●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, March 04, 2026 ●● ● Mar 04 [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights ● Mar 04 [01:09] IsambardPrince IsambardPrince might know.. [01:09] IsambardPrince I quit a job once in Indiana that NEVER let me take any vacation time. [01:09] IsambardPrince They ended up having to pay me for over a month's worth of accumulated vacation time. [01:09] IsambardPrince Walmart was also bad about not letting you use vacation time. [01:10] IsambardPrince About the only time you could use it was in January when they were cutting hours anyway, and that effectively made days where they wouldn't let you work a vacation day payout. [01:11] admfubar system of a down.... https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/03/downdetector-speedtest-sold-to-it-service-provider-accenture-in-1-2b-deal/ [01:11] TR Bot Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service provider Accenture in $1.2B deal - Ars Technica [01:14] IsambardPrince MinceR, Apparently we've destroyed most of the Iranian Navy. [01:14] IsambardPrince According to CNN. [01:14] IsambardPrince That took like a day I think. [01:15] IsambardPrince https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/satellite-image-shows-irans-largest-230207542.html [01:15] TR Bot Satellite image shows Iran's largest naval vessel, a tanker-turned-base ship, smoking in port [01:16] IsambardPrince Apparently we also took out 16 other ships including a diesel attack submarine they acquired from Russia. [01:16] IsambardPrince Canada is criticizing the US for putting an end to Iran's terror state. [01:16] IsambardPrince I guess people like Hezbollah Lobsta are the voting majority up there? [01:17] IsambardPrince The Gaza Lobsta was previously talking about human rights violations against people who would kill a trans person and say they're an abomination. [01:18] IsambardPrince And bagging on Israel, which is the only place Lobsta would be safe in the Middle East. [01:18] IsambardPrince He wouldn't even be safe in "moderate" Muslim countries. [01:18] IsambardPrince Nevermind Iran or "Palestine". [01:18] admfubar https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-mystery-of-losing-your-taste-from-long-covid-may-finally-have-an-answer-48768 [01:18] TR Bot The Mystery of Losing Your Taste From Long COVID May Finally Have an Answer | Discover Magazine [01:22] MinceR maybe people who don't realize what the government of iran would do to them if they ever got their hand on them are the voting majority [01:22] MinceR in general, clueless evil retards are the majority all over the planet [01:34] admfubar someone vibed up $82K of slop??? ...https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/gemini_api_key_82314_dollar_charge/ [01:34] TR Bot Dev stunned by $82K Gemini API key bill after theft The Register [01:35] admfubar soon you can have your own mini me!!!... https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/need_more_liver_mit_boffins/ [01:35] TR Bot MIT researchers test injectable 'satellite liver' in mice The Register [01:36] MinceR s-s-s-satellite! [01:36] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:38] admfubar https://www.neowin.net/news/report-nvidias-re-released-59571-driver-now-causing-serious-performance-drops/ [01:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/report-nvidias-re-released-59571-driver-now-causing-serious-performance-drops/ ) [01:40] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@wi6y8fnbpfcy6.irc) has joined #techrights [01:43] IsambardPrince 'This is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with,' Trump says of Starmer [01:43] IsambardPrince LOL [01:44] MinceR what does that even mean? [01:45] IsambardPrince I think vaguely that the British are now pussies. [01:46] MinceR and who is this draft-dodging, DHA-encrusted pedophile to talk about that? [01:47] MinceR i flushed something more valuable than cheeto hitler down the toilet yesterday. [01:51] admfubar was it cocaine? [01:54] MinceR no, it was shit [01:54] admfubar ah it was cocaine.. [01:54] admfubar :P [01:54] MinceR lol [01:54] admfubar https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/eff-court-dont-make-embedding-illegal [01:54] TR Bot EFF to Court: Dont Make Embedding Illegal | Electronic Frontier Foundation [01:55] MinceR stop relying on sociopaths to determine what is allowed and what isn't. abolish all states. kill all tyrants. [01:57] admfubar wow who twisted your panties??? [01:57] MinceR my panties are untwisted, and yet i'm sick of living among humans, in a human body ● Mar 04 [02:08] admfubar https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-palm-sized-piezo-robot-combines.html [02:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-palm-sized-piezo-robot-combines.html ) [02:08] admfubar are you gonna become a transphibian? [02:09] MinceR how would i even do that? [02:10] admfubar https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?__goaway_challenge=js-refresh&__goaway_id=c89d068069d2cfb0660e5d868c4fb85d&__goaway_referer=https%3A%2F%2Finv.nadeko.net%2F&v=SUV7fa372ec [02:10] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?__goaway_challenge=js-refresh&__goaway_id=c89d068069d2cfb0660e5d868c4fb85d&__goaway_referer=https%3A%2F%2Finv.nadeko.net%2F&v=SUV7fa372ec ) [02:10] admfubar there ya go [02:12] admfubar you hosers!... https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-canadians-toss-electronics.html [02:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-canadians-toss-electronics.html ) [02:13] admfubar well addiction is valuable to him..... https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-zuckerberg-big-tobacco-playbook-landmark.html [02:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-zuckerberg-big-tobacco-playbook-landmark.html ) [02:15] admfubar what could possibly happen? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/mar/03/schools-student-ai-counselor [02:15] TR Bot Schools are using AI counselors to track students mental health. Is it safe? | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian [02:23] admfubar gotta have affordability... https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/a-suite-of-government-hacking-tools-targeting-iphones-is-now-being-used-by-cybercriminals/ [02:23] TR Bot suite of government hacking tools targeting iPhones is now being used by cybercriminals | TechCrunch [02:25] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/03/its-a-trap-2/#inheres-at-the-moment-of-fixation [02:25] TR Bot Pluralistic: Supreme Court saves artists from AI (03 Mar 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [02:25] IsambardPrince MinceR, Nobody will be sad to see Iran go. [02:25] IsambardPrince Except maybe Putin, Xi, and Carney. [02:25] IsambardPrince :P [02:26] MinceR :> [02:26] IsambardPrince I wonder how Orban feels. [02:26] IsambardPrince You said he might not be able to read. [02:26] IsambardPrince I wonder if Putin called and gave Orban his opinion yet. [02:27] MinceR :> [02:27] MinceR i'm sure some of his lackeys can read it for him from one of the orcish propaganda sites [02:27] MinceR putler doesn't have to stoop this low [02:27] IsambardPrince MinceR, I told my dad that the few things Trump has done right include not screwing up things the Biden Administration started. [02:28] IsambardPrince Like bankruptcy protections for student loan debtors. [02:28] MinceR does that still stand? [02:28] IsambardPrince The antitrust lawsuit against RealPage. [02:28] IsambardPrince A few others. [02:28] MinceR recently one of the gypsy king's propaganda sites, origo, posted about the war in iran naming some iranian operation in orcish [02:28] IsambardPrince The Sherman Act has the ability to dismantle these landlord collusion platforms and bring down rents. [02:29] MinceR i guess they didn't realize it wasn't farsi [02:29] IsambardPrince And also, to breakup companies that acquire too many apartments and become a monopoly. [02:29] MinceR (also, they got the romanization wrong) [02:29] IsambardPrince MinceR, There's a private right of action under the Sherman Act, but it's too weak. [02:29] MinceR but most hungarians are stupid enough to eat it up anyway [02:29] IsambardPrince I looked at my options with Lenovo and it turned out state law was the better route. [02:30] IsambardPrince I also encouraged the state Attorney General to look into suing them under the Sherman Act. [02:30] IsambardPrince They started looking into that. [02:35] admfubar https://www.ifixit.com/News/115827/new-thinkpads-score-perfect-10-repairability [02:35] TR Bot New T-Series ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability - iFixit [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-030326.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-030326.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-030326.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-030326.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, March 03, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-03-03.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-03-03.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:51] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-03-03.txt ● Mar 04 [04:04] IsambardPrince I actually do see why we're kicking Iran in the teeth very hard right now. It's either rip the band-aid off and deal with some short-term disruption, or have them go on being a constant problem. It takes a lot of money to get very little done when you're on the defense. When Iran was firing thousands of cheap drones and rockets at Israel, the US was busy shooting things like Standard Missile 2 and 3 at them for millions of dollars a [04:04] IsambardPrince shot. [04:04] IsambardPrince [04:04] IsambardPrince Even if absolutely nothing came down on Israel, the cost alone to keep doing that is enormous. So the result of hitting the snooze alarm on the Iran Problem was that we could just end up doing that. When you can fire missiles and drones that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, and it takes interceptors that can cost a million dollars or more per shot to deal with it, you're winning the economic war. Nothing even has to land, [04:04] IsambardPrince you're wearing the enemy down because of sheer costs. [04:04] IsambardPrince MinceR, ^ [04:05] MinceR i thought it was because they needed something to distract attention from the epstein files [04:06] IsambardPrince Then there's the knock on bonus that if we take care of the source of the problem, they're not going to be an arms supplier of weapons of terror to Russia anymore, which sets Russia back in their war on Ukraine. [04:06] MinceR https://imgur.com/gallery/fixed-fn5tsHd [04:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/fixed-fn5tsHd ) [04:06] IsambardPrince MinceR, This is a major setback to Russia's war effort. [04:07] MinceR i guess the nice thing about living in a world of over 8 billion villains is that hardly any blow goes to a wrong place [04:08] IsambardPrince This is why the Russians are furious. [04:08] IsambardPrince They need Iran as an arms supplier. [04:08] MinceR i thought they were furious because they thought they were losing [04:08] IsambardPrince Those weapons that they get from Iran are cheap and they're targeted at civilian infrastructure in Ukraine mainly. [04:09] MinceR like how fidesz - hungarian pedophile party has spent the last 16 years posing as the underdog, a bunch of rebels, while having near-absolute power over this country [04:09] IsambardPrince They're being used, against the "laws of war" as a terrorist campaign against civilians. [04:09] MinceR and whining about how the fact that there are a few websites they couldn't take over yet means there's a "left-liberal media supremacy" [04:09] IsambardPrince MinceR, THe Russians apparently had 1.2 million casualties so far. [04:09] MinceR (they took practically all the radio and tv channels long ago) [04:10] MinceR (they also took over origo and index long ago) [04:10] IsambardPrince A casualty isn't necessarily a death, but most of the injuries cause people to be unable to effectively return to the fight too. [04:10] IsambardPrince They're still losing soldiers faster than they can replace them. [04:10] IsambardPrince Putin is pretty much killing, wiping out, an entire generation of Russians. [04:10] IsambardPrince When the population was in decline anyway. [04:11] IsambardPrince And even when he unleashes his prisons and mental defectives it's not enough. [04:11] IsambardPrince If Brandon Lobster was a Russian, they'd have drafted him already too. [04:11] MinceR if you can call them soldiers [04:11] IsambardPrince It's gotten that bad. [04:11] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, March 03, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_March_03_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_March_03_2026.gmi [04:11] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, March 03, 2026 [04:11] MinceR > Fidesz and its affiliated organizations have spent vastly more on political advertising on Facebook and YouTube than all other European parties combined. [04:13] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:13] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:13] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:15] TR News 'Panic, anger and disbelief': How PM Law's abrupt closure has left house purchases and sales in the balance and what to try if you're affected https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/03/pm-law-closure/ [04:15] TR Bot How PM Law's closure has left house purchases in the balance [04:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kj8jmwtq [04:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kj8jmwtq ) [04:17] schestowitz[TR2] "Google this on Reddit etc. IBM used to allow people to roll over vacation before the G Man Gerstner regime and it became a huge laibility on the IBM balance sheet. People would leave with over 200 vacation day days. Now no roll over and as a prior post said IBM is so cheap that say you "get" 15 days, you only accrue that little by littel month by month. So for example with 15 days you would accrue .8 days a month. 15 days / 12 mo [04:17] schestowitz[TR2] nths. So if IBM votes you off the island in March you are looking at approx 2.5 days." [04:20] TR News "Sadly, I have to report that I completely missed the lunar eclipse this morning (2026-03-03) despite optimum viewing conditions. I simply hadn't heard about it until I read about it later in the day." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260303-0.gmi [04:21] TR News "The SYN attacks have not abated [1]. I thought they hadfor the past 36 hours or so it was quiet but no, it picked back up again." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/03/03.1 [04:21] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-03-04.gmi [04:22] TR News "I was laid off from my job two weeks ago today. 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  • Tripwire Interactive, the company behind the Killing Floor series, has announced the layoff of 23 employees
    [04:26] TR Bot Tripwire Interactive, the company behind the Killing Floor series, has announced the layoff of 23 employees | WN Hub [04:26] TR News Tripwire Interactive, the company behind the Killing Floor series, has announced the layoff of 23 employees https://wnhub.io/news/hr/item-50234 [04:34] TR News Scorpions https://theconversation.com/scorpions-can-pose-a-deadly-threat-to-children-were-identifying-the-global-hotspots-276340 [04:34] TR Bot Scorpions can pose a deadly threat to children were identifying the global hotspots [04:34] TR News pace of their life https://theconversation.com/animals-perception-of-time-is-linked-to-the-pace-of-their-life-new-study-275124 [04:34] TR Bot Animals perception of time is linked to the pace of their life new study [04:35] TR News Swiss origin claims and how to deal with them http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/ceci-nest-pas-du-gruyere-swiss-origin.html [04:35] TR Bot [Guest Post] Ceci nest pas du Gruyre: Swiss origin claims and how to deal with them - The IPKat [04:35] TR News Kangaroo Courts of EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/description-amendments-can-extend.html [04:35] TR Bot Description amendments can extend protection (T 439/22) - The IPKat [04:35] TR News Software Patents http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/high-court-of-australia-refuses-special.html [04:36] TR Bot High Court of Australia refuses special leave in Aristocrat: what this means for computer-implemented inventions - The IPKat [04:54] TR News Techrights Free Software Foundation Supports Its Founder, Advertises His Talks in Switzerland https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Free_Software_Foundation_Supports_Its_Founder_Advertises_His_Ta.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Free_Software_Foundation_Supports_Its_Founder_Advertises_His_Ta.gmi [04:54] TR Bot Techrights Free Software Foundation Supports Its Founder, Advertises His Talks in Switzerland ● Mar 04 [05:08] TR News Techrights The EPO's General Consultative Committee (GCC) Discussion Illuminates How Much Worse Things Have Gotten ("on Strike and Participated in the 'Meeting'") https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/The_EPO_s_General_Consultative_Committee_GCC_Discussion_Illumin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/The_EPO_s_General_Consultative_Committee_GCC_Discussion_Illumin.gmi [05:08] TR Bot Techrights The EPO's General Consultative Committee (GCC) Discussion Illuminates How Much Worse Things Have Gotten ("on Strike and Participated in the 'Meeting'") [05:15] TR News (NEW): In Japan, Windows Fell to About 30% "Market Share", Mobile Grew Beyond 50% https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/In_Japan_Windows_Fell_to_About_30_Market_Share_Mobile_Grew_Beyo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/In_Japan_Windows_Fell_to_About_30_Market_Share_Mobile_Grew_Beyo.gmi [05:15] TR Bot Tux Machines In Japan, Windows Fell to About 30% "Market Share", Mobile Grew Beyond 50% [05:33] *ewig`` (~ewig`@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [05:42] TR News These fools still talk about whether the acronym "GIMP" is offensive https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47215814 [05:42] TR Bot >"Is this derogatory or offensive?" is a basic localization question that is con... | Hacker News [05:42] schestowitz[TR2] "First, I am not aware of any evidence that there was an intent to offend. The only source for etymology I know here is an old interview with one of the original developers where he said that he blended the words GNU and Image Manipulation Program, and soon afterwards realized that he heard that word before in a film. There was no suggestion there that he wanted to upset others." [05:46] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 04/03/2026: The Garnet Star, The Hunt, The SYN Attacks https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Gemini_Links_04_03_2026_The_Garnet_Star_The_Hunt_The_SYN_Attack.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Gemini_Links_04_03_2026_The_Garnet_Star_The_Hunt_The_SYN_Attack.gmi [05:46] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 04/03/2026: The Garnet Star, The Hunt, The SYN Attacks [05:49] TR News Bing near all-time lows https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/russian-federation/#monthly-200902-202603 [05:49] TR Bot Search Engine Market Share Russian Federation | Statcounter Global Stats ● Mar 04 [06:11] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux in Laptops/Desktops Still Matters, It's Likely the Only Way to Achieve Software Freedom https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/GNU_Linux_in_Laptops_Desktops_Still_Matters_It_s_Likely_the_Onl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/GNU_Linux_in_Laptops_Desktops_Still_Matters_It_s_Likely_the_Onl.gmi [06:11] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux in Laptops/Desktops Still Matters, It's Likely the Only Way to Achieve Software Freedom [06:17] *themusicfactory has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:18] TR News desperate people are willing to blow off their own foot, more so if they see no other way to accomplish something they want but cannot have [06:21] *themusicfactory (~themusicfactory@44kb8w9kseqs2.irc) has joined #techrights [06:30] TR News (NEW): Plumbing Tux Machines https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Plumbing_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Plumbing_Tux_Machines.gmi [06:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Plumbing Tux Machines [06:30] CrystalMath i'm on my 6th saxophone playing lesson [06:30] CrystalMath oops, wrong channel [06:34] schestowitz[TR2] sax on the bitch [06:46] TR News (NEW): It's Not a Crime to Advocate GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/It_s_Not_a_Crime_to_Advocate_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/It_s_Not_a_Crime_to_Advocate_GNU_Linux.gmi [06:46] TR Bot Tux Machines It's Not a Crime to Advocate GNU/Linux ● Mar 04 [07:00] TR News (NEW): Why There Are Microsoft Layoffs This Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Why_There_Are_Microsoft_Layoffs_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Why_There_Are_Microsoft_Layoffs_This_Year.gmi [07:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Why There Are Microsoft Layoffs This Year [07:10] TR News Techrights Media Blackout Reducing or Preventing Press Coverage of Microsoft Layoffs in 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Media_Blackout_Reducing_or_Preventing_Press_Coverage_of_Microso.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Media_Blackout_Reducing_or_Preventing_Press_Coverage_of_Microso.gmi [07:10] TR Bot Techrights Media Blackout Reducing or Preventing Press Coverage of Microsoft Layoffs in 2026 [07:13] TR News (NEW): Love to customize your Linux desktop? This lightweight distro is great fun for newbies and experts https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Love_to_customize_your_Linux_desktop_This_lightweight_distro_is.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Love_to_customize_your_Linux_desktop_This_lightweight_distro_is.gmi [07:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Love to customize your Linux desktop? This lightweight distro is great fun for newbies and experts [07:18] TR News (NEW): Valnet on KDE Plasma 6.6, New KDE Plasma, and KDE Connect https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/03/Valnet_on_KDE_Plasma_6_6_New_KDE_Plasma_and_KDE_Connect.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/03/Valnet_on_KDE_Plasma_6_6_New_KDE_Plasma_and_KDE_Connect.gmi [07:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Valnet on KDE Plasma 6.6, New KDE Plasma, and KDE Connect [07:23] TR News (NEW): Rocky Linux becomes KDE's newest Patron https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Rocky_Linux_becomes_KDE_s_newest_Patron.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Rocky_Linux_becomes_KDE_s_newest_Patron.gmi [07:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Rocky Linux becomes KDE's newest Patron [07:23] TR News (NEW): Writing in Liberty About Software Liberty https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Writing_in_Liberty_About_Software_Liberty.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Writing_in_Liberty_About_Software_Liberty.gmi [07:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Writing in Liberty About Software Liberty [07:25] TR News (NEW): Bad faith: Hugo Roy knew FSFE impersonating FSF before French tribunal, colleagues deceived https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Bad_faith_Hugo_Roy_knew_FSFE_impersonating_FSF_before_French_tr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Bad_faith_Hugo_Roy_knew_FSFE_impersonating_FSF_before_French_tr.gmi [07:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Bad faith: Hugo Roy knew FSFE impersonating FSF before French tribunal, colleagues deceived [07:26] TR News "The only color IBM cares about is green" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjqgp7pt [07:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjqgp7pt ) [07:26] *wallacer has quit (Quit: No Ping reply in 180 seconds.) [07:27] TR News (NEW): Keep Android Open https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Keep_Android_Open.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Keep_Android_Open.gmi [07:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Keep Android Open [07:28] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [07:30] TR News (NEW): Eliza Linux curated distribution based on Debian https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Eliza_Linux_curated_distribution_based_on_Debian.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Eliza_Linux_curated_distribution_based_on_Debian.gmi [07:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Eliza Linux curated distribution based on Debian [07:32] TR News (NEW): Spirit OS lightweight remaster of Tiny Core Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Spirit_OS_lightweight_remaster_of_Tiny_Core_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Spirit_OS_lightweight_remaster_of_Tiny_Core_Linux.gmi [07:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Spirit OS lightweight remaster of Tiny Core Linux [07:40] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:40] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:50] TR News (NEW): The Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Upgrade is here! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/The_Pop_OS_24_04_LTS_Upgrade_is_here.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/The_Pop_OS_24_04_LTS_Upgrade_is_here.gmi [07:50] TR Bot Tux Machines The Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Upgrade is here! [07:53] TR News (NEW): Memerist is a new desktop meme generator for Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Memerist_is_a_new_desktop_meme_generator_for_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Memerist_is_a_new_desktop_meme_generator_for_Linux.gmi [07:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Memerist is a new desktop meme generator for Linux [07:55] TR News (NEW): Linux Q83 Debian-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Linux_Q83_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Linux_Q83_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [07:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Q83 Debian-based Linux distribution [07:57] TR News (NEW): MaxOr OS European open-source operating system https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/MaxOr_OS_European_open_source_operating_system.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/MaxOr_OS_European_open_source_operating_system.gmi [07:57] TR Bot Tux Machines MaxOr OS European open-source operating system ● Mar 04 [08:03] TR News (NEW): My Linux PC was lagging until I tried this boring fix https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/My_Linux_PC_was_lagging_until_I_tried_this_boring_fix.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/My_Linux_PC_was_lagging_until_I_tried_this_boring_fix.gmi [08:03] *j has quit (connection closed) [08:03] TR Bot Tux Machines My Linux PC was lagging until I tried this boring fix [08:04] *j (~sid115@frp6gv52kp9fi.irc) has joined #techrights [08:05] TR News (NEW): 3 lessons I learned after replacing my Windows PC with a Linux laptop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/3_lessons_I_learned_after_replacing_my_Windows_PC_with_a_Linux_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/3_lessons_I_learned_after_replacing_my_Windows_PC_with_a_Linux_.gmi [08:05] TR Bot Tux Machines 3 lessons I learned after replacing my Windows PC with a Linux laptop [08:07] TR News (NEW): I installed NixOS on my daily driver, but I went back to Fedora in a week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/I_installed_NixOS_on_my_daily_driver_but_I_went_back_to_Fedora_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/I_installed_NixOS_on_my_daily_driver_but_I_went_back_to_Fedora_.gmi [08:07] TR Bot Tux Machines I installed NixOS on my daily driver, but I went back to Fedora in a week [08:21] TR News Techrights High GNU/Linux Adoption in Brunei Darussalam https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/High_GNU_Linux_Adoption_in_Brunei_Darussalam.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/High_GNU_Linux_Adoption_in_Brunei_Darussalam.gmi [08:21] TR Bot Techrights High GNU/Linux Adoption in Brunei Darussalam [08:30] TR News Techrights Coming Soon: Evidence of Abuse in Our IRC Network https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Coming_Soon_Evidence_of_Abuse_in_Our_IRC_Network.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Coming_Soon_Evidence_of_Abuse_in_Our_IRC_Network.gmi [08:30] TR Bot Techrights Coming Soon: Evidence of Abuse in Our IRC Network [08:32] TR News (NEW): This might be the most interesting new Linux distro right now https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/This_might_be_the_most_interesting_new_Linux_distro_right_now.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/This_might_be_the_most_interesting_new_Linux_distro_right_now.gmi [08:32] TR Bot Tux Machines This might be the most interesting new Linux distro right now [08:35] TR News (NEW): A Linux gaming handheld just got indefinitely postponed because of spiking hardware prices https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/03/A_Linux_gaming_handheld_just_got_indefinitely_postponed_because.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/03/A_Linux_gaming_handheld_just_got_indefinitely_postponed_because.gmi [08:35] TR Bot Tux Machines A Linux gaming handheld just got indefinitely postponed because of spiking hardware prices [08:39] TR News (NEW): Stop! These 4 Linux distros are not as safe as you think for beginners https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Stop_These_4_Linux_distros_are_not_as_safe_as_you_think_for_beg.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Stop_These_4_Linux_distros_are_not_as_safe_as_you_think_for_beg.gmi [08:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Stop! These 4 Linux distros are not as safe as you think for beginners [08:54] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Mar 04 [09:02] TR News University cuts https://www.dw.com/en/university-cuts-damaging-berlin-s-cultural-standing/a-76103173 [09:02] TR Bot University cuts 'damaging Berlin's cultural standing' [09:04] TR News Rebranding surveillance as "hey hi" https://www.dw.com/en/middle-east-using-ai-to-stop-dissent-before-it-even-starts/a-76095344 [09:04] TR Bot Middle East: Using AI to stop dissent before it even starts [09:04] TR News Kangaroo Courts of EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-validity-and-value-of-cell-therapy.html [09:04] TR Bot The validity and value of cell therapy safety protocol inventions (T 1555/23) - The IPKat [09:05] TR News trade mark http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/guest-post-retromark-volume-xvii-last.html [09:05] TR Bot [Guest post] Retromark Volume XVII: the last six months in trade marks - The IPKat [09:06] TR News UPC is illegal, but this software patents booster loves kangaroo courts captured by her colleagues that want not justice but chaos http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/upckat-2025-upc-cases-and-outcomes-what.html [09:06] TR Bot [UPCKat] 2025 UPC cases and outcomes: What do the numbers say? - The IPKat [09:07] TR News Nationalize Amazon https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/02/nationalize-amazon/ [09:07] TR Bot Amazon - CounterPunch.org [09:08] TR News "This technique is useful for other shared assets like a favicon, for example." https://dbushell.com/2026/03/04/bunny-shared-storage-zones/ | Source: David Bushell [09:08] TR Bot Bunny.net shared storage zones David Bushell Web Dev (UK) [09:08] TR News "This post includes a full breakdown of my entire home network stack. My goal is to make this as accessible as possible for newcomers to jump right in and build out their own home networks" https://btxx.org/posts/diy-home-network/ | Source: Brad Taunt [09:08] TR Bot DIY Home Network with OpenBSD, OpenWrt, and Pi-hole [09:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [09:09] TR News Resident Evil 4 remake has the Enigma Protector DRM removed | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/resident-evil-4-remake-has-the-enigma-protector-drm-removed/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/resident-evil-4-remake-has-the-enigma-protector-drm-removed/ [09:09] TR Bot Evil 4 remake has the Enigma Protector DRM removed | GamingOnLinux [09:09] TR News The great 4x strategy game Old World is getting a big India-themed DLC | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/the-great-4x-strategy-game-old-world-is-getting-a-big-india-themed-dlc/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:09] TR Bot great 4x strategy game Old World is getting a big India-themed DLC | GamingOnLinux [09:10] TR News Timberborn devs announce automation is coming to the city-builder in the 1.0 release | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/timberborn-devs-announce-automation-is-coming-to-the-city-builder-in-the-1-0-release/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:10] TR Bot devs announce automation is coming to the city-builder in the 1.0 release | GamingOnLinux [09:10] TR News Excellent helicopter combat game Cleared Hot is getting a "Native Steam Deck build" | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/excellent-helicopter-combat-game-cleared-hot-is-getting-a-native-steam-deck-build/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:10] TR Bot helicopter combat game Cleared Hot is getting a "Native Steam Deck build" | GamingOnLinux [09:11] TR News "Forced Age Verification Is Coming To Linux" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/forced-age-verification-is-coming-to:b [09:11] TR Bot Forced Age Verification Is Coming To Linux [09:12] TR News The Register MS "misattributes the reasons for VSCode's ubiquity" https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/open_vsx_aws/ [09:12] TR Bot AWS backs Open VSX as Rust survey shows VS Code decline The Register [09:12] TR News "Parlamentsutskott sger nej till Chat Control 1" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/03/03/parlamentsutskott-sager-nej-till-chat-control-1/ [09:12] TR Bot Parlamentsutskott sger nej till Chat Control 1 [09:13] TR News Monster battler EvoCreo 2 arrives on Steam in April | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/monster-battler-evocreo-2-arrives-on-steam-in-april/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:13] TR Bot battler EvoCreo 2 arrives on Steam in April | GamingOnLinux [09:13] TR News Aquarium building sim Megaquarium gets a big free update and new DLC | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/aquarium-building-sim-megaquarium-gets-a-big-free-update-and-new-dlc/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:13] TR Bot building sim Megaquarium gets a big free update and new DLC | GamingOnLinux [09:14] TR News "AtRed Hat Consulting, we start by validating an organization's readiness to ensure we align on expectations, migration scope, and tangible business outcomes." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/starting-virtualization-migration-assessment-readiness-framework-successful-outcome | Source: Red Hat Official [09:14] TR Bot Before starting a Virtualization Migration Assessment: A readiness framework for a successful outcome [09:14] TR News "AI" three times in one headline, as IBM reduced Red Hat to booster of a Ponzi scheme, not a Linux vendor https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/scaling-earth-and-space-ai-models-red-hat-ai-inference-server-and-red-hat-openshift-ai | Source: Red Hat Official [09:14] TR Bot Scaling Earth and space AI models with Red Hat AI Inference Server and Red Hat OpenShift AI [09:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [09:15] TR News Microsoft "Windows Licensing" at IBM Red Hat https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/simplifying-windows-licensing-openshift-virtualization-rosa | Source: Red Hat Official [09:15] TR Bot Simplifying Windows Licensing with OpenShift Virtualization on ROSA [09:15] TR News Bazzite gets a big update with KDE Plasma 6.6, Mesa 26.0.1 and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/bazzite-gets-a-big-update-with-kde-plasma-6-6-mesa-26-0-1-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:15] TR Bot gets a big update with KDE Plasma 6.6, Mesa 26.0.1 and more | GamingOnLinux [09:16] TR News Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 51: It's Not Easy Being Green | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/building-a-retro-linux-gaming-computer-part-51-it-s-not-easy-being-green/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:16] TR Bot a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 51: Its Not Easy Being Green | GamingOnLinux [09:17] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:17] TR News (NEW): Games: Resident Evil 4, Timberborn, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Games_Resident_Evil_4_Timberborn_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Games_Resident_Evil_4_Timberborn_and_More.gmi [09:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Resident Evil 4, Timberborn, and More [09:17] TR News Red Hat infatuated with a scam, a Ponzi scheme, plagiarism https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/speed-trust-how-global-leaders-are-moving-ai-lab-lifecycle | Source: Red Hat Official [09:17] TR Bot The speed of trust: How global leaders are moving AI from lab to lifecycle [09:18] TR News IBM compels Red Hat to rebrand products to lift the IBM shares back on a Ponzi scheme https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-red-hat-openshift-ai-33-ui-moving-pilot-production | Source: Red Hat Official [09:18] TR Bot Whats new with Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 UI: Moving from pilot to production [09:19] TR News (NEW): Red Hat No Longer Behaves Like a Linux Company, IBM Makes it Promote Slop and Microsoft "Windows Licensing" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Red_Hat_No_Longer_Behaves_Like_a_Linux_Company_IBM_Makes_it_Pro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Red_Hat_No_Longer_Behaves_Like_a_Linux_Company_IBM_Makes_it_Pro.gmi [09:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat No Longer Behaves Like a Linux Company, IBM Makes it Promote Slop and Microsoft "Windows Licensing" [09:19] TR News "Here's what it means, in plain English: [...]" https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/03/its-a-trap-2/#inheres-at-the-moment-of-fixation | Source: CoryDoctorow [09:19] TR Bot Pluralistic: Supreme Court saves artists from AI (03 Mar 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [09:19] TR News "The organisation based its calculation on a daily wage of 175 euros for salaried employees and 7,435 euros for chief executives." https://yle.fi/a/74-20213374 | Source: YLE [09:19] TR Bot It takes 6 weeks for a wage earner to match one day of a CEO's pay, STTK says | Yle News | Yle [09:20] TR News "I spoke to him about what its been like to cover a story so close to home." https://thewalrus.ca/journalists-parachuted-into-tumbler-ridge-what-counts-as-decent-reporting-in-a-crisis/ | Source: The Walrus [09:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thewalrus.ca/journalists-parachuted-into-tumbler-ridge-what-counts-as-decent-reporting-in-a-crisis/ ) [09:20] TR News "There are many and I mean MANY editors who would prefer an AI-written article to a human-written one." https://www.semafor.com/article/03/03/2026/its-bots-vs-reporters-at-the-ap | Source: Semafor Inc [09:20] TR Bot bots vs. reporters at the AP | Semafor [09:21] TR News "latest sign that its getting under Microsofts skin" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-bans-word-microslop-discord-lock | Source: Futurism [09:21] TR Bot Microsoft Bans the Word "Microslop" on Copilot Discord, Gets So Humiliated That It Locks Down the Whole Server [09:21] TR News "In a country where digital literacy is low, people believe what they see" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-disinformation-turns-nepal-polls-into-digital-battleground/articleshow/128958607.cms | Source: India Times [09:21] TR Bot AI disinformation turns Nepal polls into 'digital battleground' - The Economic Times [09:22] TR News "In recent months Cyberdyne Systems Corporation and its many subsidiaries have made very encouraging progress towards removing some of the major road-blocks standing in the way of the initial deployment of Skynet." https://blog.dshr.org/2026/03/skynet-progress-report.html | Source: David Rosenthal [09:22] TR Bot DSHR's Blog: Skynet Progress Report [09:22] 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 2.1.0." https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_1_0_released/ | Source: Tor [09:22] TR Bot Arti 2.1.0 released: Relay and RPC development. | The Tor Project [09:23] TR News "Both Senate candidates, state Rep. James Talarico and US Rep. Jasmine Crockett, have relied on religion, churches, and faith-based messaging to make their pitch to Democratic primary voters." https://www.vox.com/politics/480894/james-talarico-jasmine-crockett-faith-love-healing-texas-voters-senate-primary-democratic-religion-left | Source: Vox [09:23] TR Bot James Talarico teach Democrats a better way to talk about faith? | Vox [09:23] TR News Yesterday, I called Ball to discuss his essay and why the standoff with Anthropic feels, to him, like such a dire sign for America." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/dean-ball-anthropic-interview/686226/ | Source: The Atlantic [09:23] TR Bot A Dire Warning From the Tech World - The Atlantic [09:24] TR News "The team says these findings suggest self-awareness, once thought to be unique to great apes" https://www.sciencealert.com/this-tiny-fish-passed-an-intelligence-test-that-once-distinguished-great-apes | Source: Science Alert [09:24] TR Bot Tiny Fish Passed an Intelligence Test That Once Distinguished Great Apes : ScienceAlert [09:24] TR News "U.S. naval officers have told me they do not believe Iran has the military capacity to close the strait" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/chinas-evs-could-be-the-real-winner-of-trumps-war-in-iran/ | Source: Truthdig [09:24] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/chinas-evs-could-be-the-real-winner-of-trumps-war-in-iran/ ) [09:26] TR News "In the aftermath of the drinking-water contamination crisis that hit Flint, Mich., in 2014, a growing number of similar incidents have received national attention" https://en.neritam.com/2026/03/03/a-growing-drinking-water-crisis-threatens-american-cities-and-towns/ | Source: Neritam [09:26] TR Bot A Growing Drinking Water Crisis Threatens American Cities and Towns Neritam [09:26] TR News "The building frenzy is being spurred in part by an acute shortage of sites in Europe that are large enough and equipped with sufficient energy supply to support AI workloads." https://www.wired.com/story/ai-supremacy-data-center-expansion-arctic-circle/ | Source: Wired [09:26] TR Bot Data Centers Have Arrived at the Edge of the Arctic Circle | WIRED [09:27] TR News "Epsteins request came in a June 29, 2011 email to Anat Barak, the daughter of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak." https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/03/epstein-army-18-yo-girl-elite-idf/ | Source: The Gray Zone [09:27] TR Bot Epstein Army: Jeffrey Epstein helped place 18-year-old woman in elite IDF unit - The Grayzone [09:27] TR News "Investigation into Potential Co-Conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein." https://boingboing.net/2026/03/02/doj-took-epstein-victims-testimony-then-did-nothing.html | Source: BoingBoing [09:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/02/doj-took-epstein-victims-testimony-then-did-nothing.html ) [09:29] TR News "New analysis shows that attacks on satellite navigation systems have impacted some 1,100 ships in the Middle East since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28." https://www.wired.com/story/gps-attacks-on-ships-spike-amid-the-us-and-israeli-war-on-iran/ | Source: Wired [09:29] TR Bot on GPS Spike Amid US and Israeli War on Iran | WIRED [09:30] TR News "I haven't mailed everyone affected yet because there hasn't been much to say. I'll send a link to tomorrow's post once it's up." https://johnnydecimal.com/20-29-communication/22-blog/22.00.0186-i-uploaded-your-email-address-to-github/ | Source: Johnny Decimal [09:30] TR Bot 22.00.0186 I uploaded your email address to GitHub Johnny.Decimal [09:30] TR News "This is not merely a missed opportunity. It is a structural gap that may have lasting consequences for Open Source ecosystems." https://shujisado.org/2026/03/02/californias-ab-1043-could-regulate-every-linux-command/ | [09:30] TR Bot Californias AB 1043 Could Regulate Every Linux Command, and the Open Source World Is Too Quiet Open Source Guy [09:30] TR News "Under its terms, anyone who ships an OS must bake in an age-declaration screen at account setup and provide an API so that every app on the system can query the user's age." https://boingboing.net/2026/03/02/californias-age-verification-law-could-regulate-every-linux-command.html | Source: BoingBoing [09:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/02/californias-age-verification-law-could-regulate-every-linux-command.html ) [09:31] TR News "The problem with that is that is that it only covers one government, and people in the USA are under threat from many of them." https://blog.zgp.org/senator-wyden-has-it-backwards/ | Source: Don Marti [09:31] TR Bot Senator Wyden has it backwards [09:31] TR News "For this guide, private email means: endtoend encryption, strong legal jurisdiction, and minimal logging. You also want providers that do not require real details and allow anonymous payments." https://greycoder.com/best-private-email-providers-that-work-well-with-vpns-and-anonymous-payments/ | Source: GreyCoder [09:31] TR Bot private email providers that work well with VPNs and anonymous payments - GreyCoder [09:31] TR News "After a weekend of criticism, OpenAI said on Monday that its deal to provide artificial intelligence technologies for the Defense Departments classified systems" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/technology/openai-pentagon-deal-amended-surveillance.html | Source: New York Times [09:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/technology/openai-pentagon-deal-amended-surveillance.html ) [09:32] TR News "If youve ever traveled internationally, you were required to have a passport book that familiar large booklet of official government identification." https://nbtv.substack.com/p/the-privacy-card-i-carry-everywhere | Source: Ludlow Institute [09:32] TR Bot The Privacy Card I Carry Everywhere - by NBTV Media [09:33] TR News "I like AI, and I use it when I codebut I dont let it code for me." https://levelup.gitconnected.com/coding-with-ai-a-dissenting-view-d20db95a58cc?gi=82e0fcfeea5e | Source: Level Up Coding [09:33] TR Bot Coding with AI: A Dissenting View | by Jay Berkenbilt | Mar, 2026 | Level Up Coding [09:33] TR News "The Cond Nast-owned Ars Technica has terminated senior AI reporter Benj Edwards following a controversy over his role in the publication and retraction of an article that included AI-fabricated quotes, Futurism has confirmed." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ars-technica-fires-reporter-ai-quotes | Source: Futurism [09:33] TR Bot Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes [09:33] TR News "Social media platform X announced Tuesday it would suspend creators from its revenue sharing program for 90 days if they post AI-generated videos of armed conflicts without disclosing they were artificially made, the company said." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/x-suspends-revenue-sharing-for-undisclosed-ai-war-videos/articleshow/128987208.cms | Source: India Times [09:33] TR Bot X suspends revenue sharing for undisclosed AI war videos - The Economic Times [09:34] TR News "NordVPN refund dark patterns" https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/nordvpn-refund/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp [09:34] TR Bot NordVPN refund dark patterns CuriousCoding [09:34] TR News "Finland's pandemic-era restrictions were effective and adhered to, according to health agency THL" https://yle.fi/a/74-20213320 | Source: YLE [09:34] TR Bot THL: Finland saw low excess mortality during Covid | Yle News | Yle [09:34] TR News "Ive also been thinking defaulting to an algorithmic timeline should be nixed. If a user wants to make that decision and switch over, let em." https://tiv.today/the-eu-moves-to-kill-infinite-scrolling/ | Source: The Independent Variable [09:34] TR Bot The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling [09:35] TR News "The condition is not intellectual error. It is inherited fear." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-anxious-tradition | Source: Mike Brock [09:35] TR Bot The Anxious Tradition - by Mike Brock [09:35] TR News "The reason we cannot do this with children is they dont yet have the generalised motor skills and cognitive abilities to handle a complex instruction like that" https://entropicthoughts.com/teaching-children-to-bicycle | Source: Chris [09:35] TR Bot Teaching Children to Bicycle [09:35] TR News "Claude Opus 4.6" https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/papers/claude-cycles.pdf | Source: Stanford University [09:36] TR News "And checking out the first of an archival collection that describes what people actually did when they found gold in the 1850s gold rush " https://crookedtimber.org/2026/03/03/golden-missed-opportunities/ | Source: Crooked Timber [09:36] TR Bot Golden (missed) opportunities Crooked Timber [09:36] TR News "Its worth noting that individuals and companies are incentivized to choose words designed to shape our thinking and behavior in their interest." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/w0rdz-are-1mportant/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [09:36] TR Bot w0rdz aRe 1mpoRtAnt - Jim Nielsens Blog [09:40] TR News Techrights Links 04/03/2026: "The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling" and a call to "Nationalize Amazon" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Links_04_03_2026_The_EU_moves_to_kill_infinite_scrolling_and_a_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Links_04_03_2026_The_EU_moves_to_kill_infinite_scrolling_and_a_.gmi [09:40] TR Bot Techrights Links 04/03/2026: "The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling" and a call to "Nationalize Amazon" [09:47] TR News (NEW): FSF Advertises Stallman Talk in Ostschweizer Fachhochschule Campus in Rapperswil-Jona Next Monday https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/FSF_Advertises_Stallman_Talk_in_Ostschweizer_Fachhochschule_Cam.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/FSF_Advertises_Stallman_Talk_in_Ostschweizer_Fachhochschule_Cam.gmi [09:47] TR Bot Tux Machines FSF Advertises Stallman Talk in Ostschweizer Fachhochschule Campus in Rapperswil-Jona Next Monday ● Mar 04 [11:03] *ewig`` has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [11:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [11:33] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Mar 04 [12:00] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [12:03] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint Eye Age Verification Amid California Law Backlash https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Ubuntu_Fedora_Linux_Mint_Eye_Age_Verification_Amid_California_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Ubuntu_Fedora_Linux_Mint_Eye_Age_Verification_Amid_California_L.gmi [12:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint Eye Age Verification Amid California Law Backlash [12:03] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:07] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:09] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:11] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:19] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [12:24] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:24] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:34] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:35] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:40] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:45] MinceR https://crzysdrs.net/dv/victim/311-you-got-to-fight-for-your-right-to-play-m-rated-games-testify/ [12:45] TR Bot Daily Victim Archive [12:58] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/04/users_fume_at_outlookcom_email/ [12:58] TR Bot Users fume over Outlook.com email 'carnage' The Register ● Mar 04 [13:03] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:04] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@aksg6tcpv6ixw.irc) has joined #techrights [13:09] *rianne_ (~rianne@i8wm8zwjwfwd8.irc) has joined #techrights [13:09] *asusbox (~rianne@i8wm8zwjwfwd8.irc) has joined #techrights [13:10] TR News "From the very beginning, Emacs felt very natural and intuitive to me. I guess that its structure and way of working fits my mindset." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/why-did-i-create-esr-my-thoughts-on-ess/ | Source: Rlang [13:10] TR Bot did I create ESR (my thoughts on ESS) | R-bloggers [13:11] TR News "People make business decisions based on reports, implicitly assuming that reports are correct." https://blog.ploeh.dk/2026/03/03/in-defence-of-correctness/ | Source: Mark Seeman [13:11] TR Bot In defence of correctness [13:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [13:11] TR News "While most of these questions consider up-front issues, this section describes the ongoing overhead for a team." https://werd.io/can-we-build-the-dog/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [13:11] TR Bot Can we build the dog? [13:11] TR News "One of my goals this year is to learn more about the AWK programming language" https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2026/03/03/genres-cuids-and-a-bit-of-awk/ | Source: DJ Adams [13:11] MinceR sounds like microslop finally found the solution to email spam and malware: get into the chain and just stop delivering mail altogether [13:11] TR Bot Genres, cuids and a bit of AWK [13:12] TR News "State of the Browser was electric. This is how I summarised my experience at the annual State of the Browser event in London in my notes." https://jamesg.blog/2026/03/03/state-of-the-browser-2026 | Source: James G [13:12] TR Bot State of the Browser 2026 | James' Coffee Blog [13:12] TR News "Key concepts are simplified for students: [...]" https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/do-you-have-some-rope-then-lets-teach-about-ai-concepts/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [13:12] TR Bot Do you have some rope? Then let's teach about AI concepts - Raspberry Pi Foundation [13:13] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: you cannot say "microslop" [13:13] schestowitz[TR2] or we will shut down the server ^_^ [13:13] MinceR lol [13:13] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:14] TR News "Every so often I find myself cracking open LibreOffice to write a mildly-formal letterperhaps a thank-you note to an author" https://aphyr.com/posts/407-basic-letters-with-latex | Source: Kyle Kingsbury [13:14] TR Bot ( status 451 @ https://aphyr.com/posts/407-basic-letters-with-latex ) [13:15] TR News "If it breaks again (or I get super bored), I'll just write my own thing: [...]" https://akselmo.dev/notes/scaliecomputer-broke/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen [13:15] TR Bot scalie.computer broke [13:15] TR News "When I was building the search engine for my blog, one feature I wanted to implement was syntax highlighting within the search input field." https://jamesg.blog/2026/03/03/highlight-text-inputs-css | Source: James G [13:15] TR Bot I wish there was a (simpler) way to highlight text in inputs | James' Coffee Blog [13:18] TR News "Theres renewed excitement around RSS these days, which is great to see." https://matt.routleynet.org/2026/03/03/a-trickle-not-a-river.html | Source: Matt Routley [13:18] TR Bot A Trickle, Not a River | Various Contrivances [13:18] TR News "Given that I just worked on RSS parsing in Astro, I thought this would be a fun little utility to build." https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/03/03/using-astro-for-a-combined-rss-view-and-generator | Source: Raymond Camden [13:18] TR Bot Using Astro for a Combined RSS View and Generator [13:19] TR News "I have wasted a significant chunk of my life counting out small numbers of parts into bags and posting them to people." https://mitxela.com/projects/screwcounter | Source: Mixterla [13:19] TR Bot Screw Counter - mitxela.com [13:19] TR News "In this installment, I get one of the microcontrollers set up on breadboards and get it to, at last, fulfill its purpose and BLINK AN LED!" https://www.blog.montgomerie.net/posts/2026-03-02-rescuing-vintage-microcontrollers-part-3-life-at-long-last/ | Source: Jamie Montgomerie [13:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.blog.montgomerie.net/posts/2026-03-02-rescuing-vintage-microcontrollers-part-3-life-at-long-last/ ) [13:20] TR News "Over the weekend I stripped down my 1956 Olympia SG1 and cleaned all the body panels thoroughly. I had taken out all the old foam, but I also removed the remaining loosened felt pieces." https://boffosocko.com/2026/03/03/olympia-sg1-standard-typewriter-clean-oil-and-adjust/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [13:20] TR Bot Olympia SG1 Standard Typewriter Clean, Oil, and Adjust | Chris Aldrich [13:20] MinceR "Blood river wider than a mile." [13:20] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:20] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:21] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [13:22] TR News "Over time, I've developed opinions on what I want to see tools do for progress reports and other text output" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/ProgramTextOutputTaxonomy | Source: University of Toronto [13:22] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [13:22] TR News "Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS introduces the COSMIC Desktop Environment with new features and customization. When you upgrade: [...]" https://blog.system76.com/post/pop-24-04-lts-upgrade/ | Source: System76 [13:22] TR Bot The Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Upgrade is here! - System76 Blog [13:26] TR News Serve and benchmark Prithvi models with vLLM on OpenShift https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/03/serve-and-benchmark-prithvi-models-vllm-openshift [13:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/03/serve-and-benchmark-prithvi-models-vllm-openshift ) [13:26] TR News Fedora Community Blog: Fedora Documentation translations not available from March 4th, 2026 https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-documentation-translations-not-available-from-march-4th-2026/ [13:26] TR Bot Fedora Documentation translations not available from March 4th, 2026 Fedora Community Blog [13:29] TR News The Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Upgrade is here! https://blog.system76.com/post/pop-24-04-lts-upgrade [13:31] TR News The Latest Updates to COSMIC Epoch 1 https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-1-updates [13:31] TR Bot The Latest Updates to COSMIC Epoch 1 - System76 Blog [13:31] *themusicfactory has quit (Quit: Leaving) [13:32] TR News Why did I create ESR (my thoughts on ESS) https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/why-did-i-create-esr-my-thoughts-on-ess/ [13:32] TR Bot did I create ESR (my thoughts on ESS) | R-bloggers [13:32] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [13:34] TR News Pluralistic: Supreme Court saves artists from Hey Hi (AI) (03 Mar 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/03/its-a-trap-2/ [13:34] TR Bot Pluralistic: Supreme Court saves artists from AI (03 Mar 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [13:38] TR News Amazon to Sunsets Wondery After Acquiring It Nearly Six Years Ago https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/03/amazon-shuts-down-wondery-podcast-network/ [13:38] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/03/amazon-shuts-down-wondery-podcast-network/ ) [13:38] TR News Our Fundraising Drive: Like Listener-Supported Radio, Without Breaking Into Programming https://fossforce.com/2026/03/our-fundraising-drive-like-listener-supported-radio-without-breaking-into-programming/ [13:38] TR Bot Our Fundraising Drive: Like Listener-Supported Radio, Without Breaking Into Programming - FOSS Force [13:40] TR News MaxOr OS European open-source operating system https://www.linuxlinks.com/maxor-os-european-open-source-operating-system/ [13:40] TR Bot OS - European open-source operating system - LinuxLinks [13:41] TR News Linux Q83 Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-q83-debian-based-linux-distribution/ [13:41] TR Bot Q83 - Debian-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [13:41] TR News Memerist is a new desktop meme generator for GNU/Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/memerist-meme-generator-app-linux [13:41] TR Bot Memerist is a new desktop meme generator for Linux - OMG! Ubuntu [13:43] TR News models CLI and TUI to browse Hey Hi (AI) models and coding agents https://www.linuxlinks.com/models-cli-and-tui-browse-ai-models-coding-agents/ [13:43] TR Bot - CLI and TUI to browse AI models and coding agents - LinuxLinks [13:47] TR News ftdv interactive interface for viewing git diffs https://www.linuxlinks.com/ftdv-interactive-interface-viewing-git-diffs/ [13:47] TR Bot - interactive interface for viewing git diffs - LinuxLinks [13:47] TR News Game of Trees version control system https://www.linuxlinks.com/game-of-trees-version-control-system/ [13:47] TR Bot of Trees - version control system - LinuxLinks [13:47] TR News Jumper files/directories jumper https://www.linuxlinks.com/jumper-files-directories-jumper/ [13:47] TR Bot - files/directories jumper - LinuxLinks [13:48] TR News Eliza GNU/Linux curated distribution based on Debian https://www.linuxlinks.com/eliza-linux-curated-distribution-debian/ [13:48] TR Bot Linux - curated distribution based on Debian - LinuxLinks [13:48] TR News Orbit WiFi and Bluetooth manager for Wayland https://www.linuxlinks.com/orbit-wifi-bluetooth-manager-wayland/ [13:48] TR Bot - WiFi and Bluetooth manager for Wayland - LinuxLinks [13:49] TR News 11 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Blog Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/blog/ [13:49] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Linux Blog Software - LinuxLinks [13:49] TR News Spirit OS lightweight remaster of Tiny Core GNU/Linux https://www.linuxlinks.com/spirit-os-lightweight-remaster-tiny-core-linux/ [13:49] TR Bot OS - lightweight remaster of Tiny Core Linux - LinuxLinks [13:49] TR News Allusion-rafauc fork of Allusion https://www.linuxlinks.com/allusion-rafauc/ [13:49] TR Bot - fork of Allusion - LinuxLinks [13:50] TR News Receiver GNU/Linux tool to enjoy 30,000+ verified radio stations https://www.linuxlinks.com/receiver-linux-tool-enjoy-30000-verified-radio-stations/ [13:50] TR Bot - Linux tool to enjoy 30,000+ verified radio stations - LinuxLinks [13:50] TR News 10 Best Free and Open Source Continuous Integration Systems https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-continuous-integration-systems/ [13:50] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Continuous Integration Systems - LinuxLinks [13:51] TR News Monique MONitor Integrated QUick Editor https://www.linuxlinks.com/monique-monitor-integrated-quick-editor/ [13:51] TR Bot - MONitor Integrated QUick Editor - LinuxLinks [13:52] TR News NM GUI NetworkManager GUI https://www.linuxlinks.com/nm-gui-networkmanager-gui/ [13:52] TR Bot GUI - NetworkManager GUI - LinuxLinks [13:52] TR News Gollama manage Ollama models https://www.linuxlinks.com/gollama-manage-ollama-models/ [13:52] TR Bot - manage Ollama models - LinuxLinks [13:55] TR News 10 Top Free and Open Source C++ Web Frameworks https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-cplusplus-web-frameworks/ [13:55] TR Bot Top Free and Open Source C++ Web Frameworks - LinuxLinks [13:56] TR News Linux Shell Scripting Interview Questions & Answers 2026 https://www.linuxteck.com/linux-shell-scripting-interview-questions/ [13:56] TR Bot Linux Shell Scripting Interview Questions 2026 Master Bash Fast [13:56] TR News KDE Plasma 6.6.2 ships with several bug fixes and improvements https://www.neowin.net/news/kde-plasma-662-ships-with-several-bug-fixes-and-improvements/ [13:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/kde-plasma-662-ships-with-several-bug-fixes-and-improvements/ ) [13:57] TR News 5 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Matrix Clients https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-terminal-based-matrix-clients/ [13:57] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Matrix Clients - LinuxLinks [13:58] TR News 10 Best Free and Open Source Continuous Delivery Systems https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-continuous-delivery-systems/ [13:58] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Continuous Delivery Systems - LinuxLinks [13:59] TR News Pg_QoS v1.0.0 stable release is out! https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_qos-v100-stable-release-is-out-3251/ [13:59] TR Bot PostgreSQL: Pg_QoS v1.0.0 stable release is out! [13:59] TR News GNU/Linux Measured at 7% in Yemen https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/03/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_7_in_Yemen.shtml [13:59] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Measured at 7% in Yemen [13:59] TR News GNU/Linux at All-Time High in Guam https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/03/GNU_Linux_at_All_Time_High_in_Guam.shtml [13:59] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux at All-Time High in Guam ● Mar 04 [14:00] TR News Keep Android Open http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Keep-Android-Open [14:00] TR Bot Keep Android Open Linux Magazine [14:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [14:01] TR News Origami 2026.03 is out https://distrowatch.com/origami [14:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/origami ) [14:02] TR News d77void 20260302 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/d77void [14:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/d77void ) [14:04] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:04] TR News Xournal++ adds tablet-friendly toolbar mode https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/xournalpp-tablet-mode-ui [14:04] TR Bot Xournal++ adds tablet-friendly toolbar mode - OMG! 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[14:36] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #techrights [14:47] TR News South Korean authorities lose over $4.8 million in crypto after posting mnemonic recovery phrase online https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/south-korean-authorities-lose-over-usd4-8-million-in-crypto-after-posting-mnemonic-recovery-phrase-online-stolen-prtg-tokens-part-of-funds-seized-by-national-tax-service-from-high-value-tax-evaders [14:47] TR Bot South Korean authorities lose over $4.8 million in crypto after posting mnemonic recovery phrase online stolen PRTG tokens part of funds seized by National Tax Service from high-value tax evaders | Tom's Hardware [14:48] TR News Epstein, Lolita and a Culture of Disembodiment https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/style/epstein-files-lolita-photographs.html "women and girls are treated as objects for consumption." http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/The_Epstein_Files_Don_t_Say_the_Ages_of_Those_Russian_Girls_Bil.shtml [14:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/style/epstein-files-lolita-photographs.html ) [14:48] TR Bot Techrights The Epstein Files Don't Say the Ages of Those "Russian Girls" Bill Epsteingate Exploited [14:50] TR News On Moltbook https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/on-moltbook.html [14:50] TR Bot Moltbook - 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[15:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:38] *Now talking on #techrights [15:38] *Topic for #techrights is: TechRights.org | Unofficial channel #techrights for http://TechRights.org [15:38] *Topic for #techrights set by superkuh!~superkuh@user/superkuh at Thu May 20 20:25:48 2021 [15:47] admfubar so this could be the cause of a loony eclipse... https://xkcd.com/3215/ [15:47] TR Bot Solar Warning [15:47] TR News Techrights Nicaragua's GNU/Linux Usage Measured at Over 8% by statCounter https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Nicaragua_s_GNU_Linux_Usage_Measured_at_Over_8_by_statCounter.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Nicaragua_s_GNU_Linux_Usage_Measured_at_Over_8_by_statCounter.gmi [15:47] TR Bot Techrights Nicaragua's GNU/Linux Usage Measured at Over 8% by statCounter [15:55] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-jobs-apocalypse-feeling-real [15:55] TR Bot The AI Jobs Apocalypse Is Starting to Feel Real [15:56] TR News Techrights The Register MS Takes Money From Chinese Surveillance Threat to Promote a Ponzi Scheme https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/The_Register_MS_Takes_Money_From_Chinese_Surveillance_Threat_to.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/The_Register_MS_Takes_Money_From_Chinese_Surveillance_Threat_to.gmi [15:56] TR Bot Techrights The Register MS Takes Money From Chinese Surveillance Threat to Promote a Ponzi Scheme [15:56] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [15:57] TR News "I reached out to some law firms who previously had won lawsuits against IBM during my 30 day notice period but when none of them seemed interested in taking a case on a contingency basis I decided it was best to just go ahead and sign." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khpvk7zz [15:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khpvk7zz ) ● Mar 04 [16:01] TR News SRA shuts down multi-office firm and suspends three solicitors https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-shuts-down-multi-office-firm-and-suspends-three-solicitors/5126084.article [16:01] TR Bot SRA shuts down multi-office south east firm Hunter's Solicitors and suspends three solicitors | Law Gazette [16:08] TR News "Sava has a post, dating to a day ago, in which said author totally avoids any word containing a particular glyph.^ (I won't say which it is, but its omission just might jump out at you.) I found his log at a location that hosts "transmissions," popular among this "smol" protocol that Sava and I inhabit." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202603/20260304-about-a-missing-symbol.gmi [16:08] TR News "I am, for the most part, a well-mannered person. I say "please" and "thank you"; I don't elbow other people out of my way at the bar; I pay my taxes on time without much complaint; and so on." gemini://larsthebear.me/good_manners.gmi [16:09] TR News Pure ASCII Please gemini://tilde.club/~silica/gemlog-en/2026-03-04_ascii_please.gmi [16:10] TR News "Kamakura was just alright. I went on a holiday weekend and the main street (Komachi-dori) was just packed. Sort of wall-to-wall people. I was excited about riding the enoden train, though." gemini://gem.kai.gay/japan2.gmi [16:14] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 04/03/2026: About a Missing Symbol and "Good Manners" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Gemini_Links_04_03_2026_About_a_Missing_Symbol_and_Good_Manners.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Gemini_Links_04_03_2026_About_a_Missing_Symbol_and_Good_Manners.gmi [16:14] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 04/03/2026: About a Missing Symbol and "Good Manners" [16:22] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:23] TR News (NEW): Linux Mint Devs Prep Wayland-Native Cinnamon Screensaver for Linux Mint 23 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Linux_Mint_Devs_Prep_Wayland_Native_Cinnamon_Screensaver_for_Li.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Linux_Mint_Devs_Prep_Wayland_Native_Cinnamon_Screensaver_for_Li.gmi [16:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Mint Devs Prep Wayland-Native Cinnamon Screensaver for Linux Mint 23 [16:37] TR News Techrights Simpler Means Faster https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Simpler_Means_Faster.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Simpler_Means_Faster.gmi [16:37] TR Bot Techrights Simpler Means Faster [16:39] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/goldman-sachs-head-financial-crisis-similar-crash [16:39] TR Bot Goldman Sachs Head During Financial Crisis Says He "Smells" a Similar Crash Coming [16:40] admfubar the new owner of IBM?? https://futurism.com/future-society/jeff-bezos-buy-companies-ai [16:40] TR Bot Jeff Bezos Gathering Money to Buy Companies Gutted by AI [16:51] TR News Techrights Why Slop Will Flop - Part II - Devil in the Details https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Why_Slop_Will_Flop_Part_II_Devil_in_the_Details.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Why_Slop_Will_Flop_Part_II_Devil_in_the_Details.gmi [16:51] TR Bot Techrights Why Slop Will Flop - Part II - Devil in the Details [16:51] *Disconnected (Input/output error). [16:51] *Disconnected (Network is unreachable). [16:52] *Now talking on #techrights [16:52] *Topic for #techrights is: TechRights.org | Unofficial channel #techrights for http://TechRights.org [16:52] *Topic for #techrights set by superkuh!~superkuh@user/superkuh at Thu May 20 20:25:48 2021 [16:52] *Now talking on #techrights [16:52] *irc1.accum.se sets mode +n #techrights [16:52] *irc1.accum.se sets mode +t #techrights ● Mar 04 [17:12] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: worthlesss ton buy [17:15] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I was talking about the "unused licenses bailout" and Microsoft on a forum the other day. [17:15] IsambardPrince Sadly that's one of Microsoft's smaller gravy trains, so DOGE didn't really hurt them much with the software licenses audit. [17:16] IsambardPrince It was a relatively small but ongoing cost, so those licenses did need to be canceled. [17:16] TR News Techrights Why Slop Will Flop - Part III - Our Relationship With Slop (and Yours) https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Why_Slop_Will_Flop_Part_III_Our_Relationship_With_Slop_and_Your.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Why_Slop_Will_Flop_Part_III_Our_Relationship_With_Slop_and_Your.gmi [17:16] TR Bot Techrights Why Slop Will Flop - Part III - Our Relationship With Slop (and Yours) [17:16] IsambardPrince But you know, you fire one Tomahawk cruise missile at Iran, that's how much those unused licenses were costing over the next decade. [17:16] IsambardPrince It really isn't a lot of money at the scale of government. [17:20] TR News Seems like a slopfarm of some kind https://supercarblondie.com/tech/microsoft-blew-7600000000-on-a-secret-dream-product/ [17:20] TR Bot Microsoft blew $7,600,000,000 on a secret dream product that never saw the light of day [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] right [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] wars cost a lot to thje poor people [17:20] schestowitz[TR2] the rich don't pay [17:21] schestowitz[TR2] techrights-news> "The shocking aspect of the story is the value of the equipment destroyed: A new F-15 costs U.S. taxpayers $97 million." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/war-is-expensive-for-the-little-people | Source: Paul Krugman [17:21] TR Bot War Is Expensive for the Little People - Paul Krugman [17:22] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [17:22] *asusbox (~rianne@i8wm8zwjwfwd8.irc) has joined #techrights [17:22] *rianne_ (~rianne@i8wm8zwjwfwd8.irc) has joined #techrights [17:25] TR News Chimpanzees Are Really Into Crystals https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/science/chimpanzees-crystals.html [17:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/science/chimpanzees-crystals.html ) [17:25] TR News Can Owning a Pet Help You Live Longer? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/well/pet-longevity-health-benefits.html [17:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/well/pet-longevity-health-benefits.html ) [17:26] TR News Government Handing Out Cash Bonuses to Drug Researchers Who Rush Through Regulatory Approvals https://futurism.com/health-medicine/drugs-fda-bonus [17:26] TR Bot Government Handing Out Cash Bonuses to Drug Researchers Who Rush Through Regulatory Approvals [17:26] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Poor people already pay a lot for this at the gas pump. [17:26] IsambardPrince Prices shot up 26 cents a gallon since Saturday. [17:26] IsambardPrince So on top of everything else, you feel it when you gas up that car that's getting you to your doctor and work and the store. [17:27] TR News Myanmar junta to ration fuel for private vehicles, blaming Middle East shipping disruptions https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-junta-to-ration-fuel-for-private-vehicles-blaming-middle-east-shipping-disruptions [17:27] TR Bot Myanmar junta to ration fuel for private vehicles, blaming Middle East shipping disruptions | The Straits Times [17:27] IsambardPrince Trump said the other day, "The worst thing that happens is someone ends up running Iran that's as bad as the last guy." [17:27] IsambardPrince No, the worst thing that happens is you get another Afghanistan. [17:27] IsambardPrince Someone like the Taliban takes it over. [17:27] IsambardPrince It becomes a terrorist hotspot. Everyone that lives there is 10 times poorer than they were under the last government. [17:28] IsambardPrince The people running it are fine with ruling over rubble and paupers. [17:28] IsambardPrince They say "Go ahead and beat the wife as long as you don't break any bones, and women aren't allowed to read." [17:28] TR News Ford and G.M. Face a Dilemma as China Excels in Electric Vehicles https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/business/ford-gm-ev-self-driving-cars-china.html [17:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/business/ford-gm-ev-self-driving-cars-china.html ) [17:28] IsambardPrince This can get much worse than the Ayatollahs. [17:30] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:30] TR News After Nixing Its Planned Moon Landing, NASA Is Starting to Seriously Lose the Moon Race to China https://futurism.com/space/nasa-losing-space-race-china [17:30] TR Bot After Nixing Its Planned Moon Landing, NASA Is Starting to Seriously Lose the Moon Race to China [17:31] IsambardPrince When you get leaders like Trump and Putin, what happens is they don't care how the majority of the nation has to live. Their only concern is their inner circle. The richest 3% of the country. The Oligarchs. Seizing more power for themselves and keeping it. They don't care how poor and how miserable everyone else gets, or how high prices go, or how many people die in their forever wars, because it's not affecting them or the richest [17:31] IsambardPrince 3%. [17:32] IsambardPrince There have been 1.2 million Russian casualties in Ukraine and they've taken like 12% of the country. [17:32] TR News GB News still losing money https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/gb-news-losses-2025/ [17:32] TR Bot GB News losses to date grow to 131m as revenue grows [17:32] IsambardPrince They lose about 5,000-6,000 soldiers for every square mile they take. [17:32] IsambardPrince And Putin is fine with that. [17:32] TR News Telegraph declines to tell regulator how fake banker story got published https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/telegraph-declines-to-tell-regulator-how-fake-banker-story-got-published/ [17:32] TR Bot Telegraph declines to tell regulator how fake banker story got published - Press Gazette [17:33] IsambardPrince He sees it as an opportunity. [17:33] IsambardPrince If people are unemployable, you draft them. If they don't come back, so what? [17:33] IsambardPrince If you have prisoners, you draft them and say you'll give them a pardon if they come back. [17:33] IsambardPrince 95% of them don't come back. [17:34] IsambardPrince The way he sees it, the less of them come back, the better. [17:34] IsambardPrince When you get rid of prisoners and unemployed people and you gain land that's sitting on resources, and territory, in the mind of someone like Putin, that's a good trade. [17:34] TR News Pollution Linked to Anxiety And Depression, EU Agency Warns https://www.sciencealert.com/pollution-linked-to-anxiety-and-depression-eu-agency-warns [17:34] TR Bot Linked to Anxiety And Depression, EU Agency Warns : ScienceAlert [17:35] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], And honestly, in some ways it's not wrong. [17:35] TR News Stocks Drop as Inflation Risk Emerges in Wake of Iran War https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/world/middleeast/stock-markets-iran.html [17:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/world/middleeast/stock-markets-iran.html ) [17:35] IsambardPrince During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, I said, "Why don't we just let all of our worst prisoners out of prison. We arm them to the teeth and drop them off over there." [17:36] IsambardPrince "Who would stop us?" [17:36] TR News Food inflation more than doubles monthly rate in February https://bianet.org/haber/food-inflation-more-than-doubles-monthly-rate-in-february-317289 [17:36] TR Bot Food inflation more than doubles monthly rate in February [17:36] schestowitz[TR2] If you have prisoners, you draft them and say you'll give them a pardon if they come back. [17:36] schestowitz[TR2] not a new thing in USA [17:37] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Brian Gonad got that deal. [17:37] IsambardPrince He got a felony for armed carjacking of a truckload of car tires in the 1970s. [17:38] IsambardPrince The judge said prison or join the Army. [17:38] IsambardPrince That's how he got a clean record, he joined the Army. [17:38] IsambardPrince He never served in any war. [17:38] IsambardPrince The prevailing attitude was that if you had criminals, you had them join the Army and it would "make a man out of them" and "straighten them out". [17:38] IsambardPrince But it doesn't. [17:39] IsambardPrince It takes a violent numbskull like Brian Gonad and it makes them 100 times worse. It teaches them how to be even more violent, more effectively. [17:39] IsambardPrince Then you deal with people who have military training and use it to batter their wives and step-children. [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] i did not know this [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] ssssssssssso it's like military plea bargain [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] from what i heard [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] some want cooollege degreee [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] but cannot afford [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] sso they go tho the army [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] if they survive [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] and are still mentally fit [17:40] IsambardPrince Basically yeah. I don't know if they ever do that these days. [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] then they might get a deghree [17:40] IsambardPrince But it wouldn't surprise me. [17:40] schestowitz[TR2] in a weak market [17:41] IsambardPrince The idea that military structure will rehabilitate violent and antisocial people is not particularly accurate. [17:41] IsambardPrince Ask me how I know. [17:41] schestowitz[TR2] go ahead [17:41] IsambardPrince Brian Gonad was violent and antisocial when he got out, he beat me and my mother severely, he was an alcoholic. He would even be drunk and driving a 52 foot semi every day. [17:41] IsambardPrince And all of his children were constantly in jail or prison for something truly stupid. [17:42] schestowitz[TR2] like father, like son? [17:42] IsambardPrince Some of his children ended up much worse than he was. [17:42] IsambardPrince One of them was almost respectable. But he had FIVE. [17:43] TR News Craig Barrat is a disgusting thug who attacks charities https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-chairman-frank-yeary-retires-craig-barrat-to-become-the-new-chairman-of-the-board-of-directors http://techrights.org/wiki/OLPC/ [17:43] TR Bot Intel Chairman Frank Yeary retires, Craig Barrat to become the new chairman of the Board of Directors | Tom's Hardware [17:43] TR Bot OLPC [17:43] *j has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:43] IsambardPrince And one is so bad that he's always going to prison for drugs and things. That's the one where, when he's out of prison he doesn't want to buy groceries so he just shoots random things and eats them. [17:43] IsambardPrince (Michael) [17:43] *j (~sid115@frp6gv52kp9fi.irc) has joined #techrights [17:43] IsambardPrince The one that shoved a dead goose in my mother's freezer. [17:43] *kermit has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:43] *openJ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:44] IsambardPrince His daughter Erica is so low IQ she's barely sentient. She went to jail several times. Once was because a cop was watching her husband, a known offender, and pulled her over. [17:44] *kermit (~sid393220@54ft5ertucjhs.irc) has joined #techrights [17:44] *openJ (~sid276354@nuh3iep92zvge.irc) has joined #techrights [17:44] IsambardPrince She had weed and a bottle of her daughter's urine on top of the passenger seat on her way to use the urine to pass a probation drug test. [17:44] TR News Meta Workers Say Theyre Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users Smart Glasses https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-disturbing-smart-glasses [17:44] TR Bot Meta Workers Say They're Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users' Smart Glasses [17:44] IsambardPrince So she went back to jail for a year. [17:44] IsambardPrince The judge said he'd let her out if she got her GED. [17:45] TR News Scam Altman Is Realizing He Made a Gigantic Mistake https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-admits-huge-mistake [17:45] TR Bot Sam Altman Is Realizing He Made a Gigantic Mistake [17:45] IsambardPrince She had to take the GED four times before she barely passed it and she only got out 3 weeks before her sentence would have ended anyway. [17:45] TR News Harvard Professor Says Hey Hi (AI) Users Are Losing Cognitive Abilities https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/harvard-avi-loeb-ai [17:45] TR Bot Harvard Professor Says AI Users Are Losing Cognitive Abilities [17:45] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I took the GED in August 2001. I was 17 years old. They gave you five hours to take the test, in total. I finished it in two hours and asked to go home. [17:46] schestowitz[TR2] some people take the piss [17:46] IsambardPrince The guy at the testing center asked if I wanted to use the remaining time to check my answers. [17:46] schestowitz[TR2] some get pissed [17:46] schestowitz[TR2] gulagboy gets pissed a lot [17:46] IsambardPrince I said, "No, not really. Can I use your phone?" [17:46] schestowitz[TR2] then sends the spouse away [17:46] IsambardPrince And about a week later the certificate came. [17:46] schestowitz[TR2] for alcohol problems [17:46] schestowitz[TR2] typical double standards [17:47] TR News I trusted Hey Hi (AI) with daily decisions. The way it dived in, experts say, raises flags. https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0303/artificial-intelligence-daily-tasks [17:47] TR Bot trusted AI with daily decisions. The way it dived in, experts say, raises flags. - CSMonitor.com [17:47] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Erica passed the GED by a fraction of a point. [17:48] TR News 90s Band Lit Says Sony Music Is Their Own Worst Enemy, Still Owes Them $800K https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/03/lit-sony-music-lawsuit/ [17:48] IsambardPrince Back then, a pass was considered an average of 45 over the five subjects on the test and no less than 40 on each particular test. [17:48] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/03/lit-sony-music-lawsuit/ ) [17:48] IsambardPrince My average was 56.7. [17:48] IsambardPrince And that was after I rushed the test. [17:48] schestowitz[TR2] Erika Gonad? [17:48] IsambardPrince Did all the math problems in my head. Just put down all the answers that "seemed right". [17:49] IsambardPrince Erika Gonad? [17:49] TR News Opinion | Michigan can protect children, families from immigration enforcement excesses https://bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-michigan-can-protect-children-families-from-immigration-enforcement-excesses/ [17:49] TR Bot Opinion | Michigan can protect children, families from immigration enforcement excesses - Bridge Michigan [17:49] IsambardPrince Yeah, the minimum passing score was designed to be like proving you could pass high school with a C average. [17:49] IsambardPrince So my score was roughly an A. Not an A+, but an A. [17:50] IsambardPrince Even though I dropped out four grades short of high school. [17:50] TR News Pure hype? [17:50] IsambardPrince Short of passing high school. [17:50] IsambardPrince Well, high school is so easy that even a complete idiot can "technically pass". [17:50] TR News Pure hype? https://www.securityweek.com/quantum-decryption-of-rsa-is-much-closer-than-expected/ [17:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/quantum-decryption-of-rsa-is-much-closer-than-expected/ ) [17:51] IsambardPrince They pretty much hand it to you to say you went there and they want rid of you now. That's why you can pass high school with a D. [17:51] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Carlin mentioned that. [17:51] IsambardPrince In Illinois they said that the percentage who pass high school in the city I live in is 77%. [17:51] IsambardPrince As you'd expect there is a lot of criminal activity around here. [17:52] IsambardPrince They were sitting around deciding how to get the percentage up. [17:52] IsambardPrince And came to the conclusion that passing scores are racist. [17:52] IsambardPrince And maybe they'll just lower the standards. [17:53] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], As poorly as the system and my parents treated me, I'm more intelligent than over 90% of the people who pass high school these days, and it's making itself known in big ways. [17:53] TR News Researchers Uncover Method to Track Cars via Tire Sensors https://www.securityweek.com/researchers-uncover-method-to-track-cars-via-tire-sensors/ [17:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/researchers-uncover-method-to-track-cars-via-tire-sensors/ ) [17:53] IsambardPrince The only thing most of them are qualified to do is work at McDonald's and sell sex videos on OnlyFans. [17:54] TR News Windows TCO: Vulnerability in MS-Agent Hey Hi (AI) Framework Can Allow Full System Compromise https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerability-in-ms-agent-ai-framework-can-allow-full-system-compromise/ [17:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerability-in-ms-agent-ai-framework-can-allow-full-system-compromise/ ) [17:54] IsambardPrince "Hey, I invited this black guy from Grindr over. Buy the video for $2.99!" [17:54] IsambardPrince They use Reddit to host free samples. [17:54] IsambardPrince :P [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2], As poorly as the system and my parents treated me, I'm more intelligent than over 90% of the people who pass high school these days, and it's making itself known in big ways. [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] your econmomy does not need intellect [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] it needs button puishers [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] carlin said, [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] in: [17:55] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I think my intelligence is hurting me. [17:55] IsambardPrince Job interviewers pick up on it and they go after people who are more pliable. [17:55] schestowitz[TR2] they want obedience workers [17:55] schestowitz[TR2] submission [17:55] schestowitz[TR2] https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Nyvxt1svxso [17:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Nyvxt1svxso ) [17:55] IsambardPrince You get submission from people who are in no position to get other ideas. [17:55] IsambardPrince You get it from people who were ordered by a court to pay child support. [17:55] schestowitz[TR2] any extra you know may be "opinionated" risk [17:55] IsambardPrince Or people who owe the bank money. [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] you might walk out [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] they also love some kid-asaddled workers [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] they cannot quit [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] or the kid will sttarve [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] so they havvvvve more control over thhese workers [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] thhhey will cry and caRRY ON WORKING [17:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Maybe I should change strategies. [17:56] schestowitz[TR2] i need to sort out barrier [17:57] schestowitz[TR2] i am typing over LAN [17:57] IsambardPrince Claim that I have a wife that works but minds the children. [17:57] IsambardPrince They'll never check. [17:57] schestowitz[TR2] yes [17:57] schestowitz[TR2] that might work [17:57] IsambardPrince Just hint that I have a family to support. [17:57] schestowitz[TR2] you will work all night long for the kids [17:58] TR News Iran Cyber Front: Hacktivist Activity Rises, but State-Sponsored Attacks Stay Low https://www.securityweek.com/iran-cyber-front-hacktivist-activity-rises-but-state-sponsored-attacks-stay-low/ [17:58] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/iran-cyber-front-hacktivist-activity-rises-but-state-sponsored-attacks-stay-low/ ) [17:58] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], It transmits the idea that I need the job more than I really do. [17:58] IsambardPrince They'll pick up on that. [17:58] schestowitz[TR2] yes! [17:58] schestowitz[TR2] that gives them more control [17:58] schestowitz[TR2] which is what they are after [17:59] TR News 1.2 Million Affected by University of Hawaii Cancer Center Data Breach https://www.securityweek.com/1-2-million-affected-by-university-of-hawaii-cancer-center-data-breach/ [17:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/1-2-million-affected-by-university-of-hawaii-cancer-center-data-breach/ ) [17:59] TR News New AirSnitch Attack Shows Wi-Fi Client Isolation Could Be a False Sense of Security https://www.securityweek.com/new-airsnitch-attack-shows-wi-fi-client-isolation-could-be-a-false-sense-of-security/ [17:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/new-airsnitch-attack-shows-wi-fi-client-isolation-could-be-a-false-sense-of-security/ ) [17:59] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yeah, I think I'll try this. [17:59] IsambardPrince You know how management types are. [17:59] IsambardPrince They lie all the time and don't feel bad about it. ● Mar 04 [18:00] TR News They have said this for decades already https://www.securityweek.com/quantum-decryption-of-rsa-is-much-closer-than-expected/ [18:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/quantum-decryption-of-rsa-is-much-closer-than-expected/ ) [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: is you are smart... [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] how come NO RICH!!! [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] i am surprised by you [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] that you don't know all this [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] gay single man is no asset to them [18:01] schestowitz[TR2] with possible health issues (time off) [18:02] schestowitz[TR2] i have a gay friend who drifts between jobs [18:02] schestowitz[TR2] never found himself [18:02] schestowitz[TR2] now he does gardening [18:02] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I have a connection that could find me something. [18:02] IsambardPrince But it would be unpredictable hours. [18:03] TR News Honeywell, Researcher Clash Over Impact of Building Controller Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/honeywell-researcher-clash-over-impact-of-building-controller-vulnerability/ [18:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/honeywell-researcher-clash-over-impact-of-building-controller-vulnerability/ ) [18:03] IsambardPrince And the place pays cash and considers everyone contractors. [18:03] IsambardPrince It's a good hourly rate, but you have to pay Social Security and Medicare twice. [18:03] schestowitz[TR2] contractors = "dosposables" [18:03] schestowitz[TR2] it might bee some gig without any rights of workers [18:03] IsambardPrince That's exactly what it is. [18:04] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I am glad that Trump ended TPS for all of those Venezuelans and Haitians. [18:04] IsambardPrince I thought it was funny when Walmart managers were screaming on Reddit that they had to fire like 40 of them or something from their store alone. [18:04] IsambardPrince I said "Good, now you can hire Americans." [18:05] IsambardPrince "Or at least people with a green card." [18:05] TR News New PLC IDE version 1.1.0 brings remote lifecycle management to Opta! https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/03/new-plc-ide-version-1-1-0-brings-remote-lifecycle-management-to-opta/ [18:05] TR Bot New PLC IDE version 1.1.0 brings remote lifecycle management to Opta! | Arduino Blog [18:06] IsambardPrince What the fuck gives these people a right to OUR jobs just because Biden told them they could come here and abused a section of the Immigration and Naturalization Act meant primarily for war refugees? [18:06] IsambardPrince There's like what? 7,000-8,000 Walmarts in the country not counting warehouses. [18:06] IsambardPrince How many of these people got OUR jobs? [18:06] TR News KDE Plasma 6.6.2, Bugfix Release for March https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.2/ [18:06] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.6.2, Bugfix Release for March - KDE Community [18:06] IsambardPrince Just at Walmart. [18:06] IsambardPrince When there's not enough to go around, you take care of your own people first. [18:06] schestowitz[TR2] it is like tea gorwers at BE [18:06] schestowitz[TR2] except [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] some of the labour gets imported [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] exploited people [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] businesses make some people very rich that way [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] it's not about hard work [18:07] IsambardPrince Biden was crapflooding the United States with peasants who were glad to have anything. [18:07] IsambardPrince They were SCABS. [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] it's about finding many people to fleece all at once [18:07] IsambardPrince And their whole purpose was to make us beg too. [18:07] schestowitz[TR2] this way you can make billions a year, and only this way [18:07] IsambardPrince I call these TPS people "Biden's Peasants". [18:08] IsambardPrince For now some of them keep TPS because of activist judges who hate Americans. [18:08] schestowitz[TR2] i want to change subject pls [18:08] IsambardPrince And were holdovers from Biden. [18:08] TR News Drones attack several proprietary trap AWS Middle East region data centers amid Iran war https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/drones-attack-several-aws-middle-east-region-data-centers-amid-iran-war-leading-to-outages-service-health-been-disrupted-after-power-cut-due-to-fire-risk [18:08] TR Bot Drones attack several AWS Middle East region data centers amid Iran war, leading to outages service health been disrupted after power cut due to fire risk | Tom's Hardware [18:08] IsambardPrince But those TPS benefits expire on March 28th. [18:08] IsambardPrince And the judges can't RENEW them. [18:08] schestowitz[TR2] i wonder if there si a topic here [18:08] schestowitz[TR2] GAFAM DCs [18:08] schestowitz[TR2] as targets of attacks [18:09] schestowitz[TR2] during war [18:09] schestowitz[TR2] extra risk [18:09] schestowitz[TR2] for their users [18:09] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], So if I hold out long enough, maybe more jobs at Walmart open up, places like that. [18:09] schestowitz[TR2] but then again their rivals co-locaate [18:09] IsambardPrince When another few hundred thousand Venezuelans and Haitians have to be fired. [18:09] schestowitz[TR2] so any DC can be hit [18:09] schestowitz[TR2] maybe join the army [18:10] schestowitz[TR2] get a holiday [18:10] schestowitz[TR2] in watar [18:10] schestowitz[TR2] *qatar [18:10] IsambardPrince Biden was a Grade A moron. When that Venezuelan got on TikTok and showed himself flashing cash "I got from the government." and firing an AR-15 at a gun range, I knew it was over. [18:10] schestowitz[TR2] they used to market army jobs that way [18:10] IsambardPrince I knew right then that Trump would be back. [18:10] schestowitz[TR2] like it was holiday [18:10] schestowitz[TR2] "go see the world" [18:10] schestowitz[TR2] like it's some brochure for a nice flight [18:10] IsambardPrince Americans see that and go wait a minute. [18:10] schestowitz[TR2] not a military plane and hard chores [18:10] IsambardPrince That's my cash and it's illegal for them to have a gun, what the fuck!? [18:11] IsambardPrince It's a giant flashing neon sign showing people everything that's wrong with Biden's immigration policies. [18:11] TR News KNAB anti-corruption cops report on 2025 and take on whistleblowing duties https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/03.03.2026-knab-anti-corruption-cops-report-on-2025-and-take-on-whistleblowing-duties.a637145/ [18:11] TR Bot KNAB anti-corruption cops report on 2025 and take on whistleblowing duties / Article [18:12] schestowitz[TR2] let's focus on DCs [18:12] schestowitz[TR2] enough with your immigrant moaning [18:13] TR News Humongous Numbers of People Are Uninstalling Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot as Anti-OpenAI Sentiment Surges https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/humongous-numbers-uninstall-chatgpt [18:13] TR Bot Humongous Numbers of People Are Uninstalling ChatGPT as Anti-OpenAI Sentiment Surges [18:13] TR News OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-contacts-alert-mental-crisis [18:13] TR Bot OpenAI Says It Will Let Users Add Trusted Contacts to Alert If They Experience a Mental Health Crisis While Using ChatGPT [18:13] TR News (NEW): T2 Linux 26.3 Is Out with Fully Reproducible Wayland-Based KDE Plasma Experience https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/T2_Linux_26_3_Is_Out_with_Fully_Reproducible_Wayland_Based_KDE_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/T2_Linux_26_3_Is_Out_with_Fully_Reproducible_Wayland_Based_KDE_.gmi [18:13] TR Bot Tux Machines T2 Linux 26.3 Is Out with Fully Reproducible Wayland-Based KDE Plasma Experience [18:14] TR News Future-proofing PC builds https://rubenerd.com/futureproofing-pc-builds/ [18:14] TR Bot Future-proofing PC builds [18:14] TR News Free Books https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/free-books/ [18:14] TR Bot Books Buttondown [18:15] TR News Surveillance Giant Google Summer of Code (GSoC) https://opensource.org/blog/google-summer-of-code-2026-advancing-open-source-through-mentorship [18:15] TR Bot Google Summer of Code 2026: Advancing Open Source Through Mentorship - Open Source Initiative [18:15] TR News How to clone a drive to an image with Clonezilla https://thenewstack.io/how-to-clone-a-drive-to-an-image-with-clonezilla/ [18:15] TR Bot How to clone a drive to an image with Clonezilla - The New Stack [18:16] TR News How to Install xclip on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-xclip-on-ubuntu-26-04 [18:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-xclip-on-ubuntu-26-04 ) [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] you really should know better [18:16] schestowitz[TR2] if nobody gives you a job, it's not you, it's them [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] and a system that rewards processes, not skills [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] but theee issue you see is immigrants [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] who do jobs that require no skill [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] because you drool over this [18:17] TR News How to Install GNOME Tweaks on Ubuntu 26.04 https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-gnome-tweaks-on-ubuntu-26-04 [18:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-gnome-tweaks-on-ubuntu-26-04 ) [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] you could instead, do more blog posts [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] do some activism [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] volunteer for things [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] not chase plastic cards that say "gold" and "platinum" [18:19] TR News How To Install Nikto on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-nikto-linux-mint-22/ [18:19] TR Bot How To Install Nikto on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [18:19] TR News How To Install Zoom on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-zoom-ubuntu-24-04/ [18:19] TR Bot How To Install Zoom on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [18:19] TR News How To Install DuckDB on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-duckdb-almalinux-10/ [18:19] TR Bot How To Install DuckDB on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [18:20] TR News Ubuntu Planning Mandatory Age Verification https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ubuntu-planning-mandatory-age-verification [18:20] TR Bot Ubuntu Planning Mandatory Age Verification [18:20] TR News How To Install Uptime Kuma on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-uptime-kuma-linux-mint-22/ [18:20] TR Bot How To Install Uptime Kuma on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [18:20] TR News How to Install PPTP VPN on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-pptp-vpn-fedora-43/ [18:20] TR Bot How to Install PPTP VPN on Fedora 43 - idroot [18:21] TR News How To Install Gopeed on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-gopeed-debian-13/ [18:21] TR Bot How To Install Gopeed on Debian 13 - idroot [18:21] TR News Further Update about Font Replacement https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/03/further-update-about-font-replacement/ [18:21] TR Bot Further Update about Font Replacement - TDF Community Blog [18:22] TR News Dev snapshot: Godot 4.7 dev 2 https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-7-dev-2/ [18:22] TR Bot Dev snapshot: Godot 4.7 dev 2 Godot Engine [18:22] TR News "stress, isolation and overextension"? That is what LAWYERS DO TO OTHERS. https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/03/03/when-lawyers-need-help-supporting-colleagues-while-protecting-clients/ [18:22] TR Bot When Lawyers Need Help: Supporting Colleagues While Protecting Clients [18:23] TR News Iran Wilson does not want anyone to notice, but his media lawyer left and seems to have not found another job. Sinking ship. [18:25] TR News Perplexity claims News Corp tried to entrap chatbot to make copyright monopoly case https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/perplexity-claims-news-corp-tried-to-entrap-chatbot-to-make-copyright-case/ Perplexity, which EMPLOYS STRANGLERS OF WOMEN!! https://techrights.org/o/2021/12/15/arrest-report-5-pages-balabhadra-alex-graveley/ [18:25] TR Bot Perplexity claims News Corp tried to 'entrap' its AI chatbot - Press Gazette [18:25] TR Bot Arrest/Police Report for Microsofts Chief Architect of GitHub Copilot, Balabhadra Alex Graveley [18:25] TR News Supreme Court Declines to Review a Monumental Hey Hi (AI) Copyright Decision Leaving the Human Authorship Standard In Place https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/03/stephen-thaler-ai-copyright-case/ [18:25] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/03/stephen-thaler-ai-copyright-case/ ) [18:26] TR News Possible U.S.-developed exploits linked to first known mass iOS attack https://cyberscoop.com/coruna-ios-exploit-kit-leaked-us-framework/ [18:26] TR Bot U.S.-developed exploits linked to first known mass iOS attack | CyberScoop [18:27] TR News Plunging Surveillance Giant Google Discover traffic hits Reach digital revenue https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/plunging-google-discover-traffic-hits-reach-digital-revenue/ [18:27] TR Bot Plunging Google Discover traffic hits Reach digital revenue - Press Gazette [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: hope i did not offend you, didn'ty mean to ssound harsh [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] you often highlight me while i am asleep [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] and by the time i wake up you are already offline [18:33] schestowitz[TR2] or it's too late to reply to things from ~5 hours earlier [18:33] IsambardPrince I didn't see it whatever it was. [18:33] IsambardPrince I was busy shredding things and taking out the garbage. [18:33] IsambardPrince I shred all my mail when I'm done with it. It's not because of dumpster divers. It's because I've caught Mandy running off with my mail. [18:34] TR News Why we must advocate for SOFTWARE FREEDOM, not "Linux" https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-fedora-linux-mint-eye-age-verification-amid-california-law-backlash [18:34] TR Bot Fedora, Linux Mint Eye Age Verification Amid California Law Backlash - 9to5Linux [18:34] TR News IoT Specialist Golioth Gets Snapped Up by Linux Goliath Canonical https://www.hackster.io/news/iot-specialist-golioth-gets-snapped-up-by-linux-goliath-canonical-4c738a5a2935 [18:34] TR Bot Specialist Golioth Gets Snapped Up by Linux Goliath Canonical - Hackster.io [18:35] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Well, it does make sense to route your bills through credit cards with welcome offers and do bank bonuses. [18:35] IsambardPrince It won't make you rich, but it will lower your expenses. [18:36] IsambardPrince You can't do much about the electric bill but you can have it count towards a bank bonus. [18:36] IsambardPrince It's not "making money" it's more like loss minimization. [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR commented on this [18:36] IsambardPrince But that's not how Maricel uses her credit cards. [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] how usians think of debt cards as the norm [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] and in a lot of the world it is not like this [18:36] IsambardPrince She treats the bank's money like it was her money, only she can't pay them at the end of the month. [18:36] IsambardPrince So minimum payments that are all interest, forever. [18:37] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Broadly speaking, the problem is that in the US it's hard to make much money. [18:37] IsambardPrince Especially lately. [18:37] TR News EA Is Looking Into Making Its Javelin Anti-Cheat Support Linux/Proton - Steam Deck HQ https://steamdeckhq.com/news/ea-javelin-anti-cheat-support-linux-proton/ Source: | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//steamdeckhq.com/news/ea-javelin-anti-cheat-support-linux-proton/ [18:37] TR Bot EA Is Looking Into Making Its Javelin Anti-Cheat Support Linux/Proton - Steam Deck HQ [18:38] IsambardPrince Mom is so boomer-brained that she thinks people who want $15 an hour for working at McDonald's is insane. And it would be had the price of everything not gone up by double in the last 5 years. [18:38] IsambardPrince But people stop progressing mentally in some ways, in their formative years. [18:38] IsambardPrince And so in her boomer brain, even though she's aware what SHE pays for things, $15 an hour at McDonald's still sounds like a lot, but it isn't. [18:38] TR News Immutable Linux distribution Nitrux 6.0.0 adds GPU passthrough, boot-level recovery, C++ update system https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/04/immutable-linux-distribution-nitrux-6-release/ [18:38] TR Bot Immutable Linux distribution Nitrux 6.0.0 adds GPU passthrough, boot-level recovery, C++ update system - Help Net Security [18:40] IsambardPrince She's constantly complaining about prices, but it ignores a simple fact that when prices go up you need more wages, or else it's not worth going to work. If you pay $8 an hour at McDonald's in this economy, everyone stops showing up for work because it costs them more to get to work than they make at work. [18:40] IsambardPrince It won't pay for a week's rent at an apartment if you work all month. [18:40] TR News mquire: Open-source Linux memory forensics tool - Help Net Security https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/04/mquire-open-source-linux-memory-forensics-tool/ Source: Help Net Security | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/04/mquire-open-source-linux-memory-forensics-tool/ [18:40] TR Bot mquire: Open-source Linux memory forensics tool - Help Net Security [18:41] IsambardPrince Uber is more affordable than owning any car. But even then you got people paying $15 or $20 to get to work, and again when they go home. [18:41] IsambardPrince You think anyone would show up at McDonald's for $8 an hour? Nope. [18:41] *techrights-sec6 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [18:42] IsambardPrince When you go to work, you have to tell the boomers that this isn't the fuckin' March of Dimes. We want paid. Working at McDonald's is not charity and volunteerism. You need paid. [18:42] IsambardPrince And it's sad you need to tell people who claim to be intelligent what any fool can figure out based on two brain cells touching. [18:43] TR News Fake Laravel Packages on Packagist Deploy RAT on Windows, macOS, and Linux https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/fake-laravel-packages-on-packagist.html [18:43] TR Bot Fake Laravel Packages on Packagist Deploy RAT on Windows, macOS, and Linux [18:44] IsambardPrince Wages have to go up until it's at least just barely worth going to work. Then when you reach that point, people will show up, but they'll hate having to do it, then they're resentful. They screw up your order and they don't care. They don't want to be at a job that's just barely worth doing. Would you? Would anyone? [18:45] *schestowitz-pi2 (~pi@i8wm8zwjwfwd8.irc) has joined #techrights [18:45] IsambardPrince You go there, you slave over a grill and a fry vat, you barely make ends meet, your back is killing you, you're tired. Then mom shows up. Did you remember my senior discount? I want fresh fries. I want to talk to your manager! [18:45] IsambardPrince There's a name for people who don't know what it's like to be someone else and don't care. It's called Narcissism. [18:46] *schestowitz-pi2 is now known as techtrights-sec6 [18:46] IsambardPrince And while this is happening your boss comes in and slashes your hours again and you've got kids. [18:47] IsambardPrince Anyway, bbl [18:47] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [18:47] TR News Fedora-based Origami Linux 2026.03 launches with the 6.19.3 kernel and COSMIC 1.0.8 https://www.notebookcheck.net/Fedora-based-Origami-Linux-2026-03-launches-with-the-6-19-3-kernel-and-COSMIC-1-0-8.1241868.0.html [18:47] TR Bot Origami Linux 2026.03 launches with the 6.19.3 kernel and COSMIC 1.0.8 - NotebookCheck.net News [18:48] TR News These are the Linux TUI apps I leave open 24/7 https://www.howtogeek.com/these-are-the-linux-tui-apps-i-leave-open-24-7/ [18:48] TR Bot These are the Linux TUI apps I leave open 24/7 [18:49] TR News "One big issue with Linux / SteamOS gaming is a lack of anti-cheat support, and it seems Electronic Arts (EA) have future plans for supporting the platform." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ea-javelin-anticheat-job-listing-mentions-future-support-for-linux-and-proton/ [18:49] TR Bot Javelin Anticheat job listing mentions future support for Linux and Proton | GamingOnLinux [18:50] TR News Say goodbye to Microsoft Windows 11 and hello to Nitrux Linux 6 https://betanews.com/article/say-goodbye-to-microsoft-windows-11-and-hello-to-nitrux-linux-6/ [18:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://betanews.com/article/say-goodbye-to-microsoft-windows-11-and-hello-to-nitrux-linux-6/ ) [18:50] MinceR lol [18:50] MinceR wow, they recommended a distro that has openrc [18:50] MinceR hell must have frozen over [18:51] TR News "ANBERNIC is doing something it hasnt done in a while." https://www.androidauthority.com/anbernic-rg-vita-pro-running-android-linux-teaser-3646383/ [18:51] TR Bot Watch the RG VITA Pro run Android and Linux in new video - Android Authority [18:52] TR News Galaxy S26 Ultra Gets Linux Terminal Support Finally https://samsung.gadgethacks.com/news/galaxy-s26-ultra-gets-linux-terminal-support-finally/ [18:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://samsung.gadgethacks.com/news/galaxy-s26-ultra-gets-linux-terminal-support-finally/ ) [18:54] TR News Resistance to operating system age checks coming from open source calculator and an OS that may just exclude Californians altogether https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/resistance-to-operating-system-age-checks-coming-from-checks-notes-open-source-calculator-and-an-os-that-may-just-exclude-californians-altogether/ [18:54] TR Bot Resistance to operating system age checks coming from *checks notes* open source calculator and an OS that may just exclude Californians altogether | PC Gamer [18:55] TR News (NEW): "Attestation" Mandated in US If American Politicians Get Their Way https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/24/_Attestation_Mandated_in_US_If_American_Politicians_Get_Their_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/24/_Attestation_Mandated_in_US_If_American_Politicians_Get_Their_W.gmi [18:55] TR Bot Tux Machines "Attestation" Mandated in US If American Politicians Get Their Way [18:56] TR News German openSUSE-based distro Aeon 20260302 now available with various minor updates - NotebookCheck.net News https://www.notebookcheck.net/German-openSUSE-based-distro-Aeon-20260302-now-available-with-various-minor-updates.1242170.0.html Source: Notebook Check [18:56] TR Bot openSUSE-based distro Aeon 20260302 now available with various minor updates - NotebookCheck.net News [18:58] TR News BunsenLabs Carbon keeps the flame alive with Debian 13 - El Reg https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/bunsenlabs_carbon/ Source: The Register UK | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/bunsenlabs_carbon/ [18:58] TR Bot BunsenLabs Carbon keeps the flame alive with Debian 13 The Register [18:58] TR News 3 lessons I learned after replacing my Windows PC with a Linux laptop https://www.howtogeek.com/lessons-i-learned-after-replacing-my-windows-pc-with-a-linux-laptop/ [18:58] TR Bot 3 lessons I learned after replacing my Windows PC with a Linux laptop [18:59] TR News "This release also adds a QML-based, Wayland-native on-screen display for keyboard shortcuts and system notifications." https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-6-0-released-with-linux-6-19-new-login-screen-rescue-mode-and-more [18:59] TR Bot 6.0 Released with Linux 6.19, New Login Screen, Rescue Mode, and More - 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For a long time, my daily driver lived up to that reputation. Apps opened quickly, workspaces snapped into place, and the system felt tight in the way only a well-behaved Linux machine can. Then, slowly, the vibe shifted." https://www.makeuseof.com/my-linux-pc-was-lagging-until-i-tried-this-boring-fix/ [19:02] TR Bot My Linux PC was lagging until I tried this boring fix [19:02] TR News I installed NixOS on my daily driver, but I went back to Fedora in a week https://www.xda-developers.com/i-installed-nixos-on-my-daily-driver-but-i-went-back-to-fedora-in-a-week/ [19:02] TR Bot I installed NixOS on my daily driver, but I went back to Fedora in a week [19:03] TR News "Linux distros come and go. Most promise polish; others speed. A brave few roll in, claiming they have finally fixed package management, which is adorable, and then they quietly disappear into the same graveyard as your abandoned dotfile experiments and that one window manager phase you swear was temporary." https://www.makeuseof.com/this-might-be-the-most-interesting-new-linux-distro-right-now/ [19:03] TR Bot This might be the most interesting new Linux distro right now [19:03] TR News Run Linux shell commands from your MIDI keyboard https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/03/run-linux-shell-commands-from-your-midi-keyboard/ [19:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/03/run-linux-shell-commands-from-your-midi-keyboard/ ) [19:04] TR News Linux PC booting slowly? This handy tool shows why in seconds - here's how https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-boot-time-systemd-analyze/ [19:05] TR Bot PC booting slowly? 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These 4 Linux distros are not as safe as you think for beginners https://www.howtogeek.com/distros-beginners-should-avoid/ [19:10] TR Bot Stop! 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easier than you think" [19:22] TR News (NEW): Fedora: Origami Linux, Universal Blu, and Fedora Documentation Halt https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Fedora_Origami_Linux_Universal_Blu_and_Fedora_Documentation_Hal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Fedora_Origami_Linux_Universal_Blu_and_Fedora_Documentation_Hal.gmi [19:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora: Origami Linux, Universal Blu, and Fedora Documentation Halt [19:30] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Promoting Slop for IBM, Oracle Linux-based Security Onion 2.4.210 is Out https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Red_Hat_Promoting_Slop_for_IBM_Oracle_Linux_based_Security_Onio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Red_Hat_Promoting_Slop_for_IBM_Oracle_Linux_based_Security_Onio.gmi [19:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Promoting Slop for IBM, Oracle Linux-based Security Onion 2.4.210 is Out [19:34] TR News (NEW): Debian and Ubuntu: Output Taxonomy, FunOS, and Golioth 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[19:53] Sompi Wouldn't that effectively ban all computing devices that are sold without a factory-installed operating system, and also all user-installable operating systems because their installation process happens after the "device activation", whatever it means? [19:53] Sompi So that law basically mandates all new computers to be boot locked to the factory-installed OS, or else the manufactirer will face a $10,000 fine for each sold unit. [19:53] Sompi And it would also make reinstalling an operating system a crime - or manufacturing a device where the operating system can be reinstalled - even if it is the same OS that was already there from the factory! [19:53] Sompi All new 64-bit x86 computers already have infrastructure required for enforcing this law on their ROM. It is known as UEFI Secure Boot. The manufacturers only need to push an automatic firmware update that makes it impossible to disable. [19:53] Sompi Those laws in other states "only" make writing your own operating system a punishable crime that will most probably send the developer to a prison until the end of their life, because the fines are so astronomically high that no-one can ever pay them. [19:54] Sompi How is it possible that Pirate Parties or EFF do not have anything to say about this?" ● Mar 04 [20:00] schestowitz[TR2] ahg [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=WlH2yS5IKg [20:01] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=WlH2yS5IKg ) [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] "2026-03-04: The backends are down due to youtube changes! It will be fixed shortly. [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] Los backends estan caidos debido a cambios de Youtube! Sera arreglado en unos momentos." [20:04] schestowitz[TR2] is that you [20:04] schestowitz[TR2] 14 mins ago? [20:04] Sompi yes, it is my comment [20:04] schestowitz[TR2] will reproduce [20:04] schestowitz[TR2] eta 1 min [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] Sompi: [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] And Microsoft OSI has just celebrated this openwashing by GAFAM: (latest post by Microsoft Vidal) [20:05] schestowitz[TR2]

    Google Summer of Code 2026: Advancing Open Source Through Mentorship

    [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] Last week: Of Course Android is Not Free Software [20:05] schestowitz[TR2]

    After some procrastination (Google waiting for the fire to run out of 'fuel') Google goes ahead with what it planned all along (Android becoming more proprietary and "closed" at the "app" level). With 'attesta [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] tion' in the pipeline for GNU/Linux and for browsers (Google keeps pushing for this) we're seeing the end days of Software Freedom, but only if we go along with this. [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] 'Attestation' mindset is already promoted by pushers of TPMs, restricted boot, rootkits and back doors. They hardly hide these intentions of theirs; they serve GAFAM and DRM agenda. They attack GAFAM's critics< [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] /a> and attack real security professionals*. [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] Meanwhile AOSP is turning from "Open Source" to rare "code dumps", Android "apps" are just some little prisons controlled by GAFAM (anything else is doomed because it is deemed "sideloading"), and "Google Chrome Moving To A Two-Week Release Cycle", which means it's harder to catch up with Google if one relies on making "clones". [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] Google is a proprietary software giant, GSoC is only a distraction and confusion. [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] Revisit "Google's Software is Malware" at gnu.org for more examples of the same. It is updated regularly.

    [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] ____ [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] * As a comment put it 14 minutes ago in IRC and in a GAFAM site: [20:05] schestowitz[TR2]
    [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] "This New York law would "require all manufacturers of Internet-enabled devices, operating systems, or application stores to conduct commercially reason-able and technically feasible age assurance for users at the point of device activation." [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] Wouldn't that effectively ban all computing devices that are sold without a factory-installed operating system, and also all user-installable operating systems because their installation process happens after the "device activation", whatever it means? [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] So that law basically mandates all new computers to be boot locked to the factory-installed OS, or else the manufacturer will face a $10,000 fine for each sold unit. [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] And it would also make reinstalling an operating system a crime - or manufacturing a device where the operating system can be reinstalled - even if it is the same OS that was already there from the factory! [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] All new 64-bit x86 computers already have infrastructure required for enforcing this law on their ROM. It is known as UEFI Secure Boot. The manufacturers only need to push an automatic firmware update that makes it impossible to disable. [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] Those laws in other states "only" make writing your own operating system a punishable crime that will most probably send the developer to a prison until the end of their life, because the fines are so astronomically high that no-one can ever pay them. [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] How is it possible that Pirate Parties or EFF do not have anything to say about this? [20:05] schestowitz[TR2]
    [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] [20:05] TR Bot Techrights Of Course Android is Not Free Software [20:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Keep Android Open [20:05] TR Bot Tux Machines "Attestation" Mandated in US If American Politicians Get Their Way [20:05] schestowitz[TR2] oops [20:06] schestowitz[TR2] still editing [20:06] TR Bot Techrights They Try to Ruin Linux, Too ("Attestation" in GNU/Linux) [20:06] TR Bot UEFI [20:06] TR Bot Professional Troll Matthew Garrett Spreads Libel, Defamation and Slander About the Free Software Community to Entertain Microsoft and Friends [20:06] TR Bot Chrome Moving To A Two-Week Release Cycle - Phoronix [20:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-google.en.html ) [20:06] TR Bot https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=WlH2yS5IKg0 [20:06] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=WlH2yS5IKg0 ) [20:06] TR News Techrights Android is Proprietary 'Linux' and It Becomes More Malicious Over Time, Google Only Delayed What It Planned All Along https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Android_is_Proprietary_Linux_and_It_Becomes_More_Malicious_Over.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Android_is_Proprietary_Linux_and_It_Becomes_More_Malicious_Over.gmi [20:06] TR Bot Techrights Android is Proprietary 'Linux' and It Becomes More Malicious Over Time, Google Only Delayed What It Planned All Along [20:15] TR News "correct. Accenture laid off 20,000. IBM has been hacking away at Consulting for a few years and good LLMs will mow them down like a Toro mower. Gerstner shelled out $3,500,000,000 for PwC a long time ago which is 1 of many IBM over pays. IBM Consulting is VERY WEAK compared to other co'" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjvtpr5n [20:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjvtpr5n ) [20:30] TR News Techrights Why Slop Will Flop - Part IV - We've Seen the End of It https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Why_Slop_Will_Flop_Part_IV_We_ve_Seen_the_End_of_It.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/Why_Slop_Will_Flop_Part_IV_We_ve_Seen_the_End_of_It.gmi [20:30] TR Bot Techrights Why Slop Will Flop - Part IV - We've Seen the End of It ● Mar 04 [21:08] TR News Techrights FSF Promoting Richard M. Stallman (RMS) Talk in Switzerland in Just Over a Day From Now https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/FSF_Promoting_Richard_M_Stallman_RMS_Talk_in_Switzerland_in_Jus.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/04/FSF_Promoting_Richard_M_Stallman_RMS_Talk_in_Switzerland_in_Jus.gmi [21:08] TR Bot Techrights FSF Promoting Richard M. Stallman (RMS) Talk in Switzerland in Just Over a Day From Now [21:11] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:41] admfubar well sign me up!!!..................... NOT!!!! https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grammarly-ai-reviews [21:41] TR Bot Grammarly Offering Manuscript Reviews by AI Versions of Recently Deceased Professors [21:43] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-ai-facility-mordor [21:43] TR Bot Residents Say Elon Musk's AI Facility Is Like Living Next Door to Mordor [21:43] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-robot-body-suicide-lawsuit [21:43] TR Bot Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It, Lawsuit Alleges ● Mar 04 [22:20] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/failed-casino-magnate-takes-biggest-gamble-yet/ [22:20] TR Bot Failed casino magnate takes biggest gamble yet - Raw Story [22:33] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/vape-powered-car-isnt-just-blowing-smoke/ [22:33] TR Bot Car Isnt Just Blowing Smoke | Hackaday [22:36] admfubar https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/allstate-must-face-privacy-lawsuit-over-cellphone-tracking-drivers-2026-03-04/ [22:36] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/allstate-must-face-privacy-lawsuit-over-cellphone-tracking-drivers-2026-03-04/ ) [22:50] MinceR (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/february-19-SOv1mY8 [22:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/february-19-SOv1mY8 )