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[00:28]	MinceR	https://explosm.net/comics/40th-birthday#comic
[00:28]	TR Bot	& Happiness (Explosm.net)
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[02:46]	TR Bot	 IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, March 28, 2026
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[02:49]	TR Bot	 IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, March 28, 2026
[02:49]	TR News	Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-03-28.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-03-28.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
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[04:29]	IsambardPrince	I got Kubuntu 26.04 LTS pretty much set up.
[04:29]	IsambardPrince	It's in beta at the moment but pretty stable it seems.
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[05:21]	IsambardPrince	When I backed up a bunch of  MP3 files to my Google Drive, I was given a notice that Google deleted them due to copyright.
[05:21]	IsambardPrince	So I put them in a "tarball" with no compression (just .tar) and reuploaded them, and they're still there years later.
[05:21]	IsambardPrince	"What now, bitches!?" 
[05:22]	MinceR	:>
[05:22]	MinceR	"Now, what are you gonna do, Bromeo and Juliet?"
[05:23]	IsambardPrince	Hmm, Romeo and Juliet, you know, the actors that were in that movie sued a couple years ago.
[05:23]	IsambardPrince	Said it was child porn because they were underage and nude in the middle of a 1960s movie.
[05:24]	IsambardPrince	The federal court threw it out.
[05:32]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
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[05:32]	TR News	Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ 
[05:32]	TR Bot	 Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights
[05:32]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 28, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_March_28_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_March_28_2026.gmi 
[05:32]	TR Bot	 Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 28, 2026
[05:32]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[05:32]	TR Bot	 Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[05:36]	IsambardPrince	MinceR: The fine line between art and CP depends on how much money you have I guess.
[05:37]	IsambardPrince	I don't think that Drew's collection would survive the Miller Test.
[05:37]	IsambardPrince	There was a man who went on trial for importing Japanese "comics" into the US and he was convicted of "simulated CP" and sent to prison.
[05:38]	IsambardPrince	Most animated things that are legal in Japan are also legal in the United States. You would get weird looks for some of it, but it's legal.
[05:39]	IsambardPrince	Urotsukidoji is legal because it has just enough of a plot and you could argue that the animation is "art", so even though it is shocking, and mostly tentacle rape, it's also not legally "obscene".
[05:40]	TR News	"I know I haven't written to you for ages. (It's almost April and this is the first 2026 post!" gemini://thelambdalab.xyz/phlog/2026-03-28-Cuneiforth.txt
[05:41]	TR News	"For folks who have known me for a while, you might know that I like doing card tricks. As such, I tend to bring a deck of cards with me pretty much everywhere I go in case the opportunity calls for a few tricks." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/zen-of-marking-playing-cards.gmi
[05:42]	TR News	"I have been simultaneously busy and not busy at the same time. The weeks blur by and I don't recall doing anything, yet when I look back at my diary I can write down a list of five or six things that I have done. So let's go through some of them all at once." gemini://isoraqathedh.pollux.casa/gemlog/2026-03.gmi
[05:52]	TR News	Techrights The Real XBox is Dead, So Microsoft is Calling Everything "XBox" Now https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/The_Real_XBox_is_Dead_So_Microsoft_is_Calling_Everything_XBox_N.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/The_Real_XBox_is_Dead_So_Microsoft_is_Calling_Everything_XBox_N.gmi 
[05:52]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Real XBox is Dead, So Microsoft is Calling Everything "XBox" Now
[05:56]	TR News	Strike https://www.dw.com/en/strike-halts-all-passenger-flights-at-berlin-airport/a-76416716
[05:56]	TR Bot	 Strike halts all passenger flights at Berlin airport
[05:59]	TR News	Copyright and slop http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/uk-report-on-copyright-and-artificial.html
[05:59]	TR Bot	 UK Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence published - The IPKat
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[06:00]	TR News	Copyright protection of iconic guitars and other works of applied art http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/guest-post-music-to-my-ears-copyright.html
[06:00]	TR Bot	 [Guest Post] Music to my ears: Copyright protection of iconic guitars and other works of applied art - The IPKat
[06:00]	TR News	CJEU rules that derivative works enjoy copyright protection if they are original http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/cjeu-rules-that-derivative-works-enjoy.html
[06:00]	TR Bot	 CJEU rules that derivative works enjoy copyright protection if they are original - The IPKat
[06:01]	TR News	Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (12/2026): Immutable Ambitions https://linmob.net/weekly-update-12-2026/
[06:01]	TR Bot	- Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (12/2026): Immutable Ambitions
[06:11]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 29/03/2026: Return to Gopherspace, "Zen of Marking Playing Cards" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Gemini_Links_29_03_2026_Return_to_Gopherspace_Zen_of_Marking_Pl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Gemini_Links_29_03_2026_Return_to_Gopherspace_Zen_of_Marking_Pl.gmi 
[06:11]	TR Bot	 Techrights Gemini Links 29/03/2026: Return to Gopherspace, "Zen of Marking Playing Cards"
[06:49]	TR News	Techrights The Old Days https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/The_Old_Days.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/The_Old_Days.gmi 
[06:49]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Old Days
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[09:31]	TR News	"Now, other jurisdictions didn't set the term of copyrights over software to WTO's bare minimum." https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-03-14-software-in-the-public-domain.en.html | Source: Alexandre Oliva
[09:31]	TR Bot	 software in the public domain
[09:31]	TR News	"I love the [Internet]. Or should I say I: I used to love the [Internet]? Im not even sure what the [Internet] is anymore." https://dergigi.com/2026/03/20/the-internet-left-me/ | Source: Gigi
[09:31]	TR Bot	left of the internet? | dergigi.com
[09:33]	TR News	"A resurfaced case involving an ICE detention officer who admitted to raping a woman in custody in exchange for access to her child is reigniting scrutiny of abuse inside US detention facilities as sentencing approaches." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-officer-admits-rape-woman-custody-exchange-favourscase-resurfaced-sentencing-draws-near-1788976 | Source: International Business Times
[09:33]	TR Bot	 ICE Officer Admits Rape Of Woman In Custody In Exchange For FavoursCase Resurfaced As Sentencing Draws Near | IBTimes UK
[09:34]	TR News	"Running directly into the 14th Amendment, which explicitly guarantees citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the United States, Attorney General and pedophile protector Pam Bondi proves she does not know the law." https://boingboing.net/2026/03/27/trumps-ag-bondi-claims-citizenship-is-a-privilege-not-a-constitutional-right.html | Source: BoingBoing
[09:34]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/27/trumps-ag-bondi-claims-citizenship-is-a-privilege-not-a-constitutional-right.html )
[09:34]	TR News	"Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth intervened to stop the promotions of several high-ranking service members including four Army officers, two Black men and two female soldiers, on track to become one-star generals, NPR has confirmed." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5763863 | Source: NPR
[09:34]	TR Bot	 Defense Secretary Hegseth intervened to stop promotions of Black and female officers
[09:34]	TR News	"Shortly before the large demonstration No Kings in Rome, officers checked the left-wing EU MEP Ilaria Salis in her hotel room in Rome and asked her questions." https://digit.site36.net/2026/03/28/order-from-germany-police-check-left-wing-eu-mep-ilaria-salis-before-protest-in-hotel/ | Source: Site36
[09:34]	TR Bot	 Order or hint from Germany? Police check left-wing EU MEP Ilaria Salis before protest in hotel | Matthias Monroy
[09:35]	TR News	"This moment should not be separated from a broader, documented pattern" https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/03/27/hegseth-reportedly-removes-2-black-2-female-army-officers-from-1-star-promotion-list/ | Source: Sightline Media Group
[09:35]	TR Bot	 Hegseth reportedly removes 2 Black, 2 female Army officers from 1-star promotion list
[09:35]	TR News	"The rationale for this 4th Amendment bypass was this: location data slurped up by websites and downloaded apps wasnt exactly the same thing as cell tower location data." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/27/fbi-tells-senate-its-still-bypassing-4th-amendment-by-purchasing-location-data-from-third-parties/ | Source: Techdirt
[09:35]	TR Bot	Tells Senate Its Still Bypassing 4th Amendment By Purchasing Location Data From Third Parties | Techdirt
[09:35]	TR News	"The Justice Department has demanded states provide full copies of their voter lists, including sensitive personal information, such as drivers license and partial Social Security numbers." https://kansasreflector.com/2026/03/28/repub/doj-confirms-voter-data-sharing-with-homeland-security-but-denies-building-national-list/ | Source: Kansas Reflector
[09:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2026/03/28/repub/doj-confirms-voter-data-sharing-with-homeland-security-but-denies-building-national-list/ )
[09:36]	TR News	"Unionised staff at the national broadcaster withdrew their services for 24 hours having rejected the latest three-year pay offer from management." https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/care-factor-zero-for-striking-abc-staffers/ | Source: Spectator AU
[09:36]	TR Bot	 Care factor zero for striking ABC staffers | The Spectator Australia
[09:37]	TR News	"It was previously found, in the aftermath of Daniel Ellsbergs Pentagon Papers case, that newsrooms could publish information that was leaked to them." https://werd.io/the-doj-thinks-news-is-contraband/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
[09:37]	TR Bot	 The DOJ thinks news is contraband
[09:37]	TR News	"To look into a story like this, we obviously needed to speak to the school, which hasnt been mentioned in any of the previous coverage." https://manchestermill.co.uk/revealed-the-famous-school-at-the-centre-of-a-book-banning-scandal/ | Source: The Mill
[09:37]	TR Bot	 Revealed: The famous school at the centre of a book-banning scandal
[09:38]	TR News	"The case went viral for obvious reasons. Afroman, clad in a bold American flag suit, issued ardent statements about free speech from the stand and sat back as his ridiculous songs were played in court." https://jacobin.com/2026/03/afroman-trial-rap-free-speech/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[09:38]	TR Bot	 The Afroman Ruling Is a Victory for Artistic Speech
[09:38]	TR News	"There have been 21 people arrested in the emirate, said advocacy organization Detained in Dubai." https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/03/13/uae-dubai-21-arrested-photos-videos-iran-war/2891773430572/ | Source: UPI
[09:38]	TR Bot	people arrested for photos and videos of Iran attacks in Dubai - UPI.com
[09:38]	TR News	"As mobile Internet blackouts spread from Russias regions to Moscow and the authorities continue throttling Telegram, opinion polls paint an uncomfortable picture for the Kremlin." https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/03/27/total-chaos-the-kremlin-knows-russians-are-angry-about-new-internet-restrictions-it-s-struggling-to-respond | Source: Meduza
[09:38]	TR Bot	 Total chaos: The Kremlin knows Russians are angry about new Internet restrictions. Its struggling to respond. Meduza
[09:39]	TR News	"The picture painted by official figures is more complex than Trump's remarks suggested." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trumps-latest-speech-sparked-fact-checking-trend-potus-lowered-food-costs-claims-questioned-1788986 | Source: International Business Times
[09:39]	TR Bot	 Trump's Latest Speech Sparked Fact-Checking Trend POTUS' Lowered Food Costs Claims Questioned | IBTimes UK
[09:39]	TR News	"Irans use of LEGO set rap music tells me its been studying us. These are videos meant for the American people crafted in a language Iran knows well understand." https://www.404media.co/iran-is-winning-the-ai-slop-propaganda-war/ | Source: 404 Media
[09:39]	TR Bot	 Iran Is Winning the AI Slop Propaganda War
[09:40]	TR News	"The editorial did not mention that the ruling was based on the finding that making medical claims in a religious context was not a protected form of religious freedom." https://yle.fi/a/74-20217856 | Source: YLE
[09:40]	TR Bot	 Washington Post editorial slams Finnish Supreme Court incitement ruling | Yle News | Yle
[09:40]	TR News	"Maintained by the Trifecta Tech Foundation as part of Project Pendulum" https://jnsgr.uk/2026/03/ntpd-rs-its-about-time/ | Source: Jon Seager
[09:41]	TR Bot	 ntpd-rs: it's about time! Jon Seager
[09:41]	TR News	"In todays hustle culture, youre not successful unless youre always wowing your audience with the next big thing." https://jimmitchell.org/2026/03/27/you-dont-have-to-dazzle/ | Source: Jim Mitchell
[09:41]	TR Bot	 You Don't Have to Dazzle Jim Mitchell
[09:41]	TR News	"I whispered in my mind." https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/27/the-usual-thanks/ | Source: Stefano Marinelli
[09:41]	TR Bot	 The Usual, Thanks | MyNotes
[09:42]	TR News	"Billionaires and CEOs took to the press threatening to leave the country, while all the major employers organizations and the largest firms, like Maersk, issued dire warnings of massive job losses and investment slowdown." https://jacobin.com/2026/03/denmark-social-democrats-centrism-elections/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[09:42]	TR Bot	 In Denmark, the Center Did Not Hold
[09:43]	TR News	"That rage drove her away from Kings politics of nonviolence and toward a more militant ideology." https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/my-childhood-in-the-weather-underground | Source: New Yorker
[09:43]	TR Bot	 My Childhood in the Weather Underground | The New Yorker
[09:43]	TR News	"Approximately 74,000 employees, translating to more than 14,000 roles, will be affected globally, the report added." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/nokia-trims-20-global-workforce-75000-employees-impacted-report/articleshow/129864537.cms | Source: India Times
[09:43]	TR Bot	 Nokia trims 20% global workforce; 75,000 employees impacted: Report - The Economic Times
[09:44]	TR News	"The two college dropouts changed the way people use computers, listen to music and communicate on the go, giving rise to lifestyles revolving around smartphone apps." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/at-50-apple-confronts-its-next-big-challenge-ai-1809374699 | Source: RTL
[09:44]	TR Bot	 Haunting concern: At 50, Apple confronts its next big challenge: AI - RTL Today
[09:44]	TR News	"It was inevitable really. Im a life-long environmentalist who got solar panels 15 years ago, an EV 11 years ago, and a battery a few years ago." https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2026/03/28/we-got-a-heat-pump-at-last/ | Source: Positech Games
[09:44]	TR Bot	 We got a heat pump (at last) Cliffski's Blog
[09:45]	TR News	"So much has been written about motorcycles, but the one image that has stuck with me the most came from Pirsig when he described how a motorcycle puts you in the scene while in a car you are an observer of the scenery." https://charlesleifer.com/blog/children-s-games/ | Source: Charles Leifer
[09:45]	TR Bot	 charles leifer | Children's Games
[09:45]	TR News	"Ive been reading David Roberts on energy and climate for years, first at Grist, then at Vox, now at Volts, his Substack." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-david-roberts | Source: Paul Krugman
[09:45]	TR Bot	 Talking with David Roberts - Paul Krugman
[09:46]	TR News	"80,000,000 people have died as a result of automobiles over time." https://seths.blog/2026/03/systems-and-the-default-to-yes/ | Source: Seth Godin
[09:46]	TR Bot	 Systems and the default to yes | Seth's Blog
[09:46]	TR News	"He swaps resistors on the terminated leg to show how energy sloshes back when the resistance is too high or too low." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/watch-electricity-slosh-visualizing-impedance-matching/ | Source: Hackaday
[09:46]	TR Bot	Electricity Slosh: Visualizing Impedance Matching | Hackaday
[09:46]	TR News	"The differences between the two have always been there, but if this testing video is correct, then the Snapdragon chip has a massive lead, at least where battery life is concerned." https://www.androidpolice.com/test-claims-the-s26-ultras-snapdragon-chip-buries-exynos-in-battery-life/ | Source: Android Police
[09:46]	TR Bot	 Battery test claims the Galaxy S26's Snapdragon chip absolutely destroys Exynos
[09:47]	TR News	"A proposed Google data center in Michigan is notable for its use of renewable energy and its ability to ramp down power use during periods of high demand." https://michiganadvance.com/2026/03/27/two-wildly-different-data-centers-reveal-a-fork-in-the-road-on-how-to-meet-electricity-demand/ | Source: Michigan Advance
[09:47]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/03/27/two-wildly-different-data-centers-reveal-a-fork-in-the-road-on-how-to-meet-electricity-demand/ )
[09:47]	TR News	"Googles data center operations will be served by 2.7 gigawatts (GW) of new resources for the grid, including solar power, advanced storage technologies and demand flexibility." https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/global-network/clean-energy-reliability-michigan/ | Source: Google
[09:47]	TR Bot	 Scaling clean energy and reliability in Michigan
[09:48]	TR News	"Airfares are certainly the canary in the coal mine" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/03/expensive-plane-tickets-oil-iran/686604/ | Source: The Atlantic
[09:48]	TR Bot	 Airfare Is Just the Beginning - The Atlantic
[09:48]	TR News	"The mushroom is now found across the world. It's spreading in Switzerland, and has been found in Italy, Hungary, Serbia and Germany." https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260325-an-unstoppable-mushroom-is-tearing-through-north-american-forests | Source: BBC
[09:48]	TR Bot	 An unstoppable mushroom is tearing through North American forests. Fungi enthusiasts are doing damage control
[09:49]	TR News	"That was a huge indicator that they're likely outcompeting the native fungi that were there" https://boingboing.net/2026/03/27/golden-oyster-mushroom-is-invading-north-american-forests.html | Source: BoingBoing
[09:49]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/27/golden-oyster-mushroom-is-invading-north-american-forests.html )
[09:49]	TR News	"At the same time, Denver Water emphasized that past conservation efforts have made a difference. Over the years, customers have significantly reduced water use, helping stretch supplies during dry periods." https://www.western-water.com/2026/03/27/denver-water-declares-drought-limits-water-use/ | Source: Western Water
[09:49]	TR Bot	 Denver Water declares drought, limits water use | Western Water
[09:49]	TR News	Most
[09:50]	TR News	"Most of those are clustered around the Yellowstone region of western Wyoming and eastern Idaho." https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032826_snow_drought_op/2026s-historic-snow-drought-brings-worries-water-wildfires-future-west/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel
[09:50]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032826_snow_drought_op/2026s-historic-snow-drought-brings-worries-water-wildfires-future-west/ )
[09:52]	TR News	"Here is a look at countries that have taken steps in this direction to better protect young users: [...]" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/heres-how-countries-are-cracking-down-on-kids-social-media-use/articleshow/129862497.cms | Source: India Times
[09:52]	TR Bot	 Heres how countries are cracking down on kids social media use - The Economic Times
[09:52]	TR News	"The students who had their accounts disabled waited a while" https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0327/social-media-ban-children | Source: CS Monitor
[09:52]	TR Bot	social media apps be banned for children? - CSMonitor.com
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[10:11]	TR News	"Heres a direct link to the PNG and the PDF. Once again, put it onna stick and exercise the constitutional rights to freedom of expression, speech, and assembly" https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2026/03/28/subway-sign/ | Source: Kieran Healy
[10:11]	TR Bot	Sign - kieranhealy.org
[10:14]	TR News	"On March 19, 1987, the Pentagon announced that it had learned the Soviet Union acquired machine tooling for making submarine propeller blades from Toshiba Machine" https://dfarq.homeip.net/toshibas-soviet-nuclear-submarine-scandal/ | Source: David L Farquhar
[10:14]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[10:14]	TR News	"In a video statement, Pussy Riot member Nadya explained how the Russian military has relied on Ubiquiti to communicate with troops on the frontline" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pussy-riot-protest-tech-company-ubiquiti-russian-war-crimes-1235538540/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[10:14]	TR Bot	 Pussy Riot Protests Tech Company for 'Powering Russian War Crimes'
[10:15]	TR News	"It does raise one new question: when theres a new president, the White House website and social media accounts have a handover process. Does that apply to this app, too?" https://www.theverge.com/tech/902703/white-house-app-iphone-android?ref=werd.io | Source: The Verge
[10:15]	TR Bot	 The White House has an app now, and Trump wants you to report people to ICE on it | The Verge
[10:15]	TR News	"A little history lesson from the Wiener Holocaust Library: [...]" https://werd.io/the-white-house-has-an-app-now-and-trump-wants-you-to-report-people-to-ice-on-it-2/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
[10:15]	TR Bot	 The White House has an app now, and Trump wants you to report people to ICE on it
[10:16]	TR News	"OpenMedia is running a campaign to email Members of Parliament, though I am suspicious these form letter campaigns actually work." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/bill-c-22-lawful-access/ | Source: Nick Heer
[10:16]	TR Bot	 Bill C22 Gives Canadian Authorities Additional Warrantless Powers Pixel Envy
[10:16]	TR News	"The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages" https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app |
[10:16]	TR Bot	 I Decompiled the White House's New App
[10:17]	TR News	"You can get good pseudonymity when with PIA (Private Internet Access), but not true anonymity." https://greycoder.com/how-to-sign-up-to-pia-anonymously-with-no-credit-card/ | Source: GreyCoder
[10:17]	TR Bot	To Sign-Up To PIA Anonymously With No Credit Card - GreyCoder
[10:17]	TR News	"A growing favorite among police departments throughout the country is the camera on wheels platform, known as COWs for short or scarecrows, for a more ominous moniker." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/surveillance-scarecrows-police | Source: Futurism
[10:17]	TR Bot	 Ominous Surveillance "Scarecrows" Appearing Across America
[10:18]	TR News	"While Reid sees legal risks for smaller platforms with fewer resources in these decisions" https://www.theverge.com/policy/903006/meta-new-mexico-los-angeles-child-safety-trial-impact | Source: The Verge
[10:18]	TR Bot	 A jury said Instagram and YouTube are defective now what? | The Verge
[10:19]	TR News	"As significant as this verdict is, it merely represents the opening act of a story that will get considerably darker from here." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/meta-youtube-ai-litigation/ | Source: The Nation
[10:19]	TR Bot	 A Landmark Suit Against Meta and YouTube Opens the Floodgate for AI Litigation | The Nation
[10:19]	TR News	"Two of Americas largest tech companies suffered stunning defeats in court this week, sustaining early jolts in what could prove to be a seismic shift in how social media operates amid a new landscape of legal risk." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-28/meta-google-social-media-addiction-verdict-explained | Source: Los Angeles Times
[10:19]	TR Bot	 L.A. social media addiction verdict to unleash lawsuits and changes - Los Angeles Times
[10:20]	TR News	"To understand how the fraud was committed, it is helpful to understanding how streaming royalties work. Platforms like Spotify and Apple Music do not pay a fixed rate per stream." https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/10k-bots-steal-8-million-from-music-artists | Source: Bitdefender
[10:20]	TR Bot	 How one man used 10,000 bots to steal $8,000,000 from music artists
[10:20]	TR News	"So I built Ask Joost: a page where you can ask a natural language question and get a direct answer, sourced from my blog posts." https://joost.blog/ai-powered-answers-ask-joost/ | Source: Joost de Valk
[10:20]	TR Bot	Joost: AI-powered answers from my blog | Joost.blog
[10:21]	TR News	"The LLMs are pushing the essays away from anything that a human would have ever written" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ai-changing-style-substance-human-writing-study-finds-rcna263789 | Source: NBC
[10:21]	TR Bot	 AI is changing the style and substance of human writing, study finds
[10:21]	TR News	"What bewilders me is how many people seem to use the tool (and topic in general) to inflate their ego." https://blog.avas.space/ai-ego/ | Source: Ava
[10:21]	TR Bot	 using AI to inflate your ego | ava's blog
[10:22]	TR News	"The landscape of AI is not merely filled with news. It is filled with teams. You have the doomers, the accelerationists, the skeptics, the its-a-bubble oracles, the anti-bubble counter oracles, and so on." https://www.derekthompson.org/p/what-is-anthropic-thinking | Source: Derek Thompson
[10:22]	TR Bot	 What Is Anthropic Thinking? - Derek Thompson
[10:22]	TR News	"What irks me is that someone knows for sure if the content is AI-generated. Theyre just not telling the rest of us" https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/900400/tiktok-ai-ads-labels-samsung-disclosure | Source: The Verge
[10:22]	TR Bot	 Why cant TikTok identify AI generated ads when I can? | The Verge
[10:23]	TR News	"This is a potential watershed moment, says Paul Triolo, a partner at the advisory firm DGA-Albright Stonebridge who studies US-China relations." https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-ai-research-is-starting-to-split-along-geopolitical-lines/ | Source: Wired
[10:23]	TR Bot	Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics | WIRED
[10:23]	TR News	"For the past two years, the conversation around enterprise AI has been dominated by GPUs: who has them; who can buy them; who is waiting months for them." https://itwire.com/the-wired-cio/why-the-real-bottleneck-in-enterprise-ai-isnt-gpus-it-s-data.html | Source: IT Wire
[10:23]	TR Bot	- Why the real bottleneck in enterprise AI isn't GPUs - it's data
[10:23]	TR News	"The reality is that chatbots like OpenAIs ChatGPT, Googles Gemini, or Anthropics Claude still make regular mistakes." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/study-do-what-chatgpt-tells-us | Source: Futurism
[10:23]	TR Bot	 Alarming Study Finds That Most People Just Do What ChatGPT Tells Them, Even If It's Totally Wrong
[10:24]	TR News	"The officers merely handed over a copy of a letter that PTC had sent to companies the previous day, which contained instructions for a so-called hotfix." https://digit.site36.net/2026/03/27/home-visits-due-to-software-vulnerability-german-state-criminal-police-rang-admins-out-of-bed/ | Source: Site36
[10:24]	TR Bot	 Home visits due to software vulnerability: German state criminal police rang admins out of bed | Matthias Monroy
[10:25]	TR News	"Apple has officially discontinued the Mac Pro. Unfortunately, the writing has been on the wall for, like, five years." https://www.dgriffinjones.com/extraordinary/how-apple-could-have-saved-the-mac-pro.html |
[10:25]	TR Bot	 How Apple could have saved the Mac Pro | D. Griffin Jones
[10:26]	TR News	"Did Apple know in 2017 that 2020 was the year the M1 would make it out of the lab? Probably not, but it doesnt make the timing any less painful." https://512pixels.net/2026/03/how-apple-could-have-saved-the-mac-pro/ | Source: Stephen Hackett
[10:26]	TR Bot	 How Apple Could Have (Maybe) Saved the Mac Pro - 512 Pixels
[10:26]	TR News	"Apple this week announced that it has discontinued the Mac Pro, with new configurations no longer available and no further models planned." https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/27/reflecting-on-20-years-of-mac-pro/ | Source: MacRumors
[10:26]	TR Bot	Pro Discontinued: Reflecting on 20 Years of Apple's Desktop Tower - MacRumors
[10:27]	TR News	"Uninstalling apps on macOS is not as easy as it should be." https://heydingus.net/blog/2026/3/launchpad-was-great-for-uninstalling-apps-spotlight-is-not | Source: Jarrod Blundy
[10:27]	TR Bot	 Launchpad was great for uninstalling apps; Spotlight is not - HeyDingus
[10:27]	TR News	"Sometimes, I do not recognize a trap until I am already in it. Photos in iCloud is one such situation." https://pxlnv.com/blog/i-regret-the-blood-pact-i-have-made-with-icloud-photos/ | Source: Nick Heer
[10:27]	TR Bot	 I Regret the Blood Pact I Have Made With iCloud Photos Pixel Envy
[10:28]	TR News	"Notice that your ability to appreciate these gifts does not depend on mood, or on any other condition being favorable in your life." https://www.raptitude.com/2026/03/in-favor-of-enjoying-things-on-purpose/ |
[10:28]	TR Bot	 In Favor of Enjoying Things on Purpose
[10:28]	TR News	"Its 15 years now since the financial crash showed up the global economy as a giant casino, with no care for the livelihoods of ordinary people or the health of our planet." https://en.neritam.com/2026/03/28/new-pm-to-give-bankers-more-power-to-gamble-on-food/ | Source: Neritam
[10:28]	TR Bot	 New PM to give bankers more power to gamble on food Neritam
[10:28]	TR News	"But what about the white cilia? That was a velcro hook Pettit stuck on to keep them from floating away in his terrarium. A clever solution." https://futurism.com/future-society/terrified-nasa-potato | Source: Futurism
[10:28]	TR Bot	 Netizens Terrified of What NASA Grew on the Space Station
[10:29]	TR News	"Lithuania and the rest of the European Union will move clocks forward by one hour on Sunday as daylight saving time begins" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2880351/why-hasn-t-europe-phased-out-daylight-saving-time | Source: LRT
[10:29]	TR Bot	 Why hasnt Europe phased out daylight saving time? - LRT
[10:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  February/March in KDE Itinerary https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/February_March_in_KDE_Itinerary.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/February_March_in_KDE_Itinerary.gmi 
[10:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines February/March in KDE Itinerary
[10:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  After a Long Time, Ubuntu Shows Some Respect to Deb Packages https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/After_a_Long_Time_Ubuntu_Shows_Some_Respect_to_Deb_Packages.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/After_a_Long_Time_Ubuntu_Shows_Some_Respect_to_Deb_Packages.gmi 
[10:33]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines After a Long Time, Ubuntu Shows Some Respect to Deb Packages
[10:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  AorOS Debian-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/AcorOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/AcorOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.gmi 
[10:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines AorOS Debian-based Linux distribution
[10:38]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux KDu Brazilian Ubuntu-based operating system https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Linux_KDu_Brazilian_Ubuntu_based_operating_system.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Linux_KDu_Brazilian_Ubuntu_based_operating_system.gmi 
[10:38]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Linux KDu Brazilian Ubuntu-based operating system
[10:48]	TR News	"The K5 is AMDs first x86 processor to be developed entirely in-house. Introduced March 27, 1996, its primary competition was Intels Pentium microprocessor." https://dfarq.homeip.net/ | Source: David L Farquhar
[10:48]	TR Bot	 NO TITLE
[10:48]	TR News	"If I was thinking of building a new desktop under normal circumstances, I would use all modern components (which is to say, current generation CPU, motherboard, RAM, and so on)." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/NewOldSystems | Source: University of Toronto
[10:48]	TR Bot	 You're using a too-old browser
[10:49]	TR News	"The real story here is that these improvements from Apple were spurred by Right-to-Repair developments, particularly in the EU, that were the result of pressure from hackers like you." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/apples-most-repairable-laptop-is-thanks-to-right-to-repair/ | Source: Hackaday
[10:49]	TR Bot	Most Repairable Laptop Is Thanks To Right-to-Repair | Hackaday
[10:49]	TR News	"I've been working on a redesign and here's a peek at my progress. My main goal is for a more minimal look, removing the background image along with layout changes and a new background color." https://bobmonsour.com/blog/site-redesign-progress/ | Source: Bob Monsour
[10:49]	TR Bot	 Site redesign progress | Bob Monsour
[10:49]	TR News	"I reinstalled everything and restored data from the backup. Its running smoothly since then." https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2026/homelab-2nd-edition/ | Source: Victor Kropp
[10:49]	TR Bot	 Homelab 2nd Edition
[10:50]	TR News	"But it seems silly to hang on to a hut thats now on the other side of the country from us." https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2026/03/28/beach-hut/ | Source: Phil Gyford
[10:50]	TR Bot	beach hut (Phil Gyfords website)
[10:50]	TR News	"From a photography standpoint, this image is remarkable for the era" https://www.vintag.es/2026/03/barefoot-women-dancing-in-snow-new-york.html | Source: Vintage Everyday
[10:50]	TR Bot	 Barefoot Women Dancing in the Snow, New York, 1916 ~ Vintage Everyday
[10:51]	TR News	"so in other words, this is a Linux distro that recursively calls kexec on itself! Isnt that so cute?" https://astrid.tech/2026/03/28/0/linux-is-an-interpreter/ | Source: Astrid Yu
[10:51]	TR Bot	 Linux is an interpreter
[10:52]	TR News	"Until now, Ive been doing them by hand but this week I wanted to explore this problem space a bit more" https://hamatti.org/posts/im-building-a-python-script-to-create-form-filling-bookmarklets/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala
[10:52]	TR Bot	 Im building a Python script to create form filling bookmarklets : Juha-Matti Santala
[10:52]	TR News	"Python 3.15a7, which is now just a uv python install 3.15 away on all major platforms, has lazy imports!" https://iscinumpy.dev/post/flake8-lazy/ | Source: Henry Schreiner
[10:52]	TR Bot	 Working to make Python lazy -
[10:52]	TR News	"So, how do we do better than the Quine Programmer? How can we connect the dots between human user and computer in a way that respects the strengths of both?" https://jneen.ca/posts/2026-03-27-how-to-make-programming-terrible-for-everyone/ |
[10:52]	TR Bot	 how to make programming terrible for everyone | jneens web site
[10:53]	TR News	"But you would soon discover that your assumptions wont work and your code has some weird errors in it that you dont understand. This is because array arguments in C decay into a pointer to the first element of the array." https://agentultra.com/blog/why-array-arguments-decay-to-pointers-in-c/index.html | Source: J Kenneth King
[10:53]	TR Bot	- Why Array Arguments Decay To Pointers In C
[10:53]	TR News	"I ran a small experiment with Git hosting behaviour using two demo repositories: [...]" https://susam.net/fork-commits-via-original-repo.html | Source: SusamPal
[10:53]	TR Bot	 Fork Commits via Original Repository - Susam Pal
[10:53]	TR News	"Now, sooner or later, you do run into the catch: nobody is born thinking like JavaScript, but to get really good at JavaScript, you will need to learn how." https://css-tricks.com/javascript-for-everyone-destructuring/ | Source: CSS Tricks
[10:53]	TR Bot	for Everyone: Destructuring | CSS-Tricks
[10:53]	TR News	"When programming, it is still important to write code that runs correctly on systems with either byte order (see for example The byte order fallacy)." https://www.hanshq.net/big-endian-qemu.html | Source: Hans Wennborg
[10:53]	TR Bot	 Big-Endian Testing with QEMU
[10:56]	TR News	"[lds133]s version replicates the original behavior exactly by using the accelerometer to detect the shaking, the round display to show an icon of the die, and a Raspberry Pi Pico to do the hard work." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/magic-less-8-ball-finds-new-life-with-pi-pico-inside/ | Source: Hackaday
[10:56]	TR Bot	8 Ball Finds New Life With Pi Pico Inside | Hackaday
[10:56]	TR News	"[Tommy] at Oskitone has been making hardware synth kits for years, and his designs are always worth checking out." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/playful-space-dice-kit-shows-off-clever-design/ | Source: Hackaday
[10:56]	TR Bot	Space Dice Kit Shows Off Clever Design | Hackaday
[10:56]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[10:56]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[10:56]	TR News	"documenting another incredible year of contributions from both the Arduino team and the global community of open-source makers, educators, engineers, and enthusiasts." https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/28/check-out-the-new-2025-arduino-open-source-report/ | Source: Arduino
[10:56]	TR Bot	 Check out the new 2025 Arduino Open Source Report! | Arduino Blog
[10:57]	TR News	"On the surface, it looks like a normal CRT, except that it's impossibly thin: the whole device is just under 4 cm thick. To do this, the tube is mounted sideways, and the phosphor is viewed from the back." https://maurycyz.com/projects/lifetv/ | Source: Maury
[10:57]	TR Bot	 Life TV: Video with 2 bits to spare (Maurycy's blog)
[10:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fedora: Update Problem and Ultra-powerful Tool https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Fedora_Update_Problem_and_Ultra_powerful_Tool.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Fedora_Update_Problem_and_Ultra_powerful_Tool.gmi 
[10:58]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Fedora: Update Problem and Ultra-powerful Tool
[10:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: GNU-like Mobile Linux, Raspberry Pi Pico, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Open_Hardware_Modding_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Open_Hardware_Modding_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_a.gmi 
[10:59]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: GNU-like Mobile Linux, Raspberry Pi Pico, and More
● Mar 29
[11:01]	TR News	"And so the rise of mobile banking removed any real reason to have bank branches." https://davidoks.blog/p/why-the-atm-didnt-kill-bank-teller |
[11:01]	TR Bot	 Why ATMs didnt kill bank teller jobs, but the iPhone did
[11:01]	TR News	Techrights Links 29/03/2026: Water Shortages and No Kings Rallies https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Links_29_03_2026_Water_Shortages_and_No_Kings_Rallies.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Links_29_03_2026_Water_Shortages_and_No_Kings_Rallies.gmi 
[11:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 29/03/2026: Water Shortages and No Kings Rallies
[11:01]	TR News	"Theres significant privacy implications here and a lot of misinformation about pinging cell towers and zoom enhance stuff." https://nickvsnetworking.com/somebodys-watching-me-adventures-in-cellular-locating/ |
[11:01]	TR Bot	 Somebodys watching me Adventures in Cellular Location services | Nick vs Networking
[11:01]	TR News	"I built it mostly because I needed something that could handle the 2 Unraid servers I had at the time, the existing iOS app could only handle 1 server at a time." https://jbrio.net/posts/sunset-controlr/ | Source: Juan B Rodriguez
[11:01]	TR Bot	 Sunsetting ControlR :: Juan B. Rodriguez
[11:02]	TR News	"Given that, you can search for movies with keywords, but that's not what I'd be doing in a movie theater - instead I'd be searching for a movie." https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/03/28/checking-if-a-movie-has-a-post-or-mid-credit-scene | Source: Raymond Camden
[11:02]	TR Bot	 Checking if a Movie has a Post or Mid Credit Scene
[11:02]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-03-29.gmi
[11:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  PluriOS Bolivian Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/PluriOS_Bolivian_Linux_distribution_based_on_Ubuntu_LTS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/PluriOS_Bolivian_Linux_distribution_based_on_Ubuntu_LTS.gmi 
[11:03]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines PluriOS Bolivian Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS
[11:04]	TR News	 (NEW):  ZestISO desktop Linux distribution built on Arch Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/ZestISO_desktop_Linux_distribution_built_on_Arch_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/ZestISO_desktop_Linux_distribution_built_on_Arch_Linux.gmi 
[11:04]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines ZestISO desktop Linux distribution built on Arch Linux
[11:05]	TR News	"I upgraded my router to OpenWRT 25.10. Nothing strange right?" https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2026/03/24/upgraded-to-openwrt-2510/ | Source: Marcin Juszkiewicz
[11:05]	TR Bot	 Upgraded to OpenWRT25.10 Marcin Juszkiewicz
[11:06]	TR News	"PLCnext Controls run PLCnext Linux, a real-time capable operating system that hosts the PLCnext Runtime. The Runtime manages deterministic process data and stores it in the Global Data Space (GDS)." https://rosindustrial.org/news/2026/3/27/plcnext-ros-bridge-enabling-hardware-interoperability-between-industrial-plcs-and-ros | Source: ROS Industrial
[11:06]	TR Bot	 PLCnext ROS Bridge: Enabling Hardware Interoperability Between Industrial PLCs and ROS ROS-Industrial
[11:06]	TR News	"Like many high-tech companies Tesla runs a bug bounty program." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/28/turning-tesla-model-3s-computer-into-a-desktop-pc/ | Source: Hackaday
[11:06]	TR Bot	Tesla Model 3s Computer Into A Desktop PC | Hackaday
[11:09]	TR News	"This is part 1 of a four-part article series about how to reimage disks in-place. Part 0 is located here." https://astrid.tech/2026/03/24/1/swap-out-the-root-before-boot/ | Source: Astrid Yu
[11:09]	TR Bot	 Swap out the root before boot
[11:10]	TR News	"Whats all the fuss about FreeBSD? What is it, anyway?" https://kedara.eu/playing-freebsd/ | Source: Ruben Verweij
[11:10]	TR Bot	with FreeBSD - Kedara.eu
[11:11]	TR News	"I've been investigating how keyboards, mice, etc work in Linux." https://roscidus.com/blog/blog/2026/03/28/input-devices/ | Source: Thomas Leondard
[11:11]	TR Bot	 Linux input devices (with libinput-ocaml) - Thomas Leonard's blog
[11:11]	TR News	"The classic 3-2-1 backup rule says: three copies of your data, on two different media types, with one copy off-site." https://blog.hofstede.it/my-multi-stage-backup-strategy-zfs-proxmox-and-paranoia/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn
[11:11]	TR Bot	 My Multi-Stage Backup Strategy: ZFS, Proxmox, and Paranoia | Larvitz Blog
[11:12]	TR News	"Researchers at Rapid7 now report that the Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) behind BPFdoor, Red Menshen, has modified that listening system." https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-upgrades-backdoor-spy-telcos | Source: Dark Reading
[11:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-upgrades-backdoor-spy-telcos )
[11:12]	TR News	"I'm doing periodic updates on some of my long-term projects, one of them being 6o6" https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/03/6o6-v11-faster-6502-on-6502.html | Source: Old VCR
[11:12]	TR Bot	 Old Vintage Computing Research: 6o6 v1.1: Faster 6502-on-6502 virtualization for a C64/Apple II Apple-1 emulator
[11:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[11:13]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[11:13]	TR News	"Today in Tedium: Its a tough time to be a financially-conscious computer user." https://tedium.co/2026/03/28/self-hosting-platform-tools-guide/ | Source: Tedium
[11:13]	TR Bot	 Self-Hosting Tools: Still Worth Trying In 2026?
[11:14]	TR News	"I keep a brew update && brew upgrade && brew cleanup alias around." https://rednafi.com/shards/2026/03/background-jobs-inherited-fd/ | Source: Redowan Delowar
[11:14]	TR Bot	 Background jobs and inherited file descriptors | redowan's reflections
[11:14]	TR News	"That's why it took me so long to sit down and write this blog post." https://mmk2410.org/2026/03/28/future-of-my-intellij-idea-ubuntu-packages | Source: Marcel Kapfer
[11:14]	TR Bot	 Marcel Kapfer - Future of my IntelliJ IDEA Ubuntu packages
[11:15]	TR News	"I think I said I would post here when its safe to turn off your ad blocker. The tl;dr is: no. Will update if that changes." https://blog.zgp.org/is-it-safe-to-turn-off-your-ad-blocker/ | Source: Don Marti
[11:15]	TR Bot	 Is it safe to turn off your ad blocker?
[11:15]	TR News	"At my day job, I work primarily on a documentation site which has more than 1,000 pages." https://amanhimself.dev/blog/docs-discoverability-layers/ | Source: Aman Mittal
[11:15]	TR Bot	discoverability layers | amanhimself.dev
[11:16]	TR News	"let me tell you what happened. i was just trying to browse the web like a normal person. youtube video. couple tabs open." https://alexandmanu.com/blog/firefox-is-actually-terrible/ | Source: Alex & Manu
[11:16]	TR Bot	 firefox is and always has been terrible | alex and manu
[11:16]	TR News	"Think something similar to CDB or Sparkey." https://notes.volution.ro/v1/2026/03/notes/53ac09b0/ | Source: Ciprian Dorin Craciun
[11:16]	TR Bot	 Designing a single-file mmap-backed read-only hashed multi-table database -- Volution Notes
[11:17]	TR News	"I made a couple of additions to my Jekyll site and decided to share them all here!" https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/website-changes-new-section-music-widget-and-upvotes/ | Source: Joel Chrono
[11:17]	TR Bot	 Website changes: new section, music widget, and upvotes
[11:17]	TR News	"The blistering takedown astounded legal experts." https://www.rawstory.com/trump-doj-2676627128/ | Source: Raw Story
[11:17]	TR Bot	 'Oh my God': Legal experts stunned after judge catches ICE lawyers citing bogus cases - Raw Story
[11:18]	TR News	"A well-known fact mentioned in the video, is that the very first LEGO bricks from 1958 are compatible with those produced nowadays." https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2026/lego/ | Source: Victor Kropp
[11:18]	TR Bot	 LEGO
[11:19]	TR News	"An Uncontrolled Experiment in Atmospheric Chemistry" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/03/26/0644236
[11:19]	TR Bot	 An Uncontrolled Experiment in Atmospheric Chemistry - SoylentNews
[11:19]	TR News	"WARNING: Apple is forcing Age Verification in iOS" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/warning-apple-is-forcing-age:3?view=shorts
[11:19]	TR Bot	 WARNING: Apple is forcing Age Verification in iOS
[11:19]	TR News	 (NEW):  Framework Becomes a KDE Patron https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Framework_Becomes_a_KDE_Patron.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/Framework_Becomes_a_KDE_Patron.gmi 
[11:19]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Framework Becomes a KDE Patron
[11:20]	TR News	Slop and Microsoft in r-bloggers. Is r-bloggers losing taste? https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/momentum-investing-enhanced-by-microsoft-foundry-hosted-large-language-model/
[11:20]	TR Bot	Investing Enhanced by Microsoft Foundry-Hosted Large Language Model | R-bloggers
[11:22]	TR News	"Never has the meaning of logistical supply been so critical as now when advanced industrial modes require reliance on a portfolio of existential supplies of minerals, gas, and oil." https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/the-war-in-iran-isnt-about-oil-its-about-sulphur/
[11:22]	TR Bot	 The war in Iran isnt about oil, its about sulphur... | The Spectator Australia
[11:22]	TR News	"Yet in the grand debate about the Iran war and the strategic necessity to keep the Straits of Hormuz open, all focus is on oil. That is because it is the end product of a smorgasbord of other raw materials, it is the principal signifier as indicated by leaping petrol prices on TV screens and gargantuan snaking queues at petrol pumps."
[11:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fedora 44 will automatically make your Windows games run faster, no tweaks required https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Fedora_44_will_automatically_make_your_Windows_games_run_faster.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Fedora_44_will_automatically_make_your_Windows_games_run_faster.gmi 
[11:29]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Fedora 44 will automatically make your Windows games run faster, no tweaks required
[11:45]	TR News	Alarming Study Finds That Most People Just Do What Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Tells Them, Even If Its Totally Wrong https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/study-do-what-chatgpt-tells-us
[11:45]	TR Bot	 Alarming Study Finds That Most People Just Do What ChatGPT Tells Them, Even If It's Totally Wrong
[11:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  GIMP 3.2.2 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GIMP_3_2_2_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GIMP_3_2_2_Released.gmi 
[11:46]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GIMP 3.2.2 Released
[11:47]	TR News	February/March in KDE Itinerary https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/03/28/kde-itinerary-february-march-2026.html
[11:47]	TR Bot	 February/March in KDE Itinerary
[11:48]	TR News	Big-Endian Testing with QEMU https://www.hanshq.net/big-endian-qemu.html
[11:48]	TR Bot	 Big-Endian Testing with QEMU
[11:49]	TR News	After a Long Time, Ubuntu Shows Some Respect to Deb Packages https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-04-deb-in-app-center/
[11:49]	TR Bot	 After a Long Time, Ubuntu Shows Some Respect to Deb Packages
[11:49]	TR News	Linux KDu Brazilian Ubuntu-based operating system https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-kdu-brazilian-ubuntu-based-operating-system/
[11:49]	TR Bot	KDu - Brazilian Ubuntu-based operating system - LinuxLinks
[11:50]	TR News	AorOS Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/acoros-debian-based-linux-distribution/
[11:50]	TR Bot	- Debian-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks
[11:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Say hello to Neil Roberts, new LibreOffice developer focusing on scripting support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Say_hello_to_Neil_Roberts_new_LibreOffice_developer_focusing_on.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Say_hello_to_Neil_Roberts_new_LibreOffice_developer_focusing_on.gmi 
[11:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Say hello to Neil Roberts, new LibreOffice developer focusing on scripting support
[11:51]	TR News	ZestISO desktop GNU/Linux distribution built on Arch GNU/Linux https://www.linuxlinks.com/zestiso-desktop-linux-distribution/
[11:51]	TR Bot	- desktop Linux distribution built on Arch Linux - LinuxLinks
[11:52]	TR News	GIMP 3.2.2Released https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/03/28/gimp-3-2-2-released/
[11:52]	TR Bot	 GIMP 3.2.2Released - GIMP
[11:55]	TR News	Check out the new 2025 Arduino Open Source Report! https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/28/check-out-the-new-2025-arduino-open-source-report/
[11:55]	TR Bot	 Check out the new 2025 Arduino Open Source Report! | Arduino Blog
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[12:02]	TR News	How To Install Kitty Terminal on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-kitty-terminal-opensuse/
[12:02]	TR Bot	 How To Install Kitty Terminal on openSUSE - idroot
[12:03]	TR News	How To Install Fish Shell on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-fish-shell-fedora-43/
[12:03]	TR Bot	 How To Install Fish Shell on Fedora 43 - idroot
[12:03]	TR News	How To Install Streamlit on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-streamlit-debian-13/
[12:03]	TR Bot	 How To Install Streamlit on Debian 13 - idroot
[12:04]	TR News	How to Install Transmission on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-transmission-on-ubuntu-linux/
[12:04]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-transmission-on-ubuntu-linux/ )
[12:05]	TR News	GNU/Linux Debian: the amazing world of ssh forwarding https://dwaves.de/2026/03/29/gnu-linux-debian-the-amazing-world-of-ssh-forwarding-how-to-forward-vnc-port-of-pcc-via-pcb-to-connect-from-pca-tunnel-vnc-via-ssh-over-jumphost-pcb-why-does-mate-desktop-network-manager-keep-d/
[12:05]	TR Bot	GNU Linux Debian: the amazing world of ssh forwarding (how to forward vnc port of pcC via pcB to connect from pcA) (tunnel vnc via ssh over jumphost (pcB)) why does mate desktop network manager keep disabling dropping NIC network interface? | dwaves.de
[12:07]	TR News	Evgeni Golov: Converting Dovecot password schemes on the fly without (too much) cursing https://www.die-welt.net/2026/03/converting-dovecot-password-schemes-on-the-fly-without-too-much-cursing/
[12:07]	TR Bot	Dovecot password schemes on the fly without (too much) cursing | die-welt.net
[12:10]	TR News	February 2026 Top 40 New CRAN Packages https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/february-2026-top-40-new-cran-packages/
[12:10]	TR Bot	2026 Top 40 New CRAN Packages | R-bloggers
[12:12]	TR News	ECMLE on CRAN https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/ecmle-on-cran/
[12:12]	TR Bot	on CRAN | R-bloggers
[12:17]	TR News	fsck Cheatsheet https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/fsck/
[12:17]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/fsck/ )
[12:17]	TR News	Top 10 Most Popular GNU/Linux Distributions in March 2026 https://linux.how2shout.com/top-10-most-popular-linux-distributions-march-2026/
[12:17]	TR Bot	 Top 10 Most Popular Linux Distributions in March 2026 - LinuxShout
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[12:21]	TR News	MetPy read, visualize and perform calculations with weather data https://www.linuxlinks.com/metpy-read-visualize-perform-calculations-weather-data/
[12:21]	TR Bot	- read, visualize and perform calculations with weather data - LinuxLinks
[12:21]	TR News	DDRescue-GUI frontend for ddrescue https://www.linuxlinks.com/ddrescue-gui-frontend-ddrescue/
[12:21]	TR Bot	- frontend for ddrescue - LinuxLinks
[12:21]	_what__	http://techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Open_Web_Destroyed_by_Centibillionaires_Says_Anil_Dash_of_Blogg.shtml
[12:21]	TR Bot	 Techrights Open Web Destroyed by Centibillionaires, Says Anil Dash of Blogging Fame
[12:21]	_what__	Remember Microsoft's Evangelism: https://techrights.org/o/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/comes-3096.pdf
[12:21]	TR News	QuestDB high-performance time-series database https://www.linuxlinks.com/questdb-high-performance-time-series-database/
[12:21]	TR Bot	- high-performance time-series database - LinuxLinks
[12:22]	schestowitz[TR3]	does that doc speak of the Web?
[12:22]	TR News	OpenDrift framework for ocean trajectory modelling https://www.linuxlinks.com/opendrift-framework-ocean-trajectory-modelling/
[12:22]	TR Bot	- framework for ocean trajectory modelling - LinuxLinks
[12:22]	_what__	Proprietaries (GAFAM et al) is now no longer different that what Microsoft was, they echo Microsoft (won't give up until all things proprietarized)
[12:23]	_what__	The Open Web is currently the latest victim
[12:23]	TR News	IoTDB high-performance time-series database https://www.linuxlinks.com/iotdb-high-performance-time-series-database/
[12:23]	TR Bot	- high-performance time-series database - LinuxLinks
[12:23]	schestowitz[TR3]	true..
[12:23]	TR News	21 Best Free and Open Source Test Automation Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-test-automation-tools/
[12:23]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source Test Automation Tools - LinuxLinks
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[12:25]	TR News	11 Best Free and Open Source GUI Tools for System Resources Monitoring in GNU/Linux https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-gui-tools-system-resources-monitoring/
[12:25]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source GUI Tools for System Resources Monitoring in Linux - LinuxLinks
[12:25]	TR News	fooyins release 0.10.x adds important improvements https://www.linuxlinks.com/fooyins-release-important-improvements/
[12:25]	TR Bot	release 0.10.x adds important improvements - LinuxLinks
[12:25]	TR News	CodeceptJS scenario-driven end-to-end testing framework for Node.js https://www.linuxlinks.com/codeceptjs-scenario-driven-end-to-end-testing-framework/
[12:25]	TR Bot	- scenario-driven end-to-end testing framework for Node.js - LinuxLinks
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[12:26]	_what__	as a reminder http://techrights.org/n/2025/12/15/GAFAM_doesn_t_depend_on_any_sort_of_lock_in_humans_just_don_t_w.shtml
[12:26]	TR Bot	 Techrights GAFAM "doesn't depend on any sort of lock-in, humans just don't want to be free anymore," according to MinceR
[12:27]	_what__	https://techrights.org/wiki/High-Priority_Opponents/
[12:27]	TR Bot	 High-Priority Opponents
[12:27]	TR News	5 Best Free and Open Source GUI Bookmark Managers https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-gui-bookmark-managers/
[12:27]	TR Bot	Best Free and Open Source GUI Bookmark Managers - LinuxLinks
[12:27]	TR News	"Linux" Slop Going Away, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft et al Pay 'Linux' Foundation to Promote Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/28/Linux_Slop_Going_Away_Microsoft_et_al_Pay_Linux_Foundation_to_P.shtml
[12:27]	TR Bot	 Techrights "Linux" Slop Going Away, Microsoft et al Pay 'Linux' Foundation to Promote Slop
[12:27]	_what__	vendor lock-in: UEFI to boot only Microshaft Winblows Vistaster
[12:27]	schestowitz[TR3]	ah,yes, he did say that
[12:28]	_what__	outsourcing: ClownFlare, ClownStrike (2024 BSODs)
[12:29]	TR News	audapolis GNU/Linux editor for spoken-word media with transcription https://www.linuxlinks.com/audapolis-editor-spoken-word-media-transcription/
[12:29]	TR Bot	- Linux editor for spoken-word media with transcription - LinuxLinks
[12:29]	_what__	deplatforming:you know  "centibillionaires"-controlled proprietary platforms are
[12:29]	TR News	Fish 4.6 released Saturday
[12:30]	TR News	SystemRescue 13.00 is out https://distrowatch.com/systemrescue
[12:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/systemrescue )
[12:30]	TR News	KaOS 2026.03 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/kaos
[12:30]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/kaos )
[12:32]	TR News	Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta is Available to Download https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/03/ubuntu-26-04-lts-beta-is-available-to-download/
[12:32]	TR Bot	 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta is Available to Download | UbuntuHandbook
[12:33]	TR News	Russell Coker: Communication and Hostile AIs https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/03/29/communication-hostile-ais/
[12:33]	TR Bot	 Communication and Hostile AIs | etbe - Russell Coker
[12:35]	TR News	Can This Russian Bakery Survive a 3,500% Tax Increase? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/world/europe/russia-economy-small-business-tax-increase.html
[12:35]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/world/europe/russia-economy-small-business-tax-increase.html )
[12:41]	TR News	FOSS Forces Top Five Articles For the Week Ending March 27, 2026 https://fossforce.com/2026/03/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-march-27-2026/
[12:41]	TR Bot	 FOSS Force's Top Five Articles For the Week Ending March 27, 2026 - FOSS Force
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[12:53]	TR News	Techrights Fedora at the Mercy of Microsoft Because of Back-Doored Kick-Switch Boot https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Fedora_at_the_Mercy_of_Microsoft_Because_of_Back_Doored_Kick_Sw.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Fedora_at_the_Mercy_of_Microsoft_Because_of_Back_Doored_Kick_Sw.gmi 
[12:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Fedora at the Mercy of Microsoft Because of Back-Doored Kick-Switch Boot
[12:56]	TR News	Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits last week of march 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/03/28/misc-fedora-bits-last-week-of-march-2026/
[12:56]	TR Bot	 misc fedora bits last week of march 2026 | Kevin's musings
[12:58]	_what__	proprietary entrapment (one of our high-priority threats) that is restricted boot https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=sami+tikkanen+uefi&set1=any
[12:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights Search
[12:59]	TR News	Strand PWA Runtime (Part 2.5) https://kver.ca/2026/03/strand-pwa-runtime-part-2-5/
[12:59]	TR Bot	 Strand PWA Runtime (Part 2.5) Ken Vermette
[12:59]	schestowitz[TR3]	yes, Sompi gets it
[12:59]	schestowitz[TR3]	he made his own OS
[12:59]	schestowitz[TR3]	so he knows this boot antifeatures as a dev
● Mar 29
[13:00]	TR News	Tim Waugh: Visualising vision correction https://cyberelk.net/tim/2026/03/28/visualising-vision-correction/
[13:00]	TR Bot	 Visualising vision correction - PRINT HEAD
[13:01]	TR News	[SoK 2026] Final Update for 'Automating Promo Data Collection' Task https://blogs.kde.org/2026/03/27/sok-2026-final-update-for-automating-promo-data-collection-task/
[13:01]	TR Bot	 [SoK 2026] Final Update for 'Automating Promo Data Collection' Task - KDE Blogs
[13:01]	TR News	Perpetual Strikes to Begin at European Patent Office (EPO), Large Majority Votes for Strikes Any Day of the Week https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/27/Perpetual_Strikes_to_Begin_at_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Large_.shtml
[13:01]	TR Bot	 Techrights Perpetual Strikes to Begin at European Patent Office (EPO), Large Majority Votes for Strikes Any Day of the Week
[13:03]	TR News	ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" sees the light https://www.scummvm.org/news/20260328/
[13:03]	TR Bot	 ScummVM :: Latest Developments :: ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" sees the light
[13:05]	TR News	Samsung preps PCIe 5.0 QLC SSD with a controller based on open-source RISC-V architecture BM9K1 delivers speeds up to 11.4 GB/s for 'personal Hey Hi (AI) workloads' https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/samsung-announces-bm9k1-pcie-5-0-qlc-ssd
[13:05]	TR Bot	 Samsung preps PCIe 5.0 QLC SSD with a controller based on open-source RISC-V architecture BM9K1 delivers speeds up to 11.4 GB/s for 'personal AI workloads' | Tom's Hardware
[13:06]	TR News	Russell Coker: Ebook Readers in Debian https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/03/29/ebook-readers-debian/
[13:06]	TR Bot	 Ebook Readers in Debian | etbe - Russell Coker
[13:07]	TR News	Thibault Martin: I realized that I created too much friction to publish https://ergaster.org/thoughts/less-friction-publish/
[13:07]	TR Bot	 I created too much friction to publish
[13:11]	TR News	Fact-checking pro-Beijing lawmaker Dominic Lee after he slams West, defends security law in viral UN speech https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/29/fact-checking-pro-beijing-lawmaker-dominic-lee-after-he-slams-west-defends-security-law-in-viral-un-speech/
[13:11]	TR Bot	 Fact-checking lawmaker Dominic Lee after he slams West at UN
[13:12]	TR News	Vincent Bernat: Calculate 1/(40rods/hogshead) L/100km from your Zsh prompt https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2026-zsh-calculator
[13:12]	TR Bot	 Calculate 1/(40rods/hogshead) L/100km from your Zsh prompt
[13:13]	TR News	M5Stack Stamp-P4 A tiny ESP32-P4 USB-C board with optional Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/29/m5stack-stamp-p4-a-tiny-esp32-p4-usb-c-board-with-optional-wi-fi-6-and-bluetooth-5-4/
[13:13]	TR Bot	 M5Stack Stamp-P4 - A tiny ESP32-P4 USB-C board with optional Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 - CNX Software
[13:15]	TR News	Clownflare-Themed ClickFix Attack Drops Infiniti Stealer on Macs https://www.securityweek.com/cloudflare-themed-clickfix-attack-drops-infiniti-stealer-on-macs/
[13:15]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cloudflare-themed-clickfix-attack-drops-infiniti-stealer-on-macs/ )
[13:16]	TR News	James Valleroy: Stagger v0.1.0 https://jvalleroy.fbx.one/wordpress/?p=91
[13:16]	TR Bot	 Stagger v0.1.0 James Valleroy
[13:16]	TR News	TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 003 - Operational Tempo Shift as Campaign Enters Monetization Phase With No New Compromises in 48 Hours, (Sat, Mar 28th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32842
[13:16]	TR Bot	 TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 003 - Operational Tempo Shift as Campaign Enters Monetization Phase With No New Compromises in 48 Hours
[13:18]	TR News	"My capsule is served by gmCapsule; presumably these examples will work fine with other cgi-capable servers too." gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/tinylog-aggregator.gmi
[13:19]	TR News	"Athens is held to be the Cradle of the West. May its brilliant light shine forever through the ages as a guide to follow, Amen." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/03/29/wisdom-of-the-ancients.gmi
[13:21]	TR News	Chinese universities performing military research acquired Super Micro servers with sanctioned Nvidia Hey Hi (AI) chips https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/chinese-universities-performing-military-research-acquired-super-micro-servers-with-sanctioned-nvidia-ai-chips-public-documents-reveal-purchases-were-completed-in-2025-and-2026-despite-us-export-controls
[13:21]	TR Bot	 Chinese universities performing military research acquired Super Micro servers with sanctioned Nvidia AI chips public documents reveal purchases were completed in 2025 and 2026 despite US export controls | Tom's Hardware
[13:22]	TR News	Hong Kong border agents and police can demand device passwords, including from US citizens, under penalty of imprisonment border controls become more invasive worldwide https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hong-kong-border-agents-and-police-can-demand-device-passwords-under-penalty-of-imprisonment-border-controls-become-more-invasive-worldwide
[13:22]	TR Bot	 Hong Kong border agents and police can demand device passwords, including from US citizens, under penalty of imprisonment border controls become more invasive worldwide | Tom's Hardware
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[13:23]	schestowitz[TR3]	Goblin: we can go in the coming months
[13:24]	schestowitz[TR3]	asked the missus 
[13:24]	Goblin	excellent!
[13:24]	TR News	Seminole Nation Becomes First Indigenous Group to Ban Planet-Cooking Data Centers From Its Land https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/seminole-nation-data-centers
[13:24]	TR Bot	 Seminole Nation Becomes First Indigenous Group to Ban Planet-Cooking Data Centers From Its Land
[13:25]	TR News	New Yorks Beloved Bodegas Are Filling Up With Hey Hi (AI) Slop https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nyc-bodegas-ai-slop
[13:25]	TR Bot	 New York's Beloved Bodegas Are Filling Up With AI Slop
[13:25]	TR News	If Convicted Felons War in Iran Spirals Into a Full-Blown Recession, It Could Crush the Hey Hi (AI) Industry and Spark a Catastrophic Polycrisis https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-economy-recession-ai
[13:25]	TR Bot	 If Trump's War in Iran Spirals Into a Full-Blown Recession, It Could Crush the AI Industry and Spark a Catastrophic Polycrisis
[13:26]	TR News	A judge called Rita Lin. Seriously Ritalin! https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/us-district-judge-blocks-government-ban-on-anthropic-ai/
[13:26]	TR Bot	 US District Judge blocks government ban on Anthropic AI - JURIST - News
[13:26]	TR News	Indonesia begins enforcing social control media ban for children under-16s https://www.france24.com/en/indonesia-begins-enforcing-social-media-ban-for-children-under-16s
[13:26]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/indonesia-begins-enforcing-social-media-ban-for-children-under-16s )
[13:28]	TR News	Collagen Supplements May Offer Real Benefits, Large Review Suggests https://www.sciencealert.com/collagen-supplements-may-offer-real-benefits-large-review-suggests
[13:28]	TR Bot	Supplements May Offer Real Benefits, Large Review Suggests : ScienceAlert
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[13:36]	TR News	China Is Rapidly Overtaking the United States as the Worlds Scientific Superpower https://futurism.com/science-energy/china-overtaking-us-world-scientific-superpower
[13:36]	TR Bot	 China Is Rapidly Overtaking the United States as the World's Scientific Superpower
[13:40]	TR News	Wall Street Has a Major Problem With Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers https://futurism.com/science-energy/data-centers-protests-electricity "The people who are trying to block or protest these things are much more well educated than they were before."
[13:40]	TR Bot	 Wall Street Has a Major Problem With AI Data Centers
[13:42]	TR News	I don't have cellphone. I don't have social control media. I don't have gonorrhoea. Not having diseases is generally a good thing.
[13:42]	TR News	"This Beta release includes Ubuntu Desktop, Server, WSL, Cloud products, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu. Since it's an LTS release, it will be supported until April 2031." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ubuntu-26-04-lts-beta-released-with-gnome-50-linux-kernel-7-0-mesa-26/
[13:42]	TR Bot	26.04 LTS Beta released with GNOME 50, Linux kernel 7.0, Mesa 26 | GamingOnLinux
[13:43]	TR News	Linux for smartphones: Ubuntu Touch makes the Volla Phone Quintus a rare alternative in the mass market https://www.igorslab.de/en/linux-for-smartphones-ubuntu-touch-makes-the-volla-phone-quintus-a-rare-alternative-in-the-mass-market/
[13:43]	TR Bot	 Linux for smartphones: Ubuntu Touch makes the Volla Phone Quintus a rare alternative in the mass market | igorsLAB
[13:45]	TR News	Using FireWire On A Raspberry Pi Before Linux Drops Support https://hackaday.com/2026/03/27/using-firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi-before-linux-drops-support/
[13:45]	TR Bot	FireWire On A Raspberry Pi Before Linux Drops Support | Hackaday
[13:46]	TR News	Framework is funding KDE to build Linux laptops you can actually customize https://www.xda-developers.com/framework-is-funding-kde-to-build-linux-laptops-you-can-actually-customize/
[13:46]	TR Bot	 Framework is funding KDE to build Linux laptops you can actually customize
[13:46]	TR News	Fedora quietly solved Linux's update problem https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-quietly-solved-linuxs-update-problem/
[13:46]	TR Bot	 Fedora quietly solved Linux's update problem
[13:47]	TR News	"This release ships with the FATSort utility for sorting FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, and exFAT partitions." https://9to5linux.com/systemrescue-13-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-gparted-1-8-1-and-more
[13:47]	TR Bot	13 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GParted 1.8.1, and More - 9to5Linux
[13:48]	TR News	Fedora Linux ships with an ultra-powerful tool most people never even open https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-linux-ships-with-an-ultra-powerful-tool-most-people-never-even-open/
[13:48]	TR Bot	 Fedora Linux ships with an ultra-powerful tool most people never even open
[13:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" and Stagger v0.1.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Games_ScummVM_2026_2_0_Railmonicon_and_Stagger_v0_1_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Games_ScummVM_2026_2_0_Railmonicon_and_Stagger_v0_1_0.gmi 
[13:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[13:51]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Games: ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" and Stagger v0.1.0
[13:52]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines today's howtos
[13:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Devices, Open Hardware, and Linux for smartphones https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GNU_Linux_Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Linux_for_smartphones.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GNU_Linux_Devices_Open_Hardware_and_Linux_for_smartphones.gmi 
[13:53]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux Devices, Open Hardware, and Linux for smartphones
[13:56]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi 
[13:56]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
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[14:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Programming, and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Programming_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Programming_and_Standards.gmi 
[14:00]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Programming, and Standards
[14:05]	TR News	Techrights Links 29/03/2026: Indonesia Cracks Down on Social Control Media Addiction, China Becomes Worlds Scientific Superpower https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Links_29_03_2026_Indonesia_Cracks_Down_on_Social_Control_Media_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Links_29_03_2026_Indonesia_Cracks_Down_on_Social_Control_Media_.gmi 
[14:05]	TR Bot	 Techrights Links 29/03/2026: Indonesia Cracks Down on Social Control Media Addiction, China Becomes Worlds Scientific Superpower
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[14:22]	TR News	IBM PIPs: "yea its a weird move. I remember being a young persons thing. They retooled it and repurposed it and we-ponized to take older folks. Its sneaky as fu-k tactic" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmntk0ys
[14:22]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmntk0ys )
[14:24]	TR News	"This thread is about as informative as asking if the sun is coming up tomorrow like it has for 454,000,000,000 years. It's IBM I've Been Mugged after all and it is lies wrapped in a cabal wrapped in an inigma. Anybody have a better description than dumpster fire?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjx78wwh
[14:24]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjx78wwh )
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[14:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  This Week in Plasma: Easier Microphone Sensitivity Adjustment https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/This_Week_in_Plasma_Easier_Microphone_Sensitivity_Adjustment.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/This_Week_in_Plasma_Easier_Microphone_Sensitivity_Adjustment.gmi 
[14:28]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: Easier Microphone Sensitivity Adjustment
[14:45]	TR News	Techrights LLM Slop Kills Sites, as Sites That Adopt Slop Are Doomed https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/LLM_Slop_Kills_Sites_as_Sites_That_Adopt_Slop_Are_Doomed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/LLM_Slop_Kills_Sites_as_Sites_That_Adopt_Slop_Are_Doomed.gmi 
[14:45]	TR Bot	 Techrights LLM Slop Kills Sites, as Sites That Adopt Slop Are Doomed
[14:45]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[14:45]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Android Leftovers
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[15:13]	TR News	Techrights People Discuss Rumours of Mass Layoffs at IBM Becoming Public in 1-2 Weeks https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/People_Discuss_Rumours_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM_Becoming_Public_i.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/People_Discuss_Rumours_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM_Becoming_Public_i.gmi 
[15:13]	TR Bot	 Techrights People Discuss Rumours of Mass Layoffs at IBM Becoming Public in 1-2 Weeks
[15:16]	TR News	"Over a quarter of law firms shut down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) last year were closed for breaching accounting rules." https://www.accountancydaily.co/26-law-firms-shut-over-accounting-breaches
[15:16]	TR Bot	 26% of law firms shut over accounting breaches | Business & Accountancy Daily
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[15:34]	schestowitz[TR3]	Goblin: it was called thistleweb
[15:34]	schestowitz[TR3]	i've just rememberd
[15:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  Sharing is Caring but There is Carrying Capacity https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Sharing_is_Caring_but_There_is_Carrying_Capacity.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Sharing_is_Caring_but_There_is_Carrying_Capacity.gmi 
[15:37]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Sharing is Caring but There is Carrying Capacity
[15:42]	TR News	 (NEW):  Up North https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Up_North.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/Up_North.gmi 
[15:42]	TR Bot	 Tux Machines Up North
[15:43]	Goblin	ah yes that was it!  Do you still chat with him?
[15:48]	schestowitz[TR3]	didn't see him
[15:49]	schestowitz[TR3]	maybe he drinks a,lot, mmaybe he stopped
[15:49]	schestowitz[TR3]	but i did not see him online
[15:49]	schestowitz[TR3]	since 2012 at least
[15:53]	TR News	Techrights Almost 20 Years After Microsoft/Novell https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Almost_20_Years_After_Microsoft_Novell.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Almost_20_Years_After_Microsoft_Novell.gmi 
[15:53]	TR Bot	 Techrights Almost 20 Years After Microsoft/Novell
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[16:28]	TR News	Techrights The Limits of Inclusion https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/The_Limits_of_Inclusion.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/The_Limits_of_Inclusion.gmi 
[16:28]	TR Bot	 Techrights The Limits of Inclusion
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[17:11]	admfubar	sounds like someone needs money... https://www.firstpost.com/tech/apple-ends-retail-incentives-older-iphones-in-india-expected-to-rise-in-price-13994405.html
[17:11]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/apple-ends-retail-incentives-older-iphones-in-india-expected-to-rise-in-price-13994405.html )
[17:12]	admfubar	https://www.firstpost.com/tech/the-affordability-backlash-is-coming-for-ai-its-not-just-about-electricity-bills-ws-e-13993421.html
[17:12]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/the-affordability-backlash-is-coming-for-ai-its-not-just-about-electricity-bills-ws-e-13993421.html )
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[18:07]	TR News	Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 27 Out of 200: Using the Tor Network to Hide From Consequences https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_27_Out_of_200_Using_the_Tor_Network_to_Hi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_27_Out_of_200_Using_the_Tor_Network_to_Hi.gmi 
[18:07]	TR Bot	 Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 27 Out of 200: Using the Tor Network to Hide From Consequences
[18:35]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft Azure Does Not Have "Hiring Freezes", It Has Had Mass Layoffs Every Year Since 2020 https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Microsoft_Azure_Does_Not_Have_Hiring_Freezes_It_Has_Had_Mass_La.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/Microsoft_Azure_Does_Not_Have_Hiring_Freezes_It_Has_Had_Mass_La.gmi 
[18:35]	TR Bot	 Techrights Microsoft Azure Does Not Have "Hiring Freezes", It Has Had Mass Layoffs Every Year Since 2020
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[18:58]	TR News	Techrights No Daylight Saved https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/No_Daylight_Saved.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/29/No_Daylight_Saved.gmi 
[18:58]	TR Bot	 Techrights No Daylight Saved
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[19:06]	MinceR	https://explosm.net/comics/vulnerability#comic
[19:06]	TR Bot	& Happiness (Explosm.net)
[19:09]	TR News	Rianne tested with two browsers, Roy did too, this new menu at The Register MS seems to work without JS https://www.theregister.com/ (class="masthead--account">)
[19:09]	TR Bot	 The Register: Enterprise Technology News and Analysis
[19:12]	TR News	"I recently stumbled upon the Arvelie calendar [1], made by Devine Lu Linvega of Hundred Rabbits [2], and I loved the idea. The date notation is short and looks like a little coded message. Arvelie dates have an arbitrary starting year, which can be used to measure different timelines." gemini://theparanoidtimes.org/blog/2026/03/29/arvelie/
[19:13]	TR News	"In the uproar over the recent Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding, which rolls back almost all of Canada's emissions regulations and clears the way for a new bitumen pipeline, one of the more overlooked aspects was the language around AI data centres." gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/sand-castles.gmi
[19:15]	TR News	"When I was in my first year, I remember having a conversation with a frienda science studentwho was complaining about the arts. They believed that art degrees were useless, and that people should only study things that'll help them find a job in a real world." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/academiology2.gmi
[19:16]	TR News	"i did buy a Second Thing of the year: carding brushes. but! they're doing what they were supposed to - helping me make progress on that kilogram of fibre from last year. so not only it's not just sitting there, crafting in general has inspired me to do more things." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/approachingapril
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[20:02]	psydroid3	https://cybernews.com/tech/germany-microsoft-word/
[20:02]	TR Bot	( status 403 @ https://cybernews.com/tech/germany-microsoft-word/ )
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[20:50]	MinceR	https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2006-07-26
[20:50]	TR Bot	 Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - 2006-07-26
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[22:04]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR3], Steam for ChromeOS is in the Google Graveyard.
[22:05]	IsambardPrince	To be fair I was running into some issues with some games that did not happen under Steam for Linux or even under Wine.
[22:05]	IsambardPrince	ChromeOS doesn't use X11 or Wayland. It can support them via Sommelier but it's not the native windowing system.
[22:06]	IsambardPrince	I think AluminumOS probably has merit.
[22:06]	IsambardPrince	I think it makes sense to use the Android system and put Crostini on that as "baguette"
[22:06]	IsambardPrince	Apparently baguette will have less restrictions on the VM than LXC imposes.
[22:07]	IsambardPrince	So you'll get better graphics performance/less bugs, USB controller pass through. Lots of stuff Crostini can't do right now, or not well.
[22:07]	IsambardPrince	Graphics acceleration on Crostini is temperamental. If the program has an OpenGL ES option you should use that.
[22:08]	IsambardPrince	Vulkan is better, unfortunately the version of Mesa included in Debian Bullseye which is the latest that Google supports, is old, and Vulkan is just not usable.
[22:08]	IsambardPrince	Whenever Debian Trixie works, Vulkan should be possible.
[22:09]	IsambardPrince	They are still fixing bugs regarding Debian Trixie and the VM tools for Crostini.
[22:09]	IsambardPrince	They nailed a few more in ChromeOS 146, but there's at least one more fix landing in 147 that I want before I'm going to attempt an upgrade.
[22:10]	IsambardPrince	schestowitz[TR3], I pulled in Kubuntu 26.04 LTS beta on the 2016 Lenovo.
[22:10]	IsambardPrince	It works well.
[22:10]	IsambardPrince	Visible differences with sudo in rust are not apparent to me at this time except that it has asterisks as you type your password.
[22:11]	IsambardPrince	Apparently the original sudo now has over 170,000 lines of code and sudo in rust has about 15,000.
[22:11]	IsambardPrince	I always like to see code reduction by amounts like this.
[22:12]	IsambardPrince	And to be fair, I really hate "normal" sudo. The way Fedora has it set up, a bug keeps returning where the LDAP support causes sudo to stall out sometimes even if you don't use LDAP.
[22:12]	MinceR	if you want a smaller, more secure sudo, there's doas
[22:12]	MinceR	written by people who know a thing or two about security
[22:12]	IsambardPrince	And one of the features missing from sudo in rust is sendmail support. sendmail isn't installed by default in Fedora or Ubuntu since approximately 6-7 years ago.
[22:13]	MinceR	none of this microslop "just pile some more buzzwords on top of a gigantic mountain of bloat and try really hard to believe that makes it all secure"
[22:13]	IsambardPrince	I'm not as concerned about sudo rust as I am about uutils, which is "coreutils in rust".
[22:13]	IsambardPrince	Going from 0.6 to 0.7, they actually fail MORE tests than 0.6 did.
[22:14]	IsambardPrince	They say that the progress has been in "speed", but they are still slower than GNU coreutils.
[22:14]	IsambardPrince	Ubuntu 26.04 LTS makes backing out uutils easy. If you remove it, then it should immediately install GNU Coreutils, and if you remove that, then it will put in uutils again, so you're not going to break your system.
[22:15]	IsambardPrince	I suggest that people who are concerned about compatibility back out uutils for the duration of 26.04 LTS and either let uutils keep cooking for a while, or get abandoned and watch Canonical revert it.
[22:15]	IsambardPrince	One of the two is going to happen.
[22:16]	IsambardPrince	There's no reason to put up with something that's slower than GNU Coreutils and compatible "96.4% of the time" so it's going to break scripts.
[22:16]	IsambardPrince	By the time you have to revisit this in a few years either uutils will have full compatibility or Canonical will revert it.
[22:17]	IsambardPrince	Like Unity or god help us, libav.
[22:17]	IsambardPrince	They decide that something that fails 3.6% of the test suite is good enough for Long Term Stable?
[22:17]	IsambardPrince	What brand of crack are they smoking?
[22:18]	IsambardPrince	They should have landed something like this in 26.10 at the earliest.
[22:18]	IsambardPrince	That way it doesn't affect compatibility for this cycle and they have another 24 months to let upstream improve or die.
[22:18]	MinceR	29 231409 < IsambardPrince> They say that the progress has been in "speed", but they are still slower than GNU coreutils.
[22:18]	MinceR	that's just the way it's done
[22:19]	MinceR	microslop wanked about "performance" while all of their products performed like shit
[22:19]	IsambardPrince	I'm not aware of any context on a modern PC where GNU Coreutils has been a bottleneck.
[22:19]	MinceR	microslop and their "modern" worshipers wank about "security" while all of their products are full of holes
[22:19]	IsambardPrince	Also, which time has it been a security issue, a bad one, or are they just saying herp derp rust security?
[22:19]	MinceR	well, if there's one, they'll remove it, as they consider scripting to be heresy
[22:19]	MinceR	because the uninitiated might see what happens, and might even change it
[22:19]	MinceR	can't have that
[22:20]	MinceR	cancerd proponents wank about boot time while cancerd takes forever to boot and can't shutdown
[22:20]	IsambardPrince	Any software of reasonable complexity will have security problems.
[22:20]	IsambardPrince	systemd has swollen to over 18 million source lines of code.
[22:20]	IsambardPrince	And it's written in the C language that they say is the problem.
[22:20]	IsambardPrince	Show me which "developer" is going to rewrite 18 million lines of systemd in Rust?
[22:21]	MinceR	runit actually boots quickly, but of course the people in charge of deadian had to try very hard to pretend runit doesn't even exist
[22:21]	IsambardPrince	It's more likely that they just start writing "more of it" in Rust.
[22:21]	IsambardPrince	And then you have one of those sprawling "you also need two compilers and runtimes for the goddamned init system now" situations.
[22:21]	IsambardPrince	Like they did with web browsing.
[22:22]	IsambardPrince	To say Rust isn't very good would be an understatement.
[22:22]	IsambardPrince	In fact, if it does reduce security issues in the programs it's because it's largely moved them into the runtime.
[22:23]	IsambardPrince	That's like these people who are in credit card debt but have money in savings and they say they're using a "cash flow tool".
[22:23]	IsambardPrince	And I'm like "No, your savings is earning 3.5% and your credit card is charging 26%."
[22:23]	MinceR	i expect interesting fights when some of the rustaceans decide cancerd must be rewritten in rust
[22:23]	MinceR	that's going to be funny
[22:24]	MinceR	microslop cultists vs microslop cultists
[22:24]	MinceR	lol @ cash flow tool
[22:25]	MinceR	"cash" flows from their bank accounts to the credit card companies?
[22:26]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, No, interest accumulates on the credit card but the cash in the savings goes up from making minimum payments.
[22:26]	IsambardPrince	Der doy.
[22:27]	MinceR	:>
[22:31]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, I wrote: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10205563-9999.pdf
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	There's the TSB about DexCool crapping up the heater core in newer GM vehicles. DexCool is as bad as it's ever been and GM knows it.
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	They say 2019-2021 but DexCool (the orange stuff) has been a problem in every car they put it in since 1995, including model year 2026. It's just that some of them are not currently 3-4 years old yet and have not had time for it to come into contact with oxygen and start turning into mud.
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	After drilling the clogs, acid flush, and back flushing everything and replacing the water pump and thermostat, I recommend Prestone universal coolant after a few more passes with water to make sure the crap is all out.
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	I've ultimately changed out orange for green or yellow after thorough flushing (sometimes 6-7 times) to get all the DexCool out, and I've known DexCool to be a problem on several GM cars I've owned, all the way back to a 1995 Chevy Corsica which was the first car that got it as a factory fill.
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	Almost all the "old" GM cars you see that survived had someone that knew better than to replace the garbage coolant that caused the problems last time with fresh garbage coolant.
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	
[22:32]	IsambardPrince	The only compliment I'll give to GM about DexCool is that since it clogs everything, sometimes it also clogs a head gasket leak then you don't have the head gasket leaking.
[22:32]	MinceR	:>
[22:36]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Added: But by the time it's done that, expect that it's also clogged some of the coolant passages on the engine leading to localized overheating and potentially warping the metal. If you want, you can try taking the intakes off, drilling the clogs out, and putting new intake gaskets in.
[22:36]	IsambardPrince	
[22:36]	IsambardPrince	The 3800 V6 is called the "cockroach engine" by some mechanics because it seems to survive everything. Thank God. Now you know why GM had to kill it.
[22:36]	MinceR	(cat) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1772/55/1772559979213.jpg
[22:40]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Added: It was due to be phased out in 1999, but GM actually listened to their customers back then and kept it around until 2009. But by then you could already find its inferior replacements, the 3.6 and 3.9, even in the same model years that had the 3800 as an option.
[22:40]	IsambardPrince	
[22:40]	IsambardPrince	Despite being completely re-engineered, the 3.6 and 3.9 are much worse because they're designed to warp if they ever overheat, and they have moved many parts that could be easily replaced into the middle of the engine turning a simple 10 minute job into a $1700 mechanics bill for something like ignition coils.
[22:40]	IsambardPrince	
[22:40]	IsambardPrince	They're also hundreds of pounds lighter, but do not get better fuel economy according to the EPA window sticker.
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[22:48]	IsambardPrince	MinceR, Stellantis has started fining auto workers who park at work and are not driving a Stellantis vehicle.
[22:48]	MinceR	lol
[22:48]	IsambardPrince	I joked that if they drove a Stellantis vehicle they'd be missing a lot of work unless they took Uber.
[22:49]	MinceR	"I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob."
[22:50]	IsambardPrince	"That guy is just a straight shooter with upper management written all over him."
[22:51]	MinceR	:>
[22:51]	IsambardPrince	I liked when he removed the screws from his cubicle and knocked it over so he could look out the window.
[22:51]	IsambardPrince	Then he went back to Solitaire and gutting a fish at work.
[22:52]	MinceR	:)
[22:54]	IsambardPrince	https://www.phoronix.com/news/RadeonSI-EDuke32-Fixes
[22:54]	TR Bot	Driver Lands Fixes For EDuke32 For Those Wanting To Enjoy Duke Nukem 3D In 2026 - Phoronix
[22:54]	IsambardPrince	UZDoom has code from the Build Engine in it.
[22:54]	IsambardPrince	Ken Silverman's Voxel code.
[22:57]	IsambardPrince	They finally broke LZDoom on Windows XP.
[22:57]	IsambardPrince	"So you're keeping it around for older computers, you say?"
[22:57]	IsambardPrince	*breaks Windows XP*
[22:58]	IsambardPrince	The author of WavPack keeps a version that works on Windows 2000 and XP.
[22:59]	IsambardPrince	It's the same thing as the one that doesn't, except the MSVC version that is built for newer versions of Windows is several times bigger and also slower.
[22:59]	IsambardPrince	So even if you have a recent version of Windows, you should use the mingw compile of WavPack.
● Mar 29
[23:00]	IsambardPrince	Recent versions of Microsoft's compiler bloat the code and insert hooks for Windows Telemetry.
[23:00]	IsambardPrince	The Windows Telemetry garbage all by itself can add quite a bit if your program was relatively small.
[23:01]	MinceR	even those older computers would work better with GNU/Linux
[23:18]	MinceR	https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/magic-3
[23:18]	TR Bot	 Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Magic
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