/SystemRescue_13_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS_GParted_1_8.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/SystemRescue_13_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS_GParted_1_8.gmi ∎
Sat 16:13:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Sure, yes, GNU/Emacs is still officially an FSF project, and the FSF is still Stallman's institutional creation, even if he's been sidelined. His philosophical fingerprints - GPL, copyleft, free software ideology as distinct from open source - are baked into the project's DNA in ways that aren't cosmetic." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47520354
Sat 16:14:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Source code is now a common good, and SaaS is mostly dead https://dev.to/remojansen/source-code-is-now-a-common-good-and-saas-is-mostly-dead-gke
Sat 16:15:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Here's the twist I didn't see coming: GPL exists to ensure software stays free forever. Richard Stallman created it because he believed users should have the freedom to run, study, modify, and share software."
Sat 16:16:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Did you know GNU now has a kernel? Richard Stallman once said it was the missing piece. Linux used GNU utilities, and now there's a movement for [slop] models trained on free software to also be open" www.instagram.com/reel/DWaLCntj5wg/
Sat 16:17:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Greenmask 0.2.9 - 0.2.17 Releases ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/greenmask-029-0217-releases-3259/
Sat 16:17:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Qt for Python release: 6.11 is out! ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-python-release-6.11-is-out
Sat 16:18:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 002 - Telnyx PyPI Compromise, Vect Ransomware Mass Affiliate Program, and First Named Victim Claim, (Fri, Mar 27th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32838
Sat 16:20:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 'We need to double down' on energy autonomy: EIB chief Nadia Calviño ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20260327-we-need-to-double-down-on-energy-autonomy-eib-chief-nadia-calvi%C3%B1o
Sat 16:21:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows audit failure, event 4625, much ado about nothing ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-10-audit-logon-failed.html
Sat 16:21:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Apple discontinues Mac Pro after 20 years — system had been stuck in stasis with M2 Ultra since 2023 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/apple-discontinues-mac-pro-after-20-years-system-had-been-in-stuck-in-stasis-with-m2-ultra-since-2023
Sat 16:22:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Luckfox Lume – A compact Allwinner T153 SBC with dual GbE, PoE, GPIO header, and MIPI interfaces for industrial HMI applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/27/luckfox-lume-allwinner-t153-industrial-sbc-with-dual-gbe-poe-gpio-mipi/
Sat 16:23:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Lennart Poettering: Mastodon Stories for systemd v260 ☞ https://0pointer.net/blog/mastodon-stories-for-systemd-v260.html
Sat 16:23:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ESP32-P4-Pi-VIEWE – A Raspberry Pi-inspired ESP32-P4 + ESP32-C6 board with Ethernet, USB, 40-pin GPIO header, and more ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/27/esp32-p4-pi-viewe-raspberry-pi-esp32-p4-esp32-c6-board/
Sat 16:24:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SparkFun Thing Plus – ESP32-C5 board offers dual-band WiFi 6, Adafruit Feather pinout, LiPo battery support ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/27/sparkfun-thing-plus-esp32-c5-board-offers-dual-band-wifi-6-adafruit-feather-pinout-lipo-battery-support/
Sat 16:25:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Why Ubuntu 26.10 Might Drop ZFS, RAID & Encryption Support ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-10-grub-overhaul/
Sat 16:26:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ubuntu 26.10 could drop btrfs, ZFS and LUKS support from GRUB ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-grub-secure-boot-luks-changes
Sat 16:27:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Voyager 26.04-beta is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/voyager
Sat 16:27:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ DragonOS Noble_R9 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/dragonos
Sat 16:28:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Show CPU, GPU, Mem Usage & Temp in Ubuntu Panel without Extension ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/03/show-cpu-gpu-mem-usage-temp-in-ubuntu-panel-without-extension/
Sat 16:42:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Season of KDE 2026: Final Report - Standardizing Lokalize ☞ https://tanish-fr.vercel.app/logs/sok/season-of-kde-2026-final-report-standardizing-lokalize/33
Sat 16:43:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Weeks 7, 8 & Extension: Hardware Failures and Final MRs ☞ https://tanish-fr.vercel.app/logs/sok/weeks-7-8-extension-hardware-failures-and-final-mrs/32
Sat 16:43:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Talos 1.13.0-beta1 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/talos
Sat 16:44:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Plop 26.1 released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/plop
Sat 16:45:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ UAE and Qatar Arrest Hundreds Over Online Videos of Iranian Attacks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/world/middleeast/iran-war-videos-arrests-uae-gulf-states.html
Sat 16:46:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Soaring Diesel Prices Set Off Transport Strike in Philippines ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/world/middleeast/manila-jeepney-drivers-strike-fuel.html
Sat 16:46:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pardus 25.1 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pardus
Sat 16:47:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Mozilla is Not a Privacy Company, Mozilla is Run by GAFAM Executives and Managers Who Came From American Surveillance Companies ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/27/Mozilla_is_Not_a_Privacy_Company_Mozilla_is_Run_by_GAFAM_Execut.shtml
Sat 16:47:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Manjaro 26.0.4 released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro
Sat 16:48:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ China used fake Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn profiles to spy on NATO, EU: security source ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/28/china-used-fake-linkedin-profiles-to-spy-on-nato-eu-security-source/
Sat 16:49:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bits from Debian: New Debian Developers and Maintainers (January and February 2026) ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2026/03/new-developers-2026-03.html
Sat 16:50:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Samuel Henrique: I use curl with ECH btw (in Debian) ☞ https://samueloph.dev/blog/i-use-curl-with-ech-btw-in-debian/
Sat 16:50:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065015/
Sat 16:51:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Arturo Borrero González: New job at Chainguard ☞ https://ral-arturo.org/2026/03/27/chainguard.html
Sat 16:53:32 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Hi Roy. hope you are well, its been a long time, too long. Love to reconnect with you.
Sat 16:54:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] hi
Sat 16:54:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] good to see you
Sat 16:54:33 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ oh and it case you are wondering if its me, Michelle, Amy and Daniel say hi too!
Sat 16:54:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] iiirc, you connecyed a month ago
Sat 16:54:40 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] to IRC
Sat 16:54:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] aha, yes, Amy my goddaughter
Sat 16:55:24 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ yeah im stuck with a Mac for a weeks whilst I awaut my new PV
Sat 16:55:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Clean Energy Industry Launching Campaign of Vengeance ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/clean-energy-industry-campaign-vengeance
Sat 16:55:28 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Pc...
Sat 16:55:38 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] what is PV?
Sat 16:55:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] pardon my ignorance
Sat 16:55:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i was thinking of techbytes just days ago
Sat 16:55:55 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ :) you know we moved from Luton to the northeast of England.
Sat 16:55:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] not sure what triggered it
Sat 16:56:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] yes
Sat 16:56:10 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i remember
Sat 16:56:15 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] ah, PC
Sat 16:56:18 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ We are now in Seaham, County Durham.
Sat 16:56:18 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] not PV
Sat 16:56:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i know PVC too
Sat 16:56:31 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] I know seaham
Sat 16:56:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] not been to it though
Sat 16:56:48 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Ive been out of "that job" for 12 years now.
Sat 16:57:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] yes, time flies
Sat 16:57:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Did Scientists Just Detect an Exploding Black Hole? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/science/astrophysics-neutrinos-black-holes.html
Sat 16:57:28 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ 2014 we came up here, I think I spoke with you 2015ish....my bad..far too long.
Sat 16:57:51 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] no, 2020
Sat 16:57:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] we did a show
Sat 16:57:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] ep during lockdowns
Sat 16:58:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] you spoke about right to gather
Sat 16:58:03 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ so sorry, I hope to change that.....
Sat 16:58:07 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] more than 3 people
Sat 16:58:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i still tried to recall the other day if i remmeber the workflow for editing episodes
Sat 16:58:27 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] we now have our own two mumble servers
Sat 16:58:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i am still open to resuming
Sat 16:58:45 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ and start again. I'll DM you Michelles telephone number....I refuse to use mobile phones
Sat 16:58:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i never fully adopted these
Sat 16:58:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] ever
Sat 16:59:03 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] maybe in 2000/1
Sat 16:59:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] because my dad wanted to be able to sms me
Sat 16:59:35 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] anyway, we have been well
Sat 16:59:38 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] our sites grew
Sat 16:59:48 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and managed to attract 3 lawsuits in one year
Sat 16:59:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] with miccrosoft money in them
Sat 16:59:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] so you know someone hurts
Sat 17:00:09 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Amy is 14 btw....
Sat 17:00:43 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I saw the lawsuits, thats what told me I need to reconnect
Sat 17:01:09 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ im on Bluesky. I think I saw it there.
Sat 17:02:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i don'\t look in such sites
Sat 17:02:37 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] theyy are bad use of time
Sat 17:02:47 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] (with rare exceptions)
Sat 17:03:05 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] (not because they are good but because few good orgs still use them, sadly)
Sat 17:03:30 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ ah... I like it as since I left "that job" Ive been able devote more time to my hobby of philately, and Blusky is great for that.
Sat 17:04:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] jobs can be fun
Sat 17:04:46 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] but they change
Sat 17:04:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] companies change, too
Sat 17:05:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/27/Mozilla_Was_Ruined_Like_Sirius_Open_Source_Was_Ruined_From_the_.shtml
Sat 17:05:12 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ MIchelle says hi and `hayley still talks about you...
Sat 17:05:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] :D
Sat 17:05:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] sometimes we see photos of you on rianne's screen
Sat 17:05:43 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] as it ggoers in shuffle through like 50,000 photos
Sat 17:05:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] her brotther and his ggg/f too
Sat 17:05:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] *g/f/
Sat 17:06:21 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ She's doing really well (Hayley) she is a body guard for some notable people....she totally changed her career in about 2016
Sat 17:06:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ EMS providers battle money, staffing woes in rural Michigan’s ambulance ‘deserts’ ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/ems-providers-battle-money-staffing-woes-in-rural-michigans-ambulance-deserts/
Sat 17:06:45 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] ah, I remmeber that name now
Sat 17:06:48 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] I forgot her name
Sat 17:07:06 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and the friend who drank old space
Sat 17:07:12 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] *sppppice
Sat 17:07:20 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ lol... yes you remember!
Sat 17:07:25 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Shell is laughing.
Sat 17:07:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] how can one forget?
Sat 17:07:37 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] I must have mentioned it months ago
Sat 17:07:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] in some context
Sat 17:08:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] glad shell is doing ok
Sat 17:08:23 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] we are also ok
Sat 17:08:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i just spent time with the bird in the garden till it got cold
Sat 17:08:36 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ We must meet up again, you and your other half have to visit Seaham, its a lovely seaside town.
Sat 17:08:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] let me check distance
Sat 17:08:56 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Wow Gordon....name from the past.....how is he doing?
Sat 17:09:07 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] didn't see him
Sat 17:09:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] but noticed the old podcast from him
Sat 17:09:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] alongside my music collections from those years
Sat 17:10:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] maybe transpennine express can get there in 2 hours
Sat 17:10:40 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] oh, it is dead now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransPennine_Express_(2016–2023)
Sat 17:10:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] "First TransPennine Express Limited, trading as TransPennine Express (TPE),[2] was a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operated the TransPennine Express franchise. It ran regional and inter-city rail services between the major cities and towns of Northern England and Scotland.
Sat 17:10:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] "
Sat 17:10:58 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ You'd not recognise me now....when you last saw me I had short smart haircut....I've now long hair and covered in tattoos.
Sat 17:11:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] so we exchanged
Sat 17:11:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] now i have a long goatie
Sat 17:11:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and longer hair
Sat 17:11:43 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] (longest i ever hadd)
Sat 17:12:17 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I've dm'd you my website, ive been a photographer for the 10 years
Sat 17:12:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] but i am glad that
Sat 17:12:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] 1) you are well
Sat 17:12:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] 2) married (happily by the sound of it)
Sat 17:12:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] 3) the kids do ok
Sat 17:12:40 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] daniel must be an adult now, or just about
Sat 17:13:03 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ yeah Daniels doing well, you'd be pleased, he's a champion of opensource.
Sat 17:13:27 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] same person
Sat 17:13:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] b&w
Sat 17:13:45 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] oh, good
Sat 17:13:51 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] something i can chat to him about
Sat 17:14:10 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] our hairstyle is the same now
Sat 17:14:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] which is... funny
Sat 17:14:21 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ :) He's far exceeded my knowlege, hes 17 now 18 in August
Sat 17:14:31 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] yes, by myy calc
Sat 17:14:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] was gonna say almost 18
Sat 17:14:46 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] was on rianne's monitor days ago
Sat 17:15:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] we'll need to take day/s off
Sat 17:15:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i got phone #, ty
Sat 17:15:18 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] to be clear, we are ok
Sat 17:15:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] we are receiving attacks in proportion to positive work
Sat 17:15:33 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ :) we have to meet up again.... I really want to continue on where I left off...I retire at 55 as "that job" pension starts.
Sat 17:15:46 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/22/Five_Years_Ago_After_We_Broke_the_Story_About_Richard_Stallman_.shtml
Sat 17:15:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] 55 or 57?
Sat 17:15:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it's sa runaway train
Sat 17:15:54 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ 55
Sat 17:15:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] they keep changing it like in france
Sat 17:16:22 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ talking of which the house prices here are crazy. We bought a 3 bedroom property....£65K
Sat 17:16:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] some plcaces are like this
Sat 17:16:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] the housing bubble hits big cities
Sat 17:16:52 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ and we are by the sea!
Sat 17:16:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] under the guise "foreign investors"
Sat 17:17:40 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ compared to that house you stayed with us....we sold that for £230k
Sat 17:17:44 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] you should ef stick around irc
Sat 17:17:48 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it's well behaved in recent years
Sat 17:17:59 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ will be doing from now on.
Sat 17:18:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] after we tackled the people who actually did crimes against us here
Sat 17:18:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] lonndon area is another country
Sat 17:18:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] bbc hadd an arcticle about it yesterday
Sat 17:18:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] lasy works in london, travels from wales
Sat 17:18:40 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] every day
Sat 17:18:43 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] to her job in london
Sat 17:18:44 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] manic
Sat 17:18:47 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and bad use of energy
Sat 17:18:51 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I'll be rid of this horrible old mac next week, I'm only using it as my PC suffered an issue with water.
Sat 17:19:02 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] drink?
Sat 17:19:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] rian?
Sat 17:19:06 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] rain
Sat 17:19:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i keep drainks far away from laptops
Sat 17:19:16 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] to be safe
Sat 17:19:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] near keyboard is ok
Sat 17:19:23 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] keyboards and cheap
Sat 17:20:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] *are
Sat 17:20:02 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] https://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/New-Office-Setup-After-Sirius
Sat 17:20:52 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ 1.4 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 - its like retro computing from the late 1990's.
Sat 17:21:06 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ and I hate MacOs...
Sat 17:21:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] depends what you run
Sat 17:21:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it's very fast
Sat 17:21:25 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] we used to have 66mhz pcs
Sat 17:21:36 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I rely on Linux Mint usually.
Sat 17:21:47 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] we flew to the moon and back on less
Sat 17:22:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] so much changed
Sat 17:22:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] se techbytes
Sat 17:22:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and yet so little
Sat 17:22:16 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] thhe perils changed
Sat 17:22:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] the threats and all
Sat 17:22:31 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ and shamefully I still rely on one piece of propriety software - Lightroom... I need it for work, although I'm learning Darktable however it has a steep learning curve.
Sat 17:22:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] unrecognisabe now to someone who time-travels from 2016
Sat 17:22:46 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ :)
Sat 17:22:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] aw, RAW?
Sat 17:23:15 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ yep....my images are 100mp
Sat 17:23:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Australia leveraging coal and gas exports to lock in petrol supply from Asia partners ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-leveraging-coal-and-gas-exports-to-lock-in-petrol-supply-from-asia-partners
Sat 17:24:27 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I've been assisting the local college and their photography courses, they ate shifting to Darktable.
Sat 17:24:33 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ *are
Sat 17:24:44 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] good
Sat 17:24:46 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] there is another
Sat 17:24:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] raw in the name
Sat 17:24:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] remind me the name
Sat 17:24:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] long name
Sat 17:25:24 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ hmmm...not sure....Darktable is the go to as it can be conpatible with Lightroom presets.
Sat 17:25:41 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ without the license or subscription of lightroom.
Sat 17:25:51 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] let me checkj
Sat 17:26:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ EV woes mean Honda set to record first net loss since listing in 1957 ☞ https://itwire.com/automotive/ev-woes-mean-honda-set-to-record-first-net-loss-since-listing-in-1957.html
Sat 17:26:35 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Darktable_5_4_Open_Source_RAW_Image_Editor_Improves_Camera_Supp.shtml
Sat 17:26:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/26/Applications_RawTherapee_Screenshot_Tools_LibreOffice_and_More.shtml
Sat 17:26:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] RawTherapee
Sat 17:26:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] that's the one
Sat 17:27:09 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ ah, not looked at that.
Sat 17:27:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] "Not only have I loved using RawTherapee over the past year, but it's so good that I haven't even missed Adobe Lightroom.
Sat 17:27:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] "
Sat 17:27:44 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] https://www.xda-developers.com/open-source-photo-editing-app-linux-freed-from-adobe/
Sat 17:27:46 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i never used these
Sat 17:27:51 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] RAW scares me
Sat 17:27:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it'/s some format i can just about open
Sat 17:28:05 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and didn't try to understand
Sat 17:28:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] there are people who say why it's better
Sat 17:28:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] otuside my ballpark
Sat 17:28:22 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Photoshop is easily replaced with Gimp, however for much of my work I use film and Lightroom, soon to be Darktable is a must for postprocessing.
Sat 17:29:02 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] good you moved to tech (ish)
Sat 17:29:07 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and not the Tech with capital T
Sat 17:29:16 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] that became a lot worse in recent years
Sat 17:29:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and killed Sirius
Sat 17:29:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New Chinese Spacecraft Tests Robotic Octopus Tentacle for Refueling in Orbit ☞ https://futurism.com/space/satellite-china-fuel-arm
Sat 17:30:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] Tech with big T is very bad for health
Sat 17:30:35 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] mind, sleep, shhape
Sat 17:30:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] many nations recognise this too late
Sat 17:30:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] seeing how it impacts a child's development
Sat 17:31:03 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ :) Theres so much to catch up on with you. Time seems to fly by, after our move here to the Northeast, I was on the board of a football team in the northern league and I then got back into the wrestling scene and am photographer/writer for a wrestling promotion.
Sat 17:31:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] any stadium of light gigs?
Sat 17:31:51 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ lol...no I'm a West Ham fan still.....it was a local team.
Sat 17:31:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Tindle Newspapers sold to Iliffe joint venture ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/tindle-newspapers-sold-to-iliffe-fowler-joint-venture/
Sat 17:32:22 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ if you look at my website I DM'd you, you'll see some of my work.
Sat 17:32:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] you had our Chilean old coach for a while
Sat 17:32:26 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] then he vbanished
Sat 17:32:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i brought this up with rianne some weeks ago
Sat 17:32:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] maybee 2 weeks ago
Sat 17:32:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] we just got a mickeymouse trophy last wekk
Sat 17:33:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ One Predator Scares Away White Sharks Even More Than Orcas ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-predator-scares-away-white-sharks-even-more-than-orcas
Sat 17:33:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The 4 Rarer Kinds of Dementia Most People Don't Know Exist ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-4-rarer-kinds-of-dementia-most-people-dont-know-exist
Sat 17:34:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i like the work under portfolio
Sat 17:34:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] checking it all now
Sat 17:35:03 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it's not sometthing slop can replicate
Sat 17:35:07 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] would you mind if,
Sat 17:35:10 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] we used some \
Sat 17:35:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and added attruib link at bbottom?
Sat 17:35:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] in tuxmachines and TR?
Sat 17:36:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Hints at Unexpectedly Simple Treatment ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/parkinsons-link-to-gut-bacteria-hints-at-unexpectedly-simple-treatment
Sat 17:37:06 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I'm going to revamp the website with a foss flavour I want to also include my philately hobby somewhere in there.
Sat 17:37:44 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//wordpress.com' />
Sat 17:37:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] so it's centralised WP
Sat 17:37:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] with reegistered domain
Sat 17:37:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] as a front
Sat 17:38:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] lots of javascript in page
Sat 17:38:29 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ My domain is with Ionos
Sat 17:39:01 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I did a few years ago use Wix, but I had intended to start up a blog again so went with Wordpress
Sat 17:39:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] PC slowed down
Sat 17:39:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] so i ctrl+w xchattttttt
Sat 17:40:15 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ The only thing Ive found is Wordpress never seems to be WYSIWYG and I'll arrange the layout to my specs only to find the published version does not always conform to the way I want it.
Sat 17:40:21 │ 〖techrights-sec4〗 │ schestowitz[TR3] (~schestowitz[TR]@uwb8s9bfzeyh4.irc) has left #techrights (Ex-Chat)
Sat 17:40:21 │ 〖techrights-sec4〗 │ My domain is with Ionos
Sat 17:40:21 │ 〖techrights-sec4〗 │ schestowitz[TR3] (~schestowitz[TR]@uwb8s9bfzeyh4.irc) has joined #techrights
Sat 17:40:44 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] for photos you have non-wordpress options
Sat 17:40:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] that might not require patching every month or two
Sat 17:41:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] maybe daniel can learn those
Sat 17:41:23 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ :) it sounds like an excuse but until recently I've not had the time..
Sat 17:41:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Resurgent Inflation Tests Faith in Fed’s Willingness to Tame It ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/business/inflation-federal-reserve-iran-war.html
Sat 17:41:59 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ And whilst Daniel is a foss champion, he still is a proprietary gamer. He's all about FPS and gaming.
Sat 17:42:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] people always have time
Sat 17:42:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it's a question of priority
Sat 17:42:14 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Wine has come on in leaps and bounds.
Sat 17:42:18 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] sometimes willpower, such as getting out of bed
Sat 17:42:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] btw, remember jono bacon?
Sat 17:42:32 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ yep...
Sat 17:42:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] married microsoft
Sat 17:42:41 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Ubuntu wasnt it?
Sat 17:42:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] caanoniccal also did
Sat 17:43:10 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ what ever happened to Flatfish and DFS et al?
Sat 17:43:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] windows server is dying
Sat 17:43:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] so they dip their fingers in everything
Sat 17:43:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] not sure of USENET or COLA
Sat 17:43:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] not heard of that for ages
Sat 17:43:50 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ yeah I think I last looked around 2016.
Sat 17:44:10 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ oh and Snit....who could forget him?
Sat 17:44:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] oh, that
Sat 17:44:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] a lot has changed
Sat 17:44:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] for apple also
Sat 17:44:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] same planet
Sat 17:44:35 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ its all coming back like some hidous proprietary and troll nightmare.
Sat 17:44:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] different debates
Sat 17:44:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/windows-10-eol-plans-in-qt
Sat 17:45:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] trolls are one thing
Sat 17:45:10 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] there is worse
Sat 17:45:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/17/People_Who_Attacked_Techrights_Also_Attacked_My_Mother.shtml
Sat 17:45:47 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Over the years I've managed to avoid trolls, wrestling, stamps and photography do not seem to attract much troll attention.
Sat 17:46:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Qt Online Installer and Qt Installer Framework 4.11.0 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-online-installer-and-qt-installer-framework-4.11.0-released
Sat 17:46:15 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] yes, BUT
Sat 17:46:18 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] here is the thing
Sat 17:46:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] if you choose those "safee" or "low-profile" things
Sat 17:46:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] then, yes
Sat 17:46:38 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] you might ghet less hassle
Sat 17:46:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] but if you enter politics or interfere with GAFAM lobbying, then everyone is "target"
Sat 17:46:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] so it's a choice
Sat 17:47:01 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ true....
Sat 17:47:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] but it boils down to objectives
Sat 17:47:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] nobody will attack me for feeding wildlife
Sat 17:47:31 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] but hurting the profits of some company... that's "riskyt"
Sat 17:47:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] OTOH
Sat 17:47:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] protesters
Sat 17:47:45 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] who block roads
Sat 17:47:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] they get actually arrested
Sat 17:47:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] for their beliefs
Sat 17:48:07 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] that's so much more risky
Sat 17:48:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Commercial LTS Qt 6.8.7 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/commercial-lts-qt-6.8.7-released
Sat 17:48:46 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] there is a caveat
Sat 17:48:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] regaridng threshold
Sat 17:48:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] you can be an activist without impact
Sat 17:48:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] then they ignore you
Sat 17:49:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] for everything there is a "do not kill" threshold
Sat 17:49:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and a threshold for "knife the baby"
Sat 17:49:23 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] that appliies to companies
Sat 17:49:35 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] microsoft knifed many babies
Sat 17:50:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ China tech groups call for boycott of top Hey Hi (AI) conference ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/27/china-tech-groups-call-for-boycott-of-top-ai-conference/
Sat 17:51:07 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] corrtect me if wrong...
Sat 17:51:14 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I think I've made a bit of a difference, the local college now uses opensource office packages and whilst they still use Macs, we are converting to Darktable....I was actually the poster pic for their photography course.
Sat 17:51:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] seaham is one of those seaside towns that make it hard to find high-paying jobs
Sat 17:51:26 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and thus deters soome residents
Sat 17:51:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] sending pricves down
Sat 17:51:37 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] there are some like these near lancaster
Sat 17:52:15 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ true, but with the difference in house prices and being eligable to start my pension at 55 the living standards here are far better.
Sat 17:52:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] yes, but you know p[eople
Sat 17:52:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] (MinceR calls them "devil apes")
Sat 17:52:44 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] they have _expectations_
Sat 17:52:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] just doing simple things is not enough for everyone
Sat 17:52:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] they want "lifestyle"
Sat 17:53:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ If Your Job Involves Using Your Brain, You May Be in Big Trouble, Tufts Report Finds ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/jobs-brain-ai-tufts-report
Sat 17:54:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ What’s behind the global push to ban social control media for kids ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0327/social-media-ban-children
Sat 17:54:46 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ hi Goblin
Sat 17:54:48 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] ownership of two "decent" cars exceeds 10k a year
Sat 17:54:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] easily 15k per year
Sat 17:56:07 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ yeah. true..I bought a Ford Fiesta new about 10 years ago, still have it now. The bus service here is fantastic and we have buses to Sunderland about every 15 mins from the bottom of the street
Sat 17:56:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ DOJ Faces Continued Criticism Over Live Nation Settlement — As States’ Ongoing Trial Reveals Exec’s Concerns About ‘Fundamental’ Ticketmaster Issues ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/27/live-nation-lawsuit-doj-settlement-criticism/
Sat 17:56:26 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ £2.50 return.
Sat 17:56:36 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ You could pay for parking at that price.
Sat 17:56:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] we'll see :)
Sat 17:56:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] after energy price surges
Sat 17:56:47 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ yep..
Sat 17:56:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] parking for 60 mins
Sat 17:56:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] rianen and i spoke about it hours ago
Sat 17:56:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] when we went past sommmme car
Sat 17:57:06 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and swaw one that got a ticket
Sat 17:57:16 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i said, imagine having to worry about how many miniutes you have left
Sat 17:57:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] beffore yoou risk getting a ticket
Sat 17:57:35 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] "gotta go... my car is parked for , hours"
Sat 17:57:42 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ yep...I'd not drive to Sunderland or Newcastle....get bus or train....far cheaper.
Sat 17:58:02 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] or could work 2 hours
Sat 17:58:07 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] get paid
Sat 17:58:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] spend the money on car expenses
Sat 17:58:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] which, to me, seems pointlesss
Sat 17:58:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] esp. if the job can be a pain
Sat 17:58:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] is defoe still pllaying
Sat 17:59:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] probably retired
Sat 17:59:17 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Some of my work (weddings etc) requires some out of way locations so I'll still use the car for that. But most stuff now is done by public transport - far less stressful too.
Sat 17:59:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Universal Music Group Torches Drake’s Defamation Appeal Over Kendrick’s ‘Not Like Us’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/27/umg-torches-drake-defamation-appeal/
Sat 17:59:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] hang onto the non-smart car
Sat 17:59:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] those are lating long
Sat 18:00:03 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] *lasting
Sat 18:00:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] daemonfc spoke about it l;ast night
Sat 18:00:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] here in irc
Sat 18:00:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] he's still kicking
Sat 18:01:08 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ yep. Its a 1 litre fiesta so there's nothing modern about it.....except for the DAB radio - and I'm a huge fan of LPC (James O'Brien)
Sat 18:01:20 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ *LBC
Sat 18:01:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] can the radio still be detahced and removed?
Sat 18:01:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] when you leave the car?
Sat 18:01:35 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ no...
Sat 18:01:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] the "modern" ones cannot
Sat 18:02:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Australia to amend export-finance laws to boost fuel security, PM Albanese says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-to-amend-export-finance-laws-to-boost-fuel-security-pm-albanese-says
Sat 18:02:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ UN organization warns Persian Gulf crisis threatens global food security ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/un-organization-warns-persian-gulf-crisis-impacts-worldwide-food-security/
Sat 18:03:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ‘Paradox’ for journalists in Lebanon: ‘High press freedom, extremely low safety preparedness' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260327-paradox-for-journalists-in-lebanon-high-press-freedom-extremely-low-safety-preparedness-1
Sat 18:04:37 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] Goblin: i am very happy we became alike by chance
Sat 18:04:44 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] not the hair thing, just view on life
Sat 18:04:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i think it's also more compppatible with edu and free sw\
Sat 18:05:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] but you also arrre not far
Sat 18:05:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] re videos and podcasts
Sat 18:05:23 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] as you may kknow
Sat 18:05:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] thhey are beseiegd by slop spam
Sat 18:05:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] mostly video ssites
Sat 18:05:43 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] *besieged
Sat 18:06:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ CISA Flags Critical PTC Vulnerability That Had German Police Mobilized ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-flags-critical-ptc-vulnerability-that-had-german-police-mobilized/
Sat 18:06:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ TP-Link Patches High-Severity Router Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/tp-link-patches-high-severity-router-vulnerabilities/
Sat 18:07:06 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] chaff became rapidly growing problem on the web... which makes our Daily Links more valuable
Sat 18:07:10 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] even photographs are affected
Sat 18:07:25 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] a sear of slop, which now extends to videos
Sat 18:07:42 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I'm going to get back into my distro reviews I think......when my new PC arrives.....I been using Mint for many years as for my work it needs to be "ready out of the box" and Linux Mint provides that.....I will never forget my favourite Linux distro that now is sadly not continued - Wolvix....
Sat 18:07:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pro-Iranian Hacking Group Claims Credit for Hack of FBI Director Kash Patel’s Personal Account ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/pro-iranian-hacking-group-claims-credit-for-hack-of-fbi-director-kash-patels-personal-account/
Sat 18:08:06 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] iirc, wolvix was arch or debian
Sat 18:08:41 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ xfce desktop, that thing flew like anything and performed faster than Skynet.
Sat 18:08:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] distros that lack a clear purpose vanish
Sat 18:09:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] they can be replaced by scripts
Sat 18:09:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] that can turn one distros into some state
Sat 18:09:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] sort of like linux-libre in relation to kernel.orgf
Sat 18:09:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LangChain with Raspberry PI and Ollama: Build your Self-Hosted Hey Hi (AI) Apps ☞ https://peppe8o.com/langchain-raspberry-pi/
Sat 18:10:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ We just announced SEVEN new products, ready to expand your Arduino® UNO™ Q board ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/27/we-just-announced-seven-new-products-ready-to-expand-your-arduino-uno-q-board/
Sat 18:10:25 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ hey, I've just remembered a name from the past.....remember Andre Da Costa....I wonder what happened to him?
Sat 18:10:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Cameron Kaiser: So long, cheesegrater ☞ https://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2026/03/so-long-cheesegrater.html
Sat 18:11:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] probably nothing
Sat 18:11:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] he was mostly nothing
Sat 18:11:25 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] iirc, he and malroy commented in betenews
Sat 18:11:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] betanews perished
Sat 18:11:31 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] becamee slopfarm
Sat 18:11:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] techrights wetote a lot about that
Sat 18:11:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Firefox Tooling Announcements: MozPhab 2.9.1 Released ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozphab-2-9-1-released/147741
Sat 18:12:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] mousepad shills like andre da costa are disposable to GAFAM
Sat 18:12:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] they use them
Sat 18:12:25 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and discard them
Sat 18:12:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] like they did gulgboy
Sat 18:12:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] a fake
Sat 18:12:38 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] a faker
Sat 18:12:38 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I hope we can meet up soon...You'll have to meet our addition to the family...Max the whippet.
Sat 18:13:01 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ oh and Splinter and Muffin the rats.
Sat 18:13:35 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] oh
Sat 18:13:45 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] Greyhounds (ish) and rats
Sat 18:13:48 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] wash hands
Sat 18:13:53 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:krsevdc2qfbdkr6zq2xn4huj/bafkreibi2eu65vxwyhnqs47xpt7koz65djw2az3ieqtj4bil4sqoohre6m
Sat 18:14:00 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Max the Whippet
Sat 18:14:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] ah, nice
Sat 18:14:37 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whippet#/media/File:Whippet_2018_6.jpg
Sat 18:14:53 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ he belonged to our neighbour an elderly lady who before she died asked us to adpot her beloved dog.
Sat 18:14:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] train station platform
Sat 18:15:10 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] looks well behaved
Sat 18:15:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] that breed tends to be gntle
Sat 18:15:18 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ yes I admit it....I'm a train enthusiast...or spotter
Sat 18:15:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] what was that movie?
Sat 18:15:35 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] with scottish accent
Sat 18:15:38 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] \trainspotters
Sat 18:16:07 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ lol...yes not that type of trainspotting....this is the non-heroin related trainspotting
Sat 18:16:26 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] ?was it with carlyle?
Sat 18:17:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i remember the toilett bowl scene
Sat 18:17:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] but little other than the deep scottish acents
Sat 18:17:38 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] *ccents
Sat 18:18:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GNU/Linux Distros Should Reject "Age Verification" and Uphold Software Freedom for Users ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/27/GNU_Linux_Distros_Should_Reject_Age_Verification_and_Uphold_Sof.shtml
Sat 18:18:15 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ not sure, can't really remember the movie...Since I left "the job" Ive no stomach for those sort of violent/disturbing movies....I'm very much into opera now....fan of Gilbert and Sulivan....HMS Pinafore...Pirates of Penzance et al
Sat 18:18:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] yes, that's life
Sat 18:18:38 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] for many
Sat 18:18:43 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] the violence and thuggery
Sat 18:18:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] you can insulate to an extent
Sat 18:18:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] but never fully
Sat 18:19:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Linux" Slop Turning Rarer, New York Times Nowadays Contaminated With LLM Slop ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/27/Linux_Slop_Turning_Rarer_New_York_Times_Nowadays_Contaminated_W.shtml
Sat 18:19:26 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ cant stomach horror or violence.....Ive a colleague who says I suffer with PTSD. I will never forgive the job for the lack of support.
Sat 18:19:45 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i dont' envy them
Sat 18:19:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] like whetherspon attendants
Sat 18:19:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] dealing with druunkards
Sat 18:20:02 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and people who give them abuse\
Sat 18:20:09 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and they need to be polite to them
Sat 18:20:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 17 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Audio Editors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-audio-editors/
Sat 18:20:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 4 Graphical Frontends for ImageMagick ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/graphical-frontends-imagemagick/
Sat 18:21:13 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Michelle says I'm a different person since I left. My days now are so different.
Sat 18:21:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] good if you survived sane
Sat 18:21:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] many kill or beat up the wives
Sat 18:21:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] no outlets
Sat 18:22:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 17 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Audio Editors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-audio-editors/
Sat 18:22:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 12 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Collection Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/collectionmanagers/
Sat 18:22:48 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ yeah, so happy now. I always like to think I kept my morals whilst in the job and made a possitive difference but I'd never go back to that nor approve of my kids ever following in my footsteps.
Sat 18:22:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] acebook got sued
Sat 18:23:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] "moderators"
Sat 18:23:03 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ yeah I saw.
Sat 18:23:07 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] theyy trasumatised them
Sat 18:23:11 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ that could open up the floodgates.
Sat 18:23:12 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] watchign stabbings, beheadings
Sat 18:23:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] then let go
Sat 18:23:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] without mental support
Sat 18:24:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] after kettling the image of "protecting thee public" eroded
Sat 18:24:09 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] caning or clubbing students
Sat 18:24:16 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] who could not afford student loans
Sat 18:24:50 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I've not visited Twitter in a long time....I do like Blusky though as the conversations there are descent (within the groups I am in)
Sat 18:25:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Remi Collet: 🎲 PHP version 8.4.20RC1 and 8.5.5RC1 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2026/03/27/PHP-version-8.4.20RC1-and-8.5.5RC1
Sat 18:26:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ PLCnext ROS Bridge: Enabling Hardware Interoperability Between Industrial PLCs and ROS ☞ https://rosindustrial.org/news/2026/3/27/plcnext-ros-bridge-enabling-hardware-interoperability-between-industrial-plcs-and-ros
Sat 18:26:27 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] twitter died
Sat 18:26:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] they laid off about 80-90% of staff
Sat 18:26:43 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] this morning i saw reports of more layoffs to come
Sat 18:26:43 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Oh and another thing I've adopted since we last met.....I read tarot cards! Make of that as you will!
Sat 18:26:51 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] so maybe they recognise it'll never make money
Sat 18:27:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and just want some skeleton crew to run what's left
Sat 18:27:16 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ well I would not miss mainstream social media at all...can't recall when I was last on Facebook
Sat 18:27:23 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] bbbluesky will die also
Sat 18:27:26 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] for various reasons
Sat 18:27:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and it was involving jack dorsey
Sat 18:27:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] who cannot run a business
Sat 18:27:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and never did
Sat 18:27:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] twitter was like 14 billion dollars in debt
Sat 18:28:03 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and the same happens in his current company
Sat 18:28:07 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I moved to it initially because of James O'brien. A really descent present on LBC.
Sat 18:28:12 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] he is good at losing VC money
Sat 18:28:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] like sScam Altaamn doe
Sat 18:28:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Alejandro Acosta: Event report: SCaLE23x ☞ https://alexacosta.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/event-report-scale23x/
Sat 18:28:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] you can follow LBC on FM
Sat 18:28:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] tuners are very cheap
Sat 18:29:05 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] also more exp[ressive than lousy javascript "site"
Sat 18:29:09 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] such as bluesky
Sat 18:30:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2026/13 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/03/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-13/
Sat 18:30:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] tuxmachines turns 22 in june, maybe we can celebrate at seahaam
Sat 18:31:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] all our sites moved to the UK 3 years ago
Sat 18:31:05 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ you'd be very welcome.
Sat 18:31:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The telnyx packages on PyPI have been compromised ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065059/
Sat 18:32:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] s technicallty 4 years older than daniel
Sat 18:32:09 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ you know Seaham has a claim to fame? It was where the alien planet was filmed in Alien 3....the place is called Noses Point and it is about a 5 minute walk from us.
Sat 18:32:47 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i didn't like the Alien franchise
Sat 18:33:03 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Billy Elliot was filmed just down the road in Easington....funny how things work out...I was born in Easington before moving down south at the age of 5.
Sat 18:33:12 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ and I agree....wasn't a fan of the Alien series.
Sat 18:33:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install Gemini CLI on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-gemini-cli-on-ubuntu-linux/
Sat 18:33:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it was not for my age at its time
Sat 18:33:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] kids should not watchh horror films
Sat 18:34:03 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ agreed.
Sat 18:34:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Mono trap ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-pinta-on-ubuntu-linux/
Sat 18:34:45 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] like predator where billy gets his spleen out
Sat 18:34:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] not ok for kids aged 6
Sat 18:35:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install Mumble on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mumble-on-ubuntu-linux/
Sat 18:35:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install OpenClaw on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-openclaw-on-ubuntu-linux/
Sat 18:35:35 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] now they try to pass age verificiation
Sat 18:35:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] not sure if you foilow that
Sat 18:35:43 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it's all over linux sites
Sat 18:35:48 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it's not going to work
Sat 18:35:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it's not a new issue
Sat 18:35:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] predates the web
Sat 18:35:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] like kids watching porn
Sat 18:36:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] before the net
Sat 18:36:09 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] maaany ways kids watched gory films
Sat 18:36:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and got access to porn
Sat 18:36:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] way before homes had PCs
Sat 18:36:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Taiga on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-taiga-fedora-43/
Sat 18:37:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install JasperReports on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-jasperreports-opensuse/
Sat 18:37:18 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ it's not about age, it's about control
Sat 18:37:28 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ kids are the excuse for everything
Sat 18:37:31 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] Goblin: my bst friend turns 55 next year
Sat 18:37:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] reached the same conclusion
Sat 18:37:37 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] re work and life
Sat 18:37:47 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] we chatted days ago on the phone for 40 mins
Sat 18:37:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] seems like many in the uk take itt easy
Sat 18:38:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] the rat race was very 90s, american sycho
Sat 18:38:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] because in the us you must workk 20-30 jobs
Sat 18:38:25 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] to keep uup and float
Sat 18:38:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] <MinceR> kids are the excuse for everything
Sat 18:38:44 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] wachu talin' about willis?
Sat 18:39:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Grafana on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-grafana-almalinux-10/
Sat 18:39:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install iRedmail on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-iredmail-fedora-43/
Sat 18:39:35 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ :) i've got 5 years yet, but with the house prices here paid off the mortgage years ago. My previous job pension starts at 55 and hi Mincer, as soon as I saw your name I remembered you from all those years ago.. I hope you are well.
Sat 18:39:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ CachyOS Censors "Radicals" Opposed to Age Verification ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/cachyos-censors-radicals-opposed
Sat 18:40:00 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ i'm surviving
Sat 18:40:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Home visits due to software vulnerability: German state criminal police rang admins out of bed ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/03/27/home-visits-due-to-software-vulnerability-german-state-criminal-police-rang-admins-out-of-bed/
Sat 18:40:35 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children
Sat 18:40:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] oh, it's in wikipedia?
Sat 18:40:54 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ yeah
Sat 18:41:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] your president thinks of the children
Sat 18:41:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and how much trouble they can cause
Sat 18:41:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] to adultts
Sat 18:41:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] if they speak out
Sat 18:41:41 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ my president gets excited when he thinks of the children
Sat 18:42:00 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ so do his allies
Sat 18:42:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bipartisan Skepticism Greets Director Squires at First House Oversight Hearing ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/03/bipartisan-skepticism-greets-director-squires-at-first-house-oversight-hearing.html
Sat 18:42:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] until they turn double-digit age
Sat 18:43:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Prototype Enough: Even More Expansion to the ITC Domestic Industry Framework ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/03/prototype-enough-even-more-expansion-to-the-itc-domestic-industry-framework.html
Sat 18:43:55 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] Goblin: where you here when Microsoft Peter came to IRC
Sat 18:43:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] to troll us?
Sat 18:44:01 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] he got arrested
Sat 18:44:05 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] he raped kids
Sat 18:44:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] microsoft keeps company
Sat 18:44:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ top judiciary body unanimously rules that Cox Communications did not commit copyright monopoly infringement ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/us-supreme-court-says-isps-arent-liable-for-their-users-piracy-top-judiciary-body-unanimously-rules-that-cox-communications-did-not-commit-copyright-infringement
Sat 18:45:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Labels vs. The Trojans Is Over: Sony Music Reaches Settlement With USC Over Copyright Infringement In Social Media Posts ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/26/labels-vs-trojans-infringement-lawsuit-settled/
Sat 18:45:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Time for Another Supreme Court Battle? Major Labels (and BMG) Move to Take Over Vetter v. Resnik Copyright Recapture Case, Spearhead Appeal ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/27/vetter-v-resnik-major-labels-appeal/
Sat 18:45:57 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ no I didn't see that....I tried to logon to irc about 2 weeks ago and this piece of rubbish MAC crashed on me.
Sat 18:46:17 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I don't think I've been on IRC since about 2015/16..
Sat 18:46:35 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i saw that
Sat 18:47:00 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I'll be rid of it by next week as my new PC is arriving.
Sat 18:47:18 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] a leaker told me
Sat 18:47:18 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ preloaded with Mint.
Sat 18:47:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] re irc
Sat 18:47:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] or mumble
Sat 18:47:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] that apple cut support for some "apps"
Sat 18:47:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] that can accesss those "old" protocols
Sat 18:47:43 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ well on this one...its many apps....its running:
Sat 18:48:16 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ 11.78 - so Whatsapp doesn't work. Chrome doesn't provide updates.
Sat 18:48:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Orbán’s “terror list” grows: After German “Volcano Group”, “Earthquake Faction” also added – despite alleged trail to Russia ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/03/27/orbans-terror-list-grows-after-german-volcano-group-earthquake-faction-also-added-despite-alleged-trail-to-russia/
Sat 18:48:28 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ and it runs like a ZX Spectrum
Sat 18:49:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Kash Patel’s Emails Circulate Online as Iran Takes Responsibility for Release ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/fbi-director-kash-patel-hacked-email-iran.html
Sat 18:50:05 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Lightroom is a horrorshow....running it through Wine on Linux is very quick...on this i5 Mac its only just a step up from a computer from the 1970s.
Sat 18:50:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] is it bloated?
Sat 18:50:39 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] how much ram on fresh start?
Sat 18:51:10 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ no....its factory reset with only the bareminmum apps...Even rendering a webpage takes an age..
Sat 18:51:38 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I only intended to use it for a week but my new PC took longer than expected.
Sat 18:52:16 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ its not even mine, its a friends that they got out of a cupboard and loaned to me.
Sat 18:53:22 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ The only thing I like is that if you can't see the mouse pointer on the screen you can wiggle the mouse and the pointer briefly enlarges....I am sure Linux can have such a feature but its only on the MAc I've seen the benefit of it.
Sat 18:54:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] old Macc
Sat 18:54:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] had a farm
Sat 18:54:57 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ if it had linux on it it would fly....Ive used older Pcs with Linux which could out perform this horror.
Sat 18:55:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] depends on the softwarer
Sat 18:55:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and the stack below it
Sat 18:55:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] there is bloating
Sat 18:56:17 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I've said to Michelle repeated that if I ever entertained buying an Apple product in the future she is to throw freezing water over me.
Sat 18:56:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] apple in the newws this past week
Sat 18:56:46 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] they killed the mac pro
Sat 18:56:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] which is some expensive PC
Sat 18:57:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] to retire at 55 avoid those
Sat 18:57:18 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] money down the drain
Sat 18:59:35 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ there used to be an argument that Apple provided "out of box" now Linux and IMO Mint does that and better. I'd like to spend time tayloring a Linux distro but Mint is just so convenient and I have to balance the love of distro tinkering with the work I need to get done.
Sat 18:59:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Alibaba XuanTie C950 – A powerful, RVA23-compliant 64-bit RISC-V core for Edge Hey Hi (AI) computing ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/25/alibaba-xuantie-c950-a-powerful-rva2364-bit-risc-v-core-for-edge-ai-computing/
Sat 19:00:07 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Linux Mint has been reliable to me for years.
Sat 19:00:08 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] you probably need only rely on the applicatiion and file manager
Sat 19:01:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Volumio 4.119 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/volumio
Sat 19:01:05 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ stable, super fast and user friendly to the point where a non-linux user can sit in front of it and be productive almost immediately.
Sat 19:02:27 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i usedddd linux minnt to do techbytes with you and gordon
Sat 19:02:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i am trrying to remember his site's name
Sat 19:02:38 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] some thing with "Web"
Sat 19:02:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] around 2011
Sat 19:03:34 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I can't recall ....hmm....Right...we are off to dinner....If you map my address I DM'd you, you will see we live next to a golf course...we are there for dinner...I'll be back later!
Sat 19:03:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] golf... grass
Sat 19:04:52 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i "SEA" now
Sat 19:05:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] a lot of green
Sat 19:05:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] fit 24
Sat 19:07:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] seems a nice area by online "driving"
Sat 19:08:09 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] seaside
Sat 19:09:44 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] just finished links, will; do articles next, clock changes to BST tonight
Sat 19:12:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Clavicular, an Internet Narcissus, Is Arrested After Posting a Fight Video ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/clavicular-arrested-florida-fight-video.html
Sat 19:12:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Reach website rapped over ‘significantly misleading’ pensions headline ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/reach-website-rapped-over-significantly-misleading-pensions-headline/
Sat 19:14:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ China blasts ‘false’ news after report says chipmaker SMIC supplying Iran ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-blasts-false-news-after-report-says-chipmaker-smic-supplying-iran
Sat 19:16:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This release also ships with the latest Mesa 26.0 graphics stack for improved gaming on Ubuntu Desktop." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-26-04-lts-beta-is-out-now-with-linux-kernel-7-0-and-gnome-50
Sat 19:17:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ They don't value "security". Maybe cut off your head to reduce risk of decapitation, Canonical? https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-10-grub-overhaul/
Sat 19:18:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Powering the release is Linux 7.0" https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-04-lts-beta/ Rustyware
Sat 19:19:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I was receiving my first set of Ubuntu discs via mail." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ubuntu-26-04-LTS-beta-sports-GNOME-50-and-the-Linux-kernel-7-0.1260390.0.html
Sat 19:20:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I stopped using Snap — Flatpak just works better https://www.makeuseof.com/i-stopped-using-flatpak-snap-packages-just-work-better/
Sat 19:20:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Improves support for Numark Mixtrack 3, Pioneer CDJ-350, Reloop Beatmix 2, Reloop Beatmix 4, Traktor Kontrol Z1, and Traktor Kontrol S4 MK2 controllers." https://9to5linux.com/mixxx-2-5-6-open-source-dj-app-improves-controller-mapping-support-and-effects
Sat 19:22:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Samsung phones get major Linux Terminal upgrades thanks to One UI 8.5 https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-phones-linux-terminal-one-ui-8-5-3652503/
Sat 19:23:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A China-nexus actor has been able to gain long-term access in a bid to gather intel on government agencies and critical infrastructure providers." https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/espionage-campaign-telecom-linux-backdoor-China/815978/
Sat 19:23:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux Terminal Finally Gets Some Love with One UI 8.5 https://sammyguru.com/one-ui-8-5-linux-terminal/
Sat 19:24:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ One penguin that isn't suitable for kids? Linux will now carry out age verification checks https://www.techradar.com/pro/one-penguin-that-isnt-suitable-for-kids-linux-will-now-carry-out-age-verification-checks
Sat 19:24:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Samsung’s One UI 8.5 Update Supercharges the Built-in Linux Terminal https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/03/samsung-one-ui-8-5-linux-terminal-improvements.html
Sat 19:25:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Even if you have 16GB of RAM, this one "compressed swap" trick makes Linux significantly smoother https://www.howtogeek.com/even-if-you-have-16gb-of-ram-this-one-compressed-swap-trick-makes-linux-significantly-smoother/
Sat 19:26:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LF prpoaganda from a paid LF operative https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/linux-kernel-maintainer-says-ai-has-suddenly-become-useful-for-devs-we-cant-ignore-this-stuff-its-coming-up-and-its-getting-better/
Sat 19:27:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ One UI 8.5 brings major Linux Terminal upgrades to Galaxy devices https://www.sammobile.com/news/one-ui-8-5-brings-major-linux-terminal-upgrades-to-galaxy-devices/
Sat 19:27:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Samsung One UI 8.5 unlocks ‘desktop-like’ power with Linux GUI apps https://www.sammyfans.com/2026/03/27/samsung-one-ui-8-5-desktop-linux-gui-apps/
Sat 19:28:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Codenotary launches AgentX for Linux security automation https://securitybrief.com.au/story/codenotary-launches-agentx-for-linux-security-automation
Sat 19:28:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Valve just pushed out another excellent update for Proton Experimental - further improving Windows games running on Linux / SteamOS." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-crimson-desert-steam-overlay-with-ea-games-death-stranding-2/
Sat 19:29:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Sat 19:31:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): SaaS/Back End/Databases: DNSDB, SaaS is mostly dead", and Greenmask Releases ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/SaaS_Back_End_Databases_DNSDB_SaaS_is_mostly_dead_and_Greenmask.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/SaaS_Back_End_Databases_DNSDB_SaaS_is_mostly_dead_and_Greenmask.gmi ∎
Sat 19:34:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Visual Game Script Editor, Alien Deathstorm, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Games_Visual_Game_Script_Editor_Alien_Deathstorm_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Games_Visual_Game_Script_Editor_Alien_Deathstorm_and_More.gmi ∎
Sat 19:34:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎
Sat 19:41:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ technical sites or geeks' site have an advantage; outside social control media they stand a chance of finding people who know how to use Gemini, RSS feeds etc. There's more to the Net than "apps" and addictive "hubs".
Sat 19:44:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Hackaday Podcast, Smashing Security, and Linux Age Checks ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Audiocasts_Shows_Hackaday_Podcast_Smashing_Security_and_Linux_A.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Audiocasts_Shows_Hackaday_Podcast_Smashing_Security_and_Linux_A.gmi ∎
Sat 19:49:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Samsung and Linux UI ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Samsung_and_Linux_UI.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Samsung_and_Linux_UI.gmi ∎
Sat 19:51:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, SparkFun, 64-bit RISC-V, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_SparkFun_64_bit_RISC_V_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_SparkFun_64_bit_RISC_V_and_More.gmi ∎
Sat 19:53:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Sat 19:54:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNOME Desktop/GTK: This Week in GNOME, Gedit 50.0 Released, and Monitor Panel ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/GNOME_Desktop_GTK_This_Week_in_GNOME_Gedit_50_0_Released_and_Mo.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/GNOME_Desktop_GTK_This_Week_in_GNOME_Gedit_50_0_Released_and_Mo.gmi ∎
Sat 19:56:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Season of KDE 2026 Report on Lokalize and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Season_of_KDE_2026_Report_on_Lokalize_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Season_of_KDE_2026_Report_on_Lokalize_and_More.gmi ∎
Sat 19:58:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Fedora, Red Hat, and Slop ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Fedora_Red_Hat_and_Slop.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Fedora_Red_Hat_and_Slop.gmi ∎
Sat 19:58:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): OpenSUSE Planet News Roundup and Tumbleweed Review ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/OpenSUSE_Planet_News_Roundup_and_Tumbleweed_Review.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/OpenSUSE_Planet_News_Roundup_and_Tumbleweed_Review.gmi ∎
Sat 19:59:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Sat 20:01:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Wikipedia Tarnished by Slop, Not Just 'Donations' From Rich People Who Control the Wiki ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Wikipedia_Tarnished_by_Slop_Not_Just_Donations_From_Rich_People.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Wikipedia_Tarnished_by_Slop_Not_Just_Donations_From_Rich_People.gmi ∎
Sat 20:03:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): New Debian Developers and Maintainers and Samuel Henrique on Curl ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/New_Debian_Developers_and_Maintainers_and_Samuel_Henrique_on_Cu.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/New_Debian_Developers_and_Maintainers_and_Samuel_Henrique_on_Cu.gmi ∎
Sat 20:05:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When a server certificate changes, Lagrange will show a message warning of the change, including this bit: [...]" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Lagrange/40519
Sat 20:06:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Purely to complete the audit trail, and for the benefit of the maybe 1 or 2 people who might be affected, this post is to confirm that the TLS certificates for this Gemini capsule changed yesterday and changed again today, so if your browser is acting all cautious and throwing up a message about the certificate being untrusted, that would be why." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/03/27/certificates/
Sat 20:07:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The last week has been difficult and the coming weeks might very well be worse. At lunch on my WFH days I've been kind of just idly fucking around on guitar upstairs. I brought up my brother's shitty old Marshall MG10CD practice amp from 25 years ago, brought up my Strat, and my old CH-1 chorus pedal too. And have just been messing around." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/3-28.gmi
Sat 20:08:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There's something, I realize, driving the number and variety of ideas I have for things to write about. Would you be surprised to learn it has to do with getting out of the house? They always told me time would seem to slip away faster as I get older." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/2026-03-28.gmi
Sat 20:09:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ like a stranger gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/like_a_stranger
Sat 20:09:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Below is my entry into this year's Offline First Software Challenge, as pre-announced here: [...]" gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/03/28/bugoutback/
Sat 20:10:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🖼️ xkcd: Satellite Pollution #3225 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3225.gmi
Sat 20:11:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "My plant is a common goth mature lithops. This is one of the oldest attractions in Geminispace, and I still don’t really get it. I wonder how many people set up cron jobs to water their plants, and if that’s considered advanced play, or cheating (or cheating yourself). At any rate, the number is going up." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/03/26/astrobotany/
Sat 20:12:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Despite this case being half a decade out of warranty, Fractal Design kindly sent me a replacement power button and cable - shipped internationally - for free. I guess they recognised that it was a design flaw that caused the tiny piece of plastic inside the switch to break." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/03/25/fractal-design/
Sat 20:12:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I like these daily games. Maybe you will like them too." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/03/21/daily/
Sat 20:13:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I’m not famous enough to be interviewed by Uses This, but I do have very important opinions on stuff that has stood the test of time and deserves to be recommended." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/03/21/use/
Sat 20:14:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-03-18.gmi
Sat 20:18:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Sat 20:18:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Sat 20:18:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Ubuntu Against Choice and Diversity, the Excuse Being 'Security' ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Ubuntu_Against_Choice_and_Diversity_the_Excuse_Being_Security.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Ubuntu_Against_Choice_and_Diversity_the_Excuse_Being_Security.gmi ∎
Sat 20:19:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 28/03/2026: "Finding My Base Tone", "Astrobotany", and BugoutBack/OFFLFIRSOCH ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Links_28_03_2026_Finding_My_Base_Tone_Astrobotany_and_BugoutBac.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Links_28_03_2026_Finding_My_Base_Tone_Astrobotany_and_BugoutBac.gmi ∎
Sat 20:23:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 28/03/2026: Microsoft's LinkedIn a National Security Risk, Microsoft's Slop "Ambitions Face Investor Scrutiny Amid Soaring Costs" ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Links_28_03_2026_Microsoft_s_LinkedIn_a_National_Security_Risk_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Links_28_03_2026_Microsoft_s_LinkedIn_a_National_Security_Risk_.gmi ∎
Sat 20:32:21 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ (cat) https://pleated-jeans.com/2026/03/02/cozy-pictures-of-purrito-cats-avoiding-the-cold-3-2-26/
Sat 20:33:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GIMP 3.2.2 Released with Various Improvements and UI/UX Updates ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/GIMP_3_2_2_Released_with_Various_Improvements_and_UI_UX_Updates.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/GIMP_3_2_2_Released_with_Various_Improvements_and_UI_UX_Updates.gmi ∎
Sat 20:35:38 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] IsambardPrince: Goblin is back
Sat 20:36:00 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ That's nice.
Sat 20:36:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I'm downloading the beta of Kubuntu 26.04.
Sat 20:36:37 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I've determined that Canonical's patch to disable the Intel GPU security mitigations is something I probably need.
Sat 20:38:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Too big for my 4 GB flash drive that I've been using for Linux ISOs since 2011.
Sat 20:38:17 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ LOL
Sat 20:38:51 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3], The 2016 Lenovo still works well. It works better with Intel mitigations off.
Sat 20:39:03 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ In some places, those mitigations bring performance down by 20-30%.
Sat 20:39:11 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They're very bad, especially on an older laptop.
Sat 20:39:49 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ A newer CPU might be able to take the hit and power through anyway.
Sat 20:40:02 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ But a ten year old CPU just can't handle it without visible jank.
Sat 20:40:29 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ There's all sorts of theories and accusations that Intel knowingly designed its chips this way.
Sat 20:40:33 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Promoted benchmarks.
Sat 20:40:36 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Then "fixed it".
Sat 20:42:08 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Intel layoffs have pretty much wiped out their Linux people.
Sat 20:42:13 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The Open Source Technology Center.
Sat 20:42:21 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They abandoned Clear Linux entirely.
Sat 20:42:37 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ There wasn't anyone left to maintain it.
Sat 20:43:00 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The company is in distress. Trump stepped in to bail them out with tax money.
Sat 20:43:13 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ When the obvious solution was to switch government contracts to AMD.
Sat 20:43:36 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I wonder how much of that investment managed to find its way back into Trump's bank accounts.
Sat 20:46:30 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I'll either switch to AMD or ARM eventually.
Sat 20:46:43 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Intel stuff has been on a fire sale in the last few years.
Sat 20:46:48 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Which is why I still have Intel.
Sat 20:48:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – "Linux" Slop Going Away, Microsoft et al Pay 'Linux' Foundation to Promote Slop ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Linux_Slop_Going_Away_Microsoft_et_al_Pay_Linux_Foundation_to_P.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Linux_Slop_Going_Away_Microsoft_et_al_Pay_Linux_Foundation_to_P.gmi ∎
Sat 20:49:52 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3], It doesn't seem like that long ago that they abandoned trying to fit on a CD-R.
Sat 20:50:02 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Now these images wouldn't even fit on a single layer DVD.
Sat 21:03:12 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I remember when a DVD was what you'd use when you wanted the traditional installer that included everything you might possibly want to install.
Sat 21:03:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Open Web Destroyed by Centibillionaires, Says Anil Dash of Blogging Fame ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Open_Web_Destroyed_by_Centibillionaires_Says_Anil_Dash_of_Blogg.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Open_Web_Destroyed_by_Centibillionaires_Says_Anil_Dash_of_Blogg.gmi ∎
Sat 21:03:21 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Now it can't hold just the KDE live image.
Sat 21:03:51 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] why?
Sat 21:11:27 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Bloat.
Sat 21:11:33 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Severe unmitigated bloat.
Sat 21:11:51 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The ISO is 4.8 GB now.
Sat 21:12:02 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Which is I believe just a few GB shy of the Windows 11 installer.
Sat 21:12:19 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Windows 11 should barely just fit on an 8 GB flash drive.
Sat 21:12:53 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ But once it expands onto the storage, it consumes over 80 GB I think.
Sat 21:13:44 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I think those big compression ratios are partly because so much of the bloat is barely different dlls and stuff that all have to be there for SOME program to run.
Sat 21:26:36 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-upgrades-backdoor-spy-telcos
Sat 21:27:23 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] so little value added
Sat 21:27:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] vyyyybut so many bytes
Sat 21:27:36 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ dvds can hold up to 8gigs
Sat 21:27:37 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] so something went wrong
Sat 21:29:50 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/surveillance-scarecrows-police
Sat 21:33:20 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The correct solution to not enough RAM would be to have developers write programs that use less RAM.
Sat 21:33:43 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ But since most of the software developers floating around these days could be called incompetent if you were giving them high praise, fat chance.
Sat 21:34:04 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Same goes with "not enough storage".
Sat 21:34:17 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ KDE is fairly big, but GNOME is horrible. Just absolutely horrible.
Sat 21:34:45 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It seems like over time the memory leaks just get worse and their solution is to run garbage collection more frequently because they don't know how to actually fix the problem.
Sat 21:35:33 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And it does not appear that they're even considering using the JavaScript engine from Webkit which is already installed anyway because of WebkitGTK to run the shell.
Sat 21:35:53 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ There's too much stuff they've already written that depends specifically on quirks in Mozilla's javascript engine.
Sat 21:36:14 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The javascript engine in Webkit is much faster.
Sat 21:37:02 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The way Firefox and Mozilla are heading there might not even be an upstream eventually.
Sat 21:37:18 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And then GNOME will have a pile of Shell code that depends on a defunct engine with no upstream support.
Sat 21:37:55 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I'm like 80% sure that this will happen within the next 5 years.
Sat 21:39:08 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3], I have Kubuntu 26.04 Beta up and running on the 2016 Lenovo now.
Sat 21:39:24 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ KDE Neon was forcing me to use or write too many hacks to get things installed or working.
Sat 21:39:31 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-economy-recession-ai
Sat 21:39:37 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It's *just* barely different than the Ubuntu base, so it's not entirely compatible.
Sat 21:48:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KaOS Linux 2026.03 Is Out with Linux 6.19, More systemd Components Removed ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/KaOS_Linux_2026_03_Is_Out_with_Linux_6_19_More_systemd_Componen.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/KaOS_Linux_2026_03_Is_Out_with_Linux_6_19_More_systemd_Componen.gmi ∎
Sat 21:48:48 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://ircz.de/p/25072329
Sat 21:50:53 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ yummy yummy yummy, you can have slop in your tummy!... https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/cooking-actual-ai-generated-recipes
Sat 22:00:34 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I can't believe that KDE Neon screws up trying to install Wine from upstream and they really don't care.
Sat 22:50:49 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://ircz.de/p/25072323
Sat 22:53:14 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ Ai is stealing bob ross's paintings
Sat 22:55:37 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/03/28/0511243/transporting-antimatter-on-a-truck-is-tricky
Sat 22:58:07 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/22/cern_eggheads_burn_ai_into/
Sat 22:58:57 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ (cat) https://pleated-jeans.com/2026/02/26/derpy-cat-pictures-that-are-accidentally-perfect/
Sat 23:05:17 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/xbox/microsofts-new-gaming-boss-axed-this-is-an-xbox-campaign-because-it-didnt-feel-like-xbox-xbox-brand-undergoes-transformation-to-redefine-its-identity
Sat 23:12:39 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://nerds.xyz/2026/03/ibm-quantum-materials/
Sat 23:26:47 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ MidnightBSD now has a disclaimer not to use it as a desktop in California.
Sat 23:26:52 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Because of the age verification law.
Sat 23:27:02 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Of course, there's no way they can enforce that.
Sat 23:27:17 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ let california worry about that
Sat 23:27:25 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Pretty much.
Sat 23:27:33 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They made their decision, now let them enforce it.
Sat 23:27:53 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I agree with the MidnightBSD approach.
Sat 23:28:03 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The user is free to ignore that suggestion.
Sun 00:28:03 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://explosm.net/comics/40th-birthday#comic
Sun 01:46:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techpol + social irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-280326.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-280326.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-280326.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-280326.txt
Sun 01:47:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techrights irc ■ Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-280326.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-280326.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-280326.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-280326.txt
Sun 01:48:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 boycottnovell irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-280326.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-280326.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-280326.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-280326.txt
Sun 01:49:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techbytes irc ■ Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-280326.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-280326.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-280326.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-280326.txt
Sun 01:49:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-03-28.txt | 🅶🅴🅼🅸🅽🅸 gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-03-28.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
Sun 01:50:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁Tux Machines 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-03-28.txt
Sun 03:29:25 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I got Kubuntu 26.04 LTS pretty much set up.
Sun 03:29:40 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It's in beta at the moment but pretty stable it seems.
Sun 04:21:22 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ When I backed up a bunch of MP3 files to my Google Drive, I was given a notice that Google deleted them due to copyright.
Sun 04:21:30 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So I put them in a "tarball" with no compression (just .tar) and reuploaded them, and they're still there years later.
Sun 04:21:42 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ "What now, bitches!?"
Sun 04:22:07 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :>
Sun 04:22:22 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ "Now, what are you gonna do, Bromeo and Juliet?"
Sun 04:23:43 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Hmm, Romeo and Juliet, you know, the actors that were in that movie sued a couple years ago.
Sun 04:23:59 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Said it was child porn because they were underage and nude in the middle of a 1960s movie.
Sun 04:24:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The federal court threw it out.
Sun 04:32:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎
Sun 04:32:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights — Welcome to the New Techrights ⇨ https://techrights.org/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ ∎
Sun 04:32:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 28, 2026 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_March_28_2026.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_March_28_2026.gmi ∎
Sun 04:32:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Over at Tux Machines... ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎
Sun 04:36:37 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ MinceR: The fine line between art and CP depends on how much money you have I guess.
Sun 04:37:10 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I don't think that Drew's collection would survive the Miller Test.
Sun 04:37:48 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ There was a man who went on trial for importing Japanese "comics" into the US and he was convicted of "simulated CP" and sent to prison.
Sun 04:38:35 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Most animated things that are legal in Japan are also legal in the United States. You would get weird looks for some of it, but it's legal.
Sun 04:39:25 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Urotsukidoji is legal because it has just enough of a plot and you could argue that the animation is "art", so even though it is shocking, and mostly tentacle rape, it's also not legally "obscene".
Sun 04:40:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I know I haven't written to you for ages. (It's almost April and this is the first 2026 post!" gemini://thelambdalab.xyz/phlog/2026-03-28-Cuneiforth.txt
Sun 04:41:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For folks who have known me for a while, you might know that I like doing card tricks. As such, I tend to bring a deck of cards with me pretty much everywhere I go in case the opportunity calls for a few tricks." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/zen-of-marking-playing-cards.gmi
Sun 04:42:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I have been simultaneously busy and not busy at the same time. The weeks blur by and I don't recall doing anything, yet when I look back at my diary I can write down a list of five or six things that I have done. So let's go through some of them all at once." gemini://isoraqathedh.pollux.casa/gemlog/2026-03.gmi
Sun 04:52:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – The Real XBox is Dead, So Microsoft is Calling Everything "XBox" Now ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/The_Real_XBox_is_Dead_So_Microsoft_is_Calling_Everything_XBox_N.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/The_Real_XBox_is_Dead_So_Microsoft_is_Calling_Everything_XBox_N.gmi ∎
Sun 04:56:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Strike https://www.dw.com/en/strike-halts-all-passenger-flights-at-berlin-airport/a-76416716
Sun 04:59:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Copyright and slop http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/uk-report-on-copyright-and-artificial.html
Sun 05:00:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Copyright protection of iconic guitars and other works of applied art http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/guest-post-music-to-my-ears-copyright.html
Sun 05:00:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ CJEU rules that derivative works enjoy copyright protection if they are … original http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/cjeu-rules-that-derivative-works-enjoy.html
Sun 05:01:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (12/2026): Immutable Ambitions https://linmob.net/weekly-update-12-2026/
Sun 05:11:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 29/03/2026: Return to Gopherspace, "Zen of Marking Playing Cards" ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Gemini_Links_29_03_2026_Return_to_Gopherspace_Zen_of_Marking_Pl.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Gemini_Links_29_03_2026_Return_to_Gopherspace_Zen_of_Marking_Pl.gmi ∎
Sun 05:49:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – The Old Days ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/The_Old_Days.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/The_Old_Days.gmi ∎
Sun 08:31:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Now, other jurisdictions didn't set the term of copyrights over software to WTO's bare minimum." ☛ https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-03-14-software-in-the-public-domain.en.html | Source: Alexandre Oliva
Sun 08:31:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I love the [Internet]. Or should I say I: I used to love the [Internet]? I’m not even sure what “the [Internet]” is anymore." ☛ https://dergigi.com/2026/03/20/the-internet-left-me/ | Source: Gigi
Sun 08:33:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A resurfaced case involving an ICE detention officer who admitted to raping a woman in custody in exchange for access to her child is reigniting scrutiny of abuse inside US detention facilities as sentencing approaches." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-officer-admits-rape-woman-custody-exchange-favourscase-resurfaced-sentencing-draws-near-1788976 | Source: International Business Times
Sun 08:34:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Running directly into the 14th Amendment, which explicitly guarantees citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the United States, Attorney General and pedophile protector Pam Bondi proves she does not know the law." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/27/trumps-ag-bondi-claims-citizenship-is-a-privilege-not-a-constitutional-right.html | Source: BoingBoing
Sun 08:34:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth intervened to stop the promotions of several high-ranking service members including four Army officers, two Black men and two female soldiers, on track to become one-star generals, NPR has confirmed." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5763863 | Source: NPR
Sun 08:34:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Shortly before the large demonstration “No Kings” in Rome, officers checked the left-wing EU MEP Ilaria Salis in her hotel room in Rome and asked her questions." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2026/03/28/order-from-germany-police-check-left-wing-eu-mep-ilaria-salis-before-protest-in-hotel/ | Source: Site36
Sun 08:35:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This moment should not be separated from a broader, documented pattern" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/03/27/hegseth-reportedly-removes-2-black-2-female-army-officers-from-1-star-promotion-list/ | Source: Sightline Media Group
Sun 08:35:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The rationale for this 4th Amendment bypass was this: location data slurped up by websites and downloaded apps wasn’t exactly the same thing as cell tower location data." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/27/fbi-tells-senate-its-still-bypassing-4th-amendment-by-purchasing-location-data-from-third-parties/ | Source: Techdirt
Sun 08:35:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Justice Department has demanded states provide full copies of their voter lists, including sensitive personal information, such as driver’s license and partial Social Security numbers." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2026/03/28/repub/doj-confirms-voter-data-sharing-with-homeland-security-but-denies-building-national-list/ | Source: Kansas Reflector
Sun 08:36:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Unionised staff at the national broadcaster withdrew their services for 24 hours having rejected the latest three-year pay offer from management." ☛ https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/care-factor-zero-for-striking-abc-staffers/ | Source: Spectator AU
Sun 08:37:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It was previously found, in the aftermath of Daniel Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers case, that newsrooms could publish information that was leaked to them." ☛ https://werd.io/the-doj-thinks-news-is-contraband/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
Sun 08:37:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "To look into a story like this, we obviously needed to speak to the school, which hasn’t been mentioned in any of the previous coverage." ☛ https://manchestermill.co.uk/revealed-the-famous-school-at-the-centre-of-a-book-banning-scandal/ | Source: The Mill
Sun 08:38:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The case went viral for obvious reasons. Afroman, clad in a bold American flag suit, issued ardent statements about free speech from the stand and sat back as his ridiculous songs were played in court." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/03/afroman-trial-rap-free-speech/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
Sun 08:38:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There have been 21 people arrested in the emirate, said advocacy organization Detained in Dubai." ☛ https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/03/13/uae-dubai-21-arrested-photos-videos-iran-war/2891773430572/ | Source: UPI
Sun 08:38:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As mobile Internet blackouts spread from Russia’s regions to Moscow and the authorities continue throttling Telegram, opinion polls paint an uncomfortable picture for the Kremlin." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/03/27/total-chaos-the-kremlin-knows-russians-are-angry-about-new-internet-restrictions-it-s-struggling-to-respond | Source: Meduza
Sun 08:39:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The picture painted by official figures is more complex than Trump's remarks suggested." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trumps-latest-speech-sparked-fact-checking-trend-potus-lowered-food-costs-claims-questioned-1788986 | Source: International Business Times
Sun 08:39:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Iran’s use of LEGO set rap music tells me it’s been studying us. These are videos meant for the American people crafted in a language Iran knows we’ll understand." ☛ https://www.404media.co/iran-is-winning-the-ai-slop-propaganda-war/ | Source: 404 Media
Sun 08:40:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The editorial did not mention that the ruling was based on the finding that making medical claims in a religious context was not a protected form of religious freedom." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20217856 | Source: YLE
Sun 08:40:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Maintained by the Trifecta Tech Foundation as part of Project Pendulum" ☛ https://jnsgr.uk/2026/03/ntpd-rs-its-about-time/ | Source: Jon Seager
Sun 08:41:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In today’s hustle culture, you’re not successful unless you’re always wowing your audience with the next big thing." ☛ https://jimmitchell.org/2026/03/27/you-dont-have-to-dazzle/ | Source: Jim Mitchell
Sun 08:41:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I whispered in my mind." ☛ https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/27/the-usual-thanks/ | Source: Stefano Marinelli
Sun 08:42:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Billionaires and CEOs took to the press threatening to leave the country, while all the major employers’ organizations and the largest firms, like Maersk, issued dire warnings of massive job losses and investment slowdown." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/03/denmark-social-democrats-centrism-elections/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
Sun 08:43:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That rage drove her away from King’s politics of nonviolence and toward a more militant ideology." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/my-childhood-in-the-weather-underground | Source: New Yorker
Sun 08:43:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Approximately 74,000 employees, translating to more than 14,000 roles, will be affected globally, the report added." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/nokia-trims-20-global-workforce-75000-employees-impacted-report/articleshow/129864537.cms | Source: India Times
Sun 08:44:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The two college dropouts changed the way people use computers, listen to music and communicate on the go, giving rise to lifestyles revolving around smartphone apps." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/at-50-apple-confronts-its-next-big-challenge-ai-1809374699 | Source: RTL
Sun 08:44:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It was inevitable really. I’m a life-long environmentalist who got solar panels 15 years ago, an EV 11 years ago, and a battery a few years ago." ☛ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2026/03/28/we-got-a-heat-pump-at-last/ | Source: Positech Games
Sun 08:44:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So much has been written about motorcycles, but the one image that has stuck with me the most came from Pirsig when he described how a motorcycle puts you in the scene while in a car you are an observer of the scenery." ☛ https://charlesleifer.com/blog/children-s-games/ | Source: Charles Leifer
Sun 08:45:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I’ve been reading David Roberts on energy and climate for years, first at Grist, then at Vox, now at Volts, his Substack." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-david-roberts | Source: Paul Krugman
Sun 08:46:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "80,000,000 people have died as a result of automobiles over time." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/03/systems-and-the-default-to-yes/ | Source: Seth Godin
Sun 08:46:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "He swaps resistors on the terminated leg to show how energy “sloshes” back when the resistance is too high or too low." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/watch-electricity-slosh-visualizing-impedance-matching/ | Source: Hackaday
Sun 08:46:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The differences between the two have always been there, but if this testing video is correct, then the Snapdragon chip has a massive lead, at least where battery life is concerned." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/test-claims-the-s26-ultras-snapdragon-chip-buries-exynos-in-battery-life/ | Source: Android Police
Sun 08:47:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A proposed Google data center in Michigan is notable for its use of renewable energy and its ability to ramp down power use during periods of high demand." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/03/27/two-wildly-different-data-centers-reveal-a-fork-in-the-road-on-how-to-meet-electricity-demand/ | Source: Michigan Advance
Sun 08:47:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Google’s data center operations will be served by 2.7 gigawatts (GW) of new resources for the grid, including solar power, advanced storage technologies and demand flexibility." ☛ https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/global-network/clean-energy-reliability-michigan/ | Source: Google
Sun 08:48:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Airfares are certainly the canary in the coal mine" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/03/expensive-plane-tickets-oil-iran/686604/ | Source: The Atlantic
Sun 08:48:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The mushroom is now found across the world. It's spreading in Switzerland, and has been found in Italy, Hungary, Serbia and Germany." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260325-an-unstoppable-mushroom-is-tearing-through-north-american-forests | Source: BBC
Sun 08:49:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That was a huge indicator that they're likely outcompeting the native fungi that were there" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/27/golden-oyster-mushroom-is-invading-north-american-forests.html | Source: BoingBoing
Sun 08:49:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At the same time, Denver Water emphasized that past conservation efforts have made a difference. Over the years, customers have significantly reduced water use, helping stretch supplies during dry periods." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/03/27/denver-water-declares-drought-limits-water-use/ | Source: Western Water
Sun 08:49:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Most
Sun 08:50:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Most of those are clustered around the Yellowstone region of western Wyoming and eastern Idaho." ☛ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032826_snow_drought_op/2026s-historic-snow-drought-brings-worries-water-wildfires-future-west/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel
Sun 08:52:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Here is a look at countries that have taken steps in this direction to better protect young users: [...]" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/heres-how-countries-are-cracking-down-on-kids-social-media-use/articleshow/129862497.cms | Source: India Times
Sun 08:52:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The students who had their accounts disabled waited a while" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0327/social-media-ban-children | Source: CS Monitor
Sun 09:11:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Here’s a direct link to the PNG and the PDF. Once again, put it onna stick and exercise the constitutional rights to freedom of expression, speech, and assembly" ☛ https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2026/03/28/subway-sign/ | Source: Kieran Healy
Sun 09:14:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "On March 19, 1987, the Pentagon announced that it had learned the Soviet Union acquired machine tooling for making submarine propeller blades from Toshiba Machine" ☛ https://dfarq.homeip.net/toshibas-soviet-nuclear-submarine-scandal/ | Source: David L Farquhar
Sun 09:14:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In a video statement, Pussy Riot member Nadya explained how the Russian military has relied on Ubiquiti to communicate with troops on the frontline" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pussy-riot-protest-tech-company-ubiquiti-russian-war-crimes-1235538540/ | Source: Rolling Stone
Sun 09:15:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It does raise one new question: when there’s a new president, the White House website and social media accounts have a handover process. Does that apply to this app, too?" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/902703/white-house-app-iphone-android?ref=werd.io | Source: The Verge
Sun 09:15:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A little history lesson from the Wiener Holocaust Library: [...]" ☛ https://werd.io/the-white-house-has-an-app-now-and-trump-wants-you-to-report-people-to-ice-on-it-2/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
Sun 09:16:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "OpenMedia is running a campaign to email Members of Parliament, though I am suspicious these form letter campaigns actually work." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/bill-c-22-lawful-access/ | Source: Nick Heer
Sun 09:16:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages" ☛ https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app |
Sun 09:17:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "You can get good pseudonymity when with PIA (Private Internet Access), but not true anonymity." ☛ https://greycoder.com/how-to-sign-up-to-pia-anonymously-with-no-credit-card/ | Source: GreyCoder
Sun 09:17:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A growing favorite among police departments throughout the country is the “camera on wheels” platform, known as COWs for short — or “scarecrows,” for a more ominous moniker." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/surveillance-scarecrows-police | Source: Futurism
Sun 09:18:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "While Reid sees legal risks for smaller platforms with fewer resources in these decisions" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/903006/meta-new-mexico-los-angeles-child-safety-trial-impact | Source: The Verge
Sun 09:19:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As significant as this verdict is, it merely represents the opening act of a story that will get considerably darker from here." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/meta-youtube-ai-litigation/ | Source: The Nation
Sun 09:19:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Two of America’s largest tech companies suffered stunning defeats in court this week, sustaining early jolts in what could prove to be a seismic shift in how social media operates amid a new landscape of legal risk." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-28/meta-google-social-media-addiction-verdict-explained | Source: Los Angeles Times
Sun 09:20:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "To understand how the fraud was committed, it is helpful to understanding how streaming royalties work. Platforms like Spotify and Apple Music do not pay a fixed rate per stream." ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/10k-bots-steal-8-million-from-music-artists | Source: Bitdefender
Sun 09:20:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So I built Ask Joost: a page where you can ask a natural language question and get a direct answer, sourced from my blog posts." ☛ https://joost.blog/ai-powered-answers-ask-joost/ | Source: Joost de Valk
Sun 09:21:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The LLMs are pushing the essays away from anything that a human would have ever written" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ai-changing-style-substance-human-writing-study-finds-rcna263789 | Source: NBC
Sun 09:21:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What bewilders me is how many people seem to use the tool (and topic in general) to inflate their ego." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/ai-ego/ | Source: Ava
Sun 09:22:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The landscape of AI is not merely filled with news. It is filled with teams. You have the doomers, the accelerationists, the skeptics, the it’s-a-bubble oracles, the anti-bubble counter oracles, and so on." ☛ https://www.derekthompson.org/p/what-is-anthropic-thinking | Source: Derek Thompson
Sun 09:22:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What irks me is that someone knows for sure if the content is AI-generated. They’re just not telling the rest of us" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/900400/tiktok-ai-ads-labels-samsung-disclosure | Source: The Verge
Sun 09:23:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "“This is a potential watershed moment,” says Paul Triolo, a partner at the advisory firm DGA-Albright Stonebridge who studies US-China relations." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-ai-research-is-starting-to-split-along-geopolitical-lines/ | Source: Wired
Sun 09:23:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For the past two years, the conversation around enterprise AI has been dominated by GPUs: who has them; who can buy them; who is waiting months for them." ☛ https://itwire.com/the-wired-cio/why-the-real-bottleneck-in-enterprise-ai-isnt-gpus-it-s-data.html | Source: IT Wire
Sun 09:23:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The reality is that chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, or Anthropic’s Claude still make regular mistakes." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/study-do-what-chatgpt-tells-us | Source: Futurism
Sun 09:24:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The officers merely handed over a copy of a letter that PTC had sent to companies the previous day, which contained instructions for a so-called hotfix." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2026/03/27/home-visits-due-to-software-vulnerability-german-state-criminal-police-rang-admins-out-of-bed/ | Source: Site36
Sun 09:25:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Apple has officially discontinued the Mac Pro. Unfortunately, the writing has been on the wall for, like, five years." ☛ https://www.dgriffinjones.com/extraordinary/how-apple-could-have-saved-the-mac-pro.html |
Sun 09:26:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Did Apple know in 2017 that 2020 was the year the M1 would make it out of the lab? Probably not, but it doesn’t make the timing any less painful." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2026/03/how-apple-could-have-saved-the-mac-pro/ | Source: Stephen Hackett
Sun 09:26:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Apple this week announced that it has discontinued the Mac Pro, with new configurations no longer available and no further models planned." ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/27/reflecting-on-20-years-of-mac-pro/ | Source: MacRumors
Sun 09:27:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Uninstalling apps on macOS is not as easy as it should be." ☛ https://heydingus.net/blog/2026/3/launchpad-was-great-for-uninstalling-apps-spotlight-is-not | Source: Jarrod Blundy
Sun 09:27:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Sometimes, I do not recognize a trap until I am already in it. Photos in iCloud is one such situation." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/blog/i-regret-the-blood-pact-i-have-made-with-icloud-photos/ | Source: Nick Heer
Sun 09:28:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Notice that your ability to appreciate these gifts does not depend on mood, or on any other condition being favorable in your life." ☛ https://www.raptitude.com/2026/03/in-favor-of-enjoying-things-on-purpose/ |
Sun 09:28:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It’s 15 years now since the financial crash showed up the global economy as a giant casino, with no care for the livelihoods of ordinary people or the health of our planet." ☛ https://en.neritam.com/2026/03/28/new-pm-to-give-bankers-more-power-to-gamble-on-food/ | Source: Neritam
Sun 09:28:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But what about the white cilia? That was a velcro hook Pettit stuck on to keep them from floating away in his terrarium. A clever solution." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/terrified-nasa-potato | Source: Futurism
Sun 09:29:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Lithuania and the rest of the European Union will move clocks forward by one hour on Sunday as daylight saving time begins" ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2880351/why-hasn-t-europe-phased-out-daylight-saving-time | Source: LRT
Sun 09:29:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): February/March in KDE Itinerary ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/February_March_in_KDE_Itinerary.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/February_March_in_KDE_Itinerary.gmi ∎
Sun 09:33:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): After a Long Time, Ubuntu Shows Some Respect to Deb Packages ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/After_a_Long_Time_Ubuntu_Shows_Some_Respect_to_Deb_Packages.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/After_a_Long_Time_Ubuntu_Shows_Some_Respect_to_Deb_Packages.gmi ∎
Sun 09:38:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): AçorOS – Debian-based Linux distribution ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/AcorOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/AcorOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.gmi ∎
Sun 09:38:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux KDu – Brazilian Ubuntu-based operating system ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Linux_KDu_Brazilian_Ubuntu_based_operating_system.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Linux_KDu_Brazilian_Ubuntu_based_operating_system.gmi ∎
Sun 09:48:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The K5 is AMD’s first x86 processor to be developed entirely in-house. Introduced March 27, 1996, its primary competition was Intel’s Pentium microprocessor." ☛ https://dfarq.homeip.net/ | Source: David L Farquhar
Sun 09:48:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If I was thinking of building a new desktop under normal circumstances, I would use all modern components (which is to say, current generation CPU, motherboard, RAM, and so on)." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/NewOldSystems | Source: University of Toronto
Sun 09:49:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The real story here is that these improvements from Apple were spurred by Right-to-Repair developments, particularly in the EU, that were the result of pressure from hackers like you." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/apples-most-repairable-laptop-is-thanks-to-right-to-repair/ | Source: Hackaday
Sun 09:49:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I've been working on a redesign and here's a peek at my progress. My main goal is for a more minimal look, removing the background image along with layout changes and a new background color." ☛ https://bobmonsour.com/blog/site-redesign-progress/ | Source: Bob Monsour
Sun 09:49:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I reinstalled everything and restored data from the backup. It’s running smoothly since then." ☛ https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2026/homelab-2nd-edition/ | Source: Victor Kropp
Sun 09:50:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But it seems silly to hang on to a hut that’s now on the other side of the country from us." ☛ https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2026/03/28/beach-hut/ | Source: Phil Gyford
Sun 09:50:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "From a photography standpoint, this image is remarkable for the era" ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2026/03/barefoot-women-dancing-in-snow-new-york.html | Source: Vintage Everyday
Sun 09:51:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "so in other words, this is a Linux distro that recursively calls kexec on itself! Isn’t that so cute?" ☛ https://astrid.tech/2026/03/28/0/linux-is-an-interpreter/ | Source: Astrid Yu
Sun 09:52:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Until now, I’ve been doing them by hand but this week I wanted to explore this problem space a bit more" ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/im-building-a-python-script-to-create-form-filling-bookmarklets/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala
Sun 09:52:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Python 3.15a7, which is now just a uv python install 3.15 away on all major platforms, has lazy imports!" ☛ https://iscinumpy.dev/post/flake8-lazy/ | Source: Henry Schreiner
Sun 09:52:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So, how do we do better than the Quine Programmer? How can we connect the dots between human user and computer in a way that respects the strengths of both?" ☛ https://jneen.ca/posts/2026-03-27-how-to-make-programming-terrible-for-everyone/ |
Sun 09:53:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But you would soon discover that your assumptions won’t work and your code has some weird errors in it that you don’t understand. This is because array arguments in C decay into a pointer to the first element of the array." ☛ https://agentultra.com/blog/why-array-arguments-decay-to-pointers-in-c/index.html | Source: J Kenneth King
Sun 09:53:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I ran a small experiment with Git hosting behaviour using two demo repositories: [...]" ☛ https://susam.net/fork-commits-via-original-repo.html | Source: SusamPal
Sun 09:53:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Now, sooner or later, you do run into the catch: nobody is born thinking like JavaScript, but to get really good at JavaScript, you will need to learn how." ☛ https://css-tricks.com/javascript-for-everyone-destructuring/ | Source: CSS Tricks
Sun 09:53:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When programming, it is still important to write code that runs correctly on systems with either byte order (see for example The byte order fallacy)." ☛ https://www.hanshq.net/big-endian-qemu.html | Source: Hans Wennborg
Sun 09:56:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "[lds133]’s version replicates the original behavior exactly by using the accelerometer to detect the shaking, the round display to show an icon of the die, and a Raspberry Pi Pico to do the hard work." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/magic-less-8-ball-finds-new-life-with-pi-pico-inside/ | Source: Hackaday
Sun 09:56:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "[Tommy] at Oskitone has been making hardware synth kits for years, and his designs are always worth checking out." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/playful-space-dice-kit-shows-off-clever-design/ | Source: Hackaday
Sun 09:56:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Sun 09:56:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "documenting another incredible year of contributions from both the Arduino team and the global community of open-source makers, educators, engineers, and enthusiasts." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/28/check-out-the-new-2025-arduino-open-source-report/ | Source: Arduino
Sun 09:57:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "On the surface, it looks like a normal CRT, except that it's impossibly thin: the whole device is just under 4 cm thick. To do this, the tube is mounted sideways, and the phosphor is viewed from the back." ☛ https://maurycyz.com/projects/lifetv/ | Source: Maury
Sun 09:58:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Fedora: Update Problem and Ultra-powerful Tool ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Fedora_Update_Problem_and_Ultra_powerful_Tool.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Fedora_Update_Problem_and_Ultra_powerful_Tool.gmi ∎
Sun 09:59:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: GNU-like Mobile Linux, Raspberry Pi Pico, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Open_Hardware_Modding_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_a.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Open_Hardware_Modding_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_a.gmi ∎
Sun 10:01:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "And so the rise of mobile banking removed any real reason to have bank branches." ☛ https://davidoks.blog/p/why-the-atm-didnt-kill-bank-teller |
Sun 10:01:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 29/03/2026: Water Shortages and No Kings Rallies ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Links_29_03_2026_Water_Shortages_and_No_Kings_Rallies.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Links_29_03_2026_Water_Shortages_and_No_Kings_Rallies.gmi ∎
Sun 10:01:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There’s significant privacy implications here and a lot of misinformation about pinging cell towers and “zoom enhance” stuff." ☛ https://nickvsnetworking.com/somebodys-watching-me-adventures-in-cellular-locating/ |
Sun 10:01:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I built it mostly because I needed something that could handle the 2 Unraid servers I had at the time, the existing iOS app could only handle 1 server at a time." ☛ https://jbrio.net/posts/sunset-controlr/ | Source: Juan B Rodriguez
Sun 10:02:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Given that, you can search for movies with keywords, but that's not what I'd be doing in a movie theater - instead I'd be searching for a movie." ☛ https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/03/28/checking-if-a-movie-has-a-post-or-mid-credit-scene | Source: Raymond Camden
Sun 10:02:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-03-29.gmi
Sun 10:03:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): PluriOS – Bolivian Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/PluriOS_Bolivian_Linux_distribution_based_on_Ubuntu_LTS.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/PluriOS_Bolivian_Linux_distribution_based_on_Ubuntu_LTS.gmi ∎
Sun 10:04:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): ZestISO – desktop Linux distribution built on Arch Linux ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/ZestISO_desktop_Linux_distribution_built_on_Arch_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/ZestISO_desktop_Linux_distribution_built_on_Arch_Linux.gmi ∎
Sun 10:05:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I upgraded my router to OpenWRT 25.10. Nothing strange right?" ☛ https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2026/03/24/upgraded-to-openwrt-2510/ | Source: Marcin Juszkiewicz
Sun 10:06:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "PLCnext Controls run PLCnext Linux, a real-time capable operating system that hosts the PLCnext Runtime. The Runtime manages deterministic process data and stores it in the Global Data Space (GDS)." ☛ https://rosindustrial.org/news/2026/3/27/plcnext-ros-bridge-enabling-hardware-interoperability-between-industrial-plcs-and-ros | Source: ROS Industrial
Sun 10:06:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Like many high-tech companies Tesla runs a bug bounty program." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/turning-tesla-model-3s-computer-into-a-desktop-pc/ | Source: Hackaday
Sun 10:09:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This is part 1 of a four-part article series about how to reimage disks in-place. Part 0 is located here." ☛ https://astrid.tech/2026/03/24/1/swap-out-the-root-before-boot/ | Source: Astrid Yu
Sun 10:10:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What’s all the fuss about FreeBSD? What is it, anyway?" ☛ https://kedara.eu/playing-freebsd/ | Source: Ruben Verweij
Sun 10:11:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I've been investigating how keyboards, mice, etc work in Linux." ☛ https://roscidus.com/blog/blog/2026/03/28/input-devices/ | Source: Thomas Leondard
Sun 10:11:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The classic 3-2-1 backup rule says: three copies of your data, on two different media types, with one copy off-site." ☛ https://blog.hofstede.it/my-multi-stage-backup-strategy-zfs-proxmox-and-paranoia/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn
Sun 10:12:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Researchers at Rapid7 now report that the Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) behind BPFdoor, Red Menshen, has modified that listening system." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-upgrades-backdoor-spy-telcos | Source: Dark Reading
Sun 10:12:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I'm doing periodic updates on some of my long-term projects, one of them being 6o6" ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/03/6o6-v11-faster-6502-on-6502.html | Source: Old VCR
Sun 10:13:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free and Open Source Software ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ∎
Sun 10:13:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Today in Tedium: It’s a tough time to be a financially-conscious computer user." ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/03/28/self-hosting-platform-tools-guide/ | Source: Tedium
Sun 10:14:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I keep a brew update && brew upgrade && brew cleanup alias around." ☛ https://rednafi.com/shards/2026/03/background-jobs-inherited-fd/ | Source: Redowan Delowar
Sun 10:14:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That's why it took me so long to sit down and write this blog post." ☛ https://mmk2410.org/2026/03/28/future-of-my-intellij-idea-ubuntu-packages | Source: Marcel Kapfer
Sun 10:15:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I think I said I would post here when it’s safe to turn off your ad blocker. The tl;dr is: no. Will update if that changes." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/is-it-safe-to-turn-off-your-ad-blocker/ | Source: Don Marti
Sun 10:15:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At my day job, I work primarily on a documentation site which has more than 1,000 pages." ☛ https://amanhimself.dev/blog/docs-discoverability-layers/ | Source: Aman Mittal
Sun 10:16:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "let me tell you what happened. i was just trying to browse the web like a normal person. youtube video. couple tabs open." ☛ https://alexandmanu.com/blog/firefox-is-actually-terrible/ | Source: Alex & Manu
Sun 10:16:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Think something similar to CDB or Sparkey." ☛ https://notes.volution.ro/v1/2026/03/notes/53ac09b0/ | Source: Ciprian Dorin Craciun
Sun 10:17:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I made a couple of additions to my Jekyll site and decided to share them all here!" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/website-changes-new-section-music-widget-and-upvotes/ | Source: Joel Chrono
Sun 10:17:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The blistering takedown astounded legal experts." ☛ https://www.rawstory.com/trump-doj-2676627128/ | Source: Raw Story
Sun 10:18:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A well-known fact mentioned in the video, is that the very first LEGO bricks from 1958 are compatible with those produced nowadays." ☛ https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2026/lego/ | Source: Victor Kropp
Sun 10:19:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "An Uncontrolled Experiment in Atmospheric Chemistry" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/03/26/0644236
Sun 10:19:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "WARNING: Apple is forcing Age Verification in iOS" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/warning-apple-is-forcing-age:3?view=shorts
Sun 10:19:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Framework Becomes a KDE Patron ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Framework_Becomes_a_KDE_Patron.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Framework_Becomes_a_KDE_Patron.gmi ∎
Sun 10:20:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Slop and Microsoft in r-bloggers. Is r-bloggers losing taste? https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/momentum-investing-enhanced-by-microsoft-foundry-hosted-large-language-model/
Sun 10:22:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Never has the meaning of logistical supply been so critical as now when advanced industrial modes require reliance on a portfolio of existential supplies of minerals, gas, and oil." https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/the-war-in-iran-isnt-about-oil-its-about-sulphur/
Sun 10:22:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Yet in the grand debate about the Iran war and the strategic necessity to keep the Straits of Hormuz open, all focus is on oil. That is because it is the end product of a smorgasbord of other raw materials, it is the principal signifier as indicated by leaping petrol prices on TV screens and gargantuan snaking queues at petrol pumps."
Sun 10:29:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Fedora 44 will automatically make your Windows games run faster, no tweaks required ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Fedora_44_will_automatically_make_your_Windows_games_run_faster.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Fedora_44_will_automatically_make_your_Windows_games_run_faster.gmi ∎
Sun 10:45:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Alarming Study Finds That Most People Just Do What Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Tells Them, Even If It’s Totally Wrong ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/study-do-what-chatgpt-tells-us
Sun 10:46:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GIMP 3.2.2 Released ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GIMP_3_2_2_Released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GIMP_3_2_2_Released.gmi ∎
Sun 10:47:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ February/March in KDE Itinerary ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/03/28/kde-itinerary-february-march-2026.html
Sun 10:48:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Big-Endian Testing with QEMU ☞ https://www.hanshq.net/big-endian-qemu.html
Sun 10:49:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ After a Long Time, Ubuntu Shows Some Respect to Deb Packages ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-04-deb-in-app-center/
Sun 10:49:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux KDu – Brazilian Ubuntu-based operating system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-kdu-brazilian-ubuntu-based-operating-system/
Sun 10:50:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ AçorOS – Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/acoros-debian-based-linux-distribution/
Sun 10:51:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Say hello to Neil Roberts, new LibreOffice developer focusing on scripting support ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Say_hello_to_Neil_Roberts_new_LibreOffice_developer_focusing_on.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Say_hello_to_Neil_Roberts_new_LibreOffice_developer_focusing_on.gmi ∎
Sun 10:51:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ZestISO – desktop GNU/Linux distribution built on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zestiso-desktop-linux-distribution/
Sun 10:52:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GIMP 3.2.2 Released ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/03/28/gimp-3-2-2-released/
Sun 10:55:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Check out the new 2025 Arduino Open Source Report! ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/28/check-out-the-new-2025-arduino-open-source-report/
Sun 11:02:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Kitty Terminal on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-kitty-terminal-opensuse/
Sun 11:03:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Fish Shell on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-fish-shell-fedora-43/
Sun 11:03:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Streamlit on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-streamlit-debian-13/
Sun 11:04:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install Transmission on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-transmission-on-ubuntu-linux/
Sun 11:05:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GNU/Linux Debian: the amazing world of ssh forwarding ☞ https://dwaves.de/2026/03/29/gnu-linux-debian-the-amazing-world-of-ssh-forwarding-how-to-forward-vnc-port-of-pcc-via-pcb-to-connect-from-pca-tunnel-vnc-via-ssh-over-jumphost-pcb-why-does-mate-desktop-network-manager-keep-d/
Sun 11:07:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Evgeni Golov: Converting Dovecot password schemes on the fly without (too much) cursing ☞ https://www.die-welt.net/2026/03/converting-dovecot-password-schemes-on-the-fly-without-too-much-cursing/
Sun 11:10:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ February 2026 Top 40 New CRAN Packages ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/february-2026-top-40-new-cran-packages/
Sun 11:12:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ECMLE on CRAN ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/ecmle-on-cran/
Sun 11:17:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ fsck Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/fsck/
Sun 11:17:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Top 10 Most Popular GNU/Linux Distributions in March 2026 ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/top-10-most-popular-linux-distributions-march-2026/
Sun 11:21:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ MetPy – read, visualize and perform calculations with weather data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/metpy-read-visualize-perform-calculations-weather-data/
Sun 11:21:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ DDRescue-GUI – frontend for ddrescue ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ddrescue-gui-frontend-ddrescue/
Sun 11:21:34 │ 〖_what__〗 │ http://techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Open_Web_Destroyed_by_Centibillionaires_Says_Anil_Dash_of_Blogg.shtml
Sun 11:21:52 │ 〖_what__〗 │ Remember Microsoft's Evangelism: https://techrights.org/o/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/comes-3096.pdf
Sun 11:21:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ QuestDB – high-performance time-series database ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/questdb-high-performance-time-series-database/
Sun 11:22:12 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] does that doc speak of the Web?
Sun 11:22:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ OpenDrift – framework for ocean trajectory modelling ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/opendrift-framework-ocean-trajectory-modelling/
Sun 11:22:54 │ 〖_what__〗 │ Proprietaries (GAFAM et al) is now no longer different that what Microsoft was, they echo Microsoft (won't give up until all things proprietarized)
Sun 11:23:12 │ 〖_what__〗 │ The Open Web is currently the latest victim
Sun 11:23:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ IoTDB – high-performance time-series database ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/iotdb-high-performance-time-series-database/
Sun 11:23:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] true..
Sun 11:23:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 21 Best Free and Open Source Test Automation Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-test-automation-tools/
Sun 11:25:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 11 Best Free and Open Source GUI Tools for System Resources Monitoring in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-gui-tools-system-resources-monitoring/
Sun 11:25:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ fooyin’s release 0.10.x adds important improvements ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fooyins-release-important-improvements/
Sun 11:25:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ CodeceptJS – scenario-driven end-to-end testing framework for Node.js ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/codeceptjs-scenario-driven-end-to-end-testing-framework/
Sun 11:26:57 │ 〖_what__〗 │ as a reminder http://techrights.org/n/2025/12/15/GAFAM_doesn_t_depend_on_any_sort_of_lock_in_humans_just_don_t_w.shtml
Sun 11:27:02 │ 〖_what__〗 │ https://techrights.org/wiki/High-Priority_Opponents/
Sun 11:27:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 5 Best Free and Open Source GUI Bookmark Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-gui-bookmark-managers/
Sun 11:27:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Linux" Slop Going Away, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft et al Pay 'Linux' Foundation to Promote Slop ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Linux_Slop_Going_Away_Microsoft_et_al_Pay_Linux_Foundation_to_P.shtml
Sun 11:27:49 │ 〖_what__〗 │ vendor lock-in: UEFI to boot only Microshaft Winblows Vistaster
Sun 11:27:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] ah,yes, he did say that
Sun 11:28:02 │ 〖_what__〗 │ outsourcing: ClownFlare, ClownStrike (2024 BSODs)
Sun 11:29:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ audapolis – GNU/Linux editor for spoken-word media with transcription ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/audapolis-editor-spoken-word-media-transcription/
Sun 11:29:32 │ 〖_what__〗 │ deplatforming:you know "centibillionaires"-controlled proprietary platforms are
Sun 11:29:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fish 4.6 released Saturday
Sun 11:30:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SystemRescue 13.00 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/systemrescue
Sun 11:30:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ KaOS 2026.03 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kaos
Sun 11:32:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta is Available to Download ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/03/ubuntu-26-04-lts-beta-is-available-to-download/
Sun 11:33:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Russell Coker: Communication and Hostile AIs ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/03/29/communication-hostile-ais/
Sun 11:35:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Can This Russian Bakery Survive a 3,500% Tax Increase? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/world/europe/russia-economy-small-business-tax-increase.html
Sun 11:41:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending March 27, 2026 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/03/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-march-27-2026/
Sun 11:53:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Fedora at the Mercy of Microsoft Because of Back-Doored Kick-Switch Boot ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Fedora_at_the_Mercy_of_Microsoft_Because_of_Back_Doored_Kick_Sw.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Fedora_at_the_Mercy_of_Microsoft_Because_of_Back_Doored_Kick_Sw.gmi ∎
Sun 11:56:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits last week of march 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/03/28/misc-fedora-bits-last-week-of-march-2026/
Sun 11:58:29 │ 〖_what__〗 │ proprietary entrapment (one of our high-priority threats) that is restricted boot https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=sami+tikkanen+uefi&set1=any
Sun 11:59:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Strand PWA Runtime (Part 2.5) ☞ https://kver.ca/2026/03/strand-pwa-runtime-part-2-5/
Sun 11:59:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] yes, Sompi gets it
Sun 11:59:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] he made his own OS
Sun 11:59:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] so he knows this boot antifeatures as a dev
Sun 12:00:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Tim Waugh: Visualising vision correction ☞ https://cyberelk.net/tim/2026/03/28/visualising-vision-correction/
Sun 12:01:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [SoK 2026] Final Update for 'Automating Promo Data Collection' Task ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/03/27/sok-2026-final-update-for-automating-promo-data-collection-task/
Sun 12:01:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Perpetual Strikes to Begin at European Patent Office (EPO), Large Majority Votes for Strikes Any Day of the Week ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/27/Perpetual_Strikes_to_Begin_at_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Large_.shtml
Sun 12:03:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" sees the light ☞ https://www.scummvm.org/news/20260328/
Sun 12:05:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Samsung preps PCIe 5.0 QLC SSD with a controller based on open-source RISC-V architecture — BM9K1 delivers speeds up to 11.4 GB/s for 'personal Hey Hi (AI) workloads' ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/samsung-announces-bm9k1-pcie-5-0-qlc-ssd
Sun 12:06:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Russell Coker: Ebook Readers in Debian ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/03/29/ebook-readers-debian/
Sun 12:07:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Thibault Martin: I realized that I created too much friction to publish ☞ https://ergaster.org/thoughts/less-friction-publish/
Sun 12:11:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fact-checking pro-Beijing lawmaker Dominic Lee after he slams West, defends security law in viral UN speech ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/29/fact-checking-pro-beijing-lawmaker-dominic-lee-after-he-slams-west-defends-security-law-in-viral-un-speech/
Sun 12:12:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Vincent Bernat: Calculate “1/(40rods/hogshead) → L/100km” from your Zsh prompt ☞ https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2026-zsh-calculator
Sun 12:13:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ M5Stack Stamp-P4 – A tiny ESP32-P4 USB-C board with optional Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/29/m5stack-stamp-p4-a-tiny-esp32-p4-usb-c-board-with-optional-wi-fi-6-and-bluetooth-5-4/
Sun 12:15:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Clownflare-Themed ClickFix Attack Drops Infiniti Stealer on Macs ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cloudflare-themed-clickfix-attack-drops-infiniti-stealer-on-macs/
Sun 12:16:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ James Valleroy: Stagger v0.1.0 ☞ https://jvalleroy.fbx.one/wordpress/?p=91
Sun 12:16:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 003 - Operational Tempo Shift as Campaign Enters Monetization Phase With No New Compromises in 48 Hours, (Sat, Mar 28th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32842
Sun 12:18:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "My capsule is served by gmCapsule; presumably these examples will work fine with other cgi-capable servers too." gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/tinylog-aggregator.gmi
Sun 12:19:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Athens is held to be the Cradle of the West. May its brilliant light shine forever through the ages as a guide to follow, Amen." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/03/29/wisdom-of-the-ancients.gmi
Sun 12:21:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Chinese universities performing military research acquired Super Micro servers with sanctioned Nvidia Hey Hi (AI) chips ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/chinese-universities-performing-military-research-acquired-super-micro-servers-with-sanctioned-nvidia-ai-chips-public-documents-reveal-purchases-were-completed-in-2025-and-2026-despite-us-export-controls
Sun 12:22:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hong Kong border agents and police can demand device passwords, including from US citizens, under penalty of imprisonment — border controls become more invasive worldwide ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hong-kong-border-agents-and-police-can-demand-device-passwords-under-penalty-of-imprisonment-border-controls-become-more-invasive-worldwide
Sun 12:23:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] Goblin: we can go in the coming months
Sun 12:24:02 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] asked the missus
Sun 12:24:09 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ excellent!
Sun 12:24:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Seminole Nation Becomes First Indigenous Group to Ban Planet-Cooking Data Centers From Its Land ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/seminole-nation-data-centers
Sun 12:25:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New York’s Beloved Bodegas Are Filling Up With Hey Hi (AI) Slop ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nyc-bodegas-ai-slop
Sun 12:25:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ If Convicted Felon’s War in Iran Spirals Into a Full-Blown Recession, It Could Crush the Hey Hi (AI) Industry and Spark a Catastrophic Polycrisis ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-economy-recession-ai
Sun 12:26:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A judge called Rita Lin. Seriously Ritalin! ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/us-district-judge-blocks-government-ban-on-anthropic-ai/
Sun 12:26:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Indonesia begins enforcing social control media ban for children under-16s ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/indonesia-begins-enforcing-social-media-ban-for-children-under-16s
Sun 12:28:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Collagen Supplements May Offer Real Benefits, Large Review Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/collagen-supplements-may-offer-real-benefits-large-review-suggests
Sun 12:36:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ China Is Rapidly Overtaking the United States as the World’s Scientific Superpower ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/china-overtaking-us-world-scientific-superpower
Sun 12:40:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Wall Street Has a Major Problem With Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/data-centers-protests-electricity "The people who are trying to block or protest these things are much more well educated than they were before."
Sun 12:42:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I don't have cellphone. I don't have social control media. I don't have gonorrhoea. Not having diseases is generally a good thing.
Sun 12:42:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This Beta release includes Ubuntu Desktop, Server, WSL, Cloud products, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu. Since it's an LTS release, it will be supported until April 2031." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ubuntu-26-04-lts-beta-released-with-gnome-50-linux-kernel-7-0-mesa-26/
Sun 12:43:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux for smartphones: Ubuntu Touch makes the Volla Phone Quintus a rare alternative in the mass market https://www.igorslab.de/en/linux-for-smartphones-ubuntu-touch-makes-the-volla-phone-quintus-a-rare-alternative-in-the-mass-market/
Sun 12:45:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Using FireWire On A Raspberry Pi Before Linux Drops Support https://hackaday.com/2026/03/27/using-firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi-before-linux-drops-support/
Sun 12:46:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Framework is funding KDE to build Linux laptops you can actually customize https://www.xda-developers.com/framework-is-funding-kde-to-build-linux-laptops-you-can-actually-customize/
Sun 12:46:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fedora quietly solved Linux's update problem https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-quietly-solved-linuxs-update-problem/
Sun 12:47:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This release ships with the FATSort utility for sorting FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, and exFAT partitions." https://9to5linux.com/systemrescue-13-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-gparted-1-8-1-and-more
Sun 12:48:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fedora Linux ships with an ultra-powerful tool most people never even open https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-linux-ships-with-an-ultra-powerful-tool-most-people-never-even-open/
Sun 12:51:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" and Stagger v0.1.0 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Games_ScummVM_2026_2_0_Railmonicon_and_Stagger_v0_1_0.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Games_ScummVM_2026_2_0_Railmonicon_and_Stagger_v0_1_0.gmi ∎
Sun 12:51:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎
Sun 12:53:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux Devices, Open Hardware, and Linux for smartphones ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GNU_Linux_Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Linux_for_smartphones.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GNU_Linux_Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Linux_for_smartphones.gmi ∎
Sun 12:56:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Sun 13:00:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Programming, and Standards ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Programming_and_Standards.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Programming_and_Standards.gmi ∎
Sun 13:05:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 29/03/2026: Indonesia Cracks Down on Social Control Media Addiction, China Becomes World’s Scientific Superpower ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Links_29_03_2026_Indonesia_Cracks_Down_on_Social_Control_Media_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Links_29_03_2026_Indonesia_Cracks_Down_on_Social_Control_Media_.gmi ∎
Sun 13:22:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ IBM PIPs: "yea it’s a weird move. I remember being a young persons thing. They retooled it and repurposed it and we-ponized to take older folks. It’s sneaky as fu-k tactic" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmntk0ys
Sun 13:24:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This thread is about as informative as asking if the sun is coming up tomorrow like it has for 454,000,000,000 years. It's IBM I've Been Mugged after all and it is lies wrapped in a cabal wrapped in an inigma. Anybody have a better description than dumpster fire?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjx78wwh
Sun 13:28:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): This Week in Plasma: Easier Microphone Sensitivity Adjustment ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/This_Week_in_Plasma_Easier_Microphone_Sensitivity_Adjustment.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/This_Week_in_Plasma_Easier_Microphone_Sensitivity_Adjustment.gmi ∎
Sun 13:45:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – LLM Slop Kills Sites, as Sites That Adopt Slop Are Doomed ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/LLM_Slop_Kills_Sites_as_Sites_That_Adopt_Slop_Are_Doomed.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/LLM_Slop_Kills_Sites_as_Sites_That_Adopt_Slop_Are_Doomed.gmi ∎
Sun 13:45:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Sun 14:13:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – People Discuss Rumours of Mass Layoffs at IBM Becoming Public in 1-2 Weeks ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/People_Discuss_Rumours_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM_Becoming_Public_i.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/People_Discuss_Rumours_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM_Becoming_Public_i.gmi ∎
Sun 14:16:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Over a quarter of law firms shut down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) last year were closed for breaching accounting rules." https://www.accountancydaily.co/26-law-firms-shut-over-accounting-breaches
Sun 14:34:49 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] Goblin: it was called thistleweb
Sun 14:34:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i've just rememberd
Sun 14:37:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Sharing is Caring but There is Carrying Capacity ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Sharing_is_Caring_but_There_is_Carrying_Capacity.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Sharing_is_Caring_but_There_is_Carrying_Capacity.gmi ∎
Sun 14:42:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Up North ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Up_North.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Up_North.gmi ∎
Sun 14:43:18 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ ah yes that was it! Do you still chat with him?
Sun 14:48:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] didn't see him
Sun 14:49:05 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] maybe he drinks a,lot, mmaybe he stopped
Sun 14:49:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] but i did not see him online
Sun 14:49:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] since 2012 at least
Sun 14:53:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Almost 20 Years After Microsoft/Novell ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Almost_20_Years_After_Microsoft_Novell.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Almost_20_Years_After_Microsoft_Novell.gmi ∎
Sun 15:28:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – The Limits of Inclusion ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/The_Limits_of_Inclusion.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/The_Limits_of_Inclusion.gmi ∎
Sun 16:11:54 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ sounds like someone needs money... https://www.firstpost.com/tech/apple-ends-retail-incentives-older-iphones-in-india-expected-to-rise-in-price-13994405.html
Sun 16:12:56 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/the-affordability-backlash-is-coming-for-ai-its-not-just-about-electricity-bills-ws-e-13993421.html
Sun 17:07:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – SLAPP Censorship - Part 27 Out of 200: Using the Tor Network to Hide From Consequences ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_27_Out_of_200_Using_the_Tor_Network_to_Hi.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_27_Out_of_200_Using_the_Tor_Network_to_Hi.gmi ∎
Sun 17:35:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Microsoft Azure Does Not Have "Hiring Freezes", It Has Had Mass Layoffs Every Year Since 2020 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Microsoft_Azure_Does_Not_Have_Hiring_Freezes_It_Has_Had_Mass_La.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Microsoft_Azure_Does_Not_Have_Hiring_Freezes_It_Has_Had_Mass_La.gmi ∎
Sun 17:58:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – No Daylight Saved ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/No_Daylight_Saved.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/No_Daylight_Saved.gmi ∎
Sun 18:06:38 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://explosm.net/comics/vulnerability#comic
Sun 18:09:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Rianne tested with two browsers, Roy did too, this new menu at The Register MS seems to work without JS https://www.theregister.com/ (class="masthead--account">)
Sun 18:12:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I recently stumbled upon the Arvelie calendar [1], made by Devine Lu Linvega of Hundred Rabbits [2], and I loved the idea. The date notation is short and looks like a little coded message. Arvelie dates have an arbitrary starting year, which can be used to measure different timelines." gemini://theparanoidtimes.org/blog/2026/03/29/arvelie/
Sun 18:13:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In the uproar over the recent Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding, which rolls back almost all of Canada's emissions regulations and clears the way for a new bitumen pipeline, one of the more overlooked aspects was the language around AI data centres." gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/sand-castles.gmi
Sun 18:15:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When I was in my first year, I remember having a conversation with a friend—a science student—who was complaining about the arts. They believed that art degrees were useless, and that people should only study things that'll help them find a job in a real world." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/academiology2.gmi
Sun 18:16:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "i did buy a Second Thing of the year: carding brushes. but! they're doing what they were supposed to - helping me make progress on that kilogram of fibre from last year. so not only it's not just sitting there, crafting in general has inspired me to do more things." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/approachingapril
Sun 19:02:05 │ 〖psydroid3〗 │ https://cybernews.com/tech/germany-microsoft-word/
Sun 19:50:46 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2006-07-26
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