●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 23, 2026 ●● ● Aug 23 [01:15] TR News "When I was 11, back in the mid-1970s, my parents bought me a transistor radio for Christmas. It was a Benkson medium wave and longwave portable, made in Hong Kong, which fitted nicely in the hand, ran for ever on a PP9 battery, and with it I discovered (although I didn't understand the physics at the time) the wonder of over-the-horizon radio communications." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/steam_radio [01:16] TR News "I start the first class in pursuit of my Masters degree in American History a little over a week from today and my focus has been on gathering books that will lean into a couple candidates for my thesis. Also, I am actively reading the required reading for the first course "From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods" by Martha Howell." gemini://widdershins.verja.net/notgemlog/2026-08-21-reading.gmi [01:20] TR News "This gemlog post turned out a bit like one of those those "using X-lang in production" articles, but with more sloppiness." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/dbane/gemlog/2026-08-22.gmi [01:21] TR News "Thundermail is (or will be) an email service operated by the folk behind Thunderbird, the open source email client under the Mozilla umbrella. It is currently in closed beta, with early access being offered in waves to people on a waitlist." gemini://gemini.bunburya.eu/gemlog/posts/2026-08-22-thundermail.gmi [01:21] TR News distance away gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/distance_away [01:23] TR News broken car gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/brokenCar [01:24] TR News "A while ago I installed Devuan on one of my laptops. It took a few tries, probably due to user error, but I got it working. That machine (which I'm currently using) is not my primary, but I semi-regularly switch between stretches on certain laptops." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260822-devuan.txt [01:28] TR News Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [01:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [01:28] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 22/08/2026: Broken Car, Devuan, and Thundermail https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Gemini_Links_22_08_2026_Broken_Car_Devuan_and_Thundermail.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Gemini_Links_22_08_2026_Broken_Car_Devuan_and_Thundermail.gmi [01:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 22/08/2026: Broken Car, Devuan, and Thundermail [01:32] TR News "I is rare, but I know of a few managers at IBM who quit after being asked to do things to fire some of their employees." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0ejt3qg [01:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0ejt3qg ) [01:32] TR News "There are exceptions to the rule: Managers at IBM are useless POS." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0ejt3qg [01:32] TR News They ensure to extend the survival for their own undeserved paychecks for as long as possible. Managers follow the lead of the slimy Indian at the top, to lie, cheat, scam and kick the can down the road." https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM_But_Mostly_in_Secret_PIPs_and_Voluntary_Red.shtml [01:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Mass Layoffs at IBM, But Mostly in Secret (PIPs and 'Voluntary' Redundancies) [01:33] TR News "When managers make decision, it is not based on ethics or morality. It is for their own survivals. Managers know quite well, they are useless POS." [01:34] TR News "Indians generally don't even like other Indians unless they're from the same region of India, of the same caste, and speak the same language. Go to Blind or any other Indian dominated forum and you will constantly hear Telugu this, Gujarati that, etc. They stereotype and look down on each other all day. It's honestly disturbing and wouldn't be tolerated if it was coming from any other ethnicity" [01:34] TR News Mentioned caste https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0fksf6m [01:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0fksf6m ) [01:35] TR News "Goals are usually defined in such a way that it is impossible to achieve them completely. The goal of IBM is termination (or firing/layoffs)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0hx2djm [01:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0hx2djm ) [01:36] TR News "PIP goals are mostly legalistic. Everything right now is about proving that they did nothing wrong by walking you to the door when they finally do that. Obviously, you should demonstrate your competence and worth in the coming days but understand that this is not a fair game; they want you gone." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0hx2djm [01:38] TR News "He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared." Sun Tzu https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0mdhdyy [01:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0mdhdyy ) [01:39] TR News "In the final analysis, at IBM at least, "AI" has been nothing but cover for an unprecedented increase of outsourcing to India. There too they never show it has actually "replaced" the jobs of the original workers; they're simply occupying the same seats without regards to quality or outcome. Thanks to McKinsey that that's the IBM way." [01:39] TR News "IBM AI = substituting high cost labor for low cost labor accomplished via offshoring. There is a reason IBM NA headcount and Northern Europe headcount has gone down by 100k while Indias headcount has gone up by 100k. Its all about costs" [01:40] TR News "Another PIP, another dollar in Alvind's bonus" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0j6cr5d [01:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0j6cr5d ) [01:41] TR News IBM mass layoffs "definitely coming you can feel it in the air during work hours" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0hx49z9 [01:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0hx49z9 ) [01:41] TR News "If past behavior holds true then late next week or early the following will tell the tale" [01:43] TR News "A fire sale to payoff the debts they accumulated buying other companies ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0gb74cq "Some useful info. here, plus, videos! https://www.persistent.com/partner-ecosystem/ibm/ " [01:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0gb74cq ) [01:44] TR News IBM: "DamnI thought I was going to get a 2nd severance." https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/s/NIb64DW7VI [01:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-old.reddit.com | Welcome to Reddit [01:45] TR News "If the separation documents have been updated with the new dates, it should give an idea of when the next round of layoffs are hitting." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0mxpee6 [01:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0mxpee6 ) [01:55] TR News How Winning Happens https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/23/how-winning-happens/ [01:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive How Winning Happens ● Aug 23 [02:03] TR News (NEW): Clownflare Numbers: GNU/Linux Reaching 13% in China This Weekend https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Clownflare_Numbers_GNU_Linux_Reaching_13_in_China_This_Weekend.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Clownflare_Numbers_GNU_Linux_Reaching_13_in_China_This_Weekend.gmi [02:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Clownflare Numbers: GNU/Linux Reaching 13% in China This Weekend [02:07] TR News Baidu up by a lot https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/china/#monthly-200902-202608 [02:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Search Engine Market Share China | Statcounter Global Stats [02:09] TR News This one says Chrome 55% https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/china/#monthly-200902-202608 this one says 80% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=browser&dt=14d&loc=CN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP so which is it? Very far apart... [02:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Browser Market Share China | Statcounter Global Stats [02:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=browser&dt=14d&loc=CN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [02:11] TR News Clownflare does not get much international data out of China, only 2.5% of the whole https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=location&dt=14d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [02:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=location&dt=14d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [02:19] TR News Techrights Clownflare Data US-Centric https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Clownflare_Data_US_Centric.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Clownflare_Data_US_Centric.gmi [02:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Clownflare Data US-Centric [02:34] TR News Techrights Microsoft to Its Workers in April-May: You're Too Old, Go Away. Microsoft in August: Young People, Go Away. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Microsoft_to_Its_Workers_in_April_May_You_re_Too_Old_Go_Away_Mi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Microsoft_to_Its_Workers_in_April_May_You_re_Too_Old_Go_Away_Mi.gmi [02:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft to Its Workers in April-May: You're Too Old, Go Away. Microsoft in August: Young People, Go Away. [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-220826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-220826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-220826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-220826.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, August 22, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-220826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-220826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-220826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-220826.txt [02:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, August 22, 2026 [02:42] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-220826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-220826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-220826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-220826.txt [02:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, August 22, 2026 [02:43] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-220826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-220826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-220826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-220826.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, August 22, 2026 [02:45] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 22, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_August_22_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_August_22_2026.gmi [02:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 22, 2026 [02:46] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [02:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [02:49] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [02:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-08-22.txt ● Aug 23 [03:06] TR News Offline Birthdays https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/23/offline-birthdays/ [03:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Offline Birthdays [03:38] TR News Slopmatt is now openly pro-slop. This is unhelpful to his position or any moral advantage he ever pretended to have. [03:39] TR News "slop-o-matt-ic - being pro-slop is not what it appears to be on the surface there is some kind of threat underneath, something more evil than it first appears" [03:40] TR News Being pro-slop is very common among non-Computer Scientists who work in computing, i.e. imposters [03:41] TR News Anon: I see more and more people promoting slop out of some kind of personal fright (from what I can tell). It's not quite like what happened to Patrick Durusau but there something nasty under the surface... https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=Durusau&set1=any [03:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Search ● Aug 23 [04:19] TR News 10cc Still Active https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/23/10cc-still-active/ [04:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive 10cc Still Active [04:21] TR News Signal-to-Noise Ratio https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/23/signal-to-noise-ratio/ [04:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Signal-to-Noise Ratio [04:39] TR News Focusing More on GNU/Linux, as It Grows Fast This Summer https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/23/focusing-more-on-gnulinux-as-it-grows-fast-this-summer/ [04:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Focusing More on GNU/Linux, as It Grows Fast This Summer ● Aug 23 [05:01] TR News Techrights "AGI" is Decades Old and It Never Found a Viable Business Model or Real, Actually Useful Use Cases https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/AGI_is_Decades_Old_and_It_Never_Found_a_Viable_Business_Model_o.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/AGI_is_Decades_Old_and_It_Never_Found_a_Viable_Business_Model_o.gmi [05:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights "AGI" is Decades Old and It Never Found a Viable Business Model or Real, Actually Useful Use Cases [05:49] TR News Techrights The Slop Industry Bribed the Media to Pretend It Has Something New and Revolutionary. Now It Bribes Politicians Too. Anything to Avoid Scrutiny and Regulation. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/The_Slop_Industry_Bribed_the_Media_to_Pretend_It_Has_Something_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/The_Slop_Industry_Bribed_the_Media_to_Pretend_It_Has_Something_.gmi [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Slop Industry Bribed the Media to Pretend It Has Something New and Revolutionary. Now It Bribes Politicians Too. Anything to Avoid Scrutiny and Regulation. [05:51] TR News BS SPAM about HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/22/if-youre-not-using-ai-to-attack-your-own-systems-your-adversaries-will/5291346 follow the hype budget https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/The_Register_MS_Has_Just_Published_AI_Webspam_That_Mentions_AI_.shtml [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | If you're not using AI to attack your own systems, your adversaries will [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Register MS Has Just Published "AI" Webspam That Mentions "AI" 54 Times. It Was Paid to Do This. ● Aug 23 [06:00] TR News (NEW): Not a Mistake, Not "Bots": GNU/Linux Really is Growing Very Fast https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Not_a_Mistake_Not_Bots_GNU_Linux_Really_is_Growing_Very_Fast.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Not_a_Mistake_Not_Bots_GNU_Linux_Really_is_Growing_Very_Fast.gmi [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Not a Mistake, Not "Bots": GNU/Linux Really is Growing Very Fast [06:07] TR News Techrights Microsoft is in Double Trouble in Singapore https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Microsoft_is_in_Double_Trouble_in_Singapore.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Microsoft_is_in_Double_Trouble_in_Singapore.gmi [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft is in Double Trouble in Singapore [06:12] TR News "That triggered 50-percent US tariffs impacting some $20 billion worth of goods, from hockey sticks to cement, effective Saturday." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/canadas-carney-stands-up-to-trump-despite-risks-1875992551 | Source: RTL [06:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | Canada's Carney stands up to Trump, despite risks - RTL Today [06:12] TR News (NEW): Windows is a Minority Platform in Singapore https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Windows_is_a_Minority_Platform_in_Singapore.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Windows_is_a_Minority_Platform_in_Singapore.gmi [06:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Windows is a Minority Platform in Singapore [06:12] TR News "Weve been under no illusions. We recognized, from the start, that America has changed." https://thewalrus.ca/mark-carney-why-i-rejected-trumps-trade-deal/ | Source: The Walrus [06:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thewalrus.ca | Mark Carney: Why I Rejected Trumps Trade Deal | The Walrus [06:12] TR News Patents at stakes here. It is about MONOPOLIES. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/why-us-canada-trade-talks-fell-apart/688386/ | Source: The Atlantic [06:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Why the U.S.-Canada Trade Talks Fell Apart - The Atlantic [06:12] TR News "Who ends up paying the more than $50 billion a year spent on these ads? Its not the sellers." https://seths.blog/2026/08/the-amazon-tax/ | Source: Seth Godin [06:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | The Amazon tax | Seth's Blog [06:13] TR News "Sure, Apple Pay will work, but so will Google Pay and Samsung Pay, other niche digital wallets, as well as just tapping your plastic card to the reader." https://birchtree.me/blog/walmart-is-the-last-major-us-company-to-add-tap-to-pay/ | Source: Matt Birchler [06:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-birchtree.me | Walmart is the last major US company to add Tap to Pay [06:13] TR News "In May 2025, streaming accounted for 44.8% of total US television viewing, compared with 20.1% for broadcast and 24.1% for cable. That gives sports companies a very different starting point when they think about where live coverage belongs." https://sqmagazine.co.uk/polymarket-live-sports-data-streaming/ | Source: SQ Magazine [06:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sqmagazine.co.uk | Polymarket Enters Live Sports With Data and Streaming [06:14] TR News "Many people lost even more weight," https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-22/the-business-of-hunger-in-ice-centers-migrants-spend-thousands-of-dollars-to-avoid-eating-dog-food.html | Source: El Pas [06:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | The business of hunger in ICE centers: Migrants spend thousands of dollars to avoid eating dog food | U.S. | EL PAS English [06:14] TR News "for a president of the United States to employ a personal lawyer to make such a legal threat takes Trumps rage to a new and bizarre level." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/he-really-is-stark-raving-mad | Source: Robert Reich [06:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | He Really IS Stark-Raving Mad - Robert Reich [06:15] TR News "Max Lederer, publisher of Stars and Stripes, as well as the newspapers editor-in-chief, Erik Slavin, and a reporter, Lara Korte, were all fired on Friday for insubordination." https://www.notus.org/defense/pentagon-defense-department-fires-editor-publisher-stars-and-stripes-military-newspaper | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | Pentagon Purges Leaders at Military Newspaper Stars & Stripes - NOTUS News of the United States [06:15] TR News "informed that the Department of Defense is firing me for insubordination after I told a CBS reporter that I work for Stars and Stripes not the Pentagon, not any administration, and not any policy maker." https://truthout.org/articles/journalists-fired-from-military-newspaper-for-asserting-editorial-independence/ | Source: TruthOut [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Journalists Fired From Military Newspaper for Asserting Editorial Independence | Truthout [06:16] TR News "occupies a unique place in American journalism." https://www.salon.com/2026/08/22/hegseth-fires-stars-and-stripes-journalists-deepens-pentagon-press-crackdown/ | Source: Salon [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hegseth fires "Stars and Stripes" journalists, deepens Pentagon press crackdown - Salon.com [06:16] TR News Like the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Donald Trump is Out of Time and Has Jurisdiction Issues in the UK https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/Like_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Donald_Trump_is_Out_of.shtml [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Like the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Donald Trump is Out of Time and Has Jurisdiction Issues in the UK [06:17] TR News "A Moscow court sentences exiled comedian Semyon Slepakov (in absentia) to 400 hours of community service over a song mocking Putin as an eternal little president" https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/21/a-moscow-court-sentences-exiled-comedian-semyon-slepakov-in-absentia-to-400-hours-of-community-service-over-a-song-mocking-putin-as-an-eternal-little-president | Source: Meduza [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | A Moscow court sentences exiled comedian Semyon Slepakov (in absentia) to 400 hours of community service over a song mocking Putin as an eternal little president Meduza [06:17] TR News "This post assumes a basic familiarity with the Rust programming language. It will only explain Rust constructs when we encounter code that wouldn't appear in an introductory book or tutorial." https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/concurrent-servers-part-7-rust/ | Source: Eli Bendersky [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eli.thegreenplace.net | Concurrent Servers: Part 7 - Rust - Eli Bendersky's website [06:17] TR News "Which in turn means that people can, and do, choose based on the marketing of languages much more." https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/8/22/fast-hard-code/ | Source: Armin Ronacher [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lucumr.pocoo.org | Fast and Hard Code | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [06:19] TR News "These two guys was Mamdani and Hasan Piker at the time he said it. It has since expanded." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-framework-needs-the-enemy | Source: Mike Brock [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Framework Needs the Enemy - by Mike Brock [06:19] TR News "OpenRouter helps customers select different AI models to perform different tasks, depending on their specific needs and budget." https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/16/stripe-will-reportedly-acquire-ai-gateway-startup-openrouter-for-7b/ | Source: TechCrunch [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+ | TechCrunch [06:19] TR News "With a deal, OpenRouters business could be destined for commoditization, and thats actually kind of the point." https://www.semafor.com/article/08/21/2026/stripe-agrees-to-acquires-openrouter | Source: Semafor Inc [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Stripe agrees to acquire OpenRouter for $8 billion | Semafor [06:19] TR News "I try not to give a lot of prescriptive advice about working in tech companies." https://www.seangoedecke.com/you-should-never-be-angry-at-work/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.seangoedecke.com | You should never be angry at work [06:20] TR News "In recent discussions with potential investors, Anthropics bankers said the San Francisco company could seek to raise more than $100 billion in its initial public offering" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/technology/anthropic-ipo-100-billion.html | Source: New York Times [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/technology/anthropic-ipo-100-billion.html ) [06:20] TR News "The memo addresses the Democratic campaign to unseat Ohio Senator Jon Husted, who filled the hole left when JD Vance ascended to the Vice Presidency." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/leaked-memo-data-centers-ai-ohio-republicans-election | Source: Futurism [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Leaked Memo Shows Republicans Are Terrified of the Backlash Against AI Data Centers [06:21] TR News "We love a butterfly farm in this house. Well, Tabitha and I do. Charlotte does not like crawlies (they're not creepy)." https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/butterflies-at-the-one-garden | Source: Jasper Tandy [06:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jasper.tandy.is | Jasper is blogging: Butterflies at the One Garden [06:21] TR News "I suspect that the gun naming stemmed from the fact that longboards, 12 feet long, originally made to ride massive waves at places like Hawaiis pipeline" https://artlung.com/blog/2026/08/22/handgun-discussed-handgun-lost/ | Source: Joe Crawford [06:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ArtLung: handgun: discussed; handgun: lost ~ 22 Aug 2026 [06:22] TR News "I have spent much of my life despairing at how to explain my love of, and connection to, wild places." https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-08-22 | Source: Dr Molly Tov [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-drmollytov.smol.pub | i am the lorax and i speak for the trees. the trees say "why don't you call?" [06:22] TR News "This research utilizes historical wind observations from the English Channel to reconstruct a 330-year record of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and East Atlantic (EA) patterns." https://ocean2climate.org/2026/08/22/a-330-year-record-of-ships-logbooks-reveal-strong-interplay-between-the-north-atlantic-oscillation-nao-and-east-atlantic-ea-patterns/ | Source: Sang-Ki Lee [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ocean2climate.org | A 330-Year Record of Ships Logbooks Reveal Strong Interplay Between theNorth Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)andEast Atlantic (EA)patterns Ocean to Climate [06:22] TR News "In one image, this is why politicians are screaming at anyone who will listen that they loathe these data centers just as much as you do and want to stop Big Tech from building any more." https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/500158/data-centers-2026-election-texas-ohio-michigan | Source: Vox [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Data centers are being built across the US and Americans are fed up. Its shaking up the 2026 elections. | Vox [06:25] TR News "Jason Arday wasnt the first person to have been hounded by the UK press and he wont be last." https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-arday-reckoning | Source: Carole Cadwalladr [06:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-broligarchy.substack.com | The Jason Arday Reckoning - by Carole Cadwalladr [06:26] TR News "But my children cannot afford for me to tell them this lie." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/voting-rights-american-democracy-dead/ | Source: The Nation [06:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | American Democracy Has Been Killed | The Nation [06:26] TR News "The official, who spoke on background, said in a statement that after the massive, multinational Exercise Saber Junction in August and September" https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/08/21/us-army-to-end-experimental-drone-battalion-in-europe/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [06:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.armytimes.com | US Army to end experimental drone battalion in Europe [06:27] TR News "coordinated, multi-domain campaign" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-marines-warning-personnel-bases/ | Source: Task And Purpose [06:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taskandpurpose.com | Sailors and Marines advised to hide military ties on social media [06:28] TR News "Despite the evidence against him, the jury declined to indict Morelock, resulting in all charges being dropped." https://futurism.com/future-society/grand-jury-ohio-flock-alpr-surveillance-felony-legal | Source: Futurism [06:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Pole [06:28] TR News "at distances that leave subjects of surveillance completely unaware of the spy in the sky." https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-quietly-selling-drones-scan-license-plates | Source: Futurism [06:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky [06:28] TR News "Federal agencies work hard to secure their online presence, but some website compromises are being uncovered through an unlikely source." https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/a-surprising-source-is-helping-uncover-compromised-government-websites/ | Source: Federal News Network [06:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | A surprising source is helping uncover compromised government websites | Federal News Network [06:41] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 159 Out of 200: Telling Courts False Information and Spoon-feeding Them Insults, Hoping or Expecting Them to Repeat These Insults https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_159_Out_of_200_Telling_Courts_False_Infor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_159_Out_of_200_Telling_Courts_False_Infor.gmi [06:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 159 Out of 200: Telling Courts False Information and Spoon-feeding Them Insults, Hoping or Expecting Them to Repeat These Insults [06:47] TR News "I caught wind of the news that MacStories is back posting on X, the everything platform, and that seems to have caused some backlash." https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/on-values-morals-and-doing-business | Source: Manuel Moreale [06:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manuelmoreale.com | On values, morals, and doing business Manu [06:47] TR News "I understand why MacStories returned to X. My concern is how the decision was handled and communicated to its team, members, and wider community." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/i-understand-why-macstories-returned-to-x-but-not-how-it-happened/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [06:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kylereddoch.me | How MacStories Handled Its Return to X - CybersecKyle [06:47] TR News "one of the largest recoveries ever obtained in a COPPA case." https://www.theverge.com/tech/983531/tiktok-settle-doj-lawsuit-coppa | Source: The Verge [06:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | TikTok will pay $400 million to settle DOJ child privacy lawsuit | The Verge [06:48] TR News "The case, In re: Social Media Adolscent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Litigation, is a consolidated multi-district litigation (MDL) under 28 USC 1407." https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/meta-disputes-claims-of-deliberately-addicting-minors-as-landmark-social-media-trial-begins/ | Source: JURIST [06:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Meta disputes claims of deliberately addicting minors as landmark social media trial begins - JURIST - News [06:48] TR News "The destination is irrelevant, for this is a show an exhibition of audacity, lawlessness and recklessness that draws viewers to TikTok" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/22/deadly-tiktok-motorway-driving-trend-horrifies-ireland | Source: The Guardian UK [06:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Theyre thinking about the likes: deadly TikTok motorway trend horrifies Ireland | Social media | The Guardian [06:48] TR News "LinkedIn actually announced a Seems like AI slop button on July 30th, and the company says that a lot of people have already used it." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/983502/linkedin-ai-slop-button-one-million-people-message | Source: The Verge [06:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Over 1 million people have clicked LinkedIns AI slop button | The Verge [06:48] TR News "Researchers at Adversa AI discovered a new attack technique and named it Cryptographic Context Injection." https://www.securityweek.com/encrypted-prompts-bypass-ai-safety-guardrails-in-grok-and-gemini/ | Source: Security Week [06:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Encrypted Prompts Bypass AI Safety Guardrails in Grok and Gemini - SecurityWeek [06:49] TR News "But were they really learning, or were they using AI as a crutch to breeze through the assignments?" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/results-high-school-students-ai | Source: Futurism [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The Results of Middle and High School Students Using AI Are Extremely Ominous [06:49] TR News "Its not the only slop targeted at children that tends to follow a formula." https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-kids-stories-patterns | Source: Futurism [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI-Generated Children's Stories Contain Bizarre Patterns [06:49] TR News "I'm not predicting elections, and I'm not making a claim of causality." https://onlinecollegemathteacher.blogspot.com/2026/08/does-state-life-expectancy-correlate.html | [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-onlinecollegemathteacher.blogspot.com | Online College Math Teacher: Does state life expectancy correlate with political party voting? [06:49] TR News "I read on a few forums that UV was effective at killing mould spores, so I disassembled the case and put the various components out on the balcony for some Australian sun." https://www.rubenerd.au/musty-computer-use-uv/ | Source: Ruben Schade [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Musty computer? Use UV [06:49] TR News "California nearly reached universal coverage, with a record 95% insured, but budget cuts and federal rules now threaten to double the uninsured rate by 2030, stripping coverage from 2.2 million residents." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-21/california-nearly-achieved-universal-healthcare-now-millions-are-losing-coverage | Source: Los Angeles Times [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | California nearly achieved universal healthcare. Now, millions are losing coverage - Los Angeles Times [06:50] TR News "I could never get it to understand me, saying that I ended up just hanging up and not bothering to try and book an appointment" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/patients-skipping-doctor-ai-receptionist | Source: Futurism [06:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Patients Are Skipping Going to the Doctor Because AI "Receptionists" Can't Understanding What They're Saying [06:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [06:54] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:54] TR News Techrights Links 23/08/2026: Slop "Children's Stories Contain Bizarre Patterns" and "Butterflies at the One Garden" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Links_23_08_2026_Slop_Children_s_Stories_Contain_Bizarre_Patter.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Links_23_08_2026_Slop_Children_s_Stories_Contain_Bizarre_Patter.gmi [06:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 23/08/2026: Slop "Children's Stories Contain Bizarre Patterns" and "Butterflies at the One Garden" ● Aug 23 [07:13] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [07:35] *fantom (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:37] TR News (NEW): 17 GNOME Extensions To Help You Customization Desktop Looks https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/17_GNOME_Extensions_To_Help_You_Customization_Desktop_Looks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/17_GNOME_Extensions_To_Help_You_Customization_Desktop_Looks.gmi [07:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 17 GNOME Extensions To Help You Customization Desktop Looks [07:39] TR News (NEW): Proton OS Debian-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Proton_OS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Proton_OS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Proton OS Debian-based Linux distribution [07:52] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:54] TR News (NEW): Framework Laptop 12 gets Fedora KDE Linux on pre-builts, along with new Intel Core Series 3 processors https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Framework_Laptop_12_gets_Fedora_KDE_Linux_on_pre_builts_along_w.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Framework_Laptop_12_gets_Fedora_KDE_Linux_on_pre_builts_along_w.gmi [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Framework Laptop 12 gets Fedora KDE Linux on pre-builts, along with new Intel Core Series 3 processors [07:55] TR News (NEW): 3 signs you've outgrown Linux Mint https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/3_signs_you_ve_outgrown_Linux_Mint.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/3_signs_you_ve_outgrown_Linux_Mint.gmi [07:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 3 signs you've outgrown Linux Mint [07:59] TR News (NEW): Linux isn't for everyone, but these 5 types of people should seriously consider it https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Linux_isn_t_for_everyone_but_these_5_types_of_people_should_ser.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Linux_isn_t_for_everyone_but_these_5_types_of_people_should_ser.gmi [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux isn't for everyone, but these 5 types of people should seriously consider it ● Aug 23 [08:10] TR News (NEW): Debian GNU/Linux is 33 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/16/Debian_GNU_Linux_is_33.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/16/Debian_GNU_Linux_is_33.gmi [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Debian GNU/Linux is 33 [08:12] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Aug 23 [09:58] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Aug 23 [10:02] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:06] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[11:20] TR News "Which one would you have chosen?" https://boffosocko.com/2026/08/22/comparison-of-the-1971-hermes-3000-and-the-1971-sears-newport/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boffosocko.com | | Chris Aldrich [11:21] TR News "Digital or analog, the common ground here is that we all thought that some project was cool enough to warrant the sweat of learning enough to do it" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/you-gotta-want-it/ | Source: Hackaday [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-You Gotta Want It | Hackaday [11:21] TR News "The gift will directly support ARRL programs and activities, including the ARRL STEM education initiative within the Education and Technology Program" https://www.arrl.org/news/view/entrepreneur-and-amateur-radio-operator-invests-in-the-next-generation-of-problem-solvers | Source: ARRL [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.arrl.org | Entrepreneur and Amateur Radio Operator Invests in the Next Generation of Problem Solvers [11:21] TR News "The ABA continues to maintain that it is operating well within the Education Departments requirements." https://newrepublic.com/post/214597/trump-american-bar-association-power-accreditation | Source: New Republic [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Trump Moves to Strip American Bar Association of Its Power | The New Republic [11:24] TR News "University students complaining about money is hardly a modern phenomenon." https://www.medievalists.net/2026/08/letters-students-middle-ages/ | Source: Medievalists.net [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dear Dad, Send Money: Letters from Students in the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net [11:24] TR News "Suppose you wanted to find the distance between Earth and Mars over time. To first approximation, both planets orbit the sun in elliptic orbits in the same plane." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/22/inclination/ | Source: John D Cook [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | The difference orbit inclination makes [11:25] TR News "Mathematical Discourse publishes research talks in pure mathematics of the highest quality, promoting a culture which values communication as an essential part of the research process." https://www.mathematicaldiscourse.org/about | [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mathematicaldiscourse.org | About - Mathematical Discourse [11:25] TR News "Our goal is to promote and nourish a culture which values communication as an essential part of the research process." https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/mathematical-discourse/ | Source: Terence Tao [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-terrytao.wordpress.com | Mathematical Discourse | What's new [11:25] TR News "This generalizes the famous theorem of Szemerdi in two ways: firstly, by considering polynomial progressions instead of arithmetic progressions" https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/08/20/quantitative-bounds-for-sets-lacking-polynomial-progressions-with-shifted-prime-difference/ | Source: Terence Tao [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-terrytao.wordpress.com | Quantitative bounds for sets lacking polynomial progressions with shifted prime difference | What's new [11:25] TR News "If youve been to my site beforeyou may have noticed a bit of a change since yesterday." https://burgeonlab.com/notes/2026/0822-2012/ | Source: Naty S [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-About the Revamp BurgeonLab [11:26] TR News "Today I saw a question posted on Reddit from someone whos deploying to Mildenhall from the US." https://petewarden.com/2026/08/22/how-to-see-hidden-east-anglia-as-a-us-service-member/ | Source: Pete Warden [11:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-petewarden.com | How to see hidden East Anglia as a US service member Pete Warden's blog [11:26] TR News "Finding your voice aint like finding lost keys. Its not like solving the mystery of why your keys are always in the last place you look." https://robertbirming.com/your-voice-is-here/ | Source: Robert Birming [11:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertbirming.com | Your voice is here Robert Birming [11:27] TR News "Ribbons and medals, though, do not quite capture the breadth of Hotine's work. His greatest memorial is an artifact of his work: squat concrete pillars surmounted by a triangular brass plate" https://computer.rip/2026-08-22-figure-of-the-earth.html | Source: J B Crawford [11:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-computer.rip | the figure of the earth [11:44] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Has Been Measured at 14% in Italy, 13% Last Week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/GNU_Linux_Has_Been_Measured_at_14_in_Italy_13_Last_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/GNU_Linux_Has_Been_Measured_at_14_in_Italy_13_Last_Week.gmi [11:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Has Been Measured at 14% in Italy, 13% Last Week [11:47] TR News GNU/Linux has grown some more this morning https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202608 [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [11:47] TR News "EPUB is a zip file that contains some metadata files and a bunch of XHTML. That is all." https://www.jmduke.com/posts/epub.html | Source: Justin Duke [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jmduke.com | EPUB is not that scary | Applied Cartography [11:48] TR News "How hard can emails be? Or so I thought. Boy, was I wrong. This post is basically me fucking around with email infrastructure and finding out the hard way." https://yashgarg.dev/posts/the-schrodinger-email/ | Source: Yash Garg [11:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yashgarg.dev | The Schrdinger Email [11:49] TR News "The Java implementation is much more sophisticated, and it is highly accelerated." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/22/javas-string-indexof-can-be-slow-quadratic/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [11:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/22/javas-string-indexof-can-be-slow-quadratic/ ) [11:49] TR News "This is part 8 in a series of posts on writing concurrent network servers." https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/concurrent-servers-part-8-go/ | Source: Eli Bendersky [11:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eli.thegreenplace.net | Concurrent Servers: Part 8 - Go - Eli Bendersky's website [11:50] TR News "Time is wibbly wobbly as my favourite Doctor would say and when writing tests, it means that we need tools to control time." https://hamatti.org/posts/t-is-for-time-machine/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | T is for time-machine - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala [11:50] TR News "One of the things that ruff can be is a Python linter (in addition to at least a formatter and a not very attractive language server)." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/TamingRuffAndMypy | Source: University of Toronto [11:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [11:52] TR News "Data::Checks and its associated ecosystem of attributes allows for convenient definition of runtime value constraint assertions." https://fuzzix.org/perls-datachecks-and-tagged-types-of-a-sort | Source: Fuzzix [11:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fuzzix.org | Perl's Data::Checks and Tagged Types, of a Sort :: fuzzix dot org [11:53] TR News "well-intentioned but incorrect" https://typesanitizer.com/blog/performance-issues.html | Source: Varun Gandhi [11:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-typesanitizer.com | There continue to be reasons for software to be slow [11:53] TR News "Today I learned: When using the git CLI you can reference a commit by its commit message using the :/some text syntax." https://hamvocke.com/blog/git-revisions-by-text/ | Source: Ham Vocke [11:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamvocke.com | Find Git Commits by Commit Message Text - Ham Vocke [11:53] TR News "This policy reaffirms the British Librarys commitment to making metadata as open as possible, and confirms the terms of licence" https://www.bl.uk/about/governance/policies/sharing-british-library-open-metadata-with-our-communities | Source: British Library [11:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.bl.uk/about/governance/policies/sharing-british-library-open-metadata-with-our-communities ) [11:55] TR News "So, I have this little app, Epoch, that I use to keep a journal. Its a tiny Rust web app that runs as a systemd service and uses SQLite as the database." https://borretti.me/article/a-syncthing-and-sqlite-gotcha | Source: Fernando Borretti [11:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-borretti.me | A Syncthing and SQLite Gotcha [11:57] TR News "The online version of Think Java now features interactive widgets that run the code examples in the browser." https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2026/08/22/think-java-but-interactive/ | Source: Allen Downey [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.allendowney.com | Think Java, but interactive - Probably Overthinking It [11:57] TR News "Ive released WebDyne 3.0, an update to the Perl-based dynamic HTML engine I have created" https://blogs.perl.org/users/aspeer/2026/08/ive-released-webdyne-30-an.html | Source: Perl [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-WebDyne 3.0 released -- now with PAGI, Server-Sent Events and WebSockets | aspeer [blogs.perl.org] [11:57] TR News "Vim has over 100 events, from buffer was created to file was saved. But one of them sticks out to me: UserGettingBored. Heres the documentation: [...]" https://evanhahn.com/usergettingbored-vim/ | Source: Evan Hahn [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-evanhahn.com | Vim's UserGettingBored autocmd [11:58] TR News "I'm not talking about the AI or Pixel-exclusive features, but the OS's overall look and feel." https://www.androidpolice.com/no-stock-android-in-2026/ | Source: Android Police [11:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | There's no such thing as stock Android anymore, and that's completely fine [11:58] TR News "I'm using a Framework 13 as my personal computer now and its pretty darn close to what Id describe as perfect. But there are a some things that Id change: [...]" https://initialcharge.net/2026/08/perfect-laptop-harley/ | Source: Mike Rockwell [11:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://initialcharge.net/2026/08/perfect-laptop-harley/ ) [11:59] TR News "Up to a certain point, the simplest way to increase a radios range is to lower the frequency; lower radio frequencies penetrate better through most materials and dont attenuate as quickly with distance." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/open-source-expresslrs-receiver-reaches-for-range/ | Source: Hackaday [11:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Open-Source ExpressLRS Receiver Reaches For Range | Hackaday [11:59] TR News "Its not the first printable shutter weve seen, but it remains the first variable one" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/the-shutter-makes-this-3d-printed-camera-special/ | Source: Hackaday [11:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Shutter Makes This 3D Printed Camera Special | Hackaday ● Aug 23 [12:00] TR News "There are two ranges to use, depending on the magnitude of the radiation source1 uSv/h, and 10 uSv/h." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/building-an-analog-geiger-counter/ | Source: Hackaday [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Building An Analog Geiger Counter | Hackaday [12:00] TR News "The build in question concerns the use of a 555 timer IC." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/555-makes-a-useful-beat-frequency-oscillator/ | Source: Hackaday [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-555 Makes A Useful Beat Frequency Oscillator | Hackaday [12:01] TR News "The actors leverage Internet scanning services to find Internet-exposed PLCs running outdated software or that are otherwise poorly protected" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/us-authorities-say-siemens-controllers-used-for-water-and-other-infrastructure-are-being-targeted-by-hackers-agencies-claim-threat-actors-use-ai-tools-to-generate-exploitation-scripts | Source: Tom's Hardware [12:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | US authorities say Siemens controllers used for water and other infrastructure are being targeted by hackers agencies claim threat actors use AI tools to generate exploitation scripts | Tom's Hardware [12:03] TR News "The chip in question is a SST39SF040, an EEPROM in a PLCC package. This necessitated buying a carrier adaptor from AliExpress to allow the T48 to interface with it: [...]" https://www.rubenerd.au/programming-an-sst39sf040-with-the-t48-and-minipro/ | Source: Ruben Schade [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Programming an SST39SF040 with the T48 and minipro [12:05] TR News "After some debugging I found two problems." https://blog.feld.me/posts/2026/08/debian-not-reusing-dhcp-leases/ | Source: Feld [12:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.feld.me | Debian Not Reusing DHCP Leases Makefile.feld [12:08] TR News "The biggest feature is probably HDMI 2.1 support. With my 9070 XT connected to my LG TV, I can now enable 4K HDR VRR. And the TV correctly recognizes FreeSync Premium." https://overkill.wtf/notes/bazzite-44-launched | Source: Kevin Wammer [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This is the biggest update Bazzite has ever seen. - overkill.wtf [12:09] TR News "If you've spent any time configuring Arch Linux with a tiling window manager, you know the drill." https://fivenines.io/blog/omarchy-what-it-is-how-it-works/ | [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fivenines.io | Omarchy: DHH Made an Arch Linux Distro, and It's Actually Pretty Good [12:09] TR News "Thats why I built Omarchy: to create a stellar, developer-focused Linux system using the beautiful Hyprland tiling window manager on up-to-date Arch underpinnings." https://www.dell.com/en-us/blog/year-of-the-linux-laptop-omarchy-on-xps/ | [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Year of the Linux Laptop: Omarchy on XPS | Dell [12:09] TR News [Old] "Omarchy and Arch Linux both belong to the world of lightweight, customizable Linux distributions, yet each serves a very different user base." https://omarchy.net/omarchy-vs-arch-linux-understanding-main-differences/ | [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-omarchy.net | Omarchy vs Arch Linux: Understanding the Main Differences - omarchy [12:10] TR News "One of the monitoring checks I have in place will identify any installed package which is not in the package repository." https://dan.langille.org/2026/08/21/freebsd-backup-libraries-such-as-base-freebsd-kerberos-lib-backup-libkrb5profile-so/ | Source: Dan Langille [12:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dan.langille.org | FreeBSD backup libraries such as base/FreeBSD-kerberos-lib-backup-libkrb5profile.so Dan Langille's Other Diary [12:12] TR News "Today I use an extensively customized X environment, and I have every intention of clinging grimly to it for as long as I can." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/WaylandOptionsOptimism | Source: University of Toronto [12:12] TR News "We should in all fairness start by saying its not real TOS, but EmuTOS, an open-source drop-in replacement." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/22/an-atari-desktop-on-a-sega/ | Source: Hackaday [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-An Atari Desktop On A Sega | Hackaday [12:13] TR News Anon: Microsoft hates SSH in a _*big*_ way and has been maneuvering against it for 10+ years - I guess the hostile fork was made 10 years ago, november, see: https://github.com/powershell/win32-openssh [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GitHub - PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH: Win32 port of OpenSSH GitHub [12:14] TR News ...The original project has done very poor by failing to protect the name or trademark (Same as in http://techrights.org/n/2024/05/02/Embrace_Extend_Replace_the_Original_Or_Just_Hijack_the_Word_Sud.shtml ) [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Embrace, Extend, Replace the Original (Or Just Hijack the Word 'Sudo') [12:14] TR News ...University of Kent has some old, related sources: https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.wiretapped.net/pub/security/cryptography/apps/ssh/OSSH/ However, none of the corresponding OpenPGP signatures are there for Ylnen's SSH 1.2.12 which was his last FOSS edition. So there is no real way to know whether the tarball there at Kent is authentic or not. [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mirrorservice.org | Index of /sites/ftp.wiretapped.net/pub/security/cryptography/apps/ssh/OSSH [12:16] TR News "To do just that, Im incorporating the Omacom Foundation to ensure that this mission is fully funded, durable, and ready to accelerate." https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/omacom-foundation-launches-with-8-million/ | [12:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-omarchy.org | Omacom Foundation launches with $8 million Omarchy News [12:24] TR News Slopfarm? https://www.storyboard18.com/trending/sole-earner-microsoft-techie-says-he-was-laid-off-for-being-young-post-sparks-debate-108519.htm [12:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Sole earner: Microsoft techie says he was laid off for being young; post sparks debate - Storyboard18 [12:31] TR News Jon Chiappetta: Trying Out A Set Of Hacky Tampermonkey Javascript Modifications For A Better kick.com Live Stream Video Experience https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/trying-out-a-set-of-hacky-tampermonkey-javascript-modifications-for-a-better-kick-com-live-stream-video-experience/ [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossjon.wordpress.com | Trying Out A Set Of Hacky Tampermonkey Javascript Modifications For A Better kick.com Live Stream Video Experience | Jon's FOSS Blog [12:32] TR News '$200 Billion in Lost Market Cap': Alphabet Stock Rocked by Brutal Hey Hi (AI) Brain Drain and DeepMind Rumours https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/alphabet-invests-departing-ai-talent-1815662 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Google_s_Debt_Trebled_in_Only_9_Months_and_It_s_Not_Even_the_Fu.shtml [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | '$200 Billion in Lost Market Cap': Alphabet Stock Rocked by Brutal AI Brain Drain and DeepMind Rumours | IBTimes UK [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google's Debt Trebled in Only 9 Months and It's Not Even the Full Picture (There's Secret Debt, Too) [12:32] TR News Surveillance Prices. Hidden Fees. Shifting Costs. This Madness Must Stop. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/opinion/surveillance-pricing-data-companies.html [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/opinion/surveillance-pricing-data-companies.html ) [12:33] TR News Horrified School District Pleads Police to Stop Using Electric Shock Torture Gloves on Students https://futurism.com/science-energy/school-district-police-electric-shock-torture-gloves [12:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Horrified School District Pleads Police to Stop Using Electric Shock Torture Gloves on Students [12:33] TR News "Whether you do not subscribe to the current fashion in (claim) interpretation principles at the EPO is actually irrelevant, as it is not for you to decide, since at the end of the day it is for the boards of appeal to decide" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/08/claim-construction-checkpoints.html?showComment=1787339184598#c4663505536962821041 [12:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Claim construction checkpoints: Application as filed versus granted patent (T 0715/24) - The IPKat [12:35] TR News Javas String.indexOf can be slow (quadratic) https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/22/javas-string-indexof-can-be-slow-quadratic/ [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/22/javas-string-indexof-can-be-slow-quadratic/ ) [12:36] TR News Russell Coker: Links August 2026 https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/08/23/links-august-2026/ [12:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-etbe.coker.com.au | Links August 2026 etbe Russell Coker [12:36] TR News Antwerp's 'human zoo': Belgium confronts shame of colonial past https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260822-antwerp-s-human-zoo-belgium-confronts-shame-of-colonial-past-1 [12:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260822-antwerp-s-human-zoo-belgium-confronts-shame-of-colonial-past-1 ) [12:37] TR News Sam Thursfield: 23rd August 2026 https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/23rd-august-2026/ [12:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-samthursfield.wordpress.com | 23rd August 2026 Sam Thursfield [12:41] TR News Patients Are Skipping Going to the Doctor Because Hey Hi (AI) Receptionists Cant Understanding What Theyre Saying https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/patients-skipping-doctor-ai-receptionist [12:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Patients Are Skipping Going to the Doctor Because AI "Receptionists" Can't Understanding What They're Saying [12:42] TR News The Results of Middle and High School Students Using Hey Hi (AI) Are Extremely Ominous https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/results-high-school-students-ai [12:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The Results of Middle and High School Students Using AI Are Extremely Ominous [12:55] TR News Proton OS Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/proton-os-debian-based-linux-distribution/ [12:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Proton OS - Debian-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks ● Aug 23 [13:00] TR News Emmanuel Kasper: Create a development VM using Debian cloud images https://00formicapunk00.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/create-a-development-vm-using-debian-cloud-images/ [13:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-00formicapunk00.wordpress.com | Create a development VM using Debian cloud images formicapunk [13:01] TR News Linux Creator Linus Torvalds Just Used Hey Hi (AI) to Fix a Kernel Bug https://itsfoss.com/news/torvalds-used-ai-fix-kernel-bug/ [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Linux Creator Linus Torvalds Just Used AI to Fix a Kernel Bug [13:01] TR News Linus Torvalds Made an Hey Hi (AI) Debug a GPU Bug, and It Tried to Quit Twice https://linuxstans.com/linus-torvalds-made-an-ai-debug-a-gpu-bug-and-it-tried-to-quit-twice/ [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxstans.com | Linus Torvalds Uses AI to Crack a Nasty GPU Bug [13:02] TR News If bugs take this much work to fix, why allow slop bots to add code? Mistakes can take a lot of work to identify and fix. [13:02] TR News "The creator of Linux needed 18 boots to find a one-line fix." [13:03] TR News Pulseaudio mixer causes apps to crash https://bkhome.org/news/202608/pulseaudio-mixer-causes-apps-to-crash.html [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | Pulseaudio mixer causes apps to crash [13:09] TR News Guadalajara residents turn to citizen science as water crisis deepens https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/guadalajara-water-crisis-citizen-science/ [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mexiconewsdaily.com | Pressure on Guadalajara authorities builds over water crisis [13:09] TR News UN warns humanitarian aid cuts leave millions of children vulnerable to hunger in Somalia https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/un-warns-humanitarian-aid-cuts-leave-millions-of-children-vulnerable-to-hunger-in-somalia/ [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | UN warns humanitarian aid cuts leave children vulnerable to hunger in Somalia - JURIST - News [13:09] TR News DR Congo receives Ebola vaccines in face of 'exponential' outbreak https://www.france24.com/en/dr-congo-receives-ebola-vaccines-in-face-of-exponential-outbreak [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/dr-congo-receives-ebola-vaccines-in-face-of-exponential-outbreak ) [13:09] TR News Four-legged lifesavers: Inside South Koreas growing canine blood donation network https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/four-legged-lifesavers-inside-south-koreas-growing-canine-blood-donation-network [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Four-legged lifesavers: Inside South Koreas growing canine blood donation network | The Straits Times [13:10] TR News Philippines says military logistics pact with Japan now in force https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-says-military-logistics-pact-with-japan-now-in-force [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines-Japan military logistics pact now in force | The Straits Times [13:11] TR News Will Japan rewire global rare earth supply chains with its deep-sea breakthrough? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/will-japan-rewire-global-rare-earth-supply-chains-with-its-deep-sea-breakthrough [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japans deep-sea rare earth breakthrough reshaping supply chains | The Straits Times [13:11] TR News War criminals shrine: Chinas replacement name for Yasukuni sharpens rhetoric against Japan https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/war-criminals-shrine-chinas-replacement-name-for-yasukuni-sharpens-rhetoric-against-japan [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | War criminals shrine: Chinas replacement name for Yasukuni sharpens rhetoric against Japan | The Straits Times [13:12] TR News China mulls bid to host 2028 UN climate talks: sources https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/22/china-mulls-bid-to-host-2028-un-climate-talks-sources/ [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China mulls bid to host 2028 UN climate talks: sources [13:14] TR News All Those Nuclear Tests Decades Ago Have Revealed Something New About Our Planet's Core https://www.sciencealert.com/all-those-nuclear-tests-decades-ago-have-revealed-something-new-about-our-planets-core [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-All Those Nuclear Tests Decades Ago Have Revealed Something New About Our Planet's Core : ScienceAlert [13:14] TR News Hidden Pulses Within Your Brain May Hold Your Thoughts Together https://www.sciencealert.com/hidden-pulses-within-your-brain-may-hold-your-thoughts-together [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hidden Pulses Within Your Brain May Hold Your Thoughts Together : ScienceAlert [13:14] TR News An Ancient Shark Graveyard Has Been Found in The Egyptian Desert https://www.sciencealert.com/an-ancient-shark-graveyard-has-been-found-in-the-egyptian-desert [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-An Ancient Shark Graveyard Has Been Found in The Egyptian Desert : ScienceAlert [13:15] TR News Michael Calabrese: Pitivi Timeline Ruler https://mccalabrese.github.io/gnome-blog/posts/final/ [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mccalabrese.github.io | Michael Calabrese | Pitivi Timeline Ruler [13:16] TR News Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: third week of aug 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/08/22/misc-fedora-bits-third-week-of-aug-2026/ [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scrye.com | misc fedora bits: third week of aug 2026 | Kevin's musings [13:20] TR News "Florida seeks court ruling to officially classify Sam Altman and ChatGPT as a 'public nuisance' OpenAI fights to keep lawsuit away from a state jury | Tom's Hardware" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-fights-to-keep-chatgpt-lawsuit-away-from-a-state-jury [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Florida seeks court ruling to officially classify Sam Altman and ChatGPT as a 'public nuisance' OpenAI fights to keep lawsuit away from a state jury | Tom's Hardware [13:23] TR News Laureen Caliman: GSoC 2026 Final Report Laureen Caliman https://blogs.gnome.org/laureen/2026/08/22/gsoc-2026-final-report-laureen-caliman/ [13:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.gnome.org | GSoC 2026 Final Report Laureen Caliman crosswordsgsoc ● Aug 23 [14:00] TR News UN announces new initiative to protect terrorism victims from online harm and retraumatisation https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/un-announces-new-initiative-to-protect-terrorism-victims-from-online-harm-and-retraumatisation/ [14:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | UN announces new initiative to protect terrorism victims from online harm and re-traumatization - JURIST - News [14:01] TR News Your Heart Can Actually Build Its Own Bypass After a Heart Attack https://www.sciencealert.com/your-heart-can-actually-build-its-own-bypass-after-a-heart-attack [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Your Heart Can Actually Build Its Own Bypass After a Heart Attack : ScienceAlert [14:02] TR News There Are Fungi in The Ocean, And They May Be Way More Important Than We Realized https://www.sciencealert.com/there-are-fungi-in-the-ocean-and-they-may-be-way-more-important-than-we-realized [14:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-There Are Fungi in The Ocean, And They May Be Way More Important Than We Realized : ScienceAlert [14:02] TR News This Once-Daily Pill Helps The Skin Regain Its Color in People With Vitiligo https://www.sciencealert.com/this-once-daily-pill-helps-the-skin-regain-its-color-in-people-with-vitiligo [14:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This Once-Daily Pill Helps The Skin Regain Its Color in People With Vitiligo : ScienceAlert [14:03] TR News MElon Artificial Intelligence Warning: China Emerges as Strongest Competitor in Global Race https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musk-china-ai-competitiveness-1815656 [14:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Elon Musk Artificial Intelligence Warning: China Emerges as Strongest Competitor in Global Race | IBTimes UK [14:04] TR News Devious New Font Turns Hey Hi (AI) Scrapers Into Mincemeat https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/devious-new-font-turns-ai-scrapers-into-mincemeat [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Devious New Font Turns AI Scrapers Into Mincemeat [14:05] TR News This Is Probably Not the AI-Generated Version of The Odyssey That MElon Was Imagining https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/not-elon-musk-ai-odyssey [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | This Is Probably Not the AI-Generated Version of "The Odyssey" That Elon Musk Was Imagining [14:05] TR News Hyping up anything a crooked man says like he is a genius in proportion to alleged wealth [14:05] TR News Logitech faces lawsuit for withholding $61M in tariff refunds from customers lawsuit claims company extracted up to $97M from consumers in 2026 through tariff-justified price increases https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/logitech-faces-lawsuit-for-withholding-usd61m-in-tariff-refunds-from-customers-lawsuit-claims-company-extracted-up-to-usd97m-from-consumers-in-2026-through-tariff-justified-price-increases [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Logitech faces lawsuit for withholding $61M in tariff refunds from customers lawsuit claims company extracted up to $97M from consumers in 2026 through tariff-justified price increases | Tom's Hardware [14:06] TR News Rights group sues Canada and Manitoba for extremely underfunded criminal legal aid https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/rights-group-sues-canada-and-manitoba-for-extremely-underfunded-criminal-legal-aid/ [14:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Rights group sues Canada and Manitoba for 'extremely underfunded' legal aid - JURIST - News [14:06] TR News Amnesty International calls upon Hamas to stamp out extrajudicial executions and ensure justice for victims in the Gaza Strip https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/amnesty-international-calls-upon-hamas-to-stamp-out-extrajudicial-executions-and-ensure-justice-for-victims-in-the-gaza-strip/ [14:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Amnesty International calls upon Hamas to stamp out extrajudicial executions and ensure justice for victims in the Gaza Strip - JURIST - News [14:09] TR News Microsoft blames RGB peripherals for crashing backdoored Windows 11 RGB software is causing blue screens, crashes, and game freezes https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-blames-rgb-peripherals-for-crashing-windows-11-rgb-software-is-causing-blue-screens-crashes-and-game-freezes [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Microsoft blames RGB peripherals for crashing Windows 11 RGB software is causing blue screens, crashes, and game freezes | Tom's Hardware [14:09] TR News Science Weighs in on Whether All Those Photos Are Helping or Hurting Your Memory https://www.sciencealert.com/science-weighs-in-on-whether-all-those-photos-are-helping-or-hurting-your-memory [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Science Weighs in on Whether All Those Photos Are Helping or Hurting Your Memory : ScienceAlert [14:10] TR News GTA 6 leaks prompt Take-Two to subpoena Abusive Monopolist Microsoft for backdoored Windows device IDs of everyone in three Discord servers daily gameplay leaks shatter cloud of secrecy around the much-hyped game https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/take-two-subpoenas-microsoft-for-windows-device-ids-of-everyone-in-three-discord-servers-in-gta-6-leak-hunt [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | GTA 6 leaks prompt Take-Two to subpoena Microsoft for Windows device IDs of everyone in three Discord servers daily gameplay leaks shatter cloud of secrecy around the much-hyped game | Tom's Hardware [14:12] TR News ICE Plans To Spend up to $20m on Thousands of Electric-Shock Gloves, Sparking Fears Over Potential Abuse https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-electric-shock-gloves-safety-legal-concerns-1815678 [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | ICE Plans To Spend up to $20m on Thousands of Electric-Shock Gloves, Sparking Fears Over Potential Abuse | IBTimes UK [14:13] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RProtoBuf 0.4.28 on CRAN: Small Updates http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08/22#rprotobuf_0.4.28 [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [14:13] TR News Carney Slams U.S.-Canada Trade Proposal and Vows Retaliation https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world/canada/carney-tariffs-trade-trump.html [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world/canada/carney-tariffs-trade-trump.html ) [14:14] TR News Qubes OS Summit 2026: Proposals closing soon; tickets still available! https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/08/22/qubes-os-summit-2026-proposals-closing-soon-tickets-still-available/ [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qubes-os.org | Qubes OS Summit 2026: Proposals closing soon; tickets still available! | Qubes OS [14:14] TR News 'Patently Unlawful': The Insurrectionist Gets Destroyed in Court Over Major 75-Country Immigrant Visa Ban https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-judge-overturns-trump-immigrant-visa-ban-1815672 [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'Patently Unlawful': Donald Trump Gets Destroyed in Court Over Major 75-Country Immigrant Visa Ban | IBTimes UK [14:15] TR News Myanmar air strike on monastery kills 14: Witnesses https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-air-strike-on-monastery-kills-14-rebel-witnesses [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Myanmar air strike on monastery kills 14: Witnesses | The Straits Times [14:15] TR News UN warns that civilians in Gaza face severe shelter crisis as strikes and gunfire continue https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/un-warns-that-civilians-in-gaza-face-severe-shelter-crisis-as-strikes-and-gunfire-continue/ [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | UN warns that civilians in Gaza face severe shelter crisis as strikes and gunfire continue - JURIST - News [14:16] TR News Federal judge strikes down administrations ban on visas for immigrants from 75 countries https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/federal-judge-strikes-down-administrations-ban-on-visas-for-immigrants-from-75-countries/ [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Federal judge strikes down administration's ban on visas for immigrants from 75 countries - JURIST - News [14:16] TR News 'Contrary to law': US judge strikes down Convicted Felon's 75-country visa ban https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260822-contrary-to-law-us-judge-strikes-down-trump-s-75-country-visa-ban [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260822-contrary-to-law-us-judge-strikes-down-trump-s-75-country-visa-ban ) [14:17] TR News Tomeu Vizoso: Etnaviv NPU update 22: YOLOX support https://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2026/08/etnaviv-npu-update-22-yolox-support.html [14:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.tomeuvizoso.net | Tomeu Vizoso: Etnaviv NPU update 22: YOLOX support [14:17] TR News Banking Trojans Manic, Grandoreiro, ToxicPanda 2.0 in the Spotlight https://www.securityweek.com/banking-trojans-manic-grandoreiro-toxicpanda-2-0-in-the-spotlight/ [14:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Banking Trojans Manic, Grandoreiro, ToxicPanda 2.0 in the Spotlight - SecurityWeek [14:18] TR News Slop-ware. Do not touch. Do not share. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/postcard-gnome-email-client [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Postcard is a new email client for GNOME, built with AI - OMG! Ubuntu [14:18] TR News SeqKit manipulate FASTA and FASTQ files https://www.linuxlinks.com/seqkit-manipulate-fasta-fastq-files/ [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SeqKit - manipulate FASTA and FASTQ files - LinuxLinks [14:19] TR News Proxmox VE Series Part 5: backdoored Windows Virtual Machine https://www.linux.org/threads/proxmox-ve-series-part-5-windows-virtual-machine.63049/ [14:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Proxmox VE Series Part 5: Windows Virtual Machine | Linux.org [14:21] TR News Microsoft https://www.phoronix.com/news/SMB3-CIFS-Maintainer-Change [14:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Longtime Linux CIFS/SMB3 Maintainer Passes Away - Phoronix [14:23] TR News Does state life expectancy correlate with political party voting? https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/does-state-life-expectancy-correlate-with-political-party-voting/ [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Does state life expectancy correlate with political party voting? | R-bloggers [14:29] TR News Each time slopmatt is called out on his lack of qualifications in security he'd post some circle-jerking self-praise and buzzword-dropping in social control media [14:30] TR News ACPI training you at security like writing a CS thesis trains you to be a good physician [14:30] TR News GSoC 2026: Building Join.Kde.Org https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/22/gsoc-2026-building-join.kde.org/ [14:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.kde.org | GSoC 2026: Building Join.Kde.Org - KDE Blogs [14:32] TR News Maintenance release: Godot 3.6.3 https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-3-6-3/ [14:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-godotengine.org | Maintenance release: Godot 3.6.3 Godot Engine [14:33] TR News How a Convicted Felon Envoy Uses Vodka and Dirty Jokes to Conduct U.S. Diplomacy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world/europe/belarus-john-coale-lukashenko-trump.html [14:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world/europe/belarus-john-coale-lukashenko-trump.html ) [14:33] TR News MagOS 2025_20260821 https://distrowatch.com/magos [14:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/magos ) [14:33] TR News Rescue Operations Under Way After Russian Deadly Strike On Ukrainian Shopping Mall https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-attack-kryviy-rih-ukraine-zelenskyy/33836124.html [14:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Rescue Operations Under Way After Russian Deadly Strike On Ukrainian Shopping Mall [14:34] TR News Macron Pledges Delivery Of French Air Interceptors Following Deadly Wave Of Russian Attacks https://www.rferl.org/a/macron-interceptor-missiles-ukraine-zelenskyy-russia-kryviy-rih/33836260.html [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Rejects Call For Wartime Elections As EU Leaders Head To Kyiv To Discuss Military Support [14:34] TR News Children among wounded in Zelensky's hometown, struck by Russian drones https://www.france24.com/en/children-among-wounded-in-zelensky-s-hometown-struck-by-russian-drones [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/children-among-wounded-in-zelensky-s-hometown-struck-by-russian-drones ) [14:34] TR News France to deliver interceptor missiles to Ukraine after fresh wave of Russian strikes https://www.france24.com/en/france-to-deliver-interceptor-missiles-to-ukraine-after-fresh-wave-of-russian-strikes [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/france-to-deliver-interceptor-missiles-to-ukraine-after-fresh-wave-of-russian-strikes ) [14:35] TR News Why smartphones prices are increasing so much https://www.techzim.co.zw/2026/08/why-smartphones-prices-are-increasing-so-much/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/02/Storage_and_Memory_Prices_Are_Rising_Not_Because_of_High_Demand.shtml [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 428 @ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2026/08/why-smartphones-prices-are-increasing-so-much/ ) [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Storage and Memory Prices Are Rising Not Because of High Demand (Production Can Match Demand), It's Partly Because of Price-Fixing (Same as Food Price Increases) [14:39] TR News (NEW): Debian Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Debian_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Debian_Leftovers.gmi [14:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Debian Leftovers [14:41] TR News (NEW): Fedora Report, Fedora-Based Bazzite and Qubes OS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Fedora_Report_Fedora_Based_Bazzite_and_Qubes_OS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Fedora_Report_Fedora_Based_Bazzite_and_Qubes_OS.gmi [14:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fedora Report, Fedora-Based Bazzite and Qubes OS [14:43] TR News (NEW): GNOME: Sam Thursfield, GSoC, and Slop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/GNOME_Sam_Thursfield_GSoC_and_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/GNOME_Sam_Thursfield_GSoC_and_Slop.gmi [14:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNOME: Sam Thursfield, GSoC, and Slop [14:43] TR News (NEW): Omarchy Quattro and Raising Money for Desktop/Laptop Efforts https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Omarchy_Quattro_and_Raising_Money_for_Desktop_Laptop_Efforts.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Omarchy_Quattro_and_Raising_Money_for_Desktop_Laptop_Efforts.gmi [14:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Omarchy Quattro and Raising Money for Desktop/Laptop Efforts [14:46] TR News (NEW): Devices, Open Hardware, and Mobile https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Mobile.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Mobile.gmi [14:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Devices, Open Hardware, and Mobile [14:46] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [14:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [14:49] TR News (NEW): Linus Torvalds turns to slop (while Linux gets contaminated with slop), Pulseaudio mixer causes apps to crash https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Linus_Torvalds_turns_to_slop_while_Linux_gets_contaminated_with.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Linus_Torvalds_turns_to_slop_while_Linux_gets_contaminated_with.gmi [14:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linus Torvalds turns to slop (while Linux gets contaminated with slop), Pulseaudio mixer causes apps to crash [14:51] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [14:51] TR News (NEW): Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux and BSD Leftovers [14:57] TR News Techrights Links 23/08/2026: Water Crises, Illegal Tariffs, and Carney Confronts US Over Patent Imperialism https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Links_23_08_2026_Water_Crises_Illegal_Tariffs_and_Carney_Confro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Links_23_08_2026_Water_Crises_Illegal_Tariffs_and_Carney_Confro.gmi [14:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 23/08/2026: Water Crises, Illegal Tariffs, and Carney Confronts US Over Patent Imperialism ● Aug 23 [15:08] TR News Techrights France: GNU/Linux Averaging at 7%, Peaked at 14% Today https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/France_GNU_Linux_Averaging_at_7_Peaked_at_14_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/France_GNU_Linux_Averaging_at_7_Peaked_at_14_Today.gmi [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights France: GNU/Linux Averaging at 7%, Peaked at 14% Today [15:14] TR News A "Pep" Deja Vu https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/23/a-pep-deja-vu/ [15:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive A Pep Deja Vu [15:42] TR News Techrights PIPs and Lawsuits: On the Future of IBM Trying to Spit Out Its Own Staff at Minimal Cost https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/PIPs_and_Lawsuits_On_the_Future_of_IBM_Trying_to_Spit_Out_Its_O.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/PIPs_and_Lawsuits_On_the_Future_of_IBM_Trying_to_Spit_Out_Its_O.gmi [15:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights PIPs and Lawsuits: On the Future of IBM Trying to Spit Out Its Own Staff at Minimal Cost [15:49] TR News I Never Claimed to be a Medical Doctor https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/23/i-never-claimed-to-be-a-medical-doctor/ [15:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive I Never Claimed to be a Medical Doctor [15:57] TR News They Fought Til the End https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/23/they-fought-til-the-end/ [15:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive They Fought Til the End ● Aug 23 [16:26] TR News When Butterflies Come Visit https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/23/when-butterflies-come-visit/ [16:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive When Butterflies Come Visit [16:39] TR News Techrights Northern Africa: GNU/Linux Measured at Around 5% https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Northern_Africa_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_Around_5.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Northern_Africa_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_Around_5.gmi [16:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Northern Africa: GNU/Linux Measured at Around 5% [16:46] TR News (NEW): India and Africa Phasing Windows Out https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/India_and_Africa_Phasing_Windows_Out.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/India_and_Africa_Phasing_Windows_Out.gmi [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines India and Africa Phasing Windows Out ● Aug 23 [17:44] TR News Australian court orders withdrawal of patent applications prior to publication http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/08/australian-court-orders-withdrawal-of.html [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Australian court orders withdrawal of patent applications prior to publication - The IPKat [17:44] TR News Amici Address Section 1498 Scope in Moderna COVID-19 Infringement Appeal: In Favor of Reversal https://patentdocs.org/2026/08/19/amici-address-section-1498-scope-in-moderna-covid-19-infringement-appeal-in-favor-of-reversal/ [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentdocs.org | Amici Address Section 1498 Scope in Moderna COVID-19 Infringement Appeal: In Favor of Reversal Patent Docs [17:45] TR News Green Amendments https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/18/people-are-taking-power-for-climate-action-through-green-amendments/ [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scheerpost.com | People Are Taking Power For Climate Action Through Green Amendments [17:46] TR News "To reduce the lure of my smartphone, I enabled greyscale on it. I really looks shitty, and makes the whole thing less attracting. Now we'll have to see how effective it is." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/set-my-phone-on-greyscale.txt [17:47] TR News "Last night's concert was a blast. Small ensembles from the larger group I played with put on a concert at an old church and it was a huge success (well, apart from the two people who had open cans in the front row and were quietly asked to leave)." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/8-22.gmi [17:49] TR News "I was doing some chores and tidying around the house today when I had a funny thought. Forgive a brief detour while I provide some context. When I was in school long ago, I took a data structures course where I learned about tree traversal." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/depth-first-vs-breadth-first-cleaning [17:51] TR News "Gemtext is a simple, lineoriented markup format used by the Gemini protocol. Each line is a complete element. There is no inline formatting, nor nesting. I wrote this guide to be as simple as possible, formatted in such a way that would be easy for me to read. I hope you may also find it useful!" gemini://buster.smol.pub/gemtext-a-condensed-guide [17:51] TR News Hola Mundo gemini://webnauta.smol.pub/hola [17:52] TR News "The British Isles are tolerably well-stocked with grand old ruined buildings , and I've been fascinated by them for most of my life. Even in ruins, the fact that these places have been present through hundreds of years of history is remarkable to me." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-23-ruminations-on-ruins [17:53] TR News "All of the talk over the last couple weeks about people starting up vintage World of Warcraft and Minecraft servers on #CGHMN made me start thinking about an experience from my youth: an old MMO called Graal Online." gemini://gemini.n8fq.org/gemlog/a8b69c9fee534c6522faad5df2e6619b.gmi [17:54] TR News "The Apple Silicon Macs are very impressive and are all still powerhouses compared to other computers on the market. That said, they are fraught with a litany of their own issues. macOS is not immune from bugs and other imperfections, no matter what the fanboys will try and tell you." gemini://buster.smol.pub/s-is-for-serenity [17:54] TR News "Somehow I always ended up living next to some open space filled with water." gemini://ghosisiphus.xyz/glog/2026-08-23-finally-some-fresh.gmi [17:55] TR News "A huge summer storm a couple of weeks ago has dashed my employer's mandate that I go back to the office four days a week. Water came in through the ceiling, through the foundations; and when they cut through some siding to check, they found black mold covering fibreglass batts." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/8-21.gmi [17:56] TR News "So much stuff going on in my life. Most of it not great, some of it mundane. But mostly it is stuff that keeps me up at night. And I am already prone to never sleeping. Rather than wasting that time, I've been burying my head into random one night projects for Smolweb." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/flatfile.pyz/post/cant-sleep-make-stuff.gmi ● Aug 23 [18:04] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 23/08/2026: Exercising Again, Tackling Phone Addiction, and Putting Graal Online Back Online https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Gemini_Links_23_08_2026_Exercising_Again_Tackling_Phone_Addicti.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Gemini_Links_23_08_2026_Exercising_Again_Tackling_Phone_Addicti.gmi [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 23/08/2026: Exercising Again, Tackling Phone Addiction, and Putting Graal Online Back Online [18:16] TR News "They should layoff all the xbox teams. There has been zero strategy for the console or games. Time to rebuild with a new team. Good riddance!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkebsz6#replies [18:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkebsz6#replies ) [18:16] TR News another heat wave https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/heat-wave-fires-britain-uk-france-europe-climate-change-9.7305698 [18:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | U.K. sees its hottest day of the summer as western Europe suffers through another heat wave | CBC News [18:17] TR News climate-ready city https://www.dw.com/en/eco-wins-a-dutch-lab-for-crops-a-climate-ready-city-and-a-beaver-comeback/a-78372639 [18:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | A lab for crops, a city climate experiment and busy beavers [18:17] TR News Thatcher Warned In 1989 Of A Climate Crisis. She Did Nothing. Nor Will Her Successors https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/14/thatcher-warned-in-1989-of-a-climate-crisis-she-did-nothing-nor-will-her-successors/ [18:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scheerpost.com | Thatcher Warned In 1989 Of A Climate Crisis. She Did Nothing. Nor Will Her Successors [18:17] TR News climate action fatigue https://www.dw.com/en/in-germany-record-heat-meets-climate-action-fatigue/a-78374727 [18:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | In Germany, record heat meets climate action fatigue [18:18] TR News Climate Change Is Making Bad Working Conditions Even Worse https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/16/how-climate-change-is-making-bad-working-conditions-even-worse/ [18:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scheerpost.com | How Climate Change Is Making Bad Working Conditions Even Worse [18:18] TR News Tourists seek cooler climates but at what cost to nature? https://www.dw.com/en/tourists-seek-cooler-climates-but-at-what-cost-to-nature/a-78362462 [18:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Can the cool north handle a surge in climate tourism? [18:19] TR News Are zoos ready for the changing climate? https://theconversation.com/are-zoos-ready-for-the-changing-climate-289757 [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Are zoos ready for the changing climate? [18:39] TR News Freedom of the Press https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/nation_world/pentagon-dismisses-stars-and-stripes-leadership-after-editor-reporter-oppose-military-interference/article_1de5f6ef-e272-57ef-9d83-dc55a4b934c6.html [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pentagon dismisses Stars and Stripes leadership after editor, reporter oppose military interference | Nation & World News | columbiamissourian.com [18:41] TR News forever chemicals? https://www.dw.com/en/does-the-clean-energy-transition-need-forever-chemicals/a-77888704 [18:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Can we go green without forever chemicals? [18:41] TR News Summer power prices highest since 2022 energy crisis https://cphpost.dk/2026-08-17/business-education/business-business-education/summer-power-prices-highest-since-2022-energy-crisis/ [18:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2026-08-17/business-education/business-business-education/summer-power-prices-highest-since-2022-energy-crisis/ ) [18:42] TR News Following Court Victory Against Energy Dept., American Oversight Demands USAID Abandon Similar FOIA Purge Policy https://americanoversight.org/usaid-foia-still-interested-policy-energy-department/ [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-americanoversight.org | Following Court Victory Against Energy Dept., American Oversight Demands USAID Abandon Similar FOIA Purge Policy - American Oversight [18:44] TR News Cameroon journalist held incommunicado for photo of Anglophone unrest https://cpj.org/2026/08/cameroon-journalist-held-incommunicado-for-photo-of-anglophone-unrest/ [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Cameroon journalist held incommunicado for photo of Anglophone unrest - Committee to Protect Journalists [18:46] TR News MElon-ware for pedos https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/wyoming-woman-sues-elon-musk-ai-child-abuse-images-1814406 [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Woman Sues Over Stepfather's Use of Grok To Turn Her Childhood Photo Into Thousands of Abuse Images | IBTimes UK ● Aug 23 [19:07] TR News iophk: Apple seems really skilled at keeping bloggers and journalists from addressing the DRM baked into the new CPUs. [19:10] TR News Techrights Things Not to Fear Missing Out on https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Things_Not_to_Fear_Missing_Out_on.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Things_Not_to_Fear_Missing_Out_on.gmi [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Things Not to Fear Missing Out on [19:15] TR News Incredible that 10cc can perform in their 70s almost the same as they did in their 20s https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=rijHiyfzSVI [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=rijHiyfzSVI ) [19:22] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Usage Measured at 23% in Russia Today https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/GNU_Linux_Usage_Measured_at_23_in_Russia_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/GNU_Linux_Usage_Measured_at_23_in_Russia_Today.gmi [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Usage Measured at 23% in Russia Today [19:56] TR News Techrights You Can Lose Some Battles and Still Win the War https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/You_Can_Lose_Some_Battles_and_Still_Win_the_War.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/You_Can_Lose_Some_Battles_and_Still_Win_the_War.gmi [19:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights You Can Lose Some Battles and Still Win the War ● Aug 23 [20:00] TR News (NEW): Losing a Million Pounds Is Not Winning https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Losing_a_Million_Pounds_Is_Not_Winning.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/23/Losing_a_Million_Pounds_Is_Not_Winning.gmi [20:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Losing a Million Pounds Is Not Winning [20:12] TR News Techrights Cloudflare Sees a Quarter of Requests in China Coming From GNU/Linux Today https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Cloudflare_Sees_a_Quarter_of_Requests_in_China_Coming_From_GNU_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Cloudflare_Sees_a_Quarter_of_Requests_in_China_Coming_From_GNU_.gmi [20:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Cloudflare Sees a Quarter of Requests in China Coming From GNU/Linux Today [20:21] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [20:28] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [20:31] TR News Techrights The Sniff Test https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/The_Sniff_Test.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/The_Sniff_Test.gmi [20:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Sniff Test [20:42] *fantom (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [20:57] TR News Techrights Will Your "Modern" New Car Still be on the Road in 2060? https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Will_Your_Modern_New_Car_Still_be_on_the_Road_in_2060.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Will_Your_Modern_New_Car_Still_be_on_the_Road_in_2060.gmi [20:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Will Your "Modern" New Car Still be on the Road in 2060? ● Aug 23 [21:01] TR News "I recently came across a long argument about consciousness, quantum physics, and the nature of reality that ended in a place I did not expect." gemini://gemini.madsweeney.me/articles/2026-08-22-blog.gmi [21:02] TR News "A few months ago I hit age 60. I want to say it felt like any other birthday, and for the most part it did, but I realized how much my life has changed leading up to 60." gemini://widdershins.verja.net/notgemlog/2026-08-22-sixtyish.gmi [21:02] TR News "I saw this on a Mastodon post that lead to a smallweb/Gemcapsule post who claimed they nicked it from a "bloke" who nicked it from someone else." gemini://calvusrex.gemcities.com/gemlog/2026-08-23-gemlog.gmi [21:03] TR News "So I was browsing the fediverse and one of the ways I do that is solely by hashtags that represent things I am interested in or drawn to. So, I looked up #middleaged." gemini://widdershins.verja.net/notgemlog/2026-08-23-sixtyish.gmi [21:04] TR News "My drive to the office during the week is not far, maybe 5 minutes away from my apartment. Even if I go to other parts of town, 15 minutes max is all it takes. But it's funny the things you notice on an otherwise ordinary drive." gemini://widdershins.verja.net/notgemlog/2026-08-20-field.gmi [21:06] TR News "I got a PineTime smartwatch (USD $26.99 + shipping) which I've been wearing for 10 days now. I quite like this thing, and I got almost the whole 10 days on one charge." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2026/AUG2026/entry-3 [21:07] TR News Should GooTube Die? gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260823-should_gootube_die.txt [21:11] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 23/08/2026: Turning 60, PineTime, and Simulation Hypothesis https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Gemini_Links_23_08_2026_Turning_60_PineTime_and_Simulation_Hypo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/Gemini_Links_23_08_2026_Turning_60_PineTime_and_Simulation_Hypo.gmi [21:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 23/08/2026: Turning 60, PineTime, and Simulation Hypothesis [21:26] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [21:31] *fantom (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Aug 23 [22:18] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [22:32] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Aug 23 [23:09] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [23:31] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Aug 23 [06:26] TR News "But my children cannot afford for me to tell them this lie." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/voting-rights-american-democracy-dead/ | Source: The Nation [06:26] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | American Democracy Has Been Killed | The Nation [06:26] TR News "The official, who spoke on background, said in a statement that after the massive, multinational Exercise Saber Junction in August and September" https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/08/21/us-army-to-end-experimental-drone-battalion-in-europe/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [06:26] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.armytimes.com | US Army to end experimental drone battalion in Europe [06:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [06:54] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 23 [11:11] TR News "Natalie Harp Was the Document Author of Trump's Blow-Off of the January 6 Committee - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/22/natalie-harp-was-the-document-author-of-trumps-blow-off-of-the-january-6-committee/ [11:11] TR News "The untrustworthy partner Numeric Citizen Blog" https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/08/22/the-untrustworthy-partner.html [11:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-emptywheel.net | Natalie Harp Was the Document Author of Trump's Blow-Off of the January 6 Committee - emptywheel [11:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-blog.numericcitizen.me | The untrustworthy partner Numeric Citizen Blog [11:11] TR News "Jared Bernstein on Debt (Reposted with better transcript)" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/jared-bernstein-on-debt [11:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-paulkrugman.substack.com | Jared Bernstein on Debt (Reposted with better transcript) [11:13] TR News "Finland Summons Russian Ambassador Over Suspected Airspace Incursion - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/21/finland-summons-russian-ambassador-over-suspected-airspace-incursion-a93553 [11:13] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.themoscowtimes.com | Finland Summons Russian Ambassador Over Suspected Airspace Incursion - The Moscow Times ● Aug 23 [12:36] TR News Antwerp's 'human zoo': Belgium confronts shame of colonial past https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260822-antwerp-s-human-zoo-belgium-confronts-shame-of-colonial-past-1 [12:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260822-antwerp-s-human-zoo-belgium-confronts-shame-of-colonial-past-1 ) ● Aug 23 [13:10] TR News Philippines says military logistics pact with Japan now in force https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-says-military-logistics-pact-with-japan-now-in-force [13:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines-Japan military logistics pact now in force | The Straits Times [13:11] TR News War criminals shrine: Chinas replacement name for Yasukuni sharpens rhetoric against Japan https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/war-criminals-shrine-chinas-replacement-name-for-yasukuni-sharpens-rhetoric-against-japan [13:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | War criminals shrine: Chinas replacement name for Yasukuni sharpens rhetoric against Japan | The Straits Times ● Aug 23 [14:03] TR News MElon Artificial Intelligence Warning: China Emerges as Strongest Competitor in Global Race https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musk-china-ai-competitiveness-1815656 [14:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Elon Musk Artificial Intelligence Warning: China Emerges as Strongest Competitor in Global Race | IBTimes UK [14:06] TR News Amnesty International calls upon Hamas to stamp out extrajudicial executions and ensure justice for victims in the Gaza Strip https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/amnesty-international-calls-upon-hamas-to-stamp-out-extrajudicial-executions-and-ensure-justice-for-victims-in-the-gaza-strip/ [14:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Amnesty International calls upon Hamas to stamp out extrajudicial executions and ensure justice for victims in the Gaza Strip - JURIST - News [14:14] TR News 'Patently Unlawful': The Insurrectionist Gets Destroyed in Court Over Major 75-Country Immigrant Visa Ban https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-judge-overturns-trump-immigrant-visa-ban-1815672 [14:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'Patently Unlawful': Donald Trump Gets Destroyed in Court Over Major 75-Country Immigrant Visa Ban | IBTimes UK [14:15] TR News Myanmar air strike on monastery kills 14: Witnesses https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-air-strike-on-monastery-kills-14-rebel-witnesses [14:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Myanmar air strike on monastery kills 14: Witnesses | The Straits Times [14:15] TR News UN warns that civilians in Gaza face severe shelter crisis as strikes and gunfire continue https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/un-warns-that-civilians-in-gaza-face-severe-shelter-crisis-as-strikes-and-gunfire-continue/ [14:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | UN warns that civilians in Gaza face severe shelter crisis as strikes and gunfire continue - JURIST - News [14:16] TR News Federal judge strikes down administrations ban on visas for immigrants from 75 countries https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/federal-judge-strikes-down-administrations-ban-on-visas-for-immigrants-from-75-countries/ [14:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Federal judge strikes down administration's ban on visas for immigrants from 75 countries - JURIST - News [14:16] TR News 'Contrary to law': US judge strikes down Convicted Felon's 75-country visa ban https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260822-contrary-to-law-us-judge-strikes-down-trump-s-75-country-visa-ban [14:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260822-contrary-to-law-us-judge-strikes-down-trump-s-75-country-visa-ban ) [14:33] TR News How a Convicted Felon Envoy Uses Vodka and Dirty Jokes to Conduct U.S. Diplomacy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world/europe/belarus-john-coale-lukashenko-trump.html [14:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world/europe/belarus-john-coale-lukashenko-trump.html ) [14:33] TR News Rescue Operations Under Way After Russian Deadly Strike On Ukrainian Shopping Mall https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-attack-kryviy-rih-ukraine-zelenskyy/33836124.html [14:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Rescue Operations Under Way After Russian Deadly Strike On Ukrainian Shopping Mall [14:34] TR News Macron Pledges Delivery Of French Air Interceptors Following Deadly Wave Of Russian Attacks https://www.rferl.org/a/macron-interceptor-missiles-ukraine-zelenskyy-russia-kryviy-rih/33836260.html [14:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Rejects Call For Wartime Elections As EU Leaders Head To Kyiv To Discuss Military Support [14:34] TR News Children among wounded in Zelensky's hometown, struck by Russian drones https://www.france24.com/en/children-among-wounded-in-zelensky-s-hometown-struck-by-russian-drones [14:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/children-among-wounded-in-zelensky-s-hometown-struck-by-russian-drones ) [14:34] TR News France to deliver interceptor missiles to Ukraine after fresh wave of Russian strikes https://www.france24.com/en/france-to-deliver-interceptor-missiles-to-ukraine-after-fresh-wave-of-russian-strikes [14:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/france-to-deliver-interceptor-missiles-to-ukraine-after-fresh-wave-of-russian-strikes ) ● Aug 23 [22:37] *admfubar (~admfubar@p9r7xjwzxkr52.irc) has joined #techpol [22:37] admfubar https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/23/ukraines-ultranationalist-war-on-history/ [22:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol-scheerpost.com | Ukraines Ultranationalist War On History [22:38] admfubar where's the beef???... https://www.salon.com/2026/08/23/theyre-my-people-trump-shrugs-off-concerns-of-maga-ranchers-beef/ [22:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-They're my people: Trump shrugs off concerns of MAGA ranchers' beef - 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