●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, August 21, 2026 ●● ● Aug 21 [00:18] IsambardPrince We're back to flash memory for game storage. [00:18] IsambardPrince Even the best optical drives were very very slow. [00:19] IsambardPrince The Xbox 360 had an "optional" hard drive, but if you didn't have one, the games loaded much slower. It caches many of the game's frequently used assets to the disk so that load times will go down. It can read off the DVD and push it to the drive ahead of where the load point would be. [00:23] *cow_20012 has quit (Quit: ) [00:46] *cow_20012 (~username@wusiwah4aa7ye.irc) has joined #techrights [00:48] IsambardPrince The Advion is definitely getting chewed up by the roaches. There must have been a serious problem in the apartments next to mine and in the walls. They depleted two of my stations and I had to move some from less active areas in the apartment to cover those high traffic zones. [00:48] IsambardPrince [00:48] IsambardPrince I ordered two more bags of Advion Arenas from Amazon. I don't want to spray down a contact killer just yet, because I want to wait for the roaches to finish gorging themselves on the Advion gel and taking it back to kill off their friends (1 poisoned roach can kill up to 72 others in the walls, and it looks like dozens of roaches were eating off each of those stations. [00:48] IsambardPrince [00:48] IsambardPrince Once their eating goes down, I'm going to lock and load with some MGK Onslaught diluted in water to the proper ratio (shake the Onslaught concentrate, pour it in, fill with the correct amount of water) and a sprayer and I'm going to go through the house doing the baseboards, including emptying out the closets. I'm going to sequester the cat in the bedroom for about 2-3 hours to let the Onslaught dry on the baseboards. Once we've done [00:48] IsambardPrince that, most of the remaining Arenas will go up in the cabinets where I've already been doing Terro gel. [00:48] IsambardPrince [00:48] IsambardPrince I want to seriously screw up their colonies, then do the spraying to stop roaches from getting back in here from the pig next door. I'll also spray straight down the radiator holes in the floor and the water inlets under the sinks. [00:54] IsambardPrince Hmm, MinceR [00:54] IsambardPrince I got some loss leader beer at the store today. [00:54] IsambardPrince I've never had Miller High Life but it was so cheap I grabbed some. [00:54] IsambardPrince Definitely not what I'm used to. [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights ● Aug 21 [01:01] IsambardPrince I'm surprised Coors Banquet scored lower than Miller High Life on Beer Advocate. I definitely like Banquet more. There's something of an unpleasant metallic taste to Miller High Life that is not there in Banquet. Banquet is also a darker beer with more barley flavor. [01:01] IsambardPrince Miller bases High Life heavily on corn grits. [01:02] IsambardPrince There's something to be said for High Life though. It does have a lot of carbonation and a pleasant color, and a "mineral water" taste to it. [01:02] IsambardPrince High Life isn't horrible. The slight metallic taste is almost imperceptible but definitely there. [01:02] IsambardPrince That's apparently an artifact of the type of hops they're using in High Life. [01:02] IsambardPrince It's called Tetra-Hop. [01:03] IsambardPrince https://yakimavalleyhops.com/products/tetrahop-gold [01:03] TR Bot Tetrahop Yakima Valley Hops [01:04] IsambardPrince It's a variety of hop that is less prone to skunking when you use it in a beer packaged in clear or green bottles. [01:04] IsambardPrince High Life would probably taste better if they switched from Tetrahop to the same hops Coors is using in their beer that comes in dark bottles. [01:07] IsambardPrince As much as I hate all things Europe, they actually did get a few things right. [01:07] IsambardPrince Mostly the alcohol. [01:07] IsambardPrince Because if you live in Europe you'll need to be mildly drunk all the time to tolerate it. [01:09] IsambardPrince Coors Banquet is probably the most "German-style" American macro brew that I've encountered that goes on sale regularly at a fair price at the supermarket. [01:10] IsambardPrince I think the most horrid American macrobrews are actually Budweiser or anything owned by Anheusher-Busch for that matter. [01:11] MinceR how do you tolerate living under the Pedophile King? [01:11] IsambardPrince Gonad the Barbarian knocked back Budweisers all day every day. [01:11] IsambardPrince Probably the only reason he could stand it is he ruined his pallette with chain smoking. [01:11] IsambardPrince Until he couldn't even taste anything but salt anymore. [01:12] IsambardPrince Budweiser leans heavily on rice. [01:12] IsambardPrince It's the same reason I hate Japanese beer. [01:13] IsambardPrince I don't like Sapporo beer, but I do like sake, especially the flavored ones, especially Yuzu. [01:17] IsambardPrince I grabbed some New Amsterdam vodka at Target today. They had two 1.75 liter bottles marked half off. [01:17] IsambardPrince The only civilized use for vodka is to mix two shots of it in with a 16 ounce glass of unpasteurized fresh orance juice and call it a double. [01:18] IsambardPrince It's the dirt cheap way to get properly fucked. [01:18] IsambardPrince New Amsterdam has been my go to since it debuted in the big box stores about a decade ago. [01:19] IsambardPrince Most of the other relatively cheap vodkas, or as I call them "Boomer Vodka" is not neutral, it has a taste and it is NOT pleasant. [01:27] IsambardPrince In high-end spirits like whiskey or dark beer, certain congeners are desirable because they provide flavor complexity. In vodka, they are an absolute disaster. They create that harsh, rubbing-alcohol burn, a medicinal chemical taste, and a brutal morning hangover. [01:49] IsambardPrince [19:11] how do you tolerate living under the Pedophile King? [01:50] IsambardPrince Two beers and a half a pint of Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey seems to do it for a few hours. [01:52] MinceR ic [01:52] MinceR so the same method you hypothesize in europe :> [01:55] IsambardPrince MinceR: With ice cream. [01:56] MinceR i scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream [01:56] IsambardPrince Hmmm. I wonder. How common is it to encounter English-speakers in the country formerly known as Orbanistan? ● Aug 21 [02:02] MinceR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Hungary [02:02] TR Bot Languages of Hungary - Wikipedia [02:02] MinceR allegedly 16.0% [02:02] MinceR in 2011 [02:02] MinceR the pedonazis tried to make it less popular but reality probably made it more popular since then [02:03] MinceR though i guess none of that affects the stupid masses anyway, who barely speak even one language [02:13] TR News "NVIDIA has announced that the entire Jetson Xavier line-up, including the Jetson Xavier NX and Jetson AGX Xavier system-on-modules, are approaching their end-of-life and has already officially discontinued their development kit variants." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260820-xavier.gmi [02:14] TR News "Seniors are sometimes advised to reinvent themselves. 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[02:42] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:43] admfubar in other words, how winders and macs actually work... https://www.geekwire.com/2026/game-review-investigate-a-haunted-90s-pc-in-seattle-made-mystery-adventure-desktop-explorer/ [02:43] TR Bot review: Investigate a haunted (?) '90s PC in Seattle-made mystery adventure Desktop Explorer GeekWire [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-200826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-200826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-200826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-200826.txt [02:48] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, August 20, 2026 [02:48] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [02:48] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [02:49] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-200826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-200826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-200826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-200826.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, August 20, 2026 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-08-20.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-08-20.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-08-20.txt [02:51] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techrights [02:52] admfubar https://maketecheasier.com/mte-wi-fi-signals-struggle-through-walls-not-because-concrete-is-thick-but-because-water-in-the-plaster-absorbs-2-4-ghz-almost-exactly-the-frequency-a-microwave-oven-uses-to-heat-your-dinner/ [02:52] TR Bot Wi-Fi signals struggle through walls not because concrete is thick, but because water in the plaster absorbs 2.4 GHz almost exactly the frequency a microwave oven uses to heat your dinner - Make Tech Easier [02:56] admfubar https://www.techspot.com/news/113560-federal-judge-strikes-down-atf-ghost-gun-rule.html [02:56] TR Bot says ATF cannot decide when a piece of 3D-printed plastic legally becomes a firearm | TechSpot ● Aug 21 [03:06] admfubar stupid git... https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/github-is-down-again-and-this-time-its-hitting-almost-everything.460532/ [03:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/github-is-down-again-and-this-time-its-hitting-almost-everything.460532/ ) [03:26] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 156 Out of 200: Brett Wilson LLP Becoming Wilson FC https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_156_Out_of_200_Brett_Wilson_LLP_Becoming_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_156_Out_of_200_Brett_Wilson_LLP_Becoming_.gmi [03:26] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 156 Out of 200: Brett Wilson LLP Becoming Wilson FC [03:36] TR News "Saw a lot of the summit hires years ago do a lot of brown nosing. As the saying goes, a lot of them could not figure their way out of a wet paper bag. Not to mention poor work ethics" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzw9cce6 [03:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzw9cce6 ) [03:40] *infecticide (quassel@A0D2877A.653BD565.72CA7C8.IP) has joined #techrights [03:41] *infecticide is now known as Guest21168 [03:46] TR News Forbes is paid by IBM to lie http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/13/Forbes_Already_Stopped_Being_a_News_Sites_Now_It_s_a_Spam_and_P.shtml [03:46] TR Bot Techrights Forbes Already Stopped Being a News Sites. Now It's a Spam and Propaganda Platform for "Paying Partners" (Companies). [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] xxx> i get messages like this every so often ... (12:24:00 PM) The account has disconnected and you are no longer in this chat. You will automatically rejoin the chat when the account reconnects. [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] odd [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] let me ask [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] psydruid: ping [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] i think you experienced something similar? [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] can you send us input?> [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] maybe bug in latest ergo version? [03:55] schestowitz[TR2] need to investigate [03:58] TR News Techrights The IBM Censorship Team, PIPs (Silent Layoffs) in IBM Europe https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/The_IBM_Censorship_Team_PIPs_Silent_Layoffs_in_IBM_Europe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/The_IBM_Censorship_Team_PIPs_Silent_Layoffs_in_IBM_Europe.gmi [03:58] TR Bot Techrights The IBM Censorship Team, PIPs (Silent Layoffs) in IBM Europe ● Aug 21 [04:01] TR News Yesterday GNU/Linux measured at 11% in China https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=CN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [04:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=CN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [04:01] TR News Macau 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=7d&loc=MO&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [04:01] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=7d&loc=MO&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [04:02] TR News United Arab Emirates over 4% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=7d&loc=AE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [04:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=7d&loc=AE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [04:03] TR News 3.2% in Kuwait https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=7d&loc=KW&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP 3.6% in Bahrain https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=7d&loc=BH&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [04:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=7d&loc=KW&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [04:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=7d&loc=BH&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [04:03] TR News 5.2% in Lebanon https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=7d&loc=LB&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [04:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=7d&loc=LB&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [04:04] TR News Morocco 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=7d&loc=MA&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [04:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=7d&loc=MA&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [04:05] TR News XBox is dying, so they change plastic dyes, then call it innovation https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-special-edition-translucent-green-controller-price-release-date-leaked [04:05] TR Bot Xbox Special Edition OG Green Controller Price, Release Date Leaked [04:07] TR News Maybe this is about Microsoft SELLING it, as some people theorised. Will Microsoft "offload" gaming? https://www.asatunews.co.id/en/microsoft-considers-activision-studios-halo [04:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.asatunews.co.id/en/microsoft-considers-activision-studios-halo ) [04:07] TR News Like IBM, Microsoft might sell the company piece-wise to somehow still pay salaries [04:10] TR News lexisnexis seems to be publishing LLM slop now. Hilarious? [04:10] TR News "Powered by Lexis+" [04:12] IsambardPrince https://www.facebook.com/reel/1026433906300382 [04:12] TR Bot NO TITLE [04:18] TR News Techrights [Satire] Pocock, Binface & nobodies vs Farage: defamation before UK High Court https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Satire_Pocock_Binface_nobodies_vs_Farage_defamation_before_UK_H.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Satire_Pocock_Binface_nobodies_vs_Farage_defamation_before_UK_H.gmi [04:18] TR Bot Techrights [Satire] Pocock, Binface & nobodies vs Farage: defamation before UK High Court [04:21] MinceR what's the satire part? [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] it won't happen [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] but [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] see the amount [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] 5 million [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] then see: [04:23] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/14/probe-into-5-8-million-gift-to-british-far-right-leader-farage-reopens-as-he-wins-by-election_6756514_4.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqZrb1T_wV2x1wMaApPsRgbmQrF0RBiFtIDVOfZKiKLmUqoJaRq [04:23] TR Bot ( status 402 @ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/14/probe-into-5-8-million-gift-to-british-far-right-leader-farage-reopens-as-he-wins-by-election_6756514_4.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqZrb1T_wV2x1wMaApPsRgbmQrF0RBiFtIDVOfZKiKLmUqoJaRq ) [04:23] MinceR ic [04:23] schestowitz[TR2] so people look it up [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] then find out the "wrong" pagee [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] iu will write about this [04:24] schestowitz[TR2] to clartifty\ [04:24] MinceR should have specified 5.8 MGBP then [04:27] schestowitz[TR2] " The leader of the far-right Reform UK party reclaimed his Clacton seat, triggering the reopening of a parliamentary standards probe into a 5 million donation from a crypto billionaire. " [04:27] schestowitz[TR2] 5 milion [04:32] MinceR ic [04:33] MinceR le monde also mentiona 5.8M [04:33] MinceR s/ona/ons/ [04:33] MinceR maybe they forgot to edit the title [04:33] schestowitz[TR2] it is frenchg [04:33] schestowitz[TR2] so it says in euros [04:33] schestowitz[TR2] the money was not paid in europe [04:33] TR News Techrights 5 Million Unsolicited/Undisclosed Bribes and What That Means to British Politics https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/5_Million_Unsolicited_Undisclosed_Bribes_and_What_That_Means_to.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/5_Million_Unsolicited_Undisclosed_Bribes_and_What_That_Means_to.gmi [04:33] TR Bot Techrights 5 Million Unsolicited/Undisclosed Bribes and What That Means to British Politics [04:33] schestowitz[TR2] on in europs [04:33] schestowitz[TR2] *euros [04:34] MinceR ic [04:35] MinceR oh yeah, i missed the difference in the symbols [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] so i wrote about it [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] some people didn't get the joke [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] they don't know who farage is [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] or what the scandal was [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] or they know the scandl [04:35] schestowitz[TR2] not the total sum (bribe) ● Aug 21 [05:00] TR News Techrights IBM Offers Workers Some Money to Fire Themselves, It's Called "Next Step" and It's Allegedly 'Extended' (Not Enough Fools Have Fired Themselves) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/IBM_Offers_Workers_Some_Money_to_Fire_Themselves_It_s_Called_Ne.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/IBM_Offers_Workers_Some_Money_to_Fire_Themselves_It_s_Called_Ne.gmi [05:00] TR Bot Techrights IBM Offers Workers Some Money to Fire Themselves, It's Called "Next Step" and It's Allegedly 'Extended' (Not Enough Fools Have Fired Themselves) [05:10] TR News Making Best Use of Time https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/21/making-best-use-of-time/ [05:10] TR Bot Blog Archive Making Best Use of Time [05:17] TR News You Blog More, Then More People Visit https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/21/you-blog-more-then-more-people-visit/ [05:17] TR Bot Blog Archive You Blog More, Then More People Visit [05:45] TR News Techrights The State of Slopfarms About "Linux" in August 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/The_State_of_Slopfarms_About_Linux_in_August_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/The_State_of_Slopfarms_About_Linux_in_August_2026.gmi [05:45] TR Bot Techrights The State of Slopfarms About "Linux" in August 2026 [05:52] *parsifal (~parsifal@rpcdzuq4hszjw.irc) has joined #techrights [05:53] TR News (NEW): Anniversaries https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Anniversaries.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Anniversaries.gmi [05:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Anniversaries ● Aug 21 [06:04] *koo5_ has quit (Quit: http://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.) [06:05] TR News Techrights Secret Layoffs at Microsoft, Apparently More Sites Will Shut Down Entirely https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Secret_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Apparently_More_Sites_Will_Shut_Dow.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Secret_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Apparently_More_Sites_Will_Shut_Dow.gmi [06:05] TR Bot Techrights Secret Layoffs at Microsoft, Apparently More Sites Will Shut Down Entirely [06:05] *koo5_ (~quassel@vmi579006.contaboserver.net) has joined #techrights [06:15] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [06:25] TR News Techrights Clownflare: In Past 12 Months Microsoft Windows Fell From ~80% to ~75% on Desktops/Laptops in Asia https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Clownflare_In_Past_12_Months_Microsoft_Windows_Fell_From_80_to_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Clownflare_In_Past_12_Months_Microsoft_Windows_Fell_From_80_to_.gmi [06:25] TR Bot Techrights Clownflare: In Past 12 Months Microsoft Windows Fell From ~80% to ~75% on Desktops/Laptops in Asia [06:34] TR News (NEW): In South Korea, GNU/Linux Grew From 3.5% to 5.1% in the Past 12 Months (According to Cloudflare) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/In_South_Korea_GNU_Linux_Grew_From_3_5_to_5_1_in_the_Past_12_Mo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/In_South_Korea_GNU_Linux_Grew_From_3_5_to_5_1_in_the_Past_12_Mo.gmi [06:34] TR Bot Tux Machines In South Korea, GNU/Linux Grew From 3.5% to 5.1% in the Past 12 Months (According to Cloudflare) [06:45] TR News Techrights Northern Europe Leads the Pack in Abandoning Windows After Threats Made to Greenland (Says Clownflare Data) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Northern_Europe_Leads_the_Pack_in_Abandoning_Windows_After_Thre.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Northern_Europe_Leads_the_Pack_in_Abandoning_Windows_After_Thre.gmi [06:45] TR Bot Techrights Northern Europe Leads the Pack in Abandoning Windows After Threats Made to Greenland (Says Clownflare Data) ● Aug 21 [07:53] TR News (NEW): Mainstream OS Arch Linux-based distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Mainstream_OS_Arch_Linux_based_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Mainstream_OS_Arch_Linux_based_distribution.gmi [07:53] TR Bot Tux Machines Mainstream OS Arch Linux-based distribution ● Aug 21 [08:05] *buzzert has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:13] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, Benchmark, and Review https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_Benchmark_and_Review.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_Benchmark_and_Review.gmi [08:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, Benchmark, and Review [08:19] *buzzert (~buzzert@yi4rdkpp2a7kc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:22] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 157 Out of 200: What is a 'Defamation Troll'? https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_157_Out_of_200_What_is_a_Defamation_Troll.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_157_Out_of_200_What_is_a_Defamation_Troll.gmi [08:22] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 157 Out of 200: What is a 'Defamation Troll'? [08:25] TR News (NEW): GIMP 3.4 Promises New Project File Format, PSD Support Improvements, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/16/GIMP_3_4_Promises_New_Project_File_Format_PSD_Support_Improveme.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/16/GIMP_3_4_Promises_New_Project_File_Format_PSD_Support_Improveme.gmi [08:25] TR Bot Tux Machines GIMP 3.4 Promises New Project File Format, PSD Support Improvements, and More [08:28] TR News "What struck me in listening to Feross" https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/sloppy-ui-is-security-liability/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [08:28] TR Bot A Sloppy Interface Is a Security Liability - Jim Nielsens Blog [08:28] TR News "Tom Rosenstiel has been one of the nations leading thinkers about journalism for decades." https://dicktofel.substack.com/p/what-the-next-journalism-should-be | Source: Richard J Tofel [08:28] TR Bot What The Next Journalism Should Be - by Richard J. Tofel [08:29] TR News "A Letter of Claim has been sent to Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK in relation to the widely quoted defamation on the night of the Clacton-on-Sea by-election in 2026" https://danielpocock.com/en/pocock-binface-nobody-vs-farage-defamation/ | Source: Daniel Pocock [08:29] TR Bot Pocock, Binface & nobodies vs Farage: defamation before UK High Court [08:29] TR News "Wikipedia has become one of the pillars of the free and open Internet. Across the world, reliable sources of information are under attack." https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/21442.html | Source: Diziet [08:29] TR News "That truth is the captains of corporate America are so rapacious that theyre willing to throw average working Americans under the bus to make billions more." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-last-stand-of-the-corporate-democrats | Source: Robert Reich [08:29] TR Bot ( status 504 @ https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/21442.html ) [08:29] TR Bot The Last Stand of the Corporate Democrats - Robert Reich [08:29] TR News "He starts by conceding that, and I quote" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/venality-cupidity-and-corruption | Source: Robert Reich [08:29] TR Bot Corporate America EXPOSED! (In the most unlikely place) [08:30] TR News "The memo was addressed not only to Republicans, but also to executives at AI companies." https://www.8ball.report/p/data-center-doom | Source: Sean Monahan [08:30] TR Bot data centers of doom - by Sean Monahan - 8Ball [08:30] TR News "The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio." https://www.axios.com/2026/08/19/gop-data-center-memo-ai-election | Source: Axios [08:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2026/08/19/gop-data-center-memo-ai-election ) [08:30] TR News "Republicans are warning that former Democratic senator Sherrod Browns relentless campaign to tie Sen. Jon Husted" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/19/gop-memo-warns-ohio-sen-john-husted-is-being-dragged-down-by-data-centers/ | Source: The Washington Post [08:30] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/19/gop-memo-warns-ohio-sen-john-husted-is-being-dragged-down-by-data-centers/ ) [08:30] TR News "Which brings me back to the two concerns I mentioned above. On (a), independence, SecureBio has two divisions, Detection and AI." https://www.jefftk.com/p/thoughts-on-taking-openai-foundation-funding | Source: Jeff Kaufman [08:31] TR Bot Thoughts on Taking OpenAI Foundation Funding [08:31] TR News "Over the last few years, right-wingers have finally started to realize that what theyre missing is empathy." https://journal.kvibber.com/2026/08/regarding-empathy/ | Source: Kelson Vibber [08:31] TR Bot Regarding Empathy | K-Squared Ramblings [08:32] TR News "Every one of these e-bikes that we have interaction with are usually modified" https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/08/19/bikes-injuries-deaths-scooters-massachusetts-pedestrians | Source: WBUR Radio [08:32] TR Bot Child e-bike injuries have skyrocketed across Mass., ER doctors warn | WBUR News [08:32] TR News "It's really just as simple as holding the parents responsible. E-bikes are a fantastic form of transportation and should be encouraged." https://boingboing.net/2026/08/19/parents-kids-high-speed-ebikes-emotorcycles.html | Source: BoingBoing [08:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/08/19/parents-kids-high-speed-ebikes-emotorcycles.html ) [08:33] TR News "We hemmed for 45 seconds and seats on the afternoon flight were snatched." https://chrisglass.com/2026/08/19/making-the-best-of-a-cancelled-flight-in-new-york/ | Source: Chris Glass [08:33] TR Bot Making the best of a cancelled flight in New York Chris Glass [08:33] TR News "Target material was a cuprate, specifically HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+, also known as the HBCCO series or Hg1223 for short." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/superconducting-temperature-record-set-at-ambient-pressure/ | Source: Hackaday [08:33] TR Bot Temperature Record Set At Ambient Pressure | Hackaday [08:34] TR News "The Air Quality Division is accepting public comments on the proposed approval through Sept. 14" https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/08/19/plan-for-small-data-center-in-fremont-county-shines-light-on-permissive-zoning/ | Source: Cowboy State Daily [08:34] TR Bot Plan For Data Center Puts Spotlight On Lax Fremont County Zoning Laws | Cowboy State Daily [08:34] TR News "Commission members stressed that they were considering how to regulate data centers, not whether to allow them." https://insidetowers.com/wyoming-county-moves-to-tighten-data-center-rules/ | Source: Inside Towers [08:34] TR Bot Wyoming County Moves to Tighten Data Center Rules - Inside Towers [08:34] TR News Mozambique 4% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=MZ&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [08:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=MZ&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [08:35] TR News "forcing desperate public appeals on social media" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/indonesian-borneo-wildfires-international-help-1815453 | Source: International Business Times [08:35] TR Bot 'A Vital Lung of the Earth': Indonesians Beg World for Wildfire Help While Orangutans Flee the Flames | IBTimes UK [08:35] TR News "Thats money we dont spend on schools, healthcare, roads and bridges, and social safety nets." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/who-gets-paid-as-our-national-debt | Source: Robert Reich [08:35] TR Bot Whos Raking it in as the National Debt Explodes? [08:36] TR News "We can have billionaires or we can have democracy." https://organizingmythoughts.org/silicon-valleys-billionaire-cults-are-coming-for-democracy/ | Source: Kelly Hayes [08:36] TR Bot Silicon Valleys Billionaire Cults Are Coming for Democracy [08:37] TR News "AliExpress has plenty of reasons to distinguish normal shoppers from automated or suspicious clients as well as tracking users browsing habits." https://blog.laserphile.com/2026/08/aliexpress-webpage-keeping-multipoint.html | [08:37] TR Bot laserphile: AliExpress webpage keeping multipoint Bluetooth headphones active with WebAudio fingerprinting [08:37] TR News "A usage policy for Flock license plate reader cameras tells police not to talk about the cameras: [...]" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/police-are-hiding-their-use-of-flock-surveillance-cameras.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [08:37] TR Bot Are Hiding Their Use of Flock Surveillance Cameras - Schneier on Security [08:37] TR News "For personal accounts, Gmail only encrypts email while in transit (if supported by the receiving party) and at rest." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3203183/gmail-offers-fully-encrypted-email-but-better-alternatives-exist.html | Source: PC World [08:37] TR Bot offers fully encrypted email. But better alternatives exist | PCWorld [08:38] TR News "However, it is not good that this backup runs opaquely in the background and, in the latest versions of Windows, can only be stopped after several prompts and mouse clicks." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3215054/windows-11-quietly-backs-up-your-files-to-onedrive-heres-how-to-turn-it-off.html | Source: PC World [08:38] TR Bot 11 quietly backs up your files to OneDrive. How to stop it | PCWorld [08:38] TR News "The people-search tool ClarityCheck says its reverse image search service is private and securebut it left a database containing more than 9 million image files exposed." https://www.wired.com/story/reverse-lookup-service-exposed-millions-of-photos-of-peoples-faces/ | Source: Wired [08:38] TR Bot Service Exposed Millions of Photos of Peoples Faces | WIRED [08:38] TR News "All of it affects our privacy, some of it could affect our employment, some of it could affect our bank balance, some could affect our freedom, and some could affect our national interest." https://www.securityweek.com/surveillance-everything-you-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask/ | Source: Security Week [08:38] TR Bot Everything You Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask - SecurityWeek [08:38] TR News "it leaves users to navigate the gap between policy and practice alone." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/singles-turn-linkedin-dating-background-checks-1815447 | Source: International Business Times [08:38] TR Bot Singles Are Turning LinkedIn Profiles Into Background Checks Before Agreeing to a Date | IBTimes UK [08:39] TR News "business data acquired from the defunct airline Spirit Airlines Inc. in an auction, but the proposed deal is being challenged by two separate parties." https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/20/googles-attempt-to-buy-spirit-airlines-data-might-come-unstuck/ | Source: Silicon Angle [08:39] TR Bot attempt to buy Spirit Airlines' data might come unstuck - SiliconANGLE [08:39] TR News "Ive been quietly seething for months now about the dumb emails I get from people wailing about my podcasts invisibility on YouTube." https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/no-i-do-not-want-to-be-on-yt | Source: Jeremy Cherfas [08:39] TR Bot No, I do not want to be on YT | Jeremy Cherfas [08:39] TR News "Roblox believes it meets its Online Safety Act obligations, according to eSafety. But the company will be adding further safety measures that include: [...]" https://www.theverge.com/games/982885/roblox-australia-safety-regulator-child-safety | Source: The Verge [08:39] TR Bot Australia says Roblox hasnt fixed its child predator problem | The Verge [08:40] TR News "knowingly withheld a critical safety measure for millions of American usersincluding childrenin order to determine whether protecting users would impact its financial bottom-line." https://therecord.media/senators-press-tiktok-over-withholding-safety-features | Source: The Record [08:40] TR Bot Senators press TikTok over withholding of safety features for some users | The Record from Recorded Future News [08:40] TR News "A California plaintiff won the first of those cases, and the second was dropped." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/technology/social-media-addiction-lawsuit-dropped.html | Source: New York Times [08:40] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/technology/social-media-addiction-lawsuit-dropped.html ) [08:41] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [08:41] TR News Being "in youtube" means that your "content" (what they call it) is controlled by some private company, which in turn becomes "boss" over your "content" [08:41] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:42] TR News "It seems weird that they won't stop fretting about this terrible potential until you realize that every public pronouncement about this terrible potential is also a public boast about its potential, period." https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/19/banaility/#brackets-negative | Source: CoryDoctorow [08:42] TR Bot Pluralistic: The ordinariness of evil (19 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [08:42] TR News "It's a very putinesque way of living." https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/20/epistemic-void/#expert-agencies | Source: CoryDoctorow [08:42] TR Bot Pluralistic: The actual epistemic crisis (20 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [08:42] TR News "Aesthetic Rebellion" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1166/the-aesthetic-rebellion | Source: David Revoy [08:42] TR Bot The Aesthetic Rebellion - David Revoy [08:42] TR News "We will be artists, scholars, captains of the starship Enterprise, etc." https://borretti.me/article/our-servants-will-do-that-for-us | Source: Fernando Borretti [08:43] TR Bot Our Servants Will Do That For Us [08:43] TR News "Picture a fairly ordinary MSP automation project. The first version reads an incoming support ticket and produces a summary for the technician." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/the-model-is-not-the-security-boundary-how-to-secure-ai-workflows/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [08:43] TR Bot How to Secure AI Workflows With Practical Controls - CybersecKyle [08:43] TR News "The rest of popular culture, meanwhile, is finding ways to capitalize on AI hate. Just look at this new commercial for Liquid Death and Garage Beer." https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-doesnt-get-why-you-hate-ai/ | Source: Wired [08:43] TR Bot Valley Doesn't Get Why You Hate AI | WIRED [08:43] TR News "Compare current and former product names, see how long each identity lasted, and follow the evidence behind every transition. Now with logos, because apparently names alone were not enough paperwork." https://www.msrebrandregistry.com/index.html | [08:43] TR Bot The Rebrand Registry [08:43] TR News "Linear is an opinionated project management platform designed for high-performing software development and product teams." https://molodtsov.me/2026/08/how-linear-turned-craft-a-b2b-growth-strategy/ | Source: Yury Molodtsov [08:43] TR Bot How Linear Turned Craft Into a B2B Growth Strategy [08:44] TR News "Back in January, I wrote about how over the past several years Ive actively worked to decentralize my online presence and reduce (as much as is realistic) my use of giant social media platforms." https://houseofkyle.com/2026/08/20/too-much-kyle-the-app/ | Source: Kyle Ford [08:44] TR Bot Too Much Kyle: The App House of Kyle [08:44] TR News "People who aren't from the parts of the south where grits are commonly served are often suspicious of the dish." https://louplummer.lol/grits-explainer/ | Source: Lou Plummer [08:44] TR Bot A Grits Explainer Living Out Loud [08:44] TR News [Old] "And then it came to me. Just a gamble, but I had hope." https://annarborobserver.com/inventing-the-fleetwood/ | Source: Ann Arbor Observer [08:44] TR Bot Inventing the Fleetwood - Ann Arbor Observer [08:46] TR News "Mechanical keyboards give you the power to be maximally opinionated about your keyboard configuration." https://protesilaos.com/keeb/2026-08-20-hyperoptimiser-mechanical-keyboard-trap/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou [08:46] TR Bot hyperoptimisers mechanical keyboard trap | Protesilaos [08:46] TR News "Making some changes to my keys this week. Still one bit to come but I'm impatient." https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/black-and-brass-and-neon | Source: Jasper Tandy [08:46] TR Bot Jasper is blogging: Black and brass and neon [08:46] TR News "When I read how many things can have an effect on the readings I realised that Im overthinking this." https://ljpuk.net/posts/casio-step-trackers-are-to-encourage-not-be-100-percent-accurate | Source: Lee Peterson [08:46] TR Bot Casio step trackers are to encourage not be 100% accurate - LJPUK [08:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [08:54] TR News "Through a freakish coincidence, the moon happens to be exactly the right size and distance to cover the sun perfectly. The sun is 400 times as big as the moon, but also 400 times farther away." https://pogueman.substack.com/p/my-total-eclipse-sunset | Source: David Pogue [08:54] TR Bot My Total Eclipse Sunset - by David Pogue - Pogue's Posts [08:55] TR News "Over the years poly(lactic acid) (PLA) also known as polylactide has become a popular thermoplastic for a variety of reasons." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/3d-printering-why-is-my-pla-so-brittle/ | Source: Hackaday [08:55] TR Bot Printering: Why Is My PLA So Brittle? | Hackaday [08:55] TR News "It is also an old idea. Much older than actual spaceflight, in fact. But to find the beginning of the space station, we have to go back to a time when powered aircraft were still several decades in the future." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/an-early-history-of-space-stations-the-brick-moon-made-real/ | Source: Hackaday [08:55] TR Bot Early History Of Space Stations: The Brick Moon Made Real | Hackaday [08:55] TR News "A new paper just came out, The Maximum-Area Small Polygon Problem. The paper solves the problem of finding, for each n, the n-gon with diameter 1 and maximum area." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/18/big-little-hexagon/ | Source: John D Cook [08:55] TR Bot Big little hexagon [08:55] TR News "Since its inception in 1958, NASA has arguably played the most important role in furthering our knowledge of Earth, the universe and natural phenomena." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/astrophotography/world-photography-day-how-nasa-imagery-has-shaped-our-understanding-of-the-earth-the-universe-and-existence | Source: Digital Camera World [08:55] TR Bot World Photography Day: How NASA imagery has shaped our understanding of the Earth, the universe and existence | Digital Camera World [08:58] TR News "You might be wondering why Im already back hiking since I walked more than 40 km just a few days ago. And the answer to that is that Im not hiking." https://manuelmoreale.com/fromthesummit/28-down-16-more-to-go | Source: Manuel Moreale [08:58] TR Bot 28 down, 16 more to go Manu [08:59] TR News "A click rate by itself says very little. A recipient may recognize the exercise after opening the message, a gateway may rewrite the link, an automated scanner may visit it, or the reporting button may be too hard to find." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/cyberseckyle-security-how-to-series-light-offensive-to-think-defensively-part-2-phishing-simulation-to-study-prompts-and-controls/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [08:59] TR Bot Phishing Simulation to Study Prompts and Controls - CybersecKyle [08:59] TR News "When I say that our current era of video dominance has been a long time coming, I mean it." https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/deciding-what-to-do/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason [08:59] TR Bot Creating media with an uncooperative mind ● Aug 21 [09:07] TR News Techrights Links 21/08/2026: "Silicon Valleys Billionaire Cults Are Coming for Democracy" and "Whos Raking it in as the National Debt Explodes?" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Links_21_08_2026_Silicon_Valley_s_Billionaire_Cults_Are_Coming_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Links_21_08_2026_Silicon_Valley_s_Billionaire_Cults_Are_Coming_.gmi [09:07] TR Bot Techrights Links 21/08/2026: "Silicon Valleys Billionaire Cults Are Coming for Democracy" and "Whos Raking it in as the National Debt Explodes?" [09:17] TR News Techrights North America: GNU/Linux Measured at 13%-15% Every Night https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/North_America_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_13_15_Every_Night.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/North_America_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_13_15_Every_Night.gmi [09:17] TR Bot Techrights North America: GNU/Linux Measured at 13%-15% Every Night [09:20] TR News "Partially agree with this regarding the popularity prejudice issue however I couldn't understand what do you mean by "Whenever a program doesn't work right the user's freedom is forfeited. Fewer bugs means more freedom." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-08/msg00007.html [09:20] TR Bot Re: Pursuit of popularity [09:20] TR News "How is the bug related to the freedom? A bug-free proprietary software doesn't provide any freedom to users whereas a buggy libre software provides full freedom to users. So, bug is the technical issue whereas freedom is the ethical issue." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-08/msg00007.html [09:21] TR News Puppy breaker moments ago: "I'd like to say extra thanks to Microsoft..." 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[12:46] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techrights [12:47] TR News "HTML element does exactly what you might think it does." https://piccalil.li/blog/a-look-at-the-geolocation-html-element-and-how-it-works/ | Source: Andy Bell [12:47] TR Bot A look at the geolocation HTML element and how it works - Piccalilli [12:48] TR News "This is no longer true." https://mwl.io/archives/24954 | Source: MWL [12:48] TR Bot Changing Language for Storage Capacity Michael W Lucas [12:48] TR News "Completely by accident, I ended up with a four day streak of acronym titles. ORM, PEP, Q and today REPL. We developers sure love acronyms" https://hamatti.org/posts/r-is-for-repl-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [12:48] TR Bot R is for REPL - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala [12:48] TR News "So in the end I wrote this little script: [...]" https://fundor333.com/post/2026/framing-photos-with-python/ | Source: Fundor 333 [12:48] TR Bot Photos With Python | Fundor333 ● Aug 21 [13:02] TR News "Spicy take up front: let the security vulnerabilities be legitimate and posted out in the open for anyone to see." https://jrfom.com/posts/2026/04/08/oss-security/ | [13:02] TR Bot Open Source & Security - Room Full of Mirrors [13:03] TR News "At the team level, the consequences of restructuring are harder to reason about than direct removal." https://infrequently.org/2026/08/notes-on-performance-remediation-strategies/ | Source: Alex Russell [13:03] TR Bot The Wicked Reason Removing Code Beats Better Scheduling - Infrequently Noted [13:04] TR News "Last time we saw that sockets are pretty much just handles, and as such, they can be inherited." https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/accept-and-socket-inheritance/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva [13:04] TR Bot accept() and socket inheritance | purplesyringa's blog [13:04] TR News "The reason for this is that sockets are a userland abstraction provided by Winsock2, rather than a kernel primitive. At least on paper." https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/duplicatehandle-works-on-sockets-mostly/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva [13:04] TR Bot DuplicateHandle works on sockets, mostly | purplesyringa's blog [13:04] TR News "From a mile a way this just looks like a regular SQL query." https://remy.wang/blog/prela.html | Source: Remy Wang [13:04] TR Bot prela [13:05] TR News "The dark secret of integration testing is that the vast, vast majority of problems that an integration environment will catch don't have anything to do with integration." https://www.simplermachines.com/most-integration-failures-are-stupid/ | Source: Nat Bennett [13:05] TR Bot Most Integration Failures Are Stupid [13:06] TR News "The reverse prediction system has also detected many number of military vessels in the ocean." https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2026/08/19/sondehub-and-war/ | [13:06] TR Bot How a joke domain purchase turned into geopolitical warfare [13:09] TR News "Looking at some of the most successful projects in the OSS ecosystem (Linux, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes)" https://blog.mozilla.ai/open-source-is-not-a-virtue-its-an-ownership-model/ | [13:09] TR Bot Open Source Is Not a Virtue: Its an Ownership Model [13:20] TR News "The proposals for APNIC 62 cover a wide range of topics. Some focus on IPv6 allocation sizes and address planning." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/21/apnic-62-opm-just-the-facts/ | Source: APNIC [13:20] TR Bot APNIC 62 OPM: Just the facts | APNIC Blog [13:20] TR News "Did you know you can poison your Postgres connection pool?" https://planetscale.com/blog/postgres-poisoned-connection-pools | Source: PlanetScale [13:20] TR Bot Postgres connection pools PlanetScale [13:21] TR News "Is anyone at the company capable of saying and allowed to say What the actual fuck is this?" https://nikhil.io/posts/e6ba37ad73cf5e48a9f90227acc85ecd/ | Source: Nikhil Anand [13:21] TR Bot Turd nikhil.io [13:21] TR News "And as always, the solution is Emacs." https://joshblais.com/blog/i-made-my-phone-emacs/ | Source: Joshua Blais [13:21] TR Bot My phone is now just an emacs interface - The Universe of Joshua Blais [13:21] TR News "As test subject we got a Galaxy Z Fold 8, as an example of a modern-day foldable smartphone-tablet hybrid." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/foldable-oled-displays-and-the-bane-of-dust/ | Source: Hackaday [13:21] TR Bot OLED Displays And The Bane Of Dust | Hackaday [13:24] TR News "There are a lot of options for building a rig. You can build an established design from scratch, or forge out on your own and make something completely new." https://www.diybookscanner.org/en/intro.html | [13:24] TR Bot DIY Book Scanner Introduction [13:25] TR News "So today, Im sharing an open source project called Dashboard Touch, which lets you make your own Touch ID-style sensor for your Mac, using low-cost off-the-shelf part." https://www.anildash.com/2026/08/20/introducing-dashboard-touch/ | Source: Anil Dash [13:25] TR Bot Introducing Dashboard Touch, a build-your-own version of Touch ID - Anil Dash [13:27] TR News "This computer is a beautiful piece of homebrew engineering, constructed out of protoboard and loose wires rather than any fancy PCB. At the heart of the build lies a Motorola 68000 running at 10 MHz." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/homebrew-68k-machine-has-a-pci-bus/ | Source: Hackaday [13:27] TR Bot 68K Machine Has A PCI Bus | Hackaday [13:27] TR News "For as popular as Atari was in their heyday, it wasnt until well after they were on their famous decline that they released their first handheld, the Atari Lynx." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/20/miniaturizing-the-atari-2600-console/ | Source: Hackaday [13:27] TR Bot The Atari 2600 Console | Hackaday [13:28] TR News "The specs are a lot nicer than the Pi 7" Touch Display, which costs twice as much, with giant bezels and half the resolution!" https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/steam-deck-lcd-pi-hat/ | Source: Jeff Geerling [13:28] TR Bot Getting the Steam Deck LCD working on a Raspberry Pi - Jeff Geerling [13:30] TR News Cheap chocs https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/21/iconic-90s-chocolate-bar-controversial-past-makes-return-asdas-shelves-29428961/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/40126668/asda-shoppers-fill-pockets-12-p-chocolate-bar-returns/ [13:30] TR Bot Iconic 90s chocolate bar with controversial past makes its return to Asda's shelves | Metro News [13:30] TR Bot Verifying Device [13:38] TR News "More than 300 security officers employed by Mitie and working at Asda stores are at risk of redundancy in a process described as shambolic by GMB Union." https://www.gmb.org.uk/news/asda-job-cuts-branded-shambolic-as-hundreds-of-security-roles-at-risk [13:38] TR Bot Asda job cuts branded 'shambolic' as hundreds of security roles at risk | GMB Union [13:39] TR News "Eventually settled on Garuda Linux." https://roytang.net/2026/08/garuda-linux/ | Source: Roy Tang [13:40] TR Bot Out Garuda Linux roytang.net [13:40] TR News "This is yet another entry in my (years/decades-long) attempt to chronicle the entirety of my gaming history." https://roytang.net/2026/08/snes-games/ | Source: Roy Tang [13:40] TR Bot Games I finished ~30 years ago! roytang.net [13:41] TR News "We customize and set up a lot of things, sometimes on a per-system basis." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/RecheckSettingsEverySoOften | Source: University of Toronto [13:41] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [13:42] TR News "In this ~2-hour video I talk to Per Nordlw about some of his custom extensions for Emacs." https://protesilaos.com/prot-asks/2026-08-19-per-nordlow-emacs-extensions/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou [13:42] TR Bot Asks: Per Nordlw about his Emacs extensions | Protesilaos [13:42] TR News "In this episode of PING, APNIC Chief Scientist Geoff Huston and I discuss how the DNS behaves during a cold start, when a resolvers cache contains no data from previous queries." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/20/podcast-dns-cold-start/ | Source: APNIC [13:42] TR Bot [Podcast] DNS cold start | APNIC Blog [13:42] TR News "Home Assistant Setup, OpenBSD Updates, Wine 11.14, and more..." https://www.bsdnow.tv/677 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast [13:42] TR Bot BSD Now 677: Butler at your service [13:42] TR News "Increases MTTU and MTTR" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-proprietary-software-isnt-retrospective-trend-trap-failure | Source: Red Hat Official [13:42] TR Bot Why proprietary software isnt a retrospective trend but a trap for failure [13:43] TR News Openwashing of slop plagiarism to ride a wave of trillions in debt https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-ai-infrastructure-must-be-built-open | Source: Red Hat Official [13:43] TR Bot Why AI infrastructure must be built in the open [13:44] TR News Dumb Ways to Build brings some funny co-op from Dumb Ways to Die on September 10 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/dumb-ways-to-build-brings-some-funny-co-op-from-dumb-ways-to-die-on-september-10/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:44] TR Bot Ways to Build brings some funny co-op from Dumb Ways to Die on September 10 | GamingOnLinux [13:45] TR News Mozilla messing about with slop and openwashing - something Microsoft paid OSI to promote https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/open-source-ai-framework/ | Source: Mozilla [13:45] TR Bot A New Approach to Open Source AI: A Framework for Openness [13:45] TR News "However, this has changed over the years. When threat actors want to cause maximum damage, they go after the infrastructure layer" https://www.tecmint.com/linux-vulnerability-management/ | Source: TecMint [13:45] TR Bot How to Manage Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Linux Distributions [13:46] TR News Dominocalypse brings some clever ideas to puzzle roguelikes with dominoes | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/dominocalypse-brings-some-clever-ideas-to-puzzle-roguelikes-with-dominoes/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:46] TR Bot brings some clever ideas to puzzle roguelikes with dominoes | GamingOnLinux [13:46] TR News Space bullet heaven roguelike Sublight arrives September 15 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/space-bullet-heaven-roguelike-sublight-arrives-september-15/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:46] TR Bot bullet heaven roguelike Sublight arrives September 15 | GamingOnLinux [13:47] TR News The Loopler is a roguelite deckbuilder about a slot car driving in mesmerizing loops | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/the-loopler-is-a-roguelite-deckbuilder-about-a-slot-car-driving-in-mesmerizing-loops/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:47] TR Bot Loopler is a roguelite deckbuilder about a slot car driving in mesmerizing loops | GamingOnLinux [13:48] TR News "China Reportedly Orders State Agencies to Uninstall its Government-Only Edition of Windows 10 - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/19/0417243 [13:48] TR Bot China Reportedly Orders State Agencies to Uninstall its Government-Only Edition of Windows 10 - SoylentNews [13:48] TR News "AI-Generated Bills Are Reportedly Causing Problems in the Capitol - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/19/0419256 [13:48] TR Bot AI-Generated Bills Are Reportedly Causing Problems in the Capitol - SoylentNews [13:49] TR News "The August 17 outage, and the work ahead - The GitHub Blog" https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/the-august-17-outage-and-the-work-ahead/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/19/Microsoft_s_Mass_Layoffs_Impact_the_Ability_to_Run_Microsoft.shtml [13:49] TR Bot The August 17 outage, and the work ahead - The GitHub Blog [13:49] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft's Mass Layoffs Impact the Ability to Run Microsoft [13:49] TR News The impressive Sandustry already hit 100K sales with an early multiplayer mod out now | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/the-impressive-sandustry-already-hit-100k-sales-with-an-early-multiplayer-mod-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:49] TR Bot impressive Sandustry already hit 100K sales with an early multiplayer mod out now | GamingOnLinux [13:49] TR News Live-action sci-fi horror game PRECOGNITION sounds rad from Sam Barlow | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/live-action-sci-fi-horror-game-precognition-sounds-rad-from-sam-barlow/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:49] TR Bot sci-fi horror game PRECOGNITION sounds rad from Sam Barlow | GamingOnLinux [13:51] TR News "Mark Kapoberg bought an Irish castle | The Verge" https://www.theverge.com/tech/982955/meta-mark-zuckerberg-strancally-castle-ireland [13:51] TR Bot Mark Zuckerberg bought an Irish castle | The Verge [13:52] TR News SKINFACE is a gruesome stealth game where you steal faces | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/skinface-is-a-gruesome-stealth-game-where-you-steal-faces/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/skinface-is-a-gruesome-stealth-game-where-you-steal-faces/ [13:52] TR Bot is a gruesome stealth game where you steal faces | GamingOnLinux [13:52] TR News Monke bullet heaven survivor-like chaos will come in 2027 with Gorilla Tag Contagion | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/monke-bullet-heaven-survivor-like-chaos-will-come-in-2027-with-gorilla-tag-contagion/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:52] TR Bot bullet heaven survivor-like chaos will come in 2027 with Gorilla Tag Contagion | GamingOnLinux [13:53] TR News S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope is out now with a big free upgrade | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-cost-of-hope-is-out-now-with-a-big-free-upgrade/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:53] TR Bot 2: Cost of Hope is out now with a big free upgrade | GamingOnLinux [13:54] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [13:57] TR News Bethesda finally fix the Skyrim Special Edition on-screen keyboard crashing SteamOS / Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/bethesda-finally-fix-the-skyrim-special-edition-on-screen-keyboard-crashing-steamos-steam-deck/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:57] TR Bot finally fix the Skyrim Special Edition on-screen keyboard crashing SteamOS / Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [13:59] TR News Agent 64: Spies Never Die is pure retro FPS nostalgia bait | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/agent-64-spies-never-die-is-pure-retro-fps-nostalgia-bait/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:59] TR Bot 64: Spies Never Die is pure retro FPS nostalgia bait | GamingOnLinux ● Aug 21 [14:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [14:02] TR News FOSS Weekly #26.34: StillOS Review, Kernel 7.2 Released, PINE Trouble, Beautifying GNOME, Terminal Multiplexers and More https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-34/ [14:02] TR Bot FOSS Weekly #26.34: StillOS Review, Kernel 7.2 Released, PINE Trouble, Beautifying GNOME, Terminal Multiplexers and More [14:04] TR News Ian Jackson: Open Letter to the Wikimedia Foundation Board https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/21442.html [14:04] TR Bot Captcha Check [14:07] TR News Getting the Steam Deck LCD working on a Raspberry Pi https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/steam-deck-lcd-pi-hat/ [14:07] TR Bot Getting the Steam Deck LCD working on a Raspberry Pi - Jeff Geerling [14:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [14:14] TR News Pluralistic: The actual epistemic crisis (20 Aug 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/20/epistemic-void/ [14:14] TR Bot Pluralistic: The actual epistemic crisis (20 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [14:14] TR News New Jersey Teenager Drops Bellwether Social Media Addiction Lawsuit https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/technology/social-media-addiction-lawsuit-dropped.html [14:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/technology/social-media-addiction-lawsuit-dropped.html ) [14:16] TR News Surveillance Everything You Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask https://www.securityweek.com/surveillance-everything-you-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask/ [14:16] TR Bot Everything You Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask - SecurityWeek [14:16] TR News Police Are Hiding Their Use of Flock Surveillance Cameras https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/police-are-hiding-their-use-of-flock-surveillance-cameras.html [14:16] TR Bot Are Hiding Their Use of Flock Surveillance Cameras - Schneier on Security [14:17] TR News A Sloppy Interface Is a Security Liability https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/sloppy-ui-is-security-liability/ [14:17] TR Bot A Sloppy Interface Is a Security Liability - Jim Nielsens Blog [14:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [14:23] TR News Mainstream OS Arch Linux-based distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/mainstream-os-arch-linux-based-distribution/ [14:23] TR Bot OS - Arch Linux-based distribution - LinuxLinks [14:24] TR News Linux 7.2 Enables HDMI 2.1 FRL Support for AMD Display GPUs https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/linux-7-2-kernel-updates/ [14:24] TR Bot Linux 7.2 Release Features and Manjaro 26.1 Updates - Geeky Gadgets [14:25] TR News (NEW): Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/16/Linux_Kernel_7_2_Officially_Released_This_Is_What_s_New.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/16/Linux_Kernel_7_2_Officially_Released_This_Is_What_s_New.gmi [14:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released, This Is Whats New [14:26] TR News Pine64 halts all GNU/Linux hardware manufacturing through at least mid-2027 due to shortages memory crunch forces open-source maker to freeze SBCs, tablets, and phones https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/pine64-halts-all-linux-device-production-until-at-least-mid-2027-as-memory-shortage-bites [14:26] TR Bot Pine64 halts all Linux hardware manufacturing through at least mid-2027 due to shortages memory crunch forces open-source maker to freeze SBCs, tablets, and phones | Tom's Hardware [14:36] TR News Pine64 Halts Production of GNU/Linux Devices http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Pine64-Halts-Production-of-Linux-Devices [14:36] TR Bot Pine64 Halts Production of Linux Devices Linux Magazine [14:54] TR News As expected https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Networking see https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/If_Your_Software_Project_Welcomes_Bots_Then_All_You_ll_Have_Lef.shtml "Developers "Completely Overwhelmed" Due To AI/LLMs" [14:54] TR Bot 7.3 Network Changes Merged But Developers "Completely Overwhelmed" Due To AI/LLMs - Phoronix [14:54] TR Bot Techrights If Your Software Project Welcomes Bots, Then All You'll Have Left at the End Is Bots (Same for Sites Which Permit LLM Slop; They End up as Slopfarms and No Human Wants to Contribute Anymore) [14:55] TR News starkOS 20260820 https://distrowatch.com/starkos [14:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/starkos ) [14:55] TR News FydeOS 23.0 https://distrowatch.com/fydeos [14:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/fydeos ) [14:55] TR News TrueNAS 26.0.0-beta3 https://distrowatch.com/truenas [14:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/truenas ) [14:55] TR News Tuba, the best Mastodon client for Linux, just got a BIG update https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/tuba-mastodon-quote-support-collections [14:55] TR Bot Tuba, the Linux Mastodon app, adds quote & collections support [14:56] TR News Pine64 stops making GNU/Linux devices as Hey Hi (AI) inflates component costs https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/pine64-stops-linux-device-production-chip-shortage [14:56] TR Bot Pine64 halts Linux device production as AI inflates component costs ● Aug 21 [15:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [15:09] TR News Techrights The Slop Pyramid Scheme (Not Boon!) 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Isn't Good for GNU/Linux, Even If the Plagiarism Engines (Framed as "Training" or "Intelligence") Almost Always Run GNU/Linux [15:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:11] TR News Around 66% of Hong Kong upper primary students experience stress from testing overload survey https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/20/around-66-of-hong-kong-upper-primary-students-experience-stress-from-testing-overload-survey/ [15:11] TR Bot 66% of HK upper primary students face stress from excessive tests [15:12] TR News Extreme heat: 'We're really starting now to understand how global climate is impacting our health' https://www.france24.com/en/extreme-heat-we-re-really-starting-now-to-understand-how-global-climate-is-impacting-our-health [15:12] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/extreme-heat-we-re-really-starting-now-to-understand-how-global-climate-is-impacting-our-health ) [15:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [15:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:21] TR News Techrights Slop-ware: Nobody Knows What Code Goes Into Linux and Most Developers Cannot Understand the Rust Code (Even If They Tried) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Slop_ware_Nobody_Knows_What_Code_Goes_Into_Linux_and_Most_Devel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Slop_ware_Nobody_Knows_What_Code_Goes_Into_Linux_and_Most_Devel.gmi [15:21] TR Bot Techrights Slop-ware: Nobody Knows What Code Goes Into Linux and Most Developers Cannot Understand the Rust Code (Even If They Tried) [15:23] bms Well, I did it, I hit fire on deleting my Facebook account after nearly 2 decades. [15:23] bms I had a "bad ex GF" get matched to me by the platform 5 years after I'd deleted her number, and a "good ex GF" had the wisdom to extricate herself from the platform many many years ago. [15:23] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [15:24] schestowitz[TR2] extricate as in? [15:25] schestowitz[TR2] i don't do fb [15:25] schestowitz[TR2] but [15:26] schestowitz[TR2] imo, having a g/f in social control media is bad for the reasonn having a colleague as a gf is [15:26] schestowitz[TR2] when things don't work out in the relationship it impacts work [15:26] schestowitz[TR2] or vice versa [15:26] schestowitz[TR2] issuess at work can impact relationships [15:26] bms Ditch it for good... Well, I managed to see her again because I was on the PhD ticker and I got a publication into a conference in Victoria, BC. So there's that. She'd deleted her FB account after that. She's still on LinkedIn for the work reasons, but I daren't contact her there. [15:26] schestowitz[TR2] i have read a lot about revenges in social contol media [15:26] schestowitz[TR2] via mutual or overlapping nwtworks of "friends" [15:27] bms I don't doubt that, but that hasn't really been an issue for me. I'll tell you what was wird though. [15:27] schestowitz[TR2] "LinkedIn for the work reason" [15:27] schestowitz[TR2] what work reasons? [15:27] schestowitz[TR2] you need to keep a linkedin account to not be fired? :) [15:27] bms Er, finding work as much as anything else I should imagine. She works for the provincial BC government now. [15:28] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Mans Bizarre Hey Hi (AI) Post About Bombing Americans With Diarrhea Is Turning Out to Be a Weirdly Perfect Prediction of His Presidency https://futurism.com/health-medicine/trump-ai-post-bombing-americans-diarrhea-cyclosporiasis [15:28] TR Bot Trump's Bizarre AI Post About Bombing Americans With Diarrhea Is Turning Out to Be a Weirdly Perfect Prediction of His Presidency [15:28] TR News Protest singer Metin Turan released after 25 years in prison https://bianet.org/haber/protest-singer-metin-turan-released-after-25-years-in-prison-322676 [15:28] TR Bot Protest singer Metin Turan released after 25 years in prison [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] bms: it's not a good idea [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] it can cause problems [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] it can backfire [15:28] bms What was weird though was my old housemate turning crazy on me, after I'd tried to restablish contact with her. I had my reasons, they mostly had to do with someone vouching for me in a way I can't really go into. All above board though. [15:28] schestowitz[TR2] exposing oneself in sites like these [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] like uploading CVs or emailing them to the whole world [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] that's why judges don't play with such sites [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] and don't have their phonenumbers in phone books etc [15:29] bms So I sent a message to my old university asking the hard questions about anti-"AI" measures. I bcc'd my former housemate on this. She got a PhD too eventually, but from a different university. [15:29] bms She went flippo, totally condescending, accusing me of being a whackjob, etc etc. [15:30] bms I can't understand why someone would do that. The university honoured the request and treated it as formal FoI. I got an official response yesterday. [15:30] TR News CXMT planned to use stolen Samsung IP to develop its DRAM, court hears former Samsung engineer who jumped to Chinese memory maker now behind bars https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/cxmt-planned-to-use-stolen-samsung-ip-to-develop-its-dram-court-hears-former-samsung-engineer-who-jumped-to-chinese-memory-maker-now-behind-bars [15:30] TR Bot CXMT planned to use stolen Samsung IP to develop its DRAM, court hears former Samsung engineer who jumped to Chinese memory maker now behind bars | Tom's Hardware [15:30] bms I had to threaten her with legal action and cut off all communication for my own protection. [15:31] schestowitz[TR2] don't have enough info [15:31] schestowitz[TR2] sounds like relationship in the same insstitution [15:31] schestowitz[TR2] that can cause probs [15:31] schestowitz[TR2] when i was 16 or 17 i had a g/f who worked wiith my in burger king [15:31] bms Nothing untoward or unsavoury, totally platonic, shared a house, her dog liked me. [15:31] schestowitz[TR2] but only after i had left the job [15:31] schestowitz[TR2] we did not date when we both worked there [15:32] bms Was it because I was daring to criticise the "Holy A.I." I wonder? [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] AI is not new [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] it's old stuff [15:32] schestowitz[TR2] and it's not so exciting [15:33] TR News China Sentences Evergrande Founder to Life in Prison https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/business/evergrande-founder-life-prison.html [15:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/business/evergrande-founder-life-prison.html ) [15:34] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:35] TR News In China they imprison rich people for white-collar crimes, in the US they don't even get arrested for pedophilia and sex trafficking https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-evergrande-founder-sentenced-to-life-in-prison [15:35] TR Bot China Evergrande founder sentenced to life in prison for heinous crime | The Straits Times [15:35] TR News What property giant Evergrandes court rulings mean for Chinas economy https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/what-property-giant-evergrandes-sentence-means-for-chinas-economy [15:35] TR Bot What Evergrandes court rulings mean for Chinas economy | The Straits Times [15:35] TR News China says it firmly opposes Convicted Felon drone tariffs https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-firmly-opposes-trump-drone-tariffs [15:35] TR Bot China says it firmly opposes Trump drone tariffs | The Straits Times [15:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [15:36] TR News Low-value parcel volumes from China plunge in Lithuania after EU duty takes effect https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3027122/low-value-parcel-volumes-from-china-plunge-in-lithuania-after-eu-duty-takes-effect [15:36] TR Bot Low-value parcel volumes from China plunge in Lithuania after EU duty takes effect - LRT [15:37] TR News Founder of Chinas disgraced property giant jailed for life, as firm fined over US$2 billion https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/20/china-jails-founder-fines-disgraced-property-giant-evergrande/ [15:37] TR Bot China jails founder, fines disgraced property giant Evergrande [15:38] TR News Proprietary, spam, sells slop. Bad optics for "It's FOSS". https://itsfoss.com/news/warp-factories-launched/ [15:38] TR Bot Warp Launches Factories to Let Engineering Teams Build Their Own Cloud Software Factories [15:39] TR News Early 764 member sentenced to 77 years, longest prison term to date for a nihilistic violent extremist https://cyberscoop.com/764-member-sentenced-longest-prison-sentence-kyle-spitze/ [15:39] TR Bot 764 member sentenced to 77 years, longest prison term to date for a nihilistic violent extremist | CyberScoop [15:41] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: Supply chain attack on arrayref https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/20/supply-chain-attack-on-arrayref/ [15:41] TR Bot Supply chain attack on arrayref | Rust Blog [15:41] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.98.0 https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/20/Rust-1.98.0/ [15:41] TR Bot Announcing Rust 1.98.0 | Rust Blog [15:43] TR News It is perfectly normal and routine for both airports and for airlines to identify issues in planes and not pass tests, then mitigate or replace a plane. Maybe Puppy Breaker has too little experience flying, so he dramatises the whole thing. It happens a lot, every day... [15:43] TR News Michael Catanzaro: Introduction to Injection Vulnerabilities (and Script Worlds!) https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2026/08/20/introduction-to-injection-vulnerabilities-and-script-worlds/ [15:43] TR Bot Introduction to Injection Vulnerabilities (and Script Worlds!) Michael Catanzaro's Blog [15:46] TR News LibreDB Studio: an open source, self-hosted SQL IDE for PostgreSQL in the browser https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/libredb-studio-an-open-source-self-hosted-sql-ide-for-postgresql-in-the-browser-3368/ [15:46] TR Bot PostgreSQL: LibreDB Studio: an open source, self-hosted SQL IDE for PostgreSQL in the browser [15:46] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [15:50] TR News Rust is not secure https://lwn.net/Articles/1089720/ [15:50] TR Bot chain attack on arrayref (Rust blog) [LWN.net] [15:51] TR News Qt Safe Renderer 2.2.0 Released and Certified! https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-safe-renderer-2.2.0-released-and-certified [15:51] TR Bot Qt Safe Renderer 2.2.0 Released and Certified! [15:52] TR News Stallman was right about paying in Cash. Don't be a sucker! https://old.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/ https://www.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/comments/1vu2719/stallman_was_right_about_paying_in_cash_dont_be_a/ [15:52] TR Bot Welcome to Reddit [15:52] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Reddit [15:56] TR News FCC considers cuts to funds for internet access at schools and libraries https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0820/fcc-e-rate-libraries-schools [15:56] TR Bot considers cuts to funds for internet access at schools and libraries - CSMonitor.com [15:56] TR News We're Not Taking Harmful Cat Behaviors on The Internet Seriously Enough, Researchers Warn https://www.sciencealert.com/were-not-taking-harmful-cat-behaviors-on-the-internet-seriously-enough-researchers-warn [15:56] TR Bot Not Taking Harmful Cat Behaviors on The Internet Seriously Enough, Researchers Warn : ScienceAlert ● Aug 21 [16:12] schestowitz[TR2] bms: [16:12] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:12] schestowitz[TR2] checking IRC text now [16:12] schestowitz[TR2] "bms; Was it because I was daring to criticise the "Holy A.I." I wonder? " [16:12] schestowitz[TR2] ^ very likely [16:12] schestowitz[TR2] a lot of people are VERY frightened by something adjacent to LLMs [16:12] schestowitz[TR2] and react that way even to questioning any aspect of the LLM bubble [16:12] schestowitz[TR2] or what little technology there is underneath. [16:12] schestowitz[TR2] Maybe she got personal threats over such [16:12] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:12] schestowitz[TR2] -Anon [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0gb74cq [16:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0gb74cq ) [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Gonna happen. IBM assigned some finance lady Biz D to them and they are trying to go all kinds of social mktg online. Plus go to the Persistent web page and look at About Us and the "leadership team". All Indians. Game set match. [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Indian Bureau of Mainframes [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] I've Been Moved [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] It's Being Monitored [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Indian Biryani Machines [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Incompetent But Management [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Infinite Bug Maker [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Indian Baking Method [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] International Boring Machines [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] It Broken Mon [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] I Blame Marketing [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Indian Brainstorming Monks [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Id--ts Buying Management [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Indian Budget Managers [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] I'm Buying Microsoft [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Instant Bureaucracy Maker [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Indian Binary Mechanics [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Isolated Byte Monster [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Indian Byte Masters [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Internet's Biggest Mystery [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] Immobile Blue Monster [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:20] MinceR i've seen it as "I'm Buying Macintosh" -- which is now fitting, given that Dehomag is now a card-carrying crApple shill [16:20] schestowitz[TR2] Bowel Movement [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] Ohhhh yes, this one is legendary already. Everybody looking around like, Wait ah what is happening here? She keep getting promotion one after another rapidly, like promotion automatically come every time she open email, even though everybody still cannot see exactly what is being delivered. But maybe no need deliver when you are top guy favorite, lah. [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] Her taking over HI was basically corporate saying, OK, we are done here. They were throwing in the towel on this team. Honestly, her arrival already feel like official announcement of the teams demise. Wah. [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] BUT NO! Plot twist! Instead of asking any questions, she somehow get magically transported upward and promoted AGAIN! Wah, very efficient systemperformance problem become promotion opportunity! Team left behind like after typhoon, picking up pieces, while she flying upstairs to collect another big title. [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] Honestly, this no longer corporate promotion culture. This is professional-level comedy. If somebody write this as satire, people say too unrealistic. But Albany say, Hold my tea. Wah, cannot make this up already." [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kze4zqty [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] sounds like Sirius :) [16:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kze4zqty ) [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] people who know nothing about computer [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] assigned to manage people who do it for a living [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] it's not even funny, it was insane [16:22] schestowitz[TR2] SarinGas had zero knowledge of anything computer [16:22] schestowitz[TR2] no qualifications, zero knowledge [16:24] MinceR ideal management material? [16:27] schestowitz[TR2] IMM [16:40] schestowitz[TR2] ICBMM [16:40] schestowitz[TR2] inter continential ballistic missiles management [16:40] schestowitz[TR2] "you're fired" [16:40] schestowitz[TR2] management 101 [16:42] MinceR (cat) (video) (audio:irrelevant) https://imgur.com/gallery/hungry-kitty-steals-entire-bag-of-sausages-701nyB6 [16:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://imgur.com/gallery/hungry-kitty-steals-entire-bag-of-sausages-701nyB6 ) [16:42] schestowitz[TR2] vieable in hungary [16:42] schestowitz[TR2] uk blockks hungary kitten :) [16:42] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:42] schestowitz[TR2] Content Not Available [16:42] schestowitz[TR2] Content not available in your region. [16:42] schestowitz[TR2] Learn more about Imgur access in the United Kingdom [16:43] MinceR https://rimgo.bloat.cat/gallery/hungry-kitty-steals-entire-bag-of-sausages-701nyB6 [16:43] TR Bot Just a moment... [16:46] TR News Techrights Mass Layoffs at IBM, But Mostly in Secret (PIPs and 'Voluntary' Redundancies) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM_But_Mostly_in_Secret_PIPs_and_Voluntary_Red.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM_But_Mostly_in_Secret_PIPs_and_Voluntary_Red.gmi [16:46] TR Bot Techrights Mass Layoffs at IBM, But Mostly in Secret (PIPs and 'Voluntary' Redundancies) [16:56] TR News (NEW): Today in the United States GNU/Linux Measured at 15% on Desktops/Laptops https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Today_in_the_United_States_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_15_on_Desktops.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Today_in_the_United_States_GNU_Linux_Measured_at_15_on_Desktops.gmi [16:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in the United States GNU/Linux Measured at 15% on Desktops/Laptops ● Aug 21 [17:03] TR News It is quite telling and revealing that SlopMatt has quit talking about litigation because Roy and Rianne's legal team, about 10 times more experienced then his, said that it turned out "embarrassing" for his legal team and "they basically lost" [17:04] TR News (than) [17:04] TR News The SLOP curve for Hey Hi (AI) in schools https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0820/The-learning-curve-for-AI-in-schools [17:04] TR Bot learning curve for AI in schools - CSMonitor.com [17:05] TR News What % of the pushers of slop does NOT have any background in Computer Science or equiv? HUGE proportion. There is a reason for this. [17:09] TR News China: Robots box and dance at Beijing's 2026 World Robot Conference https://www.france24.com/en/china-robots-box-and-dance-at-beijing-s-2026-world-robot-conference [17:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/china-robots-box-and-dance-at-beijing-s-2026-world-robot-conference ) [17:10] TR News BOTH companies LOSE money. This is a SCAM, Wall Street embraced a scam wholly and happily. https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/20/report-anthropic-hopes-to-surpass-spacexs-record-ipo-raise-when-it-finally-goes-public/ [17:10] TR Bot Anthropic hopes to surpass SpaceX's record IPO raise when it finally floats - SiliconANGLE [17:11] TR News debt financing for Hey Hi (AI) chip deal https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/20/broadcom-reportedly-seeking-up-to-100b-in-debt-financing-for-ai-chip-deal/ DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT SUCCESS DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT [17:11] TR Bot reportedly seeking up to $100B in debt financing for AI chip deal - SiliconANGLE [17:11] TR News So they sell chips for money that does not exist! Bravo! WHAT COULD GO WRONG??? [17:14] TR News Flock Says Its Taking a Break From Responding to Media Requests https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/flock-taking-break-responding-media [17:14] TR Bot Flock Says It's "Taking a Break" From Responding to Media Requests [17:14] admfubar https://www.salon.com/2026/08/21/columbia-house-closure-sparks-nostalgia-for-a-bygone-music-scam/ [17:14] TR Bot House closure sparks nostalgia for a bygone music scam - Salon.com [17:14] TR News OpenAI Halts Hey Hi (AI) Training on Advanced Model as It Detects Dark Signs Emerging https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-halts-training-advanced-model [17:14] TR Bot OpenAI Halts AI Training on Advanced Model as It Detects Dark Signs Emerging [17:16] TR News BREAKING: Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists convicted under nat. security law, face up to 10 years prison https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/21/breaking-hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-activists-convicted-under-nat-security-law-face-up-to-10-years-prison/ [17:16] TR Bot Tiananmen vigil activists convicted under nat. security law, face up to 10 years prison [17:18] TR News GivEnergy enters administration, batteries expose home networks https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/givenergy-enters-administration-legacy-home-batteries-still-expose-customer-networks/ [17:18] TR Bot GivEnergy enters administration, batteries expose home networks | Pen Test Partners [17:19] TR News Corporate human rights watchdog finds forced labor persists on Dominican Republic plantations https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/corporate-human-rights-watchdog-finds-forced-labor-persists-on-dominican-republic-plantations/ [17:19] TR Bot Corporate human rights watchdog finds forced labor persists on Dominican Republic plantations - JURIST - News [17:20] TR News French PM announces creation of unit to combat cyberattacks https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260820-french-pm-announces-creation-of-unit-to-combat-cyberattacks [17:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260820-french-pm-announces-creation-of-unit-to-combat-cyberattacks ) [17:21] TR News The push to designate Hey Hi (AI) as the next critical infrastructure sector https://cyberscoop.com/ai-critical-infrastructure-designation-cisa-report/ [17:21] TR Bot push to designate AI as the next critical infrastructure sector | CyberScoop [17:23] TR News Exploitation Expected for Critical Authentication Bypass Patched in Citrix NetScaler https://www.securityweek.com/exploitation-expected-for-critical-authentication-bypass-patched-in-citrix-netscaler/ [17:23] TR Bot Expected for Critical Authentication Bypass Patched in Citrix NetScaler - SecurityWeek [17:23] TR News Cisco Patches Critical Crosswork, Secure Workload Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-critical-crosswork-secure-workload-vulnerabilities/ [17:23] TR Bot Patches Critical Crosswork, Secure Workload Vulnerabilities - SecurityWeek [17:23] TR News MLflow Vulnerability Exploited for Cloud Credential Theft https://www.securityweek.com/mlflow-vulnerability-exploited-for-cloud-credential-theft/ [17:23] TR Bot Vulnerability Exploited for Cloud Credential Theft - SecurityWeek [17:23] TR News Atlassian, Splunk Patch Dozens of Critical, High-Severity Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/atlassian-splunk-patch-dozens-of-critical-high-severity-vulnerabilities/ [17:23] TR Bot Splunk Patch Dozens of Critical, High-Severity Vulnerabilities - SecurityWeek [17:27] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/supermicro-fires-several-employees-following-investigation-into-usd2-5-billion-china-ai-chip-smuggling-claims-that-senior-management-had-no-knowledge-of-illicit-transactions [17:27] TR Bot Supermicro fires several employees following investigation into $2.5 billion China AI chip smuggling claims that senior management had no knowledge of illicit transactions | Tom's Hardware [17:27] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/slovakia-discovers-russian-backdoors-in-279-new-traffic-cameras-national-security-service-deactivates-offending-units [17:27] TR Bot Slovakia discovers Russian backdoors in 279 new traffic cameras SMS-triggered shell access and passwordless live feeds found in EU-funded rollout | Tom's Hardware [17:28] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [17:28] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/enterprise-ssds-now-cost-18-times-more-than-hard-drives-per-terabyte [17:28] TR Bot Enterprise SSDs cost 18.6 times more than HDDs as 30TB drives hit $22,600 hard drive supply is sold out through 2027 | Tom's Hardware [17:33] TR News Teaching Young People to Feed Wildlife https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/21/teaching-young-people-to-feed-wildlife/ [17:33] TR Bot Blog Archive Teaching Young People to Feed Wildlife [17:34] TR News Amazon delivery drone dumps Texas woman's parcel straight into her swimming pool https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/amazon-delivery-drone-dumps-texas-womans-parcel-straight-into-her-swimming-pool-viral-video-surfaces-the-same-week-the-company-announces-500-city-prime-air-expansion [17:34] TR Bot Amazon delivery drone dumps Texas woman's parcel straight into her swimming pool viral video surfaces the same week the company announces 500-city Prime Air expansion | Tom's Hardware [17:34] TR News Amazon delivery drone drops shocked customers package directly into swimming pool in viral video https://nypost.com/2026/08/20/us-news/amazon-delivery-drone-drops-shocked-customers-package-directly-into-swimming-pool-in-viral-video/ [17:35] TR Bot Amazon delivery drone drops 'shocked' customer's package directly into swimming pool in viral video [17:35] TR News Whistleblower Says Mark Kapo-berg Is Only Pretending to Care About Child Safety https://futurism.com/future-society/whistleblower-lawsuit-meta-child-safety-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-instagram [17:35] TR Bot Whistleblower Says Mark Zuckerberg Is Only Pretending to Care About Child Safety [17:36] TR News Germany records 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer as heatwaves scorch Europe https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260820-germany-records-14-000-heat-related-deaths-this-summer-as-heatwaves-scorch-europe [17:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260820-germany-records-14-000-heat-related-deaths-this-summer-as-heatwaves-scorch-europe ) [17:37] TR News Increasingly, court filings are citing legal cases that dont actually exist https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/increasingly-court-filings-are-citing-legal-cases-that-dont-actually-exist/ [17:37] TR Bot Increasingly, court filings are citing legal cases that dont actually exist | Federal News Network [17:38] TR News Critical GitLab Flaw Exploited Shortly After Disclosure https://www.securityweek.com/critical-gitlab-flaw-exploited-shortly-after-disclosure/ [17:38] TR Bot GitLab Flaw Exploited Shortly After Disclosure - SecurityWeek [17:40] TR News Why are people suddenly adding Fashion Company Apple Lightning cables to Raspberry Pi Pico 2 boards? https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/20/why-are-people-suddenly-adding-apple-lightning-cables-to-raspberry-pi-pico-2-boards/ [17:40] TR Bot Why are people suddenly adding Apple Lightning cables to Raspberry Pi Pico 2 boards? - CNX Software [17:41] TR News Hackers Target Zimbra Servers in Active Exploitation Campaign https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-target-zimbra-servers-in-active-exploitation-campaign/ [17:41] TR Bot Target Zimbra Servers in Active Exploitation Campaign - SecurityWeek [17:41] TR News KDE Gear 26.08 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1089721/ [17:41] TR Bot Gear 26.08 released [LWN.net] [17:42] TR News KDE Gear 26.08 https://kde.org/announcements/gear/26.08.0/ [17:42] TR Bot KDE Gear 26.08 - KDE Community [17:43] *cow_20012 has quit (Quit: ) [17:43] TR News Btrfs Snapshot Integration in KDE https://bharadwajraju.com/posts/btrfs-snapshots-in-kde [17:43] TR Bot Btrfs Snapshot Integration in KDE \ ~bharadwaj [17:44] TR News PINE64 is Halting its GNU/Linux Hardware Line, and The Hey Hi (AI) Bubble is to Blame https://itsfoss.com/news/pine64-kills-off-linux-hardware/ [17:44] TR Bot PINE64 is Halting its Linux Hardware Line, and The AI Bubble is to Blame [17:46] TR News (NEW): NetworkManager 1.58.1 Improves Support for Private Connections and Fixes Bugs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/NetworkManager_1_58_1_Improves_Support_for_Private_Connections_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/NetworkManager_1_58_1_Improves_Support_for_Private_Connections_.gmi [17:46] TR Bot Tux Machines NetworkManager 1.58.1 Improves Support for Private Connections and Fixes Bugs [17:46] TR News Quectel SH602FA and SE505FE smart modules bring Android 16 to 4G LTE and 5G IoT devices https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/20/quectel-sh602fa-and-se505fe-smart-modules-bring-android-16-to-4g-lte-and-5g-iot-devices/ [17:46] TR Bot Quectel SH602FA and SE505FE smart modules bring Android 16 to 4G LTE and 5G IoT devices - CNX Software [17:47] TR News This Extension Displays Your Photo Images as Desktop Widget https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/extension-photo-desktop-widget/ [17:47] TR Bot This Extension Displays Your Photo Images as Desktop Widget | UbuntuHandbook [17:48] TR News Liferea News Reader 2.0 Released with GTK4/LibAdwaita Port https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/liferea-news-reader-2-0-released-with-gtk4-libadwaita-port/ [17:48] TR Bot Liferea News Reader 2.0 Released with GTK4/LibAdwaita Port | UbuntuHandbook [17:49] TR News Linux 7.2 release Main changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architectures https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/21/linux-7-2-release-main-changes-arm-risc_v-amd-mips-architecture/ [17:49] TR Bot Linux 7.2 release - Main changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architectures - CNX Software [17:49] TR News GNUnet News: GNUnet 0.29.0 https://gnunet.org/en/news/2026-08-0.29.0.html [17:49] TR Bot GNUnet [17:51] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1089717/ [17:51] TR Bot updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [17:51] TR News GIMP is (finally) working on a new project file format https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/gimp-new-project-file-format [17:51] TR Bot GIMP is (finally) working on a new project file format - OMG! Ubuntu [17:52] TR News Dynamic icons GNOME extension adds 2 new styles, Yaru fixes https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/dynamic-icons-gnome-extension-updated [17:52] TR Bot Dynamic icons GNOME extension adds 2 new styles, Yaru fixes - OMG! Ubuntu [17:54] TR News Dynamic icons GNOME extension adds 2 new styles, Yaru fixes https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/dynamic-icons-gnome-extension-updated [17:54] TR News The Magic Just https://www.rubenerd.au/the-magic-just/ [17:54] TR Bot Rubenerd: The Magic Just [17:55] TR News RPM 6.1.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1089719/ [17:55] TR Bot 6.1.0 released [LWN.net] ● Aug 21 [18:03] TR News Self-Hosting Photos, No Social Control Media Needed https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/21/self-hosting-photos-no-social-control-media-needed/ [18:03] TR Bot Blog Archive Self-Hosting Photos, No Social Control Media Needed [18:03] TR News Final week: Wrapping Up My GSoC Journey https://roshani-gsoc.bearblog.dev/final-week-wrapping-up-my-gsoc-journey/ [18:03] TR Bot Final week: Wrapping Up My GSoC Journey Roshani's KDE & GSoC Blog [18:04] TR News iophk: I notice they stop mentioning the deforrestation which is the main cause of the decreased rainfall: https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/panama-canal-to-reduce-shipping-over-el-nino-fueled-drought-702895946 (Strategic waterway: Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fueled drought) [18:04] TR Bot Strategic waterway: Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fueled drought - RTL Today [18:06] TR News Unprecedented Number of Fashion Company Apple Users Received Recent Spyware Alert https://citizenlab.ca/unprecedented-number-of-apple-users-received-recent-spyware-alert/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml [18:06] TR Bot Unprecedented Number of Apple Users Received Recent Spyware Alert - The Citizen Lab [18:06] TR Bot Techrights Unlike GAFAM, Free Software Serves You, It Does Not Serve Governments and MElons (Overlapping Forces) [18:07] TR News restrictions violate Fifth Amendment and historical tradition of DIY gunsmithing https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/federal-judge-strikes-down-atf-ghost-gun-rule-for-3d-printed-parts-says-restrictions-violate-fifth-amendment-and-historical-tradition-of-diy-gunsmithing [18:07] TR Bot Federal judge strikes down ATF 'ghost gun' rule for 3D printed parts says restrictions violate Fifth Amendment and historical tradition of DIY gunsmithing | Tom's Hardware [18:09] TR News GNU/Linux According to Clownflare https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/20/gnulinux-according-to-clownflare/ [18:09] TR Bot Blog Archive GNU/Linux According to Clownflare [18:10] TR News Tom Ritter: webaudio fingerprinting on alibaba http://ritter.vg/blog-webaudio_alibaba.html [18:10] TR Bot fingerprinting on alibaba - ritter.vg [18:10] TR News Over 153,000 students, staff affected in Canvas data breach, Hong Kong privacy watchdog says https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/21/over-153000-students-staff-affected-in-canvas-data-breach-hong-kong-privacy-watchdog-says/ [18:10] TR Bot Over 153,000 affected in Canvas hack: HK privacy watchdog [18:11] TR News Google Hey Hi (AI) Giving Staggeringly Racist Advice About Being Alone With Certain Groups of People https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-racist Slop is not advice and not intelligence, it's a soup of words and that's why it's doomed to fail [18:11] TR Bot Google AI Giving Staggeringly Racist "Advice" About Being Alone With Certain Groups of People [18:12] TR News PyData Berlin Talk on our new within Fixed Effect Solver https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/pydata-berlin-talk-on-our-new-within-fixed-effect-solver/ [18:12] TR Bot Berlin Talk on our new within Fixed Effect Solver | R-bloggers [18:13] TR News Retail theft bill spurs very large and very dangerous surveillance fears https://cyberscoop.com/corca-retail-theft-bill-ice-surveillance/ [18:13] TR Bot theft bill spurs very large and very dangerous surveillance fears | CyberScoop [18:14] TR News Proprietary: OLE-Dispatch When Doing MFC/Qt Migration https://www.kdab.com/ole-dispatch-when-doing-mfcqt-migration/ [18:14] TR Bot Migration: Bridging OLE IDispatch and QMetaObject | KDAB [18:14] TR News 125: A Useful Quirk https://mwl.io/archives/24958 [18:14] TR Bot 125: A Useful Quirk Michael W Lucas [18:15] TR News Firefox Add-on Reviews: Extension starter pack https://addons.mozilla.org/blog/extension-starter-pack/ [18:15] TR Bot Extension starter pack - Firefox Add-ons Blog [18:17] TR News FOMO SPAM? Fentanylware (CheeTok) Star at 89 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/world/europe/elder-opa-influencer-tiktok-star-matcha.html [18:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/world/europe/elder-opa-influencer-tiktok-star-matcha.html ) [18:20] TR News Automattic jumping the shark with slop plagiarism and charlatans - this can repel more WordPress users than it can attract https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/wcus-2026-recap/ [18:20] TR Bot AI Creates Opportunity While Artists Ship at WordCamp US 2026 WordPress News [18:21] TR News UNC Used Hey Hi (AI) to Help Draft Its 'Compact 2.0 Response. Is That Hypocritical? https://www.chronicle.com/article/unc-used-ai-to-help-draft-its-compact-2-0-response-is-that-hypocritical [18:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.chronicle.com/article/unc-used-ai-to-help-draft-its-compact-2-0-response-is-that-hypocritical ) [18:22] TR News The Funny Way That Stand-Up Comics Are Posting on Social Control Media https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/arts/comedians-social-media-photos-captions.html [18:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/arts/comedians-social-media-photos-captions.html ) [18:22] TR News Problem Statements and the Scope of Prior Art https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/problem-statements-and-the-scope-of-prior-art.html [18:22] TR Bot Problem Statements and the Scope of Prior Art | Patently-O [18:23] TR News Flash Uplink hard drive firmware patent monopoly challenge granted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/8/20/flash-uplink-hard-drive-firmware-patent-challenge-granted [18:23] TR Bot Flash Uplink hard drive firmware patent challenge granted Unified Patents [18:23] TR News Software Patents: Introducing UMG the Patent Licensor: Major Labels Music IP Holdings JV Licenses 24+ Hey Hi (AI) Patents to Udio and GRAI, Targets Widespread Adoption With Online Portal https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/20/universal-music-patents-licensing-deals-udio-grai/ [18:23] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/20/universal-music-patents-licensing-deals-udio-grai/ ) [18:24] TR News Greens call for windfall tax on the profits of big banks to help more than a million small and medium businesses https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/08/19/greens-announce-windfall-tax-on-the-profits-of-big-banks/ [18:24] TR Bot Greens call for windfall tax on the profits of big banks to help more than a million small and medium businesses - Green Party [18:25] TR News how to install cisco packet tracer on gnu linux debian 13 https://dwaves.de/2026/08/20/how-to-install-cisco-packet-tracer-on-gnu-linux-debian-13/ [18:25] TR Bot how to install cisco packet tracer on gnu linux debian 13 | dwaves.de [18:25] TR News How To Install Graylog on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-graylog-ubuntu/ [18:26] TR News FKA twigs vs. The Twigs: FKA twigs Triumphs in First Stage of Trademark Infringement Proceedings https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/20/fka-twigs-twigs-trademark-battle/ [18:26] TR Bot ( status 522 @ https://idroot.us/install-graylog-ubuntu/ ) [18:26] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/20/fka-twigs-twigs-trademark-battle/ ) [18:27] TR News AI-Assisted Tool Helped Secure Satellite Communication System After 2022 Russian Hacking https://www.securityweek.com/ai-assisted-tool-helped-secure-satellite-communication-system-after-2022-russian-hacking/ [18:27] TR Bot Tool Helped Secure Satellite Communication System After 2022 Russian Hacking - SecurityWeek [18:30] TR News Threat Actor Hacks 14,000 IP Cameras in Ukraine and Russia https://www.securityweek.com/threat-actor-hacks-14000-ip-cameras-in-ukraine-and-russia/ [18:30] TR Bot Actor Hacks 14,000 IP Cameras in Ukraine and Russia - SecurityWeek [18:31] TR News Voters Arent Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/technology/data-centers-voter-concerns-independence-missouri.html https://techrights.org/datacentre_bibliography.shtml [18:31] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/technology/data-centers-voter-concerns-independence-missouri.html ) [18:31] TR Bot Selected Data Centre Articles: 1 Jan 2025 - 21 Aug 2026 [18:32] TR News LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES in site SPONSORED by IBM!! https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/19/ibm-moves-a-step-closer-to-fault-tolerant-quantum-computing-by-linking-its-first-modular-cryogenic-fridges/ LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/30/Sabine_Hossenfelder_Versus_IBM_Scamming_Shareholders.shtml [18:32] TR Bot moves a step closer to fault-tolerant quantum computing by linking its first modular cryogenic fridges - SiliconANGLE [18:32] TR Bot Techrights Sabine Hossenfelder Versus IBM Scamming Shareholders [18:33] TR News America Is About to Get More Expensive https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/opinion/bond-market-interest-rates-affordability.html [18:33] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/opinion/bond-market-interest-rates-affordability.html ) [18:35] TR News This is NOT new!! They just REBRAND everything as "HEY HI" now. https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/20/hong-kong-to-slash-crosswalk-waits-by-up-to-20-seconds-using-ai-powered-traffic-lights/ [18:35] TR Bot HK to slash crosswalk waits by up to 20 secs using AI-powered traffic lights [18:36] TR News The vaccine against HEY HI hype is DEFUNDING of bribe money for "media" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/17/The_Register_MS_is_Publishing_Spam_for_Gartner_Group_to_Spread_.shtml [18:36] TR Bot Techrights The Register MS is Publishing Spam for Gartner Group to Spread Hype About "AI", Mentioned 30 Times in the Paid (Fake) Article [18:51] TR News "RPM 6.1 has been released today as a major update to this package manager system for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Linux-based distributions." https://9to5linux.com/rpm-6-1-is-here-with-new-release-model-inspired-by-the-linux-kernel [18:51] TR Bot 6.1 Is Here with New Release Model Inspired by the Linux Kernel - 9to5Linux [18:51] TR News "PineNote and PineTab2 stock is expected to run dry within three months." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/pine64-halts-all-linux-device-production-until-at-least-mid-2027-as-memory-shortage-bites [18:51] TR Bot Pine64 halts all Linux hardware manufacturing through at least mid-2027 due to shortages memory crunch forces open-source maker to freeze SBCs, tablets, and phones | Tom's Hardware [18:53] TR News NetBSD 11 lands with RISC-V support and lightning-fast VM boots https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/20/netbsd-11-lands-with-risc-v-support-and-lightning-fast-vm-boots/5289713 [18:53] TR Bot NetBSD 11 lands with RISC-V support and lightning-fast VM boots [18:54] TR News Frameworks Linux Laptop 12 is massively outselling Windows https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/frameworks-linux-laptop-12-is-massively-outselling-windows [18:54] TR Bot Frameworks Linux Laptop 12 is massively outselling Windows - Trusted Reviews [18:56] TR News (NEW): Framework Laptop 12 gets Fedora KDE Linux on pre-builts, along with new Intel Core Series 3 processors https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Framework_Laptop_12_gets_Fedora_KDE_Linux_on_pre_builts_along_w.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/19/Framework_Laptop_12_gets_Fedora_KDE_Linux_on_pre_builts_along_w.gmi [18:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Framework Laptop 12 gets Fedora KDE Linux on pre-builts, along with new Intel Core Series 3 processors [18:56] TR News Linux 7.3 will boost minimum framerates by 7x on older CPUs, which is perfect in this hardware crisis https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-73-will-boost-minimum-framerates-by-7x-on-older-cpus-which-is-perfect-in-this-hardware-crisis/ [18:56] TR Bot Linux 7.3 will boost minimum framerates by 7x on older CPUs, which is perfect in this hardware crisis [18:56] TR News "Garuda Linux Temeraire is out today as the latest snapshot of this Arch Linux-based distro that promises to deliver a powerful, beautiful, and user-centric Linux desktop experience." https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-based-garuda-linux-temeraire-released-with-linux-7-2 [18:56] TR Bot Linux-Based Garuda Linux Temeraire Released with Linux Kernel 7.2 - 9to5Linux [18:57] TR News "The open hardware manufacturer recently posted an update on its Mastodon account, and it's not great news if you were hoping to grab new Linux-powered PINE64 hardware." https://itsfoss.com/news/pine64-kills-off-linux-hardware/ [18:57] TR Bot PINE64 is Halting its Linux Hardware Line, and The AI Bubble is to Blame [18:57] TR News PINE64 is halting its Linux hardware line, and the AI bubble is to blame https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/20/pine64-is-halting-its-linux-hardware-line-and-the-ai-bubble-is-to-blame/ [18:57] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/20/pine64-is-halting-its-linux-hardware-line-and-the-ai-bubble-is-to-blame/ ) [18:58] TR News Researcher tricks Apples Find My into sharing location data with Linux https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/20/researcher-tricks-apples-find-my-into-sharing-location-data-with-linux/5290496 [18:58] TR Bot Researcher tricks Apples Find My into sharing location data with Linux [18:59] TR News UAT-10147 deploys SPECTRE: A cross-platform implant with Linux rootkit and BYOVD capabilities https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-deploys-spectre-a-cross-platform-implant-with-linux-rootkit-and-byovd-capabilities/ [18:59] TR Bot UAT-10147 deploys SPECTRE: A cross-platform implant with Linux rootkit and BYOVD capabilities ● Aug 21 [19:02] TR News "The KDE Project released KDE Gear 26.08 today as a major update to this open-source software suite companion to the KDE Plasma desktop environment in celebration of KDEs upcoming 30th anniversary this October." https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-26-08-software-suite-is-out-with-many-improvements-for-kde-apps [19:02] TR Bot Gear 26.08 Software Suite Is Out with Many Improvements for KDE Apps - 9to5Linux [19:02] TR News "Finally, there's a Linux distro that makes Arch and Hyprland easy - while adding the polish of MacOS. What's not to love about MainstreamOS?" https://www.zdnet.com/article/mainstreamos-linux-distro-arch-hyprland/ [19:02] TR Bot MainstreamOS finally make Linux a household name? I tried it to find out | ZDNET [19:03] TR News "Given how much competition there is on Steam, I think it's worth celebrating for smaller developers (especially so when they directly support Linux)." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/the-impressive-sandustry-already-hit-100k-sales-with-an-early-multiplayer-mod-out-now/ [19:03] TR Bot impressive Sandustry already hit 100K sales with an early multiplayer mod out now | GamingOnLinux [19:03] TR News Linux 7.3 Scheduler Boosts FPS for Low-Power Hardware https://www.techpowerup.com/351727/linux-7-3-scheduler-boosts-fps-for-low-power-hardware [19:03] TR Bot 7.3 Scheduler Boosts FPS for Low-Power Hardware | TechPowerUp [19:04] TR News Google Chrome web browser for 64-bit Arm Linux and tested on Pi 5 https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/19/google-chrome-web-browser-for-64-bit-arm-linux-and-tested-on-pi-5/ [19:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/19/google-chrome-web-browser-for-64-bit-arm-linux-and-tested-on-pi-5/ ) [19:04] TR News "This is a follow-up to work they previously blogged about and now Vock said that after many months on the mailing lists that the "kernel patches are finally merged upstream and queued for Linux 7.3"." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-vram-management-set-for-more-improvements-with-kernel-7-3/ [19:04] TR Bot VRAM management set for more improvements with kernel 7.3 | GamingOnLinux [19:05] TR News Linux gaming: Latest patch brings 7x improvements on 'potato' hardware https://www.notebookcheck.net/Linux-gaming-Latest-patch-brings-7x-improvements-on-potato-hardware.1373432.0.html [19:05] TR Bot Linux gaming: Latest patch brings 7x improvements on 'potato' hardware - Notebookcheck News [19:06] TR News Framework Refreshes 12-Inch Laptop, Uses Linux To Hit $699 Price https://uk.pcmag.com/laptops/166785/framework-refreshes-12-inch-laptop-uses-linux-to-hit-699-price [19:06] TR Bot Framework Refreshes 12-Inch Laptop, Uses Linux To Hit $699 Price [19:09] TR News (NEW): Linux Kernel Space: Apple Foolishness and Change to Scheduler Boosts FPS for Low-Power Hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Linux_Kernel_Space_Apple_Foolishness_and_Change_to_Scheduler_Bo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Linux_Kernel_Space_Apple_Foolishness_and_Change_to_Scheduler_Bo.gmi [19:09] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Kernel Space: Apple Foolishness and Change to Scheduler Boosts FPS for Low-Power Hardware [19:11] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Emacs, DNS, and BSDs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Audiocasts_Shows_Emacs_DNS_and_BSDs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Audiocasts_Shows_Emacs_DNS_and_BSDs.gmi [19:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Emacs, DNS, and BSDs [19:12] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/today_s_howtos.gmi [19:12] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [19:13] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) [19:14] TR News (NEW): SNES Games, Nostalgia, and New Titles for GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/SNES_Games_Nostalgia_and_New_Titles_for_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/SNES_Games_Nostalgia_and_New_Titles_for_GNU_Linux.gmi [19:14] TR Bot Tux Machines SNES Games, Nostalgia, and New Titles for GNU/Linux [19:16] TR News (NEW): BSD: OpenZFS Mastery and NetBSD 11's Support for 64-bit RISC-V Hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/BSD_OpenZFS_Mastery_and_NetBSD_11_s_Support_for_64_bit_RISC_V_H.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/BSD_OpenZFS_Mastery_and_NetBSD_11_s_Support_for_64_bit_RISC_V_H.gmi [19:16] TR Bot Tux Machines BSD: OpenZFS Mastery and NetBSD 11's Support for 64-bit RISC-V Hardware [19:16] TR News (NEW): Trying Out Garuda Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Trying_Out_Garuda_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Trying_Out_Garuda_Linux.gmi [19:16] TR Bot Tux Machines Trying Out Garuda Linux [19:18] TR News (NEW): GNOME: Security, Extensions, and Liferea News Reader 2.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/GNOME_Security_Extensions_and_Liferea_News_Reader_2_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/GNOME_Security_Extensions_and_Liferea_News_Reader_2_0.gmi [19:18] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME: Security, Extensions, and Liferea News Reader 2.0 [19:19] TR News (NEW): Raspberry Pi, Homebrew 68K Machine, and Android Devices https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Raspberry_Pi_Homebrew_68K_Machine_and_Android_Devices.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Raspberry_Pi_Homebrew_68K_Machine_and_Android_Devices.gmi [19:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Raspberry Pi, Homebrew 68K Machine, and Android Devices [19:21] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [19:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [19:21] TR News (NEW): Rust Gets Security Black Eye, Releases New Version https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Rust_Gets_Security_Black_Eye_Releases_New_Version.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Rust_Gets_Security_Black_Eye_Releases_New_Version.gmi [19:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Rust Gets Security Black Eye, Releases New Version [19:23] TR News (NEW): "Chrome-Plated Turd" and "Google Chrome web browser for 64-bit Arm Linux and tested on Pi 5" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/_Chrome_Plated_Turd_and_Google_Chrome_web_browser_for_64_bit_Ar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/_Chrome_Plated_Turd_and_Google_Chrome_web_browser_for_64_bit_Ar.gmi [19:23] TR Bot Tux Machines "Chrome-Plated Turd" and "Google Chrome web browser for 64-bit Arm Linux and tested on Pi 5" [19:23] TR News (NEW): Firefox Add-ons and Mozilla Still Goes on About Openwashing and LLM Slop (Pyramid Scheme, Hype) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Firefox_Add_ons_and_Mozilla_Still_Goes_on_About_Openwashing_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Firefox_Add_ons_and_Mozilla_Still_Goes_on_About_Openwashing_and.gmi [19:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Firefox Add-ons and Mozilla Still Goes on About Openwashing and LLM Slop (Pyramid Scheme, Hype) [19:24] TR News (NEW): Btrfs Snapshot Integration in KDE and GSoC Journey in KDE https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Btrfs_Snapshot_Integration_in_KDE_and_GSoC_Journey_in_KDE.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Btrfs_Snapshot_Integration_in_KDE_and_GSoC_Journey_in_KDE.gmi [19:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Btrfs Snapshot Integration in KDE and GSoC Journey in KDE [19:26] TR News Red Hat sponsored fluff/puff pieces about slop https://techstrong.ai/videos/red-hat-brings-enterprise-ai-at-scale-into-focus/ [19:26] TR Bot Hat Brings Enterprise AI at Scale Into Focus - Techstrong.ai [19:27] TR News IBM Red Hat is not selling Linux, it's selling hype around slop plagiarism, this is awful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLsOzdVqQVA [19:27] TR Bot https://yewtu.be/watch?v=iLsOzdVqQVA [19:27] TR Bot yewtu.be | Verifying your browser [19:29] TR News (NEW): IBM: Red Hat Selling Mindless Slop (as Usual), RPM 6.1.0 is Ready https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/IBM_Red_Hat_Selling_Mindless_Slop_as_Usual_RPM_6_1_0_is_Ready.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/IBM_Red_Hat_Selling_Mindless_Slop_as_Usual_RPM_6_1_0_is_Ready.gmi [19:29] TR Bot Tux Machines IBM: Red Hat Selling Mindless Slop (as Usual), RPM 6.1.0 is Ready [19:29] TR News (NEW): PostgreSQL: LibreDB Studio introduced, poisoned Postgres connection pools https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/PostgreSQL_LibreDB_Studio_introduced_poisoned_Postgres_connecti.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/PostgreSQL_LibreDB_Studio_introduced_poisoned_Postgres_connecti.gmi [19:29] TR Bot Tux Machines PostgreSQL: LibreDB Studio introduced, poisoned Postgres connection pools [19:31] TR News (NEW): GNU: GNUnet 0.29.0 is released, phone turned into emacs interface https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/GNU_GNUnet_0_29_0_is_released_phone_turned_into_emacs_interface.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/GNU_GNUnet_0_29_0_is_released_phone_turned_into_emacs_interface.gmi [19:31] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU: GNUnet 0.29.0 is released, phone turned into emacs interface [19:36] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers/Web Servers: WebAudio, Automattic/WordCamp/WordPress Become Slopfest, Looking at "geolocation" in HTML https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_WebAudio_Automattic_WordCamp_WordPress.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_WebAudio_Automattic_WordCamp_WordPress.gmi [19:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Servers: WebAudio, Automattic/WordCamp/WordPress Become Slopfest, Looking at "geolocation" in HTML [19:39] TR News (NEW): Education, Sharing, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Education_Sharing_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Education_Sharing_and_More.gmi [19:39] TR Bot Tux Machines Education, Sharing, and More [19:41] TR News "First off, I'm assuming that VIN stands for Very Important Number and not Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia. Second, why is it a VIN Gauge Combination Box? What does gauge have to do with it? It's not referncing a distance, quantity, capacity or dimention, just a number." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/08/20.1 [19:41] TR News (NEW): Security Patches and Incidents https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Security_Patches_and_Incidents.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Security_Patches_and_Incidents.gmi [19:41] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Patches and Incidents [19:42] TR News "This other is sensitive, brilliant, desperate, isolated, possibly dangerous, profoundly loved, and terribly, terribly trapped. A kindred spirit of sorts." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/stranger-perspective-1 [19:42] TR News "Finally, after months of dryness and oppressive heat, there was a rain day. Not just a little sprinkling here and there, we'd had those and their false promises, no this was a proper rain day, steady and incessant for hours." gemini://littlecampsite.smol.pub/the-rain-returned [19:43] TR News Scienza Umanista gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~cage/archive/scienza-umanista.gmi [19:43] TR News "The other day, I had noticed an internal Slack conversation regarding some emails that weren't received over the weekend by a user." gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-08-21.gmi [19:44] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/gordon-ramsay-battle/ [19:44] TR Bot Celebrity chef wars with wealthy neighbors who say he stinks up their homes with burgers - Raw Story [19:44] TR News "For a long time I've been thinking about ways to spend less time on line, for a whole list of reasons that I'll probably describe on this journal in due course." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/small_internet [19:44] TR News "In the last couple of weeks I've started using IRC again for the first time in decades and accessing BBSes. Next, I had heard of Gopher 30+ years ago but I hadn't used it at the time so I did some research, and from Gopher it was a short step to finding Gemini. It feels like the thing, or one of the things, I've been looking for." [19:45] TR News "A Christian once described Unitarian Universalism to me as church for atheists. There was one where I grew up. It was known among gay people as the church you could go to if you were gay." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/communion.gmi [19:50] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 21/08/2026: Rain Coming Back and "Small Internet" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Gemini_Links_21_08_2026_Rain_Coming_Back_and_Small_Internet.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Gemini_Links_21_08_2026_Rain_Coming_Back_and_Small_Internet.gmi [19:50] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 21/08/2026: Rain Coming Back and "Small Internet" [19:55] TR News Techrights Links 21/08/2026: Outrage Over Politicians Who Support Slop-Feeding Data Centres, "America Is About to Get More Expensive" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Links_21_08_2026_Outrage_Over_Politicians_Who_Support_Slop_Feed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Links_21_08_2026_Outrage_Over_Politicians_Who_Support_Slop_Feed.gmi [19:55] TR Bot Techrights Links 21/08/2026: Outrage Over Politicians Who Support Slop-Feeding Data Centres, "America Is About to Get More Expensive" ● Aug 21 [20:21] TR News 10cc Came From Manchester https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/21/10cc-came-from-manchester/ [20:21] TR Bot Blog Archive 10cc Came From Manchester [20:22] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/21/tyson-foods-close-facilities-beef-prices-cattle-shortage [20:22] TR Bot What does Tysons shutdown of two US beef plants mean for grocery costs? | Business | The Guardian [20:23] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/21/proposed-london-datacentre-will-have-annual-carbon-footprint-of-27000-flights-to-new-york [20:23] TR Bot Proposed London datacentre incompatible with net zero with 1m-tonne carbon footprint | Datacentres - UK | The Guardian [20:30] TR News Treat Others as They Treat You https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/21/treat-others-as-they-treat-you/ [20:30] TR Bot Blog Archive Treat Others as They Treat You [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] net zero [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] yeah, let's have 10,000 GPUs [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] in a "climate-frienedly' way [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] they will fart out oxygen [20:34] schestowitz[TR2] and raun on carbon [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] the concept of carbon neutral and DCs is opposite [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] contradiction [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] pure marketing lies [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] techrights.org/o/2020/09/02/linux-foundation-greenwashing-and-openwashing-for-microsoft/ [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/o/2021/09/24/spamnil-zdnet-lf-greenwashing-microsoft/ [20:35] TR Bot [Meme] 'Linux' Foundation is Greenwashing Microsoft Again, Misusing the Linux Brand Like Nobody's Business [20:35] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/o/2020/09/02/linux-foundation-greenwashing-and-openwashing-for-microsoft/ [20:35] TR Bot Linux Foundation Works for Microsoft [20:36] admfubar :)) https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-fights-to-keep-chatgpt-lawsuit-away-from-a-state-jury [20:36] TR Bot Florida seeks court ruling to officially classify Sam Altman and ChatGPT as a 'public nuisance' OpenAI fights to keep lawsuit away from a state jury | Tom's Hardware [20:37] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/worlds-largest-open-library-calls-for-volunteers-to-scan-and-preserve-physical-books-as-ai-companies-buy-scan-and-destroy-them-annas-archive-says-time-is-running-out-as-knowledge-is-permanently-monopolized-on-private-servers [20:37] TR Bot World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them Anna's Archive says time is running out as knowledge is permanently monopolized on private servers | Tom's Hardware [20:39] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/scalper-bots-now-outnumber-human-shoppers-10-to-1-on-one-retailers-ddr5-pages [20:39] TR Bot DDR5 scalper bots now outnumber shoppers 10 to 1 automated scraping hits listings every 6.5 seconds as 32GB kits surge from $72 to $392, DataDome researcher says | Tom's Hardware [20:39] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/21/trump-fcc-weakens-u-s-broadband-speed-goals-to-the-benefit-of-elon-musk-and-comcast/ [20:39] TR Bot FCC Weakens U.S. Broadband Speed Goals To The Benefit Of Elon Musk And Comcast | Techdirt [20:40] admfubar oh boy! i can wait!... https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/walmart-to-finally-start-accepting-apple-pay-and-google-pay/ [20:40] TR Bot to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay | TechCrunch [20:45] admfubar may the flock be with you.... https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/1840254/man-dressed-as-darth-vader-defends-flock-cameras-to-san-diego-city-council [20:45] TR Bot Man Dressed As Darth Vader Defends Flock Cameras to San Diego City Council - Slashdot [20:50] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/20/epistemic-void/ [20:50] TR Bot Pluralistic: The actual epistemic crisis (20 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [20:52] TR News Techrights Ubuntu is Not Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Ubuntu_is_Not_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Ubuntu_is_Not_Linux.gmi [20:52] TR Bot Techrights Ubuntu is Not Linux [20:57] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: STATE OF ILL considers carbon sequestration to be green energy. [20:57] IsambardPrince It's not. [20:57] IsambardPrince You have an expensive underground pipeline of highly pressurized CO2. [20:58] IsambardPrince If the line ruptures, then it can displace the oxygen for miles around the line, and potentially kill people and animals via asphyxiation. [20:58] IsambardPrince If it works perfectly, the carbon gets to an underground storage site, like a nearly depleted oil well. [20:58] IsambardPrince So that's cool, right? Well, maybe. [20:59] IsambardPrince Now you're pressurizing that underground void. It may start leaking into the atmosphere, in which case you aren't sequestering it. [20:59] IsambardPrince It can put pressure on a fault line and cause earthquakes. Those are bad. [20:59] IsambardPrince It can also push oil out of that nearly depleted well and make the last 10-15 feasible to recover. ● Aug 21 [21:00] TR News Techrights Sources-First Publication https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Sources_First_Publication.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/Sources_First_Publication.gmi [21:00] TR Bot Techrights Sources-First Publication [21:00] IsambardPrince So now you're extracting oil again, which means gasoline and diesel, which means more tailpipe emissions that are not being sequestered anywhere. [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] it's all BS [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] lots and lots of paid-ffor BS [21:01] schestowitz[TR2] like the "HEY HI REVOLUTIONS" [21:01] schestowitz[TR2] faling lies at the wall [21:01] schestowitz[TR2] see what sticks [21:01] schestowitz[TR2] or what nobody has energy left to debunk [21:01] IsambardPrince In February 2020, a carbon dioxide pipeline ruptured in Satartia, Mississippi. [21:02] IsambardPrince Because CO2 is odorless, colorless, and significantly heavier than oxygen, it settled low to the ground and blanketed the town. It displaced the oxygen, suffocating combustion engines (cars literally died on the road) and left over 40 people hospitalized with severe asphyxiation symptoms. [21:02] IsambardPrince Expanding a massive network of these highly pressurized pipelines across Illinois agricultural lands introduces a permanent, invisible safety threat to rural communities. [21:03] IsambardPrince In that one incident in 2020, 45 people nearly died because of one pipeline rupturing. [21:03] IsambardPrince And they want to build thousands of these, all over the place, so that they can run LLMs on fossil fuels. [21:03] schestowitz[TR2] LLMs are dying [21:03] schestowitz[TR2] yyou see the ttrend [21:03] schestowitz[TR2] it's downwards [21:04] schestowitz[TR2] as business call it failed experient [21:04] schestowitz[TR2] and move on [21:04] schestowitz[TR2] set aside losses of the LLM back end companies [21:04] schestowitz[TR2] and they told us "bitcoin is bad" [21:04] schestowitz[TR2] now they do the same [21:04] IsambardPrince Carbon Capture and Sequestration is too expensive, too dangerous, and too prone to failure. [21:04] schestowitz[TR2] at a bigger scale [21:05] schestowitz[TR2] while polluting us with word salads and plagiarism of arts like music and imagery [21:05] IsambardPrince It's taking money that could simply be spent to by photovoltaic cells and put them at the transmission hookups of a retired coal plant. [21:05] schestowitz[TR2] use the money to give people jobs and food [21:05] schestowitz[TR2] but no.. [21:05] schestowitz[TR2] silicon valley bros want MOAR bailouts [21:05] schestowitz[TR2] like boring company [21:05] schestowitz[TR2] very boring [21:05] schestowitz[TR2] as it delivered almost nobthing [21:05] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: If you give people jobs and food and homes they become comfortable. [21:05] schestowitz[TR2] maybe it can go public for 10 trillion dollars [21:05] IsambardPrince Comfortable people can't be threatened into working for nearly nothing. [21:05] IsambardPrince So they don't do that. [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] right [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] but also [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] what you talk of increases crime [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] and crime is not good for business [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] so they need to make way [21:06] schestowitz[TR2] something's gotta giev [21:06] IsambardPrince It's not, but here's the kicker. [21:06] IsambardPrince They just spend all the money that could be used solving the root causes of crime. [21:06] IsambardPrince And expand mass surveillance and policing. [21:06] IsambardPrince They pass new Organized Retail Theft laws. [21:07] IsambardPrince They make the middle class and poor pay to jail poor people with no jobs for wiping out the diapers and Tide at Target to sell on the black market. [21:07] IsambardPrince Instead of fixing it, they just make poor people pay tax to jail other poor people who got desperate and had to operate outside the law for money. [21:08] IsambardPrince Stealing Tide and baby diapers is tne new "20 years in prison for stealing bread". [21:08] IsambardPrince They're not stealing Tide and baby diapers to eat Tide and baby diapers. [21:09] IsambardPrince They sell them on a street corner or to a bodega in the wrong side of town that doesn't care where they got itt [21:09] IsambardPrince Then they use the money to buy food and pay their slumlord. [21:09] IsambardPrince So it's the same thing as stealing bread. [21:10] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: There's a reason why everyone on Unemployment Income tries to delay finding another job until they're almost out of UI checks. If the government extends UI for 2 years, they try to stay on it for 2 years. [21:10] IsambardPrince When they're on UI they have money coming in. [21:11] IsambardPrince It's not as good as their paycheck, but now they have money and time. [21:11] IsambardPrince Money and time and a lot of their expenses (like transportation to work) go away. [21:12] IsambardPrince They realize that they're spending so much to get to work and back and all of these "invisible taxes on being too worn out to do things yourself" that there was no value in the work, relative to their UI check. [21:13] IsambardPrince When you subtract the "invisible taxes" of working from a low-to-moderate paycheck, the net financial difference between working a toxic job and staying on UI is often shockingly small. The worker realizes they are essentially selling 160 hours of their life a month for a microscopic financial gain. [21:14] IsambardPrince In some cases the paycheck can be double what UI pays and they're still no better off. [21:14] IsambardPrince Because the government takes away their food stamps and Medicaid and energy assistance, and tells them to pay another $500 a month to deal with it themselves. [21:15] IsambardPrince Taxes go way up. [21:16] IsambardPrince They have to pay for gas, which is noww over $5 a gallon thanks to Trump's war. [21:16] IsambardPrince Or a commuter pass. [21:16] IsambardPrince They have to buy work clothes to look the part, they have to carefully groom themselves. [21:17] IsambardPrince If they toss those work clothes in the washing machines at their apartment complex and a neighbor left something greasy in the machine, they can't wear a bundle of work clothes where each piece got a grease spot that didn't come out. They just lost $600 worth of laundry. [21:18] IsambardPrince When gas prices surge, it acts as a direct, regressive tax on the working class. Unlike corporate executives who can work from home or absorb the cost easily, hourly and in-person workers have no choice but to pay that just to show up to the floor of a job that did not increase their pay a single penny to help out with that. [21:19] IsambardPrince If a person making $200,000 a year has to spend an extra $100 a month on fuel, it represents 0.05% of their income. If an hourly worker making $30,000 a year faces that same $100 increase, it cuts a 4% hole straight out of their take-home pay. [21:20] IsambardPrince Trump is doing a collection of things that are making life in America miserable for people who actually work for a living. [21:20] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/12/insurance-value-of-biodiversity/ [21:20] TR Bot Pluralistic: Model collapse (12 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [21:20] MinceR i thought corporate executives had to get to the office so they could micromanage people who don't need it [21:21] IsambardPrince MinceR: It's not a shock to the system when gas goes up if you make so much that you won't even notice. [21:21] MinceR indeed [21:21] IsambardPrince But if you have to get to Walmart to stock the shelves, it's a big fucking deal. [21:21] IsambardPrince There went 5-6% of your pay on additional gas prices. [21:22] IsambardPrince Credit One Bank, which markets fee harvester credit cards to the working poor sent me an email. [21:22] IsambardPrince They said wouldn't you like a $500 credit line for emergencies, like food, or gas? [21:22] IsambardPrince I said, "Wait a minute, I thought food and gas were routine expenses that you know are coming." [21:22] IsambardPrince Of course they are, and thanks to Trump they're also an emergency. [21:23] IsambardPrince $3 a pound ground beef is now $8.99 a pound. [21:23] IsambardPrince $2.25 a gallon for gas is now $5.29 [21:25] IsambardPrince Trump says he wants to remove his own tariffs on ground beef to lower prices for 90 days. Then you can go back to paying $9-10 a pound for ground chuck after the election when the Strategic Oil Reserve also runs dry at the same time. [21:25] MinceR lol [21:40] admfubar If you're roasting in a drought, drowning in a flood, or being incinerated by a wildfire, your only move is to go shopping and hope that by buying a Tesla, you will emit a "demand signal" that "tips the market equilibrium" to "not killing you and everyone you love." [21:42] MinceR lol [21:53] admfubar https://www.osnews.com/story/145850/pervertpods-apple-is-adding-cameras-to-airpods/ [21:53] TR Bot Apple is adding cameras to AirPods OSnews [21:56] TR News (NEW): Proton 11.0-2 Brings Support for AsteroidsHD, Portal Worlds, and Plain Sight https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Proton_11_0_2_Brings_Support_for_AsteroidsHD_Portal_Worlds_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Proton_11_0_2_Brings_Support_for_AsteroidsHD_Portal_Worlds_and_.gmi [21:56] TR Bot Tux Machines Proton 11.0-2 Brings Support for AsteroidsHD, Portal Worlds, and Plain Sight ● Aug 21 [22:04] TR News Shakshouka Time https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/21/shakshouka-time/ [22:04] TR Bot Blog Archive Shakshouka Time [22:06] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [22:08] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/20/1628253 [22:08] TR Bot IRC is Back on Linux.Org! - SoylentNews [22:08] schestowitz[TR2] yes [22:08] schestowitz[TR2] i linked to the orig days ago [22:08] schestowitz[TR2] i never knew they had any [22:08] schestowitz[TR2] ever [22:10] schestowitz[TR2] good to know irc is picked up [22:10] schestowitz[TR2] after 38 years [22:10] schestowitz[TR2] rather than phased out as older people 'perish' [22:11] admfubar no eggs in your shakshouka? [22:12] schestowitz[TR2] we have a lot [22:12] schestowitz[TR2] 2 or 3 trays [22:18] TR News Peace as impermissible policy? This is not a democracy. https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/08/13/russias-supreme-court-bars-pro-peace-party-from-elections [22:18] TR Bot Russias Supreme Court Bars Pro-Peace Party from Elections | Human Rights Watch [22:18] IsambardPrince [16:11] no eggs in your shakshouka? [22:18] IsambardPrince I assume you mean Shake Shake. [22:18] IsambardPrince I love the burger with the egg on it. [22:18] IsambardPrince :D [22:18] IsambardPrince Shake Shack [22:19] TR News Russia lists research body as 'undesirable' https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-russia-lists-research-body-as-undesirable/live-78378773 [22:19] TR Bot Germany: After days of wildfire, Eifel residents return home [22:19] IsambardPrince Anyway, yeah, there's only a few fast food restaurants left with any standards. [22:19] IsambardPrince And they're very expensive because they know it's down to like Shake Shack and Chik-Fil-A. [22:19] schestowitz[TR2] I love the burger with the egg on it. [22:19] schestowitz[TR2] no [22:19] schestowitz[TR2] https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/21/shakshouka-time/ [22:19] IsambardPrince I was joking anyway. [22:19] admfubar i was asking about roy's shakshouka. has lamb sausage, and chicken by the looks of it.. [22:20] schestowitz[TR2] it's not ours [22:20] IsambardPrince A hundred eggs? [22:20] schestowitz[TR2] it's some wikipedia thing [22:20] IsambardPrince What the hell are you going to do with that? [22:20] schestowitz[TR2] i think turkish variant [22:20] IsambardPrince They only last about 45-50 days maybe in the refrigerator. [22:20] schestowitz[TR2] What the hell are you going to do with that? [22:20] IsambardPrince I usually use the "float test" to figure out if the eggs really are bad. [22:20] schestowitz[TR2] go to budapest [22:21] schestowitz[TR2] to meet steve ballmer [22:21] IsambardPrince They usually don't fail the float test until about 20 days after the date on the carton. [22:21] IsambardPrince They want you to throw food out and buy more. [22:21] IsambardPrince And not all eggs in the carton fail the float test at the same time. [22:22] IsambardPrince If you have 12 eggs that are a few weeks out, maybe 2-3 will fail that test. [22:22] IsambardPrince You can go ahead and use the rest. [22:22] admfubar if your eggs float it means they are a witch... [22:23] IsambardPrince I'm making chili tonight. [22:24] IsambardPrince I make this recipe a lot. It's very good except I always omit the half tsp of salt that it calls for. It's so stupid to add salt when you're using a tsp of celery salt and a tsp of seasoning salt and two Tbsp of BTB Chili Base which has roughly two more tsp of sal, and canned beans which have more salt. [22:24] *fantom (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #techrights [22:24] IsambardPrince At a certain point you're using so many different kinds of salt that another half tsp does nothing except maybe put it over the edge and make it too salty. [22:25] IsambardPrince I think that point is reached already. [22:25] TR News Perseids https://xkcd.com/3287/ [22:25] TR Bot Perseids [22:25] TR News Particle Physics Equipment https://xkcd.com/3286/ [22:25] TR Bot Particle Physics Equipment [22:26] TR News Accretionary Arc https://xkcd.com/3285/ [22:26] TR Bot Accretionary Arc [22:26] TR News Geology Building https://xkcd.com/3284/ [22:26] TR Bot Geology Building [22:26] IsambardPrince I strongly prefer the Bush's Best Organic Red Kidney Beans. They do have a lot less salt in them. [22:27] IsambardPrince The Bush's Best went on sale for $1.29 a can so I only needed two for tonight but I bought six. [22:27] IsambardPrince Bush's don't explode during the pressure cook like the store brand tend to. [22:27] IsambardPrince Jewel's store brand explodes, and Aldi's come out hard as a rock even after pressure cooking them. [22:27] IsambardPrince Bush's don't. [22:28] IsambardPrince The salt in Better Than Bouillon and seasoned salts isn't just flat sodium chloride. It is loaded with hydrolyzed soy protein, yeast extracts, and natural glutamates (MSG). This creates a deep, savory, mouth-watering umami flavor that coats the tongue. Adding raw table salt on top of that would just create a sharp, stinging saltiness that cuts right through those complex flavors. [22:29] IsambardPrince Anyway, I am not trying to make brine. I'm trying to make a very complex flavor profile, and you "can't get there from here" with loads of plain salt. [22:29] TR News Garuda Linux 260819 https://garudalinux.org/blog [22:29] TR Bot Garuda Linux [22:30] TR News (NEW): Introducing FydeOS v23 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Introducing_FydeOS_v23.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/21/Introducing_FydeOS_v23.gmi [22:30] TR Bot Tux Machines Introducing FydeOS v23 [22:31] IsambardPrince Kidney beans actually have a sorting and grading process. [22:31] TR News Soul-Sucking https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/gen-z-junior-lawyer-sacked-melbourne-firm-after-posting-viral-tiktok-complaining-job-was-1814063 http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/At_Least_5_Women_Quit_Brett_Wilson_LLP_in_Recent_Months_It_s_th.shtml [22:31] TR Bot Gen-Z Junior Lawyer Sacked From Melbourne Firm After Posting Viral TikTok Complaining Job Was Soul-Sucking | IBTimes UK [22:31] TR Bot Techrights At Least 5 Women Quit Brett Wilson LLP in Recent Months. It's the Firm That Attacked My Wife and I on Behalf of Americans (One of Them Strangled Women). [22:31] IsambardPrince The reason store brands turn out cheaper is they buy the ones that failed that sorting process and they end up in a can of cheap beans that isn't going to be held to the same standards. [22:32] IsambardPrince The Jewel Osco brand beans don't all explode, but the ones that don't, don't have that "bite" to them. [22:32] TR News When the government is headed by a demented, diaper-shitting bigot https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/taylor-swift-silences-trump-tiktok-antics-1814324 [22:32] TR Bot Taylor Swift Forced the White House to Mute a TikTok Video After Trump Used Her Music to Troll Her | IBTimes UK [22:32] IsambardPrince I also loaded up on Tillamook Triple Chedder. [22:33] IsambardPrince They cut it thicker and use an aging process that store brands don't go through. [22:33] IsambardPrince They don't use nearly as much anti-caking additive. [22:33] TR News TikTok Star https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tragic-death-pakistani-tiktok-star-violence-against-women-influencers-1814915 [22:33] TR Bot Pakistani TikTok Star Shamso Bibi Shot Dead in Taxila: Four Suspects Arrested Over Fatal Shooting | IBTimes UK [22:33] IsambardPrince So it actually melts like you shredded it by hand, only without all that work. [22:34] IsambardPrince Daisy and Jewel-Osco sour cream both went on sale. I've tasted both and Jewel's is pretty obviously Daisy in a store brand container. Not every off brand sour cream is. Aldi and Walmart's aren't. [22:36] IsambardPrince Jeffrey Eisner apparently drinks Budweiser. This chili calls for half a cup of beer. He used Budweiser. I hate Budweiser and it's never in my fridge. It's always Miller High Life or Coors Banquet. [22:36] IsambardPrince I don't think supermarket loss-leader beers are the best and they're not trying to be, but there's a pecking order between them that ranges from decent to horrible. [22:36] IsambardPrince And I think Budweiser is on the horrible end. 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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html [22:54] TR Bot Home [22:55] TR News CWA Workers Rally Again as Xbox Layoffs Cut Deeper Into Studios https://godisageek.com/2026/08/cwa-second-xbox-layoff-rally-nine-cities/ [22:55] TR Bot CWA Holds Second Xbox Layoff Rally in Nine Cities [22:56] TR News Xbox physical sales plummet to only 4% market share https://nintendowire.com/news/2026/08/21/xbox-physical-sales-plummet-to-only-4-market-share-while-63-of-game-sales-came-from-nintendo/ [22:56] TR Bot Xbox physical sales plummet to only 4% market share, while 63% of game sales came from Nintendo Nintendo Wire [22:59] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Aug 21 [23:02] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@sew8eqxtdu7uk.irc) has joined #techrights [23:08] IsambardPrince [16:39] try Lite [23:08] IsambardPrince [16:39] :) [23:08] IsambardPrince Gonad the Barbarian bought Bud Lite. [23:09] IsambardPrince Never really understood what the deal was with Lite beer. [23:09] IsambardPrince Like, it's for people who want carbonated water with some grain alcohol? [23:10] IsambardPrince The worst part about that Star Trek movie with the whales, other than being based in San Francisco, was the part where Captain Kirk was drinking Miller Lite with a pizza. [23:12] IsambardPrince Captain Kirk is not a man who would drink Miller Lite, ever. [23:12] IsambardPrince He's from a future utopia where you can walk up to a food synthesizer and tell it what you want. [23:12] *KindOne has quit (Server closed connection) [23:13] *KindOne (kindone@user/meow/KindOne) has joined #techrights [23:13] IsambardPrince He's probably tried beer hundreds of times and knows which ones are good and which ones are crap. [23:13] IsambardPrince I guarantee that pizza place had at least five different beers that you could order. [23:13] IsambardPrince In the 90s, they would actually bring out entire pitchers of beer to the table at Pizza Hut. [23:15] IsambardPrince Pretty much anything that says "Lite" on it is guaranteed to be swill meant for pussies and people who fried all their taste buds with cigarettes anyway. [23:17] IsambardPrince If Kirk walked in and said "Give me an Anchor Steam." I would have totally understood that. [23:21] IsambardPrince I used to buy Rolling Rock all the time at the supermarket. It was $1 for a 24 ounce can. How do you beat that? Well, you go to Save-on-Liquor and you get a Colt 45 for $2, that's how you beat that. I got those too. [23:21] IsambardPrince Colt 45 actually isn't half bad. [23:23] IsambardPrince It's basically high octane Miller High Life. They jacked up the ABV to 5.6%. [23:24] IsambardPrince I love Colt 45. It's cheap and it gets you properly wasted for a couple bucks. There was a massive marketing backfire there that led to the stubbornly low price. They tried marketing it to middle class white people and then when that didn't work, they marketed it to working class black people. [23:25] IsambardPrince The recipe did not change, the marketing did. They even hired Billy Dee Williams as their spokesman. [23:28] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: My mom thinks "all beer is bad" because she got married to idiots that all bought weird, bad, beer. [23:28] IsambardPrince It had no depth of flavor, no body, no nothing. [23:29] IsambardPrince The only reason to reach for Lite beer in my opinion is if someone just hands you one ice cold at a party or after you mowed the lawn. [23:31] IsambardPrince Everyone's pallette is different, for sure, but mine picks up on pretty much everything that can go wrong with beer. [23:32] IsambardPrince Anyway, the chili recipe is sound, it just needs a couple of tweaks. [23:33] IsambardPrince No Budweiser, ever. Skip the plain salt. [23:34] IsambardPrince If you proceed with Budweiser for some reason, at least get regular Budweiser, not Bud Lite. [23:35] IsambardPrince I might see if I can find a 40 of Colt 45 anywhere next time I make chili. I can use half a cup of that and then drink the rest. [23:44] *kolie2 has quit (connection closed) [23:46] *Disconnected (Connection reset by peer). [23:46] *kolie2 (~not_kolie@z5m5x484fjn5y.irc) has joined #techrights [23:49] *Now talking on #techrights [23:49] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +n #techrights [23:49] *irc.soylentnews.org sets mode +t #techrights [23:56] MinceR 21 231838 < IsambardPrince> I assume you mean Shake Shake. [23:56] MinceR shake 'n' bake [23:57] MinceR 21 232221 < admfubar> if your eggs float it means they are a witch... [23:57] MinceR or if you can build a bridge out of them