●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 02, 2026 ●● ● Aug 02 [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights ● Aug 02 [01:10] IsambardPrince MinceR: I calculated the potential penalties for Hal making a BattleBot to saw through his boss's luxury car and attack the boss with a swarm of bees. [01:11] IsambardPrince In Malcolm in the Middle. [01:12] IsambardPrince That's 16 years if the boss doesn't die, and a fine of up to $100,000. If the boss dies, it's a life sentence with possibility of parole after 20 years, plus the 16 years, making Hal potentially parole-eligible after 28 years. [01:12] IsambardPrince Civil liabilities. [01:12] IsambardPrince A Department of Child and Family Services Investigation. [01:12] IsambardPrince As well as potentially five federal felonies. [01:13] IsambardPrince Including possession of a weapon of mass destruction, interstate stalking, federal murder, destruction of a vehicle used in interstate commerce, and the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act. [01:14] MinceR and then Malcolm joins NEG ThunderCrash [01:14] IsambardPrince Two potential life sentences and 25 years. [01:15] IsambardPrince Meaning he'd be parole-eligible in about 60 years, with good behavior. [01:15] IsambardPrince So with good time, he might be out in 88 years. If the boss dies during the swarm of bees after getting his luxury car sawed in half. [01:18] IsambardPrince MinceR: Where the show stops him he's at four counts of Reckless Endangerment from Craig and the three children in the backyard when he tests it, a DCFS investigation, and the federal charge of possession of a weapon of mass destruction and the biological weapons anti-terrorism act. [01:18] IsambardPrince That's just for building it and testing it in his backyard. [01:18] IsambardPrince It it was just the table saws and he tested it in his backyard, the federal charges wouldn't apply. [01:18] IsambardPrince It's the bees that make it a federal crime. [01:21] IsambardPrince Hal actually is quite the menace. [01:21] IsambardPrince He also committed a number of crimes by accidentally derailing a freight train carrying hazardous waste with a couch that fell off his car. [01:26] IsambardPrince MinceR: He could have gotten 30 years from that one. [01:26] IsambardPrince And the immediate seizure of all of his belongings including the house. [01:31] IsambardPrince MinceR: I'm whistling Still Alive from Portal. [01:32] IsambardPrince I just baked a chocolate mayonnaise cake and German chocolate frosting. [01:47] MinceR :> [01:49] lxo re: https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/01/Explaining_That_Software_Patents_Are_Neither_Legal_Nor_Desirabl.shtml I recall complaining to Red Hat mgmt that their so-acclaimed patent promise had a huge gap: unlike a license, the promise was not binding on buyers of the patent. so when IBM sells any patents covered by Red Hat's patent promise, it's like reactivating landmines [01:50] TR Bot Techrights Explaining That Software Patents Are Neither Legal Nor Desirable [01:59] admfubar that's German's chocolate frosting ● Aug 02 [02:06] *Goblin (~use@anjxxfe7gqque.irc) has joined #techrights [02:10] IsambardPrince MinceR: I actualyl got some good stuff coming from Amazon Vine. [02:12] IsambardPrince MinceR: Hmm, "universal freezer door replacement". They want you to drill holes into a freezer. [02:12] IsambardPrince How could that end badly? [02:14] MinceR :> [02:17] IsambardPrince https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Bits-Of-GPL-Kernel [02:17] TR Bot Kernel Still Has A Bit Of GPL Code While Its Base User-Space Is GPL-Free - Phoronix [02:17] IsambardPrince Like George W. Bush, FreeBSD declared Mission Accomplished too early. [02:17] *darwin has quit (Quit: peace be with you) [02:18] IsambardPrince Maybe instead of focusing on their religious hatred of Free Software, they should work on getting networking and graphics drivers. [02:19] IsambardPrince FreeBSD has never fully worked on a single PC I tried to install it on. [02:19] IsambardPrince Even better, Solaris did. [02:19] MinceR that would be redundant, though -- there already are operating systems that have networking and graphics drivers [02:25] IsambardPrince Yeah. [02:40] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[03:25] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [03:26] *Righty (~Username@uub7n979rnhf6.irc) has joined #techrights [03:57] IsambardPrince https://www.phoronix.com/news/YSERVER-1.4 [03:57] TR Bot Coded X11 YSERVER Gets Steam Working, Full-Screen Games With Cinnamon - Phoronix [03:57] IsambardPrince Vibe Coded X server written in Rust. [03:57] IsambardPrince The X Server has They/Them Pronouns. [03:57] IsambardPrince :) [03:57] IsambardPrince MinceR: You know, the Nazis made people wear pieces of Flair. [03:59] IsambardPrince https://www.phoronix.com/news/YSERVER-Rust-X11-Server [03:59] TR Bot Modern X11 Server Written In Rust With The Help Of Claude Code - Phoronix [03:59] IsambardPrince Y? Because I gotta! [03:59] MinceR :> [03:59] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: You're destroying my life. Here, hold my beer. [03:59] IsambardPrince "FUCK ELON TO DEATH! NO LITERALLY, FUCK HIM TO DEATH!" [03:59] IsambardPrince *snorts a popper* ● Aug 02 [04:00] IsambardPrince Let's do this! [04:01] IsambardPrince MinceR: Will you partake in the ritualistic fucking to death of the Elon? [04:01] IsambardPrince His trans daughter is bringing the strap-on. [04:02] IsambardPrince ""The goal is not to clone Xorg. It is to provide a practical X11 server that runs real desktop environments, window managers, and applications on modern Linux while dropping legacy baggage (multiple screens, non-TrueColor visuals, indirect GLX, the DDX driver ABI, endian-swapped clients, and so on)."" [04:02] IsambardPrince Dear diary, today I learned that wanting to plug in multiple screens is....legacy baggage. [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] more code is not better [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] more code is just more code [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] slop is worthless [04:03] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:04] IsambardPrince So how is multiple screens legacy baggage? [04:04] IsambardPrince My Chromebook can do that. [04:04] IsambardPrince Windows can do that. 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[05:31] IsambardPrince It's to force people who are broke to buy Apple's most expensive stuff. [05:34] schestowitz[TR2] right [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] but [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] it is good for social climbers [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] they don't want to use anything but the "best" [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] if thjey already fake ownership [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] it's a mindset [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] like that of puppyman [05:40] *phebus has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:41] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: The dark secret of Apple is this.... [05:41] IsambardPrince The iPhone SE isn't a phone for poor people. [05:42] IsambardPrince It's the one that Everyday Millionaires get and run into the ground. [05:42] IsambardPrince It's exactly the opposite of what most would guess. [05:42] TR News Techrights We Are Witnessing the End of IBM https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/We_Are_Witnessing_the_End_of_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/We_Are_Witnessing_the_End_of_IBM.gmi [05:42] TR Bot Techrights We Are Witnessing the End of IBM [05:42] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Millionaires don't want to throw away $1200 on a phone when a $599 one works just fine and has all the same stuff. [05:43] IsambardPrince They're certainly not going to do it every year. [05:43] *phebus (~phebus@y62br8unm5ssk.irc) has joined #techrights [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] "Millionaires" is just a label [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] like people who borrow money [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] then become "Millionaires" [05:43] IsambardPrince Dave Ramsey calls them Everyday Millionaires. [05:43] IsambardPrince The ones that really have money. [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] with money they don't have [05:43] IsambardPrince And they don't get that way by being stupid. [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] real millionaires dress simple [05:43] IsambardPrince And going I want a new $1200 phone every single year. [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] don't drive fancy cars [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] and maybe don't use mobile [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] they don't "signal" anything [05:44] IsambardPrince Most do, but every actual millionaire I knew used a lower end phone. [05:44] Goblin I was forced to use Apple products for a short period of time (both phone and desktop) and I swore Id never use them again, restrictive, degenative performance over a short period of time and hideously expensive. [05:44] IsambardPrince And kept it around until it was either falling apart or the apps stopped working. [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] Goblin: mobile is always bad [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] all platforms [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] you cannot get much done [05:45] schestowitz[TR2] you get the illusion of it [05:45] schestowitz[TR2] many clicks [05:45] schestowitz[TR2] but little gets done [05:45] Goblin Ive now got a cheap android mainly for calls but if I need to dip into a little IRC or social media, it suffices at a push [05:46] schestowitz[TR2] typing into mobile is slow [05:46] schestowitz[TR2] there is no solution to that [05:46] schestowitz[TR2] not even voice [05:46] Goblin yep I'll attest to that [05:46] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: When you ask the state for food stamps, they're still using the same web application they did 10 years ago. [05:46] IsambardPrince It was not meant for a phone. [05:47] IsambardPrince When you apply for a Firearm Owner ID Card, the State Police say don't do it on a phone or it could cause your application to be denied. [05:47] IsambardPrince They tie a Constitutional Right to a card, that needs renewed, then say you might get denied for using a mobile browser. [05:47] IsambardPrince They do this shit because, even though they call you a customer, the State is a monopoly. [05:48] IsambardPrince There's not another state that you can do business with instead if you live here. [05:48] IsambardPrince So they don't care how bad their websites are. [05:48] IsambardPrince Or how gross their public offices are. The ones that are gross and in bad repair deal with people who are asking for welfare or unemployment checks. And the absolute worst ones are dealing with prisoners or probationers. [05:49] IsambardPrince They literally put that office there in the 1960s or 1970s and have not updated it since then. [05:50] IsambardPrince It's a waste of money. They're dealing with poor people, or people who are being punished. [05:50] IsambardPrince Why spend money? [05:50] IsambardPrince About the only things the state spends pretty freely on are things that hurt people. [05:51] IsambardPrince Like the police and National Guard. [05:51] schestowitz[TR2] re ". And the absolute worst ones are dealing with prisoners or probationers." [05:51] IsambardPrince Trump sees the National Guard the same way the people who caused the Kent State Massacre did. [05:51] schestowitz[TR2] i spoke to my dad about it days ago [05:51] IsambardPrince He sees them that way as a feature, not a bug. [05:51] schestowitz[TR2] they don't even solve death threats [05:51] schestowitz[TR2] they know those are death threats [05:51] schestowitz[TR2] he said, society has changed [05:51] schestowitz[TR2] there are too many people [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] and police is understaff [05:52] IsambardPrince The military should _never_ be in command of civilians, ever. [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] *ed [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] or overworked [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] same thing [05:52] IsambardPrince No military trial for civilians, ever. [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] more people -> more crime [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] not just moore crimes to look into [05:52] IsambardPrince Not unless all Hell has broken loose and the State cannot maintain order with civilian law enforcement. [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] so it no longer scales [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] humans are in each other's face [05:53] IsambardPrince At Kent State, the state didn't even try to restore order with civilian police. [05:53] IsambardPrince They sent in soldiers, people died. [05:53] IsambardPrince That was the whole point. [05:53] IsambardPrince That's what Trump wants. [05:53] schestowitz[TR2] but that was ages ago [05:53] IsambardPrince Trump is from that era. ● Aug 02 [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] he is a dinobaby [06:06] Goblin my tarot cards say he will be out of office by end of August......keep in mind my cards also predicted Englands loss and Argentina scoring 2 goals. [06:07] Goblin oh and I predicted the last 5 Sunderland games correctly as well as their previous seasons promotion to the premier league. [06:07] Goblin Call me Tarot Tim [06:10] TR News Techrights Why Techrights Will Still be Active a Decade From Now https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Why_Techrights_Will_Still_be_Active_a_Decade_From_Now.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Why_Techrights_Will_Still_be_Active_a_Decade_From_Now.gmi [06:10] TR Bot Techrights Why Techrights Will Still be Active a Decade From Now [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] out of office as in retired? [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] in a mental institution? [06:13] Goblin dont know, Im just reading he will be out of office [06:15] TR News Clacton / Valence: French sister-city in dark about brother-in-law https://danielpocock.com/en/clacton-valence-sister-city-in-dark/ [06:15] TR Bot Clacton / Valence: French sister-city in dark about brother-in-law [06:15] Goblin the cards read as great change for the start of a good beginning, so in the absence of him having a personality and morality transplant, I'm reading that as being out of office. [06:16] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [06:20] *kolie2 (~not_kolie@z5m5x484fjn5y.irc) has joined #techrights [06:20] *Now talking on #techrights [06:20] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +n #techrights [06:20] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +t #techrights [06:23] TR News (NEW): Much Ado About AUR https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/This_is_applicable_to_every_platform_not_just_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/This_is_applicable_to_every_platform_not_just_Linux.gmi [06:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Much Ado About AUR [06:33] TR News (NEW): Birthday in 3 Weeks https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Birthday_in_3_Weeks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Birthday_in_3_Weeks.gmi [06:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Birthday in 3 Weeks [06:40] TR News (NEW): Fedora Linux 45 to Enable Shadow Stack Protection by Default on 64-Bit https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Fedora_Linux_45_to_Enable_Shadow_Stack_Protection_by_Default_on.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Fedora_Linux_45_to_Enable_Shadow_Stack_Protection_by_Default_on.gmi [06:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora Linux 45 to Enable Shadow Stack Protection by Default on 64-Bit [06:49] IsambardPrince [00:06] my tarot cards say he will be out of office by end of August......keep in mind my cards also predicted Englands loss and Argentina scoring 2 goals. [06:49] IsambardPrince I had a program called WinTarot once. [06:49] IsambardPrince It ran on Windows 3.1 and drew Tarot Cards. [06:52] Goblin I've always gone for the real thing, but when I was learning Tarot Caster (which is still going today) I used to refer to for the meaning of cards [06:53] Goblin https://github.com/alamahant/TarotCaster [06:53] TR Bot - alamahant/TarotCaster: Qt Tarot Casting Application with AI Interpretation of Spreads GitHub [06:57] IsambardPrince [00:07] Call me Tarot Tim [06:57] IsambardPrince Or Officer Friendly. [06:57] IsambardPrince :P [06:58] IsambardPrince When you're so old that it becomes a source of dark comedy that the State uses the public education system to pitch pro-police propaganda at impressionable young children. [06:59] IsambardPrince If they had to tell you the truth, the cop would walk in there and the teacher would say "Maybe someday, a guy in a uniform like this one will play sick head games with you in order to invent a crime that did not happen. ● Aug 02 [07:00] IsambardPrince They would also have to go over phrases to remember. [07:00] IsambardPrince "You're not in any trouble." You're in trouble. [07:00] IsambardPrince "You're not under arrest." But there's a good chance you're about to be. [07:00] IsambardPrince "We just have some questions for you." Don't say anything to them. Ever. [07:01] IsambardPrince If a cop says anything at all to you, there's a reason for that. [07:01] IsambardPrince "Where are you heading?" I'm not answering any questions, I want my attorney. [07:01] IsambardPrince "Where are you coming from?" ^ [07:02] IsambardPrince "I smell alcohol. Have you been drinking tonight?" ^^ [07:03] IsambardPrince "Can you open the door?" Do you have a warrant signed by a judge describing the person or thing to be searched and/or seized? [07:03] IsambardPrince "Can I come in?" ^ [07:04] IsambardPrince "Do you know how fast you were going?" (Stay silent. Let him say the next thing. Don't say how fast you were going.) [07:04] IsambardPrince "Do you know why I pulled you over?" No. Why did you pull me over? [07:05] *parsifal (~parsifal@rpcdzuq4hszjw.irc) has joined #techrights [07:05] IsambardPrince "Do you mind doing a field sobriety test?" I will not be doing any field sobriety tests, as they are not required under any law or Informed Consent. I will offer you a breathalyzer or blood test in compliance with Informed Consent. [07:06] IsambardPrince Basically when schools have the cops come in, it's the state grooming your children. [07:06] IsambardPrince It's another excellent reason to put your kids in a private school where the state doesn't get to do that. [07:07] IsambardPrince In the US system, Detectives and uniformed officers do not operate as fact-finders. They develop a narrative then send in a Closer. [07:09] IsambardPrince The Supreme Court has ruled that the police cannot extend a traffic stop longer than necessary to take care of the reason why they pulled you over. [07:09] IsambardPrince So they start asking questions that have *something* to do with driving, but they're setting up a timeline to look for inconsistencies and things to justify keeping you there longer and investigating other things. [07:11] IsambardPrince If you agree to do a field sobriety test, which you are not under any legal obligation to perform, they cop can used subjective interpretations to gather evidence if a DUI, and charge you with one, even if you have not been drinking and would have blown a 0.00 on the breathalyzer. [07:12] Goblin :) - I like Officer Friendly although Ive been out since 2014...so just friendly.....my nickname at work is Timmy Two Fans, on account of me having two fans on my desk on the go even in winter. [07:13] IsambardPrince I realize the UK is different. The police can probably do more things to you there. [07:13] IsambardPrince They like to take advantage of mass ignorance and mass compliance here. [07:13] IsambardPrince To get people to agree to things the Constitution says they can't do. [07:13] IsambardPrince The only way to survive the Reid Technique is to never let them get started with it. [07:13] Goblin I think were it differs and this is my view only......the UK police are far more accountable than the US [07:14] IsambardPrince How accountable they are here varies greatly by State. [07:14] IsambardPrince For example, in New Mexico, the police do not have qualified immunity. [07:14] Goblin yes thats what I'm led to believe (but only from the Youtube videos I've seen) [07:14] IsambardPrince If they violate your rights, you can sue that officer directly and potentially end up being paid directly out of his assets. [07:15] IsambardPrince The only time I've ever gone to the police about something myself is to get out ahead of an accusation. [07:15] Goblin One thing which I never understand is when people ask "are you a cop" in the US.....even I know that a US cop does not need to admit to being one in the course of an investigation. [07:15] IsambardPrince Like, "Why would a guilty person come to us before the alleged victim." [07:16] IsambardPrince Like, one time, someone stole a woman's credit card and went shopping on Walmart with it and I had a bunch of things come to my house. [07:16] IsambardPrince She called me directly and asked who I was and why I had her credit card. [07:16] IsambardPrince I went straight to the police about that myself. [07:16] Goblin Thats the best course of action [07:17] Goblin I think you did the right thing....even if that happened in the UK [07:17] Goblin US or UK that was a good decision. [07:20] IsambardPrince The cops took the report but I never heard about it again. [07:20] IsambardPrince I called Walmart's loss prevention and they said they didn't want any of it back. [07:20] IsambardPrince I took down the name of the person in LP that I talked to. [07:21] Goblin always best to do that no matter US or UK [07:21] IsambardPrince I talked to the police once about an accusation against me. [07:22] IsambardPrince An ex said that I was stealing his SSDI check out of the mail. I told the cop, "He doesn't get any SSDI checks in the mail. He gets them deposited to his Chase bank account. There's nothing in the mail I could possibly steal. I suggest that you call Social Security's Office of the Inspector General." [07:23] Goblin I do wonder (and this is the suspicious mind in me) whether this could have been a cause of fraud by the owner of the card......order goods on the card, send them to another address, contact that address and hope the person panicks and either gives them the goods, pays them money for them....in the meantime they have already reported the fraud in the knowledge that below a certain value the crime will not be fully invesigated and just written off.. [07:26] IsambardPrince It's possible. I told her that I was going to contact the police. [07:26] IsambardPrince She did not call back. [07:27] Goblin or they could be using you as an alibi for a bigger fraud..."look here is another fraudulent order on my card" distracting from the big fraud they were doing.. [07:27] IsambardPrince When someone is about to start throwing accusations around it's best to just go to the police yourself and take a calculated risk that the narrative reads that you were cooperative and came to them first. [07:27] Goblin yeo [07:27] Goblin yep [07:29] Goblin my sgt gave me three pieces advice when I first started..... [07:29] Goblin 1. The bigger destroyer of a police officers career is ego. [07:30] Goblin 2. Always speak to people politely as if they were a member of the press because one day they will be. [07:30] Goblin 3. Beware the anger of a gentle man. [07:31] IsambardPrince Getting visibly angry at a police officer never helps, even if they are the problem. [07:32] IsambardPrince I had one come out and (without witnessing a car accident) write me a ticket under the wrong part of the Vehicle Code. [07:32] IsambardPrince I had fun with that later. [07:32] IsambardPrince I didn't tell him at the time because, well, why ruin the surprise? [07:32] Goblin I think my sgts advice was in relation to the more dangerous person who is the gentle person who has become angry and they pose more of a threat than just an angry person. [07:33] IsambardPrince Well, Goblin, I had a fun time planning that defense. [07:33] Goblin :) [07:33] IsambardPrince If I had to use it, I was going to cross examine him. [07:34] IsambardPrince And I was going to read back his report and ask him if that was the report he wrote down and if that's how he alleged it happened. [07:34] IsambardPrince Because he cited me for illegal left turn, which has its own statute. [07:34] IsambardPrince But in his report he wrote a diagram and a narrative that I was making a right turn. [07:34] Goblin When I've got more time I've a funny story and sad story to tell about me assisting a neighbour in a boundary dispute in civil court....it didn't end well. [07:35] Goblin But your actions are not what Police expect....if more people challenged like you I think we would have a better, fairer system and that applies to both the UK and US. [07:37] IsambardPrince I don't respond like they expect on purpose. [07:38] IsambardPrince Goblin: I had a supervisor at work named Vince who used the Reid Technique on me. [07:38] IsambardPrince I wrote about it a bit. [07:38] IsambardPrince But I had a bunch of "speed hacks" to get incentive pay maxed out at that warehouse. [07:39] IsambardPrince One of them was to gain speed before entering a picking aisle and not flip on drive by wire until I had a full "lock on" tone from the lift. [07:39] IsambardPrince That way the safety program couldn't slow me down because I was already on the wire by the time I flipped it on. [07:39] IsambardPrince And about ten feet into the picking aisle. [07:39] IsambardPrince One night I didn't do this quite right and I hit a safety rail and dented it. [07:40] IsambardPrince I was like "Fuck." and I didn't think anyone saw me so I flipped drive-by-wire on and continued the pick as if nothing had happened. [07:40] IsambardPrince But I prepared for if Vince tracked me down and tried to blame me. [07:40] IsambardPrince Later on, he did, and he walked me down the aisle, showed me the dent. [07:40] IsambardPrince He said, "We know you did that.". [07:41] IsambardPrince I said, "Did you witness me hitting that thing?" No. [07:41] IsambardPrince "Did someone else witness me hitting that thing?" No. [07:41] IsambardPrince "So why do you think it was me?" [07:41] IsambardPrince He points at the ceiling and he says "We have cameras." or something like that. [07:41] IsambardPrince And I said, "I don't see any cameras." [07:42] IsambardPrince He goes, "Well you wouldn't, because they're hidden." [07:42] IsambardPrince I said, "So you have a video then?" Yes. [07:42] IsambardPrince "Great! Let's go watch it and you can show me if I hit that rail." [07:42] IsambardPrince He said, "I'm not going to show it to you. But I know you did that." and he walked off. [07:42] IsambardPrince I never got written up. [07:42] Goblin lol....so no camera then [07:43] IsambardPrince No cameras. [07:43] IsambardPrince Invisible or otherwise. [07:43] Goblin most people would not have held their ground [07:43] Goblin good on you [07:43] IsambardPrince You can't do this with the police. [07:43] IsambardPrince You refuse to answer anything when it's the police. [07:44] IsambardPrince But Vince was just a middle manager complete with "Bill Lumbergh" suspenders and aviator glasses. [07:44] IsambardPrince Goblin: The Supreme Court ruled the police can lie. [07:44] IsambardPrince They would just say something like this. [07:45] IsambardPrince "Well, there is a video and it's being processed by our forensics unit right now." [07:45] IsambardPrince "But I can tell you what it shows." [07:45] IsambardPrince So you'll end up getting roped further into a Reid interview where they try to project state omniscience using evidence that they're making up as they go along. [07:45] Goblin you see if the UK police did that it would be challenged in court.....we don't have to disclose evidence we have but we can't make stuff up. [07:45] IsambardPrince You don't leave that conversation with any actionable intelligence. [07:46] Goblin sorry not "we" - "they" [07:46] IsambardPrince Oh they'll say there's a video. [07:46] IsambardPrince They'll say it shows you hitting something and driving off. [07:46] IsambardPrince They'll say three people witnessed it and got your license plate. Which is also on the video, [07:46] IsambardPrince They want to rattle you. [07:47] IsambardPrince Goblin: The only law Illinois has is one that says the police can't lie to people under 18 during an interview. [07:48] IsambardPrince If you're 18+ they can still lie to you just like they always could. [07:48] Goblin oh right......i would expect in the uk a case to be ended if the office claimed evidence they didnt have. [07:49] IsambardPrince The only reason they passed that law was because the police tried to frame a 15 year old boy for robbing a Dollar General while he was playing a basketball game three counties away in front of hundreds of witnesses, on video. [07:49] IsambardPrince They even brought him McDonalds and said he could only eat if he confessed. [07:49] Goblin for me it would be the other way round....ill confess if I dont have to eat it [07:50] IsambardPrince :D [07:50] IsambardPrince I'll confess, if they bring me a fried apple pie, some chicken nuggets, and that Mulan sauce from 1998. [07:50] IsambardPrince And an Arch Deluxe. [07:50] Goblin :) for me it would be the smarty mcflurry... [07:50] Goblin that was ok. [07:51] IsambardPrince I've never seen that one. [07:51] Goblin maybe its a UK thing [07:51] IsambardPrince There's copycat recipes for the Mulan sauce. [07:51] IsambardPrince They brought it back for a while because of Rick & Morty. [07:51] Goblin never had that... [07:52] IsambardPrince I make all my own chicken dipping sauces. [07:52] IsambardPrince Whenever I cook I do it from scratch, every single step. [07:52] Goblin Ive got issue 1 of the rick and morty comic [07:52] IsambardPrince My partner brought some of my spaghetti and meatballs over to a 100 year old man the other day. [07:52] IsambardPrince The guy is having 2-3 days in a row sometimes where he doesn't eat much. [07:53] Goblin now spagetti and meatballs, ill confess for that [07:53] IsambardPrince He smelled the spaghetti and asked for some and he apparently tore into it. [07:53] Goblin aw that was nice of you [07:53] Goblin we did similar for our elderly neighbour....there needs to be more of that in this world. [07:54] IsambardPrince I'm glad he enjoyed it. I'm going to send some red beans and rice with sausage I made tonight. [07:54] Goblin the same neighbour who's dog we adopted when she died. [07:54] IsambardPrince Lots of creole seasoning, chipotle broth, Franks Red Hot. [07:54] IsambardPrince Apparently this guy likes spicy things. [07:54] IsambardPrince That spaghetti had a lot of stuff going on. [07:54] Goblin here spicy is referred to as f*ck off hot, [07:55] Goblin very spicy is anyway. [07:55] IsambardPrince I cook a lot of things that are popular in the south. [07:56] IsambardPrince My grandmother brought that with her and I learned a lot of her recipes. [07:56] IsambardPrince Not all of them. [07:56] Goblin :) I wish I could cook, ive been banned from the kitchen [07:56] Goblin I wash up the wife cooks [07:56] IsambardPrince I'm going through a phase now where I'm making baked goods from the Great Depression. [07:56] IsambardPrince Albeit I cheat a bit. [07:57] IsambardPrince The cake will be to the recipe, but not necessarily the frosting. [07:57] IsambardPrince I was told tonight that I should start a small business making baked goods. [07:58] IsambardPrince The law does allow for that, but I have to register with the health department, take a short food safety class, and put some compliance labels on anything I sell. [07:58] Goblin American Carrot Cake....now thats the ultimate.....I've never had a UK carrot even half as nice as the one I had in the UK. [07:58] IsambardPrince Goblin: Don't make carrot cake. [07:58] Goblin *in the US [07:58] IsambardPrince Make a tomato soup cake. [07:58] IsambardPrince With cream cheese frosting. [07:58] IsambardPrince You won't even know it's not a carrot cake. [07:58] IsambardPrince https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7583/tomato-soup-cake-i/ [07:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7583/tomato-soup-cake-i/ ) [07:59] IsambardPrince https://sugarspunrun.com/cream-cheese-frosting/#wprm-recipe-container-12572 [07:59] TR Bot The Best Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - Sugar Spun Run [07:59] IsambardPrince That makes enough frosting for two cakes, easily. [07:59] Goblin for years the idea of carrot and cake did not appeal, then I tried it and found I loved it.........carrot cake is sort of a mataphore for life really [07:59] IsambardPrince Just freeze the other half in an airtight container. ● Aug 02 [08:00] IsambardPrince Today I made a chocolate mayonnaise cake with homemade german chocolate frosting. [08:00] IsambardPrince I always use Duke's mayonnaise whenever something calls for mayo. [08:01] Goblin lol....now that sounds horrific, but I bet its not. mayo and choc..... [08:02] Goblin however......I'll be cold in my grave before I'd ever try jellied eels (a UK thing) [08:02] IsambardPrince The frosting was interesting. I had to do a reduction boil on the stove with a whisk. [08:03] IsambardPrince https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chocolate-mayonnaise-cake/ [08:03] TR Bot Mayonnaise Cake Recipe: How to Make It [08:03] IsambardPrince Ignore the frosting in the recipe, just make the cake. [08:03] IsambardPrince https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17765/german-chocolate-cake-frosting/ [08:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17765/german-chocolate-cake-frosting/ ) [08:03] IsambardPrince There's the frosting you want. [08:03] Goblin I'll show that to the wife when she wakes up.. [08:04] IsambardPrince The way I made it, it was very rich and moist cake. [08:05] IsambardPrince I used "heaping" Tablespoons of baking cocoa though. [08:05] IsambardPrince Not level. [08:05] IsambardPrince I figured what's the worst that could happen. More chocolate in a chocolate cake? Is that a problem? :) [08:06] Goblin the US have a way with cakes thats not often seen in the UK....we need more US cakery here. and no you cant have enough choc imo [08:06] IsambardPrince How are cakes different there? [08:06] Goblin I do like my cake which is one of the reasons I can be described as "a man of generous proportions" [08:07] Goblin US cakes are more moist are sweeter, have more diversity......british cakes and icing (comercial anyway) tend to be low in sugars and salts and all the stuff that makes them good [08:08] IsambardPrince It's probably some sort of government regulation. [08:08] Goblin yep [08:08] Goblin if it tastes good its got to be taxed or removed [08:09] IsambardPrince They really can't stop you from making it yourself though. [08:09] Goblin no true. [08:09] Goblin but in the US you can buy a stunning cake in the shops....here its hit or miss [08:10] Goblin usually miss [08:10] IsambardPrince What are they going to do, outlaw the raw ingredients? Send the cops to make sure you're using approved measurements? [08:10] Goblin lol...don't joke...the way we are going that could be likely. [08:10] Goblin :) [08:11] Goblin the Cake Police. [08:11] IsambardPrince "Armed Police! DO NOT PUT THAT EGG IN THE BATTER! SIR, STEP AWAY FROM THE EGG! HANDS ON YOUR HEAD NOW!!!" [08:11] Goblin lol [08:12] Goblin I could be a proffesional witness for the cake prosecution....thats a job I;d like, tasting those cakes for too much sugar and good stuff [08:12] IsambardPrince "Oh God, these people disgust me!" *eats more* "Yep, just wanted to make sure." [08:12] Goblin lol [08:13] IsambardPrince Like the narcotics cop who has to dab his finger in the cocaine four times just to be sure they're not going to waste a test kit. [08:14] Goblin Ill do the cake version.. [08:14] IsambardPrince He's a good guy, looking out for the state's finances. [08:15] Goblin its a sacrifice id ve willing to make [08:16] IsambardPrince I always wondered how the government decides what you get to eat. [08:17] IsambardPrince Like, we're going to put the government that got us $42 trillion in debt in control of what's allowed in food. [08:17] Goblin yes especially when for them its a case of them eating whatever they want. [08:17] IsambardPrince We're going to assume to the government that kept us in Afghanistan for two decades knows whether synthetic food dye is safe. [08:17] IsambardPrince [02:17] yes especially when for them its a case of them eating whatever they want. [08:18] IsambardPrince There's a Coronavirus pandemic, you're not going out of your house. All businesses are closed. [08:18] IsambardPrince Then you find all of them opening restaurants, hair salons, and nail parlors just for themselves, and having house parties. [08:19] Goblin yeah, covid doesn't affect those in power....and you can't expect THEM to loose their luxuries. [08:19] Goblin thats for us peasants. [08:20] Goblin cant have the peasants having nice things, they'll get ideas above their station [08:20] IsambardPrince I thought that was hysterical when they were bringing Boris Johnson out on a stretcher. [08:20] IsambardPrince After he was throwing house parties. [08:20] Goblin They weren't parties according to him.....for a while anyway. [08:21] IsambardPrince When the Prime Minister gets too loud do the police show up with a noise complaint? [08:22] Goblin Downing street doesn't effectively have neighbours (all just part of the same machine) but if the music was loud enough to be heard a distance away Id not expect any police action......unless the press got involved. [08:31] Goblin hey.... I think the Wiki for my town has been updated...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaham = Roy, when are you both coming back for a break? 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[10:44] TR News "Operation Offsides seized more than 1,000 pirate streaming domains during the FIFA World Cup." https://torrentfreak.com/world-cup-piracy-crackdown-shows-limits-of-domain-seizures-mpa-pushes-site-blocking/ | Source: Torrent Freak [10:44] TR Bot Cup Piracy Crackdown Shows Limits of Domain Seizures, MPA Pushes Site Blocking * TorrentFreak [10:44] TR News "The woman said she sold the photos exclusively to Koelewijn through OnlyFans. She later found the same images circulating in a Telegram chat group." https://nltimes.nl/2026/08/01/onlyfans-model-reports-ex-bunschoten-councilor-sharing-nude-photos-without-consent | Source: NL Times [10:44] TR Bot OnlyFans model reports ex-Bunschoten councilor for sharing nude photos without consent | NL Times [10:45] TR News "But limbo is better than canceled, which is more likely to happen if the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. 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How did a software glitch at the states motor vehicles agency lead to adding people who said they werent citizens to the states voter rolls?" https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/27/trump-mullin-250000-noncitizen-voters-new-jersey-pennsylvania-california-nevada/ | Source: Votebeat [10:46] TR Bot Even after New Jersey error, Trumps claims on noncitizen voters dont add up - Votebeat [10:47] TR News "Collinss effort to take credit for this is ridiculous." https://newrepublic.com/article/213839/susan-collins-ice-funding-trump-worry-dems | Source: New Republic [10:47] TR Bot What Susan Collins Just Did on Trump and ICE Should Worry All Dems | The New Republic [10:47] TR News Anon: Do[oes anyone] know anyone at Cambridge? Their site is broken / stolen:W: https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/feed/ it may be gone permanently, perhaps related to their celebration of being rid of Ross :/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260112231210/https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/about/ [10:47] TR Bot ARYA88: Situs Slot Gacor Hari Ini Gampang Menang Maxwin [10:47] TR Bot About the site | Light Blue Touchpaper [10:47] TR News "In an episode of his podcast Ones and Tooze, Columbia University economic historian Adam Tooze picked apart the increasingly expensive AI arms race and its consequences for humanity." https://futurism.com/future-society/economist-adam-tooze-baffled-masses-protest-trillionaire-elon-musk | Source: Futurism [10:47] TR Bot Columbia Economist Baffled as to Why the Masses Aren't Rising Up Against Elon Musk [10:48] TR News "He answered Press Gazettes questions about what he has learned during his near 50-year career in news and publishing." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders/what-ive-learned-newsguard-co-founder-steven-brill-on-the-fight-for-truth/ | Source: Press Gazette [10:48] TR Bot What I've learned: Newsguard co-founder Steven Brill on the fight for truth - Press Gazette [10:48] TR News "Dr. Thomas Pabst, wrote the first articles that came to define Toms Hardware" https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/toms-hardwares-30th-anniversary-from-dip-switches-and-intel-feuds-to-30-years-of-unbiased-testing | Source: Tom's Hardware [10:48] TR Bot Toms Hardwares 30th Anniversary From Intel feuds and DIP switches to 30 years of unbiased testing | Tom's Hardware [10:51] TR News "As Trumps sordid pressure on ABC comes back to bite him" https://newrepublic.com/article/213804/transcript-trump-blurted-vile-plot-censor-abc-and-backfired | Source: New Republic [10:51] TR Bot Transcript: Trump Blurted Out Vile Plot to Censor ABCand It Backfired | The New Republic [10:51] TR News "The feature, powered by Google's Nano Banana 2 AI model, had allowed users to generate photorealistic images grounded in Google Earth's satellite" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/alphabet-rolls-back-ai-image-generation-in-google-earth-over-policy-violations/articleshow/132779402.cms | Source: India Times [10:51] TR Bot Alphabet rolls back AI image generation in Google Earth over policy violations - The Economic Times [10:52] TR News "Commonly known as a shiprider agreement, the Agreement Concerning Counter Illicit Transnational Maritime Activity establishes a legal framework" https://www.rfa.org/english/pacific/2026/08/01/solomon-islands-security-agreement-usa/ | Source: RFA [10:52] TR Bot Solomon Islands signs security agreement with US, reaffirms neutrality Radio Free Asia [10:53] TR News "Dell went public four years after it was founded, but after a quarter of a century of being listed on the stock market" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/dell-founder-shows-how-a-usd100-billion-empire-started-42-years-ago-ceo-says-this-one-page-changed-my-life | Source: Tom's Hardware [10:53] TR Bot Dell founder shows how a $100 billion empire started 42 years ago CEO says This one page changed my life | Tom's Hardware [10:54] TR News darkreading [10:54] TR News "An SBOM is essentially an ingredients list," detailing the building blocks and supply chains that make up a given piece of software" https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/cisa-issues-fresh-sbom-guidance | Source: Dark Reading [10:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/cisa-issues-fresh-sbom-guidance ) [10:58] TR News "paralyzed by competition with China they are reluctant to do anything" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/openai-more-agents-breaches/ | Source: Nick Heer [10:58] TR Bot OpenAI Finds Evidence It Failed to Monitor Other A.I. Agents Pixel Envy [10:58] TR News "It's time to let go." https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org/thread/2AX2BCJ3EQX7G3YXSDX73BR4NCAWXXBZ/ | [10:58] TR Bot - Arch-dev-public - lists.archlinux.org [10:58] TR News "I still intend to continue working on my projects around TPMs, secure boot and platform security stuff." https://linderud.dev/blog/resigning-from-arch-linux/ | Source: Morten Linderud [10:58] TR Bot Resigning from Arch Linux [10:59] TR News "This is almost enough to make you think that money isn't real and the stock market runs entirely on vibes. But that can't be right." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/trillionaire-versus-lettuce/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski ● Aug 02 [11:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/trillionaire-versus-lettuce/ ) [11:00] TR News "In this movie, there's an iconic moment where our hero, Ted "Theodore" Logan, is presented with two choices, the red pill or the blue pill." https://andrewkelley.me/post/dont-take-black-pill.html | Source: Andrew Kelley [11:00] TR Bot Don't Take the Black Pill (Text Adaptation) - Andrew Kelley [11:00] TR News "Then, about 10 months ago, Ruby Central began what core team member Ellen Dash called a hostile takeover of the RubyGems, Bundler, and RubyGems.org" https://andre.arko.net/2026/07/30/ruby-centrals-destructive-legacy/ | Source: Andr Arko [11:00] TR Bot Ruby Central's Destructive Legacy [11:01] TR News "The second issue is energy consumption." https://alsterrunde.com/the-new-bus-departure-displays-nobody-asked-for/ | Source: Alsterrunde [11:01] TR Bot The New Bus Departure Displays Nobody Asked For [11:02] TR News "has no future if it cannot restore the natural world on which we rely for our food, water, and clean air" https://newrepublic.com/article/213757/europe-burns-climate-coverup-uk | Source: New Republic [11:02] TR Bot As Europe Burns, a Climate Cover-Up Continues | The New Republic [11:03] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:04] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights [11:04] TR News "According to the ACPC, the rates at which the APD resolves crimes like homicide, robbery, miscellaneous larceny" https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-surveillance-atlanta-fbi-data-crime-case-solve | Source: Futurism [11:04] TR Bot Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible for Fighting Crime, FBI Data Shows [11:05] TR News "Day-to-day communications from law-abiding U.S. citizens get caught up in this web of surveillance without their knowledge or consent" https://truthout.org/articles/fisa-section-702-isnt-the-only-way-the-government-spies-on-our-communications/ | Source: TruthOut [11:05] TR Bot FISA Section 702 Isnt the Only Way the Government Spies on Our Communications | Truthout [11:05] TR News "Privacy, as it is commonly practiced and advertised, is for the person inflicting the damage onto their surroundings, not their surroundings." https://blog.avas.space/shame-smart-glasses/ | Source: Ava [11:05] TR Bot we don't shame smart glasses wearers enough ava's blog [11:08] TR News "And the conditions that made the past events survivable are eroding. Two forces are changing the math." https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/morning-after-we-pull-root-of-trust-nobody-owns-it | Source: Dark Reading [11:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/morning-after-we-pull-root-of-trust-nobody-owns-it ) [11:10] TR News "I dont think the answer has to be another centralized platform, or that every project should live in one place." https://lalitm.com/post/github-alternatives/ | Source: Lalit Maganti [11:10] TR Bot GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement - Lalit Maganti [11:15] *KindOne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:18] *KindOne has quit (Ping timeout: 266 seconds) [11:19] TR News (NEW): Planet KDE: June/July in KDE Itinerary https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Planet_KDE_June_July_in_KDE_Itinerary.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Planet_KDE_June_July_in_KDE_Itinerary.gmi [11:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Planet KDE: June/July in KDE Itinerary [11:21] TR News Privateering https://boingboing.net/2026/07/31/spacecraft-sent-on-rescue-mission-now-spinning-out-of-control.html | Source: BoingBoing [11:21] TR Bot Spacecraft sent on rescue mission now spinning out of control - Boing Boing [11:22] TR News Windows TCO: "While there were no indications that any water supply had been altered or made unsafe to drink" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/us/politics/iran-cyberattack-water-systems.html | Source: New York Times [11:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/us/politics/iran-cyberattack-water-systems.html ) [11:22] TR News (NEW): Anolis OS enterprise-focused Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Anolis_OS_enterprise_focused_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Anolis_OS_enterprise_focused_Linux_distribution.gmi [11:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Anolis OS enterprise-focused Linux distribution [11:22] TR News Windows TCO: "The FBI, which is investigating" https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattacks-on-minnesota-water-systems-investigated-as-officials-warn-about-iranian-hackers/ | Source: Security Week [11:22] TR Bot on Minnesota Water Systems Investigated as Officials Warn About Iranian Hackers - SecurityWeek [11:22] TR News Windows TCO: "As usual, the president offered no evidence of his off-the-cuff accusations." https://www.theverge.com/policy/974197/trump-tim-walz-minnesota-water-hacks-iran | Source: The Verge [11:22] TR Bot Trump blames Tim Walz for water hacks even though its probably Iran | The Verge [11:24] TR News "It is, however, entirely possible to write an article that makes everyone angry about some part. So here goes." https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/ai-for-decision-makers/ | Source: Bert Hubert [11:24] TR Bot AI: Considerations for people who make decisions - Bert Hubert's writings [11:25] TR News "The term typically refers to an arrangement in which one company invests in another firm that buys its products and services: By doing so, the businesses effectively bind their fortunes more tightly to one another." https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-ai-circular-deals/ | Source: Bloomberg [11:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-ai-circular-deals/ ) [11:25] TR News "I do not use LLMs in my work. I don't use them in my non-work life either, for that matter." http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2026/08/on-the-non-use-of-ai-in-my-wri.html | Source: Antipope [11:25] TR Bot On the non-use of AI in my writing process - Charlie's Diary [11:25] TR News "But the evidence for this "changing everything" thesis is thin on the ground." https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/01/dare-snot/#i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again | Source: CoryDoctorow [11:25] TR Bot Pluralistic: Why businesses lie about AI (01 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [11:26] TR News "I guess from an individual point of view, like a developer working on an app, A.I. is indeed just another tool." https://thejollyteapot.com/2026/08/01/just-a-tool/ | Source: Nicolas Magand [11:26] TR Bot Just a tool The Jolly Teapot [11:26] TR News "Derek isnt the only AI thirst trap showing off defined abs for likes and money." https://www.vox.com/culture/492604/ai-deepfake-gay-influencers-tiktok-thirst-traps | Source: Vox [11:26] TR Bot that thirst trap influencer AI? Inside the world of very convincing deepfakes | Vox [11:27] *KindOne (~KindOne@23xffjdf3phbn.irc) has joined #techrights [11:27] *KindOne (kindone@user/meow/KindOne) has joined #techrights [11:28] TR News "As the dominoes fell, Aschenbrenner sent a letter to investors to quell their fears, highlighting how well it had performed until this point." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/situational-awareness-ai-investor-crumbling | Source: Futurism [11:28] TR Bot A Prominent AI Investor Is Now Crumbling, in What Could Be a Sign of Things to Come [11:29] TR News "How could such a horrifically inaccurate map be made?" https://futurism.com/future-society/us-officials-ai-map-africa | Source: Futurism [11:29] TR Bot US Government Displays AI-Mangled Map of Africa That Gets Every Single Country Wrong [11:29] TR News "A deep technical guide to designing a robust, provider-agnostic billing pipeline for usage-based SaaS." https://lorbic.com/designing-a-usage-based-billing-pipeline-for-saas/ | Source: Vikash Patel [11:29] TR Bot a Usage-Based Billing Pipeline for SaaS | Lorbic [11:34] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [11:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [11:40] TR News "This gives us a shortcut weve never had before" https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/avocado-tree-discovery-22368074.php | Source: SFGate [11:40] TR Bot Client Challenge [11:40] TR News "A personal reset, as Ive dubbed it, is a time when you decide to make a notable change in your routine when you realize your current path isnt taking you where you want it to." https://adamfortuna.com/reset | Source: Adam Fortuna [11:40] TR Bot The Personal Reset | Adam Fortuna's Blog [11:41] TR News "In this way, illness strips people not only of income but of social legitimacy." https://daniel.industries/2026/07/31/the-ideal-person-under-capitalism-is-tireless-independent-resilient-endlessly-capable-of-overriding-their-own-limits-in-service-of-output-you-may-be-severely-injured-and-anemic-but-dont-you-dare-skip-gym-day/ | Source: Daniel Miller [11:41] TR Bot You May Be Severely Injured and Anemic but Dont You Dare Skip Gym Day. [11:41] TR News "This model linked aerator operation to a biologically meaningful operating constraint." https://phys.org/news/2026-07-smarter-fish-farms-electricity-safe.html | Source: Omicron Limited [11:41] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-smarter-fish-farms-electricity-safe.html ) [11:41] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:41] TR News "One of the FAST Labs most prominent findings is that ultra-processed foods are associated with overeating, intense cravings and loss of control around food." https://www.michigandaily.com/news/research/strong-link-foundbetween-ultra-processed-foods-and-addictive-behavior/ | Source: University of Michigan [11:41] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights [11:41] TR Bot Strong link found between ultra-processed foods and addictive behavior [11:42] TR News "Works fine as a storage device on Linux, showing up as 0525:a4a5 "Netchip Technology, Inc. Linux-USB File-backed Storage Gadget"." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/gadget-review-hikmicro-d02-thermal-camera/ | Source: Terence Eden [11:42] TR Bot Gadget Review: HIKMICRO D02 Thermal Camera Terence Edens Blog [11:42] TR News "On Thursday, I left my role as Senior Director of Technology at ProPublica, where I led IT, Security, and Engineering." https://werd.io/my-next-experiment/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [11:42] TR Bot My next experiment [11:43] TR News "Those of us who know COBOL are either dead, in the gummer home, or very long in the tooth. The companies still using IBM mainframe technology have viciously incompetent management." https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/devry/ | Source: Logikal Solutions [11:43] TR Bot DeVry Students May Finally Get Relief Logikal Blog [11:43] TR News "One item they won't be carrying? Cellphones." https://www.ksl.com/article/news/utah/education/back-to-school-will-utahs-bell-to-bell-school-cellphone-ban-sharpen-students-classroom-focus/51603752 | Source: Deseret Media [11:43] TR Bot to school: Will Utah's bell-to-bell school cellphone ban sharpen students' classroom focus? | KSL.com [11:44] TR News "This is very simple and fast to compute, and since for DNA the alphabet is only size 4, the hash of each character can be computed using a SIMD-based lookup table via some shuffle instructions." https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/nthash-revisited/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp [11:44] TR Bot NtHash3: first ideas CuriousCoding [11:44] TR News "what if we truly want to understand how astoundingly small and unfathomably large things can get?" https://josephhall.org/blog/limits-of-scale/ | Source: Joseph Lorenzo Hall [11:44] TR Bot Beyond Grains of Sand: From the Planck Length to the Edge of Infinity [11:45] TR News "Combinatorial problems can be interesting for their own sake, but they are more interesting when there is a connection to a problem outside combinatorics, and the more unexpected the connection the better." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/01/counting-rooted-trees/ | Source: John D Cook [11:45] TR Bot Counting rooted trees [11:45] TR News "Second order linear differential equations with polynomial coefficients form their own area of study. This seems like a narrow class of equations, but its very important in applications." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/01/why-polynomial-coefficients/ | Source: John D Cook [11:45] TR Bot Why polynomial coefficients? [11:45] TR News "Potato starch has microscopic round particles." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/potatoes-are-beige-and-boring-but-they-are-also-the-reason-color-photography-exists | Source: Digital Camera World [11:45] TR Bot Potatoes are beige and boring. But they are also the reason color photography exists | Digital Camera World [11:46] TR News "Now, a new Earth & Planetary Science Letters study argues the surface of Venus may still bear the geological scars of those long-lost seas." https://www.sciencealert.com/hell-world-venus-may-have-once-had-oceans-across-90-of-its-hot-dry-surface | Source: Science Alert [11:46] TR Bot Venus May Have Once Had Oceans Across 90% of Its Hot, Dry Surface : ScienceAlert [11:46] TR News "Back then, if you wanted to listen to music from a video game, maybe you could track down an official soundtrack CDor, if you were a mega nerd like me, youd download ripped chiptunes and their special players." https://www.mistys-internet.website/blog/blog/2026/08/01/searching-for-the-broken-down-chiptune-player-of-my-dreams/ | Source: Misty De Mo [11:46] TR Bot Searching for the Broken-down Chiptune Player of My Dreams - The Future Is Now [11:46] TR News "Not only does this hold true, but it gets more true the more blogs I read. Im subscribed to a few hundred blogs, most focused on either tech or from folks who enjoy tech." https://blog.ctms.me/posts/2026-03-14-rant-stfu-about-blogging/ | [11:46] TR Bot Rant about blogs and the IndieWeb - Dom Corriveau [11:47] TR News "So what the heck: Ill aim for 31 posts this month and see how far I get." https://journal.kvibber.com/2026/08/blaugust26/ | Source: Kelson Vibber [11:47] TR Bot Blaugust, or What the Heck: I'll Do Two Overlapping Blogging Challenges | K-Squared Ramblings [11:47] TR News "The very first journal entry I can find is from February 2016. Back then and for the next 9 years or so, I used Day One." https://overkill.wtf/notes/a-year-of-journaling-on-paper | Source: Kevin Wammer [11:47] TR Bot year of journaling on paper - overkill.wtf [11:47] TR News "Cybersecurity news is not difficult to find. Deciding what deserves your attentionand what to do nextis the harder part." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/introducing-the-defenders-dispatch/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [11:47] TR Bot Introducing The Defenders Dispatch - CybersecKyle [11:48] TR News "The thing I have to keep reminding myself is: Im not the library of congress." https://nathandyer.me/2026/07/31/not-the-library-of-congress.html | Source: Nathan Dyer [11:48] TR Bot You Are Not the Library of Congress | Nathan Dyer [11:48] TR News "The other thing I do is construct structured information. Documents, including this blog post. Programs, including the subject of this blog post." https://nick.zoic.org/art/not-a-typewriter/ | Source: Nick Moore [11:48] TR Bot ENOTTY: Not a typewriter ... and another thing ... [11:51] TR News iophk: none of these articles mention enforcing the CFAA as they have in the past https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/technology/anthropic-ai-hack.html [11:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/technology/anthropic-ai-hack.html ) [11:52] TR News Now draw that picture of noses, for Satan's sake; | "Tegn nu det billede af nuser, for satan; | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/tegn-nu-det-billede-af-nuser-satan [11:52] TR Bot Tegn nu det billede af nuser, for satan; | Version2 [11:53] TR News Data centers coming to Finland at a record pace: Almost 100 planned | "Suomeen virtaa jttihankkeita samalla kasvavat kaksi riski - Ilta-Sanomat" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&u=https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000012168800.html [11:53] TR Bot Suomeen virtaa jttihankkeita samalla kasvavat kaksi riski - Ilta-Sanomat [11:53] TR News iophk: they fail to address the great harm and impediments that sw patents cause https://hackaday.com/2026/08/01/commercialization-and-innovation/ [11:53] TR Bot And Innovation | Hackaday [11:53] TR News "Aus Car Makers Face Data Security Probe - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/31/0929247 [11:53] TR Bot Aus Car Makers Face Data Security Probe - SoylentNews [11:59] TR News (NEW): Recent GNU/Linux Videos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Recent_GNU_Linux_Videos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Recent_GNU_Linux_Videos.gmi [11:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Recent GNU/Linux Videos [11:59] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/today_s_howtos.gmi [11:59] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos ● Aug 02 [12:00] TR News (NEW): New Releases Archcraft's August 2026 Release and Announcing Helwan Linux 5.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/New_Releases_Archcraft_s_August_2026_Release_and_Announcing_Hel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/New_Releases_Archcraft_s_August_2026_Release_and_Announcing_Hel.gmi [12:00] TR Bot Tux Machines New Releases Archcraft's August 2026 Release and Announcing Helwan Linux 5.0 [12:01] TR News "This is my response to The Weekly Challenge #384." https://raku-musings.com/n-binary.html | Source: Arne Sommer [12:01] TR Bot N Binary with Raku - Arne Sommer [12:02] TR News "python has 6 pre-declared "constants": True, False, None, __debug__, Ellipsis (or equivalently ...), and NotImplemented." https://sebsite.pw/w/20260801-pythonconstants.html | Source: Sebastian [12:02] TR Bot python's pre-declared constants are kinda weird [12:02] TR News "Theres so much more to Python though so this year Im approaching it from a different angle and pick one topic for each letter in the English alphabet" https://hamatti.org/posts/python-a-to-z-blaugust-2026-introduction/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [12:02] TR Bot Python A to Z - Blaugust 2026 introduction : Juha-Matti Santala [12:03] TR News "Two tools fix this: watch and progress. With your move already running, open a second terminal and enter the following: [...]" https://www.jamesleighton.com/monitoring-mv-and-other-quiet-commands-with-watch-and-progress/ | Source: James Leighton [12:03] TR Bot Monitoring mv and other quiet commands with watch and progress James Leighton [12:03] TR News "A software developers job is to deliver value for the company." https://sundry.jerryorr.com/2026/07/31/development-pipeline-is-a-production-system | [12:03] TR Bot development pipeline is a production system sundry.jerryorr.com [12:04] TR News "Ive been thinking a lot about making C generally nicer to use recently." https://www.unix.dog/~yosh/blog/getopt-but-friendlier.html | Source: UNIX.Dog [12:04] TR Bot getopt() but friendlier | ~yosh [12:04] TR News "Most of us want to do great work. Building things of exceptional quality work thats beautiful, lovable, fast is one of lifes great joys." https://allenpike.com/2026/finding-a-business-case-for-quality/ | Source: Allen Pike [12:04] TR Bot Weighing the Business Case for Quality - Allen Pike [12:04] TR News "I have been fascinated and amazed by stage0 for a while now ever since I learnt about it via Guix using it to provide twenty two thousand packages source-bootstrapped from the 357-byte seed." https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/01/a-c++-toolchain-from-357-bytes-in-bazel | Source: Farid Zakaria [12:04] TR Bot A C++ toolchain from 357 bytes, in Bazel | Farid Zakarias Blog [12:04] TR News "Lately have been dabbling in Guile Scheme. Guile Scheme is very fast and since is it the main development environment for Guix, its popularity is rising." https://box.matto.nl/having-fun-with-chicken-scheme.html | Source: MJ Fransen [12:04] TR Bot fun with Chicken Scheme - box.matto.nl [12:05] TR News "Today in Tedium: Determining how much something costs shouldnt be difficult" https://tedium.co/2026/08/01/pricing-guns-vs-barcodes-history/ | Source: Tedium [12:05] TR Bot Why Pricing Guns Stuck Around After The Barcode [12:05] TR News (NEW): Shotcut 26.7 Video Editor Adds Graphics Adapter for Linux, Shake Video Filter https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/31/Shotcut_26_7_Video_Editor_Adds_Graphics_Adapter_for_Linux_Shake.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/31/Shotcut_26_7_Video_Editor_Adds_Graphics_Adapter_for_Linux_Shake.gmi [12:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Shotcut 26.7 Video Editor Adds Graphics Adapter for Linux, Shake Video Filter [12:07] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [12:07] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [12:08] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [12:09] TR News Techrights Links 02/08/2026: Cheeto "Blurted Out Vile Plot to Censor ABC"; New York Times Fights 'Intimidation' https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Links_02_08_2026_Cheeto_Blurted_Out_Vile_Plot_to_Censor_ABC_New.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Links_02_08_2026_Cheeto_Blurted_Out_Vile_Plot_to_Censor_ABC_New.gmi [12:09] TR Bot Techrights Links 02/08/2026: Cheeto "Blurted Out Vile Plot to Censor ABC"; New York Times Fights 'Intimidation' [12:12] TR News (NEW): I refuse to pay Microsoft for these 7 features that Linux offers for free https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/I_refuse_to_pay_Microsoft_for_these_7_features_that_Linux_offer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/I_refuse_to_pay_Microsoft_for_these_7_features_that_Linux_offer.gmi [12:12] TR Bot Tux Machines I refuse to pay Microsoft for these 7 features that Linux offers for free [12:26] TR News "So lets put this utterly most fundamental question to the test And since it is vacation time, you can grab the R code and check it yourself" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/little-useless-useful-r-functions-honest-geographical-location-signposts/ | Source: Rlang [12:26] TR Bot useless-useful R functions Honest geographical location signposts | R-bloggers [12:28] TR News "So what happened here? Access to someone else's production systems?" https://seldo.com/posts/did-openai-hack-hugging-face-or-didnt-they/?trk=feed-detail_comments-list-reply_comment-text | [12:28] TR Bot OpenAI hack Hugging Face or didn't they? | Seldo.com [12:28] TR News "That was just the deal; the steal was that it was low effort every single year to get a new phone" https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-apple-upgrade-situation/ | [12:28] TR Bot The Apple Upgrade Situation Rands in Repose [12:28] TR News "Lately, though, I've come to realize that I can't hop around forever. As of October 5, 2025, I'm using robertbirming.com and host it on Bear." https://robertbirming.com/my-blogging-journey/ | Source: Robert Birming [12:28] TR Bot My blogging journey Robert Birming [12:28] TR News "A few weeks ago, I noticed some of my Hugo sort functions werent working." https://burgeonlab.com/blog/date-objects-hugo-javascript-node/ | Source: Naty S [12:28] TR Bot A Dating Matter: Hugo, Indiekit, and Node [12:29] TR News [Old] "In particular, you can use existing user bases for authentication or connect sound bots that can, for example, play music." https://en.ubunlog.com/mumble-1-4-has-already-been-released-and-comes-with-many-changes-and-news/ | [12:29] TR Bot Mumble 1.4 has already been released and comes with many changes and news [12:29] TR News "The simple, obvious, and more or less wrong answer is because my phone is a computer." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SmartphoneAlarmClockWhyGood | Source: University of Toronto [12:29] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:30] TR News "In 1948, IBM introduced the 604 Electronic Calculating Punch. This machine was a programmable calculator, about the size of a double refrigerator." https://www.righto.com/2026/07/ibm-604-trigger-tube-module.html | Source: Ken Shirriff [12:30] TR Bot Energizing a vacuum-tube flip-flop module from a 1948 IBM system [12:30] TR News "As you might expect, its also perfect for biking titles such as the Tour de France series." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/01/bike-trainers-as-video-game-controllers/ | Source: Hackaday [12:30] TR Bot Trainers As Video Game Controllers | Hackaday [12:30] TR News "Well, almost. Hes not actually putting strain gauges or anything like that into the legs; hes just measuring the voltage drop across a resistor in series with the servos." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/01/stewart-platform-walker-gains-feeling-in-legs-from-resistors/ | Source: Hackaday [12:30] TR Bot Platform Walker Gains Feeling In Legs From Resistors | Hackaday [12:30] TR News "Since most of these multi-filament machines are pretty much locked down as far as hardware tinkering goes, our sights were firmly locked on what the end-user would do with the new capability." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/01/commercialization-and-innovation/ | Source: Hackaday [12:30] TR Bot And Innovation | Hackaday [12:30] TR News "Created by legendary hardware hacker Andrew bunnie Huang, the badges for this years famed security conference aim to push the boundaries of security and transparency." https://www.wired.com/story/defcon-34-badge-baochip-andrew-bunnie-huang/ | Source: Wired [12:30] TR Bot New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key | WIRED [12:31] TR News "Named Stream32, the build is intended to be simple to understand and adapt to ones own individual workflow." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/01/open-source-stream-deck-targets-flexibility/ | Source: Hackaday [12:31] TR Bot Source Stream Deck Targets Flexibility | Hackaday [12:31] TR News "The G1, the previous hardware revision already had a 400MHz ARM CPU with 32MB ram, but the G2 is like an Android phone of a few years back." https://raymii.org/s/articles/But_can_your_calculator_run_Linux.html | Source: Remy Van Elst [12:31] TR Bot can your calculator run Linux? - Raymii.org [12:32] TR News "Suppose, not hypothetically, that you have some Ubuntu servers that have local data filesystems (with stuff you want to keep) on separate disks from your system disks." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/Ubuntu2604InstallerExistingDisks | Source: University of Toronto [12:32] TR News "The new release builds fine on all architectures according to the build logs" https://weinholt.se/articles/state-of-chezscheme-in-debian/ | [12:32] TR Bot State of Chez Scheme in Debian - weinholt.se [12:33] TR News "the current influx of malicious package adoptions and follow-up commits made via the AUR" https://lwn.net/Articles/1086489/ | Source: LWN [12:33] TR Bot Linux disables AUR package adoption [LWN.net] [12:33] TR News "I was at home, checking which Omarchy theme I was using, when I glanced at the About window and saw the OS age: over a year." https://www.zolkos.com/2026/08/01/a-year-on-omarchy-no-regrets.html | Source: Rob Zolkos [12:33] TR Bot A Year on Omarchy. No Regrets. [12:33] TR News "The NetBSD project has announced the release of NetBSD 11.0, the 19th major release of the highly portable operating system." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12909 | Source: Distro Watch [12:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12909 ) [12:34] TR News "Before the sui generis IBM AIX-based Apple Network Server, one of our favourite machines here at Floodgap, there were the WGSes, the Workgroup Servers" https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/08/mklinux-and-pimped-out-apple-workgroup.html | Source: Old VCR [12:34] TR Bot Old Vintage Computing Research: MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150 [12:34] TR News "The story of SVHA Adventure, and how it was saved after over 40 years of obscurity." https://spillhistorie.no/2025/09/11/norways-first-adventure-games-part-1/ | [12:34] TR Bot first adventure games, part 1 - Spillhistorie.no [12:35] TR News "The topic of our meeting revolves around how Christian uses NeoVim and Kitty to handle sessions and write fleeting thoughts." https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-08-01-emacs-live-linkarzu-projects/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou [12:35] TR Bot live with @linkarzu on his workflow, Org capture, and projects (2026-08-01 22:20 Europe/Athens) | Protesilaos [12:49] TR News The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor https://futurism.com/science-energy/diarrhea-lettuce-taylor-farms-prison-labor [12:49] TR Bot The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor [12:49] TR News Scientists Forced to Go on OnlyFans After Their Funding Was Cut https://futurism.com/science-energy/scientists-onlyfans-trump-cut-research [12:49] TR Bot Scientists Forced to Go on OnlyFans After Their Funding Was Cut [12:49] TR News The Silicon Valley Health Trend Making Doctors Nervous https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/opinion/health-data-trend-body.html [12:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/opinion/health-data-trend-body.html ) [12:50] TR News The Diary That Talks Back: Whos Really Listening When You Talk to AI? https://www.techzim.co.zw/2026/08/the-diary-that-talks-back-whos-really-listening-when-you-talk-to-ai/ [12:50] TR Bot ( status 428 @ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2026/08/the-diary-that-talks-back-whos-really-listening-when-you-talk-to-ai/ ) [12:50] TR News South Korea moves to curb hotel price gouging during major concerts https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-moves-to-curb-hotel-price-gouging-during-major-concerts [12:50] TR Bot South Korea moves to curb hotel price gouging during major concerts | The Straits Times [12:50] TR News Justice Dept. Subpoenas Times Freelancer in Effort to Identify Sources https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/us/politics/times-subpoena-reporter-trump-north-korea.html [12:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/us/politics/times-subpoena-reporter-trump-north-korea.html ) [12:51] psydroid3 so Microsoft continues dying in Europe and especially North America first and foremost [12:52] schestowitz[TR2] seems so [12:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202608 [12:52] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [12:52] schestowitz[TR2] new data [12:52] schestowitz[TR2] holding steady [12:52] schestowitz[TR2] about 7.5% [12:53] psydroid3 it even seems to have an uptake here in NL [12:53] schestowitz[TR2] thanks for reminign me to check [12:53] psydroid3 with an anomaly in NO [12:53] schestowitz[TR2] they uploaded new data hours aog [12:58] TR News Techrights United Kingdom: GNU/Linux up to 7%, ChromeOS Another 5% (Total 12%) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/United_Kingdom_GNU_Linux_up_to_7_ChromeOS_Another_5_Total_12.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/United_Kingdom_GNU_Linux_up_to_7_ChromeOS_Another_5_Total_12.gmi [12:58] TR Bot Techrights United Kingdom: GNU/Linux up to 7%, ChromeOS Another 5% (Total 12%) ● Aug 02 [13:02] TR News (NEW): Tux Machines Benefits From Explosive Growth of GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Tux_Machines_Benefits_From_Explosive_Growth_of_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Tux_Machines_Benefits_From_Explosive_Growth_of_GNU_Linux.gmi [13:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Tux Machines Benefits From Explosive Growth of GNU/Linux [13:09] TR News Techrights Amid 2026 Bing Layoffs Microsoft Share in Search Collapses https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Amid_2026_Bing_Layoffs_Microsoft_Share_in_Search_Collapses.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Amid_2026_Bing_Layoffs_Microsoft_Share_in_Search_Collapses.gmi [13:09] TR Bot Techrights Amid 2026 Bing Layoffs Microsoft Share in Search Collapses [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: NL screenshot vvv [13:15] psydroid3 schestowitz[TR2]: I'll have a look [13:16] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux New Highs in Europe, Microsoft New Lows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_New_Highs_in_Europe_Microsoft_New_Lows.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_New_Highs_in_Europe_Microsoft_New_Lows.gmi [13:16] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux New Highs in Europe, Microsoft New Lows [13:18] TR News Still very high https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/japan/#monthly-200902-202608 [13:18] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Japan | Statcounter Global Stats [13:19] TR News Up in Russia also https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/russian-federation/#monthly-200902-202608 [13:19] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Russian Federation | Statcounter Global Stats [13:20] TR News And in France https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/france/#monthly-200902-202608 [13:20] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share France | Statcounter Global Stats [13:23] psydroid3 beware of Apple users throwing shade at GNU/Linux for not being "user-friendly" enough to be used by Joe Random [13:23] TR News Windows all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/canada/#monthly-200902-202608 [13:23] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Canada | Statcounter Global Stats [13:23] schestowitz[TR2] joe random does not want to spend $2000 on a new PC [13:23] schestowitz[TR2] joe finds some old vista box [13:23] schestowitz[TR2] and put a distro on it [13:24] psydroid3 exactly [13:25] schestowitz[TR2] good gains [13:25] schestowitz[TR2] despite The Sociopath trying to spread 'secure boot' [13:26] TR News Techrights Brazil: GNU/Linux Record High, 5% https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Brazil_GNU_Linux_Record_High_5.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Brazil_GNU_Linux_Record_High_5.gmi [13:26] TR Bot Techrights Brazil: GNU/Linux Record High, 5% [13:28] TR News https://www.sciencealert.com/feed Sat, 01 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +0000 The Sun Contains More Silver Than Previously Estimated [13:28] TR News The Strange Origin of The Human Eye May Trace Back to a 600-Million-Year-Old 'Cyclops' https://www.sciencealert.com/the-strange-origin-of-the-human-eye-may-trace-back-to-a-600-million-year-old-cyclops [13:28] TR Bot Strange Origin of The Human Eye May Trace Back to a 600-Million-Year-Old 'Cyclops' : ScienceAlert [13:31] TR News 2026-08-01 13:46: Signed up for a Vinted account. My options to "secure my account" were adding a... https://kevquirk.com/2026-08-01-1346 [13:31] TR Bot 2026-08-01 13:46 - Kev Quirk [13:31] TR News AI safety concerns grow as models go rogue https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260801-ai-safety-concerns-grow-as-models-go-rogue [13:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260801-ai-safety-concerns-grow-as-models-go-rogue ) [13:31] TR News A PR Firm Is Using Fake Publicists With AI-Generated Headshots to Spam Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/pr-firm-fake-ai-publicists [13:31] TR Bot A PR Firm Is Using Fake Publicists With AI-Generated Headshots to Spam Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients [13:32] TR News Employees Long for the Days Before the Workplace Filled Up With Hey Hi (AI) Slop https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/employees-long-days-before-ai-slop [13:32] TR Bot Employees Long for the Days Before the Workplace Filled Up With AI Slop [13:32] TR News A Prominent Hey Hi (AI) Investor Is Now Crumbling, in What Could Be a Sign of Things to Come https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/situational-awareness-ai-investor-crumbling [13:32] TR Bot A Prominent AI Investor Is Now Crumbling, in What Could Be a Sign of Things to Come [13:32] TR News The More People Learn About AI, the More They Want It Out of Their Lives https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-learn-negative-sentiment-polling-american-attitudes [13:32] TR Bot The More People Learn About AI, the More They Want It Out of Their Lives [13:32] psydroid3 the first rule of "secure boot" is to disable "secure boot" [13:33] TR News OpenAIs Escaped Models Were Allegedly Rampaging More Extensively Than Previously Reported https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-escaped-models-rampaging-extensively [13:33] TR Bot OpenAI's Escaped Models Were Allegedly Rampaging More Extensively Than Previously Reported [13:33] schestowitz[TR2] or buy hardware that lacks this [13:33] schestowitz[TR2] better yet, protest its adoption [13:33] schestowitz[TR2] like we did [13:33] schestowitz[TR2] and pressure hardware companies and OEM [13:33] schestowitz[TR2] make an antitrust complaint [13:33] schestowitz[TR2] The Sociopath had another egenda [13:33] schestowitz[TR2] always chasing money [13:34] TR News 'Nozzlegate' erupts as Prusa CORE One 3D printer kits arrive with soft steel nozzles Bondtech admits machining flaws with no quick fix https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/nozzlegate-erupts-as-prusa-core-one-3d-ptinter-kits-arrive-with-soft-steel-nozzles-bondtech-admits-machining-flaws-with-no-quick-fix [13:34] TR Bot 'Nozzlegate' erupts as Prusa CORE One 3D printer kits arrive with soft steel nozzles Bondtech admits machining flaws with no quick fix (Updated) | Tom's Hardware [13:36] TR News As youth protests dominate India, Kerala state grapples with an ageing problem https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/as-youth-protests-dominate-india-kerala-state-is-grappling-with-an-ageing-problem [13:36] TR Bot As youth protests dominate India, Kerala state grapples with an ageing problem | The Straits Times [13:37] TR News Things That Didnt Last Forever https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/01/things-that-didnt-last-forever/ [13:37] TR Bot Blog Archive Things That Didnt Last Forever [13:38] TR News Atomic MacOS (AMOS) stealer infection, (Sun, Aug 2nd) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33208 [13:38] TR Bot Atomic MacOS (AMOS) stealer infection - SANS ISC [13:39] TR News Phishing Campaigns Targeting Hey Hi (AI) Solutions Providers, (Sat, Aug 1st) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33206 [13:39] TR Bot Phishing Campaigns Targeting AI Solutions Providers [13:46] TR News Lost one-of-a-kind Nintendo DS cartridge hits eBay for $9,100 PokePark Fishing Contest designed to delete itself after 12 hours https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/lost-one-of-a-kind-nintendo-ds-cartridge-hits-ebay-for-usd9-100-pokepark-fishing-contest-designed-to-delete-itself-after-12-hours-game-so-rare-it-was-only-distributed-to-theme-park-attendees-in-2005 [13:46] TR Bot Lost one-of-a-kind Nintendo DS cartridge hits eBay for $9,100 PokePark Fishing Contest designed to delete itself after 12 hours, game so rare it was only distributed to theme park attendees in 2005 | Tom's Hardware [13:46] TR News 97 untouched Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. cartridges worth thousands discovered in retro shop storage room https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/97-untouched-duck-hunt-and-super-mario-bros-cartridges-worth-thousands-discovered-in-retro-shop-storage-room-never-before-seen-version-of-popular-nes-games-include-five-perfect-10-psa-items [13:46] TR Bot 97 untouched Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. cartridges worth thousands discovered in retro shop storage room never-before-seen version of popular NES games include five perfect 10 PSA items | Tom's Hardware [13:48] TR News Same GNOME that harbours 1) corrupt officials. 2) rapists. 3) pedophiles. 4) stranglers of women. https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-RFC-Process-AI-Extensions [13:48] TR Bot Working To Establish An RFC Process, Battling Sloppy AI-Generated Extensions - Phoronix [13:48] TR News Because GNOME is ALL about ethics... [13:49] TR News Overview of Content Published in July https://blog.didierstevens.com/2026/08/01/overview-of-content-published-in-july-11/ [13:50] TR Bot Overview of Content Published in July | Didier Stevens [13:50] TR News The Microsofters' sign of desperation: trying to accomplish the impossible. When that does not work, death threats get issued. https://techrights.org/litigation.shtml [13:50] TR Bot Matthew J. Garrett Tried to Put My Wife and I in Prison [13:51] TR News AI has two price tags in IT Work One in Dollars, One in Skill https://kerneltalks.com/ai/ai-has-two-price-tags-in-it-work-one-in-dollars-one-in-skill/ [13:51] TR Bot AI has two price tags in IT Work One in Dollars, One in Skill - Kernel Talks [13:52] TR News NetBSD 11.0 released! http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_11_0_released [13:52] TR Bot NetBSD Blog [13:52] TR News Ruby on Rails Patches Critical Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/ruby-on-rails-patches-critical-vulnerability/ [13:52] TR Bot on Rails Patches Critical Vulnerability - SecurityWeek [13:52] TR News Lucy Powell MP on New Mayor of Greater Manchester, First Ever Female to Hold This Position https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/01/lucy-powell-mp-on-new-mayor/ [13:52] TR Bot Blog Archive Lucy Powell MP on New Mayor of Greater Manchester, First Ever Female to Hold This Position [13:54] TR News Fedora 'Community' Became 100% I.C.B.M. Staff, Drawing Up Policies Like CoC and CoI (Where the I.C.B.M. is Excepted From Conflict of Interest Policies) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/01/Fedora_Community_Became_100_IBM_Staff_Drawing_Up_Policies_Like_.shtml [13:54] TR Bot Techrights Fedora 'Community' Became 100% IBM Staff, Drawing Up Policies Like CoC and CoI (Where the IBM is Excepted From Conflict of Interest Policies) [13:54] TR News Teen Hikers Rescued 12 Hours Into Surveillance Giant Google Maps Hike https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/world/canada/canada-hiking-rescue-google-maps.html [13:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/world/canada/canada-hiking-rescue-google-maps.html ) [13:55] TR News Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible for Fighting Crime, FBI Data Shows https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-surveillance-atlanta-fbi-data-crime-case-solve [13:55] TR Bot Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible for Fighting Crime, FBI Data Shows ● Aug 02 [14:00] TR News Almost all-time high for GNU/Linux https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/belarus/#monthly-200902-202608 [14:00] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Belarus | Statcounter Global Stats [14:01] TR News 4.14% GNU/Linux https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/argentina/#monthly-200902-202608 [14:01] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Argentina | Statcounter Global Stats [14:01] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Exceeds 6% in Spain https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_Exceeds_6_in_Spain.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_Exceeds_6_in_Spain.gmi [14:01] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Exceeds 6% in Spain [14:04] psydroid3 most of my hardware lacks it on purpose [14:04] psydroid3 but we need more of that hardware [14:05] schestowitz[TR2] right [14:05] schestowitz[TR2] then you have hyperx [14:05] schestowitz[TR2] or thread [14:05] schestowitz[TR2] or threadx [14:06] TR News (NEW): One of the World's Largest Populations, Indonesia, Sees GNU/Linux Measured at Over 6% https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/One_of_the_World_s_Largest_Populations_Indonesia_Sees_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/One_of_the_World_s_Largest_Populations_Indonesia_Sees_GNU_Linux.gmi [14:06] TR Bot Tux Machines One of the World's Largest Populations, Indonesia, Sees GNU/Linux Measured at Over 6% [14:06] TR News FTC Concerned About Meta Surveillance of Users of Erectile Dysfunction Apps https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hims-hers-mark-zuckerberg-meta-ftc-lawsuit-privacy [14:06] TR Bot FTC Concerned About Meta Surveillance of Users of Erectile Dysfunction Apps [14:06] TR News Ramayanapu Jagath: Bringing App Uninstallation to the GNOME Shell App Grid https://blogs.gnome.org/jagathgsoc/2026/08/01/bringing-app-uninstallation-to-the-gnome-shell-app-grid/ [14:06] TR Bot Bringing App Uninstallation to the GNOME Shell App Grid Jagath's GSoC blog [14:08] TR News Tobias Mueller: syncthing-socket for accessing machines through NATs https://blogs.gnome.org/muelli/2026/08/syncthing-socket-for-accessing-machines-through-nats/ [14:08] TR Bot syncthing-socket for accessing machines through NATs muellis blog [14:08] TR News Shotcut 26.7.30 Released with New Elements & Option to Choose GPU https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/shotcut-26-7-30-released-with-new-elements-option-to-choose-gpu/ [14:08] TR Bot Shotcut 26.7.30 Released with New Elements & Option to Choose GPU | UbuntuHandbook [14:09] TR News Faugus 2.0.4 added User Themes Support for Those Dont Like Adwaita https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/faugus-2-0-4-added-user-themes-support-for-those-dont-like-adwaita/ [14:09] TR Bot Faugus 2.0.4 added User Themes Support for Those Dont Like Adwaita | UbuntuHandbook [14:10] TR News Russell Coker: Packet Edit Meme and Debian SE GNU/Linux https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/08/02/packet-edit-meme-debian-selinux/ [14:10] TR Bot Packet Edit Meme and Debian SE Linux etbe Russell Coker [14:10] TR News June/July in KDE Itinerary https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/08/01/kde-itinerary-june-july-2026.html [14:10] TR Bot June/July in KDE Itinerary [14:15] TR News Having fun with Chicken Scheme https://box.matto.nl/having-fun-with-chicken-scheme.html [14:15] TR Bot fun with Chicken Scheme - box.matto.nl [14:20] TR News Synex 13-u11 https://distrowatch.com/synex [14:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/synex ) [14:20] TR News Arch 2026.08.01 https://distrowatch.com/arch [14:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/arch ) [14:20] TR News butrelinux 20260801 https://distrowatch.com/butrelinux [14:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/butrelinux ) [14:20] TR News AbeirOS 20260801 https://distrowatch.com/abeiros [14:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/abeiros ) [14:21] TR News How To Install Shotcut on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-shotcut-fedora-44/ [14:21] TR Bot How To Install Shotcut on Fedora 44 - idroot [14:22] TR News "Modern replacements do the same job more efficiently and are available by default on most Linux distributions." https://www.tecmint.com/deprecated-linux-commands/ | Source: TecMint [14:22] TR Bot 9 Linux Commands You Should Replace with Modern Alternatives [14:23] TR News "irst seen in March, Brisbane Silicon has now launched the ELM11-Feather to Crowd Supply" https://linuxgizmos.com/elm11-feather-debuts-with-native-lua-and-reconfigurable-fpga-hardware/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:23] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/elm11-feather-debuts-with-native-lua-and-reconfigurable-fpga-hardware/ ) [14:23] TR News "Radxa has unveiled the Linkr, a compact remote-control device for accessing computers, servers, and development boards through a web browser." https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-linkr-brings-remote-kvm-access-and-tailscale-support-to-a-thumb-sized-device/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:23] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-linkr-brings-remote-kvm-access-and-tailscale-support-to-a-thumb-sized-device/ ) [14:27] TR News UDRP http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/07/guest-post-guestkat-prowls-udrp-docket.html [14:27] TR Bot [Guest Post] The GuestKat Prowls the UDRP Docket: Six Months of Cybersquatting, Catfights and Curious Decisions - The IPKat [14:28] TR News extrox 20260802 https://distrowatch.com/extrox [14:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/extrox ) [14:28] TR News MocaccinoOS 26.08 https://distrowatch.com/mocaccinoos [14:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/mocaccinoos ) [14:28] TR News Enchantment 26-rc1 https://distrowatch.com/enchantment [14:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/enchantment ) [14:28] TR News KDE GNU/Linux 20260801 https://distrowatch.com/kdelinux [14:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/kdelinux ) [14:28] TR News BigLinux 2026-08-01 https://distrowatch.com/biglinux [14:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux ) [14:29] TR News AgarimOS 20260801 https://distrowatch.com/agarimos [14:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/agarimos ) [14:29] TR News AfagOS 20260801 https://distrowatch.com/afagos [14:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/afagos ) [14:36] TR News Techrights Steam Survey, analytics.usa.gov, and statCounter All Point to GNU/Linux Gains (Again) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Steam_Survey_analytics_usa_gov_and_statCounter_All_Point_to_GNU.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Steam_Survey_analytics_usa_gov_and_statCounter_All_Point_to_GNU.gmi [14:36] TR Bot Techrights Steam Survey, analytics.usa.gov, and statCounter All Point to GNU/Linux Gains (Again) [14:45] MinceR https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/10/09/the-intrusion-of-actual-life [14:45] TR Bot The Intrusion Of Actual Life - Penny Arcade [14:46] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi [14:46] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [14:52] *birkoff has quit (Quit: Quit) [14:55] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 137 Out of 200: Discovering That Spending a Million British Pounds (1,348,250.01 United States Dollars) on Lawyers Cannot Take Down One's Critics https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_137_Out_of_200_Discovering_That_Spending_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_137_Out_of_200_Discovering_That_Spending_.gmi [14:55] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 137 Out of 200: Discovering That Spending a Million British Pounds (1,348,250.01 United States Dollars) on Lawyers Cannot Take Down One's Critics [14:57] TR News (NEW): 5 things nobody tells you about switching to Linux from Windows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/5_things_nobody_tells_you_about_switching_to_Linux_from_Windows.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/5_things_nobody_tells_you_about_switching_to_Linux_from_Windows.gmi [14:57] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 things nobody tells you about switching to Linux from Windows ● Aug 02 [15:04] TR News Sparky news 2026/07 https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2026-07/ [15:04] TR Bot Sparky news 2026/07 - SparkyLinux [15:07] TR News The myth of Snow Leopard https://www.rubenerd.au/the-myth-of-snow-leopard/ [15:07] TR Bot Rubenerd: The myth of Snow Leopard [15:08] TR News But can your calculator run Linux? https://raymii.org/s/articles/But_can_your_calculator_run_Linux.html [15:08] TR Bot can your calculator run Linux? - Raymii.org [15:08] TR News Linux Saloon 213 | News Flight Night https://cubiclenate.com/2026/08/01/linux-saloon-213-news-flight-night/ [15:08] TR Bot Latest Tech Updates: Arch Linux, Ubuntu Features & More [15:08] TR News Resigning from Arch GNU/Linux https://linderud.dev/blog/resigning-from-arch-linux/ [15:08] TR Bot Resigning from Arch Linux [15:16] TR News AMD Ryzen Just Got Its First Ever Open-Source Firmware https://linuxstans.com/first-open-source-firmware-amd-ryzen-am5/ [15:16] TR Bot AMD Ryzen Gets Open-Source Firmware, Finally [15:16] TR News killall Command in Linux: Kill Processes by Name https://linuxize.com/post/killall-command-in-linux/ [15:16] TR Bot Command in Linux: Kill Processes by Name | Linuxize [15:21] TR News Fluff 2026.08.01 https://distrowatch.com/fluff [15:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/fluff ) [15:21] TR News Anolis OS enterprise-focused GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/anolis-os-enterprise-focused-linux-distribution/ [15:21] TR Bot OS - enterprise-focused Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [15:21] TR News Synex 13 u11 Released With Multiple Desktop Options https://fossforce.com/2026/08/synex-13-u11-released-with-multiple-desktop-options/ [15:21] TR Bot Synex 13 u11 Released With Multiple Desktop Options - FOSS Force [15:31] TR News Techrights Clownflare Web Usage Survey: About 10% in North America Use GNU/Linux, Worldwide 6.7% https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Clownflare_Web_Usage_Survey_About_10_in_North_America_Use_GNU_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Clownflare_Web_Usage_Survey_About_10_in_North_America_Use_GNU_L.gmi [15:31] TR Bot Techrights Clownflare Web Usage Survey: About 10% in North America Use GNU/Linux, Worldwide 6.7% [15:32] *l0de has quit (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) [15:34] *l0de (sid31830@id-31830.ilkley.irccloud.com) has joined #techrights [15:34] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:35] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights [15:37] TR News Chromebooks almost 12% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/philippines/#monthly-200902-202608 [15:37] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Philippines | Statcounter Global Stats [15:40] cow_20012 huh. i just had a dream about water system being contaminated with sewage [15:43] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Leaps to 8% in Asia https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_Leaps_to_8_in_Asia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_Leaps_to_8_in_Asia.gmi [15:43] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Leaps to 8% in Asia [15:48] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Rises to 6% in Mexico https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_6_in_Mexico.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_6_in_Mexico.gmi [15:48] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Rises to 6% in Mexico [15:49] TR News (NEW): From Soccermania to GNU/Linux Mania https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/From_Soccermania_to_GNU_Linux_Mania.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/From_Soccermania_to_GNU_Linux_Mania.gmi [15:49] TR Bot Tux Machines From Soccermania to GNU/Linux Mania ● Aug 02 [16:10] TR News Techrights IBMers Discuss Who Killed IBM (It Impacts Red Hat) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/IBMers_Discuss_Who_Killed_IBM_It_Impacts_Red_Hat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/IBMers_Discuss_Who_Killed_IBM_It_Impacts_Red_Hat.gmi [16:10] TR Bot Techrights IBMers Discuss Who Killed IBM (It Impacts Red Hat) [16:13] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:13] TR News AMD FPGA Tools 2026.1 Install on Ubuntu https://www.hackster.io/whitney-knitter/amd-fpga-tools-2026-1-install-on-ubuntu-56de98 [16:13] TR Bot FPGA Tools 2026.1 Install on Ubuntu - Hackster.io [16:14] TR News "This is your friendly reminder that a new Arch Linux ISO snapshot is now available for download for August 2026, powered by the latest and greatest Linux 7.1 kernel series." https://9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-1-is-now-available-for-download [16:14] TR Bot Arch Linux ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 7.1 Is Now Available for Download - 9to5Linux [16:14] TR News "4MLinux developer Zbigniew Konojacki announced today the release and general availability of 4MLinux 52.0 as the latest stable version of this minimalist and independent Linux distro featuring the lightweight JWM window manager." https://9to5linux.com/4mlinux-52-0-released-with-better-support-for-legacy-gpus-linux-kernel-6-18-lts [16:14] TR Bot 52.0 Released with Better Support for Legacy GPUs, Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS - 9to5Linux [16:15] TR News AMD Prepares Linux Driver Support For RDNA 5 GPUs With New DCN6 Display Engine Patches https://wccftech.com/amd-prepares-linux-driver-support-for-rdna-5-gpus-with-new-dcn6-display-engine-patches/ [16:15] TR Bot AMD Prepares Linux Driver Support For RDNA 5 GPUs With New DCN6 Display Engine Patches [16:15] TR News GTA V Enhanced Performance Comparison on Linux and Windows https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/sravnenie-proizvoditelnosti-gta-v-enhanced-na-linux-i-windows [16:15] TR Bot GTA V Enhanced Performance Comparison on Linux and Windows [16:16] TR News AMD skips to DCN6 for its next-generation Radeon display engine https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-rdna5-linux-patches-reveal-dcn6-display-engine-and-gfx13-link [16:16] TR Bot RDNA5 Linux patches reveal DCN6 display engine and GFX13 link - VideoCardz.com [16:16] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [16:16] TR News Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption to stop malware flood https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/arch-linux-disables-aur-package-adoption-to-stop-malware-flood/ [16:16] TR Bot Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption to stop malware flood [16:20] TR News Sapling says this article by Heath Callahan is LLM slop ... about slop https://forkast.news/refluxfs-a-nine-year-old-linux-kernel-bug-found-by-ai-in-weeks-affects-16-4-million-systems/ [16:20] TR Bot RefluXFS: A Nine-Year-Old Linux Kernel Bug Found by AI in Weeks Affects 16.4 Million Systems Forkast [16:23] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Saloon and Discussion About Text Editors https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_Saloon_and_Discussion_About_Text_Editors.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_Saloon_and_Discussion_About_Text_Editors.gmi [16:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Saloon and Discussion About Text Editors [16:23] TR News (NEW): Security, Slop, and Slop About Slop (FUD About "Linux") https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Security_Slop_and_Slop_About_Slop_FUD_About_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Security_Slop_and_Slop_About_Slop_FUD_About_Linux.gmi [16:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Security, Slop, and Slop About Slop (FUD About "Linux") [16:24] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [16:24] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [16:26] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware and GNU/Linux Devices https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Open_Hardware_and_GNU_Linux_Devices.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Open_Hardware_and_GNU_Linux_Devices.gmi [16:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware and GNU/Linux Devices [16:27] MinceR 02 171648 < techrights-news> Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption to stop malware flood [16:27] MinceR _now_ they're picky? [16:28] TR News (NEW): Debian: Meme, SparkyLinux, and "The State of Chez Scheme in Debian" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Debian_Meme_SparkyLinux_and_The_State_of_Chez_Scheme_in_Debian.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Debian_Meme_SparkyLinux_and_The_State_of_Chez_Scheme_in_Debian.gmi [16:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian: Meme, SparkyLinux, and "The State of Chez Scheme in Debian" [16:28] TR News (NEW): Graphics and Games Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Graphics_and_Games_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Graphics_and_Games_Leftovers.gmi [16:28] schestowitz[TR2] because it got them bad press [16:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Graphics and Games Leftovers [16:28] TR News (NEW): NetBSD 11.0 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/NetBSD_11_0_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/NetBSD_11_0_released.gmi [16:28] TR Bot Tux Machines NetBSD 11.0 released [16:28] schestowitz[TR2] it was not unforeseebn [16:28] schestowitz[TR2] *seen [16:28] MinceR pity cancerd didn't get them bad press [16:29] schestowitz[TR2] iit's not bad press [16:29] schestowitz[TR2] the press supports this cancer [16:29] TR News (NEW): KDE and GNOME: KDE Itinerary and GNOME Shell https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/KDE_and_GNOME_KDE_Itinerary_and_GNOME_Shell.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/KDE_and_GNOME_KDE_Itinerary_and_GNOME_Shell.gmi [16:29] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE and GNOME: KDE Itinerary and GNOME Shell [16:31] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [16:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [16:31] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [16:31] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [16:33] TR News Techrights Links 02/08/2026: Some Large Slop Investors "Crumbling", Russia Intensifies Bombing of Kiev https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Links_02_08_2026_Some_Large_Slop_Investors_Crumbling_Russia_Int.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Links_02_08_2026_Some_Large_Slop_Investors_Crumbling_Russia_Int.gmi [16:33] TR Bot Techrights Links 02/08/2026: Some Large Slop Investors "Crumbling", Russia Intensifies Bombing of Kiev [16:39] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Steady at About 5% in South America https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_Steady_at_About_5_in_South_America.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_Steady_at_About_5_in_South_America.gmi [16:39] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Steady at About 5% in South America [16:43] TR News "And as I was getting ready to leave, packing up my collapsable chair and putting it away in its bag, she came over to see me off. And as we both confirmed we'd be back for the fall concert, she very lightly touched my arm, and we said our goodbyes." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/8-02-2.gmi [16:44] TR News "Back when I added a factorial operator to my assembler [1], the code only applied it to numeric literals because the code that implemented it appeared in the same function as parsing a numeric literal. I only found the bug when I tried to apply a factorial to a subexpression in parenthesis, for example, -(2+1)!." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/08/01.1 [16:45] TR News "The girl I had a big crush on at the end of university has just bought a very large, very expensive boat. One of my high school friends, the most brilliant of us by a mile, has become an AI-poster on LinkedIn. His job titles have been very impressive, but it doesn't seem to have saved him from the brain rot." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/8-02.gmi [16:46] TR News "As I told you in some previous post[1], I retired early some years ago because of some health issues. And it bothers me a little, that some people might think I'm just a lazy fuck! I don't know if this is really the case, but I really suffered hard the longest time of my life." gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2026-08-02-3_weeks_on_a_Caribbean_island_every_year.txt [16:47] TR News "I might or I mightnt read more books from this guy. Reading over his bibliography, he sure has a lot of interesting pitches that makes me really curious." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/cormac_mccarthy-all_the_pretty_horses [16:48] TR News "They have arrived. Mindless drones grabbing my entire Gopher hole. They're not just making a map of our Gopher space, i.e. they don't just request menu selectors -- no, they're grabbing everything, every file." gopher://movq.de/0/phlog/2026/2026-08/2026-08-02--crawlers-in-gopher-space.txt [16:50] TR News "This post is written in response to Chris Shaw's August 2026 IndieWeb Carnival prompt, Purpose." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/purpose-intention-action [16:51] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:51] TR News "Landed. I gather my bags from the overhead. I didn't check anything - just carry-ons. My tee-shirt stretches upwards as I do, to fetch my bags, revealing more of my fat gut than I'd like" gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/08/02/00/deplaned/ [16:51] TR News Tutorial gemini://willthekid.smol.pub/hack01 [16:51] TR News "In the last few months I've been doing less and less programming at work. Being the technical lead meant I was doing more meetings than coding but with big changes in the company I've been almost all meetings, design, and story writing." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/gemlog.py/post/got-the-python-itch.gmi [16:52] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights [16:52] TR News "You might think it odd to add support for floating point constants for an 8-bit CPU" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/02/07.1 [16:53] TR News "i have returned from a trip to the home country! i always forget that it's not in fact a holiday. that i still sort of run a household, except instead of a comfortable, familiar routine to support me, there's tons of stuff to do and people to meet, daily" gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/20260516 [16:54] TR News "this is still going and serving me well! i definitely feel supported and more active and alive, but it did take a while to get here. even though summer is still hard, i am happy to initiate activities and accept others' initiating them, including basketball?? very out of character, but exercise is part of the habits, so why not!" gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/supportivehabits ● Aug 02 [17:00] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 02/08/2026: Drift, Crawlers in Gopher Space, Purpose, and Python https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Gemini_Links_02_08_2026_Drift_Crawlers_in_Gopher_Space_Purpose_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Gemini_Links_02_08_2026_Drift_Crawlers_in_Gopher_Space_Purpose_.gmi [17:00] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 02/08/2026: Drift, Crawlers in Gopher Space, Purpose, and Python [17:06] TR News (NEW): BeOS was the most innovative OS of the '90shere is how it lives on today https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/BeOS_was_the_most_innovative_OS_of_the_90s_here_is_how_it_lives.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/BeOS_was_the_most_innovative_OS_of_the_90s_here_is_how_it_lives.gmi [17:06] TR Bot Tux Machines BeOS was the most innovative OS of the '90shere is how it lives on today [17:07] TR News Techrights Cuba Sees Leap in GNU/Linux Usage, as Reported by statCounter https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Cuba_Sees_Leap_in_GNU_Linux_Usage_as_Reported_by_statCounter.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Cuba_Sees_Leap_in_GNU_Linux_Usage_as_Reported_by_statCounter.gmi [17:07] TR Bot Techrights Cuba Sees Leap in GNU/Linux Usage, as Reported by statCounter [17:11] *TMF (~TMF@jh92jbszv42ps.irc) has joined #techrights [17:11] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Measured at Around 6% in Ireland https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_Around_6_in_Ireland.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_Around_6_in_Ireland.gmi [17:11] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Measured at Around 6% in Ireland [17:15] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux in Bulgaria Back Up https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_in_Bulgaria_Back_Up.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/GNU_Linux_in_Bulgaria_Back_Up.gmi [17:15] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux in Bulgaria Back Up [17:15] TR News Windows all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/hungary/#monthly-200902-202608 MinceR [17:15] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Hungary | Statcounter Global Stats [17:16] TR News GNU/Linux + ChromeOS about 14% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/greece/#monthly-200902-202608 [17:16] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Greece | Statcounter Global Stats [17:16] TR News Also up in Italy https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/italy/#monthly-200902-202608 [17:16] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Italy | Statcounter Global Stats [17:18] TR News (NEW): Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Linux_s_market_share_in_North_America_has_breached_10_for_the_f.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Linux_s_market_share_in_North_America_has_breached_10_for_the_f.gmi [17:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter [17:20] TR News (NEW): AstrOS, a distro that combines the best of Arch, COSMIC, and immutability, enters beta https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/AstrOS_a_distro_that_combines_the_best_of_Arch_COSMIC_and_immut.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/AstrOS_a_distro_that_combines_the_best_of_Arch_COSMIC_and_immut.gmi [17:20] TR Bot Tux Machines AstrOS, a distro that combines the best of Arch, COSMIC, and immutability, enters beta [17:23] TR News (NEW): In Republic of South Korea GNU/Linux Has Reached a New High https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/In_Republic_of_South_Korea_GNU_Linux_Has_Reached_a_New_High.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/In_Republic_of_South_Korea_GNU_Linux_Has_Reached_a_New_High.gmi [17:23] TR Bot Tux Machines In Republic of South Korea GNU/Linux Has Reached a New High [17:25] TR News (NEW): Gentoo-Based MocaccinoOS 26.08 Is Out with COSMIC 1.5, KDE Plasma 6.6.6 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/01/Gentoo_Based_MocaccinoOS_26_08_Is_Out_with_COSMIC_1_5_KDE_Plasm.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/01/Gentoo_Based_MocaccinoOS_26_08_Is_Out_with_COSMIC_1_5_KDE_Plasm.gmi [17:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Gentoo-Based MocaccinoOS 26.08 Is Out with COSMIC 1.5, KDE Plasma 6.6.6 [17:25] TR News Windows collapsing https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/india/#monthly-200902-202608 [17:25] TR Bot Operating System Market Share India | Statcounter Global Stats [17:30] TR News (NEW): Australia and New Zealand: New Highs for GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Australia_and_New_Zealand_New_Highs_for_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini 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Approaching 15%, Windows in a Freefall [17:36] TR News (NEW): COSMIC is doing what GNOME still can't, and it's only been out for a year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/COSMIC_is_doing_what_GNOME_still_can_t_and_it_s_only_been_out_f.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/COSMIC_is_doing_what_GNOME_still_can_t_and_it_s_only_been_out_f.gmi [17:36] TR Bot Tux Machines COSMIC is doing what GNOME still can't, and it's only been out for a year [17:45] TR News (NEW): I switched an old laptop to a RAM-only OS and it outpaced my newer machine https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/I_switched_an_old_laptop_to_a_RAM_only_OS_and_it_outpaced_my_ne.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/I_switched_an_old_laptop_to_a_RAM_only_OS_and_it_outpaced_my_ne.gmi [17:45] TR Bot Tux Machines I switched an old laptop to a RAM-only OS and it outpaced my newer machine [17:57] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 02 [18:01] TR News (NEW): 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[18:45] TR News Techrights XBox is in Trouble, Sunday News Shows How Serious a Problem It Now Faces https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/XBox_is_in_Trouble_Sunday_News_Shows_How_Serious_a_Problem_It_N.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/XBox_is_in_Trouble_Sunday_News_Shows_How_Serious_a_Problem_It_N.gmi [18:45] TR Bot Techrights XBox is in Trouble, Sunday News Shows How Serious a Problem It Now Faces [18:49] TR News Windows collapsed https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/iraq/#monthly-200902-202608 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/iraq/#monthly-200902-202608 [18:49] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Iraq | Statcounter Global Stats [18:49] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Iraq | Statcounter Global Stats [18:57] TR News (NEW): Switzerland's GNU/Linux "Market Share" at 7% https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Switzerland_s_GNU_Linux_Market_Share_at_7.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Switzerland_s_GNU_Linux_Market_Share_at_7.gmi [18:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Switzerland's GNU/Linux "Market Share" at 7% ● Aug 02 [19:01] admfubar yeah yeah that's the ticket.... https://databreaches.net/2026/08/02/a-no-logs-vpn-that-kept-58-million-connection-logs-inside-the-notvpn-splitvpn-breach/ [19:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2026/08/02/a-no-logs-vpn-that-kept-58-million-connection-logs-inside-the-notvpn-splitvpn-breach/ ) [19:03] TR News "In a statement on his website, external, Pocock, who is a software engineer, is asking voters to read about his work on ethics in technology, safety of children online, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and cybersecurity." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crlw69p6lyeo [19:03] TR Bot The candidates standing in the Clacton by-election - BBC News [19:05] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:16] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@2kmvmsa2z33pa.irc) has joined #techrights [19:18] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: The original xbox was sold on a loss leader model. [19:18] IsambardPrince The latest ones are not. [19:20] IsambardPrince They're raising prices to try to end the loss leader model and it's causing people to balk at ever buying the console. [19:21] IsambardPrince No console, you don't buy games. [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] but wait [19:26] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] the latest lostt money too [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] and the hikes are not to offset losses [19:27] schestowitz[TR2] they are component price adjustments [19:27] TR News (NEW): Climate Change on Our Minds https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Climate_Change_on_Our_Minds.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/Climate_Change_on_Our_Minds.gmi [19:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Climate Change on Our Minds [19:27] schestowitz[TR2] so they are still selling razor holder, not blades [19:30] IsambardPrince The original console went as low as $179.99 after a couple years. [19:31] IsambardPrince Even with inflation factored in, the new one still costs way more. [19:35] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: The vibe coded X server is funny. [19:35] IsambardPrince It'll probably never be production ready but it is burning through LLM time. [19:36] admfubar https://www.firstpost.com/tech/apples-m5-macbook-air-faces-severe-supply-crunch-amid-memory-shortages-report-14035488.html [19:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/apples-m5-macbook-air-faces-severe-supply-crunch-amid-memory-shortages-report-14035488.html ) [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] It'll probably never be production ready but it is burning through LLM time. [19:36] IsambardPrince Imagine telling an LLM to look at that and rewrite it in Rust. [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] it's like slop books [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] people make thosew [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] to say [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] "i published [number] books" [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] nobody will read them [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] not even the author [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] nobody will adevrtise them [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] they are just slop in a PDF [19:36] schestowitz[TR2] noboidy will print them [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] nobody will buy them [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] and even if someone did, there is nothing to be learned from them [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] you get what i mean... [19:48] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [19:50] TR News Techrights Codes of Conduct Attract Hoarders and Sociopaths, They Are Intolerant Towards Good People https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Codes_of_Conduct_Attract_Hoarders_and_Sociopaths_They_Are_Intol.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Codes_of_Conduct_Attract_Hoarders_and_Sociopaths_They_Are_Intol.gmi [19:50] TR Bot Techrights Codes of Conduct Attract Hoarders and Sociopaths, They Are Intolerant Towards Good People ● Aug 02 [20:04] TR News 17% GNU/Linux https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india/#monthly-200902-202608 [20:04] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share India | Statcounter Global Stats [20:11] IsambardPrince If Claude Code can make sense of Xorg it can make sense of anything. [20:12] IsambardPrince That thing is old and parts of it date back to before ANSI C, and it's truly inside baseball at this point. [20:12] TR News (NEW): According to statCounter, GNU/Linux Measured at Nearly 8% in Bangladesh https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/According_to_statCounter_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_Nearly_8_in_Bang.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/02/According_to_statCounter_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_Nearly_8_in_Bang.gmi [20:12] TR Bot Tux Machines According to statCounter, GNU/Linux Measured at Nearly 8% in Bangladesh [20:12] IsambardPrince But the funny thing is it still works better than Wayland.' [20:12] TR News Cheeto song https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=tKHzXBroSaM [20:12] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=tKHzXBroSaM ) [20:13] IsambardPrince It would be very funny to see an X11 implementation in Rust because in C it's such a mess. And I doubt you can do it in Rust without a massive amount of unsafes. [20:13] IsambardPrince And at that point you're undermining the stated reason for the port, aren't you? [20:14] IsambardPrince Modern C compilers were emitting over 800 warnings with the X server and to get rid of the warnings, they were mostly silenced. [20:14] IsambardPrince Because if you change that, it will break compatibility with clients . [20:14] IsambardPrince So whatever happens with YSERVER it ought to be good, for the laughs. [20:15] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:28] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [20:30] admfubar https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/29/tengu-mirai-iot-botnet-linux/ [20:30] TR Bot Tengu botnet reboots Linux devices to survive removal - Help Net Security [20:32] admfubar https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/29/1password-ai-agent-governance/ [20:32] TR Bot Your AI agents can reach data no one approved - Help Net Security [20:34] TR News Prisons Are for Criminals https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/02/prisons-are-for-criminals/ [20:34] TR Bot Blog Archive Prisons Are for Criminals [20:35] *TMF has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:37] *TMF (~TMF@jh92jbszv42ps.irc) has joined #techrights [20:39] schestowitz[TR2] So whatever happens with YSERVER it ought to be good, for the laughs. [20:39] schestowitz[TR2] it is not even a work [20:39] schestowitz[TR2] nothing to od proud of [20:39] schestowitz[TR2] brute force plagiarism [20:39] schestowitz[TR2] and nobody will want to use that [20:45] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:45] *Righty (~Username@gujqgv3tmsqca.irc) has joined #techrights [20:49] TR News Writing More Because Bad People Want You to Write Less https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/02/writing-more/ [20:49] TR Bot Blog Archive Writing More Because Bad People Want You to Write Less ● Aug 02 [21:02] admfubar https://linuxstans.com/linux-hits-a-record-7-53-worldwide-as-windows-users-finally-jump-ship/ [21:02] TR Bot Linux Hits 7.53% Desktop Share: Full Breakdown [21:02] TR News Techrights Microsoft Culture Explained by People Who Work at Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Microsoft_Culture_Explained_by_People_Who_Work_at_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Microsoft_Culture_Explained_by_People_Who_Work_at_Microsoft.gmi [21:02] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Culture Explained by People Who Work at Microsoft [21:12] admfubar https://www.neowin.net/news/as-office-2021-end-of-support-deadline-looms-libreoffice-promotes-true-lifetime-license/ [21:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/as-office-2021-end-of-support-deadline-looms-libreoffice-promotes-true-lifetime-license/ ) [21:17] TR News Techrights IBM's August 2026 Promotions (Annual Ritual) Can Turn Into a "Bloodbath" (RAs, Layoffs) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/IBM_s_August_2026_Promotions_Annual_Ritual_Can_Turn_Into_a_Bloo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/IBM_s_August_2026_Promotions_Annual_Ritual_Can_Turn_Into_a_Bloo.gmi [21:17] TR Bot Techrights IBM's August 2026 Promotions (Annual Ritual) Can Turn Into a "Bloodbath" (RAs, Layoffs) [21:22] TR News Rust, slop, and software patents. Paid by LF cultists. https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/ [21:22] TR Bot Home | Open Source Watch [21:34] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [21:34] *Righty (~Username@2cz86ibfpnxa6.irc) has joined #techrights [21:34] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/02/britain-food-shortages-drought-continues-farmers [21:35] TR Bot Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn | Farming | The Guardian [21:57] IsambardPrince Roaches are so common in multifamily buildings it's basically the "Chicago apartment special". [21:57] IsambardPrince About all you can do is invest in some preventive treatment stuff and pray your landlord is better than Piyush. [21:59] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: The cans of RAID Ant and Roach say it's meant for "direct kill" but that it does have "some residual effect". [21:59] IsambardPrince But it's not even their best product for this. [21:59] IsambardPrince That would be deltamethrin spray which is designed for knockdown treatments with 18 month residual. ● Aug 02 [22:01] IsambardPrince The spray cans might have some residual effect but they're really meant to be sprayed directly on the insect. The reason they never fix the problem by themselves is even if you blast hundreds of roaches or ants and kill them all, their biology is designed so they can absorb mass casualties and still persist. [22:01] IsambardPrince It fixes a symptom (it immediately ends the problem you see), which is about 3-5% of the problem. [22:02] IsambardPrince You can never solve any problem by focusing solely on one method that might solve 3-5% of it over here, 20-30% over there. [22:02] IsambardPrince It has to be a systemic effort. [22:03] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/02/australian-book-sellers-alarm-destruction-rare-titles-ai-supply-chain [22:03] TR Bot More than just objects: Australian booksellers raise alarm over horrific destruction of rare titles to feed AI | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian [22:14] *phebus has quit (Quit: POKE 1,0) [22:45] admfubar trump will want these... https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commemorative-golden-doom-floppy-disks-go-up-for-pre-order-pair-of-limited-edition-dummy-imitation-gold-plating-disks-and-a-box-are-usd30-at-gamestop [22:45] TR Bot Commemorative golden Doom floppy disks go up for pre-order pair of limited edition dummy imitation gold plating disks and a box are $30 at GameStop | Tom's Hardware [22:47] admfubar fly out a window? https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-vows-to-make-windows-11-fly-on-8gb-ram-amid-memory-shortage-optimizations-to-reduce-os-memory-footprint-have-begun [22:47] TR Bot Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 fly on 8GB RAM amid memory shortage optimizations to reduce OS memory footprint have begun | Tom's Hardware ● Aug 02 [23:05] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights [23:06] MinceR lol [23:06] MinceR they'll lie about it like crApple [23:18] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [23:20] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@2kmvmsa2z33pa.irc) has joined #techrights [23:24] IsambardPrince MinceR: "Optimizations" from Microsoft. [23:24] IsambardPrince That's a good one. [23:24] IsambardPrince Did the guy announcing it laugh until he couldn't breathe? [23:32] *TMF has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:33] *TMF (~TMF@6wx68mc3ei9kk.irc) has joined #techrights [23:51] MinceR :> [23:51] MinceR i don't think they even know what it means [23:56] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [23:59] *TMF has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)