●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 09, 2026 ●● ● Aug 09 [00:00] TR News (NEW): DietPi 10.6 Released with Support for Orange Pi 4 Pro and Orange Pi Zero 3W https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/08/DietPi_10_6_Released_with_Support_for_Orange_Pi_4_Pro_and_Orang.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/08/DietPi_10_6_Released_with_Support_for_Orange_Pi_4_Pro_and_Orang.gmi [00:00] TR Bot Tux Machines DietPi 10.6 Released with Support for Orange Pi 4 Pro and Orange Pi Zero 3W [00:09] *cow_20012 has quit (Quit: ) [00:11] *cow_20012 (~username@wusiwah4aa7ye.irc) has joined #techrights [00:18] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:32] *TMF has quit (Quit: Leaving) [00:44] *IsambardPrince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:45] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@64557mjwtaqq8.irc) has joined #techrights [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights ● Aug 09 [01:14] admfubar https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/0453229/more-police-officers-fired-investigated-or-arrested-for-misusing-flock-camera-systems [01:14] TR Bot More Police Officers Fired, Investigated, or Arrested for Misusing Flock Camera Systems - Slashdot [01:15] admfubar https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/1940232/americas-first-grid-scale-sodium-ion-battery-plant-gets-its-first-big-test [01:15] TR Bot America's First Grid-Scale Sodium-Ion Battery Plant Gets Its First Big Test - Slashdot [01:34] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [01:34] admfubar https://www.404media.co/the-tokenpocalypse-is-here-companies-are-scrambling-to-stop-spending-so-much-on-ai/ [01:34] TR Bot The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI [01:43] admfubar https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/robot-dogs-labor-security-guards-automation [01:43] TR Bot Robot Dogs Suddenly Taking Jobs From Human Security Guards [01:44] admfubar https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/reddit-mods-worse-replace-ai [01:44] TR Bot Reddit Finally Found a Way to Make Its Mods Even Worse: Replace Them With AI ● Aug 09 [02:30] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@tgw6bsbuk3kwa.irc) has joined #techrights [02:31] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/07/buc-ees-shies-away-from-john-oliver-challenge-sues-tiny-ohio-convenience-store-instead/ [02:31] TR Bot Shies Away From John Oliver Challenge, Sues Tiny Ohio Convenience Store Instead | Techdirt [02:32] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/07/farmers-are-getting-control-of-their-equipment-back/ [02:32] TR Bot Are Getting Control Of Their Equipment Back | Techdirt [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-080826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-080826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-080826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-080826.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, August 08, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-08-08.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-08-08.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-08-08.txt ● Aug 09 [03:55] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: The Lobster is active again? [03:55] IsambardPrince You know some people ask if it's acceptable to punch a Nazi. I say, sure if it's an actual Nazi. [03:56] IsambardPrince What about some man in blue lipstick who made sick remarks about a cat? [03:56] IsambardPrince Is it acceptable to punch? [03:56] IsambardPrince Did Congress anticipate this? [03:57] IsambardPrince I feel like after they get done deciding if you can buy a rotisserie chicken with a food stamp card, they should pass another law that says it's illegal to punch someone unless they make a sick remark about your pet cat. [03:58] IsambardPrince They spent millions on Lobster's plastic surgery and hormone pills. [03:58] IsambardPrince And he's still no woman, baby. That's a man, man! [03:58] IsambardPrince They need to give him some strong antipsychotics. [03:59] IsambardPrince You know, Buzz Aldrin punched a guy who said he didn't land on the moon. ● Aug 09 [04:01] IsambardPrince This state is ran by pussies who have a phobia of guns. [04:01] IsambardPrince In Indiana I usually had a gun on me. [04:01] IsambardPrince Here you technically have to unload it and store it in a box separately from ammunition to ride a bus. [04:01] IsambardPrince Meanwhile, the nasty little gangbangers get on the bus. [04:02] IsambardPrince They don't have a FOID card, they don't unload shit. They might unload it into someone on the bus. [04:02] IsambardPrince But they're not unloading it before they get on the bus and putting it in a box approved by the state police. [04:02] IsambardPrince Democrats are retards. [04:02] IsambardPrince The Republicans are worse than that somehow [04:02] MinceR we are a failed species [04:02] MinceR with a failed society [04:04] IsambardPrince MinceR: There are three occasions when it's acceptable for a man to cry. [04:04] IsambardPrince When looking at the grand canyon. [04:04] IsambardPrince The death of a friend or close family member. [04:04] IsambardPrince The death of a beloved cat. [04:05] IsambardPrince Cat's are uniquely awesome among animals. [04:05] IsambardPrince *cats [04:05] IsambardPrince Very few dogs are. [04:05] IsambardPrince The default setting for dog is maladjusted dangerous thing that shits everywhere. [04:06] IsambardPrince There's exceptions, but the odds are against you. [04:06] MinceR indeed [04:07] IsambardPrince MinceR: I told my therapist about the gun thing. [04:07] IsambardPrince And how much I hate this state. [04:07] IsambardPrince I said that when I was driving home from taking Mandy to work years ago during a winter storm, there was a Husky dog that was dragging himself down the road. [04:07] IsambardPrince It had been struck by a car. [04:08] IsambardPrince I turned around and put my flashers on and blocked the road and threw a blanket over the dog and called 911. [04:08] MinceR and then the dog mauled you? [04:08] IsambardPrince The police eventually got out there with animal control but they told me they had to put the dog down in the end. [04:08] IsambardPrince If this had been Indiana, I would have had the gun with me and I would have shot the dog. [04:08] MinceR ah, i guess it mauled an officer [04:08] IsambardPrince Not to be mean, but because there's nothing else to do at that point. [04:09] IsambardPrince It's been crushed. It's sitting there barely alive in great pain, in the snow. [04:09] IsambardPrince If I had a gun I would have shot the dog and it wouldn't have had to suffer for another hour and a half. [04:10] IsambardPrince Instead I had to stand there and wait while things moved at the speed of government. [04:10] MinceR :> [04:14] IsambardPrince MinceR: I understand why that guy in Starship Troopers said "I'd expect any one of you to do the same for me." [04:14] IsambardPrince I hope that if I'm taking forever to die, in awful pain, that someone will end it. [04:14] MinceR a nice thing to hope for [04:15] MinceR not very realistic on a planet dominated by apes who fetishize suffering and sell it as being "pro-life" [04:16] IsambardPrince MinceR: I filled out a living will to that end before my surgery last year. [04:16] IsambardPrince It said if something horrible were to happen and I was in a persistent vegetative state, do not take any measure to prolong my life. [04:16] IsambardPrince And nobody had the power to overrule that once I signed it. [04:16] IsambardPrince Not the doctors, not my mom, not Mandy. [04:18] MinceR what about someone like rick santorum? [04:18] IsambardPrince It's not right to leave that sort of thing to chance. Kick it off to a grieving mother or a spouse that didn't truly understand what a living hell it would be. Or a judge that doesn't know me. [04:26] TR News Updoc patients notified of security breach where personal information may have been stolen https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/hacking/updoc-patients-notified-of-security-breach/news-story/829f73871357b781e27764ed0ee1872a [04:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/hacking/updoc-patients-notified-of-security-breach/news-story/829f73871357b781e27764ed0ee1872a ) [04:28] TR News German court rules that AI music firm Suno violated copyrights https://www.dw.com/en/german-court-rules-that-ai-music-firm-suno-violated-copyrights/a-78152227 [04:28] TR Bot German court rules that AI music firm violated copyrights [04:29] TR News Nigeria's copyright licensing system comes under parliamentary scrutiny http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/07/guest-post-nigerias-copyright-licensing.html [04:29] TR Bot [Guest post] Nigeria's copyright licensing system comes under parliamentary scrutiny - The IPKat [04:30] TR News Fedora peddling slop https://fedoramagazine.org/running-ollama-locally-with-podman-on-fedora-linux/ [04:30] TR Bot Running Ollama Locally with Podman on Fedora Linux - Fedora Magazine [04:30] IsambardPrince MinceR: Is he still Spreading Santorum? [04:30] MinceR \_()_/ [04:32] IsambardPrince Ugh, coffee prices are still horrible. [04:32] IsambardPrince $19.98 for a can of Maxwell House. Oof. [04:32] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1734.jpg [04:32] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2091.jpg [04:32] IsambardPrince The store had a sale. $9.99 for Hills Bros or Chock Full 'o Nuts coffee, limit 1. [04:32] IsambardPrince They're willing to have a loss leader but they're limiting you to one can. [04:33] TR News "As I was mowing the lawn today [1] at Chez Boca, cursing myself for letting it go a few weeks, I was reminded that it wasn't as bad as that one time at Casa New Jersey [2]. I'm thankful for that." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/08/08.1 [04:33] IsambardPrince I'm down to like 5 cans from when I bought 20 over two years ago. [04:33] IsambardPrince I still have not paid current prices for coffee because I stocked it so deeply last time. [04:34] TR News "Ever wanted to see Bill Murray make sexual comments about 14-year-old girls, have a super-groomy personal relationship with a young boy, and then force himself on his maybe-girlfriend, shrugging it off with a just-kidding (and a subtextual /unless..?/)?" gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/08/08/meatballs/ [04:35] TR News Gopher story gemini://willthekid.smol.pub/story [04:36] TR News An RSS experiment gemini://nullish.smol.pub/an-rss-experiment [04:36] IsambardPrince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meatballs_(film) [04:36] TR Bot Meatballs (film) - Wikipedia [04:36] IsambardPrince Yes, that was a good one, so was Stripes. [04:37] TR News "Theres a story about enshittification in here somewhere, but they kinda bounce off it in favour of Chekhovs eligible bachelor and clothes. Its hard to feel too sad about condescending high-fashion execs getting a reality check." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/08/01/devil/ [04:38] *incog (~incog@yv7bwf4dzydsq.irc) has joined #techrights [04:40] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights [04:40] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 08, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_August_08_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_August_08_2026.gmi [04:40] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 08, 2026 [04:41] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:42] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:42] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:47] *superkuh has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [04:47] TR News (NEW): The Company Emptied His Lab. They Called Him a Thief. He Cost Them a Million Dollars. https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/The_Company_Emptied_His_Lab_They_Called_Him_a_Thief_He_Cost_The.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/The_Company_Emptied_His_Lab_They_Called_Him_a_Thief_He_Cost_The.gmi [04:47] TR Bot Tux Machines The Company Emptied His Lab. They Called Him a Thief. He Cost Them a Million Dollars. [04:48] IsambardPrince I've scored some nice stuff on Amazon Vine this week. [04:48] IsambardPrince I got some charging cables for my phone, a nice shower curtain, a silverware organizer, and a watch. [04:49] IsambardPrince None of it is particularly valuable but it is all free. [04:49] IsambardPrince So it gives you that nice "There's something in the mail." kick and it doesn't pile up on your credit card statement. [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] Ugh, coffee prices are still horrible. [04:50] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] llok around for offers [04:50] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 098/08/2026: Meatballs (1979), Gopher, RSS Experiment https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Gemini_Links_098_08_2026_Meatballs_1979_Gopher_RSS_Experiment.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Gemini_Links_098_08_2026_Meatballs_1979_Gopher_RSS_Experiment.gmi [04:50] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 098/08/2026: Meatballs (1979), Gopher, RSS Experiment [04:53] TR News 'They Fundamentally Don't Understand Art' Doom Dev Blasts Xbox After Microsoft 'Gutted' id Software With Layoffs https://www.ign.com/articles/they-fundamentally-dont-understand-art-doom-dev-blasts-xbox-after-microsoft-gutted-id-software-with-layoffs [04:53] TR Bot Doom Dev Blasts Xbox After Microsoft Gutted id Software With Layoffs [04:53] TR News Doom developer slams Xbox after layoffs hit id Software: "They fundamentally don't understand art. They don't understand games" https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/doom-developer-slams-xbox-after-layoffs-hit-id-software-they-fundamentally-dont-understand-art-they-dont-understand-games/ [04:53] TR Bot developer slams Xbox after layoffs hit id Software: "They fundamentally don't understand art. They don't understand games" | GamesRadar+ [04:53] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: As far as that person mentioning some pervy stuff involving a 14 year old.... [04:54] TR News Xbox Doesnt Understand Art, Says id Software Dev After Layoffs https://exputer.com/news/industry/xbox-doesnt-understand-art-id-software-layoffs/ [04:54] TR Bot Doesnt Understand Art, Says id Software Dev After Layoffs - eXputer.com [04:54] IsambardPrince Gonad the Barbarian's friend Myron had a daughter that was infamous for being the village bicycle by the time she was about 15. [04:54] IsambardPrince She got a thrill out of doing things like not wearing panties and deliberately dropping something on the floor so she could bend over in front of older men. [04:54] IsambardPrince Last I knew she was a medical assistant at a doctor's office. [04:54] IsambardPrince I wonder if she ever did mature or if she's still like this. [04:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Those Microsoft layoffs are destroying institutional knowledge. [04:56] IsambardPrince That's impossible to get back. [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] right [04:56] IsambardPrince It's something that they're going to suffer from, though maybe not much in the next quarter. [04:59] schestowitz[TR2] let me type that... ● Aug 09 [05:02] *incog has quit (Quit: leaving) [05:05] TR News Techrights XBox is Rotting Away, Technical Issues for Second Time in Two Weeks https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/XBox_is_Rotting_Away_Technical_Issues_for_Second_Time_in_Two_We.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/XBox_is_Rotting_Away_Technical_Issues_for_Second_Time_in_Two_We.gmi [05:05] TR Bot Techrights XBox is Rotting Away, Technical Issues for Second Time in Two Weeks [05:06] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I came to the conclusion that exterminator companies really don't want to get rid of your roaches. [05:06] IsambardPrince If they do that, you don't need them anymore. Maybe you cancel for a while. [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] depends on karma [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] and word fo mouth [05:07] IsambardPrince Orkin was "better than Piyush" but honestly what isn't. [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] if they get rid of roaches temporarily [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] or any other insects [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] would bad publicity affect them? [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] if not, why perform well? [05:08] IsambardPrince They kept spraying repellent insecticide all over my poison bait traps. [05:08] IsambardPrince The poison bait traps definitely help. They don't really trap anything, they're not supposed to. [05:08] IsambardPrince They let the roach feed and then walk on out to go share, then they all die, then more feed on them. [05:09] IsambardPrince The last thing the exterminator wants is a dead roach cascade. [05:09] IsambardPrince So while they're out there doing a 15 minute chemical spray, they ruin your bait. [05:09] IsambardPrince I'm not sure whether it's sabotage or what. [05:10] IsambardPrince They also ration the sticky traps, which are very cheap and scale well. [05:10] IsambardPrince They give you like 6--8 which isn't enough to put much of a dent in the roach population. [05:10] IsambardPrince The more coverage you have the more of them you will catch. [05:27] TR News Techrights IBM's "Next Step" Program https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/IBM_s_Next_Step_Program.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/IBM_s_Next_Step_Program.gmi [05:27] TR Bot Techrights IBM's "Next Step" Program [05:31] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Mark just threw roach powder everywhere and left piles of dead cockroaches behind. [05:31] IsambardPrince I mean, it's not as stupid as Piyush. [05:31] IsambardPrince But Piyush was just the absolute caricature of a shitty landlord. [05:31] schestowitz[TR2] let's get back to tech [05:33] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Landlords use "tech" now. [05:33] IsambardPrince Then they complain about the "tech". [05:33] IsambardPrince There's an entire subreddit of them complaining about the Yardi "software". [05:33] IsambardPrince (SaaS) [05:33] IsambardPrince And how dumb and stupid it is and how it makes something that should be on a spreadsheet so difficult to manage. [05:34] IsambardPrince They use it to blast fish for confessions by making it look like the whole floor of an apartment building is the only unit to get a noise complaint. [05:34] IsambardPrince They do shitty landlording wholesale now. [05:37] IsambardPrince It's really diabolical if you think about it. When the police don't know who did what, they separate everyone. [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] what is yardi for? [05:37] IsambardPrince No time to get the stories straight. [05:37] IsambardPrince [23:37] what is yardi for? [05:37] IsambardPrince "Tenant Lifecycle Management" [05:37] IsambardPrince Everything from credit and criminal checks to automatic rifling through your bank accounts to see if you really make money. [05:38] IsambardPrince It checks all of the sex offender lists in the nation. [05:38] IsambardPrince It checks every eviction court record in the nation. [05:38] IsambardPrince It does a lot of things. [05:38] IsambardPrince Some of them have minor positive benefits for the tenants. [05:39] IsambardPrince Like if the landlord wants to enforce a strict "no felons and no sex offenders" policy, good luck hiding from Yardi. [05:39] IsambardPrince But that's a side effect. [05:39] IsambardPrince They don't care if you are safe, they care insofar as they don't want some dude next door who is gonna pull your kid in there and rape them. [05:39] IsambardPrince It's liability for the landlord if they do. [05:40] IsambardPrince So they have a financial interest in keeping pedophiles out of their apartments. [05:40] IsambardPrince Honestly, I think it's a good thing that landlords are getting so strict about that. [05:40] IsambardPrince Part of the punishment of being a pedophile should be that life gets so hard after a conviction that even though the state has no death sentence, you'll kill yourself. [05:40] IsambardPrince So if Yardi is dialing up the pressure, that's a plus. [05:46] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Call my worldview sort of "Progressive and Libertarian meets John Wayne." [05:47] schestowitz[TR2] "Tenant Lifecycle Management" [05:47] schestowitz[TR2] Lifecycle? [05:47] IsambardPrince It's landlord speak. [05:48] IsambardPrince In their view the apartment is either vacant or occupied and the tenant is either paying or not paying. [05:48] IsambardPrince In between tenants, they come in, clean, slap a coat of paint down, and throw in a roach grenade. [05:48] IsambardPrince Then it's ready for a new tenant. [05:50] schestowitz[TR2] homo sapiens factory [05:50] schestowitz[TR2] the meat grinder [05:50] schestowitz[TR2] the "life cycle" [05:50] IsambardPrince Basically. [05:51] IsambardPrince Like the vets that want to torture Leeloo to keep her alive for another week for $7,000 and offer a CareCredit credit card. [05:51] IsambardPrince Or the mechanics who slap your car back together with another $1,000 repair bill every few months. [05:52] IsambardPrince When people have to buy something, there's no incentive to treat the customer fairly or try to help them contain costs or provide excellent service. [05:52] IsambardPrince Three companies buy everything and then it's all the same. [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/goldman-asks-is-curing-patients-a-sustainable-business-model.html [05:52] TR Bot Goldman asks: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?' [05:53] IsambardPrince Yeah, old. [05:53] IsambardPrince They said the quiet part out loud. [05:53] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I'm on like 5 blockbuster drugs that are over twenty years old. [05:53] IsambardPrince I won't use medicine that's not over 20 years old. [05:54] IsambardPrince Even if I can get it affordably. Not if there's another choice. [05:54] IsambardPrince Even if there's some government program that means it won't cost me a lot more. [05:54] IsambardPrince I don't consider it "fair" and I won't support that. [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] \ [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] Like the vets that want to torture Leeloo to keep her alive for another week for $7,000 [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] to give you guilt [05:54] schestowitz[TR2] you couild save her, you know? [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] "but you were stingy" [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] "selfish you!" [05:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: The vet I spoke with last night was a straight shooter that was working for a crooked company. [05:56] IsambardPrince They had CareCredit everywhere. [05:56] IsambardPrince She told me "I have to tell you the options. We could keep her here as an inpatient and rehydrate her and do a bunch of other things, but it's going to be very expensive and it's unlikely that she'd live much longer." [05:58] IsambardPrince She told me "Don't feel bad. You didn't do anything wrong. You tried a lot of things in the last month and it's not working. A lot of people get here because cats are just really good at hiding their pain." [05:59] TR News Techrights 2026: The Year Richard Stallman Came Back to American Campuses https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/2026_The_Year_Richard_Stallman_Came_Back_to_American_Campuses.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/2026_The_Year_Richard_Stallman_Came_Back_to_American_Campuses.gmi [05:59] TR Bot Techrights 2026: The Year Richard Stallman Came Back to American Campuses ● Aug 09 [06:00] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I have more respect for Leeloo than most people I've known, honestly. [06:01] IsambardPrince She was "just a cat", but she was the best cat I've ever seen. She had protective instincts to the point where she wouldn't even attack a toy mouse. [06:01] IsambardPrince She treated them like kittens and groomed them and kept them warm. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] i see [06:02] IsambardPrince She survived horrible things and never had any meanness in her. She was pure. [06:03] IsambardPrince I've survived horrible things, but I've let it eat at me and make me angry and bitter. [06:03] IsambardPrince I have to carry that because I'm human. [06:05] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I understand what CareCredit is there to do. [06:06] IsambardPrince It's designed to "overcome objections". [06:06] IsambardPrince If you have a bunch of people who go "I can't pay that." you can't profit off them. [06:06] IsambardPrince So what Synchrony Bank does is they have this 32.99% APR deferred interest crap. [06:06] IsambardPrince It sounds like a kindness, but banks are not kind. [06:07] IsambardPrince They've set you up with an interest bomb that will add almost as much as you spent on that procedure if you're a day late and a dollar short paying it off. [06:07] TR News (NEW): Data Points on GNU/Linux Growth https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Data_Points_on_GNU_Linux_Growth.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Data_Points_on_GNU_Linux_Growth.gmi [06:07] TR Bot Tux Machines Data Points on GNU/Linux Growth [06:08] IsambardPrince Leeloo still dies after another week of agony. [06:08] IsambardPrince Then you spend 5 years trying to pay off a credit card. [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] like The Loser [06:08] IsambardPrince And it costs 3 times what they said the procedures do. [06:09] IsambardPrince Credit card debt is horrible. [06:09] IsambardPrince You should not take on credit card debt if you can help it, and never for things that are not life and death, I mean a situation where there's a difference to be made. [06:10] IsambardPrince There was a difference with Leeloo. A week of pure hell, then death anyway. [06:11] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:11] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights [06:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Credit cards are very dangerous. [06:13] IsambardPrince The interest rates tend to be so high that there's no getting back out except file bankruptcy after a certain point. [06:13] IsambardPrince The bank fucked up and accidentally issued my partner a credit card at 17.49% APR. [06:13] IsambardPrince That used to be considered "horrible" for a credit card, and now it's what you're supposed to get with a perfect credit score. [06:14] IsambardPrince Most people get 25-30%. [06:14] IsambardPrince He asked if that was "good". I said, "No, it would ruin you and cause you a lot of pain if you rack up debt on it, just a little bit slower than a normal credit card." [06:14] TR News (NEW): Free Software is on the Ballot in Clacton https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Free_Software_is_on_the_Ballot_in_Clacton.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Free_Software_is_on_the_Ballot_in_Clacton.gmi [06:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Free Software is on the Ballot in Clacton [06:15] IsambardPrince The banks want you to get comfortable and make peace with debt so you won't view it as oppressive and will stop fighting it. [06:16] IsambardPrince If 17.49% does that for you, they're cool with that. [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] i see [06:16] schestowitz[TR2] well... [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] i told you many times [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] we never took loans, ever [06:17] IsambardPrince Dave Ramsey says the Four Walls come first. If you are in triage budgeting, your housing and food and transportation come first. [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] loans are for two type [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] type one, emergency like cancer [06:17] IsambardPrince Before you pay a medical bill or a single dollar to a credit card company. [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] and it's doable to save the life [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] the other way is, [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] living beyond one's means [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] very poor people ar enot eligible to getn one [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] they won't find a lender [06:18] IsambardPrince They do actually. [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] borrowers need to show they can pay back, even in 50 years [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] like mortggaes [06:18] IsambardPrince Banks spam out credit cards and they hardly care if you can pay. [06:19] IsambardPrince They're used to getting it all one way or another. [06:19] IsambardPrince The side of the bank you aren't supposed to think about yet is the lawsuit mill that takes millions of people to Credit Card Court every day. [06:19] IsambardPrince And sticks them with levies and garnishments. [06:19] IsambardPrince They can't garnish me. [06:19] IsambardPrince My income is protected. [06:20] IsambardPrince They don't like that. I told a hospital to fuck right off one time. [06:20] IsambardPrince They tried sticking me with a $15,000 ER bill. [06:20] IsambardPrince I didn't pay any of it. [06:20] IsambardPrince I told them anything they did to try would just lose them more money. [06:22] IsambardPrince It's pointless so they gave up. [06:31] schestowitz[TR2] yes, it goes like this [06:31] schestowitz[TR2] sunk cost theory [06:31] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/15/Microsoft_and_the_Sunk_Cost_Fallacy.shtml [06:31] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft and the Sunk Cost Fallacy [06:32] schestowitz[TR2] it's like Brett Wilson LLP [06:32] schestowitz[TR2] they need to accept they all lost like a million pounds [06:32] schestowitz[TR2] and they will never recover that lost money [06:32] schestowitz[TR2] it was a foolish litigation plan [06:32] schestowitz[TR2] and any further money thrown into the mix is money they will lose [06:41] TR News (NEW): Upgrading the Static Site Generator (SSG) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Upgrading_the_Static_Site_Generator_SSG.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Upgrading_the_Static_Site_Generator_SSG.gmi [06:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Upgrading the Static Site Generator (SSG) [06:49] TR News Techrights Improving the Static Site Generator (SSG), Fixing Bugs https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Improving_the_Static_Site_Generator_SSG_Fixing_Bugs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Improving_the_Static_Site_Generator_SSG_Fixing_Bugs.gmi [06:49] TR Bot Techrights Improving the Static Site Generator (SSG), Fixing Bugs ● Aug 09 [07:06] TR News (NEW): Planet KDE: About time https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Planet_KDE_About_time.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Planet_KDE_About_time.gmi [07:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Planet KDE: About time [07:07] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:07] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights [07:08] IsambardPrince https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/15/Microsoft_and_the_Sunk_Cost_Fallacy.shtml [07:08] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft and the Sunk Cost Fallacy [07:08] IsambardPrince It's so cheap to maintain MS Office that they can sell lifetime licenses for $25 and still make money. [07:08] IsambardPrince That's the secret. [07:09] IsambardPrince "If you simply want the most affordable access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, and Access, this lifetime download is the way to go. You only have to make this purchase again when you upgrade your device." [07:09] IsambardPrince Office 95 still runs. [07:09] IsambardPrince :D [07:10] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:23] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:33] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [07:47] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: A lifetime license doesn't mean they have to continue offering that product forever. [07:47] IsambardPrince After they get that $25, nothing stops them from rebranding it as a product you don't have a license for. [07:58] Goblin . ● Aug 09 [08:07] *ewig (~ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights ● Aug 09 [09:21] *HexDroidUser (~hexdroid@ggawdriywb4qi.irc) has joined #techrights [09:23] Goblin . [09:23] HexDroidUser . [09:24] *HexDroidUser has quit (Quit: HexDroid IRC - https://hexdroid.boxlabs.uk) [09:34] *HexDroidUser (~hexdroid@fvt7pnuhug2ty.irc) has joined #techrights [09:37] *HexDroidUser_ (~hexdroid@ggawdriywb4qi.irc) has joined #techrights [09:39] *HexDroidUser_ has quit (Quit: HexDroid IRC - https://hexdroid.boxlabs.uk) [09:39] *HexDroidUser has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:46] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Aug 09 [10:12] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:53] schestowitz[TR2] After they get that $25, nothing stops them from rebranding it as a product you don't have a license for. [10:53] schestowitz[TR2] so class action follows? ● Aug 09 [11:12] TR News GNU/Linux mainstream now https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/2019202/gog-officially-expands-linux-support-with-native-galaxy-client-in-development [11:12] TR Bot GOG Officially Expands Linux Support With Native Galaxy Client In Development - Slashdot [11:13] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (31/2026): Reported Progress https://linmob.net/weekly-update-31-2026/ [11:13] TR Bot - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (31/2026): Reported Progress [11:14] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [11:14] TR News Not only there https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/0631208/linux-desktop-market-share-surpasses-10-in-north-america [11:14] TR Bot Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America - Slashdot [11:14] TR News DRM users https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/02/0635256/steam-on-linux-use-back-above-4-in-july [11:14] TR Bot Steam On Linux Use Back Above 4% In July - Slashdot [11:15] TR News Cisco and Casio could https://raymii.org/s/articles/But_can_your_calculator_run_Linux.html [11:15] TR Bot can your calculator run Linux? - Raymii.org [11:17] TR News Back door https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-challenges-uk-government-encrypted-icloud-backups-1812405 https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml [11:17] TR Bot Apple Fights Secret UK Government Backdoor Order as Britons Lose Access To Advanced iCloud Encryption | IBTimes UK [11:17] TR Bot Techrights Unlike GAFAM, Free Software Serves You, It Does Not Serve Governments and MElons (Overlapping Forces) [11:25] TR News Slop https://www.propublica.org/article/anthropic-mythos-microsoft-software-vulnerabilities [11:25] TR Bot Microsoft Struggling With Hundreds of AI-Discovered Security Bugs ProPublica [11:42] TR News Cardiology Associates of Port Huron remains silent although they were allegedly hacked and had patient data stolen in June. https://databreaches.net/2026/08/06/cardiology-associates-of-port-huron-remains-silent-although-they-were-allegedly-hacked-and-had-patient-data-stolen-in-june/ [11:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2026/08/06/cardiology-associates-of-port-huron-remains-silent-although-they-were-allegedly-hacked-and-had-patient-data-stolen-in-june/ ) [11:43] TR News Sage Water Resources says Utah saltwater disposal controller intrusion bypassed pump safeguards https://dysruptionhub.com/sage-utah-controller-intrusion/ [11:43] TR Bot Sage says Utah controller intrusion bypassed safeguards [11:43] TR News Swiss federal IT office hit by cyberattack https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/cyberattack-on-the-federal-office-for-information-technologys-sharepoint-server/91843136 [11:43] TR Bot federal IT office hit by cyberattack - SWI swissinfo.ch [11:44] TR News customers [11:45] TR News Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking U.S. Cloud Storage Provider and Extorting Its Customers for Millions https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/canadian-man-pleads-guilty-hacking-us-cloud-storage-provider-and-extorting-its-customers [11:45] TR Bot Office of Public Affairs | Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking U.S. Cloud Storage Provider and Extorting Its Customers for Millions | United States Department of Justice [11:45] TR News Dutch retailer Bol follows De Bijenkorf in warning of data breach as leaked data appears on dark web https://nltimes.nl/2026/08/06/bol-follows-de-bijenkorf-warning-data-breach-leaked-data-appears-dark-web [11:45] TR Bot Bol follows De Bijenkorf in warning of data breach as leaked data appears on dark web | NL Times [11:46] TR News Will surge in German business bankruptcies hit growth? https://www.dw.com/en/will-surge-in-german-business-bankruptcies-hit-growth/a-78037755 [11:46] TR Bot Will surge in German business bankruptcies hit growth? 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"Microsoft Edge will prevent screenshots of certain password-protected PDFs in OneDrive and SharePoint" [12:47] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 09 [13:06] TR News surveillance https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/td-bank-bell-workplace-screentime-monitoring-9.7296526 [13:06] TR Bot Canadian workers speak out against growing screen time surveillance | CBC News [13:14] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:17] TR News 22 Years Later, Still Blogging in WordPress https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/09/22-years-later-still-blogging-in-wordpress/ [13:17] TR Bot Blog Archive 22 Years Later, Still Blogging in WordPress [13:23] TR News (NEW): 2026 Is Not the Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop (or Laptop) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/2026_Is_Not_the_Year_of_the_GNU_Linux_Desktop_or_Laptop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/2026_Is_Not_the_Year_of_the_GNU_Linux_Desktop_or_Laptop.gmi [13:23] TR Bot Tux Machines 2026 Is Not the Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop (or Laptop) [13:38] TR News Techrights Controlling One's Platform https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Controlling_One_s_Platform.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Controlling_One_s_Platform.gmi [13:38] TR Bot Techrights Controlling One's Platform [13:48] TR News (NEW): Less Personal Blogging Here https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Less_Personal_Blogging_Here.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Less_Personal_Blogging_Here.gmi [13:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Less Personal Blogging Here ● Aug 09 [14:01] TR News "The former member for Clacton admits using his position to recruit over seven million followers on social control media while people complain he does nothing for basic services like roads." https://danielpocock.com/en/steve-panozzo-pothole-whisperer-australia-invited-to-clacton/ [14:01] TR Bot Steve Panozzo, Pothole Whisperer from Australia invited to Clacton [14:05] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:05] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@5arz9p7wg8kqn.irc) has joined #techrights [14:12] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [14:16] TR News Techrights Daniel Pocock in the Sunday Times (Today) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Daniel_Pocock_in_the_Sunday_Times_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Daniel_Pocock_in_the_Sunday_Times_Today.gmi [14:16] TR Bot Techrights Daniel Pocock in the Sunday Times (Today) [14:30] MinceR https://i.ibb.co/MkcGrw34/6035123865379345001-121.jpg [14:35] TR News Techrights Freenode Continues to Shed Off Servers and Users, Good Thing We Abandoned It https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Freenode_Continues_to_Shed_Off_Servers_and_Users_Good_Thing_We_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Freenode_Continues_to_Shed_Off_Servers_and_Users_Good_Thing_We_.gmi [14:35] TR Bot Techrights Freenode Continues to Shed Off Servers and Users, Good Thing We Abandoned It ● Aug 09 [15:05] TR News Techrights 10 Days Ago Red Hat Formally Terminated Employment of About 500 Technical Workers (the Media Didn't Mention This) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/10_Days_Ago_Red_Hat_Formally_Terminated_Employment_of_About_500.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/10_Days_Ago_Red_Hat_Formally_Terminated_Employment_of_About_500.gmi [15:05] TR Bot Techrights 10 Days Ago Red Hat Formally Terminated Employment of About 500 Technical Workers (the Media Didn't Mention This) [15:26] *Goblin (~use@ggawdriywb4qi.irc) has joined #techrights [15:29] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [15:29] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/2026/06/15/homeowners-who-accidentally-created-interior-design-nightmares-and-home-decor-fails-6-15-26/ [15:29] TR Bot 82 Homeowners Who Accidentally Created Interior Design Nightmares [15:34] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/whatever-happened-to-the-computer-of-tomorrow-anyway-the-xerox-alto-story/ [15:34] TR Bot Happened To The Computer Of Tomorrow, Anyway? The Xerox Alto Story | Hackaday [15:45] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 144 Out of 200: The "Hired Guns" ("Media" at BW) Shrank Almost Three-Fold Since They Sued Us in 2024 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_144_Out_of_200_The_Hired_Guns_Media_at_BW.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_144_Out_of_200_The_Hired_Guns_Media_at_BW.gmi [15:45] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 144 Out of 200: The "Hired Guns" ("Media" at BW) Shrank Almost Three-Fold Since They Sued Us in 2024 [15:55] TR News "The copyright owner hasnt made this sound available in your country." https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-removes-august-team-trump-tiktok-video-1235605878/ | Source: Rolling Stone [15:55] TR Bot Taylor Swift Removes 'August' From Team Trump TikTok Video [15:56] TR News "The Pentagon reportedly is considering eliminating civilian tenure across the military service academies and senior war colleges." https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-08-05/pentagon-war-on-critical-thinking | Source: Los Angeles Times [15:56] TR Bot The Pentagon is waging a war on critical thinking - Los Angeles Times [15:56] TR News "That could include activists who have worked for foreign-funded organizations" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-law-foreign-agent-consular-restriction-exile/33823432.html | Source: RFERL [15:56] TR Bot 'Civil Death': The Kremlin Is Building A Legal Purgatory For Exiled Russians [15:59] TR News "Its not uncommon for companies to rely on engagement bait and even rage bait to gain attention." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-influencer-campaign-backfired | Source: Futurism [15:59] TR Bot OpenAI Tried to Hire Influencers to Spread Love for Its Products, But It Backfired Horrendously [15:59] TR News "Many of the comments on the influencers videos cite the environmental effects of the AI boom" https://www.theverge.com/tech/975173/openai-influencers-brand-trip-ai-backlash-marketing | Source: The Verge [15:59] TR Bot How an OpenAI influencer trip backfired | The Verge ● Aug 09 [16:00] TR News "Earlier this month, the UK Government announced the elimination of red tape for small transport projects up to 500 million in value. This is a perfect opportunity for Clacton to get a tramway again." https://danielpocock.com/en/clacton-jaywick-tramway-revival/ [16:00] TR Bot Clacton-Jaywick tramway revival [16:01] TR News "In his resignation speech, the the former MP for Clacton-on-sea boasts about his seven million followers on social control media. I couldn't help wondering how these people are using their mobile phones at all in the parts of Clacton where the network quality is worse than remote parts of the alps." https://danielpocock.com/en/clacton-mobile-phone-network-dead-spots/ [16:01] TR Bot Clacton mobile phone network dead spots, not-spots and black spots [16:03] TR News "Public Interest Technology" https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/08/find-yourself-a-city/#to-hack-in | Source: CoryDoctorow [16:03] TR Bot Pluralistic: Digital sewer socialism (08 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [16:03] TR News "Did you know OpenAI and Anthropic are running competing super-PACs? Hear how they messed up in New York District 12!" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/07/molly-white-interview-following-the-ai-and-crypto-money-in-us-politics/ | Source: Pivot to AI [16:03] TR Bot The van- ished world of the Records. [16:04] TR News "GitHub is without a doubt enshittifying" https://kristoff.it/blog/source-code-availability/ | Source: Loris Cro [16:04] TR Bot Who Should Pay For Source Code Availability? | Loris Cro's Blog [16:04] TR News "That unprecedented load growth could endanger the reliability and stability of the Texas electric grid" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/07/0152201 | Source: Soylent News [16:04] TR Bot Texas Halts Data Center Connections to Power Grid Amid Overwhelming Demand - SoylentNews [16:14] TR News "Hatchworks LLC says in its application that it is impossible to complete the development without impacting nearby protected wetlands." https://www.wane.com/top-stories/google-data-center-developer-applies-for-more-land-public-hearing-to-be-held/ | [16:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.wane.com/top-stories/google-data-center-developer-applies-for-more-land-public-hearing-to-be-held/ ) [16:14] TR News "And if state authorities decide to go ahead with the data center campus, it would be permanently carving up a slice of Indianas all-important floodplains." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-data-center-fort-wayne-indiana-wetlands | Source: Futurism [16:14] TR Bot Google Data Center Announces Plans to Pave Over Protected Wetlands [16:19] TR News "The reason is that the buildings are very large and the wetlands are inconveniently located where Google wants parts of the data center to sit." https://boingboing.net/2026/08/07/google-data-center-indiana-wetlands.html | Source: BoingBoing [16:19] TR Bot Doing no "evil," Google proposes paving over protected wetlands for a data center - Boing Boing [16:19] TR News "Smoldering conditions deep inside a major Los Angeles County landfill has warped mounds of buried garbage and threatens to trigger an avalanche of waste." https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2026-08-06/boiling-point-toxic-disaster-landfill-fire | Source: Los Angeles Times [16:19] TR Bot Toxic underground fires are spreading at California landfills - Los Angeles Times [16:20] TR News "Still, its an alarming testament to AIs power and trajectory." https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-creates-new-virus | Source: Futurism [16:20] TR Bot AI Model Invents Completely New Viruses Unknown to Nature [16:20] TR News "The extreme weather has pushed temperatures above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in several countries, prompting health warnings for millions of people." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/europe-heat-wave-puts-all-major-italian-cities-on-red-alert-as-austria-sets-heat-record-1977565 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [16:20] TR Bot Europe Heat Wave Puts All Major Italian Cities on Red Alert as Austria Sets Heat Record [16:20] TR News "Experts do not expect a repeat of the Oder disaster on the Rhine this summer because oxygen levels remain sufficiently high. But the danger to the wider freshwater ecosystem remains." https://www.dw.com/en/europes-rivers-are-drying-up-can-they-be-saved/a-78276662 | Source: Deutsche Welle [16:20] TR Bot Europe's rivers are drying up. Can they be saved? [16:21] TR News "Of course, Internet routing isnt stupid. Its just smart about routingand as little else as possible." https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/06/the-internet-of-stuff/ | Source: Doc Searls [16:21] TR Bot The Internet of Stuff Doc Searls Weblog [16:38] TR News "Why not hold an inquiry? To begin with, there is the matter of cost." https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/08/what-would-an-epstein-inquiry-teach-us/ | Source: Spectator AU [16:38] TR Bot What would an Epstein inquiry teach us? | The Spectator Australia [16:39] TR News "Spanish authorities monitor social media" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spain-ceuta-morocco-migrant-crossing-social-media/ | Source: CBS [16:39] TR Bot Spanish authorities monitor social media chatter about another Ceuta mass migrant crossing ahead - CBS News [16:39] TR News "wave of disinformation on social media" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260806-how-online-disinformation-fuelled-ceuta-migrant-surge | Source: France24 [16:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260806-how-online-disinformation-fuelled-ceuta-migrant-surge ) [16:39] MinceR (cat) https://imgpile.com/p/cHgTOFt [16:39] TR Bot got some updates - imgpile [16:40] TR News "In all, the Examiner reports cities in 23 states have shredded their Flock contracts so far this year" https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-dozens-contracts-alprs-controversy-cancellation | Source: Futurism [16:40] TR Bot Flock Is Losing Dozens of Contracts as Controversy Grows [16:41] TR News "Its unclear who was behind the claims that the border was open or who operated many of the social media accounts, several of which were deleted soon after the crossings." https://apnews.com/article/ceuta-spain-morocco-migration-f3a7f514a7792c39d8b8d5d814fa5158 | Source: Associated Press [16:41] TR Bot Runaway online rumors sparked frantic rush by migrants to Ceuta | AP News [16:41] TR News "Khalfi said these factors were used to create the false impression that it was possible and easy to reach European territory without legal consequences, and that the border was open." https://www.jpost.com/international/article-904447 | Source: Jerusalem Post [16:41] TR Bot Morocco links social media campaign to mass Ceuta border rush | The Jerusalem Post [16:41] TR News "TikToks failure to interrupt Hiltons broadcast for such a long time, even as horrified viewers were reporting it, is astonishing." https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/perez-hilton-livestream/688223/ | Source: The Atlantic [16:41] TR Bot Perez Hilton and the Internet in Crisis - The Atlantic [16:53] TR News "This wasnt necessarily a bad thing, though there are countless examples of the way that social media curdles people or pushes us to be the most neurotic, reactive, and uncharitable versions of ourselves." https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/08/how-social-media-makes-our-lives-smaller/688213/ | Source: The Atlantic [16:53] TR Bot Galaxy Brain: How Social Media Makes Our Lives Smaller - The Atlantic [16:54] TR News "[...] Pictures from today's young people's childhood were already on social media before they were old enough to understand it." https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/gen-z-digital-detox-market-growth-trends-smartphone-addiction-138656564.html | Source: Bhaskar English [16:54] TR Bot Gen Z Digital Detox Market Reaches 7900 Crore | Screen Addiction Trends [16:54] TR News "Urging young people to reduce their dependence on social media, she called on them to devote more time to reading and developing new ideas." https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/prioritise-reading-over-social-media-ap-creative-and-cultural-committee-chief-tells-youth/article71282565.ece | Source: The Hindu [16:54] TR Bot Prioritise reading over social media, A.P. Creative and Cultural Committee chief tells youth - The Hindu ● Aug 09 [17:06] TR News "I believe that's a gross insult to all programmers everywhere." https://blog.senko.net/code-was-never-the-hard-part-is-an-insult-to-all-programmers | [17:06] TR Bot "Code was never the hard part" is an insult to all programmers Senko Rai [17:06] TR News "As of this week, this artificial track is sitting in the top 20 most aired tracks on Italian radio." https://eliseomartelli.it/blog/2026-08-08-gisele-midi-pile/ | [17:06] TR Bot They put AI on the radio | Eliseo Martelli [17:08] TR News "" https://eu.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2026/07/28/is-new-orleans-using-ai-to-answer-911-calls-instead-of-human-dispatchers-impacts-emergencies-crime/91065014007/ | [17:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://eu.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2026/07/28/is-new-orleans-using-ai-to-answer-911-calls-instead-of-human-dispatchers-impacts-emergencies-crime/91065014007/ ) [17:08] TR News "The new tool is called AI Emergency Call Triage, offered by a company called Carbyne." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-dispatch-911-new-orleans-emergency-automation | Source: Futurism [17:08] TR Bot Better Hope You Don't Need an Ambulance in New Orleans, Because the City's 911 Operators Are Now AI [17:09] TR News "The safe mode telemetry is PCM/PSK/PM with a 65536 Hz subcarrier and 32 baud symbol rate." https://destevez.net/2026/08/tianwen-1-safe-mode-telemetry/ | Source: Daniel Estvez [17:09] TR Bot Tianwen-1 safe mode telemetry Daniel Estvez [17:09] TR News "I had already studied A* and the common optimizations, but Google Maps was using optimizations I hadnt learned about." https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2026-08-08-differential-heuristics/ | Source: Amit Patel [17:09] TR Bot Differential heuristics [17:10] TR News "Being unsatisfied with the heading typeface used on my Vintage theme" https://chriskirknielsen.com/blog/lessons-learned-making-my-peritel-typeface/ | Source: Christopher Kirk-Nielsen [17:10] TR Bot Learned Making my Peritel Typeface | chriskirknielsen [17:10] TR News "Desktop Linux Just Cracked 10% Market Share - and Windows 11 is Mostly the Reason - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/06/1421244 [17:11] TR Bot Desktop Linux Just Cracked 10% Market Share - and Windows 11 is Mostly the Reason - SoylentNews [17:12] TR News "Sean Hepburn Ferrer, son of Audrey Hepburn: My mother gave her life for the dream of an inclusive society and it is being dismantled | Culture | EL PAS English" https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-08-06/sean-hepburn-ferrer-son-of-audrey-hepburn-my-mother-gave-her-life-for-the-dream-of-an-inclusive-society-and-it-is-being-dismantled.html [17:12] TR Bot Sean Hepburn Ferrer, son of Audrey Hepburn: My mother gave her life for the dream of an inclusive society and it is being dismantled | Culture | EL PAS English [17:12] TR News "Some Data Centers Are Necessary" https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a62045 [17:12] TR Bot A Cartoon from The New Yorker [17:14] TR News Will France ban X? | "Kommer Frankrike att frbjuda X?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/08/06/kommer-frankrike-att-forbjuda-x/ [17:14] TR Bot Kommer Frankrike att frbjuda X? [17:15] TR News "I recently learned from Ben Joffe that I was missing a few tricks, and my old code wasnt as good as it could have been. Heres a better version (using conventional not C numbering): [...]" https://dotat.at/@/2026-08-09-rata-die.html | Source: Tony Finch [17:15] TR Bot Counting the days, revisited Tony Finch [17:17] TR News "Today I discovered that Python 3.14 contains an irritating" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/ArgparseHelpValidationChange | Source: University of Toronto [17:17] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [17:17] TR News "tprof, a targeting profiler for Python 3.12+ that measures the time spent" https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/08/08/python-tprof-performance/ | Source: Adam Johnson [17:17] TR Bot Python: tprof 1.3.0: now with less overhead - Adam Johnson [17:17] TR News https [17:18] TR News "Occasionally, I noticed that commands I knew I executed the day before were not findable in my shell history" https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2026-08-09-zsh-history-truncation-bug/ | Source: Michael Stapelberg [17:18] TR Bot Tracking down a Zsh history data loss bug - Michael Stapelberg [17:20] TR News "I have a page on this website with a few charts on the fuel crisis" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/nz-and-us-petrol-gasoline-and-diesel-prices-by-ellis2013nz/ | Source: Rlang [17:20] TR Bot and US petrol (gasoline) and diesel prices by @ellis2013nz | R-bloggers [17:26] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [17:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [17:27] TR News (NEW): Fedora Promotes Slop, GNU/Linux On Mobile, and Who Should Pay For Source Code Availability? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Fedora_Promotes_Slop_GNU_Linux_On_Mobile_and_Who_Should_Pay_For.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Fedora_Promotes_Slop_GNU_Linux_On_Mobile_and_Who_Should_Pay_For.gmi [17:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora Promotes Slop, GNU/Linux On Mobile, and Who Should Pay For Source Code Availability? [17:30] TR News Techrights Links 09/08/2026: Social Control Media Weaponises Immigration, Europe Suffers Severe Drought, and "Internet of Stuff" Explained https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Links_09_08_2026_Social_Control_Media_Weaponises_Immigration_Eu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Links_09_08_2026_Social_Control_Media_Weaponises_Immigration_Eu.gmi [17:30] TR Bot Techrights Links 09/08/2026: Social Control Media Weaponises Immigration, Europe Suffers Severe Drought, and "Internet of Stuff" Explained [17:33] TR News "But I love what it does. I love how it ties the Web together." https://danq.me/2026/08/08/they-love-rss/ | Source: Dan Q [17:33] TR Bot They love RSS Dan Q [17:34] TR News "RSS is plumbing. A transport format. XML with angle brackets and escaped HTML and a version attribute and the CDATA hack." https://unstory.eu/ihp/ | [17:34] TR Bot They love RSS | unstory [17:34] TR News "Enlightenment desktop is a low on resources desktop environment without sacrificing on visuals." https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/gsoc2026_enlightenment | Source: NetBSD [17:34] TR Bot NetBSD Blog [17:34] TR News "What's now a long time ago I wrote an entry about an oddity in our network setup that was the result of historical evolution." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/RealNetworkEvolutionII | Source: University of Toronto [17:35] TR News [Old] "driver devs only care about the newest" https://w.on-t.work/linux-does-not-give-a-shit-about-old-hardware | Source: Kopper [17:35] TR Bot get real. linux does not give a shit about your old hardware [17:37] TR News Wine 11.15 brings improvements for Wayland, more format conversions in WindowsCodecs | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/wine-11-15-brings-improvements-for-wayland-more-format-conversions-in-windowscodecs/ Source: GamingOnLinux [17:37] TR Bot 11.15 brings improvements for Wayland, more format conversions in WindowsCodecs | GamingOnLinux [17:37] TR News SteamOS 3.8.25 Beta has firmware updates for Steam Machine, wider handheld support, Steam Frame Wireless Adapter support | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steamos-3-8-25-beta-has-firmware-updates-for-steam-machine-wider-handheld-support-steam-frame-wireless-adapter-support/ Source: GamingOnLinux [17:37] TR Bot 3.8.25 Beta has firmware updates for Steam Machine, wider handheld support, Steam Frame Wireless Adapter support | GamingOnLinux [17:38] TR News Proton Experimental gets fixes for Far Cry 5, Nightingale, Lords of The Fallen, various Command - Conquer games | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-far-cry-5-nightingale-lords-of-the-fallen-various-command-conquer-games/ Source: GamingOnLinux [17:38] TR Bot Experimental gets fixes for Far Cry 5, Nightingale, Lords of The Fallen, various Command & Conquer games | GamingOnLinux [17:46] TR News Former SK Hynix employee jailed in South Korea for leaking information to a Chinese firm https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-sk-hynix-employee-jailed-in-south-korea-for-leaking-information-to-a-chinese-firm [17:46] TR Bot Former SK Hynix employee jailed in South Korea for leaking information to a Chinese firm | The Straits Times [17:47] TR News Texas Avoids Blackout by the Grace of Solar Power https://futurism.com/science-energy/texas-blackout-ercot-solar-power-generation [17:47] TR Bot Texas Avoids Blackout by the Grace of Solar Power [17:49] TR News Chinas White Rabbit milk candy wrapper a social control media star in the West https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-white-rabbit-milk-candy-wrapper-a-social-media-star-in-the-west [17:49] TR Bot Chinas White Rabbit milk candy wrapper a social media star in the West | The Straits Times [17:51] TR News "This certainly complicates our birds-and-bees narrative." https://www.sciencealert.com/avocados-switch-sex-on-a-daily-basis-and-researchers-finally-know-how [17:51] TR Bot Switch Sex on a Daily Basis, And Researchers Finally Know How : ScienceAlert [17:52] MinceR inb4 cretins (christians) announce a holy war against avocados [17:56] TR News A Simple Change to Sleep Directly Boosts Academic Performance https://www.sciencealert.com/a-simple-change-to-sleep-directly-boosts-academic-performance-study-reveals "Sleep is the panacea of our time. A vast and growing body of research shows that when we get good sleep, good things happen inside our bodies. When we don't get good sleep, though, the opposite can occur, with poor sleep linked to all kinds of health problems." [17:56] TR Bot Simple Change to Sleep Directly Boosts Academic Performance, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert [17:57] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/2026/06/23/funny-design-fails-that-nobody-thought-all-the-way-through-6-23-26/ [17:57] TR Bot 71 Funny Design Fails That Nobody Thought All The Way Through [17:58] TR News Measuring binary function coverage of openSUSE integration test https://bzoltan1.github.io/measuring-binary-function-coverage-of-opensuse-integration-test/ [17:58] TR Bot Measuring binary function coverage of openSUSE integration test - Zoltn's Blog [17:59] TR News Atari ST Public Floppy Database now open for everyone online archive originally designed for ST flash cart packed with classics and homebrew https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/atari-st-public-floppy-database-now-open-for-everyone-online-archive-originally-designed-for-st-flash-cart-packed-with-classics-and-homebrew [17:59] TR Bot Atari ST Public Floppy Database now open for everyone online archive originally designed for ST flash cart packed with classics and homebrew | Tom's Hardware [17:59] TR News MaTouch ESP32-S3 MaUWB board integrates 3.95-inch touchscreen and UWB module for indoor positioning and ranging https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/09/matouch-esp32-s3-mauwb-board-integrates-3-95-inch-touchscreen-and-uwb-module-for-indoor-positioning-and-ranging/ [17:59] TR Bot MaTouch ESP32-S3 MaUWB board integrates 3.95-inch touchscreen and UWB module for indoor positioning and ranging - CNX Software ● Aug 09 [18:00] TR News New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator - 2026-08-08 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-08-08-edition/index.html [18:00] TR Bot New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator - 2026-08-08 Edition [18:02] TR News Software Patents: Rise of Hey Hi (AI) Patents and their Corresponding Eligibility Rejections https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/rise-of-ai-patents-and-their-corresponding-eligibility-rejections.html [18:02] TR Bot Rise of AI Patents and their Corresponding Eligibility Rejections | Patently-O [18:03] TR News Tibet conference in Nepal pushed online https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/09/tibet-conference-in-nepal-pushed-online/ [18:03] TR Bot Tibet conference in Nepal pushed online [18:04] TR News In 2025 Brett Wilson LLP Breached Rules Pertaining to Respecting Holidays https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/08/in-2025-brett-wilson-llp-breached-rules-pertaining-to-respecting-holidays/ [18:04] TR Bot Blog Archive In 2025 Brett Wilson LLP Breached Rules Pertaining to Respecting Holidays [18:04] TR News Fake Activities Online https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/08/fake-activities-online/ [18:04] TR Bot Blog Archive Fake Activities Online [18:05] TR News LILYGO T-Echo Card A weatherproof, solar-powered, nRF52840-based LoRa + GPS development kit https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/08/lilygo-t-echo-card-a-weatherproof-solar-powered-nrf52840-based-lora-gps-development-kit/ [18:05] TR Bot LILYGO T-Echo Card - A weatherproof, solar-powered, nRF52840-based LoRa + GPS development kit - CNX Software [18:06] TR News About time https://nuno-icons.com/2026/08/08/about-time/ [18:06] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://nuno-icons.com/2026/08/08/about-time/ ) [18:06] psydroid2 what about the raisins? [18:11] schestowitz[TR2] context? [18:12] TR News Critical One-Click Vulnerability in Atlassians Rovo Hey Hi (AI) Exposed Enterprise Data https://www.securityweek.com/critical-one-click-vulnerability-in-atlassians-rovo-ai-exposed-enterprise-data/ [18:12] TR Bot One-Click Vulnerability in Atlassian's Rovo AI Exposed Enterprise Data - SecurityWeek [18:12] TR News Robot Dogs Suddenly Taking Jobs From Human Security Guards https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/robot-dogs-labor-security-guards-automation [18:12] TR Bot Robot Dogs Suddenly Taking Jobs From Human Security Guards [18:14] TR News Anubis v1.27.0: Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn https://anubis.techaro.lol/blog/release/v1.27.0/ "adds backdoored Windows Server support" [18:14] TR Bot Making sure you're not a bot! [18:16] TR News FreeBSD 14.5-BETA1 https://distrowatch.com/freebsd [18:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/freebsd ) [18:17] TR News Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: first week of aug 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/08/08/misc-fedora-bits-first-week-of-aug-2026/ [18:17] TR Bot misc fedora bits: first week of aug 2026 | Kevin's musings [18:19] TR News More workers join strike at BHPs Port Hedland iron ore operations in Western Australia https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/more-workers-join-strike-at-bhps-port-hedland-iron-ore-operations-in-western-australia [18:19] TR Bot More workers join strike at BHPs Port Hedland iron ore operations in Western Australia | The Straits Times [18:20] TR News Amazon secretly circumvents community vote for massive Hey Hi (AI) data center using 45-year-old rules Gilroy residents locked out of public comment window https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/amazon-secretly-circumvents-community-vote-for-massive-ai-data-center-45-year-old-rules-lock-gilroy-residents-out-of-public-comment-window [18:20] TR Bot Amazon circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules Gilroy residents locked out of public comment window | Tom's Hardware [18:21] TR News www [18:21] TR News New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/climate/amazon-data-center-texas-pollution.html [18:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/climate/amazon-data-center-texas-pollution.html ) [18:26] TR News Meta Caught Paying Nazis to Post on Facebook (Farcebook) https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-caught-paying-nazis-to-post-on-facebook [18:26] TR Bot Meta Caught Paying Nazis to Post on Facebook [18:27] TR News Continuing getting APT to work in a layered filesystem https://bkhome.org/news/202608/continuing-getting-apt-to-work-in-a-layered-filesystem.html [18:27] TR Bot Continuing getting APT to work in a layered filesystem [18:28] TR News China's memory-making champion smashes DDR5-8800 barrier on AMD platform CXMT chips close the gap with SK hynix https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/chinas-memory-making-champion-smashes-ddr5-8800-barrier-on-amd-platform-cxmt-chips-close-the-gap-with-sk-hynix [18:28] TR Bot China's memory-making champion smashes DDR5-8800 barrier on AMD platform CXMT chips close the gap with SK hynix | Tom's Hardware [18:28] TR News Environmental groups sue New York regulators over loopholes weakening lead safety rules https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/environmental-groups-sue-new-york-regulators-over-loopholes-weakening-lead-safety-rules/ [18:28] TR Bot Environmental groups sue New York regulators over loopholes weakening lead safety rules - JURIST - News [18:31] TR News Time Magazine Now Running Ads Meant Specifically to Influence Hey Hi (AI) Agents https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/time-magazine-running-ads-influence-ai-agents [18:31] TR Bot Time Magazine Now Running Ads Meant Specifically to Influence AI Agents [18:31] TR News Reddit Finally Found a Way to Make Its Mods Even Worse: Replace Them With Hey Hi (AI) https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/reddit-mods-worse-replace-ai [18:31] TR Bot Reddit Finally Found a Way to Make Its Mods Even Worse: Replace Them With AI [18:32] TR News Weird Town Begs for Hey Hi (AI) Data Center https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/weird-town-begs-ai-data-center [18:32] TR Bot Weird Town Begs for AI Data Center [18:33] TR News Remove user-installed package if builtin https://bkhome.org/news/202608/remove-user-installed-package-if-builtin.html [18:33] TR Bot Remove user-installed package if builtin [18:34] TR News Spamming notifications is counterproductive https://www.rubenerd.au/spamming-notifications-is-counterproductive/ [18:34] TR Bot Rubenerd: Spamming notifications is counterproductive [18:35] TR News Cuba: No power, no fuel, no internet https://www.france24.com/en/cuba-no-power-no-fuel-no-internet [18:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/cuba-no-power-no-fuel-no-internet ) [18:38] TR News Going GNU/Linux #480 Listener Feedback https://goinglinux.com/episode-480-listener-feedback/index.html [18:38] TR Bot Episode 480 Listener Feedback Going Linux [18:48] TR News Linux Saloon 214 | Early Edition August https://cubiclenate.com/2026/08/08/linux-saloon-214-early-edition-august/ [18:48] TR Bot Saloon 214 | Early Edition August CubicleNate.com [18:49] TR News (NEW): Wine 11.15 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Wine_11_15_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Wine_11_15_Released.gmi [18:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Wine 11.15 Released [18:52] TR News Polychromatic 0.9.8 Released [18:52] TR News Armbian 26.8.1 https://distrowatch.com/armbian [18:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/armbian ) [18:52] TR News iDeal 2026.08.08 https://distrowatch.com/ideal [18:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ideal ) [18:52] TR News Flora 20260808 https://distrowatch.com/flora [18:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/flora ) [18:52] TR News Bluestar 7.1.6 https://distrowatch.com/bluestar [18:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/bluestar ) [18:53] TR News Orion for GNU/Linux beta updated with private browsing and link previews https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/orion-for-linux-0-4-1-beta [18:53] TR Bot Orion for Linux beta update adds private browsing and link previews - 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Ubuntu [18:54] TR News Reworking KSSHAskPass https://blog.broulik.de/2026/08/reworking-ksshaskpass/ [18:54] TR Bot Reworking KSSHAskPass Kai Uwe's Blog [18:55] TR News Opera 134 Stable Released with Vertical Tabs Generally Available https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/opera-134-stable-released-with-vertical-tabs-generally-available/ [18:55] TR Bot Opera 134 Stable Released with Vertical Tabs Generally Available | UbuntuHandbook [18:55] TR News GNOME File Previewer Sushi 51 Ports to GTK4 & Adds New Click Actions https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/gnome-file-previewer-sushi-51-ports-to-gtk4-adds-new-click-actions/ [18:55] TR Bot GNOME File Previewer Sushi 51 Ports to GTK4 & Adds New Click Actions | UbuntuHandbook ● Aug 09 [19:02] psydroid3 schestowitz[TR2]: Mince R was talking about cretins, so I raised raisins [19:04] TR News I spent 15 years memorizing terminal commands the hard wayheres what actually works https://www.howtogeek.com/i-spent-years-memorizing-terminal-commands-the-hard-way-heres-what-actually-works/ [19:04] TR Bot I spent 15 years memorizing terminal commands the hard wayheres what actually works [19:05] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@3uk6kk2spnu46.irc) has joined #techrights [19:05] TR News Linux loads my apps faster than Windows, so I calculated just how much time it saves me every year https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-loads-apps-faster-windows-calculated-time-saved-yearly/ [19:05] TR Bot Linux loads my apps faster than Windows, so I calculated just how much time it saves me every year [19:06] TR News Hidden Wi-Fi networks aren't hidden at all I proved it with a single device https://www.makeuseof.com/hidden-wi-fi-networks-arent-hidden-at-all-proved-it-with-single-device/ [19:06] TR Bot Hidden Wi-Fi networks aren't hidden at all I proved it with a single device [19:06] TR News New Interrupt Injection Attack Can Bypass Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/new-interrupt-injection-attack-can.html [19:06] TR Bot New Interrupt Injection Attack Can Bypass Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs [19:08] TR News "My washing machine is ages old, has three knobs and still washes my clothes perfectly clean." gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2026-08-09-My_Washing_Machine.txt [19:09] TR News "I want the same washing machine model as my old one, but there's nothing similar anymore. Another "invention" which serves no purpose but pure greed while producing a lot of waste." [19:09] TR News "And it's not just washing machines, it's now general business practice for nearly every piece of electric appliance." [19:11] TR News "I've looked at Amazon for some time for a new washing machine. But _*all*_ of them now have a _*big*_ computer inside, where you need a study to operate it correctly. Yes, they all look very nice and modern, like an UFO or something, but of course they'll break 3 days after the 2 years warranty." [19:12] TR News Gardening again, WSPRing at last gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/gardening-again-wspring-at-last.gmi "I have been keen to tell you all a lot more about it but, well, I haven't had the time." [19:13] TR News I Choose Me gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/08/09/00/i-choose-me/ [19:14] TR News "They're bright green, a bit smaller than a pigeon, they gather in large numbers to roost in trees, and they squawk and squawk and squawk. There are certain parts of town they like, which is good because they gather there and stay away from me." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-08-09_Bloody_parakeets_.gmi [19:16] TR News "Some months after, I disabled Wi-fi on phone, because I didn't need it in that moment, and my phone just fell in bootloop. Firstly, I thougth something broke inside my phone, but after searching I found that all owners of my phone model encountered that same problem! If you disable both geolocation and Wi-fi it just starts to bootloop." gemini://crynick.ru/on-tech-maintenance.gmi [19:17] TR News "margarete petersen... it's like a cross between the ritual tarot and the thoth? it has the elemental energy of the ritual tarot with the magical feeling of the thoth. it's like thoth but pure subconscious." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/augustdecks [19:20] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: [19:20] IsambardPrince AmEx works with collection agencies to continue to pursue uncollectable debt where all legal avenues of recovery are gone. They toss out a very stiff offer like "We might reinstate your Gold Card with a $5,000 spending limit if you hand us $10,000." [19:20] IsambardPrince [19:20] IsambardPrince There's no risk at all to the bank. They get $10,000 and probably get you in trouble again with 28% interest on $5,000. That's what we call a win-win. They're happy to tell the IRS "We recovered the money and are declaring a profit now." [19:21] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Going Linux and Linux Saloon https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Audiocasts_Shows_Going_Linux_and_Linux_Saloon.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Audiocasts_Shows_Going_Linux_and_Linux_Saloon.gmi [19:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Going Linux and Linux Saloon [19:22] TR News (NEW): Games: Steam, SteamOS, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Games_Steam_SteamOS_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Games_Steam_SteamOS_and_More.gmi [19:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Steam, SteamOS, and More [19:22] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/today_s_howtos.gmi [19:22] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [19:26] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [19:26] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [19:26] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers and Feed Readers: Orion, Opera, and RSS Still Powerful https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Web_Browsers_and_Feed_Readers_Orion_Opera_and_RSS_Still_Powerfu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/Web_Browsers_and_Feed_Readers_Orion_Opera_and_RSS_Still_Powerfu.gmi [19:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Web Browsers and Feed Readers: Orion, Opera, and RSS Still Powerful [19:29] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 09/08/2026: Parakeets in Britain and Rant About 'Modern' Washing Machines https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Gemini_Links_09_08_2026_Parakeets_in_Britain_and_Rant_About_Mod.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Gemini_Links_09_08_2026_Parakeets_in_Britain_and_Rant_About_Mod.gmi [19:29] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 09/08/2026: Parakeets in Britain and Rant About 'Modern' Washing Machines [19:32] TR News Techrights Links 09/08/2026: US Blackouts (Energy Wasted), Slop to Evade Accountability, and Software Patents Framed as "Hey Hi" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Links_09_08_2026_US_Blackouts_Energy_Wasted_Slop_to_Evade_Accou.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/09/Links_09_08_2026_US_Blackouts_Energy_Wasted_Slop_to_Evade_Accou.gmi [19:32] TR Bot Techrights Links 09/08/2026: US Blackouts (Energy Wasted), Slop to Evade Accountability, and Software Patents Framed as "Hey Hi" [19:49] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/2026/06/24/funny-pictures-thatll-make-your-morning-scroll-worth-it-6-24-26/ [19:49] TR Bot 65 Funny Pictures That'll Make Your Morning Scroll Worth It ● Aug 09 [20:01] TR News (NEW): CachyOS ISO Release for August 2026 Improves the Installer, Desktop Profiles https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/CachyOS_ISO_Release_for_August_2026_Improves_the_Installer_Desk.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/09/CachyOS_ISO_Release_for_August_2026_Improves_the_Installer_Desk.gmi [20:01] TR Bot Tux Machines CachyOS ISO Release for August 2026 Improves the Installer, Desktop Profiles [20:20] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [20:20] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [20:21] *Righty (~Username@uw8w7guynacea.irc) has joined #techrights [20:51] MinceR https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/10/07/how-do-writings [20:51] TR Bot How Do Writings - Penny Arcade ● Aug 09 [23:18] admfubar https://hackaday.com/2026/08/08/high-density-parchment-paper-papertronics-with-laser-carved-hydrophilic-channels/ [23:18] TR Bot Parchment Paper Papertronics With Laser-Carved Hydrophilic Channels | Hackaday [23:30] IsambardPrince MinceR: Max the barber used to charge $5 for a men's haircut in the 90s. [23:30] IsambardPrince It's like $40 for a men's haircut now. [23:30] IsambardPrince It's a mixture of government at work and corporate extraction. [23:31] IsambardPrince Max didn't need a license from the state back then. [23:31] IsambardPrince He kept his overhead low by owning the storefront and not doing women's hairstyles. [23:32] IsambardPrince There was no government mandate for him to take "domestic violence recognition classes". [23:32] IsambardPrince He didn't have big screen TVs, just the newspaper and some magazines. [23:32] IsambardPrince There was no "app", you just went in and asked if he had time for you. [23:32] IsambardPrince And there was no credit card terminal. [23:34] IsambardPrince Back then, hair was sort of segregated. If you wanted a simple men's haircut you went to Max for $5. [23:34] IsambardPrince If you wanted women's hairstyles, you went to Ginger Lee's or Sears and paid like $60. [23:35] IsambardPrince These days you just have to go somewhere that can do women's hairstyles that take longer and are more complicated. [23:35] IsambardPrince They average it out, stuff in "cost of doing business" fees like the credit card terminals, state licensing, and so on. [23:36] IsambardPrince Then just for good measure, on your way out from paying $40 and a tip, they try to sell "products". [23:37] IsambardPrince You can get the exact same "products" from Amazon or even Walmart sometimes for half the cost, so how does this even still work? [23:38] IsambardPrince They have things like "Vidal Sassoon Tea Tree Oil" shampoo and conditioner. [23:38] IsambardPrince I love it, I hate the price. [23:38] IsambardPrince Walmart sells their version as "Equate". It's less than half. [23:39] IsambardPrince I had to break my partner of expensive habits like this. [23:39] IsambardPrince He was going through Walmart grabbing things like Aveeno lotion. I put it right back and grabbed "Equate - Compare to Aveeno". [23:42] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/scammer-pig-butcher-ai-chatbot-fraud [23:42] TR Bot Scammers Tremble as AI Comes for Their Jobs [23:43] IsambardPrince There's a breaking point where people won't pay for something anymore. [23:43] IsambardPrince And their job is to constantly figure out what that is. [23:43] admfubar is this lettuce kosher??? https://futurism.com/future-society/scientists-genetically-engineer-high-protein-lettuce [23:43] TR Bot Scientists Genetically Engineer High-Protein Lettuce [23:43] IsambardPrince And platforms with algorithmic pricing have more power to do that. [23:54] MinceR (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/puddles-of-cats-QJASQtH [23:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/puddles-of-cats-QJASQtH )