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Tue 01:03:02 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ maybe they can start shooting adolf diddler's people until they get paid
Tue 01:03:07 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ in the head, i mean
Tue 01:22:22 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/mad
Tue 02:37:57 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, schestowitz[TR2] tells me chiropractic manipulations are pseudoscience.
Tue 02:38:26 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ But then if that's true, why do orthopedic surgeons sometimes prescribe the same sort of treatment and tell you to go to a physical therapist for it
Tue 02:38:32 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Tue 02:38:43 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ maybe the theoretical basis for 'the same sort of treatment' is different
Tue 02:39:09 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ My physical therapist said he could do the same thing my chiropractor is doing to relieve my upper back pain.
Tue 02:39:20 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ But he's have to have a doctor's order for it.
Tue 02:39:23 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ *he'd
Tue 02:39:42 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ maybe it can be unsafe in some cases and a doctor really should inspect your back first
Tue 02:39:43 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I mean, it does produce pain relief.
Tue 02:40:38 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ If you have a degenerative spine disorder or osteoporosis it's not safe to have chiropractic adjustments to the spine.
Tue 02:41:08 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ It's also not safe if they screw it up obviously.
Tue 02:41:20 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ The one I've been going to has been in business for over 30 years.
Tue 02:41:42 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ He has no complaints against him with the state board and he hasn't been sued by anyone for malpractice.
Tue 02:42:00 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ He charges below market price for this sort of thing.
Tue 02:42:17 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Many of them these days either want to bill you thousands up front for visits you probably don't need.
Tue 02:42:29 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Or they charge $15 or $20 more per visit, or both.
Tue 02:42:37 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Or some kind of recurring billing.
Tue 02:42:44 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Like one is called The Joint Chiropractic.
Tue 02:42:51 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ And they have a plan for $79 a month.
Tue 02:43:17 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ You get to come by two times per week under that plan, so that's potentially as little as $10 a visit.
Tue 02:43:39 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ But what happens if you donn't make it in twice a week, or don't need to go twice a week?
Tue 02:43:55 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ They have a per visit rate of $55 if you're not on the plan.
Tue 02:44:02 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ But the one I go to onyl charges $40.
Tue 02:44:21 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I don't have to worry that I'll pay $79 a month whether I need to go a lot or not.
Tue 02:44:45 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Sometimes he adjusts my back and neck and doesn't see me again for six months, then he adjusts me again and no pain and I come in 6 months later.
Tue 02:45:14 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ So I'd be paying $480 for 6 months at The Joint Chiropractic, but if I only need two visits, only $80 where I'm going now.
Tue 02:45:36 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ The Joint might be breaking even if you constantly manage to make it in twice a week.
Tue 02:45:41 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ But most people will not.
Tue 02:46:01 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Life gets busy and we tend not to heavily use things we're subscribing to.
Tue 02:46:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techpol + social irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-020226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-020226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-020226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-020226.txt
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Tue 02:47:54 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, My chiropractor doesn't use an x-ray machine. He also does not accept credit cards.
Tue 02:48:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 boycottnovell irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-020226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-020226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-020226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-020226.txt
Tue 02:48:32 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ He said that the x-ray machine usually doesn't reveal anything he can't gauge himself and the credit cards would add a 4% fee plus the cost of the terminal so he'd have to raise prices in both cases.
Tue 02:48:39 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ > usually
Tue 02:48:52 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ do you really want to take that risk?
Tue 02:49:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techbytes irc ■ Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-020226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-020226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-020226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-020226.txt
Tue 02:49:25 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Well, the problem with overdiagnosis is it can lead to costly and unnecessary medical treatment.
Tue 02:49:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-02-02.txt | 🅶🅴🅼🅸🅽🅸 gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-02-02.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
Tue 02:49:59 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ If you did one of those full body MRIs on nearly anyone, it would reveal a lot of things that you could spend a lot of time and money chasing down that are most likely nothing to be cooncerned aboout.
Tue 02:50:03 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ the problem with diagnosing medical issues you have is that it can lead to costly and unnecessary medical treatment?
Tue 02:50:11 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Oddly, yes.
Tue 02:50:23 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ my government would love this soundbite
Tue 02:50:44 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ they've done a lot to make medical services less available to most people
Tue 02:50:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁Tux Machines 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-02-02.txt
Tue 02:50:51 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Incidental findings are common: many asymptomatic people have degenerative changes, small disc bulges, cysts, or other anomalies on MRI that do not cause symptoms.
Tue 02:51:07 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ An incidental finding can prompt more imaging, specialist visits, invasive tests, or procedures that carry risks and may not improve outcomes.
Tue 02:51:20 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ and a trained doctor in nazi america can't see those and realize that they most likely won't cause issues?
Tue 02:51:27 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, Case in point....
Tue 02:51:36 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ When I recovered from asymptomatic Hepatitis B.
Tue 02:51:58 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ They used the combination of surface antibody, core antibody, surface antigen absence, and told me I had recovered.
Tue 02:52:05 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Some people really haven't recovered.
Tue 02:52:09 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ when the solution to treating things that don't need treatment is to avoid diagnosis, something is seriously fucked up
Tue 02:52:32 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ But the additional test costs over $1,000 and finds one occult case of Hepatitis B every 10,000 patients or so.
Tue 02:52:40 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Do you really order that test on everyone?
Tue 02:53:07 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ In my case, my insurance paid for the entire thing so I decided to have the follow up testing done to be absolutely 100% sure.
Tue 02:53:08 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ maybe if the state wasn't so dead set on withholding medical treatment, economy of scale would bring that cost down
Tue 02:53:17 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ also if the state negotiated the price on behalf of the people
Tue 02:55:28 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ In my case, the state does negotiate the price.
Tue 02:55:36 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ And it negotiated it down considerably.
Tue 02:55:43 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ And paid the entire remaining amount.
Tue 02:56:11 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I'm also lucky to live in a state that decided it wants less communicable disease spreading around.
Tue 02:56:48 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ It's one of the few states that covers the medicine that cures Hepatitis C to people on Medicaid. I've never had Hepatitis C, but nobody should have to have something like that when a round of pills can cure it.
Tue 02:57:56 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, If you miss one pill you have to start over.
Tue 02:58:10 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ If it was me I'd be setting alarms to go off every time I needed one.
Tue 02:58:14 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Until they were gone.
Tue 02:58:51 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I was reading a blog post years back about a guy with HepC who couldn't afford Sovaldi or Harvoni.
Tue 02:59:01 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ They cost almost $90,000 and his insurance wouldn't pay.
Tue 02:59:16 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ So he sent $5,000 to someone in India and Customs didn't manage to seize it.
Tue 02:59:31 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ He said he set one pill aside in case he had to go to the ER so they could figure out what it was.
Tue 02:59:42 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ And he started taking them and hoped that's what it really was.
Tue 02:59:54 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ After the last pill, he went back to the doctor and the HepC was gone.
Tue 03:00:07 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, Desperate times, desperate measures.
Tue 03:00:08 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ :P
Tue 03:00:34 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ "Every species can smell its own extinction. The last ones left won’t have a pretty time of it. The human race will just be a bedtime story for their children, a myth."
Tue 03:25:29 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, Amazon knows I love watches
Tue 03:26:03 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ good for them, i guess
Tue 03:26:21 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ They have a good sale on some Citizen watches.
Tue 03:26:29 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I like Citizen and Casio mostly.
Tue 03:26:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ transceiver
Tue 03:26:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Maker Jonathan Broadwell is back on the crowdfunding circuit with four new additions to his Serial Wombat 8B development board expansion platform: a high-side driver, low-side driver, infrared transceiver, and an I2C multiplexer with input/output expansion." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260202-wombat.gmi
Tue 03:26:42 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ my favorite watch is a Casio
Tue 03:28:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "On Saturday morning (2026-01-31) I did not get up until around 6am, but the skies were still dark, and also clear. True night was just ending, but I thought that the beginning of astronomical twilight might still be rewarding, so I headed outside as quickly as I could." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260202-0.gmi
Tue 03:29:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I have asked one undisclosed AI to write a simple CAD-like tool in Tcl/Tk. Well, after several tries I now have a cute tiny app to make lines, arcs and circles (and basic dimensioning!) which has been written in pure Tcl/Tk 8.0. And it is very fast even on the 33 MHz MIPS CPU." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2026_02_01.txt
Tue 03:29:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I have been back to walking at least 10K steps per day. I am currently on a 30 days streak! I also finally picked up running again: let's see how it goes tomorrow, as we are expecting rain. I have been running in the cold and dark at 6 am. Can I also run in the cold, dark and wet at 6 am?" gemini://melyanna.net/2026-02-02-february-update
Tue 03:30:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-03.gmi
Tue 03:31:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1555.jpg
Tue 03:31:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1905.jpg
Tue 03:31:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I've only just discovered this pocket of cyberspace this past weekend, and within those couple days I was already transfixed! As a 34yr old millenial I'm too young to have known the proto-web of true BBS systems nor Gopher-holes" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/z1r4/37585
Tue 03:32:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "another pipe has burst somewhere in the house, which is the bad news. the good news is that it's possible this will be covered by our insurance, so hopefully the deductible isn't that high." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2784
Tue 03:34:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I was definitely off last Friday, my energy cultivation wasn't moving in the right direction." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/silly
Tue 03:35:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Elder Cedar gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/hiking
Tue 03:36:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Six weeks since the solstice, where I stopped watching tv." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/3weeks
Tue 03:37:49 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ <MinceR> my favorite watch is a Casio
Tue 03:37:58 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Bill Gates wears a Casio.
Tue 03:38:00 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ :P
Tue 03:38:01 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ ew
Tue 03:38:07 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ And he likes hamburgers and little girls.
Tue 03:39:23 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ he eats little girls?
Tue 03:41:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights — Welcome to the New Techrights ⇨ https://techrights.org/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ ∎
Tue 03:41:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 03/02/2026: Stargazing, Development Boards, and Tcl/Tk Slop ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Gemini_Links_03_02_2026_Stargazing_Development_Boards_and_Tcl_T.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Gemini_Links_03_02_2026_Stargazing_Development_Boards_and_Tcl_T.gmi ∎
Tue 03:42:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎
Tue 03:42:26 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ afaict he doesn't wear a G-Shock though
Tue 03:42:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IRC Proceedings: Monday, February 02, 2026 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_February_02_2026.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_February_02_2026.gmi ∎
Tue 03:44:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Over at Tux Machines... ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎
Tue 03:49:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ High inflation in Nigeria https://www.dw.com/en/high-inflation-in-nigeria-weighs-heavily-on-everyday-life/a-75503303
Tue 03:49:29 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ hMMM
Tue 03:49:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Swasticars https://www.dw.com/en/germany-updates-majority-of-germans-reject-teslas/live-75574052
Tue 03:49:52 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ This prescription savings card says it donates a dollar to the ASPCA every time you fill a prescription.
Tue 03:50:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Third of VAT fraud cases linked to Slovakia https://www.dw.com/en/eu-prosecutor-third-of-vat-fraud-cases-linked-to-slovakia/a-75577538
Tue 03:51:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "ELEGANCE 4 'Leanora' with style. The desktop environment has received its update, including a new design for the icons and menus, a return to the roots for our beloved theme, where grey returns" https://distrowatch.com/12705
Tue 03:52:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ deepin 25.0.10 Release Note https://www.deepin.org/en/deepin-25-0-10-release/
Tue 03:53:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): China's Deepin Linux has built-in [Slop], snazzy desktop ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/24/China_s_Deepin_Linux_has_built_in_Slop_snazzy_desktop.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/24/China_s_Deepin_Linux_has_built_in_Slop_snazzy_desktop.gmi ∎
Tue 03:54:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We are pleased to announce the release of GNU Guix version 1.5.0!" https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2026/gnu-guix-1.5.0-released/
Tue 03:54:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ CachyOS January 2026 Release https://cachyos.org/blog/2601-january-release/
Tue 03:57:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): CachyOS vs. EdeavorOS: Which spinoff makes Arch Linux easier to use? ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/29/CachyOS_vs_EdeavorOS_Which_spinoff_makes_Arch_Linux_easier_to_u.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/29/CachyOS_vs_EdeavorOS_Which_spinoff_makes_Arch_Linux_easier_to_u.gmi ∎
Tue 03:57:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I am pleased to announce the release of Liya Linux v2.5.1, codenamed Mahi. This release focuses on refinement, usability, and improving the overall first-use and daily experience." https://liyalinux.freeflarum.com/d/44-releng-251-mahi
Tue 03:58:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Skywave Linux v5.10 Released ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Skywave_Linux_v5_10_Released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Skywave_Linux_v5_10_Released.gmi ∎
Tue 04:08:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows al-time low in Spain https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/spain/#monthly-200902-202602 compare to Italy https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/italy/#monthly-200902-202602
Tue 04:11:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It's nice to engage on different scales, to think about bigger and smaller pictures all at once. There, tactics and strategy meet, and there is much to be learned." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/nop26/
Tue 04:11:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Working on a document to support the EU Commission call for evidence AREAS69111 meant international communication back and forth to others in the Software Freedom network. Working on a "Digital Parenting Guide" has keept us grounded in the realism of local working mums and dads."
Tue 04:12:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Let them eat Pi: RAM shortage bumps Raspberry prices as much as $60 https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/02/raspberry_pi_ram_shortage_price_hike/
Tue 04:14:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "other than that he's been a dismal FAILURE with nothing but Layoffs in the US and Europe while pretending that his Indians do a better job. Alvind talks a good game but he cannot deliver. Financial engineering at IBM triumphs again." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7
Tue 04:14:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Yes IBM and its competitors try to follow the money. IEEE opinions probably do not carry much weight and Gartner and Forester carry more weight. I know a company I worked at paid 150K per year to Gartner. I never did fully trust the opinions of Gartner," https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kge3nvz5
Tue 04:23:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Germany's rail service dealt major blow by government https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-rail-service-dealt-major-blow-by-government/a-75590884
Tue 04:25:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fakes spread online amid Syria's power shift https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-fakes-spread-online-amid-syria-s-power-shift/a-75618514
Tue 04:33:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Turkey's media watchdog fines HBO Max, MUBI over 'immoral' content https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-s-media-watchdog-fines-hbo-max-mubi-over-immoral-content-315931
Tue 04:33:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ citing prosecution fears https://bianet.org/haber/adult-content-creator-merve-taskin-permanently-leaves-turkey-citing-prosecution-fears-315910
Tue 04:34:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Journalists covering pro-Kurdish protests detained in Turkey https://cpj.org/2026/01/journalists-covering-pro-kurdish-protests-detained-in-turkey/
Tue 04:56:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – A Day After EPO Strikes an Escalation to Heads of Delegations to the Administrative Council ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/A_Day_After_EPO_Strikes_an_Escalation_to_Heads_of_Delegations_t.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/A_Day_After_EPO_Strikes_an_Escalation_to_Heads_of_Delegations_t.gmi ∎
Tue 05:12:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Static Site Generators (SSGs) Made Life Easier and the Site Vastly Faster ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Static_Site_Generators_SSGs_Made_Life_Easier_and_the_Site_Vastl.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Static_Site_Generators_SSGs_Made_Life_Easier_and_the_Site_Vastl.gmi ∎
Tue 05:15:00 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ super shotguns!
Tue 05:15:48 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ You mean the one that fires two rounds but eats ammo faster and takes longer to reload?
Tue 05:16:26 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ The regular shotgun may be enough if you want more pain chance or are dealing with low level monsters.
Tue 05:19:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Growth of GNU/Linux in Cuba ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Growth_of_GNU_Linux_in_Cuba.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Growth_of_GNU_Linux_in_Cuba.gmi ∎
Tue 05:19:49 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ the one that uses 2 ammo but does something like 3 times as much damage with it, yes
Tue 05:20:03 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ and makes most monsters flinch
Tue 05:20:07 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ or just die outright
Tue 05:20:30 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ and sounds even more awesome than the ordinary shotgun
Tue 05:22:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Obnam 3: Server HTTP API authentication and authorization https://obnam.org/blog/2026/01/api/
Tue 05:23:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Disinformation https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/white-house-fake-photo-of-minnesota-activist-nekima-levy-armstrong-arrest
Tue 05:24:25 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ "Your super shotgun is nearby. The cultists have kept it hidden from you in this remote location."
Tue 05:25:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Refers to Greenland as Iceland https://truthout.org/articles/trump-repeatedly-refers-to-greenland-as-iceland-in-speech-vowing-takeover/
Tue 05:26:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GNU/Linux Userbase Surging in Iceland http://techrights.org/n/2024/06/26/GNU_Linux_Userbase_Surging_in_Iceland.shtml
Tue 05:27:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft's and Apple's Grip on Iceland After Territorial Claims by the US http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/31/Microsoft_s_and_Apple_s_Grip_on_Iceland_After_Territorial_Claim.shtml
Tue 05:28:19 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://youtu.be/PRI2rTwvWfk = https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=PRI2rTwvWfk
Tue 05:28:25 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ ^ PRO DOOM 2
Tue 05:28:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GNU/Linux over 7% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/greece/#monthly-200902-202602
Tue 05:29:22 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, Credit One Bank says you can pay 96 cents per $100 of the new balance each month for an insurance that pays the credit card minumum payments if you get injured or lose a job.
Tue 05:29:25 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ But this got me:
Tue 05:29:28 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ "In case of loss of life, the account may be eligible for a balance payoff up to $10,000"
Tue 05:29:48 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ So in case you die and they can't get any money, they'll pay the card off for you if you buy insurance.
Tue 05:29:49 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Wow
Tue 05:29:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/nigeria/#monthly-200902-202602
Tue 05:29:57 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Very generous.
Tue 05:30:01 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], ^
Tue 05:31:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Will D.H.S. Destroy Free Speech In Minnesota? https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/26/will-d-h-s-destroy-free-speech-in-minnesota/
Tue 05:32:13 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, Nobody who has Credit One bank and dies will leave an estate that has anything.
Tue 05:32:24 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ So the bank won't collect anyway.
Tue 05:32:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] so it's a weasel thing
Tue 05:34:45 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] you know who boasted taking credit cards, right?
Tue 05:34:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] and also boasted that other people or companies helped him fund lawsuits?
Tue 05:35:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Secret gagging order should not have been used to cover up Afghan data breach, Sir Ben Wallace says https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/afghan-data-breach-wallace-defence-mod-b2903883.html
Tue 05:36:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ North West Ambulance Service’s increased breach reports may reflect better reporting https://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2026/01/20/north-west-ambulance-service-sees-sharp-rise-in-data-breach-incidents/
Tue 05:41:59 │ 〖psydruid〗 │ > maybe they can start shooting adolf diddler's people until they get paid
Tue 05:41:59 │ 〖psydruid〗 │ To shoot or to be shot, that's the question
Tue 05:42:42 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :>
Tue 05:44:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SK Telecom files lawsuit to revoke record 135 bln-won fine over data breach https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260119009200315
Tue 05:44:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How crypto criminals stole $700 million from people - often using age-old tricks https://databreaches.net/2026/01/20/how-crypto-criminals-stole-700-million-from-people-often-using-age-old-tricks/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=how-crypto-criminals-stole-700-million-from-people-often-using-age-old-trick
Tue 05:45:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 2025: Double the breaches, but less patient data compromised https://www.techtarget.com/healthtechsecurity/news/366637268/2025-Double-the-breaches-but-less-patient-data-compromised
Tue 05:53:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hong Kong issues Code of Practice under the Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/insights/publications/2026/01/hong-kong-issues-code-of-practice-under-the-protection-of-critical-infrastructures-computer-systems-ordinance
Tue 05:53:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ EPIC Releases New Report on Protecting Health Privacy in the Digital Age https://epic.org/press-release-epic-releases-new-report-on-protecting-health-privacy-in-the-digital-age/
Tue 05:54:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Cloudflare whacks WAF bypass bug that opened side door for attackers https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/20/cloudflare_fixes_acme_validation/
Tue 05:55:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Alerted to a breach in November, Advanced Family Surgery Center remains publicly silent https://databreaches.net/2026/01/21/alerted-to-a-breach-in-november-advanced-family-surgery-center-remains-publicly-silent/
Tue 05:55:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Zendesk ticket systems hijacked in massive global spam wave https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zendesk-ticket-systems-hijacked-in-massive-global-spam-wave/
Tue 05:56:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Kazakhstan Considers Criminal Liability for Mass Leaks of Personal Data https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-considere-criminal-liability-for-mass-leaks-of-personal-data/
Tue 05:57:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Europe’s GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/22/europes_gdpr_cops_dished_out/
Tue 06:01:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Mission:Libre now in social control media http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/02/Carmen_Lisandrette_Maris_Mission_Libre_Explains_to_Adolescents_.shtml here: https://mastodon.social/@carmenlisandrette
Tue 06:02:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Or here: https://social.missionlibre.org/@missionlibre
Tue 06:02:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I think Mission:Libre is wonderful, but it's an odd little project in a complicated situation. I could really use and ear and some practical advice from someone with experience. Are you able to help me?"
Tue 06:05:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GitHub (proprietary, Microsoft) mentioned 4 times in this OSI PDF https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems/F33369993_en
Tue 06:06:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ OSI submission: "Use OpenDocument formats by default in EU Institutions: the existing Microsoft Office suite used in the institutions supports saving documents using OpenDocument formats23 by default. Doing so makes those documents more interoperable, and facilitates future switches to alternative office solutions."
Tue 06:08:01 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Dear Commission Reviewer, On behalf of OSI Europe Foundation and the Open Source Initiative, wed like to thank you for this opportunity to provide feedback on the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a global charity at the heart of the Open Source Community for over 25 years, recognized globally as the authority defining Open Source. OSI Europe Foundation is its independent European chapte
Tue 06:08:01 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] r. The Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy comes at a pivotal time for Europe. As geopolitical instability intensifies, we concur with the Commissions view that digital sovereignty is a crucial goal. This involves Europe building and deploying competitors to the solutions on which it currently depends. We believe that Open Source Software (from herein FOSS) is the best way to achieve that goal. By embracing FOSS as a means to achieve
Tue 06:08:02 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] this goal, Europe can compete with dominant technology players at a fraction of the cost, harnessing expertise from around the world to drive competitiveness, security and economic growth, while retaining digital sovereignty. With Europe contributing nearly 20% of global Open Source development, and EU developers being the largest group of contributors to Open Source on Github, the ecosystem represents Europes Silicon Valleya dyna
Tue 06:08:07 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] mic, decentralized hub of expertise and collaboration. This response contains a selection of proposals to achieve that goal. Including both non-legislative proposals the Commission can undertake to achieve that goal, as well as opportunistic changes that can be made to laws that are currently under revision. Please see the attached document for our full detailed response to all questions.
Tue 06:17:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux Reaches 12% in Bulgaria, Says statCounter; Windows Down From 99% to 22% ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/GNU_Linux_Reaches_12_in_Bulgaria_Says_statCounter_Windows_Down_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/GNU_Linux_Reaches_12_in_Bulgaria_Says_statCounter_Windows_Down_.gmi ∎
Tue 06:26:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Corporate Influence Never Impacted Us ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Corporate_Influence_Never_Impacted_Us.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Corporate_Influence_Never_Impacted_Us.gmi ∎
Tue 06:40:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free and Open Source Software ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ∎
Tue 06:48:03 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ <schestowitz[TR2]> you know who boasted taking credit cards, right?
Tue 06:48:16 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ "Cuz I've got $60,000 of credit card debt!"
Tue 06:48:31 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ "When they call I just say I can't pay it back yet!"
Tue 06:49:27 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSG71-7rIg4
Tue 06:49:34 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Family Guy - Credit Card Debt Song HQ
Tue 06:50:13 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ After the song he says his attitude towards the credit card debt isn't so cavalier.
Tue 06:50:29 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ He says that it keeps him up at night and he goes out into the yard to throw up so his wife doesn't hear him.
Tue 06:50:38 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Yeah, that's how it is.
Tue 06:51:50 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC_I2U8RgF0
Tue 06:51:57 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Family Guy | MOST OFFENSIVE MOMENTS
Tue 06:52:04 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I thought the first one was hilarious.
Tue 06:52:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Xubuntu Development Update February 2026 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Xubuntu_Development_Update_February_2026.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Xubuntu_Development_Update_February_2026.gmi ∎
Tue 06:58:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – 400-Page US Federal Court Against Abuses by Google, Microsoft and Front Groups That Abuse Volunteers for American Corporations ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/400_Page_US_Federal_Court_Against_Abuses_by_Google_Microsoft_an.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/400_Page_US_Federal_Court_Against_Abuses_by_Google_Microsoft_an.gmi ∎
Tue 07:12:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ShinyHunters group opens new dark web leak site, claims responsibility for OKTA vishing campaign https://databreaches.net/2026/01/23/shinyhunters-group-opens-new-dark-web-leak-site-claims-responsibility-for-okta-vishing-campaign/
Tue 07:13:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ INC ransomware opsec fail allowed data recovery for 12 US orgs https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/inc-ransomware-opsec-fail-allowed-data-recovery-for-12-us-orgs/
Tue 07:14:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ShinyHunters claim to be behind SSO-account data theft attacks https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-claim-to-be-behind-sso-account-data-theft-attacks/
Tue 07:16:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ France’s Waltio faces ransom threat from notorious hacker collective https://crypto.news/waltio-ransom-threat-notorious-hacker-group/
Tue 07:19:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Call-On-Doc allegedly had a breach affecting more than 1 million patients. They’ve yet to comment. https://databreaches.net/2026/01/24/call-on-doc-allegedly-had-a-breach-affecting-more-than-1-million-patients-theyve-yet-to-comment/
Tue 07:21:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hungarian and Romanian Police Detain Young Hackers over Fake Threat Calls https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/current/hungary-romania-police-hackers-detained/
Tue 07:24:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 07:28:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202602/page13.html
Tue 07:29:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Poison https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202602/page11.html
Tue 07:30:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "share your tip in the forum, and it just may be selected for publication in The PCLinuxOS Magazine." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202602/page09.html
Tue 07:31:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Wiki Pick: LibreOffice Manager https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202602/page08.html
Tue 07:32:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Inkscape Tutorial: Tips & Tricks You Might Not Know https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202602/page07.html
Tue 07:34:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Making Quality Music Easily & Cheaply On PCLinuxOS, Part 1 https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202602/page06.html
Tue 07:34:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Setting Up A DIY NAS With OpenMediaVault, Part 1 https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202602/page05.html
Tue 07:35:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ICYMI: NordVPN Data Breach https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202602/page04.html
Tue 07:36:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Another Great Loss For PCLinuxOS https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202602/page01.html
Tue 07:39:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Many of us on the staff of The PCLinuxOS Magazine are still reeling after the much unexpected loss of our newest staff member, Artim. After all, he was only 15 years old, and had not even yet begun to experience life when he was taken from us." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202602/editorial.html
Tue 07:42:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): PCLinuxOS Magazine: Screenshots, Making Quality Music Easily, and Another Great Loss For PCLinuxOS ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/PCLinuxOS_Magazine_Screenshots_Making_Quality_Music_Easily_and_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/PCLinuxOS_Magazine_Screenshots_Making_Quality_Music_Easily_and_.gmi ∎
Tue 07:42:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎
Tue 07:45:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Historic Places website, sparking heritage concerns https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/parks-canada-historic-places-shutting-down-9.7058161
Tue 07:47:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Organizers of Tiananmen vigil put on trial https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-organizers-of-tiananmen-vigil-put-on-trial/a-75604100
Tue 07:59:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ cautious about spending https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-survey-of-consumer-expectations-jan-2026-bank-of-canada-9.7051541
Tue 08:07:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ These federal workers were told they could work from anywhere. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/remote-workers-at-global-affairs-say-they-re-being-forced-to-transfer-to-capital-9.705184
Tue 08:15:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Mass surveillance spun as "AI-Driven" https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-22/spotify-launches-ai-driven-prompted-playlist-for-premium-users-in-us-canada
Tue 08:16:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ EU opens probe into Musk's Grok chatbot https://www.dw.com/en/eu-opens-probe-into-musk-s-grok-chatbot/a-75663255
Tue 08:30:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Media freedom in the spotlight as Kuciak murder case reopens https://www.dw.com/en/media-freedom-in-the-spotlight-as-kuciak-murder-case-reopens/a-75623291
Tue 08:46:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ officer who targeted 33 women using internal databases https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/robert-semenchuck-sentencing-arguments-9.7057689
Tue 08:47:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Retrial in murder of Slovak journalist and fiancee begins https://www.dw.com/en/retrial-in-murder-of-slovak-journalist-and-fiancee-begins/a-75665546
Tue 08:47:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Zoo is Never the Right Place ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Zoo_is_Never_the_Right_Place.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Zoo_is_Never_the_Right_Place.gmi ∎
Tue 08:48:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Conservation efforts in Tanzania under scrutiny as trophy hunting interests turn the screw on Maasai communities, wildlife https://www.dw.com/en/conservation-efforts-in-tanzania-under-scrutiny-as-trophy-hunting-interests-turn-the-screw-on-maasai-communities-wildlife/a-75447264
Tue 08:51:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ surveillance https://www.dw.com/en/what-you-can-do-to-bypass-authoritarian-surveillance/a-75632325
Tue 08:53:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 'like the Hunger Games' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/alternations-job-trades-competitions-civil-service-9.7056513
Tue 08:55:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/grocery-giants-control-9.7055067
Tue 08:55:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bulgarians quit Germany, choose remote work https://www.dw.com/en/bulgarians-quit-germany-choose-remote-work/a-75613408
Tue 09:16:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ‘Not out of the woods,’ N.L. Hydro says as station slowly restarts after being choked with ice https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/progress-made-on-downed-hydro-station-9.7060010
Tue 09:21:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Cory calls it as it is: https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/#that-makes-me-smart
Tue 09:21:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ wildfire https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-wildfires-fewer-fires-more-damage-study-9.7051171
Tue 09:23:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ DW correspondent arrested in Niger https://www.dw.com/en/dw-correspondent-arrested-in-niger/a-75640860
Tue 09:23:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ China's industrial expansion https://www.dw.com/en/germany-weighs-boon-and-bane-of-china-s-industrial-expansion/a-75583089
Tue 09:25:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We call Trump a "reality TV star" and it's true, as far as it goes. Trump did play a billionaire on TV long before he grifted actual billions, using his status as the poor man's idea of a rich man to secure liar loans and rip off creditors" https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/#that-makes-me-smart
Tue 09:26:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Like so many crooked officials, Trump's brand is "He steals, but he works" (except of course that he doesn't – at any given moment, odds are that he's either taking a nap, watching Fox News, or playing golf)" https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/#that-makes-me-smart
Tue 09:27:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "merely claiming "the system is rigged" doesn't actually win the day. If you want to convince people that the system is rigged, it really helps if the system is actually rigged" https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/#that-makes-me-smart
Tue 09:27:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Take stock buybacks, a form of stock swindle that was illegal until 1982. In a stock buyback, a company buys its own shares on the open market." https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/#that-makes-me-smart
Tue 09:28:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In a market system, stock prices are supposed to reflect the aggregated information about the health and prospects of a company. When a company buys its own stock back, though, its price goes up while its value goes down."
Tue 09:28:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I mean that literally: say a company that's sitting on a billion dollars cash is valued at $10 billion. From this, we can infer that the company's capital stock (factories, inventory, etc), IP (patents, processes, copyrights, etc) and human capital (payrolled employees, contractors) are worth $9 billion. That's a reliable estimate, because we know exactly how much one billion dollars cash is worth: it's worth one billion dollars."
Tue 09:29:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What's more, the drop in corporate valuation is more than the billion the company just blew on its buyback. A company with no cash reserves is brittle and prone to failures. Without a cash cushion, any rent shock, change in market conditions, or other adverse incident will leave the company scrambling to borrow money (at punitive rates, thanks to its desperation) to weather the storm."
Tue 09:29:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This is just stock manipulation, which is why it was illegal until 1982. But apologists for this system will tell you that a stock buyback is just a dividend by another name – just another way for a company to return value to its shareholders, who, after all, are the owners of the company and entitled to extract those profits."
Tue 09:30:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Contrast that with buybacks: to do a buyback, the company need merely spend its free cash flow, or money it borrows, or money derived from the sale of key capital, or money saved through mass layoffs, to buy its own stock. Then the share price goes up."
Tue 09:30:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I used to think that this was the whole stock buyback story, but as is ever the case with finance, buybacks are fractally corrupt. This week, I've been reading Boston College law prof Ray D Madoff's book The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy, and I've learned even more scummy truths about buybacks"
Tue 09:31:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Here's how that works: if you're sitting on a bunch of stock, you can stake it as collateral for a loan that is tax-free. Better than that, if you're smart, some or all of the interest on that loan is tax-deductible."
Tue 09:31:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you're rich enough, you don't have to make regular payments on the loan, either – you just wait as the stock continues to grow while your loan is maturing, and when it's due, you borrow even more money against the new valuation and pay off the old loan."
Tue 09:32:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Buybacks, then, are part of a system whereby rich people get much richer every time a company that makes something good and employs ordinary people guts itself and sets itself on the path to bankruptcy. Meanwhile, working people don't benefit from this system, even if they own stock"
Tue 09:32:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This is why buybacks have apologists. Buybacks – a stock swindle that was illegal in living memory – make rich people richer, and they spend some of that loot to fund an army of reply-ghouls who push the message that buybacks are dividends by another name."
Tue 09:33:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The ripoff economy is baked into the American experience. It is the foundation of Trumpism. It is the financial basis for things like "Project 2025" – literally! The Heritage Foundation (who created Project 2025) was founded and funded by the founders of Amway, a destructive Ponzi scheme that was rescued from criminal prosecution"
Tue 09:34:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "America is not great. It has been gutted by the Epstein class, who robbed us blind, raped our kids, and are now selling us shitcoins and chatbots and the spectacle of protesters being shot in the streets. But it's not enough to know that the system is rigged. Everybody knows the system is rigged. To build a movement and save our future, we have to know how it is rigged and who rigged it."
Tue 09:56:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ during power outage https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-woman-wellness-check-power-outage-9.7060795
Tue 10:01:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pakistan arrests rights lawyer, husband over 'cyber terrorism', family says https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-arrests-rights-lawyer-husband-over-cyber-terrorism-family-says/a-75624260
Tue 10:03:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/UEFISerialConsoles | Source: University of Toronto
Tue 10:05:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This funding waltz illustrates an unrelenting hunt for capital. Since 2019, the pioneer of generative artificial intelligence has already raised nearly $60 billion" ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/openais-insatiable-appetite | Source: Jérôme Marin
Tue 10:05:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "He rose to power on this, boasting on stage that cheating "makes me smart": [...]" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/02/corprophagia/#that-makes-me-smart | Source: CoryDoctorow
Tue 10:06:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Noah delivered the offending joke after Billie Eilish took home Song of the Year." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/donald-trump-threatens-sue-trevor-noah-jeffrey-epstein-joke-1235509642/ | Source: Rolling Stone
Tue 10:08:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The problem with Kinect was that nobody knew when it was listening" ☛ https://kevinboone.me/voice_snooping.html | Source: Kevin Boone
Tue 10:08:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO: "A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/02/please-dont-feed-the-scattered-lapsus-shiny-hunters/ | Source: Krebs On Security
Tue 10:09:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We are wasting our lives away on literal nothingness." ☛ https://joshblais.com/blog/distraction-is-a-sin/ | Source: Joshua Blais
Tue 10:09:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Our story begins with a new class action lawsuit filed by the esteemed law firm Quinn Emanuel on behalf of several plaintiffs." ☛ https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/02/02/whatsapp-encryption-a-lawsuit-and-a-lot-of-noise/ | Source: Cryptography Engineering
Tue 10:10:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If we drain all of our messages of our own words, we are losing a primary channel that we have of maintaining relationships with our colleagues." ☛ https://bentsai.org/posts/outsourcing-thinking | Source: Ben Tsai
Tue 10:10:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Upon closer examination, the whole Amiga 3000 debacle seems highly unlikely." ☛ https://www.datagubbe.se/os2/ | Source: Carl Svensson
Tue 10:12:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GOG are giving away Alone in the Dark: The Trilogy to celebrate their Preservation Program | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/gog-are-giving-away-alone-in-the-dark-the-trilogy-to-celebrate-their-preservation-program/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 10:12:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Story-heavy tactical CRPG 'ATOM RPG 2' announced | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/story-heavy-tactical-crpg-atom-rpg-2-announced/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/story-heavy-tactical-crpg-atom-rpg-2-announced/
Tue 10:16:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Upgrade your theme park as OpenRCT2 updates just as new Humble Bundle drops | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/upgrade-your-theme-park-as-openrct2-updates-just-as-new-humble-bundle-drops/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 10:16:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The new TerraTech Legion trailer has me itching to play it | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-new-terratech-legion-trailer-has-me-itching-to-play-it/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-new-terratech-legion-trailer-has-me-itching-to-play-it/
Tue 10:18:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Tim Berners-Lee Wants to Save the Web" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/01/199225
Tue 10:19:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bash Moto is an upcoming 90s themed beat 'em up motorcycle racing game | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/bash-moto-is-an-upcoming-90s-themed-beat-em-up-motorcycle-racing-game/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 10:30:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In the case of the GNOME Foundation, which employs an Executive Director and a few other staff, the last two people hired in the Executive Director role were both removed by the board after a period of only a few months in the job.
Tue 10:30:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This further reinforces the perception that board members, under the influence of certain corporations, are seeking an Executive Director who acts as an extension of the donor corporations rather than somebody who builds a stand-alone, independent and credible non-profit association" http://techrights.org/images/2026/pocock-us-claim.pdf
Tue 10:31:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ScummVM v2026.1.0 is a huge new release with tons of new supported games | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/scummvm-v2026-1-0-is-a-huge-new-release-with-tons-of-new-supported-games/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 10:37:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Valheim gets a big birthday update with optimizations, Steam Deck upgrades and new content | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/valheim-gets-a-big-birthday-update-with-optimizations-steam-deck-upgrades-and-new-content/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 10:38:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hardcore single-player survival FPS Road to Vostok arrives April 7 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/hardcore-single-player-survival-fps-road-to-vostok-arrives-april-7/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 10:43:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Team Fortress 2 Classified (formerly Team Fortress 2 Classic) has launched on Steam | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/team-fortress-2-classified-formerly-team-fortress-2-classic-has-launched-on-steam/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Tue 10:48:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Raspberry Pi prices are rising again by up to $60 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/raspberry-pi-prices-are-rising-again-by-up-to-60/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/raspberry-pi-prices-are-rising-again-by-up-to-60/
Tue 10:48:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Steam Survey for January 2026 shows a small drop for Linux and macOS | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-survey-for-january-2026-shows-a-small-drop-for-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-survey-for-january-2026-shows-a-small-drop-for-linux/
Tue 10:49:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Not too long ago, I received a half-broken Dell Inspiron N5110, sporting 6 GB of RAM, a dual core Intel i3-2110M, and an unsupported NVIDIA GPU of some sort." ☛ https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2026/02/02/garbage-time/ | Source: Herman Õunapuu
Tue 10:51:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "… to reader and commenter Doctor Memory." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/02/03/a-big-thank-you/ | Source: Crooked Timber
Tue 10:51:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware: RAM-flation Impacts Raspberry Pi and "Meet the Garbage PC" ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Open_Hardware_RAM_flation_Impacts_Raspberry_Pi_and_Meet_the_Gar.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Open_Hardware_RAM_flation_Impacts_Raspberry_Pi_and_Meet_the_Gar.gmi ∎
Tue 10:52:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A literate program consists of interspersed narrative and code chunks." ☛ https://quotenil.com/untangling-literate-programming.html | Source: Gábor Melis
Tue 10:52:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A simple function to do the conversion using a short lookup table is as follows: [...]" ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/02/converting-data-to-hexadecimal-outputs-quickly/ | Source: Daniel Lemire
Tue 10:53:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Thanks to a sterling initiative by Marc Lentczner, an updated version of the Raku Periodic Table of the Operators is now available for your perusal." ☛ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/02/02/2026-05-periodicity/ | Source: Rakulang
Tue 10:53:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This post is a code-heavy blueprint for designing sports betting systems in R using Bayesian probabilities, market odds, EV, the Kelly Criterion" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/designing-sports-betting-systems-in-r-bayesian-probabilities-expected-value-and-kelly-logic/ | Source: Rlang
Tue 10:54:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A small syntactical addition that I propose to add to JSON is variants. It looks like this: [...]" ☛ https://chrisdone.com/posts/json-with-sum-types/ | Source: Chris Done
Tue 10:56:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Development, and Standards ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Development_and_Standards.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Development_and_Standards.gmi ∎
Tue 11:04:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: GOG, TerraTech Legion, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Games_GOG_TerraTech_Legion_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Games_GOG_TerraTech_Legion_and_More.gmi ∎
Tue 11:06:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 03/02/2026: "Distraction is a Sin" and Fake "Encryption" (Surveillance With Good Marketing) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Links_03_02_2026_Distraction_is_a_Sin_and_Fake_Encryption_Surve.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Links_03_02_2026_Distraction_is_a_Sin_and_Fake_Encryption_Surve.gmi ∎
Tue 11:08:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As much as I love my phone as a device, I don't like to rely on a single thing too much." ☛ https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/obsolescence | Source: Jasper Tandy
Tue 11:09:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But can FEX, the Box64 alternative (supported directly by Valve for their new hardware) actually change anything? First I tried to compile FEX" ☛ https://boilingsteam.com/civ6-running-on-the-orange-pi-6-plus/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam
Tue 11:09:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There’s something endlessly fascinating about watching a classic Atari title come together" ☛ https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/ | Source: The Arcade Blogger
Tue 11:09:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So I’m making a thing and I want it to be styled different if the link’s been visited." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/browsers-white-lies/ | Source: Jim Nielsen
Tue 11:09:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As covered recently, the normal way to check simple services from outside in a Prometheus environment is with Prometheus Blackbox" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/PrometheusBlackboxTCPQRMetrics | Source: University of Toronto
Tue 11:18:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "This is not to say I agree with everything in all of those posts" ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2022/01/27/scale/ | Source: Rachel
Tue 11:46:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Raising Awareness of SLAPPs in the UK (Filed by Americans Connected to Microsoft) ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Raising_Awareness_of_SLAPPs_in_the_UK_Filed_by_Americans_Connec.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Raising_Awareness_of_SLAPPs_in_the_UK_Filed_by_Americans_Connec.gmi ∎
Tue 12:21:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Delusion - Part II - Why We Need to Expose the SRA to More Daylight, Public Scrutiny ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/The_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Delusion_Part_II_Why_We.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/The_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Delusion_Part_II_Why_We.gmi ∎
Tue 12:30:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – $15 billion lawsuit: Ubuntu, Google & Debian crowdfunding campaign launch ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/15_billion_lawsuit_Ubuntu_Google_Debian_crowdfunding_campaign_l.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/15_billion_lawsuit_Ubuntu_Google_Debian_crowdfunding_campaign_l.gmi ∎
Tue 12:51:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – An Effort to Tackle Slavery in 'Open Source' Clothing ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/An_Effort_to_Tackle_Slavery_in_Open_Source_Clothing.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/An_Effort_to_Tackle_Slavery_in_Open_Source_Clothing.gmi ∎
Tue 12:54:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Feedback from: COSS The Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions (Open Source Finland)" https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems/F33370345_en Anon: nothing special, just tracking what their position is
Tue 13:00:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ China to ban hidden car door handles from next year in industry shift ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/03/china-to-ban-hidden-car-door-handles-from-next-year-in-industry-shift/
Tue 13:01:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ China bans hidden car door handles after deadly incidents ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/china-bans-hidden-car-door-handles-after-deadly-incidents
Tue 13:02:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Rootless Containers with Podman ☞ https://blog.nviso.eu/2026/02/03/rootless-containers-with-podman/
Tue 13:04:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Cincoze CV-221C 21.5-inch modular slim Panel PC supports up to defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra 3/5/7 Meteor Lake-PS SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/03/cincoze-cv-221c-21-5-inch-modular-slim-panel-pc-supports-up-to-intel-core-ultra-3-5-7-meteor-lake-ps-soc/
Tue 13:04:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Notepad++ update server hijacked in targeted attacks — outfit claims Chinese state-sponsored hackers may be to blame ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/notepad-update-server-hijacked-in-targeted-attacks
Tue 13:05:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft is Giving the FBI BitLocker Keys ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/microsoft-is-giving-the-fbi-bitlocker-keys.html https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/13/Forbes_Already_Stopped_Being_a_News_Sites_Now_It_s_a_Spam_and_P.shtml
Tue 13:05:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Too casually, X tells us how Beijing is spamming Chinese users ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/too-casually-x-tells-us-how-beijing-is-spamming-chinese-users/
Tue 13:07:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ad or journalism? More exploitation of a corrupt system such as EPO and kangaroo courts? Michalski Hüttermann partner launches new patent monopoly firm Aurodion ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/michalski-huttermann-partner-launches-new-patent-firm-aurodion/
Tue 13:07:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Tumbleweed Monthly Update - January 2026 ☞ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/02/03/tw-monthly-update-jan/
Tue 13:08:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Open Source security in spite of Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/02/03/open-source-security-in-spite-of-ai/
Tue 13:08:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ shtml
Tue 13:09:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A Day After EPO Strikes an Escalation to Heads of Delegations to the Administrative Council ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/A_Day_After_EPO_Strikes_an_Escalation_to_Heads_of_Delegations_t.shtml
Tue 13:09:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Tutorial: getting started with proprietary trap AWS IoT Greengrass on Ubuntu Core ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/tutorial-getting-started-with-aws-greengrass-on-ubuntu-core
Tue 13:10:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GAFAM reseller, pushing proprietary things ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/aws-iot-greengrass-comes-to-ubuntu-core
Tue 13:11:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Exploring Docker containers on FreeBSD ☞ https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/exploring-docker-containers-on-freebsd/
Tue 13:11:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ go-critic – opinionated Go source code linter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/go-critic-opinionated-go-source-code-linter/
Tue 13:11:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 13 Small Image Tools that Pack a Real Punch ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/smallimagetools/
Tue 13:13:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Marsha Blackburn Leads a Coalition of US Senators Urging the FTC To Take Legal Action Against Ticketmaster ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/02/marsha-blackburn-ftc-ticketmaster/
Tue 13:15:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Supporting Wayland’s XDG activation protocol with Gtk/Glib ☞ https://palant.info/2026/02/03/supporting-waylands-xdg-activation-protocol-with-gtk/glib/
Tue 13:22:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install Swift on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-swift-on-arch-linux/
Tue 13:23:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install Lua on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-lua-on-arch-linux/
Tue 13:23:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install ImageMagick on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-imagemagick-on-arch-linux/
Tue 13:23:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Swift Programming Language on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-swift-programming-language-fedora-43/
Tue 13:24:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Parse Server on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-parse-server-ubuntu-24-04/
Tue 13:24:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install CodeIgniter on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-codeigniter-fedora-43/
Tue 13:24:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The defective chip maker Intel i486 SX-25 that started it all ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-486-sx-25-that-started-it-all/
Tue 13:29:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Russia’s APT28 Rapidly Weaponizes Newly Patched Office Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/russias-apt28-rapidly-weaponizes-newly-patched-office-vulnerability/
Tue 13:41:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Colombia Adopting GNU/Linux Even Faster (at Microsoft's and Apple's Expense) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Colombia_Adopting_GNU_Linux_Even_Faster_at_Microsoft_s_and_Appl.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Colombia_Adopting_GNU_Linux_Even_Faster_at_Microsoft_s_and_Appl.gmi ∎
Tue 13:46:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Solicitors' offices shut over 'regulatory' issues https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn82ewzqj0qo
Tue 14:03:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The UK's Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is in Trouble, It Doesn't Know How to Tackle SLAPPs, It Only Wastes a Lot of Money http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/The_UK_s_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_is_in_Trouble_It_D.shtml
Tue 14:26:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IBM is Dying (More Layoffs), Red Hat Will Continue to Suffer From the Acquisition ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/IBM_is_Dying_More_Layoffs_Red_Hat_Will_Continue_to_Suffer_From_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/IBM_is_Dying_More_Layoffs_Red_Hat_Will_Continue_to_Suffer_From_.gmi ∎
Tue 14:40:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Red Hat (Under IBM) Works for Microsoft (Proprietary Software) and Slop ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Red_Hat_Under_IBM_Works_for_Microsoft_Proprietary_Software_and_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Red_Hat_Under_IBM_Works_for_Microsoft_Proprietary_Software_and_.gmi ∎
Tue 14:42:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "IBM is trying to "milk" the Quantum interest with yet more hype and hot air from it's worthless CEO. If anything, just look at IBM's past successes (or is it failures) with cloud, Security, AI, LINUX and more ? It's a fruitless exercise in waste of money and resources; it achieves little or nothing but more layoffs of US and European resources." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgh1yb6n
Tue 15:00:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – You Know Your Company is Dead or Basically a Pyramid Scheme When Jim Cramer Keeps Promoting Its Stock ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/You_Know_Your_Company_is_Dead_or_Basically_a_Pyramid_Scheme_Whe.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/You_Know_Your_Company_is_Dead_or_Basically_a_Pyramid_Scheme_Whe.gmi ∎
Tue 15:09:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How I Set Up a 3-2-1 Backup for My GNU/Linux Servers ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/3-2-1-backup-strategy/
Tue 15:09:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows 11 May Introduce a Linux-like Feature for its Power Users ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/windows-taking-page-from-linux/
Tue 15:10:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 36 Years in Making, GNU's Very Own Kernel Project Hurd is Anything But Dead ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/gnu-hurd-progress-report/
Tue 15:10:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1057047/
Tue 15:14:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This board exists to discuss the impact of layoffs, not to glorify the wolfs of wall street. The CEO has not done the human civilization any favor, he is just collecting the pay and handsome bonuses by his employers who have amassed great wealth by exploitation." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7
Tue 15:18:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ <p class="center"><img src="/i/2026/02/krishna-slop.png" alt="Arvind Krishna. A visionary CEO" /></p>
Tue 15:28:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Seems Like IBM Trolls Use Chatbots to Vandalise Platform That Discusses IBM's Secret Layoffs, Forever Layoffs ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Seems_Like_IBM_Trolls_Use_Chatbots_to_Vandalise_Platform_That_D.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Seems_Like_IBM_Trolls_Use_Chatbots_to_Vandalise_Platform_That_D.gmi ∎
Tue 15:30:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Critical React Native Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-react-native-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/
Tue 15:45:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Canonical: Ubuntu is GAFAM (US), We're Resellers of American Proprietary Software ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Canonical_Ubuntu_is_GAFAM_US_We_re_Resellers_of_American_Propri.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Canonical_Ubuntu_is_GAFAM_US_We_re_Resellers_of_American_Propri.gmi ∎
Tue 15:58:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Dr. Andy Farnell on Why and How European Authorities Can Adopt Free Software, Parenting in the Age of Digital Abundance ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Dr_Andy_Farnell_on_Why_and_How_European_Authorities_Can_Adopt_F.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Dr_Andy_Farnell_on_Why_and_How_European_Authorities_Can_Adopt_F.gmi ∎
Tue 16:07:48 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] A nerve has been stuck https://bsky.app/profile/mjg59.eicar-test-file.zip/post/3mdwtln7e6k2c
Tue 16:20:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Defining Learner-Centered Design of Computing Education: What I did on my sabbatical ☞ https://computinged.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/defining-learner-centered-design-of-computing-education-what-i-did-on-my-sabbatical/
Tue 16:21:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Gerrit code review iceberg, episode 5 ☞ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/pulkomandy/2026-02-03-the_gerrit_pending_review_iceberg_5/
Tue 16:21:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #50 – S3E2 Demystifying the CFP Process with KubeCon North America Keynote Speakers ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/02/03/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-50-s3e2-demystifying-the-cfp-process-with-kubecon-north-america-keynote-speakers/
Tue 16:22:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Achieve more with Red Bait OpenShift 4.21 ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/achieve-more-red-hat-openshift-421
Tue 16:22:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Red Hat (Under IBM) Works for Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (Proprietary Software) and Slop ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Red_Hat_Under_IBM_Works_for_Microsoft_Proprietary_Software_and_.shtml
Tue 16:23:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ludovic Hirlimann: Fosdem 2026 recap ☞ https://ludovic.hirlimann.net/2026/02/fosdem-2026-recap.html
Tue 16:23:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pluralistic: Michael Swanwick's "The Universe Box" (03 Feb 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/03/the-last-days-of-old-night/
Tue 16:25:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ZX Spectrum flies simulated spacecraft using BASIC, Python, and serial — Kerbal Space Program Lunar lander powered by 1980s hardware ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/zx-spectrum-flies-simulated-spacecraft-using-basic-python-and-serial-kerbal-space-program-lunar-lander-powered-by-1980s-hardware
Tue 16:25:49 │ 〖Sompi〗 │ http://sininenankka.dy.fi/kuvauppi/upload/14bcvu.jpeg
Tue 16:37:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – We Should Learn From Bulgaria ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/We_Should_Learn_From_Bulgaria.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/We_Should_Learn_From_Bulgaria.gmi ∎
Tue 16:39:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Sompi: "
Tue 16:39:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Finland: -92%
Tue 16:39:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] what's the source of the inforgraphic?
Tue 16:39:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] Yes but where did he get it from?
Tue 16:39:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] I have not found anything like the original source yet.
Tue 16:40:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "
Tue 16:41:33 │ 〖Sompi〗 │ I don't know
Tue 16:41:48 │ 〖Sompi〗 │ I got it from here: https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1qupi3m/which_countries_rely_most_on_us_tech/
Tue 16:52:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): FSF's Alex Oliva on Software Freedom and Lack of Privacy ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/FSF_s_Alex_Oliva_on_Software_Freedom_and_Lack_of_Privacy.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/FSF_s_Alex_Oliva_on_Software_Freedom_and_Lack_of_Privacy.gmi ∎
Tue 16:52:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Steam and Crimsonland ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/Games_Steam_and_Crimsonland.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/Games_Steam_and_Crimsonland.gmi ∎
Tue 16:52:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Season of KDE 2026: Week 1 Progress for Automating Promo Data Collection ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/Season_of_KDE_2026_Week_1_Progress_for_Automating_Promo_Data_Co.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/Season_of_KDE_2026_Week_1_Progress_for_Automating_Promo_Data_Co.gmi ∎
Tue 16:52:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Web Browsers/Web Servers Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 16:52:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Daniel Pocock Filed a Lawsuit Against Debian, EFF, Gandi and Others ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Daniel_Pocock_Filed_a_Lawsuit_Against_Debian_EFF_Gandi_and_Othe.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Daniel_Pocock_Filed_a_Lawsuit_Against_Debian_EFF_Gandi_and_Othe.gmi ∎
Tue 16:57:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This board is to discuss the layoffs and its impact. You want to discuss Quantum, do you even know what the difference is between atom and a molecule and where is Hydrogen placed on the periodic table? Stay away and let rest of us discuss how this stupid investment in Quantum is taking away the jobs that we were promised when we actually studied Quantum Mechanics." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgh1yb6n
Tue 16:57:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Quantum is 30+ years away and when it comes it will be a small niche for things like materials simulation not a replacement for classical computers." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgh1yb6n
Tue 17:07:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): System76 Releases COSMIC 1.0.5 with New Option to Show Battery Percentage ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/System76_Releases_COSMIC_1_0_5_with_New_Option_to_Show_Battery_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/System76_Releases_COSMIC_1_0_5_with_New_Option_to_Show_Battery_.gmi ∎
Tue 17:15:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – #HowTo Identify Demonisation or Dehumanisation Tactics Against Interesting Figures or Luminaries in Free Software ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/How_to_Identify_Demonisation_or_Dehumanisation_Tactics_Against_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/How_to_Identify_Demonisation_or_Dehumanisation_Tactics_Against_.gmi ∎
Tue 17:20:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I’ve been toiling with how the pieces should fit together for a while. It’s somewhat come together only recently." gemini://thatit.be/2026-01-28-06-37-54.gmi
Tue 17:20:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If this shows up online, then I guess it all works. I have hooks that run when I push to my public git repos that creates index pages and does other stuff. I’ve just linked the same hooks to my notes project and added a Discount Pipeline to it. So now my gemini stuff will be updated whenever I push my notes." gemini://thatit.be/2026-02-03-08-38-56.gmi
Tue 17:21:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Today’s post is another request for help, as once again I’m taking a look at an Esperanto record for which I could find very little useful information about its creation or the people behind it: Esperanto kaj Libereco by Max Roy Carrouges, released on the French label Arion in 1982." gemini://gem.eomuziko.com/blog/en/posts/max-roy-carrouges/
Tue 17:21:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Alex Schroeder’s Diary — Tired of the world in the Gandalf sense gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-02-03-tired
Tue 17:22:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Happy Birthday, Alhena!" gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20260203.gmi
Tue 17:23:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Got an email from YMCA regarding swim class starting. I think it was just a generic template email being sent to _everyone_ who is signed up for a swim class because it said "We're looking forward to meeting you and your child", and some basic guidelines for wrangling your child."" gemini://ieve.me/squall/13.gmi
Tue 17:23:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🖼️ xkcd — Groundhog Day Meaning #3202 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3202.gmi
Tue 17:24:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "AI (Slop)is a no-go for use in my mud or in the sort of writing where it would be most helpful. It’s so-so for code, but pretty good at mediocre code that dosn’t matter when it’s done in an automated fashion." gemini://thatit.be/2026-01-30-16-14-51.gmi
Tue 17:26:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [japan] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-02-02.gmi
Tue 17:33:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 03/02/2026: Alhena Turns One, Slop Rejected, and Max Roy Carrouges Recalled ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Gemini_Links_03_02_2026_Alhena_Turns_One_Slop_Rejected_and_Max_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Gemini_Links_03_02_2026_Alhena_Turns_One_Slop_Rejected_and_Max_.gmi ∎
Tue 17:43:25 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, I made an American Express representative laugh.
Tue 17:43:53 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ She told me that they had an offer where if you switched to AT&T you'd get your first wireless bill back as a statement credit on the AmEx card.
Tue 17:44:10 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I said, "Yeah, but then the problem is you get another 2 years and 11 months with AT&T."
Tue 17:44:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 2026 Started Well for GNU/Linux in Albania ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/2026_Started_Well_for_GNU_Linux_in_Albania.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/2026_Started_Well_for_GNU_Linux_in_Albania.gmi ∎
Tue 17:44:22 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :>
Tue 17:44:52 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I offered to switch if they'd cover my AT&T bill as statement credits for three years.
Tue 17:44:55 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ She said they can't do that.
Tue 17:49:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack OpenClaw Hey Hi (AI) Assistant ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerability-allows-hackers-to-hijack-openclaw-ai-assistant/
Tue 17:49:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hackers Leak 5.1 Million Panera Bread Records ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-leak-5-1-million-panera-bread-accounts/
Tue 17:49:37 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :>
Tue 17:51:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ We Were Wrong About How Much Your Genes Shape Your Lifespan ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/we-were-wrong-about-how-much-your-genes-shape-your-lifespan
Tue 17:51:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Inside the Chinese factories of fast-fashion giant Shein ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20260203-inside-the-chinese-factories-of-fast-fashion-giant-shein
Tue 17:53:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ouch – the Raspberry Pi just got more expensive (again) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/raspberry-pi-annouce-more-price-rises
Tue 17:55:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft Larabel: people who 1) like copyleft; 2) don't trust Microsoft GitHub; 3) don't want broken programs... are "TROLLS"!! https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-FOSDEM-2026
Tue 17:55:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Turn off these 3 annoying Ubuntu defaults in 5 minutes https://www.howtogeek.com/turn-off-these-annoying-ubuntu-defaults-in-5-minutes/
Tue 17:55:49 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ <MinceR> :>
Tue 17:55:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I ditched my NAS OS for Ubuntu Desktop, and I’m never going back https://www.howtogeek.com/i-replaced-my-nas-os-with-ubuntu-desktop-and-it-was-better-at-everything/
Tue 17:56:02 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, I like to do voice impersonations.
Tue 17:56:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fed up with Ubuntu? Why Debian should be your daily driver https://www.howtogeek.com/hate-ubuntu-debian-might-be-the-linux-distro-you-actually-want/
Tue 17:56:23 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I was doing a bunch of Tim Curry ones at Physical Therapy.
Tue 17:56:54 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ My favorite one to do in Tim Curry's voice is the one from Home Alone 2.
Tue 17:57:10 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ "What's the matter? Store wouldn't accept your....STOLEN CREDIT CARD!?"
Tue 17:58:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Help! Does anyone on the bus know Linux? https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/02/bus_linux/
Tue 17:58:40 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ https://www.reddit.com/r/plotholes/comments/i7cuqv/home_alone_2_why_does_kevins_fathers_credit_card/
Tue 17:58:46 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ The first comment is right.
Tue 17:58:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux Mint isn't the answer for Windows refugees anymore https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-mint-isnt-the-answer-for-windows-refugees-anymore/
Tue 17:59:04 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Also, the machine would have said "DECLINED" not "STOLEN STOLEN STOLEN".
Tue 17:59:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Valve have released the data for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for January 2026, showing Windows getting a small bump while Linux and macOS drop." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-survey-for-january-2026-shows-a-small-drop-for-linux/
Tue 17:59:13 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ 03 185821 < 𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS> Help! Does anyone on the bus know Linux? https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/02/bus_linux/
Tue 17:59:14 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ But it was a movie.
Tue 17:59:17 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://apina.biz/190974.jpeg?mode=sfw
Tue 17:59:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Weaponized Python and Linux Malware Target Executives and Cloud Systems https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/weaponized-python-and-linux-malware-target-executives-and-cloud-systems-177644.html
Tue 17:59:41 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ American Express and maybe all the card companies say they have the right to decline any transaction for any or for no reason.
Tue 17:59:55 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Even if your account is current and you didn't do anything wrong.
Tue 18:00:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How immutable Linux can stop you from breaking your system https://www.howtogeek.com/immutable-linux-can-stop-you-from-breaking-your-system/
Tue 18:00:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 3 Linux features that make my daily work faster than Windows 11 https://www.howtogeek.com/3-linux-features-that-make-everyday-pc-work-faster-than-windows/
Tue 18:00:33 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ It goes on to state that they are not responsible for any damages this causes to you including embarrassment.
Tue 18:00:48 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ This is another good reason to have cards from several issuers.
Tue 18:00:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The module is built around the NXP i.MX 8M Plus processor, featuring a quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 running at up to 1.8 GHz alongside an 800 MHz Cortex-M7 real-time co-processor." https://linuxgizmos.com/compact-smarc-module-combines-linux-ai-and-vision-on-i-mx-8m-plus/
Tue 18:01:04 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ They won't all do this at the same time, so you can just pay with something else.
Tue 18:01:06 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, ^
Tue 18:01:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The OSM-LF-IMX95 follows the OSM 1.2 specification in a Size-L form factor and measures 45 × 45 mm. It is designed for direct soldering, eliminating board-to-board connectors and enabling more compact and cost-optimized carrier designs." https://linuxgizmos.com/tria-launches-linux-ready-osm-lf-imx95-45-x-45-mm-module/
Tue 18:01:38 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Basically, using the credit card is a privilege and they can decide to revoke that privilege at any time.
Tue 18:01:48 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ issuers as in card companies?
Tue 18:01:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ He is not European https://itsfoss.com/news/greg-kroah-hartman-european-open-source-award/
Tue 18:02:00 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ because there are only 2 of those here -- mastercard and visa
Tue 18:02:01 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I've seen so many people complain that American Express cut off their credit card and they act like they're entitled to have an AmEx credit card.
Tue 18:02:09 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ It's in the Constitution or something.
Tue 18:02:49 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ The card agreement further states that no matter why your account gets frozen or canceled by them, you still owe the outstanding balance.
Tue 18:02:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 5 terminal commands I run on every fresh Linux install https://www.makeuseof.com/terminal-commands-i-run-on-every-fresh-linux-install/
Tue 18:02:59 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ And that they will pursue collection activities if you don't pay it.
Tue 18:03:00 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ :)
Tue 18:04:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Led by a Microsofter with a CoC though https://respawn.outlookindia.com/gaming/gaming-news/linux-gaming-developers-launch-open-gaming-collective
Tue 18:06:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): A Bunch of Developers Have Come Together to Make Linux Gaming Great ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/30/A_Bunch_of_Developers_Have_Come_Together_to_Make_Linux_Gaming_G.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/30/A_Bunch_of_Developers_Have_Come_Together_to_Make_Linux_Gaming_G.gmi ∎
Tue 18:06:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux Gaming Is Finally Legit: Why Steam Players Are Switching From Windows ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Linux_Gaming_Is_Finally_Legit_Why_Steam_Players_Are_Switching_F.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Linux_Gaming_Is_Finally_Legit_Why_Steam_Players_Are_Switching_F.gmi ∎
Tue 18:06:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra could get the Linux feature the S25 missed https://phandroid.com/2026/02/02/samsungs-galaxy-s26-ultra-could-get-the-linux-feature-the-s25-missed/
Tue 18:06:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ An Event Badge Re-Imagined As A Cyberdeck https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/an-event-badge-re-imagined-as-a-cyberdeck/
Tue 18:07:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ CachyOS isn't joining new Linux gaming distro collab, says it doesn't think a 'collective with strings attached' is necessary https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/cachyos-isnt-joining-new-linux-gaming-distro-collab-says-it-doesnt-think-a-collective-with-strings-attached-is-necessary/
Tue 18:07:14 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, The chiropractor seems to have a knock on effect with me.
Tue 18:07:18 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Constipation relief.
Tue 18:07:59 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ It reminds me of Lewis Black saying he ate a bran muffin 20 years ago and he is still shitting.
Tue 18:08:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 5 things you can do on Linux but not on Windows https://www.howtogeek.com/things-you-can-do-on-linux-but-not-windows/
Tue 18:08:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The 'grey and old' Linux kernel community finally has a succession plan for when Linus Torvalds retires - so who will be the new 'Organizer'? https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-grey-and-old-linux-kernel-community-finally-has-a-succession-plan-for-when-linus-torvalds-retires-so-who-will-be-the-new-organizer
Tue 18:08:52 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ lol
Tue 18:11:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): This tiny Linux USB tool can save almost any broken PC ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/This_tiny_Linux_USB_tool_can_save_almost_any_broken_PC.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/This_tiny_Linux_USB_tool_can_save_almost_any_broken_PC.gmi ∎
Tue 18:16:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Kernel Space: Issues in Public Transport, Grooming of Greg Kroah-Hartman, and Plan for Post-Torvalds Scenario ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Kernel_Space_Issues_in_Public_Transport_Grooming_of_Greg_Kroah_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Kernel_Space_Issues_in_Public_Transport_Grooming_of_Greg_Kroah_.gmi ∎
Tue 18:17:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 18:17:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ∎
Tue 18:19:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Distributions and Operating Systems: Haiku and GNU/Linux ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Haiku_and_GNU_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Haiku_and_GNU_Linux.gmi ∎
Tue 18:21:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux, Games, and Hardware Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/GNU_Linux_Games_and_Hardware_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/GNU_Linux_Games_and_Hardware_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 18:21:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/03/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 18:21:32 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ (cat) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1768/66/1768667224126.jpg
Tue 18:23:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 03/02/2026: Windows Copies GNU/Linux, Windows TCO Shown Again ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Links_03_02_2026_Windows_Copies_GNU_Linux_Windows_TCO_Shown_Aga.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Links_03_02_2026_Windows_Copies_GNU_Linux_Windows_TCO_Shown_Aga.gmi ∎
Tue 18:37:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IBM Falls by Over 10% ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/IBM_Falls_by_Over_10.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/IBM_Falls_by_Over_10.gmi ∎
Tue 18:38:10 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], I can't think of a more boring time in tech.
Tue 18:38:22 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Especially in Linux.
Tue 18:38:52 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ They've gotten everything so standardized on whatever Red Hat wants that there's no freedom for distributions to go their own way anymore and see what.
Tue 18:39:16 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ So I mean, in a system where nobody is obviously on top it's a marketplace of ideas.
Tue 18:39:47 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ But IBM doesn't want that, so they write a bunch of components that are modular so to speak, but they only work with each other, so really they're monolithic.
Tue 18:40:17 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ There is separation between programs, but when they can only function as a group that isn't modular in fact.
Tue 18:40:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Firefox suicided ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls/ | Source: Mozilla
Tue 18:43:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] <Isambard_Prince> schestowitz[TR2], I can't think of a more boring time in tech.
Tue 18:43:17 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] boring is desirtable
Tue 18:43:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] but they do worse than borting
Tue 18:43:27 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] they break for us things that worked
Tue 18:43:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] with slop and struff
Tue 18:43:40 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] they also try to take away x11
Tue 18:43:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] even where features exist that wayland still lacks and will never had
Tue 18:43:59 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] *have
Tue 18:44:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Got some EPO leaks, saving those for after midnight
Tue 18:46:29 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Yeah, it would be one thing if Wayland at least eventually got a feature like that and everything was normal again.
Tue 20:14:15 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://explosm.net/comics/day#comic
Tue 21:03:40 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ :)) https://futurism.com/future-society/cryptocurrency-jeffrey-epstein-bitcoin
Tue 21:04:05 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ lol
Tue 21:04:17 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/police-raid-spacex-x-acquisition
Tue 21:04:22 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ haven't half of them normalized pedophilia already?
Tue 21:04:25 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ at least half of them
Tue 21:05:06 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-analysis-mamdani-related-epstein
Tue 21:08:22 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/kde-binds-itself-tightly-to-systemd-drops-support-for-non-systemd-systems/
Tue 21:08:41 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ rip kde
Tue 21:09:02 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ lol @ 'be free' on the screenshot
Tue 21:09:51 │ 〖psydroid3〗 │ be shackled to the hand that feeds you and eventually bleeds you dry
Tue 21:12:34 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.neowin.net/news/former-windows-chief-shared-internal-secrets-with-jeffrey-epstein-documents-reveal/
Tue 21:13:46 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.neowin.net/news/adobe-animate-30-year-old-animation-software-shuts-down-angers-customers/
Tue 21:19:34 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ copilot... you cant shut it off.... https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-confirms-more-windows-pcs-cannot-shut-down-after-recent-updates/
Tue 21:37:44 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://explosm.net/comics/every-day#comic
Tue 21:38:59 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.securityweek.com/over-1400-mongodb-databases-ransacked-by-threat-actor/
Tue 21:42:01 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ 03 220506 < admfubar> https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-analysis-mamdani-related-epstein
Tue 21:42:08 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ afaik all life on Earth is related to each other
Tue 21:42:20 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ it even has a Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA)
Tue 21:48:35 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ MechaHitler mistaking Mamdani for Kimmel is hilarious though
Tue 22:26:27 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ MinceR, Someone sued a full body MRI company recently.
Tue 22:26:51 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Despite paying over $4,000 to them for a full body MRI that's not covered by insurance, they missed the signs of his impending stroke.
Tue 22:27:16 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Whenever someone tells me something isn't covered by Medicare, I am immediately suspicious.
Tue 22:27:20 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :>
Tue 22:27:41 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Medicare covers all medically necessary conditions (outside of most dental and vision issues which would have to be under something else).
Tue 22:28:07 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ under 'pay out of your own pockets or suffer'?
Tue 22:28:29 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Yeah, you have to get dental insurance somewhere else.
Tue 22:28:41 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Or go to a school or something.
Tue 22:29:00 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ there's no dental insurance here, afaict
Tue 22:29:54 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ or vision
Tue 22:42:45 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://apina.biz/212638.png?mode=sfw
Tue 23:32:29 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.rawstory.com/melinda-french-gates-jeffrey-epstein-2675075643/
Tue 23:33:19 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/02/03/196254/ultra-processed-foods-should-be-treated-more-like-cigarettes-than-food-study-says
Tue 23:33:35 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/03/190223/google-plots-big-expansion-in-india-as-us-restricts-visas?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Tue 23:35:31 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technology/high-speed-internet-boom-hits-low-tech-snag-a-labor-shortage/ar-AA1VppMU
Tue 23:36:04 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ so far the only definition of 'ultra-processed' that i could find was that it was 'processed more than once'
Tue 23:36:17 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ and milling grain is 'processing', and baking is 'processing'
Tue 23:36:22 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ so bread is 'ultra-processed'
Tue 23:37:03 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ but at least i found one scaremongering article about 'processing' that at least made an attempt to define what it was talking about
Tue 23:58:56 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ (cat) (video) (audio:important) https://imgur.com/gallery/got-little-spicy-by-kensington-palace-then-we-passed-iranian-embassy-before-violence-broke-out-uIHkjKY
Wed 01:21:21 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I closed a credit card account. The Synchrony Amazon store card.
Wed 01:21:31 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I have the Chase Amazon Visa now. No need for the store card.
Wed 01:21:55 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://apina.biz/211760.jpeg?mode=sfw
Wed 01:58:32 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ I eventually close credit cards when I have better ones.
Wed 01:59:54 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Better can mean a lot of things but in this case it duplicated an existing reward structure, could only be used at Amazon, had a higher purchase APR (I don't ever pay interest but that was a factor), a lower credit limit than the card it was replaced by, and was issued by a bank with horrible customer service (they write credit cards to people with bad credit who don't have many alternatives).
Wed 02:13:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ melinda
Wed 02:13:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Melinda French Gates: BillBC is lying for Bill https://www.rawstory.com/melinda-french-gates-jeffrey-epstein-2675075643/ see http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/31/BBC_Gaslights_Women_Sexually_Exploited_Many_Under_Legal_Age_for.shtml
Wed 02:18:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ US Marty Supreme gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~cage/archive/US-marty-supreme.gmi
Wed 02:19:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Temperaturas externas en la Raspi Zero 2W gemini://tecnico-ligero.mooo.com/gemlog/58--2026-02-03-Temperaturas-externas-en-la-Raspi-Zero-2W.gmi
Wed 02:20:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Alex Schroeder’s Diary — Long Web Society gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-02-03-long-web
Wed 02:21:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hell Fire - Ooklah the Moc gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2785
Wed 02:21:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1556.jpg
Wed 02:21:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1906.jpg
Wed 02:23:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ""At the end of July 2025 — so almost 6 months ago — we launched the second RP2350 Hacking Challenge, searching for practical side-channel attacks on the power-hardened AES [Advanced Encryption Standard] implementation underpinning RP2350's secure boot," explains Raspberry Pi's Thomas Roth." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260203-rp2040.gmi
Wed 02:23:46 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/sudo_maintainer_asks_for_help/
Wed 02:24:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I mean I will probably have sex in my life again, but I am done looking for it." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/done
Wed 02:25:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New phase gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/day1
Wed 02:26:58 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] attacked by Microsoft
Wed 02:27:03 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] and attacked by Rust People
Wed 02:27:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] http://techrights.org/n/2024/05/02/Embrace_Extend_Replace_the_Original_Or_Just_Hijack_the_Word_Sud.shtml
Wed 02:27:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/12/British_Army_Officer_Said_Ubuntu_Needed_to_Abandon_Sudo_for_Rus.shtml
Wed 02:34:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 04/02/2026: "Raspberry Pi Relaxes the Rules for Its RP2040 Hacking Challenge" and "Long Web Society" ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Gemini_Links_04_02_2026_Raspberry_Pi_Relaxes_the_Rules_for_Its_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Gemini_Links_04_02_2026_Raspberry_Pi_Relaxes_the_Rules_for_Its_.gmi ∎
Wed 02:35:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Russian-Uzbek Billionaire Usmanov Wins Lawsuit Against German Newspaper, Documents Show https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-28/russian-uzbek-billionaire-usmanov-wins-lawsuit-against-german-newspaper-documents-show
Wed 02:36:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Russia’s State Duma advances bill allowing FSB to shut down internet https://cpj.org/2026/01/russias-state-duma-advances-bill-allowing-fsb-to-shut-down-internet/
Wed 02:36:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Journalist Anna Narinskaya discusses incarcerated director Zhenya Berkovich in ‘Poetic Voices from a Russian Prison’ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/journalist-anna-narinskaya-discusses-incarcerated-director-zhenya-berkovich-in-poetic-voices-from-a-russian-prison/
Wed 02:37:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Trial against German carnival satirist Tilly underway in Russia https://www.dw.com/en/trial-against-german-carnival-satirist-tilly-underway-in-russia/a-75714838
Wed 02:38:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Russian ransomware forum seized by U.S. law enforcement https://databreaches.net/2026/01/28/russian-ransomware-forum-seized-by-u-s-law-enforcement/
Wed 02:41:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Misfits have gone to great lengths to try and have the topic censored. Therefore, it is vital for people to share it by email and direct messages. Don't rely on social control media platforms because they are compromised now." https://danielpocock.com/en/hacker-news-censored-google-astroturfing-lawsuit/
Wed 02:41:16 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ "Hacker" "News"
Wed 02:42:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Controlling the media and quashing dissent is a common theme in rogue open source "communities" today." https://danielpocock.com/en/collective-power-molly-de-blanc-nicolas-maduro-defendants-same-courthouse/
Wed 02:44:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Groundhog Day Meaning https://xkcd.com/3202/
Wed 02:45:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Proof Without Content https://xkcd.com/3201/
Wed 02:45:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SFP#45: The final chapter of the EU Radio Equipment Directive https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/2026/episode-45.en.html
Wed 02:45:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Chemical Formula https://xkcd.com/3200/
Wed 02:46:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Early Arthropod https://xkcd.com/3199/
Wed 02:46:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techpol + social irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-030226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-030226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-030226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-030226.txt
Wed 02:47:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techrights irc ■ Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-030226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-030226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-030226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-030226.txt
Wed 02:48:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 boycottnovell irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-030226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-030226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-030226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-030226.txt
Wed 02:49:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techbytes irc ■ Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-030226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-030226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-030226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-030226.txt
Wed 02:49:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-02-03.txt | 🅶🅴🅼🅸🅽🅸 gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-02-03.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
Wed 02:50:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁Tux Machines 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-02-03.txt
Wed 03:04:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, February 03, 2026 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_February_03_2026.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_February_03_2026.gmi ∎
Wed 03:05:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎
Wed 03:07:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Over at Tux Machines... ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎
Wed 03:18:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Google News as Slop Booster ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Google_News_as_Slop_Booster.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Google_News_as_Slop_Booster.gmi ∎
Wed 03:33:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Censorship/Free Speech and Social Control Media ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Censorship_Free_Speech_and_Social_Control_Media.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Censorship_Free_Speech_and_Social_Control_Media.gmi ∎
Wed 03:36:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Another EPO strike planned already: "Register your strike day on myfips where you usually register annual leave and choose as leave type “strike”. You may also use the following quick link q/StrikeTool → Create Request → Leave type: Strike, Date: 30.01.2026, Additional Data: Morning: yes, Afternoon: yes."
Wed 03:51:56 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ schestowitz[TR2], KDE NEON should remove the Rust replacements for GNU stuff.
Wed 03:51:59 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Package overrides.
Wed 03:52:11 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ They already don't ship with any Snaps but Snap itself is installed.
Wed 03:52:19 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Snap has been a malware sewer.
Wed 03:52:43 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ It's not secure at all, and EVERY thing I said would happen in my Reddit argument with Alan Pope years ago, has happened.
Wed 03:52:52 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ When he was defending it because he worked there.
Wed 03:53:06 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Lately it's been takeovers of developer accounts and replacing the Snaps with malware.
Wed 03:53:29 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ KDE seems to be a lost cause already
Wed 03:54:23 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ "The energy and time that is
Wed 03:54:23 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ needed to find a proper partner
Wed 03:54:23 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ seems quite overwhelming, and the
Wed 03:54:23 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ pleasure and or energy that I
Wed 03:54:23 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ take out of it doesn't seems it
Wed 03:54:24 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ will be that good.
Wed 03:54:26 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Do I really want to spend my day
Wed 03:54:28 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ thinking and searching for a
Wed 03:54:30 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ partner? Not at all. And I really
Wed 03:54:32 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ don't have anyone that I've been
Wed 03:54:36 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ attracted to anywhere in my
Wed 03:54:38 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ reality anyway."
Wed 03:54:40 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ ----
Wed 03:54:42 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Hmmm, well. There's always Grindr.
Wed 03:54:46 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Then you can run into weirdos and gross people with diseases.
Wed 03:54:55 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ No investment in a partner at all though, so there's that.
Wed 03:55:02 │ 〖Isambard_Prince〗 │ Unless they turn out to be a murderer.
Wed 03:56:05 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/corporate-crime-poorly-tracked-usa
Wed 03:59:07 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/01/1912232
Wed 04:09:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – EPO Staff Union: "Very High Strike Participation on Friday 30 January", Another Strike Starts 19 Days From Now ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/EPO_Staff_Union_Very_High_Strike_Participation_on_Friday_30_Jan.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/EPO_Staff_Union_Very_High_Strike_Participation_on_Friday_30_Jan.gmi ∎
Wed 04:15:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I noticed at the Albany site there are some people who know the dirt on everyone and get people to give them job security that way (by leveraging it). So they never get marked as low performers even if they truly are" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05
Wed 04:15:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This doesn’t seem like an isolated incident at the Albany site. There’s a visible pattern of favoritism. HB clearly has favorites, and if you pay attention to his LinkedIn activity, the pattern isn’t subtle. He consistently boosts and supports the same type of people, and they tend to fit a very specific mold. They all look the same." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05
Wed 04:16:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Endless reduction of employee headcount and slashing of investment spending is not a strategy for long term growth." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n
Wed 04:16:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Investors are concerned about an AI bubble" "Well, to be fair, many tech stocks are getting hit today…" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n
Wed 04:17:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "but, but , but....Alvind wants growth and job growth for his beloved motherland, India. Anything less is not worthy of discussion. Unless of course, you are referring to yet more medals being pinned on Alvind's chest pinned by none other than the great Modi." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n
Wed 04:17:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What do you mean by “full RTO”?" "they mean complete return to office no more WFH at all" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgc0nzhn
Wed 04:18:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There are layoffs every month. There is a whole crowd of people who's last day is next Tuesday February 10. IThey started working on the big wave list for March in November. It is just going to continue Alvind and the book cooker Crapenaw are incapable of anything else. Look at the "goodwill" on the books over 67 billion that's just make believe $$" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh
Wed 04:19:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Quantum is the conduit to Mobile Hybrid Blockchain." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgh1yb6n
Wed 04:34:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – "Investors Are Concerned About an AI Bubble" (That GAFAM and IBM Ride) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Investors_Are_Concerned_About_an_AI_Bubble_That_GAFAM_and_IBM_R.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Investors_Are_Concerned_About_an_AI_Bubble_That_GAFAM_and_IBM_R.gmi ∎
Wed 04:51:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Mobbing at the European Patent Office (EPO) - Part III - Who's Going to Pay for the EPO's Corruption? (Aside From European Citizens) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Mobbing_at_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Part_III_Who_s_Going_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Mobbing_at_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Part_III_Who_s_Going_.gmi ∎
Wed 04:54:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hijacking identity of RMS: "Following the takedown on January 28 the forum administrator, known as Stallman, issued a statement , widely circulated across clandestine forums. Stallman expressed intentions to refrain from re-establishing RAMP, likely due to concerns over threats to personal security." https://www.cybersecurityintelligence.com/blog/fbi-dismantles-notorious-ramp-cybercrime-marketplace-9084.html
Wed 05:12:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Equilibrium ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Equilibrium.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Equilibrium.gmi ∎
Wed 05:20:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux Usage Growing in Moldova This Year ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/GNU_Linux_Usage_Growing_in_Moldova_This_Year.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/GNU_Linux_Usage_Growing_in_Moldova_This_Year.gmi ∎
Wed 05:30:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Microsoft's Problem in Israel is GNU/Linux ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Microsoft_s_Problem_in_Israel_is_GNU_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Microsoft_s_Problem_in_Israel_is_GNU_Linux.gmi ∎
Wed 05:44:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ted Unangst's site has been down for some weeks, too https://flak.tedunangst.com/
Wed 05:46:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Keep Grinding ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Keep_Grinding.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Keep_Grinding.gmi ∎
Wed 05:52:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): They Could Never Grind Us Down ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/They_Could_Never_Grind_Us_Down.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/They_Could_Never_Grind_Us_Down.gmi ∎
Wed 06:36:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Red Hat is Not a Linux Company, It's IBM's Ponzi Scheme Enabler ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Red_Hat_is_Not_a_Linux_Company_It_s_IBM_s_Ponzi_Scheme_Enabler.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Red_Hat_is_Not_a_Linux_Company_It_s_IBM_s_Ponzi_Scheme_Enabler.gmi ∎
Wed 06:37:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pinterest sacks workers for creating tool to track layoffs https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0k670n0ydo
Wed 06:38:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Running out of revenue sources? https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-ends-standalone-sharepoint-online-onedrive-for-business-plans-and-the-reason-is/articleshow/127890841.cms
Wed 06:51:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – They Know Microsoft Layoffs Are About to Hit Them Hard ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/They_Know_Microsoft_Layoffs_Are_About_to_Hit_Them_Hard.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/They_Know_Microsoft_Layoffs_Are_About_to_Hit_Them_Hard.gmi ∎
Wed 06:59:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Leaving Nature Alone ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Leaving_Nature_Alone.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Leaving_Nature_Alone.gmi ∎
Wed 07:06:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi ∎
Wed 07:17:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): I'm a Linux power user, and this distro made me rethink what an operating system can be ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/I_m_a_Linux_power_user_and_this_distro_made_me_rethink_what_an_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/I_m_a_Linux_power_user_and_this_distro_made_me_rethink_what_an_.gmi ∎
Wed 07:21:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): After 30 years with Linux, I switched it for Windows 11 - and found 9 serious problems ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/After_30_years_with_Linux_I_switched_it_for_Windows_11_and_foun.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/After_30_years_with_Linux_I_switched_it_for_Windows_11_and_foun.gmi ∎
Wed 07:21:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Phoronix Swims With the Real Trolls, People Who Fancy Proprietary Software and Back Doors ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Phoronix_Swims_With_the_Real_Trolls_People_Who_Fancy_Proprietar.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Phoronix_Swims_With_the_Real_Trolls_People_Who_Fancy_Proprietar.gmi ∎
Wed 07:22:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): I tried the oldest Linux distro still standing, and it was a total reality check ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/I_tried_the_oldest_Linux_distro_still_standing_and_it_was_a_tot.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/I_tried_the_oldest_Linux_distro_still_standing_and_it_was_a_tot.gmi ∎
Wed 07:24:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 5 Powerful Things Linux Lets You Do That Windows Still Won’t ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/5_Powerful_Things_Linux_Lets_You_Do_That_Windows_Still_Won_t.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/5_Powerful_Things_Linux_Lets_You_Do_That_Windows_Still_Won_t.gmi ∎
Wed 07:26:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): This Debian-based Linux distro has one of the smartest security features I've tested in years ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/This_Debian_based_Linux_distro_has_one_of_the_smartest_security.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/This_Debian_based_Linux_distro_has_one_of_the_smartest_security.gmi ∎
Wed 07:27:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): How I speed up my Linux system for free while RAM prices are out of control ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/How_I_speed_up_my_Linux_system_for_free_while_RAM_prices_are_ou.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/How_I_speed_up_my_Linux_system_for_free_while_RAM_prices_are_ou.gmi ∎
Wed 07:36:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – BillBC (BBC) Covered Up Pedophilia, Now It's Covering Up for Its Sponsor Bill Gates by Reprinting His Lies, Which His Own Wife Disputes ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/BillBC_BBC_Covered_Up_Pedophilia_Now_It_s_Covering_Up_for_Its_S.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/BillBC_BBC_Covered_Up_Pedophilia_Now_It_s_Covering_Up_for_Its_S.gmi ∎
Wed 07:49:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "After "awareness" campaigns that failed to move the needle for years" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/danish-students-face-legal-action-and-fines-over-textbook-piracy/ | Source: Torrent Freak
Wed 07:50:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The pitch is always framed as pragmatic. Modern websites are bloated. LLMs don’t need the design." ☛ https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/more-than-words/ | Source: Jono Alderson
Wed 07:50:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This expansion is largely due to legal efforts by American companies, who applaud the "lock and suspend" orders while hoping to further increase their scope and effectiveness." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-rightsholders-applaud-indias-lock-and-suspend-piracy-blockades/ | Source: Torrent Freak
Wed 07:51:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Canon is in the Top Ten again, landing 7th spot for the number of patents granted in the US in 2025" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/digital-cameras/42-years-in-a-row-canons-industry-leading-patent-streak-keeps-going-strong | Source: Digital Camera World
Wed 07:51:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "The study underscores the need to broaden the focus of patent-reform efforts." ☛ https://www.weforum.org/stories/2015/03/do-patents-harm-innovation/ | Source: World Economic Forum
Wed 07:55:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So basically Musk — who likes to pretend he hates subsidies despite his entire existence being propped up by them" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/trump-is-helping-elon-musks-starlink-get-billions-in-taxpayer-dollars-with-no-oversight/ | Source: Techdirt
Wed 07:55:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The purpose of the march was decidedly dire, but by all accounts from people on the ground, it was a family atmosphere where locals turned out with children, elders, pets and signs in hand to show their opposition to ICE’s lawlessness" ☛ https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-tear-gas-kids-portland-oregon | Source: Marisa Kabas
Wed 07:55:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "ICE is out of control. Democrats have numerous ways to restrain the agency, from barring ICE from domestic spying and terminating its contracts with tech companies to creating and fully funding an independent body to investigate its many abuses." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/02/democrats-ice-killings-congress-reforms/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
Wed 07:56:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Let’s just clear the air right up front: this is just the government mugging Somalis because they’re currently at the top of Trump’s shitlist." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/ice-cbp-brag-about-stealing-a-legally-impossible-14000-from-us-citizens-at-the-minneapolis-airport/ | Source: Techdirt
Wed 08:01:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "illegal to exercise one's rights to assemble and free speech" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/03/trump-doj-decides-the-second-amendment-only-counts-when-they-have-the-guns.html | Source: BoingBoing
Wed 08:01:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We are very proud to present 404 Media’s zine on the surveillance technology used by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement." ☛ https://www.404media.co/icezine/ | Source: 404 Media
Wed 08:02:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The arrest of journalists Mehdi Mahmoudian and Vida Rabbani for signing a peaceful public statement underscores how Iranian authorities continue to criminalize journalism and civic expression" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/02/iran-arrests-2-more-journalists-amid-widening-crackdown/ | Source: CPJ
Wed 08:02:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "widen the definition of a “grant” to cover virtually any form of remuneration or assistance from abroad if it serves vaguely defined political goals" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/02/georgia-moves-to-tighten-restrictive-media-funding-laws-add-lengthy-jail-terms/ | Source: CPJ
Wed 08:02:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The rally comes at a critical moment for one of the nation’s most influential news organizations. Staff cuts threaten to weaken The Post and undermine its mission." ☛ https://wbng.org/2026/02/02/save-the-post-rally/ | Source: Washingon-Baltimore News Guild
Wed 08:06:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "the chief federal judge in Minneapolis declined to allow the case because he saw no probable cause to arrest the longtime journalist" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/lemon-arrest-shows-being-near-protesters-can-make-you-an-enemy-of-the-state/ | Source: Truthdig
Wed 08:06:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The arrest of one the country’s most recognizable journalists is the latest development in the federal government’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/don-lemon-arrested-federal-authorities-attorney-says-rcna256680 | Source: NBC
Wed 08:07:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "They want to embarrass you. They want to intimidate you. They want to instill fear. And so that's why they did it that way" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/don-lemon-arrest-jimmy-kimmel-b2912600.html | Source: The Independent UK
Wed 08:07:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I was walking up to the room and I pressed the elevator button, and then all of a sudden, I feel myself being jostled and and people trying to grab me and put me in handcuffs" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2026-02-03/don-lemon-says-a-dozen-agents-were-sent-to-arrest-him-even-though-he-offered-to-turn-himself-in | Source: US News And World Report
Wed 08:07:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "the new “Close-Up” report by Reporters without Borders raises alarm." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2026/02/03/german-journalists-under-pressure-from-right-wing-outlets-and-israel-reporters-without-borders-explain/ | Source: Site36
Wed 08:08:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The physical attack on the RAI crew in Turin is part of a deeply alarming pattern in Italy of targeted assaults that aim to intimidate journalists into silence and undermine the public’s right to information" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/02/masked-protesters-attack-italian-rai-tv-crew-during-clashes-with-police/ | Source: CPJ
Wed 08:08:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "according to four people briefed on the matter" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-harvard-payment.html | Source: New York Times
Wed 08:08:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland, which makes sense because Epstein’s island is gone; he needs a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/02/trump-trevor-noah-grammys-comments/ | Source: Digital Music News
Wed 08:09:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Noah referenced Epstein days after the Justice Department on Friday released more than 3 million pages from investigative files on the late financier." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-02-02/grammys-trevor-noah-trump-sue-epstein-island-joke | Source: Los Angeles Times
Wed 08:09:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Misfits have gone to great lengths to try and have the topic censored. Therefore, it is vital for people to share it by email and direct messages. Don't rely on social control media platforms because they are compromised now." ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/hacker-news-censored-google-astroturfing-lawsuit/ | Source: Daniel Pocock
Wed 08:09:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Controlling the media and quashing dissent is a common theme in rogue open source "communities" today." ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/collective-power-molly-de-blanc-nicolas-maduro-defendants-same-courthouse/ | Source: Daniel Pocock
Wed 08:09:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Netflix is facing a competing bid from Paramount Skydance, run by CEO David Ellison, the son of President Donald Trump’s close ally and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/873533/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-senate-antitrust-hearing | Source: The Verge
Wed 08:10:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The episode laid bare the newest, most rapidly evolving frontier in news misinformation" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/epstein-files-ai-slop-targets-zohran-mamdani-1235509995/ | Source: Rolling Stone
Wed 08:10:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Guardian critic Xan Brooks says it “doesn’t have a single redeeming quality” and compares it to a “medieval tribute to placate the greedy king on his throne.”" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/melania-the-film-the-shame | Source: Robert Reich
Wed 08:11:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "slopagandist" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/873400/nick-shirley-somali-daycares-san-diego-california-youtube | Source: The Verge
Wed 08:11:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 08:12:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "The Data Act is a law designed to enhance the EU’s data economy and foster a competitive data market by making data (in particular industrial data) more accessible and usable, encouraging data-driven innovation and increasing data availability." ☛ https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/factpages/data-act-explained | Source: European Commission
Wed 08:12:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "data shows U.S. software companies don’t have a future without the old continent" ☛ https://fortune.com/europe/2024/07/18/european-decline-data-companies-profits-ipo-finance-tech/ | Source: Fortune
Wed 08:12:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There is light on the horizon, however. Synergy noted that this 15% share has held steady since 2022, suggesting no further inroads from US giants." ☛ https://www.itpro.com/cloud/cloud-computing/us-companies-dominate-the-european-cloud-market-regional-players-are-left-fighting-for-scraps | Source: IT Pro
Wed 08:12:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Unsurprisingly, many Europeans are on the lookout for alternatives to US technology and services." ☛ https://www.techpolicy.press/washington-could-activate-a-kill-switch-to-terminate-european-access-to-us-tech-heres-how-it-could-work/ | Source: Tech Policy Press
Wed 08:13:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The European Commission therefore urgently needs to identify all exports of American goods and services that could be the subject of a large-scale retaliation." ☛ https://geopolitique.eu/en/2025/03/28/how-europe-must-respond-to-trumps-economic-war-for-a-european-economic-deterrence-strategy/ |
Wed 08:13:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Proton analyzed business email domains across Europe to show how many publicly listed companies are reliant on US email and email security services." ☛ https://proton.me/business/europe-tech-watch | Source: Proton A G
Wed 08:13:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The effect so far has been to accelerate the EU’s quest to break its dependence on Silicon Valley and China." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/digital-sovereignty-europes-declaration-of-independence/ | Source: Atlantic Council
Wed 08:14:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "supply chain optimization" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/02/palantir-rallies-revenue-jumps-70-guidance-leaves-wall-street-behind/ | Source: Silicon Angle
Wed 08:14:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It’s exceedingly rare that Musk’s controversial behavior ends up hurting him financially. He remains the world’s richest man, even while Tesla’s sales and profits continue to plummet." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/872450/elon-musk-jeffrey-epstein-emails-spacex-ipo-tesla | Source: The Verge
Wed 08:14:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We're happy to announce the latest release, Arti 2.0.0." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_0_0_released/ | Source: Tor
Wed 08:15:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A compromised dependency in the JavaScript ecosystem led to credential theft, which enabled a supply chain attack on a Rust compression library, which was vendored into a Python build tool" ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/03/incident-report-cve-2024-yikes.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt
Wed 08:16:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I thought there was consensus that it was bad to burn through GPUs in space where it’s nearly impossible to maintain them?" ☛ https://www.manton.org/2026/02/03/spacex-data-centers.html | Source: Manton Reece
Wed 08:16:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In December—three days before Christmas—Donald Trump’s Department of the Interior halted five offshore wind projects that were all more than 40 percent complete." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/trump-goes-zero-for-five-against-offshore-wind | Source: Common Dreams
Wed 08:16:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "According to Statement on Climate for the State of Kerala: 2025, temperatures remained higher than normal, though the year was significantly cooler than 2024" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/climate-report-warming-trend-persists-in-kerala-despite-slight-relief-in-2025/article70586304.ece | Source: The Hindu
Wed 08:17:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "the world’s richest man made a bizarre series of desperate-sounding posts on his website X attempting to convince his millions of fans of his innocence." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-crashing-out-epstein | Source: Futurism
Wed 08:17:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Department of Justice has released what appears to be its last tranche of files related to convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/epstein-files-tech-elites-gates-thiel-musk/ | Source: Wired
Wed 08:18:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When all of the lies Trump and his ministry of homeland insecurity have spread about the killing of American citizens on the streets of Minneapolis have turned to dust, the truth will remain." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2026/02/01/as-a-nation-we-face-a-decisive-moment-trust-the-journalists-who-witness-tyranny-at-street-level/ | Source: Kansas Reflector
Wed 08:18:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Stewart admitted that he himself is in the files." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jon-stewart-epstein-files-the-daily-show-trump-1235510201/ | Source: Rolling Stone
Wed 08:19:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Among the most high-profile names to appear in the Epstein files are Bill Gates and Elon Musk, underscoring how Epstein cultivated ties within Silicon Valley and beyond." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bill-gates-elon-musk-other-powerful-figures-listed-epstein-records-1776143 | Source: International Business Times
Wed 08:19:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Overpopulation ☛ https://kk.org/thetechnium/six-selfish-reasons-to-have-kids/ | Source: Kevin Kelly
Wed 08:23:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The goal is to reassert democratic control over social media" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/world/europe/spain-social-media-ban-under-16.html | Source: New York Times
Wed 08:23:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday that the country will ban children under age 16 from accessing social media" ☛ https://therecord.media/spain-to-ban-social-media-children | Source: The Record
Wed 08:24:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Other European countries are also considering similar measures, including the United Kingdom, Denmark, and France." ☛ https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/02/03/spain-to-ban-social-media-platforms-for-children-under-16-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-ann | Source: EuroNews
Wed 08:25:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "break up with Silicon Valley" ☛ https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-declared-war-against-big-tech-digital-sovereignty/ | Source: Politico
Wed 08:25:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The timing of the outage certainly didn’t help matters." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/02/tiktok-us-rough-start-oracle-comments/ | Source: Digital Music News
Wed 08:26:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "owning the libs" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/beware-government-using-image-manipulation-for-propaganda/ | Source: Techdirt
Wed 08:27:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The tech giant said it receives around 20 requests for BitLocker keys a year and will provide them to governments in response to valid court orders." ☛ https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/ | Source: Forbes
Wed 08:27:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Microsoft gives the FBI the ability to decrypt BitLocker in response to court orders: about twenty times per year." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/microsoft-is-giving-the-fbi-bitlocker-keys.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
Wed 08:28:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This brings us back to Signal. This isn’t a Signal issue." ☛ https://nbtv.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-put-signal-on-my-computer | Source: Ludlow Institute
Wed 08:28:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Starlink updated its global privacy policy on 15 January, according to the Starlink website." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/privacy-alarm-as-spacex-opens-starlink-user-data-to-ai-models/277024/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
Wed 08:28:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Based on the documentation and assessment of the risk for the data subjects which the Municipality of Elsinore has prepared" ☛ https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/national-news/2022/danish-dpa-imposes-ban-use-google-workspace-elsinore-municipality_en | Source: European Data Protection Board
Wed 08:29:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "From 1 August 2024 onwards, Danish schools will no longer be allowed to enable Chromebooks and Google platforms to collect students' personal data for processing" ☛ https://theprivacydad.com/final-decision-on-chromebook-case-in-denmark/ |
Wed 08:29:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Neither Palantir nor HHS has publicly announced that the company’s software was being used for these purposes." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/hhs-is-using-ai-tools-from-palantir-to-target-dei-and-gender-ideology-in-grants/ | Source: Wired
Wed 08:29:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "evolving its cloud" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/microsoft_retires_sharepoint_onedrive_standalone/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 08:30:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Airlines
Wed 08:30:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Airlines and the TSA started asking for ID, but they couldn’t legally require it. Even according to the TSA’s website, if you do not show your ID, “you may still be allowed to fly.”" ☛ https://www.frommers.com/tips/airfare/the-tsa-new-45-fee-to-fly-without-id-is-illegal-says-regulatory-expert/ |
Wed 08:30:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In 2018, Citizen Lab researchers discovered that a Saudi operator called KINGDOM was targeting dissidents abroad with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware." ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/saudi-arabia-ordered-to-pay-3m-to-london-dissident-over-pegasus-spying/ | Source: Citizen Lab
Wed 08:31:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Using ARO, ThothX can detect one-metre-long objects in orbit at a distance of 100,000 kilometres—about a quarter of the way to the moon." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/canada-is-building-a-surveillance-network-in-space/ | Source: The Walrus
Wed 08:31:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "To answer the question in the headline, MyTerms is not "beyond" the GDPR, because the GDPR says contract is one of the six lawful bases for processing personal data." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/02/03/toes-day/ | Source: Doc Searls
Wed 08:31:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you’re really looking to understand what’s being claimed here, the best way to do it is to read the complaint yourself: you can find it here (PDF)" ☛ https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/02/02/whatsapp-encryption-a-lawsuit-and-a-lot-of-noise/ | Source: Cryptography Engineering
Wed 08:32:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The lawsuit is almost certainly rubbish. But the discomfort people feel about Meta handling their private messages isn't irrational." ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/whatsapp-encryption-reputation/ | Source: Greg Morris
Wed 08:32:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Around this time, you realize that the web interface for this thing has some stuff that phones home, and part of what it does is to send stack traces back to sentry.io." ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2026/02/03/badnas/ | Source: Rachel
Wed 08:32:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Stop Stalker Ads ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/how-to-stop-stalker-ads/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup
Wed 08:32:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In this blog, we outline how ad brokers track your online activity and explain what you can do to minimise this." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/how-do-advertisers-track-you-online/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup
Wed 08:33:18 │ 〖psydroid3〗 │ https://minbzk.github.io/mijn-bureau/
Wed 08:33:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "And that’s important background to the search of Xitter in Paris. What had started as an investigation into things specific to Europe" ☛ https://emptywheel.net/elon-musk-under-investigation-for-trafficking-child-sexual-abuse-material/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler
Wed 08:33:26 │ 〖psydroid3〗 │ hosted in Shithub
Wed 08:33:37 │ 〖psydroid3〗 │ https://github.com/MinBZK/mijn-bureau
Wed 08:34:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you have been affected by intimate image abuse, including AI-generated images, you are not alone. There are some things you can do: [...]" ☛ https://refuge.org.uk/news/grok-image-abuse-statement/ |
Wed 08:35:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "voluntary interview" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260203-french-summons-musk-for-voluntary-interview-as-authorities-raid-x-offices | Source: France24
Wed 08:35:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] psydroid2: proprietary
Wed 08:35:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "French prosecutors raided the offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into a range of alleged offences" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/paris-prosecutors-raid-offices-part-investigation-child-abuse-129807009 | Source: ABC
Wed 08:36:09 │ 〖psydroid3〗 │ https://github.com/MinBZK/mijn-bureau/blob/main/LICENSE.md
Wed 08:36:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "investigated for a litany of alleged offense" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/france-police-raid-x-offices-in-paris-summon-elon-musk/a-75782874 | Source: Deutsche Welle
Wed 08:36:29 │ 〖psydroid3〗 │ EUPL or something
Wed 08:36:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Generative AI has made it easier than ever for perpetrators to create fake images at the expense of women’s safety" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/03/business/x-paris-prosecutor-raid-intl | Source: CNN
Wed 08:36:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] "we are open source because we use microsoft blobs"
Wed 08:37:13 │ 〖psydroid3〗 │ they should just host it themselves
Wed 08:37:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "French cybercrime authorities were on Tuesday, February 3, carrying out a search of the French offices of social media network X, the Paris public prosecutor's office said" ☛ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/police-and-justice/article/2026/02/03/paris-prosecutors-raid-french-offices-of-elon-musk-s-x_6750083_105.html | Source: Le Monde
Wed 08:37:33 │ 〖psydroid3〗 │ especially since the software is supposed to be an alternative to MSFT malware
Wed 08:37:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The raid is part of an investigation launched in January last year into the suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/03/french-headquarters-elon-musk-x-raided-paris-cybercrime-unit | Source: The Guardian UK
Wed 08:38:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "child pornography images" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/france-paris-prosecutors-x-office-elon-musk-sexual-deepfakes-holocaust-rcna257202 | Source: NBC
Wed 08:38:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "potential to produce harmful sexualised image and video content." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo | Source: BBC
Wed 08:38:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The offices of X, formerly known as Twitter, were raided this morning by police in Paris." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/03/paris-cops-raid-offices-of-elon-musks-x-in-child-porn-investigation.html | Source: BoingBoing
Wed 08:39:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The International AI Safety report is an annual survey of technological progress and the risks it is creating across multiple areas, from deepfakes to the jobs market." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/03/deepfakes-ai-companions-artificial-intelligence-safety-report | Source: The Guardian UK
Wed 08:39:18 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] <psydroid3> especially since the software is supposed to be an alternative to MSFT malware
Wed 08:39:31 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] PETA meetup in Burgeer King
Wed 08:39:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The survey found that about three-quarters of teachers who use AI rely on it to prepare lessons, develop curricula or draft documents." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2821214/nearly-70-of-lithuanian-teachers-use-ai-at-work-prompting-new-guidelines | Source: LRT
Wed 08:40:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The previous administration had an AI chatbot that was functionally unusable" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbot-mamdani | Source: Futurism
Wed 08:40:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Price rises have accelerated as we enter 2026, and the cost of some parts has more than doubled over the last quarter." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/more-memory-driven-price-rises/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
Wed 08:41:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "some parts has more than doubled over the last quarter." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-5-price-increases-drastically-as-ai-shortage-bites-16gb-version-now-usd205-second-price-increase-in-three-months-over-70-percent-more-expensive-than-original-msrp | Source: Tom's Hardware
Wed 08:41:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "AI experts and consumer groups have been sounding the alarm on Grok’s mounting safety concerns, citing it as unstable." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/new-letter-warns-next-grok-mistake-could-be-leaked-national-security-files | Source: Common Dreams
Wed 08:43:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A security engineer's wake-up call after Claude Code repeatedly created insecure routes despite existing security abstractions." ☛ https://www.provos.org/p/dangers-of-coding-with-ai/ | Source: Niels Provos
Wed 08:43:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There’s a new report about two AI coding assistants, used by 1.5 million developers, that are surreptitiously sending a copy of everything they ingest to China." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/ai-coding-assistants-secretly-copying-all-code-to-china.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
Wed 08:44:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What I hate is the entire GenAI (and, by proxy, IT) business. I hate how they are allowed to ignore social contracts (licenses) without any repercussions, while normal people are forced to suicide." ☛ https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2026/what-i-mean-when-i-say-that-i-hate-genai/ | Source: Michał Sapka
Wed 08:44:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I don’t like automatic summarisation any more. Especially in the context of technical publications." ☛ https://blakerain.com/blog/i-dont-like-automatic-summarisation/ | Source: Blake Rain
Wed 08:44:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Is this because there is real demand for it, or because companies and institutions like Mozilla are pushing AI as hard as they can?" ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/ai-industry-doesnt-take-no-for-an-answer/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin
Wed 08:45:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The RAM shortage is caused by increased datacenter demand, which has encouraged memory makers to focus more on selling pricey HBM (high-bandwidth memory) to hyperscalers." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/02/raspberry_pi_ram_shortage_price_hike/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 08:45:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The memory shortage is worse than most of us first thought." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/02/dram_prices_expected_to_double/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 08:46:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "January saw only a 0.1% increase" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/ddr5-ram-begins-to-stabilize-in-germany-january-saw-only-a-0-1-percent-increase-in-pricing-across-the-month-some-kits-even-saw-price-cuts-as-volatility-begins-to-plateau | Source: Tom's Hardware
Wed 08:48:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Mozilla is Still Besieging Firefox Users With Slop (Ponzi Scheme, Bubble of Mozilla's Sponsors) ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Mozilla_is_Still_Besieging_Firefox_Users_With_Slop_Ponzi_Scheme.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Mozilla_is_Still_Besieging_Firefox_Users_With_Slop_Ponzi_Scheme.gmi ∎
Wed 08:52:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Our risk engine has identified two VS Code extensions, a campaign we're calling MaliciousCorgi - 1.5 million combined installs" ☛ https://www.koi.ai/blog/maliciouscorgi-the-cute-looking-ai-extensions-leaking-code-from-1-5-million-developers |
Wed 08:52:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "What we’ve learned empirically is that the ntdll APIs are generally well-engineered, reasonable, and powerful, but the kernel32 wrappers introduce unnecessary heap allocations, additional failure modes, unintentional CPU usage, and bloat." ☛ https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-02-03 | Source: Zig
Wed 08:52:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This is a monumental misstep, but declining performance and living on past grandeurs is fast becoming the new Apple way." ☛ https://canion.blog/2026/02/04/rotting-to-the-core.html | Source: Canion dot Blog
Wed 08:53:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We are experiencing a period of great angst in the Apple community, and most of it is the result of Tim Cook’s leadership." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3050158/winter-of-our-apple-discontent.html | Source: Macworld
Wed 08:53:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "kissing the ring and kow-towing to a tyrant, clearly having chosen himself as a corporate sacrifice to the appalling present government of the US." ☛ https://mattgemmell.scot/the-fallen-apple/ |
Wed 08:54:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "CVE-2026-21509 is a security feature bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Office for which Microsoft rushed an out-of-cycle patch on Jan. 26 after confirming active zero-day exploitation." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/russian-hackers-weaponize-office-bug-within-days | Source: Dark Reading
Wed 08:54:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Not only that, but Snap keeps older versions of VS Code after updates, potentially multiplying the number of local Trash folders and the trashed-but-not-deleted files therein." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/vs_code_for_linux_trash_fail/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 08:54:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That resilience is showing up most clearly in tech budgets." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/europe_tariffs_forrester/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 08:55:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "These databases and the information within them are used to identify under-vaccinated populations relating to specific diseases" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/the-cdc-has-mysteriously-frozen-vaccine-databases-without-explanation/ | Source: Techdirt
Wed 08:55:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The doctor confirmed: it was an excellent sign, meaning the healing phase had begun. No serious permanent damage. It would take time, but I would heal." ☛ https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/02/02/the-weight-of-a-millimeter/ | Source: Stefano Marinelli
Wed 08:55:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This isn’t an open-source project, but it is quite well-documented, and the general design logic and workings of the device are freely available." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/a-higher-end-pico-based-oscilloscope/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 08:56:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "However, there's another, more fundamental reason why I think 8K television is following the same path as 3D TV: it simply isn't necessary." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/video-editing/8k-video-is-dying-but-you-shouldnt-mourn-its-loss | Source: Digital Camera World
Wed 08:59:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Solicitors Regulation Authority has said it will demand answers from partners of a law firm network amid reports the business has closed suddenly." https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/staff-in-despair-as-20-practice-network-shuts-suddenly/5125786.article
Wed 09:04:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The first edition of the Enamed exam evaluated 350 medical programs, offered by public and private institutions, through an exam administered to nearly 90,000 students." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-02/brazil-shocked-to-find-that-13000-students-about-to-graduate-from-medical-school-lack-basic-knowledge-to-practice-medicine.html | Source: El País
Wed 09:04:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Learner-Centered Design of Computing Education." ☛ https://computinged.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/defining-learner-centered-design-of-computing-education-what-i-did-on-my-sabbatical/ | Source: CER
Wed 09:04:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Here is small collection that I hope to build over time." ☛ https://box.matto.nl/internet-evergreens.html | Source: MJ Fransen
Wed 09:04:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Eight years ago, I quit my job as a developer at Google to create my own bootstrapped software company." ☛ https://mtlynch.io/bootstrapped-founder-year-8/ | Source: Michael Lynch
Wed 09:11:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It helps to do the work to understand why things aren’t the same for each individual, and even better, how to create the conditions for culture and systems to make the goals you seek more likely to be met." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/02/everybody-wants-to-win/ | Source: Seth Godin
Wed 09:12:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "To test whether such a process was occurring beneath the Uintas, we turned to seismic tomography." ☛ https://theconversation.com/why-does-this-river-slice-straight-through-a-mountain-range-after-150-years-scientists-finally-know-274888 | Source: The Conversation
Wed 09:12:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This is a law of succession most forecasters are familiar with: add one success and one failure to get the Bayesian posterior of coin flips. It’s called Laplace’s law of succession." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/laws-of-succession | Source: Chris
Wed 09:12:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The parchments initially contained references to a star catalog and maps created during the second century B.C.E." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-monks-wrote-over-a-copy-of-an-ancient-star-catalog-now-a-particle-accelerator-is-revealing-the-long-lost-original-text-180988123/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Wed 09:13:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Accuracy means hitting the target." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/02/precision-vs-accuracy/ | Source: Seth Godin
Wed 09:14:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It's nice to engage on different scales, to think about bigger and smaller pictures all at once. There, tactics and strategy meet, and there is much to be learned." ☛ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/nop26/ | Source: The Cyber Show
Wed 09:14:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "John Owen, one of the last veterans of the French and Indian War, posed for this photograph shortly before his death in 1843 at the age of 107." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/03/one-of-the-earliest-born-humans-ever-to-be-photographed.html | Source: BoingBoing
Wed 09:15:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "the discoverers, in the sense that they put them on the pop charts, of Nyro, Nilsson, Newman, and even Elton John and Bernie Taupin" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/three-dog-night-chuck-negron-dead-obituary-1235510182/ | Source: Rolling Stone
Wed 09:16:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Beyond the celebrations, though, I wanted to reflect on a number of the deeper conversations I’ve had over these last few days." ☛ https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/03/nye-tech-30/ | Source: Anil Dash
Wed 09:16:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Teymur asked me, probably hoping for some kind of automation. Alas, there is none. And still, here is my “workflow” for my link blog" ☛ https://lostfocus.de/2026/02/03/linkblog-workflow/ | Source: Dominik Schwind
Wed 09:16:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Good, I successfully moved my WithKnown instance to its new home at Hetzner" ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/where-are-my-images | Source: Jeremy Cherfas
Wed 09:46:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): FreeBSD is a No-Go for KDE's Plasma Login Manager ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/22/FreeBSD_is_a_No_Go_for_KDE_s_Plasma_Login_Manager.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/22/FreeBSD_is_a_No_Go_for_KDE_s_Plasma_Login_Manager.gmi ∎
Wed 10:01:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 04/02/2026: "Laws of Succession" and Microsoft's VS Code as Code-Stealing Malware ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Links_04_02_2026_Laws_of_Succession_and_Microsoft_s_VS_Code_as_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Links_04_02_2026_Laws_of_Succession_and_Microsoft_s_VS_Code_as_.gmi ∎
Wed 10:10:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The artefact we see here is from something called “quoted printable”, or as we used to call it when it was introduced: “Quoted unreadable”." ☛ https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/02/whats-up-with-all-those-equals-signs-anyway/ | Source: Lars Ingrebrigtsen
Wed 10:10:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The short answer: you can’t. Not directly, anyway. And it’s not just an iOS or iPadOS limitation—macOS won’t let you do it either." ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/photos-wont-let-you-remove-the-raw-photo-from-a-rawjpeg-pair/ | Source: Six Colors
Wed 10:10:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Let’s start looking at the new features in HTTP/1.1 that made it a such a sturdy pillar of the web for so long and then build a server in Go that implements them from scratch." ☛ https://kmcd.dev/posts/http1.1-from-scratch/ | Source: Kevin McDonald
Wed 10:11:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There are a variety of ways to pass secrets from one program to another on Unix, and many of them may expose your secrets under some circumstances." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/PassingSecretsViaStdin | Source: University of Toronto
Wed 10:14:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Python is one of my favorite programming languages due to its terseness and amazing flexibility" ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/dev/python | Source: Rui Carmo
Wed 10:14:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Maybe especially as a programming language." ☛ https://www.philipzucker.com/leancall/ | Source: Philip Zucker
Wed 10:16:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Meet our new editors!" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/announcing-new-statistical-software-peer-review-editors-natalia-da-silva-and-andrew-heiss/ | Source: Rlang
Wed 10:23:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Thank you all for the continued support since we started out in June 2024." ☛ https://opencollective.com/gothub/updates/web-interface-is-now-enabled-and-we-need-more-subscribers | Source: Open Collective
Wed 10:23:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If I go into a bookshop or library, there’s no urgency." ☛ https://derekkedziora.com/notes/2026-02-03-unintended-values | Source: Derek Kędziora
Wed 10:23:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Yes, many accessibility annotation kits do come with the ability to specify focus order. And yes, being able to place focus on the interactive parts of your website or web app is an important thing." ☛ https://ericwbailey.website/published/you-probably-shouldnt-be-annotating-focus-order/ | Source: Eric Bailey
Wed 10:24:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It’s never been a good idea to ship everything you think of. Every addition accretes complexity and comes with a cognitive cost." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/saying-no/ | Source: Jim Nielsen
Wed 10:24:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The title of my ending keynote at FOSDEM February 1, 2026." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/02/03/open-source-security-in-spite-of-ai/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg
Wed 10:25:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I'm working on a silly word game right now, which means I need a list of words for it." ☛ https://ntietz.com/blog/good-english-word-datasets/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky
Wed 10:26:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) invites project briefing proposals for our Spring 2026 Membership Meeting" ☛ https://www.cni.org/news/cni-spring-meeting-cfp-reminder | Source: Coalition for Networked Information
Wed 10:26:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Perl and Raku Conference 2026 is a community-organized gathering of developers, enthusiasts, and industry professionals." ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/cast-iron-community-your-chance-to-sponsor-tprc-2026/ | Source: Perl
Wed 10:27:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It seems premature to talk about a migration that is only halfway done, even if it's the hard half that's done" ☛ https://www.jmduke.com/posts/postgres-jobs.html | Source: Justin Duke
Wed 10:28:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Mozilla Firefox has always seemed like the “cool kid” browser option, for the power users who don’t want to deal with Google or Microsoft." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3050934/finally-firefox-just-gave-you-an-ai-off-switch.html | Source: PC World
Wed 10:28:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Over the past year, Firefox joined Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome in doubling down on AI" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/872489/mozilla-firefox-ai-features-off-button | Source: The Verge
Wed 10:29:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I was however not prepared for it, but as a direct consequence I was handed a medal this year" ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/02/02/a-third-medal/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg
Wed 10:29:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Why do RSS readers look like email clients?" ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/feed-readers-email-apps/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin
Wed 10:30:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This weekend I had some fun building a little Astro site for RSS aggregation." ☛ https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/02/02/building-an-rss-aggregator-with-astro | Source: Raymond Camden
Wed 10:31:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The response was limited to 4000 characters including URLs. To be consistent with the commission’s terminology, we use OSS instead of FOSS." ☛ https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2026/02/03/202602-european-open-digital-strategy/ | Source: SequoiaPGP
Wed 10:31:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Emacs distribution I mostly recommend to my students is Doom Emacs." ☛ https://www.arjenwiersma.nl/completion-in-emacs-hledger | Source: Arjen Wiersma
Wed 10:31:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Twelve new GNU releases in the last month (as of January 31, 2026): [...]" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-january-gnu-spotlight | Source: FSF
Wed 10:32:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The four-armed gripper you see here prints as a single piece, and is cable-driven with a single metal-geared servo powering the assembly." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/print-in-place-gripper-does-it-with-a-single-motor/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 10:32:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Some high-resolution photos are also found on the separate blog page." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/teardown-of-an-apple-airtag-2-with-die-shots/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 10:32:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "My G6 Thumb Camera arrived a few days later, as straightforward a copy of a branded product as I have seen" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/03/the-surprising-hackability-of-a-knock-off-chinese-toy-camera/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 10:33:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Right away, we’ll state that this is not a traditional typewriter." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/03/lego-typewriter-writes-plastic-letters/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 10:36:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As part of his quest to find the best affordable generator for his DIY hydroelectric power system, [FarmCraft101] is trying out a range of off-the-shelf and DIY solutions" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/03/rewinding-a-car-alternator-for-240-volt/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 10:36:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "all the segments need to be illuminated" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/03/the-graph-theory-of-circuit-sculptures/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 10:37:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Arduino doesn’t have the cultural cachet of its fellow single-board player Raspberry Pi, but it’s arguably more popular for those who like to break out the soldering iron." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3051013/this-arduino-board-is-bigger-than-your-head-and-it-works.html | Source: PC World
Wed 10:37:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It's rare to find Loongson CPUs outside of China, but a Linux reviewer has managed to get one of the CPU manufacturer's 12-core chips for testing." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/china-made-loongson-12-core-chip-is-approximately-three-times-slower-than-six-core-ryzen-5-9600x-3b6000-hampered-by-low-clock-speeds-in-linux-benchmarks | Source: Tom's Hardware
Wed 10:38:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At the end of July 2025 — so almost 6 months ago — we launched the second RP2350 Hacking Challenge, searching for practical side-channel attacks on the power-hardened AES implementation underpinning RP2350‘s secure boot." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/rp2350-hacking-challenge-2-less-randomisation-more-correlation/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
Wed 10:45:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): In Senegal, GNU/Linux Flies to 3%, an All-Time High ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/In_Senegal_GNU_Linux_Flies_to_3_an_All_Time_High.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/In_Senegal_GNU_Linux_Flies_to_3_an_All_Time_High.gmi ∎
Wed 10:54:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "That didn’t sit right with me." ☛ https://robertoviola.cloud/2025/07/22/how-i-built-qz-and-how-echelon-is-now-breaking-it/ |
Wed 10:55:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Chris Lamb finished his term as Debian Project Leader in April 2019 but his attacks on my family and I continue to this day." ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/15-billion-dollar-lawsuit-ubuntu-google-debian-crowdfunding-campaign-launch/ | Source: Daniel Pocock
Wed 10:55:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "[...] In our News section this week we talk about progress being made in postmarketOS while Xfce begins work on its own Wayland window manager. [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260202 | Source: Distro Watch
Wed 11:00:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "The final distribution is very simple and consists only of minimum of tools and hardware support." ☛ https://krzysztofjankowski.com/floppinux/floppinux-2025.html |
Wed 11:00:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We continue our exploration of old change requests on the Gerrit code review tool that have been waiting for several years for someone to pick them up and get them merged." ☛ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/pulkomandy/2026-02-03-the_gerrit_pending_review_iceberg_5/ | Source: HaikuOS
Wed 11:05:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): LibreOffice 26.2 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What’s New ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/LibreOffice_26_2_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Officially_Released_T.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/LibreOffice_26_2_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Officially_Released_T.gmi ∎
Wed 11:05:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In the eyes of KDE it seems that OSes that do not use systemd are ‘niche’ and not worth supporting" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/kde-binds-itself-tightly-to-systemd-drops-support-for-non-systemd-systems/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 11:06:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Anyway. The winner wasted no time setting up the contest for 2026." ☛ https://solhsa.com/oldernews2026.html#C-S-S-C-G-C-2025 | Source: Jari Komppa
Wed 11:06:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Anyway. The winner wasted no time setting up the contest for 2026." ☛ https://solhsa.com/oldernews2026.html#C-S-S-C-G-C-2025 | Source: Jari Komppa
Wed 11:06:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "OpenTTD 15 is now out and ready for you to play!" ☛ https://www.openttd.org/news/2026/01/01/openttd-15-0 |
Wed 11:08:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Browser engineers have been working towards a solution for this in CSS called contrast-color(). Here’s what that will look like: [...]" ☛ https://piccalil.li/blog/some-css-only-contrast-options-until-contrast-color-is-baseline-widely-available/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell
Wed 11:08:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "In typography/design, ‘sidenotes’ place footnotes/endnotes in the margins for easier reading." ☛ https://gwern.net/sidenote |
Wed 11:08:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We can break this into two sub-problems: [...]" ☛ https://lalitm.com/post/exponential-search/ | Source: Lalit Maganti
Wed 11:12:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "After my recent presentation at FOSDEM, someone asked a pretty reasonable question. What does it cost to run OpenBenches?" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/the-cost-of-running-openbenches-org/ | Source: Terence Eden
Wed 11:14:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In this blog, we’ll discuss the massive technological transformation that StarHub, and the telco industry as a whole, is currently undergoing." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/evolution-sovereign-techco-embracing-polycloud-agentic-ai-and-digital-trust | Source: Red Hat Official
Wed 11:15:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Jean Canyon platform is available in two main configurations based on Intel’s Core Ultra 9 275-HX or Core Ultra 7 255-HX processors." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/core-ultra-hx-powers-rtx-equipped-nuc-15-workstation/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
Wed 11:15:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The WalnutPi 2B is based on the Allwinner T527, an octa-core 64-bit Cortex-A55 processor clocked at up to 1.8 GHz, paired with a 200 MHz RISC-V coprocessor for auxiliary and control tasks." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/walnutpi-2b-is-a-raspberry-pi-style-sbc-with-allwinner-t527-and-2-tops-npu/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
Wed 11:17:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "New major versions transactional-update and Ruby 4.0 begin the new year with major changes." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/02/03/tw-monthly-update-jan/ | Source: OpenSUSE
Wed 11:18:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Introducing Node Readiness Controller | Kubernetes ⚓ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/02/03/introducing-node-readiness-controller/ ䷉ Source: Kubernetes Blog | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//kubernetes.io/blog/2026/02/03/introducing-node-readiness-controller/
Wed 11:19:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Authorities want to see prison for foul streaming | "Myndighet vill se fängelse för fulstreaming" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/02/02/myndighet-vill-se-fangelse-for-fulstreaming/
Wed 11:20:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The prosecution wants to see prison sentences for illegal IP TV | "Åklagarmyndigheten vill se fängelsestraff för illegal ip-tv | SVT Nyheter" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/aklagarmyndigheten-vill-se-fangelsestraff-for-illegal-ip-tv
Wed 11:20:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ iophk: NTLM was only ever just another security hole https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/microsoft-plans-to-bury-its-ntlm-security-relic-after-30-years
Wed 11:20:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Microsoft's winning formula may be starting to fray" https://techcentral.co.za/microsofts-winning-formula-is-starting-to-fray/277058/
Wed 11:21:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "France Moves Government Departments Off Zoom and MS Teams Onto Homegrown Visio" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/02/0029236
Wed 11:22:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Read more on LinkedIn." :( adafruit outsourced to JS and Microsoft https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/03/raspberry-pis-new-monthly-industrial-embedded-newsletter/
Wed 11:22:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Open Source security in spite of AI - Daniel Stenberg - YouTube" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wYSwZ20NJU https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6wYSwZ20NJU
Wed 11:23:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I really have no idea what's going on in STICKER/BALL but I love the chaos | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/i-really-have-no-idea-whats-going-on-in-sticker-ball-but-i-love-the-chaos/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/i-really-have-no-idea-whats-going-on-in-sticker-ball-but-i-love-the-chaos/
Wed 11:24:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Dune: Awakening Chapter 3 is live bringing massive changes | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/dune-awakening-chapter-3-is-live-bringing-massive-changes/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/dune-awakening-chapter-3-is-live-bringing-massive-changes/
Wed 11:24:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ HELLDIVERS 2 has a big new event to take down the Automatons and you get tanks | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/helldivers-2-has-a-big-new-event-to-take-down-the-automatons-and-you-get-tanks/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Wed 11:25:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Civilization VII major update "Test of Time" will stop the forced civ swapping | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/civilization-vii-major-update-test-of-time-will-stop-the-forced-civ-swapping/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Wed 11:39:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Factory 95 is a retro Windows inspired automation sim about making a slide-show factory | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/factory-95-is-a-retro-windows-inspired-automation-sim-about-making-a-slide-show-factory/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Wed 11:40:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Get some quality action in the Sci-Fi Shooters 2.0 Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/get-some-quality-action-in-the-sci-fi-shooters-2-0-humble-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Wed 11:40:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Firefox will get AI controls to turn it all off | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/firefox-will-get-ai-controls-to-turn-it-all-off/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/firefox-will-get-ai-controls-to-turn-it-all-off/
Wed 11:51:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): A Year of Change in Tux Machines ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/A_Year_of_Change_in_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/A_Year_of_Change_in_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎
Wed 12:07:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Leaving the United States 3 Years Ago Was the Best Decision We Made ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Leaving_the_United_States_3_Years_Ago_Was_the_Best_Decision_We_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Leaving_the_United_States_3_Years_Ago_Was_the_Best_Decision_We_.gmi ∎
Wed 12:33:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Mozilla Turned Firefox Into Shovelware, Adding 'Kill Switch' for Slop Still Means Mozilla is Participating in a Pyramid Scheme, Plagiarism, Grifting ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Mozilla_Turned_Firefox_Into_Shovelware_Adding_Kill_Switch_for_S.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Mozilla_Turned_Firefox_Into_Shovelware_Adding_Kill_Switch_for_S.gmi ∎
Wed 12:46:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): This is Not What Fair Competition Looks Like ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/This_is_Not_What_Fair_Competition_Looks_Like.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/This_is_Not_What_Fair_Competition_Looks_Like.gmi ∎
Wed 12:55:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Mozilla has decided that if AI is going to live in your browser, you should at least be able to kill it when it gets annoying." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/firefox_ai_kill_switch/
Wed 12:58:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and Le Chat Mistral." How much did Microsoft pay Mozilla to do this??? https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls/
Wed 13:00:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Matt Rosoff, the Microsofter who manages El Reg, never writes about MICROSOFT layoffs https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/amazon_layoffs/
Wed 13:01:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2026/02/03/area-loses-jobs-tech-industry-construction.html
Wed 13:22:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Microsoft's Giant Snowball of Layoffs and PIPs (in 2026) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Microsoft_s_Giant_Snowball_of_Layoffs_and_PIPs_in_2026.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Microsoft_s_Giant_Snowball_of_Layoffs_and_PIPs_in_2026.gmi ∎
Wed 13:40:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – What IBM Does Is Clearly Illegal in the US: Tying Severance Packages to NDAs (Non-Disparagement Agreement/Clause) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/What_IBM_Does_Is_Clearly_Illegal_in_the_US_Tying_Severance_Pack.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/What_IBM_Does_Is_Clearly_Illegal_in_the_US_Tying_Severance_Pack.gmi ∎
Wed 13:50:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt Used to be Widely Used in Geminispace, Now It's Down to Just 0.2% of the Whole ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Certificate_Authority_Let_s_Encrypt_Used_to_be_Widely_Used_in_G.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Certificate_Authority_Let_s_Encrypt_Used_to_be_Widely_Used_in_G.gmi ∎
Wed 13:52:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-04.gmi
Wed 13:53:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It has been some time since I have posted. This isn't due to any sort of dislike for Gemini itself, but rather a combination of things - an increasing distaste for computing and all its works, disgust for the new degrees of despicable behavior by the American government, and a lack of confidence in myself. Please bear with me. This post is an attempt to get back into a habit of posting." gemini://arcanesciences.com/gemlog/26-02-04/
Wed 13:53:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] MinceR: devil apes?
Wed 13:54:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Alex Schroeder’s Diary — Jupiter gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-02-04-jupiter
Wed 14:01:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [japan] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-02-03.gmi
Wed 14:02:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Alex Schroeder’s Diary — The AI-bro curse gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-02-04-curse
Wed 14:03:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A message in the FreeBSD forum [1] mentions another sad move from kDE. Recently I wrote about how KDE is going all-in on a Wayland future [2]. This time it is about a step towards a systemd-only system." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/kde-login-manager-systemd-only.txt
Wed 14:03:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Amutable is to Microsoft what Techpaladin is to Valve
Wed 14:17:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Better Outcomes When Facing the Discomfort of Conflict ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Better_Outcomes_When_Facing_the_Discomfort_of_Conflict.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Better_Outcomes_When_Facing_the_Discomfort_of_Conflict.gmi ∎
Wed 14:29:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Oh Dear! Notepad++ Was Quietly Compromised for Six Months (But Don't Panic Just Yet) ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/notepad-plus-plus-compromised/
Wed 14:31:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux Matters 74: Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/74/
Wed 14:39:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ What’s new for developers in OpenShift 4.21 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/03/whats-new-developers-openshift-4-21
Wed 14:46:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Vtiger CRM on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-vtiger-almalinux-10/
Wed 14:48:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Nota: Vivo en América, en el pacifico Mexicano. Muy cerca de USA. Seguramente esto me sesga bastante a sus modelos industriales y consumistas." gemini://text.eapl.mx/incongruencias-modernas
Wed 14:49:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Christina's Feb questions gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2026-02-04-5q.txt
Wed 14:55:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 04/02/2026: Humanity and Animality, systemd (Controlled by Amutable, a Proxy of Microsoft) Moves on to "Extinguish" Phase ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Gemini_Links_04_02_2026_Humanity_and_Animality_systemd_Controll.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Gemini_Links_04_02_2026_Humanity_and_Animality_systemd_Controll.gmi ∎
Wed 15:04:57 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] slopfarm? https://www.newsbreak.com/share/4462698235844-microsoft-defends-22-000-layoffs-to-claw-back-80b-ai-splurge?s=a99&share_destination_id=MTkxMzUyNDEtMTc2OTc0MDIzNzY0Mw==&pd=01IHwvHV&hl=en_US&send_time=1769740237&actBtn=topBar&_f=app_share&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A1%2C%22cv%22%3A%2226.3.2%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D
Wed 15:30:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pipeline – watch YouTube and PeerTube videos ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pipeline-watch-youtube-peertube-videos/
Wed 15:31:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FAT – modern TUI-based file and archive viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fat-modern-tui-file-archive-viewer/
Wed 15:31:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ tredis – terminal UI for Redis ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tredis-terminal-ui-redis/
Wed 15:32:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ziglint – linting suite ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ziglint-linting-suite/
Wed 15:32:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ stax – CLI and TUI for stacked Git branches and PRs ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/stax-tui-stacked-git-branches-prs/
Wed 15:32:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Vortix – terminal UI for WireGuard and OpenVPN ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vortix-terminal-ui-wireguard-openvpn/
Wed 15:33:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pigsty v4.0 Released: Ready for the Agent Era ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pigsty-v40-released-ready-for-the-agent-era-3228/
Wed 15:33:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ In Person Community-Led PostgreSQL Training March 5th, at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena, California ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/in-person-community-led-postgresql-training-march-5th-at-scale-23x-in-pasadena-california-3218/
Wed 15:34:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Kansas Town Uses License Plate Readers to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/alpr-against-op-ed-writer
Wed 15:52:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Yup! https://boingboing.net/2026/02/03/melinda-gates-ended-marriage-with-bill-gates-over-epstein-allegations.html http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/BillBC_BBC_Covered_Up_Pedophilia_Now_It_s_Covering_Up_for_Its_S.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/Journalistic_Malpractice_Helps_Bill_Gates_Cover_Up_His_Marriage.shtml
Wed 15:54:55 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://apina.biz/212571.jpeg?mode=sfw
Wed 16:08:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ It is up SOME MORE this month http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/GNU_Linux_Still_up_statCounter_Says_to_6_in_Bosnia_And_Herzegov.shtml https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bosnia-and-herzegovina/#monthly-200902-202602
Wed 16:13:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Same in Serbia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/serbia/#monthly-200902-202602 https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/22/Serbia_GNU_Linux_Rises_Windows_Down_to_All_Time_Lows.shtml
Wed 16:16:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Over 6% in Yemen https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/yemen/#monthly-200902-202602
Wed 16:25:42 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://apina.biz/50549.jpg?mode=sfw
Wed 17:03:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The irony was that Bill had gotten his BASIC source code by dumpster diving and then developed it into a product using stolen time from university computers. That was back when you paid for computer usage by the hour or fraction thereof." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/02/1228214#1432505
Wed 17:04:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Canonical: Ubuntu is GAFAM (US), We're Resellers of American Proprietary Software (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Canonical_Ubuntu_is_GAFAM_US_We_re_Resellers_of_American_Propri.shtml
Wed 17:04:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Canonical: Ubuntu is GAFAM (US), We're Resellers of American Proprietary Software (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Canonical_Ubuntu_is_GAFAM_US_We_re_Resellers_of_American_Propri.shtml
Wed 17:05:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 2026 fixes, and an IPv6 update again ☞ https://rubenerd.com/fixes-early-2026-edition/
Wed 17:05:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Additional Bunker Hill EV patents prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/1/30/additional-bunker-hill-ev-patents-prior-art-found
Wed 17:06:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hong Kong privacy watchdog records 20% increase in data breaches – a third involves hacking ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/04/hong-kong-privacy-watchdog-records-20-increase-in-data-breaches-a-third-involves-hacking/
Wed 17:07:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Mail says there is ‘no evidence’ it obtained call records of Kylie ex ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/mail-says-there-is-no-evidence-it-obtained-call-records-of-kylie-ex-detective-danno/
Wed 17:12:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ BBC proposes to close central regional investigations unit ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/bbc-local-proposes-to-close-central-regional-investigations-unit/
Wed 17:14:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 6 Expert Tips to Drink Coffee Safely if You Have High Blood Pressure ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/6-expert-tips-to-drink-coffee-safely-if-you-have-high-blood-pressure
Wed 17:14:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Business confidence in Mexico hits its lowest point in 3 years ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/business-confidence-mexico-lowest-point-in-three-years/
Wed 17:15:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Food prices continue to surge despite drop in overall inflation ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/food-prices-continue-to-surge-despite-drop-in-overall-inflation-316319
Wed 17:17:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Police Raid SpaceX’s Brand New Offices ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/police-raid-spacex-x-acquisition
Wed 17:18:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Investors Dumping American Stocks as the Country Bets Everything on Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/investors-dumping-american-stocks-ai
Wed 17:19:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Spain introduces social control media ban and stricter online regulations for minors ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/spain-introduces-social-media-ban-and-stricter-online-regulations-for-minors/
Wed 17:20:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ AMD stock falls
Wed 17:21:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Mamdani Shuts Down NYC’s Disastrous Hey Hi (AI) Chatbot ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbot-mamdani
Wed 17:21:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Grok’s Analysis of Whether Mamdani Is Related to Epstein May Be the Single Most Amazing Hey Hi (AI) Response We’ve Ever Seen ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-analysis-mamdani-related-epstein
Wed 17:22:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Covert recording is easy, which is the problem ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/covert-recording-is-easy-which-is-the-problem/
Wed 17:23:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sequoia's Input to the Upcoming European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy ☞ https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2026/02/03/202602-european-open-digital-strategy/
Wed 17:24:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sara Weiss’ Journeys to the Planet Mars (1903) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/journeys-to-the-planet-mars
Wed 17:24:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Data Brokers, and Other Things Not Covered by 230 ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/data-brokers-and-other-things-not-covered-by-230/
Wed 17:26:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ My Eighth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder ☞ https://mtlynch.io/bootstrapped-founder-year-8/
Wed 17:39:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: HELLDIVERS 2, Civilization VII, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Games_HELLDIVERS_2_Civilization_VII_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Games_HELLDIVERS_2_Civilization_VII_and_More.gmi ∎
Wed 17:41:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Reddit Mod Deleted Breathtaking Photo Taken by NASA Astronaut From Space Because It Was “Blurry” ☞ https://futurism.com/space/reddit-deleted-photo-nasa-astronaut-blurry
Wed 17:51:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Behaviour evidence: debian-private cult keyword analysis https://danielpocock.com/en/behaviour-evidence-debian-private-cult-keyword-analysis/
Wed 17:53:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ WordPress 6.9.1 Maintenance Release ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2026/02/wordpress-6-9-1-maintenance-release/
Wed 17:53:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bodycam: Review ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/bodycam-review/index.html
Wed 18:00:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Sexism & GNOME: shaming men, hiding women, Sonny Piers update ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Sexism_GNOME_shaming_men_hiding_women_Sonny_Piers_update.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Sexism_GNOME_shaming_men_hiding_women_Sonny_Piers_update.gmi ∎
Wed 18:01:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Nancy Mace asks Comer to subpoena Bill Gates over Epstein ties" https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/4445537/nancy-mace-comer-subpoena-bill-gates-epstein-ties/ "Well, she's dead, so....." http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Meme_Well_He_s_Dead_So_Bill_Gates_Tells_the_Media_Which_He_Pays.shtml
Wed 18:02:01 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ lol
Wed 18:03:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Primos Storage cloud services patents prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/2/3/primos-storage-cloud-services-patents-prior-art-found
Wed 18:04:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New EU Report Urges More Aggressive Action Against Transnational Repression ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/new-eu-report-urges-more-aggressive-action-against-transnational-repression/
Wed 18:04:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Join Us at Open Source SecurityCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/02/03/join-us-at-open-source-securitycon-europe-2026-in-amsterdam/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/
Wed 18:05:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Cast-Iron Community: Your Chance to Sponsor TPRC 2026 ☞ https://www.perl.com/article/cast-iron-community-your-chance-to-sponsor-tprc-2026/
Wed 18:06:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Stephen Smoogen: Generations (take N+1) ☞ http://smoogespace.blogspot.com/2026/02/generations-take-n1.html
Wed 18:08:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Upgrade volume performance without downtime: VolumeAttributesClass on OpenShift ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/04/upgrade-volume-performance-without-downtime-volumeattributesclass
Wed 18:10:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It's a corporate strategy to stay under the radar, reduce mass panic, protect share price, and avoid triggerering a WARN. It should be illegal and it deserves greater attention. What a world we live in! Moreover, as Melinda French-Gates stated in a recent interview."
Wed 18:11:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ""I believe certain individuals are at a time of reckoning." Or as the older generation would say "the chickens are coming home to roost."" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kggtsgsq
Wed 18:11:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There is no other coverage of IBM's collapse. It's taking Red Hat down with it as it goes. The Tim Cook link above is relevant due to methods and values shared between IBM and Apple." -Anon
Wed 18:12:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ WIN 11 is such a piece of garbage it made me switch to Linux https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgf892xr
Wed 18:12:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Microsoft stock takes a big hit today... Investors are pushing the stock lower knowing all Microsoft products are garbage. It also does not help maters with the face of Microsoft embarrassing news. No Nobel Peace Prize in the future." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgkffpdg
Wed 18:13:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Jonathan Dowland: FOSDEM 2026 talk recording available ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/fosdem/2026/video/
Wed 18:15:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Those should never have been added in the first place. Mozilla is paid to spread this horrible thing. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/firefox-148-disable-ai-features
Wed 18:18:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This release also adds the ability to drag and drop tabs in the COSMIC Files file manager." https://9to5linux.com/system76-releases-cosmic-1-0-5-with-new-option-to-show-battery-percentage
Wed 18:19:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Why enterprise businesses should adopt immutable Linux for the desktop https://thenewstack.io/why-enterprise-businesses-should-adopt-immutable-linux-for-the-desktop/
Wed 18:20:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ancient Linux distros you don't remember anymore https://www.makeuseof.com/ancient-linux-distros-you-dont-remember-anymore/
Wed 18:21:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I installed these 6 lightweight Linux tools on a cheap mini PC and turned it into a silent home server https://www.makeuseof.com/installed-lightweight-linux-tools-mini-pc-turned-into-silent-home-server/
Wed 18:21:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Visual Studio Code is eating up hundreds of gigabytes on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/visual-studio-code-is-eating-up-hundreds-of-gigabytes-on-linux/
Wed 18:22:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A real Linux computer you can carry in your pocket https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/02/a-real-linux-computer-you-can-carry-in-your-pocket/
Wed 18:23:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It’s the Open Source world, I’m sure someone will either fork KDE or make a clone that runs on sysvinit and others." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/kde-binds-itself-tightly-to-systemd-drops-support-for-non-systemd-systems/
Wed 18:24:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This Rust-powered tool makes Linux search effortless https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-gui-app-makes-grep-easy-even-if-you-forget-the-flags/
Wed 18:24:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I tried the oldest Linux distro still standing, and it was a total reality check https://www.howtogeek.com/this-is-the-oldest-linux-distro-still-standing-and-im-shocked-people-still-use-it/
Wed 18:26:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This Debian-based Linux distro has one of the smartest security features I've tested in years https://www.zdnet.com/article/ideal-os-linux-distribution-review/
Wed 18:27:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Galaxy S26 Ultra Linux Terminal Support Could Be a Big Win for Developers https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/02/galaxy-s26-ultra-linux-terminal-support-could-be-a-big-win-for-developers.html
Wed 18:27:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 65% more people are gaming on Linux compared to a year ago, and it's not just Steam Deck users ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/65_more_people_are_gaming_on_Linux_compared_to_a_year_ago_and_i.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/65_more_people_are_gaming_on_Linux_compared_to_a_year_ago_and_i.gmi ∎
Wed 18:28:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How I speed up my Linux system for free while RAM prices are out of control https://www.zdnet.com/article/ram-prices-linux-zram/
Wed 18:31:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Red Hat Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 18:31:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎
Wed 18:32:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux Devices, Open Hardware, and Linux on Mobile Systems ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Linux_Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Linux_on_Mobile_Systems.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Linux_Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Linux_on_Mobile_Systems.gmi ∎
Wed 18:34:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Bodycam, C.S.S.C.G.C. 2025, and OpenTTD 15.0 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Games_Bodycam_C_S_S_C_G_C_2025_and_OpenTTD_15_0.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Games_Bodycam_C_S_S_C_G_C_2025_and_OpenTTD_15_0.gmi ∎
Wed 18:39:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get Linux 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Ubuntu_24_04_LTS_Users_Get_Linux_6_17_and_Mesa_25_2_Ahead_of_Ub.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Ubuntu_24_04_LTS_Users_Get_Linux_6_17_and_Mesa_25_2_Ahead_of_Ub.gmi ∎
Wed 18:42:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 18:44:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): RSS/Web Browsers: Curl, RSS, and RSS Aggregators ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/RSS_Web_Browsers_Curl_RSS_and_RSS_Aggregators.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/RSS_Web_Browsers_Curl_RSS_and_RSS_Aggregators.gmi ∎
Wed 18:46:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Distributions and Operating Systems: postmarketOS, HaikuOS, FLOPPINUX, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_postmarketOS_HaikuOS_FLOPPI.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_postmarketOS_HaikuOS_FLOPPI.gmi ∎
Wed 18:47:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Debian: lawsuit and transparency (many years after transparency was decided upon) ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Debian_lawsuit_and_transparency_many_years_after_transparency_w.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Debian_lawsuit_and_transparency_many_years_after_transparency_w.gmi ∎
Wed 18:49:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): PostgreSQL Databases: Pigsty v4.0 Release and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/PostgreSQL_Databases_Pigsty_v4_0_Release_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/PostgreSQL_Databases_Pigsty_v4_0_Release_and_More.gmi ∎
Wed 18:49:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Standards/Consortia: HTTP/1.1 From Scratch, RAW+JPEG, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Standards_Consortia_HTTP_1_1_From_Scratch_RAW_JPEG_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Standards_Consortia_HTTP_1_1_From_Scratch_RAW_JPEG_and_More.gmi ∎
Wed 18:51:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 18:52:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Servers and GNU/Linux Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Servers_and_GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Servers_and_GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 18:54:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Where is that rascal Kramer when IBM needs him to pump up the stock ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n
Wed 18:57:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [japan] [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-02-04.gmi
Wed 19:02:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 04/02/2026: Extreme Malice in Microsoft's Visual Studio Code on GNU/Linux, More Hey Hi (AI) Chaos ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Links_04_02_2026_Extreme_Malice_in_Microsoft_s_Visual_Studio_Co.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Links_04_02_2026_Extreme_Malice_in_Microsoft_s_Visual_Studio_Co.gmi ∎
Wed 21:50:00 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ (cat) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1768/89/1768896010203.jpg
Wed 22:49:05 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://crzysdrs.net/dv/victim/290-crack-soldier-of-fortune-reporting-for-duty-sir/
Thu 01:45:34 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://crzysdrs.net/dv/victim/295-unreal-tournament-got-me-into-college/
Thu 01:54:20 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.rawstory.com/tech-ceos-epstein-2675089892/
Thu 01:56:59 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ he regrets getting outed... https://www.salon.com/2026/02/04/i-was-foolish-to-spend-time-with-him-gates-says-he-regrets-associating-with-epstein/
Thu 01:57:10 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :>
Thu 01:57:48 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.salon.com/2026/02/04/among-the-darkest-days-washington-post-lays-off-a-third-of-its-staff-in-bloodbath/
Thu 02:13:49 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.theverge.com/streaming/873416/piracy-streaming-boxes
Thu 02:14:09 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ we are? i didn't notice. where did i put that stolen TV?
Thu 02:23:37 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall
Thu 02:24:15 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technology/the-ai-boom-is-coming-for-apple-s-profit-margins/ar-AA1VpgpA
Thu 02:24:26 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ doesn't feel like winning
Thu 02:27:41 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ sound more like whining...
Thu 02:28:20 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :>
Thu 02:28:31 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ he does too... the bottom line must not look good from his vantage point... https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/sam-altman-got-exceptionally-testy-over-claude-super-bowl-ads/
Thu 02:46:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techpol + social irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-040226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-040226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-040226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-040226.txt
Thu 02:47:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techrights irc ■ Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-040226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-040226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-040226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-040226.txt
Thu 02:48:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 boycottnovell irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-040226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-040226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-040226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-040226.txt
Thu 02:49:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techbytes irc ■ Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-040226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-040226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-040226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-040226.txt
Thu 02:49:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-02-04.txt | 🅶🅴🅼🅸🅽🅸 gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-02-04.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
Thu 02:50:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁Tux Machines 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-02-04.txt
Thu 02:58:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Open source for phones: postmarketOS [LWN] ⚓ https://lwn.net/Articles/1055391/ ䷉ Source: LWN | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1055391/
Thu 02:59:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux Kernel Runtime Guard reaches its 1.0 release https://lwn.net/Articles/1049295/
Thu 03:00:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Filesystem medley: EROFS, NTFS, and XFS https://lwn.net/Articles/1055062/
Thu 03:01:13 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ lol ntfs
Thu 03:01:23 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] msft
Thu 03:01:32 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ microslop
Thu 03:01:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] systemd.ntfsd
Thu 03:02:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] from amutable
Thu 03:02:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Who should vote in Fedora elections? ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Who_should_vote_in_Fedora_elections.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Who_should_vote_in_Fedora_elections.gmi ∎
Thu 03:02:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fedora and GPG 2.5 https://lwn.net/Articles/1055053/
Thu 03:02:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Implicit arguments for BPF kfuncs https://lwn.net/Articles/1055559/
Thu 03:04:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, February 04, 2026 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_February_04_2026.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_February_04_2026.gmi ∎
Thu 03:05:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎
Thu 03:06:34 │ 〖psydruid〗 │ > lol ntfs
Thu 03:06:34 │ 〖psydruid〗 │ nuke the file system
Thu 03:06:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Over at Tux Machines... ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎
Thu 03:07:35 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :>
Thu 03:09:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bumped up by Google today: Microsoft cuts deeper into its workforce with another major round of layoffs https://www.aol.com/microsoft-cuts-deeper-workforce-another-165819949.html
Thu 03:10:43 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/ghost_gun_legislation_3d_printing/
Thu 03:11:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Workday reveals around 400 staff soon won't have to work another day https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/workday_layoffs_400_jobs/
Thu 03:11:24 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ let me guess, the 2nd amendment not only does not apply to anyone the gestapo wants to kill, but also not to anyone who produces a gun with a 3d printer
Thu 03:11:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Has Jeff Bezos run out of money... or? https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/washington-post-lays-off-amazon-com-reporter-odonovan/
Thu 03:12:03 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/workday_layoffs_400_jobs/
Thu 03:12:07 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ no, this sounds a lot more insane than that
Thu 03:12:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Jeff Bezos-Owned Washington Post Slashes a Third of Its Workforce https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/jeff-bezos-owned-washington-post-slashes-one-third-of-its-workforce/91297686
Thu 03:13:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Jeff Bezos fires Washington Post reporter tasked with covering AMAZON as part of devastating new cuts https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-15528299/amp/Washington-Post-Layoffs-Amazon-reporter-fired-Caroline-ODonovan.html
Thu 03:14:07 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ cooked pi... https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/microsoft_manager_pi_smoke/
Thu 03:15:34 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/aws_codec_patent_holders/
Thu 03:29:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR2〗 │] software patents
Thu 03:43:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Time for Change, More New Article, Less Curation ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Time_for_Change_More_New_Article_Less_Curation.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Time_for_Change_More_New_Article_Less_Curation.gmi ∎
Thu 04:00:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Almost 1,600 EPO Employees Went on Strike Last Week ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Almost_1_600_EPO_Employees_Went_on_Strike_Last_Week.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Almost_1_600_EPO_Employees_Went_on_Strike_Last_Week.gmi ∎
Thu 04:04:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I never expected people to understand this, but I am, and have been, under coersion from a Portuguese court decision, that degrades (a lot) my overall mood." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2026-02-04__Since_coersion.gmi
Thu 04:05:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Mechanical engineering student Efaz Bhuiyn has built a device to help busy people workout just about anywhere — and charge a phone while doing it: a 3D-printed workout machine that doubles as a generator." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260204-workout.gmi
Thu 04:06:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1557.jpg
Thu 04:06:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1907.jpg
Thu 04:06:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-05.gmi
Thu 04:07:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I keep wanting to give an update on my little LVDT project, but I have had a lot of trouble getting the precision rectifier to work. This is the part that converts the signals from the secondary windings into DC voltages." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260204-0.gmi
Thu 04:08:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I had ahead start at not spending this year because I was in hospital. I live in a country where healthcare is free at the point of use. Some people don't like this idea. WTF?" gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-02-04_Spending.gmi
Thu 04:10:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ mean
Thu 04:10:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "People hate Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, but does that mean they can't judge their products harshly because of the men who made them?" gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260204-review_bombing_and_star_wars.txt
Thu 04:11:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Un día para recordar gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/relatos/undiapararecordar.gmi
Thu 04:12:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There are a lot of "color comments" in the source code for ex-vi, which may lead one to wonder how the code works at all, or has as few crashes as it does. However, some of these comments may be lost in translation." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/02/04/lost-in-translation.gmi
Thu 04:13:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Movies Game gemini://jeffrey.cam/movies-game/
Thu 04:13:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Adania Shibli gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/resenas/undetallemenor.gmi
Thu 04:16:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I am so annoyed with MSFT…. Seriously considering moving elsewhere. This is just poor service. https://old.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/1qw4dd8/i_am_so_annoyed_with_msft_seriously_considering/
Thu 04:21:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ANon: This morning it occurred to me to wonder how much of the liquidation of IBM by its own management is due to them being implicated multiple times in the Epstein files.
Thu 04:21:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 05/02/2026: Coercion, Antibiotics, and LVDT Project ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Gemini_Links_05_02_2026_Coercion_Antibiotics_and_LVDT_Project.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Gemini_Links_05_02_2026_Coercion_Antibiotics_and_LVDT_Project.gmi ∎
Thu 04:22:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ We have article covering IBM+EPO shortly
Thu 04:24:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As soon as I get the RSU shares, I dump them the next day. I do not pay from my own money to pay for IBM stock garbage." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n
Thu 04:24:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I am so glad I dump all my IBM stock at $318 a share... loving it!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n
Thu 04:25:08 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ NTFS support in Linux was not great last I knew.
Thu 04:25:32 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ If you need an external hard drive to work between operating systems, exFAT is probably a better choice.
Thu 04:25:43 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It's a simpler file system.
Thu 05:00:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ On IBM's demolition: "Because those cosplaying as leaders and executives are burning the company for exceedingly short term stock boosts, it looks like they are liquidating the whole company for some personal, emergency cash."
Thu 05:00:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Third-world level stuff: "Savannah Guthrie ransom notes received by TMZ, CBS affiliate" https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/02/04/nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-tmz-cbs-kold/88505697007/
Thu 05:05:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Like Microsoft and IBM, the 'Alicante Mafia'-Governed EPO Does PIPs Nowadays (at the EPO, It's "Professional Incompetence Procedure") ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Like_Microsoft_and_IBM_the_Alicante_Mafia_Governed_EPO_Does_PIP.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Like_Microsoft_and_IBM_the_Alicante_Mafia_Governed_EPO_Does_PIP.gmi ∎
Thu 05:20:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Keeping the Site and Capsule Accessible 100% of the Time ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Keeping_the_Site_and_Capsule_Accessible_100_of_the_Time.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Keeping_the_Site_and_Capsule_Accessible_100_of_the_Time.gmi ∎
Thu 05:32:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux Measured at 5.5% in Ecuador This Year ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_5_5_in_Ecuador_This_Year.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_5_5_in_Ecuador_This_Year.gmi ∎
Thu 05:36:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – JuristGate is for sale: three billion Swiss francs for a domain name ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/JuristGate_is_for_sale_three_billion_Swiss_francs_for_a_domain_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/JuristGate_is_for_sale_three_billion_Swiss_francs_for_a_domain_.gmi ∎
Thu 05:41:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – "Sponsored by Azul" to Write Fake 'Article' About Azul, Quoting Azul Itself ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Sponsored_by_Azul_to_Write_Fake_Article_About_Azul_Quoting_Azul.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Sponsored_by_Azul_to_Write_Fake_Article_About_Azul_Quoting_Azul.gmi ∎
Thu 05:45:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "FWIW the CIA World Factbook has been rugpulled. The site is gone, no warning." -Anon. Odd, is that because apache2 is expensive to keep going? "More like facts are not relevant in the Kremlin administration's world view. The Kremlin based party has not operated in a fact based manner since at least Little Bush but also to a certain extent the Reagan administration too."
Thu 06:00:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Linuxiac Not Rehabilitated, It's Still Full of LLM Slop (Part of a Trend) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Linuxiac_Not_Rehabilitated_It_s_Still_Full_of_LLM_Slop_Part_of_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Linuxiac_Not_Rehabilitated_It_s_Still_Full_of_LLM_Slop_Part_of_.gmi ∎
Thu 07:10:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Here is a success story: MS has turned a small cottage industry into a global giant with a multi-billion $ per year turnover: :P" -Anon https://thecyberexpress.com/ransomware-attacks-soar-30-percent/
Thu 07:13:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Explaining the Letter From JUDGE SYKES FRIXOU, Threatening Me Around the Time GNOME's Nat Friedman Lost His CEO Job at Microsoft GitHub and His Best Friend Got Arrested for Strangulation http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Explaining_the_Letter_From_JUDGE_SYKES_FRIXOU_Threatening_Me_Ar.shtml
Thu 07:16:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux Mint vs. Zorin OS: I've tried both Windows alternatives, and here's my winner ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Mint_vs_Zorin_OS_I_ve_tried_both_Windows_alternatives_and.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Mint_vs_Zorin_OS_I_ve_tried_both_Windows_alternatives_and.gmi ∎
Thu 07:16:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "NVIDIA has asked a federal court to dismiss an expanded copyright lawsuit" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contact-with-annas-archive-doesnt-prove-copyright-infringement/ | Source: Torrent Freak
Thu 07:17:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Secure Boot on an Apple silicon Mac is unlike anything you’ve seen in the past" ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2026/02/03/what-happens-in-early-kernel-boot-on-apple-silicon/ | Source: Howard Oakley
Thu 07:17:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Periods of armed conflict often lead to renewed scrutiny of how the Internet functions and of the organisations involved in its coordination." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/internet-coordination-in-times-of-war/ | Source: RIPE
Thu 07:17:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Slimbook Titan report 8 - The rollercoaster goes up ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Slimbook_Titan_report_8_The_rollercoaster_goes_up.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Slimbook_Titan_report_8_The_rollercoaster_goes_up.gmi ∎
Thu 07:21:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ " 100 technology-related employees lost their collective bargaining protections" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/education-department-technology-chief-information-officer-union-collective-bargaining-agreement-trump-administration-protection-executive-order/ | Source: Scoop News Group
Thu 07:21:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As a government professor who studies policing and state security forces, I believe it’s clear that ICE meets many but not all of the most salient definitions." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/ice-is-a-paramilitary-force-and-those-dont-end-well/ | Source: Techdirt
Thu 07:21:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But I think the focus should be on the petitioners– the folks who were detained who had no criminal records and were ordered released by the courts." ☛ https://json.blog/2026/02/04/just-the-conditions-of-his.html | Source: Jason Becker
Thu 07:22:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 2026 Krita Roadmap ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/2026_Krita_Roadmap.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/2026_Krita_Roadmap.gmi ∎
Thu 07:23:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The New York Times is addicted to bothsidesing." ☛ https://fair.org/home/at-nyt-pretending-you-dont-know-makes-you-a-real-reporter/ | Source: FAIR
Thu 07:23:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In Minneapolis, years of robust labor and community organizing set the stage for the fierce pushback against federal immigration agents’ aggressive invasion" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/02/minneapolis-ice-protest-organizers-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
Thu 07:23:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The protests call for an overthrow of the government and come after what protesters say is a long history of oppression and violence from the regime." ☛ https://sundial.csun.edu/205653/news/theyre-dancing-on-dead-bodies-irans-internet-blackout-nears-4-weeks/ | Source: California State University Northridge
Thu 07:24:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Unfortunately, there is a gaping hole in the rule of law: when a federal agent violates the U.S. Constitution, it is increasingly difficult to sue them for damages." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/protecting-our-right-sue-federal-agents-who-violate-constitution | Source: EFF
Thu 07:24:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The legal foundation of American journalism contains a fundamental tension that Hermes emphasized repeatedly." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/palabra/2026/02/first-amendment-offers-limited-protection-for-newsgathering-expert-says.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC
Thu 07:24:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "“Nearly all” news departments are being affected, executive editor Matt Murray told staff (read his full memo below)." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/washington-post-cuts-one-third-of-all-staff-newsroom-sports-books-foreign/ | Source: Press Gazette
Thu 07:46:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Washington Post’s decision to slash a third of its staff prompted an outcry in Washington and around the world." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/02/04/2026/post-cuts-ripple-through-us-journalism-industry | Source: Semafor Inc
Thu 07:46:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "one of Natanson’s alleged sources who had contacted her via the Signal messaging app." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/fbi-spied-on-washington-post-reporter-prior-to-raiding-their-home/ | Source: The Dissenter
Thu 07:47:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Let’s be clear: billionaires like Jeff Bezos don’t want a functioning press." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/jeff-bezos-is-destroying-whats-left-of-the-washington-post-to-please-our-dim-unpopular-autocrats/ | Source: Techdirt
Thu 07:47:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Inama is represented by attorneys Elijah Watkins and Aaron Bell of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, as well as local attorneys Latonia Keith and McKay Cunningham." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/idaho-teacher-sues-over-banned-everyone-is-welcome-poster/ | Source: Court House News
Thu 07:48:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Senate Bill 74, sponsored by Sylvania Republican Sen. Max Burns, changes an exemption in state law dealing with the distribution of harmful materials to minors" ☛ https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/georgia-librarians-could-face-criminal-charges-for-harmful-materials/ | Source: The Georgia Recorder
Thu 07:49:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The argument? Higher management takes decisions on the basis of aggregated data that provide only an indirect" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/02/04/a-modest-proposal-for-the-use-of-ai/ | Source: Crooked Timber
Thu 07:49:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "After getting the kids to school, walking the dog, prepping some rice for supper, and warming up my coffee (again), I opened the old RSS reader to see Dave Rupert" ☛ https://chrisenns.com/2026/02/everything-is-awful-and-why-isnt-anybody-doing-anything-about-it/ | Source: Chris Enns
Thu 07:50:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That said, on Sunday at FOSDEM 2026 here in Brussels, Alexey Milovidov, co-founder and CTO of ClickHouse was very precise about what interested him" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/the-weird-things-that-happened-when-clickhouse-replaced-c-with-rust/ | Source: The New Stack
Thu 07:50:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That’s why the Heisman decided using a form of ranked choice voting." ☛ https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/02/ranked-choice-voting-works-for-the-heisman-can-work-for-indiana-too/ | Source: The Indiana Capital Chronicle
Thu 07:51:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Researchers from Japan have made a new system that can convert waste heat into electricity." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/energy/waste-heat-electricity-thermoelectric-material | Source: Interesting Engineering
Thu 07:52:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It’s a fight flaring across the country, in red and blue states, from Oklahoma to Indiana to Pennsylvania, pitting big tech companies and their partners" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0204/data-centers-AI-electricity-costs | Source: CS Monitor
Thu 07:52:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Army recently published a Request For Information on Autonomous Decontamination Systems (ADS) to see what might be out there in the existing commercial market" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/army_bots_cleanup_ai_biological_chemical/ | Source: The Register UK
Thu 07:53:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There have been a lot of complaints about both the competency and the logic behind the latest Epstein archive release by the DoJ" ☛ https://neosmart.net/blog/recreating-epstein-pdfs-from-raw-encoded-attachments/ | Source: Neo Smart
Thu 07:53:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Sloppy redaction leads to explosive claims, and difficult reputational consequences for cybersecurity vendors" ☛ https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-453/ | Source: Graham Cluley
Thu 07:53:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Okay, that’s the technological side. What about the political / social aspect?" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/02/03/occasional-reason-to-be-cheerful-babies/ | Source: Crooked Timber
Thu 07:56:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "RIT has so far moved about 8,500 of 25,000 government workstations to its cloud computing service and plans to increase this to 15,000 over the next two years" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/estonia_hedges_its_bets_on/ | Source: The Register UK
Thu 07:56:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Our children’s brains are not for sale — neither to American platforms nor to Chinese networks. Their dreams must not be dictated by algorithms." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/social-media-ban-for-children-france/ | Source: Cyble Inc
Thu 07:57:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Spain ban social media decision reflects a wider global shift: governments are finally admitting that social media has become too powerful" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/spain-ban-social-media-platforms-kids/ | Source: Cyble Inc
Thu 07:57:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Failure to obey any court order will immediately terminate all funding for ICE or the Border Patrol" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/reining-in-ice | Source: Robert Reich
Thu 07:58:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In democracies, journalists don’t get arrested" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/democracy-harvard-political-science | Source: Futurism
Thu 07:58:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As news organizations, press freedom groups, and constitutional experts denounced the arrests as a brazen First Amendment violation" ☛ https://www.status.news/p/don-lemon-arrested-authoritarianism-donald-trump | Source: Status News LLC
Thu 08:00:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It does not mean perfect anonymity—but it’s far better than paying with your Visa and real home address." ☛ https://greycoder.com/the-best-seedbox-providers-where-you-can-create-anonymous-accounts/ | Source: GreyCoder
Thu 08:02:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO: "ReliaQuest Threat Research published research today detailing how attackers lured multiple users into running a Windows screensaver file" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/attackers-use-screensavers-drop-malware-rmm-tools | Source: Dark Reading
Thu 08:02:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO: "Ransomware groups claimed 2,018 attacks in the last three months of 2025, averaging just under 673 a month to end a record-setting year." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/ransomware-attacks-soar-30-percent/ | Source: Cyble Inc
Thu 08:02:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO: "Member groups are free to operate independently while also having access to DragonForce's considerable resources and services" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ransomware-gang-full-godfather-cartel | Source: Dark Reading
Thu 08:04:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This article is the second in a two-part series on AI disclosures in scholarly publishing." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/03/why-authors-arent-disclosing-ai-use-and-what-publishers-should-not-do-about-it-part-2/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing
Thu 08:04:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Canonical/Ubuntu: Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 3 and Old Bug Which "makes it impossible to print on Tuesdays" ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Canonical_Ubuntu_Ubuntu_26_04_Snapshot_3_and_Old_Bug_Which_make.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Canonical_Ubuntu_Ubuntu_26_04_Snapshot_3_and_Old_Bug_Which_make.gmi ∎
Thu 08:04:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Before you read this post, ask yourself a question: When was the last time you truly thought hard?" ☛ https://www.jernesto.com/articles/thinking_hard |
Thu 08:04:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A comic in four panels: [...]" ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1119/everywhere | Source: David Revoy
Thu 08:05:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "They note that the prevalence of moderate to severe “disempowerment” is increasing over time" ☛ https://aphyr.com/posts/405-trudging-through-nonsense | Source: Kyle Kingsbury
Thu 08:05:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "AI Consultation" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/02/aiconsultresults/ | Source: Michael Geist
Thu 08:06:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "French police raided the offices of the X social media platform today as European investigations grew into nonconsensual sexual deepfakes and potential child sexual abuse material (CSAM) generated by X’s Grok AI chatbot." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/french-police-raid-x-grok-investigations/ | Source: Cyble Inc
Thu 08:06:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That's likely a conservative estimate too, says Tollbit, as AI bots just keep getting better at seeming like humans when they navigate a website." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/ai_bot_traffic_web_browsers/ | Source: The Register UK
Thu 08:06:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "PowerGPU, a system integrator known for its high-performance gaming PCs, just issued a devastating price warning on social media." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/pc-vendor-warns-of-upcoming-price-hikes-due-to-ssd-and-memory-volatility-powergpu-to-pass-costs-to-customers-once-existing-inventory-depletes | Source: Tom's Hardware
Thu 08:07:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Another issue with LLMs, that of “hallucinated citations,” or “HalluCitations,” is well known." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/openais-new-scientific-writing-and-collaboration-workspace-prism-raises-fears-of-vibe-coded-academic-ai-slop/ | Source: Techdirt
Thu 08:07:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Google Authenticator on iOS, Android, and Blackberry." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/itch-io-outdated-totp-2fa-app-recommendations/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal
Thu 08:08:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state [attackers]" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/notepad-plus-plus-china-hackers-update-infrastructure/ | Source: Wired
Thu 08:08:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Salt Typhoon’s intrusion into telecom networks exposed major security weaknesses and put sensitive communications and data belonging to U.S. politicians and policymakers at risk." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/cantwell-claims-telecoms-blocked-release-of-salt-typhoon-report/ | Source: Scoop News Group
Thu 08:09:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As a result, I wrote to Mandiant requesting copies of these reports and other relevant documentation." ☛ https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/DA339F69-7721-4625-86AF-4551C2A83402 | Source: US Senate
Thu 08:09:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The finding specifically concerns the group's malware that targets VMware ESXi." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/nitrogen_ransomware_broken_decryptor/ | Source: The Register UK
Thu 08:10:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "All social media and news is off the phone and onto the MacBook so I don’t immediately have it." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2026/02/04/using-mostly-analog-tools/ | Source: Lee Peterson
Thu 08:10:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Now that the month has passed, I'm back to report that it continued like the first post ended" ☛ https://blog.avas.space/caffeine-conclusion/ | Source: Ava
Thu 08:11:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In this narration, I will focus on only a subset of the MIPS-based systems. You might want to keep an eye on the timeline page as well." ☛ http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/sgi1.html | Source: Miod Vallat
Thu 08:13:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This puts the Switch just 5 million units short of the PlayStation 2, the top selling game system of all time." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/the-massive-success-of-the-nintendo-switch/ | Source: Matt Birchler
Thu 08:13:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In my latest report, I mentioned a workaround to intermittent system freeze issue via general purpose event (GPE) interrupt blocking or masking" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-titan-report-8.html | Source: Dedoimedo
Thu 08:14:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I had time to kill so I wandered around the library finding memories in the stacks including the 1987 STOC Proceedings, home to my first conference paper" ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/02/sampling-oxford-cs-library.html | Source: Computational Complexity
Thu 08:14:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I screenshotted this glyph after blowing it up quite large, then inserted it inline with text as an image, adjusted its size" ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/word-alt-text-on-a-character-glyph/ | Source: Darren Goossens
Thu 08:17:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): LWN on Kernel, Fedora and GPG 2.5, and postmarketOS ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/LWN_on_Kernel_Fedora_and_GPG_2_5_and_postmarketOS.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/LWN_on_Kernel_Fedora_and_GPG_2_5_and_postmarketOS.gmi ∎
Thu 08:25:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There is a new HTML element called geolocation. I checked it out and here's what I learned." ☛ https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2026/geolocation-element | Source: Manuel Matuzović
Thu 08:25:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Date and time management libraries in many programming languages are famously bad." ☛ https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/date-arithmetic-in-bash | Source: Miguel Grinberg
Thu 08:26:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Zorin OS vs. Linux Mint: Which is the better Linux distro for Windows converts? ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Zorin_OS_vs_Linux_Mint_Which_is_the_better_Linux_distro_for_Win.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Zorin_OS_vs_Linux_Mint_Which_is_the_better_Linux_distro_for_Win.gmi ∎
Thu 08:27:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Keeping an eye on your laptop battery on COSMIC Desktop just got a ton easier ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Keeping_an_eye_on_your_laptop_battery_on_COSMIC_Desktop_just_go.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Keeping_an_eye_on_your_laptop_battery_on_COSMIC_Desktop_just_go.gmi ∎
Thu 08:34:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Gifts of Nature and Other Empathetic Human Beings ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Gifts_of_Nature_and_Other_Empathetic_Human_Beings.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Gifts_of_Nature_and_Other_Empathetic_Human_Beings.gmi ∎
Thu 08:39:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Cine – mpv frontend ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Cine_mpv_frontend.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Cine_mpv_frontend.gmi ∎
Thu 08:39:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "One of the reasons that you don’t hear about Perl in the headlines is its reliability." ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/fastmail-donates-usd-10-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/ | Source: Perl
Thu 08:40:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "FOSDEM 2026 ran last weekend in Brussels with its usual dense schedule of talks across open source projects and communities." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/04/package-management-at-fosdem-2026.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt
Thu 08:40:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "AI is bringing an existential threat to a lot of B2B SaaS executives: How to keep asking customers for renewal, when every customer feels they can get something better built with vibe-coded AI products?" ☛ https://nmn.gl/blog/ai-killing-b2b-saas | Source: Namanyay Goel
Thu 08:40:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Time is time. We tend to think it’s simple to deal with it. But it’s more complex than it sounds. Both in programming and in real life" ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/02/04/clocks-part-10-conclusion | Source: Sandor Dargo
Thu 08:43:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 08:43:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In a bizarre act of cultural vandalism they've not just removed the entire site (including the archives of previous versions)" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison
Thu 08:43:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset." ☛ https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/spotlighting-the-world-factbook-as-we-bid-a-fond-farewell/ |
Thu 08:44:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "2026 is my 3rd FOSDEM attendance. And like most veterans of the events, I started to appreciate the people more than the talks." ☛ https://sluongng.substack.com/p/fosdem-26-my-hallway-track-takeaways | Source: Son Luong Ngoc
Thu 08:44:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This year, I went with a coworker of mine, Timo, who’s also quite active in the open source space." ☛ https://hacdias.com/2026/02/04/fosdem/ | Source: Henrique Dias
Thu 08:45:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Misleading / lying accepted by officials: https://www.hbl.fi/2026-02-05/microsoft-trump-kan-inte-stanga-digitala-tjanster-i-europa/ Sompi, any input on this?
Thu 08:45:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The story so far: WithKnown lost my images, and my previous experience was not as helpful as I hoped. Back to the blow-by-blow troubleshooting" ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/images-have-reappeared | Source: Jeremy Cherfas
Thu 08:55:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A growing number of websites, burned from an unhealthy relationship with Facebook (a company too large and incompetent to function)" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/whoops-websites-realize-that-killing-their-comment-sections-was-a-mistake/ | Source: Techdirt
Thu 08:55:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Here is how I view SQLite’s strengths, and how a hosted version undermines them. Even SQLite documentation states that once there’s a network boundary..." ☛ https://monroeclinton.com/i-dont-buy-sqlite-in-the-cloud/ | Source: Monroe Clinton
Thu 09:04:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Tor Browser 16.0a2 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a2/ | Source: Tor
Thu 09:06:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I'm writing these words remotely via SSH using Zed's remote development feature. It's pretty cool" ☛ https://sals.place/remote-editing-in-zed/ | Source: Sal
Thu 09:06:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But it required me to buy myself a new one, as having a phone is now a civic duty." ☛ https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2026/my-new-mobile-phone/ | Source: Michał Sapka
Thu 09:07:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We like this project, because it solves something we’ve all encountered at one time or another, and it does so in a novel way." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/04/a-keyboard-for-anything-without-a-keyboard/ | Source: Hackaday
Thu 09:07:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Essentially, this is an ortholinear split with a built-in roller bar mouse, which basically acts like a cylindrical trackball." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/04/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-rollermouse-keyboard/ | Source: Hackaday
Thu 09:08:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "they use the GNOME forum to make a public libel attack against Sonny Piers" ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/sexism-gnome-shaming-men-hiding-women/ | Source: Daniel Pocock
Thu 09:08:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "An interesting change to IP behavior landed in FreeBSD 15, as I discovered by accident." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/SocketConnectToAnyMeaning | Source: University of Toronto
Thu 09:09:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Today, instead of talking about the things we can do with ZFS, let’s talk about OpenZFS monitoring and observability" ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-monitoring-and-observability-what-to-track-and-why-it-matters/ | Source: Klara
Thu 09:09:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This week Jonathan chats with Olaf Andreas Schulte and Lars Kiesow about Opencast, the video management system for education" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/04/floss-weekly-episode-863-opencast-that-code-is-there-for-a-reason/ | Source: Hackaday
Thu 09:10:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "COSMIC feature priorities are organized into Epochs, with each Epoch representing roughly six to eight months of focused development" ☛ https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-2-and-3-roadmap/ | Source: System76
Thu 09:19:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Steam Machine - Steam Frame FAQ - RAM and storage crisis to blame for no pricing or dates | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-machine-steam-frame-faq-ram-and-storage-crisis-to-blame-for-no-pricing-or-dates/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 09:20:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Winnie's Hole is a delightfully grim roguelite now in Early Access | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/winnies-hole-is-a-delightfully-grim-roguelite-now-in-early-access/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 09:20:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hyperslice is a fast, focused and extremely fun action arena roguelite | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/hyperslice-is-a-fast-focused-and-extremely-fun-action-arena-roguelite/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 09:21:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This Looks Exactly Like A Massive Cover-Up" | Whitney Webb https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Gsw2byNTHak Anon: "she does explain why mainstream media avoids the topics, and the fact that she is covering this means the info is reaching new parts of the public"
Thu 09:23:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Google's Project Genie experiment allows creating interactive worlds with generative AI | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/googles-project-genie-experiment-allows-creating-interactive-worlds-with-generative-ai/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 09:23:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Epic Games Store saw a 57% increase in purchases for third-party PC games in 2025 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/epic-games-store-saw-a-57-percent-increase-in-purchases-for-third-party-pc-games-in-2025/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 09:24:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy remaster gets a big upgrade | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/sphinx-and-the-cursed-mummy-remaster-gets-a-big-upgrade/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 09:24:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When 20-Year-Old Bill Gates Fought the 'Thieves' Who Stole His First Code" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/02/1228214
Thu 09:25:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Let's Do a Detailed Review of Zorin -- Is This Good for Ex-Windows Users?" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/Let's-Do-a-Detailed-Review-of-Zorin----Is-This-Good-for-Ex-Windows-Users-:6
Thu 09:26:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GAFAM site's false dichotomy. the correct answer is "none of the above" https://thenewstack.io/github-agent-hq/
Thu 09:27:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ iophk: wrongly asserts there can be beneficial uses without the negatives https://criticaledtech.com/2026/02/05/dealing-with-the-educational-impact-of-australias-social-media-ban/
Thu 09:27:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Une perquisition est diligentée ce jour dans les locaux français de la plateforme X" https://www.tribunal-de-paris.justice.fr/sites/default/files/2026-02/20260203CPXFrance.pdf
Thu 09:29:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ EFF boosting sh-t and slop. WTH, EFF???? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/smart-ai-policy-means-understanding-its-real-harms-and-benefits https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/31/Google_Bribes_EFF_EFF_Promotes_LLM_Slop_as_Fair_Use_To_GAFAM_It.shtml
Thu 09:30:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Delivery - Beyond is a free new chaotic physics-based co-op game | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/delivery-beyond-is-a-free-new-chaotic-physics-based-co-op-game/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 09:31:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Resident Evil Village and more available in Humble Choice for February 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/resident-evil-village-and-more-available-in-humble-choice-for-february-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 09:31:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ AMD say the Steam Machine is "on track" for an early 2026 release | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/amd-say-the-steam-machine-is-on-track-for-an-early-2026-release/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/amd-say-the-steam-machine-is-on-track-for-an-early-2026-release/
Thu 09:33:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Steam Machines, Winnie's Hole, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Games_Steam_Machines_Winnie_s_Hole_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Games_Steam_Machines_Winnie_s_Hole_and_More.gmi ∎
Thu 09:57:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The meeting, accessible on the project’s Jitsi channel, follows a recent draft proposal that outlines structural changes to how the project manages technical and community decisions" ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/02/04/comm-to-discuss-new-gov-proposal/ | Source: OpenSUSE
Thu 09:57:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Canonical is selling Microsoft and slop. How very shameful. ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/sql-server-2025-on-ubuntu | Source: Ubuntu
Thu 09:58:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "To prepare for a quantum future, RHEL 10.1 improves defenses against such “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks and introduces post-quantum signatures for its packages." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-post-quantum-cryptography-rhel-101 | Source: Red Hat Official
Thu 11:35:11 │ 〖Sompi_〗 │ Now even LibeOffice starts requiring x86-64-v2: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.2
Thu 11:35:47 │ 〖Sompi_〗 │ Why is this spreading to so many free software projects in times like this, when it's more expensive than ever to buy new hardware, and that new hardware also tends to be increasingly hostile against user's freedom?
Thu 11:36:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KDE Gear 25.12.2 Brings Improvements to Dolphin, NeoChat, Kate, and Other Apps ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/KDE_Gear_25_12_2_Brings_Improvements_to_Dolphin_NeoChat_Kate_an.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/KDE_Gear_25_12_2_Brings_Improvements_to_Dolphin_NeoChat_Kate_an.gmi ∎
Thu 11:38:05 │ 〖Sompi_〗 │ Those free software organizations are clearly being infiltrated by people that only want to destroy them, so how is it possible that there isn't any widespread resistance against that crap?
Thu 11:40:14 │ 〖Sompi_〗 │ Suddenly the most popular Linux distributions and pieces of free software programs require a newer hardware than Windows
Thu 12:13:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Krita 6 Beta Digital Painting App Released with Wayland Color Management Support ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Krita_6_Beta_Digital_Painting_App_Released_with_Wayland_Color_M.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Krita_6_Beta_Digital_Painting_App_Released_with_Wayland_Color_M.gmi ∎
Thu 13:52:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ slave labor making foreign investors even more rich: https://yle.fi/a/7-10092748
Thu 13:55:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Boeing layoffs: Aircraft maker cuts 300 defence supply-chain jobs https://www.firstpost.com/tech/layoffs-2026-boeing-to-cut-300-defence-supply-chain-jobs-as-workforce-reshapes-13976599.html
Thu 14:02:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ evolution of sleep https://theconversation.com/what-an-ancient-jellyfish-can-teach-us-about-the-evolution-of-sleep-273307
Thu 14:04:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Regulating sexual content online has always been a challenge https://theconversation.com/regulating-sexual-content-online-has-always-been-a-challenge-how-we-got-here-274149
Thu 14:05:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate – but public understanding lags behind https://theconversation.com/facial-recognition-technology-used-by-police-is-now-very-accurate-but-public-understanding-lags-behind-274652
Thu 14:06:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Amazon to Close Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2026-01-27/amazon-to-close-amazon-go-and-amazon-fresh-to-concentrate-on-whole-foods-and-grocery-delivery
Thu 14:07:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Coupang https://jacobin.com/2026/01/coupang-amazon-korea-financialization-precarity/
Thu 14:08:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Perl.Wiki V 1.39 & Mojolicious.Wiki V 1.13 https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2026/02/announce-perlwiki-v-139-mojoliciouswiki-v-113.html
Thu 14:09:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Copyright maybe, not "Intellectual Property" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/guest-book-review-feminist.html
Thu 14:11:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Resources 1.10.0 Released with Monitoring Support for AMD NPU https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/resources-1-10-0-released-with-monitoring-support-for-amd-npu/
Thu 14:13:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): New Releases: Tiling Shell 17.3, Resources 1.10, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/New_Releases_Tiling_Shell_17_3_Resources_1_10_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/New_Releases_Tiling_Shell_17_3_Resources_1_10_and_More.gmi ∎
Thu 14:18:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Treasury cancels $21 million in Booz Allen contracts, blaming a breach that happened years ago https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/business/booz-allen-contracts-treasury
Thu 14:23:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Savannah Best Buy employee says ‘hacker group’ blackmailed him into theft ring scheme https://www.wjcl.com/article/savannah-best-buy-theft-ring/70144185
Thu 14:24:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ AI “digital helper” Lena Health breach exposed some Houston Methodist patients’ medical info https://databreaches.net/2026/01/28/ai-digital-helper-lena-health-breach-exposed-some-houston-methodist-patients-medical-info/
Thu 14:25:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ‘heat dome’ https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/how-the-record-breaking-heat-dome-enveloped-australia-20260123-p5nwjr.html
Thu 14:31:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Polar bears https://www.vox.com/climate/476873/polar-bears-ice-climate-change-svalbard-research-seals-biodiversity https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/polar-bears-barents-sea-svalbard-climate-9.7066053
Thu 14:34:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Most Swedes want government action on climate change https://www.thelocal.se/20260129/most-swedes-want-government-action-on-climate-change
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