●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, February 04, 2026 ●● ● Feb 04 [00:54] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights ● Feb 04 [01:21] Isambard_Prince I closed a credit card account. The Synchrony Amazon store card. [01:21] Isambard_Prince I have the Chase Amazon Visa now. No need for the store card. [01:21] MinceR https://apina.biz/211760.jpeg?mode=sfw [01:21] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/211760.jpeg [01:58] Isambard_Prince I eventually close credit cards when I have better ones. [01:59] Isambard_Prince Better can mean a lot of things but in this case it duplicated an existing reward structure, could only be used at Amazon, had a higher purchase APR (I don't ever pay interest but that was a factor), a lower credit limit than the card it was replaced by, and was issued by a bank with horrible customer service (they write credit cards to people with bad credit who don't have many alternatives). ● Feb 04 [02:13] TR News melinda [02:13] TR News Melinda French Gates: BillBC is lying for Bill https://www.rawstory.com/melinda-french-gates-jeffrey-epstein-2675075643/ see http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/31/BBC_Gaslights_Women_Sexually_Exploited_Many_Under_Legal_Age_for.shtml [02:13] TR Bot Techrights BBC Gaslights Women Sexually Exploited (Many Under Legal Age) for Its Rich Sponsor, Bill Epsteingate (Gates) [02:18] TR News US Marty Supreme gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~cage/archive/US-marty-supreme.gmi [02:19] TR News Temperaturas externas en la Raspi Zero 2W gemini://tecnico-ligero.mooo.com/gemlog/58--2026-02-03-Temperaturas-externas-en-la-Raspi-Zero-2W.gmi [02:20] TR News Alex Schroeders Diary Long Web Society gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-02-03-long-web [02:21] TR News Hell Fire - Ooklah the Moc gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2785 [02:21] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1556.jpg [02:21] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1906.jpg [02:23] TR News ""At the end of July 2025 so almost 6 months ago we launched the second RP2350 Hacking Challenge, searching for practical side-channel attacks on the power-hardened AES [Advanced Encryption Standard] implementation underpinning RP2350's secure boot," explains Raspberry Pi's Thomas Roth." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260203-rp2040.gmi [02:23] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/sudo_maintainer_asks_for_help/ [02:23] TR Bot Sudo's maintainer needs resources to keep utility updated The Register [02:24] TR News "I mean I will probably have sex in my life again, but I am done looking for it." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/done [02:25] TR News New phase gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/day1 [02:26] schestowitz[TR2] attacked by Microsoft [02:27] schestowitz[TR2] and attacked by Rust People [02:27] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2024/05/02/Embrace_Extend_Replace_the_Original_Or_Just_Hijack_the_Word_Sud.shtml [02:27] TR Bot Techrights Embrace, Extend, Replace the Original (Or Just Hijack the Word 'Sudo') [02:27] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/12/British_Army_Officer_Said_Ubuntu_Needed_to_Abandon_Sudo_for_Rus.shtml [02:27] TR Bot Techrights British Army Officer Said Ubuntu Needed to Abandon Sudo for Rust's Imitation of Sudo and You Can Guess What Happened Next... [02:34] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 04/02/2026: "Raspberry Pi Relaxes the Rules for Its RP2040 Hacking Challenge" and "Long Web Society" https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Gemini_Links_04_02_2026_Raspberry_Pi_Relaxes_the_Rules_for_Its_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Gemini_Links_04_02_2026_Raspberry_Pi_Relaxes_the_Rules_for_Its_.gmi [02:34] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 04/02/2026: "Raspberry Pi Relaxes the Rules for Its RP2040 Hacking Challenge" and "Long Web Society" [02:35] TR News Russian-Uzbek Billionaire Usmanov Wins Lawsuit Against German Newspaper, Documents Show https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-28/russian-uzbek-billionaire-usmanov-wins-lawsuit-against-german-newspaper-documents-show [02:35] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-28/russian-uzbek-billionaire-usmanov-wins-lawsuit-against-german-newspaper-documents-show ) [02:36] TR News Russias State Duma advances bill allowing FSB to shut down internet https://cpj.org/2026/01/russias-state-duma-advances-bill-allowing-fsb-to-shut-down-internet/ [02:36] TR Bot Russias State Duma advances bill allowing FSB to shut down internet - Committee to Protect Journalists [02:36] TR News Journalist Anna Narinskaya discusses incarcerated director Zhenya Berkovich in Poetic Voices from a Russian Prison https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/journalist-anna-narinskaya-discusses-incarcerated-director-zhenya-berkovich-in-poetic-voices-from-a-russian-prison/ [02:36] TR Bot Journalist Anna Narinskaya discusses incarcerated director Zhenya Berkovich in Poetic Voices from a Russian Prison [02:37] TR News Trial against German carnival satirist Tilly underway in Russia https://www.dw.com/en/trial-against-german-carnival-satirist-tilly-underway-in-russia/a-75714838 [02:37] TR Bot Trial against German Carnival satirist underway in Russia [02:38] TR News Russian ransomware forum seized by U.S. law enforcement https://databreaches.net/2026/01/28/russian-ransomware-forum-seized-by-u-s-law-enforcement/ [02:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2026/01/28/russian-ransomware-forum-seized-by-u-s-law-enforcement/ ) [02:41] TR News "Misfits have gone to great lengths to try and have the topic censored. Therefore, it is vital for people to share it by email and direct messages. Don't rely on social control media platforms because they are compromised now." https://danielpocock.com/en/hacker-news-censored-google-astroturfing-lawsuit/ [02:41] TR Bot Hacker News (Y-Combinator) censored Google/Debian astroturfing lawsuit [02:41] MinceR "Hacker" "News" [02:42] TR News "Controlling the media and quashing dissent is a common theme in rogue open source "communities" today." https://danielpocock.com/en/collective-power-molly-de-blanc-nicolas-maduro-defendants-same-courthouse/ [02:42] TR Bot Collective power: Molly de Blanc, Nicolas Maduro & Debian become defendants in same federal courthouse [02:44] TR News Groundhog Day Meaning https://xkcd.com/3202/ [02:44] TR Bot Groundhog Day Meaning [02:45] TR News Proof Without Content https://xkcd.com/3201/ [02:45] TR Bot Proof Without Content [02:45] TR News SFP#45: The final chapter of the EU Radio Equipment Directive https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/2026/episode-45.en.html [02:45] TR Bot SFP#45: The final chapter of the EU Radio Equipment Directive - FSFE [02:45] TR News Chemical Formula https://xkcd.com/3200/ [02:45] TR Bot Chemical Formula [02:46] TR News Early Arthropod https://xkcd.com/3199/ [02:46] TR Bot Early Arthropods [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[03:18] TR News Techrights Google News as Slop Booster https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Google_News_as_Slop_Booster.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Google_News_as_Slop_Booster.gmi [03:18] TR Bot Techrights Google News as Slop Booster [03:33] TR News Techrights Censorship/Free Speech and Social Control Media https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Censorship_Free_Speech_and_Social_Control_Media.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Censorship_Free_Speech_and_Social_Control_Media.gmi [03:33] TR Bot Techrights Censorship/Free Speech and Social Control Media [03:36] TR News Another EPO strike planned already: "Register your strike day on myfips where you usually register annual leave and choose as leave type strike. You may also use the following quick link q/StrikeTool Create Request Leave type: Strike, Date: 30.01.2026, Additional Data: Morning: yes, Afternoon: yes." [03:51] Isambard_Prince schestowitz[TR2], KDE NEON should remove the Rust replacements for GNU stuff. [03:51] Isambard_Prince Package overrides. [03:52] Isambard_Prince They already don't ship with any Snaps but Snap itself is installed. [03:52] Isambard_Prince Snap has been a malware sewer. [03:52] Isambard_Prince It's not secure at all, and EVERY thing I said would happen in my Reddit argument with Alan Pope years ago, has happened. [03:52] Isambard_Prince When he was defending it because he worked there. [03:53] Isambard_Prince Lately it's been takeovers of developer accounts and replacing the Snaps with malware. [03:53] MinceR KDE seems to be a lost cause already [03:54] Isambard_Prince "The energy and time that is [03:54] Isambard_Prince needed to find a proper partner [03:54] Isambard_Prince seems quite overwhelming, and the [03:54] Isambard_Prince pleasure and or energy that I [03:54] Isambard_Prince take out of it doesn't seems it [03:54] Isambard_Prince will be that good. [03:54] Isambard_Prince Do I really want to spend my day [03:54] Isambard_Prince thinking and searching for a [03:54] Isambard_Prince partner? Not at all. And I really [03:54] Isambard_Prince don't have anyone that I've been [03:54] Isambard_Prince attracted to anywhere in my [03:54] Isambard_Prince reality anyway." [03:54] Isambard_Prince ---- [03:54] Isambard_Prince Hmmm, well. There's always Grindr. [03:54] Isambard_Prince Then you can run into weirdos and gross people with diseases. [03:54] Isambard_Prince No investment in a partner at all though, so there's that. [03:55] Isambard_Prince Unless they turn out to be a murderer. [03:56] admfubar https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/corporate-crime-poorly-tracked-usa [03:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/corporate-crime-poorly-tracked-usa ) [03:59] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/01/1912232 [03:59] TR Bot How to Stop Microsoft From Letting the Government See Everything on Your Computer - SoylentNews ● Feb 04 [04:09] TR News Techrights EPO Staff Union: "Very High Strike Participation on Friday 30 January", Another Strike Starts 19 Days From Now https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/EPO_Staff_Union_Very_High_Strike_Participation_on_Friday_30_Jan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/EPO_Staff_Union_Very_High_Strike_Participation_on_Friday_30_Jan.gmi [04:09] TR Bot Techrights EPO Staff Union: "Very High Strike Participation on Friday 30 January", Another Strike Starts 19 Days From Now [04:15] TR News "I noticed at the Albany site there are some people who know the dirt on everyone and get people to give them job security that way (by leveraging it). So they never get marked as low performers even if they truly are" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05 [04:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05 ) [04:15] TR News "This doesnt seem like an isolated incident at the Albany site. Theres a visible pattern of favoritism. HB clearly has favorites, and if you pay attention to his LinkedIn activity, the pattern isnt subtle. He consistently boosts and supports the same type of people, and they tend to fit a very specific mold. They all look the same." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05 [04:16] TR News "Endless reduction of employee headcount and slashing of investment spending is not a strategy for long term growth." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n [04:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n ) [04:16] TR News "Investors are concerned about an AI bubble" "Well, to be fair, many tech stocks are getting hit today" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n [04:17] TR News "but, but , but....Alvind wants growth and job growth for his beloved motherland, India. Anything less is not worthy of discussion. Unless of course, you are referring to yet more medals being pinned on Alvind's chest pinned by none other than the great Modi." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n [04:17] TR News "What do you mean by full RTO?" "they mean complete return to office no more WFH at all" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgc0nzhn [04:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgc0nzhn ) [04:18] TR News "There are layoffs every month. There is a whole crowd of people who's last day is next Tuesday February 10. IThey started working on the big wave list for March in November. It is just going to continue Alvind and the book cooker Crapenaw are incapable of anything else. Look at the "goodwill" on the books over 67 billion that's just make believe $$" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh [04:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh ) [04:19] TR News "Quantum is the conduit to Mobile Hybrid Blockchain." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgh1yb6n [04:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgh1yb6n ) [04:34] TR News Techrights "Investors Are Concerned About an AI Bubble" (That GAFAM and IBM Ride) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Investors_Are_Concerned_About_an_AI_Bubble_That_GAFAM_and_IBM_R.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Investors_Are_Concerned_About_an_AI_Bubble_That_GAFAM_and_IBM_R.gmi [04:34] TR Bot Techrights "Investors Are Concerned About an AI Bubble" (That GAFAM and IBM Ride) [04:51] TR News Techrights Mobbing at the European Patent Office (EPO) - Part III - Who's Going to Pay for the EPO's Corruption? (Aside From European Citizens) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Mobbing_at_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Part_III_Who_s_Going_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Mobbing_at_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Part_III_Who_s_Going_.gmi [04:51] TR Bot Techrights Mobbing at the European Patent Office (EPO) - Part III - Who's Going to Pay for the EPO's Corruption? (Aside From European Citizens) [04:54] TR News Hijacking identity of RMS: "Following the takedown on January 28 the forum administrator, known as Stallman, issued a statement , widely circulated across clandestine forums. Stallman expressed intentions to refrain from re-establishing RAMP, likely due to concerns over threats to personal security." https://www.cybersecurityintelligence.com/blog/fbi-dismantles-notorious-ramp-cybercrime-marketplace-9084.html [04:54] TR Bot Bot Verification ● Feb 04 [05:12] TR News (NEW): Equilibrium https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Equilibrium.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Equilibrium.gmi [05:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Equilibrium [05:20] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Usage Growing in Moldova This Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/GNU_Linux_Usage_Growing_in_Moldova_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/GNU_Linux_Usage_Growing_in_Moldova_This_Year.gmi [05:20] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Usage Growing in Moldova This Year [05:28] *Adran has quit (*.net *.split) [05:28] *FANTOM has quit (*.net *.split) [05:28] *hvxgr has quit (*.net *.split) [05:28] *sbp has quit (*.net *.split) [05:28] *rianne has quit (*.net *.split) [05:28] *DALEK has quit (*.net *.split) [05:28] *whytek has quit (*.net *.split) [05:28] *hvxgr (~wl2v_usrn@freenode-ong.pov.c33bnd.IP) has joined #techrights [05:28] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-320.p91.7dgmmg.IP) has joined #techrights [05:28] *whytek (~whytek@freenode-t0e.sgs.rnm0h7.IP) has joined #techrights [05:28] *Adran (~adran@freenode-vmv.uk2.49h416.IP) has joined #techrights [05:28] *sbp (~sbp@freenode-m7i.q7q.b87eii.IP) has joined #techrights [05:28] *DALEK (~DALEK@freenode/user/DALEK) has joined #techrights [05:28] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-j7o.kqt.de6qkt.IP) has joined #techrights [05:30] TR News (NEW): Microsoft's Problem in Israel is GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Microsoft_s_Problem_in_Israel_is_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Microsoft_s_Problem_in_Israel_is_GNU_Linux.gmi [05:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsoft's Problem in Israel is GNU/Linux [05:36] *sbp has quit (*.net *.split) [05:36] *hvxgr has quit (*.net *.split) [05:36] *FANTOM has quit (*.net *.split) [05:36] *Adran has quit (*.net *.split) [05:36] *rianne has quit (*.net *.split) [05:36] *DALEK has quit (*.net *.split) [05:36] *whytek has quit (*.net *.split) [05:36] *hvxgr (~wl2v_usrn@freenode-ong.pov.c33bnd.IP) has joined #techrights [05:36] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-320.p91.7dgmmg.IP) has joined #techrights [05:36] *whytek (~whytek@freenode-t0e.sgs.rnm0h7.IP) has joined #techrights [05:36] *Adran (~adran@freenode-vmv.uk2.49h416.IP) has joined #techrights [05:36] *sbp (~sbp@freenode-m7i.q7q.b87eii.IP) has joined #techrights [05:36] *DALEK (~DALEK@freenode/user/DALEK) has joined #techrights [05:36] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-j7o.kqt.de6qkt.IP) has joined #techrights [05:44] TR News Ted Unangst's site has been down for some weeks, too https://flak.tedunangst.com/ [05:44] TR Bot to connect to flak.tedunangst.com port 443 after 10000 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://flak.tedunangst.com/ ) [05:46] TR News Techrights Keep Grinding https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Keep_Grinding.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Keep_Grinding.gmi [05:46] TR Bot Techrights Keep Grinding [05:52] TR News (NEW): They Could Never Grind Us Down https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/They_Could_Never_Grind_Us_Down.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/They_Could_Never_Grind_Us_Down.gmi [05:52] TR Bot Tux Machines They Could Never Grind Us Down ● Feb 04 [06:36] TR News Techrights Red Hat is Not a Linux Company, It's IBM's Ponzi Scheme Enabler https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Red_Hat_is_Not_a_Linux_Company_It_s_IBM_s_Ponzi_Scheme_Enabler.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Red_Hat_is_Not_a_Linux_Company_It_s_IBM_s_Ponzi_Scheme_Enabler.gmi [06:36] TR Bot Techrights Red Hat is Not a Linux Company, It's IBM's Ponzi Scheme Enabler [06:37] TR News Pinterest sacks workers for creating tool to track layoffs https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0k670n0ydo [06:37] TR Bot Pinterest sacks workers for creating tool to track layoffs - BBC News [06:38] TR News Running out of revenue sources? 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Modern websites are bloated. LLMs dont need the design." https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/more-than-words/ | Source: Jono Alderson [07:50] TR Bot A page is more than just a container for words - Jono Alderson [07:50] TR News "This expansion is largely due to legal efforts by American companies, who applaud the "lock and suspend" orders while hoping to further increase their scope and effectiveness." https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-rightsholders-applaud-indias-lock-and-suspend-piracy-blockades/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:50] TR Bot Rightsholders Applaud India's "Lock and Suspend" Piracy Blockades * TorrentFreak [07:51] TR News "Canon is in the Top Ten again, landing 7th spot for the number of patents granted in the US in 2025" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/digital-cameras/42-years-in-a-row-canons-industry-leading-patent-streak-keeps-going-strong | Source: Digital Camera World [07:51] TR Bot 42 years in a row! Canon's industry-leading patent streak keeps going strong | Digital Camera World [07:51] TR News [Old] "The study underscores the need to broaden the focus of patent-reform efforts." https://www.weforum.org/stories/2015/03/do-patents-harm-innovation/ | Source: World Economic Forum [07:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.weforum.org/stories/2015/03/do-patents-harm-innovation/ ) [07:55] TR News "So basically Musk who likes to pretend he hates subsidies despite his entire existence being propped up by them" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/trump-is-helping-elon-musks-starlink-get-billions-in-taxpayer-dollars-with-no-oversight/ | Source: Techdirt [07:55] TR Bot Is Helping Elon Musks Starlink Get Billions In Taxpayer Dollars With No Oversight | Techdirt [07:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [07:55] TR News "The purpose of the march was decidedly dire, but by all accounts from people on the ground, it was a family atmosphere where locals turned out with children, elders, pets and signs in hand to show their opposition to ICEs lawlessness" https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-tear-gas-kids-portland-oregon | Source: Marisa Kabas [07:55] TR Bot What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids [07:55] TR News "ICE is out of control. 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[07:56] TR News "Lets just clear the air right up front: this is just the government mugging Somalis because theyre currently at the top of Trumps shitlist." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/ice-cbp-brag-about-stealing-a-legally-impossible-14000-from-us-citizens-at-the-minneapolis-airport/ | Source: Techdirt [07:56] TR Bot CBP Brag About Stealing A Legally-Impossible $14,000 From US Citizens At The Minneapolis Airport | Techdirt ● Feb 04 [08:01] TR News "illegal to exercise one's rights to assemble and free speech" https://boingboing.net/2026/02/03/trump-doj-decides-the-second-amendment-only-counts-when-they-have-the-guns.html | Source: BoingBoing [08:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/03/trump-doj-decides-the-second-amendment-only-counts-when-they-have-the-guns.html ) [08:01] TR News "We are very proud to present 404 Medias zine on the surveillance technology used by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement." https://www.404media.co/icezine/ | Source: 404 Media [08:01] TR Bot Our Zine About ICE Surveillance Is Here [08:02] TR News "The arrest of journalists Mehdi Mahmoudian and Vida Rabbani for signing a peaceful public statement underscores how Iranian authorities continue to criminalize journalism and civic expression" https://cpj.org/2026/02/iran-arrests-2-more-journalists-amid-widening-crackdown/ | Source: CPJ [08:02] TR Bot Iran arrests 2 more journalists amid widening crackdown - Committee to Protect Journalists [08:02] TR News "widen the definition of a grant to cover virtually any form of remuneration or assistance from abroad if it serves vaguely defined political goals" https://cpj.org/2026/02/georgia-moves-to-tighten-restrictive-media-funding-laws-add-lengthy-jail-terms/ | Source: CPJ [08:02] TR Bot Georgia moves to tighten restrictive media funding laws, add lengthy jail terms - Committee to Protect Journalists [08:02] TR News "The rally comes at a critical moment for one of the nations most influential news organizations. Staff cuts threaten to weaken The Post and undermine its mission." https://wbng.org/2026/02/02/save-the-post-rally/ | Source: Washingon-Baltimore News Guild [08:02] TR Bot Washington Post Guild and Tech Guild to host Save The Post rally in defense of journalism and workers - Washington-Baltimore News Guild [08:04] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techrights [08:06] TR News "the chief federal judge in Minneapolis declined to allow the case because he saw no probable cause to arrest the longtime journalist" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/lemon-arrest-shows-being-near-protesters-can-make-you-an-enemy-of-the-state/ | Source: Truthdig [08:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/lemon-arrest-shows-being-near-protesters-can-make-you-an-enemy-of-the-state/ ) [08:06] TR News "The arrest of one the countrys most recognizable journalists is the latest development in the federal governments immigration crackdown in Minneapolis" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/don-lemon-arrested-federal-authorities-attorney-says-rcna256680 | Source: NBC [08:06] TR Bot Don Lemon arrested after covering protest at Minnesota church [08:07] TR News "They want to embarrass you. They want to intimidate you. They want to instill fear. And so that's why they did it that way" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/don-lemon-arrest-jimmy-kimmel-b2912600.html | Source: The Independent UK [08:07] TR Bot Journalist Don Lemon describes FBI hotel arrest to Jimmy Kimmel: They want to instill fear | The Independent [08:07] TR News "I was walking up to the room and I pressed the elevator button, and then all of a sudden, I feel myself being jostled and and people trying to grab me and put me in handcuffs" https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2026-02-03/don-lemon-says-a-dozen-agents-were-sent-to-arrest-him-even-though-he-offered-to-turn-himself-in | Source: US News And World Report [08:07] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2026-02-03/don-lemon-says-a-dozen-agents-were-sent-to-arrest-him-even-though-he-offered-to-turn-himself-in ) [08:07] TR News "the new Close-Up report by Reporters without Borders raises alarm." https://digit.site36.net/2026/02/03/german-journalists-under-pressure-from-right-wing-outlets-and-israel-reporters-without-borders-explain/ | Source: Site36 [08:07] TR Bot German Journalists under pressure from right-wing outlets and Israel, Reporters without Borders explain | Matthias Monroy [08:08] TR News "The physical attack on the RAI crew in Turin is part of a deeply alarming pattern in Italy of targeted assaults that aim to intimidate journalists into silence and undermine the publics right to information" https://cpj.org/2026/02/masked-protesters-attack-italian-rai-tv-crew-during-clashes-with-police/ | Source: CPJ [08:08] TR Bot Masked protesters attack Italian RAI TV crew during clashes with police - Committee to Protect Journalists [08:08] TR News "according to four people briefed on the matter" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-harvard-payment.html | Source: New York Times [08:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-harvard-payment.html ) [08:08] TR News "That is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland, which makes sense because Epsteins island is gone; he needs a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/02/trump-trevor-noah-grammys-comments/ | Source: Digital Music News [08:08] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/02/trump-trevor-noah-grammys-comments/ ) [08:09] TR News "Noah referenced Epstein days after the Justice Department on Friday released more than 3 million pages from investigative files on the late financier." https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-02-02/grammys-trevor-noah-trump-sue-epstein-island-joke | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:09] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-02-02/grammys-trevor-noah-trump-sue-epstein-island-joke ) [08:09] TR News "Misfits have gone to great lengths to try and have the topic censored. Therefore, it is vital for people to share it by email and direct messages. Don't rely on social control media platforms because they are compromised now." https://danielpocock.com/en/hacker-news-censored-google-astroturfing-lawsuit/ | Source: Daniel Pocock [08:09] TR Bot Hacker News (Y-Combinator) censored Google/Debian astroturfing lawsuit [08:09] TR News "Controlling the media and quashing dissent is a common theme in rogue open source "communities" today." https://danielpocock.com/en/collective-power-molly-de-blanc-nicolas-maduro-defendants-same-courthouse/ | Source: Daniel Pocock [08:09] TR Bot Collective power: Molly de Blanc, Nicolas Maduro & Debian become defendants in same federal courthouse [08:09] *nobody (~nobody@ng6rt39abq6pn.irc) has joined #techrights [08:09] *nobody_ (~nobody@ng6rt39abq6pn.irc) has joined #techrights [08:09] *nobody_ has quit (Quit: connection closed.) [08:09] TR News "Netflix is facing a competing bid from Paramount Skydance, run by CEO David Ellison, the son of President Donald Trumps close ally and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison." https://www.theverge.com/policy/873533/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-senate-antitrust-hearing | Source: The Verge [08:09] TR Bot Netflix lands in the middle of a culture war during Senate hearing | The Verge [08:10] TR News "The episode laid bare the newest, most rapidly evolving frontier in news misinformation" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/epstein-files-ai-slop-targets-zohran-mamdani-1235509995/ | Source: Rolling Stone [08:10] TR Bot Epstein Files AI Slop Targets Zohran Mamdani [08:10] TR News "Guardian critic Xan Brooks says it doesnt have a single redeeming quality and compares it to a medieval tribute to placate the greedy king on his throne." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/melania-the-film-the-shame | Source: Robert Reich [08:10] TR Bot Melania: The Movie. The Bribe. The Shame. [08:11] TR News "slopagandist" https://www.theverge.com/news/873400/nick-shirley-somali-daycares-san-diego-california-youtube | Source: The Verge [08:11] TR Bot Nick Shirley sets his sights on California | The Verge [08:11] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:12] TR News [Old] "The Data Act is a law designed to enhance the EUs data economy and foster a competitive data market by making data (in particular industrial data) more accessible and usable, encouraging data-driven innovation and increasing data availability." https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/factpages/data-act-explained | Source: European Commission [08:12] TR Bot Data Act explained | Shaping Europes digital future [08:12] TR News "data shows U.S. software companies dont have a future without the old continent" https://fortune.com/europe/2024/07/18/european-decline-data-companies-profits-ipo-finance-tech/ | Source: Fortune [08:12] TR Bot Down Arrow Button Icon [08:12] TR News "There is light on the horizon, however. Synergy noted that this 15% share has held steady since 2022, suggesting no further inroads from US giants." https://www.itpro.com/cloud/cloud-computing/us-companies-dominate-the-european-cloud-market-regional-players-are-left-fighting-for-scraps | Source: IT Pro [08:12] TR Bot US companies dominate the European cloud market regional players are left fighting for scraps | IT Pro [08:12] TR News "Unsurprisingly, many Europeans are on the lookout for alternatives to US technology and services." https://www.techpolicy.press/washington-could-activate-a-kill-switch-to-terminate-european-access-to-us-tech-heres-how-it-could-work/ | Source: Tech Policy Press [08:12] TR Bot Kill Switch Could Shutter Europes Access to US Tech. Heres How. | TechPolicy.Press [08:13] TR News "The European Commission therefore urgently needs to identify all exports of American goods and services that could be the subject of a large-scale retaliation." https://geopolitique.eu/en/2025/03/28/how-europe-must-respond-to-trumps-economic-war-for-a-european-economic-deterrence-strategy/ | [08:13] TR Bot How Europe Must Respond to Trumps Economic War.For a European economic deterrence strategy - Groupe d'tudes gopolitiques [08:13] TR News "Proton analyzed business email domains across Europe to show how many publicly listed companies are reliant on US email and email security services." https://proton.me/business/europe-tech-watch | Source: Proton A G [08:13] TR Bot Europes tech sovereignty watch | Proton for Business [08:13] TR News "The effect so far has been to accelerate the EUs quest to break its dependence on Silicon Valley and China." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/digital-sovereignty-europes-declaration-of-independence/ | Source: Atlantic Council [08:13] TR Bot Digital sovereignty: Europes declaration of independence? - Atlantic Council [08:14] TR News "supply chain optimization" https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/02/palantir-rallies-revenue-jumps-70-guidance-leaves-wall-street-behind/ | Source: Silicon Angle [08:14] TR Bot rallies as revenue jumps 70% and guidance leaves Wall Street behind - SiliconANGLE [08:14] TR News "Its exceedingly rare that Musks controversial behavior ends up hurting him financially. He remains the worlds richest man, even while Teslas sales and profits continue to plummet." https://www.theverge.com/tech/872450/elon-musk-jeffrey-epstein-emails-spacex-ipo-tesla | Source: The Verge [08:14] TR Bot Will Elon Musks emails with Jeffrey Epstein derail his very important year? | The Verge [08:14] TR News "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We're happy to announce the latest release, Arti 2.0.0." https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_0_0_released/ | Source: Tor [08:14] TR Bot Arti 2.0.0 released: Relay, directory authority, and RPC development. | The Tor Project [08:15] TR News "A compromised dependency in the JavaScript ecosystem led to credential theft, which enabled a supply chain attack on a Rust compression library, which was vendored into a Python build tool" https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/03/incident-report-cve-2024-yikes.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [08:15] TR Bot Incident Report: CVE-2024-YIKES | Andrew Nesbitt [08:16] TR News "I thought there was consensus that it was bad to burn through GPUs in space where its nearly impossible to maintain them?" https://www.manton.org/2026/02/03/spacex-data-centers.html | Source: Manton Reece [08:16] TR Bot Manton Reece - SpaceX data centers [08:16] TR News "In Decemberthree days before ChristmasDonald Trumps Department of the Interior halted five offshore wind projects that were all more than 40 percent complete." https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/trump-goes-zero-for-five-against-offshore-wind | Source: Common Dreams [08:16] TR Bot Trump Goes Zero for Five Against Offshore Wind | Common Dreams [08:16] TR News "According to Statement on Climate for the State of Kerala: 2025, temperatures remained higher than normal, though the year was significantly cooler than 2024" https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/climate-report-warming-trend-persists-in-kerala-despite-slight-relief-in-2025/article70586304.ece | Source: The Hindu [08:16] TR Bot Climate report: Warming trend persists in Kerala despite slight relief in 2025 - The Hindu [08:17] TR News "the worlds richest man made a bizarre series of desperate-sounding posts on his website X attempting to convince his millions of fans of his innocence." https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-crashing-out-epstein | Source: Futurism [08:17] TR Bot Elon Musk Not Doing Well After Epstein Files Reveal [08:17] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:17] TR News "The Department of Justice has released what appears to be its last tranche of files related to convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein" https://www.wired.com/story/epstein-files-tech-elites-gates-thiel-musk/ | Source: Wired [08:17] TR Bot Tech Elites in the Epstein Files | WIRED [08:18] TR News "When all of the lies Trump and his ministry of homeland insecurity have spread about the killing of American citizens on the streets of Minneapolis have turned to dust, the truth will remain." https://kansasreflector.com/2026/02/01/as-a-nation-we-face-a-decisive-moment-trust-the-journalists-who-witness-tyranny-at-street-level/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [08:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2026/02/01/as-a-nation-we-face-a-decisive-moment-trust-the-journalists-who-witness-tyranny-at-street-level/ ) [08:18] TR News "Stewart admitted that he himself is in the files." https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jon-stewart-epstein-files-the-daily-show-trump-1235510201/ | Source: Rolling Stone [08:18] TR Bot Jon Stewart Explains Why His Name Is in the Epstein Files [08:19] TR News "Among the most high-profile names to appear in the Epstein files are Bill Gates and Elon Musk, underscoring how Epstein cultivated ties within Silicon Valley and beyond." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bill-gates-elon-musk-other-powerful-figures-listed-epstein-records-1776143 | Source: International Business Times [08:19] TR Bot Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Other Powerful Figures Listed in Epstein Records | IBTimes UK [08:19] TR News Overpopulation https://kk.org/thetechnium/six-selfish-reasons-to-have-kids/ | Source: Kevin Kelly [08:19] TR Bot The Technium: Six Selfish Reasons to Have Kids [08:23] TR News "The goal is to reassert democratic control over social media" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/world/europe/spain-social-media-ban-under-16.html | Source: New York Times [08:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/world/europe/spain-social-media-ban-under-16.html ) [08:23] TR News "Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday that the country will ban children under age 16 from accessing social media" https://therecord.media/spain-to-ban-social-media-children | Source: The Record [08:23] TR Bot Spain will ban social media for kids under 16 | The Record from Recorded Future News [08:24] TR News "Other European countries are also considering similar measures, including the United Kingdom, Denmark, and France." https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/02/03/spain-to-ban-social-media-platforms-for-children-under-16-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-ann | Source: EuroNews [08:24] TR Bot to ban social media platforms for children under 16, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announces | Euronews [08:25] TR News "break up with Silicon Valley" https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-declared-war-against-big-tech-digital-sovereignty/ | Source: Politico [08:25] TR Bot Inside Denmarks struggle to break up with Silicon Valley POLITICO [08:25] TR News "The timing of the outage certainly didnt help matters." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/02/tiktok-us-rough-start-oracle-comments/ | Source: Digital Music News [08:26] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/02/tiktok-us-rough-start-oracle-comments/ ) [08:26] TR News "owning the libs" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/beware-government-using-image-manipulation-for-propaganda/ | Source: Techdirt [08:26] TR Bot Government Using Image Manipulation For Propaganda | Techdirt [08:27] TR News "The tech giant said it receives around 20 requests for BitLocker keys a year and will provide them to governments in response to valid court orders." https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/ | Source: Forbes [08:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/ ) [08:27] TR News "Microsoft gives the FBI the ability to decrypt BitLocker in response to court orders: about twenty times per year." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/microsoft-is-giving-the-fbi-bitlocker-keys.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [08:27] TR Bot is Giving the FBI BitLocker Keys - Schneier on Security [08:28] TR News "This brings us back to Signal. This isnt a Signal issue." https://nbtv.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-put-signal-on-my-computer | Source: Ludlow Institute [08:28] TR Bot Putting Signal on Your Computer Makes It Less Secure [08:28] TR News "Starlink updated its global privacy policy on 15 January, according to the Starlink website." https://techcentral.co.za/privacy-alarm-as-spacex-opens-starlink-user-data-to-ai-models/277024/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [08:28] TR Bot Privacy alarm as SpaceX opens Starlink user data to AI models [08:28] TR News "Based on the documentation and assessment of the risk for the data subjects which the Municipality of Elsinore has prepared" https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/national-news/2022/danish-dpa-imposes-ban-use-google-workspace-elsinore-municipality_en | Source: European Data Protection Board [08:28] TR Bot The Danish DPA imposes a ban on the use of Google Workspace in Elsinore municipality | European Data Protection Board [08:29] TR News [Old] "From 1 August 2024 onwards, Danish schools will no longer be allowed to enable Chromebooks and Google platforms to collect students' personal data for processing" https://theprivacydad.com/final-decision-on-chromebook-case-in-denmark/ | [08:29] TR Bot Final Decision on Chromebook Case in Denmark | Welcome to The Privacy Dad's Blog! [08:29] TR News "Neither Palantir nor HHS has publicly announced that the companys software was being used for these purposes." https://www.wired.com/story/hhs-is-using-ai-tools-from-palantir-to-target-dei-and-gender-ideology-in-grants/ | Source: Wired [08:29] TR Bot Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target DEI and Gender Ideology in Grants | WIRED [08:29] TR News "evolving its cloud" https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/microsoft_retires_sharepoint_onedrive_standalone/ | Source: The Register UK [08:29] TR Bot Microsoft ends some standalone SharePoint and OneDrive plans The Register [08:30] TR News Airlines [08:30] TR News "Airlines and the TSA started asking for ID, but they couldnt legally require it. Even according to the TSAs website, if you do not show your ID, you may still be allowed to fly." https://www.frommers.com/tips/airfare/the-tsa-new-45-fee-to-fly-without-id-is-illegal-says-regulatory-expert/ | [08:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.frommers.com/tips/airfare/the-tsa-new-45-fee-to-fly-without-id-is-illegal-says-regulatory-expert/ ) [08:30] TR News "In 2018, Citizen Lab researchers discovered that a Saudi operator called KINGDOM was targeting dissidents abroad with NSO Groups Pegasus spyware." https://citizenlab.ca/saudi-arabia-ordered-to-pay-3m-to-london-dissident-over-pegasus-spying/ | Source: Citizen Lab [08:30] TR Bot Saudi Arabia Ordered to Pay 3m to London Dissident Over Pegasus Spying - The Citizen Lab [08:31] TR News "Using ARO, ThothX can detect one-metre-long objects in orbit at a distance of 100,000 kilometresabout a quarter of the way to the moon." https://thewalrus.ca/canada-is-building-a-surveillance-network-in-space/ | Source: The Walrus [08:31] TR Bot Canada Is Building a Surveillance Network in Space | The Walrus [08:31] TR News "To answer the question in the headline, MyTerms is not "beyond" the GDPR, because the GDPR says contract is one of the six lawful bases for processing personal data." https://doc.searls.com/2026/02/03/toes-day/ | Source: Doc Searls [08:31] TR Bot Toes Day Doc Searls Weblog [08:31] TR News "If youre really looking to understand whats being claimed here, the best way to do it is to read the complaint yourself: you can find it here (PDF)" https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/02/02/whatsapp-encryption-a-lawsuit-and-a-lot-of-noise/ | Source: Cryptography Engineering [08:31] TR Bot WhatsApp Encryption, a Lawsuit, and a Lot of Noise A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering [08:32] TR News "The lawsuit is almost certainly rubbish. But the discomfort people feel about Meta handling their private messages isn't irrational." https://gregmorris.co.uk/whatsapp-encryption-reputation/ | Source: Greg Morris [08:32] TR Bot WhatsApp, Encryption, and the Trouble With Reputation [08:32] TR News "Around this time, you realize that the web interface for this thing has some stuff that phones home, and part of what it does is to send stack traces back to sentry.io." https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2026/02/03/badnas/ | Source: Rachel [08:32] TR Bot When internal hostnames are leaked to the clown [08:32] TR News How to Stop Stalker Ads https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/how-to-stop-stalker-ads/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup [08:32] TR Bot How to Stop Stalker Ads | Open Rights Group [08:32] TR News "In this blog, we outline how ad brokers track your online activity and explain what you can do to minimise this." https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/how-do-advertisers-track-you-online/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup [08:32] TR Bot How do advertisers track you online? | Open Rights Group [08:33] *nobody has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:33] psydroid3 https://minbzk.github.io/mijn-bureau/ [08:33] TR Bot Over Mijn Bureau, Mijn Bureau [08:33] TR News "And thats important background to the search of Xitter in Paris. What had started as an investigation into things specific to Europe" https://emptywheel.net/elon-musk-under-investigation-for-trafficking-child-sexual-abuse-material/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [08:33] TR Bot Elon Musk Under Investigation for Trafficking Child Sexual Abuse Material - emptywheel [08:33] psydroid3 hosted in Shithub [08:33] psydroid3 https://github.com/MinBZK/mijn-bureau [08:33] TR Bot - MinBZK/mijn-bureau: Onderzoek naar open source samenwerksoftware voor, door en met overheden. [08:34] TR News "If you have been affected by intimate image abuse, including AI-generated images, you are not alone. There are some things you can do: [...]" https://refuge.org.uk/news/grok-image-abuse-statement/ | [08:34] TR Bot Grok Image Abuse Statement [08:35] TR News "voluntary interview" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260203-french-summons-musk-for-voluntary-interview-as-authorities-raid-x-offices | Source: France24 [08:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260203-french-summons-musk-for-voluntary-interview-as-authorities-raid-x-offices ) [08:35] schestowitz[TR2] psydroid2: proprietary [08:35] TR News "French prosecutors raided the offices of Elon Musks social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into a range of alleged offences" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/paris-prosecutors-raid-offices-part-investigation-child-abuse-129807009 | Source: ABC [08:35] TR Bot Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images - ABC News [08:36] psydroid3 https://github.com/MinBZK/mijn-bureau/blob/main/LICENSE.md [08:36] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://github.com/MinBZK/mijn-bureau/blob/main/LICENSE.md ) [08:36] TR News "investigated for a litany of alleged offense" https://www.dw.com/en/france-police-raid-x-offices-in-paris-summon-elon-musk/a-75782874 | Source: Deutsche Welle [08:36] TR Bot France: Police raid X offices in Paris, summon Elon Musk [08:36] psydroid3 EUPL or something [08:36] TR News "Generative AI has made it easier than ever for perpetrators to create fake images at the expense of womens safety" https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/03/business/x-paris-prosecutor-raid-intl | Source: CNN [08:36] TR Bot Musks social media platform X raided by Paris prosecutor | CNN Business [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] "we are open source because we use microsoft blobs" [08:37] psydroid3 they should just host it themselves [08:37] TR News "French cybercrime authorities were on Tuesday, February 3, carrying out a search of the French offices of social media network X, the Paris public prosecutor's office said" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/police-and-justice/article/2026/02/03/paris-prosecutors-raid-french-offices-of-elon-musk-s-x_6750083_105.html | Source: Le Monde [08:37] TR Bot Paris prosecutors raid French offices of Elon Musk's X [08:37] psydroid3 especially since the software is supposed to be an alternative to MSFT malware [08:37] TR News "The raid is part of an investigation launched in January last year into the suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/03/french-headquarters-elon-musk-x-raided-paris-cybercrime-unit | Source: The Guardian UK [08:37] TR Bot French headquarters of Elon Musks X raided by Paris cybercrime unit | X | The Guardian [08:38] TR News "child pornography images" https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/france-paris-prosecutors-x-office-elon-musk-sexual-deepfakes-holocaust-rcna257202 | Source: NBC [08:38] TR Bot Paris prosecutors summon Elon Musk after raid on X's French offices [08:38] TR News "potential to produce harmful sexualised image and video content." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo | Source: BBC [08:38] TR Bot X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok [08:38] *nobody (~nobody@sbztduaz6hmuc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:38] TR News "The offices of X, formerly known as Twitter, were raided this morning by police in Paris." https://boingboing.net/2026/02/03/paris-cops-raid-offices-of-elon-musks-x-in-child-porn-investigation.html | Source: BoingBoing [08:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/03/paris-cops-raid-offices-of-elon-musks-x-in-child-porn-investigation.html ) [08:39] TR News "The International AI Safety report is an annual survey of technological progress and the risks it is creating across multiple areas, from deepfakes to the jobs market." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/03/deepfakes-ai-companions-artificial-intelligence-safety-report | Source: The Guardian UK [08:39] TR Bot Deepfakes spreading and more AI companions: seven takeaways from the latest artificial intelligence safety report | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] especially since the software is supposed to be an alternative to MSFT malware [08:39] schestowitz[TR2] PETA meetup in Burgeer King [08:39] TR News "The survey found that about three-quarters of teachers who use AI rely on it to prepare lessons, develop curricula or draft documents." https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2821214/nearly-70-of-lithuanian-teachers-use-ai-at-work-prompting-new-guidelines | Source: LRT [08:39] TR Bot Nearly 70% of Lithuanian teachers use AI at work, prompting new guidelines - LRT [08:40] TR News "The previous administration had an AI chatbot that was functionally unusable" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbot-mamdani | Source: Futurism [08:40] TR Bot Mamdani Shuts Down NYC's Disastrous AI Chatbot [08:40] TR News "Price rises have accelerated as we enter 2026, and the cost of some parts has more than doubled over the last quarter." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/more-memory-driven-price-rises/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/more-memory-driven-price-rises/ ) [08:41] TR News "some parts has more than doubled over the last quarter." https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-5-price-increases-drastically-as-ai-shortage-bites-16gb-version-now-usd205-second-price-increase-in-three-months-over-70-percent-more-expensive-than-original-msrp | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:41] TR Bot Raspberry Pi 5 price increases drastically as AI shortage bites, 16GB version now $205 second price increase in three months, over 70% more expensive than original MSRP | Tom's Hardware [08:41] TR News "AI experts and consumer groups have been sounding the alarm on Groks mounting safety concerns, citing it as unstable." https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/new-letter-warns-next-grok-mistake-could-be-leaked-national-security-files | Source: Common Dreams [08:41] TR Bot New Letter Warns Next Grok Mistake Could Be Leaked National Security Files | Common Dreams [08:43] TR News "A security engineer's wake-up call after Claude Code repeatedly created insecure routes despite existing security abstractions." https://www.provos.org/p/dangers-of-coding-with-ai/ | Source: Niels Provos [08:43] TR Bot The Dangers of Coding With AI [08:43] TR News "Theres a new report about two AI coding assistants, used by 1.5 million developers, that are surreptitiously sending a copy of everything they ingest to China." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/ai-coding-assistants-secretly-copying-all-code-to-china.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [08:43] TR Bot Coding Assistants Secretly Copying All Code to China - Schneier on Security [08:44] TR News "What I hate is the entire GenAI (and, by proxy, IT) business. I hate how they are allowed to ignore social contracts (licenses) without any repercussions, while normal people are forced to suicide." https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2026/what-i-mean-when-i-say-that-i-hate-genai/ | Source: Micha Sapka [08:44] TR Bot What I mean when I say that I hate GenAI [08:44] TR News "I dont like automatic summarisation any more. Especially in the context of technical publications." https://blakerain.com/blog/i-dont-like-automatic-summarisation/ | Source: Blake Rain [08:44] TR Bot I Don't Like Automatic Summarisation | Blake Rain [08:44] TR News "Is this because there is real demand for it, or because companies and institutions like Mozilla are pushing AI as hard as they can?" https://manualdousuario.net/en/ai-industry-doesnt-take-no-for-an-answer/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [08:44] TR Bot The AI industry doesnt take no for an answer Manual do Usurio [08:45] TR News "The RAM shortage is caused by increased datacenter demand, which has encouraged memory makers to focus more on selling pricey HBM (high-bandwidth memory) to hyperscalers." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/02/raspberry_pi_ram_shortage_price_hike/ | Source: The Register UK [08:45] TR Bot Rising memory costs bump Raspberry prices by up to $60 The Register [08:45] TR News "The memory shortage is worse than most of us first thought." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/02/dram_prices_expected_to_double/ | Source: The Register UK [08:45] TR Bot DRAM prices expected to nearly double in Q1 The Register [08:46] TR News "January saw only a 0.1% increase" https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/ddr5-ram-begins-to-stabilize-in-germany-january-saw-only-a-0-1-percent-increase-in-pricing-across-the-month-some-kits-even-saw-price-cuts-as-volatility-begins-to-plateau | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:46] TR Bot DDR5 RAM pricing begins to stabilize in Germany, January saw only a 0.1% increase Some kits even saw price cuts as volatility begins to plateau | Tom's Hardware [08:48] TR News (NEW): Mozilla is Still Besieging Firefox Users With Slop (Ponzi Scheme, Bubble of Mozilla's Sponsors) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Mozilla_is_Still_Besieging_Firefox_Users_With_Slop_Ponzi_Scheme.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Mozilla_is_Still_Besieging_Firefox_Users_With_Slop_Ponzi_Scheme.gmi [08:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla is Still Besieging Firefox Users With Slop (Ponzi Scheme, Bubble of Mozilla's Sponsors) [08:52] TR News "Our risk engine has identified two VS Code extensions, a campaign we're calling MaliciousCorgi - 1.5 million combined installs" https://www.koi.ai/blog/maliciouscorgi-the-cute-looking-ai-extensions-leaking-code-from-1-5-million-developers | [08:52] TR Bot Malicious VS Code AI Extensions Harvesting Code from 1.5M Devs [08:52] TR News "What weve learned empirically is that the ntdll APIs are generally well-engineered, reasonable, and powerful, but the kernel32 wrappers introduce unnecessary heap allocations, additional failure modes, unintentional CPU usage, and bloat." https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-02-03 | Source: Zig [08:52] TR Bot Devlog Zig Programming Language [08:52] TR News "This is a monumental misstep, but declining performance and living on past grandeurs is fast becoming the new Apple way." https://canion.blog/2026/02/04/rotting-to-the-core.html | Source: Canion dot Blog [08:52] TR Bot Rotting to the Core | Canion dot Blog [08:53] TR News "We are experiencing a period of great angst in the Apple community, and most of it is the result of Tim Cooks leadership." https://www.macworld.com/article/3050158/winter-of-our-apple-discontent.html | Source: Macworld [08:53] TR Bot Apple is richer than ever, why does it feel so broke? | Macworld [08:53] TR News "kissing the ring and kow-towing to a tyrant, clearly having chosen himself as a corporate sacrifice to the appalling present government of the US." https://mattgemmell.scot/the-fallen-apple/ | [08:53] TR Bot The Fallen Apple Matt Gemmell [08:54] TR News "CVE-2026-21509 is a security feature bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Office for which Microsoft rushed an out-of-cycle patch on Jan. 26 after confirming active zero-day exploitation." https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/russian-hackers-weaponize-office-bug-within-days | Source: Dark Reading [08:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/russian-hackers-weaponize-office-bug-within-days ) [08:54] TR News "Not only that, but Snap keeps older versions of VS Code after updates, potentially multiplying the number of local Trash folders and the trashed-but-not-deleted files therein." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/vs_code_for_linux_trash_fail/ | Source: The Register UK [08:54] TR Bot VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files The Register [08:54] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #techrights [08:54] TR News "That resilience is showing up most clearly in tech budgets." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/europe_tariffs_forrester/ | Source: The Register UK [08:54] TR Bot Europe shrugs off tariffs, plots to end tech reliance on US The Register [08:55] TR News "These databases and the information within them are used to identify under-vaccinated populations relating to specific diseases" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/the-cdc-has-mysteriously-frozen-vaccine-databases-without-explanation/ | Source: Techdirt [08:55] TR Bot CDC Has Mysteriously Frozen Vaccine Databases Without Explanation | Techdirt [08:55] TR News "The doctor confirmed: it was an excellent sign, meaning the healing phase had begun. No serious permanent damage. It would take time, but I would heal." https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/02/02/the-weight-of-a-millimeter/ | Source: Stefano Marinelli [08:55] TR Bot The Weight of a Millimeter | MyNotes [08:55] TR News "This isnt an open-source project, but it is quite well-documented, and the general design logic and workings of the device are freely available." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/a-higher-end-pico-based-oscilloscope/ | Source: Hackaday [08:55] TR Bot Higher-End Pico-Based Oscilloscope | Hackaday [08:56] TR News "However, there's another, more fundamental reason why I think 8K television is following the same path as 3D TV: it simply isn't necessary." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/video-editing/8k-video-is-dying-but-you-shouldnt-mourn-its-loss | Source: Digital Camera World [08:56] TR Bot 8K video is dying, but you shouldn't mourn its loss | Digital Camera World [08:59] TR News "The Solicitors Regulation Authority has said it will demand answers from partners of a law firm network amid reports the business has closed suddenly." https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/staff-in-despair-as-20-practice-network-shuts-suddenly/5125786.article [08:59] TR Bot 'Utterly heartbroken': Staff in despair as Yorkshire and Cumbria law firm group PM Law closes | Law Gazette ● Feb 04 [09:00] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:04] TR News "The first edition of the Enamed exam evaluated 350 medical programs, offered by public and private institutions, through an exam administered to nearly 90,000 students." https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-02/brazil-shocked-to-find-that-13000-students-about-to-graduate-from-medical-school-lack-basic-knowledge-to-practice-medicine.html | Source: El Pas [09:04] TR Bot Brazil shocked to find that 13,000 students about to graduate from medical school lack basic knowledge to practice medicine | International | EL PAS English [09:04] TR News "Learner-Centered Design of Computing Education." https://computinged.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/defining-learner-centered-design-of-computing-education-what-i-did-on-my-sabbatical/ | Source: CER [09:04] TR Bot Defining Learner-Centered Design of Computing Education: What I did on my sabbatical | Computing Ed Research - Guzdial's Take [09:04] TR News "Here is small collection that I hope to build over time." https://box.matto.nl/internet-evergreens.html | Source: MJ Fransen [09:04] TR Bot - box.matto.nl [09:04] TR News "Eight years ago, I quit my job as a developer at Google to create my own bootstrapped software company." https://mtlynch.io/bootstrapped-founder-year-8/ | Source: Michael Lynch [09:04] TR Bot Eighth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder mtlynch.io [09:05] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techrights [09:05] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [09:05] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techrights [09:11] TR News "It helps to do the work to understand why things arent the same for each individual, and even better, how to create the conditions for culture and systems to make the goals you seek more likely to be met." https://seths.blog/2026/02/everybody-wants-to-win/ | Source: Seth Godin [09:11] TR Bot Everybody wants to win | Seth's Blog [09:12] TR News "To test whether such a process was occurring beneath the Uintas, we turned to seismic tomography." https://theconversation.com/why-does-this-river-slice-straight-through-a-mountain-range-after-150-years-scientists-finally-know-274888 | Source: The Conversation [09:12] TR Bot Why does this river slice straight through a mountain range? After 150 years, scientists finally know [09:12] TR News "This is a law of succession most forecasters are familiar with: add one success and one failure to get the Bayesian posterior of coin flips. Its called Laplaces law of succession." https://entropicthoughts.com/laws-of-succession | Source: Chris [09:12] TR Bot Laws of Succession [09:12] TR News "The parchments initially contained references to a star catalog and maps created during the second century B.C.E." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-monks-wrote-over-a-copy-of-an-ancient-star-catalog-now-a-particle-accelerator-is-revealing-the-long-lost-original-text-180988123/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [09:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-monks-wrote-over-a-copy-of-an-ancient-star-catalog-now-a-particle-accelerator-is-revealing-the-long-lost-original-text-180988123/ ) [09:13] TR News "Accuracy means hitting the target." https://seths.blog/2026/02/precision-vs-accuracy/ | Source: Seth Godin [09:13] TR Bot Precision vs. accuracy | Seth's Blog [09:14] TR News "It's nice to engage on different scales, to think about bigger and smaller pictures all at once. There, tactics and strategy meet, and there is much to be learned." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/nop26/ | Source: The Cyber Show [09:14] TR Bot NOP [09:14] TR News "John Owen, one of the last veterans of the French and Indian War, posed for this photograph shortly before his death in 1843 at the age of 107." https://boingboing.net/2026/02/03/one-of-the-earliest-born-humans-ever-to-be-photographed.html | Source: BoingBoing [09:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/03/one-of-the-earliest-born-humans-ever-to-be-photographed.html ) [09:15] TR News "the discoverers, in the sense that they put them on the pop charts, of Nyro, Nilsson, Newman, and even Elton John and Bernie Taupin" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/three-dog-night-chuck-negron-dead-obituary-1235510182/ | Source: Rolling Stone [09:15] TR Bot Chuck Negron, Three Dog Night Co-Founder, Dead at 83 [09:16] TR News "Beyond the celebrations, though, I wanted to reflect on a number of the deeper conversations Ive had over these last few days." https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/03/nye-tech-30/ | Source: Anil Dash [09:16] TR Bot New York Tech at 30: the Crossroads - Anil Dash [09:16] TR News "Teymur asked me, probably hoping for some kind of automation. Alas, there is none. And still, here is my workflow for my link blog" https://lostfocus.de/2026/02/03/linkblog-workflow/ | Source: Dominik Schwind [09:16] TR Bot Linkblog workflow | LostFocus [09:16] TR News "Good, I successfully moved my WithKnown instance to its new home at Hetzner" https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/where-are-my-images | Source: Jeremy Cherfas [09:16] TR Bot Where are my images? | Jeremy Cherfas [09:46] TR News (NEW): FreeBSD is a No-Go for KDE's Plasma Login Manager https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/22/FreeBSD_is_a_No_Go_for_KDE_s_Plasma_Login_Manager.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/22/FreeBSD_is_a_No_Go_for_KDE_s_Plasma_Login_Manager.gmi [09:46] TR Bot Tux Machines FreeBSD is a No-Go for KDE's Plasma Login Manager [09:53] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Feb 04 [10:01] TR News Techrights Links 04/02/2026: "Laws of Succession" and Microsoft's VS Code as Code-Stealing Malware https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Links_04_02_2026_Laws_of_Succession_and_Microsoft_s_VS_Code_as_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Links_04_02_2026_Laws_of_Succession_and_Microsoft_s_VS_Code_as_.gmi [10:01] TR Bot Techrights Links 04/02/2026: "Laws of Succession" and Microsoft's VS Code as Code-Stealing Malware [10:10] TR News "The artefact we see here is from something called quoted printable, or as we used to call it when it was introduced: Quoted unreadable." https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/02/whats-up-with-all-those-equals-signs-anyway/ | Source: Lars Ingrebrigtsen [10:10] TR Bot Whats up with all those equals signs anyway? Random Thoughts [10:10] TR News "The short answer: you cant. Not directly, anyway. And its not just an iOS or iPadOS limitationmacOS wont let you do it either." https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/photos-wont-let-you-remove-the-raw-photo-from-a-rawjpeg-pair/ | Source: Six Colors [10:10] TR Bot Remove the RAW photo from a RAW+JPEG pair Six Colors [10:10] TR News "Lets start looking at the new features in HTTP/1.1 that made it a such a sturdy pillar of the web for so long and then build a server in Go that implements them from scratch." https://kmcd.dev/posts/http1.1-from-scratch/ | Source: Kevin McDonald [10:10] TR Bot HTTP/1.1 From Scratch [10:11] TR News "There are a variety of ways to pass secrets from one program to another on Unix, and many of them may expose your secrets under some circumstances." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/PassingSecretsViaStdin | Source: University of Toronto [10:11] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [10:14] TR News "Python is one of my favorite programming languages due to its terseness and amazing flexibility" https://taoofmac.com/space/dev/python | Source: Rui Carmo [10:14] TR Bot Python - Tao of Mac [10:14] TR News "Maybe especially as a programming language." https://www.philipzucker.com/leancall/ | Source: Philip Zucker [10:14] TR Bot Calling Lean Functions As Python Functions | Hey There Buddo! [10:16] TR News "Meet our new editors!" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/announcing-new-statistical-software-peer-review-editors-natalia-da-silva-and-andrew-heiss/ | Source: Rlang [10:16] TR Bot New Statistical Software Peer Review Editors: Natalia da Silva and Andrew Heiss | R-bloggers [10:20] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [10:20] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@freenode-5tt410.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techrights [10:23] TR News "Thank you all for the continued support since we started out in June 2024." https://opencollective.com/gothub/updates/web-interface-is-now-enabled-and-we-need-more-subscribers | Source: Open Collective [10:23] TR Bot Game of Trees Hub's web interface is live. And we need more subscribers! - Open Collective [10:23] TR News "If I go into a bookshop or library, theres no urgency." https://derekkedziora.com/notes/2026-02-03-unintended-values | Source: Derek Kdziora [10:23] TR Bot Unintended values [10:23] TR News "Yes, many accessibility annotation kits do come with the ability to specify focus order. And yes, being able to place focus on the interactive parts of your website or web app is an important thing." https://ericwbailey.website/published/you-probably-shouldnt-be-annotating-focus-order/ | Source: Eric Bailey [10:23] TR Bot You probably shouldnt be annotating focus order Eric Bailey [10:24] TR News "Its never been a good idea to ship everything you think of. Every addition accretes complexity and comes with a cognitive cost." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/saying-no/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [10:24] TR Bot Saying No In an Age of Abundance - Jim Nielsens Blog [10:24] TR News "The title of my ending keynote at FOSDEM February 1, 2026." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/02/03/open-source-security-in-spite-of-ai/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [10:24] TR Bot Source security in spite of AI | daniel.haxx.se [10:25] TR News "I'm working on a silly word game right now, which means I need a list of words for it." https://ntietz.com/blog/good-english-word-datasets/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky [10:25] TR Bot Some good English word datasets | nicole@web [10:26] TR News "The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) invites project briefing proposals for our Spring 2026 Membership Meeting" https://www.cni.org/news/cni-spring-meeting-cfp-reminder | Source: Coalition for Networked Information [10:26] TR Bot CNI Spring Meeting CFP Reminder [10:26] TR News "The Perl and Raku Conference 2026 is a community-organized gathering of developers, enthusiasts, and industry professionals." https://www.perl.com/article/cast-iron-community-your-chance-to-sponsor-tprc-2026/ | Source: Perl [10:26] TR Bot Cast-Iron Community: Your Chance to Sponsor TPRC 2026 [10:27] TR News "It seems premature to talk about a migration that is only halfway done, even if it's the hard half that's done" https://www.jmduke.com/posts/postgres-jobs.html | Source: Justin Duke [10:27] TR Bot Brief notes on migrating to Postgres-backed jobs | Applied Cartography [10:28] TR News "Mozilla Firefox has always seemed like the cool kid browser option, for the power users who dont want to deal with Google or Microsoft." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3050934/finally-firefox-just-gave-you-an-ai-off-switch.html | Source: PC World [10:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3050934/finally-firefox-just-gave-you-an-ai-off-switch.html ) [10:28] TR News "Over the past year, Firefox joined Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome in doubling down on AI" https://www.theverge.com/news/872489/mozilla-firefox-ai-features-off-button | Source: The Verge [10:28] TR Bot Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off | The Verge [10:29] TR News "I was however not prepared for it, but as a direct consequence I was handed a medal this year" https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/02/02/a-third-medal/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [10:29] TR Bot third medal | daniel.haxx.se [10:29] TR News "Why do RSS readers look like email clients?" https://manualdousuario.net/en/feed-readers-email-apps/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [10:29] TR Bot Why do RSS readers look like email clients? Manual do Usurio [10:30] TR News "This weekend I had some fun building a little Astro site for RSS aggregation." https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/02/02/building-an-rss-aggregator-with-astro | Source: Raymond Camden [10:30] TR Bot Building an RSS Aggregator with Astro [10:31] TR News "The response was limited to 4000 characters including URLs. To be consistent with the commissions terminology, we use OSS instead of FOSS." https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2026/02/03/202602-european-open-digital-strategy/ | Source: SequoiaPGP [10:31] TR Bot Blog - Sequoia's Input to the Upcoming European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy [10:31] TR News "The Emacs distribution I mostly recommend to my students is Doom Emacs." https://www.arjenwiersma.nl/completion-in-emacs-hledger | Source: Arjen Wiersma [10:31] TR Bot Completion (in Emacs hledger) Arjen Wiersma [10:31] TR News "Twelve new GNU releases in the last month (as of January 31, 2026): [...]" https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-january-gnu-spotlight | Source: FSF [10:31] TR Bot January GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring twelve new GNU releases: GRUB, Units, and more! Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [10:32] TR News "The four-armed gripper you see here prints as a single piece, and is cable-driven with a single metal-geared servo powering the assembly." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/print-in-place-gripper-does-it-with-a-single-motor/ | Source: Hackaday [10:32] TR Bot Gripper Does It With A Single Motor | Hackaday [10:32] TR News "Some high-resolution photos are also found on the separate blog page." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/teardown-of-an-apple-airtag-2-with-die-shots/ | Source: Hackaday [10:32] TR Bot Of An Apple AirTag 2 With Die Shots | Hackaday [10:32] TR News "My G6 Thumb Camera arrived a few days later, as straightforward a copy of a branded product as I have seen" https://hackaday.com/2026/02/03/the-surprising-hackability-of-a-knock-off-chinese-toy-camera/ | Source: Hackaday [10:32] TR Bot Surprising Hackability Of A Knock-Off Chinese Toy Camera | Hackaday [10:33] TR News "Right away, well state that this is not a traditional typewriter." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/03/lego-typewriter-writes-plastic-letters/ | Source: Hackaday [10:33] TR Bot Typewriter Writes Plastic Letters | Hackaday [10:36] TR News "As part of his quest to find the best affordable generator for his DIY hydroelectric power system, [FarmCraft101] is trying out a range of off-the-shelf and DIY solutions" https://hackaday.com/2026/02/03/rewinding-a-car-alternator-for-240-volt/ | Source: Hackaday [10:36] TR Bot A Car Alternator For 240 Volt | Hackaday [10:36] TR News "all the segments need to be illuminated" https://hackaday.com/2026/02/03/the-graph-theory-of-circuit-sculptures/ | Source: Hackaday [10:36] TR Bot Graph Theory Of Circuit Sculptures | Hackaday [10:37] TR News "Arduino doesnt have the cultural cachet of its fellow single-board player Raspberry Pi, but its arguably more popular for those who like to break out the soldering iron." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3051013/this-arduino-board-is-bigger-than-your-head-and-it-works.html | Source: PC World [10:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3051013/this-arduino-board-is-bigger-than-your-head-and-it-works.html ) [10:37] TR News "It's rare to find Loongson CPUs outside of China, but a Linux reviewer has managed to get one of the CPU manufacturer's 12-core chips for testing." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/china-made-loongson-12-core-chip-is-approximately-three-times-slower-than-six-core-ryzen-5-9600x-3b6000-hampered-by-low-clock-speeds-in-linux-benchmarks | Source: Tom's Hardware [10:38] TR Bot China-made Loongson 12-core chip is approximately three times slower than six-core Ryzen 5 9600X 3B6000 hampered by low clock speeds in Linux benchmarks | Tom's Hardware [10:38] TR News "At the end of July 2025 so almost 6 months ago we launched the second RP2350 Hacking Challenge, searching for practical side-channel attacks on the power-hardened AES implementation underpinning RP2350s secure boot." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/rp2350-hacking-challenge-2-less-randomisation-more-correlation/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [10:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/rp2350-hacking-challenge-2-less-randomisation-more-correlation/ ) [10:45] TR News (NEW): In Senegal, GNU/Linux Flies to 3%, an All-Time High https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/In_Senegal_GNU_Linux_Flies_to_3_an_All_Time_High.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/In_Senegal_GNU_Linux_Flies_to_3_an_All_Time_High.gmi [10:45] TR Bot Tux Machines In Senegal, GNU/Linux Flies to 3%, an All-Time High [10:54] TR News [Old] "That didnt sit right with me." https://robertoviola.cloud/2025/07/22/how-i-built-qz-and-how-echelon-is-now-breaking-it/ | [10:54] TR Bot How I Built QZand How Echelon Is Now Breaking It - Roberto Viola [10:55] TR News "Chris Lamb finished his term as Debian Project Leader in April 2019 but his attacks on my family and I continue to this day." https://danielpocock.com/en/15-billion-dollar-lawsuit-ubuntu-google-debian-crowdfunding-campaign-launch/ | Source: Daniel Pocock [10:55] TR Bot $15 billion lawsuit: Ubuntu, Google & Debian crowdfunding campaign launch [10:55] TR News "[...] In our News section this week we talk about progress being made in postmarketOS while Xfce begins work on its own Wayland window manager. [...]" https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260202 | Source: Distro Watch [10:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260202 ) ● Feb 04 [11:00] TR News [Old] "The final distribution is very simple and consists only of minimum of tools and hardware support." https://krzysztofjankowski.com/floppinux/floppinux-2025.html | [11:00] TR Bot FLOPPINUX - An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy - 2025 Edition (v0.3.1) [11:00] TR News "We continue our exploration of old change requests on the Gerrit code review tool that have been waiting for several years for someone to pick them up and get them merged." https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/pulkomandy/2026-02-03-the_gerrit_pending_review_iceberg_5/ | Source: HaikuOS [11:00] TR Bot The Gerrit code review iceberg, episode 5 | Haiku Project [11:05] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice 26.2 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/LibreOffice_26_2_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Officially_Released_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/LibreOffice_26_2_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Officially_Released_T.gmi [11:05] TR Bot Tux Machines LibreOffice 26.2 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is Whats New [11:05] TR News "In the eyes of KDE it seems that OSes that do not use systemd are niche and not worth supporting" https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/kde-binds-itself-tightly-to-systemd-drops-support-for-non-systemd-systems/ | Source: Hackaday [11:05] TR Bot Binds Itself Tightly To Systemd, Drops Support For Non-Systemd Systems | Hackaday [11:06] TR News "Anyway. The winner wasted no time setting up the contest for 2026." https://solhsa.com/oldernews2026.html#C-S-S-C-G-C-2025 | Source: Jari Komppa [11:06] TR Bot - blog [11:06] TR News "Anyway. The winner wasted no time setting up the contest for 2026." https://solhsa.com/oldernews2026.html#C-S-S-C-G-C-2025 | Source: Jari Komppa [11:06] TR News "OpenTTD 15 is now out and ready for you to play!" https://www.openttd.org/news/2026/01/01/openttd-15-0 | [11:06] TR Bot OpenTTD | News | OpenTTD 15.0 [11:08] TR News "Browser engineers have been working towards a solution for this in CSS called contrast-color(). Heres what that will look like: [...]" https://piccalil.li/blog/some-css-only-contrast-options-until-contrast-color-is-baseline-widely-available/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell [11:08] TR Bot Some CSS only contrast options until contrast-color() is Baseline widely available - Piccalilli [11:08] TR News [Old] "In typography/design, sidenotes place footnotes/endnotes in the margins for easier reading." https://gwern.net/sidenote | [11:08] TR Bot In Web Design Gwern.net [11:08] TR News "We can break this into two sub-problems: [...]" https://lalitm.com/post/exponential-search/ | Source: Lalit Maganti [11:08] TR Bot Rendering 100k trace events faster with exponential search - Lalit Maganti [11:12] TR News "After my recent presentation at FOSDEM, someone asked a pretty reasonable question. What does it cost to run OpenBenches?" https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/the-cost-of-running-openbenches-org/ | Source: Terence Eden [11:12] TR Bot The cost of running OpenBenches.org Terence Edens Blog [11:14] TR News "In this blog, well discuss the massive technological transformation that StarHub, and the telco industry as a whole, is currently undergoing." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/evolution-sovereign-techco-embracing-polycloud-agentic-ai-and-digital-trust | Source: Red Hat Official [11:14] TR Bot Evolution to a sovereign TechCo: Embracing Polycloud, agentic AI, and digital trust [11:15] TR News "The Jean Canyon platform is available in two main configurations based on Intels Core Ultra 9 275-HX or Core Ultra 7 255-HX processors." https://linuxgizmos.com/core-ultra-hx-powers-rtx-equipped-nuc-15-workstation/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [11:15] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/core-ultra-hx-powers-rtx-equipped-nuc-15-workstation/ ) [11:15] TR News "The WalnutPi 2B is based on the Allwinner T527, an octa-core 64-bit Cortex-A55 processor clocked at up to 1.8 GHz, paired with a 200 MHz RISC-V coprocessor for auxiliary and control tasks." https://linuxgizmos.com/walnutpi-2b-is-a-raspberry-pi-style-sbc-with-allwinner-t527-and-2-tops-npu/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [11:15] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/walnutpi-2b-is-a-raspberry-pi-style-sbc-with-allwinner-t527-and-2-tops-npu/ ) [11:17] TR News "New major versions transactional-update and Ruby 4.0 begin the new year with major changes." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/02/03/tw-monthly-update-jan/ | Source: OpenSUSE [11:17] TR Bot Tumbleweed Monthly Update - January 2026 - openSUSE News [11:18] TR News Introducing Node Readiness Controller | Kubernetes https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/02/03/introducing-node-readiness-controller/ Source: Kubernetes Blog | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//kubernetes.io/blog/2026/02/03/introducing-node-readiness-controller/ [11:18] TR Bot Introducing Node Readiness Controller | Kubernetes [11:19] TR News Authorities want to see prison for foul streaming | "Myndighet vill se fngelse fr fulstreaming" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/02/02/myndighet-vill-se-fangelse-for-fulstreaming/ [11:19] TR Bot Myndighet vill se fngelse fr fulstreaming [11:20] TR News The prosecution wants to see prison sentences for illegal IP TV | "klagarmyndigheten vill se fngelsestraff fr illegal ip-tv | SVT Nyheter" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/aklagarmyndigheten-vill-se-fangelsestraff-for-illegal-ip-tv [11:20] TR Bot ( status 429 @ https://www.google.com/sorry/index?continue=https://translate.google.com/translate%3Fsl%3Dsv%26tl%3Den%26u%3Dhttps://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/aklagarmyndigheten-vill-se-fangelsestraff-for-illegal-ip-tv&q=EgReTM9xGO3WjMwGIjDqWKpn0C_ev_kMdmLeAPDUNbmpMmexuYoUsU2PegaHqS0YRIewoAnj4-osjQheXwoyAnJSWgFD ) [11:20] TR News iophk: NTLM was only ever just another security hole https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/microsoft-plans-to-bury-its-ntlm-security-relic-after-30-years [11:20] TR Bot Microsoft will disable NTLM as standard in Windows | Windows Central [11:20] TR News "Microsoft's winning formula may be starting to fray" https://techcentral.co.za/microsofts-winning-formula-is-starting-to-fray/277058/ [11:20] TR Bot Microsoft's winning formula may be starting to fray [11:21] TR News "France Moves Government Departments Off Zoom and MS Teams Onto Homegrown Visio" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/02/0029236 [11:21] TR Bot France Moves Government Departments Off Zoom and MS Teams Onto Homegrown Visio - SoylentNews [11:22] TR News "Read more on LinkedIn." :( adafruit outsourced to JS and Microsoft https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/03/raspberry-pis-new-monthly-industrial-embedded-newsletter/ [11:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/03/raspberry-pis-new-monthly-industrial-embedded-newsletter/ ) [11:22] TR News "Open Source security in spite of AI - Daniel Stenberg - YouTube" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wYSwZ20NJU https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6wYSwZ20NJU [11:22] TR Bot https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=6wYSwZ20NJU [11:22] TR Bot invidious.nerdvpn.de | Making sure you're not a bot! [11:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6wYSwZ20NJU ) [11:23] TR News I really have no idea what's going on in STICKER/BALL but I love the chaos | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/i-really-have-no-idea-whats-going-on-in-sticker-ball-but-i-love-the-chaos/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/i-really-have-no-idea-whats-going-on-in-sticker-ball-but-i-love-the-chaos/ [11:23] TR Bot really have no idea what's going on in STICKER/BALL but I love the chaos | GamingOnLinux [11:24] TR News Dune: Awakening Chapter 3 is live bringing massive changes | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/dune-awakening-chapter-3-is-live-bringing-massive-changes/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/dune-awakening-chapter-3-is-live-bringing-massive-changes/ [11:24] TR Bot Awakening Chapter 3 is live bringing massive changes | GamingOnLinux [11:24] TR News HELLDIVERS 2 has a big new event to take down the Automatons and you get tanks | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/helldivers-2-has-a-big-new-event-to-take-down-the-automatons-and-you-get-tanks/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:24] TR Bot 2 has a big new event to take down the Automatons and you get tanks | GamingOnLinux [11:25] TR News Civilization VII major update "Test of Time" will stop the forced civ swapping | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/civilization-vii-major-update-test-of-time-will-stop-the-forced-civ-swapping/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:25] TR Bot VII major update "Test of Time" will stop the forced civ swapping | GamingOnLinux [11:39] TR News Factory 95 is a retro Windows inspired automation sim about making a slide-show factory | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/factory-95-is-a-retro-windows-inspired-automation-sim-about-making-a-slide-show-factory/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:39] TR Bot 95 is a retro Windows inspired automation sim about making a slide-show factory | GamingOnLinux [11:40] TR News Get some quality action in the Sci-Fi Shooters 2.0 Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/get-some-quality-action-in-the-sci-fi-shooters-2-0-humble-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:40] TR Bot some quality action in the Sci-Fi Shooters 2.0 Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux [11:40] TR News Firefox will get AI controls to turn it all off | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/firefox-will-get-ai-controls-to-turn-it-all-off/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/firefox-will-get-ai-controls-to-turn-it-all-off/ [11:40] TR Bot will get AI controls to turn it all off | GamingOnLinux [11:51] TR News (NEW): A Year of Change in Tux Machines https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/A_Year_of_Change_in_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/A_Year_of_Change_in_Tux_Machines.gmi [11:51] TR Bot Tux Machines A Year of Change in Tux Machines ● Feb 04 [12:07] TR News Techrights Leaving the United States 3 Years Ago Was the Best Decision We Made https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Leaving_the_United_States_3_Years_Ago_Was_the_Best_Decision_We_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Leaving_the_United_States_3_Years_Ago_Was_the_Best_Decision_We_.gmi [12:07] TR Bot Techrights Leaving the United States 3 Years Ago Was the Best Decision We Made [12:33] TR News Techrights Mozilla Turned Firefox Into Shovelware, Adding 'Kill Switch' for Slop Still Means Mozilla is Participating in a Pyramid Scheme, Plagiarism, Grifting https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Mozilla_Turned_Firefox_Into_Shovelware_Adding_Kill_Switch_for_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Mozilla_Turned_Firefox_Into_Shovelware_Adding_Kill_Switch_for_S.gmi [12:33] TR Bot Techrights Mozilla Turned Firefox Into Shovelware, Adding 'Kill Switch' for Slop Still Means Mozilla is Participating in a Pyramid Scheme, Plagiarism, Grifting [12:34] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:36] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:46] TR News (NEW): This is Not What Fair Competition Looks Like https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/This_is_Not_What_Fair_Competition_Looks_Like.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/This_is_Not_What_Fair_Competition_Looks_Like.gmi [12:46] TR Bot Tux Machines This is Not What Fair Competition Looks Like [12:55] TR News "Mozilla has decided that if AI is going to live in your browser, you should at least be able to kill it when it gets annoying." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/firefox_ai_kill_switch/ [12:55] TR Bot Mozilla adds AI kill switch to Firefox The Register [12:58] TR News "ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and Le Chat Mistral." How much did Microsoft pay Mozilla to do this??? https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls/ [12:58] TR Bot AI controls are coming to Firefox ● Feb 04 [13:00] TR News Matt Rosoff, the Microsofter who manages El Reg, never writes about MICROSOFT layoffs https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/amazon_layoffs/ [13:00] TR Bot To the 16,000 Amazon employees getting laid off The Register [13:01] TR News Microsoft https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2026/02/03/area-loses-jobs-tech-industry-construction.html [13:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2026/02/03/area-loses-jobs-tech-industry-construction.html ) [13:22] TR News Techrights Microsoft's Giant Snowball of Layoffs and PIPs (in 2026) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Microsoft_s_Giant_Snowball_of_Layoffs_and_PIPs_in_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Microsoft_s_Giant_Snowball_of_Layoffs_and_PIPs_in_2026.gmi [13:22] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Giant Snowball of Layoffs and PIPs (in 2026) [13:40] TR News Techrights What IBM Does Is Clearly Illegal in the US: Tying Severance Packages to NDAs (Non-Disparagement Agreement/Clause) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/What_IBM_Does_Is_Clearly_Illegal_in_the_US_Tying_Severance_Pack.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/What_IBM_Does_Is_Clearly_Illegal_in_the_US_Tying_Severance_Pack.gmi [13:40] TR Bot Techrights What IBM Does Is Clearly Illegal in the US: Tying Severance Packages to NDAs (Non-Disparagement Agreement/Clause) [13:50] TR News Techrights Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt Used to be Widely Used in Geminispace, Now It's Down to Just 0.2% of the Whole https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Certificate_Authority_Let_s_Encrypt_Used_to_be_Widely_Used_in_G.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Certificate_Authority_Let_s_Encrypt_Used_to_be_Widely_Used_in_G.gmi [13:50] TR Bot Techrights Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt Used to be Widely Used in Geminispace, Now It's Down to Just 0.2% of the Whole [13:52] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-04.gmi [13:53] TR News "It has been some time since I have posted. This isn't due to any sort of dislike for Gemini itself, but rather a combination of things - an increasing distaste for computing and all its works, disgust for the new degrees of despicable behavior by the American government, and a lack of confidence in myself. Please bear with me. This post is an attempt to get back into a habit of posting." gemini://arcanesciences.com/gemlog/26-02-04/ [13:53] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: devil apes? [13:54] TR News Alex Schroeders Diary Jupiter gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-02-04-jupiter ● Feb 04 [14:01] TR News [japan] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-02-03.gmi [14:02] TR News Alex Schroeders Diary The AI-bro curse gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-02-04-curse [14:03] TR News "A message in the FreeBSD forum [1] mentions another sad move from kDE. Recently I wrote about how KDE is going all-in on a Wayland future [2]. This time it is about a step towards a systemd-only system." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/kde-login-manager-systemd-only.txt [14:03] TR News Amutable is to Microsoft what Techpaladin is to Valve [14:04] *admfubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:17] TR News Techrights Better Outcomes When Facing the Discomfort of Conflict https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Better_Outcomes_When_Facing_the_Discomfort_of_Conflict.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Better_Outcomes_When_Facing_the_Discomfort_of_Conflict.gmi [14:17] TR Bot Techrights Better Outcomes When Facing the Discomfort of Conflict [14:29] TR News Oh Dear! Notepad++ Was Quietly Compromised for Six Months (But Don't Panic Just Yet) https://itsfoss.com/news/notepad-plus-plus-compromised/ [14:29] TR Bot Oh Dear! Notepad++ Was Quietly Compromised for Six Months (But Don't Panic Just Yet) [14:31] TR News Linux Matters 74: Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers https://linuxmatters.sh/74/ [14:31] TR Bot Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers [14:39] TR News Whats new for developers in OpenShift 4.21 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/03/whats-new-developers-openshift-4-21 [14:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/03/whats-new-developers-openshift-4-21 ) [14:46] TR News How To Install Vtiger CRM on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-vtiger-almalinux-10/ [14:46] TR Bot How To Install Vtiger CRM on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [14:48] TR News "Nota: Vivo en Amrica, en el pacifico Mexicano. Muy cerca de USA. Seguramente esto me sesga bastante a sus modelos industriales y consumistas." gemini://text.eapl.mx/incongruencias-modernas [14:49] TR News Christina's Feb questions gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2026-02-04-5q.txt [14:55] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 04/02/2026: Humanity and Animality, systemd (Controlled by Amutable, a Proxy of Microsoft) Moves on to "Extinguish" Phase https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Gemini_Links_04_02_2026_Humanity_and_Animality_systemd_Controll.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Gemini_Links_04_02_2026_Humanity_and_Animality_systemd_Controll.gmi [14:55] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 04/02/2026: Humanity and Animality, systemd (Controlled by Amutable, a Proxy of Microsoft) Moves on to "Extinguish" Phase ● Feb 04 [15:04] schestowitz[TR2] slopfarm? https://www.newsbreak.com/share/4462698235844-microsoft-defends-22-000-layoffs-to-claw-back-80b-ai-splurge?s=a99&share_destination_id=MTkxMzUyNDEtMTc2OTc0MDIzNzY0Mw==&pd=01IHwvHV&hl=en_US&send_time=1769740237&actBtn=topBar&_f=app_share&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A1%2C%22cv%22%3A%2226.3.2%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D [15:05] TR Bot defends 22,000 layoffs to claw back $80B AI splurge - NewsBreak [15:18] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@y3syynzkwyc9u.irc) has joined #techrights [15:30] TR News Pipeline watch YouTube and PeerTube videos https://www.linuxlinks.com/pipeline-watch-youtube-peertube-videos/ [15:30] TR Bot - watch YouTube and PeerTube videos - LinuxLinks [15:31] TR News FAT modern TUI-based file and archive viewer https://www.linuxlinks.com/fat-modern-tui-file-archive-viewer/ [15:31] TR Bot - modern TUI-based file and archive viewer - LinuxLinks [15:31] TR News tredis terminal UI for Redis https://www.linuxlinks.com/tredis-terminal-ui-redis/ [15:31] TR Bot - terminal UI for Redis - LinuxLinks [15:32] TR News ziglint linting suite https://www.linuxlinks.com/ziglint-linting-suite/ [15:32] TR Bot - linting suite - LinuxLinks [15:32] TR News stax CLI and TUI for stacked Git branches and PRs https://www.linuxlinks.com/stax-tui-stacked-git-branches-prs/ [15:32] TR Bot - CLI and TUI for stacked Git branches and PRs - LinuxLinks [15:32] TR News Vortix terminal UI for WireGuard and OpenVPN https://www.linuxlinks.com/vortix-terminal-ui-wireguard-openvpn/ [15:32] TR Bot - terminal UI for WireGuard and OpenVPN - LinuxLinks [15:33] TR News Pigsty v4.0 Released: Ready for the Agent Era https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pigsty-v40-released-ready-for-the-agent-era-3228/ [15:33] TR Bot PostgreSQL: Pigsty v4.0 Released: Ready for the Agent Era [15:33] TR News In Person Community-Led PostgreSQL Training March 5th, at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena, California https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/in-person-community-led-postgresql-training-march-5th-at-scale-23x-in-pasadena-california-3218/ [15:33] TR Bot PostgreSQL: In Person Community-Led PostgreSQL Training March 5th, at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena, California [15:34] TR News Kansas Town Uses License Plate Readers to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/alpr-against-op-ed-writer [15:34] TR Bot Kansas Town Uses License Plate Readers to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed | American Civil Liberties Union [15:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:52] TR News Yup! https://boingboing.net/2026/02/03/melinda-gates-ended-marriage-with-bill-gates-over-epstein-allegations.html http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/BillBC_BBC_Covered_Up_Pedophilia_Now_It_s_Covering_Up_for_Its_S.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/Journalistic_Malpractice_Helps_Bill_Gates_Cover_Up_His_Marriage.shtml [15:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/03/melinda-gates-ended-marriage-with-bill-gates-over-epstein-allegations.html ) [15:52] TR Bot Techrights BillBC (BBC) Covered Up Pedophilia, Now It's Covering Up for Its Sponsor Bill Gates by Reprinting His Lies, Which His Own Wife Disputes [15:52] TR Bot Techrights Journalistic Malpractice Helps Bill Gates Cover Up His Marriage Collapsing Because of His Very Deep Ties to Jeffrey Epstein (and It's Melinda Who Dumped Him, Divorce Proceedings Started by Her in 2019) [15:54] MinceR https://apina.biz/212571.jpeg?mode=sfw [15:54] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/212571.jpeg ● Feb 04 [16:08] TR News It is up SOME MORE this month http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/GNU_Linux_Still_up_statCounter_Says_to_6_in_Bosnia_And_Herzegov.shtml https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bosnia-and-herzegovina/#monthly-200902-202602 [16:08] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Still up (statCounter Says to 6%) in Bosnia And Herzegovina [16:08] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Bosnia And Herzegovina | Statcounter Global Stats [16:13] TR News Same in Serbia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/serbia/#monthly-200902-202602 https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/22/Serbia_GNU_Linux_Rises_Windows_Down_to_All_Time_Lows.shtml [16:13] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Serbia | Statcounter Global Stats [16:13] TR Bot Techrights Serbia: GNU/Linux Rises, Windows Down to All-Time Lows [16:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:16] TR News Over 6% in Yemen https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/yemen/#monthly-200902-202602 [16:16] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Yemen | Statcounter Global Stats [16:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:23] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:25] MinceR https://apina.biz/50549.jpg?mode=sfw [16:25] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/50549.jpg ● Feb 04 [17:03] TR News "The irony was that Bill had gotten his BASIC source code by dumpster diving and then developed it into a product using stolen time from university computers. That was back when you paid for computer usage by the hour or fraction thereof." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/02/1228214#1432505 [17:03] TR Bot When 20-Year-Old Bill Gates Fought the 'Thieves' Who Stole His First Code - SoylentNews [17:04] TR News Canonical: Ubuntu is GAFAM (US), We're Resellers of American Proprietary Software (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Canonical_Ubuntu_is_GAFAM_US_We_re_Resellers_of_American_Propri.shtml [17:04] TR Bot Techrights Canonical: Ubuntu is GAFAM (US), We're Resellers of American Proprietary Software [17:04] TR News Canonical: Ubuntu is GAFAM (US), We're Resellers of American Proprietary Software (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/Canonical_Ubuntu_is_GAFAM_US_We_re_Resellers_of_American_Propri.shtml [17:05] TR News 2026 fixes, and an IPv6 update again https://rubenerd.com/fixes-early-2026-edition/ [17:05] TR Bot 2026 fixes, and an IPv6 update again [17:05] TR News Additional Bunker Hill EV patents prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/1/30/additional-bunker-hill-ev-patents-prior-art-found [17:05] TR Bot Additional Bunker Hill EV patents prior art found Unified Patents [17:06] TR News Hong Kong privacy watchdog records 20% increase in data breaches a third involves hacking https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/04/hong-kong-privacy-watchdog-records-20-increase-in-data-breaches-a-third-involves-hacking/ [17:06] TR Bot HK privacy watchdog records 20% increase in data breaches [17:07] TR News Mail says there is no evidence it obtained call records of Kylie ex https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/mail-says-there-is-no-evidence-it-obtained-call-records-of-kylie-ex-detective-danno/ [17:07] TR Bot Mail says there is 'no evidence' it obtained call records of Kylie ex - Press Gazette [17:12] TR News BBC proposes to close central regional investigations unit https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/bbc-local-proposes-to-close-central-regional-investigations-unit/ [17:12] TR Bot BBC proposes to close regional investigations unit - Press Gazette [17:14] TR News 6 Expert Tips to Drink Coffee Safely if You Have High Blood Pressure https://www.sciencealert.com/6-expert-tips-to-drink-coffee-safely-if-you-have-high-blood-pressure [17:14] TR Bot Expert Tips to Drink Coffee Safely if You Have High Blood Pressure : ScienceAlert [17:14] TR News Business confidence in Mexico hits its lowest point in 3 years https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/business-confidence-mexico-lowest-point-in-three-years/ [17:14] TR Bot Business confidence in Mexico hits its lowest point in 3 years [17:15] TR News Food prices continue to surge despite drop in overall inflation https://bianet.org/haber/food-prices-continue-to-surge-despite-drop-in-overall-inflation-316319 [17:15] TR Bot Food prices continue to surge despite drop in overall inflation [17:17] TR News Police Raid SpaceXs Brand New Offices https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/police-raid-spacex-x-acquisition [17:17] TR Bot Police Raid SpaceX's Brand New Offices [17:18] TR News Investors Dumping American Stocks as the Country Bets Everything on Hey Hi (AI) https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/investors-dumping-american-stocks-ai [17:18] TR Bot Investors Dumping American Stocks as the Country Bets Everything on AI [17:19] TR News Spain introduces social control media ban and stricter online regulations for minors https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/spain-introduces-social-media-ban-and-stricter-online-regulations-for-minors/ [17:19] TR Bot Spain introduces social media ban and stricter online regulations for minors - JURIST - News [17:20] TR News AMD stock falls [17:21] TR News Mamdani Shuts Down NYCs Disastrous Hey Hi (AI) Chatbot https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbot-mamdani [17:21] TR Bot Mamdani Shuts Down NYC's Disastrous AI Chatbot [17:21] TR News Groks Analysis of Whether Mamdani Is Related to Epstein May Be the Single Most Amazing Hey Hi (AI) Response Weve Ever Seen https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-analysis-mamdani-related-epstein [17:21] TR Bot Grok's Analysis of Whether Mamdani Is Related to Epstein May Be the Single Most Amazing AI Response We've Ever Seen [17:22] TR News Covert recording is easy, which is the problem https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/covert-recording-is-easy-which-is-the-problem/ [17:22] TR Bot Covert recording is easy, which is the problem | Pen Test Partners [17:23] TR News Sequoia's Input to the Upcoming European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2026/02/03/202602-european-open-digital-strategy/ [17:23] TR Bot Blog - Sequoia's Input to the Upcoming European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy [17:24] TR News Sara Weiss Journeys to the Planet Mars (1903) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/journeys-to-the-planet-mars [17:24] TR Bot Sara Weiss *Journeys to the Planet Mars* (1903) The Public Domain Review [17:24] TR News Data Brokers, and Other Things Not Covered by 230 https://publicknowledge.org/data-brokers-and-other-things-not-covered-by-230/ [17:24] TR Bot Data Brokers, and Other Things Not Covered by 230 - Public Knowledge [17:26] TR News My Eighth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder https://mtlynch.io/bootstrapped-founder-year-8/ [17:26] TR Bot Eighth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder mtlynch.io [17:39] TR News (NEW): Games: HELLDIVERS 2, Civilization VII, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Games_HELLDIVERS_2_Civilization_VII_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Games_HELLDIVERS_2_Civilization_VII_and_More.gmi [17:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: HELLDIVERS 2, Civilization VII, and More [17:41] TR News Reddit Mod Deleted Breathtaking Photo Taken by NASA Astronaut From Space Because It Was Blurry https://futurism.com/space/reddit-deleted-photo-nasa-astronaut-blurry [17:41] TR Bot Reddit Mod Deleted Breathtaking Photo Taken by NASA Astronaut From Space Because It Was "Blurry" [17:51] TR News Behaviour evidence: debian-private cult keyword analysis https://danielpocock.com/en/behaviour-evidence-debian-private-cult-keyword-analysis/ [17:51] TR Bot Behaviour evidence: debian-private cult keyword analysis [17:53] TR News WordPress 6.9.1 Maintenance Release https://wordpress.org/news/2026/02/wordpress-6-9-1-maintenance-release/ [17:53] TR Bot WordPress 6.9.1 Maintenance Release WordPress News [17:53] TR News Bodycam: Review https://boilingsteam.com/bodycam-review/index.html [17:53] TR Bot Bodycam: Review ● Feb 04 [18:00] TR News Techrights Sexism & GNOME: shaming men, hiding women, Sonny Piers update https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Sexism_GNOME_shaming_men_hiding_women_Sonny_Piers_update.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/04/Sexism_GNOME_shaming_men_hiding_women_Sonny_Piers_update.gmi [18:00] TR Bot Techrights Sexism & GNOME: shaming men, hiding women, Sonny Piers update [18:01] TR News "Nancy Mace asks Comer to subpoena Bill Gates over Epstein ties" https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/4445537/nancy-mace-comer-subpoena-bill-gates-epstein-ties/ "Well, she's dead, so....." http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Meme_Well_He_s_Dead_So_Bill_Gates_Tells_the_Media_Which_He_Pays.shtml [18:01] TR Bot Nancy Mace asks Comer to subpoena Bill Gates over Epstein ties [18:01] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] "Well, Hes Dead So," Bill Gates Tells the Media (Which He Pays) About His Close Friend Jeffrey Epstein [18:02] MinceR lol [18:03] TR News Primos Storage cloud services patents prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/2/3/primos-storage-cloud-services-patents-prior-art-found [18:03] TR Bot Primos Storage cloud services patents prior art found Unified Patents [18:04] TR News New EU Report Urges More Aggressive Action Against Transnational Repression https://citizenlab.ca/new-eu-report-urges-more-aggressive-action-against-transnational-repression/ [18:04] TR Bot New EU Report Urges More Aggressive Action Against Transnational Repression - The Citizen Lab [18:04] TR News Join Us at Open Source SecurityCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam https://openssf.org/blog/2026/02/03/join-us-at-open-source-securitycon-europe-2026-in-amsterdam/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/ [18:04] TR Bot Join Us at Open Source SecurityCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam Open Source Security Foundation [18:04] TR Bot With Microsoft in Charge, OpenSSF Seems More Like It's About Back Doors -- Not Real Security -- Inside the Linux Foundation [18:05] TR News Cast-Iron Community: Your Chance to Sponsor TPRC 2026 https://www.perl.com/article/cast-iron-community-your-chance-to-sponsor-tprc-2026/ [18:05] TR Bot Cast-Iron Community: Your Chance to Sponsor TPRC 2026 [18:06] TR News Stephen Smoogen: Generations (take N+1) http://smoogespace.blogspot.com/2026/02/generations-take-n1.html [18:06] TR Bot SmoogeSpace: Generations (take N+1) [18:08] TR News Upgrade volume performance without downtime: VolumeAttributesClass on OpenShift https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/04/upgrade-volume-performance-without-downtime-volumeattributesclass [18:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/04/upgrade-volume-performance-without-downtime-volumeattributesclass ) [18:10] TR News "It's a corporate strategy to stay under the radar, reduce mass panic, protect share price, and avoid triggerering a WARN. It should be illegal and it deserves greater attention. What a world we live in! Moreover, as Melinda French-Gates stated in a recent interview." [18:11] TR News ""I believe certain individuals are at a time of reckoning." Or as the older generation would say "the chickens are coming home to roost."" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kggtsgsq [18:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kggtsgsq ) [18:11] TR News "There is no other coverage of IBM's collapse. It's taking Red Hat down with it as it goes. The Tim Cook link above is relevant due to methods and values shared between IBM and Apple." -Anon [18:12] TR News WIN 11 is such a piece of garbage it made me switch to Linux https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgf892xr [18:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgf892xr ) [18:12] TR News "Microsoft stock takes a big hit today... Investors are pushing the stock lower knowing all Microsoft products are garbage. It also does not help maters with the face of Microsoft embarrassing news. No Nobel Peace Prize in the future." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgkffpdg [18:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgkffpdg ) [18:13] TR News Jonathan Dowland: FOSDEM 2026 talk recording available https://jmtd.net/log/fosdem/2026/video/ [18:13] TR Bot jmtd log fosdem 2026 FOSDEM 2026 talk recording available [18:15] TR News Those should never have been added in the first place. Mozilla is paid to spread this horrible thing. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/firefox-148-disable-ai-features [18:15] TR Bot You can turn off every Firefox AI feature this month - OMG! Ubuntu [18:18] TR News "This release also adds the ability to drag and drop tabs in the COSMIC Files file manager." https://9to5linux.com/system76-releases-cosmic-1-0-5-with-new-option-to-show-battery-percentage [18:18] TR Bot Releases COSMIC 1.0.5 with New Option to Show Battery Percentage - 9to5Linux [18:19] TR News Why enterprise businesses should adopt immutable Linux for the desktop https://thenewstack.io/why-enterprise-businesses-should-adopt-immutable-linux-for-the-desktop/ [18:19] TR Bot Why enterprise businesses should adopt immutable Linux for the desktop - The New Stack [18:20] TR News Ancient Linux distros you don't remember anymore https://www.makeuseof.com/ancient-linux-distros-you-dont-remember-anymore/ [18:20] TR Bot Ancient Linux distros you don't remember anymore [18:21] TR News I installed these 6 lightweight Linux tools on a cheap mini PC and turned it into a silent home server https://www.makeuseof.com/installed-lightweight-linux-tools-mini-pc-turned-into-silent-home-server/ [18:21] TR Bot I installed these 6 lightweight Linux tools on a cheap mini PC and turned it into a silent home server [18:21] TR News Visual Studio Code is eating up hundreds of gigabytes on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/visual-studio-code-is-eating-up-hundreds-of-gigabytes-on-linux/ [18:21] TR Bot Visual Studio Code is eating up hundreds of gigabytes on Linux [18:22] TR News A real Linux computer you can carry in your pocket https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/02/a-real-linux-computer-you-can-carry-in-your-pocket/ [18:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/02/a-real-linux-computer-you-can-carry-in-your-pocket/ ) [18:23] TR News "Its the Open Source world, Im sure someone will either fork KDE or make a clone that runs on sysvinit and others." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/kde-binds-itself-tightly-to-systemd-drops-support-for-non-systemd-systems/ [18:23] TR Bot Binds Itself Tightly To Systemd, Drops Support For Non-Systemd Systems | Hackaday [18:24] TR News This Rust-powered tool makes Linux search effortless https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-gui-app-makes-grep-easy-even-if-you-forget-the-flags/ [18:24] TR Bot This Rust-powered tool makes Linux search effortless [18:24] TR News I tried the oldest Linux distro still standing, and it was a total reality check https://www.howtogeek.com/this-is-the-oldest-linux-distro-still-standing-and-im-shocked-people-still-use-it/ [18:24] TR Bot I tried the oldest Linux distro still standing, and it was a total reality check [18:26] TR News This Debian-based Linux distro has one of the smartest security features I've tested in years https://www.zdnet.com/article/ideal-os-linux-distribution-review/ [18:26] TR Bot Debian-based Linux distro has one of the smartest security features I've tested in years | ZDNET [18:27] TR News Galaxy S26 Ultra Linux Terminal Support Could Be a Big Win for Developers https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/02/galaxy-s26-ultra-linux-terminal-support-could-be-a-big-win-for-developers.html [18:27] TR Bot Galaxy S26 Ultra Linux Terminal Support Could Be a Big Win for Developers [18:27] TR News (NEW): 65% more people are gaming on Linux compared to a year ago, and it's not just Steam Deck users https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/65_more_people_are_gaming_on_Linux_compared_to_a_year_ago_and_i.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/65_more_people_are_gaming_on_Linux_compared_to_a_year_ago_and_i.gmi [18:27] TR Bot Tux Machines 65% more people are gaming on Linux compared to a year ago, and it's not just Steam Deck users [18:28] TR News How I speed up my Linux system for free while RAM prices are out of control https://www.zdnet.com/article/ram-prices-linux-zram/ [18:28] TR Bot I speed up my Linux system for free while RAM prices are out of control | ZDNET [18:31] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi [18:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Leftovers [18:31] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/today_s_howtos.gmi [18:31] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [18:32] TR News (NEW): Linux Devices, Open Hardware, and Linux on Mobile Systems https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Linux_Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Linux_on_Mobile_Systems.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Linux_Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Linux_on_Mobile_Systems.gmi [18:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Devices, Open Hardware, and Linux on Mobile Systems [18:34] TR News (NEW): Games: Bodycam, C.S.S.C.G.C. 2025, and OpenTTD 15.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Games_Bodycam_C_S_S_C_G_C_2025_and_OpenTTD_15_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Games_Bodycam_C_S_S_C_G_C_2025_and_OpenTTD_15_0.gmi [18:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Bodycam, C.S.S.C.G.C. 2025, and OpenTTD 15.0 [18:39] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get Linux 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Ubuntu_24_04_LTS_Users_Get_Linux_6_17_and_Mesa_25_2_Ahead_of_Ub.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Ubuntu_24_04_LTS_Users_Get_Linux_6_17_and_Mesa_25_2_Ahead_of_Ub.gmi [18:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get Linux 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS [18:42] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [18:42] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [18:44] TR News (NEW): RSS/Web Browsers: Curl, RSS, and RSS Aggregators 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gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Debian_lawsuit_and_transparency_many_years_after_transparency_w.gmi [18:47] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian: lawsuit and transparency (many years after transparency was decided upon) [18:49] TR News (NEW): PostgreSQL Databases: Pigsty v4.0 Release and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/PostgreSQL_Databases_Pigsty_v4_0_Release_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/PostgreSQL_Databases_Pigsty_v4_0_Release_and_More.gmi [18:49] TR Bot Tux Machines PostgreSQL Databases: Pigsty v4.0 Release and More [18:49] TR News (NEW): Standards/Consortia: HTTP/1.1 From Scratch, RAW+JPEG, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Standards_Consortia_HTTP_1_1_From_Scratch_RAW_JPEG_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Standards_Consortia_HTTP_1_1_From_Scratch_RAW_JPEG_and_More.gmi [18:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Standards/Consortia: HTTP/1.1 From Scratch, RAW+JPEG, and More [18:51] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [18:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [18:52] TR News (NEW): Servers and GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Servers_and_GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/04/Servers_and_GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [18:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Servers and GNU/Linux Leftovers [18:54] TR News "Where is that rascal Kramer when IBM needs him to pump up the stock ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n [18:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n ) [18:57] TR News [japan] [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-02-04.gmi ● Feb 04 [19:02] TR News Techrights Links 04/02/2026: Extreme Malice in Microsoft's Visual Studio Code 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