●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, July 09, 2025 ●● ● Jul 09 [00:23] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:27] *Righty (~Username@wvn2akmfspm4n.irc) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1d7f) has joined #techrights ● Jul 09 [01:09] MinceR https://i.imgur.com/ECNy9sU.jpeg = https://rimgo.bloat.cat/ECNy9sU [01:09] TR Bot rimgo [01:20] lxo schestowitz[TR3], https://hostux.social/users/fsfstatus/statuses/114817941830135038 <- this thread has details on the FSF outage [01:20] TR Bot FSF Out of Band Updates: "Most services are still down. Staff is researchi" - Mastodon Hostux [01:34] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/trump-and-congress-finalize-law-that-could-hurt-your-wi-fi/ [01:34] TR Bot Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi - Ars Technica [01:47] -Global-[Logon News - Dec 18 2007] IPv6 connections available on euirc! 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[01:52] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [01:54] TR News Tesla shares plunge amid investor concerns over Convicted Felon-Musk feud https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/07/tesla-shares-plunge-amid-investor-concerns-trump-musk-feud/ [01:54] TR Bot shares plunge amid investor concerns over Trump-Musk feud - SiliconANGLE [01:54] TR News Sahil Dhiman: Let's Talk About Hey Hi (AI) https://blog.sahilister.in/2025/07/lets-talk-about-ai/ [01:54] TR Bot Let's Talk About AI [01:56] TR News Just in time for Prime Day, Steam's hardware survey reveals PC gamers have less free storage than ever most users have only 100-250GB of space, barely enough for a couple of AAA titles https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/just-in-time-for-prime-day-steams-hardware-survey-reveals-pc-gamers-have-less-free-storage-than-ever-most-users-have-only-100-250gb-of-space-barely-enough-for-a-couple-of-aaa-titles [01:56] TR Bot Just in time for Prime Day, Steam's hardware survey reveals PC gamers have less free storage than ever most users have only 100-250GB of space, barely enough for a couple of AAA titles | Tom's Hardware [01:59] TR News Its Not Just TikTok: US-Based Version of CapCut May Also Be in the Works https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/07/us-version-of-capcut-in-the-works/ [01:59] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/07/us-version-of-capcut-in-the-works/ ) ● Jul 09 [02:00] TR News 463 Tacos And Fentanylware (TikTok) https://mintcast.org/463-tacos-and-tiktok/ [02:00] TR Bot 463 Tacos And TikTok mintCast [02:04] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1346.jpg [02:04] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1696.jpg [02:05] TR News "Recently I wrote about installing a Telnet server [1], and a FTP server [2] in a FreeBSD jail." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/occ25-more-preparations.txt [02:07] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [02:07] TR News "I fell into the Wayland rabbithole these last few days. Progress has been made, but there are many, many rough edges. This isn't ready, yet. A lot of stuff works, but there are so many little things that don't. This isn't just about "compositors" but also about toolkits and tools." gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-07/2025-07-08--wayland-needs-more-time.txt [02:08] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@y6zpznzxb7uv2.irc) has joined #techrights [02:09] TR News Choosing a tool gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2025-07-08.gmi [02:10] TR News turning point gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/turning_point [02:11] TR News "Yes, it's been a long time. I broke my gemini server while upgrading the entire box and had to fix a lot of stuff, in particular the SSL certificate parsing." gemini://spikydinosaur.com/2025/07/08-resurrecion.gmi [02:13] TR News "When I moved to XFree86 (later known as Xorg) we of course used Jamies screensaver collection. 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[03:11] admfubar Danger 5?? https://www.rawstory.com/grok/ [03:11] TR Bot Musk's AI chatbot proclaims itself 'MechaHitler' and spews antisemitic rants - Raw Story [03:13] MinceR big deal, MechaHitler isn't that difficult to kill [03:14] MinceR https://wolfenstein.fandom.com/wiki/Adolf_Hitler_(Wolf3D) [03:14] TR Bot Adolf Hitler (Wolf3D) | Wolfenstein Wiki | Fandom [03:17] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/08/apple-coo-jeff-williams-to-step-down-later-this-month/ [03:17] TR Bot COO Jeff Williams to step down later this month | TechCrunch [03:18] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/07/07/0143225&from=rss [03:18] TR Bot A New Diabetes Treatment Could Free People From Insulin Injections - SoylentNews [03:21] admfubar latest intel intel.... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-cuts-over-500-jobs-171717627.html [03:21] TR Bot Intel Cuts Over 500 Jobs in Oregon as Part of Layoff Plan [03:23] TR News Techrights The FSF's SysOps Team Recovered From Serious Hardware Issue Within Hours https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/The_FSF_s_SysOps_Team_Recovered_From_Serious_Hardware_Issue_Wit.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/The_FSF_s_SysOps_Team_Recovered_From_Serious_Hardware_Issue_Wit.gmi [03:23] TR Bot Techrights The FSF's SysOps Team Recovered From Serious Hardware Issue Within Hours [03:30] admfubar https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/the-feds-get-greedy-for-state-data [03:30] TR Bot NEWS & UPDATES | FISA REFORM | PPSA - Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability (PPSA) [03:31] admfubar https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/computer-vision-research-is-a-surveillance-incubator [03:31] TR Bot NEWS & UPDATES | FISA REFORM | PPSA - Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability (PPSA) [03:31] TR News Techrights Apple Way Past Its Prime https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Apple_Way_Past_Its_Prime.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Apple_Way_Past_Its_Prime.gmi [03:31] TR Bot Techrights Apple Way Past Its Prime [03:41] TR News Techrights Computers Are Just a Tool https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Computers_Are_Just_a_Tool.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Computers_Are_Just_a_Tool.gmi [03:41] TR Bot Techrights Computers Are Just a Tool [03:46] TR News Techrights Some Scheduled Maintenance Later Today https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Some_Scheduled_Maintenance_Later_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Some_Scheduled_Maintenance_Later_Today.gmi [03:46] TR Bot Techrights Some Scheduled Maintenance Later Today [03:53] TR News Techrights Example of "Old" Things That Still Work https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Example_of_Old_Things_That_Still_Work.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Example_of_Old_Things_That_Still_Work.gmi [03:53] TR Bot Techrights Example of "Old" Things That Still Work [03:59] schestowitz[TR3] > The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the [03:59] schestowitz[TR3] > July 2025 issue [03:59] schestowitz[TR3] Nice recovery! [03:59] schestowitz[TR3] Well done! ● Jul 09 [04:02] schestowitz[TR3] Did you notice that this week people discuss how Canonical hired a sex offender who engaged in incest and sexually abused his young sister (if not sisters) over 1000 times? [04:02] schestowitz[TR3] He signed the anti-RMS petition. [04:02] schestowitz[TR3] Many in Canonical knew, it was also connected to the Church. Remember that Scam Altman was also sued by his own young sister for sexual crimes. [04:11] TR News "Then, YouCanToo/The CrankyZombie experienced a fire at his house. Now, if you didnt already know, he hosted PCLinuxOS, the forum, the magazine, PCLOS-Cloud, PCLOS-Talk, pclosmail, the PCLinuxOS Wiki, and ImagStor on servers in his house." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202507/editorial.html [04:11] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Welcome From The Chief Editor [04:12] TR News ICYMI: N. Korean Hackers Use Fake Identities To Land Remote US Tech Jobs https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202507/page01.html [04:12] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 1 [04:13] *ZedHedTed has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:14] TR News PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202507/page11.html [04:14] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 11 [04:16] TR News Typst Cookbook: Part Three https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202507/page04.html [04:16] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 4 [04:16] TR News Wiki Pick: Restore Grub2 https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202507/page08.html [04:16] TR Bot PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 8 [04:18] TR News (NEW): GIMP Tutorial: GIMP 3.0 Review https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/GIMP_Tutorial_GIMP_3_0_Review.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/GIMP_Tutorial_GIMP_3_0_Review.gmi [04:18] TR Bot Tux Machines GIMP Tutorial: GIMP 3.0 Review [04:27] IsambardPrince Did you notice that this week people discuss how Canonical hired a sex offender who engaged in incest and sexually abused his young sister (if not sisters) over 1000 times? [04:27] IsambardPrince He signed the anti-RMS petition. [04:27] IsambardPrince I still say they should have mass executions in whatever way is cheapest to get rid of these people. [04:28] IsambardPrince Sure it would be horrifying for a month or two, then you run out of most of them and the rest see what just happened. [04:28] schestowitz[TR3] gonad's family? [04:28] schestowitz[TR3] was it kyle? [04:28] schestowitz[TR3] you said he did that to several sister [04:28] schestowitz[TR3] *sisters [04:29] schestowitz[TR3] and gonad made excuses [04:29] schestowitz[TR3] said they checked [04:29] schestowitz[TR3] and the hymen was intact [04:29] schestowitz[TR3] which makes you wonder if the parents went "in them" [04:29] schestowitz[TR3] to "check" [04:29] schestowitz[TR3] gross. [04:36] IsambardPrince Trent [04:36] IsambardPrince That family was gross. [04:36] IsambardPrince Criminal [04:37] IsambardPrince Criminality just runs in the blood sometimes, and that's them. [04:37] IsambardPrince Trent's biological father only lived to be 35. [04:37] IsambardPrince Died of an overdose. [04:38] IsambardPrince He was a really bad guy though. [04:38] IsambardPrince So nobody was worse off for it. Saved the taxpayers a lot of money. [04:38] IsambardPrince Prison and jail all the time. [04:38] IsambardPrince Probation officer to come out and pinch him whenever they let him out because he'd always violate parole or probation immediately. [04:39] IsambardPrince Dirty drug tests, not showing up, flee the state. [04:55] TR News Techrights Some People Use Computers to Get Actual Work Done https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Some_People_Use_Computers_to_Get_Actual_Work_Done.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Some_People_Use_Computers_to_Get_Actual_Work_Done.gmi [04:55] TR Bot Techrights Some People Use Computers to Get Actual Work Done ● Jul 09 [05:12] TR News Techrights Lunduke Isn't Even Hiding His Anti-Linux Agenda (From "Linux Sucks" to "Linux is Pedophiles") https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Lunduke_Isn_t_Even_Hiding_His_Anti_Linux_Agenda_From_Linux_Suck.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Lunduke_Isn_t_Even_Hiding_His_Anti_Linux_Agenda_From_Linux_Suck.gmi [05:12] TR Bot Techrights Lunduke Isn't Even Hiding His Anti-Linux Agenda (From "Linux Sucks" to "Linux is Pedophiles") [05:24] TR News Microsoft] Lunduke, [05:37] TR News Techrights Extremism as a Weapon Against GNU/Linux (Microsoft Lunduke) https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Extremism_as_a_Weapon_Against_GNU_Linux_Microsoft_Lunduke.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Extremism_as_a_Weapon_Against_GNU_Linux_Microsoft_Lunduke.gmi [05:37] TR Bot Techrights Extremism as a Weapon Against GNU/Linux (Microsoft Lunduke) [05:56] IsambardPrince https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/money-report/citi-plans-to-cut-3500-tech-roles-in-china-as-global-banks-cut-costs/3928761/ [05:56] TR Bot Citi plans to slash 3,500 tech roles in China as global banks cut costs NBC4 Washington [05:57] IsambardPrince "The layoffs in China come as Citi continues to work through a broader plan announced January last year, to reduce 10% of its workforce, or about 20,000 employees globally. It has moved to streamline operation and downsize office in the U.S., Indonesia, the Philippines and Poland, the statement said." [05:57] IsambardPrince Citi was really pissed at me that I couldn't pay them $7500. [05:57] IsambardPrince The bank really started spazzing out. [05:58] IsambardPrince Credit card banks get really ugly when you can't pay anymore. ● Jul 09 [06:18] TR News Techrights Brett Wilson LLP Sent Over 5KG Kilograms (or Over 12 Pounds) of Legal Papers! Because Writing About Microsoft Abuses is 'Illegal'. https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Sent_Over_5KG_Kilograms_or_Over_12_Pounds_of_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Sent_Over_5KG_Kilograms_or_Over_12_Pounds_of_L.gmi [06:18] TR Bot Techrights Brett Wilson LLP Sent Over 5KG Kilograms (or Over 12 Pounds) of Legal Papers! Because Writing About Microsoft Abuses is 'Illegal'. [06:47] TR News Techrights Huge Piles of Legal Papers ('Paper DDoS') Do Not Impress Judges and Regulators https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Huge_Piles_of_Legal_Papers_Paper_DDoS_Do_Not_Impress_Judges_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Huge_Piles_of_Legal_Papers_Paper_DDoS_Do_Not_Impress_Judges_and.gmi [06:47] TR Bot Techrights Huge Piles of Legal Papers ('Paper DDoS') Do Not Impress Judges and Regulators ● Jul 09 [07:04] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Someone asked about "your favorite religious movie" on Reddit. [07:05] IsambardPrince I said, "Life of Brian". [07:05] schestowitz[TR3] ha [07:05] schestowitz[TR3] always look at the bright side of life [07:05] schestowitz[TR3] Life of Gonad [07:05] IsambardPrince They play that on the radio every morning here. [07:05] IsambardPrince At 5 AM. [07:05] schestowitz[TR3] incest and beating up the partner's gay kid\ [07:06] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], I don't know if Brian ever committed incest. [07:06] IsambardPrince But his grandson Trent did. [07:06] IsambardPrince Pedophilia and Incest, at the same time. [07:07] IsambardPrince He also shit himself and threw the dirty underwear all over the stairs to the basement because he didn't wipe, and this was when he was like 10. [07:07] IsambardPrince It wasn't skid marks, it was chunks of shit in the underwear. [07:07] IsambardPrince Brian adored him. [07:08] IsambardPrince He has an arrest record now, Trent does, because he's an adult. [07:08] IsambardPrince Rape, failure to pay child support to at least three women. [07:10] IsambardPrince https://www.baileylove.com/obituaries/brian-culley/#!/TributeWall [07:10] TR Bot Brian D. Culley Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information [07:10] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Scroll down. There's a photo gallery. [07:11] IsambardPrince Upper left of the upper left photo in the red t-shirt is Trent. [07:11] *\join_subline has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [07:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], He had so many health problems (Brian) that I'm amazed he lived to be 59. [07:12] IsambardPrince They were all brought on by smoking and drinking. [07:13] IsambardPrince https://s3.amazonaws.com/storage.lifetributes.com/Tributes/4160047/Albums/355964/Brian-Culley-9207679.jpg [07:13] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Cheetos and sweatpants. [07:14] IsambardPrince https://s3.amazonaws.com/storage.lifetributes.com/Tributes/4160047/Albums/355964/Brian-Culley-9207668.jpg [07:14] IsambardPrince Classy. [07:18] IsambardPrince There were a lot of weird things about him. What I didn't get was why he always walked around wearing his dirty work uniforms and not wearing deodorant. [07:19] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Most people when they get home want to ditch the work uniform, head straight to the shower, and put on pajamas. [07:19] IsambardPrince There's plenty of time for the ill-fitting work uniform tomorrow. [07:19] *\join_subline (~join_subline@x58kccsbytrv6.irc) has joined #techrights [07:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [07:22] IsambardPrince https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/business/tesla-troubled-financial-outlook [07:22] TR Bot Teslas troubles are deeper than you think | CNN Business [07:22] IsambardPrince A lot of people will end up with this huge thing that doesn't work anymore about 5-7 years after they buy the "truck". [07:25] IsambardPrince https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Relationships-and-Money/Parents-Demanding-Money-from-Me/td-p/6805183 [07:25] TR Bot Parents Demanding Money from Me - myFICO Forums - 6805183 [07:25] IsambardPrince Fuck [07:25] IsambardPrince $300 a month and that's all they want? [07:26] IsambardPrince For $300 a month I'll move in and call them mom and dad and tell them I love them. [07:26] IsambardPrince What an asshole. [07:26] IsambardPrince This guy can have my $1150 a month apartment with stuck windows, slime, and mold. [07:26] IsambardPrince He'll be so happy his parents are not longer "demanding" things. [07:28] IsambardPrince My rent hasn't been ~300 a month since 2003 and to get that I had to live in a one room apartment with a bed that came out of the wall. [07:28] IsambardPrince Fuck this guy. [07:32] *\join_subline has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:40] *\join_subline (~join_subline@x58kccsbytrv6.irc) has joined #techrights [07:55] *\join_subline has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:57] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights ● Jul 09 [08:04] *\join_subline (~join_subline@x58kccsbytrv6.irc) has joined #techrights [08:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [08:13] IsambardPrince https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/fury-inducing-photos-of-shrinkflation [08:13] TR Bot 53 Infuriating Photos Of Shrinkflation [08:13] IsambardPrince Yeah, I've never gotten a large fries that was half full at McDonald's. [08:14] IsambardPrince I'd point at it and ask if they wanted to try again. [08:23] TR News (NEW): Celebrating 20 Years of openSUSE https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Celebrating_20_Years_of_openSUSE.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Celebrating_20_Years_of_openSUSE.gmi [08:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Celebrating 20 Years of openSUSE [08:32] TR News "A variety of things in typical graphical desktop sessions communicate through the use of environment variables; for example, X's $DISPLAY environment variable." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdUserEnvironmentThings | Source: University of Toronto [08:32] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [08:32] TR News "In particular, if any single file in /etc/exports.d has a problem, no files from /etc/exports.d get processed and no exports are updated." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/ExportfsStopsOnErrors | Source: University of Toronto [08:32] TR News "While FreeBSD is similar in many concepts to other UNIX systems or to Linux its good to know exact commands and solutions for various needs." https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/crucial-freebsd-toolkit/ | Source: Vermaden [08:32] TR Bot Crucial FreeBSD Toolkit | [08:33] TR News "Analysing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) SYN segments, the initial step in the TCP three-way handshake, can reveal patterns and anomalies in network traffic, providing insights into potential threats." https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/09/decoding-tcp-syn-for-stronger-network-security/ | Source: APNIC [08:33] TR Bot Decoding TCP SYN for stronger network security | APNIC Blog [08:34] TR News (NEW): Floating Mini Panel GNOME Extension Adds Auto Mode https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Floating_Mini_Panel_GNOME_Extension_Adds_Auto_Mode.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Floating_Mini_Panel_GNOME_Extension_Adds_Auto_Mode.gmi [08:34] TR Bot Tux Machines Floating Mini Panel GNOME Extension Adds Auto Mode [08:34] TR News "Explore the universal design for learning framework and explore how you can make your computing lessons accessible to all students." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/how-to-build-young-peoples-agency-through-accessible-learning/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:34] TR Bot How to build young people's agency through accessible learning - Raspberry Pi Foundation [08:35] TR News "It took me about 30 minutes to assemble it: I spent a lot of time on the custom LCD, as making it fit into the plastic body was really hard." https://www.ncartron.org/quick-review-of-the-sensor-watch-pro.html | Source: Nico Cartron [08:35] TR Bot Quick review of the Sensor Watch Pro [08:35] TR News "OBS Studio 31.1.0 is out now with various new features and improvements, and it's a nice release for Linux users too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/obs-studio-31-1-0-released-with-multitrack-video-for-linux-explicit-sync-support-for-pipewire/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:35] TR Bot Studio 31.1.0 released with Multitrack Video for Linux, explicit sync support for PipeWire | GamingOnLinux [08:37] TR News "The popular Linux gaming image Bazzite has a July 2025 update out with some interesting new features and expanded device support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/bazzite-gets-a-new-app-store-newly-supported-devices-improved-wifi-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:37] TR Bot gets a new app store, newly supported devices, improved WiFi and more | GamingOnLinux [08:37] TR News Spammy? "Here's the Prime Day list for Prime Gaming, going over all the games you can claim if you sub to Amazon Prime." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/heres-all-the-games-to-claim-from-prime-gaming-for-prime-day-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:37] TR Bot all the games to claim from Prime Gaming for Prime Day 2025 | GamingOnLinux [08:38] TR News "The Diplomacy Update for X4: Foundations is now in Beta bringing some huge new features to the popular space sim. It's an opt-in Beta with a password, details on accessing it are available on their forum." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/the-big-diplomacy-update-for-x4-foundations-is-now-in-beta/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:38] TR Bot big Diplomacy Update for X4: Foundations is now in Beta | GamingOnLinux [08:38] TR News "I'm not entirely sure if their announcement of it being the "world's first" truly holds up, but I can't say I've seen anything like Rhythm of Resistance." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/rhythm-of-resistance-is-the-worlds-first-rhythm-metroidvania/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:38] TR Bot of Resistance is the "world's first" rhythm metroidvania | GamingOnLinux [08:39] TR News "Made public today is a fresh round of security issues, this time for AMD CPUs with Transient Scheduler Attacks. It affects quite a lot of processors including desktop, mobile and data centre." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/amd-cpu-transient-scheduler-attacks-security-flaw-revealed/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:39] TR Bot CPU Transient Scheduler Attacks security flaw revealed | GamingOnLinux [08:44] TR News (NEW): Games: Rhythm of Resistance, Bazzite, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Games_Rhythm_of_Resistance_Bazzite_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Games_Rhythm_of_Resistance_Bazzite_and_More.gmi [08:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Rhythm of Resistance, Bazzite, and More [08:45] TR News "The Tariff Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-tariff-beatings-will-continue [08:45] TR Bot The Tariff Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves [08:45] TR News "Microsoft, OpenAI, and a US Teachers Union Are Hatching a Plan to Bring AI into the Classroom" https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-openai-and-a-us-teachers-union-are-hatching-a-plan-to-bring-ai-into-the-classroom/ see: https://truthout.org/articles/regulating-ai-isnt-enough-lets-dismantle-the-logic-that-put-it-in-schools/ [08:45] TR Bot OpenAI, and a US Teachers Union Are Hatching a Plan to Bring AI into the Classroom | WIRED [08:45] TR Bot Regulating AI Isnt Enough. Lets Dismantle the Logic That Put It in Schools. | Truthout [08:46] TR News "Linux" -- yet the vector is Microsoft PowerShell ... https://therecord.media/bert-ransomware-identified [08:46] TR Bot Beware of Bert: New ransomware group targets healthcare, tech firms | The Record from Recorded Future News [08:46] TR News "Hiltzik: Who will stand up for our beleaguered billionaires?" https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-07-08/does-america-need-billionaires-billionaires-say-yes [08:46] TR Bot Hiltzik: Who will stand up for our beleaguered billionaires? - Los Angeles Times [08:47] TR News "StopKillingGames part 5 - developers face reputational damage if their games work ???" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/stopkillinggames-part-5-developers-face:6 [08:47] TR Bot StopKillingGames part 5 - developers face reputational damage if their games work ??? [08:47] TR News "Navy veteran discusses repair lockouts & leadership forcing use of broken equipment" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/navy-veteran-discusses-repair-lockouts:7 [08:47] TR Bot Navy veteran discusses repair lockouts & leadership forcing use of broken equipment [08:49] TR News "Not smart vs. stupid | Seth's Blog" https://seths.blog/2025/07/not-smart-vs-stupid/ [08:49] TR Bot Not smart vs. stupid | Seth's Blog [08:49] TR News "A quote from Aphyr" https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/7/aphyr/ [08:49] TR Bot A quote from Aphyr [08:52] TR News Age limits for social media are a terrible idea | "ldersgrns fr sociala media r en usel id" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/07/08/aldersgrans-for-sociala-media-ar-en-usel-ide/ [08:52] TR Bot ldersgrns fr sociala media r en usel id [08:54] TR News "After a white-supremacist hacker got access to digital records of old applications for admission to Columbia College and passed them on to the New York Times" https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/07/08/the-dangers-of-identity-databases/ | Source: Papers Please [08:54] TR Bot The dangers of identity databases Papers, Please! [08:55] TR News "Not for Sale" https://therevelator.org/nature-not-for-sale/ | Source: The Revelator [08:55] TR Bot Nature Is Not for Sale The Revelator [08:57] TR News (NEW): I Left Windows 11 for LinuxHeres the Best Distro to Start With https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/I_Left_Windows_11_for_Linux_Here_s_the_Best_Distro_to_Start_Wit.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/I_Left_Windows_11_for_Linux_Here_s_the_Best_Distro_to_Start_Wit.gmi [08:57] TR Bot Tux Machines I Left Windows 11 for LinuxHeres the Best Distro to Start With [08:59] TR News (NEW): I run these 4 commands first on every fresh Linux install https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/I_run_these_4_commands_first_on_every_fresh_Linux_install.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/I_run_these_4_commands_first_on_every_fresh_Linux_install.gmi [08:59] TR Bot Tux Machines I run these 4 commands first on every fresh Linux install [08:59] TR News "Microsoft Patch Tuesday"... "Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 137 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software." https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/microsoft-patch-tuesday-july-2025-edition/ | Source: Krebs On Security http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/ [08:59] TR Bot Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2025 Edition Krebs on Security [08:59] TR Bot Microsoft and the NSA ● Jul 09 [09:00] TR News "This is particularly true among her students, who are concerned about AI's massive energy and water consumption as well as the use of original works to train models" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-video-becomes-more-convincing-rattling-creative-industry/articleshow/122310372.cms | Source: India Times [09:00] TR Bot AI video becomes more convincing, rattling creative industry - The Economic Times [09:01] TR News "UK hosting provider Innetra PC is pushing back against a $25 million lawsuit from pay-TV giant DISH Network." https://torrentfreak.com/uk-hosting-provider-asks-court-to-dismiss-25-million-pirate-iptv-lawsuit/ | Source: Torrent Freak [09:01] TR Bot Hosting Provider Asks Court to Dismiss $25 Million Pirate IPTV Lawsuit * TorrentFreak [09:01] TR News "Keep that point in mind, because its going to be pretty key to this slightly different story in which Nestle, owners of Seattles Best Coffee" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/nestle-petitions-to-cancel-seattle-strong-coffee-trademark-arguing-it-owns-seattle/ | Source: Techdirt [09:01] TR Bot Petitions To Cancel Seattle Strong Coffee Trademark, Arguing It Owns Seattle | Techdirt [09:02] TR News "Last month, Apple overhauled its App Store rules to comply with the EU order to scrap its technical and commercial curbs on app developers in order to avoid daily fines of 5% of its average" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/apple-takes-fight-against-587-million-eu-antitrust-fine-to-court-1890157 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [09:02] TR Bot Apple Takes Fight Against $587 Million EU Antitrust Fine To Court [09:02] TR News "I foolishly believed that Google would aim to comply with the letter and the spirit of the DMA, given that its probably the most open of the Gatekeepers, both technically and culturally." https://brucelawson.co.uk/2025/googles-second-dma-compliance-workshop/ | Source: Bruce Lawson [09:02] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brucelawson.co.uk/2025/googles-second-dma-compliance-workshop/ ) [09:03] TR News "Most of these pampered monopolies have shifted over to monopolizing prison phone videoconferencing as well." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/trump-fcc-boss-brendan-carr-ignores-the-law-encourages-prison-telecom-monopolies-to-rip-off-inmate-families/ | Source: Techdirt [09:03] TR Bot FCC Boss Brendan Carr Ignores The Law, Encourages Prison Telecom Monopolies To Rip Off Inmate Families | Techdirt [09:05] TR News "The case has drawn national interest because of a 2-1 ruling issued in May by a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that erased a path through the federal Voting Rights Act" https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2025/07/appeals-court-rules-against-north-dakota-tribes-in-voting-rights-case-that-could-go-to-supreme-court.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC [09:05] TR Bot court rules against North Dakota tribes in voting rights case that could go to Supreme Court - lonestarlive.com [09:06] TR News "Alphabets self-driving car company launches what it hopes will be lucrative individual teen accountsand maybe a whole lot of social change in the process." https://www.wired.com/story/the-teens-are-taking-waymos-now/ | Source: Wired [09:06] TR Bot Teens Are Taking Waymos Now | WIRED [09:07] TR News "ICE agents brandish rifles, drive through protesters in S.F." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/ice-agents-brandish-rifles-drive-through-protesters-in-s-f/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [09:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/ice-agents-brandish-rifles-drive-through-protesters-in-s-f/ ) [09:10] TR News "This practice is a form of planned obsolescence and is not only harmful to customers, but makes the preservation of computer games virtually impossible" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2841237/stop-killing-games-wants-to-put-pressure-on-gaming-giants.html | Source: PC World [09:10] TR Bot Killing Games takes action against gaming giants | PCWorld [09:14] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:14] TR News "It is alarming that the Senegalese state is once again resorting to the criminalization of journalism" https://cpj.org/2025/07/senegalese-commentator-detained-under-false-news-claims/ | Source: CPJ [09:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:14] TR Bot Senegalese commentator detained under false news claims - Committee to Protect Journalists [09:14] TR News "X (formerly Twitter) said on Tuesday that it was ordered to block over 2,300 accounts" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/india-ordered-block-on-2355-x-accounts-including-reuters-later-reversed-says-x/articleshow/122319204.cms | Source: India Times [09:14] TR Bot MeitY rejects X claim on block orders; no plan to ban handles - The Economic Times [09:15] TR News "within one hour" https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/x-says-government-had-ordered-blocking-of-reuters-handle/article69787317.ece | Source: The Hindu [09:15] TR Bot X counters IT Ministry statement, says govt orderedReutersblock - The Hindu [09:15] TR News "according to digital forensic researchers who pinpointed the timing of the attacks and diagnosed the infections." https://therecord.media/appeals-court-revives-salvadoran-journalist-lawsuit-nso-group-spyware | Source: The Record [09:15] TR Bot Appeals court revives Salvadoran journalists lawsuit against NSO Group | The Record from Recorded Future News [09:15] TR News "Two judges on the appellate panel U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Sung, a Joe Biden appointee, and U.S. District Judge Michael Simon, a Barack Obama appointee at the District Court of Oregon who sat on the panel by designation" https://www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-revives-el-salvador-journalists-suit-against-israeli-spyware-firm/ | Source: Court House News [09:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-revives-el-salvador-journalists-suit-against-israeli-spyware-firm/ ) [09:16] TR News "Paramounts $16 million settlement with Donald Trump is a stunning display of bribery, greed, and cowardice." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/the-medias-profits-trump-democracy-once-again/ | Source: The Nation [09:16] TR Bot TheMediasProfits Trump Democracy,OnceAgain | The Nation [09:16] TR News "The statement follows a federal immigration judges ruling on July 1 granting Guevara $7,500 bail and ordering his release from ICE custody." https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/journalist-group-pressures-ice-to-comply-with-court-order-to-release-detained-reporter/ | Source: JURIST [09:16] TR Bot Media freedom group pressures ICE to comply with court order to release detained reporter - JURIST - News [09:16] TR News "A journalist in jail: freed former RFE/RL reporter recalls Belarus prison ordeal" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2604517/a-journalist-in-jail-freed-former-rfe-rl-reporter-recalls-belarus-prison-ordeal | Source: LRT [09:16] TR Bot A journalist in jail: freed former RFE/RL reporter recalls Belarus prison ordeal - LRT [09:17] TR News "The statement, which informed that the previously planned arrangements for media outlets and journalists had changed, reads as follows: [...]" https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/kck-journalists-will-not-be-able-to-attend-ceremony-in-south-kurdistan-due-to-security-reasons-80180 | Source: ANF News [09:17] TR Bot ANF | KCK: Journalists will not be able to attend ceremony in South Kurdistan due to security reasons [09:19] TR News [Old] "Back in 1988, "Internet" was a new word and much of USENET flowed over plain old modem links via a protocol called UUCP." https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/rhfban.html | [09:19] TR Bot no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'www.netfunny.com' ( status 0 @ https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/rhfban.html ) [09:19] TR News "For three decades, America ran a radical experiment: What if the government only lightly regulated the most powerful communication medium ever invented?" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/supreme-court-pornography-ai-internet/683449/ | Source: The Atlantic [09:19] TR Bot A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to Begin - The Atlantic [09:23] TR News "Five Kurdish civilians were sentenced to a total of 11 death penalties, lengthy prison sentences, and financial penalties for their involvement in the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi protests in Bukan." https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/iran-hands-death-sentences-long-prison-terms-to-kurdish-civilians-over-jin-jiyan-azadi-protests-80189 | Source: ANF News [09:23] TR Bot ANF | Iran hands death sentences, long prison terms to Kurdish civilians over Jin, Jiyan, Azadi protests [09:23] TR News [Old] "We identify two interlinked forms of epistemicide and have struggled to find names for them as they are not evident in the literature" https://realkm.com/2025/02/27/usaid-and-the-new-burning-of-the-books-in-digital-and-ideological-epistemicide-a-call-to-action/ | [09:23] TR Bot and the new burning of the books in digital and ideological epistemicide. A call to action RealKM [09:35] TR News "Save Our Signs" https://www.404media.co/save-our-signs-national-parks-archive-qr-codes/ | Source: 404 Media [09:35] TR Bot 'Save Our Signs' Wants to Save the Real History of National Parks Before Trump Erases It [09:36] TR News "seemingly daily government edicts that declare any recognition of racial diversity or Americas racist past (and present) to be un-American activities subject to censorship, stifling, or complete removal from the public record." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/national-park-visitors-reject-trump-administrations-bigoted-attempt-to-erase-history/ | Source: Techdirt [09:36] TR Bot Park Visitors Reject Trump Administrations Bigoted Attempt To Erase History | Techdirt [09:37] TR News "The attack on the News 9 weather radar system comes amid a sustained disinformation campaign on social media" https://www.wired.com/story/texas-floods-conspiracy-theories-geoengineering-weather-weapon/ | Source: Wired [09:37] TR Bot Theories About the Texas Floods Lead to Death Threats | WIRED [09:37] TR News "The online retail giant is in the process of removing a number of books, which appear to be AI generated" https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/ai-generated-fake-biographies-of-nicola-sturgeon-john-swinney-humza-yousaf-removed-from-amazon-5213340 | Source: The Scotsman [09:37] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/ai-generated-fake-biographies-of-nicola-sturgeon-john-swinney-humza-yousaf-removed-from-amazon-5213340 ) [09:38] TR News "Tyler Buffie, who served as the managing director at Accenture for more than two years, has joined Big Four firm EY as a principal focussing on data and artificial intelligence (AI)" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/information-tech/another-accenture-exec-departs-tyler-buffie-moves-to-ey-as-principal/articleshow/122321440.cms | Source: India Times [09:38] TR Bot Another Accenture exec departs: Tyler Buffie moves to EY as principal - The Economic Times [09:39] TR News "Passengers at US airports will no longer need to remove their shoes during security checks under a new policy announced Tuesday, ending a 20-year requirement." https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250709-us-airports-shoe-security | Source: France24 [09:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250709-us-airports-shoe-security ) [09:42] TR News "subprime AI crisis." https://futurism.com/openai-trouble-subprime | Source: Futurism http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [09:42] TR Bot OpenAI May Be in Major Trouble Financially [09:42] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [09:43] TR News "The deal gives Replit, a startup founded in 2016, a new conduit to Microsofts vast customer base" https://www.semafor.com/article/07/08/2025/microsoft-teams-up-with-startup-replit-to-help-businesses-jump-on-vibe-coding-craze | Source: Semafor Inc [09:43] TR Bot teams up with startup Replit to help businesses jump on vibe-coding craze | Semafor [09:43] TR News "Big AI companies are also racing to find new markets for their products." https://www.wired.com/story/openai-new-hires-scaling/ | Source: Wired [09:43] TR Bot Poaches 4 High-Ranking Engineers From Tesla, xAI, and Meta | WIRED [09:44] TR News "One of the most pernicious barriers to our ability to bring about a better world is our natural tendency to anchor ourselves in the existing state of the world." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/visionaries-without-vision | Source: Hamilton Nolan [09:44] TR Bot Visionaries Without Vision - by Hamilton Nolan [09:44] TR News "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor client in Rust. We're happy to announce the latest release, Arti 1.4.5." https://blog.torproject.org/arti_1_4_5_released/ | Source: Tor [09:44] TR Bot Arti 1.4.5 is released: Continued work on xon-based flow control, Conflux. | The Tor Project [09:45] TR News How I build software quickly https://evanhahn.com/how-i-build-software-quickly/ [09:45] TR Bot How I build software quickly [09:48] TR News "Known affectionately as 'Dadi' and 'Dai Maa' among forest staff and wildlife lovers, Vatsala was more than 100-years-old and had been battling illness for a long time." https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mp-asias-oldest-elephant-dies-at-panna-tiger-reserve-8846002#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV [09:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mp-asias-oldest-elephant-dies-at-panna-tiger-reserve-8846002#publisher=newsstand ) [09:51] TR News "A new train connecting Copenhagen to Prague through stops in Germany will allow travellers to reach the Czech capital in around 11 hours." https://www.thelocal.dk/20250707/new-international-train-to-run-from-copenhagen-through-germany | Source: The Local DK [09:51] TR Bot New international train to run from Copenhagen through Germany to Prague [09:51] TR News "Back in [cryptocurrency]'s fledgling years" https://futurism.com/bitcoin-wallets-2011-billions | Source: Futurism [09:51] TR Bot Bitcoin Bought in 2011 Suddenly Springs to Life After 13 Million Percent Increase In Value [09:52] TR News "You have taken an oath to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution, an entirely godless and secular document, and are charged with great responsibility over citizens, including those who may not share your personal religious viewpoints." https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-condemns-abbotts-call-for-prayer-after-texas-flood-disaster-urges-investment-in-science/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation [09:52] TR Bot FFRF condemns Abbotts call for prayer after Texas flood disaster, urges investment in science Freedom From Religion Foundation [09:52] TR News "The U.N. Human Rights Council passed a motion on climate change and human rights on Tuesday after the Marshall Islands withdrew a divisive amendment that called on states to recommit to a phase-out of fossil fuels." https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/un-vote-phase-out-fossil-fuels-tests-climate-commitments-2025-07-08/ | Source: Reuters [09:52] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/un-vote-phase-out-fossil-fuels-tests-climate-commitments-2025-07-08/ ) [09:53] TR News "The study is based on a peer-reviewed method developed by researchers at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, but the study itself has not yet been peer-reviewed." https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/weather-climate-floods-texas-1.7578905 | Source: CBC [09:53] TR Bot Did climate change worsen Texas floods? Yes, study suggests | CBC News [09:54] TR News "I didnt think Id find anything because [the road] looked really clean, and I was so surprised to find them everywhere, between cracks in the pavement, in the bushes, just everywhere" https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/08/no-butts-day-hongkongers-collect-over-20000-cigarette-butts-as-part-of-global-environmental-campaign/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [09:54] TR Bot Over 20,000 cigarette butts collected as part of global campaign [09:54] TR News "The new report follows by just days the passage of the congressional tax bill in a party-line vote that stymies the additions of low-cost and much-needed new solar, wind and battery power." https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/doe-plans-to-prop-up-dirty-coal-plants | Source: Common Dreams [09:54] TR Bot DOE Plans to Prop up Dirty Coal Plants | Common Dreams [09:55] TR News "According to a report by the Princeton University ZERO Lab" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/one-big-beautiful-bill-signed-into-law-reflects-de-prioritization-of-renewable-energy/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [09:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/one-big-beautiful-bill-signed-into-law-reflects-de-prioritization-of-renewable-energy/ ) [09:55] TR News "Two legal avenues are likely available to challenge Mondays order." https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/trump-signs-executive-order-targeting-wind-and-solar-energy-subsidies/ | Source: JURIST [09:55] TR Bot Trump signs executive order targeting wind and solar energy subsidies - JURIST - News [09:55] TR News "Despite the rising threat of climate disasters like last weeks deadly flash flood in Texas, US lawmakers continue to underfund the federal government program supporting a nationwide flood warning system." https://jacobin.com/2025/07/texas-flood-warning-system-congress/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [09:55] TR Bot The US Government Is Underfunding Flood Warning Systems [09:56] TR News "Midway through the short film, all the sounds and feelings gleaned from the glacier the brightness of flowing water" https://futurism.com/dying-glacier-music-crying | Source: Futurism [09:56] TR Bot The Sounds of a Dying Glacier Might Make You Cry [09:57] TR News "In this post, well talk about the DomainTools side of the investigation and technical observables. For the deeper context of the stories, please see the original reporting at Frontstory.pl." https://www.domaintools.com/resources/blog/rdap-and-bgp-in-investigative-journalism/ | Source: DomainTools [09:57] TR Bot and BGP in Investigative Journalism - DomainTools | Start Here. Know Now. [09:57] TR News "There was a remarkable moment in Trumps cabinet meeting. A journalist asked, first, if it was true that Jeffrey Epstein had worked for a foreign intelligence service." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/08/are-you-still-talking-about-jeffrey-epstein/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [09:57] TR Bot "Are You Still Talking about Jeffrey Epstein?" - emptywheel [09:58] TR News "Army Special Forces soldiers famously used horses with the Northern Alliance during the initial invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 those horses were provided by Afghan partners" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-no-more-horses/ | Source: Task And Purpose [09:58] TR Bot Army realizes horses arent good for warfighting, gets rid of them ● Jul 09 [10:00] TR News "block China from U.S. farmland ownership" https://kansasreflector.com/2025/07/08/repub/usda-chief-outlines-plan-to-block-china-from-u-s-farmland-ownership/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [10:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/07/08/repub/usda-chief-outlines-plan-to-block-china-from-u-s-farmland-ownership/ ) [10:01] TR News "The American Revolution" https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2025/07/08/ken-burns-documentary-on-american-revolution-to-premiere-this-fall/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [10:01] TR Bot Ken Burns documentary on American Revolution to premiere this fall [10:04] TR News "I mentioned it in a post recently, but wanted to document it here separately for my journey as well :) I was accepted as a Country Reporter for GDPRhub (by noyb.eu)" https://blog.avas.space/gdprhub-entry/ | Source: Ava [10:04] TR Bot first GDPRhub country reporter wiki entry | ava's blog [10:05] TR News "EFF agrees with Appellants that 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code does not authorize disclosure of taxpayer-provided address information as set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)" https://www.eff.org/files/2025/07/08/trabajadores_v._bessent_-_eff_amicus_-_final_draft_2025-07-06.pdf | Source: EFF [10:05] TR News "EFF has filed an amicus brief in Trabajadores v. Bessent, a case concerning the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sharing protected personal tax information with the Department of Homeland Security for the purposes of immigration enforcement." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/eff-us-court-appeals-protect-taxpayer-privacy | Source: EFF [10:05] TR Bot EFF to US Court of Appeals: Protect Taxpayer Privacy | Electronic Frontier Foundation [10:05] TR News "Bodyguards from the Swedish Security Police (Spo) have accidentally revealed the location of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and members of the royal family on multiple occasions by uploading runs or rides to the Strava training app, it has been claimed." https://www.thelocal.se/20250708/sapo-bodyguards-strava-runs-reveal-locations-of-swedish-pm-and-royals | Source: The Local SE [10:05] TR Bot Spo bodyguards' Strava runs 'reveal locations of Swedish PM and royals' [10:06] TR News Windows TCO: "analysts discovered a PowerShell script that disables security tools on victims' systems before downloading and executing the ransomware." https://therecord.media/bert-ransomware-identified | Source: The Record [10:06] TR Bot Beware of Bert: New ransomware group targets healthcare, tech firms | The Record from Recorded Future News [10:07] TR News Windows TCO: "allowing them to steal names, addresses, driver's license numbers, Canadian Social Insurance numbers" https://therecord.media/thousands-impacted-cyber-nova-scotia | Source: The Record [10:07] TR Bot Nearly 300,000 people were impacted by cyberattack on Nova Scotia Power | The Record from Recorded Future News [10:08] TR News Windows TCO: "The malware exfiltration files including office documents and system logs." https://therecord.media/spyware-strain-steals-data-russian-industrial-sector | Source: The Record [10:08] TR Bot New spyware strain steals data from Russian industrial companies | The Record from Recorded Future News [10:08] TR News Windows TCO: "In April, unknown hackers gained unauthorised access to a control panel managing a valve at a dam near Risevatnet in Bremanger, Norway." https://cyberriskleaders.com/hackers-open-dam-valves-in-norway/ | [10:08] TR Bot Hackers Open Dam Valves in Norway - Cyber Risk Leaders [10:09] TR News Windows TCO: "Australian airline Qantas on Monday confirmed that it has received an extortion attempt following the June 30 cyberattack and data breach at one of its call centers." https://www.securityweek.com/qantas-hit-with-extortion-demand-after-data-breach/ | Source: Security Week [10:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/qantas-hit-with-extortion-demand-after-data-breach/ ) [10:09] TR News "I cant believe I did that" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/trainwreck-netflix-project-x-truth/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [10:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/trainwreck-netflix-project-x-truth/ ) [10:10] TR News "In an interview for Jacobin, Mike Watson asked Tuuva and her campaign manager, the artist Jenna Jauhiainen, what they think explains her success." https://jacobin.com/2025/07/finland-memes-instagram-left-tuuva/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [10:10] TR Bot In Finland, the Left Can Meme and Win Elections [10:10] TR News "democratic backsliding" https://theconversation.com/there-are-many-things-american-voters-agree-on-from-fears-about-technology-to-threats-to-democracy-258440 | Source: The Conversation [10:10] TR Bot There are many things American voters agree on, from fears about technology to threats to democracy [10:11] TR News "That risk is small, though. Theres just much less friction in clicking a repost button. Most people will do whats easiest." https://www.manton.org/2025/07/08/an-update-on-mastodon-quote.html | Source: Manton Reece [10:11] TR Bot Manton Reece - An update on Mastodon quote posts [10:11] TR News "I often dont talk on social media because I dont think its a place thats deserving of any real complicated conversation" https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/sarah-jessica-parker-politics-social-media-1236450365/ | Source: Variety [10:11] TR Bot Sarah Jessica Parker on Why She Doesn't Post About Politics [10:12] TR News "Turns out ChatGPT is telling people to go to Soundslice, create an account and import ASCII tab in order to hear the audio playback. So that explains it!" https://www.holovaty.com/writing/chatgpt-fake-feature/ | [10:12] TR Bot a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists | Holovaty.com [10:12] TR News "This account of how LLMs are used to create spam accounts across Mastodon servers is likely a glimpse into both the future of spam and the future of online communities." https://werd.io/the-future-of-forums-is-lies-i-guess/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [10:12] TR Bot The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess [10:13] TR News "The union said it planned to open the National Academy for A.I. Instruction in New York City, starting with hands-on workshops for teachers this fall on how to use A.I. tools for tasks like generating lesson plans." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/chatgpt-teachers-openai-microsoft.html | Source: New York Times [10:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/chatgpt-teachers-openai-microsoft.html ) [10:13] TR News "The actor likely aimed to manipulate targeted individuals using AI-generated text and voice messages, with the goal of gaining access to information or accounts" https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-07-08/rubio-impersonator-used-ai-in-calls-to-foreign-ministers-cable-shows | Source: US News And World Report [10:13] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-07-08/rubio-impersonator-used-ai-in-calls-to-foreign-ministers-cable-shows ) [10:13] TR News "The recipients of the scam messages, which were sent by text, Signal and voice mail, were not identified in the cable, a copy of which was shared with The Associated Press." https://federalnewsnetwork.com/people/2025/07/impostor-uses-ai-to-impersonate-rubio-and-contact-foreign-and-us-officials/ | Source: Federal News Network [10:13] TR Bot Impostor uses AI to impersonate Rubio and contact foreign and US officials [10:14] TR News "So copywriters, who can actually write are getting called in to fix chatbot vibe-writing. And a few of them have gone public." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/08/calling-in-the-ai-vibe-writing-cleanup-crew/ | Source: Pivot to AI [10:14] TR Bot Calling in the AI vibe-writing cleanup crew Pivot to AI [10:14] TR News "However, some businesses are rushing in, and as Ms Skidd shows, it can often create more work and costs than originally intended." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvm1dyp9v2o | Source: BBC [10:14] TR Bot 'I'm being paid to fix issues caused by AI' - BBC News [10:15] TR News "I want to be very clear that I have learned my lesson about giving free consulting to overlay companies, so I am not going to outline a path for it to remedy its failures." https://adrianroselli.com/2025/07/accesstive-will-get-you-sued.html | Source: Adriaan Roselli [10:15] TR Bot #Accesstive Will Get You Sued Adrian Roselli [10:15] TR News "It appears X or xAI (the AI company that owns X, though both are owned by Musk) has since deleted that specific tweet from Grok but that was far from the only instance." https://gizmodo.com/round-them-up-grok-praises-hitler-as-elon-musks-ai-tool-goes-full-nazi-2000626156 | Source: Gizmodo [10:15] TR Bot 'Round Them Up': Grok Praises Hitler as Elon Musk's AI Tool Goes Full Nazi [10:15] TR News "Users over the past day have pointed out a string of particularly hateful posts on the already frequently offensive Grok." https://www.theverge.com/news/701884/grok-antisemitic-hitler-posts-elon-musk-x-xai | Source: The Verge [10:15] TR Bot Grok stops posting text after flood of antisemitism and Hitler praise | The Verge [10:16] TR News "What we are seeing from Grok LLM right now is irresponsible, dangerous, and antisemitic, plain and simple" https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/08/elon-musks-updated-grok-chatbot-promoted-holocaust-praised-adolf-hitler/ | Source: Silicon Angle [10:16] TR Bot Musks updated Grok chatbot promoted the Holocaust and praised Adolf Hitler - SiliconANGLE [10:16] TR News "That post would later disappear, evidently deleted by xAI. Yet the cat was out of the bag, and when users pressed Grok on the extreme rhetoric, it only made things worse" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-grok-chatbot-antisemitic-posts-1235381165/ | Source: Rolling Stone [10:16] TR Bot Grok Calls Itself 'MechaHitler,' Spouts Antisemitic Comments [10:17] TR News "Elon Musks chatbot has gone on a tirade, praising Adolph Hitler and parroting antisemitic tropes." https://www.wired.com/story/grok-antisemitic-posts-x-xai/ | Source: Wired [10:17] TR Bot Is Spewing Antisemitic Garbage on X | WIRED [10:17] TR News "Why does this keep happening? Whether on purpose or by accident, Grok has been instructed or trained to reflect the style and rhetoric of a virulent bigot" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/grok-anti-semitic-tweets/683463/ | Source: The Atlantic [10:17] TR Bot Elon Musk's Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust - The Atlantic [10:18] TR News "This is exactly what youd expect from someone who has explicitly declared that empathy is the fundamental weakness of Western civilization and described caring about human suffering as a bug to be eliminated from social systems." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-nazi-ai-and-the-collapse-of-moral | Source: Mike Brock [10:18] TR Bot The Nazi AI and the Collapse of Moral Consequence [10:18] TR News "Imagining that LLM assistants will help with what is essentially an exercise in theory-building seems deeply mistaken." https://kivikakk.ee/2025/07/08/unedited-thoughts-about-llms | Source: Kivikakk [10:18] TR Bot thoughts about LLMs kivikakk.ee [10:18] TR News "The fact that soooo many people have come to rely on these platforms, which are effectively the worst possible way to design effective distribution of trusted knowledge, might be humanitys biggest self-own ever." https://rscottjones.com/re-the-future-of-forums-is-lies-i-guess/ | Source: R Scott Jones [10:18] TR Bot The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess rscottjones [10:19] TR News "A blitz of media coverage has now propelled The Velvet Sundown past one million Spotify monthly listeners." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/07/velvet-sundown-one-million-spotify-monthly-listeners/ | Source: Digital Music News [10:19] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/07/velvet-sundown-one-million-spotify-monthly-listeners/ ) [10:19] TR News "Experts have long warned about the dangers of AI-image, video and music generators blurring the lines between the real and fake." https://www.sciencealert.com/new-viral-indie-rock-sensation-reveals-theyre-100-ai | Source: Science Alert [10:19] TR Bot Viral Indie Rock Sensation Reveals They're 100% AI : ScienceAlert [10:19] TR News "The more likely scenario to me looks much more like 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' where everybody is competing over a few remaining resources that aren't controlled by some warlord somewhere" https://futurism.com/mit-economist-ai-economy-mad-max | Source: Futurism [10:19] TR Bot MIT Economist Warns AI Is Poised to Turn Economy Into "Mad Max" Scenario [10:19] TR News "Steffes has firsthand experience with AI's ethical challenges." https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2319503.html | Source: RTL [10:19] TR Bot RTL Today - AI in advertising: Is artificial intelligence a threat to creative professions? [10:20] TR News "This time, instead of just taking photos, I created the same setup on my 11" M4 iPad Pro and my 14" MacBook Pro and compared the size of the UIs in general." https://birchtree.me/blog/macos-still-isnt-as-small-as-you-think/ | Source: Matt Birchler [10:20] TR Bot macOS still isn't as small as you think [10:20] TR News "As a designer, Im meant to dislike settings. As a user, I love them." https://aresluna.org/frame-of-preference/ | [10:20] TR Bot Frame of preference Aresluna [10:21] TR News [Old] "In my last post, I talked about how social media is a threat to my psychological sovereignty." https://ankursethi.com/blog/how-i-use-my-computer-and-phone-while-minimizing-distractions/ | Source: Ankur Sethi [10:21] TR Bot How I use my computer and phone while minimizing distractions Ankur Sethi [10:21] TR News "At the time, the VA aimed to reduce its workforce to 2019 levels, which were below 400,000 employees." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-veterans-affairs-cuts-layoff-plan-30000-down-original-80000-target-1737800 | Source: International Business Times [10:21] TR Bot US Veterans Affairs Cuts Layoff Plan to 30,000, Down From Original 80,000 Target | IBTimes UK [10:21] TR News "His team analyzed data from over 11,000 adults who averaged 55 years old." https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chronic-low-back-pain-walking | Source: Science News [10:21] TR Bot Chronic low back pain may be less likely if you walk a lot [10:22] TR News "Lets look at these two SSDs (full smartctl output appears at the end)." https://dan.langille.org/2025/07/08/x8dtu-main-ssds-how-worn-are-they/ | Source: Dan Langille [10:22] TR Bot x8dtu main ssds: how worn are they? Dan Langille's Other Diary [10:22] TR News "If there are going to be third-party Power11 systems, and IBM didn't say anything in the press release about them either, they generally follow six to twelve months after." https://www.talospace.com/2025/07/power11-hits-market-this-month.html | Source: Talospace [10:22] TR Bot Power11 hits the market this month [10:23] TR News "The AFT represents 1.8 million members across the United States, from kindergarten through high school." https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2319658.html | Source: RTL [10:23] TR Bot RTL Today - From kindergarten to high school: Major US teachers union teams up with AI giants [10:23] TR News "The union said it planned to open the National Academy for AI Instruction in New York City" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-and-microsoft-bankroll-new-ai-training-for-teachers/articleshow/122327994.cms | Source: India Times [10:23] TR Bot OpenAI and Microsoft bankroll new AI training for teachers - The Economic Times [10:23] TR News "The three AI companies and the union did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the information released on YouTube." https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-openai-and-a-us-teachers-union-are-hatching-a-plan-to-bring-ai-into-the-classroom/ | Source: Wired [10:23] TR Bot OpenAI, and a US Teachers Union Are Hatching a Plan to Bring AI into the Classroom | WIRED [10:24] TR News "This anniversary snuck up on me, and I think thats a sign of how well things have gone since I published that blog post." https://512pixels.net/2025/07/ten-years-indie/ | Source: Stephen Hackett [10:24] TR Bot Ten Years Indie - 512 Pixels [10:24] TR News "Stephen Hackett celebrated the 10th anniversary of quitting his job and going out on his own: [...]" https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/07/stephen-hackett-joins-the-10-year-indie-club/ | Source: Six Colors [10:24] TR Bot Stephen Hackett joins the 10 year Indie club Six Colors [10:24] TR News "Remember that you are not alone and that community is available if you look for it." https://louplummer.lol/everyday-courage/ | Source: Lou Plummer [10:24] TR Bot Everyday Courage | Living Out Loud [10:25] TR News "NASA emphasizes that the mission is purely scientific, aimed at understanding planetary cores, with no plans to harvest the asteroids resources." https://zambianobserver.com/nasa-is-studying-an-asteroid-valued-at-10000000000000000000-which-could-give-everyone-on-earth-1246105919-but-it-might-have-the-opposite-effect/ | Source: The Zambian Observer [10:25] TR Bot NASA is studying an asteroid valued at $10,000,000,000,000,000,000, which could give everyone on Earth $1,246,105,919 but it might have the opposite effect - The Zambian Observer [10:25] TR News "extinction-level event" https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/nasa_boss_budget_reaction/ | Source: The Register UK [10:25] TR Bot Former NASA leaders decry Trump's proposed budget cuts The Register [10:25] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [10:25] TR News "Theres one challenge most bloggers face: discovering their unique voice." https://birming.com/2025/07/08/finding-your-voice-and-keeping/ | Source: Robert Birming [10:25] TR Bot your voice and keeping it | Robert Birming [10:25] TR News "Theres a question thats been bugging me for nearly a decade. How is it that half of America looks at Donald Trump and doesnt find him morally repellent?" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-administration-supporters-good/683441/ | Source: The Atlantic [10:25] TR Bot Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good? - The Atlantic [10:27] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/today_s_howtos.gmi [10:27] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [10:29] TR News (NEW): PCLinuxOS and Open Hardware Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/PCLinuxOS_and_Open_Hardware_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/PCLinuxOS_and_Open_Hardware_Leftovers.gmi [10:29] TR Bot Tux Machines PCLinuxOS and Open Hardware Leftovers [10:31] TR News (NEW): Security and Windows TCO Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Security_and_Windows_TCO_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Security_and_Windows_TCO_Leftovers.gmi [10:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Security and Windows TCO Leftovers [10:34] *whatA__ (~chatzilla@tir3ifbwyh38u.irc) has joined #techrights [10:35] TR News Techrights Links 09/07/2025: "Subprime AI Crisis" and "OpenAI May Be in Major Trouble Financially" https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Links_09_07_2025_Subprime_AI_Crisis_and_OpenAI_May_Be_in_Major_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Links_09_07_2025_Subprime_AI_Crisis_and_OpenAI_May_Be_in_Major_.gmi [10:35] TR Bot Techrights Links 09/07/2025: "Subprime AI Crisis" and "OpenAI May Be in Major Trouble Financially" [10:37] whatA__ I'm sure this site is busy thanks to those stranglers but... [10:37] whatA__ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=f_uejQcpUVI [10:37] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=f_uejQcpUVI ) [10:38] whatA__ Time for a step further, perhaps? [10:39] whatA__ Boycott Novell -> GAFAM -> BINARY FATA MORGANA (you are here) -> ALL Proprietarists (soon) [10:39] whatA__ Those who SLAPP/AstroTurf against SKG wants malware everywhere as well, not just BINARY FATA MORGANA [10:39] whatA__ https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-games.html [10:39] TR Bot Malware in Games - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation [10:41] whatA__ Oh, by the way, since FSF uses the term "malware" for everything anti-freedom, why wouldn't we? [10:41] whatA__ i.e. "UEFI is a rootkit designed by Microsoft to brick GNU/Linux from even booting" [10:42] whatA__ http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/ [10:42] TR Bot UEFI [10:42] whatA__ it is therefore, malware [10:45] whatA__ also DRM http://defectivebydesign.org [10:45] TR Bot We oppose DRM. | Defective by Design [10:45] whatA__ "Digital Rights Management"? MORE LIKE "Digital Restrictions Malware" [10:46] whatA__ Anything new is an insult https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Example_of_Old_Things_That_Still_Work.shtml [10:46] TR Bot Techrights Example of "Old" Things That Still Work [10:47] whatA__ It is why IBM (before it went ICBM) ThinkPad are beloved, new laptops (post-2008) are loathed [10:47] whatA__ because of that Intel rootkit named Management Engine [10:51] whatA__ also more example of why gadgets post-2008 is an insult https://consumerrights.wiki/Lenovo_Tab_Plus_(TB351FU) [10:51] TR Bot Lenovo Tab Plus (TB351FU) - Consumer Rights Wiki ● Jul 09 [11:12] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [11:28] schestowitz[TR3] I'm sure this site is busy thanks to those stranglers but... [11:28] schestowitz[TR3] not too busy [11:28] schestowitz[TR3] what takes the most time is Daily Links [11:28] schestowitz[TR3] by far the most time [11:29] TR News "First we have the conflation of a very specific product (in this case, Pocket) with a whole category of services." https://explodingcomma.com/posts/if-you-are-able-use-the-tools-youve-got | Source: Pete Brown [11:29] TR Bot If you are able, use the tools youve got. - Exploding Comma [11:29] schestowitz[TR3] checking https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=f_uejQcpUVI [11:30] TR News "If youve been wondering why so many of us are sad about the end of FireWire despite it being well past its prime you have to go back to its start." https://512pixels.net/2025/07/firewires-introduction/ | Source: Stephen Hackett [11:30] TR Bot FireWires Introduction and Importance - 512 Pixels [11:30] TR News "Future capabilities of quantum attackers will present a host of new vulnerabilities for RPKI." https://labs.ripe.net/author/dirk/pqc-for-the-rpki/ | Source: RIPE [11:30] TR Bot PQC for the RPKI | RIPE Labs [11:31] TR News "I appreciate Go's verbosity, but not when it comes to writing tests." https://antonz.org/be/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov [11:31] TR Bot Concise test assertions with Be [11:32] TR News "I added a rss feed to my site, in this post I will go over how the feed is generated" https://www.vincentlammens.be/blog/generating-rss-feeds-in-python/ | Source: Vincent Lammens [11:32] TR Bot Generating RSS feeds in python - Vincent's Site [11:33] TR News "All of the examples below use the same dataset, which includes the temperature measurements in Spain" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/specialized-r-packages-for-spatial-cross-validation-sperrorest-and-blockcv/ | Source: Rlang [11:33] TR Bot R packages for spatial cross-validation: sperrorest and blockCV | R-bloggers [11:33] TR News "I am a grug-brained developer. I prefer simple solutions over complex ones. I also do hard things and involved architectures sometimes. But overall, I keep things stupid simple." https://aartaka.me/stupid.html | Source: Artyom Bologov [11:33] TR Bot Why I Am Stupid [11:34] TR News "If you've ever used an old mechanical typewriter, you know that when you get to the end of the line there's a physical action to to get back to the start of the line." https://dgl.cx/2025/07/git-clone-submodule-cve-2025-48384 | Source: David Mead [11:34] TR Bot CVE-2025-48384: Breaking Git with a carriage return and cloning RCE [11:34] schestowitz[TR3] whatA__: the video is OK [11:34] schestowitz[TR3] (so far) [11:34] TR News "If you go too fast, your work is buggy and hard to maintain. If you go too slowly, nothing gets shipped. I have not mastered this tension, but Ill share a few lessons Ive learned." https://evanhahn.com/how-i-build-software-quickly/ | Source: Evan Hahn [11:34] TR Bot How I build software quickly [11:35] TR News "I released Logic for Programmers exactly one year ago today." https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/logic-for-programmers-turns-one/ | Source: Buttondown LLC [11:35] TR Bot for Programmers Turns One Buttondown [11:35] TR News "What Im thinking is to build a personal web desktop, for all the various services I use online that offer APIs I can play with." https://heyloura.com/2025/07/08/mini-coding-adventure-a-personal.html | Source: Loura [11:35] TR Bot Hey Loura! [11:35] TR News "Ill start with Micro.blog since Ive got quite a bit of experience building little side projects with it and using its private notes as data storage." https://heyloura.com/2025/07/08/mini-coding-adventure-a-personal.html | Source: Loura [11:36] TR News "Firefox is dead to me" https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/firefox_isnt_dead/ | Source: The Register UK [11:36] TR Bot Firefox is fine. The people running it are not The Register [11:36] TR News "Ive exported all my saves, which turned out to be a list of nearly 15,000 URLs split across two CSV files." https://heydingus.net/blog/2025/7/pouring-one-out-for-pocket | Source: Jarrod Blundy [11:36] TR Bot Pouring One Out for Pocket - HeyDingus [11:36] TR News "Long before I started working with Mozilla, Firefox was my preferred browser for personal browsing. Why? A lot of it comes down to trust, transparency, and customizability." https://mattcool.tech/posts/my-favorite-firefox-features/ | Source: Matt Cool [11:36] TR Bot My Favorite Firefox Features [11:37] TR News "In the curl project we make an concerned effort to keep memory use and allocations to a minimum and we are proud of our work." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/08/keeping-tabs-on-curls-memory-use/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [11:37] TR Bot tabs on curls memory use | daniel.haxx.se [11:38] TR News "Additionally, the latest release brings improvements to the OpenTimelineIO (OTIO) export function. Tracks now maintain proper order upon export, and files consistently adopt the correct .otio extension, eliminating previous confusion." https://linuxiac.com/kdenlive-25-04-3-wraps-up-series-with-key-bug-fixes/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:38] TR Bot Kdenlive 25.04.3 Wraps Up Series With Key Bug Fixes [11:39] TR News "We couldn't help but notice, over the last few decades, that whenever there is a new PowerDNS software release, this is, by far, the major and most important news item of the day." https://blog.powerdns.com/2025/07/07/powerdns-authoritative-server-4.9.7 | Source: PowerDNS [11:39] TR Bot PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.9.7 [11:39] TR News "Today I discovered filezilla has a feature "directory list filters" to exclude certain directories/files: (View > Directory list filters (cmd+I on macos)). You can use this to exclude files like .git, or .DS_Store (you have to add .DS_Store)" https://www.vincentlammens.be/blog/filezilla-directory-list-filters/ | Source: Vincent Lammens [11:39] TR Bot TIL: Filezilla has directory list filters - Vincent's Site [11:40] schestowitz[TR3] whatA__: he praises steam and valve [11:40] schestowitz[TR3] as lesser evils [11:40] schestowitz[TR3] with their DRM [11:40] TR News "KDE's Amarok 3.3 music player lands with a switch to Qt6/KF6, a new GStreamer-based audio engine, and better database and emoji support." https://linuxiac.com/amarok-3-3-music-player-adopts-qt6-kf6-and-gstreamer/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:40] TR Bot Amarok 3.3 Music Player Adopts Qt6/KF6 and GStreamer [11:41] schestowitz[TR3] false solutions. [11:41] schestowitz[TR3] the better solution is no DRM [11:41] schestowitz[TR3] and better yet, no secret code [11:41] schestowitz[TR3] and self-hosting for the server side if applicable [11:42] schestowitz[TR3] he also focuses on X.com [11:42] schestowitz[TR3] not news sites [11:42] schestowitz[TR3] lke the nazicannon of musk (XAI) and Twitter.com ("x") of melon is the source of info [11:42] schestowitz[TR3] he can just nuke any account he does not like [11:43] schestowitz[TR3] then flood his naziville with crap and dodge liability in the name of "well, this was just HEY HI, lol" [11:44] TR News Debian https://www.vincentlammens.be/blog/reinstalling-debian-over-ssh/ | Source: Vincent Lammens [11:44] TR Bot Reinstalling Debian over SSH - Vincent's Site [11:44] TR News "SUSE is European-headquartered and therefore in a relatively favorable position with regard to specific European concerns about sovereignty." https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/suse_sovereign_support/ | Source: The Register UK [11:44] TR Bot SUSE to roll out Sovereign Premium Support The Register [11:45] TR News "This new support offering will ensure that when SUSE customers ask for support, their requests will be routed to EU-based support engineers and service delivery managers" https://thenewstack.io/suse-launches-a-sovereign-premium-support-service-for-eu-customers/ | Source: The New Stack [11:45] TR Bot SUSE Launches a Sovereign Premium Support Service for EU Customers - The New Stack [11:45] TR News "In this post, we look at how to use the periodic scripts provided by the system and how to integrate a script of our own." https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/an-introduction-to-freebsds-periodic-system/ | Source: FreeBSD [11:45] TR Bot An Introduction to FreeBSDs Periodic System | FreeBSD Foundation [11:46] TR News "Those three trends have resulted in people like DHH, PewDiePie, and others making the switch, which only adds to the momentum." https://initialcharge.net/2025/07/dhh-moving-to-linux/ | Source: Mike Rockwell [11:46] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://initialcharge.net/2025/07/dhh-moving-to-linux/ ) [11:46] TR News "The window is open for a major shift to happen. First gradually, then suddenly. It feels like morning in Linux land!" https://world.hey.com/dhh/get-in-losers-we-re-moving-to-linux-5e1b93cd | Source: 37signals LLC [11:46] TR Bot Get in losers, we're moving to Linux! [11:47] TR News "Although Plasma 6.4 is the most current branch of the KDE desktop environment, the 6.3 series is still actively maintained and continues to receive updates." https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-6-desktop-environment-released/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:47] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.3.6 Desktop Environment Released [11:47] TR News "In this regard, over two months after the Plasma 6.3.5 release in early May, the KDE team rolled out version 6.3.6, the sixth (and last) bugfix update to its 6.3 series, initially launched in February 2025." https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-6-desktop-environment-released/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:49] TR News "YOLO. When I did my Plasma 6.4 review, I didn't really have any idea how much time I was going to invest into actually testing and benchmarking Wayland and X11 performance. But post that review I did, received some feedback I did, and so I began doing more and more and more testing." https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html | Source: Dedoimedo [11:49] TR Bot Wayland vs X11, AMD graphics, KDE neon, 4K and WebGL data [11:49] TR News "First, I showed you idle system GPU numbers on an AMD graphics laptop." https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html | Source: Dedoimedo [11:49] TR News "Then, CPU and power data on that same machine. Then, as I had some spare brain cycles, I went further, and I showed you idle and loaded system performance benchmarks on a different laptop with hybrid Intel-Nvidia graphics" https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html | Source: Dedoimedo [11:49] TR News "Now, I want to go back to my IdeaPad 3 machine, with its AMD integrated graphics and repeat the tests from my Nvidia adventure. Namely check the CPU, GPU and power utilization while playing a 4K 60FPS video clip and running a WebGL simulation in Firefox." https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html | Source: Dedoimedo [11:49] TR News "I will do this for both Wayland power efficiency (PE) and color accuracy (CA) modes, and for X11 session with compositing on and off. I'll do this on a fully updated KDE neon desktop, but I want to let you know already, I shall endeavor to redo this test in Fedora 42 Gnome very soon. Now, let's commence" https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html | Source: Dedoimedo [11:50] TR News Cellphones confiscated in Correctional Centre raid https://www.protectionweb.co.za/correctional-services/cellphones-confiscated-in-correctional-centre-raid/ [11:50] TR Bot Cellphones confiscated in Correctional Centre raid - ProtectionWeb [11:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [11:58] TR News "Collabora Advances Rust-for-Linux with New Tyr DRM Driver for Mali GPUs" https://linuxgizmos.com/collabora-advances-rust-for-linux-with-new-tyr-drm-driver-for-mali-gpus/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [11:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/collabora-advances-rust-for-linux-with-new-tyr-drm-driver-for-mali-gpus/ ) [11:59] TR News "ADLINK Technology has introduced two new 3.5-inch single board computers designed for edge computing and industrial applications. The SBC35-MTL and SBC35-ASL, launched this week, offer DDR5 memory support, dual RJ45 ports, and a fanless design." https://linuxgizmos.com/adlink-3-5-sbcs-accommodate-intel-core-ultra-series-1-processors/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [11:59] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/adlink-3-5-sbcs-accommodate-intel-core-ultra-series-1-processors/ ) ● Jul 09 [12:00] TR News "The ClockworkPi uConsole is designed for Raspberry Pi CM4 or CM5 modules, but a growing group of users has been working to run the Radxa CM5 inside this pocket terminal." https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-cm5-gets-adapted-for-use-with-uconsole-pocket-terminal/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [12:00] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-cm5-gets-adapted-for-use-with-uconsole-pocket-terminal/ ) [12:03] TR News "Using it, you dont need to manually type up documents as they are automatically transformed into machine-readable text format, which comes in handy in some situations and allows you to save time and effort." https://www.tecmint.com/best-linux-ocr-tools/ | Source: TecMint [12:03] TR Bot 5 Best Open-Source OCR Tools for Linux in 2025 [12:04] TR News "Here at Mozilla, we are the first to admit the internet isnt perfect, but we know the internet is pretty darn magical." https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/interviews/tiffanie-barriere-browses-like-she-bartends-with-soul-sass-and-a-splash-of-magic/ | Source: Mozilla [12:04] TR Bot Tiffanie Barriere browses like she bartends (with soul, sass and a splash of magic) [12:05] TR News "What our users make with Ubuntu Pro" https://ubuntu.com//blog/what-our-users-make-with-ubuntu-pro-episode-1 | Source: Ubuntu [12:05] TR Bot our users make with Ubuntu Pro Episode 1 | Ubuntu [12:06] TR News "With the Security Select Add-On, we're committing to a 90-day turnaround time for fixes and patches." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rhel-security-select-add-on | Source: Red Hat Official [12:06] TR Bot Now available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Select Add-On [12:06] TR News "The next OpenShift Commons Gathering is coming to Atlanta, Georgia, on November 10, alongside KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, and thecall for proposals is officially open." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/real-world-openshift-stories-inspiration-your-next-openshift-commons-gathering-talk | Source: Red Hat Official [12:06] TR Bot Real-world OpenShift stories: Inspiration for your next OpenShift Commons Gathering talk [12:08] TR News GNOME 48.3 Adds Support for More Video/Audio Types in Nautilus Search Filter https://9to5linux.com/gnome-48-3-adds-support-for-more-video-audio-types-in-nautilus-search-filter [12:08] TR Bot 48.3 Adds Support for More Video/Audio Types in Nautilus' Search Filter - 9to5Linux [12:08] TR News Amarok 3.3 Open-Source Music Player Is Out as First Release Fully Ported to Qt 6 https://9to5linux.com/amarok-3-3-open-source-music-player-is-out-as-first-release-fully-ported-to-qt-6 [12:08] TR Bot 3.3 Open-Source Music Player Is Out as First Release Fully Ported to Qt 6 - 9to5Linux [12:08] TR News KDE Plasma 6.3.6 Released with Numerous Improvements and Bug Fixes https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-3-6-released-with-numerous-improvements-and-bug-fixes [12:08] TR Bot Plasma 6.3.6 Released with Numerous Improvements and Bug Fixes - 9to5Linux [12:24] TR News PCLinuxOS Recovering From Fire https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/PCLinuxOS_Recovering_From_Fire.shtml [12:24] TR Bot Techrights PCLinuxOS Recovering From Fire [12:24] TR News Technical Reasons, Not Politics: With Wayland "it feels a lot like GNU/Linux from 20-25 years ago, which is horrendously frustrating, because it feels like we wasted one or two decades of progress and stability" https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Technical_Reasons_Not_Politics_With_Wayland_it_feels_a_lot_like.shtml [12:24] TR Bot Techrights Technical Reasons, Not Politics: With Wayland "it feels a lot like Linux from 20-25 years ago, which is horrendously frustrating, because it feels like we wasted one or two decades of progress and stability" [12:24] TR News Slopwatch: Turning Bugs Into FUD About "Linux", Getting Basic Facts Wrong https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Slopwatch_Turning_Bugs_Into_FUD_About_Linux_Getting_Basic_Facts.shtml [12:24] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Turning Bugs Into FUD About "Linux", Getting Basic Facts Wrong [12:25] TR News GNOME 49 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing, Disables X11 Session by Default https://9to5linux.com/gnome-49-alpha-is-now-available-for-public-testing-disables-x11-session-by-default [12:25] TR Bot 49 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing, Disables X11 Session by Default - 9to5Linux [12:25] TR News Ethical Hacking Distro Parrot OS 6.4 Is Out with GNU/Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, New Tools https://9to5linux.com/ethical-hacking-distro-parrot-os-6-4-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-new-tools [12:25] TR Bot Hacking Distro Parrot OS 6.4 Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, New Tools - 9to5Linux [12:25] TR News Wayland 1.24 Is Now Available for Download with New Features and Improvements https://9to5linux.com/wayland-1-24-is-now-available-for-download-with-new-features-and-improvements [12:25] TR Bot 1.24 Is Now Available for Download with New Features and Improvements - 9to5Linux [12:26] TR News OBS Studio 31.1 Released with Multitrack Video Support on GNU/Linux https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-31-1-released-with-multitrack-video-support-on-linux [12:26] TR Bot Studio 31.1 Released with Multitrack Video Support on Linux - 9to5Linux [12:26] TR News Andy Wingo: guile lab notebook: on the move! https://wingolog.org/archives/2025/07/08/guile-lab-notebook-on-the-move [12:26] TR Bot guile lab notebook: on the move! wingolog [12:27] TR News The FSF's SysOps Team Recovered From Serious Hardware Issue Within Hours https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/The_FSF_s_SysOps_Team_Recovered_From_Serious_Hardware_Issue_Wit.shtml [12:27] TR Bot Techrights The FSF's SysOps Team Recovered From Serious Hardware Issue Within Hours [12:30] TR News GNOME 49 Alpha Released with Tablet Pad Dials Support & Xorg Disabled https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/07/gnome-49-alpha-released-with-tablet-pad-dials-support-xorg-disabled/ [12:30] TR Bot GNOME 49 Alpha Released with Tablet Pad Dials Support & Xorg Disabled | UbuntuHandbook [12:30] TR News X is SO attractive to people... that it MUST be disabled [12:30] TR News Floating Mini Panel GNOME Extension Adds Auto Mode https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/floating-mini-panel-gnome-extension-automatic-mode [12:30] TR Bot Floating Mini Panel GNOME Extension Adds Auto Mode - OMG! Ubuntu [12:32] TR News Stuart Langridge: Making a Discord activity with PHP https://www.kryogenix.org/days/2025/07/08/making-a-discord-activity-with-php/ [12:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.kryogenix.org/days/2025/07/08/making-a-discord-activity-with-php/ ) [12:33] TR News The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 899 https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/07/07/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-899/ [12:33] TR Bot Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 899 [12:44] *itech (~itech@sambgdmsawkyw.irc) has joined #techrights [12:45] whatA__ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Huge_Piles_of_Legal_Papers_Paper_DDoS_Do_Not_Impress_Judges_and.shtml [12:45] TR Bot Techrights Huge Piles of Legal Papers ('Paper DDoS') Do Not Impress Judges and Regulators [12:46] whatA__ Back in the old days, Backdoored Winblows flooded Yahoo! with junk, now with HEY HI, it's possible that there will be 2147483647 (overexaggeration) of which ● Jul 09 [13:02] TR News Commission registers European Citizens' Initiative on the right to food https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1765 [13:02] TR Bot Press corner | European Commission [13:03] schestowitz[TR3] Back in the old days, Backdoored Winblows flooded Yahoo! with junk, now with HEY HI, it's possible that there will be 2147483647 (overexaggeration) of which [13:03] schestowitz[TR3] Yahoo Mai? [13:03] schestowitz[TR3] Mail? [13:03] TR News Canada Shipping Natural Gas to Asia as It Looks Beyond the US for Trade https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/canada/natural-gas-asia-us-trade.html [13:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/canada/natural-gas-asia-us-trade.html ) [13:06] TR News Why meteorologists warn summer could be South Koreas hottest yet https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/why-meteorologists-warn-summer-could-be-south-koreas-hottest-yet [13:06] TR Bot Why meteorologists warn summer could be South Koreas hottest yet | The Straits Times [13:07] TR News DRAM prices are about to skyrocket https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/dram-prices-are-about-to-skyrocket-ddr4-and-gddr6-among-formats-that-could-increase-in-price-by-up-to-45-percent https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-imposes-25-percent-tariffs-on-all-products-from-japan-and-south-korea-new-measures-could-be-a-big-hit-for-the-memory-industry [13:07] TR Bot DRAM prices are about to skyrocket DDR4 and GDDR6 among formats that could increase in price by up to 45% | Tom's Hardware [13:07] TR Bot U.S. imposes 25% tariffs on all products from Japan and South Korea new measures could be a big hit for the memory industry | Tom's Hardware [13:10] TR News Jeff Williams, Apples Chief Operating Officer, Is Retiring After 27 Years https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/jeff-williams-apple-retiring.html [13:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/jeff-williams-apple-retiring.html ) [13:11] TR News Apple to EU: Letting Devs Make More Money and Users Save Some, is Bad and Confusing https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/07/apple-appeals-eu-fine-cheaper-apps-bad/ [13:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/07/apple-appeals-eu-fine-cheaper-apps-bad/ ) [13:12] TR News Windows TCO https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/08/silverfort-uncovers-critical-netlogon-flaw-impacting-windows-domain-controllers/ [13:12] TR Bot uncovers critical Netlogon flaw affecting Windows domain controllers - SiliconANGLE [13:13] whatA__ or was it just mail? I found one on TR but the closest recent that I can get https://techrights.org/n/2023/10/12/Focus_on_the_Windows_Botnets_Microsoft_NSA_Backdoors_Bugdoors_a.shtml [13:13] TR Bot Techrights Focus on the Windows Botnets (Microsoft/NSA Backdoors/Bugdoors as Culprits), Not the Weaknesses of the Protocols the Botnets Constantly Exploit (Quantity/Brute Force Always Defy Good Design at Scale) [13:13] whatA__ http://techrights.org/o/2011/12/14/slated-crack-attack/ [13:13] TR Bot Botnets Versus Comes Versus Microsoft [13:13] whatA__ http://techrights.org/o/2009/11/30/reliability-vs-black-screens-of-death/ [13:13] TR Bot Eye on Microsoft: Black Screen of Death, Anti-virus Uselessness, Windows Botnets [13:13] schestowitz[TR3] slated went offline last august [13:13] schestowitz[TR3] and moved archives to gemini:// [13:18] TR News Report: Halo Studios was hit by Microsoft and Xbox layoffs, too dev says nobody "is really happy about the quality" of the next game https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/halo/halo-studios-was-hit-by-microsoft-and-xbox-layoffs-too-dev-says-nobody-is-really-happy-about-the-quality-of-the-next-game [13:18] TR Bot Report: Halo Studios was hit by Microsoft and Xbox layoffs, too | Windows Central [13:18] TR News Microsoft applied to hire 6,000 foreign workers just before mass layoffs https://www.peoplematters.in/news/business/microsoft-applied-to-hire-6000-foreign-workers-just-before-mass-layoffs-46292 [13:18] TR Bot People Matters - Interstitial Site People Matters [13:19] TR News Microsoft applied to fill thousands of foreign worker positions in months before mass layoffs https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3461971/microsoft-h1b-thousands-foreign-worker-positions-before-mass-layoffs/ [13:19] TR Bot Microsoft earmarked thousands of H-1B positions before mass layoffs [13:20] TR News Many sites cover the IBM-esque hirings of Microsoft in India (moving to low-paid labour), but it is considered a "toxic" or sensitive topic to cover, mostly due to what it gets associated with and who (or what comments) that attracts [13:21] TR News To people who read that in India it is mostly good news and signals the demand might in fact still grow [13:22] TR News The Cheeto Coyote does not place tariffs on wages, maybe because he too exploits low-paid overseas labour [13:23] TR News NanoPi R76S dual 2.5GbE SBC and router supports up to 16GB LPDDR5, M.2 WiFi module, HDMI 2.0 video output https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/08/nanopi-r76s-dual-2-5gbe-sbc-and-router-supports-up-to-16gb-lpddr5-m-2-wifi-module-hdmi-2-0-video-output/ [13:23] TR Bot NanoPi R76S dual 2.5GbE SBC and router supports up to 16GB LPDDR5, M.2 WiFi module, HDMI 2.0 video output - CNX Software [13:24] TR News Bezos Prime Day turned tomshardware into spamfarm this week [13:26] TR News Birger Schacht: Debian on Framework 12 https://bisco.org/notes/debian-on-framework-12/ [13:26] TR Bot Debian on Framework 12 [13:53] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Was Always a 'Movement' of Inclusion of Tolerance https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/GNU_Linux_Was_Always_a_Movement_of_Inclusion_of_Tolerance.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/GNU_Linux_Was_Always_a_Movement_of_Inclusion_of_Tolerance.gmi [13:53] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Was Always a 'Movement' of Inclusion of Tolerance [13:56] TR News Thunderbird 140 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1029175/ [13:56] TR Bot 140 released [LWN.net] [13:57] TR News Wayland vs X11, AMD graphics, KDE neon, 4K and WebGL data https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html [13:57] TR Bot Wayland vs X11, AMD graphics, KDE neon, 4K and WebGL data [13:57] TR News Two weeks of wayback https://ariadne.space/2025/07/07/two-weeks-of-wayback.html [13:57] TR Bot Two weeks of wayback Ariadne's Space [13:58] TR News (NEW): Welcome to Thunderbird 140 Eclipse https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/07/Welcome_to_Thunderbird_140_Eclipse.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/07/Welcome_to_Thunderbird_140_Eclipse.gmi [13:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Welcome to Thunderbird 140 Eclipse ● Jul 09 [14:02] TR News RP2350-PiZero An RP2350 board with Raspberry Pi Zero form factor, mini HDMI, 16MB flash https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/08/rp2350-pizero-rp2350-board-with-raspberry-pi-zero-form-factor-mini-hdmi-16mb-flash/ [14:02] TR Bot RP2350-PiZero - An RP2350 board with Raspberry Pi Zero form factor, mini HDMI, 16MB flash - CNX Software [14:03] TR News GlobalFoundries to make RISC-V CPUs fab acquires MIPS, will integrate RISC-V and Hey Hi (AI) IP into its portfolio https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/globalfoundries-to-make-risc-v-cpus-fab-acquires-mips-will-integrate-risc-v-and-ai-ip-into-its-portfolio [14:03] TR Bot GlobalFoundries to make RISC-V CPUs fab acquires MIPS, will integrate RISC-V and AI IP into its portfolio | Tom's Hardware [14:03] TR News GlobalFoundries buys RISC-V chip firm MIPS to accelerate its Hey Hi (AI) ambitions https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/08/globalfoundries-buys-risc-v-chipmaker-mips-accelerate-ai-ambitions/ [14:03] TR Bot buys RISC-V chip firm MIPS to accelerate its AI ambitions - SiliconANGLE [14:05] TR News Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2025, (Tue, Jul 8th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32088 [14:05] TR Bot Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2025 - SANS Internet Storm Center [14:06] TR News Scarlett Gately Moore: KDE Applications snaps 25.04.3 released, plus new snaps and fixes! https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-applications-snaps-25-04-3-released-plus-new-snaps-and-fixes/ [14:06] TR Bot KDE Applications snaps 25.04.3 released, plus new snaps and fixes! Scarlett Gately Moore [14:06] TR News Fraud cases up 8% in first 5 months this year as overall crime drops, Hong Kong police chief says https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/09/fraud-cases-up-8-in-first-5-months-this-year-as-overall-crime-drops-hong-kong-police-chief-says/ [14:06] TR Bot Fraud cases up 8% in first 5 months in 2025, overall crime down: HK police chief [14:07] TR News Hong Kong public does not want waste charging scheme implemented for now, environment chief says https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/08/hong-kong-public-does-not-want-waste-charging-scheme-implemented-for-now-environmental-chief-says/ [14:07] TR Bot HK public does not want waste charging scheme for now': environment chief [14:08] TR News Internet Society: Community SnapshotJune https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/07/community-snapshot-june/ [14:08] TR Bot Community SnapshotJune - Internet Society [14:18] TR News Kdenlive 25.04.3 released https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.04.3/ [14:18] TR Bot Kdenlive 25.04.3 released - Kdenlive [14:20] TR News Apple Way Past Its Prime https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Apple_Way_Past_Its_Prime.shtml [14:20] TR Bot Techrights Apple Way Past Its Prime [14:20] TR News Microsoft's Nat Friedman Became Unemployed the Same Time the SLAPPs Against Techrights Started Coming From His Friends (Weeks After We Had Exposed Scandals About Him and the Serial Strangler, His Best Friend, Who Got Arrested a Few Days Later) https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/Microsoft_s_Nat_Friedman_Became_Unemployed_the_Same_Time_the_SL.shtml [14:20] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Nat Friedman Became Unemployed the Same Time the SLAPPs Against Techrights Started Coming From His Friends (Weeks After We Had Exposed Scandals About Him and the Serial Strangler, His Best Friend, Who Got Arrested a Few Days Later) [14:20] TR News The 'Corporate Neckbeard' is Not the "Good Guy" https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/The_Corporate_Neckbeard_is_Not_the_Good_Guy.shtml [14:20] TR Bot Techrights The 'Corporate Neckbeard' is Not the "Good Guy" [14:20] TR News You Need Not Wave a Rainbow Flag This Month to Basically Oppose Arseholes Looking to Disrupt and Divide the Community https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/You_Need_Not_Wave_a_Rainbow_Flag_This_Month_to_Basically_Oppose.shtml [14:20] TR Bot Techrights You Need Not Wave a Rainbow Flag This Month to Basically Oppose Arseholes Looking to Disrupt and Divide the Community [14:20] TR News With Workers Back From a Holiday Weekend, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs Carry on, More Waves to Come https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/With_Workers_Back_From_a_Holiday_Weekend_Microsoft_Layoffs_Carr.shtml [14:20] TR Bot Techrights With Workers Back From a Holiday Weekend, Microsoft Layoffs Carry on, More Waves to Come [14:25] MinceR 09 152036 < techrights-news> The 'Corporate Neckbeard' is Not the "Good Guy" https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/The_Corporate_Neckbeard_is_Not_the_Good_Guy.shtml [14:25] MinceR ALSA should be all caps too [14:34] schestowitz[TR3] except... in UNIX CLI [14:34] schestowitz[TR3] i was gonna cap it [14:34] schestowitz[TR3] then decided not to [14:35] schestowitz[TR3] roy@vonick:~$ alsa [14:35] schestowitz[TR3] alsabat alsaloop alsamixer alsatplg alsaucm [14:36] TR News Layoffs and Shutdowns at IBM, Not Just Abusive Monopolist Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/Layoffs_and_Shutdowns_at_IBM_Not_Just_Microsoft.shtml [14:36] TR Bot Techrights Layoffs and Shutdowns at IBM, Not Just Microsoft [14:37] TR News FSF40 T-shirt message https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/08/FSF40_T_shirt_message.shtml by Alex Oliva, lxo [14:37] TR Bot Techrights FSF40 T-shirt message [14:37] TR News Many Lawyers (for Microsoft) and 1,316 Pages to Pick on a Litigant in Person Who Exposed Serious Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Abuses (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/08/Many_Lawyers_for_Microsoft_and_1_316_Pages_to_Pick_on_a_Litigan.shtml [14:37] TR Bot Techrights Many Lawyers (for Microsoft) and 1,316 Pages to Pick on a Litigant in Person Who Exposed Serious Microsoft Abuses [14:37] TR News Dalai Lama Succession as Evidence That Determined, Motivated People Can Reach Their Nineties (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/Dalai_Lama_Succession_as_Evidence_That_Determined_Motivated_Peo.shtml [14:37] TR Bot Techrights Dalai Lama Succession as Evidence That Determined, Motivated People Can Reach Their Nineties [14:37] MinceR % find /lib/modules/6.6.16_1/ -iname '*oss*' -type f [14:37] MinceR /lib/modules/6.6.16_1/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/alacritech/slicoss.ko.zst [14:37] MinceR /lib/modules/6.6.16_1/kernel/sound/core/seq/oss/snd-seq-oss.ko.zst [14:37] MinceR /lib/modules/6.6.16_1/kernel/sound/core/oss/snd-pcm-oss.ko.zst [14:37] MinceR /lib/modules/6.6.16_1/kernel/sound/core/oss/snd-mixer-oss.ko.zst [14:38] MinceR also all lowercase :> [14:38] schestowitz[TR3] yes, true [14:38] schestowitz[TR3] now you are pedantic ;-)) [14:38] schestowitz[TR3] abotu a satirical post [14:38] schestowitz[TR3] could also say: [14:38] schestowitz[TR3] Steven [14:38] schestowitz[TR3] or Steve [14:38] schestowitz[TR3] or Stephen [14:39] schestowitz[TR3] https://www.cooplive.com/events/161/love-light-song/stevie-wonder [14:39] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.cooplive.com/events/161/love-light-song/stevie-wonder ) [14:39] schestowitz[TR3] oh, they deleted the page [14:39] schestowitz[TR3] how nice [14:39] schestowitz[TR3] show over [14:39] schestowitz[TR3] so 404 the address [14:39] schestowitz[TR3] very nicely done? [14:39] schestowitz[TR3] " [14:40] schestowitz[TR3] we cannot make money from this page anymore" [14:40] schestowitz[TR3] "DLEETE IT! NOW!"\ [14:41] TR News Peter Czanik: Prometheus exporter in syslog-ng https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/prometheus-exporter-in-syslog-ng [14:41] TR Bot exporter in syslog-ng - Blog - syslog-ng Community - syslog-ng Community [14:41] TR News Year two of freelancing https://stgraber.org/2025/07/07/year-two-of-freelancing/ [14:41] TR Bot Year two of freelancing | Stphane Graber's website [14:42] TR News Microsoft lobbying front group spreads the mindless, ruinous hype of "hey hi" https://opensource.org/blog/building-digital-public-goods-reflections-from-un-open-source-week-2025 [14:42] TR Bot Building digital public goods: Reflections from UN Open Source Week 2025 Open Source Initiative [14:43] TR News But is is true that Microsoft transitions towards AI, it's just that the I stands for Indians, not intelligence [14:43] TR News There are intelligence Indians, but that is another matter completely [14:43] TR News Building MCP servers the easy way with Apache OpenServerless https://opensource.net/building-mcp-servers-with-apache-openserverless/ [14:43] TR Bot MCP servers the easy way with Apache OpenServerless - OpenSource.net [14:45] TR News Predicting the NASDAQ 100 with Hyperparameter Tuning https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/predicting-the-nasdaq-100-with-hyperparameter-tuning/ [14:45] TR Bot the NASDAQ 100 with Hyperparameter Tuning | R-bloggers [14:46] TR News ShinyProxy 3.2.0 https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/shinyproxy-3-2-0/ [14:46] TR Bot 3.2.0 | R-bloggers [14:47] TR News Raw data for domains in the pharmaversesdtm package https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/raw-data-for-domains-in-the-pharmaversesdtm-package/ [14:47] TR Bot data for domains in the pharmaversesdtm package | R-bloggers [14:47] TR News Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1029150/ [14:47] TR Bot updates for Tuesday [LWN.net] [14:49] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [14:49] TR News PhotoPrism AI-Powered Photos App Adds Map-Based Location Editor https://linuxiac.com/photoprism-ai-powered-photos-app-adds-map-based-location-editor/ [14:49] TR Bot PhotoPrism AI-Powered Photos App Adds Map-Based Location Editor [14:49] *Now talking on #techrights [14:51] TR News Ubuntu 25.10 release to mandate RVA23 profile, obsoleting most RISC-V hardware https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/08/ubuntu-25-10-release-to-mandate-rva23-profile-obsoleting-most-risc-v-hardware/ [14:51] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.10 release to mandate RVA23 profile, obsoleting most RISC-V hardware - CNX Software [14:54] MinceR (cat) https://ircz.de/p/25061115 [14:54] TR Bot WHOOPSIE [14:57] TR News Uiua is a general purpose array-oriented programming language https://www.linuxlinks.com/uiua-general-purpose-array-oriented-programming-language/ [14:57] TR Bot is a general purpose array-oriented programming language - LinuxLinks [14:58] TR News CiteBib generate a Bibtex or LaTeX bibliography https://www.linuxlinks.com/citebib-generate-bibtex-latex-bibliography/ [14:58] TR Bot - generate a Bibtex or LaTeX bibliography - LinuxLinks [14:58] TR News etcd distributed reliable key-value store https://www.linuxlinks.com/etcd-distributed-reliable-key-value-store/ [14:58] TR Bot - distributed reliable key-value store - LinuxLinks [14:59] TR News dano hashdeep/md5tree for media files https://www.linuxlinks.com/dano-hashdeep-md5tree-media-files/ [14:59] TR Bot - hashdeep/md5tree for media files - LinuxLinks [14:59] TR News BrosTrend AX1800 USB WiFi 6 Adapter AX4L GNU/Linux Compatible https://www.linuxlinks.com/brostrend-ax1800-usb-wifi6-adapter-linux-compatible/ [14:59] TR Bot AX1800 USB WiFi 6 Adapter AX4L Linux Compatible - LinuxLinks [14:59] TR News OBS Studio 31.1.0 Released with Multitrack Video for GNU/Linux & macOS https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/07/obs-studio-31-1-0-released-with-multitrack-video-for-linux-macos/ [14:59] TR Bot OBS Studio 31.1.0 Released with Multitrack Video for Linux & macOS | UbuntuHandbook ● Jul 09 [15:00] TR News OBS Studio 31.1 Adds GNU/Linux Multitrack Video Support + More https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/obs-studio-31-1-whats-new [15:00] TR Bot OBS Studio 31.1 Adds Linux Multitrack Video Support + More - OMG! Ubuntu [15:01] TR News FEX 2507 Tagged https://fex-emu.com/FEX-2507/ [15:01] TR Bot 2507 Tagged FEX-Emu A fast linux usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator [15:02] TR News A libcamera port of Plasma Camera https://espi.dev/posts/2025/07/plasma-camera/ [15:02] TR Bot A libcamera port of Plasma Camera | espidev [15:03] TR News Windows TCO https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/how-to-conduct-a-password-audit-in-active-directory-ad/ "Weak or compromised passwords are still one of the most common ways attackers get into an organisations network." [15:03] TR Bot How to conduct a Password Audit in Active Directory (AD) | Pen Test Partners [15:04] TR News Relaying FALSE MARKETING for ICBM. What about outages, water damage, war etc? Oh, they don't account for that. https://www.phoronix.com/news/IBM-Power11-Announced [15:04] TR Bot Announces Power11 With "99.9999%" Uptime, 55% Better Core Performance Than Power9 - Phoronix [15:05] whatA__ http://consumerrights.wiki/CursorAI_%22unlimited%22_plan_rug_pull [15:05] TR Bot CursorAI "unlimited" plan rug pull - Consumer Rights Wiki [15:05] whatA__ seems like the slop bubble bursting here and there [15:06] schestowitz[TR3] for years already [15:07] schestowitz[TR3] it takes several forms that i witnessed [15:07] schestowitz[TR3] one is covered in: [15:07] schestowitz[TR3] https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/27/pitchbook-ai-venture-capital-resorts-to-mergers/ [15:07] TR Bot Pitchbook: AI venture capital resorts to mergers Pivot to AI [15:07] schestowitz[TR3] " [15:07] schestowitz[TR3] A venture capitalist tells a portfolio company to buy another portfolio company, and the books look a little less bad for a moment. In finance, this is called two drunks propping each other up. [15:07] schestowitz[TR3] At the top end of the scale, OpenAI buys smaller companies, in the desperate hope that one of them has an actual product that might make money. Its always a stock trade, for imaginary OpenAI shares, and never actual dollars. [15:07] schestowitz[TR3] With smaller companies, they just merge them, then twiddle the books a bit and hope they dont die. Or not straight away." [15:08] TR News How To Install Postman on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-postman-almalinux-10/ [15:08] TR Bot How To Install Postman on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [15:09] TR News How To Install Immich on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-immich-almalinux-10/ [15:09] TR Bot How To Install Immich on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [15:09] TR News How To Install Brave Browser on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-brave-browser-almalinux-10/ [15:09] TR Bot How To Install Brave Browser on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [15:09] schestowitz[TR3] that was authored by david [15:09] schestowitz[TR3] he used to comment a lot in techtrights [15:09] schestowitz[TR3] 15+ years ago [15:09] schestowitz[TR3] very smart person [15:09] schestowitz[TR3] iirc, he was a cross-dresser, that didn't matter [15:10] schestowitz[TR3] he was associated with some important online wikis [15:10] schestowitz[TR3] now he he busting the "hey hi" myths and scams [15:10] schestowitz[TR3] he wrote a book on fakecoins and "blockchains" [15:10] TR News How To Install Pandas on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-pandas-fedora-42/ [15:10] TR Bot How To Install Pandas on Fedora 42 - idroot [15:10] TR News How To Install Amarok Music Player on Manjaro https://idroot.us/install-amarok-music-player-manjaro/ [15:10] TR Bot How To Install Amarok Music Player on Manjaro - idroot [15:11] TR News Appeals court clears path for El Salvadoran journos to sue spyware maker https://cyberscoop.com/appeals-court-clears-path-for-el-salvadoran-journos-to-sue-spyware-maker/ [15:11] TR Bot court clears path for El Salvadoran journos to sue spyware maker | CyberScoop [15:11] TR News Introducing Skia Graphite: Chrome's rasterization backend for the future https://blog.chromium.org/2025/07/introducing-skia-graphite-chromes.html [15:11] TR Bot Chromium Blog: Introducing Skia Graphite: Chrome's rasterization backend for the future [15:12] TR News Steinar H. Gunderson: Superimposed codes, take two http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2025-07-08-20-34_superimposed_codes_take_two.html [15:12] TR Bot Steinar H. Gunderson [15:19] TR News Our cash is in limbo: Readers share how US sanctions on CIBanco, Intercam have affected their financial lives https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/readers-us-sanctions-mexican-banks-survey/ [15:19] TR Bot What 204 readers are doing about US sanctions on Mexican banks [15:19] TR News Battling next-gen financial fraud https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/08/1119039/battling-next-gen-financial-fraud/ [15:19] TR Bot Battling next-gen financial fraud | MIT Technology Review [15:19] TR News Financial Calculations in Emacs https://entropicthoughts.com/financial-calculations-in-emacs [15:19] TR Bot Financial Calculations in Emacs [15:20] TR News Kangaroo Courts of the corrupt EPO https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/g1-23-if-it-is-public-it-is-prior-art/ [15:20] TR Bot G1/23: If it is public, it is prior art - JUVE Patent [15:21] itech https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/09/nvidia-4-trillion.html [15:21] TR Bot Nvidia hits $4 trillion market cap, first company to do so [15:21] TR News K.Mizra network patent monopoly challenge instituted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/8/kmizra-network-patent-challenge-instituted [15:21] TR Bot K.Mizra network patent challenge instituted Unified Patents [15:21] itech thank bitcoin mining :) [15:21] itech the money that come out of no were [15:22] TR News Software patents that EPO granted illegally just like so many others https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/7/gevc-video-codec-patent-revocation-confirmed-by-epo-appeal [15:22] TR Bot GEVC video codec patent revocation confirmed by EPO appeal Unified Patents [15:22] schestowitz[TR3] https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/04/NVidia_is_a_Bubble.shtml [15:22] TR Bot Techrights NVidia is a Bubble [15:23] schestowitz[TR3] bubble that profits from helping other bubbles [15:23] schestowitz[TR3] or even ponzi schemes [15:23] schestowitz[TR3] where you [15:23] schestowitz[TR3] 1) fake the worth of something you have [15:23] schestowitz[TR3] 2) use the faking in (1) to bring real money [15:23] schestowitz[TR3] 3) then it turns out the money invests in a fake [15:23] schestowitz[TR3] 4) bubble bursts [15:23] schestowitz[TR3] 5) real money,... GONE [15:24] schestowitz[TR3] 6) fake value... never existed [15:24] schestowitz[TR3] 7) people on top of the pyramid already smuggled the RealMoney(tm) somewhere else [15:24] schestowitz[TR3] (if they do not get arrested) [15:25] itech like bankman [15:25] schestowitz[TR3] yes [15:25] schestowitz[TR3] btw [15:25] schestowitz[TR3] spoiler [15:25] schestowitz[TR3] but.. [15:25] schestowitz[TR3] the serial strangler from Microsoft [15:25] schestowitz[TR3] (yes) [15:25] schestowitz[TR3] (connected to FTX) [15:25] schestowitz[TR3] we'll cover this in the future [15:25] schestowitz[TR3] when the time is best [15:26] TR News Corcept v. Teva Oral Argument: Infringement by Drug Label, Again https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/corcept-argument-infringement.html [15:26] TR Bot Corcept v. Teva Oral Argument: Infringement by Drug Label, Again | Patently-O [15:26] itech in the gold rush he who always ends up rich is the guy seling shovels [15:26] schestowitz[TR3] nvidia actually DID profit [15:27] schestowitz[TR3] but see the article [15:27] itech (nvidea) [15:27] schestowitz[TR3] now have over more supply than demand [15:27] schestowitz[TR3] for shovels [15:27] schestowitz[TR3] so they will need to cut [15:27] itech now it AI [15:27] TR News Investigate your dependencies with Deptective https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/07/08/investigate-your-dependencies-with-deptective/ [15:27] TR Bot Investigate your dependencies with Deptective -The Trail of Bits Blog [15:28] schestowitz[TR3] itech: GPUs: [15:28] schestowitz[TR3] a) graphics [15:28] schestowitz[TR3] b) opencl [15:28] schestowitz[TR3] 3) bitcoin [15:28] schestowitz[TR3] d) blockchain [15:28] schestowitz[TR3] e) hey hi [15:28] schestowitz[TR3] same crap, different label [15:28] schestowitz[TR3] for the "if I waste a lot of energy on this thing, then it MUST b e WORTH a lot" [15:28] schestowitz[TR3] that crowd just burns the planet [15:29] schestowitz[TR3] to mine farmville "carrots" [15:29] itech lol [15:29] schestowitz[TR3] http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/ [15:29] TR Bot There is No Such Thing as 'Cryptocurrency' and Please Stop Referring to It as Cryptocurrency [15:29] schestowitz[TR3] http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/05/Just_Because_Common_Currencies_Including_the_US_Dollars_Are_Con.shtml [15:29] TR Bot Techrights Just Because Common Currencies (Including the US Dollar) Are Considered Uncertain Doesn't Mean People Should Adopt Volatile Multi-Level (Pyramid) Schemes [15:29] schestowitz[TR3] "" [15:29] schestowitz[TR3] 1) the max number of bitcoins is finite [15:29] schestowitz[TR3] 2) the max number of bitcoins is somewhat small [15:29] schestowitz[TR3] 3) storage media containing bitcoin wallets get lost [15:29] schestowitz[TR3] 4) bitcoin wallets get lost or deleted [15:29] schestowitz[TR3] 5) bitcoin wallet passwords get lost [15:29] schestowitz[TR3] 6) the number of bitcoin lost that way is unknown and unknowable [15:29] schestowitz[TR3] Thus, the number of available or working bitcoin can only decrease and will eventually cross a tipping point. Given point 6, the date of that tipping point is unpredictable and may have already been crossed. Ergo the bailout is a scam, nothing more, nothing less... unless one counts the unmitigated environmental disaster caused by releasing so much fossil carbon into the air for no reason." [15:30] itech now theres a new thing thats is tokenised assets [15:30] itech like shares on reall corps [15:31] TR News Amarok 3.3 "Far Above the Clouds" released! https://blogs.kde.org/2025/07/08/amarok-3.3-far-above-the-clouds-released/ [15:31] TR Bot Amarok 3.3 "Far Above the Clouds" released! - KDE Blogs [15:31] schestowitz[TR3] there was NFT [15:31] schestowitz[TR3] it wasn't long-lived [15:31] schestowitz[TR3] its storytelling suked [15:32] schestowitz[TR3] so as unregulated ponzi scheme it didn't gain inertis [15:32] schestowitz[TR3] it wasn't "crypic" enough [15:32] itech but its supposed to be tokens from stuff like nvidea and whatever [15:32] schestowitz[TR3] it was "blockchain blah blah" [15:32] schestowitz[TR3] btw, many companies like these don't pay salaries [15:32] schestowitz[TR3] they pay some salaries [15:32] schestowitz[TR3] and some are "shares" [15:32] schestowitz[TR3] they ivnvent a currency [15:32] schestowitz[TR3] like GAFAM share [15:33] schestowitz[TR3] and then give you some of that share [15:33] schestowitz[TR3] that's like me making roycoin [15:33] schestowitz[TR3] and paying someone 90% in roycoins [15:33] schestowitz[TR3] and 10% in real money [15:33] schestowitz[TR3] then it turns out the latter was the only real paymentt [15:33] schestowitz[TR3] that's what GAFAM do [15:33] schestowitz[TR3] they pay people in shares that cost them nothing to invent [15:33] schestowitz[TR3] imho, this should be illegal [15:33] schestowitz[TR3] iuf yuo want to buy shares, fine [15:33] schestowitz[TR3] get "stocks" [15:33] schestowitz[TR3] but they tie the salaries to fake value of things [15:34] TR News Death is our business https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/podcast/death-is-our-business/ [15:34] TR Bot 'Death is our business' - Atlantic Council [15:35] TR News Linux Matters: Old Man Yells at GMail https://linuxmatters.sh/59/ [15:35] TR Bot Old Man Yells At GMail [15:35] itech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Is_My_Business..._and_Business_Is_Good! [15:35] TR Bot Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! - Wikipedia [15:36] TR News How Convicted Felons Policies Are Escalating Europes Data Sovereignty and Tech Independence Drive https://fossforce.com/2025/07/how-trumps-policies-are-escalating-europes-data-sovereignty-and-tech-independence-drive/ [15:36] TR Bot How Trumps Policies Are Escalating Europes Data Sovereignty and Tech Independence Drive [15:36] TR News navalny https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/08/russia-bans-yale-university-as-undesirable-organization-citing-navalny-s-attendance | Source: Meduza [15:36] TR Bot Russia bans Yale University as undesirable organization, citing Navalnys attendance Meduza [15:38] TR News Qubes OS Summit 2025: Call for sponsors https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/07/08/qubes-os-summit-2025-call-for-sponsors/ [15:38] TR Bot Qubes OS Summit 2025: Call for sponsors | Qubes OS [15:44] TR News African Women Lured to Produce Russian War Drones https://adf-magazine.com/2025/07/african-women-lured-to-produce-russian-war-drones/ [15:44] TR Bot African Women Lured to Produce Russian War Drones - Africa Defense Forum [15:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [15:48] TR News Treasury slaps sanctions on people, companies tied to North Korean IT worker schemes https://cyberscoop.com/treasury-slaps-sanctions-on-people-companies-tied-to-north-korean-it-worker-schemes/ [15:48] TR Bot slaps sanctions on people, companies tied to North Korean IT worker schemes | CyberScoop [15:49] TR News ">Independent Russian election-monitoring group" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/08/independent-russian-election-monitoring-group-golos-shuts-down-after-co-chair-is-sentenced-to-prison | Source: Meduza [15:49] TR Bot Independent Russian election-monitoring group Golos shuts down after co-chair is sentenced to prison Meduza [15:49] TR News "wave of searches targeting journalists and activists" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/08/russian-fsb-raids-syktyvkar-cultural-center-in-treason-case-amid-wave-of-searches-targeting-journalists-and-activists | Source: Meduza [15:49] TR Bot Russian FSB raids Syktyvkar cultural center in treason case amid wave of searches targeting journalists and activists Meduza [15:49] whatA__ unperson [15:49] TR News A journalist in jail: freed former RFE/RL reporter recalls Belarus prison ordeal https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2604517/a-journalist-in-jail-freed-former-rfe-rl-reporter-recalls-belarus-prison-ordeal [15:49] TR Bot A journalist in jail: freed former RFE/RL reporter recalls Belarus prison ordeal - LRT [15:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:52] TR News "rise and sudden demise of Russias ex-Transportation Minister Roman Starovoit" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/08/the-rotenbergs-invested-heavily-in-him | Source: Meduza .. RISE AND FALL... FROM WINDOWS [15:52] TR Bot The Rotenbergs invested heavily in him Anti-corruption expert Ilya Shumanov unpacks the political rise and sudden demise of Russias ex-Transportation Minister Roman Starovoit Meduza [15:53] TR News Putin is a magician. He can make people jump from windows, especially if he casts a spell when he does not like them. Navalny's cell had no Windows. He used Linux. [15:54] TR News Buk or no Buk, when Putin wants a plane to fall, it'll fall [15:55] TR News Follow Up: An Analysis of YouTube Links From The White Houses Wire Website https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/youtube-links-from-whgov-wire/ [15:55] TR Bot Follow Up: An Analysis of YouTube Links From The White Houses Wire Website - Jim Nielsens Blog [15:55] TR News Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 beta 3 https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-beta-3/ [15:55] TR Bot Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 beta 3 Godot Engine [15:56] TR News Medical groups sue US health department over new COVID-19 vaccine policy https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/medical-groups-sue-us-health-department-over-new-covid-19-vaccine-policy/ [15:56] TR Bot Medical groups sue US health department over new COVID-19 vaccine policy - JURIST - News [15:56] *whatA__ has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.8.7 [Mozilla rv:1.0.0/20020530]) [15:57] *whatA__ (~chatzilla@yti5a4gtx98cg.irc) has joined #techrights [15:57] TR News China probes former Wuhan mayor who presided over Covid response https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/08/china-probes-former-wuhan-mayor-who-presided-over-covid-response/ [15:57] TR Bot China probes Wuhan ex-mayor who presided over Covid response [15:57] *whatA__ has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.8.7 [Mozilla rv:1.0.0/20020530]) [15:57] *whatA__ (~chatzilla@yti5a4gtx98cg.irc) has joined #techrights [15:57] TR News Windows TCO: Italian authorities arrest Chinese man over Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Exchange Server hack, targeting of COVID-19 researchers https://cyberscoop.com/italian-authorities-arrest-chinese-man-over-microsoft-exchange-server-hack-targeting-of-covid-19-researchers/ [15:57] TR Bot authorities arrest Chinese man over Microsoft Exchange Server hack, targeting of COVID-19 researchers | CyberScoop [15:58] *whatA__ has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.8.7 [Mozilla rv:1.0.0/20020530]) [15:58] TR News LG Innotek to slim down smartphones by replacing solder balls with copper posts https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/lg-innotek-to-slim-down-smartphones-by-replacing-solder-balls-with-copper-posts [15:58] TR Bot LG Innotek to slim down smartphones by replacing solder balls with copper posts | Tom's Hardware ● Jul 09 [16:00] TR News "This is going to be needed too, because the latest DXVK update actually now recommends Mesa 25.1. So soon a Proton update that pulls in that DXVK version will run better with it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/its-now-easier-to-get-mesa-25-1-on-the-latest-ubuntu-25-04/ [16:00] TR Bot now easier to get Mesa 25.1 on the latest Ubuntu 25.04 | GamingOnLinux [16:01] TR News 5 tweaks and apps that helped me appreciate Ubuntu as a lifelong Windows user https://www.xda-developers.com/tweaks-apps-helped-me-appreciate-ubuntu-lifelong-windows-user/ [16:01] TR Bot 5 tweaks and apps that helped me appreciate Ubuntu as a lifelong Windows user [16:01] TR News RISC-V Ecosystem Gets More Standardization as Ubuntu Drops Non-Compliant CPUs https://www.techpowerup.com/338734/risc-v-ecosystem-gets-more-standardization-as-ubuntu-drops-non-compliant-cpus [16:01] TR Bot Ecosystem Gets More Standardization as Ubuntu Drops Non-Compliant CPUs | TechPowerUp [16:02] TR News Linux Gaming Improves, Thanks to DXVK 2.7 https://www.extremetech.com/computing/linux-gaming-improves-thanks-to-dxvk-27 [16:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.extremetech.com/computing/linux-gaming-improves-thanks-to-dxvk-27 ) [16:04] TR News More "LF Spam" from SJVN, who gets paid to relay PR for LF https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-foundation-adopts-a2a-protocol-to-help-solve-one-of-ais-most-pressing-challenges/ [16:04] TR Bot Foundation adopts A2A protocol to help solve one of AI's most pressing challenges | ZDNET [16:04] MinceR https://files.catbox.moe/fa3287.jpg [16:05] TR News Pakistans Transparent Tribe Hits Indian Defence with Linux Malware https://hackread.com/pakistan-transparent-tribe-indian-defence-linux-malware/ [16:05] TR Bot Pakistans Transparent Tribe Hits Indian Defence with Linux Malware [16:06] TR News (NEW): Google Outsources Agent2Agent to Microsoft Proprietary Jail (GitHub), Linux Foundation is Openwashing Dangerous Hype https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/24/Google_Outsources_Agent2Agent_to_Microsoft_Proprietary_Jail_Git.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/06/24/Google_Outsources_Agent2Agent_to_Microsoft_Proprietary_Jail_Git.gmi [16:06] TR News They make it sound like this has been exploited before its discovery and for over a decade https://www.csoonline.com/article/4018715/how-a-12-year-old-bug-in-sudo-is-haunting-linux-users.html [16:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Google Outsources Agent2Agent to Microsoft Proprietary Jail (GitHub), Linux Foundation is Openwashing Dangerous Hype [16:06] TR Bot How a 12-year-old bug in Sudo is still haunting Linux users | CSO Online [16:07] TR News Windows chaff https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-replaced-my-linux-system-with-this-200-windows-mini-pc-heres-the-verdict-after-a-week/ [16:07] TR Bot replaced my Linux system with this $200 Windows mini PC - here's the verdict after a week | ZDNET [16:08] TR News Windows chaff, marketing spam in the form of a reposted old "article" (placement) [16:08] TR News Lossless Scaling Frame Generation has been ported to Linux https://videocardz.com/newz/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-has-been-ported-to-linux [16:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://videocardz.com/newz/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-has-been-ported-to-linux ) [16:09] TR News ParrotOS 6.4 lands with key tool updates and kernel upgrade https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/08/parrotos-6-4-released/ [16:09] TR Bot ParrotOS 6.4 lands with key tool updates and kernel upgrade - Help Net Security [16:10] TR News SUSE launches new European digital sovereignty support service to meet surging demand https://www.zdnet.com/article/suse-launches-new-european-digital-sovereignty-support-service-to-meet-surging-demand/ [16:10] TR Bot launches new European digital sovereignty support service to meet surging demand | ZDNET [16:11] TR News PowerShell is Windows https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/bert-blitzes-linux-windows-systems [16:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/bert-blitzes-linux-windows-systems ) [16:12] TR News Making life harder for oneself https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-wayland-better-than-x11/ [16:12] TR Bot Why I ditched X11 in favor of Wayland on Linux [16:13] TR News "The standard utilities on Linux are boring; have you ever noticed that? Their function is essential, but they're boring. Wouldn't you like to jazz up their outputs with some pretty colors? Or even speed them up? These terminal utilities do that and more." https://www.howtogeek.com/alternative-cli-tools-i-immediately-install-on-linux/ [16:13] TR Bot 6 Alternative CLI Tools I Immediately Install on Linux [16:13] TR News Ported [16:13] TR News Lossless Scaling Is Getting Ported to Linux By The Community https://steamdeckhq.com/news/lossless-scaling-is-getting-ported-to-linux/ [16:13] TR Bot Lossless Scaling Is Getting Ported to Linux By The Community - Steam Deck HQ [16:14] TR News "This release also introduces explicit sync support for PipeWire Screen Capture and QVBR rate control for VA-API." https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-31-1-released-with-multitrack-video-support-on-linux [16:14] TR Bot Studio 31.1 Released with Multitrack Video Support on Linux - 9to5Linux [16:15] TR News "In Europe," he said, "there is a certain amount of local sourcing required, and people want sourcing to be done from local European companies." https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/suse_sovereign_support/ [16:15] TR Bot SUSE to roll out Sovereign Premium Support The Register [16:16] TR News Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation Lands on Linux, Works on Steam Deck https://www.techpowerup.com/338745/lossless-scalings-frame-generation-lands-on-linux-works-on-steam-deck [16:16] TR Bot Scaling's Frame Generation Lands on Linux, Works on Steam Deck | TechPowerUp [16:16] TR News Linux contains dangerous secure boot flaw: hackers can bypass it with a USB stick https://oodaloop.com/briefs/cyber/linux-contains-dangerous-secure-boot-flaw-hackers-can-bypass-it-with-a-usb-stick/ https://cybernews.com/security/hackers-can-bypass-linux-secure-boot/ [16:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://oodaloop.com/briefs/cyber/linux-contains-dangerous-secure-boot-flaw-hackers-can-bypass-it-with-a-usb-stick/ ) [16:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://cybernews.com/security/hackers-can-bypass-linux-secure-boot/ ) [16:21] TR News Is this a slopfarm? https://www.techpowerup.com/338705/system76-updates-its-meerkat-linux-mini-pcs-with-intel-raptor-lake-or-arrow-lake-cpus [16:21] TR Bot Updates Its Meerkat Linux Mini PCs with Intel Raptor Lake or Arrow Lake CPUs | TechPowerUp [16:22] TR News "The upcoming Blender 5.0 release is set to bring a notable improvement for Linux: experimental support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering when using the Wayland display server with the Vulkan graphics backend." https://news.itsfoss.com/blender-5-0-linux-hdr-support/ [16:22] TR Bot Blender 5.0 Set to Bring HDR Support for Linux Wayland Users [16:24] TR News Danish Ministry switching from Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/08/danish-ministry-switching-from-microsoft-office-365-to-libreoffice/ [16:24] TR Bot Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog [16:24] TR News Weeding Out Extremism in Our Community https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/Weeding_Out_Extremism_in_Our_Community.shtml [16:24] TR Bot Techrights Weeding Out Extremism in Our Community [16:24] TR News What Miguel de Icaza and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lunduke Have in Common https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/What_Miguel_de_Icaza_and_Microsoft_Lunduke_Have_in_Common.shtml [16:24] TR Bot Techrights What Miguel de Icaza and Microsoft Lunduke Have in Common [16:24] TR News More on "Lunduke is Actually Sending His Audience to Attack People" (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/08/More_on_Lunduke_is_Actually_Sending_His_Audience_to_Attack_Peop.shtml [16:24] TR Bot Techrights More on "Lunduke is Actually Sending His Audience to Attack People" [16:25] TR News CVE-2025-24294: Possible Denial of Service in resolv gem https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/07/08/dos-resolv-cve-2025-24294/ [16:25] TR Bot CVE-2025-24294: Possible Denial of Service in resolv gem [16:48] TR News Human Rights Watch stresses government reform in upcoming UN rights review of Vietnam https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/human-rights-watch-stresses-government-reform-in-upcoming-un-rights-review-of-vietnam/ [16:48] TR Bot Human Rights Watch stresses government reform in upcoming UN rights review of Vietnam - JURIST - News [16:49] TR News Microsoft Patches 130 Vulnerabilities for July 2025 Patch Tuesday https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-130-vulnerabilities-for-july-2025-patch-tuesday/ [16:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-130-vulnerabilities-for-july-2025-patch-tuesday/ ) [16:50] TR News (NEW): Windows TCO Tales https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Windows_TCO_Tales.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Windows_TCO_Tales.gmi [16:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Windows TCO Tales [16:51] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Security_Leftovers.gmi [16:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [16:53] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [16:53] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [16:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [16:53] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [16:55] TR News (NEW): Debian Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Debian_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Debian_Leftovers.gmi [16:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Debian Leftovers [16:55] TR News (NEW): Software: OCR, PhotoPrism, Blender, and syslog-ng https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Software_OCR_PhotoPrism_Blender_and_syslog_ng.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Software_OCR_PhotoPrism_Blender_and_syslog_ng.gmi [16:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Software: OCR, PhotoPrism, Blender, and syslog-ng [16:56] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware: Radxa, Pi, RISC-V, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Open_Hardware_Radxa_Pi_RISC_V_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Open_Hardware_Radxa_Pi_RISC_V_and_More.gmi [16:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware: Radxa, Pi, RISC-V, and More [16:56] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu Pro, Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Ubuntu_Pro_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Ubuntu_Pro_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_and_More.gmi [16:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu Pro, Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, and More [16:58] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers: Curl, Chrom*, and Mozilla/Firefox https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Web_Browsers_Curl_Chrom_and_Mozilla_Firefox.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Web_Browsers_Curl_Chrom_and_Mozilla_Firefox.gmi [16:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Web Browsers: Curl, Chrom*, and Mozilla/Firefox [16:59] *itech has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Jul 09 [17:00] TR News (NEW): Games: Godot, FEX, and Lossless Scaling Frame Generation https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Games_Godot_FEX_and_Lossless_Scaling_Frame_Generation.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Games_Godot_FEX_and_Lossless_Scaling_Frame_Generation.gmi [17:00] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Godot, FEX, and Lossless Scaling Frame Generation [17:00] TR News (NEW): SUSE to roll out Sovereign Premium Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/SUSE_to_roll_out_Sovereign_Premium_Support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/SUSE_to_roll_out_Sovereign_Premium_Support.gmi [17:00] TR Bot Tux Machines SUSE to roll out Sovereign Premium Support [17:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [17:02] TR News (NEW): Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Danish_Ministry_switching_from_Microsoft_Office_365_to_LibreOff.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Danish_Ministry_switching_from_Microsoft_Office_365_to_LibreOff.gmi [17:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice [17:02] TR News lxer.com offline for a while [17:03] TR News (NEW): Hardware and GNU/Linux Migrations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Hardware_and_GNU_Linux_Migrations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Hardware_and_GNU_Linux_Migrations.gmi [17:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Hardware and GNU/Linux Migrations [17:05] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.gmi [17:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards [17:05] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/09/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [17:05] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [17:06] TR News Techrights Links 09/07/2025: War Updates and Microsoft Moving to India to Cut Costs https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Links_09_07_2025_War_Updates_and_Microsoft_Moving_to_India_to_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Links_09_07_2025_War_Updates_and_Microsoft_Moving_to_India_to_C.gmi [17:06] TR Bot Techrights Links 09/07/2025: War Updates and Microsoft Moving to India to Cut Costs [17:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [17:10] TR News "History of stock buybacks, why it needs to be regulated, who does it benefit (not the company) https://youtu.be/xyGjUugYl3E " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5nhy0h [17:10] TR Bot https://iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=xyGjUugYl3E [17:10] TR Bot nyc1.iv.ggtyler.dev | Making sure you're not a bot! [17:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5nhy0h ) [17:11] TR News "I believe that. August is when people find out what their rewards are after spring Connect review period, and September is when it gets implemented/paid (bonuses, raises, stock)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz847y7n [17:11] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz847y7n ) [17:13] TR News "In addition to outsourcing, don't forget about insourcing via visa programs (that are displacing US citizens): https://www.newsweek.com/microsoft-layoffs-h1b-visa-applications-2094370 " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzes7t7e [17:13] TR Bot H-1B Visa Applications Questioned Amid Mass Layoffs - Newsweek [17:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzes7t7e ) [17:13] TR News "AI = Anonymous Imdians . L1s for the win." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvdsmxne [17:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvdsmxne ) [17:14] TR News "It didn't take long for Google's search AI [sic] to get ahead of Bing's AI [sic]. Can't imagine how bad it is in MS knowing how long it takes to get anything done in Google." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzh5bsde slop... [17:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzh5bsde ) [17:14] TR News "CWA union derides Microsoft layoffs when the company is prospering: 'We are living through a moment of profound corporate consolidation and disruption' | PC Gamer https://share.google/NUZunJzT2IIAXNmvl " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzdejf2r [17:14] TR Bot CWA union derides Microsoft layoffs when the company is prospering: 'We are living through a moment of profound corporate consolidation and disruption' | PC Gamer [17:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzdejf2r ) [17:15] TR News it's not prospering, its debt has surged [17:16] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [17:30] TR News Techrights Slopwatch: linuxsecurity.com and Various Slopfarms That Lie About "Linux" and Are Promoted by Google News https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Slopwatch_linuxsecurity_com_and_Various_Slopfarms_That_Lie_Abou.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Slopwatch_linuxsecurity_com_and_Various_Slopfarms_That_Lie_Abou.gmi [17:30] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: linuxsecurity.com and Various Slopfarms That Lie About "Linux" and Are Promoted by Google News [17:34] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [17:34] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights [17:43] *ZedHedTed (~ZedHedTed@8v2frkdia5nmg.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jul 09 [18:11] TR News Techrights Vice President of the European Patent Office (EPO) Complains That Techrights Gives Visibility to Legal and Technical Issues at the EPO https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Vice_President_of_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Complains_That.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Vice_President_of_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Complains_That.gmi [18:11] TR Bot Techrights Vice President of the European Patent Office (EPO) Complains That Techrights Gives Visibility to Legal and Technical Issues at the EPO [18:19] TR News US tariffs to take centre stage as Asean meets in Malaysia https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/us-tariffs-to-take-centre-stage-as-asean-meets-in-malaysia [18:19] TR Bot US tariffs to take centre stage as Asean meets in Malaysia | The Straits Times [18:20] TR News Malaysia braces itself for shake-up in supply chains in wake of US tariffs https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-braces-for-shake-up-in-supply-chains-in-wake-of-us-tariffs [18:20] TR Bot Malaysia braces itself for shake-up in supply chains in wake of US tariffs | The Straits Times [18:20] TR News The French Seaside Factory Trying to Break Chinas Chokehold on Rare Earths https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/europe/eu-china-rare-earth-minerals-metals.html [18:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/europe/eu-china-rare-earth-minerals-metals.html ) [18:21] TR News Why Chinas ultimatum to Myanmar rebels threatens global supply of heavy rare earths https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/why-chinas-ultimatum-to-myanmar-rebels-threatens-global-supply-of-heavy-rare-earths [18:21] TR Bot Why Chinas ultimatum to Myanmar rebels threatens global supply of heavy rare earths | The Straits Times [18:24] TR News "PET Plastic" https://hackaday.com/2025/07/08/turning-pet-plastic-into-paracetamol-with-this-one-bacterial-trick/ | Source: Hackaday [18:24] TR Bot PET Plastic Into Paracetamol With This One Bacterial Trick | Hackaday [18:25] TR News Sleep Divorce Could Be The Secret to Getting a Good Night's Rest https://www.sciencealert.com/sleep-divorce-could-be-the-secret-to-getting-a-good-nights-rest [18:25] TR Bot Divorce Could Be The Secret to Getting a Good Night's Rest : ScienceAlert [18:26] TR News Microbiologist Explains How Often You Should Wash Your Sheets https://www.sciencealert.com/microbiologist-explains-how-often-you-should-wash-your-sheets [18:26] TR Bot Explains How Often You Should Wash Your Sheets : ScienceAlert [18:29] TR News [japan] [photography] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-07-09.gmi [18:29] TR News Past puzzle: 2025-07-08 | Crostic Nine gemini://gem.bahai.fyi/crostic/9/log/2025-07-08 [18:30] TR News SpellBinding: CGHIUNM Wordo: HAILS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-07-09.gmi [18:32] TR News Against approaches in TRPG gemini://idiomdrottning.org/approaches [18:33] TR News "Theres this card game Pairs that I love playing and weve been playing a lot lately. You flip up one card at a time and if you get a pair you lose that many points and first to lose twenty one points loses the game" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/we-need-to-change-the-rules [18:33] TR News "So does anyone remember XP - or extreme programming? The rough idea being that you write some code and then push it live, learn some stuff, and then throw away what you wrote and then write it again given you have learned more things" gemini://envs.net/~olap/musings-20250709.gmi [18:34] TR News "First off, this works with any Gemini client. It's an experiment but it's also a way for someone with a capsule on a static server to add dynamic content - even games - to their pages." gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20250709.gmi [18:34] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-07-09.gmi [18:36] TR News "I wrote a gemlog about it. It doesn't break the spec and works in all clients." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/bluesman/30038 [18:36] TR News i wanna roc gemini://dt.smol.pub/2025-07-08_18-i-wanna-roc [18:37] TR News "Following yesterdays conversation about the demise of geminispace, one of the mentioned issues was the disappearance of the go documentation service. So I rectified that by spinning up gemini://godocs.8by3.net/ " gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/log/2025-07-02.go-docs.gmi [18:38] TR News "I assume this wasn't always the case, but consumer enshitification; engineering products to maximize profits e.g. shelf life over taste and quality, mean its not hard to out do anything you can buy." gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/others/food/2025-06-29.ice-cream.gmi [18:39] TR News Past puzzle: 2025-07-06 | Crostic Nines gemini://gem.bahai.fyi/crostic/9/log/2025-07-06 [18:41] TR News Detection Engineering: Practicing Detection-as-Code Introduction Part 1 https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/07/08/detection-engineering-practicing-detection-as-code-introduction-part-1/ [18:41] TR Bot Detection Engineering: Practicing Detection-as-Code - Introduction - Part 1 [18:42] TR News Inflation ticks up to 3.8% in Latvia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/08.07.2025-inflation-ticks-up-to-38-in-latvia.a606021/ [18:42] TR Bot Inflation ticks up to 3.8% in Latvia / Article [18:42] TR News How the Technical Community Runs the Internet https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/07/how-the-technical-community-runs-the-internet/ [18:42] TR Bot How the Technical Community Runs the Internet - Internet Society [18:44] TR News Colorado Judge Fines MyPillow Founders Lawyers for Error-Filled Court Filing https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/judge-fines-lawyers-mypillow-ai.html [18:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/judge-fines-lawyers-mypillow-ai.html ) [18:44] TR News Grok, MElons Hey Hi (AI) Chatbot, Shares Antisemitic Posts on X https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/grok-antisemitism-ai-x.html [18:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/grok-antisemitism-ai-x.html ) [18:45] TR News Marco Rubio impersonator reportedly used Hey Hi (AI) to contact government officials https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/08/report-marco-rubio-impersonator-used-ai-contact-government-officials/ [18:45] TR Bot Rubio impersonator reportedly used AI to contact government officials - SiliconANGLE [18:46] TR News July Software Releases: Plasma Camera & Plasma Settings https://plasma-mobile.org/2025/07/08/releases-25-07/ [18:46] TR Bot July Software Releases: Plasma Camera & Plasma Settings - Plasma Mobile [18:47] TR News KDE Plasma 6.3.6, Bugfix Release for July https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.6/ [18:47] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.3.6, Bugfix Release for July - KDE Community [18:48] TR News TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Appeals - How Did They Turn Out? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/07/ttablog-test-three-recent-section-2e1.html [18:48] TR Bot The TTABlog: TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Appeals - How Did They Turn Out? [18:49] TR News Building a Wi-Fi robot controller that accepts voice commands https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/07/07/building-a-wi-fi-robot-controller-that-accepts-voice-commands/ [18:49] TR Bot Building a Wi-Fi robot controller that accepts voice commands | Arduino Blog [18:49] TR News Concept Bytes coffee table tracks people and walks itself across a room when called https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/07/08/concept-bytes-coffee-table-tracks-people-and-walks-itself-across-a-room-when-called/ [18:49] TR Bot Concept Bytes' coffee table tracks people and walks itself across a room when called | Arduino Blog [18:52] TR News Haha, they publish this while turning a blind eye to EPO corruption https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1742 [18:52] TR Bot Press corner | European Commission [18:56] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 09/07/2025: Extreme Testing and Golang Documentation in Geminispace https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Gemini_Links_09_07_2025_Extreme_Testing_and_Golang_Documentatio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Gemini_Links_09_07_2025_Extreme_Testing_and_Golang_Documentatio.gmi [18:57] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 09/07/2025: Extreme Testing and Golang Documentation in Geminispace [18:59] TR News "Mr Neidle said after repelling Mr Zahawi he was contacted by bloggers and tweeters who had received similar threats. They deleted their work and in most cases never commented publicly on anything again." https://www.westminsterextra.co.uk/article/harrington-there-are-things-well-never-know [18:59] TR Bot Harrington: There are things well never know | Westminster Extra [18:59] TR News "In other words, scrutineers and critics were silenced. He accepted that among the legal fraternity, he probably wasnt popular for talking about the need for reform libel is good work for the lawyers after all." ● Jul 09 [19:00] TR News "But one of the suggestions he shared was to push libel cases into a small claims court-style system, which he said would mean having informal hearings where the best case outcome for the winner is a requirement that the defendant apologises, no costs, no lawyers." [19:00] TR News "Or the UK could turn to the example of the United States where those suing must prove malicious intent. With no change, he warned: Theres a lot of people in the public eye, and people in the know know stuff about them but cannot print it. That is a threat to the rule of law, its a threat to democracy that we have If we want to hold the wealthy to account, we have to be able to talk about them." [19:03] TR News Impostor Uses Hey Hi (AI) to Impersonate Rubio and Contact Foreign and US Officials https://www.securityweek.com/impostor-uses-ai-to-impersonate-rubio-and-contact-foreign-and-us-officials/ [19:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/impostor-uses-ai-to-impersonate-rubio-and-contact-foreign-and-us-officials/ ) [19:04] TR News Adobe Patches Critical Code Execution Bugs https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-patches-critical-code-execution-bugs/ [19:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-patches-critical-code-execution-bugs/ ) ● Jul 09 [21:28] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@8zghqrupr4xbs.irc) has joined #techrights [21:36] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, Looks like they're just patching the parts of the parking lot that have completely fallen apart. [21:37] IsambardPrince I figured they might do this. The landlord hires people who show up if they need beer that day and tells them "Just paint over the mold." [21:37] IsambardPrince Patching over the worst parts is something that people who have owned this place have done several times. [21:37] IsambardPrince The patches work for a while then they start disintegrating and falling back out. [21:39] IsambardPrince Back when people were less vain and didn't want to borrow a lot of money, if they got holes in their jeans or something they typically just used an iron-on patch. [21:39] IsambardPrince It was common to see kids you want to school with iron-on patches on their jeans. You probably had a couple like that too. ● Jul 09 [23:38] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [23:58] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5BeLinyfpg [23:58] TR Bot https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=O5BeLinyfpg [23:58] TR Bot invidious.tiekoetter.com | Making sure you're not a bot! [23:58] IsambardPrince Adam Ruins Everything - Why Weddings Are A Total Rip-Off