●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 ●● ● Aug 26 [00:13] *_what___ (~whatA_@pks7r8umappb2.irc) has joined #techrights [00:14] _what___ Xitter killed the Invidious of Xitter https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1442 [00:14] TR Bot public nitter instances do not work. Issue #1442 zedeus/nitter GitHub [00:18] *Guest90 has quit (Server closed connection) [00:18] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [00:18] *Now talking on #techrights [00:18] *Topic for #techrights is: TechRights.org | Unofficial channel #techrights for http://TechRights.org [00:18] *Topic for #techrights set by superkuh!~superkuh@user/superkuh at Thu May 20 20:25:48 2021 [00:22] _what___ Sasuga MElon Muskrat https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&set1=any&query1=MElon%20X [00:22] TR Bot Techrights Search [00:28] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:29] _what___ (at least 3 source [?] for "verifiability" [sic]) http://nitter.net https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/25/x-sends-cease-and-desist-to-open-source-project-nitter-over-alleged-scraping/ https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/nitter-has-received-a-cease-and-desist-letter-from-x/40176 [00:29] TR Bot ( status 308 @ http://nitter.net ) [00:29] TR Bot sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping | TechCrunch [00:29] TR Bot Nitter has received a cease and desist letter from X - News - Privacy Guides Community [00:37] TR News (NEW): Armbian 26.8 Released with Linux 7.1, Revamped Installer, and UEFI ISO Images https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/25/Armbian_26_8_Released_with_Linux_7_1_Revamped_Installer_and_UEF.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/25/Armbian_26_8_Released_with_Linux_7_1_Revamped_Installer_and_UEF.gmi [00:37] TR Bot Tux Machines Armbian 26.8 Released with Linux 7.1, Revamped Installer, and UEFI ISO Images [00:41] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techrights [00:47] _what___ I love how Mr. Heling https://yorhel.nl/ echoes Techrights to a degree (footer says "you ain't findin' me on PSCM) [00:47] TR Bot The virtual home of Yoran Heling [00:53] _what___ what is "closed networks" to him is "social control media" to us [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::1c47) has joined #techrights [00:58] _what___ especially shitcord https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/09/Modern_spyware_and_the_problems_of_Discord_newspeak.shtml [00:58] TR Bot Techrights Modern spyware and the problems of "Discord newspeak" ● Aug 26 [01:34] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@pfm8h4h3uzhjn.irc) has joined #techrights [01:35] IsambardPrince Tony mentioned how clean I keep my apartment. I was thinking yeah it's clean I knew this was coming. [01:35] IsambardPrince Everyone else got a 48 hour notice. [01:36] IsambardPrince MinceR: I told the guy that I was wondering if they were coming from the apartment behind my couch since that's where I was seeing them and set out the most bait. [01:37] IsambardPrince he said that guy's lived here for years and hasn't said anything. I said, "You'd be surprised how many people know there's roaches running around and just get used to it." [01:40] MinceR :> [01:40] *Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [01:46] IsambardPrince MinceR: Moccamaster emailed me asking for a review and said they might share it. [01:46] IsambardPrince I replied: [01:47] IsambardPrince I purchased a Moccamaster KBGT on Amazon Warehouse Deals around the end of 2022. I had trouble with a sticking brew switch and finally the water reservoir cracked. [01:47] IsambardPrince When I emailed Moccamaster for assistance, they wanted me to spend another $100 to get it repaired and told me I also had no warranty because I got it from Amazon Warehouse Deals. [01:47] IsambardPrince It was the most overpriced piece of crap I've ever bought as far as coffee makers and didn't last longer than the stuff they sell at Walmart. [01:47] IsambardPrince The heating element was starting to go even though I always descaled it according to the instruction manual. [01:47] IsambardPrince I replaced it was a Cuisinart 14 cup machine I found at a Goodwill thrift store for $9.99 and have been much happier with that. [01:47] IsambardPrince My regret is paying nearly $300 for the Moccamaster and finding the durability and support after the sale was lacking compared with a $20 Mainstays machine sold at every Walmart in the United States. [01:47] IsambardPrince You totally have my permission to copy this review. [01:51] IsambardPrince MinceR: Kiki is a polydactyl cat. [01:51] IsambardPrince She has an extra toe on both of her front paws. [01:55] IsambardPrince She seems to have a Jekyll and Hyde personality. [01:55] IsambardPrince She'll jump in your arms and just be the sweetest little kitty cat and then a switch flips and she tries to bite. [01:56] IsambardPrince I had a talk with Tony today. [01:58] IsambardPrince He noticed that Kiki was new and asked if I had three cats now. I said, "No, it's still two. Leeloo passed away earlier this month and I had to have her put down. I have documentation about that from the animal hospital. Kiki is new and she's got a clean bill of health and everything and her rabies tag if you're interested in seeing it. I am paying for two cats, and I only have two cats. ● Aug 26 [02:01] IsambardPrince My mom asked how I always get cats that don't destroy things and pee on the carpet and stuff. I said "I know what to look for in a cat's personality. How they approach me at the animal shelter clues me in a lot on how they'll behave at home." [02:07] IsambardPrince Capital One Shopping owes me over $110 in gift card money. I might just get a Chewy gift card and have them drop ship me some good pet food and litter. [02:09] IsambardPrince Chewy has a promo spend $100 gt a $30 gift card so that gets me another $30. [02:10] IsambardPrince I know Roy likes taking care of birds. [02:10] IsambardPrince Housecat or not, they still hunt birds if they get a chance to. [02:10] IsambardPrince It's just in their nature. [02:10] IsambardPrince A cat is an apex predator. [02:10] MinceR lol @ review [02:11] IsambardPrince MinceR: I try. :) [02:11] MinceR yeah, they have a hunting instinct [02:11] MinceR also, i suspect that hunting is their way of getting food that tastes sweet to them [02:12] IsambardPrince It's kind of odd that an apex predator would curl up and sleep next to me but it's basically a murder machine. [02:12] MinceR they can't taste what we taste as sweet, but they can taste ATP, so i suspect the same receptors have mutated to target ATP instead, so ATP would be sweet [02:12] MinceR and afaik the commercial cat foods don't contain ATP, neither do animals that have been dead for a while [02:12] MinceR fresh kills do, though [02:13] MinceR 26 031219 < IsambardPrince> It's kind of odd that an apex predator would curl up and sleep next to me but it's basically a murder machine. [02:13] MinceR well, we're apex predators too [02:13] MinceR and speciocide machines [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[03:02] IsambardPrince If Jeanette didn't rush back and save herself, that version of herself would be sent 200 million years back in time and eventually also find the portal next to the librarian's house. [03:03] IsambardPrince Then that one would jump back 20 minutes before the wormhole opened up. [03:03] IsambardPrince And so on and so on. [03:03] IsambardPrince If she rescued herself, it caps the number of Jeanettes at 2. [03:03] IsambardPrince If she doesn't, eventually the sky just starts opening up and infinite Jeanettes come out of the portal because they all figure it out. [03:04] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/security/2018/03/29/why-you-shouldnt-trust-a-strangers-vpn-plenty-leak-your-ip-addresses/427843 [03:04] TR Bot Why you shouldn't trust a stranger's VPN: Plenty leak your IP addresses [03:06] IsambardPrince MinceR: I think I'd just let the sky open up and start raining infinite versions of me. [03:06] IsambardPrince Earth would eventually look like the Citadel from Rick & Morty complete with a ruling council that's all me. [03:07] MinceR and then it would collapse to form a black hole [03:07] MinceR but at least it would contain the human infestation [03:07] IsambardPrince MinceR: Some of me would be soldiers, some of them would be cops. [03:08] IsambardPrince I'd probably start liquidating some of the problem humans. [03:08] IsambardPrince Prisoners, Republicans, those people. [03:09] MinceR initially only the biomass (including people, including copies of you) at the bottom would be crushed by the weight of all the biomass heaped on top of it [03:12] IsambardPrince MinceR: At some point I'd pull the plug on the respawn glitch and just have the remaining people who are not me perform the role of the rest of society, outside government, military, and law enforcement. [03:12] IsambardPrince MinceR: "I am the law!" literally. [03:13] MinceR what is the timing of these bodies falling out of the sky, anyway? [03:14] IsambardPrince Roughly every 20 minutes. [03:15] IsambardPrince It only takes 10 hours to get a billion versions of me coming out. [03:15] IsambardPrince Because every version of me that decides not to help creates two more. [03:15] IsambardPrince :) [03:16] IsambardPrince Actually at 10 hours it's 1,073,741,824. [03:17] IsambardPrince That should be more than enough to fan out, take over the governments on the North American continent, and become the biggest nuclear power in the world. [03:18] MinceR are you planning on winning fights solely relying on strength of numbers? [03:18] IsambardPrince You could, sure. [03:18] IsambardPrince Since I am a gun owner, every me who survives is armed. [03:19] IsambardPrince The wormhole copies the entire physical state of the neighborhood, including your property. [03:19] IsambardPrince So it stands to reason that if every version of me ended up navigating through a prehistorical world of dinosaurs, they'd come through that portal with every gun I could carry to the portal back. [03:20] MinceR still, it seems like many of you would die painfully [03:20] IsambardPrince During the takeover? [03:21] IsambardPrince Yeah, I mean we'd have to overrun all the police and the National Guard and stuff. [03:21] admfubar https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/nda-5pm-et-tuesday-commodore-77-special-edition-c64u-uses-more-powerful-amd-artix-xc7a100t-processor-preorders-for-cyberpunk-2077-inspired-design-open-today-at-usd377 [03:21] TR Bot Commodore unveils striking Cyberpunk 2077 version of its C64U made in partnership with CD Projekt Red Commodore 77 special edition uses more powerful AMD Artix XC7A100T processor | Tom's Hardware [03:21] IsambardPrince But with infinite backup, that would be a small hill to climb. [03:23] IsambardPrince The National Guard and local police forces have limited ammunition, limited personnel, and families they want to get home to. They are fighting for survival; my army is fighting with an automated, infinite supply line. The psychological horror of fighting an enemy that literally never stops dropping out of the sky will break the military's resolve long before I would run out of numbers. [03:26] IsambardPrince https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6049508-mike-lindell-minnesota-election-recount-deadline/?fbclid=IwY2xjawT7LiZwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMW03ZTdFWnF1c29Ud2JUVzhzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeBd6Til-Q8thyn7S2oa7Ky9Q8Te5_wL_5mVj6aC6nQOurKQJtoHaFazZjO8A_aem_ZGoGszNlM57zUzIXOVw7iw [03:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6049508-mike-lindell-minnesota-election-recount-deadline/?fbclid=IwY2xjawT7LiZwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMW03ZTdFWnF1c29Ud2JUVzhzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeBd6Til-Q8thyn7S2oa7Ky9Q8Te5_wL_5mVj6aC6nQOurKQJtoHaFazZjO8A_aem_ZGoGszNlM57zUzIXOVw7iw ) [03:26] IsambardPrince Agh [03:26] IsambardPrince https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6049508-mike-lindell-minnesota-election-recount-deadline/ [03:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6049508-mike-lindell-minnesota-election-recount-deadline/ ) [03:27] IsambardPrince https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6050662-alvarado-scrubs-trump-website/ [03:27] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6050662-alvarado-scrubs-trump-website/ ) [03:28] IsambardPrince "Trumps pick for open House seat in Kentucky scrubs president from campaign website" [03:29] IsambardPrince MinceR: I like fighting dirty. [03:29] IsambardPrince I told my partner I "brought the hammer down" by reporting the cockroaches so that other tenants would get "minimal warning" and our apartment would be "squeaky clean" and "all I have to do is empty some cabinets". [03:30] IsambardPrince "They'll march in there and take pictures of all the tenants who are living in filth who couldn't call off work and clean anything". [03:30] IsambardPrince "They'll say the cockroaches are their fault, fine them, make them clean up the mess, and use that to pay for the exterminator." [03:32] MinceR that's what the T-800 becomes when it retires [03:32] MinceR ex-terminator [03:33] IsambardPrince MinceR: I wonder what would happen if you told the T-800 to kill all the roaches in the building while not specifying how. [03:33] MinceR :> [03:33] MinceR exploded building [03:34] IsambardPrince Yeah, C-4. [03:34] IsambardPrince :D [03:34] MinceR :> [03:35] IsambardPrince It's like when he said "I can't believe this guy, grab him!" and it tried to shoot him in the head. [03:35] IsambardPrince So he says "You can't go around killing people." so it switches to shooting them in the knees. [03:35] IsambardPrince Presumably he gets a talking to for that, eventually he takes out a SWAT team without killing or maiming a single person. [03:36] MinceR once the T-800 isn't allowed to kill people, things get more interesting [03:36] IsambardPrince It is capable of learning, but you have to be very careful what you tell it to do. [03:36] MinceR i can imagine things like it starting what seems like a murderous rampage in the building in order to scare away the humans so they don't get killed [03:37] MinceR even grabbing a human and throwing them out the window in such a way that they land on a non-vital part (which then breaks) [03:37] MinceR "he'll live" [03:37] MinceR and C4 comes at the end [03:44] IsambardPrince MinceR: There's an easy way to prepare for the possibility that Trump's post office regulation against mail in voting is upheld. [03:45] IsambardPrince Mail the ballots in plain envelopes so that the post office can't tell what's in them without opening them, which it can't do unless it has probable cause that a particular letter is affiliated with a crime. [03:45] IsambardPrince Don't put anything on the envelope indicating that it's a ballot. [03:46] IsambardPrince MinceR: I'll be returning my mail-in ballot to an official County Clerk drop box location. [03:46] MinceR won't the address give it away? [03:46] IsambardPrince This bypasses the post office on the way back. [03:47] IsambardPrince MinceR: I was petting the cat going "Who's my sweet little apex predator? You are!" [03:49] MinceR :> [03:54] IsambardPrince MinceR: There was apparently an alternate ending for The End of Oak Street where they jump into a portal and end up in the 1800s. [03:54] IsambardPrince I can see why they didn't go with that. [03:55] IsambardPrince Then the question goes "So why not do that Western Union thing from Back to the Future II and send a letter to yourself 100 years from now saying this thing is about to happen. Get out of there. BTW, here's some things only you know so you know I'm not bullshitting you." ● Aug 26 [04:13] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [04:20] TR News ""For twenty-one years, Arduino has taken complex technology and made it simple enough for anyone to build something real," says Arduino's Fabio Violante, now a vice president and general manager at Qualcomm." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260825-vent.gmi [04:20] TR News "I'm working through An Introduction to Systems Biology (2nd Ed.) by Uri Alon, as part of my studies in the idea of modeling cellular systems as analog computing circuits." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260825-0.gmi [04:21] TR News "So they have no clue. Cultural knowledge strongly implies Tokyo as the target, but this also has some degree of uncertainty, not error bars but a weighted table of cities (why is it always cities) to roll on." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/08/25/errorbars.gmi [04:22] TR News "Continuing in my newfound appreciation of minimalism and simplicity, I'm not going to complicate my journaling experience any more than I have to for next year." gemini://buster.smol.pub/journal-plans-for-27 [04:23] TR News spilling secrets gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/spilling_secrets [04:24] TR News "Finger[1] is a protocol from the early days of internet, which allowed people to spy^H^H^H see what other people were doing and/or were planning to do, although it also had other uses, like letting people to see contemporary contents of bevirege vending machine[2]." gemini://namno.duckdns.org/blog/2026-08-25.gmi [04:25] TR News "Owning a camper was a childhood dream, and though it took me the best part of half a century to get there, I still feel a great sense of privilege. 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[04:58] IsambardPrince What would that be for? We already have ones that are FDA approved. [04:58] IsambardPrince If it's just adding more strains to the existing Prevnar 20 shot, meh, maybe. [04:58] IsambardPrince But if it's mRNA you can count me out. [04:59] IsambardPrince I'm just extremely skeptical of the mRNA platform. It just doesn't seem to produce any sort of immunity at least as far as COVID went. It developed an immune response to something that resembled the spike protein. [04:59] IsambardPrince But nothing that resembled a whole virus. ● Aug 26 [05:00] IsambardPrince Sometimes you don't need immunity to the whole virus, like that's how Hepatitis B shots work, but then again, sometimes you do. [05:00] IsambardPrince Because it turns out that the spike protein with COVID-19 is the part that mutates most rapidly. [05:01] IsambardPrince You "vaccinate" with something and by the time it's on the shelf the spike protein in the wild has mutated a lot. [05:03] TR News Techrights Richard Stallman's GNU Project Began 42 Years Ago With GNU Emacs and More https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Richard_Stallman_s_GNU_Project_Began_42_Years_Ago_With_GNU_Emac.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Richard_Stallman_s_GNU_Project_Began_42_Years_Ago_With_GNU_Emac.gmi [05:03] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman's GNU Project Began 42 Years Ago With GNU Emacs and More [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] schestowitz[TR2]: Pfizer advertised that they want people for an experimental Pneumonia vaccine. [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] oh, good [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] at least [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] last [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] we have have vaccine for Pneumonia [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] at last [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] wityh newer patents [05:07] IsambardPrince Yeah, I took Prevnar-13 and Pneumovax-23 a year later. [05:07] IsambardPrince Now it's Prevnar-20 and done. [05:08] IsambardPrince That's what my partner took. [05:08] IsambardPrince I told him respiratory disease gets really bad here in the winter. [05:08] IsambardPrince I also said my mom doesn't get vaccinated for anything and gets the flu or pneumonia nearly every year and goes to the emergency room like six times. [05:08] IsambardPrince He asked how she paid for it. [05:09] IsambardPrince I said "The government pays the whole bill because she's old while she says nobody else should have any healthcare at all." [05:10] IsambardPrince Anyway, I say "my partner" because when I mentioned my spouse's name, those criminals posted things about him that were not true. [05:11] IsambardPrince Like Lobster, who is a precedent in Canada for when something is so outrageous the HRTO wants to dismiss it immediately so they don't waste tax money on it. [05:11] IsambardPrince This is fraudulent daylight abuse of an institution that's meant to enforce civil rights laws. [05:11] IsambardPrince From what I've seen wading through their published opinions, approximately 70-80% of what gets filed there is garbage and gets dismissed. [05:12] IsambardPrince And they have to pay people to look into that and walk it through a process. [05:12] IsambardPrince There are many people using the HRTO as a sort of cheap revenge or a "lottery". [05:14] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/15/Human_Rights_Tribunal_of_Ontario_HRTO_Does_Not_Wish_to_Become_a.shtml [05:14] TR Bot Techrights Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) Does Not Wish to Become an Instrument of Cost-Free Harassment or 'Cheap Revenge', It Says "Justice is Not Free. Quite the Contrary. Justice is Expensive." [05:20] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Measured at 10% in Germany, Based on Cloudflare https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_10_in_Germany_Based_on_Cloudflare.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_10_in_Germany_Based_on_Cloudflare.gmi [05:20] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Measured at 10% in Germany, Based on Cloudflare [05:35] TR News Techrights Pushed to Live https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Pushed_to_Live.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Pushed_to_Live.gmi [05:35] TR Bot Techrights Pushed to Live [05:35] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: That pest control letter is pretty funny. [05:36] IsambardPrince If you don't clean your kitchen and bathroom out for the exterminator by Thursday you get fined. [05:36] TR News (NEW): Advancing the Code at the Back End https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Advancing_the_Code_at_the_Back_End.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Advancing_the_Code_at_the_Back_End.gmi [05:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Advancing the Code at the Back End [05:36] IsambardPrince If you don't let them in you get fined. [05:36] IsambardPrince If your house is a wreck they fine you and take pictures for court. [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] fined how? [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] the deposit? [05:36] IsambardPrince It gets added to the next month's rent. [05:36] schestowitz[TR2] oh [05:37] IsambardPrince I got everything cleaned up spotless already. [05:37] IsambardPrince So now I just need to sit back and watch the neighbors panic. [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] so it looks like a pretext now [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] form "tidy police" [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] *for [05:38] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Yes. [05:38] IsambardPrince Tony came in and remarked how well I keep house. [05:39] IsambardPrince While he was changing the dead smoke detectors I put in a repair ticket about. [05:39] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Right now I'm sure some of the neighbors are working through the night or calling off work tomorrow to panic clean. [05:39] IsambardPrince :) [05:41] IsambardPrince The roach issue probably will improve after that and the exterminator treatments. [05:44] TR News (NEW): Microsoft is Nervous About China Moving to GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Microsoft_is_Nervous_About_China_Moving_to_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Microsoft_is_Nervous_About_China_Moving_to_GNU_Linux.gmi [05:44] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsoft is Nervous About China Moving to GNU/Linux [05:45] schestowitz[TR2] taj mahal roach mahal [05:47] IsambardPrince I've lived in apartment buildings long enough to know there's always hoarders and messy gross people all around you. [05:47] IsambardPrince They only clean, frantically, when 48 hour inspection notices show up on the main doors. [05:52] TR News (NEW): Microsoft Back Doors a Hard Sell https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Microsoft_Back_Doors_a_Hard_Sell.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Microsoft_Back_Doors_a_Hard_Sell.gmi [05:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Microsoft Back Doors a Hard Sell ● Aug 26 [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] yes [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] we have smoking neighbours [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] they don't smoke tobacco [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] ever [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] we got this problem under control this summer [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] after 12 years [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] they are notorious [06:17] schestowitz[TR2] even other people know about this [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] and previous tenants [06:18] schestowitz[TR2] they have a "reputation" [06:37] *_what___ (~whatA_@ewa584nykwgjq.irc) has joined #techrights [06:40] *ewig (~Ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [06:42] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 162 Out of 200: An Outline of Events https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_162_Out_of_200_An_Outline_of_Events.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_162_Out_of_200_An_Outline_of_Events.gmi [06:42] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 162 Out of 200: An Outline of Events [06:49] *admfubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:50] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [06:50] *admfubar (~admfubar@qnjnrbiaw9qfs.irc) has joined #techrights [06:54] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Put door sweeps under the doors. [06:54] IsambardPrince It helps out a lot. [06:54] IsambardPrince My HEPA purifier's PM 2.5 meter used to spike whenever the people next door lit up. [06:54] IsambardPrince Just installing door sweeps caused those spikes to go away. [06:54] IsambardPrince It also keeps "bugs" out. [06:55] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Apparently those Lime Scooters in Chicago are free if you get food stamps. [06:56] IsambardPrince Maybe someone who would never commit a cybercrime could illegally see where you're going though. [06:56] IsambardPrince And put it on a projector. [06:56] IsambardPrince (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Federal Stalking, etc. State crimes, various.) ● Aug 26 [07:07] IsambardPrince Well that was gross. [07:07] IsambardPrince I just had my pillminder go in the sink and get water in it. [07:07] IsambardPrince Took out three days worth of medicine. [07:08] IsambardPrince I managed to open up Tuesday night and take them. [07:09] *fantom (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #techrights [07:09] *lxo (~lxo@b4xjcexteeqvi.irc) has joined #techrights [07:09] _what___ CFAA: the law that killed Aaron Swartz [07:10] _what___ and what else proprietarists are up into besides cancelling Stallman and SLAPPing us [07:21] schestowitz[TR2] or worse [07:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/28/What_I_Explained_to_Police_About_Blackmail_and_Death_Threats_vi.shtml [07:21] TR Bot Techrights What I Explained to Police About Blackmail and Death Threats via Burner Accounts (a Practice Which Generally Constitutes a Crime) [07:23] TR News iophk: I think Ross' project is dead: https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/ It's been almost a month since it lost its content. [07:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/ ) [07:24] TR News Techrights The Reach of techrights.org Is Increasing https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/The_Reach_of_techrights_org_Is_Increasing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/The_Reach_of_techrights_org_Is_Increasing.gmi [07:24] TR Bot The Reach of techrights.org Is Increasing [07:26] TR News ross was "target" https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/rossfest/rossfest.html [07:26] TR Bot Rossfest [07:27] TR News Anon: very much so; anyone who does not toe the microsoft line or, worse, dares tell the truth about ICT gets brigaded in one way or another http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/03/30/RIP_Ross_Anderson.shtml [07:27] TR Bot Tux Machines RIP Ross Anderson [07:28] TR News We got sued 3 weeks after Ross died [07:29] TR News A day earler: http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/03/29/A_backdoor_in_xz.shtml [07:29] TR Bot Tux Machines A backdoor in xz [07:29] TR News There's big business or "An Industry" around back doors https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/11/An_American_War_on_GNU_Linux_Software_Freedom_and_British_Inves.shtml [07:29] TR Bot Techrights An American War on GNU/Linux, Software Freedom, and British Investigative, Science-Based Reporting - Part V - Attempts to Take Down and Suppress Criticism of Back Doors Controlled by Microsoft and the American Government [07:30] TR News Slopmatt has been busy pretending to be a security person, despite his own spouse claiming the opposite is true [07:36] _what___ In case anyone wondering what's Xitter's up into: http://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1442#issuecomment-5413651441 [07:36] TR Bot public nitter instances do not work. Issue #1442 zedeus/nitter GitHub [07:37] _what___ MElon C&Ded it [07:38] _what___ http://nitter.net/ [07:38] TR Bot ( status 308 @ http://nitter.net/ ) [07:39] TR News MediaCityUK Development Seems to Have Stalled https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/26/mediacityuk-development-seems-to-have-stalled/ [07:39] TR Bot Blog Archive MediaCityUK Development Seems to Have Stalled [07:40] TR News "Ross was not liked by the university to which he devoted his life. The fact is they wanted rid of him by forced retirement. At an institution taking funding from Elon Musk and some morally questionable technology organisations, Ross ruffled feathers with his plain integrity." https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/rossfest/rossfest.html [07:40] TR News "He was not, however, an "activist" - which made the integrity all the more galling for some." https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/rossfest/rossfest.html [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] what about x-cancel [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] or whatever it's called? [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] XCancelAn Unofficial Twitter/X Mirror https://xcancel.com/about [07:41] TR Bot NO TITLE [07:42] TR News Anon: "conspiracy theory" has come to mean a known falsehood, however, that downplays or covers up the actual conspiracies going on, such as what has been happening against ICT for the last 25+ years [07:42] _what___ same https://xcancel.com/ [07:42] TR Bot NO TITLE [07:42] TR News SLAPP Censorship - Part 159 Out of 200: Telling Courts False Information and Spoon-feeding Them Insults, Hoping or Expecting Them to Repeat These Insults http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/23/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_159_Out_of_200_Telling_Courts_False_Infor.shtml [07:42] TR Bot Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 159 Out of 200: Telling Courts False Information and Spoon-feeding Them Insults, Hoping or Expecting Them to Repeat These Insults [07:43] TR News You can spend 1.3 million dollars trying to persuade courts to repeat smears that you spoon-feed to them while lying to them [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] \"On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received at letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel. [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] The service XCancel is stopped until further notice. [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] We are seeking legal advice and won't share more details for now. [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] Thank you for the trust you have put in these two years of XCancel." [07:45] _what___ two years ago https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1155#issuecomment-1913361757 [07:45] TR Bot certificate expired on 15:08:30 GMT Issue #1155 zedeus/nitter GitHub [07:50] TR News Techrights Don't Say X.com is OK Because People Can Access It by Alternative Means https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Say_X_com_is_OK_Because_People_Can_Access_It_by_Alternati.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Say_X_com_is_OK_Because_People_Can_Access_It_by_Alternati.gmi [07:50] TR Bot Techrights Don't Say X.com is OK Because People Can Access It by Alternative Means [07:55] _what___ also the news https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/25/x-sends-cease-and-desist-to-open-source-project-nitter-over-alleged-scraping/ https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/nitter-has-received-a-cease-and-desist-letter-from-x/40176 [07:55] TR Bot sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping | TechCrunch [07:55] TR Bot Nitter has received a cease and desist letter from X - News - Privacy Guides Community [07:56] _what___ GulagTube tried the same 3 years ago https://alternativeto.net/news/2023/6/youtube-legal-team-asked-invidious-developers-to-take-down-the-service-within-7-days/ [07:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alternativeto.net/news/2023/6/youtube-legal-team-asked-invidious-developers-to-take-down-the-service-within-7-days/ ) [07:59] _what___ notice a pattern? TL;DR they (X and YT, ed) tried to make their walled garden even more atrocious to ZuckBook levels ● Aug 26 [08:02] TR News Techrights Linux Today Dumped All Social Control Media Last December https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_Today_Dumped_All_Social_Control_Media_Last_December.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_Today_Dumped_All_Social_Control_Media_Last_December.gmi [08:02] TR Bot Techrights Linux Today Dumped All Social Control Media Last December [08:05] TR News MediaCityUK Development Seems to Have Stalled https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/26/mediacityuk-development-seems-to-have-stalled/ [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] didn't know about YT [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] except in 2023 [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] nadeko reports new restrictions [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] to bypass [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] in iv.nadeko.net [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] * inv. [08:11] TR News (NEW): Vanilla OS 3 Reunion Released with Reproducible Builds, ARM64 Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/24/Vanilla_OS_3_Reunion_Released_with_Reproducible_Builds_ARM64_Su.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/24/Vanilla_OS_3_Reunion_Released_with_Reproducible_Builds_ARM64_Su.gmi [08:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Vanilla OS 3 Reunion Released with Reproducible Builds, ARM64 Support [08:11] _what___ AFAIK besides ads it was poToken thing https://github.com/iv-org/youtube-trusted-session-generator [08:11] TR Bot - iv-org/youtube-trusted-session-generator: TOOL IS DEPRECATED - This is a generator for getting a session that passes all the checks from YouTube side GitHub [08:12] _what___ that is https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&set1=any&query1=google%20attestation [08:12] TR Bot Techrights Search [08:12] _what___ DRM/attestation [08:21] TR News (NEW): UK Adoption of GNU/Linux Going Up, About 10% Now https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/UK_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux_Going_Up_About_10_Now.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/UK_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux_Going_Up_About_10_Now.gmi [08:21] TR Bot Tux Machines UK Adoption of GNU/Linux Going Up, About 10% Now [08:24] TR News Techrights Analogue So Much Better and Faster https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Analogue_So_Much_Better_and_Faster.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Analogue_So_Much_Better_and_Faster.gmi [08:24] TR Bot Techrights Analogue So Much Better and Faster [08:24] schestowitz[TR2] <_what___> AFAIK besides ads it was poToken thing https://github.com/iv-org/youtube-trusted-session-generator [08:24] schestowitz[TR2] i remember google not owning youtube [08:25] bms me too [08:25] schestowitz[TR2] youtube just being some adobne trash (flash) [08:25] schestowitz[TR2] you open url [08:25] schestowitz[TR2] it loads up flash plugin [08:25] schestowitz[TR2] and plays [08:25] schestowitz[TR2] as quickly as the plugin starts [08:26] bms I remember having to deal with all the flash plugin dependency crap running FreeBSD 4.x on a Pentium III [08:26] schestowitz[TR2] i read yesterday about prices [08:26] schestowitz[TR2] it said, [08:26] schestowitz[TR2] first youtube increased prices in the us [08:26] schestowitz[TR2] for subs [08:26] schestowitz[TR2] now internationally [08:26] schestowitz[TR2] so they are still losing money [08:26] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/15/YouTube_Layoffs_Mean_That_YouTube_is_Still_Losing_a_Lot_of_Mone.shtml [08:26] TR Bot Techrights YouTube Layoffs Mean That YouTube is Still Losing a Lot of Money (Net Income or Profit Almost Definitely Negative) [08:27] bms of course. I see Privacy International & Amnesty International are now both hosting on PeerTube [08:29] _what___ especially https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/9/youtube-premium-is-getting-a-huge-price-hike-in-a-dozen-countries-sparking-user-backlash/ https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/youtube-is-about-to-make-even-longer-and-unskippable-ads-for-non-premium-users-on-tv/ [08:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/9/youtube-premium-is-getting-a-huge-price-hike-in-a-dozen-countries-sparking-user-backlash/ ) [08:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/youtube-is-about-to-make-even-longer-and-unskippable-ads-for-non-premium-users-on-tv/ ) [08:29] bms I notice also that my paid-for 3rd party email hosts are now often more reliable and faster than GMail [08:29] _what___ following nazi path https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/6/youtube-tests-x-like-community-notes-to-combat-misinformation-with-user-generated-context/ [08:29] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/6/youtube-tests-x-like-community-notes-to-combat-misinformation-with-user-generated-context/ ) [08:29] schestowitz[TR2] ther isuse is, [08:30] schestowitz[TR2] that people use those platforms [08:30] bms Youtube autogenerated closed captions for e.g. comedy like Jam by Chris Morris are worse than useless [08:30] schestowitz[TR2] 1990s [08:30] schestowitz[TR2] nazi sites on the web [08:30] schestowitz[TR2] you avoid those sites [08:30] schestowitz[TR2] 2020s nazi accounts in your turf [08:30] schestowitz[TR2] in your timeline [08:30] schestowitz[TR2] your 'algo' [08:30] schestowitz[TR2] now they call it "hey hi' [08:30] schestowitz[TR2] the issue is social control media [08:31] _what___ like Xitter https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Bluesky_Was_Such_an_Utter_Failure_That_After_18_Months_Mozilla_.shtml [08:31] TR Bot Techrights Bluesky Was Such an Utter Failure That After 18 Months Mozilla Goes Hug a Nazi Platform That Produces Child Porn [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] platforming your local castration country club, daily stormer, and pedophile president [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] and you are asked to put up with it [08:31] bms "Hey Hi" is being used as an accountability sink [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] yes [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] i predicated this a decade ago [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] in the context of wikileaks being censorship-ridden [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] account locked a lot [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] and they will blame it on "AI" [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] "NONE OF US DID IT" [08:31] schestowitz[TR2] "blame the algo" [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] they didn't say "AI" yet [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] wikipedia is shite [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] for manyr easons [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] now it helps the slop charlatans [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] because like LF [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] they pay wikipedia to participate [08:32] bms Wikipedia has problems of its own. Brooke Vibber is a nice lady. Wht the Wikimedia Foundation management have been doing to her and other real Wikipedia paid workers is unforgiveable. [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] yes [08:33] TR News (NEW): KDE Gear 26.08 Software Suite Is Out with Many Improvements for KDE Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/20/KDE_Gear_26_08_Software_Suite_Is_Out_with_Many_Improvements_for.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/20/KDE_Gear_26_08_Software_Suite_Is_Out_with_Many_Improvements_for.gmi [08:33] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE Gear 26.08 Software Suite Is Out with Many Improvements for KDE Apps [08:33] schestowitz[TR2] we added links about it [08:33] schestowitz[TR2] now it " [08:33] schestowitz[TR2] bites" its own [08:33] _what___ blame the algo and kill yourself https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Mother_of_OpenAI_Whistleblower_Says_Her_Son_Was_Murdered_He_Acc.shtml [08:33] TR Bot Techrights Mother of OpenAI Whistleblower Says Her Son Was Murdered (He Accused OpenAI of Copyright Violations at a Massive Scale, OpenAI is Running Out of Money That It Borrowed) [08:33] bms The standing advice is: do NOT donate to Wikipedia via the popups [08:33] bms instead, find a local Wikimedia chapter and donate to them directly [08:33] schestowitz[TR2] it even baned it own cofounder [08:33] schestowitz[TR2] sagner [08:33] schestowitz[TR2] and the mannm in charge tries to rewrite histopry [08:34] schestowitz[TR2] to remove the cofounder from the books [08:34] schestowitz[TR2] why trust an encylopedia [08:34] schestowitz[TR2] that lies about its OWN history? [08:34] bms I narrowly avoided meeting Jimmy Wales at Wizards of OS in the 00s [08:34] _what___ revisionism 'n stuff https://techrights.org/n/2023/12/29/_Modern_Wikipedia_is_GAFAM_and_Billionaires_Follow_the_Money.shtml [08:34] TR Bot Techrights "Modern" Wikipedia is GAFAM and Billionaires (Follow the Money) [08:34] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/21/Never_Trust_People_Who_Write_Their_Own_Wikipedia_Pages_Vanity_P.shtml [08:34] TR Bot Techrights Never Trust People Who Write Their Own Wikipedia Pages (Vanity Pages About Themselves) or Ask Friends to Do So. Also: Jono Bacon is Married to Microsoft. [08:34] schestowitz[TR2] GAFAM people write ads there [08:35] schestowitz[TR2] about themselves [08:35] schestowitz[TR2] that's how bad it got [08:35] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/01/Resumes_and_Vanity_Pages.shtml [08:35] TR Bot Techrights Resumes and Vanity Pages [08:35] bms I remembered Googol's current veep of security from #phrack n the 90s [08:35] bms before she joined Excite [08:36] TR News (NEW): Whats Happening In KDE Remote Desktop Improved Unattended Mode and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/What_s_Happening_In_KDE_Remote_Desktop_Improved_Unattended_Mode.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/What_s_Happening_In_KDE_Remote_Desktop_Improved_Unattended_Mode.gmi [08:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Whats Happening In KDE Remote Desktop Improved Unattended Mode and More [08:36] schestowitz[TR2] Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) runs ads there too [08:39] _what___ note that revisionism = mind control especially if that "history is written by winners" thing is true https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/25/Microsoft_Trots_Out_Its_Propaganda_Agent_Preston_Gralla_to_Make.shtml [08:39] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Trots Out Its Propaganda Agent Preston Gralla to Make It Sound Like Microsoft Breaks Up With China (Reality: Microsoft Got Dumped by China) [08:40] _what___ by winners in TR means those who "follow the money" [08:42] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:43] *lxo (~lxo@b4xjcexteeqvi.irc) has joined #techrights [08:44] _what___ and epsteining (privacy is sexual assault) https://techrights.org/o/2023/04/19/framing-privacy-as-sex-issue/ [08:44] TR Bot EFF Takes Money From US Nazis to Speak for Prostitutes and Frame Privacy (or Net Liability) as a Sex Issue [08:46] _what___ and what other "control but no accountability" scandals are, oh CIA and McAfee by Rob Braxman https://libmedium.batsense.net/Brax_Me/john-mcafee-a-real-life-jason-bourne-7dafa081b3ef [08:46] TR Bot John McAfee: a Real Life Jason Bourne | by Brax.Me | Mar 10, 2020 [08:47] _what___ older https://techrights.org/o/2014/02/27/erosion-of-rights/ [08:47] TR Bot Erosion of Rights: Latest Headlines [08:47] _what___ zucking of privacy https://libmedium.batsense.net/Brax_Me/have-you-been-zucked-how-your-privacy-is-disappearing-daily-2be2087e04b4 [08:47] TR Bot Have You Been Zucked? How Your Privacy is Disappearing Daily | by Brax.Me | May 24, 2017 [08:49] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/o/2020/08/14/control-but-no-accountability/ [08:49] TR Bot High-Level Criminals Associate Privacy With Crime Because They Want Privacy Only for Themselves (Control But No Accountability) [08:51] TR News (NEW): Bac-Ha-OS Linux Mint based distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Bac_Ha_OS_Linux_Mint_based_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Bac_Ha_OS_Linux_Mint_based_distribution.gmi [08:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Bac-Ha-OS Linux Mint based distribution [08:51] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:52] *lxo (~lxo@b4xjcexteeqvi.irc) has joined #techrights [08:56] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [08:58] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Aug 26 [09:13] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [09:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [09:24] TR News (NEW): I've tried every major Linux distro, and this is the only one I can recommend for work https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/I_ve_tried_every_major_Linux_distro_and_this_is_the_only_one_I_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/I_ve_tried_every_major_Linux_distro_and_this_is_the_only_one_I_.gmi [09:24] TR Bot Tux Machines I've tried every major Linux distro, and this is the only one I can recommend for work [09:33] TR News (NEW): Linux has both GNOME and KDE because of a licensing war https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_has_both_GNOME_and_KDE_because_of_a_licensing_war.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_has_both_GNOME_and_KDE_because_of_a_licensing_war.gmi [09:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux has both GNOME and KDE because of a licensing war [09:40] TR News "Adult entertainment company FlavaWorks has elevated its legal campaign against the private torrent tracker Gay-Torrents." https://torrentfreak.com/flavaworks-targets-75-members-of-gay-torrents-tracker-with-rico-lawsuit/ | Source: Torrent Freak [09:40] TR Bot Targets 75 Members of Gay-Torrents Tracker With RICO Lawsuit * TorrentFreak [09:41] TR News "While the surveillance ad duopoly grows, the brands that use their advertising, not so much. And the squeeze is getting worse, not better." https://blog.zgp.org/is-ai-already-good-enough-to-create-the-missing-online-advertising-boom/ | Source: Don Marti [09:41] TR Bot Is AI already good enough to create the missing online advertising boom? [09:42] TR News "The VCR was one of the fastest-adopted technologies in the history of the world, and it was disruptive." https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/25/gammamax/#felony-contempt-of-business-model | Source: CoryDoctorow [09:42] TR Bot Pluralistic: The age of disinvention (25 Aug 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [09:42] *ewig has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [09:43] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:45] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [09:47] *ewig (~ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [09:52] TR News "But one result from my 2026 Internet Map caught me completely off guard." https://kmcd.dev/posts/ashburn/ | Source: Kevin McDonald [09:52] TR Bot The Gravity of Ashburn, Virginia [09:53] TR News "The Islamic Republic of Iran denies Zoroastrians and the Bahais equal citizenship even as it recognizes Zoroastrian religious identity." https://www.meforum.org/dhimmitude-project/neo-dhimmitude-in-iran-religious-hierarchy-and-minority-life-under-the-islamic-republic | Source: ME Forum [09:53] TR Bot Neo-Dhimmitude in Iran: Religious Hierarchy and Minority Life Under the Islamic Republic - Middle East Forum [09:53] TR News "The unemployment rate for men was 10.0 percent, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous year. For women, the unemployment rate was 9.8 percent, up 1.5 percentage points." https://yle.fi/a/74-20242766 | Source: Yle [09:53] TR Bot Women's unemployment rises sharply as Finnish joblessness increases | Yle News | Yle [09:53] TR News "Thats part of the import of the designation of CUC Op Keyhole designation in the opening document." https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/25/stephen-miller-sent-9-special-operations-goons-to-tail-a-guy-driving-ice-out-signs/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [09:53] TR Bot Stephen Miller Sent 9 Special Operations Goons to Tail a Guy Driving ICE Out Signs - emptywheel [09:54] TR News "the Pentagon is willing to go to control the narrative" https://cpj.org/2026/08/pentagon-fires-stars-and-stripes-staffers-after-editorial-independence-comments/ | Source: CPJ [09:54] TR Bot Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes staffers after editorial independence comments - Committee to Protect Journalists [09:55] TR News "Lux Claridge was dragged from a city meeting about data centers and charged with interfering with the police after they clapped during a presentation." https://www.404media.co/charges-dropped-against-person-who-clapped-at-a-city-data-center-meeting/ | Source: 404 Media [09:55] TR Bot Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting [09:55] TR News "Former Washington Post opinion columnist Karen Attiah is the latest example of this shift." https://www.salon.com/2026/08/25/fired-columnist-rehired-as-rights-charlie-kirk-campaign-collapses/ | Source: Salon [09:55] TR Bot columnist rehired as rights Charlie Kirk campaign collapses - Salon.com [09:56] TR News "Vanity Fair told us earlier ... they've called off the article she was going to write for them. But Brittany tells us they can't revoke a contract she never signed." https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/25/lindsay-clancy-reporter-brittany-romano-receiving-death-threats/ | Source: TMZ [09:56] TR Bot Lindsay Clancy Reporter Receiving Death Threats After Smiling in Court [09:56] TR News "But what exactly counts as AI slop, how does LinkedIn identify it, and could the growing use of AI-generated content make things harder for human writers and creators?" https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/linkedin-reduces-ai-slop-posts-feeds-hari-srinivasan-138833414.html | Source: Bhaskar English [09:56] TR Bot LinkedIn Reduces AI Slop Posts; Hari Srinivasan Insights | Tech Update [09:57] TR News "The EU has required producers to take responsibility for packaging waste for many years through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes." https://lectronz.com/u/lectronz/articles/how-europe-is-killing-makers-and-micro-entrepreneurs | [09:57] TR Bot How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs [09:58] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:58] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Aug 26 [10:00] TR News "In 2025 I was honored to be selected for the first cohort of Sovereign Tech Fellows" https://blog.tenstral.net/2026/08/sovereign-tech-fellowship-for-freedesktop-tasks.html | Source: Matthias [10:00] TR Bot Sovereign Tech Fellowship for Freedesktop Tasks Ximions Blog [10:01] TR News "No matter how hard you try, disruption comes for you." https://tedium.co/2026/08/24/columbia-house-history-retrospective/ | Source: Tedium [10:01] TR Bot Columbia House: The First 12 Cost A Penny, But [10:01] TR News "Valve didnt come from nowhere, and it doesnt have a bedroom coder story like many of the game publishers of the 8- and 16-bit eras." https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-was-founded-30-years-ago-today-changed-pc-gaming-forever-with-half-life-then-steam | Source: Tom's Hardware [10:01] TR Bot Valve was founded 30 years ago today changed PC gaming forever with Half-Life, then Steam | Tom's Hardware [10:02] TR News "The most efficient use of rocket fuel is by tailoring the exhaust speed to be exactly equal and opposite in direction to the velocity of the rocket." https://avi-loeb.medium.com/nuclear-spacecraft-ccbdc591d163 | Source: Avi Loeb [10:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://avi-loeb.medium.com/nuclear-spacecraft-ccbdc591d163 ) [10:03] TR News "Its now two weeks since weve got it fully resolved, but it was a mess. On the 4th of August, I woke up, went to the bathroom: light didnt turn on." https://hacdias.com/2026/08/25/electricity-leakage/ | Source: Henrique Dias [10:03] TR Bot Tales of an Electricity Leakage, Part II - Henrique Dias [10:03] TR News "Together, the three facilities have five generating units and produce approximately 830GWh of electricity each year enough to supply around 53,000 Norwegian homes." https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/technology-equipment/hydropower-plants-in-western-norway-to-be-modernized/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [10:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/technology-equipment/hydropower-plants-in-western-norway-to-be-modernized/ ) [10:04] TR News "The amount of gas-fired power in development for data centers in the US has nearly doubled in less than a year, new research released Tuesday shows." https://www.wired.com/story/us-data-centers-drive-gas-power-expansion/ | Source: Wired [10:04] TR Bot Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US | WIRED [10:04] TR News "The federal government does not systematically track water consumption across the data-center industry" https://forgeeks.net/us-data-centers-water-use-17-billion-gallons/ | [10:04] TR Bot US data centers used 17 billion gallons of water for(geeks) [10:15] TR News "federal laws that require the agency to outline whistleblower protections" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/08/nsa-isnt-complying-with-federal-laws-on-whistleblower-protections-ig-finds/ | Source: Federal News Network [10:15] TR Bot NSA isnt complying with federal laws on whistleblower protections, IG finds | Federal News Network [10:19] TR News "We are talking about someone who publicly talked about giving a million dollars to folks to actually go vote" https://www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/2026/08/26/elon-musk-wisconsin-voters-million-dollar-checks-no-criminal-charges/ | Source: Votebeat [10:19] TR Bot Elon Musk wont face criminal charges for offering voters $1 million checks during the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election - Votebeat [10:19] TR News "poorly worded statement that was corrected and brought into compliance with the law." https://www.notus.org/us-news/elon-musk-no-election-bribery-charges-wisconsin | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [10:19] TR Bot Elon Musk Wont Face Election-Bribery Charges in Wisconsin - NOTUS News of the United States [10:21] TR News "Quite honestly, it was breathtaking" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5941135 | Source: NPR [10:21] TR Bot Churches, libraries and breweries: Inside DHS' covert surveillance operation [10:22] TR News "WhatsApp passed 1 billion passkey users, the company said on August 25, 2026, as it rolled out a set of account security upgrades." https://sqmagazine.co.uk/whatsapp-1-billion-passkey-users-2fa-passwords/ | Source: SQ Magazine [10:22] TR Bot WhatsApp Hits 1 Billion Passkey Users, Adds 2FA Passwords [10:22] TR News "The #SafetyNotSurveillance coalition are a collective of organisations and grassroots groups, working across digital, racial and migrant justice in the UK." https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/safety-not-surveillance-townhall/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup [10:22] TR Bot Safety Not Surveillance National Townhalls on AI and crime-predicting technologies | Open Rights Group [10:25] TR News "The blog post is more accessible, so that's what I will quote from. But for the details you need to read the paper." https://blog.dshr.org/2026/08/not-bug-but-feature.html | Source: David Rosenthal [10:25] TR Bot DSHR's Blog: Not A Bug But A Feature [10:25] TR News "This exercise stays inside the isolated lab from Part 1. The target, users, passwords, logs, and test traffic must all be yours." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/cyberseckyle-security-how-to-series-light-offensive-to-think-defensively-part-3-recon-and-password-attack-theory-inside-the-lab/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [10:25] TR Bot Recon and Password Attack Theory Inside the Lab - CybersecKyle [10:26] TR News "The frauds that target seniors typically rely on abusing their trust" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/08/online-harms-forgotten-generation-why-the-government-needs-to-pay-attention-to-protecting-seniors/ | Source: Michael Geist [10:26] TR Bot Online Harms Forgotten Generation: Why the Government Needs to Pay Attention to Protecting Seniors - Michael Geist [10:30] TR News "Rolling Stone spoke to four creators about their relationship with affiliate links, and the biggest payouts theyve experienced." https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/affiliate-marketing-social-media-1235605379/ | Source: Rolling Stone [10:30] TR Bot How Affiliate Marketing Really Works [10:31] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:32] TR News "Elon Musks lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to Nitters maintainer, a legitimate service that displays X posts through a different interface." https://manualdousuario.net/en/nitter-cease-desist/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [10:32] TR Bot Nitter is shutting down after a cease and desist letter from X Manual do Usurio [10:32] TR News "Politics aside, I wonder whether X will make any difference to MacStoriess business." https://manualdousuario.net/en/tech-choices-macstories/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [10:32] TR Bot Tech (or political?) choices Manual do Usurio [10:33] TR News "Now that Xs algorithm demands video content just like every other platform does" https://www.garbageday.email/p/right-wingers-want-every-woman-to-be-a-mom-and-also-hate-moms-now | Source: Garbage Day [10:33] TR Bot Right-wingers want every woman to be a mom and also hate moms now [10:33] TR News "Recent incidents have underscored the point, she noted." https://yle.fi/a/74-20242706 | Source: Yle [10:33] TR Bot EU prepares for AI slipping beyond human control, Finnish tech chief says | Yle News | Yle [10:33] TR News "A majority of both Democrat and Republican voters opposed new data centres in their area, but Democrats opposed them more strongly." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/25/everybody-hates-the-ai-more-and-more/ | Source: Pivot to AI [10:33] TR Bot Bottled ocean of blood-surrogate. "Good-night, dear friends. Good-night. [10:34] TR News "There's a term I like: 'innovation theatre'." https://www.elliotcsmith.com/engineering-theatre/ | Source: Elliot C Smith [10:34] TR Bot Engineering Theatre [10:34] TR News "The above sign wasn't found in some rural Buddhist lodge that had never seen a foreign tourist, but rather a luxury resort hotel built within the last five years in the heart of Tokyo!" https://justin.searls.co/shots/2026-08-26-13h01m54s/ | Source: Justin Searls [10:34] TR Bot Engrish is so back | justinsearlsco [10:34] TR News "The rhetoric that comes out of this particular historical moment is really about the evanescence of modern liberal democracy, constitutional democracy" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/harvard-professor-ai-factory-farming-humans | Source: Futurism [10:34] TR Bot Harvard Professor Warns That AI Execs Are Pushing World Toward Factory Farming of Humans [10:35] TR News "A friend was helping his aunt sell a used iPad, barely used and a generation newer than my current one." https://roytang.net/2026/08/used-ipad/ | Source: Roy Tang [10:35] TR Bot Buying A Used iPad roytang.net [10:35] TR News "If you have used Linux for a while, you probably know cron jobs. You use it to run a script every night at 2 AM, or every 5 minutes." https://ostechnix.com/linux-systemd-timers-guide/ | Source: OSTechNix [10:35] TR Bot Beginner's Guide to systemd Timers (2026) - OSTechNix [10:36] TR News "I frequently see statements about differences between strongly ordered architectures (like x86 or SPARC) and weakly ordered architectures (like ARM or RISC-V)" https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2026/08/25/memory-ordering-in-cpus/ | Source: Fabian ryg Giesen [10:36] TR Bot Memory ordering in CPUs | The ryg blog [10:36] TR News "One of the primary purposes for our homelab FreeBSD box is for data backups and storage for myself, Clara, and our family." https://www.rubenerd.au/reintroducing-4tb-drives-into-our-freebsd-server/ | Source: Ruben Schade [10:36] TR Bot Rubenerd: Reintroducing 4 TB drives into our FreeBSD server [10:39] TR News "arguably inherited from the PDP-11 or indeed PDP-7, meant that nobody wanted a 64-bit version of the segmentation features." https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/blog/2026/08/25/#flat-vs-segmented | Source: Stephen Kell [10:39] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/blog/2026/08/25/#flat-vs-segmented ) [10:40] TR News "These are the libraries I love. Each one a calm oasis in a world teeming with more, faster, better, over-powered, AI-powered. Inviting and welcoming everyone." https://michellebarker.co.uk/writing/in-praise-of-libraries/ | Source: Michelle Barker [10:40] TR Bot Michelle Barker | In Praise of Libraries [10:40] TR News "He explained that Parton had asked him years earlier to make the public announcement when the time came." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/dolly-parton-planned-her-own-goodbye-years-ago-nephew-fulfils-her-final-request-1816316 | Source: International Business Times [10:40] TR Bot Dolly Parton Planned Her Own Goodbye Years Ago as Nephew Fulfils Her Final Request | IBTimes UK [10:41] TR News "She was also a great philanthropist. Her Imagination Library has distributed more than 200 million books to babies and young children." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dolly-parton-rip | Source: Robert Reich [10:41] TR Bot Goodbye, Dolly - Robert Reich [10:41] TR News "Thanks to a dwindling supply of open roles, one-click applications, and the rise of artificial intelligence, its easier than ever to apply for a job. Were all paying the price." https://www.wired.com/story/applying-for-a-job-is-too-damn-easy/ | Source: Wired [10:41] TR Bot Should Be Harder to Apply for a Job. No, Really | WIRED [10:42] TR News "Uraninite nodules in calcite (?). Unlike the Colorado plateau rocks, the veins are nice and clean (although not chemically pure) which results in a shiny surface." https://maurycyz.com/misc/rocks3/ | Source: Maury [10:42] TR Bot Uranium from Pbram (Czechia) (Maurycy's blog) [10:43] TR News "The paper introducing the first variant of the radix heap. Found on archive.org with help from the University of Illinois library." https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/scans/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp [10:43] TR Bot Scans of some rare papers CuriousCoding [10:43] TR News "I didnt explain in that post why this is. In this post I will." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/24/numerical-instability-recurrece/ | Source: John D Cook [10:43] TR Bot Numerical (in)stability of recurrence relations [10:43] TR News "Imagine you rent office space for a three-day event. You quickly set up a few Ethernet switches and tape some cables on the floor to get everyone online." https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2026-spanning-tree-video | Source: Vincent Bernat [10:43] TR Bot A non-interactive introduction to the spanning tree protocol [10:45] TR News "Thats where the spanning tree protocol (STP) comes in. STP blocks just enough of your spare cables to leave a loop-free tree." https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2026-spanning-tree | Source: Vincent Bernat [10:45] TR Bot An interactive introduction to the spanning tree protocol [10:46] TR News "The Red Mailbox was not always there." https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/08/the-red-mailbox/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [10:46] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/08/the-red-mailbox/ ) [10:46] TR News "But there's one thing that's still haunting me." https://robertbirming.com/dont-make-my-blogging-mistake/ | Source: Robert Birming [10:46] TR Bot Dont make my blogging mistake Robert Birming [10:46] TR News "I started blogging and expressing myself via photography and the written word on platforms like Xanga, LiveJournal, and Tumblr because I like being able to share online anonymously" https://burgeonlab.com/blog/augustory/ | Source: Naty S [10:46] TR Bot The Story About BurgeonLab [10:52] TR News Techrights Links 26/08/2026: Election Bribery (aka Vote-Buying) Deemed "OK" in the US, "Nitter is Shutting Down After a Cease and Desist Letter" by MElon https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Links_26_08_2026_Election_Bribery_aka_Vote_Buying_Deemed_OK_in_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Links_26_08_2026_Election_Bribery_aka_Vote_Buying_Deemed_OK_in_.gmi [10:52] TR Bot Techrights Links 26/08/2026: Election Bribery (aka Vote-Buying) Deemed "OK" in the US, "Nitter is Shutting Down After a Cease and Desist Letter" by MElon [10:53] TR News "Now, I know almost every technical writeup on this blog is obscure, but this is going to be a really weird one." https://www.mistys-internet.website/blog/blog/2026/08/25/how-i-fixed-an-mt-32-midi-soundtrack-for-the-hardware-i-use/ | Source: Misty De Mo [10:53] TR Bot Performing Digital Surgery to Fix MIDIs for My Hardware (and Then Discovering the Entire Premise of My Post Was Wrong) - The Future Is Now [10:54] TR News "I've been working on a number of connection points between my site and the broader web." https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2026/implementing-webmentions | Source: Cory Dransfeldt [10:54] TR Bot Implementing webmentions Cory Dransfeldt [10:54] TR News "The Authenticated Transfer Protocol, or AT Proto for short, is a very simple system at its core." https://vale.rocks/posts/atproto-ethos | Source: Declan Chidlow [10:54] TR Bot AT Protocol Harkens An Old Web Ethos | Vale.Rocks [10:54] TR News "It admittedly does make for a rather cluttered UI. But hey, Im only half-joking here: [...]" https://ericwbailey.website/published/a-proposal-for-new-netflix-content-rating-icons/ | Source: Eric Bailey [10:54] TR Bot A proposal for new Netflix content rating icons Eric Bailey [10:55] TR News "Zsh modifiers are a family of suffixes that transform words as theyre expanded." https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/08/24/zsh-filename-modifiers/ | Source: Adam Johnson [10:55] TR Bot Zsh: manipulate filenames with modifiers like :r (root) and :e (extension) - Adam Johnson [10:56] TR News "For each card, I can write a short note to tell why its in my binder." https://hamatti.org/posts/v-is-for-visible-characters/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [10:56] TR Bot V is for visible characters - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala [10:56] TR News "This will require some background. I handle my email in the venerable (N)MH, which is very old and thus slightly flawed." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/EmailParsingUnicodeFumble | Source: University of Toronto [10:56] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [10:56] TR News "The reason it is a separate step is caching. If the build info was generated at link time then everytime we link the binary it would produce different bytes causing it to not be bit-reproducible." https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/25/stamping-build-info-in-constant-memory | Source: Farid Zakaria [10:56] TR Bot Stamping build info in constant memory | Farid Zakarias Blog [10:57] TR News "A quick recap: SELF, a format where the program is a SQLite database." https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/24/actually-queryable-executables | Source: Farid Zakaria [10:57] TR Bot Actually Queryable Executables | Farid Zakarias Blog [10:57] TR News "Attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities faster than most organizations can safely patch." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/the-patch-window-has-collapsed-defenders-need-to-change-now/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [10:57] TR Bot Why the Patch Window Is Collapsing and What Defenders Must Do - CybersecKyle [10:57] TR News "I'm currently working on migrating my open source projects from GitHub to a self-hosted Forgejo instance." https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/forgejo-hack-how-to-set-a-starting-issue-and-pull-request-number | Source: Miguel Grinberg [10:57] TR Bot Forgejo hack: How to set a starting issue and pull request number - miguelgrinberg.com [10:57] TR News "None of these fits my bill, so I spent a moment to craft a solution that I wanted to share with you." https://pawelgrzybek.com/jump-between-projects-in-neovim/ | Source: Pawe Grzybek [10:57] TR Bot between projects in Neovim | pawelgrzybek.com [10:58] TR News "I write code roughly the same way I did ten years ago1: I make edits in my text editor, I switch over to a terminal window and I run a command to compile and execute the code." https://entropicthoughts.com/curmudgeon-tries-language-server | Source: Chris [10:58] TR Bot A curmudgeon tries a language server [10:58] TR News "I think both arguments focus on the wrong thing because they focus on who writes the code." https://var0.xyz/posts/beyond-recall-and-the-illusion-of-competence.html | Source: Var Zero [10:58] TR Bot recall and the illusion of competence var0.xyz [10:58] TR News "The big upside here is that this makes Placemark cleanly open source: all of its dependencies have proper open source licenses like MIT, ISC, Apache-2.0" https://macwright.com/2026/08/25/placemark-fully-open-source.html | Source: Tom MacWright [10:58] TR Bot is now fully open source - macwright.com [10:59] TR News "Multiple spaces (Identity, SaaS, AppSec, Data) have almost every vendor leading with AI; existing unsolved problem areas just got worse." https://andy2f23e12677d-pqsnr.wpcomstaging.com/reports/state-of-security-vendors-blackhat-2026/ | [10:59] TR Bot State of Security Vendors: Blackhat 2026 - Duha [10:59] TR News "Andy Ellis has a roundup of the security vendors at Black Hat this year." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/black-hat-state-of-security-vendors.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [10:59] TR Bot Hat State of Security Vendors - Schneier on Security [10:59] TR News "IETF 126 welcomed 1,230 on-site participants and 672 remote attendees, setting a new attendance record." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/25/ai-ipv6-and-the-future-internet-at-ietf-126/ | Source: APNIC [10:59] TR Bot AI, IPv6, and the future Internet at IETF 126 | APNIC Blog ● Aug 26 [11:01] TR News "A long time ago I start my personal server in Django (a lot of the stuff from Django tricks were coded for my personal Django stuff)" https://fundor333.com/post/2026/moving-to-django-6-x/ | Source: Fundor 333 [11:01] TR Bot to Django 6.X | Fundor333 [11:01] TR News "These are run with WordPress. I did some maintenance on them today. Not particularly interesting, but it keeps me busy." https://artlung.com/blog/2026/08/25/hey-lets-update-websites/ | Source: Joe Crawford [11:01] TR Bot Hey lets update websites! ~ 25 Aug 2026 [11:01] TR News "I fall in the love camp. My introduction into coding was through SQL. Everyone has their native language they think in and mine is SQL." https://tylerhillery.com/blog/i-love-sql-i-hate-sql/ | Source: Tyler Hillery [11:02] TR Bot I love SQL; I Hate SQL Tyler Hillery [11:02] TR News "Ive been reading through the recent run of incidents where package-manager infrastructure was the attack surface, as one does on a Sunday afternoon." https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/25/hardening-the-override-flag.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [11:02] TR Bot Hardening the Override Flag | Andrew Nesbitt [11:03] TR News "When text is copied from an org-mode or markdown-mode buffer and pasted into another Emacs buffer, its visual formatting can sometimes follow it." https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-fix-org-mode-copy-paste-yank-bleed/ | Source: James Cherti [11:03] TR Bot Copy-paste without Emacs org-mode or markdown-mode formatting bleeding into other buffers | James Cherti [11:03] TR News "Eglot ships with Emacs as a built-in, lightweight LSP client, and its default configuration is sufficient for most projects." https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-eglot-performance/ | Source: James Cherti [11:03] TR Bot Configuring Emacs Eglot for Optimal Performance | James Cherti [11:04] TR News "Dave Rupert wrote about shipping microlighter: a tool for handling syntax highlighting using the CSS Custom Highlights API." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/shipping-microlighter/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [11:04] TR Bot Have You Heard the Good News About Microlighter? - Jim Nielsens Blog [11:04] TR News "Emacs 31.1 has been released, whee! Also, Divya's post An Introduction to Canvas in GNU Emacs is really cool and I'm looking forward to that becoming generally available in Emacs 32. =)" https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/2026-08-24-emacs-news/ | Source: Sacha Chua [11:04] TR Bot 2026-08-24 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua [11:10] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [11:21] _what___ Look at how Xitter broke both sides https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/opinion/twitter-x-woke-1-elon-musk.html [11:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/opinion/twitter-x-woke-1-elon-musk.html ) [11:38] TR News "I decided to test the UniFi 5G Backup, which is a small PoE-powered 5G RedCap-enabled device good for up to 220 Mbps of downlink bandwidth." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/unifi-u5g-backup-debugging/ | Source: Jeff Geerling [11:38] TR Bot Debugging Ubiquiti's 5G Backup on AT&T - Jeff Geerling [11:40] *_what___ has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.8.7 [Mozilla rv:1.0.0/20020530]) [11:46] *KindOne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:46] TR News "A pyrotechnic charge is set off by passing a high voltage through a filament within it, melting the filament and igniting the charge." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/blow-those-pyros-with-a-telephone/ | Source: Hackaday [11:46] TR Bot Those Pyros With A Telephone! | Hackaday [11:47] TR News "For last articles resin print, I had to put a number of models onto the build plate in the slicer, after which I mashed auto arrange" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/anatomy-of-an-sla-resin-printing-disaster/ | Source: Hackaday [11:47] TR Bot Of An SLA Resin Printing Disaster | Hackaday [11:47] TR News "My homepage now runs on OpenBSD with httpd(8) and Let's Encrypt via acme-client(1)." https://nil.wallyjones.com/run-openbsd-on-digitalocean-for-4month/ | [11:47] TR Bot Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4/month - Nil [11:48] *KindOne (~KindOne@23xffjdf3phbn.irc) has joined #techrights [11:48] TR News "Remote desktop has been one of the weaker areas of the transition to Wayland." https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/whats-happening-in-kde-remote-desktop-improved-unattended-mode-and-more/ | Source: David Edmundson [11:48] TR Bot Whats Happening In KDE Remote Desktop Improved Unattended Mode and More David Edmundson's Web Log ● Aug 26 [12:10] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice 26.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/LibreOffice_26_8_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Officially_Released_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/LibreOffice_26_8_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Officially_Released_T.gmi [12:10] TR Bot Tux Machines LibreOffice 26.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is Whats New [12:13] TR News "The Dead Internet Theory May Be Coming True, Pew Research Findings Show - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/23/2258205 [12:13] TR Bot The Dead Internet Theory May Be Coming True, Pew Research Findings Show - SoylentNews [12:14] TR News Inverting what freedom means? Proprietary made out of free software is freedom? "Jeffrey Paul: The AGPL License Is Nonfree" https://sneak.berlin/20250720/the-agpl-is-nonfree/ [12:14] TR Bot Jeffrey Paul: The AGPL License Is Nonfree [12:17] TR News Hackaday making excuses for plagiarism industry? https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/ai-book-scanning-just-what-is-a-rare-book/ [12:17] TR Bot Book Scanning: Just What Is A Rare Book? | Hackaday [12:17] TR News Anon coastal (Swedish speaking) or the rest? https://phys.org/news/2026-08-finns-productive-healthy-years-average.html [12:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-08-finns-productive-healthy-years-average.html ) [12:18] TR News ("Finns may live to 80 or 85, but productive healthy years average 43 to 46") [12:20] TR News "On Linux, Citrix Workspace (wfica; icaclient 26.04.0.105) crashes, printing the following error message to console: [...]" https://yingtongli.me/blog/2026/08/25/citrix-sigfpe.html | Source: Lee Yingtong Li [12:20] TR Bot SIGFPE (Floating point exception) on Citrix Workspace for Linux [12:21] TR News "If you're setting a maximum, you need to know how much memory the system has." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemMemoryNeedQuestion | Source: University of Toronto [12:21] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [12:21] TR News "In Episode 16, I chat with Nic, the author of nicchan.me about, among other things, using the web as a design tool, web accessibility, learning from others' code, and more." https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/25/www-16 | Source: James G [12:21] TR Bot Wonders of Web Weaving, Episode 16 - with words, wonder [12:21] TR News "Wonders of Web Weaving" https://web-weaving.jamesg.blog/16 | Source: Wonders of Web Weaving [12:21] TR Bot #16: Nic (nicchan.me) - Wonders of Web Weaving [12:22] TR News "Check out the second installment of our new segment "Steve Scale" as Steve digs into the Ovens family distro. What is BootC and why does he use it? LG is pushing ads to your monitor, and we introduce you to CachyOS." https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/501 | Source: The Ask Noah Show [12:22] TR Bot Ask Noah Show Episode 501: Ask Noah Show 501 [12:30] TR News Last Year's Decision https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/26/last-years-decision/ [12:30] TR Bot Blog Archive Last Years Decision [12:39] TR News Techrights Goodbye, Dolly https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Goodbye_Dolly.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Goodbye_Dolly.gmi [12:39] TR Bot Techrights Goodbye, Dolly ● Aug 26 [13:14] TR News Techrights Controlling Culture and Social Behaviour by Digital Locks https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Controlling_Culture_and_Social_Behaviour_by_Digital_Locks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Controlling_Culture_and_Social_Behaviour_by_Digital_Locks.gmi [13:14] TR Bot Techrights Controlling Culture and Social Behaviour by Digital Locks [13:51] TR News Debugging Ubiquiti's 5G Backup on AT&T https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/unifi-u5g-backup-debugging/ [13:52] TR News Whats Happening In KDE Remote Desktop Improved Unattended Mode and More http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/whats-happening-in-kde-remote-desktop-improved-unattended-mode-and-more/ [13:52] TR Bot Whats Happening In KDE Remote Desktop Improved Unattended Mode and More David Edmundson's Web Log [13:52] TR News Have You Heard the Good News About Microlighter? https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/shipping-microlighter/ [13:52] TR Bot Have You Heard the Good News About Microlighter? - Jim Nielsens Blog [13:52] TR News Black Hat State of Security Vendors https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/black-hat-state-of-security-vendors.html [13:52] TR Bot Hat State of Security Vendors - Schneier on Security [13:55] TR News Harvard Professor Warns That Hey Hi (AI) Execs Are Pushing World Toward Factory Farming of Humans https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/harvard-professor-ai-factory-farming-humans [13:55] TR Bot Harvard Professor Warns That AI Execs Are Pushing World Toward Factory Farming of Humans [13:56] TR News Online Harms Forgotten Generation: Why the Government Needs to Pay Attention to Protecting Seniors https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/08/online-harms-forgotten-generation-why-the-government-needs-to-pay-attention-to-protecting-seniors/ [13:56] TR Bot Online Harms Forgotten Generation: Why the Government Needs to Pay Attention to Protecting Seniors - Michael Geist [13:56] TR News Surveillance [13:56] TR News Safety Not Surveillance National Townhalls on Hey Hi (AI) and crime-predicting technologies https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/safety-not-surveillance-townhall/ [13:56] TR Bot Safety Not Surveillance National Townhalls on AI and crime-predicting technologies | Open Rights Group [13:57] TR News NSA isnt complying with federal laws on whistleblower protections, IG finds https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/08/nsa-isnt-complying-with-federal-laws-on-whistleblower-protections-ig-finds/ [13:57] TR Bot NSA isnt complying with federal laws on whistleblower protections, IG finds | Federal News Network ● Aug 26 [14:03] TR News Steam Machine and Steam Controller support coming to NVIDIA GeForce NOW, plus DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction out now for desktop gamers | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steam-machine-and-steam-controller-support-coming-to-nvidia-geforce-now-plus-dlss-4-5-ray-reconstruction-out-now-for-desktop-gamers/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:03] TR Bot Machine and Steam Controller support coming to NVIDIA GeForce NOW, plus DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction out now for desktop gamers | GamingOnLinux [14:04] TR News Drop Loot is a slick reinvention of Tetris as an engrossing dungeon crawler | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/drop-loot-is-a-slick-reinvention-of-tetris-as-an-engrossing-dungeon-crawler/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:04] TR Bot Loot is a slick reinvention of Tetris as an engrossing dungeon crawler | GamingOnLinux [14:06] TR News True classic SNES JRPG 'Terranigma' comes to PC in early 2027 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/true-classic-snes-jrpg-terranigma-comes-to-pc-in-early-2027/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:06] TR Bot classic SNES JRPG 'Terranigma' comes to PC in early 2027 | GamingOnLinux [14:07] TR News W4 Games, the company formed by Godot Engine veterans, gets help and funding from Tencent | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/w4-games-the-company-formed-by-godot-engine-veterans-gets-help-and-funding-from-tencent/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:07] TR Bot Games, the company formed by Godot Engine veterans, gets help and funding from Tencent | GamingOnLinux [14:09] TR News BS headline today: "New Xbox ROG Console Costs Over $1,000, RIP Your Wallet". No!! There is no future console, no "new XBox". This is VAPOURWARE. [14:13] TR News Slopmatt's angry lawyer operates under the false impression that while labouring as a hired gun with death threats, threats to decapitate sites, and threats to put a family in prison he is somehow a poor victim. Are these people as drunk as their clients? [14:15] TR News Cult-classic horror point-and-click adventure Sanitarium returns as Sanitarium Enhanced | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/cult-classic-horror-point-and-click-adventure-sanitarium-returns-as-sanitarium-enhanced/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:15] TR Bot horror point-and-click adventure Sanitarium returns as Sanitarium Enhanced | GamingOnLinux [14:36] TR News The Crocodile is Shedding Off Tears Again https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/26/the-crocodile-is-shedding-off-tears-again/ [14:36] TR Bot Blog Archive The Crocodile is Shedding Off Tears Again [14:36] TR News Bazzite 44 getting a hotfix for various issues after the recent big release | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/bazzite-44-getting-a-hotfix-for-various-issues-after-the-recent-big-release/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:36] TR Bot 44 getting a hotfix for various issues after the recent big release | GamingOnLinux [14:36] *phebus (~phebus@y62br8unm5ssk.irc) has joined #techrights [14:37] TR News Techrights said: "Don't choose barristers/counsels based on price." While it is a "bad idea to give advice on correcting their mistakes" it does show their client that their incompetence means dumping them would be wise. [14:38] TR News iophk: "high school"? most of those are "junior high school" level https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5468462 Have reading skills deteriorated that badly nationally? [14:38] TR Bot What books shaped you in high school? Here's what you said [14:40] TR News Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection announced for September | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/alien-breed-35th-anniversary-collection-announced-for-september/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:40] TR Bot Breed 35th Anniversary Collection announced for September | GamingOnLinux [14:40] TR News Valve updated a bunch of their older Steam shooters | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/valve-updated-a-bunch-of-their-older-steam-shooters/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/valve-updated-a-bunch-of-their-older-steam-shooters/ [14:40] TR Bot updated a bunch of their older Steam shooters | GamingOnLinux [14:44] TR News Red Hat is marketing slop while neglecting Linux https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/beyond-benchmarks-5-pillars-ai-evaluation-systems | Source: Red Hat Official [14:44] TR Bot Beyond benchmarks: The 5 pillars of AI evaluation systems [14:44] TR News "Marc Richter manages a team of Red Hat technical account managers (TAMs) for the southeast commercial region in the US." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/paying-it-forward-how-mentorship-comes-full-circle-early-talent | Source: Red Hat Official [14:44] TR Bot Paying it forward: How mentorship comes full circle for early talent [14:44] TR News "crypto" BS to help IBM with the hype campaign that basically cheats shareholders https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/preparing-openstack-post-quantum-era-systematic-approach-crypto-agility | Source: Red Hat Official [14:44] TR Bot Preparing OpenStack for the post-quantum era: A systematic approach to crypto-agility [14:45] TR News GAFAM instead of freedom https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/streamlining-container-security-red-hat-hardened-images-now-supported-aws-inspectorscan-api-and-ecr-basic-scanning | Source: Red Hat Official [14:45] TR Bot Streamlining container security: Red Hat Hardened Images now supported in AWS InspectorScan API and ECR Basic scanning [14:46] TR News "an 8-core Arm CPU" https://linuxgizmos.com/upcoming-jetson-orin-nano-2-boosts-edge-ai-performance-to-78-tops/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:46] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/upcoming-jetson-orin-nano-2-boosts-edge-ai-performance-to-78-tops/ ) [14:47] TR News So much focus on slop https://linuxgizmos.com/fanless-edge-box-runs-linux-on-rockchip-rv1126b-with-3-tops-npu/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:47] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/fanless-edge-box-runs-linux-on-rockchip-rv1126b-with-3-tops-npu/ ) [14:47] TR News Slop plagiarism instead of proper work that can be understood https://linuxgizmos.com/iar-webinar-to-examine-static-and-runtime-analysis-for-ai-assisted-embedded-development/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:47] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/iar-webinar-to-examine-static-and-runtime-analysis-for-ai-assisted-embedded-development/ ) [14:49] TR News Richard Stallman's GNU Project Began 42 Years Ago With GNU Emacs and More https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Richard_Stallman_s_GNU_Project_Began_42_Years_Ago_With_GNU_Emac.shtml [14:49] TR Bot Techrights Richard Stallman's GNU Project Began 42 Years Ago With GNU Emacs and More [14:52] TR News "Weve worked closely with Arduino and Qualcomm Technologies to deliver an industrial-grade software stack as a starting point." https://ubuntu.com//blog/arduino-ventuno-q-is-available-for-pre-order-with-ubuntu-pre-installed | Source: Ubuntu [14:52] TR Bot VENTUNO Q is available for pre-order with Ubuntu pre-installed | Ubuntu [14:53] TR News GNU/Linux Measured at 10% in Germany, Based on Clownflare https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_10_in_Germany_Based_on_Clownflare.shtml [14:53] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_10_in_Germany_Based_on_Clownflare.shtml ) ● Aug 26 [15:02] TR News Go Language 1.27 Released with Generic Methods, JSON v2, SIMD Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/go-language-1-27-released-with-generic-methods-json-v2-simd-support/ [15:02] TR Bot Go Language 1.27 Released with Generic Methods, JSON v2, SIMD Support | UbuntuHandbook [15:03] TR News State divergence enables unauthorized access https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/08/25/state-divergence-enables-unauthorized-access/ [15:03] TR Bot State divergence enables unauthorized access - The Trail of Bits Blog [15:04] TR News Talos 1.14.0-rc2 https://distrowatch.com/talos [15:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/talos ) [15:04] TR News Zenwalk Current-260825 https://distrowatch.com/zenwalk [15:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/zenwalk ) [15:04] TR News Using and powering shelf retrocomputers https://www.rubenerd.au/using-and-powering-shelf-retrocomputers/ [15:04] TR Bot Rubenerd: Using and powering shelf retrocomputers [15:05] TR News "I got a termination letter today - After successfully passing my PIP and last meeting with my manager yesterday. Today IBM sent me a termination letter. No severance. Nothing. Just take your stuff and bye. My advice your you guys. Do not trust any manager at IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0z49eyw [15:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0z49eyw ) [15:06] TR News "Quantum Computing Failure Now Obvious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_oIQ-tA6M IBM features prominently in Sabine's new video." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0yxcgat [15:06] TR Bot https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=DX_oIQ-tA6M [15:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/.gandalf/check?gandalf_id=4e90e531-f700-4147-ac17-6ed475fabc28&gandalf_redir=/watch?v=DX_oIQ-tA6M ) [15:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m0yxcgat ) [15:08] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:23] TR News Techrights IBM's Quantum Computing Lies Explained Again by Sabine Hossenfelder https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/IBM_s_Quantum_Computing_Lies_Explained_Again_by_Sabine_Hossenfe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/IBM_s_Quantum_Computing_Lies_Explained_Again_by_Sabine_Hossenfe.gmi [15:23] TR Bot Techrights IBM's Quantum Computing Lies Explained Again by Sabine Hossenfelder [15:32] TR News Now up to about 10% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=EC&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP compare to https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/GNU_Linux_in_Ecuador_and_Colombia_Growing_Still_Below_Internati.shtml [15:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=EC&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [15:32] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux in Ecuador and Colombia: Growing, Still Below International Average [15:34] TR News Netherlands 10% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=NL [15:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=NL ) [15:43] *nobody (~nobody@p9r7xjwzxkr52.irc) has joined #techrights [15:45] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Rose in Caribbean Islands https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Rose_in_Caribbean_Islands.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_Rose_in_Caribbean_Islands.gmi [15:45] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux Rose in Caribbean Islands [15:52] TR News Firefox Nightly: Icons! Lots of them! These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 206 https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/08/25/icons-lots-of-them-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-206/ [15:52] TR Bot Icons! Lots of them! These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 206 Firefox Nightly News [15:52] TR News (NEW): Don't Talk to Bullies https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Talk_to_Bullies.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Talk_to_Bullies.gmi [15:52] TR Bot Tux Machines Don't Talk to Bullies ● Aug 26 [16:18] TR News Techrights Don't Let Bastards and Haters Grind You Down https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Let_Bastards_and_Haters_Grind_You_Down.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Don_t_Let_Bastards_and_Haters_Grind_You_Down.gmi [16:18] TR Bot Techrights Don't Let Bastards and Haters Grind You Down [16:25] TR News I Try My Best to Boycott YouTube and You Should Too https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/26/i-try-my-best-to-boycott-youtube-and-you-should-too/ [16:25] TR Bot Blog Archive I Try My Best to Boycott YouTube and You Should Too [16:28] schestowitz[TR2] "The creator GNOME, Miguel de Icaza, wants you to know that if a developer has the wrong politics you better not use their software! [16:28] schestowitz[TR2] It is spelled Omarchy, but it is pronounced DOGE slash Linux. [16:28] schestowitz[TR2] Friends don't let friends run DOGE/Linux" [16:28] schestowitz[TR2] people who abuse women [16:28] schestowitz[TR2] telling people they are nazis [16:28] schestowitz[TR2] so much for standards [16:32] TR News Stallman was right wing, said nobody ever... [16:36] TR News GNU/Linux 6% in Sudan https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=SD&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [16:36] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=SD&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [16:36] TR News Windows down to 61% in desktops/laptops https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202608 [16:36] TR Bot Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [16:48] TR News Techrights Twitter is Not an API or a Communication Site, It's a Really Bad Site That Forces You to be Enslaved by Its Algorithm (Amplifying Its Owner's Worldviews) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Twitter_is_Not_an_API_or_a_Communication_Site_It_s_a_Really_Bad.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Twitter_is_Not_an_API_or_a_Communication_Site_It_s_a_Really_Bad.gmi [16:48] TR Bot Techrights Twitter is Not an API or a Communication Site, It's a Really Bad Site That Forces You to be Enslaved by Its Algorithm (Amplifying Its Owner's Worldviews) [16:50] TR News GNU/Linux "Market Share" Rises to About a Quarter in Sudan https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/19/GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Rises_to_About_a_Quarter_in_Sudan.shtml CLownflare says 6% for Sudan [16:50] TR Bot Techrights GNU/Linux "Market Share" Rises to About a Quarter in Sudan ● Aug 26 [17:00] TR News You Know You Secretly Hate Women When... https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/26/you-know-you-secretly-hate-women-when/ [17:00] TR Bot Blog Archive You Know You Secretly Hate Women When [17:20] TR News Techrights No Allure in Omarchy, the Political Hyenas Only Give it More Free Publicity https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/No_Allure_in_Omarchy_the_Political_Hyenas_Only_Give_it_More_Fre.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/No_Allure_in_Omarchy_the_Political_Hyenas_Only_Give_it_More_Fre.gmi [17:20] TR Bot Techrights No Allure in Omarchy, the Political Hyenas Only Give it More Free Publicity [17:30] TR News OpenRGB: Remote System Compromise via Custom Network Protocol https://security.opensuse.org/2026/08/25/openrgb-remote-vulnerabilities.html [17:30] TR Bot OpenRGB: Remote System Compromise via Custom Network Protocol | SUSE Security Team Blog [17:30] TR News Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1090524/ [17:30] TR Bot updates for Tuesday [LWN.net] [17:30] TR News Vanilla OS 3 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1090527/ [17:30] TR Bot OS 3 released [LWN.net] [17:31] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [17:32] TR News Antoine Beaupr: A more nuanced view of LLMs https://anarc.at/blog/2026-08-25-llm-nuance/ [17:33] TR Bot A more nuanced view of LLMs - anarcat [17:34] TR News The Job Is Not Yours to Ban https://jxself.org/not-yours.shtml [17:34] TR Bot The Job Is Not Yours to Ban [17:37] TR News Slop 'coding' gemini://mozz.us/journal/2026-08-25_wednesday-is-token-day.gmi [17:38] TR News "There's a family band of magpies that keep me noisy company at my desk in the morning. As I'm back and forth from my desk as I deal with other responsibilities, they are there out of the window, calling to each other and letting me know at the same time where they are." gemini://littlecampsite.smol.pub/five-for-silver [17:39] TR News "In which I mine my music collection for inspiration, and decide to have fun answering questions posed by song titles." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/answering-song-title-questions-1 [17:40] TR News "This year is the 50th anniversary of my first record purchase." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/buying_music [17:40] TR News "Okay, with this variant you win when the opponent cant make a move on the board and is out of reserve pieces, just like the original 1960s game, but you only have six moves to win!" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/focus-doomsday-clock [17:42] TR News "Of course, the defining event in the recent history of Rwanda is the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed" gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-26-ubumuntu [17:43] TR News "Will hopefully bump into Richard out there on the back roads at some point for some tea and godcake. Can't believe I forgot to mention tea in a piece in which I had a cup of nettle and honey tea next to me the whole time. I'm just so blinded by the road right now it seems!" gemini://littlecampsite.smol.pub/junction [17:48] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 26/08/2026: Doomsday Clock, Rwanda Genocide, and Boasting About Using LLMs Instead of Writing Code (Due to Employer's Pressure) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Gemini_Links_26_08_2026_Doomsday_Clock_Rwanda_Genocide_and_Boas.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Gemini_Links_26_08_2026_Doomsday_Clock_Rwanda_Genocide_and_Boas.gmi [17:48] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 26/08/2026: Doomsday Clock, Rwanda Genocide, and Boasting About Using LLMs Instead of Writing Code (Due to Employer's Pressure) ● Aug 26 [18:02] TR News Techrights The Register MS Has New Fake Article ("SPONSORED FEATURE") With "AI" 21 Times In It https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/The_Register_MS_Has_New_Fake_Article_SPONSORED_FEATURE_With_AI_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/The_Register_MS_Has_New_Fake_Article_SPONSORED_FEATURE_With_AI_.gmi [18:02] TR Bot Techrights The Register MS Has New Fake Article ("SPONSORED FEATURE") With "AI" 21 Times In It [18:02] TR News WikiHow Files Lawsuit Against Proprietary Chaffbot Company Over ChatGPTs Use of Its How-To Library https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/08/25/wikihow-files-lawsuit-against-openai-over-chatgpts-use-of-its-how-to-library/ [18:02] TR Bot WikiHow Files Lawsuit Against OpenAI Over ChatGPTs Use of Its How-To Library [18:02] TR News WikiHow Launches Copyright Infringement Suit Against Proprietary Chaffbot Company Over Instructional Material Used to Train Hey Hi (AI) Models https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/25/wikihow-sues-openai-copyright-infringement/ [18:02] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/25/wikihow-sues-openai-copyright-infringement/ ) [18:03] TR News Russia Says Nyet to Kanye Performances, Claims No Agreements Were Ever Signed https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/25/russia-cancels-planned-kanye-concerts/ [18:03] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/25/russia-cancels-planned-kanye-concerts/ ) [18:06] TR News Nvidia Jetson Orin-guided Russian Hey Hi (AI) drone killed three civilians in Ukraine, forensic teams say first documented case of civilian deaths caused by a Russian drone using fully autonomous targeting https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/nvidia-jetson-orin-guided-the-russian-ai-drone-that-killed-three-civilians-in-ukraine-forensic-teams-say [18:06] TR Bot Nvidia Jetson Orin-guided Russian AI drone killed three civilians in Ukraine, forensic teams say first documented case of civilian deaths caused by a Russian drone using fully autonomous targeting | Tom's Hardware [18:08] TR News The last, perilous, 6 miles: where drones are replacing men https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/the-last-perilous-6-miles-where-drones-are-replacing-men/ [18:08] TR Bot The last, perilous, 6 miles: where drones are replacing men - DefenceWeb [18:08] TR News "social control media influencers" https://defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/report-exposes-russian-plot-to-lure-africans-into-its-war/ [18:09] TR Bot Report exposes Russian plot to lure Africans into its war - DefenceWeb [18:10] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [18:10] TR News Tim Retout: TF RAID https://retout.co.uk/2026/08/25/tf-raid/ "if you understand working to mean working in production. Which I do." [18:10] TR Bot TF RAID | Tim Retout [18:13] TR News pg_statviz 1.2 released with PostgreSQL 19 support and new features https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_statviz-12-released-with-postgresql-19-support-and-new-features-3369/ [18:13] TR Bot PostgreSQL: pg_statviz 1.2 released with PostgreSQL 19 support and new features [18:13] TR News Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #70 S3E22 Private Forks, CRA Deadlines, and the True Cost of Open Source Compliance with Dave Russo https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/08/25/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-70-s3e22-private-forks-cra-deadlines-and-the-true-cost-of-open-source-compliance-with-dave-russo/ [18:13] TR Bot CRA Deadlines & the True Cost of Open Source Compliance [18:14] TR News Teens return to Fentanylware (CheeTok) after worlds first usage ban, data shows https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/teens-return-to-tiktok-after-worlds-first-usage-ban-data-show [18:14] TR Bot Teens return to TikTok after worlds first usage ban, data shows | The Straits Times [18:15] TR News 'Linux' Foundation serves Microsoft, pyramid scheme (slop), and "Attestation" https://www.securityweek.com/linux-foundation-to-govern-trace-an-open-standard-for-ai-runtime-attestation/ [18:15] TR Bot Foundation to Govern TRACE, an Open Standard for AI Runtime Attestation - SecurityWeek [18:16] TR News parted Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/parted/ [18:16] TR Bot Cheatsheet | Linuxize [18:16] TR News mklinux-v7.0-mk2 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1090582/ [18:16] TR Bot released [LWN.net] [18:17] TR News Patent troll uses illegal 'court' (UPC) to leverage software patents https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/interdigital-escalates-upc-campaign-against-disney-over-vp9-workaround/ [18:17] TR Bot InterDigital escalates UPC campaign against Disney over VP9 workaround [18:18] TR News Nowadays contaminated by slop while removing proper code understood by humans https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-was-announced-by-linus-torvalds-35-years-ago-today-humble-os-started-with-10-000-lines-of-code-but-has-now-grown-to-40-million-dominates-global-infrastructure [18:18] TR Bot Linux was announced by Linus Torvalds 35 years ago today humble OS started with 10,000 lines of code but has now grown to 40 million, dominates global infrastructure | Tom's Hardware [18:19] TR News Decades-long GNU/Linux ownership dispute effectively dead after Xinuos appeal rejected https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/decades-long-linux-ownership-dispute-effectively-dead-after-xinuos-appeal-rejected-us-court-of-appeals-halts-the-legal-wrangling-over-ibms-and-red-hats-use-of-project-monterey-unix-code [18:19] TR Bot Decades-long Linux ownership dispute effectively dead after Xinuos appeal rejected US Court of Appeals halts the legal wrangling over IBMs and Red Hats use of Project Monterey UNIX code | Tom's Hardware [18:20] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@ramt42gfpnfrq.irc) has joined #techrights [18:21] TR News (NEW): Ancient Who owns Linux? case now has one foot very deep in the grave https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/24/Ancient_Who_owns_Linux_case_now_has_one_foot_very_deep_in_the_g.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/24/Ancient_Who_owns_Linux_case_now_has_one_foot_very_deep_in_the_g.gmi [18:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Ancient Who owns Linux? case now has one foot very deep in the grave [18:21] TR News html [18:21] TR News SIGFPE (Floating point exception) on Citrix Workspace for GNU/Linux https://yingtongli.me/blog/2026/08/25/citrix-sigfpe.html [18:21] TR Bot SIGFPE (Floating point exception) on Citrix Workspace for Linux [18:23] IsambardPrince [10:28] "The creator GNOME, Miguel de Icaza, wants you to know that if a developer has the wrong politics you better not use their software! [18:23] TR News Trapped in a Pill Culture: Nearly 9.1 Million in England Rely on Antidepressants as Prescriptions Hit Record High https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/record-high-antidepressant-prescriptions-england-1816249 [18:23] TR Bot Trapped in a Pill Culture: Nearly 9.1 Million in England Rely on Antidepressants as Prescriptions Hit Record High | IBTimes UK [18:24] IsambardPrince I'm not going to figure out what political party the person maintaining the software I use is in. [18:24] TR News Millions in Indonesia suffer respiratory illnesses as haze spreads nationwide https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/millions-in-indonesia-suffer-respiratory-illnesses-as-haze-spreads-nationwide [18:24] TR Bot Indonesia haze crisis: wildfires cause respiratory surge | The Straits Times [18:24] IsambardPrince It's either good softwaree or it isn't. [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] no [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] they mark people [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] as good and bad [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] and then the software inherits that status [18:27] schestowitz[TR2] somehow [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] imagine if cats were like that [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] "i don't like kiki, it's a fascist cat" [18:30] IsambardPrince The owner isn't even a fascist. [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] he is [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] in the eye of the beholder [18:30] schestowitz[TR2] you are accused [18:31] schestowitz[TR2] and then they say it in social control media [18:31] schestowitz[TR2] and "please like" to affirm [18:31] IsambardPrince When I was joking about what I'd do with an infinite respawn glitch (from that movie plot) I would eventually be a benevolent dictator. [18:31] IsambardPrince :) [18:32] IsambardPrince It would not be like one of those transitions where I'd starve millions of people intentionally. [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867/ ? [18:32] TR Bot NO TITLE [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] we watched it in the cinema [18:32] schestowitz[TR2] good film [18:32] IsambardPrince I would just take everything over, end war, end hunger and need, and liquidate only the very worst. [18:32] IsambardPrince (pedophiles, murderers, rapists, etc.) [18:32] IsambardPrince it takes a lot of money to imprison those people [18:33] IsambardPrince meanwhile they don't do anything to help people who did nothing wrong [18:33] IsambardPrince And they put those people away with walls and bars and guards. [18:33] IsambardPrince It takes $100,000 a year to maintain one prisoner you're never going to release. [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] the trailer is still good [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] just watched it [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] the movie concept was good [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] can't do that with slop [18:35] *ewig has quit (Ping timeout: 250 seconds) [18:36] IsambardPrince Oh, I was talking about The End of Oak Street. [18:36] TR News China examines new legal tool to pursue graft suspects, assets abroad https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-examines-new-legal-tool-to-pursue-graft-suspects-assets-abroad [18:36] TR Bot China examines new legal tool to pursue graft suspects, assets abroad | The Straits Times [18:37] IsambardPrince I figured out that if she didn't save herself from the time glitch then instead of two of her, the multiverse would open up and start spitting out infinite Jeanettes. [18:37] IsambardPrince Because every one that went back and made the decision not to bother doing that would spawn two more. [18:38] *ewig (~ewig@user/ewig) has joined #techrights [18:38] TR News China sentences artist Gao Zhen to 3 years jail for insulting heroes, says rights group https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-sentences-artist-gao-zhen-to-3-years-jail-for-insulting-heroes-says-rights-group [18:38] TR Bot Chinese artist Gao Zhen sentenced to 3 years' jail for 'insulting heroes' | The Straits Times [18:38] IsambardPrince There was an alternate ending where they jumped into another wormhole bubble and ended up in the 1800s instead of 1982. [18:39] IsambardPrince My guess is they would have ended up coming out in September of 1859. [18:39] IsambardPrince At the beginning of the movie they mention NASA was tracking increased solar activity. [18:39] IsambardPrince So in the original ending, some wormholes were probably leading to the Carrington Event. [18:40] TR News China flexes its auto-safety chops with huge recall of Tesla, other cars https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-flexes-its-auto-safety-chops-with-huge-recall-of-tesla-other-cars [18:40] TR Bot China recalls 4.3 million cars over door safety issues | The Straits Times [18:40] TR News Hong Kong court verdict aims to erase Tiananmen memory, 1989 student protester says https://rfa.org/english/china/2026/08/25/hkaspdmc-hong-kong-china-subversion/ [18:40] TR Bot Hong Kong court verdict aims to erase Tiananmen memory, 1989 student protester says Radio Free Asia [18:41] TR News China Recalls Nearly Three Million Teslas Over Unsafe Door Handles https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/china-recalls-three-million-teslas-unsafe-door-handles [18:41] TR Bot China Recalls Nearly Three Million Teslas Over Unsafe Door Handles [18:41] TR News This Tiny USB Device Turns Your Phone Into a Keyboard, Mouse, and SSH Terminal https://itsfoss.com/news/openterface-keymod-crowdfunding-campaign/ [18:41] TR Bot This Tiny USB Device Turns Your Phone Into a Keyboard, Mouse, and SSH Terminal [18:41] bms Zuck dodges court judgement https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy5v0vrlp4xt [18:41] TR Bot Meta agrees to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children - BBC News [18:42] schestowitz[TR2] to avoid disclosure [18:42] schestowitz[TR2] (discovery)? [18:43] TR News Experimental Drug Makes Obese Mice Burn Fat Without Losing Muscle Or Eating Less https://www.sciencealert.com/experimental-drug-makes-obese-mice-burn-fat-without-losing-muscle-or-eating-less [18:43] TR Bot Drug Makes Obese Mice Burn Fat Without Losing Muscle Or Eating Less : ScienceAlert [18:43] schestowitz[TR2] we already know from careless people\ [18:43] schestowitz[TR2] (the book) [18:43] schestowitz[TR2] that facebook [18:43] schestowitz[TR2] 1) knew it did harm [18:43] schestowitz[TR2] 2) hid it [18:44] schestowitz[TR2] 3) not mind mind the impact [18:44] schestowitz[TR2] 4) made it even worse [18:44] TR News Meet Orexin, The Brain Chemical Behind Staying Motivated https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-may-have-found-the-exact-brain-cells-crucial-for-sustaining-motivation [18:44] TR Bot Orexin, The Brain Chemical Behind Staying Motivated : ScienceAlert [18:45] TR News Fedora Community Blog: Meet editorial-guide-ramalama: An Hey Hi (AI) Assistant That Checks Your Fedora CommBlog and Magazine Articles Against Editorial Guidelines https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/meet-editorial-guide-ramalama-an-ai-assistant-that-checks-your-fedora-commblog-and-magazine-articles-against-editorial-guidelines/ [18:45] TR Bot Meet editorial-guide-ramalama: An AI Assistant That Checks Your Fedora CommBlog and Magazine Articles Against Editorial Guidelines Fedora Community Blog [18:45] IsambardPrince The Carrington Event would completely wreck the world if it happened right now. [18:46] IsambardPrince It would be like the ending to Escape From LA where he sets off the Sword of Damocles with the World Code. [18:46] TR News First Malware Built Specifically for Car Head Units Fuels Botnet https://www.securityweek.com/first-malware-built-specifically-for-car-head-units-fuels-botnet/ [18:46] TR Bot Malware Built Specifically for Car Head Units Fuels Botnet - SecurityWeek [18:46] TR News Placemark is now fully open source https://macwright.com/2026/08/25/placemark-fully-open-source.html [18:46] TR Bot is now fully open source - macwright.com [18:47] TR News WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys and Stronger 2SV in Account Security Update https://www.securityweek.com/whatsapp-adds-multiple-passkeys-and-stronger-2sv-in-account-security-update/ [18:47] TR Bot Adds Multiple Passkeys and Stronger 2SV in Account Security Update - SecurityWeek [18:47] schestowitz[TR2] LS is worth escaping from [18:48] schestowitz[TR2] place for music drugs, and rich people on drugs living in Beverly Hills [18:48] IsambardPrince In the movie, the Sword of Damocles is a doomsday weapon created by the alternate universe US government, which is extremely fascist. [18:49] IsambardPrince By the time of the second movie it isn't just extremely fascist (think Nazi Germany) it has coalesced into a theocracy as well. [18:49] bms I deleted my Facebook account over the last week [18:49] bms they'd managed to correlate me with an ex girlfriend 10+ years after we actually dated [18:49] IsambardPrince John Carpenter is brilliant. [18:49] bms but that in itself was in 2015 [18:50] bms New Carpenter? [18:50] bms I'm all about The Thing, Prince of Darkness, The Fog etc etc [18:50] IsambardPrince Anyway, could they built a Sword of Damocles? Yes. [18:51] IsambardPrince That's the terrifying thing about it. But it wouldn't be as precise as it was in the movie. [18:51] schestowitz[TR2] Richard Carpenter [18:51] bms I'm in the midde of watching BBC Arena: Whatever happened to Spitting Image? [18:51] IsambardPrince A nuclear blast in the correct position in space could cause an EMP that would knock out most electronics on the ground somewhere. [18:51] bms I reposted the Reagan map on Fedi and got slightly viral [18:51] IsambardPrince But you could not aim it so accurately that it could do a single city. [18:52] bms https://curtiswrightmaps.com/product/the-world-according-to-ronald-reagan-2/ [18:52] TR Bot The World According to Ronald Reagan - Curtis Wright Maps [18:52] IsambardPrince You'd be doing areas the size of a large European country. [18:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ThjqUchq1DQ [18:52] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ThjqUchq1DQ ) [18:52] bms IsambardPrince: Sounds like the end of the second Snake Plissken film "Escape from LA" [18:54] TR News Newly Launched Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator Exposes $11 Billion Annual Ticket Resale Price Inflation https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/25/annual-ticket-resale-price-inflation-study-2026/ [18:54] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/25/annual-ticket-resale-price-inflation-study-2026/ ) [18:55] TR News 'Bored Rich Kids': North West's Dream of a 'Regular Job' at Starbucks Divides the Internet https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/north-west-starbucks-dream-celebrity-privilege-1816262 [18:55] TR Bot 'Bored Rich Kids': North West's Dream of a 'Regular Job' at Starbucks Divides the Internet | IBTimes UK [18:57] TR News Nobody Wants Anthropics Best Hey Hi (AI) Model Anymore Now That There Are Way Cheaper Alternatives https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nobody-wants-anthropics-best-ai-cheaper-alternatives [18:57] TR Bot Nobody Wants Anthropics Best AI Model Anymore Now That There Are Way Cheaper Alternatives [18:57] TR News Even Babies Are Still Way Better at Learning Than Hey Hi (AI) Models https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/babies-way-better-learning-ai-llm-models-language [18:57] TR Bot Even Babies Are Still Way Better at Learning Than AI Models [18:57] IsambardPrince Well, the reason why we don't use an EMP attack against, say, Iran, is because you couldn't just black out Iran with one. [18:57] TR News 90 Percent of Execs Say Oops, Hey Hi (AI) Didnt Help Productivity, So Layoffs Will Continue https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/90-percent-execs-ai-didnt-help-productivity-layoffs [18:57] TR Bot 90 Percent of Execs Say Oops, AI Didn't Help Productivity, So Layoffs Will Continue [18:57] *Righty has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:57] IsambardPrince It would bleed over into surrounding countries, not all of which we're at war with. [18:58] TR News MElon Just Said Something About Hey Hi (AI) Thats Literally Incomprehensible https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-ai-incomprehensible [18:58] TR Bot Elon Musk Just Said Something About AI That's Literally Incomprehensible [18:58] bms the Faraday anti-cage huh? [18:59] bms You know OpenAI's own economists admitted there's no return on investment for AI products, right? [18:59] TR News Kroger Faces a Massive Social Media Infringement Lawsuit from Sony Music Retail Giant Allegedly Chose Not to Obtain the Required Licenses for Hundreds of Commercial Adverts https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/24/sony-music-kroger-lawsuit/ [18:59] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/24/sony-music-kroger-lawsuit/ ) [18:59] *Righty (~Username@btcf55tqjmids.irc) has joined #techrights [18:59] bms https://archive.ph/RU6a8 [18:59] TR Bot Buried in OpenAI's latest research: No correlation between AI use and revenue per employee | Fortune [18:59] IsambardPrince Yeah, OpenAI themselves said their plan to be profitable relies on the US government bailing them out and passing regulations making using superior Chinese models legally dangerous. [18:59] TR News N.Y.C. Officials Defend Second-Home Tax Rollout and Move to Ease Worries https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/nyregion/mamdani-pieds-a-terre-tax-homes.html [18:59] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/nyregion/mamdani-pieds-a-terre-tax-homes.html ) ● Aug 26 [19:00] TR News AliExpress allegedly uses your browser's audio system to fingerprint your PC hidden code runs even when no sound is playing https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/aliexpress-allegedly-uses-your-browsers-audio-system-to-fingerprint-your-pc-hidden-code-runs-even-when-no-sound-is-playing [19:00] TR Bot AliExpress allegedly uses your browser's audio system to fingerprint your PC hidden code runs even when no sound is playing | Tom's Hardware [19:01] TR News DHS proposes new $100K filing fee on H-1B visa petitions https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/dhs-proposes-new-100k-filing-fee-on-h-1b-visa-petitions/ [19:01] TR Bot DHS proposes new $100K filing fee on H-1B visa petitions - JURIST - News [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] You know OpenAI's own economists admitted there's no return on investment for AI products, right? [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] slop or AI? [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] ML might be OK [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] but this is not what they sell [19:02] schestowitz[TR2] LLMs are shitty large tables [19:03] TR News Water sector passes, government sector fails attempts to spot and halt simulated CISA attack https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-red-team-report-government-water-cybersecurity/ [19:03] TR Bot sector passes, government sector fails attempts to spot and halt simulated CISA attack | CyberScoop [19:04] TR News The GTA VI leaks are breaking the internet. Security researchers have seen this before. https://cyberscoop.com/grand-theft-auto-6-data-theft-extortion-leaks/ [19:04] TR Bot GTA VI leaks are breaking the internet. Security researchers have seen this before. | CyberScoop [19:04] IsambardPrince ML is where the profits actually are. [19:04] IsambardPrince Capital One has been a Machine Learning company that powers a banking business for over 30 years. [19:05] IsambardPrince ML isn't new and it is getting a lot better in the sense that there's more tasks that can be taken over and done cheaper. [19:05] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: gettz 0.0.6 on CRAN: Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08/25#gettz_0.0.6 [19:05] TR Bot Thinking inside the box [19:05] IsambardPrince They know exactly which customers they statistically want based on ML. [19:05] IsambardPrince There's no human in the loop at all. [19:05] schestowitz[TR2] it's just called profiling [19:05] IsambardPrince Either in deposit banking, auto loans, or credit cards. [19:05] schestowitz[TR2] and no need for ML [19:06] IsambardPrince Machine Learning can automate a lot of the backtesting. [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] at one point they said "big data" [19:06] IsambardPrince They can improve the model quickly. [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] then the media was bribed to say "HEY HI" more [19:06] schestowitz[TR2] so you hardly hear "data science" anymore [19:06] bms https://www.nybooks.com/online/2017/12/14/democracy-and-the-machinations-of-mind-control/ [19:07] TR Bot Democracy and the Machinations of Mind Control | Anthony Barnett | The New York Review of Books [19:07] IsambardPrince If they change the rules and say issue 5% of new accounts this way so we can see what happens, it can do that and automatically halt those rules if losses start spiking. [19:07] IsambardPrince Banks never just change account origination and servicing rules for all customers at the same time. [19:07] IsambardPrince There are test accounts to see what happens. [19:08] TR News Designs should not be patented but copyrighted; this is not real system meant to encourage anything but protectionism https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/design-patents-did-it-how-china-passed-japan-in-us-patent-grants.html [19:08] TR Bot Design Patents Did It: How China Passed Japan in US Patent Grants | Patently-O [19:10] TR News Wikipedia is now like a conference you submit papers to and can sponsor to get your paper accepted https://bkhome.org/news/202608/easyos-draft-submitted-to-wikipedia.html [19:10] TR Bot EasyOS draft submitted to Wikipedia [19:11] TR News Beware of Other License Plate Surveillance Companies Besides Flock https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/other-alpr-vendors [19:11] TR Bot Beware of Other License Plate Surveillance Companies Besides Flock | American Civil Liberties Union [19:12] IsambardPrince MinceR: I was talking to my partner about the exterminator coming. [19:13] IsambardPrince I said, if I need to set out more bait and don't want to buy it premixed, I could do what the Amish do about roaches. [19:13] IsambardPrince Set out powdered sugar and boric acid or baking soda mixed together in jar lids under the appliances where the cats can't get it. [19:14] IsambardPrince No transfer effect to speak of, but any roach that eats it will crawl off somewhere and explode. [19:14] IsambardPrince "Like the pig lizard scene from Galaxy Quest." [19:17] IsambardPrince People have said it kills them but often it does it so fast that they find dead roaches because they didn't even have time to crawl back into the walls with the baking soda option. [19:17] *FANTOM (~fantom@90.251.50.60) has joined #techrights [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] "Like the pig lizard scene from Galaxy Quest." [19:17] schestowitz[TR2] or Angry Birs [19:18] IsambardPrince I know that there are so many roaches in the basement laundry room that I might set these up as a cheap way to kill some building roaches down there. [19:18] IsambardPrince Give them the pig lizard treatment without telling management who put that shit down there. [19:18] TR News Phone signal in tent https://bkhome.org/news/202608/phone-signal-in-tent.html [19:18] TR Bot Phone signal in tent [19:18] IsambardPrince And have tenants screaming that there's dead cockroaches everywhere. [19:18] TR News Redesigning Lokalize's Translation Memory Tab - GSoC Week 9 https://blogs.kde.org/2026/08/25/week9-gsoc-blog/ [19:18] TR Bot Redesigning Lokalize's Translation Memory Tab - GSoC Week 9 - KDE Blogs [19:19] TR News My first class action https://www.rubenerd.au/im-part-of-my-first-class-action/ [19:19] TR Bot Rubenerd: My first class action [19:19] TR News KLV-Airedale sr22 https://distrowatch.com/klv [19:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/klv ) [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] "trust me, i'm farmer" [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] "i know how to kill insects" [19:20] schestowitz[TR2] "here comes my assistant kkk the cat" [19:20] *Guest2255 has quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [19:21] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Baking soda and powdered sugar are both incredibly cheap and can be purchased with food stamps. [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] not your task [19:21] IsambardPrince So if you're so broke you can't buy cockroach supplies but you get food stamps, there is an option to kill most of them. [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] you pay 1.8k [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] they need to send an expert [19:21] schestowitz[TR2] if it's this bad [19:21] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: I deployed bait myself. [19:22] MinceR IsambardPrince: I know! You construct a weapon. Look around you. Can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe? [19:22] IsambardPrince Well ahead of the exterminator coming tomorrow. [19:22] schestowitz[TR2] you spend 1.8k for a one bedroom place with insects [19:22] IsambardPrince I already wiped out the adults. [19:22] IsambardPrince I stopped catching adults within three days of putting out bait. [19:23] TR News Congrats to Linux.org for Adopting or Getting Back to IRC https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/24/Congrats_to_Linux_org_for_Adopting_or_Getting_Back_to_IRC.shtml [19:23] TR Bot Techrights Congrats to Linux.org for Adopting or Getting Back to IRC [19:23] *infecticide (quassel@A0D2877A.653BD565.72CA7C8.IP) has joined #techrights [19:23] schestowitz[TR2] I already wiped out the adults. [19:23] schestowitz[TR2] put them in a jar [19:23] schestowitz[TR2] send to ontario [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] someone there will yumyum-eat em up [19:24] IsambardPrince They do eat cockroaches in China. [19:24] IsambardPrince But they raise them on cockroach farms. [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] owing to discovery (disclosure) we know that ontario criminal talks to garrett [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] via email [19:24] *infecticide is now known as Guest57688 [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] worms also [19:24] schestowitz[TR2] all sorts of things [19:25] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #techrights [19:25] schestowitz[TR2] scorpions are delicacy [19:25] IsambardPrince If you eat cockroaches you find in your home you have no idea what diseases they could be carrying. Or poison from someone else trying to deal with them. [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] "stop poisoning" [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] "they are delicious" [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] "you ruin my meal, STOP" [19:26] IsambardPrince I poisoned them. [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] "damn u! [19:26] schestowitz[TR2] "fascistb pig" [19:26] IsambardPrince They particularly like Advion Cockroach gel. [19:26] IsambardPrince I fouund a dead one that had been chewing on bait and vacuumed him up. [19:26] IsambardPrince But most of them make it back into the wall. [19:27] IsambardPrince You never see them die, but when they do, through cannibalism and such you might kill 50-70 other roaches. [19:27] IsambardPrince They eat the shit and dead roaches. [19:27] TR News Amnesty International calls for children to be included in youth digital rights regulatory processes https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/amnesty-international-calls-for-children-to-be-included-in-youth-digital-rights-regulatory-processes/ [19:27] TR Bot Amnesty International calls for children to be included in youth digital rights regulatory processes - JURIST - News [19:27] IsambardPrince They get poisoned and die where you can't see this happening. [19:27] IsambardPrince All you know is that you stop catching any in sticky traps if the bait is working. [19:27] IsambardPrince Because so many died that they're not coming out of the walls anymore. [19:28] IsambardPrince The commercial stuff like MGK and Syngenta is the gold standard of roach bait. [19:28] IsambardPrince It will kill many of them an it appeals to all cockroaches broadly so there's no need to guess at what might be in your apartment. [19:28] IsambardPrince If it's a roach it'll eat it. [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] Cockroach alien eats person (MIB) [19:28] schestowitz[TR2] https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=89T4Y2Ul-XA [19:28] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=89T4Y2Ul-XA ) [19:29] schestowitz[TR2] https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=FPCwIZ6aEV8 Eating a HUGE cockroach in Thailand [19:29] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=FPCwIZ6aEV8 ) [19:29] IsambardPrince There's several different cockroaches, they all behave differently and have different reproductive behavior. [19:30] IsambardPrince The worst kind you can find in your living space is German roaches. [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] This is the largest cockroach in the whole world. https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=wlkHnmOzE5g [19:30] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=wlkHnmOzE5g ) [19:30] IsambardPrince The other kinds can be brought under control faster because they don't really prefer being in your apartment and they don't breed as fast. [19:30] schestowitz[TR2] Men In Black - Arrival of The Giant Cockroach (1080p) FULL HD https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=PqEztDtxWBY [19:30] TR Bot ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=PqEztDtxWBY ) [19:31] IsambardPrince "Don't you want em dead?" -Exterminator [19:31] IsambardPrince "Oh in the worst way." (Talking about humans) -The Giant Roach in the Edgar Suit [19:32] IsambardPrince MinceR: ^ [19:32] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkegDMwDo7k [19:32] TR Bot https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=IkegDMwDo7k [19:32] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/.gandalf/check?gandalf_id=a1211239-ea11-4b3c-9b7c-abb5402f2748&gandalf_redir=/watch?v=IkegDMwDo7k ) [19:33] TR News South Asia SRF highlights Member priorities on IPv6, routing security, and training https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/25/south-asia-srf-highlights-member-priorities-on-ipv6-routing-security-and-training/ [19:33] TR Bot South Asia SRF highlights Member priorities on IPv6, routing security, and training | APNIC Blog [19:34] TR News Red Hat shilling slop and hype https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/26/automating-red-hat-openshift-ai-installations-with-helm-and-gitops [19:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/26/automating-red-hat-openshift-ai-installations-with-helm-and-gitops ) [19:34] TR News Beyond origin validation: Four classes of routing attack nobody Is validating https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/26/beyond-origin-validation-four-classes-of-routing-attack-nobody-is-validating/ [19:34] TR Bot Beyond origin validation: Four classes of routing attack nobody Is validating | APNIC Blog [19:35] TR News Rakudo Weekly 2026.34 YAR by Coke https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/08/25/2026-34-yar-by-coke/ [19:35] TR Bot 2026.34 YAR by Coke Rakudo Weekly News [19:36] TR News Firehat is an open-source FireWire DV capture HAT for SBCs with Raspberry Pi PCIe FFC connector (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/25/firehat-open-source-firewire-dv-capture-hat-pcie-sbc-raspberry-pi-5-radxa-rock-2f/ [19:36] TR Bot Firehat is an open-source FireWire DV capture HAT for SBCs with Raspberry Pi PCIe FFC connector (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [19:36] TR News AI/LLM Usage Becoming A "Denial of Service Attack" On Open-Source Project Maintainers https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-DoS-Attack-Maintainers [19:36] TR Bot Usage Becoming A "Denial of Service Attack" On Open-Source Project Maintainers - Phoronix [19:36] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsLX-eEvqxo [19:36] TR Bot https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=tsLX-eEvqxo [19:36] TR Bot certificate subject name 'haproxy-ingress.haproxy-controller' does not match target hostname 'inv.perditum.com' ( status 0 @ https://inv.perditum.com/watch?v=tsLX-eEvqxo ) [19:37] IsambardPrince A married teacher having sex with a 17 year old on the football team. [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] there is worse [19:37] IsambardPrince The cops start grilling her "When you were on top of him were you facing him or facing away." [19:37] schestowitz[TR2] much worse [19:37] IsambardPrince She says "I was facing him." [19:37] IsambardPrince WRONG ANSWER [19:38] IsambardPrince In Florida, if you have sex with a 17 year old it's a second degree felony. [19:39] IsambardPrince But if you're in a position of authority it's upgraded to a first degree felony. [19:39] schestowitz[TR2] 17 and 18 year olds... lots of couples like that [19:39] IsambardPrince They wanted her to walk them through the high school and admit they were having sex on student desks so that she couldn't argue that it happened outside of the school when class was over. [19:40] schestowitz[TR2] she was teaching them [19:40] schestowitz[TR2] and now the cops terach her a lesson [19:41] TR News Obfuscating IP Addresses as Hostnames, (Tue, Aug 25th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33280 [19:41] TR Bot Obfuscating IP Addresses as Hostnames - SANS ISC [19:41] schestowitz[TR2] maybe her husband had higher ED [19:42] schestowitz[TR2] like Gonad [19:42] TR News Hong Kong court acquits govt statistician who followed, photographed girl during school open day https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/26/hong-kong-court-acquits-govt-statistician-who-followed-photographed-girl-during-school-open-day/ [19:42] TR Bot Hong Kong court acquits govt employee who followed schoolgirl [19:43] *ewig has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [19:43] TR News CISA Warns of Exploited Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-of-exploited-oracle-weblogic-vulnerability/ [19:43] TR Bot Warns of Exploited Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability - SecurityWeek [19:44] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2]: Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad explains everything you need to know about police interrogations when he talks to Brandon Mayhew in a scene at the police station. [19:44] TR News $299 Arduino Ventuno Q SBC combines Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 SoC and STM32H5 MCU https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/25/299-arduino-ventuno-q-sbc-combines-qualcomm-dragonwing-iq8-soc-and-stm32h5-mcu/ [19:44] TR Bot $299 Arduino Ventuno Q SBC combines Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 SoC and STM32H5 MCU - CNX Software [19:44] IsambardPrince "What did you tell them? Because if it was anything at all, you're wrong!" [19:46] TR News Apple price hikes continue as Mac mini with 16GB RAM and 256GB is now $899 1TB storage option adds $500 to entry-level headless system https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/mini-pcs/apple-price-hikes-continue-as-mac-mini-with-16gb-ram-and-256gb-is-now-usd899-1tb-storage-option-adds-usd500-to-entry-level-headless-system http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/02/Storage_and_Memory_Prices_Are_Rising_Not_Because_of_High_Demand.shtml [19:46] TR Bot Apple price hikes continue as Mac mini with 16GB RAM and 256GB is now $899 1TB storage option adds $500 to entry-level headless system | Tom's Hardware [19:46] TR Bot Techrights Storage and Memory Prices Are Rising Not Because of High Demand (Production Can Match Demand), It's Partly Because of Price-Fixing (Same as Food Price Increases) [19:47] TR News Read as: X11 is STILL better them Wayland. THEM: So USE Wayland!!! https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-68-Better-Remote-Desktop [19:47] TR Bot Remote Desktop Experience Improving For Closing The X11 vs. Wayland Gap - Phoronix [19:48] TR News Us the "something worse" or we'll call you "nazi" [19:48] TR News (Use) [19:48] TR News The age of Physical Hey Hi (AI) is here, and it runs on the Arduino VENTUNO Q board https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/08/25/the-age-of-physical-ai-is-here-and-it-runs-on-the-arduino-ventuno-q-board/ [19:48] TR Bot The age of Physical AI is here, and it runs on the Arduino VENTUNO Q board | Arduino Blog [19:48] TR News CISA wants agencies to maximize insight from cyber data logging https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/cisa-wants-agencies-to-maximize-insight-from-cyber-data-logging/ [19:48] TR Bot CISA wants agencies to maximize insight from cyber data logging | Federal News Network [19:49] TR News WordPress Websites Targeted via MiniOrange Plugin Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/wordpress-websites-targeted-via-miniorange-plugin-vulnerabilities/ [19:49] TR Bot Websites Targeted via MiniOrange Plugin Vulnerabilities - SecurityWeek [19:52] TR News Slop about SLOP about Linux. This is a slopfarm googlebombing "LINUX" to sell SLOP. https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/08/securing-ai-agents-on-linux-understanding-nvidia-openshell/ [19:52] TR Bot Securing AI Agents On Linux: Understanding Nvidia OpenShell - Open Source For You [19:52] TR News "OpenSSL 4.0.2 has been released today as the second maintenance/security update to the latest OpenSSL 4.0 series of this widely used TLS/SSL and crypto library for providing secure communications over computer networks." https://9to5linux.com/openssl-4-0-2-released-with-important-security-and-bug-fixes [19:52] TR Bot 4.0.2 Released with Important Security and Bug Fixes - 9to5Linux [19:53] TR News "Over the last day Valve put out updates for some of their more classic shooters - nice to see they don't completely forget about some of their older games. Sure would be fun to see a new modernised version of something like Day of Defeat though." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/valve-updated-a-bunch-of-their-older-steam-shooters/ [19:53] TR Bot updated a bunch of their older Steam shooters | GamingOnLinux [19:53] TR News Worthless, reinventing the wheel with plagiarism, full of bugs... waste of energy https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-veterans-vibe-coded-task-manager-now-also-runs-on-mac-and-linux-downloadable-app-is-the-result-of-a-107-page-spec-fed-to-claude-code [19:53] TR Bot Windows veteran's vibe-coded Task Manager now also runs on Mac and Linux downloadable app is the result of a 107-page spec fed to Claude Code | Tom's Hardware [19:54] TR News Uptick in SLOPfarms promoting slop and googlebombing "Linux" https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/08/linux-foundation-submits-openmdw-for-open-source-review/ [19:54] TR Bot Linux Foundation Submits OpenMDW for Open Source Review - Open Source For You [19:55] TR News BUT DAZ it something something quantum, IBM? https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260825PR200/ibm-arm-linux-processor-software.html [19:55] TR Bot IBM unveils dual-architecture mainframe chip to run Arm, z/OS, Linux workloads [19:55] TR News Linux kernel 7.3 includes direct support for the Steam controller. Controlread 2026 https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/v-sostav-yadra-linux-7-3-voshla-pryamaya-podderzhka-kontrollera-steam-controller-2026 Linux kernel 7.3 = http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Linux_Losing_Interest_in_Users_Freedom_Pursues_DRM_Instead.shtml [19:55] TR Bot Linux kernel 7.3 includes direct support for the Steam controller. Controlread 2026 [19:55] TR Bot Techrights Linux Losing Interest in Users' Freedom, Pursues DRM Instead [19:56] TR News Linux devs WILL NOT be interested in checking botspam for a living. This will weaken the project. [19:56] TR News "Ardour 9.8 has been released as the latest stable version of this powerful, free, cross-platform, and open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems." https://9to5linux.com/ardour-9-8-open-source-daw-is-now-available-with-initial-scales-support [19:56] TR Bot 9.8 Open-Source DAW Is Now Available with Initial Scales Support - 9to5Linux [19:57] TR News Xbox PC Games May Soon Be Able To Run on Linux OS https://in.ign.com/xbox/268436/xbox-pc-games-may-soon-be-able-to-run-on-linux-os [19:57] TR Bot Xbox PC Games May Soon Be Able To Run on Linux OS; Here Is What We Know [19:58] TR News Slopfarm about LF. Did LF pay these BOTS to issue SPAM made by LLMs about its slop activities? LF is increasingly just a scams hub. https://betanews.com/article/linux-foundation-openmdw-osi-license/ http://techrights.org/o/2022/08/19/the-bakkt-pyramid-scheme/ [19:58] TR Bot Linux Foundation submits OpenMDW license to OSI for review [19:58] TR Bot Sheela Zemlin's Company Has Hit All-Time Low, Lost More Than 90% of 'Market Value' in Only Months [19:59] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [19:59] TR News The PocketBook Q is a Linux-based alternative to Android ereaders new Boox rival has a 5.84-inch E Ink screen and will cost $235 https://tech.yahoo.com/apps/articles/pocketbook-q-linux-based-alternative-111157235.html [19:59] TR Bot The PocketBook Q is a Linux-based alternative to Android ereaders new Boox rival has a 5.84-inch E Ink screen and will cost $235 [19:59] TR News "Recently, Saudi company Humain teased a new product featuring the Snapdragon X2 Elite processor running a non-Windows OS" https://finance.biggo.com/news/9bbf036e-90b5-4d00-a35b-372e50c6b41f ● Aug 26 [20:00] TR Bot Snapdragon Laptops Break Free from Windows Exclusivity as Qualcomm Embraces Linux and Google's New OS BigGo Finance [20:00] TR News LilyGo Launches K230 Kit: RISC-V AI Pocket Computer Blocked From Current Ubuntu https://www.techtimes.com/articles/325384/20260824/lilygo-launches-k230-kit-risc-v-ai-pocket-computer-blocked-current-ubuntu.htm [20:00] TR Bot LilyGo Launches K230 Kit: RISC-V AI Pocket Computer Blocked From Current Ubuntu [20:00] TR News I've tried every major Linux distro, and this is the only one I can recommend for work https://www.howtogeek.com/ive-tried-every-major-linux-distro-and-this-is-the-only-one-i-can-recommend-for-work/ [20:00] TR Bot I've tried every major Linux distro, and this is the only one I can recommend for work [20:01] TR News Latest SCAM to be promoted by misusing "LINUX" brand, with errors made in the paid PR https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/linux-foundation-welcomes-trace-to-advance-verifiable-runtime-evidence-for-ai-workloads-302858923.html [20:01] TR Bot /C O R R E C T I O N -- The Linux Foundation/ [20:02] TR News 5 free games that make learning the Linux command line addictive https://www.howtogeek.com/gamification-tricks-that-make-learning-the-linux-command-line-addictive/ [20:02] TR Bot 5 free games that make learning the Linux command line addictive [20:02] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@ramt42gfpnfrq.irc) has joined #techrights [20:02] TR News 'Linux' Foundation serves Microsoft, pyramid scheme (slop), and "Attestation" https://www.hpcwire.com/aiwire/2026/08/25/linux-foundation-welcomes-trace-to-advance-verifiable-runtime-evidence-for-ai-workloads/ [20:02] TR Bot AIwire - Covering Scientific & Technical AI [20:03] TR News Noy only that https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-has-both-gnome-and-kde-because-of-a-licensing-war/ [20:03] TR Bot Linux has both GNOME and KDE because of a licensing war [20:03] IsambardPrince I'm busy getting my kitchen and bathroom ready for the exterminator. They said I had to empty the cabinets. They did not say I couldn't put the stuff on the couner. [20:04] TR News The 28-year fight over who owns Linux is nearly over https://thenextweb.com/news/who-owns-linux-xinuos-ibm-appeals-court-ruling [20:04] TR Bot The 28-year fight over who owns Linux is nearly over [20:04] IsambardPrince The hilarious thing is that with nothing but time on my hands I can follow their instructions to the letter while my neighbors have to panic and clean whatever they can in 48 hours. [20:05] TR News Espressif posts a Linux BSP for the ESP32-S31 https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/25/espressif-posts-a-linux-bsp-for-the-esp32-s31/ [20:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/25/espressif-posts-a-linux-bsp-for-the-esp32-s31/ ) [20:06] TR News "Shelly 3.1 has been released today as a major update to this pacman alternative for Arch Linux distributions, introducing several new features and enhancements." https://9to5linux.com/shelly-3-1-package-manager-is-out-with-support-for-building-arch-linux-packages [20:06] TR Bot 3.1 Package Manager Is Out with Support for Building Arch Linux Packages - 9to5Linux [20:06] TR News "Xinuos plans to petition for a fullbench rehearing of its case, but this kind of request has only a 0.03% success rate according to IBMs lawyers." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/decades-long-linux-ownership-dispute-effectively-dead-after-xinuos-appeal-rejected-us-court-of-appeals-halts-the-legal-wrangling-over-ibms-and-red-hats-use-of-project-monterey-unix-code [20:06] TR Bot Decades-long Linux ownership dispute effectively dead after Xinuos appeal rejected US Court of Appeals halts the legal wrangling over IBMs and Red Hats use of Project Monterey UNIX code | Tom's Hardware [20:07] TR News "Minix's main goal was to teach students how an operating system worked, and Torvalds drew inspiration from it to the point where he set out to make his own." https://www.xda-developers.com/35-years-ago-linus-torvalds-usenet-linux/ [20:07] TR Bot 35 years ago today, Linus Torvalds made a Usenet post that introduced Linux to the world [20:09] TR News "Looking at the bigger picture, Torvalds has said the period in early 1992, when Linux switched to the GNU Public License version 2 (GPLv2), was especially important." https://www.zdnet.com/article/just-a-hobby-linus-torvalds-introduced-linux-35-years-ago-almost-called-it-freax/ [20:09] TR Bot a hobby, won't be big': Linus Torvalds introduced Linux 35 years ago - and almost called it Freax | ZDNET [20:11] *\join_podcast (~join_podcast@59sxcwh9gjvaq.irc) has joined #techrights [20:14] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [20:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [20:14] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Security_Leftovers.gmi [20:14] TR Bot Tux Machines Security Leftovers [20:15] IsambardPrince [14:06] "Xinuos plans to petition for a fullbench rehearing of its case, but this kind of request has only a 0.03% success rate according to IBMs lawyers." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/decades-long-linux-ownership-dispute-effectively-dead-after-xinuos-appeal-rejected-us-court-of-appeals-halts-the-legal-wrangling-over-ibms-and-red-hats-use-of-project-monterey-unix-code [20:15] IsambardPrince LOL [20:15] IsambardPrince The truly desperate phase. [20:15] IsambardPrince They have to file a motion explaining why the three judge panel was wrong. [20:16] IsambardPrince And then they get a full panel, maybe (unlikely) which is usually 7 judges which probably includes the three judges that already ruled against them. [20:18] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Small Computers, PocketBook Q, RISC-V, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Open_Hardware_Modding_Small_Computers_PocketBook_Q_RISC_V_ESP32.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Open_Hardware_Modding_Small_Computers_PocketBook_Q_RISC_V_ESP32.gmi [20:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Small Computers, PocketBook Q, RISC-V, ESP32, and More [20:18] IsambardPrince There was nothing particularly deficient about the original ruling. [20:18] IsambardPrince SCO used Microsoft's money to pay people to look at the Linux kernel expecting them to find thousands or millions of lines of UNIX source code, because sure why not. [20:19] IsambardPrince What they found were barely over 100 lines, mostly header files which could only be implemented in one precise way anyway, and that was ruled as "not copyrightable" because it was "obvious" and "had to be implemented that way". [20:19] TR News (NEW): Fedora Pushing Slop, Red Hat Pushing Slop, IBM Uses "Linux" Brand to Sell Expensive Hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Fedora_Pushing_Slop_Red_Hat_Pushing_Slop_IBM_Uses_Linux_Brand_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Fedora_Pushing_Slop_Red_Hat_Pushing_Slop_IBM_Uses_Linux_Brand_t.gmi [20:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora Pushing Slop, Red Hat Pushing Slop, IBM Uses "Linux" Brand to Sell Expensive Hardware [20:19] TR News (NEW): Unveiling of Arduino Ventuno Q SBC https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Unveiling_of_Arduino_Ventuno_Q_SBC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Unveiling_of_Arduino_Ventuno_Q_SBC.gmi [20:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Unveiling of Arduino Ventuno Q SBC [20:19] IsambardPrince And then the other, separate, ruling, was that they didn't even own the copyright if there was a violation. [20:21] TR News (NEW): Games: Bazzite 44, 5 free games that make learning the Linux command line addictive, and more https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Games_Bazzite_44_5_free_games_that_make_learning_the_Linux_comm.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Games_Bazzite_44_5_free_games_that_make_learning_the_Linux_comm.gmi [20:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Bazzite 44, 5 free games that make learning the Linux command line addictive, and more [20:21] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/today_s_howtos.gmi [20:21] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [20:21] IsambardPrince Interface definitions that were actually implemented in entirely different code. [20:23] TR News (NEW): Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Linux_Leftovers.gmi [20:23] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux Leftovers [20:23] IsambardPrince It would be like P&G trying to sue Walmart for making a mop solution that is physically compatible with wetjet (after the functional patent expired), and not even putting the words Swiffer or Wetjet on the bottle. [20:24] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Ask Noah Show, Wonders of Web Weaving, Whats in the SOSS? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Audiocasts_Shows_Ask_Noah_Show_Wonders_of_Web_Weaving_What_s_in.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Audiocasts_Shows_Ask_Noah_Show_Wonders_of_Web_Weaving_What_s_in.gmi [20:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Ask Noah Show, Wonders of Web Weaving, Whats in the SOSS? [20:24] IsambardPrince You don't actually know what's in that mop solution or if it cleans up floor messes as well as P&G's solution. They make no claims as to how well it works. It's not P&G's formula. [20:26] IsambardPrince They can't claim trade secret theft because thee formula is different. [20:26] TR News (NEW): Web, Content Management Systems, and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Web_Content_Management_Systems_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Web_Content_Management_Systems_and_Standards.gmi [20:26] TR Bot Tux Machines Web, Content Management Systems, and Standards [20:26] IsambardPrince They can't claim trademark infringement, because Walmart's product doesn't use their trademarks. [20:26] IsambardPrince They can't even say patent infringement because the design patent expired 5 years ago. [20:28] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [20:28] TR Bot Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [20:28] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/26/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [20:28] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [20:30] TR News Techrights Links 26/08/2026: Patent Troll InterDigital Utilises Software Patents in Unconstitutional Court, "WikiHow Launches Copyright Infringement Suit Against" LLM Plagiarism https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Links_26_08_2026_Patent_Troll_InterDigital_Utilises_Software_Pa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/26/Links_26_08_2026_Patent_Troll_InterDigital_Utilises_Software_Pa.gmi [20:30] TR Bot Techrights Links 26/08/2026: Patent Troll InterDigital Utilises Software Patents in Unconstitutional Court, "WikiHow Launches Copyright Infringement Suit Against" LLM Plagiarism [20:34] TR News and so it begins... gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/andsoitbegins [20:34] TR News torii moon garden gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/renewal [20:39] psydroid2 apparently I'm shadowbanned on several IRC servers for whatever reason [20:39] psydroid2 well, I guess this is the only one left on which I am still present [20:39] psydroid2 for the rest they can all go to hell [20:45] *nobody has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:47] *nobody (~nobody@gnhwvdshtx2a2.irc) has joined #techrights ● Aug 26 [21:17] *\join_podcast has quit (Quit: leaving) [21:51] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:56] MinceR https://safereddit.com/r/calvinandhobbes/comments/9ii9pi/writers_block/ [21:56] TR Bot Verifying your browser ● Aug 26 [22:07] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techrights [22:25] IsambardPrince MinceR: So the 48 hour notices worked. [22:25] IsambardPrince It's only one day in and they've filled 6 giant dumpsters and left a bunch of old broken furniture outside. [22:33] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)