●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, May 03, 2026 ●● ● May 03 [00:27] *_what__ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:54] IsambardPrince Ad blocking on a mobile phone is essential for me. [00:55] IsambardPrince I'm on a limited high speed data plan. [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] IsambardPrince If I let ads and trackers through, the bandwidth alone could be 2-3 GB every month, which could end up leaving me restricted to talk and text for 4 or 5 days. [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights ● May 03 [01:18] *TMF (~TMF@iewansue5zfsg.irc) has joined #techrights [01:33] admfubar https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/30/metropolitan-police-ai-monitoring-officers-palantir/ [01:33] TR Bot Met Police face criticism for using AI to spy on their own officers - Help Net Security [01:34] IsambardPrince Microsoft turned off comments on their Facebook post with Tim Cook, Satya Nadella, and Steve Ballmer after people started cracking jokes. [01:35] IsambardPrince Mine was just going to be "There's Larry, Moe, and everyone's favorite.....Curly." [01:36] IsambardPrince Microsoft is posting about their 50 years of innovation, and most of it is failed products like Bob and the Surface RT. [01:36] IsambardPrince This is.....odd. [01:37] IsambardPrince And the Zune. [01:37] IsambardPrince Blink and you'll miss it. [01:37] IsambardPrince They responded to the iPod, like 5 years too late and after the market was flooded with portable media players. [01:38] IsambardPrince They created one that only worked with Windows, and only worked with a specific piece of software that they discontinued shortly after writing the whole thing off. [01:38] IsambardPrince Was the Zune protocol ever reverse engineered? Who cares. [01:40] IsambardPrince I found an old clip of Steve Jobs in 1996 that's just as true today. [01:40] IsambardPrince There's no culture at Microsoft, there's no originality to any of their products. [01:40] IsambardPrince He said that was the worst thing, it's hardly the worst. [01:40] IsambardPrince Their products are bloated, they spy on you, and they're rigged to keep taking money. [01:41] IsambardPrince They don't even work well. [01:41] IsambardPrince You get operating system crashes and corruptions now that are worse than ever. [01:41] IsambardPrince You say okay, I'll subscribe to Office 365, then you find out that it doesn't work because their server collapsed again. [01:42] IsambardPrince MinceR: There's an option to "Help Microsoft" because you think they're suicidal. [01:42] IsambardPrince On Facebook. [01:55] *lxo has quit (Quit: later) ● May 03 [02:13] *lxo (~lxo@ejtt6wjxgf2mc.irc) has joined #techrights [02:31] MinceR rotfl @ INNOVA~1 [02:32] MinceR there's no originality at crApple either [02:32] MinceR and i guess the culture was whatever lived on steve "blow" jobs' surface [02:32] MinceR crApple and microslop deserve each other [02:36] MinceR https://apina.biz/156821.jpg?mode=sfw [02:36] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/156821.jpg [02:41] TMF Hey guys [02:41] MinceR hay [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-020526.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-020526.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-020526.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-020526.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, May 02, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-05-02.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-05-02.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-05-02.txt ● May 03 [03:00] *phebus (~phebus@y62br8unm5ssk.irc) has joined #techrights [03:15] admfubar https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dav2d-Open-Source-AV2-Decode [03:15] TR Bot Publishes Dav2d For Open-Source AV2 Decoder - Phoronix [03:17] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/27/analogs-and-analogies/ [03:17] TR Bot Pluralistic: The enshittification multiverse (27 Apr 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [03:26] *yehezkel sets mode +s #techrights [03:26] *yehezkel sets channel limit to :5 [03:43] *_what__ (~whatA_@99pn8j9rypehq.irc) has joined #techrights ● May 03 [04:14] IsambardPrince I miss Scientific Linux. [04:14] IsambardPrince They shut down and told everyone to use CentOS and we all know how that story ended. [04:15] IsambardPrince Rat Crap as MinceR likes to say, made CentOS a semi-unstable upstream for RHEL. [04:15] IsambardPrince To force people who "freeload" in their terminology, to test possibly broken patches that are available on RHEL, but are not enabled by default because they could break something. [04:16] IsambardPrince So now there's Rocky Linux for people who want a system that doesn't move around a lot. [04:16] IsambardPrince And then there's CentOS for crackheads like Elon Musk to run X/Twitter on. [04:16] IsambardPrince And then there's Fedora for when you don't care if something is on fire every time you update. [04:16] IsambardPrince Kind of like Windows only not as bad. [04:17] *_what__ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:18] IsambardPrince And I said oh lawdy Jesus that's a fire! [04:18] MinceR lol [04:18] IsambardPrince Ain't nobody got time for dat! [04:18] MinceR it's getting worse [04:18] MinceR Hey, poor! You don't have to be Jesus! [04:19] IsambardPrince I ran I didn't get no shoes or nothing Jesus! [04:20] IsambardPrince How is Fedora getting worse? [04:20] IsambardPrince In the 2000s it was good. [04:20] *_what__ (~whatA_@fezuqr5z4z5pi.irc) has joined #techrights [04:20] MinceR Linux is getting more bloated and slow [04:21] MinceR systemd is getting more bloated [04:21] IsambardPrince Not just Linux. [04:21] MinceR gnome is getting worse [04:21] MinceR indeed [04:21] _what__ Note: GNOME is GAFAM http://techrights.org/wiki/GNOME_Foundation [04:21] TR Bot GNOME Foundation [04:22] MinceR most of what used to be free software, microslop (including lackeys like Indian Bowel Movement) took over, made its own and reshaped in its own image [04:22] MinceR now i can twiddle my thumbs for 2 seconds when i switch desktops so the fucking windows render on a PC with 8 GB of RAM. [04:23] MinceR and this is not a heavyweight setup. [04:27] IsambardPrince MinceR: GNOME is downright bloated and pokey. [04:27] IsambardPrince It's for people who worship the bastard child of Windows 11's performance and the awful HIG of the Mac. [04:28] IsambardPrince By the time you install the shell extensions that make the GUI less terrible, they clash and bring down the shell constantly. [04:28] MinceR you're not supposed to install shell extensions anyway [04:28] MinceR they infringe on the "branding" [04:28] MinceR branding is clearly more important than usability. [04:28] IsambardPrince Because they're all written largely with JavaScript and they target a shell API that changes a lot and is not defined clearly. [04:29] MinceR (or freedom) [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] But there's a guy talking about shitty lawyers. [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] many are not good [04:43] schestowitz[TR2] but cheaper [04:44] schestowitz[TR2] you do not save money by taking cheap lawyers [04:44] schestowitz[TR2] ask gulagboy [04:44] IsambardPrince He said his shop can't do loaner cars anymore because they're in Georgia right next to Florida. [04:45] IsambardPrince A customer in a loaner went to Florida which has a law that says anyone except car dealers who loan you their car are responsible for anything you do with it. [04:45] IsambardPrince So this customer went to Florida and rear ended someone. [04:45] IsambardPrince They got an ambulance chaser who wanted $1.1 million and the shop's lawyer said in 30 days you'll get a notice that they had this, this, and that injury. [04:45] IsambardPrince And so the shop owner said well did you get their medical report? [04:46] IsambardPrince And the guy says no, but we've dealt with this lawyer before and every client he gets who was in a car accident has exactly the same injuries that they claim. [04:46] _what__ and what's funny anyway https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&set1=any&query1=%22mostly%20funny%22 [04:46] TR Bot Techrights Search [04:46] IsambardPrince And so he goes, well how does everyone in any car accident always get the same injuries. [04:47] IsambardPrince And he said well that's not important and you should just settle with them for $500,000 and your insurance will cover it because it's a $1 million policy. If we fight it, it'll cost more than it's worth and you'll pay the extra $100,000. [04:47] IsambardPrince So he settled, then his car insurance for the shop came up for renewal and they wouldn't renew it until he agreed to get rid of loaner cars. [04:48] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [04:48] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, May 02, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_May_02_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_May_02_2026.gmi [04:48] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [04:48] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, May 02, 2026 [04:48] IsambardPrince So now nobody that's having their car repaired gets to have a loaner, because of a lawyer in Florida who fraudulently claims every one of his clients has the same injuries after an accident. [04:48] IsambardPrince Because nobody fights because fighting is expensive. [04:48] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:48] IsambardPrince So the end result is the lawyers just make everything terrible. [04:49] IsambardPrince The people who probably had no injury at all get half a million dollars. [04:49] IsambardPrince The shops can't give you a loaner car. [04:49] IsambardPrince And the attorney who never had to go to court probably takes half the half a million. [04:49] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:49] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:56] TR News "I've been trying to switch from coffee to mate which we call "chimarro" in Brazil, or just "chimas"." gemini://robida.net/entries/2026/05/03/chimarrao [04:57] TR News "Definitely LiveJournal. It had a huge sense of community and I spent a lot of time on there. It felt like it was the future. But it got sold, and ended up as a cash cow run by awful people. I think it's still going, but I haven't been there for years." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-05-03_Christina_s_5_questions_for_May.gmi [04:58] TR News "It feels like some kind of cosmic joke that, now that I feel incredibly confident in myself and more attractive in my thirties than my twenties, my dating life has hit a wall." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2815 [04:59] TR News "It is not the peaceful silence of a quiet afternoon, nor the comforting stillness of night. It is a heavy, stagnant silenceone that accumulates over days, weeks, sometimes years. A silence filled not with calm, but with absence." gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-05-03_the_dark_side_of_the_web.gmi ● May 03 [05:00] TR News chainsaws are magic gemini://thatit.be/2026-05-02-15-02-30.gmi [05:00] TR News ritual gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/ritual [05:04] *TMF has quit (Quit: Leaving) [05:09] IsambardPrince [22:57] "Definitely LiveJournal. It had a huge sense of community and I spent a lot of time on there. It felt like it was the future. But it got sold, and ended up as a cash cow run by awful people. I think it's still going, but I haven't been there for years." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-05-03_Christina_s_5_questions_for_May.gmi [05:10] IsambardPrince Cash cow ran by awful people. [05:10] IsambardPrince You know, Piyush said find your cash cow. [05:10] IsambardPrince His cash cow was a building he paid for three times over that's about to fall into the street. [05:10] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Cash cow! [05:14] TR News Techrights A Month Since Mass Layoffs at Red Hat (400+ Engineers Laid Off), The Media Didn't Cover It https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/A_Month_Since_Mass_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_400_Engineers_Laid_Off_Th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/A_Month_Since_Mass_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_400_Engineers_Laid_Off_Th.gmi [05:14] TR Bot Techrights A Month Since Mass Layoffs at Red Hat (400+ Engineers Laid Off), The Media Didn't Cover It [05:15] schestowitz[TR2] and save one dollar at the shop [05:15] schestowitz[TR2] to make your 20 'mil' a year [05:15] schestowitz[TR2] be 20.000001 [05:19] IsambardPrince Yes, very important to catch a dollar. [05:19] IsambardPrince While the wife looks at you strangely. [05:19] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [05:19] IsambardPrince Like Piyush, you're embarrassing me. [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] hi, i am cash [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] wife: i am cow [05:19] IsambardPrince Why do you have to do this if we're millionaires, honey bunny? [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] together we are vash cow [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] kash patel [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] the drunken goat [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: no [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] he says [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] "how doi you think people become millionaire? [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] "they save a dollar at this shop [05:20] IsambardPrince By scrounging for every last penny. [05:20] IsambardPrince Until they have 100 million pennies! [05:20] schestowitz[TR2] like charlie munger [05:21] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: They do "AI Munger" now. [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] 100 million pennies is not much [05:21] IsambardPrince When I joked the Eternal Munger, I didn't think someone would do it. [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] piyush makes that in 6 monhts [05:21] schestowitz[TR2] according to his blog [05:22] IsambardPrince Well, nobody has ever exaggerated on the internet before. [05:22] IsambardPrince If you read it on the internet it's the truth, because that's the law. [05:23] MinceR :> [05:23] IsambardPrince Viktor Orban climbed to the top of Hungarian politics by having the award winning goulash recipe. [05:23] TR News Windows down to 38% https://analytics.usa.gov/ [05:23] TR Bot The US government's web traffic. [05:23] IsambardPrince It's what they did when they got rid of elections. [05:23] MinceR i doubt orban even knows what goulash is made from [05:23] IsambardPrince Speaking of which, MinceR [05:24] IsambardPrince I made goulash in the pressure cooker. [05:24] IsambardPrince That was good. [05:24] IsambardPrince [23:23] i doubt orban even knows what goulash is made from [05:24] MinceR yeah, my mother makes it in the pressure cooker as well [05:24] IsambardPrince Goulash is made from people! [05:24] TR News GNU/Linux up in France https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/france/#monthly-200902-202605 [05:24] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share France | Statcounter Global Stats [05:24] IsambardPrince Hungarian goulash is made from PEOPLE! [05:24] MinceR no, it's made from beef [05:24] IsambardPrince Well, you can eat humans but that's socially frowned uponl [05:25] IsambardPrince And they're tough and stringy I've heard. [05:25] IsambardPrince I mean, not that I would know. [05:25] IsambardPrince Except maybe that one time. [05:25] *_what__ has quit (connection closed) [05:25] IsambardPrince And you know, no amount of slow releasing on the Instant Pot will get that toughness out. [05:25] MinceR i've read that humans are like pork, only leaner [05:25] *_what___ (~whatA_@n85eehxfx6eqn.irc) has joined #techrights [05:25] IsambardPrince MinceR: Venison. [05:25] IsambardPrince You have to soak it in milk. [05:26] IsambardPrince It gets the gamey flavor out. [05:26] MinceR i doubt humans are gamey [05:26] MinceR there is plenty of chemicals you probably don't want in your food in there, though [05:26] IsambardPrince Yeah, everyone these days is like Brandon Lobster. [05:26] IsambardPrince Full of hormones and antipsychotics. [05:27] IsambardPrince They take a piss, it goes downstream having survived the wastewater treatment plant. [05:27] IsambardPrince It turns you into a Lobster. [05:27] IsambardPrince It turns the frogs gay! [05:27] IsambardPrince Just like Alex Jones said. [05:28] IsambardPrince I don't know if Lobster is still on "Libera". [05:28] IsambardPrince That network sucks. [05:28] MinceR https://youtube.com/watch?v=9JRLCBb7qK8 = https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=9JRLCBb7qK8 [05:28] TR Bot https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9JRLCBb7qK8 [05:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9JRLCBb7qK8 ) [05:28] TR Bot Select instance - Invidious [05:29] IsambardPrince It was more successful at killing Freenode than replacing it. [05:29] IsambardPrince The idea is that you supplant free and open source software groups. [05:29] MinceR i think freenode was mostly killed by lee and his associates [05:29] IsambardPrince Because you put a bunch of nuts in charge of the "community". [05:30] MinceR automatically fucking with channels and all [05:30] IsambardPrince Then when they chase all the people who are decent out, the community dies. [05:30] IsambardPrince And free software suffers. [05:30] IsambardPrince And that's the only thing people like this are good for. [05:30] MinceR and then abandoning their own network, leaving some broken bots behind [05:31] IsambardPrince Libera Chat lets you connect from a VPN but they make you register without one. [05:31] IsambardPrince So the only sane way to register is go do it at a Burger King. [05:31] IsambardPrince You can bet your ass they log who connects and registers and from what. [05:32] TR News (NEW): Windows All-Time Lows in Europe, GNU/Linux Rose to 6% in Germany https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Windows_All_Time_Lows_in_Europe_GNU_Linux_Rose_to_6_in_Germany.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Windows_All_Time_Lows_in_Europe_GNU_Linux_Rose_to_6_in_Germany.gmi [05:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Windows All-Time Lows in Europe, GNU/Linux Rose to 6% in Germany [05:32] IsambardPrince Nobody should have to identify themselves just to use a computer network. [05:32] IsambardPrince But that's being done just to use an OS now, even if you don't want to use a network with the OS. [05:32] IsambardPrince You can't really airgap Windows 11. [05:33] IsambardPrince I don't think it lets you create a local account with the "Just don't be on wifi" anymore. [05:34] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMA5VsYN_Rc [05:34] TR Bot https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=hMA5VsYN_Rc [05:34] TR Bot certificate subject name 'haproxy-ingress.haproxy-controller' does not match target hostname 'inv.perditum.com' ( status 0 @ https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=hMA5VsYN_Rc ) [05:34] IsambardPrince Looks like you can trick it. [05:43] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 03/05/2026: The Black Side of the Web, LiveJournal, Chimarro https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Gemini_Links_03_05_2026_The_Black_Side_of_the_Web_LiveJournal_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Gemini_Links_03_05_2026_The_Black_Side_of_the_Web_LiveJournal_C.gmi [05:43] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 03/05/2026: The Black Side of the Web, LiveJournal, Chimarro ● May 03 [06:06] TR News Techrights Microsoft Windows Falls Below 9% in South Africa https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_Below_9_in_South_Africa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_Below_9_in_South_Africa.gmi [06:06] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Windows Falls Below 9% in South Africa [06:27] *_what___ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:28] TR News Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XI - EPO 'Products' to Cement Asian and American Monopolies https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XI_EPO_Products_to_Cem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XI_EPO_Products_to_Cem.gmi [06:28] TR Bot Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XI - EPO 'Products' to Cement Asian and American Monopolies [06:41] TR News Techrights All-Time Lows for Windows in Spain and Portugal https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/All_Time_Lows_for_Windows_in_Spain_and_Portugal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/All_Time_Lows_for_Windows_in_Spain_and_Portugal.gmi [06:41] TR Bot Techrights All-Time Lows for Windows in Spain and Portugal [06:45] TR News (NEW): Ubuntus Official Flavour List Is Shrinking, And Thats Not a Bad Thing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Ubuntu_s_Official_Flavour_List_Is_Shrinking_And_That_s_Not_a_Ba.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Ubuntu_s_Official_Flavour_List_Is_Shrinking_And_That_s_Not_a_Ba.gmi [06:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntus Official Flavour List Is Shrinking, And Thats Not a Bad Thing [06:50] TR News (NEW): This month in KDE Linux: April 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/This_month_in_KDE_Linux_April_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/This_month_in_KDE_Linux_April_2026.gmi [06:50] TR Bot Tux Machines This month in KDE Linux: April 2026 [06:53] TR News (NEW): LiaisonOS distribution designed for amateur radio emergency communications https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/LiaisonOS_distribution_designed_for_amateur_radio_emergency_com.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/LiaisonOS_distribution_designed_for_amateur_radio_emergency_com.gmi [06:53] TR Bot Tux Machines LiaisonOS distribution designed for amateur radio emergency communications ● May 03 [07:01] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:17] TR News (NEW): Evernight Vista Fedora-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Evernight_Vista_Fedora_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Evernight_Vista_Fedora_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [07:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Evernight Vista Fedora-based Linux distribution [07:27] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:32] TR News (NEW): Linux Lite 8.0 RC1 Released! 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Based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS [07:35] TR News (NEW): 5 more lightweight Linux distros that go easy on your old Windows PC https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/5_more_lightweight_Linux_distros_that_go_easy_on_your_old_Windo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/5_more_lightweight_Linux_distros_that_go_easy_on_your_old_Windo.gmi [07:35] TR Bot Tux Machines 5 more lightweight Linux distros that go easy on your old Windows PC [07:42] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● May 03 [08:39] *bleb_ (~cm@user/bleb) has joined #techrights [08:44] *bleb has quit (*.net *.split) [08:44] *Guest7978 has quit (*.net *.split) [08:44] *bleb_ is now known as bleb [08:47] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [08:50] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). 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[09:42] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #techrights [09:52] *_what___ (~whatA_@wvn2akmfspm4n.irc) has joined #techrights [09:54] TR News "The social network has implemented a Shop the Look tool, still in the testing phase" https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2026-04-30/theyre-using-my-images-to-sell-products-influencers-angry-with-instagram-over-the-new-feature.html | Source: El Pas [09:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2026-04-30/theyre-using-my-images-to-sell-products-influencers-angry-with-instagram-over-the-new-feature.html ) [09:54] TR News "The Peach Blossom Hairpin" https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/02/clearly-me-chinese-ai-drama-accused-of-stealing-faces/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [09:54] TR Bot 'Clearly me': Chinese AI drama accused of stealing faces [09:55] TR News "Correcting Lapsed Enforcement in Antitrust Norms for Mergers (CLEAN Mergers) Act" https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/02/denazification/#no-more-mx-nice-lib | Source: CoryDoctorow [09:55] TR Bot Pluralistic: The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus (02 May 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [09:55] TR News "Sound radical? Maybe it is. But shareholder capitalism doesnt work as illustrated by the Warner Bros." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/we-need-this-kind-of-capitalism | Source: Robert Reich [09:55] TR Bot For May Day: The System We Need - Robert Reich [09:56] TR News "This conversation between Peter Linebaugh and Daniel Denvir was recorded for the Jacobin Radio podcast The Dig over the course of two episodes, edited and condensed here for brevity and clarity." https://jacobin.com/2026/05/commons-enclosure-working-class-history | Source: Jacobin Magazine [09:56] TR Bot Capitalism Was Built on the Ruins of the Commons [09:56] TR News "This is quite different from the more challenging problem of running operating systems for different processors, such as Intel, on Apple silicon Macs." https://eclecticlight.co/2026/04/29/virtualisation-on-apple-silicon-macs-is-different/ | Source: Howard Oakley [09:56] TR Bot Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs is different The Eclectic Light Company [09:57] TR News "Last week, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese court ruled that companies cant use AI as an excuse to fire workers." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/china-legal-ai-automation | Source: Futurism [09:57] TR Bot Chinese Court Rules That a Worker Cannot Be Replaced by AI [09:57] TR News "In Unions of Our Own, longtime labor organizer Daniel Gross suggests the type of power that can challenge the ruling class may emerge..." https://truthout.org/articles/the-unions-we-need-will-be-built-by-workers-not-labor-officials/ | Source: TruthOut [09:57] TR Bot The Unions We Need Will Be Built by Workers, Not Labor Officials | Truthout [09:58] TR News "Jacobin columnist Chris Brooks spoke with Page about what it takes to successfully drive a reform agenda" https://jacobin.com/2026/05/page-massachusetts-teachers-association-unions | Source: Jacobin Magazine [09:58] TR Bot How Massachusetts Teachers Transformed Their Union [09:58] TR News "It seems like only yesterday that a Massachusetts beekeeper was charged with seven felonies for opening a bee box" https://www.loweringthebar.net/2026/05/six-month-sentence-in-bee-assault-case.html | Source: Kevin Underhill [09:58] TR Bot Six-Month Sentence in Bee-Assault Case Lowering the Bar [09:59] TR News "What they found is that Kyrgyz-language searches for popular kid interests such as cartoons, fairy tales, and mermaids often did not yield content in Kyrgyz." https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-promote-russian-language-kyrgyzstan/ | Source: Wired [09:59] TR Bot Indigenous Language Survived Russian Occupation. Can It Survive YouTube? | WIRED ● May 03 [10:00] TR News "CopyFail Compromises The Last 9 Years Of Linux Distros" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/copyfail-compromises-the-last-9-years-of:d [10:00] TR Bot CopyFail Compromises The Last 9 Years Of Linux Distros [10:00] TR News iophk: the race to the bottom continues https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5807933 [10:00] TR Bot Spirit Airlines ceases operations after escalating financial struggles [10:00] TR News "Vibe Coding Will Break Your Company - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/04/30/0232227 [10:00] TR Bot Vibe Coding Will Break Your Company - SoylentNews [10:01] TR News "Your Phone is About to Stop Being Yours. Keep Android Open! - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/04/30/0223202 [10:01] TR Bot Your Phone is About to Stop Being Yours. Keep Android Open! - SoylentNews [10:02] TR News iophk: the focus is misguidedly on Canonical and its servers rather than the actual cause: Windows Botnets https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/canonical-under-sustained-ddos-attack-as-ubuntu-26-releases-iranian-group-313-team-claims-responsibility [10:02] TR Bot Canonical under sustained DDoS attack as Ubuntu 26 releases Iranian group 313 Team claims responsibility | Tom's Hardware [10:02] TR News These are the contentious issues surrounding the Digital Euro | "Das sind die strittigen Fragen beim Digitalen Euro - netzpolitik.org" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2026/eu-ringt-um-einigung-das-sind-die-strittigen-fragen-beim-digitalen-euro/ [10:02] TR Bot Das sind die strittigen Fragen beim Digitalen Euro - netzpolitik.org [10:03] TR News GAFAM and slopfarms "exploiting unions to spread disinformation promoting data centers" -iophk https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/in-the-pr-battle-for-ai-data-centers-tech-giants-got-a-blue-collar-ally/articleshow/130720114.cms [10:03] TR Bot In the PR battle for AI data centers, tech giants got a blue-collar ally - The Economic Times [10:04] TR News "Even though journalists face physical and online threats that encourage self-censorship, they benefit from a protective legal and political environment" https://news.err.ee/1610011039/estonia-falls-to-3rd-place-on-world-press-freedom-index-2026 | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhling [10:05] TR Bot Estonia falls to 3rd place on World Press Freedom Index 2026 | News | ERR [10:05] TR News "Journalists are broadly treated as civilians under international law and international humanitarian law." https://thewalrus.ca/if-killing-journalists-is-a-war-crime-why-isnt-anyone-stopping-it/ | Source: The Walrus [10:05] TR Bot If Killing Journalists Is a War Crime, Why Isnt Anyone Stopping It? | The Walrus [10:06] _what___ to allow history revisionism? those memhole punchers [10:13] TR News "On Wednesday, guests and speakers from across the planet headed to Zambia to attend RightsCon, the largest digital human rights conference in the world." https://www.404media.co/china-pressure-canceled-worlds-largest-digital-human-rights-conference/ | Source: 404 Media [10:13] TR Bot China Pressure Canceled Worlds Largest Digital Human Rights Conference [10:13] TR News "Bahrain and Kuwait are using the war as cover to crush what remains of civic space in their countries" https://dawnmena.org/dawn-statement-on-bahrain-and-kuwaits-revocation-of-citizenship-and-crackdown-on-free-expression/ | Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now [10:13] TR Bot DAWN Statement on Bahrain and Kuwaits Revocation of Citizenship and Crackdown on Free Expression - DAWN [10:13] TR News "No further details about the circumstances of his detention have been made available." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/30/report-ice-detains-russian-buddhist-lama-who-spoke-out-against-war-in-ukraine-deportation-possible | Source: Meduza [10:13] TR Bot Report: ICE detains Russian Buddhist lama who spoke out against war in Ukraine, deportation possible Meduza [10:16] TR News "Speaking on his podcast Friday, Rogan argued that prosecuting an ambiguous post risks expanding how the legal system defines threats, potentially undermining First Amendment protections." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joe-rogan-trump-james-comey-indictment-b2969457.html | Source: The Independent UK [10:16] TR Bot Joe Rogan responds to Trump administration indicting James Comey over 86 47 seashell image: That is nuts | The Independent [10:17] TR News "The Mulungushi Conference Center, which was to host the summit, was refurbished in 2020 with funding from the Chinese government at a reported cost of US$60 million." https://zambianobserver.com/zambia-worlds-larvest-summit-on-human-rights-technology-effectively-canceled/ | Source: The Zambian Observer [10:17] TR Bot Zambia: Worlds Larvest Summit on Human Rights, Technology Effectively Canceled - The Zambian Observer [10:20] TR News "Following her arrest, she was given a new prison sentence of 7 years, and is being held in Zanjan prison, some 330 kilometers west of the capital, Tehran." https://www.rferl.org/a/iranian-nobel-laureate-narges-mohammadi-on-the-brink-of-death-health/33747642.html | Source: RFERL [10:20] TR Bot Iranian Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi 'On Brink Of Death' [10:21] TR News "Gonzalez Rogers then asked whod passed the note, and all the lawyers just sat there like guilty children." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/921713/musk-v-altman-jared-birchall-screw-up-xai | Source: The Verge [10:21] TR Bot The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room | The Verge [10:22] TR News "The reality is that many people dont like him" https://www.wired.com/story/some-musk-v-altman-jurors-dont-like-elon-musk/ | Source: Wired [10:22] TR Bot Musk v. Altman Jurors Don't Like Elon Musk | WIRED [10:22] TR News "I grew up not being great at giving compliments. This was because I often saw grown-ups around me deploy compliments in a fake, ritualistic way." https://atharvaraykar.com/notes-on-giving-compliments/ | Source: Atharva Raykar [10:22] TR Bot notes on giving compliments [10:22] TR News "It is entirely inappropriate for a government to be pro-business. The entire notion of a pro-business government is corrupt in the first instance. Business is a thing that happens inside government." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/no-government-should-not-be-pro-business | Source: Mike Brock [10:22] TR Bot No, Government Should Not Be Pro-Business - by Mike Brock [10:23] TR News "Also, you will note that, instead of citing academics or subject matter experts, Moynihan favourably quotes the executive director of Build America [sic] AI [sic]." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/ai-proxy-battle/ | Source: Nick Heer [10:23] TR Bot The Proxy Battle Over A.I. Policy Is Brewing Pixel Envy [10:23] TR News "In 1963, pro-American sentiment in West Germany peaked at over 80% not least thanks to the popularity of the young US president at the time, John F. Kennedy." https://www.dw.com/en/how-widespread-is-global-fatigue-with-the-us/a-76869943 | Source: Deutsche Welle [10:23] TR Bot How widespread is global fatigue with the US? [10:24] TR News "In the end, I rode 136 km, 60 of which on the return trip were almost entirely against a 10 km/h headwind." https://janlukas.blog/thoughts/2026/05/longest-bike-ride | Source: Jan-Lukas Else [10:24] TR Bot My longest single-day bike ride - Jan-Lukas Else [10:25] TR News "The CEO, Dave Davis, named the cause of the failure in plain language." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-first-domino-e3d | Source: Mike Brock [10:25] TR Bot The First Domino - by Mike Brock - Notes from the Circus [10:25] TR News "It started out as just something to do a challenge to try to see the familiar through fresh eyes. Soon it blossomed into a celebration of traveling at home." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/travel/sussex-bicycle-portraits.html | Source: New York Times [10:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/travel/sussex-bicycle-portraits.html ) [10:25] TR News "Sadly, testing revealed that despite having thermoelectric properties, the results were underwhelming." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/liquid-cooling/enthusiast-creates-peltier-thermoelectric-cooler-from-scratch-impressive-rig-uses-two-360mm-aios-homemade-dc-controllers-and-a-custom-loop | Source: Tom's Hardware [10:25] TR Bot Enthusiast creates Peltier thermoelectric cooler from scratch impressive rig uses two 360mm AIOs, homemade DC controllers, and a custom loop | Tom's Hardware [10:26] TR News "Spanning nearly 2,500 miles of the American West, the "Mother Road" is the quintessential road trip, linking Chicago to Santa Monica, California" https://www.ksl.com/article/news/features/family/route-66-is-turning-100-heres-where-you-can-celebrate-it-this-year/51492246 | Source: Deseret Media [10:26] TR Bot 66 is turning 100. Here's where you can celebrate it this year | KSL.com [10:26] TR News "Out West, the story is more complicated. Periodic showers and cooler weather have brought short-term improvements, but they have not changed the broader outlook." https://www.western-water.com/2026/05/02/western-drought-holds-as-snowpack-fades/ | Source: Western Water [10:26] TR Bot Western drought holds as snowpack fades | Western Water [10:27] TR News "For some, the flooding was a reminder of our vulnerabilities in the face of extreme weather, which is expected to worsen as our climate continues to shift." https://michiganadvance.com/2026/05/02/how-do-we-adapt-michigans-dams-to-climate-change/ | Source: Michigan Advance [10:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/05/02/how-do-we-adapt-michigans-dams-to-climate-change/ ) [10:27] TR News "Infrasound is the term for sound at frequencies below 20 Hz. While this falls outside a humans typical range of hearing" https://futurism.com/health-medicine/scientists-explain-ghosts | Source: Futurism [10:27] TR Bot Scientists Say They've Figured Out What Causes "Ghosts" [10:27] TR News "The First Nation points to the deaths of up to five million gizzard shad there in 2025 a tally recorded by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in a Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regulatory report." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bruce-nuclear-power-shad-sturgeon-lake-huron-reactor-limits-9.7179212 | Source: CBC [10:27] TR Bot Lake Huron's 'fish city' is a sign of trouble at nuclear plant, says Ontario First Nation | CBC News [10:35] TR News "Concerns over water access are poised to consume summer in the US, as crises in Corpus Christi and across the Colorado River threaten to boil over." https://www.wired.com/story/the-summer-the-american-water-crisis-turned-real/ | Source: Wired [10:35] TR Bot Summer, the American Water Crisis Becomes Real | WIRED [10:36] TR News "City officials said this approach did not happen overnight. It reflects decades of planning, investment, and careful management." https://www.western-water.com/2026/05/02/phoenix-outlines-plan-for-long-term-water-security/ | Source: Western Water [10:36] TR Bot Phoenix outlines plan for long-term water security | Western Water [10:43] TR News "The plan calls for reducing Californias use of Colorado River water by about 13% in 2027 and 2028. Arizona and Nevada agreed to larger cutbacks." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-05-02/california-new-colorado-river-plan | Source: Los Angeles Times [10:43] TR Bot California and other states tout new Colorado River water-saving plan - Los Angeles Times [10:47] TR News [Old] "Setting aside the surveillance aspects, the data siphoning, the impact to digital sovereignty efforts, and other countless downsides" https://nathandyer.me/2026/04/18/age-gates.html | Source: Nathan Dyer [10:47] TR Bot Age Gates | Nathan Dyer [10:50] _what___ Age EpsteinGate eh? [10:51] _what___ there was Bill EpsteinGate, now there is Age EpsteinGate https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Tracking_Ages_of_People.shtml [10:51] TR Bot Techrights Tracking Ages of People [10:51] TR News "I know my wife would love me to join her in producing some content, but, frankly, Id rather be cancelled." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/relationships/marriage-diaries-no-social-media-wife-docucmenting-our-life/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [10:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/relationships/marriage-diaries-no-social-media-wife-docucmenting-our-life/ ) [10:52] TR News "...their darn apps to consume content and off their web versions." https://0xsid.com/blog/wont-download-your-app | [10:52] TR Bot No, I Won't Download Your App. The Web Version is A-OK. | Sid's Blog [10:52] TR News "Thats it. Thats the bill" https://nbtv.substack.com/p/the-government-already-has-a-warrant | Source: Ludlow Institute [10:52] TR Bot The Surveillance Accountability Fixes This - by NBTV Media [10:55] _what___ But how do it succeed given The Troll (Cheeto)'s behaviour https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&set1=any&query1=%22control%20but%20no%20accountability%22 [10:55] TR Bot Techrights Search [10:55] _what___ "Big Brother" != accountability [10:57] TR News "This was all unsettling in its own right." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/chatgpt-images-deepfakes-fraud/687023/ | Source: The Atlantic [10:57] TR Bot Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Account - The Atlantic [10:58] TR News "While Isaacman did not spell it out, there is a good chance the late 2027 target is driven by SpaceX's and Blue Origin's needs." https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/artemis_iii_aims_for_late/ | Source: The Register UK [10:58] TR Bot Artemis III aims for 'late 2027' for Earth orbit demo The Register [10:59] TR News "If you decide to self-host Bitwarden, however, you will relatively quickly find yourself in what I would describe as enterprise software hell." https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/i-do-not-recommend-bitwarden/ | Source: [10:59] TR Bot . I Do Not Recommend Bitwarden ● May 03 [11:00] TR News Windows TCO: "The most obvious result is that Canonical's, er, canonical Ubuntu download and update mirrors worldwide are sluggish or down entirely" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/canonical-under-sustained-ddos-attack-as-ubuntu-26-releases-iranian-group-313-team-claims-responsibility | Source: Tom's Hardware [11:00] TR Bot Canonical under sustained DDoS attack as Ubuntu 26 releases Iranian group 313 Team claims responsibility | Tom's Hardware [11:00] TR News Windows TCO: "Canonical promised to provide regular updates when it has new information to share." https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/canonical_confirms_ubuntu_infrastructure_under/ | Source: The Register UK [11:00] TR Bot Pro-Iran group turns Ubuntu DDoS into shakedown The Register [11:01] TR News "Beginning Monday, attorneys for Meta and New Mexico will return to a Santa Fe courthouse for a three-week public nuisance trial" https://www.theverge.com/policy/922380/new-mexico-meta-public-nuisance-trial-kids-safety | Source: The Verge [11:01] TR Bot Metas historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million | The Verge [11:01] TR News "This might start to sound "old man yells at cloud", but what I don't understand is people recording with/for fleeting stories or Snapchat" https://svenluijten.com/blog/yes-i-do-watch-back-those-videos-i-take-at-concerts | Source: Sven Luijten [11:01] TR Bot Yes, I do watch back those videos I take at concerts - Sven [11:02] TR News "But it has been going on with young men for about a decade, and it has been increasing considerably during this last decade" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5795549 | Source: NPR [11:02] TR Bot Taking a look at looksmaxxing and what parents should know [11:03] TR News "AI security expert" https://taggart-tech.com/reckoning/ | Source: Michael Taggart [11:03] TR Bot I used AI. It worked. I hated it.: Taggart Tech [11:04] TR News "Seven trillion dollars is an insane amount of revenue." https://www.endnotes.net/pie-thieves/ | [11:04] TR Bot Pie thieves [11:05] TR News "The study compared attitudes towards AI use in music creation from May to November of 2025. It found that overall interest dropped from -13% to -20% during that time period." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5804489 | Source: NPR [11:05] TR Bot AI music is flooding streaming platforms. But listeners like it less and less [11:05] TR News "While testifying on Thursday in federal court, Elon Musk seemed to indicate that his AI lab may have used OpenAIs models to train xAIs own." https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-distill-openai-models-partly-xai/ | Source: Wired [11:05] TR Bot Musk Seemingly Admits xAI Has Used OpenAIs Models to Train Its Own | WIRED [11:05] TR News "Blender is a tool for artists and creators, its made by humans for humans. No generative AI functionality is currently available or planned to be integrated in Blender." https://www.blender.org/news/upcoming-blender-development-fund-and-ai-policies/ | Source: Blender [11:05] TR Bot Upcoming Blender Development Fund and AI Policies Blender [11:06] TR News "Between this and growing concerns over how LLMs are used on Libera.Chat, we believe our policy is overdue for an update. Previously, we released a set of guidelines for LLM usage on Libera.Chat." https://libera.chat/news/bot-policy-update | [11:06] TR Bot Bot/LLM policy update | Libera Chat [11:07] TR News "Doing tasks manually naturally builds up the context required for the decisions involved later because you have time to process everything along the way and construct your mental model of the project's structure." https://0xsid.com/blog/agentic-coding-fatigue | [11:07] TR Bot Agentic Coding is Burning Me Out | Sid's Blog [11:07] darwin i have my own high-end workstation PC, a 4K monitor, and a 1600x1200 one above that also on KVM to my classic P3/686, and to the right a Wacom drawing pad... and (though not on this now) a Kurzweil 2000 keyboard, and a UMAX 12"x18" scanner, tons of other hardware. Now all I need is a dome with a laser on it, right, and say I'm the top brain in the world? [11:07] TR News "Most production AI search applications use both." https://thenewstack.io/opensearch-ai-data-layer/ | Source: The New Stack [11:07] TR Bot Inside OpenSearch's bid to become the default AI data layer - The New Stack [11:08] TR News "I wrote a simple script that translates text at the command line, completely offline. Heres an example of how it works on my computer: [...]" https://evanhahn.com/offline-cli-translation-with-translategemma-and-ollama/ | Source: Evan Hahn [11:08] TR Bot Offline command line translation with TranslateGemma + Ollama [11:08] TR News "Crane detailed the catastrophe in a lengthy post on X." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/claude-ai-deletes-company-database | Source: Futurism [11:08] TR Bot Claude Deleted a Company's Entire Database, Illustrating a Danger Every CEO Should Be Aware of [11:09] TR News "Its vast content library has also become a prized asset as AI companies hunt for data to train their large language models, the technology behind chatbots such as ChatGPT." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/reddit-rallies-as-aidriven-ad-growth-fuels-strong-revenue-outlook/articleshow/130674476.cms | Source: India Times [11:09] TR Bot Reddit rallies as AIdriven ad growth fuels strong revenue outlook - The Economic Times [11:09] TR News "AI is now not only a market bubble, but a core anchor propping up the entire US economy. The US government will have no choice but to backstop it once the inevitable AI bubble pops." https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/05/data-centres-are-eating-the-economy/ | Source: Spectator AU [11:09] TR Bot Data centres are eating the economy | The Spectator Australia [11:09] TR News "demonstrably performed by humans with their consent" https://www.dw.com/en/new-oscars-rules-exclude-ai-performers-require-scripts-written-by-human/a-77016539 | Source: Deutsche Welle [11:09] TR Bot New Oscars rules: No AI actors, human-written scripts only [11:10] TR News "Home affairs has also committed to designing AI checks and declarations into its internal approval processes." https://techcentral.co.za/schreiber-suspends-home-affairs-officials-over-fake-ai-references/280873/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [11:10] TR Bot Schreiber suspends home affairs officials over fake AI references [11:10] TR News "If you do a little poking around in Adobes application bundles, a key reason for the jankiness of these user interfaces becomes apparent" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/adobe-modern-user-interface/ | Source: Nick Heer [11:10] TR Bot Adobes Modern User Interface Is Just Webpages Pixel Envy [11:11] TR News "The MacBook Neo is not the most powerful Mac, and that is exactly why it feels so right for students and teens." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/i-think-apple-finally-made-a-school-laptop-that-makes-sense/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [11:11] TR Bot I Think Apple Finally Made a School Laptop That Makes Sense - CybersecKyle [11:11] TR News "Smoking among Finnish young people has declined markedly since the turn of the millennium." https://yle.fi/a/74-20223718 | Source: Yle [11:11] TR Bot "Many countries are watching" Finland eyes UK youth smoking ban | Yle News | Yle [11:12] TR News "Offline Wellness Club" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sauna-rave-calgary-toronto-9.7183746 | Source: CBC [11:12] TR Bot Why saunas are becoming a hot new place to party | CBC News [11:13] TR News "pretty stark: 60% of open source maintainers work unpaid, 60% have quit or considered quitting, and 44% cite burnout specifically." https://werd.io/open-source-maintainers-need-to-go-in-with-open-eyes/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [11:13] TR Bot Open source maintainers need to go in with open eyes [11:14] TR News burnout [11:14] TR News "This report draws on a review of the academic literature and a qualitative analysis of OSS community discussion to explore the phenomenon of burnout" https://mirandaheath.website/static/oss_burnout_report_mh_25.pdf | [11:16] TR News "Apparently, in spite of what the manual says, getting the screen to absorb the 28802160 interlaced signal wasnt the hard part, but generating it was." https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/pushing-as-many-pixels-as-possible-to-a-crt-interlaced-4k/ | Source: Hackaday [11:16] TR Bot As Many Pixels As Possible To A CRT: Interlaced 4K | Hackaday [11:16] TR News "Ive been actively working to move away from proprietary software and big tech as much as possible." https://nathandyer.me/2026/04/23/foss-mobile-2026.html | Source: Nathan Dyer [11:16] TR Bot My FOSS Mobile Setup in 2026 | Nathan Dyer [11:17] TR News "The SAVE plan arrived in 2023 as millions of student borrowers were emerging from a three-year pause in payments during the pandemic." https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2026/0502/trump-student-loan-debt | Source: CS Monitor [11:17] TR Bot loan payments to rise for millions - CSMonitor.com [11:17] TR News "I wanted to see if I could get anything interesting by turning the trick in the previous post into a technique." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/04/28/even-series-trick/ | Source: John D Cook [11:17] TR Bot Turning a trick into a technique [11:18] *_what___ has quit (connection closed) [11:18] TR News "This is a brief and simple [1] explanation of how to adjust the standard sinusoid to change its amplitude, frequency and phase shift. More precisely, given the general function: [...]" https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/scaling-stretching-and-shifting-sinusoids/ | Source: Eli Bendersky [11:18] TR Bot Scaling, stretching and shifting sinusoids - Eli Bendersky's website [11:18] TR News "As a quick recap, for the purposes of this post, a priority queue (wikipedia) is a data structure that supports the following two operations" https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/quickheap/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp [11:18] TR Bot Quickheap: the fastest comparison-based heap? CuriousCoding [11:18] TR News "In my previous post about mij, a high-performance binary-to-decimal floating-point conversion library, I drew a small diagram of a rounding interval around a single floating-point value." https://vitaut.net/posts/2026/every-float/ | Source: Victor Zverovich [11:18] TR Bot Every float on one page [11:20] TR News "This particular Foucault pendulum is one of many that were created by the California Academy of Sciences, with hundreds of them installed throughout the US and possibly elsewhere." https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/debugging-a-stopped-foucault-pendulums-electronics/ | Source: Hackaday [11:20] TR Bot A Stopped Foucault Pendulums Electronics | Hackaday [11:20] TR News "The first was a change in delivery. Gene therapies use engineered viruses to deliver restorative genes to a patients cells." https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/487590/gene-therapy-crispr-deafness-food-and-drug-administration | Source: Vox [11:20] TR Bot approval of Otarmeni, the first gene therapy for hereditary deafness | Vox [11:22] TR News "the endless (and highly-marketable) quest for increased convenience in our lives has gained us free time, but weve lost something along the way." https://danq.me/2026/04/30/rejecting-convenience/ [11:22] TR Bot rejecting convenience Dan Q [11:23] TR News [Old] "A few weeks later, I'm crawling back out of the rabbit hole with an interactive map of the TTRPG blogverse, and I'd like to show you what I found." https://elmc.at/mapping-the-blogosphere/ | [11:23] TR Bot Mapping the Blogosphere | AMONG CATS AND BOOKS [11:25] TR News "That was the first thing I spent time on this month. The second was revisiting some elementary results in group theory concerning cosets." https://susam.net/26d.html | Source: SusamPal [11:25] TR Bot Apr '26 Notes - Susam Pal [11:26] TR News "Although my site isnt designed to fit into the academic world, occasionally an academic paper will cite one of my pages." https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2026-05-02-academic-citations/ | Source: Amit Patel [11:26] TR Bot Academic citations [11:26] TR News "So over my (relatively) long blogging journey Ive accumulated some crust of principles. Ensuring that what Im doing is kind and useful to people." https://aartaka.me/principles.html | Source: Artyom Bologov [11:26] TR Bot My Blog Principles [11:26] TR News "Just over three years ago, I wrote a post about blogging" https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/2026/05/blogging-2026/ | Source: Bobby Hiltz [11:26] TR Bot in 2026 | BobbyHiltz.com [11:27] TR News "A lot of people were horrified, but I had some sympathies with the SaaS provider." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/BackupsDependOnGoals | Source: University of Toronto [11:27] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [11:27] TR News "After some feedback, Im realizing that I need to do a better job of explaining what I get out of this method versus other methods." https://ratfactor.com/cards/text-files-as-ui | Source: Dave Gauer [11:27] TR Bot files as a user interface - ratfactor [11:28] TR News "Its happened more than a few times that someone comes to talk to me in a pub or bar and tells me they enjoy reading my blog. I love it!" https://hamatti.org/posts/i-tell-about-my-blog-to-anyone-willing-to-listen/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [11:28] TR Bot I tell about my blog to anyone willing to listen : Juha-Matti Santala [11:28] TR News "The New Leaf Journal celebrated its sixth birthday on April 27, 2026. To celebrate our websites sixth birthday" https://thenewleafjournal.com/some-benefits-of-blogging/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal [11:28] TR Bot Some Benefits of Blogging and Writing Online The New Leaf Journal [11:29] TR News "One of his most famous series from this period is a Saturday Afternoon in London, Ohio, where he photographed locals socializing, window shopping, and gathered around parked cars on the main thoroughfare." https://www.vintag.es/2026/05/ohio-by-ben-shahn.html | Source: Vintage Everyday [11:29] TR Bot 56 Amazing Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Ohio in 1938 ~ Vintage Everyday [11:29] TR News "the drink is still made clandestinely and consumed inside Iran." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/raisin-moonshine-banned-in-iran-enjoys-resurgence-in-new-york-443728357 | Source: RTL [11:29] TR Bot Aragh sagi: Raisin moonshine banned in Iran enjoys resurgence in New York - RTL Today [11:30] *_what___ (~whatA_@fezuqr5z4z5pi.irc) has joined #techrights [11:39] TR News "Both handlers run through the same five steps: [...]" https://rednafi.com/go/hoist-wire-plumb/ | Source: Redowan Delowar [11:39] TR Bot Hoisting wire plumbing out of your Go handlers | Redowan Delowar [11:39] TR News Techrights Links 03/05/2026: Water Shortages Crises and Slop Fakes "Are Coming for Your Bank Account" (Slop-Enabled Fraud) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Links_03_05_2026_Water_Shortages_Crises_and_Slop_Fakes_Are_Comi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Links_03_05_2026_Water_Shortages_Crises_and_Slop_Fakes_Are_Comi.gmi [11:39] TR Bot Techrights Links 03/05/2026: Water Shortages Crises and Slop Fakes "Are Coming for Your Bank Account" (Slop-Enabled Fraud) [11:39] TR News "Spoiler: the Kap solutions are shorter, but R has some nice defaults that has to be specified explicitly in Kap." https://blog.dhsdevelopments.com/a-little-comparison-between-r-and-kap?pk_campaign=rss-feed | Source: Elias Mrtenson [11:39] TR Bot A little comparison between R and Kap Elias Mrtenson [11:40] TR News "Terminal User Interfaces (TUIs) are making a comeback." https://wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/why-tuis-are-back/ | Source: Alcides Fonseca [11:40] TR Bot Why TUIs are back by Alcides Fonseca [11:40] TR News "If you ever passed a user-supplied string into a shell command from PHP, you have probably written something like this: [...]" https://deployer.org/blog/quote-vs-escapeshellarg | [11:40] TR Bot Problems with escapeshellarg() | Deployer [11:42] TR News "The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, in its simplest form, is the idea that the language you speak influences the thoughts you think." https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/inverse-sapir-whorf-and-programming-languages/ | Source: Luke Plant [11:42] TR Bot Sapir-Whorf and programming languages - lukeplant.me.uk [11:42] TR News "A quick note for readers who dont follow C3: its a systems language in the C tradition" https://c3-lang.org/blog/unsigned-sizes-a-five-year-mistake/ | [11:42] TR Bot C3 | Blog | An evolution, not a revolution [11:42] TR News "Its probably not possible for it ever to be really fast, but the AMOP MOP does provide a way of making it, at least, less slow." https://www.tfeb.org/fragments/2026/05/01/making-clos-slot-access-less-slow/ | Source: Tim Bradshaw [11:42] TR Bot Making CLOS slot access less slow [11:44] *FANTOM has quit (Quit: Connection error?!) [11:44] *FANTOM has quit (Connection closed) [11:45] TR News "When a dependency has a known vulnerability and no maintainer to release a fix, you have to fix it yourself." https://nesbitt.io/2026/05/01/patching-and-forking-in-package-managers.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [11:45] TR Bot Patching and forking in package managers | Andrew Nesbitt [11:46] TR News "The things I want from a forge are the things that cant move to the client because they involve more than one party." https://nesbitt.io/2026/05/02/a-github-for-maintainers.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [11:46] TR Bot A GitHub for maintainers | Andrew Nesbitt [11:46] TR News "Fighting a compiler to craft a program that works on the first run feels terrific." https://mmapped.blog/posts/38-static-types-perfectionism | Source: Roman Kashitsyn [11:46] TR Bot Static types are for perfectionists [11:50] TR News "A research team around Dirk Helbing, Professor of Computational Social Science at ETH Zurich" https://phys.org/news/2026-04-eurovision-stays-unpredictable-years-copycats.html | Source: Omicron Limited [11:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-04-eurovision-stays-unpredictable-years-copycats.html ) [11:50] TR News "We looked up from our work for freedom, and realized that it's May!" https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-its-may-and-weve-been-keeping-busy | Source: FSF [11:50] TR Bot It's May, and we've been keeping busy Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [11:51] TR News "This is something we first started talking about back in 2015, and attempted three times, but it was never finished until now." https://waxy.org/2026/04/launching-a-permanent-archive-for-xoxo/ | Source: Andy Baio [11:51] TR Bot a permanent archive for XOXO - Waxy.org [11:52] TR News [Old] "Regrettably, I was unable to take my own advice on the last part." https://taggart-tech.com/mozilla-cycle-pt3/ | Source: Michael Taggart [11:52] TR Bot The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy: Taggart Tech [11:52] TR News [Old] "Mozilla moves away from Firefox, we respond with anger." https://taggart-tech.com/mozilla-cycle-pt2/ | Source: Michael Taggart [11:52] TR Bot The Mozilla Cycle, Part II: Taggart Tech [11:53] TR News [Old] "Before diving into details, let me state the thesis plainly: Mozilla is pursuing its primary objective, which is the survival of Mozilla." https://taggart-tech.com/mozilla-cycle-pt1/ | Source: Michael Taggart [11:53] TR Bot The Mozilla Cycle, Part I: Taggart Tech [11:59] TR News "3G/UMTS was a transitional tech, when it was worked on at the turn of the century" https://nickvsnetworking.com/adventures-not-building-3g-umts-rncs/ | Source: Nick [11:59] TR Bot Adventures not building 3G UMTS RNCs | Nick vs Networking ● May 03 [12:00] TR News "The concept is simple enough." https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/let-twitch-chat-control-your-led-strings/ | Source: Hackaday [12:00] TR Bot Twitch Chat Control Your LED Strings | Hackaday [12:00] TR News "Hardware wise its an ESP32 with a 3D printed keyboard using keyswitches." https://hackaday.com/2026/05/02/this-handy-synth-packs-an-esp32/ | Source: Hackaday [12:00] TR Bot Handy Synth Packs An ESP32 | Hackaday [12:02] TR News "To fix it on Ubuntu and its derivatives like Linux Mint, do the following: [...]" https://ostechnix.com/fix-copy-fail-cve-2026-31431-ubuntu-linux-mint/ | Source: OSTechNix [12:02] TR Bot Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) on Ubuntu and Linux Mint - OSTechNix [12:03] TR News "In order to assist with delivery of e-mail from @debian.org addresses" https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/04/msg00010.html | Source: Debian [12:03] TR Bot I Challenge Thee [12:04] TR News "This was a small annoyance, so I spent 30 minutes to fix it. Turns out it was easy!" https://www.ncartron.org/my-freebsd-laptop-finally-goes-to-sleep-when-closing-the-lid.html | Source: Nico Cartron [12:04] TR Bot My FreeBSD laptop finally goes to sleep when closing the lid! [12:05] TR News "In this short video I demonstrate my new package for Emacs. It is called buffer-to-pdf." https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-05-02-emacs-buffer-to-pdf-new-package/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou [12:05] TR Bot save any buffer as PDF (my new buffer-to-pdf package) | Protesilaos [12:06] TR News "We have a whole building" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/ServersSurpriseRevival | Source: University of Toronto [12:06] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:08] TR News "So Ive got three nodes in my homelab k8s cluster (celebrated its 7th birthday the other day ) that are lovely little lenovo M75 boxes." https://www.growse.com/2026/05/02/screw-you-realtek.html | [12:08] TR Bot you Realtek :: growse.com [12:09] TR News "This is a short PSA (Public Service Announcement) on how I dealt with the Copy Fail vulnerability. This will be updated as soon as the updated kernel packages are made available." https://jan.wildeboer.net/2026/05/PSA-CopyFail-CVE-2026-31431/ | Source: Jan Wildeboer [12:09] TR Bot PSA on Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) - Jan Wildeboers Blog [12:09] TR News "A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel has been publicly disclosed on April 29, 2026." https://ubuntu.com//blog/copy-fail-vulnerability-fixes-available | Source: Ubuntu [12:10] TR Bot available for CVE-2026-31431 (Copy Fail) Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | Ubuntu [12:11] *FANTOM (~fantom@90.244.177.43) has joined #techrights [12:13] TR News "Philip Kaludercic wanted to continue the conversation from YE24: Sacha and Prot Talk Emacs - Newbies/Starter Kits." https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/05/may-14-sacha-prot-and-philip-kaludercic-talk-emacs-newcomer-experience/ | Source: Sacha Chua [12:13] TR Bot May 14: Sacha, Prot, and Philip Kaludercic Talk Emacs: Newcomer Experience :: Sacha Chua [12:14] TR News "Im sort of on vacation, and didnt do an interview this week. However, I talked with Greg Sargent of The New Republic from my hotel." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-trump-screwed-himself | Source: Paul Krugman [12:14] TR Bot How Trump Screwed Himself - Paul Krugman [12:24] TR News Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in April 2026 https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2026/05/02/foss-activity-in-april-2026.html [12:24] TR Bot FOSS activity in April 2026 | Better living through software [12:25] TR News Bits from Debian: Debian welcomes the 2026 GSoC interns https://bits.debian.org/2026/05/welcome-gsoc2026-contributors.html [12:25] TR Bot Debian welcomes the 2026 GSoC interns - Bits from Debian [12:26] TR News Kernel 6.12.85 compiled https://bkhome.org/news/202605/kernel-61285-compiled.html [12:26] TR Bot Kernel 6.12.85 compiled [12:27] TR News Fixes for version update https://bkhome.org/news/202605/fixes-for-version-update.html [12:27] TR Bot Fixes for version update [12:27] TR News netstat Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/netstat/ [12:27] TR Bot Cheatsheet | Linuxize [12:28] TR News netstat Command in Linux: Network Connections and Statistics https://linuxize.com/post/netstat-command-in-linux/ [12:28] TR Bot Command in Linux: Network Connections and Statistics | Linuxize [12:29] TR News Linux Saloon 199 | Ubuntu 26.04 https://cubiclenate.com/2026/05/02/linux-saloon-199-ubuntu-26-04/ [12:29] TR Bot Exploring Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: Flavors and User Experiences [12:31] TR News Kubernetes v1.36: Pod-Level Resource Managers (Alpha) https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/05/01/kubernetes-v1-36-feature-pod-level-resource-managers-alpha/ [12:31] TR Bot Kubernetes v1.36: Pod-Level Resource Managers (Alpha) | Kubernetes [12:32] TR News "Every sysadmin hits this situation at some point. Youre watching something (like disk usage or a process), and you keep running the same command again and again to see updates." https://www.tecmint.com/watch-command-linux-run-commands-repeatedly/ | Source: TecMint [12:32] TR Bot watch: The Linux Command You've Been Ignoring for Years [12:33] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-o96.spj.ifb87q.IP) has joined #techrights [12:33] TR News Wine 11.8 brings updates for Mono, MSXML, VBScript and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/wine-11-8-brings-updates-for-mono-msxml-vbscript-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/wine-11-8-brings-updates-for-mono-msxml-vbscript-and-more/ [12:33] TR Bot 11.8 brings updates for Mono, MSXML, VBScript and more | GamingOnLinux [12:35] TR News Steam Survey for April 2026 shows Linux still trending well | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-survey-for-april-2026-shows-linux-still-trending-well/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-survey-for-april-2026-shows-linux-still-trending-well/ [12:35] TR Bot Survey for April 2026 shows Linux still trending well | GamingOnLinux [12:37] TR News Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits last of april 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/05/02/misc-fedora-bits-last-of-april-2026/ [12:37] TR Bot misc fedora bits last of april 2026 | Kevin's musings [12:41] TR News (NEW): FreeBSD 15.1-BETA1 Now Available https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/FreeBSD_15_1_BETA1_Now_Available.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/FreeBSD_15_1_BETA1_Now_Available.gmi [12:41] TR Bot Tux Machines FreeBSD 15.1-BETA1 Now Available [12:42] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Mans US Forest Service Spraying Deadly Toxins on Americas Woodlands https://futurism.com/science-energy/trump-forest-roundup-toxin [12:42] TR Bot Trump's US Forest Service Spraying Deadly Toxins on America's Woodlands [12:51] TR News Abortion Providers Forced to Adapt After Court Ruling Blocks Pill Access by Mail https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/us/abortion-pill-mifepristone-5th-circuit-court-ruling.html [12:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/us/abortion-pill-mifepristone-5th-circuit-court-ruling.html ) [12:52] TR News Millions to see higher student loan payments atop rise in gas, food, healthcare costs https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2026/0502/trump-student-loan-debt [12:52] TR Bot loan payments to rise for millions - CSMonitor.com [12:55] TR News Scientists Say Theyve Figured Out What Causes Ghosts https://futurism.com/health-medicine/scientists-explain-ghosts [12:55] TR Bot Scientists Say They've Figured Out What Causes "Ghosts" [12:57] TR News Sweet dreams: Seoul holds Power Nap Contest in sleep-deprived South Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/sweet-dreams-seoul-holds-power-nap-contest-in-sleep-deprived-south-korea "the sleep competition underscores a chronic issue for South Koreans." [12:57] TR Bot Sweet dreams: Seoul holds Power Nap Contest in sleep-deprived South Korea | The Straits Times [12:58] TR News North Korea calls US cyber threat claims a fabrication, warns of countermeasures https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-calls-us-cyber-threat-claims-a-fabrication-warns-of-countermeasures [12:58] TR Bot North Korea calls US cyber threat claims a fabrication, warns of countermeasures | The Straits Times ● May 03 [13:01] Goblin Scientists Say They've Figured Out What Causes "Ghosts" - thats great and explains spooky noises but how does that explain some of the photo/video evidence. [13:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [13:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [13:24] TR News Techrights IBM's Kyndryl Accounting Fraud Explained and More Recently the Insiders Talk About Mass Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/IBM_s_Kyndryl_Accounting_Fraud_Explained_and_More_Recently_the_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/IBM_s_Kyndryl_Accounting_Fraud_Explained_and_More_Recently_the_.gmi [13:24] TR Bot Techrights IBM's Kyndryl Accounting Fraud Explained and More Recently the Insiders Talk About Mass Layoffs ● May 03 [14:07] TR News Linux Kernel Tainted by Software Patents That Make Linux Worse and the 'Linux' Foundation is Compiling Bribes to Enable This (Promotion of Monopolies and Tolerance of Software Patenting) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Linux_Kernel_Tainted_by_Software_Patents_That_Make_Linux_Worse_.shtml [14:07] TR Bot Techrights Linux Kernel Tainted by Software Patents That Make Linux Worse and the 'Linux' Foundation is Compiling Bribes to Enable This (Promotion of Monopolies and Tolerance of Software Patenting) [14:11] TR News Japan and Vietnam seek deeper energy, minerals ties amid geopolitical risks https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japans-pm-takaichi-in-hanoi-to-meet-vietnamese-leaders [14:11] TR Bot Japan and Vietnam seek deeper energy, minerals ties amid geopolitical risks | The Straits Times [14:42] TR News Windows cratering in Hungary https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/hungary/#monthly-200902-202605 [14:42] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Hungary | Statcounter Global Stats [14:44] TR News Same in Italy https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/italy//#monthly-200902-202605 [14:44] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Italy | Statcounter Global Stats [14:54] TR News Techrights All-Time Lows for Windows Down Under https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/All_Time_Lows_for_Windows_Down_Under.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/All_Time_Lows_for_Windows_Down_Under.gmi [14:54] TR Bot Techrights All-Time Lows for Windows Down Under ● May 03 [15:14] TR News Techrights India Needs to Recognise That the World Wide Web is Monoculture in India https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/India_Needs_to_Recognise_That_the_World_Wide_Web_is_Monoculture.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/India_Needs_to_Recognise_That_the_World_Wide_Web_is_Monoculture.gmi [15:14] TR Bot Techrights India Needs to Recognise That the World Wide Web is Monoculture in India [15:25] TR News Belgium: Windows falls below iOS https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/belgium/#monthly-200902-202605 [15:25] TR Bot Operating System Market Share Belgium | Statcounter Global Stats [15:31] TR News (NEW): statCounter Reckons GNU/Linux Rose to 7% in The Netherlands, Windows at All-Time Lows https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/statCounter_Reckons_GNU_Linux_Rose_to_7_in_The_Netherlands_Wind.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/statCounter_Reckons_GNU_Linux_Rose_to_7_in_The_Netherlands_Wind.gmi [15:31] TR Bot Tux Machines statCounter Reckons GNU/Linux Rose to 7% in The Netherlands, Windows at All-Time Lows [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: ^^^^^^ [15:33] schestowitz[TR2] also: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cwy2421dj2vt started 3 mins ago [15:33] TR Bot Manchester United vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head - BBC Sport [15:53] TR News Techrights Europe Decoupling is Bad News for GAFAM, Especially Bad to Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Europe_Decoupling_is_Bad_News_for_GAFAM_Especially_Bad_to_Micro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Europe_Decoupling_is_Bad_News_for_GAFAM_Especially_Bad_to_Micro.gmi [15:53] TR Bot Techrights Europe Decoupling is Bad News for GAFAM, Especially Bad to Microsoft [15:59] TR News "Well good for you. Most 23 year olds haven't even declared their gender and here you are professing your desire to be an executive. You do realize the most likely scenario is that you'll be RAed before you make Band 8. Right? But if (when) you're laid off, you can always come back here and join our little circlej--kOf course, if you actually become an exec, you'll continue to be at the center of it." [15:59] TR News Sounds like IBM HR/PR troll: "I am learning more and will be getting a few more badges this week. I have way over 40 hours for Think 40. How am I going to get RA'd?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqay796d#replies [15:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqay796d#replies ) ● May 03 [16:01] TR News "sounds just like the garbage IBM pulled when bringing in Watson Healthcare ; that farce was initiated by former IBM CEO Gin 'N Tonic (Ginny). And it was in another Blue State and Democrat stronghold, Massachusetts. Not even Gin 'N Tonic's niece could turn a profit with Watson Healthcare. Which says something for the whoppers that she told and the money she stole from the company in the name of her growth Watson initiatives." [16:01] TR News "n short, Watson Healthcare went up and out in a fire sale. IBM couldn't put enough distance between Watson Healthcare and ABYSMAL failure to make a profit when other tech players were successful at the same game. But Gin "N Tonic got very rich for just sitting on her throne and doing nothing (as usual). Alvind is following in her footsteps and in due course, so will Robbie the Hood." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqjactgp#replies [16:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqjactgp#replies ) [16:02] TR News "I expect some serious Quantum PowerPoints to be coming out of this new innovation lab." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqkqbyc6#replies [16:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqkqbyc6#replies ) [16:28] TR News Techrights IBM Has a Long and Rich History of Showing Chatbots Bear No Business Prospects (From Jeopardy to Watson Healthcare and McDonalds) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/IBM_Has_a_Long_and_Rich_History_of_Showing_Chatbots_Bear_No_Bus.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/IBM_Has_a_Long_and_Rich_History_of_Showing_Chatbots_Bear_No_Bus.gmi [16:28] TR Bot Techrights IBM Has a Long and Rich History of Showing Chatbots Bear No Business Prospects (From Jeopardy to Watson Healthcare and McDonalds) [16:36] TR News (NEW): Copy Fail Linux Kernel Vulnerability Now Patched in Debian, Ubuntu, and Others https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Copy_Fail_Linux_Kernel_Vulnerability_Now_Patched_in_Debian_Ubun.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Copy_Fail_Linux_Kernel_Vulnerability_Now_Patched_in_Debian_Ubun.gmi [16:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Copy Fail Linux Kernel Vulnerability Now Patched in Debian, Ubuntu, and Others [16:37] _what___ Chaffbot is so 1960 with the ELIZA thingy tho [16:39] TR News Claude Deleted a Companys Entire Database, Illustrating a Danger Every CEO Should Be Aware of https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/claude-ai-deletes-company-database [16:39] TR Bot Claude Deleted a Company's Entire Database, Illustrating a Danger Every CEO Should Be Aware of [16:44] TR News Chinese Court Rules That a Worker Cannot Be Replaced by Hey Hi (AI) https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/china-legal-ai-automation [16:44] TR Bot Chinese Court Rules That a Worker Cannot Be Replaced by AI [16:44] TR News Pluralistic: The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus (02 May 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/02/denazification/ [16:44] TR Bot Pluralistic: The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus (02 May 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [16:45] TR News Planning a World Cup Watch Party at a Bar? The FIFA Police Are Lurking https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/world/canada/fifa-world-cup-copyright.html [16:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/world/canada/fifa-world-cup-copyright.html ) [16:46] TR News Linux Lite 8.0 RC1 Released! Based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/05/linux-lite-8-0-rc1-released-based-on-ubuntu-26-04-lts/ [16:46] TR Bot Linux Lite 8.0 RC1 Released! Based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | UbuntuHandbook [16:48] TR News This month in KDE Linux: April 2026 https://pointieststick.com/2026/05/02/this-month-in-kde-linux-april-2026/ [16:48] TR Bot This month in KDE Linux: April 2026 Adventures in Linux and KDE [16:51] TR News LiaisonOS distribution designed for amateur radio emergency communications https://www.linuxlinks.com/liaisonos-amateur-radio-emergency-communications/ [16:51] TR Bot - distribution designed for amateur radio emergency communications - LinuxLinks [16:51] TR News Evernight Vista Fedora-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/evernight-vista-fedora-based-linux-distribution/ [16:51] TR Bot Vista - Fedora-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks ● May 03 [17:01] TR News biodiff terminal-based binary diff viewer https://www.linuxlinks.com/?p=177186 [17:01] TR Bot - The Linux Portal Site [17:02] TR News Lite XL lightweight text editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/lite-xl-lightweight-text-editor/ [17:02] TR Bot XL - lightweight text editor - LinuxLinks [17:03] TR News Dharma 26.1 is out https://distrowatch.com/dharma [17:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/dharma ) [17:03] TR News d77void 20260502 is also out https://distrowatch.com/d77void [17:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/d77void ) [17:04] TR News pgexporter 0.8 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgexporter-08-3287/ [17:04] TR Bot PostgreSQL: pgexporter 0.8 [17:04] TR News pgmoneta 0.21 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgmoneta-021-3288/ [17:04] TR Bot PostgreSQL: pgmoneta 0.21 [17:05] TR News pgagroal 2.1 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgagroal-21-3286/ [17:05] TR Bot PostgreSQL: pgagroal 2.1 [17:05] TR News ObsidianOS 2026.05.02 is out https://distrowatch.com/obsidianos [17:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/obsidianos ) [17:05] TR News ArchEZ 2026.05.02 is also out https://distrowatch.com/archez [17:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/archez ) [17:06] TR News You Can't 'Reset' Your Nervous System, But Here's How to Lower Stress https://www.sciencealert.com/you-cant-reset-your-nervous-system-but-heres-how-to-lower-stress [17:06] TR Bot Can't 'Reset' Your Nervous System, But Here's How to Lower Stress : ScienceAlert [17:06] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-response-naked-footage-smart-glasses [17:06] TR Bot Meta Had the Worst Possible Response When Its Workers Were Watching Naked Footage of Its Ray-Ban AI Glasses Users [17:07] TR News Puppy 2601-260502 is out https://distrowatch.com/puppy [17:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/puppy ) [17:07] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tax-ai-slop [17:07] TR Bot An Elegant Solution to AI Slop: Tax It, and Use the Resulting Billions of Dollars to Fund Cultural Institutions, Artists, and Researchers [17:07] TR News BigLinux 2026-05-02 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/biglinux [17:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux ) [17:08] TR News How To Install Wine on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-wine-ubuntu-26-04/ [17:08] TR Bot How To Install Wine on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [17:08] TR News How To Install CMake on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-cmake-ubuntu-26-04/ [17:08] TR Bot How To Install CMake on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [17:08] TR News How To Install Jenkins on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-jenkins-fedora-44/ [17:08] TR Bot How To Install Jenkins on Fedora 44 - idroot [17:09] TR News XIVA Studio 2026-05-01 is out https://distrowatch.com/xivastudio [17:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/xivastudio ) [17:09] TR News GNOME OS 1040424 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/gnomeos [17:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/gnomeos ) [17:10] TR News Microsoft backdoored Windows Falls Below 9% in South Africa https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_Below_9_in_South_Africa.shtml [17:10] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Windows Falls Below 9% in South Africa [17:10] TR News 20 Best Free and Open Source Terminal Session Recording https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-terminal-session-recording/ [17:10] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Terminal Session Recording - LinuxLinks [17:11] TR News Future of Hey Hi (AI) in Ubuntu: Thoughtful Integration via Snap https://www.debugpoint.com/future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/ [17:11] TR Bot Future of AI in Ubuntu: Thoughtful Integration via Snap [17:12] TR News The power went out at midday https://www.rubenerd.au/the-power-went-out-at-midday/ taste the future then? Wait till the shortages become more severe... [17:12] TR Bot Rubenerd: The power went out at midday [17:13] TR News i read in a book; that books work when the power is down; need to look into that... [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cwy2421dj2vt#MatchStats nearly done [17:24] TR Bot Manchester United vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League live text updates, team news, stats & head-to-head - BBC Sport [17:30] TR News (NEW): Europe Decoupling from GAFAM is Good News, Especially for European Member States https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Europe_Decoupling_from_GAFAM_is_Good_News_Especially_for_Europe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Europe_Decoupling_from_GAFAM_is_Good_News_Especially_for_Europe.gmi [17:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Europe Decoupling from GAFAM is Good News, Especially for European Member States [17:32] TR News Google Summer of Code 2026 Let's welcome our new students https://www.scummvm.org/news/20260502/ [17:32] TR Bot ScummVM :: Latest Developments :: Google Summer of Code 2026 Let's welcome our new students [17:32] TR News Goals for GSOC 2026 and Mankala Engine https://sayandeep.bearblog.dev/goals-for-gsoc-2026-and-mankala-engine/ [17:32] TR Bot Goals for GSOC 2026 and Mankala Engine | A blog for eternal code [17:33] TR News Oscars bans Hey Hi (AI) actors and writers https://www.france24.com/en/oscars-bans-ai-actors-and-writers [17:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/oscars-bans-ai-actors-and-writers ) [17:33] TR News Decimation: Ex Parte Reexamination Eclipses the IPR https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/05/decimation-ex-parte-reexamination-eclipses-the-ipr.html [17:33] TR Bot Decimation: Ex Parte Reexamination Eclipses the IPR | Patently-O [17:33] TR News Six on the Bench: The Federal Circuits Pending En Banc Patent Petitions https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/05/six-on-the-bench-the-federal-circuits-pending-en-banc-patent-petitions.html [17:33] TR Bot Six on the Bench: The Federal Circuit's Pending En Banc Patent Petitions [17:38] TR News Fluff 2026.05.02 is out https://distrowatch.com/fluff [17:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/fluff ) [17:39] TR News Installing the 250466 in my Aldi Commodore 64 https://www.rubenerd.au/installing-the-250466-into-my-aldi-commodore-64/ [17:39] TR Bot Rubenerd: Installing the 250466 in my Aldi Commodore 64 [17:40] TR News Windows all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/israel/#monthly-200902-202605 [17:40] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Israel | Statcounter Global Stats [17:44] MinceR https://engrish.com/2024/09/welcome-to-earth/ [17:44] TR Bot to Earth - Engrish.com [17:51] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 65 Out of 200: Graveley and Garrett Claims Are Word-by-Word Similar (They Also Collaborated All Along) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_65_Out_of_200_Graveley_and_Garrett_Claims.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_65_Out_of_200_Graveley_and_Garrett_Claims.gmi [17:51] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 65 Out of 200: Graveley and Garrett Claims Are Word-by-Word Similar (They Also Collaborated All Along) ● May 03 [18:28] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@x6hh4uq8sddhe.irc) has joined #techrights [18:30] IsambardPrince I'm surprised it took 23 years to get around to fixing that Wine bug that didn't let Microsoft Golf 1999 run, then again it may not have affected anything else. [18:30] IsambardPrince The program just assumes what a device will be without checking. [18:30] IsambardPrince Which is bad behavior, but maybe other programs do not do that. [18:34] TR News Canada high court allows Parliament to limit MPs free speech in national security legislation https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/05/canada-high-court-allows-parliament-to-limit-mps-free-speech-in-national-security-legislation/ [18:34] TR Bot Canada high court allows Parliament to limit MP's free speech in national security legislation - JURIST - News [18:34] IsambardPrince It's obvious that someone at Microsoft Games just wanted to get this published and simply assumed the default behavior for Windows 98. [18:35] TR News 10 Useful Free and Open Source Audio Effects, Mixers, and PipeWire Routing Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/audio-effects-mixers-pipewire-routing-tools/ [18:35] TR Bot Useful Free and Open Source Audio Effects, Mixers, and PipeWire Routing Tools - LinuxLinks [18:36] IsambardPrince [12:34] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- www.jurist.org | Canada high court allows Parliament to limit MP's free speech in national security legislation - JURIST - News [18:36] IsambardPrince Yeah, you know you win every argument when you pull out Prior Restraint. [18:36] TR News New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Far Far West, Die in the Dungeon and a Lot More! 2026-05-02 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-05-02-edition/index.html [18:36] TR Bot New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Far Far West, Die in the Dungeon and a Lot More! 2026-05-02 Edition [18:36] IsambardPrince Thank God the Supreme Court has rejected Prior Restraint in the US. [18:37] IsambardPrince As an American I'm not required to censor myself purely because it might offend someone else. [18:37] TR News UK Driving-Test Backlog Leaves Learners Waiting Months https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/world/europe/uk-driving-tests-backlog.html [18:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/world/europe/uk-driving-tests-backlog.html ) [18:37] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: in theory [18:37] schestowitz[TR2] not in practice [18:37] schestowitz[TR2] you will fake consequence [18:37] schestowitz[TR2] if you should some very rude thing in the library [18:38] TR News These 20-year-olds in Japan are finally planning their junior high school trips cancelled by Covid-19 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/these-20-year-olds-in-japan-are-finally-planning-their-junior-high-school-trips-cancelled-by-covid [18:38] TR Bot These 20-year-olds in Japan are finally planning their junior high school trips cancelled by Covid-19 | The Straits Times [18:41] TR News Prunt Board 3 3D printer control board offers smoother and quieter operation (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/02/prunt-board-3-3d-printer-control-board-offers-smoother-and-quieter-operation/ [18:41] TR Bot Prunt Board 3 3D printer control board offers smoother and quieter operation (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [18:41] TR News PgQue v0.1 - Zero-bloat Postgres queue https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgque-v01-zero-bloat-postgres-queue-3284/ [18:41] TR Bot PostgreSQL: PgQue v0.1 - Zero-bloat Postgres queue [18:45] TR News (NEW): Postgres-Related Releases: pgexporter 0.8, pgagroal 2.1, pgmoneta 0.21, and PgQue v0.1 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Postgres_Related_Releases_pgexporter_0_8_pgagroal_2_1_pgmoneta_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Postgres_Related_Releases_pgexporter_0_8_pgagroal_2_1_pgmoneta_.gmi [18:45] TR Bot Tux Machines Postgres-Related Releases: pgexporter 0.8, pgagroal 2.1, pgmoneta 0.21, and PgQue v0.1 [18:48] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [18:49] TR News Mathematicians Claim Significant Discovery Using Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mathematicians-claim-significant-discovery-using-chatgpt [18:49] TR Bot Mathematicians Claim Significant Discovery Using ChatGPT [18:50] TR News Pentagon bails out allies of fascism https://www.france24.com/en/pentagon-partners-with-seven-ai-firms [18:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/pentagon-partners-with-seven-ai-firms ) [18:50] TR News Tails 7.7.2 is out https://distrowatch.com/tails [18:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tails ) [18:51] TR News Timeline: Press freedom in Hong Kong under the national security law https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/03/explainer-the-decline-of-hong-kongs-press-freedom-under-the-national-security-law/ [18:51] TR Bot Timeline: Press freedom in Hong Kong under the national security law [18:51] TR News us [18:52] TR News FCC votes to ban all Chinese labs from certifying electronics sold in the US due to national security concerns ruling would affect 75 percent of US-bound devices https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/fcc-votes-to-ban-all-chinese-labs-from-certifying-electronics-sold-in-the-us [18:52] TR Bot FCC votes to ban all Chinese labs from certifying electronics sold in the US due to national security concerns ruling would affect 75 percent of US-bound devices | Tom's Hardware [18:52] TR News Poverty rises across Lithuania, hitting rural areas hardest https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2908271/poverty-rises-across-lithuania-hitting-rural-areas-hardest [18:52] TR Bot Poverty rises across Lithuania, hitting rural areas hardest - LRT [18:54] TR News nytimes keeps publishing SPAM for slop pushers; this is the latest example of fake journalism ttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/opinion/cybersecurity-mythos.html [18:54] IsambardPrince [12:37] IsambardPrince: in theory [18:54] IsambardPrince [12:37] not in practice [18:54] IsambardPrince [12:37] you will fake consequence [18:54] IsambardPrince [12:37] if you should some very rude thing in the library [18:55] IsambardPrince It's not a criminal offense unless it crosses over into disorderly conduct. [18:55] IsambardPrince Which is not about the content of the speech. [18:55] TR News Theres Something Bizarre About the Offices of Hey Hi (AI) Startups https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-startup-offices-nyc [18:55] TR Bot There's Something Bizarre About the Offices of AI Startups [18:55] TR News Bank CEO Brags He Used Hey Hi (AI) Clone of Himself to Host Conference Call https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bank-ceo-ai-clone-call [18:55] TR Bot Bank CEO Brags He Used AI Clone of Himself to Host Conference Call [18:55] IsambardPrince Disturbing the peace is a minor offense. (Class C Misdemeanor) [18:56] TR News New Hey Hi (AI) Trained Only on Pre-1930 Data Speaks Like the Most Old-Timey Guy Imaginable https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/old-timey-ai-pre-1930 [18:56] TR Bot New AI Trained Only on Pre-1930 Data Speaks Like the Most Old-Timey Guy Imaginable [18:56] IsambardPrince But that requirs doing or saying something in a manner which alarms people, and honestly it's not really enforced usually. [18:56] TR News AI-Powered High School Scrapped After Protests Erupt Against It https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-high-school-cancelled [18:56] IsambardPrince In Chicago there's so much stuff going on that the cops don't care. [18:56] TR Bot AI-Powered High School Scrapped After Protests Erupt Against It [18:57] IsambardPrince Technically, that guy in the 90s that was schizophrenic and singing "Whip the Llama's Ass!" on the L was committing disorderly conduct. [18:57] IsambardPrince But nobody really cared because he was insane and he was amusing the passengers and not threatening anyone. [18:57] TR News Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/05/idaho-transgender-residents-file-challenge-to-new-bathroom-law/ [18:57] TR Bot Idaho transgender residents file challenge to new bathroom law - JURIST - News [18:58] IsambardPrince Taking him to court would have been a waste of policing resources during a violent crime wave. [18:58] IsambardPrince The judge and jury would have been sympathetic. If a jury even got assembled. [18:58] IsambardPrince How do you punish a crazy person for singing a funny song? [18:59] IsambardPrince Many cultures consider it bad luck to harm a crazy person. ● May 03 [19:00] IsambardPrince That actually came up in this movie, Ran, a Japanese adaptation of King Lear. Right? Probably the best Kurosawa film in my opinion. Probably not a popular opinion. [19:00] IsambardPrince By this point he was nearly blind so his storyboarding style didn't work so well, but the movie came out great anyway. [19:01] IsambardPrince There's part of the movie where Hidetora comes out of this castle his son sent an army to attack. [19:01] IsambardPrince They were ordered to kill everyone. [19:02] IsambardPrince But he walks out and nobody will touch him because it's obvious he's gone crazy. [19:02] IsambardPrince So he just shuffles off. [19:02] TR News It's FOSS: more choice is bad? https://itsfoss.com/opinion/ubuntu-official-flavours-shrinking/ [19:02] TR Bot Ubuntus Official Flavour List Is Shrinking, And Thats Not a Bad Thing [19:02] TR News Ubuntu hit by major cyberattack, services disrupted https://www.thedailystar.net/news/tech-startup/news/ubuntu-hit-major-cyberattack-services-disrupted-4166011 [19:02] TR Bot Ubuntu hit by major cyberattack, services disrupted | The Daily Star [19:03] IsambardPrince The movie sort of screws around with your assumptions. [19:03] TR News Ubuntu and Canonical services disrupted by DDoS attack claimed by hacktivists https://www.scworld.com/brief/ubuntu-and-canonical-services-disrupted-by-ddos-attack-claimed-by-hacktivists [19:03] TR Bot Ubuntu and Canonical services disrupted by DDoS attack claimed by hacktivists | brief | SC Media [19:03] IsambardPrince It plays with you and makes you think there will be a good outcome, but there isn't. [19:04] IsambardPrince I need to reinstall Vivaldi. [19:04] TR News Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/30/hackers-are-actively-exploiting-a-bug-in-cpanel-used-by-millions-of-websites/ [19:04] TR Bot are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites | TechCrunch [19:04] IsambardPrince Apt offered to modernize the repos and I said yes and that screwed that repo up pretty badly. [19:05] IsambardPrince Great, Ubuntu's mirror redirect is fucked again. [19:05] IsambardPrince God damn, they have some stupid people running Ubuntu these days. [19:05] IsambardPrince Do they not know how to handle a denial of service attack? [19:09] TR News Microsoft trash-talking the competition while putting back doors in Windows https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/01/cve-2026-31431-copy-fail-vulnerability-enables-linux-root-privilege-escalation/ [19:09] TR Bot Copy Fail vulnerability enables Linux root privilege escalation across cloud environments | Microsoft Security Blog [19:09] TR News AMD Readies Full Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Support for Linux | TechPowerUp https://www.techpowerup.com/348723/amd-readies-full-open-source-hdmi-2-1-support-for-linux Source: TechPowerUp | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.techpowerup.com/348723/amd-readies-full-open-source-hdmi-2-1-support-for-linux [19:09] TR Bot Readies Full Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Support for Linux | TechPowerUp [19:10] TR News Linux just made 8GB VRAM feel like enough for the Steam Machine https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-just-made-8gb-vram-feel-like-enough-for-the-steam-machine/ [19:10] TR Bot Linux just made 8GB VRAM feel like enough for the Steam Machine [19:12] TR News (NEW): Valve dev fixes up VRAM management on AMD GPUs to improve performance https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/11/Valve_dev_fixes_up_VRAM_management_on_AMD_GPUs_to_improve_perfo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/11/Valve_dev_fixes_up_VRAM_management_on_AMD_GPUs_to_improve_perfo.gmi [19:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Valve dev fixes up VRAM management on AMD GPUs to improve performance [19:13] TR News Raspberry Pi is still cheap, but it's no longer the smartest choice for a first Linux project https://www.makeuseof.com/raspberry-pi-cheap-no-longer-smartest-choice-linux-project/ [19:13] TR Bot Raspberry Pi is still cheap, but it's no longer the smartest choice for a first Linux project [19:14] TR News "They're also added as actual labelled data sets, so on the main page they can be individually toggled." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-survey-for-april-2026-shows-linux-still-trending-well/ [19:14] TR Bot Survey for April 2026 shows Linux still trending well | GamingOnLinux [19:15] TR News AMD preps full HDMI 2.1 implementation for Linux https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu-displays/amd-preps-full-hdmi-2-1-implementation-for-linux/ [19:15] TR Bot AMD preps "full" HDMI 2.1 implementation for Linux - OC3D [19:15] TR News AMD Finally Cracks HDMI 2.1 On Linux After Years Of Forum Lockout, Thanks To Valves Quiet Push https://wccftech.com/amd-finally-cracks-hdmi-2-1-on-linux-after-years-of-forum-lockout/ [19:15] TR Bot AMD Finally Cracks HDMI 2.1 On Linux After Years Of Forum Lockout, Thanks To Valve's Quiet Push [19:16] IsambardPrince "As of early May 2026, reports indicate that Ubuntu's infrastructureincluding repositories, Launchpad (PPAs), and websiteshas experienced significant disruptions due to an extortion-style DDoS attack.Key Details on the OutageWidespread Impact: Users have reported issues with apt update being stuck on "waiting for headers," with archive.ubuntu.com and security.ubuntu.com affected.PPA and Launchpad Issues: While main repositories [19:16] IsambardPrince have shown some fluctuation, Launchpad, which powers PPAs, has remained severely impacted, with users reporting it is still down.Ongoing Attack: Reports as of May 1-2, 2026, indicate that a cyber attack, allegedly by a group known as "Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq," is targeting Canonical's infrastructure.Status Check: Users are advised to check status.canonical.com for updates on the active incident." [19:16] TR News Microsoft is concern-trolling the thing it spent decades attacking https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-cisa-warn-on-flaw-affecting-miilions-of-systems-running-major-linux-distros/ [19:16] TR Bot Microsoft, CISA warn on flaw affecting miilions of systems running major Linux distros - Neowin [19:17] TR News 5 more lightweight Linux distros that go easy on your old Windows PC https://www.howtogeek.com/5-more-lightweight-linux-distros-that-go-easy-on-your-old-windows-pc/ [19:17] TR Bot 5 more lightweight Linux distros that go easy on your old Windows PC [19:17] IsambardPrince Oh good, I can't get my updates because of the Allah Snackbar people. [19:17] IsambardPrince They went up to Ubuntu and shouted "Allah Snackbar we're gonna 9/11 this bitch!" [19:18] TR News Advancing the Enterprise with the Latest eLxr Pro https://www.windriver.com/blog/Advancing-the-Enterprise-Latest-eLxr-Pro [19:18] TR Bot Advancing the Enterprise with the Latest eLxr Pro | Wind River [19:20] TR News "This release updates grml-live, grml-debootstrap, grml2usb, and grml-terminalserver in-house built packages with new features and improvements." https://9to5linux.com/grml-2026-04-linux-distro-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-19-based-on-debian-14-forky [19:20] TR Bot 2026.04 Linux Distro Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.19, Based on Debian 14 Forky - 9to5Linux [19:20] IsambardPrince Ubuntu.com is down. [19:20] IsambardPrince Just fails to resolve. [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] fin. [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] well, they did have a good run [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] how long has it been, 22 years? [19:22] IsambardPrince Social Security is advertising on Facebook. [19:23] IsambardPrince "Did you lose your card? If you know your number you might not need a replacement." [19:23] IsambardPrince YES YOU DO! [19:23] IsambardPrince If you don't have the card you can't get a job. [19:23] IsambardPrince That's an I-9 document! [19:23] IsambardPrince If you don't have a passport or a Social Security card, they will not hire you. [19:23] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/ttoday_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/ttoday_s_howtos.gmi [19:23] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [19:24] IsambardPrince Who the hell is running this ad campaign? [19:24] IsambardPrince And how much did they pay for it while they close Social Security offices? [19:25] TR News (NEW): ScummVM's Google Summer of Code, Steam, and GNU/Linux Growing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/ScummVM_s_Google_Summer_of_Code_Steam_and_GNU_Linux_Growing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/ScummVM_s_Google_Summer_of_Code_Steam_and_GNU_Linux_Growing.gmi [19:25] TR Bot Tux Machines ScummVM's Google Summer of Code, Steam, and GNU/Linux Growing [19:26] IsambardPrince [13:20] well, they did have a good run [19:26] IsambardPrince Hire a pedophile, fire a pedophile. [19:26] IsambardPrince Muslims take down the update server. [19:26] IsambardPrince LALALALALA [19:26] IsambardPrince bbiab [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] mo married a 9-year-old [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, killed her parents [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] asha [19:27] schestowitz[TR2] i forgot the ages of the sisters of bicha [19:27] TR News (NEW): Kernel: Realtek Rant and DRM via HDMI 2.1 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Kernel_Realtek_Rant_and_DRM_via_HDMI_2_1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Kernel_Realtek_Rant_and_DRM_via_HDMI_2_1.gmi [19:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Kernel: Realtek Rant and DRM via HDMI 2.1 [19:27] schestowitz[TR2] could be 5 and 9 [19:27] schestowitz[TR2] or maybe that was scam altman [19:29] TR News (NEW): EasyOS Development Updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/EasyOS_Development_Updates.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/EasyOS_Development_Updates.gmi [19:29] TR Bot Tux Machines EasyOS Development Updates [19:32] TR News (NEW): Ben Hutchings, GSoC Interns, and Upcoming debian.org E-mail Change (SPF) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Ben_Hutchings_GSoC_Interns_and_Upcoming_debian_org_E_mail_Chang.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Ben_Hutchings_GSoC_Interns_and_Upcoming_debian_org_E_mail_Chang.gmi [19:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Ben Hutchings, GSoC Interns, and Upcoming debian.org E-mail Change (SPF) [19:32] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding/Retro/Hacking: Commodore 64, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Open_Hardware_Modding_Retro_Hacking_Commodore_64_ESP32_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Open_Hardware_Modding_Retro_Hacking_Commodore_64_ESP32_and_More.gmi [19:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding/Retro/Hacking: Commodore 64, ESP32, and More [19:34] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [19:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [19:35] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Sacha and Prot Talk Emacs, Linux Saloon Covers Many Topics https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Audiocasts_Shows_Sacha_and_Prot_Talk_Emacs_Linux_Saloon_Covers_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Audiocasts_Shows_Sacha_and_Prot_Talk_Emacs_Linux_Saloon_Covers_.gmi [19:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Sacha and Prot Talk Emacs, Linux Saloon Covers Many Topics [19:42] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [19:42] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [19:44] TR News (NEW): Sharing and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Sharing_and_Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/Sharing_and_Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [19:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Sharing and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software [19:46] TR News Techrights Links 03/05/2026: Insolent US Bailing Out Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Oracle, OpenAI, and SpaceX https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Links_03_05_2026_Insolent_US_Bailing_Out_Google_Microsoft_Amazo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/03/Links_03_05_2026_Insolent_US_Bailing_Out_Google_Microsoft_Amazo.gmi [19:46] TR Bot Techrights Links 03/05/2026: Insolent US Bailing Out Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Oracle, OpenAI, and SpaceX [19:54] MinceR (cat) (video) (audio:important) https://imgur.com/gallery/i-tried-to-warnem-hiss-of-day-135-lawJVet [19:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/i-tried-to-warnem-hiss-of-day-135-lawJVet ) ● May 03 [20:01] _what___ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/economics-ai-churn-code https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&set1=any&query1=%22%27vibe%20coding%27%20doesn%27t%20work%22 [20:01] TR Bot The Economics of Using AI to Churn Out Code Are Looking Worse Than Ever [20:01] TR Bot Techrights Search [20:01] _what___ slop coding never work https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/28/Anthropic_and_Claude_Are_National_Security_Risks_Not_Because_of.shtml [20:01] TR Bot Techrights Anthropic and Claude Are National Security Risks Not Because of Politics But False Marketing and Vandalism, Plagiarism Sold as Innovation [20:02] _what___ and I have yet to see "suicide Unix" executed by slop coding [20:42] *_what___ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● May 03 [21:04] TR News (NEW): qBittorrent 5.2 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Many New Features https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/qBittorrent_5_2_Open_Source_BitTorrent_Client_Released_with_Man.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/03/qBittorrent_5_2_Open_Source_BitTorrent_Client_Released_with_Man.gmi [21:04] TR Bot Tux Machines qBittorrent 5.2 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Many New Features [21:07] *admfubar has quit (Quit: Leaving) [21:12] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techrights [21:32] IsambardPrince Packagekit sucks. [21:32] IsambardPrince Has terrible error handling when there's a host timeout. [21:33] IsambardPrince I figured out what happened. [21:34] IsambardPrince You can't update your apt sources now because they blocked all the VPN servers that they could think of. [21:34] IsambardPrince So the only way to upgrade packages is to use split tunneling to start the terminal app. [21:35] IsambardPrince Yes, now their server responds [21:35] IsambardPrince Very slowly, but it responds [21:36] IsambardPrince Guessing the attack continues and blocking VPN servers and Tor exit nodes alleviated part of the problem. [21:37] IsambardPrince That's super annoying tbh I've been running into the same issue with snap updates failing when my VPN is on. Seems like their DDoS protection is being way too aggressive and just blocking VPN traffic wholesale" [21:37] IsambardPrince From Reddit [21:37] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [21:49] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@r9btn7xpe9rvc.irc) has joined #techrights [21:50] *admfubar has quit (connection closed) [21:50] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techrights [21:50] IsambardPrince Ubuntu.com is up if you're not on a VPN. [21:50] IsambardPrince They have not said anything about the attack on their website. [21:51] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/02/farewell-jeeves-ask-com-shuts-down/ [21:51] TR Bot Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down | TechCrunch [21:52] IsambardPrince https://www.theverge.com/tech/920723/linux-ubuntu-ai-features-ai-kill-switch [21:52] TR Bot Ubuntus AI plans have Linux users looking for a kill switch | The Verge [21:52] IsambardPrince Yeah, Slopbuntu is their next release apparently. [21:52] IsambardPrince Probably partnering with OpenAI to put keylogger spyware into the OS. [21:53] IsambardPrince "In his original post, Seager said the upcoming AI features will include accessibility tools like AI speech-to-text and text-to-speech, along with agentic AI features for tasks like troubleshooting and automation. Canonical is also encouraging its engineers to use AI more and plans to begin introducing AI features in Ubuntu throughout the next year." [21:53] IsambardPrince "In a follow-up comment, Seager clarified that, my plan is to introduce AI-backed features as a preview on a strictly opt-in basis in [Ubuntu version] 26.10. In subsequent releases, my plan is to have a step in the initial setup wizard that allows the user to choose whether or not theyd like the AI-native features enabled. Ultimately, he said, All of these capabilities will be delivered as Snaps to the OS, layered on [21:53] IsambardPrince top of the existing Ubuntu stack. That means there will always be the option of removing those Snaps." [21:54] IsambardPrince Yay, more "Figuring out how Snap works so you can remove Snaps." [21:54] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/techtuber-builds-a-pc-big-enough-to-live-in-humans-in-this-rgb-lit-fish-tank-case-look-just-like-figurines [21:54] TR Bot Enthusiast builds a PC big enough to live in humans in this RGB-lit fish tank case look just like figurines | Tom's Hardware [21:54] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Ubuntu has a really great week, first they announce that AI slop is coming, but then their entire site goes down including the Snap server which will apparently deploy the AI malware. [21:55] IsambardPrince Since the malware is deployed via Snaps it would be trivial for them to put it in older versions of Ubuntu automatically and without asking the user. [21:55] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:55] IsambardPrince If they can figure out how to get the fatwa on their servers to stop. [21:55] IsambardPrince Paying them doesn't work. [21:56] IsambardPrince If someone extorts you and you pay them, they know extortion works and they demand more. [21:56] IsambardPrince "The ability to remove the Snaps for the AI features, or choose not to install them to begin with, may resolve some users concerns, but those who prefer to avoid AI entirely could end up switching to other distributions, including one of the many distros based on Ubuntu, like Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, or Zorin OS. These distros have some similarities to Ubuntu, but may not necessarily adopt the new AI features Canonical is rolling out." [21:57] IsambardPrince KDE NEON turned out to be mostly Ubuntu compatible but not entirely. [21:57] IsambardPrince There were always issues with setting up software sources that were aimed at Ubuntu. [21:57] IsambardPrince You could usually get them to work, but it almost always meant doing something that might break NEON later. [21:58] IsambardPrince And Canonical has lawyers that "reach out" and demand money if you base your distribution on Ubuntu and get popular. [21:58] IsambardPrince Debian hadn't ever had lawyers demand money from systems based on Debian. [21:58] IsambardPrince There's still a Linux Mint Debian Edition. [21:58] IsambardPrince I might look into that at some point. [21:59] IsambardPrince Ubuntu is becoming intolerable, and their inability to figure out how to deal with the current attack, and their "solution" that didn't work being to attack legitimate users who just happen to be on a VPN server while the attack continues unabated just reeks of complete stupidity. ● May 03 [22:00] IsambardPrince "The DDOS attack is massive and might be government-sponsored or funded. The attack seems to be continuing, in the sense, that Canonical/Ubuntu bring a website back into service only to have the website go down a few hours later. [22:00] IsambardPrince I've been tracking the outages using the Canonical and Ubuntu Status webpage. Scroll down for details. The situation changes frequently." [22:00] IsambardPrince It would not surprise me if Microsoft paid someone to do this and blame it on Jihadists. [22:01] IsambardPrince They have the resources of a small government. [22:08] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Probably Microsoft funded. [22:09] IsambardPrince They let the ubuntu.com website work for a while with graffiti that blames Muslim terror groups. [22:09] IsambardPrince But then it went down again. [22:09] IsambardPrince Whoever it was wants people to think they know who did it. [22:15] MinceR https://engrish.com/2024/10/park-that-dick-over-there/ [22:15] TR Bot that dick over there - Engrish.com [22:36] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/software/a-suspected-youtube-interface-bug-spikes-ram-usage-above-7-gigabytes-users-report-severe-lag-and-frozen-tabs-bug-might-be-trapping-browsers-in-an-endless-layout-loop#xenforo-comments-3895678 [22:36] TR Bot A suspected YouTube interface bug spikes RAM usage above 7 gigabytes, users report severe lag and frozen tabs bug might be trapping browsers in an endless layout loop | Tom's Hardware [22:36] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-now-recommends-32gb-of-ram-as-the-future-proof-no-worries-config-for-gaming-16gb-becomes-the-new-practical-starting-point-during-the-ramageddon [22:36] TR Bot Microsoft now recommends 32GB of RAM as the future-proof 'no worries' config for gaming 16GB becomes the new 'practical starting point' during the RAMageddon | Tom's Hardware [22:39] MinceR lol [22:39] MinceR 32 GB is the new 640 kB? [22:52] IsambardPrince 8 GB works for most Linux users still. [22:53] IsambardPrince 4 GB is nd of constrained, but workable if you don't leave too many things running. [22:53] IsambardPrince 16 GB is still a lot of RAM with Linux. [22:54] IsambardPrince 32 GB with Linux is crazy, unless you're doing something like "compiling the Android Open Source Project". [22:54] IsambardPrince Android takes a lot of RAM to compile, but not much to run. [22:55] IsambardPrince It's mainly not self-hosting because the devices it runs on don't have enough memory to compile it. [22:56] IsambardPrince You could technically self-host Android. [22:56] IsambardPrince It does support "Linux" stuff now in a terminal. [22:57] MinceR 8 GB doesn't work very well anymore [22:58] MinceR and sometimes it's pretty mysterious [22:58] MinceR once it just suddenly went from "modern" sluggish to snappy without any noticeable change in memory utilization [22:58] MinceR (or CPU utilization) ● May 03 [23:03] *_what___ (~whatA_@89yam9i74iqzs.irc) has joined #techrights [23:17] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/03/this-is-fine-creator-says-ai-startup-stole-his-art/ [23:17] TR Bot is fine creator says AI startup stole his art | TechCrunch [23:19] admfubar glad i put 64gb in mine a while ago [23:33] MinceR https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/07/14/beth-and-gary-soft [23:33] TR Bot Beth and Gary Soft - Penny Arcade [23:35] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [23:36] IsambardPrince KDE is much more responsive than GNOME was. [23:36] IsambardPrince They're more worried about "branding" than stability or resource consumption. [23:36] IsambardPrince I hate GNOME. [23:36] IsambardPrince I don't know how it became the default on so many distributions. [23:37] IsambardPrince The last painful transition for KDE was to KDE 4. [23:37] IsambardPrince But most of the problems were gone again by 4.5 [23:37] IsambardPrince The 5 and 6 series have been improving more than regressing. [23:38] IsambardPrince JWZ got irked by the transition to GNOME 2. [23:38] admfubar https://linuxstans.com/onlyoffice-tried-to-fake-open-source-it-backfired-spectacularly/ [23:38] TR Bot OnlyOffice Tried to Fake Open Source. It Backfired Spectacularly. [23:38] IsambardPrince He got a bunch of messages saying all the bugs he filed on GNOME 1 were being closed because those components had been rewritten or replaced. [23:38] IsambardPrince That's no guarantee the new components are better. [23:38] IsambardPrince They probably have different bugs. [23:39] IsambardPrince Or maybe the same one is still there and the message is a generic "If it's still there, report it again." [23:39] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #techrights [23:39] MinceR 04 003801 < IsambardPrince> JWZ got irked by the transition to GNOME 2. [23:39] MinceR understandable [23:39] MinceR GNOME 2 is a pile of shit [23:39] MinceR of course, GNOME 3 is an even bigger pile of shit [23:40] MinceR 04 003721 < IsambardPrince> But most of the problems were gone again by 4.5 [23:40] MinceR too bad 4.3 was the We Finally Fixed Everything release [23:40] MinceR https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/954/660/350.jpg [23:45] IsambardPrince https://www.dnalounge.com/gallery/2026/signatures/ [23:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.dnalounge.com/gallery/2026/signatures/ ) [23:46] IsambardPrince Someone actually came in and ordered something and signed it FUCK ZAWINSKI [23:48] MinceR :) [23:48] MinceR (and 5.0 was the We Capitulate To Indian Bowel Movement release) [23:49] admfubar https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/New-Chinese-Iron-Battery-Lasts-16-Years.html [23:49] TR Bot Chinese Iron Battery Lasts 16 Years, and Could Upend the $150B Lithium Market | OilPrice.com