●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, July 20, 2026 ●● ● Jul 20 [00:03] nobody sigh [00:03] nobody finally this soccer nonsense is over [00:04] nobody music jingle sing sang was annoying the most [00:05] nobody hohehoe lalalala [00:05] nobody awful [00:10] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:15] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.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 ● Jul 20 [01:16] IsambardPrince MinceR: I posted about what it was like working in a "rent to own" store almost 20 years ago for a few weeks. [01:17] *nobody has quit (Quit: connection closed.) [01:28] admfubar https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/19/0631207/former-richard-stallman-colleague-now-argues-for-open-ai-models-too [01:28] TR Bot Former Richard Stallman Colleague Now Argues for Open AI Models Too - Slashdot [01:29] admfubar https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/19/236218/dozens-of-robotaxi-riders-are-falling-asleep-sparking-frantic-calls-for-emergency-services [01:29] TR Bot Dozens of Robotaxi Riders Are Falling Asleep, Sparking Frantic Calls For Emergency Services - Slashdot [01:29] admfubar https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/19/046258/are-there-cybersecurity-risks-in-over-the-air-tech-used-in-autos [01:29] TR Bot Are There Cybersecurity Risks in Over-the-Air Tech Used in Autos? - Slashdot [01:31] admfubar https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/18/0327200/new-study-links-teen-boys-adhd-symptoms-to-addictive-social-media-use [01:31] TR Bot New Study Links Teen Boys' ADHD Symptoms To Addictive Social Media Use - Slashdot [01:31] MinceR > We have run this experiment before. We know how it turns out. [01:31] MinceR yeah, microslop took over and shat all over the results; people gave up on freedom [01:34] admfubar https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/thousands-of-google-workers-sign-petition-calling-for-layoff-protections [01:34] TR Bot Thousands of Google workers sign petition seeking layoff protections [01:36] admfubar coke aint it... https://www.securityweek.com/coca-cola-suspends-us-fairlife-production-due-to-ransomware-attack/ [01:36] TR Bot Suspends US Fairlife Production Due to Ransomware Attack - SecurityWeek [01:54] admfubar https://www.phoronix.com/news/Last-MPEG-4-Patent-Expired [01:54] TR Bot Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired - Phoronix [01:56] admfubar https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Hurd-Q2-2026 [01:56] TR Bot Hurd Makes Progress On AArch64, Writing Translators In Rust - Phoronix ● Jul 20 [02:05] admfubar https://www.osnews.com/story/145548/follow-the-money-especially-in-open-source/ [02:05] TR Bot the money, especially in open source OSnews [02:06] admfubar https://www.neowin.net/opinions/welcome-to-the-end-of-budget-smartphones--thanks-to-ai/ [02:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/opinions/welcome-to-the-end-of-budget-smartphones--thanks-to-ai/ ) [02:10] admfubar https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/07/what-science-loses-when-t-rex-becomes-a-trophy.html [02:10] TR Bot What Science Loses When T. Rex Becomes a Trophy | naked capitalism [02:15] admfubar https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Did-Scientists-Just-Solve-The-Biggest-Mystery-Holding-Back-Solid-State-Batteries.html [02:15] TR Bot Scientists Just Solve The Biggest Mystery Holding Back Solid-State Batteries? | OilPrice.com [02:16] MinceR \_()_/ [02:19] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2026/07/15/mayor-mamdani-announces-click-to-cancel-rule-aimed-at-companies-like-adobe/ [02:19] TR Bot Mamdani Announces 'Click-to-Cancel' Rule Aimed at Companies Like Adobe | PetaPixel [02:25] IsambardPrince I just got 48 beers for free. [02:25] IsambardPrince It's also my favorite. [02:44] admfubar https://www.reddit.com/r/Cisco/comments/1tccgld/cisco_is_laying_off_about_4000_employees/ [02:44] TR Bot - Please wait for verification [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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SoylentNews ● Jul 20 [03:00] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/17/1611241 [03:00] TR Bot NTP Server That Traveled Back In Time Caused Massive Aussie Mobile Outage - SoylentNews [03:03] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:28] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@wvbkkdpxq9vtg.irc) has joined #techrights [03:52] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 19th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_July_19th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_July_19th_2026.gmi [03:52] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 19th, 2026 [03:56] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 19, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_July_19_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_July_19_2026.gmi [03:56] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 19, 2026 [03:57] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:58] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:58] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... ● Jul 20 [04:03] *yellow-pillow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:08] TR News Techrights Daniel Pocock "[t]he Australian Taking on Nigel Farage from Down Under" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Daniel_Pocock_t_he_Australian_Taking_on_Nigel_Farage_from_Down_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Daniel_Pocock_t_he_Australian_Taking_on_Nigel_Farage_from_Down_.gmi [04:08] TR Bot Techrights Daniel Pocock "[t]he Australian Taking on Nigel Farage from Down Under" [04:08] TR News Hearthstone Game Director Leaves Blizzard https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/07/20/geimdirektor-hearthstone-usel-iz-blizzard.html [04:08] TR Bot Hearthstone Game Director Leaves Blizzard [04:10] TR News Many Xbox studio managers hate Game Pass, and Microsoft may stop adding games to the subscription on release - insider https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/07/19/mnogie-menedzery-xbox-nenavidiat-game-pass-i-mogut-otkazatsia-ot-dobavleniia-igr-na-relize-insaid.html [04:10] TR Bot Many Xbox studio managers hate Game Pass, and Microsoft may stop adding games to the subscription on release - insider [04:11] TR News SJVN pushing SLOP because LF pays him to https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/ [04:11] TR Bot Home | Open Source Watch [04:23] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Approaching International Average in Djibouti https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/GNU_Linux_Approaching_International_Average_in_Djibouti.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/GNU_Linux_Approaching_International_Average_in_Djibouti.gmi [04:23] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Approaching International Average in Djibouti [04:30] *Goblin (~use@anjxxfe7gqque.irc) has joined #techrights [04:46] TR News Techrights Microsoft Loses XBox Lawsuit, But There Are More https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Microsoft_Loses_XBox_Lawsuit_But_There_Are_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Microsoft_Loses_XBox_Lawsuit_But_There_Are_More.gmi [04:46] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Loses XBox Lawsuit, But There Are More [04:59] TR News On IBM: "How the mighty have fallen" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxkyye5 [04:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxkyye5 ) [04:59] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux at 6% in Spain https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/GNU_Linux_at_6_in_Spain.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/GNU_Linux_at_6_in_Spain.gmi [04:59] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux at 6% in Spain ● Jul 20 [05:00] TR News "So I understand, what could IBM / Arvind be found liable about this situation? For example, I could see catching IBM executives unloading their shares prior to the announcement. What else?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxrda09x "hopefully the uncover many other things we all know go down." [05:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxrda09x ) [05:00] TR News On IBM: "Exactly this. As a company, were remarkably unaware and lack self awareness of how were perceived by everyone else. We very much like the smell of our own farts" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxt353tj [05:00] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxt353tj ) [05:01] TR News "Why would it drop 30% in a few days? I could understand a 10% drop at most. 700 Million is a large miss but what else are they hiding that would make the company lose 70 billion in a few days? If Krabanaugh is cooking the books and Alvind knew too. Both of them need to be held accountable" [05:01] TR News "Wall Street was spooked last week because they dont know if IBMs hybrid cloud strategy is for real (justifying a 300 dollar stock price) or just a story IBM cant stand behind (justifying a much lower price). Wall Street was buying the hybrid cloud story until IBMs preannounce last week, and now its pricing the stock as a legacy mainframe company instead. (Eg the hybrid cloud premium went poof)" [05:06] TR News "Sarah E. Needleman sold her journalistic soul...for IBM's Arvind? Girl, have some professional self respect." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxrswtf3 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/19/Journalists_Who_Help_IBM_Cover_Up_Fraud.shtml [05:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxrswtf3 ) [05:06] TR Bot Techrights 'Journalists' Who Help IBM Cover Up Fraud [05:24] TR News Techrights IBM's Control of the Media "Just Showed What Taking Accountability Does Not Look Like" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/IBM_s_Control_of_the_Media_Just_Showed_What_Taking_Accountabili.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/IBM_s_Control_of_the_Media_Just_Showed_What_Taking_Accountabili.gmi [05:24] TR Bot Techrights IBM's Control of the Media "Just Showed What Taking Accountability Does Not Look Like" [05:30] TR News not carried together gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/not_carried_together [05:31] TR News "Last night at a music festival, during the set for Matchbox 20 Rob Thomas made a comment about how he started the band not thinking that one day their music would become nostalgia for a generation." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/gemlog.py/post/the-era-of-nostalgia [05:31] TR News "I took lack of such crossover in my own hands and this is a result. I hope to write more soon, in meantime please leave as much criticism as you can. I hope to be mostly follow mechanics of both universes, so if I have forgot something or you simply disagree please write." gemini://namno.duckdns.org/blog/2026-07-20.gmi [05:32] TR News The Hitchhikers Guide to the Dark Web and Beyond gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-07-20_the_guide_to_the_web.gmi [05:36] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 20/07/2026: Dungeon Meshi/Undertale Crossover, "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Dark Web and Beyond" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Gemini_Links_20_07_2026_Dungeon_Meshi_Undertale_Crossover_The_H.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Gemini_Links_20_07_2026_Dungeon_Meshi_Undertale_Crossover_The_H.gmi [05:36] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 20/07/2026: Dungeon Meshi/Undertale Crossover, "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Dark Web and Beyond" [05:48] TR News Techrights "Samsung Recently Projected a 19-fold Surge in Second-Quarter Operating Profit", Now There Are Mass Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Samsung_Recently_Projected_a_19_fold_Surge_in_Second_Quarter_Op.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Samsung_Recently_Projected_a_19_fold_Surge_in_Second_Quarter_Op.gmi [05:48] TR Bot Techrights "Samsung Recently Projected a 19-fold Surge in Second-Quarter Operating Profit", Now There Are Mass Layoffs [05:54] TR News Techrights Daniel Pocock in The Guardian This Morning https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Daniel_Pocock_in_The_Guardian_This_Morning.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Daniel_Pocock_in_The_Guardian_This_Morning.gmi [05:54] TR Bot Techrights Daniel Pocock in The Guardian This Morning ● Jul 20 [06:02] TR News Aral Balkan hasn't posted at all since last year. We would rather not speculate as to why. https://ar.al/ [06:02] TR Bot Aral Balkan [06:03] TR News "...though two of the possibilities remain health and aftermath of censorship" [06:33] IsambardPrince https://www.ramseysolutions.com/debt/digital-installment-plans [06:33] TR Bot What Is Buy Now, Pay Later? And Why You Should Avoid It - Ramsey [06:33] TR News (NEW): Seven Years of COVID-19 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Seven_Years_of_COVID_19.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Seven_Years_of_COVID_19.gmi [06:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Seven Years of COVID-19 [06:33] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Yeah, I remember seeing my first sign for Affirm. [06:33] IsambardPrince I think it was in Best Buy. [06:33] IsambardPrince It's one of those things that makes you wonder why they didn't think of it before. [06:33] IsambardPrince It's deeply harmful, subprime, predatory, and comes dressed up as "0% financing". [06:39] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: You always become the thing you hate the most. [06:42] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Walmart and Sam's Club have started using "Performance Improvement Plans" too. [06:42] IsambardPrince It's a code for "We want rid of this person and this phrase makes it look like we're helping them avoid what's coming." [06:43] IsambardPrince If your boss comes out and says you're on a Performance Improvement Plan, don't sass them or they'll probably fire you right now. [06:43] IsambardPrince Plan on not having a job in a month or two. [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] Affirm? [06:43] schestowitz[TR2] us talk for? [06:44] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: It's one of about 8 major Buy Now Pay Later companies. [06:44] IsambardPrince Affirm, Klarna, AfterPay, Kaffeine, etc. [06:44] IsambardPrince It's a form of debt that doesn't check much except if you're over 18, have a phone number and a bank account. [06:44] IsambardPrince They pitch it as 0% interest pay in four plans. [06:45] IsambardPrince Then to the merchants they use figures like "We help you steer the customer to 40% higher checkout totals." [06:45] IsambardPrince Retailers pay them about 3-5% of the size of the plan because they know it gets people to spend more money than they want to. [06:46] IsambardPrince 0% interest isn't a favor, it's a sales tool. [06:46] IsambardPrince It's designed to overcome consumer objections to paying too much and to increase impulse purchases and basket sizes. [06:46] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [06:46] IsambardPrince I went to a mattress store and they offered 0% through Wells Fargo. Well, what's the harm? [06:47] IsambardPrince Turns out that it's a credit card. [06:47] IsambardPrince You open a credit card with WF, it's an open loop visa that has HassleLess Mattress's logo on it. [06:47] IsambardPrince They put the mattress through at 0%, but on a promo. [06:48] IsambardPrince The contract says you can split that mattress into 4-5 years of payments, at 0%, but if you pay late one time, you get a late payment fee, and it turns out that interest was being deferred. [06:48] IsambardPrince And at that point it all gets added back. [06:48] *kolie2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:49] IsambardPrince It turns out the credit card has an interest rate of 28.99%. [06:49] IsambardPrince I said "How odd that 0% interest would have a 28.99% interest rate. What's that for? [06:49] IsambardPrince So I kept reading and that's what it's for. ● Jul 20 [07:02] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). [07:04] schestowitz[TR2] It's a form of debt that doesn't check much except if you're over 18, have a phone number and a bank account. [07:04] schestowitz[TR2] sounds awful [07:07] *kolie2 (~not_kolie@z5m5x484fjn5y.irc) has joined #techrights [07:07] *Now talking on #techrights [07:07] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +n #techrights [07:07] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +t #techrights [07:11] TR News Techrights Technology and Gadgets Got Obese, Just Like Their Users https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Technology_and_Gadgets_Got_Obese_Just_Like_Their_Users.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Technology_and_Gadgets_Got_Obese_Just_Like_Their_Users.gmi [07:11] TR Bot Techrights Technology and Gadgets Got Obese, Just Like Their Users [07:22] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:25] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Financing agreements are always horrible. Especially the ones that go on for years. [07:25] IsambardPrince Who wants to be paying on a bed for five years? [07:26] IsambardPrince If anything happens where you miss a payment, the bank adds a late fee and all the interest that was deferred, then the interest continues accumulating at 28.99%. [07:36] TR News Techrights We Need Less Gadgets, More Humanity https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/We_Need_Less_Gadgets_More_Humanity.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/We_Need_Less_Gadgets_More_Humanity.gmi [07:36] TR Bot Techrights We Need Less Gadgets, More Humanity [07:39] schestowitz[TR2] Who wants to be paying on a bed for five years? [07:39] schestowitz[TR2] how much can a bed cost? [07:39] schestowitz[TR2] if it's not some "famous" brand [07:39] schestowitz[TR2] if it's under $1000 [07:39] schestowitz[TR2] then 5 years is... what? [07:39] schestowitz[TR2] $20 installments for 5 years? [07:39] schestowitz[TR2] 20x12x5 [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] then, after 5 years [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] with bad springs [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] you finally truly own... [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] the stained mattress? [07:43] IsambardPrince You're renting a $5,000 mattress from Wells Fargo. [07:43] IsambardPrince They let you use it. [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] renting? [07:58] TR News (NEW): Slowing Down With Links to Produce More Articles https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Slowing_Down_With_Links_to_Produce_More_Articles.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Slowing_Down_With_Links_to_Produce_More_Articles.gmi [07:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Slowing Down With Links to Produce More Articles ● Jul 20 [08:06] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:08] TR News Techrights Whistleblowers Keep Flowing https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Whistleblowers_Keep_Flowing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Whistleblowers_Keep_Flowing.gmi [08:08] TR Bot Techrights Whistleblowers Keep Flowing [08:13] TR News (NEW): Microsofts Formats Are the Real Cancer Redmond Blamed on FOSS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Microsoft_s_Formats_Are_the_Real_Cancer_Redmond_Blamed_on_FOSS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Microsoft_s_Formats_Are_the_Real_Cancer_Redmond_Blamed_on_FOSS.gmi [08:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsofts Formats Are the Real Cancer Redmond Blamed on FOSS [08:15] TR News (NEW): Geniatech XPI-3576-CM5 brings 6-TOPS RK3576 performance with Raspberry Pi CM5 compatibility https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Geniatech_XPI_3576_CM5_brings_6_TOPS_RK3576_performance_with_Ra.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Geniatech_XPI_3576_CM5_brings_6_TOPS_RK3576_performance_with_Ra.gmi [08:15] TR Bot Tux Machines Geniatech XPI-3576-CM5 brings 6-TOPS RK3576 performance with Raspberry Pi CM5 compatibility [08:18] TR News (NEW): Planet KDE: Whos responsible for bug reports on old software versions? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Planet_KDE_Who_s_responsible_for_bug_reports_on_old_software_ve.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Planet_KDE_Who_s_responsible_for_bug_reports_on_old_software_ve.gmi [08:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Planet KDE: Whos responsible for bug reports on old software versions? [08:20] TR News (NEW): Review: Smaller, community-oriented, open source solutions https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Review_Smaller_community_oriented_open_source_solutions.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Review_Smaller_community_oriented_open_source_solutions.gmi [08:20] TR Bot Tux Machines Review: Smaller, community-oriented, open source solutions [08:21] TR News Techrights In His Departure Post, Poul-Henning Kamp (phk) Explains Why Linus Torvalds is Full of "Hot Air" and Slop Bubbles https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/In_His_Departure_Post_Poul_Henning_Kamp_phk_Explains_Why_Linus_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/In_His_Departure_Post_Poul_Henning_Kamp_phk_Explains_Why_Linus_.gmi [08:21] TR Bot Techrights In His Departure Post, Poul-Henning Kamp (phk) Explains Why Linus Torvalds is Full of "Hot Air" and Slop Bubbles [08:23] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software 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News (NEW): Ubuntus desktop icons extension completes its GTK4 port https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Ubuntu_s_desktop_icons_extension_completes_its_GTK4_port.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Ubuntu_s_desktop_icons_extension_completes_its_GTK4_port.gmi [08:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntus desktop icons extension completes its GTK4 port [08:40] TR News Techrights When It Comes to Slop, Richard Stallman is Opposite of Linus Torvalds https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/When_It_Comes_to_Slop_Richard_Stallman_is_Opposite_of_Linus_Tor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/When_It_Comes_to_Slop_Richard_Stallman_is_Opposite_of_Linus_Tor.gmi [08:40] TR Bot Techrights When It Comes to Slop, Richard Stallman is Opposite of Linus Torvalds [08:45] TR News (NEW): Ditching Windows is the loudest feedback you can ever give Microsoft 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Wont Exist Without Collaborators and Enablers [08:58] TR News Techrights What a Difference Six Years Make... https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/What_a_Difference_Six_Years_Make.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/What_a_Difference_Six_Years_Make.gmi [08:58] TR Bot Techrights What a Difference Six Years Make... ● Jul 20 [09:03] TR News (NEW): Still Improving the Sites https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Still_Improving_the_Sites.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Still_Improving_the_Sites.gmi [09:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Still Improving the Sites ● Jul 20 [10:10] TR News (NEW): IPFire 2.29 Core Update 203 Firewall Distro Replaces Unbound with Knot Resolver https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_203_Firewall_Distro_Replaces_Unbound_wi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_203_Firewall_Distro_Replaces_Unbound_wi.gmi [10:10] TR Bot Tux Machines 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[10:48] *Now talking on #techrights [10:48] *jkl (~jkl@freenode/user/jkl) has joined #techrights [10:48] *ohama (ohama@freenode-0df.kav.vc6dkt.IP) has joined #techrights [10:48] *huggi (sid80718@joseon/user/huggi) has joined #techrights [10:48] *mekkis (~mekkis@freenode-lr1.k1k.96e19s.IP) has joined #techrights [10:48] *Adran (~adran@freenode-vmv.uk2.49h416.IP) has joined #techrights [10:49] *mekkis is now known as Guest65129 ● Jul 20 [11:50] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 153 ESR Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Mozilla_Firefox_153_ESR_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_Wh.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Mozilla_Firefox_153_ESR_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_Wh.gmi [11:50] TR Bot Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox 153 ESR Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New ● Jul 20 [12:00] *hvxgr__ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [12:02] *yellow-pillow (~yellow-pillow@wvbkkdpxq9vtg.irc) has joined #techrights [12:55] TR News "The Supreme Court justices are on summer recess, but a stack of copyright briefs will be waiting for them when they get back." https://copyrightlately.com/bmg-vetter-cert-amicus-briefs/ | Source: CopyrightLately [12:55] TR Bot Studios, Labels and Scholars Say the Fifth Circuit Botched Vetter | Copyright Lately [12:55] TR News "During the FIFA World Cup, law enforcement and private partners across multiple continents have seized or blocked well over a thousand pirate streaming domains" https://torrentfreak.com/fifa-world-cup-triggers-a-global-anti-piracy-crackdown/ | Source: Torrent Freak [12:55] TR Bot World Cup Triggers a Global Anti-Piracy Crackdown * TorrentFreak [12:56] TR News "IPv6 address planning is not fundamentally a resource allocation problem." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/20/ipv6-address-planning-from-bit-conservation-to-elegant-alignment/ | Source: APNIC [12:56] TR Bot IPv6 address planning: From bit conservation to elegant alignment | APNIC Blog [12:57] TR News "The network reiterated that the ICC, created by the 2002 Rome Statute" https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/international-civil-liberties-coalition-defends-icc-amid-us-dismantling-efforts/ | Source: JURIST [12:57] TR Bot International civil liberties coalition defends ICC amid US dismantling efforts - JURIST - News [12:57] TR News "In theory the Rust coreutils aim for 100% compatibility with GNU Coreutils and anything to the contrary is a bug." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/Ubuntu2604BuildEssentialAndUutils | Source: University of Toronto [12:58] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:58] TR News "The United States currently has no political movement adequate to that role." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/in-defense-of-liberal-conservatism | Source: Mike Brock [12:58] TR Bot In Defense of (Liberal) Conservatism - by Mike Brock [12:58] TR News "Apple was last valued at $4.88-trillion as its shares held steady, while Nvidia was roughly at $4.86-trillion" https://techcentral.co.za/apple-knocks-nvidia-off-its-perch/283896/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [12:58] TR Bot Apple knocks Nvidia off its perch [12:59] TR News "Forest department flags 23 Google Maps listings inside reserve forests in Kozhikode as misleading" https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/geo-tagging-of-forest-locations-raises-concerns-over-trespassing/article71241685.ece | Source: The Hindu [12:59] TR Bot Geo-tagging of States forest locations opens the doors for trespassers - The Hindu [12:59] TR News re https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/20/collaborators-and-enablers/ c.f. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yuppie-nuremberg+defense [12:59] TR Bot Urban Dictionary: yuppie-nuremberg defense [12:59] TR News "Signalbox plots every train moving across Britain in real time (or close to it)" https://boingboing.net/2026/07/16/live-map-of-britains-trains.html | Source: BoingBoing [12:59] TR Bot Live map of Britain's trains - Boing Boing [12:59] TR News "We come at this from different directions" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/crypto-corruption-trump-clarity-act-1235595388/ | Source: Rolling Stone [12:59] TR Bot Congress Must Stop Enabling Trump's Crypto Corruption ● Jul 20 [13:00] TR News "But conveniently I happened to have such a cable in my bag." https://danq.me/2026/07/19/you-saved-my-life/ | Source: Dan Q [13:00] TR Bot You saved my life! (or: how my kids briefly thought I was a superhero) Dan Q [13:00] TR News "According to AT5, helmets are increasingly common among cyclists in Amsterdam." https://nltimes.nl/2026/07/19/helmet-use-rising-among-dutch-cyclists-driven-older-riders-e-bike-users | Source: NL Times [13:00] TR Bot Helmet use is rising among Dutch cyclists, driven by older riders and e-bike users | NL Times [13:00] TR News "Of the 335,497 known flowering plant species included in the analysis, 9,945 qualified as EDGE species" https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-studying-earths-flowering-plants-issue-a-stark-warning-to-humanity | Source: Science Alert [13:00] TR Bot Studying Earth's Flowering Plants Issue a Stark Warning to Humanity : ScienceAlert [13:01] TR News "It is well known that the AMOC is a big player in the world's climate system, and that it is slowing down" https://www.sciencealert.com/a-major-ocean-current-is-weakening-scientists-say-the-effects-may-reach-california | Source: Science Alert [13:01] TR Bot Major Ocean Current Is On The Verge of Collapse. Scientists Say The Effects May Reach California : ScienceAlert [13:01] TR News "This acidic mixture attacks concrete, and the hydrogen peroxide causes steel to rust faster" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/climate-activists-microsoft-ai-data-center-acid-balloons | Source: Futurism [13:01] TR Bot Climate Activists Pelt Microsoft Data Center With Balloons Full of Acid [13:03] TR News "This will be a handy change less apps to maintain on some of my machines." https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/connect-built-into-screens/ | Source: Mike Rockwell [13:03] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/connect-built-into-screens/ ) [13:03] TR News "The entire financial system is a surveillance hellscape." https://nbtv.substack.com/p/most-of-you-wont-need-this-a-few | Source: Ludlow Institute [13:03] TR Bot Most of you wont need this. A few of you might need it badly. [13:03] TR News "Those who cut down Flock surveillance devices are regarded as folk heroes" https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-surveillance-backlash-audio-distress-screaming-police | Source: Futurism [13:03] TR Bot In Light of Overwhelming Backlash, Flock Cancels Creepy Audio Surveillance Feature [13:04] TR News "Its safe to say that Meta executives were furious after Wired published its investigation." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-exec-describes-facial-recognition-feature | Source: Futurism [13:04] TR Bot Top Meta Exec Describes Controversial Facial Recognition Feature in Detail After the Company Claimed It Didnt Exist [13:07] TR News "Here is the breakdown of how it works." https://sec.okta.com/articles/2026/06/openssl-hollowbtye-a-dos-hiding-in-11-bytes/ | [13:07] TR Bot OpenSSL HollowByte: A DoS Hiding in 11 Bytes | Okta Security [13:07] TR News "The Tates are being held in federal detention following their arrest on Saturday." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/miami-influencer-united-kingdom-romania-england-b3017888.html | Source: The Independent UK [13:07] TR Bot Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate expected in Miami court | The Independent [13:08] TR News Social Control Media https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/opinion/ai-attention-social-media-attachment.html | Source: New York Times [13:08] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/opinion/ai-attention-social-media-attachment.html ) [13:08] TR News "I am a skeptic of the utility of LLM in software development." https://www.softwaremaxims.com/blog/reviewing-ai-code | Source: Thomas Depierre [13:08] TR Bot Reviewing AI Code Is Not A Viable Argument | Musings about software [13:08] TR News "Many of these companies are unimaginably deep in the red when it comes to AI" https://www.osnews.com/story/145548/follow-the-money-especially-in-open-source/ | Source: OS News [13:08] TR Bot the money, especially in open source OSnews [13:09] TR News "But lets double check those numbers." https://www.dgriffinjones.com/extraordinary/electrek.html | Source: D Griffin Jones [13:09] TR Bot Shaming Electrek On Their AI Bullshit | D. Griffin Jones [13:09] TR News "A one day task turned into a two day task because I'm not buying $7 SD cards for $45, out of principle." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/sd/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [13:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/sd/ ) [13:10] TR News "Prompt injections" https://www.wired.com/story/prompt-injection-attacks-are-thwarting-ai-hacking-agents/ | Source: Wired [13:10] TR Bot Injection Attacks Are Thwarting AI Hacking Agents | WIRED [13:10] TR News "Prices for memory chips have skyrocketed in recent months" https://www.semafor.com/article/07/19/2026/ai-memory-shortage-puts-pressure-on-governments-to-act | Source: Semafor Inc [13:10] TR Bot memory shortage puts pressure on governments to act | Semafor [13:10] TR News "It may seem odd for the guy who created Hinge to disparage algorithmic feeds and swiping" https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/the-founder-of-hinge-raised-18m-to-build-a-new-ai-dating-service-overtone/ | Source: TechCrunch [13:10] TR Bot founder of Hinge raised $18M to build a new AI dating service, Overtone | TechCrunch [13:11] TR News "not a dating app" https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-mcleod-ceo-online-dating-overtone-app | Source: Futurism [13:11] TR Bot AI-Pilled Tech CEO Convinced He Has the Perfect Solution for Online Dating, Announces Harebrained App Idea [13:11] TR News "Artificial intelligence is no longer merely a science-fiction scenario it is reshaping how we work" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2990445/things-could-drift-toward-black-mirror-lithuania-s-ai-pioneer-on-digital-twins | Source: LRT [13:11] TR Bot Things could drift toward Black Mirror: Lithuanias AI pioneer on digital twins - LRT [13:15] TR News EPO Series: "A Tale of Two Antnios" - Good news. Part 29 is finally on the way. Please note that there are two video clips associated with this part which will be sent by separate mails. In other words: a total of three "Chunks" relating to this part. [13:17] TR News Danish MEP Karin Melchior has read techrights for a long time and even talked to us a few times. [13:26] TR News "We have been following issues with Hikvision cameras for a long, long time." https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33164 | Source: SANS [13:26] TR Bot Scans for Hikvision Intelligent Security API - SANS ISC [13:27] TR News "Finland is Preparing to Hide an Entire City Underground" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/19/034232 unfortunately there is more than just the one city in Finland ... [13:27] TR Bot Finland is Preparing to Hide an Entire City Underground - SoylentNews [13:28] TR News "In a new paper published in Behavioral Sciences" https://www.sciencealert.com/modern-life-may-be-pushing-human-minds-beyond-their-limits-reflecting-an-evolutionary-mismatch | Source: Science Alert [13:28] TR Bot Not Just You: Scientists Say Modern Life Is Pushing The Human Mind Beyond Its Limits : ScienceAlert [13:28] TR News "The researchers identified the six most common mutant KRAS (mKRAS) variations in PDAC tumors" https://www.the-scientist.com/a-pancreatic-cancer-vaccine-shows-promise-in-a-phase-1-clinical-trial-74762 | Source: LabX Media Group [13:28] TR Bot A Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in a Phase 1 Clinical Trial | The Scientist [13:30] TR News "Other notable entrants include actor-turned-activist Lawrence Fox, known for his anti-woke positions, alongside various independents and minor party hopefuls. Among the more unusual is Australian-born Daniel Pocock, a software engineer and self-described expert in cybersecurity and cryptocurrencies, who has thrown his hat into the ring." https://eualive.net/farage-pushes-for-public-judgement-over-deepening-financial-scandal/ [13:30] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://eualive.net/farage-pushes-for-public-judgement-over-deepening-financial-scandal/ ) [13:32] TR News "So I bought the cheapest desktop video projector I could find ($30)" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/the-eye-of-pizza-is-no-longer-upon-you/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [13:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/the-eye-of-pizza-is-no-longer-upon-you/ ) [13:33] TR News iophk: Linus should have followed that advice, but in revers. He should take is trademark and walk, leaving the M$ LF out in the cold. He'd have no trouble raising money if he were to ask the public, if that is a concern. https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/17/151212 [13:33] TR Bot Linus Torvalds Puts His Foot Down, Tells Anti-AI Programmers To 'Fork It' - and Then This Happened - SoylentNews [13:33] TR News "First released in July of 1976" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/19/remembering-the-zilog-z80-as-it-turns-fifty-years-old/ | Source: Hackaday [13:33] TR Bot The Zilog Z80 As It Turns Fifty Years Old | Hackaday [13:34] TR News "With Linus' employer, the Linux Foundation, spending less than 3% (and decreasing) of the Linux Foundation budget on Linux [techrights.org], and with him having been previously both cancelled and sent of for unneeded psychological treatment" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/17/151212#1448664 [13:34] TR Bot Linus Torvalds Puts His Foot Down, Tells Anti-AI Programmers To 'Fork It' - and Then This Happened - SoylentNews [13:34] TR News "and with him having been moved out of the way of these people and let back on more or less as a mascot, he is acutely aware of what he can and cannot say [goodreads.com], especially in regards to allowing AI slop into the kernel." [13:35] TR News "Anyway, a large chunk of the funding the Linux Foundation, Linus Torvalds employer, receives is coming from increasingly desperate companies frantically trying to convince a populace deeply skeptical and often downright hostile towards AI [futurism.com] to spend money on AI before the bubble bursts." https://www.osnews.com/story/145548/follow-the-money-especially-in-open-source/ [13:35] TR News "So, yes, peddling slop actually is a growing part of the LF business model now, if you follow the money." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/17/151212#1448664 [13:35] TR News "The Z80 powered many retro favorites like the ZX Spectrum, TRS-80, MSX, Game Boy, Master System, Pac-Man arcade" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/zilog-z80-turns-50-as-open-source-replacement-heads-for-drop-in-dip40-silicon | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:35] TR Bot Zilog Z80 turns 50 as an open-source replacement heads to drop-in DIP40 silicon iconic 8-bit CPU launched in July 1976 and was discontinued in 2024 | Tom's Hardware [13:36] TR News "This isnt a problem at the moment as there is more than enough demand to go around for incumbent memory" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/policy/memory-chip-boss-admits-ram-prices-are-abnormally-high-sk-group-chairman-considering-building-a-semiconductor-plant-in-the-us-to-expand-supply-calm-chipflation | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:36] TR Bot Memory chip boss admits RAM prices are 'abnormally high' SK Group chairman considering building a semiconductor plant in the US to expand supply, calm chipflation | Tom's Hardware [13:36] TR News "Well, I stand by my AI scepticism. I'll leave it to others to do the hard work (lose their shirts, make a pig's ear of things) and I'll eat my popcorn." [13:37] TR News "It's time to replace Linux. It's time for a microkernel architecture with a Linux personality layer on top. Start from scratch without the cruft." [13:37] TR News "Goodbye, and thanks for all the Bikesheds! - Please make my predictions come out wrong [acm.org] is somehow related, as Poul-Henning Kamp (phk), a long time FreeBSD developer, does write about LLM and the FOSS future." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/17/151212#1448664 [13:38] TR News phk is right http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/In_His_Departure_Post_Poul_Henning_Kamp_phk_Explains_Why_Linus_.shtml [13:38] TR Bot Techrights In His Departure Post, Poul-Henning Kamp (phk) Explains Why Linus Torvalds is Full of "Hot Air" and Slop Bubbles [13:39] TR News "Thanks for that link. I have now discovered many interesting articles to read." [13:39] TR News "You're welcome. I am glad you like it and that you found some more interesting content on https://queue.acm.org/. [acm.org] Kode Vicious who is also mention in the article, is written from George V. Neville-Neil, who is also long time FreeBSD developer. If you like his writings as well, then it is just a matter of time until you find your path to the Free Beautifully Source Distribution. " [13:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://queue.acm.org/ ) [13:42] TR News "Slop generators inflict an unreasonable burden in causing the spending time, wasting it really, on sorting slop from actual content. Slopsters consider it an externality but it has real world costs so the slop should be labelled properly or just banned." [13:42] TR News "That is because the time wasted on sorting the slop and other chaff out is valuable as it is a thought-intensive process and that is capability is quite finite. Thus efforts should instead be focused on real content, and the only way to do that is a ban on slop or, to get it at the source, slop generators and the proprietors of slop generators. [13:43] TR News "Lets say you had to select which higher education (depending on where you live in the world, sometimes known as college, university, or tertiary education) you would attend" https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/what-if-different-college/ | Source: Gregory Hammond [13:43] TR Bot Why I Would Choose a Different Higher Education If I Were Graduating from Secondary School Today - Gregory Hammond [13:43] TR News "I studied automation and robotics at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Biaystok University of Technology. And specialised in the Information Systems: [...]" https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2026/07/19/half-my-life-ago/ | Source: Marcin Juszkiewicz [13:43] TR Bot Half my lifeago Marcin Juszkiewicz [13:44] TR News "To understand the nature of that bottleneck, observe how the grade-school algorithm handles growth" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-still-dont-know-the-fastest-way-to-multiply-numbers/ | Source: Scientific American [13:44] TR Bot Mathematicians still dont know the fastest way to multiply numbers | Scientific American [13:44] TR News "We will assume that the reader is an undergraduate student in CS (i.e., the reader knows basics of discrete mathematics, linear algebra, and algorithm design)." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/07/bipartite-perfect-matching-in.html | Source: Computational Complexity [13:44] TR Bot Computational Complexity: Bipartite Perfect Matching in Deterministic NC [13:44] TR News "has a solution. The traditional name for these numbers is quadratic residues but we can just say squares if the context is clear. So, for example, the numbers 1, 2, and 4 are squares mod 7, and the numbers 3, 5, and 6 are not." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/19/sum-of-low-squares/ | Source: John D Cook [13:44] TR Bot Sum of low squares [13:45] TR News "For centuries, the people invoking mind, soul, purpose, or God in explanations often were trying to stop the inquiry." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-moon-does-not-prove-physicalism | Source: Mike Brock [13:45] TR Bot The Moon Does Not Prove Physicalism - by Mike Brock [13:47] TR News "Also, LLMs fuck with your head [softwarecrisis.dev] in precise, exact ways that make you think they're not fuckin with you. How has Torvalds fallen into this trap? People who haven't escaped cults have a harder time seeing it, I guess." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/17/151212#1448664 [13:49] TR News "But heres the catch: Portuguese is home" https://afranca.com.br/between-two-languages/ | Source: Andre Franca [13:49] TR Bot Between Two Languages | Andre Franca [13:50] TR News "Time to think gives you time to think" https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/experiments-with-media/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason [13:50] TR Bot Experiments with media (or, iterating towards a podcast, maybe?) [13:50] TR News "What I mean is that a person exclusively becomes convinced of their own accord." https://blog.toast.cafe/convincing | Source: Chlo Vulquin [13:50] TR Bot Convincing [13:51] TR News "The human kind is a quality, like empathy, anger, or contentment." https://doc.searls.com/2026/07/18/intelliday/ | Source: Doc Searls [13:51] TR Bot Intelliday Doc Searls Weblog [13:51] TR News "On a basic-training chapel pew, proof, and the kind of comfort that arrives when the body is least free" https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-pew-does-not-argue-back/ | Source: Josh Lospinoso [13:51] TR Bot The Pew Does Not Argue Back | Josh Lospinoso [13:51] TR News "As the ball bounced off the sidewalk and into traffic" https://sals.place/blog/so-long-ball/ | Source: Sal [13:51] TR Bot So long, ball! [13:52] TR News "I wonder how many minds would be changed if you took existing ideas and gave them more effective names." https://notes.zachmanson.com/nomenclature/ | Source: Zach Manson [13:52] TR Bot notes: nomenclature [13:53] TR News "I've been keeping at least two or three fish tanks going for about six years, and found myself with some losses this spring that made me cool on the hobby for a bit." https://smallcypress.bearblog.dev/fishkeepingpost/ | Source: Small Cypress [13:53] TR Bot a fishkeeping post (mostly) small cypress [13:53] TR News "What Fish is trying to save isnt just military history." https://www.reformer.com/news/state/if-we-don-t-write-it-down-it-disappears-independent-historian-gathers-vermont-veterans-stories/article_40ff5dca-eedb-45b7-9706-76edc9ec0066.html | Source: Brattleboro Reformer, Vermont [13:53] TR Bot we dont write it down, it disappears' Independent historian gathers Vermont veterans stories, securing them before they are lost to history | State | reformer.com [13:54] TR News "Today I drew a map that highlights the locations that are more than 7.5 degrees from the central longitude of their time zone." https://nathangrigg.com/2026/07/us-time-zone-alignment/ | Source: Nathan Grigg [13:54] TR Bot Misaligned Time Zones [13:54] TR News "This form of email has a clearer heritage, to Ray Tomlinson, who came up with the core idea that addresses could identify both a user and a host" https://computer.rip/2026-07-19-email-encryption.html | Source: J B Crawford [13:54] TR Bot email encryption [13:59] TR News Techrights Links 20/07/2026: Notes on E-mail Encryption, Torvalds and His Employer Paid a Lot to Promote Slop (Pyramid Scheme) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Links_20_07_2026_Notes_on_E_mail_Encryption_Torvalds_and_His_Em.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Links_20_07_2026_Notes_on_E_mail_Encryption_Torvalds_and_His_Em.gmi [13:59] TR Bot Techrights Links 20/07/2026: Notes on E-mail Encryption, Torvalds and His Employer Paid a Lot to Promote Slop (Pyramid Scheme) [13:59] TR News (NEW): Rust and Slop Ruining GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Rust_and_Slop_Ruining_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Rust_and_Slop_Ruining_GNU_Linux.gmi [13:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Rust and Slop Ruining GNU/Linux ● Jul 20 [14:06] TR News Coming soon https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=Melchior&set1=any [14:06] TR Bot Techrights Search [14:12] TR News "almost no progress" => https://system76.com/blog/post/say-hello-to-lemur-pro-2026 iophk: finally, just think what a lower specced system could do with that amount of battery [14:12] TR Bot battery? Panther Lake chip? 100% faster gaming graphics? Say hello to Lemur Pro - System76 Blog [14:17] TR News "The device combines a single-core 32-bit RISC-V processor running at up to 240MHz with 384KB of SRAM and 4MB of flash storage." https://linuxgizmos.com/m5stack-broadens-embedded-lineup-with-wireless-industrial-and-handheld-devices/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:17] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/m5stack-broadens-embedded-lineup-with-wireless-industrial-and-handheld-devices/ ) [14:17] TR News "Distributed Java systems that load remote code are vulnerable to supply chain compromise: an attacker can replace a legitimate JAR with one containing malicious bytecode" https://blog.frankel.ch/security-baked-into-jvm/2/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel [14:17] TR Bot Security Baked Into the JVM: the Safe Codebase Audit Pipeline [14:18] TR News "But while we were laughing, Perl kept running the [Internet]." https://medium.com/@harishsingh8529/perl-was-a-meme-now-its-powering-critical-legacy-systems-e36c68026ebf | Source: Medium [14:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://medium.com/@harishsingh8529/perl-was-a-meme-now-its-powering-critical-legacy-systems-e36c68026ebf ) [14:18] TR News [Old] "It is sometimes credited with bringing regular expressions and other forms of text processing to the masses." https://cs.lmu.edu/~ray/notes/introperl/ | Source: Loyola Marymount University [14:18] TR Bot introperl [14:18] TR News [Old] "Perl is a general purpose, high level interpreted and dynamic programming language. Perl supports both the procedural and Object-Oriented programming." https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/perl/perl-programming-language/ | Source: Geeks For Geeks [14:18] TR Bot Perl Programming Language - GeeksforGeeks [14:19] TR News "Review git patches from email inside Thunderbird" https://mccd.space/git/thunderbird-patch-review/file/README.html.html | [14:19] TR Bot README.html - thunderbird-patch-review - Simple email patch review tool for Thunderbird [14:19] TR News "using enum for bitflags is poor, but its what were likely to end up with." https://www.elbeno.com/blog/?p=1836 | [14:19] TR Bot A better bitset for enum flags Why is a raven like a writing desk? [14:19] TR News "Id like to point out one cool thing that some Lisp compilers, like SBCL, do. SBCL compiles functions and expressions directly to assembly." https://chrisdone.com/posts/lisp-compilers/ | Source: Chris Done [14:19] TR Bot Lisp compilers that compile directly to assembly [14:20] TR News "dont need no stinkin git cloud." https://sals.place/blog/switched-to-wrangler/ | Source: Sal [14:20] TR Bot And switched again, now deploying with wrangler [14:20] TR News "This version of BASIC is based on KidBASIC, which was aimed at the educational market." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/19/qt6-brings-basic-to-the-web-browser-or-your-computer/ | Source: Hackaday [14:20] TR Bot Brings BASIC To The Web Browser, Or Your Computer | Hackaday [14:21] TR News "In many waysno, actually, in every wayHardcore IndieWeb mirrors the very same web publishing practices that were used in the 90s when the web was brand new" https://www.neatnik.net/hardcore-indieweb | Source: Adam Newbold [14:21] TR Bot Hardcore IndieWeb: Run your own website 100% independently for only $0.01/day [14:22] TR News Yesterday I have pulled the plug on Wordpress and moved to Ghost." https://pawel.orzech.me/2026/07/19/i-moved-my-blog/ | Source: Pawe Orzech [14:22] TR Bot I moved my blog [14:22] TR News "There's a new WordPress exploit out there but I will show you how I vaccinated myself against it 6+ years ago: [..." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/wp-pro-tips/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [14:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/wp-pro-tips/ ) [14:22] TR News "Here is a summary of my current understanding and intuition about SQLite." https://blakewatson.com/journal/the-slap-stack-is-the-last-server-stack-youll-ever-need/ | Source: Blake Watson [14:22] TR Bot - The SLAP stack is the last server stack you'll ever need [14:23] TR News "This hypothetical becomes concrete due to the existence of discrete-release OSs, like Ubuntu, Debian, openSUSE Leap, and Linux Mint." https://pointieststick.com/2026/07/19/whos-responsible-for-bug-reports-on-old-software-versions/ | Source: Nate Graham [14:23] TR Bot Whos responsible for bug reports on old software versions? Adventures in Linux and KDE [14:23] TR News "In this ~22-minute video I explain how Emacs performs completion in a buffer." https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-07-19-emacs-completion-at-point-functions/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou [14:23] TR Bot Completion in the buffer with completion-at-point-functions | Protesilaos [14:24] TR News "Samsung makes great hardware and then ruins the experience with software." https://afranca.com.br/disappointment-with-samsung/ | Source: Andre Franca [14:24] TR Bot Disappointment with Samsung | Andre Franca [14:24] TR News "Long story short, though, hes flagging recycled laptop components as both good value for money and a fun rabbit hole to go down researching parts." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/19/recycling-laptops-and-imacs-makes-pc-building-fun-and-affordable-again/ | Source: Hackaday [14:24] TR Bot Laptops And IMacs Makes PC Building Fun And Affordable Again | Hackaday [14:24] TR News "A major complication with extrusion in FDM printers is that the flow rate has to fit the printing speed." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/19/automated-pressure-advance-using-a-bed-leveling-sensor/ | Source: Hackaday [14:24] TR Bot Pressure Advance Using A Bed-Leveling Sensor | Hackaday [14:25] TR News "He also noted that this effort is supported by the NLNet Foundaton (as noted in an earlier article)." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260719093851 | Source: Undeadly [14:25] TR Bot WPA3 support coming to OpenBSD [14:25] MinceR > Samsung makes great hardware [14:25] MinceR except when they don't [14:25] schestowitz[TR2] i use samsung stereo atm [14:26] schestowitz[TR2] from 2994 [14:26] schestowitz[TR2] *1994 [14:26] TR News "[...] For our Opinion Poll this week we respond to Linus Torvalds suggesting people who do not like LLM tools can fork the kernel." https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260720 | Source: Distro Watch [14:26] TR Bot Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD. [14:26] MinceR like the galaxy note 7 [14:26] schestowitz[TR2] that's a weapon [14:26] MinceR or the displays i used at my first job [14:26] schestowitz[TR2] never had samsung display [14:26] MinceR lucky [14:27] schestowitz[TR2] early flatscreens were lg [14:27] schestowitz[TR2] they were the better korean firm w/ monitoprs [14:27] schestowitz[TR2] afaik [14:27] schestowitz[TR2] samsung maskes tizen TVs [14:27] TR News "If someone gives you a Nim position where all the piles contain beans, you can say ahead of time how long the game might last." https://blog.plover.com/2026/07/19/#02-wellfoundedness | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus [14:27] TR Bot The Universe of Discourse : The road to epsilon-zero: Nim always ends, even with infinite ordinals [14:27] TR News "" https://avi-loeb.medium.com/how-will-the-soccer-worlds-cup-look-like-once-humans-settle-on-mars-1032b8c21c3d | Source: Avi Loeb [14:27] TR Bot Medium [14:27] TR News "In that case, the local Martian population could hold their local soccer matches. Even though these Martians originated from Earth, their physiology may evolve as a result of the surface gravity being 38% of Earths value." [14:28] TR News "Suppose you want to search for a list of words." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/19/fitting-a-regex/ | Source: John D Cook [14:28] TR Bot Fitting a regular expression to a list of words [14:29] TR News "I mentioned recently that we'd moved a very popular data set from our main web server to a new one that only handled that data set." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/SurpriseChangesAreASignal | Source: University of Toronto [14:29] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [14:45] TR News (NEW): We were in the better place before. Before they forced their LLM slop fantasies on us. https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/We_were_in_the_better_place_before_Before_they_forced_their_LLM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/We_were_in_the_better_place_before_Before_they_forced_their_LLM.gmi [14:45] TR Bot Tux Machines We were in the better place before. Before they forced their LLM slop fantasies on us. [14:52] *ewig has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [14:57] *ewig (~ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights ● Jul 20 [15:02] TR News (NEW): Daniel Pocock Combats "Codes of Conduct Phenomena" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Daniel_Pocock_Combats_Codes_of_Conduct_Phenomena.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Daniel_Pocock_Combats_Codes_of_Conduct_Phenomena.gmi [15:02] TR Bot Tux Machines Daniel Pocock Combats "Codes of Conduct Phenomena" [15:07] TR News (NEW): NetworkManager 1.58 Officially Released with New Features and Improvements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/NetworkManager_1_58_Officially_Released_with_New_Features_and_I.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/NetworkManager_1_58_Officially_Released_with_New_Features_and_I.gmi [15:07] TR Bot Tux Machines NetworkManager 1.58 Officially Released with New Features and Improvements [15:14] TR News Techrights Karen Melchior Fought the Good Fight https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Karen_Melchior_Fought_the_Good_Fight.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Karen_Melchior_Fought_the_Good_Fight.gmi [15:14] TR Bot Techrights Karen Melchior Fought the Good Fight [15:22] TR News Two thirds of remaining Doom (2016) devs laid off during latest round of Xbox cuts https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/two-thirds-of-doom-2016-development-team-laid-off-during-latest-round-of-xbox-cuts [15:22] TR Bot Two thirds of remaining Doom (2016) devs laid off by Microsoft [15:22] TR News Two thirds of remaining Doom (2016) devs laid off during latest round of Xbox cuts https://gamedev.net/news/two-thirds-of-remaining-doom-2016-devs-laid-off-during-latest-round-of-xbox-cuts-r4553/ [15:22] TR Bot thirds of remaining Doom (2016) devs laid off during | GameDev.net [15:29] TR News Techrights "DOOM" and "Bloodbath": the State of Microsoft and XBox https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/DOOM_and_Bloodbath_the_State_of_Microsoft_and_XBox.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/DOOM_and_Bloodbath_the_State_of_Microsoft_and_XBox.gmi [15:29] TR Bot Techrights "DOOM" and "Bloodbath": the State of Microsoft and XBox [15:34] TR News "Last semester, I took Parallel Computer Architectures at UIUC." https://pradyun.net/blog/metrics_matter.html | [15:34] TR Bot Studying Linux Schedulers, and Why Metrics Matter [15:35] TR News "I opened Tremotesf on my phone to check whether I already had it on the Pi, but the torrent list wouldn't load. The SMB mount wouldn't mount. I couldn't SSH into it either." https://sgt.hootr.club/blog/home-server-rebirth/ | [15:35] TR Bot The death and rebirth of my home server [15:39] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:42] TR News "IBM stands for "International Business Machines". It does not stand for "International General-Purpose Machines", "International Consumer Machines", or even "International Gaming Machines". That sounds rather silly, but the bottom line is that IBM makes really big adding machines for companies that require big adding machines." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxvrexrj [15:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxvrexrj ) [15:42] TR News "Take a look at everything in IBM's portfolio. Mainframes are made for high throughput with high degrees of accuracy...running credit card bills, managing bank accounts, keeping track of airline reservations. Just like semi trucks, IBM products have a purpose. But they are of limited purposes, and are limited to select customers." [15:43] TR News "Just like "most customers" will have little or no need to buy stuff from Mack, Freightliner and Peterbilt, most customers have little or no need to buy stuff from IBM. The business analysts are slowly coming to accept that fact, and are pricing the company accordingly." [15:43] TR News "It's obviously just a story. IBM's revenue is 100% tied to the mainframe cycle - jumping up when a new Z is released and then falling down after a (shortening) period of time until the next Z series. Meanwhile, AWS/Azure/GCP revenue grows quarter after quarter year after year, there is no cloud "cycle" just growth." [15:43] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techrights [15:44] TR News "Most of IBM's goodwill is from acquisitions. It is purely an accounting generated entry being the difference between acquistion price paid and the fair market value of the assets acquired." [15:44] TR News "It is rarely recoverable. Whenever I do analyst of companies I always strip out goodwill because there is no cash, tangible or even intangible asset (like software license rights - that is on the balance seperately) sitting behind it that can be sold." [15:44] TR News "If you strip out goodwill IBM is technical insolvent." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxkyye5 [15:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxkyye5 ) [15:44] TR News "it's financial bookings" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxkyye5 [15:47] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxhhhsj [15:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxhhhsj ) [15:47] schestowitz[TR2] "Here's a data point for you, with the caveat that it's very old information. I was RA'd almost 20 years ago from what was then division 07 (what became GTS, and then later Kyndryl). [15:47] schestowitz[TR2] At that time, the person who had the most influence on RA decisions in any department and any division was the financial analyst. Every division has a bunch of these people, and at least one is assigned for every department. These people are the accountants. They keep spreadsheets listing every cost of every person and every resource. Every staff member (including pensions, insurance, etc.), every piece of real estate, plant, equi [15:47] schestowitz[TR2] pment, etc...the financlal analysts all know the score. [15:47] schestowitz[TR2] When the decisions came down, the 2nd and 3rd line managers all saw those numbers...who and what costs the company money. They made decisions on what had to go, and told the 1st lines how to proceed. [15:47] schestowitz[TR2] Could the 1st lines fight for an employee? Sure, they could...but at a cost. If employee A costs $150k, employee B costs $125k and employee C costs $100k, then division execs might tell the 1st line to get rid of employee A. But if the 1st line wants to keep employee A, then they STILL at least $150k of cost take-out...so they have to get rid of employees B and C. Sure, they now have to get rid of 2 people, but that's the price fo [15:47] schestowitz[TR2] r keeping one expensive employee. You can have one expensive employee or two cheap employees, but you can't have both. Mixing and matching becomes a pain in the A, so what does that first line do? [15:47] schestowitz[TR2] Yeah, that first line will do what his upper management and that financial analyst told him to do in the first place. It makes it easier, and that first line might even keep their job a little longer (because the same cost takeout games are being played with the managers as well)." [15:49] TR News Whos responsible for bug reports on old software versions? https://pointieststick.com/2026/07/19/whos-responsible-for-bug-reports-on-old-software-versions/ [15:49] TR Bot Whos responsible for bug reports on old software versions? Adventures in Linux and KDE [15:53] TR News Russian drones spotted using screwed-on magnetic compasses as navigation aids the on-board camera can occasionally tilt down to check bearings if satellite comms are lost https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/russian-drones-spotted-using-screwed-on-magnetic-compasses-as-navigation-aids-the-on-board-camera-can-occasionally-tilt-down-to-check-bearings-if-satellite-comms-are-lost [15:53] TR Bot Russian drones spotted using screwed-on magnetic compasses as navigation aids the on-board camera can occasionally tilt down to check bearings if satellite comms are lost | Tom's Hardware [15:53] TR News Climate Activists Pelt Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Data Center With Balloons Full of Acid https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/climate-activists-microsoft-ai-data-center-acid-balloons [15:53] TR Bot Climate Activists Pelt Microsoft Data Center With Balloons Full of Acid [15:53] TR News Scientists Studying Earth's Flowering Plants Issue a Stark Warning to Humanity https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-studying-earths-flowering-plants-issue-a-stark-warning-to-humanity [15:53] TR Bot Studying Earth's Flowering Plants Issue a Stark Warning to Humanity : ScienceAlert [15:56] TR News "Noted software freedom advocate Richard Stallman has said that it was difficult to write a simple definition of something as varied as hacking. The hacking community developed at MIT and some other universities in the 1960s and 1970s, Stallman explained." https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/658286-one-threat-that-infiltrated-the-anc-anglo-american-mediclinic-south-african-airways-and-pick-n-pay.html [15:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/658286-one-threat-that-infiltrated-the-anc-anglo-american-mediclinic-south-african-airways-and-pick-n-pay.html ) [15:58] TR News Daigou queue-jumping prompts safety measures at South Koreas Incheon Airport https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/daigou-queue-jumping-prompts-safety-measures-at-south-koreas-incheon-airport [15:58] TR Bot Daigou queue-jumping prompts safety measures at South Koreas Incheon Airport | The Straits Times [15:58] TR News Starbucks Korea staff form union after Tank Day campaign fiasco https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/starbucks-korea-staff-form-union-after-tank-day-campaign-fiasco [15:59] TR Bot Starbucks Korea staff form union after Tank Day campaign fiasco | The Straits Times ● Jul 20 [16:03] TR News China Is Cracking Down on Hey Hi (AI) Companions Because Not Enough Babies Are Being Born https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/china-cracking-down-ai-boyfriends [16:03] TR Bot China Is Cracking Down on AI Companions Because Not Enough Babies Are Being Born [16:04] TR News Spotify Doubles Down on Hey Hi (AI) Slop As Its Being Flooded With It https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/spotify-ai-slop-lorde [16:04] TR Bot Spotify Doubles Down on AI Slop As It's Being Flooded With It [16:19] TR News (NEW): Cote D'ivoire: Windows All-Time Low, GNU/Linux on the Rise https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Cote_D_ivoire_Windows_All_Time_Low_GNU_Linux_on_the_Rise.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Cote_D_ivoire_Windows_All_Time_Low_GNU_Linux_on_the_Rise.gmi [16:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Cote D'ivoire: Windows All-Time Low, GNU/Linux on the Rise [16:31] TR News (NEW): How I configure DNS on Ubuntu Linux distros via the command line - it's easier than you think https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/How_I_configure_DNS_on_Ubuntu_Linux_distros_via_the_command_lin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/How_I_configure_DNS_on_Ubuntu_Linux_distros_via_the_command_lin.gmi [16:31] TR Bot Tux Machines How I configure DNS on Ubuntu Linux distros via the command line - it's easier than you think [16:36] TR News (NEW): red1900 Debian-based live Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/red1900_Debian_based_live_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/red1900_Debian_based_live_Linux_distribution.gmi [16:36] TR Bot Tux Machines red1900 Debian-based live Linux distribution [16:37] TR News (NEW): CapivaraOS family of Brazilian Linux distributions based on Fedora https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/CapivaraOS_family_of_Brazilian_Linux_distributions_based_on_Fed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/CapivaraOS_family_of_Brazilian_Linux_distributions_based_on_Fed.gmi [16:37] TR Bot Tux Machines CapivaraOS family of Brazilian Linux distributions based on Fedora [16:41] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:41] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techrights [16:57] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Android_Leftovers.gmi [16:57] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [16:59] TR News Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Public Missions and Private Ambitions https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_Public_Missions_and_Private_A.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_Public_Missions_and_Private_A.gmi [16:59] TR Bot Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Public Missions and Private Ambitions [16:59] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi [16:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software ● Jul 20 [17:01] *hvxgr_ (~wl2v_usrn@freenode-ong.pov.c33bnd.IP) has joined #techrights [17:09] TR News We are treated as if we are not human beings https://bianet.org/haber/we-are-treated-as-if-we-are-not-human-beings-321612 [17:09] TR Bot We are treated as if we are not human beings [17:09] TR News Small Icons, Big Problems https://nuno-icons.com/2026/07/19/small-icons-big-problems/ [17:09] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://nuno-icons.com/2026/07/19/small-icons-big-problems/ ) [17:10] TR News KDE snaps hotfix release and what's keeping me busy https://scarlettgatelymoore.dev/blog/kde-snaps-hotfix-update/ [17:10] TR Bot KDE snaps hotfix release and what's keeping me busy [17:10] TR News Amazons Robotaxi Company Recalls Its Fleet After One of its Cars Got Confused by Heavy Smoke https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/amazon-robotaxi-confused-smoke-recall [17:10] TR Bot Amazon's Robotaxi Company Recalls Its Fleet After One of its Cars Got Confused by Heavy Smoke [17:11] TR News Efinix Titanium Edge FPGA family targets low-power edge Hey Hi (AI) and vision systems https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/20/efinix-titanium-edge-fpga-family-targets-low-power-edge-ai-and-vision-systems/ [17:11] TR Bot Efinix Titanium Edge FPGA family targets low-power edge AI and vision systems - CNX Software [17:27] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [17:30] TR News Manchester's Status in UK Politics is Improving https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/20/uk-politics-is-improving/ [17:30] TR Bot Blog Archive Manchesters Status in UK Politics is Improving [17:32] *Now talking on #techrights [17:43] TR News MS Loon: "The Ubuntu team at Canonical appears to be doing everything they can to force the broken Rust Coreutils clones (known as uutils) onto your Ubuntu installation even if you try to keep using the (working, well tested, non-Rust) GNU Coreutils." [17:45] *Goblin (~use@anjxxfe7gqque.irc) has joined #techrights [17:52] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@zscmi53ysuzr6.irc) has joined #techrights [17:57] TR News "Another morning with a dodgy internet connection, so I'll briefly write up yesterday's dam adventures instead of doing my morning browsing." gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-07-20More_Dams.txt [17:58] TR News "And so I looked around for a simple to host alternative for my contacts as that was the main thing worrying me, and after checking a few decided upon Radicale." gemini://lowkey.party/gemlog/20260719-radicale/ [17:59] TR News "I am here to say I hate scope creep / feature creep. The original spec is what appealed to me. It is simple and minimal while still doing enough for a text-centric protocol." gemini://lowkey.party/gemlog/20260719-gemini-plus/ ● Jul 20 [18:00] TR News "I think the existing gemtext preformatted blocks offers a lot of possibilities for use in enhanced rendering." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Gemini/44572 [18:02] TR News "Like jecxjos own post, Im not necessarily speaking at the person to whom Im responding; but instead responding to the thread as a whole, chiming in with related thoughts that the topic has teased out from me." gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/07/19/re-inefficient-use-of-awk/ [18:02] TR News "So far, he's only being picky and a little reluctant in the morning, lying down away from the food bowl for a while before going to eat. However, he's being careful to leave the veggies he deems too big and the rice in the bowl." gemini://kaijudogs.gemcities.com/gemlog/260720.gmi [18:03] TR News "I love all the discussions and ideas about extending and changing Gemini which come up again and again and again! I also have a really good idea for an extension: [...]" gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2026-07-20-Re_Gemini_plus.gmi [18:04] TR News "An automotive podcast popped up on youtube this morning while I was zoning out having my Saturday morning coffee. I was like "sweet, I'll add them in AntennaPod" and then proceeded to not find them anywhere." gemini://lowkey.party/gemlog/20260718-its-not-a-podcast-if-there-is-no-rss-feed/ [18:06] *hvxgr_ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [18:11] TR News New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck: Awesome week with The Mermaid Mask and Denshattack! - 2026-07-18 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-07-18-edition/index.html [18:11] TR Bot New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck: Awesome week with The Mermaid Mask and Denshattack! - 2026-07-18 Edition [18:12] TR News Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a tiny $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle firmware uses only around 50KB of RAM and can answer blocked lookups in 10 milliseconds https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/clever-hacker-fits-537-000-domains-in-a-tiny-usd5-esp32-ad-blocking-dongle-firmware-uses-only-around-50kb-of-ram-and-can-answer-blocked-lookups-in-10-milliseconds [18:12] TR Bot Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a tiny $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle firmware uses only around 50KB of RAM and can answer blocked lookups in 10 milliseconds | Tom's Hardware [18:12] TR News HKFP Lens: Hong Kong holds annual book fair as independent booksellers face exclusion, legal woes https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/19/hkfp-lens-hong-kong-holds-annual-book-fair-as-independent-booksellers-face-exclusion-legal-woes/ [18:12] TR Bot Hong Kong holds annual book fair as independent booksellers face exclusion, legal woes [18:13] TR News Hylke Bons: Icon Set for Crosswords https://planetpeanut.studio/post/2026/07/19/icon-set-crosswords [18:13] TR Bot Icon Set for Crosswords Planet Peanut Studio [18:14] TR News Kernel prepatch 7.2-4c4 https://lwn.net/Articles/1083543/ too drunk on slop to do the subject line right? [18:14] TR Bot prepatch 7.2-rc4 [LWN.net] [18:15] TR News The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired https://www.phoronix.com/news/Last-MPEG-4-Patent-Expired [18:15] TR Bot Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired - Phoronix [18:15] TR News Not With a Bang, But a Whimper https://jxself.org/whimper.shtml [18:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://jxself.org/whimper.shtml ) [18:16] TR News Debian 12 Is the Last Full Debian 32-Bit Release With LTS Security Updates Until 2028 https://ostechnix.com/debian-12-last-full-32-bit-release/ [18:16] TR Bot 12 Is the Last Full Debian 32-Bit Release - OSTechNix [18:16] TR News (NEW): Linux 7.2-rc4 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Linux_7_2_rc4.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Linux_7_2_rc4.gmi [18:16] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 7.2-rc4 [18:16] TR News Best Kiwix ZIM Files to Download for Your Offline Knowledge Library https://ostechnix.com/best-kiwix-zim-files/ [18:16] TR Bot Kiwix ZIM Files to Download for Your Offline Knowledge Library - OSTechNix [18:17] TR News Profunctor Optics https://bartoszmilewski.com/2026/07/19/profunctor-optics/ [18:17] TR Bot Profunctor Optics | Bartosz Milewski's Programming Cafe [18:18] TR News Why I Would Choose a Different Higher Education If I Were Graduating from Secondary School Today https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/what-if-different-college/ [18:18] TR Bot Why I Would Choose a Different Higher Education If I Were Graduating from Secondary School Today - Gregory Hammond [18:18] TR News What 429 chaos experiments taught us about Kubernetes operator resilience https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/20/what-429-chaos-experiments-taught-us-about-Kubernetes-operator-resilience [18:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/20/what-429-chaos-experiments-taught-us-about-Kubernetes-operator-resilience ) [18:20] TR News PyTorch distributed is changing and TorchComms is why https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/20/pytorch-distributed-is-changing-and-torchcomms-is-why [18:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/20/pytorch-distributed-is-changing-and-torchcomms-is-why ) [18:22] TR News How I Reclaimed 10GB of Android Storage Using a Raspberry Pi and ADB https://peppe8o.com/reclaim-android-storage-raspberry-pi-adb/ [18:22] TR Bot How I Reclaimed 10GB of Android Storage Using a Raspberry Pi and ADB [18:22] TR News GNOME Adwaita Re-coloring Tool Rewaita 1.1.4 added GDM Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/gnome-adwaita-re-coloring-tool-rewaita-1-1-4-added-gdm/ [18:22] TR Bot GNOME Adwaita Re-coloring Tool Rewaita 1.1.4 added GDM Support | UbuntuHandbook [18:23] TR News Ubuntus desktop icons extension completes its GTK4 port https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-desktop-icons-extension-gtk4-port [18:23] TR Bot Ubuntu's desktop icons extension completes its GTK4 port - OMG! Ubuntu [18:23] TR News Why Fedora Creates /boot and /boot/efi (But Ubuntu Doesnt) https://ostechnix.com/why-fedora-creates-boot-and-boot-efi/ [18:23] TR Bot Fedora Creates /boot and /boot/efi (But Ubuntu Doesn't) - OSTechNix [18:23] TR News Arcris 2026.07.19 https://distrowatch.com/arcris [18:23] TR Bot Arcris [18:25] TR News Frame: The First Linux X Server Written Entirely in Assembly Language https://www.debugpoint.com/frame-x-server-assembly-linux/ [18:25] TR Bot Frame: The First Linux X Server Written Entirely in Assembly Language [18:25] TR News Crazed enthusiast runs PC on 192 AA batteries, successfully boots into Hannah Montana GNU/Linux System is stable during stress testing and even plays FreeDoom https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/crazed-enthusiast-runs-pc-on-192-aa-batteries-successfully-boots-into-hannah-montana-linux-system-is-stable-during-stress-testing-and-even-plays-freedoom [18:25] TR Bot Crazed enthusiast runs PC on 192 AA batteries, successfully boots into Hannah Montana Linux System is stable during stress testing and even plays FreeDoom | Tom's Hardware [18:26] TR News Linux 7.2-rc4 drops with critical fixes for gaming handhelds, Wi-Fi, and car systems https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-72-rc4-drops-with-critical-fixes-for-gaming-handhelds-wi-fi-and-car-systems/?utm_source=rss [18:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-72-rc4-drops-with-critical-fixes-for-gaming-handhelds-wi-fi-and-car-systems/?utm_source=rss ) [18:28] TR News Beelink EQi 304 review Part 3: Ubuntu 26.04 on a Wildcat Lake mini PC https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/19/beelink-eqi-304-review-part-3-ubuntu-26-04-on-a-wildcat-lake-mini-pc/ [18:28] TR Bot Beelink EQi 304 review - Part 3: Ubuntu 26.04 on a Wildcat Lake mini PC - CNX Software [18:29] TR News More emulation goodness, an defective chip maker Intel Itanium (IA-64) emulator that boots Windows! https://raymii.org/s/blog/Intel_Itanium_IA-64-Emulator_that_boots_Windows.html [18:29] TR Bot emulation goodness, an Intel Itanium (IA-64) emulator that boots Windows! - Raymii.org [18:30] TR News Linux Desktop Startup Recovery: A Beginners Guide https://ostechnix.com/linux-desktop-startup-recovery-guide/ [18:30] TR Bot Desktop Startup Recovery: A Beginner's Guide - OSTechNix [18:45] TR News What Is an Inode in GNU/Linux https://linuxize.com/post/what-is-an-inode-in-linux/ [18:45] TR Bot Is an Inode in Linux | Linuxize [18:45] TR News Misleading Coverage in Slashdot Promotes and Openwashes Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/19/Misleading_Coverage_in_Slashdot_Promotes_and_Openwashes_Slop.shtml [18:45] TR Bot Techrights Misleading Coverage in Slashdot Promotes and Openwashes Slop [18:47] TR News Entrapment https://kevquirk.com/ive-moved-back-to-github [18:47] TR Bot I've Moved Back to GitHub - Kev Quirk [18:47] TR News How To Install SQLite on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-sqlite-fedora-44/ [18:47] TR Bot How To Install SQLite on Fedora 44 - idroot [18:47] TR News How To Install Gitea on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-gitea-ubuntu-26-04/ [18:47] TR Bot How To Install Gitea on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [18:48] TR News Russell Coker: ECC and DDR5 https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/07/19/ecc-ddr5/ [18:48] TR Bot ECC and DDR5 etbe Russell Coker [18:50] TR News Turkey detains two Russian tourists for 'reciting Bible' at Hagia Sophia https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-detains-two-russian-tourists-for-reciting-bible-at-hagia-sophia-321553 [18:50] TR Bot Turkey detains two Russian tourists for 'reciting Bible' at Hagia Sophia [18:51] TR News Valtux OS Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/valtux-os-debian-based-linux-distribution/ [18:51] TR Bot OS - Debian-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [18:52] TR News Going Linux #479 Asking your opinion on the future https://goinglinux.com/episode-479-asking-your-opinion-on-the-future/index.html [18:52] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://goinglinux.com/episode-479-asking-your-opinion-on-the-future/index.html ) [18:52] TR News This Week in Linux 352: Linus Torvalds talks Hey Hi (AI) in kernel, COSMIC Frosted Glass, AppManager for AppImages & more GNU/Linux news https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-352/ [18:53] TR Bot Linus Torvalds talks AI in kernel, COSMIC Frosted Glass, AppManager for AppImages & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital [18:53] TR News Microsofts Formats Are the Real Cancer Redmond Blamed on FOSS https://fossforce.com/2026/07/microsofts-formats-are-the-real-cancer-redmond-blamed-on-foss/ [18:53] TR Bot Microsoft's Formats Are the Real Cancer Redmond Blamed on FOSS - FOSS Force [18:55] TR News "With the launch of the COSMIC desktop for Linux, though, things finally changed. This desktop incorporates tiling by default, and it makes it easily accessible to anyone without the (often unnecessary) configuration rabbit holes tiling window managers tend to carry." https://www.xda-developers.com/found-linux-desktop-finally-gives-me-tiling-windows-without-config-file-rabbit-hole/ [18:55] TR Bot I found the Linux desktop that finally gives me tiling windows without the config-file rabbit hole [18:56] TR News These Linux networking command-line tools are outdated. Here's what you should use instead. https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-networking-tools-are-outdated-heres-what-you-should-use-instead/ [18:56] TR Bot These Linux networking command-line tools are outdated. Here's what you should use instead. [18:56] TR News Microsoft's own mistakes are pushing users toward Linux faster than anyone expected https://www.makeuseof.com/microsofts-mistakes-pushing-users-toward-linux-faster-than-expected/ [18:56] TR Bot Microsoft's own mistakes are pushing users toward Linux faster than anyone expected [18:57] TR News Proton got so good I keep forgetting which of my games were even built for Windows https://www.xda-developers.com/proton-got-so-good-keep-forgetting-which-games-built-windows/ [18:57] TR Bot Proton got so good I keep forgetting which of my games were even built for Windows [18:59] TR News Linus Torvalds broadcasting ignorance https://www.xda-developers.com/linus-torvalds-will-loudly-ignore-anyone-criticising-ai-code-in-linux-fork-it-or-just-walk-away/ [18:59] TR Bot Linus Torvalds will "loudly ignore" anyone criticising AI code in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away" [18:59] TR News (NEW): Games: GNOME, Steam, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Games_GNOME_Steam_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Games_GNOME_Steam_and_More.gmi [18:59] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: GNOME, Steam, and More [18:59] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/today_s_howtos.gmi [18:59] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos ● Jul 20 [19:01] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [19:01] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [19:03] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: FPGAs, Beelink, and RISC-V https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Open_Hardware_Modding_FPGAs_Beelink_and_RISC_V.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Open_Hardware_Modding_FPGAs_Beelink_and_RISC_V.gmi [19:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: FPGAs, Beelink, and RISC-V [19:05] TR News (NEW): New Episodes of Going Linux and This Week in Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/New_Episodes_of_Going_Linux_and_This_Week_in_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/New_Episodes_of_Going_Linux_and_This_Week_in_Linux.gmi [19:05] TR Bot Tux Machines New Episodes of Going Linux and This Week in Linux [19:05] TR News (NEW): Small Icons in KDE and KDE Snaps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Small_Icons_in_KDE_and_KDE_Snaps.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Small_Icons_in_KDE_and_KDE_Snaps.gmi [19:05] TR Bot Tux Machines Small Icons in KDE and KDE Snaps [19:06] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux, BSD, and Hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/GNU_Linux_BSD_and_Hardware.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/GNU_Linux_BSD_and_Hardware.gmi [19:06] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux, BSD, and Hardware [19:06] TR News (NEW): Linux Schedulers, Linux Infested With Slop, and "Linux X Server Written Entirely in Assembly Language" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Linux_Schedulers_Linux_Infested_With_Slop_and_Linux_X_Server_Wr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Linux_Schedulers_Linux_Infested_With_Slop_and_Linux_X_Server_Wr.gmi [19:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Schedulers, Linux Infested With Slop, and "Linux X Server Written Entirely in Assembly Language" [19:08] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [19:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [19:09] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 20/07/2026: Another Step Towards Owning Personal Data and Gemtext2 Envisioned https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Gemini_Links_20_07_2026_Another_Step_Towards_Owning_Personal_Da.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Gemini_Links_20_07_2026_Another_Step_Towards_Owning_Personal_Da.gmi [19:09] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 20/07/2026: Another Step Towards Owning Personal Data and Gemtext2 Envisioned [19:13] TR News Techrights Links 20/07/2026: Spotify Drowning in Slop, Expiry of Software Patents in MPEG-4 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Links_20_07_2026_Spotify_Drowning_in_Slop_Expiry_of_Software_Pa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Links_20_07_2026_Spotify_Drowning_in_Slop_Expiry_of_Software_Pa.gmi [19:13] TR Bot Techrights Links 20/07/2026: Spotify Drowning in Slop, Expiry of Software Patents in MPEG-4 [19:19] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Mom sez, you have to wear a tie and a suit to interview. [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] "have\ [19:20] IsambardPrince I told her it depends on where you're interviewing. If you're interviewing for a factory floor and you show up in a suit looking like you walked in from another industry, that becomes a negative. [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] rianne wrote about you today [19:20] IsambardPrince You go in looking nice, but like maybe a half a step up from other people. [19:20] IsambardPrince [13:20] rianne wrote about you today [19:20] IsambardPrince Yeah? [19:21] IsambardPrince If the interviewer notices you're not wearing a tie, it means the tie isn't the problem. [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] in her tuxmachines blog [19:21] IsambardPrince You did not engage them and their mind is wandering, and now the tie is a focus. [19:21] IsambardPrince bbiab [19:24] IsambardPrince The part about overqualification? [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] the tie does not make you look smart [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] it makes you the opp./ [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] you are obedient [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] they want obedient [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] not smart [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] if you won't wear the "interview uniform" [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] then they see you as rebel [19:24] TR News Techrights Search Engine Market Share in Italy: Microsoft Falls to Third in Many Countries Including Italy https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Search_Engine_Market_Share_in_Italy_Microsoft_Falls_to_Third_in.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Search_Engine_Market_Share_in_Italy_Microsoft_Falls_to_Third_in.gmi [19:24] TR Bot Techrights Search Engine Market Share in Italy: Microsoft Falls to Third in Many Countries Including Italy [19:24] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Right, so don't wear the interview costume. [19:25] IsambardPrince That's a test of if you really want to work there or not. [19:25] IsambardPrince If that causes them to not hire you, then so be it. You dodged a bullet. How else is this boss, this company, going to fuck with you once you get in? [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] welcome to reality [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] see also: [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/20/collaborators-and-enablers/ [19:26] TR Bot Blog Archive Evil Wont Exist Without Collaborators and Enablers [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] same topic [19:29] TR News "Following Double Fine Productions and Compulsion Games' examples, Mighty DOOM and Wraithbone creator Alpha Dog Games has announced it's broken off from Xbox and is now independent again." https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/it-seems-another-studio-has-broken-free-of-xbox-and-gone-independent-following-double-fine-and-other-cuts [19:29] TR Bot It seems another studio has broken free of Xbox and gone independent, following Double Fine and other cuts | Windows Central [19:29] TR News After Doom director Hugo Martin denied reports that id Software had been gutted, "current and former employees" are disagreeing with his optimism https://www.eurogamer.net/id-software-developers-comments-hugo-martin-layoffs [19:29] TR Bot Doom director Hugo Martin denied reports that id Software had been gutted, "current and former employees" are disagreeing with his optimism | Eurogamer.net [19:43] TR News Techrights The Corrupt Have Historically Tried to Paint Their Exposers as the Real Problem https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/The_Corrupt_Have_Historically_Tried_to_Paint_Their_Exposers_as_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/The_Corrupt_Have_Historically_Tried_to_Paint_Their_Exposers_as_.gmi [19:43] TR Bot Techrights The Corrupt Have Historically Tried to Paint Their Exposers as the Real Problem [19:51] admfubar oh bless his heart.... https://www.rawstory.com/charlie-kirk-statue/ [19:51] TR Bot 'Furious' sculptor whines that he spent all his money on Charlie Kirk statue no-one wants - Raw Story [19:58] schestowitz[TR2] he can burn it for heat [19:58] TR News (NEW): ManCity (Manchester City) and the Italian Link https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/ManCity_Manchester_City_and_the_Italian_Link.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/ManCity_Manchester_City_and_the_Italian_Link.gmi [19:58] TR Bot Tux Machines ManCity (Manchester City) and the Italian Link ● Jul 20 [20:06] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux in Moldova Measured at Over 5% https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/GNU_Linux_in_Moldova_Measured_at_Over_5.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/GNU_Linux_in_Moldova_Measured_at_Over_5.gmi [20:06] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux in Moldova Measured at Over 5% [20:08] MinceR but is he Fast? [20:18] TR News Techrights Wall Street is a Bubble and No Company is Worth 5 Trillion Dollars https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Wall_Street_is_a_Bubble_and_No_Company_is_Worth_5_Trillion_Doll.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Wall_Street_is_a_Bubble_and_No_Company_is_Worth_5_Trillion_Doll.gmi [20:18] TR Bot Techrights Wall Street is a Bubble and No Company is Worth 5 Trillion Dollars [20:24] *forkbombe has quit (Quit: PotatoTech ) [20:31] TR News Techrights Nobody Will be Left Who Trusts IBM Anymore https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Nobody_Will_be_Left_Who_Trusts_IBM_Anymore.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Nobody_Will_be_Left_Who_Trusts_IBM_Anymore.gmi [20:31] TR Bot Techrights Nobody Will be Left Who Trusts IBM Anymore [20:36] TR News Junior gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/junior [20:50] TR News SRA series will resume soon. Instead of tackling SLAPPs the SRA was interfering or acting as obstacle not just against LIPs. SRA is a proponent of the corruption. It should be dismantled. [20:57] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: The suit and tie approach reeks of "This guy is desperate for the job, any job." especially in a blue collar setting. [20:57] IsambardPrince It can actually backfire on you in numerous ways. [20:58] schestowitz[TR2] maybe ● Jul 20 [21:13] admfubar https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/on-flock-license-plate-tracking-cameras.html [21:13] TR Bot Flock License Plate Tracking Cameras - Schneier on Security [21:18] TR News Techrights Czech Mate for GNU/Linux on the Way https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Czech_Mate_for_GNU_Linux_on_the_Way.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Czech_Mate_for_GNU_Linux_on_the_Way.gmi [21:18] TR Bot Techrights Czech Mate for GNU/Linux on the Way [21:22] TR News "Of his own initiative, Pocock actively contributes to a range of open source projects with a focus on VoIP and real-time communications, in particular, Lumicall, dynalogin, reSIProcate, Ganglia and flactag." https://archive.fosdem.org/2014/schedule/speaker/daniel_pocock/ [21:22] TR Bot FOSDEM 2014 - Daniel Pocock [21:27] admfubar https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/20/1736218/lg-monitors-silently-install-adware-like-app-on-windows-pcs [21:27] TR Bot LG Monitors Silently Install Adware-Like App On Windows PCs - Slashdot [21:28] admfubar https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/07/20/172249/hacker-wipes-romanias-entire-land-registry-database [21:28] TR Bot Hacker Wipes Romania's Entire Land Registry Database - Slashdot [21:35] TR News Techrights Worsening Staff Affairs at Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Worsening_Staff_Affairs_at_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Worsening_Staff_Affairs_at_Microsoft.gmi [21:35] TR Bot Techrights Worsening Staff Affairs at Microsoft [21:46] TR News Techrights Canonical Staff Acting Like They Aim to Receive Job Offers From Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Canonical_Staff_Acting_Like_They_Aim_to_Receive_Job_Offers_From.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Canonical_Staff_Acting_Like_They_Aim_to_Receive_Job_Offers_From.gmi [21:46] TR Bot Techrights Canonical Staff Acting Like They Aim to Receive Job Offers From Microsoft [21:50] *forkbombe (~forkbombe@u89vdyv4abg8n.irc) has joined #techrights [21:51] TR News "The company will break up under his and our leaderships watch. They will be the ones forever known as the leaders who ki-led a 115 year old Big Blue! Never let anyone forgot." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxrswtf3 [21:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxrswtf3 ) [21:52] TR News "Shame on her. As a journalist, she most definitely knows what accountability means and what Arvind put out was definitely not that. He doesnt deserve any accolades or praise for the message he put out last week." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxrswtf3 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/19/Journalists_Who_Help_IBM_Cover_Up_Fraud.shtml [21:52] TR Bot Techrights 'Journalists' Who Help IBM Cover Up Fraud [21:52] TR News "True accountability would be for Arvind to give up his unearned $25 million bonus since it was predicated on false accounting. That's accountability come clean. Instead, they will just double down on layoffs in the United States and Europe: "the beatings will continue until morale improves"." [21:53] TR News "The pre-announcement was staged to initiate a chain reaction. It was intentional. The goal, as I suspected, is to have the crowd accept a possible break up of IBM into smaller entities. Some will be acquired by others. I did read an article in one the finance outlets calling for IBM break-up, or at least, force IBM to sell some business." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxvrexrj [21:53] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxvrexrj ) [21:54] TR News "Bob says goodwill drop offs are out back by the dumpster." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxkyye5 http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/16/IBM_Shares_Down_30_Mass_Layoffs_IBM_Says_Goodwill_Grew_by_10_to.shtml [21:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxkyye5 ) [21:54] TR Bot Techrights IBM: Shares Down 30%, Mass Layoffs, IBM Says "Goodwill" Grew by 10% to Over a Third of the Company's Total "Worth" [21:54] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxzjsn6a [21:54] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxzjsn6a ) [21:54] schestowitz[TR2] "Excellent growth message but if it doesn't result in any changes with management at the top and down, then it's message is lost. IBM will never become a growth company as long as it remains tied to a corrupt culture where leadership is worshipped even when it is responsible for huge career and soul destroying destroying changes and mistakes. Anyone who used to speak up at IBM has gone for good. Most of the Speakup programs are li [21:54] schestowitz[TR2] ttle more than corporate talk-the-talk, nothing more. All you have now are the blind leading the blind. And where is the accountability which should start at the top of IBM ? It is simply not there - it's just "pass the buck" from Arvind and his management down to the rank and file. [21:54] schestowitz[TR2] Asking for truth and acting on what you hear back are two separate things. The management at IBM (including the board of directors) appear to be only interested in filling their pockets, and not doing the job they were put in place to do. They get paid a lot for doing very little and attending a few meetings a year. The same thing happened under Gin 'n Tonic (Ginny) when she deliberately filled the board with geriatric businesses [21:54] schestowitz[TR2] leaders who were incapable of making good business decisions. This "Stacking the deck so that things align and work in your favor" really needs to change. Maybe the CEO and Chairman's jobs need to be held by separate people too. It might be too late for any sort of future growth unless the entire management is changed at IBM. Finally, McKinsey consultants need the boot for destroying a once great company." ● Jul 20 [22:08] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[23:00] IsambardPrince I'd prefer it if they did copper phone lines and DSL here. [23:00] IsambardPrince We have phone lines here but they've been cut at the box. [23:01] IsambardPrince VOIP and cell service cost too much, even now. [23:01] IsambardPrince It was only $7 a month to have a copper phone line if you had DSL. [23:03] IsambardPrince You go to cell and the cheapest service plans cost $26-32 a month after tax. [23:05] IsambardPrince The most damning point about cel phone plans is that when the government is paying so people in poverty can have a cell phone, they pay $9.25 and there's carriers that take it. [23:05] IsambardPrince But when it's you paying for it they start out much higher. [23:05] admfubar https://maketecheasier.com/mte-in-september-1947-engineers-at-harvard-pulled-a-moth-from-a-relay-inside-the-mark-ii-computer-taped-it-into-the-logbook-and-wrote-first-actual-case-of-bug-being-found-the-pest-was-literal/ [23:05] TR Bot In September 1947, engineers at Harvard pulled a moth from a relay inside the Mark II computer, taped it into the logbook, and wrote 'first actual case of bug being found' the pest was literal - Make Tech Easier [23:07] IsambardPrince Government negotiating on behalf of poor people: $9.25/month Carriers accept it [23:07] IsambardPrince Individual consumer with no bargaining power: $26-32/month Take it or don't have a phone [23:09] IsambardPrince My dad would have gone ballistic if we'd spend $100 on long distance charges in a single month, which was the only way your bill went over $100 in the 90s. You didn't even have to have long distance at all, you could do local only and other people could still dial you long distance. [23:09] IsambardPrince There's people spending $150 a month on a damn cell phone plan today. [23:11] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/2026/06/14/random-and-or-funny-pictures-that-the-internet-somehow-outdid-itself-with-6-14-26/ [23:11] TR Bot 75 Random And/Or Funny Pictures That The Internet Somehow Outdid Itself With [23:12] IsambardPrince It used to be you bought some $20 phones and put them on one line that cost $20 a month and then everyone in the house was expected to share the same line. [23:12] IsambardPrince Now they make $25 for every person in the house sound normal. [23:12] IsambardPrince And phones cost over $1,000 [23:13] IsambardPrince You had the same phone hanging on the wall for 20-30 years. [23:32] *Goblin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [23:38] *oarion7 (~ryan@y4y29vr8yxuje.irc) has joined #techrights [23:59] *hvxgr_ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds)