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[00:24] *Now talking on #techrights [00:35] admfubar https://www.quantamagazine.org/thermodynamic-computers-go-with-the-energy-flow-20260715/ [00:35] TR Bot Thermodynamic Computers Go With the (Energy) Flow | Quanta Magazine [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights ● Jul 16 [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-150726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-150726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-150726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-150726.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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Here's proof | Snopes.com [03:04] admfubar https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/microsoft-is-reportedly-training-salespeople-to-talk-down-openai-and-anthropic/ [03:04] TR Bot is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic | TechCrunch [03:05] admfubar https://xkcd.com/3272/ [03:05] TR Bot Time Change [03:10] *tessier (~tessier@ca9zudc327676.irc) has joined #techrights [03:30] *Goblin (~use@anjxxfe7gqque.irc) has joined #techrights [03:35] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 16 [05:04] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights ● Jul 16 [06:26] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_July_15_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_July_15_2026.gmi [06:26] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 [06:26] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [06:27] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1711.jpg [06:27] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2068.jpg [06:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [06:27] IsambardPrince pI'm going to make a cheesy ground beef and potato casserole tomorrow. [06:27] IsambardPrince Target had ground beef half price so I loaded up and tossed most of it in the freezer. [06:28] TR News "I take back my previous statement, _*today*_ I have truly become a linux user." gemini://frooplet.com/glog/2026-07-16-awk-2.gmi [06:28] IsambardPrince They seem to have hit a wall where they raised the shelf price too much so it doesn't sell very fast, then they have to mark a lot of it down 50%. [06:28] TR News vivid images gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/vivid_images [06:29] TR News Goose gemini://jeffrey.cam/photos/goose/ [06:31] TR News "Suno scraped decades worth of music and podcasts from the [Internet]" https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-suno-ai-music-generator-scraped-youtube-deezer-and-genius/ | Source: 404 Media [06:31] TR Bot Hack Reveals Suno AI Music Generator Scraped YouTube, Deezer, and Genius [06:31] TR News "state-of-the-art geo-blocking" https://torrentfreak.com/eus-top-court-geo-blocking-protects-publishers-in-copyright-disputes-vpns-not-liable/ | Source: Torrent Freak [06:31] TR Bot Top Court: Geo-Blocking Protects Publishers in Copyright Disputes, VPNs Not Liable * TorrentFreak [06:33] TR News [Old] "Exceptions include Mac, TV, Vision" https://kafsemo.org/2025/09/08_trade-markov-chain.html | [06:33] TR Bot 2025-09-08: Trade-Markov Chains [06:33] TR News "This case has the potential to upend software distribution on Android, and its all because of V-Bucks." https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/third-party-app-stores-coming-to-google-play-next-week-as-epic-settlement-withdrawn/ | Source: Ars Technica [06:33] TR Bot Third-party app stores coming to Google Play next week as Epic settlement withdrawn - Ars Technica [06:34] TR News "The AGs, led by California AG Rob Bonta, filed the complaint in the Northern District of California." https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/12-states-sue-to-block-paramount-warner-bros-merger-under-antitrust-claims/ | Source: JURIST [06:34] TR Bot 12 US states sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros merger under antitrust claims - JURIST - News [06:40] TR News "Microsoft still does not allow users to download, set as the default, or keep using alternative browsers without harmful interference." https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/15/dark-patterns-in-windows-are-steering-users-to-edge-mozilla-commissioned-report/5271792 | Source: The Register UK [06:40] TR Bot Dark patterns in Windows are steering users to Edge: Mozilla-commissioned report [06:41] TR News "But theres still a way to stop this. California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday led a coalition of 12 state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging the giant merger." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/hope-for-stopping-the-biggest-pro | Source: Robert Reich [06:41] TR Bot Hope for Stopping the Biggest Pro-Trump Media Monopoly Ever [06:41] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://kedara.eu/oldest-thing-you-own/ | Source: Ruben Verweij [06:41] TR Bot What is the oldest thing you own? - Kedara.eu [06:42] TR News "Whats going on, Internet? Olly wants a physical-digital music experience: browse the racks at your local record store" https://flamedfury.com/posts/re-we-need-a-physical-digital-music-experience/ | Source: Flamed Fury [06:42] TR Bot RE: We Need A Physical-Digital Music Experience [06:42] TR News "Information about Guerreros killing is still sparse. He was first identified in a statement by Maine Senator Angus King, but has not been identified by ICE." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ice-killings-maine-houston-minor-policy-change-1235593459/ | Source: Rolling Stone [06:42] TR Bot ICE Killings in Maine and Houston Lead to Minor Policy Change [06:43] TR News "The best time for tech workers to unionize was 20 years ago, when they had plenty of leverage. The second-best time is now, when they dont." https://www.computerworld.com/article/4192438/how-to-unionize-your-tech-workplace.html | Source: Computer World [06:43] TR Bot to unionize your tech workplace Computerworld [06:51] TR News "A lawyer's letter on behalf of the women-only support centre demanded the report was permanently withdrawn." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9l9dg5k8ko | Source: BBC [06:51] TR Bot JK Rowling's sexual violence support centre demands apology from Amnesty [06:51] TR News "That's 78 percent of the maximum unemployment benefit." https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071426_homeless_to_do_op/what-do-if-youre-homeless-make-right-calls-show-persistence/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel [06:51] TR Bot What to do if you're about to be homeless: Make the right calls & show persistence | What the Devil won't tell you [06:52] TR News "It has now demanded a public letter of apology, to be posted to the front page of the Amnesty website, as well as an undertaking that the allegations will not be repeated." https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/jk-rowlings-rape-support-centre-threatens-court-action-against-amnesty-8800618 | Source: The Scotsman [06:52] TR Bot JK Rowling's rape support centre threatens court action against Amnesty [06:52] TR News "In fact, Salgado Araujo had stopped the van before the officers fired their weapons into it." https://truthout.org/articles/ice-keeps-killing-immigrants-in-cars-it-claims-were-weaponized-against-agents/ | Source: TruthOut [06:52] TR Bot ICE Keeps Killing Immigrants in Cars It Claims Were Weaponized Against Agents | Truthout [06:52] TR News "As part of President Trumps continued push to discredit the results of the 2020 election, his administration has considered using AI technology to scrutinize tens of thousands of ballots seized" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-2020-election-georgia-fulton-artificial-intelligence-fbi | Source: Pro Publica [06:52] TR Bot FBI Has Looked at Using AI to Review Signatures on Seized Mail-In Ballots ProPublica [06:53] TR News "Its a distressing situation. Its also not exceptional." https://jacobin.com/2026/07/unemployment-mental-health-blame-safety-net | Source: Jacobin Magazine [06:53] TR Bot I Am Not to Blame for Unemployment Hell, and Neither Are You [06:54] TR News "seizure of my devices was a clear act of intimidation" https://thedissenter.org/journalist-recounts-how-border-agents-targeted-him-over-coverage-of-ayatollahs-funeral/ | Source: The Dissenter [06:54] TR Bot Border Agents Seize Journalist's Devices After Iran Trip [06:54] TR News "Nigerian authorities have already subjected Stanley Ugagbe to secret detention." https://cpj.org/2026/07/nigeria-jails-journalist-for-2-months-pending-trial-over-corruption-reporting/ | Source: CPJ [06:54] TR Bot Nigeria jails journalist for 2 months pending trial over corruption reporting - Committee to Protect Journalists [06:58] TR News Limiting negative dentries [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1079407/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1079407/ [06:58] TR Bot negative dentries [LWN.net] ● Jul 16 [07:01] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [07:01] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [07:01] TR News Two LLM-assisted memory-management patch sets https://lwn.net/Articles/1080162/ [07:01] TR Bot LLM-assisted memory-management patch sets [LWN.net] [07:02] TR News (NEW): [BLinux Associated With Ads, Fake Currencies, Some Graphics News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/_BLinux_Associated_With_Ads_Fake_Currencies_Some_Graphics_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/_BLinux_Associated_With_Ads_Fake_Currencies_Some_Graphics_News.gmi [07:02] TR Bot Tux Machines [BLinux Associated With Ads, Fake Currencies, Some Graphics News [07:02] TR News "Gleb Viktorov, the frontman of the rock band Tri Dnya Dozhdya (Three Days of Rain)" https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/14/a-russian-band-s-frontman-denounced-the-war-in-ukraine-onstage-in-yekaterinburg-his-management-says-the-speech-was-the-raving-of-a-drugged-man-and-that-he-s-now-hospitalized | Source: Meduza [07:02] TR Bot A Russian bands frontman denounced the war in Ukraine onstage in Yekaterinburg. His management says the speech was the raving of a drugged man, and that hes now hospitalized. Meduza [07:02] TR News "A chilling encounter like this might dissuade even the most dogged critic from speaking their mind." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/america-is-failing-its-own-free-speech | Source: The Next Move [07:02] TR Bot America Is Failing Its Own Free Speech Standards [07:03] TR News "Tomorrow, Marco Rubio will open a summit unveiling a new designation branding his political opponents as terrorists, documents leaked to me reveal." https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-rubios-wmd-scandal-is-far-left | Source: Ken Klippenstein [07:03] TR Bot Leak: Rubios WMD Scandal Is Far-Left Terrorism [07:04] TR News "To be clear, Trump is not fighting leaks so much as trying to criminalize causing embarrassment." https://www.salon.com/2026/07/15/trump-cant-stop-white-house-leaks-so-hes-coming-for-journalists/ | Source: Salon [07:04] TR Bot can't stop White House leaks, so he's coming for journalists - Salon.com [07:04] TR News "But the premiere never happened." https://www.vox.com/politics/495507/modi-india-censorship-cinema-satluj-hollywood | Source: Vox [07:04] TR Bot controversy shows how Modi captured Bollywood and why Hollywood should pay attention | Vox [07:10] TR News "This needs to be repeated, because its almost impossible to comprehend the sheer audacity of the corruption." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/14/federal-judge-nukes-trumps-self-dealt-irs-settlement-sends-lawyers-to-the-bar/ | Source: Techdirt [07:10] TR Bot Judge Nukes Trumps Self-Dealt IRS Settlement, Sends Lawyers To The Bar | Techdirt [07:11] TR News "Having watched the video myself, it's clear that the animal approaches the group" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/nature-and-wildlife-photography/these-wildlife-photographers-broke-the-rules-and-letting-them-off-sets-a-dangerous-precedent-for-animal-welfare-but-do-you-agree | Source: Digital Camera World [07:11] TR Bot These wildlife photographers broke the rules, and letting them off sets a dangerous precedent for animal welfare but do you agree? | Digital Camera World [07:11] TR News "Birding has historically been the domain of the AARP crowd, but in the World Series, young people have an edge." https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/07/birding-millennials-genz/687910/ | Source: The Atlantic [07:11] TR Bot All the Cool Kids Are Birding - The Atlantic [07:13] TR News "Lorris Chevalier explores the practical techniques that helped mariners navigate the waters of northern Europe during the Middle Ages." https://www.medievalists.net/2026/07/how-medieval-sailors-measured-time-and-distance-at-sea/ | Source: Medievalists.net [07:13] TR Bot Medieval Sailors Measured Time and Distance at Sea - Medievalists.net [07:13] TR News "First, a few given facts: [...]" https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/07/is-it-worth-it-to-buy-a-plugin-home-battery/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [07:13] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/07/is-it-worth-it-to-buy-a-plugin-home-battery/ ) [07:14] TR News "Google is building an AI data center in West Memphis, Arkansas, across the Mississippi River from Memphis." https://512pixels.net/2026/07/google-solar-arkansas/ | Source: Stephen Hackett [07:14] TR Bot Google Announces Support for Nations Largest Solar Farm, Located in Arkansas - 512 Pixels [07:20] TR News 2026 FIFA World Cup: France, Not Spain https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/16/france-not-spain/ [07:20] TR Bot Blog Archive 2026 FIFA World Cup: France, Not Spain [07:22] TR News "What makes the situation very worrying is that it is occurring despite spring rainfall having been broadly within the normal range" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260715-france-in-very-worrying-drought-minister | Source: France24 [07:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260715-france-in-very-worrying-drought-minister ) [07:22] TR News "AI already accounts for between 15 and 20 percent of electricity consumption at data centers, and this share could climb to 40 percent by 2030, the report said." https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260714-ny-pauses-new-large-data-center-projects-for-one-year | Source: France24 [07:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260714-ny-pauses-new-large-data-center-projects-for-one-year ) [07:22] TR News "After weeks of residents appearing before the Jackson City Council to voice concerns and warnings about the effects of data center construction" https://www.mississippifreepress.org/nobody-wants-this-jackson-pumps-the-brakes-on-data-centers-for-6-months-amid-local-opposition/ | Source: Mississippi Journalism and Education Group [07:22] TR Bot Jackson Puts Six-Month Pause on Data Center Construction [07:22] TR News "Saline Township had been bound by a court order to approve a 12-year, 50% tax break for The Barn, a 250-acre project developed by The Related Cos. for Oracle and its customer, OpenAI." https://bridgemi.com/business-watch/massive-data-center-wins-local-tax-break-but-9-times-smaller-than-requested/ | Source: Bridge Michigan [07:22] TR Bot Massive data center wins local tax break but 9 times smaller than requested - Bridge Michigan [07:23] TR News "Hamilton won't be imposing a temporary ban on the development of data centres, council has decided." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/data-centre-ban-voted-down-9.7271641 | Source: CBC [07:23] TR Bot No ban against data centre development after Hamilton council votes down bylaw | CBC News [07:23] TR News "The Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer USS Sampson was at the Vigor Shipyard on Harbor Island in Seattle, Washington" https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2026/07/15/uss-sampson-spills-roughly-2000-gallons-of-diesel-fuel-into-seattle-harbor/ | Source: US Navy Times [07:23] TR Bot USS Sampson spills roughly 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel into Seattle harbor [07:28] TR News "As acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faces lawmakers this week, survivors of Epstein's abuse are among those pushing to stop his confirmation, and Bensky is scheduled to be a witness for the Democrats." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5850397 | Source: NPR [07:28] TR Bot Democrats' witness opposing Blanche's confirmation is more than an Epstein survivor [07:28] TR News "The nonprofit watchdog Sludge connected that group to Jefferies Murray, a corporate lobbyist whose firm represents Facebook parent company Meta and other high-profile clients" https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/fact-check-where-does-barack-obama-stand-on-michigans-senate-race/ | Source: Bridge Michigan [07:28] TR Bot Fact check: Where does Barack Obama stand on Michigans Senate race? - Bridge Michigan [07:38] TR News "It is very clear that we need age-appropriate restrictions to platforms" https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/eu-commission-announces-age-based-restrictions-for-minors-across-social-media-platforms/ | Source: JURIST [07:38] TR Bot EU Commission announces age-based restrictions for minors across social media platforms - JURIST - News [07:38] TR News "Children's wellbeing on and offline is a cause close to the President's heart." https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ac_26_1630 | Source: European Commission [07:38] TR Bot Press corner | European Commission [07:39] TR News "new measures on Child Safety Online" https://thecyberexpress.com/child-safety-online-eu-weighs-social-media-age/ | Source: Cyble Inc [07:39] TR Bot Child Safety Online: EU Weighs Social Media Age Rules [07:39] TR News "Under the plan, aimed at reducing online harms, certain apps would be blocked by default from midnight to 6am." https://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2026/jul/15/social-media-curfew-for-teens-is-it-pointless-the-latest | Source: The Guardian UK [07:39] TR Bot Social media curfew for teens: is it pointless? - The Latest | Social media | The Guardian [07:41] TR News "This is false." https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/07/were-we-lied-to-about-skilled-migration/ | Source: Spectator AU [07:41] TR Bot Were we lied to about skilled migration? | The Spectator Australia [07:41] TR News "replacing the kinds of human interactions" https://text.npr.org/g-s1-133066 | Source: NPR [07:41] TR Bot 'The Trojan Teddy Bear': The promise and peril of childhood in the age of AI [07:41] TR News Cyberattack https://thecyberexpress.com/russia-cyberattack-linked-to-fsb/ | Source: Cyble Inc [07:41] TR Bot Russia Cyberattack: EU, UK Sanction FSB Hackers ● Jul 16 [08:11] TR News Techrights Technology Against Human Nature https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/Technology_Against_Human_Nature.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/Technology_Against_Human_Nature.gmi [08:11] TR Bot timed out after 10001 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/Technology_Against_Human_Nature.shtml ) [08:13] TR News Confidentiality https://www.tomica.net/blog/2026/07/tls-certificate-validation-on-linux/ | Source: Ivan Tomica [08:13] TR Bot TLS Certificate Validation on Linux Ivan Tomica [08:14] TR News "To verify their gender when booking through Bolt's app, passengers must submit a selfie along with a photo of their passport or identity document" https://yle.fi/a/74-20236445 | Source: Yle [08:14] TR Bot No men, please: Finland's women-only taxis gain traction | Yle News | Yle [08:14] TR News "The ID is generated when Windows is set up with a Microsoft Account, persists through Windows updates, and cannot be disabled without affecting Windows activation and Microsoft Store apps." https://www.ghacks.net/2026/07/12/microsoft-confirms-windows-gdid-device-identifier-that-cannot-be-disabled-documented-in-fbi-case-filing/ | Source: Ghacks [08:14] TR Bot Microsoft Confirms Windows GDID Device Identifier That Cannot Be Disabled, Documented in FBI Case Filing - gHacks Tech News [08:14] TR News "The bill passed the House, 267-117. It now heads to the Senate, where its fate remains uncertain. But this fight is not over." https://www.eff.org/effector/38/13 | Source: EFF [08:14] TR Bot EFFector 38.13 | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:14] TR News "The transformation element and the poster design appear to reference the politically charged sci-fi film They Live (1988)" https://hyperallergic.com/guerrilla-london-bus-ads-mock-kylie-jenners-meta-glasses-campaign/ | Source: HyperAllergic [08:14] TR Bot Guerrilla London Bus Ads Mock Kylie Jenners Meta Glasses Campaign [08:20] TR News "Billionaires could fund cures for cancer -- so why are they funding glasses for perverts instead?" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/today-in-hoffman-lenses-5/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [08:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/today-in-hoffman-lenses-5/ ) [08:20] TR News "Modern smartphones are harder to compromise than ever." https://www.certosoftware.com/insights/cyberstalkers-exploiting-chrome-sync-to-spy/ | [08:20] TR Bot Cyberstalkers Are Exploiting Chrome Sync to Spy on Victims | Certo Software [08:20] TR News "Cyberstalkers are increasingly exploiting a feature in Google Chrome meant for mobile phone user convenience, but can give intruders broad access to a device owners private information, according to researchers." https://cyberscoop.com/google-chrome-sync-cyberstalking-exploit/ | Source: Scoop News Group [08:20] TR Bot stalkers are exploiting Google Chrome sync to spy on victims | CyberScoop [08:20] TR News "According to WIREDs analysis of the Meta AI app, code for NameTag appeared in the app as early as January." https://www.wired.com/story/heres-the-truth-about-whether-metas-nametag-face-recognition-exists/ | Source: Wired [08:20] TR Bot the Truth About Whether Metas NameTag Face Recognition Tech Exists | WIRED [08:21] TR News "WhatsApp safety splits into three layers: The message content, the metadata around it, and your account and device" https://sqmagazine.co.uk/is-whatsapp-safe/ | Source: SQ Magazine [08:21] TR Bot Is WhatsApp Safe? Security and Privacy Risks Explained SQ Magazine [08:21] TR News "My story is about the Swiss governmental login system AGOV." https://gendignoux.com/blog/2026/07/13/input-digits.html | [08:21] TR Bot Just Let Me Write Digits | Blog | Guillaume Endignoux [08:22] TR News "A ransomware group has published thousands of files allegedly linked to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant" https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/national/news/kudankulam-nuclear-plant-data-breach-leaked-files-leak-investigation-138449309.html | Source: Bhaskar English [08:22] TR Bot Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Data Breach | Sensitive Files Leaked Online [08:22] TR News "The designations hit 1VPNS, its alleged Ukrainian administrator and a Belarusian who allegedly sold cryptors to disguise ransomware and other malware." https://cyberscoop.com/us-sanctions-first-vpn-ransomware/ | Source: Scoop News Group [08:22] TR Bot sanctions First VPN and administrator for supporting ransomware | CyberScoop [08:22] TR News "The action, coordinated with the United Kingdom, is part of broader efforts to disrupt the cybercrime ecosystem supporting ransomware operations." https://thecyberexpress.com/ransomware-sanctions-target-vpn/ | Source: Cyble Inc [08:22] TR Bot Ransomware Sanctions Target VPN, Malware Providers [08:23] TR News "Your Bluesky account is not just a Bluesky account: it is an account that can be used with a variety of other applications." https://steveklabnik.com/writing/too-many-words-about-dids/ | Source: Steve Klabnik [08:23] TR Bot Too many words about DIDs [08:23] TR News "The government is also reviewing responses from WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal regarding their username features, which have raised concerns about online fraud and impersonation." https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/india-government-reviews-meta-instagram-csam-ads-response-138439546.html | Source: Bhaskar English [08:23] TR Bot India Government Reviews Meta Instagram CSAM Ads Response | Latest Update [08:23] TR News "As I prepare to tie up the loose ends and call my side of the work feature complete and consider tagging a major version 1.0.0 for the specification and reference implementations" https://soatok.blog/2026/07/15/the-long-tail-of-work-left-until-activitypub-has-e2ee/ | Source: Dhole Moments [08:23] TR Bot The Long Tail of Work Left Until ActivityPub Has E2EE - Dhole Moments [08:25] TR News (NEW): Kubuntu 24.04 has finally become really neat https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Kubuntu_24_04_has_finally_become_really_neat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Kubuntu_24_04_has_finally_become_really_neat.gmi [08:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Kubuntu 24.04 has finally become really neat [08:32] TR News "And yet, this is extremely scary. The reason to be afraid is not that I think the war is going to come to America." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-forever-war-gets-scary | Source: Paul Krugman [08:32] TR Bot The Forever War Gets Scary - Paul Krugman [08:33] TR News Techrights Rebellion Brewing at Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/Rebellion_Brewing_at_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/Rebellion_Brewing_at_Microsoft.gmi [08:33] TR Bot Techrights Rebellion Brewing at Microsoft [08:33] TR News [Old] "Here's an attempt to answer questions I get about why I don't use AI, and any more I could think of that may also arise." https://dead.garden/blog/why-i-dont-use-ai.html | Source: Johanna-Mathilda Langenhan [08:33] TR Bot I don't use AI | dead.garden [08:33] TR News "This is not flow. This is the opposite of flow. Let me walk through why." https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/07/15/how-ai-kills-flow | Source: Sandor Dargo [08:33] TR Bot The Prompt-Wait-Evaluate Loop: How AI Kills Flow Without You Noticing | Sandor Dargo's Blog [08:33] TR News "After 15 minutes of confusion, it turned out Cloudflare had put a crazy robots.txt on my site without my consent (Cloudflare, love you guys, but this needs to stop)." https://www.ayush.digital/blog/the-memory-heist | [08:33] TR Bot The Memory Heist [08:34] TR News "Im increasingly tempted to become obnoxiously strident about the ubiquitous use of tool to describe contemporary technologies" https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/your-ai-is-not-a-tool | [08:34] TR Bot Your AI Is Not a Tool - by L. M. Sacasas [08:34] TR News "The National Police Chiefs Council says: [...]" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/14/uk-police-will-run-evidence-through-the-ai-its-quicker/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:34] TR Bot Am about eve- rything. [08:34] TR News "On top of that, our students (who have been paying higher and higher tuition fees) have had to do the same." https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/2026/07/humiliationx15/ | Source: Bobby Hiltz [08:34] TR Bot MILLION FOR CLIMATE COLLAPSE | BobbyHiltz.com [08:35] TR News "We should therefore delegate to AI agents tasks that are bounded, observable, reversible, and supported by objective checks." https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20260715/ | Source: Diomidis Spinellis [08:35] TR Bot blog dds: 2026-07-15 Barings, Boeing, and Bots [08:35] TR News "Everyday creativity is aggressively regressing to a mean. What is driving us towards these tools? is it fear of making something bad?" https://hugodaniel.com/posts/the-end-of-creativity/ | Source: Hugo Daniel [08:35] TR Bot The end of creativity Hugo Daniel [08:35] TR News "On lore.kernel.org, the archive for Linux kernel mailing lists, reformed potty mouth Linus was responding to a discussion about some negative sentiments toward AI" https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/15/linus-torvalds-tells-ai-haters-to-fork-off/5271894 | Source: The Register UK [08:35] TR Bot Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to fork off [08:35] TR News "Its fine that people talk to chatbots, but they should not expect me to listen to theirs. When I want to talk to a chatbot, I have plenty of my own." https://raymyers.org/post/dont-make-me-talk-to-your-chatbot/ | Source: Ray Myers [08:35] TR Bot Don't Make Me Talk to Your Chatbot [08:36] TR News "The app will charge fees: a message of up to 200 characters costs just over three rubles; a letter of up to 2,500 characters costs 35 rubles." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/15/want-to-message-someone-in-a-russian-prison-there-s-now-an-app-for-that-it-costs-about-three-rubles-per-text-once-the-censor-signs-off | Source: Meduza [08:36] TR Bot Want to message someone in a Russian prison? Theres now an app for that. It costs about three rubles per text, once the censor signs off. Meduza [08:36] TR News "These days, a lot of things want you to have a (user) D-Bus session bus (to go with the system-wide one), which will listen for connections on some socket (the bus address)." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdAndUserDBusSessionBus | Source: University of Toronto [08:36] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [08:36] TR News "When we first started hearing leaks of a new MacBook Pro design coming in 2026, it felt early. The 2021 design was still three years fresh." https://www.dgriffinjones.com/extraordinary/what-if-were-wrong-about-the-macbook-ultra.html | Source: D Griffin Jones [08:36] TR Bot What If Were Wrong About The MacBook Ultra? | D. Griffin Jones [08:37] TR News "While icons on iOS (formerly iPhoneOS) have always been rounded squares" https://parakeet.co/blog/the-shape-of-apps/ | [08:37] TR Bot Parakeet Blog: The Shape of Apps [08:37] TR News "The monthly exponential rise in Microsoft vulnerabilities already puts the vendor on pace to break a full-year record" https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-july-2026/ | Source: Scoop News Group [08:37] TR Bot discloses the mother of all vulnerability loads, tripling Junes previous record | CyberScoop [08:37] TR News "In 2018, California voters approved Proposition 7, which gave the Legislature the authority to impose year-round daylight saving time but only if the federal government allowed states to do so." https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-07-14/permanent-daylight-saving-time-is-on-table-would-california-scrap | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:37] TR Bot Making daylight saving time permanent is approved by the House in bipartisan vote - Los Angeles Times [08:37] TR News "As someone who values autonomy, freedom and self determination for all people as innate human rights" https://louplummer.lol/one-third-of-our-lives/ | Source: Lou Plummer [08:37] TR Bot One Third of Our Lives Living Out Loud [08:37] TR News "we had passed something like that once before. Then the House hit the snooze alarm on it, [so] well see what happens when it gets here." https://www.semafor.com/article/07/15/2026/daylight-saving-bill-hits-wall-in-senate | Source: Semafor Inc [08:38] TR Bot saving bill hits wall in Senate | Semafor [08:38] TR News "A few weeks ago I decided to be bold and put out there that I had itches I wanted to scratch." https://ohhelloana.blog/codebar-podcast/ | Source: Ana Rodrigues [08:38] TR Bot Oh Hello Ana - codebar Stories Podcast [08:39] TR News "Matt asked me a question recently about the end of my People and Blogs run." https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/on-planting-seeds | Source: Manuel Moreale [08:39] TR Bot On planting seeds Manu [08:39] TR News "Let me talk about his most famous work, the Chernoff Bounds themselves." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/07/herman-chernoff-1923-2026.html | Source: Computational Complexity [08:39] TR Bot Computational Complexity: Herman Chernoff (1923-2026) [08:39] TR News "The Fourier series is a great tool for analyzing periodic functions. But what about functions that dont repeat?" https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/notes-on-the-fourier-transform/ | Source: Eli Bendersky [08:39] TR Bot Notes on the Fourier Transform - Eli Bendersky's website [08:42] TR News "Here is our conversation, edited for clarity, brevity, and simplicitys sake." https://www.derekthompson.org/p/a-philosophers-one-word-theory-to | Source: Derek Thompson [08:42] TR Bot A Philosophers One-Word Theory to Explain Why the World Feels So Weird [08:42] TR News "I only wish I hadn't waited so long. The hardest part wasn't technical, it was tedious. And I can't shake the feeling that the tedium was totally by design." https://tarakiyee.com/an-afternoon-of-tedium-as-an-exit-tax/ | Source: Tara Tarakiyee [08:42] TR Bot An Afternoon of Tedium as an Exit Tax [08:42] TR News "You can copy the code in seconds, the rest you would need to rebuild from scratch in most cases. The people invoking the right to fork already know this." https://tarakiyee.com/fork-it-or-walk-away/ | Source: Tara Tarakiyee [08:42] TR Bot Fork It or Walk Away [08:42] TR News "Creation is the ultimate form of pursuing ourselves, giving to the world when shared, and using the power of our subconscious. It gives us joy and love, and to every artist, it is the ultimate (flow) state of happiness." https://www.ssp.sh/blog/on-creation/ | Source: Simon Spti [08:42] TR Bot Act and the Outcome of Creation | ssp.sh [08:43] TR News "Keep on blogging, even if it sometimes ends up blank." https://robertbirming.com/blank-blogging-counts/ | Source: Robert Birming [08:43] TR Bot Blank blogging counts too Robert Birming [08:43] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [08:44] TR News today [08:44] TR News "I started this blog-series to force myself to write more about my set up, and my continuous iterations. But it didnt happen until today! This post has been a long time coming, and I have kept the ideas in my head and notes." https://timharek.no/blog/kaizen-4/ | [08:44] TR Bot Kaizen #4: Overhauled homelab - Tim Hrek [08:44] TR News "Most people now run a small personal technology environment without calling it that. Passwords, backups, devices, domains, cloud storage, and recovery plans all need some basic ownership before something breaks." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/your-personal-tech-stack-needs-an-admin-even-if-that-admin-is-you/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [08:44] TR Bot Your Personal Tech Stack Needs an Admin - CybersecKyle [08:44] TR News "The standard OpenVINO deployment practices still apply. Convert the model when load latency matters, compile for the target device, cache compiled artefacts, and package the runtime explicitly." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/run-ultralytics-yolo-on-raspberry-pi-with-openvino/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:44] TR Bot Run Ultralytics YOLO on Raspberry Pi with OpenVINO - Raspberry Pi [08:44] TR News "In many cases, only the graphical interface has failed." https://ostechnix.com/linux-desktop-startup-recovery-guide/ | Source: OSTechNix [08:44] TR Bot Desktop Startup Recovery: A Beginner's Guide - OSTechNix [08:45] TR News (NEW): COSMIC 1.3 Desktop Environment Released with Frosted Glass Effect https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/COSMIC_1_3_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_Frosted_Glass_Effe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/COSMIC_1_3_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_Frosted_Glass_Effe.gmi [08:45] TR Bot Tux Machines COSMIC 1.3 Desktop Environment Released with Frosted Glass Effect [08:48] TR News (NEW): Blender 5.2 LTS Released with New Fill Tool and Thin Wall Mode, Other Changes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Blender_5_2_LTS_Released_with_New_Fill_Tool_and_Thin_Wall_Mode_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Blender_5_2_LTS_Released_with_New_Fill_Tool_and_Thin_Wall_Mode_.gmi [08:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Blender 5.2 LTS Released with New Fill Tool and Thin Wall Mode, Other Changes [08:53] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software / Programming / Standards Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Programming_Standards_Lefto.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Programming_Standards_Lefto.gmi [08:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software / Programming / Standards Leftovers [08:55] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [08:55] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [08:57] TR News (NEW): Windows vs. Linux gaming: Test reveals clear winner, but community disagrees https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Windows_vs_Linux_gaming_Test_reveals_clear_winner_but_community.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Windows_vs_Linux_gaming_Test_reveals_clear_winner_but_community.gmi [08:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Windows vs. Linux gaming: Test reveals clear winner, but community disagrees [08:58] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 16/07/2026: Photography, Agility, and "Today I have Truly Become a Linux User." https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/Gemini_Links_16_07_2026_Photography_Agility_and_Today_I_have_Tr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/Gemini_Links_16_07_2026_Photography_Agility_and_Today_I_have_Tr.gmi [08:58] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 16/07/2026: Photography, Agility, and "Today I have Truly Become a Linux User." ● Jul 16 [09:01] TR News Techrights Links 16/07/2026: Solar Greenwashing by Energy-Wasting GAFAM and Growing Concerns About Harm by Social Control Media https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/Links_16_07_2026_Solar_Greenwashing_by_Energy_Wasting_GAFAM_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/16/Links_16_07_2026_Solar_Greenwashing_by_Energy_Wasting_GAFAM_and.gmi [09:01] TR Bot Techrights Links 16/07/2026: Solar Greenwashing by Energy-Wasting GAFAM and Growing Concerns About Harm by Social Control Media [09:05] TR News (NEW): I removed GNOME and my laptop battery lasted 40 minutes longer this is what I replaced it with https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/I_removed_GNOME_and_my_laptop_battery_lasted_40_minutes_longer_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/I_removed_GNOME_and_my_laptop_battery_lasted_40_minutes_longer_.gmi [09:05] TR Bot Tux Machines I removed GNOME and my laptop battery lasted 40 minutes longer this is what I replaced it with [09:09] TR News (NEW): I switched to COSMIC and discovered the dual-monitor workspace feature KDE should have shipped with https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/I_switched_to_COSMIC_and_discovered_the_dual_monitor_workspace_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/I_switched_to_COSMIC_and_discovered_the_dual_monitor_workspace_.gmi [09:09] TR Bot Tux Machines I switched to COSMIC and discovered the dual-monitor workspace feature KDE should have shipped with [09:12] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:14] TR News (NEW): Pickford's Error https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Pickford_s_Error.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Pickford_s_Error.gmi [09:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Pickford's Error [09:18] TR News "I play competitive FPS games, so low latency, consistent frame times and high FPS matter to me." https://marco-nett.de/blog/measuring-input-latency-on-linux-x11-vs-wayland-vrr-dxvk/ | [09:18] TR Bot Measuring input latency on Linux: X11 vs Wayland, VRR, and DXVK - Marco Nett [09:18] TR News [Old] "I first heard about Plan 9 on sdf.org, the Public Access UNIX system I've been a basic member of for a few years" https://dead.garden/blog/one-week-of-using-plan-9.html | Source: Johanna-Mathilda Langenhan [09:18] TR Bot week of using Plan 9 | dead.garden [09:18] TR News "Teaching others about FreeBSD and helping it grow doesnt require a developer background" https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/represent-freebsd-in-your-community/ | Source: FreeBSD [09:18] TR Bot Represent FreeBSD in Your Community | FreeBSD Foundation [09:19] TR News "But then, Kubuntu 26.04 got released. I actually liked it quite some." https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kubuntu-24-04-nice.html | Source: Dedoimedo [09:19] TR Bot Kubuntu 24.04 has finally become really neat [09:19] TR News "It'll make life so much better" https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-512/ | Source: Troy Hunt [09:19] TR Bot Troy Hunt: Weekly Update 512: IoT Lockout Fail [09:20] TR News "In January 2026, Pebble Round 2 was announced." https://merecivilian.com/cancelled-my-pebble-round-2-pre-order/ | Source: Mere Civilian [09:20] TR Bot Cancelled my Pebble Round 2 Pre-Order [09:20] TR News "He provides a cutout diagram for pieces that" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/15/cut-and-fold-your-3d-printers-next-cover/ | Source: Hackaday [09:20] TR Bot And Fold Your 3D Printers Next Cover | Hackaday [09:22] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:23] TR News "While looking around for a "Safe-Toy" alternative, we found a number of projects attempting to bring comparable ease of use to a GRUB multi-boot system on a similar removable drive." https://codeberg.org/aol/trusty-boot-key | Source: Codeberg [09:23] TR Bot Set up a flash drive to "multi-boot" OS images from a menu. - Codeberg.org [09:23] TR News "Two weeks ago I wrote that CIDER 2.0 was brewing. Today the brew is ready - CIDER 2.0 (Terceira) is officially out!" https://metaredux.com/posts/2026/07/15/cider-2-0.html | Source: Bozhidar Batsov [09:23] TR Bot CIDER 2.0: Sky is the Limit | Meta Redux [09:24] TR News "Draw-what now?" https://metaredux.com/posts/2026/07/14/lowering-the-drawbridge.html | Source: Bozhidar Batsov [09:24] TR Bot Lowering the Drawbridge | Meta Redux [09:24] TR News "Let me take you on a journey through the different kinds of analytics tools Ive used: [...]" https://danq.me/2026/07/15/no-stats/ | Source: Dan Q [09:24] TR Bot How I (Dont) Collect Blog Statistics Dan Q [09:24] TR News "The new report, Over The Edge 2.0: Do Microsofts Design Tactics Still Compromise Free Browser Choice?" https://research.mozilla.org/browser-competition/over-the-edge-2/ | Source: Mozilla [09:24] TR Bot Over the Edge 2.0: Microsofts Design Tactics Still Undermine Browser Choice - Mozilla Research [09:25] TR News "How does the database decide on the order, when it is not specified? Does it matter and when?" https://binaryigor.com/the-order-of-data.html | Source: Igor Roztropiski [09:25] TR Bot The Order of Data: defaults, performance, determinism & paging [09:25] TR News "put AI everywhere to the point..." https://ljpuk.net/posts/giving-up-on-an-audience | Source: Lee Peterson [09:25] TR Bot Giving up on an audience - LJPUK [09:26] TR News "This year, LRC is looking at the past as an inspiration for the future." https://lrc.cs.dartmouth.edu/ | [09:26] TR Bot Low Resource Computing [09:26] TR News "What matters is the kind of sovereignty being pursued" https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/many-sovereignties-one-internet/ | Source: RIPE [09:26] TR Bot Many Sovereignties, One Internet | RIPE Labs [09:26] TR News "The dialog implementation was the last piece of GNU GPL licensed software in FreeBSD's base system." https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-16-Goes-GPL-Free | Source: Phoronix [09:26] TR Bot 16 Retires The Last Of Its GPL Code From Its Base System - Phoronix [09:27] TR News "Two consecutive titles on the HN front page yesterday had a 6 in them." https://blog.omgmog.net/post/most-popular-numbers-in-hn-post-titles/ | Source: Max Glenister [09:27] TR Bot What's the most popular number in Hacker News titles? Max Glenister [09:27] TR News "Insta is extracted from Herbs test suite" https://marcoroth.dev/posts/introducing-insta-snapshot-testing-for-ruby | Source: Marco Roth [09:27] TR Bot Introducing Insta: Snapshot Testing for Ruby | Marco Roth [09:27] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [09:27] TR News "If you ever get your project to build, you may someday want others to see it." https://raymyers.org/post/cpp-worse-every-year/ | Source: Ray Myers [09:27] TR Bot C++ Gets Worse Every Year [09:27] TR News "CSS is not a very good programming language." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/15/doom-runs-slowly-in-a-ibm-pc-compatible-css-sheet/ | Source: Hackaday [09:28] TR Bot Runs (slowly) In A IBM PC-Compatible CSS Sheet | Hackaday [09:28] TR News "A working secrets-management baseline for side projects: keep credentials out of Git, scope production access, scan before pushing, and respond correctly when a key leaks." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/cyberseckyle-security-how-to-series-power-user-and-small-team-part-3-secrets-management-101-for-side-projects/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [09:28] TR Bot Secrets Management 101 for Side Projects - CybersecKyle [09:28] TR News "which leads to the other weird thing about null. the idea of pointer types in most languages is that a pointer could have any value, except for one, that being the null pointer." https://sebsite.pw/w/20260715-null.html | Source: Sebastian [09:28] TR Bot i've been thinking about null pointers [09:28] TR News [Old] "In this post, youll learn how to build a lightweight HindleyMilner type checker in Haskell. No advanced theory is required." https://www.andrevdm.com/posts/2025-05-29-simple-hm-in-practice.html | [09:28] TR Bot Andre's Blog [09:28] TR News [Old] "Loop analysis is a key component of static analysis tools. Unfortunately, there are several rare edge cases. As a tool moves from academic prototype to production-ready, obscure cases can and do occur." https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/33426/ | [09:28] TR Bot City Research Online - Misconceptions about Loops in C [09:28] TR News "Heres a small piece of syntactic sugar from C++20." https://lzon.ca/posts/tips/cpp-for-range-init/ | [09:28] TR Bot How C++20 improved the for-loop syntax [09:29] TR News "One of the fun things about being a programmer is that as I look more into systems that I didnt know much about, what superficially appears to be a simple system actually reveals interesting facets of underlying complexity." https://typesanitizer.com/blog/job-queues.html | Source: Varun Gandhi [09:29] TR Bot Job queues are deceptively tricky [09:29] TR News "One design choice in C that now feels outdatedand arguably one of its biggest mistakesis the use of null-terminated strings. " https://longtran2904.substack.com/p/c-strings-a-50-year-mistake | [09:29] TR Bot C Strings: A 50-Year Mistake - by Trn Thnh Long [09:29] TR News "In my previous article I introduced Podlite as a block-based markup language." https://www.perl.com/article/three-ways-to-write-a-table-in-podlite/ | Source: Perl [09:29] TR Bot Three ways to write a table in Podlite [09:29] TR News "Using proteomics, we often want to compare two experimental groups." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/eruption-announcing-new-r-package-volcanoplotr/ | Source: Rlang [09:29] TR Bot announcing new R package VolcanoPlotR | R-bloggers [09:30] TR News "Goodness thats a lot of stuff!" https://nelsonslog.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/a-modern-http-request/ | [09:30] TR Bot A modern HTTP request Nelson's log [09:47] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@wvbkkdpxq9vtg.irc) has joined #techrights [09:53] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:57] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@wvbkkdpxq9vtg.irc) has joined #techrights 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https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/dollars [14:44] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Dollars [14:48] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@wvbkkdpxq9vtg.irc) has joined #techrights [14:52] TR News "Medieval tournaments may have looked like chaotic contests, but by the fifteenth century they were governed by increasingly detailed rules." https://www.medievalists.net/2026/07/the-rules-medieval-tournament/ | Source: Medievalists.net [14:52] TR Bot Rules of a Medieval Tournament - Medievalists.net [14:52] TR News "I read Joel's post today about how he keeps track of his gaming." https://www.jamesleighton.com/gaming-diary/ | Source: James Leighton [14:52] TR Bot My Gaming Diary James Leighton [14:53] TR News "Decided to share the different ways I use to track my playtime on different platforms, including a surprise, an awesome tracker for the PSP!" https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/how-i-keep-track-of-my-gaming/ | Source: Joel Chrono [14:53] TR Bot How I keep track of my gaming [14:53] TR News "The RP2354B combines dual 150MHz Arm Cortex-M33 cores with dual Hazard3 RISC-V cores." https://linuxgizmos.com/clintech-pico-board-exposes-all-48-rp2354b-gpios-in-pico-compatible-form-factor/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:53] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/clintech-pico-board-exposes-all-48-rp2354b-gpios-in-pico-compatible-form-factor/ ) [14:54] TR News Thief: Gold enters the GOG Preservation Program after the first community vote | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/thief-gold-enters-the-gog-preservation-program-after-the-first-community-vote/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:54] TR Bot Gold enters the GOG Preservation Program after the first community vote | GamingOnLinux [14:54] TR News Linux creator Linus Torvalds puts foot down on anti-AI comments | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-puts-foot-down-on-anti-ai-comments/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:54] TR Bot creator Linus Torvalds puts foot down on anti-AI comments | GamingOnLinux [14:55] TR News GOG throws shade at Sony with "download it and save it forever" message | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-throws-shade-at-sony-with-download-it-and-save-it-forever-message/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-throws-shade-at-sony-with-download-it-and-save-it-forever-message/ [14:55] TR Bot throws shade at Sony with "download it and save it forever" message | GamingOnLinux [14:56] TR News How to Install ReactJS on Ubuntu 26.04 | LinuxCloudVPS Blog https://www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/how-to-install-reactjs-on-ubuntu-26-04/ Source: Linux Cloud VPS | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/how-to-install-reactjs-on-ubuntu-26-04/ [14:56] TR Bot to Install ReactJS on Ubuntu 26.04 | LinuxCloudVPS Blog [14:57] TR News IBM Red Hat is promoting slop, a pyramid scheme: "Smallest, fastest, limited reasoning" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/demystifying-agentic-ai-how-build-production-ready-aiops-open-source-models | Source: Red Hat Official [14:57] TR Bot Demystifying agentic AI: How to build production-ready AIOps with open source models [14:57] TR News Slop all day long from IBM Red Hat, a foundering company https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/physical-ai-physical-operations-are-broken-new-kind-intelligence-needed | Source: Red Hat Official [14:57] TR Bot Physical AI: Physical operations are broken, a new kind of intelligence is needed [14:57] TR News "edge" buzzword https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/two-node-openshift-fencing-improves-reliability-edge | Source: Red Hat Official [14:57] TR Bot Two-node OpenShift with fencing improves reliability at the edge [14:58] TR News Red Hat infatuated with slop because IBM is desperate to fake novelty https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/moving-poc-production-delivering-real-business-value-red-hat-ai-34 | Source: Red Hat Official [14:58] TR Bot Moving from PoC to production: Delivering real business value with Red Hat AI 3.4 [14:58] TR News You're the crew of the world's worst airline in Dear Passengers and it looks hilarious | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/youre-the-crew-of-the-worlds-worst-airline-in-dear-passengers-and-it-looks-hilarious/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:58] TR Bot the crew of the world's worst airline in Dear Passengers and it looks hilarious | GamingOnLinux [14:59] TR News Get some fun co-op games with the Squad Goals Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/get-some-fun-co-op-games-with-the-squad-goals-humble-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:59] TR Bot some fun co-op games with the Squad Goals Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ● Jul 16 [15:01] *superkuh (~superkuh@user/superkuh) has joined #techrights [15:02] TR News It looks like iFixit won't be getting any more Steam Deck LCD spare parts | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/it-looks-like-ifixit-wont-be-getting-any-more-steam-deck-lcd-spare-parts/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:02] TR Bot looks like iFixit won't be getting any more Steam Deck LCD spare parts | GamingOnLinux [15:02] TR News Valve adds a "Great on Machine" section to the Steam Machine library | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-adds-a-great-on-machine-section-to-the-steam-machine-library/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:02] TR Bot adds a "Great on Machine" section to the Steam Machine library | GamingOnLinux [15:02] TR News "Rdflaggning ett straff utan rttslig prvning" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/07/15/rodflaggning-ett-straff-utan-rattslig-provning/ [15:02] TR Bot Rdflaggning ett straff utan rttslig prvning [15:02] TR News "The unfireable mayor behind Texas' WORST data center" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/the-unfireable-mayor-behind-texas'-worst:6b [15:02] 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[15:08] TR News "Trump relished in being compared to dictators like Hitler and Stalin, journalist says" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5893633 [15:08] TR Bot Trump relished in being compared to dictators like Hitler and Stalin, journalist says [15:08] TR News "Chat Control wins in Europe: you don't hate your government enough" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/chat-control-wins-in-europe-you-don't:9 [15:08] TR Bot Chat Control wins in Europe: you don't hate your government enough [15:08] TR News [paywall] "The Government Tried to Cancel Colleges Grants. Now Its Rewriting the Rules for Awarding Them." https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-government-tried-to-cancel-colleges-grants-now-its-rewriting-the-rules-for-awarding-them [15:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-government-tried-to-cancel-colleges-grants-now-its-rewriting-the-rules-for-awarding-them ) [15:09] TR News iophk: I guess Linus remains broken, after what was done to him years ago https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/15/linus-torvalds-tells-ai-haters-to-fork-off/5271894 [15:09] TR Bot Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to fork off [15:11] TR News Torvalds: slop is 90% hype. Slop companies: let's bribe Torvalds' employers. Money changes hands. Torvalds: no more criticism of slop is allowed. Same with the media. Follow the money. The pyramid scheme is compromising critics. [15:14] TR News Oracle 10.2 https://distrowatch.com/oracle [15:14] TR Bot Oracle Linux [15:14] TR News (NEW): Games: PSP, Gaming Diary, Medieval Tournaments, GOG, and GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Games_PSP_Gaming_Diary_Medieval_Tournaments_GOG_and_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Games_PSP_Gaming_Diary_Medieval_Tournaments_GOG_and_GNU_Linux.gmi [15:14] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/16/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [15:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: PSP, Gaming Diary, Medieval Tournaments, GOG, and GNU/Linux [15:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [15:14] TR News Hack|Track 2026.1-rc22 https://distrowatch.com/hacktrack [15:14] TR Bot <