●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, December 30, 2024 ●● ● Dec 30 [00:06] admfubar https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/12/28/1636244&from=rss [00:06] admfubar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2mU6USTBRE [00:06] TR Bot US Obesity Rates Drop for 1st Time in a Decade, With Possible Help From Weight Loss Medications - SoylentNews [00:06] TR Bot https://invidious.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=t2mU6USTBRE [00:06] TR Bot ( status 502 @ https://invidious.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=t2mU6USTBRE ) [00:20] MinceR (audio:unimportant) https://apina.biz/204979.mp4?mode=sfw [00:20] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/204979.mp4 [00:38] *tessier has quit (Quit: leaving) [00:41] *tessier (~treed@rmtrxethyurei.irc) has joined #techrights [00:43] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:47] *tessier has quit (Quit: leaving) [00:47] *tessier (~tessier@rmtrxethyurei.irc) has joined #techrights [00:54] IsambardPrince MinceR, The labor intensive part was probably considered a feature in Communism. [00:54] IsambardPrince The State could put down that twice as many people were working. [00:54] IsambardPrince And crush their souls with work that didn't even need done. [00:54] IsambardPrince :D [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] tessier Dig a hole. Great. Now move the hole over there. [00:55] IsambardPrince Meanwhile, they could have been sent to do something else had half the work been automated. [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e974:da00::1d7f) has joined #techrights [00:56] tessier The parable of the broken window. [00:57] *darwin (~darwin@7d3n498busjrn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Dec 30 [01:33] IsambardPrince Not just for Communists. [01:33] IsambardPrince In the last 3 days I've hunted down and eliminated 7 trash bags full of old papers banks, government, etc. has sent me in the last 5 years and shredded them all. [01:35] IsambardPrince MinceR, I was thinking about how my car was obsolete in 2008, when it was produced. [01:35] IsambardPrince But it has a 0-60 time of 9.2 seconds and a maximum speed of about 130 miles per hour. [01:35] IsambardPrince Any East German would have loved to have it. [01:40] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [01:40] IsambardPrince MinceR, The 26 horsepower Trabant, with a 0-60 time of eventually. No gas gauge, and two cycle oil mixed with the gas, which you have to fill under the hood, next to an engine. Get one....after the ten year waitlist. [01:40] IsambardPrince Communism. [01:40] MinceR i know [01:41] IsambardPrince MinceR, If you complain about it you end up on a watchlist maintained by the Stasi. [01:41] IsambardPrince So their customer satisfaction was surprisingly high. [01:41] IsambardPrince :D [01:56] MinceR (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/N3rLSvv = https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/gallery/N3rLSvv [01:56] TR Bot Cats - Album on Imgur [01:56] TR Bot Today's Cats - rimgo [01:57] admfubar https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/17/legal-advice-from-an-ai-is-illegal/ [01:57] TR Bot Legal advice from an AI is illegal - Stack Overflow ● Dec 30 [02:02] nobody IsambardPrince: the Trabant was prodcued after WW2, shortage of resources and workers, and soviets who destructed industrial facilities for reparations [02:03] nobody otherwise, various GDR made trucks and farming machinery were exported globally and in high demand [02:03] nobody too some motorcycles earned a reputation (motrocross) [02:04] nobody if GDR deserved critique, and it does, it certainly isn't your mouth which had to excrete any [02:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [02:09] Sompi_ https://x.com/stats_feed/status/1672039666676125697 Finland is the best! \o/ [02:09] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-x.com [02:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [02:11] MinceR lol [02:16] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-doesnt-care-positive/ [02:16] TR Bot 'He doesn't care': Elon Musk's call for 'more positive' attitudes instantly backfires - Raw Story [02:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [02:29] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [02:37] IsambardPrince MinceR, I posted this on Reddit: [02:37] IsambardPrince "Today you have people having children in their 20s who don't know how to cook, don't know what to do with the kids, and the only thing they do know is where the welfare office is. [02:37] IsambardPrince To be fair a lot of my generation was that bad but it's everywhere now. [02:37] IsambardPrince There used to be a (well deserved) stigma about not being able to raise a finger to help yourself in any way, shape, or form. [02:37] IsambardPrince My dad was a negative presence in my life, so was my mother, albeit in different and non-overlapping ways. [02:37] IsambardPrince My mother tried to teach me how to cook and my dad said "MEN don't cook. That's why they get married!" [02:37] IsambardPrince I mean, we could go on for hours just about my parents, but at least they both worked and mom knew how to cook and dad knew how to work on the car and fix things around the house and they didn't plan to just order food on doordash and go to the assistance office and food pantry every week when they set out to have children. [02:37] IsambardPrince If you can't afford to have children, if you don't want to pick up any life skills, do us ALL a favor and get an econo pack of condoms and Opills while you're at the store and spare us your mediocrity." [02:38] MinceR lol [02:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [02:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [02:41] IsambardPrince MinceR, I added: [02:41] IsambardPrince "When everyone takes something from the pot and nobody puts anything in, you have Communism, and the system breaks down. I think they just say "something something inflation something something the supply chains" now." [02:42] admfubar https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/happy-15th-anniversary-krebsonsecurity/ [02:42] TR Bot 15th Anniversary, KrebsOnSecurity! Krebs on Security [02:44] IsambardPrince The "GDR" was essentially an extension of Russia. [02:45] IsambardPrince It's odd that after decades, their industry wasn't better than it started out. [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-291224.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-291224.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-291224.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-291224.txt [02:46] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, December 29, 2024 [02:46] IsambardPrince Other countries that got bombed to smithereens didn't have this problem. [02:46] IsambardPrince Granted that the United States helped them out a lot. I think the UK made its last repayment on those loans in like 2007 or something. [02:47] TR News Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-291224.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-291224.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-291224.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-291224.txt [02:48] TR Bot IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, December 29, 2024 [02:49] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-291224.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-291224.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-291224.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-291224.txt [02:49] TR Bot IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, December 29, 2024 [02:49] IsambardPrince "The Treasury points out that, at the time of the moratorium, Britain was owed more in war debt by other countries than it owed to America. In 1946, Britain's national debt stood at about 250 per cent of GDP. Today the comparable figure is 36.8 per cent." (2006) [02:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [02:49] IsambardPrince Well, I know the figure is not 36.8% anymore in the UK. [02:49] IsambardPrince If it was, they'd be doing a lot better. [02:49] TR News Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2024-12-29.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2024-12-29.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now) [02:50] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2024-12-29.txt [02:51] IsambardPrince "It was not the last timeLondon had to look West for a bailout. In 1976, the UK borrowed 2.3bn from the Washington-based International Monetary Fund after a slump in the pound threatened to turn into a crisis." [02:51] IsambardPrince Having to take an IMF loan is a crisis. [02:51] IsambardPrince Every country theoretically CAN do it, but the terms are not attractive. [02:51] IsambardPrince So if you have to go to the IMF you have a problem. [02:51] IsambardPrince It means you can't get a better loan anywhere else. [02:52] IsambardPrince It's like that Federal Reserve MLF loan program that only Illinois and Chicago borrowed from. [02:53] IsambardPrince https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/britain-only-settled-debts.html [02:53] TR Bot The USA Made a Lot of Money From WW2: Britain Only Settled Debts from WWII in 2006 | War History Online [02:53] IsambardPrince LOL [02:54] IsambardPrince Where else was the UK going to get a loan at 2% when most of the developed world had been destroyed? [02:54] IsambardPrince And they deferred payments on it like 7 years along the way and we never complained. [02:55] IsambardPrince Now they reinvent history to make it sound like they defeated the Nazis alone and the US was the loan shark on the corner charging 40% and breaking legs for nonpayment. [02:55] Sompi_ Theoretically every country can create its own money, but the political atmosphere often doesn't allow it [02:58] IsambardPrince MinceR, Whenever I see a For Rent sign I always say "I wonder how many Forints they want. And do they HUF if you're late?" [02:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [02:59] MinceR IsambardPrince: my hair will HUF and my hair will puff and my hair will blow your house in. huh? ● Dec 30 [03:00] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [03:00] Sompi_ So instead they buy that money from privately owned banks and then the taxpayers have to pay the interest [03:00] IsambardPrince MinceR, How is the transition to the Euro coming along? [03:01] IsambardPrince Still another requirement that Hungary doesn't have to do, like be a democracy and respect human rights? [03:01] MinceR IsambardPrince: the state doesn't want it, but the people have already started transitioning [03:01] Sompi_ Why would anyone even want to join the Euro? [03:02] MinceR some real estate is already advertised in euro instead of HUF [03:02] MinceR Sompi_: because their own currency is a quickly inflating laughingstock [03:02] Sompi_ So what? [03:03] MinceR so the people don't like their pay losing its value like crazy [03:03] MinceR or having to modify their ads for selling their real estate weekly to express that they want some actual value for it [03:03] Sompi_ They have the same buying power to domestic products as they had before [03:03] MinceR no they do not [03:03] Sompi_ It means more jobs [03:03] MinceR especially not in a country like orbanistan where hardly anything is made [03:04] Sompi_ Then they need to fix that [03:04] MinceR they can't [03:04] Sompi_ Joining to Euro only makes everything much, much worse [03:04] Sompi_ Look what happened to Finland [03:04] MinceR they especially can't fix the fact that they can't produce fruits or vegetables anymore because there isn't enough water [03:04] Sompi_ Do you really believe that propaganda? [03:05] MinceR does believing ruscist propaganda magically fix it? [03:05] MinceR doesn't look like it [03:05] Sompi_ It's always the same: Before a country joins EU or Euro, they make up some "problems" and present their solution [03:05] MinceR it's not like that here [03:05] MinceR here the government causes problems and offers no solutions [03:05] MinceR but does imagine problems and offers a "solution" to those [03:06] MinceR (which is, naturally, unending) [03:06] MinceR and apparently the people are stupid enough to like all of this [03:06] Sompi_ I don't believe for a second that there suddenly isn't enough water to grow crops [03:06] MinceR not that long ago hungary was one of the most prosperous countries in the area [03:06] MinceR now romanians and bulgarians live better [03:06] Sompi_ Euro is going to make it much worse [03:06] MinceR and fidesz - hungarian pedophile alliance and its proxies are more popular than ever [03:07] MinceR i don't think that the people selling houses/apartments for euro are going to regret it [03:07] Sompi_ Euro is too valuable currency, it makes exporting anything impossible [03:07] MinceR if the government was interested in it, they could arrange for better retention of water [03:07] MinceR but they don't care [03:08] Sompi_ It happened to Finland and it is going to happen to every other small country that joins it [03:08] Sompi_ And then it destroys the economy [03:08] Sompi_ And it's all planned [03:08] MinceR well, if putler doesn't want more countries to adopt the euro, then it just won't happen [03:08] MinceR soon, france, germany and austria will fall [03:08] MinceR if he is not stopped, cheeto hitler will join the former USA to the "russian federation" in january [03:09] MinceR and then they'll destroy what's left of the EU [03:09] Sompi_ So somehow hungary was prosperous country with its own currency [03:09] MinceR and people in the northern hemisphere finally get to be enslaved the way they wanted to be [03:09] MinceR relatively. [03:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [03:09] Sompi_ And now there are problems that are not related to the currency [03:09] MinceR for much of that period, none of the neighboring countries adopted the euro either [03:09] Sompi_ And you think Euro is going to fix it? [03:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [03:10] MinceR well, the 40% inflation we got recently was very related to the currency [03:10] MinceR the point is, the people here want an extremely incompetent government, and they got it [03:10] Sompi_ You think Euro countries don't have that inflation too? [03:10] MinceR the less control this incompetent government has, the better off we are [03:10] MinceR (against the will of the majority) [03:10] MinceR if this incompetent government has minimal influence on monetary policy, that's an improvement [03:10] Sompi_ No, that's not an improvement [03:11] Sompi_ You only lose your independence [03:11] MinceR alternatively, individuals can sell their real estate for euros, commute to austria or germany to work and get paid in euro, and shop there for euro [03:11] MinceR we have no independence [03:11] MinceR and the people don't want independence [03:11] MinceR they voted in 2010 to make hungary into a colony of muscovy [03:11] MinceR and they got exactly that [03:12] Sompi_ 40 % inflation is not even that bad [03:13] Sompi_ The real inflation in Finland was worse than that [03:13] MinceR maybe you're rich enough that it doesn't matter to you [03:13] Sompi_ Of course the statistics don't show it because it's propaganda [03:13] MinceR maybe you got a salary increase to balance it out [03:13] MinceR i'm not and i didn't [03:13] Sompi_ I didn't, nobody did [03:13] Sompi_ Because officially there was no inflation [03:13] Sompi_ Somehow almost everything ended costing almost twice as much as before [03:14] MinceR employers aren't forbidden to raise wages in such a case [03:14] Sompi_ The prices of many basic stuff like electricity and raw materials increased a lot more [03:14] nobody 2024-12-30 03:10:21 You think Euro countries don't have that inflation too? [03:14] nobody low income are affected most [03:15] MinceR btw, people are already shopping abroad to the extent that government officials are whining about people not spending enough and they not getting to waste enough money through our near-world-leader VAT [03:15] MinceR but maybe they can rebuild the iron curtain so things can work the way you'd prefer [03:15] Sompi_ MinceR: That's exactly what also happens in Finland, and Euro only makes it worse. Our VAT is 25,5 % [03:15] IsambardPrince If you convert HUF to Euro then the inflation rate of Euro will apply from that point. [03:15] IsambardPrince Not HUF. [03:16] MinceR Sompi_: our VAT is 27% [03:16] IsambardPrince So if the HUF is inflating like mad and the Euro isn't, the conversion fee might be cheaper than the inflation. [03:16] MinceR with no exemption for most foodstuffs. [03:16] admfubar https://www.righto.com/2024/12/this-die-photo-of-pentium-shows.html [03:16] TR Bot Intel's $475 million error: the silicon behind the Pentium division bug [03:16] Sompi_ Our government doesn't want to increase the income tax because it would affect the rich - so they just increase the VAT and other taxes like fuel tax and electricity tax, and call it good [03:17] MinceR our government lowered the income tax and hiked the VAT [03:17] Sompi_ And then they are surprised when people spend less [03:17] Sompi_ That's also what happened here [03:18] Sompi_ It seems to happen in every country that politically gravitates towards the west [03:18] MinceR hungary stopped gravitating toward the west in 2010 [03:18] MinceR and that's when things really started to go south [03:19] Sompi_ Euro can always make it worse! [03:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [03:19] MinceR in this case, it's unlikely to [03:20] MinceR but then, it's unlikely to be introduced anyway [03:20] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [03:20] MinceR for one thing, it would probably take major reforms to even conform to the requirements at this point [03:20] MinceR matolcsy/varga/nagy's economical crackpottery would have to be discarded and reversed [03:20] Sompi_ You wrote that Hungary doesn't produce anything anymore. That's exactly what also happened in Finland before it joined the EU. It's from the euroglobalist playbook [03:21] MinceR i doubt it is [03:21] Sompi_ Joining to Euro doesn't magically make the country richer, but it makes it near impossible to start producing any stuff to export [03:21] MinceR for example, orban attracted communist chinese and south korean companies to build factories to produce BEVs and batteries in the country, but there's no workforce for it, or water, and probably also not enough electrical power [03:22] MinceR the demand also largely disappeared [03:22] Sompi_ Euro is too valuable currency, so you can only import stuff but not export it. And it ruins the balance of trade [03:22] MinceR i know, orban's "big" idea was to devalue our salaries so he could sell our labor cheaply [03:22] Sompi_ MinceR: That sounds like the same greenwashing that also happens here. Always some other green projects are coming and the only thing missing is the funding [03:22] MinceR turns out, communist chinese slave labor is still cheaper [03:23] MinceR so all he achieved was make us live like shit [03:23] Sompi_ Then they disappear when they learn that the government doesn't have enough money to fund them [03:23] MinceR but the majority apparently enjoys living like shit [03:23] MinceR (wow, who could have seen that coming?) [03:23] Sompi_ And when someone tries to actually produce something of value, then the bureucrats come and destroy everything. That's what has happened to me [03:24] MinceR when someone produces something of value here and generates profit, soon the comrades show up and "offer" to buy the business [03:24] MinceR if the owner doesn't want to sell it, the authorities start "investigating" [03:24] MinceR and when the comrades take over the business, they drive it into the ground because they're fucking incompetent [03:25] MinceR and again, the masses keep eating glue and don't mind this at all [03:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [03:30] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [03:48] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1509.jpg [03:48] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1159.jpg [03:48] TR News Countdown to New Year 2025 gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/chals/phlog/12-29-24 [03:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [03:49] TR News "Well, 2024 is rapidly winding down. I set myself a lot of goals this year, and while I didn't achieve all of them I think I achieved most of them (and I still intend to make a little more progress on some of them in the final few days!)." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/non-electronic-goals-for-2025.gmi [03:50] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [03:50] TR News "I think a lot of 'news' stories going forward will be primarily written by AI, with a bit of professional editing. I read somewhere that if you see stories on sites taht are attributed to 'staff' or 'editors', instead of specific authors, there is a good chance that the story was written by AI." gemini://lantashifiles.com/gemlog/entries/2024-12-29.gmi [03:52] TR News "In the earlier days of my phlog it was a bit of a recurring theme that I was moving from one country to another and struggling with the process of paring my material possessions each time down to what could be easily moved. 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[04:03] TR News $259k raised by FSF. It'll be over $266.67 (66.67%) by year's end probably, i.e. beyond 2/3 of the target. Give until end of January and maybe hit the target. [04:04] TR News "DEI is what IBM is all about now under Alvind and that changes around January 20 when Uncle Trump gets sworn in in. Maybe there will be a new IBM CHRO in India next ! After all, that's where Modi wants the IBM jobs to be and Alvind had better listen if he knows what's good for his future and wants another medal on his chest." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wdY65Dd [04:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wdY65Dd ) [04:05] MinceR president musk will decide :> [04:05] TR News "Patience is the mother of virtue...so be patient, and consider this : Maybe they will drop the axe on the failing Bigwigs at band 10 and beyond, like the incompetents F&O and CIO leaders, the huge numbers of unnecessary IBM Consulting Partners, Distinguished Engineers and Managers and even the rotten, incompetent CHRO who can't do her job but is kept on because of DEI." [04:05] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:05] schestowitz[TR2] Any rumors, or we are waiting till Jan 29th? [04:05] schestowitz[TR2] I mean, theres not much left to do except more layoffs. [04:05] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:05] schestowitz[TR2] IBM results in a month [04:05] schestowitz[TR2] expect layoffs again [04:06] TR News "Alvind's final madness, because his days are numbered, and it's doubtful that the next CEO will be able to turn the tide." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1waJEpFd [04:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1waJEpFd ) [04:07] TR News "Perhaps Autozone or Advance Auto will hire you to deliver auto parts? Oh come on, you downvote me but you have to admit that's better than a fast food job!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wczir85 [04:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wczir85 ) [04:08] schestowitz[TR2] IBMers [04:08] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:08] schestowitz[TR2] Getting a job in today's economy is like getting dates for the weekend. Have you ever met those guys who seemingly have nothing going for them, but always have some woman lined up for Friday or Saturday night? You ask yourself, "How in the world do they do that?" [04:08] schestowitz[TR2] Answer: Before getting a woman for the weekend date, he asked out a bunch of women beforehand, and got rejected by all but one or two. All it takes is one to accept. [04:08] schestowitz[TR2] Successful job applicants keep on searching and keep on applying, like a shark searching for its next meal. They never give up, and they don't get discouraged. [04:08] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:09] TR News My ex worked for IBM and they would send employees to India to train their replacements, revealed one X user. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/american-man-reveals-indian-ceo-took-over-a-firm-booted-out-founders-hired-indians-post-goes-viral-amid-h1b-visa-debate/articleshow/116730663.cms?from=mdr [04:09] TR Bot American man reveals Indian CEO took over a firm, booted out founders, hired Indians. Post goes viral amid H1B visa debate - The Economic Times [04:11] TR News "Roche's share price has fallen far below peaks it scaled in April 2022 and the CEO was questioned about the company's staffing plans in the context of recent setbacks in its development of drugs to treat cancer, among other illnesses." https://finance.yahoo.com/news/roche-no-plans-job-cuts-172538820.html [04:11] TR Bot Roche has no plans for job cuts and business is healthy, CEO says [04:19] TR News Sun Avoidance https://xkcd.com/3029/ [04:19] TR Bot Sun Avoidance [04:19] TR News D Roll https://xkcd.com/3028/ [04:19] TR Bot D Roll [04:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [04:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [04:19] TR News Fake FSF (Microsoft-sponsored "FSFE") https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20241223-01.en.html [04:19] TR Bot The FSFE at 38C3: lets talk together about Software Freedom - FSFE [04:20] TR News Albanian Prime Minister Says TikTok Ban Was Not a 'Rushed Reaction to a Single Incident' https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-12-22/albanian-prime-minister-says-tiktok-ban-was-not-a-rushed-reaction-to-a-single-incident [04:20] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-12-22/albanian-prime-minister-says-tiktok-ban-was-not-a-rushed-reaction-to-a-single-incident ) [04:21] TR News TikTok Christmas market threat https://www.dw.com/en/germany-man-arrested-over-tiktok-christmas-market-threat/a-71142398 [04:21] TR Bot Man arrested over TikTok Christmas market threat DW 12/23/2024 [04:21] TR News viral TikTok video led to a year-long global shortage of Swedish candy https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/swedish-candy-shortage-1.7410201 [04:21] TR Bot How a viral TikTok video led to a year-long global shortage of Swedish candy | CBC News [04:22] TR News Telling the SCOTUS Justices what to do when you're not even president, just a convicted criminal and insurrectionist https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-12-27/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-delay-tiktok-ban-so-he-can-weigh-in-after-he-takes-office [04:22] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-12-27/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-delay-tiktok-ban-so-he-can-weigh-in-after-he-takes-office ) [04:22] TR News Governance by social control media and secret trips to someone's private home https://www.dw.com/en/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-delay-law-that-could-ban-tiktok/a-71174415 [04:22] TR Bot asks Supreme Court to delay law that could ban TikTok DW 12/28/2024 [04:26] TR News GNU/Linux distro Thinstation 7.0.0 is out https://www.thinstation.org/ https://sourceforge.net/p/thinstation/mailman/thinstation-general/ [04:26] TR Bot ThinStation by Donald A. Cupp Jr. [04:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://sourceforge.net/p/thinstation/mailman/thinstation-general/ ) [04:27] TR News Elive 3.8.46 is out http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/22/Elive_3_8_46_released.shtml [04:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Elive 3.8.46 released [04:27] TR News "RustiCL has replaced the default OpenCL driver in the Mesa stack, bringing improved performance and compatibility. Additionally, we now use scx_loader for sched-ext scheduler management in the kernel-manager. This allows for more seamless switching between schedulers and ensures they are properly configured using a dedicated configuration file." https://cachyos.org/blog/2412-december-release/ [04:27] TR Bot CachyOS December 2024 Release CachyOS [04:30] TR News (NEW): OpenMediaVault 7.4.17 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/OpenMediaVault_7_4_17_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/OpenMediaVault_7_4_17_Released.gmi [04:30] TR Bot Tux Machines OpenMediaVault 7.4.17 Released [04:32] TR News (NEW): LinDoz 2025 is Live https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/LinDoz_2025_is_Live.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/LinDoz_2025_is_Live.gmi [04:32] TR Bot Tux Machines LinDoz 2025 is Live [04:35] TR News (NEW): Linux 6.13-rc5 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Linux_6_13_rc5.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Linux_6_13_rc5.gmi [04:35] TR Bot Tux Machines Linux 6.13-rc5 [04:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [04:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [04:58] IsambardPrince And then they are surprised when people spend less [04:58] IsambardPrince That's also what happened here [04:58] IsambardPrince ---- [04:58] IsambardPrince This is Trump's plan. [04:58] IsambardPrince With the tariffs and income tax cuts. [04:59] IsambardPrince Some things will get outrageously expensive to buy. ● Dec 30 [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] back to essentials [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] we now have enough toothpaste for 3-4 years [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] bought another 48 tubes yesterday [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] while the price is still ok [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] and it's a very very good brand [05:02] IsambardPrince Is something about to happen in the UK? [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] no [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] but [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] don't gamble [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] observe [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] prices rise fast [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] faster than your savings [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] think of it this way [05:03] schestowitz[TR2] if price of some goods rises 7% a year [05:04] schestowitz[TR2] and your savings at no more than 5% [05:04] schestowitz[TR2] and banks are at risk [05:04] schestowitz[TR2] you can convert some capital into goods [05:04] schestowitz[TR2] the goods are going to outlast a bank colllapse [05:05] schestowitz[TR2] also bought 4kg of maggi chicken bouillon [05:05] IsambardPrince Basic toothpaste is not expensive. [05:05] schestowitz[TR2] will try to get another4 or more next week [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: it's not so good, eiither [05:06] IsambardPrince What's gotten expensive are the toothpastes in the "fancy looking boxes". [05:06] IsambardPrince There's really not much difference. [05:06] schestowitz[TR2] the teeth are more valuable than the paste [05:06] IsambardPrince Maybe it tastes a little better. [05:06] IsambardPrince Not sure it's worth another $5 a tube. [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] wait [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] you are thinkijng colgate [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] they do this [05:07] IsambardPrince Nobody has ever tested the expensive stuff vs the cheapo. [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] but if you get sensodyne [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] then you do get a real benefit [05:07] schestowitz[TR2] not just a fancier carton [05:08] Righty Drugged toothpaste is ehh. [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] i think it was you sho shared a photo of usa locking colgate tubes beehind locked cabinet [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] so you need to ask staff [05:08] schestowitz[TR2] to gain "access" [05:09] schestowitz[TR2] to the carton [05:09] schestowitz[TR2] which is... very inefficient [05:09] schestowitz[TR2] the locked cabinet used to be just for finer electronics and jewelries [05:09] schestowitz[TR2] small but expensive things you can pockert [05:09] Righty Toothpaste was clearly getting often stolen - but at that stage you may as well only allow employees in the store and get them to grab everything. [05:09] schestowitz[TR2] without eas detection [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] would people start filling their pockets with colgate carttons? [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] and try to escape? [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] also, what is the real value of t hese "goods"? [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] the real cost of makin g these cartons is less than a dollar [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] and you cannot pocket 10 of these [05:10] schestowitz[TR2] unless you wear a burka [05:11] Righty The store pays a huge markup and then applies their own huge markup. [05:11] IsambardPrince Walmart has a store brand of "sensodyne" knockoff toothpaste. [05:11] IsambardPrince It works. [05:11] IsambardPrince Not sure why you'd pay GSK another $3 per tube for advertising. [05:12] Righty How is it a knockoff to sell sensitive teeth numbing toothpaste that works that doesn't say "sensodyne" on it? [05:14] IsambardPrince When it says to compare it to the name brand. [05:14] IsambardPrince Then say it's not made by that company. [05:14] MinceR afaik it doesn't numb anything, it fills exposed channels [05:15] IsambardPrince So when they make a Scope alcohol-free knockoff and say "Equate Alcohol-Free" "Compare to Scope Alcohol-Free" [05:15] IsambardPrince That's a knockoff. [05:15] IsambardPrince The name brand hits the shelf, does okay, they decide to make a store brand. [05:18] TR News Techrights Putting Some Eggs in the Geminispace Basket https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Putting_Some_Eggs_in_the_Geminispace_Basket.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Putting_Some_Eggs_in_the_Geminispace_Basket.gmi [05:18] TR Bot Techrights Putting Some Eggs in the Geminispace Basket [05:35] TR News Techrights The True Importance of Diversification https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/The_True_Importance_of_Diversification.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/The_True_Importance_of_Diversification.gmi [05:35] TR Bot Techrights The True Importance of Diversification [05:42] TR News "Jimmy Carter, Whose Presidency Was Marred By Iran Hostage Crisis, Dies Aged 100" https://www.rferl.org/a/jimmy-carter-whose-presidency-was-marred-by-iran-hostage-crisis-dies-at-100/33257164.html [05:42] TR Bot Jimmy Carter, Whose Presidency Was Marred By Iran Hostage Crisis, Dies Aged 100 [05:43] admfubar https://pirg.org/updates/the-true-cost-of-consumerism-is-an-absurd-amount-of-waste/ [05:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://pirg.org/updates/the-true-cost-of-consumerism-is-an-absurd-amount-of-waste/ ) [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] looks like they clownflared themselves into a corner [05:44] schestowitz[TR2] many sites became like t hat [05:47] TR News "Are you confused between Ubuntus LTS and non-LTS versions and dont know which one you should download? This article will help you understand their differences, why they exist in the first place, and which version is right for you." https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-ubuntu-lts-and-when-should-you-use-it/ [05:47] TR Bot What Is Ubuntu "LTS", and When Should You Use It? [05:48] TR News "Oracle's open source VirtualBox offers a solid GUI for managing virtual machines. But sometimes you'd prefer to use the command line. Here's how." https://thenewstack.io/linux-how-to-run-virtualbox-vms-from-the-command-line/ [05:48] TR Bot Linux: How to Run VirtualBox VMs from the Command Line - The New Stack [05:50] TR News Is this just marketing? https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-is-probably-the-best-value-16-inch-linux-laptop-right-now-just-make-sure-you-dont-try-to-upgrade-it-to-8tb-ssd-or-youll-double-its-price [05:50] TR Bot is probably the best value 16-inch Linux laptop right now; just make sure you don't try to upgrade it to 8TB SSD or you'll double its price | TechRadar [05:50] TR News (NEW): Command Line Email With Mutt: Manage Your Inbox in the Terminal https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Command_Line_Email_With_Mutt_Manage_Your_Inbox_in_the_Terminal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Command_Line_Email_With_Mutt_Manage_Your_Inbox_in_the_Terminal.gmi [05:51] TR Bot Tux Machines Command Line Email With Mutt: Manage Your Inbox in the Terminal ● Dec 30 [06:07] TR News Techrights A Free Software Foundation (FSF) Led by Dr. Richard Stallman Can Still Raise a Lot of Money https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/A_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Led_by_Dr_Richard_Stallman_Can_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/A_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Led_by_Dr_Richard_Stallman_Can_S.gmi [06:07] TR Bot Techrights A Free Software Foundation (FSF) Led by Dr. Richard Stallman Can Still Raise a Lot of Money [06:42] TR News " https://drucker.institute/rankings-2024/ IBM at #20 for 2024. They were #5 in 2023: https://drucker.institute/rankings-2023/ So a drop of 15 places in one year. Heck of a job, AK, heck of a job." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wcHrutU [06:42] TR Bot The 2024 Drucker Institute Company Ranking * Drucker Institute [06:42] TR Bot The 2023 Drucker Institute Company Ranking * Drucker Institute [06:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wcHrutU ) [06:43] TR News Techrights Jimmy Carter on Globalisation of "Tech" https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Jimmy_Carter_on_Globalisation_of_Tech.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Jimmy_Carter_on_Globalisation_of_Tech.gmi [06:43] TR Bot Techrights Jimmy Carter on Globalisation of "Tech" [06:44] TR News "Bench PIPs are continual at IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1waJEpFd [06:44] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1waJEpFd ) [06:45] TR News "The board hired AK to move jobs from NA to India to save money to investors" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1weq2rws [06:45] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1weq2rws ) ● Dec 30 [07:04] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Ran into Mark's parents today at the grocery store. [07:04] IsambardPrince They came over to spy on Mandy. [07:04] IsambardPrince I gave them the politican handshake. Get the upperhand, smile real big. [07:04] TR News "We give money, we dont take it: Where might former president Jimmy Carters money go after he dies?" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jimmy-carter-savings-inheritance-money-net-worth-b2671368.html [07:04] TR Bot We give money, we dont take it: Where might former president Jimmy Carters money go after he dies? | The Independent [07:04] IsambardPrince "Yeah, go fucking tell MARISOL you saw us here, I don't give a shit. We survived." [07:04] IsambardPrince That sort of grin. [07:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:12] TR News Techrights IBM's Bad Leadership is a Threat to GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/IBM_s_Bad_Leadership_is_a_Threat_to_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/IBM_s_Bad_Leadership_is_a_Threat_to_GNU_Linux.gmi [07:12] TR Bot Techrights IBM's Bad Leadership is a Threat to GNU/Linux [07:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:21] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:31] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@g9ryugb9q89w2.irc) has joined #techrights [07:36] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) [07:39] TR News Techrights Social Control Media (Not Just TikTok) is a "Modern Challenge" to Democracy https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Social_Control_Media_Not_Just_TikTok_is_a_Modern_Challenge_to_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Social_Control_Media_Not_Just_TikTok_is_a_Modern_Challenge_to_D.gmi [07:39] TR Bot Techrights Social Control Media (Not Just TikTok) is a "Modern Challenge" to Democracy [07:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [07:50] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [07:50] TR News Techrights The Threat of Googlebombing and LLMs https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/The_Threat_of_Googlebombing_and_LLMs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/The_Threat_of_Googlebombing_and_LLMs.gmi [07:50] TR Bot Techrights The Threat of Googlebombing and LLMs [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] "Yeah, go fucking tell MARISOL you saw us here, I don't give a shit. We survived." [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] lol [07:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) ● Dec 30 [08:00] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:01] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I'm sure she bragged that she'd have him deported or something. [08:01] IsambardPrince Five years ago. [08:02] IsambardPrince Now they see him in the store with me and we're just going about our lives. [08:02] IsambardPrince Instead of turning and running the other way I decided to just run up and catch them off guard and go "Hey, how have you been!?" [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] no [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] go like this [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] hey, what are you here? [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] marisol callesd you ghetto people [08:04] IsambardPrince She throws plates at their son. [08:05] schestowitz[TR2] sounds like something she would be deported for [08:05] schestowitz[TR2] or, at least,m lose custody over all kids for [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] you know, they do that for far less these days [08:06] IsambardPrince Mark should have hired that father's rights attorney from the radio. [08:06] IsambardPrince Anything would be better than living with that wife of his. [08:07] IsambardPrince We were over at the international grocery. [08:08] *KindOne has quit (connection closed) [08:08] *KindOne has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [08:08] IsambardPrince Everyone ends up in there, except out of hundreds of people I'm always the only white person there. [08:09] IsambardPrince The Catholics like to "help" people from poor Catholic countries find their way into the US. [08:09] IsambardPrince Legally and otherwise. [08:09] *KindOne (kindone@user/meow/KindOne) has joined #techrights [08:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [08:09] *KindOne (~KindOne@23xffjdf3phbn.irc) has joined #techrights [08:09] IsambardPrince "Lots of Catholics" means "poor country". [08:09] IsambardPrince At least in the Americas. [08:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:10] IsambardPrince They'd have more except they breed themselves into poverty and then they're bogged down with kids so nobody gets to go to schoo. [08:10] IsambardPrince *school [08:10] IsambardPrince Not the parents, not the kids. [08:11] IsambardPrince So they send the kids out to make money, climbing banana trees or something. [08:19] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], It's better to just not have a Facebook account or engage with it at all. [08:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [08:19] IsambardPrince It's a window for any creep or cop or whatever to gather information about you. [08:20] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:20] IsambardPrince It's gotten to the point where the government just sort of assumes everyone has these "social" profiles. [08:20] IsambardPrince Trump tried to pass a regulation where Social Security could look at them when deciding cases. [08:21] IsambardPrince The Democrats in Illinois tried to pass a law updating the FOID Act that would require you to turn over your usernames and passwords to the state so they could look at them. [08:21] IsambardPrince Seriously, you were going to have to give your social media usernames and passwords to the state police so they could look at them before deciding on your gun permit. [08:22] IsambardPrince HR at various companies pays for your social media posts and scours it for key words. [08:22] IsambardPrince They use it in hiring decisions. [08:24] TR News Techrights [Meme] Getting Banned From Social Control Media 2 Days or Two Weeks Before Leaving Office https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Meme_Getting_Banned_From_Social_Control_Media_2_Days_or_Two_Wee.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Meme_Getting_Banned_From_Social_Control_Media_2_Days_or_Two_Wee.gmi [08:24] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] Getting Banned From Social Control Media 2 Days or Two Weeks Before Leaving Office [08:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [08:30] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:37] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g2vk8Gudqs [08:37] TR Bot https://invidious.slipfox.xyz/watch?v=6g2vk8Gudqs [08:37] TR Bot ww25.invidious.slipfox.xyz | NO TITLE [08:37] IsambardPrince MinceR, I am Error. [08:38] IsambardPrince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_am_Error [08:38] TR Bot I am Error - Wikipedia [08:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [08:40] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [08:42] IsambardPrince The first game is absolutely full of Engrish. [08:43] IsambardPrince marisol callesd you ghetto people [08:43] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I live in a building full of ghetto people. [08:43] IsambardPrince We're definitely the classiest people here. [08:44] IsambardPrince MinceR, The Japanese saved the video game industry. [08:44] TR News (NEW): PakOS Debian-based Linux distribution from Pakistan https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/PakOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution_from_Pakistan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/PakOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution_from_Pakistan.gmi [08:44] TR Bot Tux Machines PakOS Debian-based Linux distribution from Pakistan [08:44] IsambardPrince The US consoles came out first but they were quite bad and eventually the market was flooded with shitty games. Atari had no control over who could release a cartridge. [08:45] IsambardPrince The same thing is kind of happening now with animation. [08:45] IsambardPrince The US used to have a thriving animation industry, and then ceded it to the Japanese. [08:47] TR News Techrights statCounter: Microsoft Windows Down a Percent This Year in South America, GNU/Linux Up to 3.2% https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/statCounter_Microsoft_Windows_Down_a_Percent_This_Year_in_South.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/statCounter_Microsoft_Windows_Down_a_Percent_This_Year_in_South.gmi [08:47] TR Bot Techrights statCounter: Microsoft Windows Down a Percent This Year in South America, GNU/Linux Up to 3.2% [08:48] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:48] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software [08:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [08:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Dec 30 [09:02] TR News Techrights Wishing for a Wikileaks Renaissance in 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Wishing_for_a_Wikileaks_Renaissance_in_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Wishing_for_a_Wikileaks_Renaissance_in_2025.gmi [09:02] TR Bot Techrights Wishing for a Wikileaks Renaissance in 2025 [09:06] TR News (NEW): 8 Ubuntu Tips and Tricks for First-Time Users https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/8_Ubuntu_Tips_and_Tricks_for_First_Time_Users.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/8_Ubuntu_Tips_and_Tricks_for_First_Time_Users.gmi [09:06] TR Bot Tux Machines 8 Ubuntu Tips and Tricks for First-Time Users [09:09] TR News (NEW): EndeavourOS Neo Provides a Stylish Route to Arch Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/EndeavourOS_Neo_Provides_a_Stylish_Route_to_Arch_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/EndeavourOS_Neo_Provides_a_Stylish_Route_to_Arch_Linux.gmi [09:09] TR Bot Tux Machines EndeavourOS Neo Provides a Stylish Route to Arch Linux [09:14] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techrights [09:21] TR News (NEW): Why Arch Isn't My Daily Driver, but I Use It Anyway https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Why_Arch_Isn_t_My_Daily_Driver_but_I_Use_It_Anyway.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Why_Arch_Isn_t_My_Daily_Driver_but_I_Use_It_Anyway.gmi [09:21] TR Bot Tux Machines Why Arch Isn't My Daily Driver, but I Use It Anyway [09:25] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The AIDS crisis just goes on and on. Trump made a dirty agreement with "Gilead" the drug company to pretty much ensure that we'd never end the epidemic. [09:25] IsambardPrince To put PrEP drugs out of the reach of most Americans. [09:25] TR News Techrights Apple's Main Stronghold (North America) at Risk From GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Apple_s_Main_Stronghold_North_America_at_Risk_From_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Apple_s_Main_Stronghold_North_America_at_Risk_From_GNU_Linux.gmi [09:25] TR Bot Techrights Apple's Main Stronghold (North America) at Risk From GNU/Linux [09:26] IsambardPrince Most people didn't notice it, but I've seen too many people my age who have HIV. I never did get it, but my dad was telling me 25 years ago that "all" gay men would get it at some point. [09:26] IsambardPrince He basically did his best to paint this bleak future where I may as well not even live to see it. [09:26] TR News "Notable quotes by Jimmy Carter" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-jimmy-carter-barack-obama-american-christian-b2671281.html [09:26] TR Bot Notable quotes by Jimmy Carter | The Independent [09:28] schestowitz[TR2] in HIV spreads a lot this year in mandyland [09:28] schestowitz[TR2] it was in national and intl news [09:29] IsambardPrince The criminals who run the drug companies don't want it wiped out. [09:29] IsambardPrince They want patents and revenue streams. [09:29] IsambardPrince And patients who need the medicine daily. 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Here comes spring so soon!! Spring 2025... coming for xmas 2024. ● Dec 30 [10:06] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [10:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [10:20] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@g9ryugb9q89w2.irc) has joined #techrights [10:24] TR News Techrights Remembering When Photography Meant Realistic Captures of Reality, Not "Hey Hi" (AI) and 'Instagrammed' (Filtered, Manipulated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Remembering_When_Photography_Meant_Realistic_Captures_of_Realit.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Remembering_When_Photography_Meant_Realistic_Captures_of_Realit.gmi [10:24] TR Bot Techrights Remembering When Photography Meant Realistic Captures of Reality, Not "Hey Hi" (AI) and 'Instagrammed' (Filtered, Manipulated) [10:35] TR News Techrights 15 Years Ago Mozilla Firefox Had Over 50% of the Slovakian Market, Now Google's Chrome Has Over 70% https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/15_Years_Ago_Mozilla_Firefox_Had_Over_50_of_the_Slovakian_Marke.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/15_Years_Ago_Mozilla_Firefox_Had_Over_50_of_the_Slovakian_Marke.gmi [10:35] TR Bot Techrights 15 Years Ago Mozilla Firefox Had Over 50% of the Slovakian Market, Now Google's Chrome Has Over 70% [10:42] TR News Techrights Microsoft Windows Down From 23% to 20% This Year in Asia (Android Up From 54% to Almost 60%) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Microsoft_Windows_Down_From_23_to_20_This_Year_in_Asia_Android_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Microsoft_Windows_Down_From_23_to_20_This_Year_in_Asia_Android_.gmi [10:42] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Windows Down From 23% to 20% This Year in Asia (Android Up From 54% to Almost 60%) ● Dec 30 [11:01] IsambardPrince https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/president-obama-signs-bill-eliminating-oriental-federal-law-n577811 [11:01] TR Bot President Obama Signs Bill Eliminating 'Oriental' From Federal Law [11:11] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], "Your family sounds horrid." [11:11] IsambardPrince It is. [11:11] IsambardPrince Believe me it is. [11:11] IsambardPrince My aunts were all pretty cool. [11:12] IsambardPrince Even if Dinah was full blown manic all the time. [11:12] IsambardPrince She had moments that make me laugh at least. [11:12] IsambardPrince Like that time she threw a bunch of unseasoned steaks in the oven and hit broil and poured A1 sauce on them when they were burned. [11:13] IsambardPrince :D [11:14] IsambardPrince My parents were pretty bad. [11:14] IsambardPrince My mom has some sort of "radar" that finds horrible men and locks on to them. [11:16] IsambardPrince My favorite part was where she threw me out of the house and prioritized her second husband, Brian, who was beating the crap out of her and drinking all her money, and made me go live in a place where I had no heat and all the guy could possibly rent it for was $50 a week. [11:16] IsambardPrince When I moved finally, he called me at the new place and said I had to pay him $3,000 all over again because the "property manager" (that he was fucking) moved off and stole a year's worth of rent. [11:16] IsambardPrince I told him to go fuck himself. [11:16] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 29th, 2024 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_December_29th_2024.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_December_29th_2024.gmi [11:16] TR Bot Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 29th, 2024 [11:18] IsambardPrince Although if I could get $3,000 a _year_ rent now I might endure that again. ● Dec 30 [12:04] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYcPK3FwTB8 [12:04] TR Bot https://yt.oelrichsgarcia.de/watch?v=GYcPK3FwTB8 [12:04] TR Bot not resolve host: yt.oelrichsgarcia.de ( status 0 @ https://yt.oelrichsgarcia.de/watch?v=GYcPK3FwTB8 ) [12:04] IsambardPrince Best scene in that movie. [12:04] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], ^ [12:08] IsambardPrince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaCG2dHaBfA [12:08] TR Bot https://invidious.privacydev.net/watch?v=WaCG2dHaBfA [12:08] TR Bot ( status 502 @ https://invidious.privacydev.net/watch?v=WaCG2dHaBfA ) [12:08] IsambardPrince 2:31 [12:08] IsambardPrince LOL [12:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [12:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [12:15] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [12:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [12:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [12:26] TR News Techrights Is Microsoft's Plundering of Africa Coming to an End? https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Is_Microsoft_s_Plundering_of_Africa_Coming_to_an_End.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Is_Microsoft_s_Plundering_of_Africa_Coming_to_an_End.gmi [12:26] TR Bot Techrights Is Microsoft's Plundering of Africa Coming to an End? 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[12:32] TR News "Deutsche Telekom is Slowing Down the Internet - Let's Do Something About It!" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=GQdh8QtSBs8 [12:32] TR Bot Deutsche Telekom is Slowing Down the Internet - Let's Do Something About It! - Invidious [12:32] TR News "Startseite Digitale Integritt Deutschland" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://digitale-integritaet.de/ [12:32] TR Bot Startseite Digitale Integritt Deutschland [12:34] TR News Example of "saas holding data hostage" https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/12/15/all-new-photography-innovations-pricing-updates http://techrights.org/n/2024/06/18/Hostageware_The_Threat_of_Clown_Computing_or_SaaS_Another_Misno.shtml [12:34] TR Bot New innovations and Photography pricing updates in 2025 | Adobe Blog [12:34] TR Bot Techrights Hostageware: The Threat of Clown Computing (or 'SaaS', Another Misnomer or Buzzword) to Computer Users Everywhere [12:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [12:40] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [12:43] TR News "Jimmy Carter: Americas Greatest Environmental President" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jimmy-carter-climate-activism-1234683304/ [12:43] TR Bot Jimmy Carter: Americas Greatest Environmental President [12:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [12:50] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [12:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [12:56] TR News iophk: misrepresents Xitter as communications medium and avoids using official channels https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/stoltenberg-om-carter_--en-virkelig-statsmann-1.17186406 ("Stoltenberg om Carter: -En virkelig statsmann Siste nytt NRK") [12:56] TR Bot Stoltenberg om Carter: -En virkelig statsmann Siste nytt NRK [12:59] TR News "Gary Webbs Truth Is Still Dangerous" https://fair.org/home/20-years-after-his-death-gary-webbs-truth-is-still-dangerous/ | Source: FAIR [12:59] TR Bot 20 Years After His Death, Gary Webbs Truth Is Still Dangerous FAIR [12:59] TR News Surveillance https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/aerial-and-drone-surveillance-2024-review | Source: EFF [12:59] TR Bot Aerial and Drone Surveillance: 2024 in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation [12:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) ● Dec 30 [13:00] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [13:08] TR News Guix going the wrong way? https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2024/adding-a-fully-bootstrapped-mono// [13:08] TR Bot Adding a fully-bootstrapped Mono 2024 Blog GNUGuix [13:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [13:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [13:10] TR News As a reminder, Microsoft 'donated' Mono to distract from how it had bricked millions of GNU/Linux machines via UEFI 'secure' boot and the 'donation' was a Trojan horse to WINE. [13:11] TR News "Nick, who was on paternity leave from his IT job, had been caring for his two boys while his wife, Felecia, was at a doctors appointment" https://www.propublica.org/article/shaken-baby-syndrome-abusive-head-trauma-controversy | Source: Pro Publica [13:11] TR Bot Shaken Baby Syndrome Has Found New Life as Abusive Head Trauma ProPublica [13:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [13:20] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [13:20] TR News Throw-over tent for custom trike https://bkhome.org/news/202412/throw-over-tent-for-custom-trike.html [13:20] TR Bot Throw-over tent for custom trike [13:22] TR News Kevin Fenzi: Holiday Hacking 2024 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2024/12/29/holiday-hacking-2024/ [13:22] TR Bot Holiday Hacking 2024 | Kevin's musings [13:26] TR News "The longest running fight we won in 2023 was to free the law: In our legal representation of PublicResource.org" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/2024-year-review-effs-2023-annual-report-highlights-year-victories | Source: EFF [13:26] TR Bot EFFs 2023 Annual Report Highlights a Year of Victories: 2024 in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation [13:28] TR News "But according to Glencairn, that interest from the American market has come at a price." https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/acclaimed-scotch-whisky-glassmaker-launches-international-legal-action-over-imitations-4905953 | Source: The Scotsman [13:28] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/acclaimed-scotch-whisky-glassmaker-launches-international-legal-action-over-imitations-4905953 ) [13:29] TR News Spotify https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/29/24331523/spotify-pornographic-graphic-explicit-videos | Source: The Verge [13:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [13:29] TR Bot Spotify showed porn videos in search results for some popular artists - The Verge [13:29] TR News "three hackers who explained in detail at 37C3 how the Polish rail vehicle manufacturer" https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2024/das-ist-vollig-entgleist | Source: CCC [13:29] TR Bot CCC | They have not been trained for this [13:30] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [13:32] TR News [Old] "Under the EU Regulation, users of internet access services have the right to access and distribute information and content, and to use and provide applications and services of their choice." https://www.traficom.fi/en/communications/communications-networks/open-internet-or-net-neutrality | [13:32] TR Bot Open internet or net neutrality | Traficom [13:32] TR News "Under these rules, blocking, throttling and discrimination of internet traffic by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) is not allowed in the EU. There are 3 exceptions: compliance with legal obligations; integrity of the network; congestion management in exceptional and temporary situations." https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/open-internet | Source: European Commission [13:32] TR Bot Open Internet | Shaping Europes digital future [13:37] TR News "NOTES the considerations in the White Paper on the promotion of a level playing field" https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-16644-2024-INIT/en/pdf | [13:37] TR News [Old] "End-users should have the right to access and distribute information and content, and to use and provide applications and services without discrimination, via their internet access service." https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32015R2120 | Source: EU [13:37] TR Bot L_2015310EN.01000101.xml [13:49] TR News "The victim tried to run inside the building, and Egan tackled and choked them until he was restrained by other KKCO/KJCT employees." https://www.denverpost.com/2024/12/20/man-arrested-bias-assault-grand-junction-journalist/ | Source: Denver [13:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [13:49] TR Bot Man arrested on suspicion of bias-motivated assault of Grand Junction journalist [13:49] TR News "Patrick Egan faces charges of bias-related crimes, second degree assault and harassment, according to a press release from the Grand Junction Police Department." https://www.cpr.org/2024/12/19/grand-junction-suspect-charged-bias-crime-attack-on-tv-employee/ | Source: Colorado Public Radio [13:49] TR Bot Suspect charged with bias-related crime for allegedly attacking Grand Junction TV employee [13:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [13:50] TR News "According to the stations website, Alex is a native of Detroit. 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Upon reaching the station, Egan rushed and tackled the victim and began choking them until he was restrained by several KKCO employees." https://www.kkco11news.com/2024/12/23/bail-court-date-set-man-charged-with-strangling-kkcokjct-reporter-bias-related-attack/ | [13:50] TR Bot Bail and court date set for man charged with strangling a KKCO/KJCT reporter in bias-related attack [13:51] TR News "A Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a television news reporter after demanding to know whether he was a citizen, saying This is Trumps America now, according to court documents." https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/28/us/patrick-thomas-egan-accused-tv-reporter-attack/index.html | Source: CNN [13:51] TR Bot Patrick Thomas Egan accused of attacking TV reporter, saying This is Trumps America now | CNN [13:51] TR News "All of these stories served the public interest and would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible in some instances, to stand up without FOI." https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/a-rude-awakening-why-scotland-must-use-landmark-anniversary-to-expand-freedom-of-information-laws-4911361 | Source: The Scotsman [13:51] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/a-rude-awakening-why-scotland-must-use-landmark-anniversary-to-expand-freedom-of-information-laws-4911361 ) [13:52] TR News "McKee and Tredgett are concerned that speaking out will count against them at university and in their future careers" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/29/woke-ideology-silencing-university-students/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [13:52] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/29/woke-ideology-silencing-university-students/ ) [13:52] TR News "This was an historical year" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/restrictions-free-expression-and-access-information-times-change-2024-review | Source: EFF [13:52] TR Bot Restrictions on Free Expression and Access to Information in Times of Change: 2024 in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation [13:54] TR News "National security is not just confined to safeguarding the air" https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/12/29/space-diplomacy-a-new-frontier-for-cybersecurity-efforts/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy [13:55] TR Bot Space Diplomacy: A New Frontier for Cybersecurity Efforts - Modern Diplomacy [13:55] TR News "The shift reflects OpenAI's ongoing transition away from its non-profit roots." https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/27/openai_for_profit_push/ | Source: The Register UK http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [13:55] TR Bot OpenAI lays out plans for its for-profit transformation The Register [13:55] TR Bot Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [13:57] TR News $266,800+. FSF made it. With 2 days left. 2/3 of the way now. $266,667 passed. ● Dec 30 [14:00] TR News "TPRF is dedicated to advancing the Perl and Raku programming languages through open-source development" https://www.perl.com/article/duckduckgo-donates-25-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/ | Source: Perl http://techrights.org/o/2020/07/02/ddg-privacy-abuser-in-disguise/ [14:00] TR Bot Donates $25,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation [14:00] TR Bot Why People Should Never Ever Use DuckDuckGo [14:01] TR News "I was just cleaning up some old paperwork and stumbled across this letter again" https://daniel.industries/2024/12/29/helen-thorington/ | Source: Daniel Miller [14:01] TR Bot Helen Thorington [14:07] TR News Old: MP Simon Jupp accused of using rival's name in web domains https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/24233447.east-devon-mp-simon-jupp-accused-using-rivals-web-domain/ [14:07] TR Bot MP Simon Jupp accused of using rival's name in web domains | Sidmouth Herald [14:09] TR News "Out of the six candidates who failed to acquire their domains in Dublin Bay South, three were women ( Kate O'Connell, Brigid Purcell and Emma Blain) and the other three were men ( Jim O'Callaghan, Nick Delehanty and Chris Andrews (Sinn Fin))." https://danielpocock.com/female-political-leaders-breaking-codes-of-conduct-domain-names-swinging-elections/ [14:09] TR Bot Fatima Payman, Kate O'Connell, Domain names & Irish Elections [14:12] TR News "Are female candidates the property of their political parties or are they free to nominate, speak and vote as they please?" https://danielpocock.com/female-political-leaders-breaking-codes-of-conduct-domain-names-swinging-elections/ [14:13] TR News "On June 20, 1979, President Jimmy Cartersporting a bushy haircut and a wide necktieinvited dignitaries and reporters onto the roof of the White House to watch the installation of thirty-two solar water-heating panels." https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/jimmy-carter-green-energy-visionary | Source: New Yorker [14:13] TR Bot Jimmy Carter, Green-Energy Visionary | The New Yorker [14:13] TR News "Kempower recently set up a factory in North Carolina to manufacture electric vehicle charging infrastructure and the state's governor wants more Finnish green investment." https://yle.fi/a/74-20133865 | Source: YLE [14:13] TR Bot Finnish green tech company faces uncertainty over incoming Trump administration | Yle News | Yle [14:14] TR News "If the Danish capital feels like a friendly and welcoming city, a city one can trust, its in part thanks to its understanding and promotion of urban mobility." https://english.elpais.com/travel/2024-12-29/bridges-and-bike-lanes-what-to-see-in-copenhagen-beyond-cultural-offerings.html | Source: El Pas [14:14] TR Bot Bridges and bike lanes: What to see in Copenhagen beyond cultural offerings | Travel | EL PAS English [14:16] TR News The Saudi approach to sportwashing is GOOD (for the dictatorship) out outright sinister and damaging to a lot of Western culutre. They're in effect BRIBING some Westerners to help the Wahhabi burn villages. A lot of the media ALSO gets bribed... to not talk about this sincerely (or at all). [14:16] TR News "[...] Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean condemned Gazprom's decision, describing it as "an oppressive tactic" through which Russia "uses energy as a political weapon" and said he would pursue international legal means to fight it. [...]" https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-transdniester-russia-gazprom-moldovagaz-recean/33256263.html | Source: RFERL [14:16] TR Bot Russia Cuts Gas To Moldova Used By Moscow-Backed Separatist Region [14:29] TR News "As the year started I knew I wanted to take a better focus on the Cicada 3301 puzzle." https://connortumbleson.com/2024/12/30/a-year-of-blogging-2024/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson [14:29] TR Bot A Year of Blogging (2024) [14:31] TR News "The Cook Islands-registered Eagle S was boarded by Finnish police" https://www.voanews.com/a/finland-finds-drag-marks-on-baltic-seabed-after-cable-damage-/7918122.html | Source: VOA News [14:31] TR Bot Finland finds drag marks on Baltic seabed after cable damage [14:53] TR News "exposes Americans" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/virginia-attorney-general-asks-scotus-to-uphold-divest-or-ban-law-against-tiktok/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner [14:53] TR Bot Nebraska joins Virginia in asking SCOTUS to uphold law against TikTok Nebraska Examiner [14:54] TR News Old] "Not only does TikTok pose a threat to national security and consumer privacy" https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2022/december/name-948259-en.html | [14:54] TR Bot Governor Glenn Youngkin Bans TikTok and WeChat on State Devices and State-Run Wireless Networks | Governor.Virginia.gov [14:55] TR News "was the first president to push for a national ban" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/29/trump-supreme-court-tiktok-ban-filing/ | Source: Digital Music News [14:55] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/29/trump-supreme-court-tiktok-ban-filing/ ) [14:59] TR News "Winterkorn went down, and now Volkswagen is just as bad as the rest of them. Maybe worse: [...]" https://doc.searls.com/2024/12/29/the-kraken-won/ | Source: Doc Searls [14:59] TR Bot The Kraken Won Doc Searls Weblog [14:59] TR News "Before I get too far into taking back some privacy, I should preface with a sort of warning." https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/taking-back-privacy/ | Source: Gregory Hammond [14:59] TR Bot Taking Back Some Of Your Privacy - Gregory Hammond [14:59] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Dec 30 [15:01] TR News the notification "stack" adds up; then, at breaks, zero social life https://yle.fi/a/7-10069813 [15:01] TR Bot Nu r det klart regeringen freslr mobilfrbud under lektioner | Inrikes | Svenska Yle [15:05] TR News "part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign" https://www.securityweek.com/a-9th-telecoms-firm-has-been-hit-by-a-massive-chinese-espionage-campaign-the-white-house-says/ | Source: Security Week http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/24/ESET_Finds_Rootkits_Does_Not_Explain_How_They_Get_Installed_Med.shtml [15:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/a-9th-telecoms-firm-has-been-hit-by-a-massive-chinese-espionage-campaign-the-white-house-says/ ) [15:05] TR Bot Techrights ESET Finds Rootkits, Does Not Explain How They Get Installed, Media Says It Means "Previously Unknown Linux Backdoors" (Useful Distraction From CALEA and CALEA2) [15:06] TR News "Platforms now include references to their generative artificial intelligence tools in their terms of service. They acknowledge that these tools may make errors, but place the responsibility on the user for the content they generate" https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-12-29/warning-if-ai-social-media-tools-make-a-mistake-youre-responsible.html | Source: El Pas [15:06] TR Bot Warning: If AI social media tools make a mistake, youre responsible | Technology | EL PAS English [15:06] TR News "I think most people who have worked with Neural Networks know that adding noise usually improves their generalization." https://theorangeduck.com/page/noise-neural-networks-flow-matching | Source: Daniel Holden [15:06] TR Bot to connect to theorangeduck.com port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://theorangeduck.com/page/noise-neural-networks-flow-matching ) [15:07] TR News "I went through and pulled in all 21 posts from Blogger. This spans 2008-2009." https://davidjohnmead.com/posts/2024-12-29-blogger-import-complete/ | Source: David Mead [15:07] TR Bot Blogger import complete [15:08] TR News "StaleObjectStateException" https://kivikakk.ee/2024/12/30/StaleObjectStateException/ | Source: Kivikakk [15:08] TR Bot kivikakk.ee [15:09] TR News "Pentium II with 128MB of RAM could generate an impressive 35.9 tok/sec." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-language-model-runs-on-a-windows-98-system-with-pentium-ii-and-128mb-of-ram-open-source-ai-flagbearers-demonstrate-llama-2-llm-in-extreme-conditions | Source: Tom's Hardware [15:09] TR Bot AI language model runs on a Windows 98 system with Pentium II and 128MB of RAM Open-source AI flagbearers demonstrate Llama 2 LLM in extreme conditions | Tom's Hardware [15:09] TR News "No, we're not talking about a fully AI-generated attack from the initial access to the business operations shutdown" https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/29/llm_supply_chain_attacks/ | Source: The Register UK [15:09] TR Bot LLMs could soon supercharge supply-chain attacks The Register [15:10] TR News FSF funds now near 273k dollars. Growing VERY fast today. [15:13] TR News "But despite its popularity, toxicity has no basis in science." https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2024-12-29/toxic-people-the-science-free-tagline-we-use-to-detonate-our-interpersonal-links.html | Source: El Pas [15:13] TR Bot Toxic people: The science-free tagline we use to detonate our interpersonal links | Lifestyle | EL PAS English [15:14] TR News "people who live in urban areas" https://www.wired.com/story/healthier-cities-will-require-a-strong-dose-of-nature/ | Source: Wired [15:14] TR Bot Cities Will Require a Strong Dose of Nature | WIRED [15:19] TR News "The median sedentary time was 9.4 hours a day, but at 10.6 hours-per-day there seemed to be an inflection point." https://www.sciencealert.com/too-much-sitting-can-still-be-harmful-even-if-you-exercise-study-warns | Source: Science Alert [15:19] TR Bot Much Sitting Can Still Be Harmful Even if You Exercise, Study Warns : ScienceAlert [15:21] TR News "Were coming up on three years now that [John, Warthog9] and I have been running the MicroMirror project" https://blog.thelifeofkenneth.com/2024/12/connectx-4121c-firmware.html | Source: Kenneth Finnegan [15:21] TR Bot Poking at the connectX-4 Firmware | The Life of Kenneth [15:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [15:31] TR News "If youre just looking to get the staff role, its almost always easier to get hired into it than promoted to it." https://www.seangoedecke.com/staff-engineer-promotions/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [15:31] TR Bot How I got promoted to staff engineer twice | sean goedecke [15:32] TR News "In the quantum world, the reference frames should [also] be described by the formalism of quantum theory" https://www.wired.com/story/in-the-quantum-world-even-points-of-view-are-uncertain/ | Source: Wired [15:32] TR Bot of Quantum Events Are Also Subject to Uncertainty | WIRED [15:32] TR News "Humans process thoughts at just 10 bits per second, according to a recent paper published by Caltech researchers" https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/human-thought-runs-at-just-10-bits-per-second-say-caltech-scientists-thats-why-we-are-mostly-single-taskers | Source: Tom's Hardware [15:32] TR Bot Human thought runs at just 10 bits per second, say Caltech scientists that's why we are mostly single-taskers | Tom's Hardware [15:34] TR News "KrebsOnSecurity.com turns 15 years old today! Maybe its indelicate to celebrate the birthday of a cybercrime blog" https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/happy-15th-anniversary-krebsonsecurity/ | Source: Krebs On Security [15:34] TR Bot 15th Anniversary, KrebsOnSecurity! Krebs on Security [15:35] TR News "Neil Brown posted about what brought him joy in computers and the Internet this year." https://rubenerd.com/ten-it-things-i-found-joy-in-this-year/ | Source: Ruben Schade [15:35] TR Bot Ten things in tech I found joy in during 2024 [15:37] TR News (NEW): EasyOS 6.5.3 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/EasyOS_6_5_3.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/EasyOS_6_5_3.gmi [15:37] TR Bot Tux Machines EasyOS 6.5.3 [15:52] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/today_s_leftovers.gmi [15:52] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [15:54] TR News Techrights Links 30/12/2024: Fentanylware (TikTok) Concerns and Aftermath of Cut Cables https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Links_30_12_2024_Fentanylware_TikTok_Concerns_and_Aftermath_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Links_30_12_2024_Fentanylware_TikTok_Concerns_and_Aftermath_of_.gmi [15:54] TR Bot Techrights Links 30/12/2024: Fentanylware (TikTok) Concerns and Aftermath of Cut Cables ● Dec 30 [16:05] TR News "Starting today, all new mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, speakers, keyboards" https://www.thelocal.se/20241228/eu-universal-charger-rules-come-into-force | Source: The Local SE [16:05] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelocal.se/20241228/eu-universal-charger-rules-come-into-force ) [16:05] TR News "USB C cables can have variations in speed, power, and protocol capabilities." https://learn.adafruit.com/understanding-usb-type-c-cable-types-pitfalls-and-more/cable-types-and-differences | Source: Adafruit [16:05] TR Bot Cable Types and Differences | Understanding USB Type C: Cable Types, Pitfalls and More. | Adafruit Learning System [16:08] TR News "sent an email boasting about" https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/12/28/i-almost-died-for-a-full-sentry-database/ | Source: Stefano Marinelli [16:08] TR Bot I Almost Died for a Full Sentry Database - IT Notes [16:08] TR News "First, you had IT professionals warning that the issue had to be taken seriously." https://rubenerd.com/25-years-on-from-y2k/ | Source: Ruben Schade [16:08] TR Bot 25 years on from Y2K [16:08] TR News "The replace_invalid_utf16 function scans through a buffer of char16_t characters" https://lemire.me/blog/2024/12/29/efficient-in-place-utf-16-unicode-correction-with-arm-neon/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [16:08] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2024/12/29/efficient-in-place-utf-16-unicode-correction-with-arm-neon/ ) [16:08] TR News "Recently I posted Matching . in UTF-8" https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/12/29/Matching-Dot-Redux | Source: Tim Bray [16:08] TR Bot ongoing by Tim Bray QRS: Dot-matching Redux [16:09] TR News "Version 0.107 of Game of Trees has been released (and the port updated): [...] " https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20241230035708 | Source: Undeadly [16:09] TR Bot Game of Trees 0.107 released [16:09] TR News "This is the story of system SVC from company ORG." https://olano.dev/blog/software-design-is-knowledge-building/ | Source: Facundo Olano [16:09] TR Bot Design is Knowledge Building | olano.dev [16:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [16:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [16:12] TR News The end of the year is finally nearing gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2024-12-30-the-end-of-the-year.txt "Not gonna lie, this year has been the worst in the decade so far and one of the most difficult years of my entire life." [16:13] TR News "I was able to get outside for a few minutes of stargazing this morning, before the boys woke up. I sketched the area around a dim star off toward the SW. In our bright suburban skies, with snow reflection, I could only see the brightest star on this sketch with my naked eye, and so I did not initially know that I was sketching Corona Borealis." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20241229-0.gmi [16:14] TR News SpellBinding: ELNOUYV Wordo: STATS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-12-30.gmi [16:16] TR News "For some time I've been planning to make a CGI script to assist publishing a Tinylog. Because editing a Tinylog manually can be daunting on a phone, I expanded my "Gemlog Booster" Titan CGI script to help post (and edit!) Tinylog entries." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/tinylog/23310 [16:17] TR News "Its FOSDEM time again! Join us at Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Campus du Solbosch, in Brussels, Belgium." https://www.gentoo.org/news/2024/12/29/gentoo-fosdem-2025.html | Source: Gentoo [16:17] TR Bot FOSDEM 2025 Gentoo Linux [16:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [16:18] TR News [Old] "This is the list of stands (in alphabetic order): [...]" https://fosdem.org/2025/news/2024-11-16-stands-announced/ | Source: FOSDEM [16:18] TR Bot FOSDEM 2025 - Accepted stands [16:19] TR News "This years conference format is a little different from past years, in a more-streamlined format." https://www.perl.com/article/get-ready-for-the-2025-perl-and-raku-conference/ | Source: Perl [16:19] TR Bot ready for the 2025 Perl and Raku Conference! [16:19] TR News "I have made several updates to Artemis" https://jamesg.blog/2024/12/30/artemis-changelog-2/ | Source: James G [16:19] TR Bot Artemis changelog #2 | James' Coffee Blog [16:20] TR News Amarok 3.2 Released, Supports Qt5 and Experimental Qt6 Builds https://linuxiac.com/amarok-music-player-3-2-released/ [16:20] TR Bot Amarok 3.2 Released, Supports Qt5 and Experimental Qt6 Builds [16:21] TR News "In addition, Amarok 3.2 Punkadiddle offers an array of collection filtering features and Ampache-related improvements." https://linuxiac.com/amarok-music-player-3-2-released/ | Source: Linuxiac [16:24] TR News "Depending on the context, having pre-defined values can possibly speed up the form filling by users." https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2024/29/ | Source: Markup from Hell [16:24] TR Bot datalists are more powerful than you think - HTMHell [16:25] TR News "Do you like fiddling with computers and fancy the idea of taking on a more advanced project?" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2548020/build-your-own-router-and-firewall-with-opnsense.html | Source: PC World [16:25] TR Bot Build your own router/firewall with Opnsense | PCWorld [16:26] TR News "Recently I wound up using a FreeBSD machine, where I promptly installed vim for my traditional reason." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/VimSetPaste | Source: University of Toronto [16:26] TR Bot Chris's Wiki :: blog/unix/VimSetPaste [16:27] TR News Move to GNU/Linux and Save the Planet, CCC Talk Explains (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/29/Move_to_GNU_Linux_and_Save_the_Planet_CCC_Talk_Explains.shtml [16:27] TR Bot Techrights Move to GNU/Linux and Save the Planet, CCC Talk Explains [16:27] TR News How To Install Kdenlive on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-kdenlive-linux-mint-22/ [16:27] TR Bot How To Install Kdenlive on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [16:28] TR News How To Install OwnCloud on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-owncloud-centos-stream-10/ [16:28] TR Bot How To Install OwnCloud on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [16:28] TR News How To Install Kodi on Fedora 41 https://idroot.us/install-kodi-fedora-41/ [16:28] TR Bot How To Install Kodi on Fedora 41 - idroot [16:31] MinceR https://apina.biz/128373.jpg?mode=sfw [16:31] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/128373.jpg [16:38] TR News "The new chip exposes different identifiers (manufacturer ID, for example) than the previous one." https://pine64.org/2024/12/29/please-refrain-from-installing-waspos-on-new-pinetimes-for-the-moment/ | Source: Pine64 [16:38] TR Bot Please refrain from installing WASP-OS on new PineTimes for the moment - PINE64 [16:38] TR News "Nowadays, thieves are not only snatching phones, but forcing their owners to transfer money to the thieves. This is not an isolated incident." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/12/whats-the-best-way-to-protect-banking-apps-on-android/ | Source: Terence Eden [16:38] TR Bot Whats the best way to protect banking apps on Android? Terence Edens Blog [16:41] TR News "Key attractions of MNT's 12.5-inch portable include customizability, mod-ability, and reparability" https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/mnt-reform-next-open-source-modular-laptop-crowdfunder-goes-live-for-usd1-099 | Source: Tom's Hardware [16:41] TR Bot MNT Reform Next open-source modular laptop crowdfunder goes live for $1,099 | Tom's Hardware [16:41] TR News "Ive recently been on a bit of a repair kick and wanted to tell another fun repair story." https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2024/12/how-webcams-with-focus-control-work-razer-kiyo-pro-repair/ | Source: Doug Brown [16:41] TR Bot Downtown Doug Brown How webcams with focus control work (Razer Kiyo Pro repair) [16:41] TR News "While the Commodore PET is quite easily and unmistakably identified by its unique form factor" https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2024/guide-to-pets | [16:41] TR Bot A Guide to Commodore PETs [16:41] TR News "This is not super high on my priority list" https://www.ncartron.org/installing-domoticz-as-a-freebsd-jail-on-truenas.html | Source: Nico Cartron [16:41] TR Bot Installing Domoticz as a FreeBSD Jail on TrueNAS [16:42] TR News "Edited: December 28th 2024 (replacing older strict list)" https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/2024/12/28/363/ | Source: Systemd Free [16:42] TR Bot 2025 hardcore list of 17 linux distributions without elogind and other systemd parts | systemd-free linux community [16:43] TR News "" https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2024/12/30/a-journey-into-the-8-bit-microcomputing-past-exploring-the-cp-m-operating-system-part-2/ | Source: Eerie Linux [16:43] TR Bot A journey into the 8-Bit microcomputing past: Exploring the CP/M operating system part 2 eerielinux [16:43] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:45] TR News "In the previous post I figured out all the internal weirdness of Linux booting to get BodgeOS running on actual hardware." https://blog.brixit.nl/bodgeos-pt-3-graphical-desktop/ | Source: Martijn Braam [16:45] TR Bot BodgeOS pt.3: Graphical desktop [16:46] TR News The Elephantine Memories of Food-Caching Birds https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-elephantine-memories-of-food-caching-birds [16:46] TR Bot The Elephantine Memories of Food-Caching Birds | The New Yorker [16:48] TR News This New Talk Helps Explain Why Crimes at the European Patent Office (EPO) and Patent Policy Deficits Remain Unaddressed by the European Commission (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/29/This_New_Talk_Helps_Explain_Why_Crimes_at_the_European_Patent_O.shtml [16:48] TR Bot Techrights This New Talk Helps Explain Why Crimes at the European Patent Office (EPO) and Patent Policy Deficits Remain Unaddressed by the European Commission [16:53] TR News Kernel prepatch 6.13-rc5 https://lwn.net/Articles/1003730/ [16:53] TR Bot prepatch 6.13-rc5 [LWN.net] [16:54] TR News New Year's Resolution for Techrights: No More Very Short Posts https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/29/New_Year_s_Resolution_for_Techrights_No_More_Very_Short_Posts.shtml [16:54] TR Bot Techrights New Year's Resolution for Techrights: No More Very Short Posts [16:54] TR News Fascistic Regimes and Their Justices Will Leverage Social Control Networks to Their Advantage (Power Grab), They Won't Protect Constituents From Them https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/29/Fascistic_Regimes_and_Their_Justices_Will_Leverage_Social_Contr.shtml [16:54] TR Bot Techrights Fascistic Regimes and Their Justices Will Leverage Social Control Networks to Their Advantage (Power Grab), They Won't Protect Constituents From Them [16:54] TR News Keeping Online Even During Wars https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/29/Keeping_Online_Even_During_Wars.shtml [16:54] TR Bot Techrights Keeping Online Even During Wars [16:54] TR News Bad Year for Abusive Monopolist Microsoft in India (and Another All-Time Low, backdoored Windows at 12% "Market Share") https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/29/Bad_Year_for_Microsoft_in_India_and_Another_All_Time_Low_Window.shtml [16:54] TR Bot Techrights Bad Year for Microsoft in India (and Another All-Time Low, Windows at 12% "Market Share") ● Dec 30 [17:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [17:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:13] TR News Our Most Relaxing Christmas Ever? https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/29/Our_Most_Relaxing_Christmas_Ever.shtml [17:13] TR Bot Techrights Our Most Relaxing Christmas Ever? [17:13] TR News Techrights Trying to Informally Police or at Least Report LLM Slop About "Linux" (and Several Related Topics) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Trying_to_Informally_Police_or_at_Least_Report_LLM_Slop_About_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Trying_to_Informally_Police_or_at_Least_Report_LLM_Slop_About_L.gmi [17:13] TR Bot Techrights Trying to Informally Police or at Least Report LLM Slop About "Linux" (and Several Related Topics) [17:13] TR News Incredible! Beta'News' Now Runs Ads as 'Articles' About 'Hey Hi' (AI), Written by LLMs https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/29/Incredible_Beta_News_Now_Runs_Ads_as_Articles_About_Hey_Hi_AI_W.shtml [17:13] TR Bot Techrights Incredible! Beta'News' Now Runs Ads as 'Articles' About 'Hey Hi' (AI), Written by LLMs [17:13] TR News The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Tells Us All to "Keep Putting Pressure on Microsoft" (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/29/The_Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Tells_Us_All_to_Keep_Putting_P.shtml [17:13] TR Bot Techrights The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Tells Us All to "Keep Putting Pressure on Microsoft" [17:13] TR News Enshittification is Everywhere (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/29/Enshittification_is_Everywhere.shtml [17:13] TR Bot Techrights Enshittification is Everywhere [17:14] TR News FOSDEM 2025 https://www.gentoo.org/news/2024/12/29/gentoo-fosdem-2025.html [17:14] TR Bot FOSDEM 2025 Gentoo Linux [17:15] TR News EndeavourOS Neo Provides a Stylish Route to Arch GNU/Linux https://thenewstack.io/endeavouros-neo-provides-a-stylish-route-to-arch-linux/ [17:15] TR Bot EndeavourOS Neo Provides a Stylish Route to Arch Linux - The New Stack [17:15] TR News Emmanuel Kasper: Accessing Atari ST disk images on GNU/Linux https://00formicapunk00.wordpress.com/2024/12/29/accessing-atari-st-disk-images-on-linux/ [17:15] TR Bot Accessing Atari ST disk images on Linux formicapunk [17:16] TR News fex command-line file explorer prioritizing quick navigation https://www.linuxlinks.com/fex-command-line-file-explorer-prioritizing-quick-navigation/ [17:16] TR Bot - command-line file explorer prioritizing quick navigation - LinuxLinks [17:16] TR News Alternatives to popular CLI tools: tar https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternatives-popular-cli-tools-tar/ [17:16] TR Bot to popular CLI tools: tar - LinuxLinks [17:17] TR News PakOS Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution from Pakistan https://www.linuxlinks.com/pakos-debian-based-linux-distribution-pakistan/ [17:17] TR Bot - Debian-based Linux distribution from Pakistan - LinuxLinks [17:17] TR News screenFetch Bash information tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/screenfetch-bash-information-tool/ [17:17] TR Bot - Bash information tool - LinuxLinks [17:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [17:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:21] TR News phoronix improved _a little_ in recent months. less pieces that smell like spam, marketing, microsoft promotion etc. but nothing suggests phoronix decided to undertake a fundamental change. we're open-minded though... [17:21] TR News 11 Best Free and Open Source non-GTK non-Qt File Managers https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-non-gtk-non-qt-file-managers/ [17:21] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source non-GTK non-Qt File Managers - LinuxLinks [17:22] TR News stagen wlroots-based wayland compositor https://www.linuxlinks.com/stagen-wlroots-based-wayland-compositor/ [17:22] TR Bot - wlroots-based wayland compositor - LinuxLinks [17:22] TR News 18 Best Free and Open Source Personal Finance Software https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-personal-finance-software/ [17:22] TR Bot Best Free and Open Source Personal Finance Software - LinuxLinks [17:22] TR News Ghostty: New Open Source Terminal Thats Spookily Good https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/ghostty-terminal-linux-open-source-release [17:22] TR Bot Ghostty: New Open Source Terminal That's Spookily Good - OMG! Ubuntu [17:23] TR News or maybe michael just realised his BS pieces get "traffic" for the _wrong_ reasons [17:24] TR News (NEW): Release of Ghostty 1.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/28/Release_of_Ghostty_1_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/28/Release_of_Ghostty_1_0.gmi [17:24] TR Bot Tux Machines Release of Ghostty 1.0 [17:26] TR News "Guardiolas win percentage of 71% is more than 10% better than any of those four names with Klopp the next best on 60.9%." https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/pep-guardiola-record-500-games-alex-ferguson-jose-mourinho-arsene-wenger-jurgen-klopp-63871157 [17:26] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/pep-guardiola-record-500-games-alex-ferguson-jose-mourinho-arsene-wenger-jurgen-klopp-63871157 ) [17:28] TR News Kdenlive new year preview https://kdenlive.org/en/2024/12/kdenlive-new-year-preview/ [17:28] TR Bot Kdenlive new year preview - Kdenlive [17:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [17:29] TR News Amarok 3.2 "Punkadiddle" released! https://blogs.kde.org/2024/12/29/amarok-3.2-punkadiddle-released/ [17:29] TR Bot Amarok 3.2 "Punkadiddle" released! - KDE Blogs [17:30] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:30] TR News Bettet yet, move AWAY from TPM and adopt GNU/Linux or BSDs. https://www.urspringer.de/2024/12/29/upgrade-windows-10-to-windows-11-on-a-non-supported-pc/ [17:30] TR Bot Upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 on a non-supported PC Urs-o-Log [17:31] TR News FSF raised nearly 20,000 dollars in one day. Is this why? https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/keep-putting-pressure-on-microsoft [17:31] TR Bot Keep putting pressure on Microsoft Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [17:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [17:40] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:40] MinceR https://apina.biz/205635.jpg?mode=sfw [17:40] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/205635.jpg [17:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [17:50] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [17:57] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [17:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) ● Dec 30 [18:00] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [18:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:14] *cmb has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:14] *cmb (~cmb@y67qhiej8ixa6.irc) has joined #techrights [18:17] *cmb has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:18] *cmb (~cmb@y67qhiej8ixa6.irc) has joined #techrights [18:18] TR News Techrights In 2024, Under Linux Foundation Management, Linux.com Produced and Published Only 5 Articles https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/In_2024_Under_Linux_Foundation_Management_Linux_com_Produced_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/In_2024_Under_Linux_Foundation_Management_Linux_com_Produced_an.gmi [18:18] TR Bot Techrights In 2024, Under Linux Foundation Management, Linux.com Produced and Published Only 5 Articles [18:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [18:20] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [18:30] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [18:34] TR News Techrights [Meme] Who's the Linux Boss? https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Meme_Who_s_the_Linux_Boss.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Meme_Who_s_the_Linux_Boss.gmi [18:34] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] Who's the Linux Boss? [18:41] TR News LF still pays those "PROXIMA" scammers nearly 2 million dollars a year. WHAT FOR? https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/26/Linux_Foundation_s_Net_Income_Plunged_Nearly_10_Million_Dollars.shtml http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/30/proximabiz-linux/ http://techrights.org/o/2023/07/17/deeper-look-at-proxima-systems/ [18:41] TR Bot Techrights Linux Foundation's Net Income Plunged Nearly 10 Million Dollars in a Year, Jim Zemlin Still Pays Himself About 1.2 Million Dollars a Year and Proxima Well Over 2 Million [18:41] TR Bot You Only Had One Job, Linux Foundation Contractor (and You Blew It, for $2,500,000 a Year!) [18:41] TR Bot More Red Flags in Proxima Systems [18:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [18:59] TR News Techrights New IRS Filing Shows That the Most Dominant Company in the Linux Foundation is Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/New_IRS_Filing_Shows_That_the_Most_Dominant_Company_in_the_Linu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/New_IRS_Filing_Shows_That_the_Most_Dominant_Company_in_the_Linu.gmi [18:59] TR Bot Techrights New IRS Filing Shows That the Most Dominant Company in the Linux Foundation is Microsoft ● Dec 30 [19:19] TR News Techrights Massive Gains for GNU/Linux in Australia This Year https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Massive_Gains_for_GNU_Linux_in_Australia_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Massive_Gains_for_GNU_Linux_in_Australia_This_Year.gmi [19:20] TR Bot Techrights Massive Gains for GNU/Linux in Australia This Year [19:33] TR News Techrights Free Software Foundation (FSF) Raised About 20,000 Dollars Today https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Raised_About_20_000_Dollars_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Free_Software_Foundation_FSF_Raised_About_20_000_Dollars_Today.gmi [19:33] TR Bot Techrights Free Software Foundation (FSF) Raised About 20,000 Dollars Today [19:35] schestowitz[TR2] https://ffrf.org/publications/day/linus-torvalds/ [19:35] TR Bot Linus Torvalds Freedom From Religion Foundation [19:45] TR News Techrights Just a hobby, it won't be big and professional like GNU. 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[19:47] TR News Magdeburg, the Great Replacement & conspiracy theories: OffGs informal debate with Simon Elmer https://off-guardian.org/2024/12/29/magdeburg-the-great-replacement-conspiracy-theories-offgs-informal-debate-with-simon-elmer/ [19:47] TR Bot Magdeburg, the Great Replacement & conspiracy theories: OffGs informal debate with Simon Elmer OffGuardian [19:48] TR News Sounds like they add Microsoft bugs, not solving the real problem https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/liveslak-1-8-2-re-adds-secure-boot-support/ Sounds like they add Microsoft bugs, not solving the real problem http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/ [19:48] TR Bot Liveslak 1.8.2 re-adds Secure Boot support Alien Pastures [19:48] TR Bot UEFI [19:50] TR News "Last year I was unemployed, but now I have much less time doing free software. For the most part, I've been continuing being around projects I love. Maintaining Sxmo, being a PostmarketOs laboratory rat with my Pinephone Pro, and playing with Hare." gemini://missbanal.net/status-update-2024-12/ [19:51] TR News "playing with Hare" gemini://missbanal.net/status-update-2024-12/ playing with she/hare/DeVault/animated kiddie pr0n? [19:52] TR News 2024 Week 47/48/49/50/51/52: Photos gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2024/202412/20241230-2024-week-47-48-49-50-51-52-photos.gmi [19:53] TR News It is the fault of RMS that DeVault is so addicted to watching naked kids in cartoon form [19:54] TR News "an atmospheric start to the morning with Empty Of All False Dreams. crisp folk instrumentation is interspersed and layered with field recordings and synths, a mix of organic environments and strange transmissions. i was listening to it as the sun rose over the city, which felt apropos. lovely, moving album." gemini://bogbody.smol.pub/music-2024-12-30 [19:58] TR News Techrights Links 30/12/2024: Bad Year, Sxmo/PostmarketOs, and Gemlog/Tinylog https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Links_30_12_2024_Bad_Year_Sxmo_PostmarketOs_and_Gemlog_Tinylog.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Links_30_12_2024_Bad_Year_Sxmo_PostmarketOs_and_Gemlog_Tinylog.gmi [19:58] TR Bot Techrights Links 30/12/2024: Bad Year, Sxmo/PostmarketOs, and Gemlog/Tinylog ● Dec 30 [20:05] TR News This Week in KDE Apps: #38c3 https://blogs.kde.org/2024/12/29/this-week-in-kde-apps-%2338c3/ [20:05] TR Bot This Week in KDE Apps: #38c3 - KDE Blogs [20:05] TR News I need you ! https://skrooge.org/news/2024-12-29-i_need_you/ [20:05] TR Bot I need you ! - Skrooge [20:08] TR News NON-crimes https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/belarus-president-pardons-20-accused-of-extremist-crimes/ [20:08] TR Bot Belarus President pardons 20 accused of 'extremist crimes' - JURIST - News [20:11] TR News OPENwashing nonsense! Made partly with LLM slop!!! https://betanews.com/2024/12/30/cloudflare-open-source-h3i-http-3-debugging/ [20:11] TR Bot Cloudflare launches open source h3i tool for HTTP/3 debugging [20:12] TR News "There have been multiple rounds of layoffs, with thousands of Xbox staff losing their jobs" https://www.techradar.com/gaming/xbox-what-to-expect-in-2025 [20:12] TR Bot in 2025: a make-or-break year for Microsoft's console | TechRadar [20:15] TR News "I continue to see layoffs in IBM's future in 2025 & 2026, perhaps even accelerated by the bad numbers. Lets be honest, IBM is not really growing their business; just raising their prices." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1we4abwY [20:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1we4abwY ) [20:16] schestowitz[TR2] National debt increased 1.9 trillion dollars in 11 months https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt [20:16] TR Bot United States Government Debt [20:18] TR News "The next CEO will continue on the same path... it has been working well for all the past CEOs. None of them really care about IBM, they just see IBM as a piggy bank. This is a real shame for the board... but hey, who are the guys on the board? The same type of individuals as the IBM CEO. So, here you go!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1waJEpFd [20:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1waJEpFd ) [20:18] TR News "IBM isn't doing well in the cloud and data space compared to their competitors. What if they just sell it off? Let's be honest, this company survives with accounting gimmicks. The 401K debacle tells you how bad they are." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1waJEpFd [20:19] TR News A lot of this "cloud" (read: server) thing is just a bubble and buzzword/rebranding anyway. They already rotate over to the next bubble, "AI". They even lose money. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/21/google-leaked-doc-microsoft-azure-losing-money-on-29-bln-in-revenue.html [20:19] TR Bot Google leaked doc: Microsoft Azure losing money on $29 bln in revenue [20:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [20:19] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/russian-power-provider-struck-deal-that-hid-illegal-crypto-mine-on-state-land/ [20:19] TR Bot Power company hid illegal crypto mine that may have caused outages - Ars Technica [20:19] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [20:20] TR News "The executives not just of IBM, but many other public companies, obtain wealth through the stock options granted them as part of their compensation. While this is supposed to align their interests with those of the company, it also distorts management decisions and rewards short -term thinking. " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1weq2rws [20:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1weq2rws ) [20:20] TR News "This is partly responsible for the rot that set in with American business beginning in the 1970s, with economist Milton Freidmans declaration that the sole purpose of a company is to increase shareholder value. The executives thinking now is to get personally rich as quickly as possible, and not to create lasting value. It the I got mine, sc--w you mentality. No one knows what tomorrow will bring, after all." [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: "Russias crackdown on illegal mines outs power provider as unexpected accomplice." [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] what a waste [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] doing games [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] attt other people's expense [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] for fake "capital" [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] more waste=more money? [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] more wealth? [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] let's destrpy energy [20:22] schestowitz[TR2] and "profit" [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/ [20:23] TR Bot There is No Such Thing as 'Cryptocurrency' and Please Stop Referring to It as Cryptocurrency [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] another fake [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] another scam [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] then they shoehorn a scam [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] trump [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] to prop up this scam some more [20:23] schestowitz[TR2] to get more victims to enroll into the pyramic scheme [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] because it collapses like "NFT" [20:24] schestowitz[TR2] 100% FOMO scam [20:24] TR News Voluntary Dismissals and Attorney Fees https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/12/voluntary-dismissals-attorney.html [20:24] TR Bot Voluntary Dismissals and Attorney Fees [20:27] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/generative-ai-has-done-one-unambiguously-good-thing-for-pcs-and-macs-16gb-of-ram/ [20:27] TR Bot You can love or hate AI, but its killed crappy 8GB versions of pricey PCs and Macs - Ars Technica [20:28] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/12/journal-editors-resign-to-protest-ai-use-high-fees-and-more/ [20:28] TR Bot Evolution journal editors resign en masse - Ars Technica [20:28] MinceR :> [20:29] TR News The issue at Jeju Air (Boeing 737-800 aircraft) was the wheels not coming down. Did Boeing move to systemd? ALWAYS BLAME DE BIRD!!! [20:30] TR News Boeing blames bird. MA DOG ATE MA HOMEWORK! [20:31] TR News After several impeachment South Korea is going south, but it's one bird's fault [20:33] TR News Birds prevent wheels from coming down, just like systemd causes things totally unrelated to systemd to stop functioning. Boeing issue most likely, but blaming the bird spares them mass recall of ~1000 planes? [20:34] TR News Dr., I cannot stand because my my ear got stung by a bee [20:36] TR News Birds can land without wheels. [20:37] TR News South Korea to impeach birds [20:39] TR News Kremlin: we apologise for your plane crashing, but we didn't do it. "Sorry for your loss," said the rapist to the rape victim's family. [20:39] MinceR What are birds? We just don't know. [20:40] TR News Putin apologises for launching birds into Azerbaijani plane using South Korean Buk missiles exported to Jeju [20:41] TR News Corporate media apologises for reprinting every tweet and lie from Putin et al (inc. his deputy that takes over January 20) [20:41] TR News Boeing sez. There. I'm a journalist! [20:43] TR News "a wide range of issues." A wide RANGE OF BIRDS?? No. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/world/asia/plane-crash-video-south-korea.html [20:43] TR Bot Video of South Korea Plane Crash Offers Clues to Cause, but No Immediate Answers - The New York Times [20:43] MinceR https://tenor.com/view/what-are-birds-birds-look-around-you-dont-know-mystery-gif-21310586 [20:43] TR Bot What Are Birds Birds GIF - What Are Birds Birds Look Around You - Discover & Share GIFs [20:44] TR News Boeing: we put all the plane control computers inside the engines that suck in the birds, donchaknow? [20:45] TR News Precursor to the 737 Max... that explains so much. Where was this designed and made? Minimum wage workers? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/world/asia/boeing-737-800.html [20:45] TR Bot Plane That Crashed in South Korea Was a Boeing 737-800, a Precursor to the 737 Max - The New York Times [20:47] TR News MNT Reform Next only let down by its display https://rubenerd.com/mnt-reform-next-only-let-down-by-its-display/ [20:47] TR Bot MNT Reform Next only let down by its display [20:48] TR News Email: Three Things to Check http://www.goodbyemicrosoft.net/news.php?item.840.4 [20:48] TR Bot Email: Three Things to Check - Goodbye, Microsoft ● Dec 30 [21:05] TR News Techrights [Meme] Systemd-Max https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Meme_Systemd_Max.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Meme_Systemd_Max.gmi [21:05] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] Systemd-Max [21:23] TR News Experts question bird strike as cause of S. Korea's deadly plane crash https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20241229-experts-question-bird-strike-as-cause-of-s-korea-s-deadly-plane-crash [21:23] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20241229-experts-question-bird-strike-as-cause-of-s-korea-s-deadly-plane-crash ) [21:25] TR News Experts question bird strike as cause of deadly Jeju Air crash https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/experts-question-bird-strike-as-cause-of-deadly-south-korean-airliner-crash "It is unlikely a bird strike would cause the landing gear to malfunction or quickly shut down an engine, they say." [21:25] TR Bot Experts question bird strike as cause of deadly Jeju Air crash | The Straits Times [21:27] TR News Jeju just wanted to avoid paying families over 200 million dollars in compensation. That's a lot of money for a small airline, but it picked a shitty plane or poorly maintained it. [21:27] TR News IF ALL ELSE FAILS, BLAME A BIRD! [21:28] TR News And "modern" media will just quote "some tweet" as authoritative, reliable "source", not a blackbox or some expert report [21:29] TR News Lazy Reading for 2024/12/29 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2024/12/29/lazy-reading-for-2024-12-28/ [21:29] TR Bot Lazy Reading for 2024/12/29 DragonFly BSD Digest [21:30] TR News Three of the best: George Michaelson https://blog.apnic.net/2024/12/30/three-of-the-best-george-michaelson-3/ [21:30] TR Bot Three of the best: George Michaelson | APNIC Blog [21:32] TR News Bird crashes on belly after collusion with plane, blames plane and passengers. "f---ing humans interfering with my flight..." [21:33] TR News Humans did not invent planes, they observed the biology of birds and copied it. What became a "successful implementation" was a gradual breakthrough. [21:36] TR News Human invention: spend an hour driving to airport to spend 3 hours in airport preparing for a 30-minute flight. [bird laughs, reports to another bird] [21:38] TR News The mechanics of a plane are only as good as its loo and crew. "Modern" seats = plasticware. Because it's cheap, not because it's light. Same for water and gas pipes. Gee, why are things becoming less reliable and require buying over and over again? [21:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [21:39] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [21:41] TR News "Sorry, ground control, you cannot reboot the radar because UEFI "secure boot" and ClownStrike Falcon scratch their arse and then coredump..." [21:42] TR News What Former Debian Project Leader (Second to the Late Ian Murdock) Thinks About SystemD in Debian GNU/Linux http://techrights.org/o/2019/12/02/the-thoughts-of-bruce-perens-on-systemd/ mentions "Space-qualified systems" [21:42] TR Bot What Former Debian Project Leader (Second to the Late Ian Murdock) Thinks About SystemD in Debian GNU/Linux [21:42] TR News systemd is the plasticware of the UNIX/GNU/Linux world [21:43] TR News systemd: let's implement BSoD. We're going to need it. We design with expectation of failures, not prevention of them. [21:44] TR News This week in Linux 291: Xfce 4.20, Steam Winter Sale, openSUSE, Fedora Asahi, Serpent OS, MakuluLinux & more GNU/Linux news https://thisweekinlinux.com/291 [21:44] TR Bot Xfce 4.20, Steam Winter Sale, openSUSE, Fedora Asahi, Serpent OS, MakuluLinux & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital [21:44] TR News Network 'n Burning Bonanza | LINUX Unplugged 595 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/595/ [21:44] TR Bot Network 'n Burning Bonanza | LINUX Unplugged 595 | Jupiter Broadcasting [21:45] TR News "most episodes dont result in deaths or serious injuries." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/world/asia/bird-strike-plane-crash.html [21:45] TR Bot Bird Strikes Are a Common Problem for Flights - The New York Times [21:46] TR News Maybe Boeing now defaults in BSoD in exception handling? systemd-bsod? Windows TCO? Bird hit? Oops, not sure what to do, initiate system shutdown. [21:47] TR News Did they have enough time to scan the QR code in the BSoD inside the cockpit? "Just Google it..." [21:48] TR News Open Source Security Podcast Episode 461 The new NIST password guidance https://opensourcesecurity.io/2024/12/29/episode-461-the-new-nist-password-guidance/ [21:48] TR Bot Episode 461 - The new NIST password guidance | Open Source Security [21:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [21:49] TR News Putin's 'sovereign' gaming console projects detailed, one with a homegrown Elbrus CPU, the other a Chinese knockoff Russian gov't admits they can't compete with PS5 or Xbox https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/putins-sovereign-gaming-console-projects-detailed-one-with-a-homegrown-elbrus-cpu-the-other-a-chinese-knockoff-russian-govt-admits-the-consoles-cant-compete-with-ps5-or-xbox [21:49] TR Bot Putin's 'sovereign' gaming console projects detailed, one with a homegrown Elbrus CPU, the other a Chinese knockoff Russian gov't admits they can't compete with PS5 or Xbox | Tom's Hardware [21:49] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [21:52] TR News So now they actively undermine trust in airlines and plane builders. Lying too much leads to erosion of credibility. Why would people want to fly as much as a decade ago? Cover-up is about shifting accountability and delaying admissions. In turn, fewer flyers -> fewer flights -> fewer planes -> worse sales. They shoot their own WHEELS. [21:54] MinceR https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/028/183/426/501/434/original/77213ccc63a00e11.png [21:54] TR News If airport staff can go on strike, why not bird strikes too? They have much to protest.... [21:56] TR News MNT Reform Next Laptop Features Modular Design and Open Hardware https://linuxgizmos.com/mnt-reform-next-laptop-features-modular-design-and-open-hardware/ [21:57] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/mnt-reform-next-laptop-features-modular-design-and-open-hardware/ ) [21:57] TR News Amarok 3.2 Punkadiddle Music Player Officially Released, Now Ported to Qt 6 https://9to5linux.com/amarok-3-2-punkadiddle-music-player-officially-released-ported-to-qt-6 [21:57] TR Bot 3.2 "Punkadiddle" Music Player Officially Released, Now Ported to Qt 6 - 9to5Linux [21:57] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: saud the bohner [21:58] MinceR boehner? [21:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [21:59] schestowitz[TR2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohner [21:59] TR Bot Bohner - Wikipedia [21:59] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights ● Dec 30 [22:02] TR News "NOTHING BURGER. H1B only has 165,000 available slots each year. That's nothing in the big scheme of things. Your real fear should be IBM ending whatever departmental operations in the US and moving it elsewhere overseas. This saves far more money for them." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wbvO1Ek [22:02] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wbvO1Ek ) [22:03] TR News "Look into what you are saying. There were a few Indians we worked with who were actually Iranians. And check out some Indian restaurants that serve beef off the menu (ask the waiter rather than rely on the menu), you would find many are Pakistani. Make sure you are blaming the right people." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1weq2rws [22:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1weq2rws ) [22:04] MinceR well, if you replace the cheese in a cheeseburger with nothing, you get a nothingburger [22:04] MinceR but we just call that a hamburger [22:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [22:09] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [22:13] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux, LINUX Unplugged, Open Source Security Podcast https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Audiocasts_Shows_This_Week_in_Linux_LINUX_Unplugged_Open_Source.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Audiocasts_Shows_This_Week_in_Linux_LINUX_Unplugged_Open_Source.gmi [22:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux, LINUX Unplugged, Open Source Security Podcast [22:14] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/today_s_howtos.gmi [22:14] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [22:16] TR News (NEW): Conferences/Education: FOSDEM 2025 and 2025 Perl and Raku Conference https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Conferences_Education_FOSDEM_2025_and_2025_Perl_and_Raku_Confer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Conferences_Education_FOSDEM_2025_and_2025_Perl_and_Raku_Confer.gmi [22:16] TR Bot Tux Machines Conferences/Education: FOSDEM 2025 and 2025 Perl and Raku Conference [22:18] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [22:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [22:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [22:19] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware, PineTimes, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Open_Hardware_PineTimes_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/Open_Hardware_PineTimes_and_More.gmi [22:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware, PineTimes, and More [22:20] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [22:21] TR News (NEW): KDE, Operating Systems, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/KDE_Operating_Systems_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/30/KDE_Operating_Systems_and_More.gmi [22:21] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE, Operating Systems, and More [22:21] TR News Techrights Links 30/12/2024: Arrest Warrant for South Korean President Yoon, Experts Contest 'Bird Strike' Narrative for Crash Blame https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Links_30_12_2024_Arrest_Warrant_for_South_Korean_President_Yoon.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/Links_30_12_2024_Arrest_Warrant_for_South_Korean_President_Yoon.gmi [22:21] TR Bot Techrights Links 30/12/2024: Arrest Warrant for South Korean President Yoon, Experts Contest 'Bird Strike' Narrative for Crash Blame [22:23] TR News Fantasies have their limits and can sometimes be dangerous. Society must not be compelled to accept some people's fantasies as truth or false yet benign... just because it makes those people feel better. [22:25] TR News "This is how I introduced a recent performance at one of those full night events that opened at 10 pm, supposed to go on till six in the morning, except that by 7 am the last act hadn't even entered the stage and I felt compelled to leave. I was fortunate to be scheduled a few hours earlier." gemini://oberdada.pollux.casa/gemlog/2024-12-30_recital.gmi [22:29] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [22:30] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [22:30] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [22:31] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/tesla-h1b-visas-elon-musk/ [22:31] TR Bot Tesla replaces laid-off U.S. workers with foreigners using visas pushed by Musk: report - Raw Story [22:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [22:38] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/former-unitedhealthcare-employee-says-supervisors-laughed-while-she-cried-about-denying-cl/ [22:38] TR Bot Former UnitedHealthcare employee: Supervisors laughed as she cried about denying claim - Raw Story [22:39] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [22:40] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [22:44] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@g9ryugb9q89w2.irc) has joined #techrights [22:44] IsambardPrince MinceR, I need to watch Howard the Duck again. [22:44] IsambardPrince "The pain. It's gotten into my body....it's like I'm *weird voice* TURNING INTO SOMETHING ELSE!!!" [22:44] IsambardPrince Howard: "Oh, like a sex change!" [22:49] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [22:50] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [22:52] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2670699601/ [22:52] TR Bot Elon Musk deemed a 'national security risk' by retired general - Raw Story [22:57] admfubar it's such a hap, hap, happy place!... https://www.salon.com/2024/12/30/mcdonalds-faces-over-alleged-orange-juice-surcharge-in-breakfast-combos/ [22:57] TR Bot faces lawsuit over alleged orange juice surcharge in breakfast combos | Salon.com [22:59] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) ● Dec 30 [23:00] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [23:09] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [23:09] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [23:10] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [23:15] admfubar https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/30/other-states-banned-forced-prison-labor-why-didnt-california/ [23:15] TR Bot Other States Banned Forced Prison Labor. Why Didnt California? [23:19] *agentcasey_ has quit (connection closed) [23:20] *agentcasey_ (~agentcasey@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techrights [23:20] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@n5ik7pxgjf366.irc) has joined #techrights [23:23] *divorce (~bet@2607:fb91:803:f61:ff9:6336:3177:2083) has joined #techrights [23:24] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [23:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [23:32] psydruid BSoD = Bird Strike of Death [23:45] IsambardPrince The US hasn't been a free country in a long time. [23:45] IsambardPrince Off camera, anyone who came to complain about George W. Bush got taken into another room by "security" (not the Secret Service, private security) and beaten into a bloody pulp. [23:45] IsambardPrince Like what happened with those "Social Security Town Hall meetings". [23:48] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [23:54] psydruid > [notice] www.rawstory.com | Former UnitedHealthcare employee: Supervisors laughed as she cried about denying claim - Raw Story [23:54] psydruid Shoot them, they're free as birds now [23:55] MinceR lol