IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, August 05, 2024

beginning of new day, August 5

00:13 IsambardPrince; schestowitz-pi2: Made a vegetable soup in the instant pot.

00:13 IsambardPrince; "Whip Inflation Now"

00:15 TR News; "It's the weekend, and a lazy, relaxing sort of day, so it's time to get out some Gold Peak sweet tea, settle in at my desk dimly but warmly lit by a pudgy little lamp, and relax by writing another gemlog post on my Raspberry Pi and typewriter style mechanical keyboard with wood paneling and round keys." gemini://ythraverse.xyz/gemlog/entries/240804.gmi

00:16 TR News; "Today is a good day: I will go see my parents and have lunch with them, then when I am back I will play around a little bit more with shell scripting." gemini://melyanna.net/2024-08-05-chill-day

00:18 TR News; "In those past months there was a lot of travel, a lot of work (burnout levels of "a lot"), some really bad stuff, some really good stuff, some in between good and bad." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2055

00:26 TR News; Techrights [Video] GNU/Linux Growing, But What Actually Matters is How Many People Adopt It for Freedom https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Video_GNU_Linux_Growing_But_What_Actually_Matters_is_How_Many_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Video_GNU_Linux_Growing_But_What_Actually_Matters_is_How_Many_P.gmi

00:26 TR Bot; Techrights [Video] GNU/Linux Growing, But What Actually Matters is How Many People Adopt It for Freedom

00:35 TR News; Techrights [Video] Why Bryan Lunduke's Attitude Tends to Discredit Some Legitimate Criticism of Illegitimate Organisations https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Video_Why_Bryan_Lunduke_s_Attitude_Tends_to_Discredit_Some_Legi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Video_Why_Bryan_Lunduke_s_Attitude_Tends_to_Discredit_Some_Legi.gmi

00:35 TR Bot; Techrights [Video] Why Bryan Lunduke's Attitude Tends to Discredit Some Legitimate Criticism of Illegitimate Organisations

00:43 TR News; Techrights [Meme] #HowTo Divide the Community Based on and United Around Shared Belief/Ideology on Software Freedom https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Meme_How_to_Divide_the_Community_Based_on_and_United_Around_Sha.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Meme_How_to_Divide_the_Community_Based_on_and_United_Around_Sha.gmi

00:43 TR Bot; Techrights [Meme] How to Divide the Community Based on and United Around Shared Belief/Ideology on Software Freedom

00:53 TR News; Techrights GNU/Linux Smashing Records in Australia and the Pacific https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/GNU_Linux_Smashing_Records_in_Australia_and_the_Pacific.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/GNU_Linux_Smashing_Records_in_Australia_and_the_Pacific.gmi

00:53 TR Bot; Techrights GNU/Linux Smashing Records in Australia and the Pacific

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00:56 TR News; "The last time this capsule was updated was about six weeks ago. That speaks to how things have been in my life lately I suppose. Anyway, time for an update." gemini://gemini.hitchhiker-linux.org/gemlog/august_ramblings.gmi

1 AM, August 5

01:00 TR News; (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 4th, 2024 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/04/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_August_4th_2024.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/04/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_August_4th_2024.gmi

01:00 TR Bot; Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 4th, 2024

01:00 TR News; Techrights Gemini Links 04/08/2024: Chill Day and Hazy Light https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Gemini_Links_04_08_2024_Chill_Day_and_Hazy_Light.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Gemini_Links_04_08_2024_Chill_Day_and_Hazy_Light.gmi

01:00 TR Bot; Techrights Gemini Links 04/08/2024: Chill Day and Hazy Light

01:30 TR News; Techrights GNU/Linux Rises to 5% in France https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_5_in_France.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_5_in_France.gmi

01:30 TR Bot; Techrights GNU/Linux Rises to 5% in France

01:56 TR News; Techrights Ignoring office politics doesn't avoid them. It makes you the target." https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Ignoring_office_politics_doesn_t_avoid_them_It_makes_you_the_ta.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Ignoring_office_politics_doesn_t_avoid_them_It_makes_you_the_ta.gmi

01:57 TR Bot; Techrights Ignoring office politics doesn't avoid them. It makes you the target."

2 AM, August 5

02:17 TR News; keith

02:25 TR News; (NEW): Linux 6.11-rc2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Linux_6_11_rc2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Linux_6_11_rc2.gmi

02:25 TR Bot; Tux Machines Linux 6.11-rc2

02:25 TR News; Techrights [Video] The Future and the Hope for Gemini Takeover (Because the Web Increasingly Sucks) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Video_The_Future_and_the_Hope_for_Gemini_Takeover_Because_the_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Video_The_Future_and_the_Hope_for_Gemini_Takeover_Because_the_W.gmi

02:25 TR Bot; Techrights [Video] The Future and the Hope for Gemini Takeover (Because the Web Increasingly Sucks)

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02:37 TR News; https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/firm-says-nvidias-skyrocketing-ai-valuation-are-in-a-bubble-and-overhyped

02:37 TR Bot; Firm says Nvidia's skyrocketing AI valuation is in a 'bubble' and 'overhyped' Elliott says AI apps are not viable | Tom's Hardware

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02:46 TR News; Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-040824.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-040824.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-040824.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-040824.txt

02:46 TR Bot; IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 04, 2024

02:46 TR News; "IBM is certainly overmanned (yes mostly band 10s and up). The analysts on Wall Street are expecting IBM to get down to 35-40k in the USA, 30-35k in Western Europe, and to 110-115k in India. How IBM accomplishes that does not matter to the analysts as they use a revenue per employee number, and right now at 64 billion, IBM is running at a 210-220k worldwide head count pace." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tHe2Oyy

02:46 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tHe2Oyy )

02:46 TR News; ""last Friday's drop in the US and worldwide stock markets" that is probably going to continue since the companies are overvalued but hey, feel free to dump your life savings into IBM" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tQl9NeL

02:46 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tQl9NeL )

02:47 TR News; Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-040824.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-040824.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-040824.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-040824.txt

02:47 TR Bot; IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 04, 2024

02:48 TR News; "Customers hate their time being wasted by inexperienced IBMers" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tQdmjDl

02:48 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tQdmjDl )

02:48 TR News; "It's called "ripping the IBM Client off" and it happens all the time in IBM Consulting, and other divisions of IBM too. That's why IBM has so many lawsuits for breach of contract. But no one in IBM's Legal Department will ever 'fess up to that. That's what NDAs are meant for. LOL !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tQdmjDl

02:48 TR News; "It's bad enough when the "inexperienced IBMer" is in sales. Imagine how the customer feels when that person is in consulting and other services, allegedly serving that customer..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tQdmjDl

02:48 TR News; Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-040824.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-040824.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-040824.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-040824.txt

02:48 TR Bot; IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 04, 2024

02:49 TR News; Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-040824.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-040824.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-040824.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-040824.txt

02:49 TR Bot; IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 04, 2024

02:49 TR News; Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2024-08-04.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2024-08-04.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)

02:50 TR News; Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2024-08-04.txt

02:52 TR News; Techrights Reminder: Any Time Microsoft Publicises Layoff Figures It Leaves Out Contract Workers and "Temps" (Discharged Without Credit) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Reminder_Any_Time_Microsoft_Publicises_Layoff_Figures_It_Leaves.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Reminder_Any_Time_Microsoft_Publicises_Layoff_Figures_It_Leaves.gmi

02:52 TR Bot; Techrights Reminder: Any Time Microsoft Publicises Layoff Figures It Leaves Out Contract Workers and "Temps" (Discharged Without Credit)

02:55 TR News; Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 04, 2024 https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_August_04_2024.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_August_04_2024.gmi

02:56 TR Bot; Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 04, 2024

02:57 TR News; (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Today_in_Techrights.gmi

02:57 TR Bot; Tux Machines Today in Techrights

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3 AM, August 5

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03:08 TR News; Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi

03:08 TR Bot; Techrights Over at Tux Machines...

03:30 TR News; Techrights 3 More Months Till Maturity (18) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/3_More_Months_Till_Maturity_18.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/3_More_Months_Till_Maturity_18.gmi

03:30 TR Bot; Techrights 3 More Months Till Maturity (18)

03:45 TR News; Techrights [Meme] A Pack of Corporate Hyenas https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Meme_A_Pack_of_Corporate_Hyenas.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Meme_A_Pack_of_Corporate_Hyenas.gmi

03:45 TR Bot; Techrights [Meme] A Pack of Corporate Hyenas

03:58 TR News; Techrights IBM, Which Engaged in Eugenics Against Black People, Created "Fedora West Africa" Room and Only One Message Sent to It in Past 4 Months https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/IBM_Which_Engaged_in_Eugenics_Against_Black_People_Created_Fedo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/IBM_Which_Engaged_in_Eugenics_Against_Black_People_Created_Fedo.gmi

03:58 TR Bot; Techrights IBM, Which Engaged in Eugenics Against Black People, Created "Fedora West Africa" Room and Only One Message Sent to It in Past 4 Months

4 AM, August 5

04:00 TR News; Social Darwinism and Eugenics in America https://www.uc.edu/content/dam/refresh/cont-ed-62/olli/s21/darwin5-.pdf

04:17 TR News; Techrights IBM: We're Against Racism (Says the Biggest Racist in the Room) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/IBM_We_re_Against_Racism_Says_the_Biggest_Racist_in_the_Room.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/IBM_We_re_Against_Racism_Says_the_Biggest_Racist_in_the_Room.gmi

04:17 TR Bot; Techrights IBM: We're Against Racism (Says the Biggest Racist in the Room)

04:30 TR News; Techrights IBM's Wayland Has Hurt Blind People, This is How Fedora's DEI Room Talks About That https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/IBM_s_Wayland_Has_Hurt_Blind_People_This_is_How_Fedora_s_DEI_Ro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/IBM_s_Wayland_Has_Hurt_Blind_People_This_is_How_Fedora_s_DEI_Ro.gmi

04:30 TR Bot; Techrights IBM's Wayland Has Hurt Blind People, This is How Fedora's DEI Room Talks About That

04:39 IsambardPrince; schestowitz-pi2: Bond market.

04:39 IsambardPrince; They're obligated to pay their bondholders first.

04:40 schestowitz[TR2]; in theory, yes

04:40 schestowitz[TR2]; what happens in case of war?

04:41 schestowitz[TR2]; or a nation defaulting?

04:41 IsambardPrince; https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japanese-stocks-tumble-leading-equities-002002021.html

04:41 TR Bot; Global Stock Rout Intensifies, Powering Bond Rally: Markets Wrap

04:41 IsambardPrince; :D

04:41 IsambardPrince; LOL

04:41 IsambardPrince; Yes, YES!!!

04:41 IsambardPrince; I GROW STRONGER!

04:41 IsambardPrince; WHILE THEY GROW WEEEEEAAAAKERRRRRRRRRRR!

04:42 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: They're going to repossess a lot of cars soon.

04:42 IsambardPrince; I will have my pick of the litter.

04:43 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: It takes about 6-9 months to have your car repossessed usually if there's a huge downturn.

04:43 IsambardPrince; They can only take them so fast.

04:46 IsambardPrince; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-08-01/why-cvs-and-target-locking-up-products-is-backfiring

04:46 TR Bot; - Are you a robot?

04:46 IsambardPrince; "Retailers Locked Up Their Productsand Broke Shopping in America"

04:46 IsambardPrince; :)

04:46 IsambardPrince; "CVS, Target and other chains have barricaded everything from toiletries to cleaning supplies. Its backfired in almost every way."

04:47 TR News; Techrights Why IBM Employees Keep Saying the "I" in IBM Stands for India, Not International https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Why_IBM_Employees_Keep_Saying_the_I_in_IBM_Stands_for_India_Not.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Why_IBM_Employees_Keep_Saying_the_I_in_IBM_Stands_for_India_Not.gmi

04:47 TR Bot; Techrights Why IBM Employees Keep Saying the "I" in IBM Stands for India, Not International

04:47 TR News; How much of "market growth" or "economic growth" (in Wall Street) is just wage theft, slavery, gig economy etc?

04:47 IsambardPrince; "The practice has since metastasized to so many kinds of products in so many more storesbig-box discounters, beauty retailers, chain pharmaciesthat its become routine to discover entire aisles transformed into untouchable product galleries armored in plexiglass. The whole thing has a whiff of pawnshop, which might actually be unfair to pawnshops. They, at least, have someone ready and waiting to take things out of lockup."

04:48 *Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe

04:55 TR News; Techrights United States Of America: GNU/Linux Approaching 5% (Not Counting Chromebooks) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/United_States_Of_America_GNU_Linux_Approaching_5_Not_Counting_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/United_States_Of_America_GNU_Linux_Approaching_5_Not_Counting_C.gmi

04:55 TR Bot; Techrights United States Of America: GNU/Linux Approaching 5% (Not Counting Chromebooks)

04:56 TR News; "In an effort to reduce online book piracy, publishers send millions of takedown notices every week. These enforcement efforts impact the availability of pirated content" https://torrentfreak.com/taking-pirated-copies-offline-can-benefit-book-sales-research-finds-240804/ | Source: Torrent Freak

04:56 TR Bot; Pirated Copies Offline Can Benefit Book Sales, Research Finds * TorrentFreak

04:56 TR News; Tax Break https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-data-centers-tech-jobs-tax-break | Source: Pro Publica

04:56 TR Bot; A Tax Break for Washington Data Centers Promised Jobs. Is It Paying Off? ProPublica

04:57 TR News; Why schools and free software go well together https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2024/oeffentliches-geld-oeffentliches-gut-warum-schulen-und-freie-software-gut-zusammenpassen/

04:57 TR Bot; ffentliches Geld ffentliches Gut!: Warum Schulen und Freie Software gut zusammenpassen

5 AM, August 5

05:00 TR News; "The IPC Box is equipped with the Rockchip RK3568 processor" https://linuxgizmos.com/myd-lr3568-gk-b-ipc-box-dual-gigabit-ethernet-can-interface-and-m-2-nvme-ssd-pcie-slot/ | Source: Linux Gizmos

05:00 TR Bot; ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/myd-lr3568-gk-b-ipc-box-dual-gigabit-ethernet-can-interface-and-m-2-nvme-ssd-pcie-slot/ )

05:01 TR News; "The newly revealed Snapdragon Dev Kit is a powerful, compact desktop solution for developers." https://linuxgizmos.com/snapdragon-dev-kit-now-available-for-pre-order-at-899-00/ | Source: Linux Gizmos

05:01 TR Bot; ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/snapdragon-dev-kit-now-available-for-pre-order-at-899-00/ )

05:02 TR News; "The GPU supremo announced the acquisition of Run:ai back in April" https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/02/antritrust_storm_doj_nvidia/ | Source: The Register UK

05:02 TR Bot; DoJ makes move as AI antitrust storm gathers round Nvidia The Register

05:02 TR News; "a long time has passed since then, the technology has (hopefully?) matured" https://notes.volution.ro/v1/2024/08/remarks/f4996e66/ | Source: Ciprian Dorin Craciun

05:02 TR Bot; [remark] Linux UEFI booting simplified -- Volution Notes

05:03 TR News; "Well, hello there. Its nice to see you." https://adrianroselli.com/2024/08/at-is-more-than-screen-readers.html | Source: Adriaan Roselli

05:03 TR Bot; AT Is More Than Screen Readers Adrian Roselli

05:03 TR News; "Six news organizations have filed a federal lawsuit over a new Louisiana law" https://www.nola.com/news/politics/louisiana-news-media-groups-sue-over-police-buffer-law/article_80434710-5035-11ef-814a-275514bd7829.html | Source: NOLA

05:03 TR Bot; media outlets sue to block police buffer law | Local Politics | nola.com

05:03 TR News; "The magistrate who authorized last years police raid on the Marion County Record" https://kansasreflector.com/2024/08/04/judge-who-authorized-kansas-newspaper-raid-escapes-discipline-with-secret-conflicting-explanation/ | Source: Kansas Reflector

05:03 TR Bot; Judge who authorized Kansas newspaper raid escapes discipline with secret conflicting explanation Kansas Reflector

05:04 TR News; "Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP lawsuits" https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-we-must-act-protect-free-speech-michigan | Source: Bridge Michigan

05:04 TR Bot; Opinion | We must act to protect free speech in Michigan | Bridge Michigan

05:04 TR News; "Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP lawsuits, threaten free speech. Wealthy and powerful entities file these anti-democratic lawsuits to silence, intimidate or punish an individual who speaks out on an issue of public interest."

05:04 TR News; "They are not looking to win their cases in the traditional sense. Instead, SLAPP suits are meant to silence the speaker. As a result, they deprive the public of information and prevent discussion on important community issues."

05:05 TR News; "Misinformation refers to false or inaccurate information spread unintentionally" https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/08/03/president-akufo-addo-calls-for-collective-action-against-misinformation-and-disinformation/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy

05:05 TR Bot; President Akufo-Addo Calls For Collective Action Against Misinformation And Disinformation - Modern Diplomacy

05:05 IsambardPrince; https://businessinsider.mx/arrests-violence-riots-uk-far-right-wing-protests-immigration-2024-8/?r=US&IR=T

05:05 TR Bot; Far-right riots continue to sweep the UK following fatal stabbings at a children's dance class | Business Insider Mxico | Noticias pensadas para ti

05:06 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: Bestest country ever.

05:06 IsambardPrince; :D

05:06 IsambardPrince; > More than 140 people have been arrested in the UK since Saturday night as rioting and violence swept the nation.

05:06 IsambardPrince; > Police officers battled demonstrators as they set cars on fire, hurled bottles, yelled anti-immigration chants, and clashed with anti-racism protesters.

05:07 schestowitz[TR2]; nobody shot

05:07 TR News; "more than $42 billion in broadband subsides" https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/02/new-york-state-community-owned-broadband-networks-get-60-million-in-funding/ | Source: Techdirt

05:07 TR Bot; York State Community-Owned Broadband Networks Get $60 Million In Funding | Techdirt

05:07 TR News; "Hong Kongs Secretary for Security, Chris Tang Ping-keung" https://thecyberexpress.com/hong-kong-cybersecurity-bill/ | Source: Cyble Inc

05:07 TR Bot; Hong Kong Cybersecurity Bill Focus On Critical Infrastructure

05:07 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: Yeah, a brick upside the head is so much more pleasant.

05:07 TR News; "information technology" https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3273094/operational-data-not-focus-hong-kong-cybersecurity-bill-chris-tang-tells-us-companies | Source: SCMP

05:07 IsambardPrince; Besides, it's usually all those idiots have here anyway.

05:07 TR Bot; Operational data not focus of Hong Kong cybersecurity bill, Chris Tang tells US companies | South China Morning Post

05:08 IsambardPrince; Hard to buy guns with food stamps.

05:09 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: The UAW wants Governor Beshear of Kentucky to be VP.

05:09 IsambardPrince; They may get it.

05:09 IsambardPrince; If Harris is stupid she'll piss off auto workers in the midwest.

05:10 TR News; "when the Web 2.0 tech boom" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/why-silicon-valley-should-get-behind-kamala-harris/articleshow/112264943.cms | Source: India Times

05:10 TR Bot; Kamala Harris: Why Silicon Valley should get behind Kamala Harris - The Economic Times

05:10 TR News; "Einstein has led CISAs AI efforts since 2023 as CISAs Senior Advisor for AI." https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-names-lisa-einstein-as-first-chief-ai-officer/ | Source: Security Week

05:10 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-names-lisa-einstein-as-first-chief-ai-officer/ )

05:11 TR News; "Other models were built, including an engineering model" https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/03/moon_buggy_feature/ | Source: The Register UK

05:11 TR Bot; 53 years since first battery-powered car drove on the Moon The Register

05:11 TR News; [Old] "The current-gen Hopper data center chips draw up to 1,000W" https://www.techradar.com/computing/i-watched-nvidias-computex-2024-keynote-and-it-made-my-blood-run-cold | Source: TechRadar

05:11 TR Bot; watched Nvidia's Computex 2024 keynote and it made my blood run cold | TechRadar

05:12 TR News; "There was something that Huang said during the keynote that shocked me into a mild panic. Nvidia's Blackwell cluster, which will come with eight GPUs, pulls down 15kW of power. That's 15,000 watts of power. Divided by eight, that's 1,875 watts per GPU."

05:12 schestowitz[TR2]; psydruid ^

05:16 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: Tech bubble is about to burst.

05:16 IsambardPrince; In a huge way. Spectacular way.

05:16 IsambardPrince; As in "the dam holding everything back" will blow.

05:17 schestowitz[TR2]; <IsambardPrince> schestowitz[TR2]: Tech bubble is about to burst.

05:17 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: Good time to refinance bonds.

05:17 schestowitz[TR2]; wait

05:17 schestowitz[TR2]; we are in July

05:17 schestowitz[TR2]; ?

05:17 IsambardPrince; August.

05:17 schestowitz[TR2]; about to?

05:17 IsambardPrince; Oh, it's not being priced into the stocks yet.

05:17 IsambardPrince; But it will be.

05:17 IsambardPrince; That's when people are going to scream.

05:18 IsambardPrince; It's starting to go.

05:18 IsambardPrince; The news is admitting things are bad.

05:27 TR News; Techrights Mass Layoffs Won't Save Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Mass_Layoffs_Won_t_Save_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Mass_Layoffs_Won_t_Save_Microsoft.gmi

05:27 TR Bot; Techrights Mass Layoffs Won't Save Microsoft

05:29 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: Mostly all I shop on Amazon for are kitchen spices.

05:29 IsambardPrince; Walmart doesn't carry everything.

05:30 TR News; Techrights Microsoft Windows Has Fallen to Just a Quarter of the World's "OS" Market Share https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Microsoft_Windows_Has_Fallen_to_Just_a_Quarter_of_the_World_s_O.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Microsoft_Windows_Has_Fallen_to_Just_a_Quarter_of_the_World_s_O.gmi

05:30 TR Bot; Techrights Microsoft Windows Has Fallen to Just a Quarter of the World's "OS" Market Share

05:34 schestowitz[TR2]; IsambardPrince: markets have spices

05:34 schestowitz[TR2]; and you can check them firsthand

05:37 TR News; MySQL Database Dump on Ubuntu/Linux https://medium.com/@jayprakashj/mysql-database-dump-on-ubuntu-linux-11f0a64c9806

05:37 TR Bot; Database Dump on Ubuntu/Linux | by Jayprakash Jangir | Aug, 2024 | Medium

05:37 TR News; Advantech, Canonical Partners to Enhance Industrial IoT with Ubuntu Pro for Devices https://www.techiexpert.com/advantech-canonical-partners-to-enhance-industrial-iot-with-ubuntu-pro-for-devices/

05:37 TR Bot; Canonical Partners to Enhance Industrial IoT with Ubuntu Pro for Devices - Techiexpert.com

05:38 TR News; Microsoft propagandists push anti-Linux agenda https://redmondmag.com/articles/2024/08/02/lessons-learned-about-windows-subsystem-for-linux.aspx

05:38 TR Bot; Learned About Windows Subsystem for Linux Accounts, Part 1: Reset -- Redmondmag.com

05:39 TR News; Linux: Mount Remote Directories With SSHFS https://thenewstack.io/linux-mount-remote-directories-with-sshfs/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2F

05:39 TR Bot; Linux: Mount Remote Directories With SSHFS - The New Stack

05:40 TR News; How To Manage Linux Log Services https://thenewstack.io/how-to-manage-linux-log-services/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2F

05:40 TR Bot; How To Manage Linux Log Services - The New Stack

05:40 TR News; "Linux kernel 6.10 already landed in the stable repositories of popular distros, including Arch Linux and openSUSE Tumbleweed." https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-9-reaches-end-of-life-users-must-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-6-10

05:40 TR Bot; Kernel 6.9 Reaches End of Life, Users Must Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.10 - 9to5Linux

05:41 TR News; "There was a time not so long ago when a handheld terminal would have been an expensive and exotic piece of kit. Now, all it takes is a Raspberry Pi and an off-the-shelf TFT display, as [ZitaoTech] shows us." https://hackaday.com/2024/08/03/linux-handheld-packs-dual-batteries-so-its-never-out-of-juice/

05:41 TR Bot; Handheld Packs Dual Batteries So Its Never Out Of Juice | Hackaday

05:41 TR News; "Modern-day Linux is super user-friendly, but to unlock its full potential, you need to familiarize yourself with some advanced concepts. Let's look at seven key topics to elevate you from a casual Linux user to a power user." https://www.howtogeek.com/advanced-linux-terms-explained/

05:41 TR Bot; Want to Go Next-Level in Linux? Advanced Terms Explained

05:42 TR News; "elevate privileges" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linux-kernel-impacted-by-new-slubstick-cross-cache-attack/

05:42 TR Bot; Linux kernel impacted by new SLUBStick cross-cache attack

05:44 *CAPYBAROM (~Kryder@c6qed6x2a9auw.irc) has joined #techrights

05:45 schestowitz[TR2]; hello?

05:45 schestowitz[TR2]; new here?

05:45 TR News; (NEW): StarBook 7: Linux-based laptop now available with Core Ultra 7 165H and matte 4K display https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/StarBook_7_Linux_based_laptop_now_available_with_Core_Ultra_7_1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/StarBook_7_Linux_based_laptop_now_available_with_Core_Ultra_7_1.gmi

05:45 TR Bot; Tux Machines StarBook 7: Linux-based laptop now available with Core Ultra 7 165H and matte 4K display

05:46 TR News; "high_impact is small game engine for 2D action games." https://phoboslab.org/log/2024/08/high_impact | Source: Dominic Szablewski

05:46 TR Bot; PhobosLab

05:46 TR News; "secure by design" https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=888 | Source: Unmitigated Risk

05:46 TR Bot; The True Essence of Secure by Design | UNMITIGATED RISK

05:46 TR News; "Write a script to print the first letter that appears twice." https://raku-musings.com/count-twice.html | Source: Arne Sommer

05:46 TR Bot; Count Twice with Raku - Arne Sommer

05:46 TR News; "See Integrated assembler improvements in LLVM 19 for details." https://maskray.me/blog/2024-08-04-lld-19-elf-changes | Source: MaskRay

05:46 TR Bot; lld 19 ELF changes | MaskRay

05:47 TR News; "Maybe we forget because open source has become the new normal?" https://registerspill.thorstenball.com/p/things-you-can-to-with-codebases | Source: Thorsten Ball

05:47 TR Bot; Things you can do with codebases - by Thorsten Ball

05:47 TR News; "One of the small things in Python standard library that I really like" https://hamatti.org/posts/improve-your-code-with-namedtuples/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala

05:47 TR Bot; Improve your code with namedtuples : Juha-Matti Santala

05:49 TR News; "In a breakthrough result posted online in May" https://www.wired.com/story/sensational-proof-delivers-new-insights-into-prime-numbers/ | Source: Wired

05:49 TR Bot; of a Proof Breaks 80-Year-Old Record, Offers New Insights Into Prime Numbers | WIRED

05:51 TR News; "My journey has been a series of right place, right time moments." https://jimmitchell.org/2024/08/my-internet-journey/ |

05:51 TR Bot; My Internet Journey Jim Mitchell

05:51 TR News; "Technology in education" https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/1-in-4-countries-have-banned-use-of-smartphones-in-schools-due-to-negative-impacts-un-report-101722766346175.html | Source: Hindustan Times

05:51 TR Bot; 1 in 4 countries have banned use of smartphones in schools due to negative impacts: UN report | Education - Hindustan Times

05:51 TR News; "My boss unlocked a new level of petty." https://microblog.pratikmhatre.com/2024/08/03/a-new-level.html | Source: Pratik

05:51 TR Bot; A New Level of Petty | Nerve Endings Firing Away

05:54 TR News; Microsoft proprietary malware with ads https://idroot.us/install-onedrive-almalinux-9/

05:54 TR Bot; How To Install OneDrive on AlmaLinux 9 - idroot

05:54 TR News; How To Install Snap on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-snap-linux-mint-22/

05:54 TR Bot; How To Install Snap on Linux Mint 22 - idroot

05:54 TR News; How To Install Flatpak on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-flatpak-linux-mint-22/

05:54 TR Bot; How To Install Flatpak on Linux Mint 22 - idroot

05:55 TR News; How To Install Bpftool on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-bpftool-ubuntu-24-04/

05:55 TR Bot; How To Install Bpftool on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot

05:56 TR News; How To Install Perl Programming Language on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-perl-linux-mint-22/

05:56 TR Bot; How To Install Perl Programming Language on Linux Mint 22 - idroot

05:56 TR News; How to Install Docker on Linux Mint 22: A Step-by-Step Guide https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-docker-on-linux-mint-22/

05:56 TR Bot; How to Install Docker on Linux Mint 22: A Step-by-Step Guide

05:59 TR News; (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/today_s_howtos.gmi

05:59 TR Bot; Tux Machines today's howtos

6 AM, August 5

06:00 TR News; [Video] Why Bryan Lunduke's Attitude Tends to Discredit Some Legitimate Criticism of Illegitimate Organisations https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Video_Why_Bryan_Lunduke_s_Attitude_Tends_to_Discredit_Some_Legi.shtml

06:00 TR Bot; Techrights [Video] Why Bryan Lunduke's Attitude Tends to Discredit Some Legitimate Criticism of Illegitimate Organisations

06:13 TR News; Techrights In India, the World's Largest Population, GNU/Linux Has Grown This Summer While Vista 11 Lost Share https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/In_India_the_World_s_Largest_Population_GNU_Linux_Has_Grown_Thi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/In_India_the_World_s_Largest_Population_GNU_Linux_Has_Grown_Thi.gmi

06:14 TR Bot; Techrights In India, the World's Largest Population, GNU/Linux Has Grown This Summer While Vista 11 Lost Share

06:20 TR News; Techrights [Meme] Advertisers Advertisers Advertisers Advertisers https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Meme_Advertisers_Advertisers_Advertisers_Advertisers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Meme_Advertisers_Advertisers_Advertisers_Advertisers.gmi

06:20 TR Bot; Techrights [Meme] Advertisers Advertisers Advertisers Advertisers

06:35 TR News; Techrights What Comes After Printer DRM? A Mouse That 'Phones Home' (Clicklogger) and Maybe Storage Devices That 'Phone Home' With Hashes of All Your Files to Calculate Bills Based on Usage? https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/What_Comes_After_Printer_DRM_A_Mouse_That_Phones_Home_Clicklogg.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/What_Comes_After_Printer_DRM_A_Mouse_That_Phones_Home_Clicklogg.gm

06:35 TR Bot; Techrights What Comes After Printer DRM? A Mouse That 'Phones Home' (Clicklogger) and Maybe Storage Devices That 'Phone Home' With Hashes of All Your Files to Calculate Bills Based on Usage?

06:56 *Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe

7 AM, August 5

07:04 TR News; Techrights UK Riots Show the Corrosive Impact (and Collective Cost) of Social Control Media https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/UK_Riots_Show_the_Corrosive_Impact_and_Collective_Cost_of_Socia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/UK_Riots_Show_the_Corrosive_Impact_and_Collective_Cost_of_Socia.gmi

07:04 TR Bot; Techrights UK Riots Show the Corrosive Impact (and Collective Cost) of Social Control Media

07:06 TR News; "The tech industry witnessed significant layoffs in July 2024, with over 8,000 professionals losing their jobs across 34 companies. Major layoffs include Intel's 15,000 job cuts and UKG's 2,200. Other notable companies like Microsoft..." https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/tech-layoffs-cross-10000-in-july-2024-intel-microsoft-dyson-ukg-and-these-companies-cut-thousands-jobs/articleshow/112269761.cms

07:06 TR Bot; Tech layoffs cross 100,00 in July 2024: Intel, Microsoft, Dyson, UKG and these companies cut thousands jobs - Times of India

07:13 psydruid; > [notice] I watched Nvidia's Computex 2024 keynote and it made my blood run cold | TechRadar

07:13 psydruid; Other companies' shenanigans don't let his blood run cold. Maybe Nvidia truly makes humans reconnect with their reptilian inner selves on an unprecedented scale.

07:14 psydruid; > [notice] techrights.org | Techrights Mass Layoffs Won't Save Microsoft

07:14 psydruid; Mass layoffs will save us from ever having to deal with Microsoft again

07:15 TR News; Techrights Microsoft Falls to Lowest Market Share in Cuba: 14.6% https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Microsoft_Falls_to_Lowest_Market_Share_in_Cuba_14_6.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Microsoft_Falls_to_Lowest_Market_Share_in_Cuba_14_6.gmi

07:15 TR Bot; Techrights Microsoft Falls to Lowest Market Share in Cuba: 14.6%

07:19 psydruid; "Microsoft Cash on Hand 2018-2024 | MSFT; Cash available; Huge loan taken

07:19 psydruid; The borrowings have left Microsoft more in debt than it can pay back:" can't?

07:24 TR News; Techrights Android Reaches 60% in Venezuela (New High), GNU/Linux on 8% of Laptops/Desktops https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Android_Reaches_60_in_Venezuela_New_High_GNU_Linux_on_8_of_Lapt.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Android_Reaches_60_in_Venezuela_New_High_GNU_Linux_on_8_of_Lapt.gmi

07:24 TR Bot; Techrights Android Reaches 60% in Venezuela (New High), GNU/Linux on 8% of Laptops/Desktops

07:24 schestowitz[TR2]; psydruid: either ...

07:24 schestowitz[TR2]; a) that ... can't

07:24 schestowitz[TR2]; or

07:24 schestowitz[TR2]; b) than ... can

07:24 psydruid; oh right

07:24 schestowitz[TR2]; I did (b)

07:25 schestowitz[TR2]; but thanks for checking

07:25 schestowitz[TR2]; you often catch really bad typos

07:26 IsambardPrince; https://www.reuters.com/world/china/number-chinese-couples-getting-married-falls-12-year-low-data-shows-2024-08-05/

07:26 TR Bot; ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/number-chinese-couples-getting-married-falls-12-year-low-data-shows-2024-08-05/ )

07:26 IsambardPrince; "deferred"

07:26 IsambardPrince; "The number of marriages in China is closely tied to the number of births."

07:27 IsambardPrince; They probably don't condone trash getting a woman pregnant and running out on them.

07:27 IsambardPrince; Like they do here.....or Canada.

07:33 IsambardPrince; https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/dozens-arrested-after-uk-protests-turn-violent-wake-child-murders-2024-08-04/

07:33 TR Bot; ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/dozens-arrested-after-uk-protests-turn-violent-wake-child-murders-2024-08-04/ )

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07:33 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: Nice pictures.

07:45 TR News; Techrights Going Greenwashing! https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Going_Greenwashing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Going_Greenwashing.gmi

07:45 TR Bot; Techrights Going Greenwashing!

07:49 TR News; Techrights [Meme] Selling Sex and Greenwashing Lies https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Meme_Selling_Sex_and_Greenwashing_Lies.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Meme_Selling_Sex_and_Greenwashing_Lies.gmi

07:49 TR Bot; Techrights [Meme] Selling Sex and Greenwashing Lies

07:53 IsambardPrince; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqU-6em73FQ

07:53 TR Bot; https://inv.makerlab.tech/watch?v=WqU-6em73FQ

07:53 TR Bot; not resolve host: inv.makerlab.tech ( status 0 @ https://inv.makerlab.tech/watch?v=WqU-6em73FQ )

07:53 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: "You'll never outearn your own stupidity."

07:57 schestowitz[TR2]; <IsambardPrince> schestowitz[TR2]: Nice pictures.

07:57 schestowitz[TR2]; not of mine

07:58 IsambardPrince; Yeah.

07:58 IsambardPrince; No racism going on in the UK.

07:58 IsambardPrince; They passed laws.

07:59 IsambardPrince; They sent the police with the most vicious dogs.

07:59 IsambardPrince; To attack the teenager.

07:59 IsambardPrince; For being "impolite".

07:59 IsambardPrince; :)

07:59 IsambardPrince; (It was not a request.)

8 AM, August 5

08:00 *psydroid3 (~psydroid@j9gt2haw74jrk.irc) has joined #techrights

08:00 TR News; Techrights GNU/Linux and ChromeOS in Japan: Nearly Trebling in the Past Half a Decade (COVID-19 Breakout) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_in_Japan_Nearly_Trebling_in_the_Past_Hal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_in_Japan_Nearly_Trebling_in_the_Past_Hal.gmi

08:00 TR Bot; Techrights GNU/Linux and ChromeOS in Japan: Nearly Trebling in the Past Half a Decade (COVID-19 Breakout)

08:01 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: There's a credit card for paying rent now.

08:01 IsambardPrince; It gives you points.

08:01 IsambardPrince; They send a check to the landlord in your name and tell him what apartment it's from.

08:02 IsambardPrince; I did the math and I'd net about $5 a month cash or about $10 if I transferred the points as airline miles.

08:02 IsambardPrince; Not really sure if it's worth applying for the card.

08:03 TR News; "The water feels very hot, almost like a bath" https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/04/adriatic-warming-sea-italy-fishers-mucilage-microalgae | Source: The Guardian UK

08:03 TR Bot; The Adriatic is becoming tropical: Italian fishers struggle to adapt to warm sea | Italy | The Guardian

08:03 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: Someone is still trying to plant malware on my computer.

08:03 TR News; "The hogweed is packed with sap that causes phytophotodermatitis" https://nypost.com/2024/08/04/us-news/giant-hogweed-can-cause-third-degree-burns-and-its-all-over-new-york/ | Source: NYPost

08:03 TR Bot; Giant Hogweed can cause third-degree burns -- and it's all over New York

08:04 TR News; "Exposing the Flint Water Cover-Up..." https://jacobin.com/2024/08/flint-water-snyder-cover-up/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine

08:04 TR Bot; When People in Flint Got Sick, the Government Covered It Up

08:06 TR News; "he Chinese-owned short-video platform boasts around 170 million U.S. users" https://www.ksl.com/article/51088382/us-sues-tiktok-over-massive-scale-privacy-violations-of-kids-under-13 | Source: Deseret Media

08:06 TR Bot; sues TikTok over 'massive-scale' privacy violations of kids under 13 | KSL.com

08:07 TR News; "The Times found an active trade in Nvidia chips in China" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/04/technology/china-ai-microchips-takeaways.html | Source: New York Times

08:07 TR Bot; Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Banned A.I. Chips in China - The New York Times

08:08 TR News; NVIDIA Corp down 15% (-14.75%) this past month

08:09 psydroid2; China is the problem to all of the US's woes, other than Russia, Iran, North Korea and Syria

08:13 schestowitz[TR2]; they have no us military bases

08:13 schestowitz[TR2]; yet

08:13 schestowitz[TR2]; that makes them very evil

08:13 schestowitz[TR2]; and dangerous

08:14 TR News; Techrights Bubbles Implode, It's Just a Matter of When https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Bubbles_Implode_It_s_Just_a_Matter_of_When.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Bubbles_Implode_It_s_Just_a_Matter_of_When.gmi

08:14 TR Bot; Techrights Bubbles Implode, It's Just a Matter of When

08:14 schestowitz[TR2]; us bases and monarchs make "good fences" and neighbours

08:14 schestowitz[TR2]; see Jordan

08:14 IsambardPrince; The Nazis didn't defeat the UK.

08:14 IsambardPrince; But they came close enough.

08:14 schestowitz[TR2]; it was not a battle of two nations

08:14 IsambardPrince; They bankrupted it.

08:14 schestowitz[TR2]; uk helped stalin

08:15 schestowitz[TR2]; and was helped by the us and "commonwealth"

08:15 schestowitz[TR2]; germany had already occupied all the "good parts" of europe

08:15 IsambardPrince; The UK had to come crawling to us for money.

08:15 IsambardPrince; Like most of Western Europe.

08:15 schestowitz[TR2]; germany didn't stand a chance

08:16 IsambardPrince; Yeah, they got France without much of a fight.

08:16 IsambardPrince; Poland and Austria too.

08:16 schestowitz[TR2]; they had collaborators

08:16 IsambardPrince; Lots of collaborators.

08:16 schestowitz[TR2]; like paperboy and GAFAM

08:16 schestowitz[TR2]; and jo shields

08:17 IsambardPrince; Didn't you say Hashman died the other day?

08:19 IsambardPrince; The last blog post was "I am very sick."

08:19 IsambardPrince; But support for Palestine is fitting under that heading.

08:19 IsambardPrince; But that's not what it was about.

08:20 schestowitz[TR2]; no

08:20 schestowitz[TR2]; i meant the real hamas man

08:20 schestowitz[TR2]; their chief

08:21 TR News; (NEW): MYD-LR3568-GK-B IPC Box: Dual Gigabit Ethernet, CAN Interface, and M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Slot https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/MYD_LR3568_GK_B_IPC_Box_Dual_Gigabit_Ethernet_CAN_Interface_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/MYD_LR3568_GK_B_IPC_Box_Dual_Gigabit_Ethernet_CAN_Interface_and.gmi

08:21 TR Bot; Tux Machines MYD-LR3568-GK-B IPC Box: Dual Gigabit Ethernet, CAN Interface, and M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Slot

08:22 IsambardPrince; Ahh

08:26 TR News; (NEW): Review: Linux Mint 22 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Review_Linux_Mint_22.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Review_Linux_Mint_22.gmi

08:26 TR Bot; Tux Machines Review: Linux Mint 22

08:32 TR News; (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi

08:32 TR Bot; Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software

08:45 TR News; Techrights The Intel leaks at Techrights Help Explain Where Intel Went Wrong https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/The_Intel_leaks_at_Techrights_Help_Explain_Where_Intel_Went_Wro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/The_Intel_leaks_at_Techrights_Help_Explain_Where_Intel_Went_Wro.gmi

08:45 TR Bot; Techrights The Intel leaks at Techrights Help Explain Where Intel Went Wrong

9 AM, August 5

09:02 TR News; Techrights Some Associations Won't Age Well. Just Avoid Them. https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Some_Associations_Won_t_Age_Well_Just_Avoid_Them.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Some_Associations_Won_t_Age_Well_Just_Avoid_Them.gmi

09:02 TR Bot; Techrights Some Associations Won't Age Well. Just Avoid Them.

09:04 TR News; Belatedly catching on last week https://yewtu.be/watch?v=fvmSvrsN-PQ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=cdvwZJYWnhA

09:04 TR Bot; AI: Autocorrect on Steroids? Linus Torvalds' Take on the Future - Invidious

09:04 TR Bot; Linus Torvalds Drops TRUTH BOMB on AI - Invidious

09:17 TR News; Techrights Daniel Pocock Among ClueCon 2024 Speakers Next Monday https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Daniel_Pocock_Among_ClueCon_2024_Speakers_Next_Monday.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Daniel_Pocock_Among_ClueCon_2024_Speakers_Next_Monday.gmi

09:17 TR Bot; Techrights Daniel Pocock Among ClueCon 2024 Speakers Next Monday

09:21 TR News; Why is Julian Assange Being Tortured and Killed? Shocking Revelations https://invidious.privacyredirect.com/watch?v=4uqeJe-xut4

09:21 TR Bot; Why is Julian Assange Being Tortured and Killed? Shocking Revelations - Invidious

09:22 TR News; Speaking of bad, tactless associations https://yewtu.be/watch?v=quVIAJGn-cs

09:22 TR Bot; Golan Crisis: Hassan Nasrullah Tells Julian Assange How Hezbollah Tricks Israel Surveillance - Invidious

09:24 TR News; "President Biden announces student debt relief plan for 150 thousand borrowers." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=7dq2aXznKK0

09:24 TR Bot; Pacifica Evening News 02-21-24 President Biden announces student debt relief plan for 150 thousan... - Invidious

09:30 TR News; Windows collapsing in India https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india/#monthly-200901-202408

09:30 TR Bot; Desktop Operating System Market Share India | Statcounter Global Stats

09:31 TR News; Techrights GNU/Linux on 486 Now https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Linux_on_486_Now.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Linux_on_486_Now.gmi

09:31 TR Bot; Techrights GNU/Linux on 486 Now

09:33 TR News; Windows less than 5% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/iraq/#monthly-200902-202408

09:33 TR Bot; Operating System Market Share Iraq | Statcounter Global Stats

09:44 TR News; Techrights Microsoft Windows Fell From 35% to 22% 'Market Share' in China Since the Chinese Balloon Incident (Deterioration of Chinese/American Relations) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Microsoft_Windows_Fell_From_35_to_22_Market_Share_in_China_Sinc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Microsoft_Windows_Fell_From_35_to_22_Market_Share_in_China_Sinc.gmi

09:44 TR Bot; Techrights Microsoft Windows Fell From 35% to 22% 'Market Share' in China Since the Chinese Balloon Incident (Deterioration of Chinese/American Relations)

10 AM, August 5

10:07 TR News; Techrights The Potentially Inevitable Next FUD Campaign Will Say GNU/Linux Works for Communism, Russia, China, Boogeymen https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/The_Potentially_Inevitable_Next_FUD_Campaign_Will_Say_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/The_Potentially_Inevitable_Next_FUD_Campaign_Will_Say_GNU_Linux.gmi

10:07 TR Bot; Techrights The Potentially Inevitable Next FUD Campaign Will Say GNU/Linux Works for Communism, Russia, China, Boogeymen

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10:17 TR News; Techrights Clytie Siddall & Debian at Murray River https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Clytie_Siddall_Debian_at_Murray_River.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Clytie_Siddall_Debian_at_Murray_River.gmi

10:17 TR Bot; Techrights Clytie Siddall & Debian at Murray River

10:20 TR News; Deepfakes are BAD. This MICROSOFT-SPONSORED site is STILL showing the deepfake EQUIVALENT against RMS. This site is NOT his. It's vandalised. https://thenewstack.io/why-almost-everyone-wants-richard-stallman-cancelled/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

10:20 TR Bot; Why (Almost) Everyone Wants Richard Stallman Canceled - The New Stack

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10:32 TR News; Techrights 'Deepfake' Equivalents Against Richard Stallman in Microsoft-Funded Sites https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Deepfake_Equivalents_Against_Richard_Stallman_in_Microsoft_Fund.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Deepfake_Equivalents_Against_Richard_Stallman_in_Microsoft_Fund.gmi

10:32 TR Bot; Techrights 'Deepfake' Equivalents Against Richard Stallman in Microsoft-Funded Sites

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10:42 TR News; Techrights UK Needs SLAPP Reform https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/UK_Needs_SLAPP_Reform.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/UK_Needs_SLAPP_Reform.gmi

10:42 TR Bot; Techrights UK Needs SLAPP Reform

11 AM, August 5

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11:31 TR News; Techrights Algerian Adoption of Android and GNU/Linux (at Microsoft's Expense) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Algerian_Adoption_of_Android_and_GNU_Linux_at_Microsoft_s_Expen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Algerian_Adoption_of_Android_and_GNU_Linux_at_Microsoft_s_Expen.gmi

11:31 TR Bot; Techrights Algerian Adoption of Android and GNU/Linux (at Microsoft's Expense)

11:35 schestowitz[TR2]; "It could be more clear that the photo shown is not RMS' work:

11:35 schestowitz[TR2]; gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Deepfake_Equivalents_Against_Richard_Stallman_in_Microsoft_Fund.gmi

11:35 schestowitz[TR2]; People well-versed in the subject realize that, but for the casual 'clicker'

11:35 schestowitz[TR2]; the point needs to be rather in-your-face obvious that RMS did not write that."

11:36 schestowitz[TR2]; adding link to http://techrights.org/o/2020/09/10/the-fake-door-sign/

11:36 TR Bot; The Fake 'Door Sign' Used to Frame Richard Stallman and Misrepresent Him One Year Ago (the Media Never Corrected This Slanderous Allegation)

noon, August 5

12:46 TR News; (NEW): Fractal 8 Released: The Linux Matrix Messaging App Gets Better! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Fractal_8_Released_The_Linux_Matrix_Messaging_App_Gets_Better.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Fractal_8_Released_The_Linux_Matrix_Messaging_App_Gets_Better.gmi

12:46 TR Bot; Tux Machines Fractal 8 Released: The Linux Matrix Messaging App Gets Better!

1 PM, August 5

13:03 TR News; (NEW): I Stopped Using Linux for a Year, Here's What Brought Me Back https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/I_Stopped_Using_Linux_for_a_Year_Here_s_What_Brought_Me_Back.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/I_Stopped_Using_Linux_for_a_Year_Here_s_What_Brought_Me_Back.gmi

13:03 TR Bot; Tux Machines I Stopped Using Linux for a Year, Here's What Brought Me Back

13:09 TR News; Techrights #HowTo Net a Top Job at Canonical? Be Pals With the Founder. https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/How_to_Net_a_Top_Job_at_Canonical_Be_Pals_With_the_Founder.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/How_to_Net_a_Top_Job_at_Canonical_Be_Pals_With_the_Founder.gmi

13:09 TR Bot; Techrights How to Net a Top Job at Canonical? Be Pals With the Founder.

13:24 TR News; Techrights GNU/Linux in Europe Now at 4% https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Linux_in_Europe_Now_at_4.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Linux_in_Europe_Now_at_4.gmi

13:24 TR Bot; Techrights GNU/Linux in Europe Now at 4%

13:39 TR News; Techrights Elon Musk is Using Social Control Media to Stir Up Political and Physical Violence in the UK (and Elsewhere) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Elon_Musk_is_Using_Social_Control_Media_to_Stir_Up_Political_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Elon_Musk_is_Using_Social_Control_Media_to_Stir_Up_Political_an.gmi

13:39 TR Bot; Techrights Elon Musk is Using Social Control Media to Stir Up Political and Physical Violence in the UK (and Elsewhere)

13:40 psydroid2; there are too many GNU/Linux infestations

13:41 psydroid2; what will Bill and Satya do now?

13:48 TR News; "In my opinion, its not." https://soatok.blog/2024/08/04/against-xmppomemo/ | Source: Dhole Moments

13:48 TR Bot; Against XMPP+OMEMO - Dhole Moments

13:48 TR News; "Suddenly, it occurred to me that perhaps I should evaluate" https://merecivilian.com/why-i-am-stuck-using-dropbox/ | Source: Mere Civilian

13:48 TR Bot; Why I am stuck using Dropbox?

13:49 schestowitz[TR2]; psydroid2: bribe who they can

13:49 schestowitz[TR2]; infiltrtae what they can

13:49 schestowitz[TR2]; pay thugs to attack key people

13:49 schestowitz[TR2]; oust leaders of things

13:50 TR News; Windows TCO: "the attackers stole files" https://www.techzim.co.zw/2024/08/zb-financial-holdings-hacked-for-ransom-customer-operations-data-leaked-to-the-internet/ | Source: Zimbabwe

13:50 TR Bot; ZB Financial Holdings Hacked For Ransom. Customer & Operations Data Leaked To The Internet - Techzim

13:50 TR News; Windows TCO: "the record-breaking score" https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/02/dark_angels_ransomware/ | Source: The Register UK

13:50 TR Bot; Fortune 50 biz paid $75M ransom to prevent stolen data leak The Register

13:51 TR News; Windows TCO will "go down in history books" https://scheerpost.com/2024/08/04/the-great-global-computer-outage-is-a-warning-we-ignore-at-our-peril/ | Source: Scheerpost

13:51 TR Bot; The Great Global Computer Outage Is a Warning We Ignore at Our Peril

13:51 TR News; Windows TCO: "The latest report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO)" https://thecyberexpress.com/water-sector-cybersecurity-measures/ | Source: Cyble Inc

13:51 TR Bot; EPA Urged To Boost Water Sector Cybersecurity Measures

13:52 TR News; "I like to keep things practical." https://michalpitr.substack.com/p/build-your-own-inference-engine-from | Source: Michal Pitr

13:52 TR Bot; Build Your Own Inference Engine: From Scratch to "7"

13:52 TR News; "The Washington Post looked at nearly 200,000 English-language conversations" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/04/chatgpt-use-real-ai-chatbot-conversations/ | Source: The Washington Post

13:52 TR Bot; stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/04/chatgpt-use-real-ai-chatbot-conversations/ )

13:52 TR News; "When it comes to the health consequences of phones, so much depends on context." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/08/apple-screen-time/679359/?utm_source=feed | Source: The Atlantic

13:52 TR Bot; The Worst Feature Apple Ever Made - The Atlantic

13:54 TR News; "It's an open secret that vendors here are offering one of the world's most sought-after technologies" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/with-smugglers-and-front-companies-china-is-skirting-us-ai-bans/articleshow/112264985.cms | Source: India Times

13:54 TR Bot; AI technology: With smugglers and front companies, China is skirting US AI bans - The Economic Times

13:54 TR News; "covers any product or service offered in the EU" https://www.securityweek.com/the-european-unions-world-first-artificial-intelligence-rules-are-officially-taking-effect/ | Source: Security Week

13:54 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/the-european-unions-world-first-artificial-intelligence-rules-are-officially-taking-effect/ )

13:54 TR News; "depending on how quickly the update is distributed" https://www.anandtech.com/show/21499/intel-extends-13th-14th-gen-core-retail-cpu-warranties-by-2-years-in-response-to-chip-stability-issues | Source: AnandTech

13:54 TR Bot; Intel Extends 13th & 14th Gen Core Retail CPU Warranties By 2 Years In Response to Chip Instability Issues

13:55 TR News; LinuxSecurity Site Breaks Down, Many Fake Articles Not Accessible Anymore, Chatbot Slop Still a Problem https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/03/LinuxSecurity_Site_Breaks_Down_Many_Fake_Articles_Not_Accessibl.shtml

13:55 TR Bot; Techrights LinuxSecurity Site Breaks Down, Many Fake Articles Not Accessible Anymore, Chatbot Slop Still a Problem

13:55 TR News; GNU/Linux at 5%: Where Are the Leading Adopters? https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/03/GNU_Linux_at_5_Where_Are_the_Leading_Adopters.shtml

13:55 TR Bot; Techrights GNU/Linux at 5%: Where Are the Leading Adopters?

13:55 TR News; Android and GNU/Linux Skyrocket to New Highs in Iceland This Month https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/03/Android_and_GNU_Linux_Skyrocket_to_New_Highs_in_Iceland_This_Mo.shtml

13:55 TR Bot; Techrights Android and GNU/Linux Skyrocket to New Highs in Iceland This Month

13:56 TR News; GNU/Linux at ~4.75% (Won't Be Long Before Exceeding 5%) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/GNU_Linux_at_4_75_Won_t_Be_Long_Before_Exceeding_5.shtml

13:56 TR Bot; Techrights GNU/Linux at ~4.75% (Won't Be Long Before Exceeding 5%)

13:56 TR News; GNU/Linux Reaches Record Levels in the United States Of America and North America https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/GNU_Linux_Reaches_Record_Levels_in_the_United_States_Of_America.shtml

13:56 TR Bot; Techrights GNU/Linux Reaches Record Levels in the United States Of America and North America

13:56 TR News; (NEW): Windows TCO: Ransom, Outages, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Windows_TCO_Ransom_Outages_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Windows_TCO_Ransom_Outages_and_More.gmi

13:56 TR Bot; Tux Machines Windows TCO: Ransom, Outages, and More

13:56 TR News; [Video] GNU/Linux Growing, But What Actually Matters is How Many People Adopt It for Freedom https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Video_GNU_Linux_Growing_But_What_Actually_Matters_is_How_Many_P.shtml

13:56 TR Bot; Techrights [Video] GNU/Linux Growing, But What Actually Matters is How Many People Adopt It for Freedom

13:57 TR News; ntfyme notification tool on completion of commands and processes https://www.linuxlinks.com/ntfyme-notification-tool-completion-of-commands-processes/

13:57 TR Bot; - notification tool on completion of commands and processes - LinuxLinks

2 PM, August 5

14:05 TR News; Linux: Secure Yourself With GnuPG on GNU/Linux https://thenewstack.io/linux-secure-yourself-with-gnupg-on-linux/

14:05 TR Bot; Linux: Secure Yourself With GnuPG on Linux - The New Stack

14:05 TR News; Chinese hacker group StormBamboo successfully hijacked an ISP's automatic software updates with backdoor malware and bad Chrome extensions to breach a downstream target https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/chinese-hacker-group-stormbamboo-successfully-hijacked-an-isps-automatic-software-updates-with-backdoor-malware-and-bad-chrome-extensions-to-breach-a-downstream-target

14:05 TR Bot; Chinese hacker group StormBamboo successfully hijacked an ISP's automatic software updates with backdoor malware and bad Chrome extensions to breach a downstream target | Tom's Hardware

14:08 TR News; Sanctioned China firms creating front companies to acquire Hey Hi (AI) chips, says report new firms pop up faster than the U.S. ban hammer can strike https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/sanctioned-china-firms-creating-front-companies-to-acquire-ai-chips-says-report-new-firms-pop-up-faster-than-the-us-ban-hammer-can-strike

14:08 TR Bot; Sanctioned China firms creating front companies to acquire AI chips, says report new firms pop up faster than the U.S. ban hammer can strike | Tom's Hardware

14:08 TR News; Porting my JavaScript Game Engine to C for No Reason https://phoboslab.org/log/2024/08/high_impact

14:08 TR Bot; PhobosLab

14:09 TR News; OMCT urges Russia to not continue listing of indigenous rights organizations as extremist https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/08/omct-urges-russia-to-not-continue-listing-of-indigenous-rights-organizations-as-extremist/

14:09 TR Bot; OMCT urges Russia to not continue listing of indigenous rights organizations as extremist - JURIST - News

14:10 TR News; Georgia Plans To Extradite Detained Azerbaijani Journalist https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-extradite-sadiqov-azerbaijan/33065038.html

14:10 TR Bot; Georgia Plans To Extradite Detained Azerbaijani Journalist

14:13 TR News; (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Security_Leftovers.gmi

14:13 TR Bot; Tux Machines Security Leftovers

14:14 TR News; (NEW): Development, Devices, and Coding https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Development_Devices_and_Coding.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Development_Devices_and_Coding.gmi

14:14 TR Bot; Tux Machines Development, Devices, and Coding

14:16 TR News; Techrights Links 05/08/2024: Flint Sickness and Dropping Dropbox https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Links_05_08_2024_Flint_Sickness_and_Dropping_Dropbox.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Links_05_08_2024_Flint_Sickness_and_Dropping_Dropbox.gmi

14:16 TR Bot; Techrights Links 05/08/2024: Flint Sickness and Dropping Dropbox

14:34 TR News; Techrights GNU/Linux in Italy Soars Again https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Linux_in_Italy_Soars_Again.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Linux_in_Italy_Soars_Again.gmi

14:34 TR Bot; Techrights GNU/Linux in Italy Soars Again

14:35 TR News; [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1363.jpg

14:35 TR News; [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1014.jpg

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14:36 TR News; 4TH August 2024 - Red Rose Jamboree Days 1 and 2 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20240804.txt

14:37 TR News; "I have brushed some dust off of my scripts today, and come up with a script that lets me sync my twtxt file (found in my tilde) and display it in HTML on my ichi.city page." gemini://melyanna.net/2024-07-31-back-to-scripting

14:38 TR News; "Anyways, I am typing this from terminal, using Lynx. I access most of my hobby projects from a headless RasPi, so I am always happy when things just work with no need to switch to a differen PC. This is very comfy." gemini://melyanna.net/2024-07-30-greetings-from-lynx

14:38 TR News; "Even though we get reminded that we will have extreme temperatures this summer, I must say that so far we are enjoying a wonderful summer weather in my area. Oh man it is really hot some days, but i is not as hot as the past two years." gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/chals/phlog/07-27-24

14:39 TR News; "I am not too sure where to write anymore. Between sdf and lucid.observer. At least I got back into using my small portable deck. I've also charged my setup with solar power for the first time in my life." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/theyLive

14:40 TR News; "When your world falls apart." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/change

14:41 TR News; Fixing the final errors from my Apache setup gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/08/04.1

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14:43 TR News; "We could use more positivity on the Internet like this. Thank you. I got this." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/08/04.2

14:44 TR News; SpellBinding: BDHIROM Wordo: OXLIP gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-08-05.gmi

14:45 TR News; Don't let your "how" become your "why" gopher://box.matto.nl/0/dont-let-your-how-become-your-why.txt

14:50 TR News; (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 129 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Mozilla_Firefox_129_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Mozilla_Firefox_129_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.gmi

14:50 TR Bot; Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox 129 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New

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14:59 lightbringer; https://i.4cdn.org/g/1722832821365459.jpg

3 PM, August 5

15:03 psydroid2; the circle of doom

4 PM, August 5

16:36 admfubar; https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/08/rom-hackings-premier-site-is-going-read-only-after-internal-struggle/

16:36 TR Bot; Legendary ROM hacking site shutting down after almost 20 years | Ars Technica

16:46 admfubar; https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/05/chip-factory-workers-wages

16:46 TR Bot; US chip factory workers say its a struggle to survive on their wages as industry booms | Business | The Guardian

5 PM, August 5

17:37 TR News; Michigan gemini://flo.smol.pub/michigan

17:38 TR News; "Made sense to stay over the weekend in case heart guy decided to be available. So far, nope. An excuse to enjoy city shopping so not a total loss." gemini://orpfm.smol.pub/2024-08-05-still-in-philly

17:39 TR News; "Still Pelican to the Web server on the laptop. Not sure if it's going anywhere (Gemini) or staying where it is." gemini://orpfm.smol.pub/2024-08-05-still-in-philly

17:43 TR News; Techrights Gemini Links 05/08/2024: Greetings From Lynx and Back to Scripting https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Gemini_Links_05_08_2024_Greetings_From_Lynx_and_Back_to_Scripti.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Gemini_Links_05_08_2024_Greetings_From_Lynx_and_Back_to_Scripti.gmi

17:43 TR Bot; Techrights Gemini Links 05/08/2024: Greetings From Lynx and Back to Scripting

17:43 TR News; Gittyup git client GUI compiled in OE https://bkhome.org/news/202408/gittyup-git-client-gui-compiled-in-oe.html

17:43 TR Bot; Gittyup git client GUI compiled in OE

17:57 TR News; (NEW): Computer security is a political struggle https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Computer_security_is_a_political_struggle.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Computer_security_is_a_political_struggle.gmi

17:57 TR Bot; Tux Machines Computer security is a political struggle

6 PM, August 5

18:03 TR News; VIA launches MediaTek Genio 700 SMARC SoM, Pico-ITX SBC, and fanless Edge Hey Hi (AI) embedded system https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/08/04/via-mediatek-genio-700-smarc-som-pico-itx-sbc-and-fanless-edge-ai-embedded-system/

18:03 TR Bot; VIA launches MediaTek Genio 700 SMARC SoM, Pico-ITX SBC, and fanless Edge AI embedded system - CNX Software

18:04 TR News; Enthusiast demos ancient MS-DOS and games running 'from the metal' on modern PC system https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/enthusiast-demos-ancient-ms-dos-and-games-running-from-the-metal-on-modern-pc-system

18:04 TR Bot; Enthusiast demos ancient MS-DOS and games running 'from the metal' on modern PC system | Tom's Hardware

18:04 TR News; Episode 440 What is open source talk Josh gave https://opensourcesecurity.io/2024/08/04/episode-440-what-is-open-source-talk-josh-gave/

18:04 TR Bot; Episode 440 What is open source talk Josh gave Open Source Security

18:05 TR News; This Week in GNU/Linux 273: Linux Mint 22, COSMIC Desktop on Pop!_OS, Gaming Distros, & more GNU/Linux news Copy https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/273-linux-mint-22-cosmic-desktop-on-pop_os-gaming-distros-amp-more-linux-news/

18:05 TR Bot; ( status 404 @ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/273-linux-mint-22-cosmic-desktop-on-pop_os-gaming-distros-amp-more-linux-news/ )

18:06 TR News; This Week in GNU/Linux 274: New COSMIC details leaked, Vanilla OS 2.0, Serpent OS & more GNU/Linux news https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-274/

18:06 TR Bot; New COSMIC details leaked, Vanilla OS 2.0, Serpent OS & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital

18:07 TR News; Browse the Internet as a Guest using GreenTunnel, Free and Open-source for Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS https://medevel.com/greentunnel/

18:07 TR Bot; Browse the Internet as a Guest using GreenTunnel, Free and Open-source for Windows, Linux and macOS

18:08 TR News; Matthias Klumpp: Freedesktop Specs Website Update https://blog.tenstral.net/2024/08/freedesktop-specs-website-update.html

18:08 TR Bot; Freedesktop Specs Website Update Ximions Blog

18:08 TR News; Lazy Reading for 2024/08/04 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2024/08/04/lazy-reading-for-2024-08-04/

18:08 TR Bot; Lazy Reading for 2024/08/04 DragonFly BSD Digest

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18:10 TR News; Wait, WHAT? How many? Is this thing SAFE? Who audited it other than AMD??? https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Kernel-GPU-5.8-Million

18:10 TR News; More code is not better. More code is more code. Sometimes keeping thing elegant and small should be the goal.

18:11 TR Bot; ( status 525 @ https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Kernel-GPU-5.8-Million )

18:11 psydroid2; Less code is better, actually

18:11 schestowitz[TR2]; status 525

18:11 schestowitz[TR2]; what is that>

18:11 psydroid2; No code is the best

18:11 schestowitz[TR2]; Some clownflare thing?

18:12 schestowitz[TR2]; loll, it also crashed one bot

18:12 schestowitz[TR2]; systemctl restart bot-irc-social.service

18:12 schestowitz[TR2]; test:

18:12 psydroid2; the site is a joke

18:12 schestowitz[TR2]; https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.11-rc2-More-AMD-Zen-5

18:12 TR Bot; 6.11-rc2 To Recognize More AMD Zen 5 CPUs - Phoronix

18:12 schestowitz[TR2]; oj, weird

18:12 schestowitz[TR2]; test #2:

18:12 schestowitz[TR2]; https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Kernel-GPU-5.8-Million?test

18:13 psydroid2; AMD is writing a bloated alternative to the bloated Linux kernel

18:13 schestowitz[TR2]; not just AMD

18:13 schestowitz[TR2]; it's "open"

18:13 schestowitz[TR2]; but so big

18:13 schestowitz[TR2]; nobody, even a company (not "hobbyist") can study that much code

18:13 schestowitz[TR2]; and it changes all the time

18:13 psydroid2; it's the Landfill kernel

18:13 schestowitz[TR2]; if ytou study it all, it'll have changed a lot by the time you finish

18:13 schestowitz[TR2]; openBSD would not accept this

18:13 psydroid2; that's the thing

18:14 schestowitz[TR2]; wow, 6 million lines of code

18:14 schestowitz[TR2]; Hitler killed 6 million lines of code

18:14 schestowitz[TR2]; and lost

18:14 psydroid2; I read O'Reilly's Linux 2.6 kernel books and more or less knew my way around those kernel versions

18:14 psydroid2; but I haven't kept up with whatever has happened since

18:15 psydroid2; so I would have to dive in again with more recent books by the likes of Packt Publishing

18:15 schestowitz[TR2]; it's like this

18:15 schestowitz[TR2]; "look. my kernel is lean and well tested"

18:15 schestowitz[TR2]; "just ignore this blob i add to it"

18:15 schestowitz[TR2]; but it doesn't work like that

18:16 psydroid2; but I've opted for reading for reading the FreeBSD book first

18:16 psydroid2; to get a better idea of what other kernels look like

18:17 schestowitz[TR2]; now you have wayland and systemd

18:17 schestowitz[TR2]; iirc, systemd is now 2,000,000+ LOCs

18:17 schestowitz[TR2]; and no proper way to do modular testing

18:17 schestowitz[TR2]; because it is kludge

18:17 schestowitz[TR2]; so you cannot properly study the "blackboxes"

18:17 schestowitz[TR2]; you wait for some company to find a flaw

18:18 schestowitz[TR2]; mail a logo for a new bug

18:18 schestowitz[TR2]; then fix it

18:18 schestowitz[TR2]; some companies make lots of money this way

18:18 psydroid2; I don't even bother

18:18 schestowitz[TR2]; we used to say Linux is safe "BECAUSE..."

18:18 psydroid2; this is not what free software is about

18:18 schestowitz[TR2]; and systemd is a lot like Windows

18:18 schestowitz[TR2]; spaghetti code

18:19 schestowitz[TR2]; everything is one pot

18:19 psydroid2; this is not what the scientific way to software development is about

18:19 psydroid2; computer science, that is

18:19 schestowitz[TR2]; one codebase for

18:19 schestowitz[TR2]; networking

18:19 schestowitz[TR2]; booting

18:19 psydroid2; so I just discard it all

18:19 schestowitz[TR2]; tpm

18:19 schestowitz[TR2]; soon 'sudo' (run0)

18:19 schestowitz[TR2]; so your ethenernet nhandling code can also give you root

18:19 schestowitz[TR2]; same "box"

18:20 schestowitz[TR2]; no proper separation with interfaces

18:20 schestowitz[TR2]; you can escape the barriers

18:20 schestowitz[TR2]; as they are in the same processed

18:20 schestowitz[TR2]; and same parent process

18:20 psydroid2; but I blame universities for being lazy too

18:20 schestowitz[TR2]; the media noadays calls systemd holers "linux" holes

18:20 psydroid2; and teaching students how to do development in the context of systemd/Linux

18:21 schestowitz[TR2]; polkit etc

18:21 schestowitz[TR2]; it's "linux"

18:21 psydroid2; rather than creating a new operating system

18:21 psydroid2; in a course that is called operating systems

18:21 psydroid2; even if it's just a toy

18:21 TR News; Amarok 3.1 Released with Updated Last.fm Plugin, Last.fm Similar Artists Applet https://9to5linux.com/amarok-3-1-released-with-updated-last-fm-plugin-last-fm-similar-artists-applet

18:21 psydroid2; but the experience is important

18:21 TR Bot; 3.1 Released with Updated Last.fm Plugin, Last.fm Similar Artists Applet - 9to5Linux

18:22 TR News; Forget Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows 11, Nitrux 3.6.0 should be your next OS https://betanews.com/2024/08/04/forget-microsoft-windows-11-nitrux-3-6-0-should-be-your-next-os/

18:22 TR Bot; Forget Microsoft Windows 11, Nitrux 3.6.0 should be your next OS

18:23 TR News; GNU/Linux Smashing Records in Australia and the Pacific https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/GNU_Linux_Smashing_Records_in_Australia_and_the_Pacific.shtml

18:23 TR Bot; Techrights GNU/Linux Smashing Records in Australia and the Pacific

18:24 TR News; (NEW): Systemd-Free Nitrux 3.6 Arrives with NVIDIA 560 Driver, Latest NVIDIA GSP Firmware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/07/31/Systemd_Free_Nitrux_3_6_Arrives_with_NVIDIA_560_Driver_Latest_N.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/07/31/Systemd_Free_Nitrux_3_6_Arrives_with_NVIDIA_560_Driver_Latest_N.gmi

18:24 TR Bot; Tux Machines Systemd-Free Nitrux 3.6 Arrives with NVIDIA 560 Driver, Latest NVIDIA GSP Firmware

18:24 schestowitz[TR2]; wait, something wrong in phoronix

18:24 schestowitz[TR2]; it is up and down

18:24 schestowitz[TR2]; some issue at the back end maybe

18:24 schestowitz[TR2]; not clownflare

18:25 psydroid2; Microsoft and AMD haven't paid their bills?

18:26 TR News; GNU World Order 575 http://gnuworldorder.info//audiophile/gnuWorldOrder_575_ogg.ogg

18:27 TR News; (NEW): GNU Binutils 2.43 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Binutils_2_43_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/GNU_Binutils_2_43_Released.gmi

18:27 TR Bot; Tux Machines GNU Binutils 2.43 Released

18:27 TR News; Scarlett Gately Moore: KDE, Kubuntu, Debian: Weekly progress report Qt6 updates. https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-kubuntu-debian-weekly-progress-report-qt6-updates/

18:27 TR Bot; KDE, Kubuntu, Debian: Weekly progress report Qt6 updates. Scarlett Gately Moore

18:29 schestowitz[TR2]; <psydroid2> Microsoft and AMD haven't paid their bills?

18:29 schestowitz[TR2]; mayeb intel's payment lapsed

18:29 schestowitz[TR2]; you know, prioorities

18:29 schestowitz[TR2]; "non-essential"

18:29 schestowitz[TR2]; like this Linus bribe https://techrights.org/o/2022/09/30/linus-torvalds-award/

18:29 TR Bot; Intel Treats Linus Torvalds as a Marketing Mascot

18:30 TR News; (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Open Source Security, This Week in GNU/Linux, and GNU World Order https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Audiocasts_Shows_Open_Source_Security_This_Week_in_GNU_Linux_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Audiocasts_Shows_Open_Source_Security_This_Week_in_GNU_Linux_an.gmi

18:30 TR Bot; Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Open Source Security, This Week in GNU/Linux, and GNU World Order

18:34 TR News; "Intel is far from fully correcting itself." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tPIep9E

18:34 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tPIep9E )

18:34 TR News; Microsoft led July layoffs https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/return-of-pink-slips-intel-microsoft-tinder-parent-match-hit-by-layoffs/articleshow/112287285.cms

18:34 TR Bot; tech LAYOFFS: Return of pink slips? Intel, Microsoft, Tinder parent Match hit by layoffs - The Economic Times

18:35 TR News; ""Microsoft ought to lay-off every single employee in Redmond Washington. Then bulldoze down the entire Microsoft Campus to make room for a NASCAR track to be built using unemployment benefits Microsoft will deny all the Redmond workers." It will be the 1 new thing that Microsoft has produced in the last 2 decades." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tBS7bKq

18:35 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tBS7bKq )

18:36 TR News; e-bike bubble https://www.geekwire.com/2024/more-layoffs-at-rad-power-bikes-as-seattle-e-bike-maker-aims-to-ensure-brands-longevity/

18:36 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2024/more-layoffs-at-rad-power-bikes-as-seattle-e-bike-maker-aims-to-ensure-brands-longevity/ )

18:36 TR News; Intel Layoffs Begin Today in Israel, Tech Giants Biggest-Streaming Plan Estimated To Hit Around 17,000 Global Workforce: Report https://www.latestly.com/technology/intel-layoffs-begin-today-in-israel-tech-giants-biggest-streaming-plan-estimated-to-hit-around-17000-global-workforce-report-6164476.html

18:36 TR Bot; Layoffs Begin Today in Israel, Tech Giants Biggest-Streaming Plan Estimated To Hit Around 17,000 Global Workforce: Report | LatestLY

18:37 TR News; Cryptocurrencies hit by huge selloff. Heres why https://m.economictimes.com/tech/technology/cryptocurrencies-hit-by-huge-selloff-heres-why/amp_articleshow/112288041.cms https://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/

18:37 TR Bot; cryptocurrencies: Cryptocurrencies hit by huge selloff. Heres why - The Economic Times

18:37 TR Bot; There is No Such Thing as 'Cryptocurrency' and Please Stop Referring to It as Cryptocurrency

18:38 psydroid2; lol

18:38 psydroid2; Microsoft Bulldozer is going to be their final product in collaboration with AMD

18:38 TR News; "When the stock market crashes people will move to "Crypto" shitcoins" is the same logic as, "when a few boats sink people will start swimming between countries instead of taking boats"

18:38 TR News; Infineon Layoffs: German Chipmaker Laying Off 1,400 Employees and Planning To Relocate Same Number to Low-Wage Countries Amid Revenue Drop in Q3 https://www.latestly.com/technology/infineon-layoffs-german-chipmaker-laying-off-1400-employees-and-planning-to-relocate-same-number-to-low-wage-countries-amid-revenue-drop-in-q3-6165598.html

18:38 TR Bot; Layoffs: German Chipmaker Laying Off 1,400 Employees and Planning To Relocate Same Number to Low-Wage Countries Amid Revenue Drop in Q3 | LatestLY

18:39 schestowitz[TR2]; paperboy helped them with TPM

18:39 schestowitz[TR2]; trying to put that inside Linux

18:39 TR News; Also here: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/this-german-chip-company-announces-job-cuts-to-layoff-1400-employees-worldwide/articleshow/112285215.cms

18:39 TR Bot; This German chip company announces job cuts, to layoff 1,400 employees worldwide - Times of India

18:39 psydroid2; and then while on the paycheck of MS he started arguing against non-x86 CPUs

18:40 psydroid2; really showing his true colours

18:40 schestowitz[TR2]; yes, whatever :-)

18:40 schestowitz[TR2]; he's not bright

18:40 schestowitz[TR2]; be easy on him

18:40 schestowitz[TR2]; not a computer scierntist

18:40 schestowitz[TR2]; but pretends tyo be one

18:40 psydroid2; I'll be easy on him

18:41 schestowitz[TR2]; the master bluffer who also pretended that he had a home when all he had was a mortgage

18:41 schestowitz[TR2]; filing a lawsuit and then repeatedly trying to sneak out of it with some settlement, unlike the respondents, who adopted the "bring it on!" stance because they know it's a foolish lawsuit without any "smoking guns" or "star witness" or "October surprises" (if there were, he'd not try to run away like that)

18:41 psydroid2; he can be deported to St. Helena for the sake of mankind's safety

18:41 schestowitz[TR2]; he's trying to get out of his own lawsuit not

18:41 schestowitz[TR2]; (now

18:42 TR News; Windows down to 15% share in Africa https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/africa/#monthly-200902-202408

18:42 TR Bot; Operating System Market Share Africa | Statcounter Global Stats

18:42 psydroid2; but he'll hate it there

18:42 psydroid2; people there don't use Windows

18:43 schestowitz[TR2]; St. Helena?

18:43 psydroid2; and few have x86 computers with Secure Boot, TPM and Pluton

18:43 psydroid2; yes

18:43 psydroid2; it houses few British expats

18:43 TR News; Smart enough for IBM and foolish enough to use Microsoft (GitHub) https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2024/08/05/i-entered-my-github-credentials-into-a-phishing-website-also-target-com-is-more-secure-than-your-bank/

18:43 TR Bot; I Entered My GitHub Credentials into a Phishing Website! Michael Catanzaro's Blog

18:44 TR News; He also uses Microsoft for search. "The fake github.com appeared higher than the real github.com in the DuckDuckGo search results for whatever I was looking for at the time. :("

18:45 psydroid2; lol

18:45 TR News; Now he blogs about his own incompetence and stupidity.

18:47 TR News; "Intel laying off 15-22% of employees, stock at 50 yr lows, competitors eating their lunch - reminds me of IBM in 1992-93!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tRkqJKq

18:47 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tRkqJKq )

18:48 TR News; Amarok 3.1 Released with Last.FM Tweaks, Qt 6 Prep + More https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/amarok-3-1-released

18:48 TR Bot; Amarok 3.1 Released with Last.FM Tweaks, Qt 6 Prep + More - OMG! Ubuntu

18:49 TR News; Dougie Richardson: Gogh https://dougiewougie.com/2024/08/03/gogh/

18:49 TR Bot; Gogh Dougie Richardson

18:49 TR News; Cancel your Gravatar, now! https://rubenerd.com/cancel-your-gravatar-now/

18:49 -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Rubenerd

18:50 TR News; Shape-Shifting Companies https://tedium.co/2024/08/04/corporations-holding-companies-identity-drift/ "How the aggressive machinations of investor interests and corporate culture can significantly reshape a companys focus. Just ask the company behind Frogger."

18:50 TR Bot; Identity Drift: How Businesses Get Lost In The Corporate Machine

18:50 TR News; Android Has Become Ridiculously Ubiquitous in Sudan https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Android_Has_Become_Ridiculously_Ubiquitous_in_Sudan.shtml

18:50 TR Bot; Techrights Android Has Become Ridiculously Ubiquitous in Sudan

18:51 TR News; Does anyone at all (except cranks) still speak of Web3 dApps?

18:52 TR News; Top 9 Open-Source Free Solutions for Anonymous Internet Browsing https://medevel.com/sec-anonymous-privacy-1090/

18:52 TR Bot; Top 9 Open-Source Free Solutions for Anonymous Internet Browsing

18:53 TR News; Kevin Fenzi: Fedora Infrastructure musings for the first week of aug 2024 https://www.scrye.com/wordpress/nirik/2024/08/04/fedora-infrastructure-musings-for-the-first-week-of-aug-2024/

18:53 TR Bot; Fedora Infrastructure musings for the first week of aug 2024 Kevin's musings

18:53 TR News; IBM loves black people... IN THE PLANTATIONS and in FEDORA "projects" [sic]

18:53 TR News; "GET BACK IN THE PROJECTS AND STFU" -IBM

18:54 TR News; "STFU or we SUE you!" -IBM https://www.adrforum.com/DomainDecisions/1980642.htm

18:54 TR Bot; NATIONAL ARBITRATION FORUM

18:54 TR News; Patching LIBERATES

18:54 TR News; The Negative Impact of DEI on Salaries at I.C.B.M. (and Fedora) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/The_Negative_Impact_of_DEI_on_Salaries_at_IBM_and_Fedora.shtml

18:54 TR Bot; Techrights The Negative Impact of DEI on Salaries at IBM (and Fedora)

18:55 TR News; VitoDeploy: Free Deployment and Server Management System Built with Laravel https://medevel.com/vitodeploy/

18:55 TR Bot; VitoDeploy: Free Deployment and Server Management System Built with Laravel

18:56 TR News; Getting Started with Egui: A Rust GUI Library https://medevel.com/egui-a-rust-gui-library/

18:56 TR Bot; Getting Started with Egui: A Rust GUI Library

18:56 TR News; Get Started with V: From Variables and Classes to Your First Web App https://medevel.com/get-started-with-v/

18:56 TR Bot; Get Started with V: From Variables and Classes to Your First Web App

18:57 TR News; This Month in Redox - July 2024 https://www.redox-os.org/news/this-month-240731/

18:57 TR Bot; This Month in Redox - July 2024 - Redox - Your Next(Gen) OS

18:58 TR News; Documenso: Solution Revolutionize Your Document Management and Free Alternative to DocuSign https://medevel.com/documenso/

18:58 TR Bot; Documenso: Solution Revolutionize Your Document Management and Free Alternative to DocuSign

18:59 TR News; git bisecting kernel: some pitfalls https://blog.bshah.in/2024/08/04/git-bisecting-kernel-some-pitfalls/

18:59 TR Bot; git bisecting kernel: some pitfalls - Bhushan Shah

18:59 TR News; More Technology Does Not Mean More Happiness https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/More_Technology_Does_Not_Mean_More_Happiness.shtml

18:59 TR Bot; Techrights More Technology Does Not Mean More Happiness

18:59 TR News; Down From 100% to Only 6.8%: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows in Palestinian Territory https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Down_From_100_to_Only_6_8_Microsoft_Windows_in_Palestinian_Terr.shtml

18:59 TR Bot; Techrights Down From 100% to Only 6.8%: Microsoft Windows in Palestinian Territory

18:59 TR News; In Europe, Even Yandex is Closing in on Abusive Monopolist Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/In_Europe_Even_Yandex_is_Closing_in_on_Microsoft.shtml

18:59 TR Bot; Techrights In Europe, Even Yandex is Closing in on Microsoft

18:59 TR News; Microsoft's Money Reserves Lowest in More Than 11 Years! (In Spite of Mass Layoffs) https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/03/Microsoft_s_Money_Reserves_Lowest_in_More_Than_11_Years_In_Spit.shtml

18:59 TR Bot; Techrights Microsoft's Money Reserves Lowest in More Than 11 Years! (In Spite of Mass Layoffs)

18:59 TR News; statCounter: The Latest Version of Windows, Vista 11, Did Not Increase Market Share This Month Compared to Last Month https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/03/statCounter_The_Latest_Version_of_Windows_Vista_11_Did_Not_Incr.shtml

18:59 TR Bot; Techrights statCounter: The Latest Version of Windows, Vista 11, Did Not Increase Market Share This Month Compared to Last Month

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19:00 TR News; [Meme] How to Divide the Community Based on and United Around Shared Belief/Ideology on Software Freedom https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/04/Meme_How_to_Divide_the_Community_Based_on_and_United_Around_Sha.shtml

19:00 TR Bot; Techrights [Meme] How to Divide the Community Based on and United Around Shared Belief/Ideology on Software Freedom

19:01 TR News; Deploying a Django Application with MySQL Using Docker Compose https://medevel.com/deploying-a-django-application-with-mysql-using-docker-compose/

19:01 TR Bot; Deploying a Django Application with MySQL Using Docker Compose

19:01 TR News; Stalwart is an Open-source Self-hosted Mail Server https://medevel.com/stalwart/

19:01 TR Bot; Stalwart is an Open-source Self-hosted Mail Server

19:02 TR News; ESP32 https://hackaday.com/2024/08/04/your-esp32-as-a-usb-bluetooth-dongle/ | Source: Hackaday

19:02 TR Bot; ESP32 As A USB Bluetooth Dongle | Hackaday

19:03 TR News; STILL pushing Microsoft GARBAGE (proprietary and attack on standards) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31072

19:03 TR Bot; OOXML Spreadsheets Protected By Verifier Hashes - SANS Internet Storm Center

19:04 TR News; Against XMPP+OMEMO https://soatok.blog/2024/08/04/against-xmppomemo/

19:04 TR Bot; Against XMPP+OMEMO - Dhole Moments

19:05 TR News; Apple admits its products are deeply defective https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/macbooks/apple-butterfly-keyswitch-afflicted-users-finally-start-to-receive-payouts-of-up-to-dollar395-per-laptop

19:05 TR Bot; Apple butterfly keyswitch afflicted users finally start to receive payouts of up to $395 per laptop | Tom's Hardware

19:05 schestowitz[TR2]; MinceR: get your 400 dollars back

19:05 schestowitz[TR2]; how much is that in hungarian ruble?

19:16 TR News; Metaphor for Wall Street last week? https://nypost.com/2024/08/04/us-news/3-foot-long-snake-found-slithering-across-nyc-street-cops/

19:16 TR Bot; 3-foot-long snake found slithering across NYC street: cops

19:17 TR News; Hackers hope to democratize laser-based processor hacking $500 RayV Lite relies on 3D printing, a laser pen, and a Raspberry Pi to bring costs down https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hackers-hope-to-democratize-laser-based-processor-hacking-dollar500-rayv-lite-relies-on-3d-printing-a-laser-pen-and-a-raspberry-pi-to-bring-costs-down

19:17 TR Bot; Hackers hope to democratize laser-based processor hacking $500 RayV Lite relies on 3D printing, a laser pen, and a Raspberry Pi to bring costs down | Tom's Hardware

19:18 TR News; OK, so they DEFINITELY have no plans to recover (or no way to recover) those missing talks/videos https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/

19:18 TR Bot; libreplanet's profile GNU MediaGoblin

19:19 TR News; Explainer: Hong Kongs national security crackdown month 49 https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/04/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-49/

19:19 TR Bot; Hong Kong's national security crackdown - month 49

19:22 TR News; Palomar Observatory Bids Farwell to its Cosmic Restaurant https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/04/science/space/astronomy-palomar-restaurant.html

19:22 TR Bot; Palomar Observatory Bids Farwell to its Cosmic Restaurant - The New York Times

19:22 TR News; Strange Link Between Board Games And Autism May Finally Be Explained https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-link-between-board-games-and-autism-may-finally-be-explained

19:22 TR Bot; Link Between Board Games And Autism May Finally Be Explained : ScienceAlert

19:24 TR News; With Smugglers and Front Companies, China Is Skirting American Hey Hi (AI) Bans https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/04/technology/china-ai-microchips.html

19:24 TR Bot; With Smugglers and Front Companies, China Is Skirting American A.I. Bans - The New York Times

19:24 TR News; China's CXMT begins mass-producing HBM2 memory well ahead of schedule 2026 was the previously telegraphed target https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/chinas-cxmt-begins-mass-producing-hbm2-memory-well-ahead-of-schedule-2026-was-the-previously-telegraphed-target

19:24 TR Bot; China's CXMT begins mass-producing HBM2 memory well ahead of schedule 2026 was the previously telegraphed target | Tom's Hardware

19:25 TR News; Trump is likely to escalate the US-China trade war https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/trump-is-likely-to-escalate-the-us-china-trade-war/

19:25 TR Bot; Trump is likely to escalate the US-China trade war | The Strategist

19:29 TR News; PC-9800 Boot Sounds For Modern Computers https://hackaday.com/2024/08/04/pc-9800-boot-sounds-for-modern-computers/ | Source: Hackaday

19:29 TR Bot; Boot Sounds For Modern Computers! | Hackaday

19:30 TR News; Apollo Computer: The Forgotten Workstations https://hackaday.com/2024/08/04/apollo-computer-the-forgotten-workstations/ | Source: Hackaday

19:30 TR Bot; Computer: The Forgotten Workstations | Hackaday

19:31 TR News; "With a versatile key management system and access to several public key directories, GPG is a must-have for security-minded Linux users." https://thenewstack.io/linux-secure-yourself-with-gnupg-on-linux/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Joab_Jackson_and_The_New_Stack_Publishing_Microsoft_Spam_E_E_E_.shtml

19:31 TR Bot; Linux: Secure Yourself With GnuPG on Linux - The New Stack

19:31 TR Bot; Techrights Joab Jackson and "The New Stack" Publishing Microsoft Spam (E.E.E. Against Linux) for a Payment From Microsoft

19:32 TR News; "Meanwhile the Core Ultra 7 165H processor is a 28-watt, 16-core, 22-thread chip with CPU frequencies up to 5 GHz, 24MB cache, Intel Arc graphics, and an NPU for hardware-accelerated [BUZZWORD] performance." https://liliputing.com/starbook-7-linux-laptop-comes-with-a-choice-of-intel-n200-or-core-ultra-7-165h-chips/

19:32 TR Bot; 7 Linux laptop comes with a choice of Intel N200 or Core Ultra 7 165H chips - Liliputing

19:33 TR News; "affects Linux kernel versions 5.9 to 6.2" https://thecyberexpress.com/slubstick-cross-cache-attack-2/

19:33 TR Bot; Unveiling The SLUBStick Cross-Cache Attack On The Linux Kernel - The Cyber Express

19:33 TR News; "The Linux-based StarBook 7 can now be configured with Intel's new Meteor Lake chips. Key specs include a 14-inch 4K screen, up to 96 GB RAM/4 TB storage, a 65 Wh battery and a variety of Linux distros to choose from." https://www.notebookcheck.net/StarBook-7-Linux-based-laptop-now-available-with-Core-Ultra-7-165H-and-matte-4K-display.871239.0.html

19:33 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.notebookcheck.net/StarBook-7-Linux-based-laptop-now-available-with-Core-Ultra-7-165H-and-matte-4K-display.871239.0.html )

19:40 TR News; So more people realise that the so-called 'tech industry' is actually 'meat market'

19:50 TR News; Techrights Next Milestone for Desktop (or Laptop) GNU/Linux in Asia: Seven Percent https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Next_Milestone_for_Desktop_or_Laptop_GNU_Linux_in_Asia_Seven_Pe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Next_Milestone_for_Desktop_or_Laptop_GNU_Linux_in_Asia_Seven_Pe.gmi

19:50 TR Bot; Techrights Next Milestone for Desktop (or Laptop) GNU/Linux in Asia: Seven Percent

19:52 TR News; (NEW): Devices/Embedded and Retro Hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Devices_Embedded_and_Retro_Hardware.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Devices_Embedded_and_Retro_Hardware.gmi

19:52 TR Bot; Tux Machines Devices/Embedded and Retro Hardware

8 PM, August 5

20:07 ZedHedTed; psydroid2: are there any active hardware rooms on matrix that you're in?

20:08 psydroid2; ZedHedTed, not really, that's why I'm still in #hardware

20:09 psydroid2; a few were somewhat active before, but either the mods were tyrants or they simply died down

20:10 psydroid2; I created one called #hardwaretalk, but I don't think I've published it anywhere

20:10 TR News; Techrights We Have a New and Democratically-Elected Government That Won by a Very Wide Margin, We Don't Need Social Control Media to Bring "Arab Spring" to the United Kingdom https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/We_Have_a_New_and_Democratically_Elected_Government_That_Won_by.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/We_Have_a_New_and_Democratically_Elected_Government_That_Won_by.gmi

20:10 TR Bot; Techrights We Have a New and Democratically-Elected Government That Won by a Very Wide Margin, We Don't Need Social Control Media to Bring "Arab Spring" to the United Kingdom

20:11 ZedHedTed; psydroid2: aww ok. i'm in #hardware-atmachine but it has no admins.

20:12 ZedHedTed; yeah i don't see a #hardwaretalk at least for matrix.org

20:13 psydroid2; I'm also there, but is it somewhat active at least?

20:13 psydroid2; I don't know why some published rooms don't show up in the room directory

20:14 psydroid2; #hardwaretalk:matrix.org should be it

20:18 TR News; Techrights [Meme] Violenceware https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Meme_Violenceware.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Meme_Violenceware.gmi

20:18 TR Bot; Techrights [Meme] Violenceware

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20:38 TR News; Techrights Still No Olympics https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Still_No_Olympics.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Still_No_Olympics.gmi

20:38 TR Bot; Techrights Still No Olympics

20:39 MinceR; schestowitz[TR2]: i stopped buying laptop-shaped trash right after i got burned by dHell

20:55 schestowitz[TR2]; :)

20:55 schestowitz[TR2]; now desktop?

9 PM, August 5

21:15 TR News; Techrights Technology and Sports Don't Blend (But Nowadays Sports Are Exploited to Sell/Promote Useless - or Sometimes Even Harmful - "Tech") https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Technology_and_Sports_Don_t_Blend_But_Nowadays_Sports_Are_Explo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Technology_and_Sports_Don_t_Blend_But_Nowadays_Sports_Are_Explo.gmi

21:15 TR Bot; Techrights Technology and Sports Don't Blend (But Nowadays Sports Are Exploited to Sell/Promote Useless - or Sometimes Even Harmful - "Tech")

21:16 MinceR; no, several laptops, all built to a far higher standard than dHell or crApple

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21:29 lightbringer; (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/HdcoOFY = https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/gallery/HdcoOFY

21:29 TR Bot; daily picture - Album on Imgur

21:29 TR Bot; Crumbles daily picture - rimgo

21:31 admfubar; https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-joins-nearly-30-public-interest-groups-urging-fcc-to-lower-broadband-costs-increase-consumer-choice-for-apartment-residents/

21:31 TR Bot; Public Knowledge Joins Nearly 30 Public Interest Groups Urging FCC To Lower Broadband Costs, Increase Consumer Choice for Apartment Residents - Public Knowledge

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21:35 TR News; Techrights statCounter: Sharp Increase in GNU/Linux Usage in Canada This Summer https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/statCounter_Sharp_Increase_in_GNU_Linux_Usage_in_Canada_This_Su.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/statCounter_Sharp_Increase_in_GNU_Linux_Usage_in_Canada_This_Su.gmi

21:35 TR Bot; Techrights statCounter: Sharp Increase in GNU/Linux Usage in Canada This Summer

21:42 TR News; Techrights [Meme] Tech That Does Not Enhance Performance https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Meme_Tech_That_Does_Not_Enhance_Performance.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Meme_Tech_That_Does_Not_Enhance_Performance.gmi

21:42 TR Bot; Techrights [Meme] Tech That Does Not Enhance Performance

21:57 TR News; Techrights Fifty (50) and Going https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Fifty_50_and_Going.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Fifty_50_and_Going.gmi

21:57 TR Bot; Techrights Fifty (50) and Going

10 PM, August 5

22:02 TR News; (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/today_s_leftovers.gmi

22:02 TR Bot; Tux Machines today's leftovers

22:04 TR News; (NEW): Free Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Free_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Free_Software_Leftovers.gmi

22:04 TR Bot; Tux Machines Free Software Leftovers

22:04 TR News; (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/05/Programming_Leftovers.gmi

22:04 TR Bot; Tux Machines Programming Leftovers

22:05 TR News; Techrights Links 05/08/2024: Shape-Shifting Companies and Apple Admitting Defects https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Links_05_08_2024_Shape_Shifting_Companies_and_Apple_Admitting_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Links_05_08_2024_Shape_Shifting_Companies_and_Apple_Admitting_D.gmi

22:05 TR Bot; Techrights Links 05/08/2024: Shape-Shifting Companies and Apple Admitting Defects

22:06 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2]: Walmart has basically turned into a really crappy pawn shop that locks up toothpaste and there's never anyone with a key.

22:06 TR News; Open Source is Not Inclusive - by Bryan Lunduke https://lunduke.substack.com/p/open-source-is-not-inclusive Source: Bryan Lunduke | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lunduke.substack.com/p/open-source-is-not-inclusive

22:06 TR Bot; Open Source is Not Inclusive - by Bryan Lunduke

22:07 IsambardPrince; Toothpaste costs literally almost nothing to make.

22:07 IsambardPrince; They jack up the price to like $8-9 a tube and then throw it behind locked glass now with the implication that your teeth can fall out if you can't pay.

22:07 IsambardPrince; Everything is going in that direction, from rent to a tube of toothpaste.

22:12 psydroid2; rent a tube of toothpaste

22:12 psydroid2; lol

22:12 psydroid2; it costs about 1 a tube here

22:13 psydroid2; I don't know how they can sell it for $8-9

22:13 lightbringer; https://ircz.de/p/24062436

22:13 TR Bot; WHOOPSIE

22:15 TR News; Techrights GNOME Foundation Gets Lessons in 'Streisand Effect' https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNOME_Foundation_Gets_Lessons_in_Streisand_Effect.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/GNOME_Foundation_Gets_Lessons_in_Streisand_Effect.gmi

22:15 TR Bot; Techrights GNOME Foundation Gets Lessons in 'Streisand Effect'

22:15 admfubar; https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/02/intel_tacks_two_years_onto/

22:15 TR Bot; Intel tacks two years onto Raptor Lake CPU warranty The Register

22:16 admfubar; make a run from the border!!!... https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/08/01/ai_taco_bell/

22:16 TR Bot; AI to invade hundreds more Taco Bell drive-thrus this year The Register

22:19 IsambardPrince; [16:13] <psydroid2> I don't know how they can sell it for $8-9

22:19 IsambardPrince; The way it works is this.

22:19 IsambardPrince; Fancy packaging.

22:20 IsambardPrince; Put glitter in the paste itself, which makes it look "premium".

22:20 IsambardPrince; Make grandiose claims on the package, which are all true enough that it doesn't devolve into deceptive advertising.

22:20 IsambardPrince; Like pointing out that it remineralizes and defends your tooth enamel.

22:20 IsambardPrince; Yes, that is what fluoride does.

22:21 IsambardPrince; But don't tell them that almost all toothpaste has fluoride, even the cheap stuff.

22:21 IsambardPrince; Put it on a shelf at easy grabbing level where the consumer has to do less work to get that one.

22:21 IsambardPrince; Put the cheap stuff at the bottom where they may not even see it and will have to bend down to the floor to grab some.

22:22 IsambardPrince; psydroid2: I went over the specification for the cheap store brand synthetic motor oils.

22:22 IsambardPrince; They're every bit as good as the stuff that costs twice as much.

22:22 IsambardPrince; So unless you get a rebate on the top shelf stuff you're just throwing money away so they can call it Castrol or something.

22:23 IsambardPrince; An extra $10-15 on a jug of motor oil a few times a year is a nuisance.

22:23 IsambardPrince; But it's like mosquitoes.

22:23 IsambardPrince; One bite makes you stop and scratch.

22:23 IsambardPrince; If a million of them come out of nowhere and all bite you, you're in trouble.

22:23 TR News; Techrights [Meme] Communist Party of GNOME https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Meme_Communist_Party_of_GNOME.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Meme_Communist_Party_of_GNOME.gmi

22:23 TR Bot; Techrights [Meme] Communist Party of GNOME

22:23 IsambardPrince; That's how budgets tend to work.

22:24 IsambardPrince; Their goal is to make the affordable stuff so drab looking that you feel dirty and poor even reaching for it.

22:25 ciphrCat; IsambardPrince: shop at WalMart with knee pads

22:25 ciphrCat; then you can crawl around on the floor to get the best deals

22:25 ciphrCat; you can be featured as the next WalMartian

22:25 IsambardPrince; Their goal is to humiliate you.

22:26 IsambardPrince; I worked with someone there who worked in knee pads.

22:26 IsambardPrince; That's what happens when you get old and still have to do manual labor when you need a knee replacement.

22:27 IsambardPrince; Nobody is paying for your knee replacement because one guy in State Prison who fucked a kid wants to be in the women's prison now.

22:27 ciphrCat; the WalMartian ill never forget is someone who was catheterized with urine feeding into a clear sack. The sack was strapped to his calf. And he wore shorts.

22:27 IsambardPrince; And he'll make the state pay half a million to do that because his life is over now and he wants to troll them.

22:28 IsambardPrince; [16:27] <ciphrCat> the WalMartian ill never forget is someone who was catheterized with urine feeding into a clear sack. The sack was strapped to his calf. And he wore shorts.

22:28 IsambardPrince; I get the catheter.

22:28 IsambardPrince; I don't get why you'd wear shorts at that point.

22:29 IsambardPrince; You get old enough your body starts doing a lot of weird shit.

22:29 IsambardPrince; Like an old car.

22:29 IsambardPrince; Everything wore out at a slightly different rate.

22:29 IsambardPrince; No two will work the same at a certain point.

22:30 IsambardPrince; https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-market-news-today-global-stock-rout-deepens-as-dow-plunges-over-1100-points-sp-500-nasdaq-sink-3-200046148.html

22:30 TR Bot; Stock market news today: Global stock rout deepens as Dow plunges over 1,100 points, S&P 500, Nasdaq sink 3%

22:30 IsambardPrince; :D

22:30 IsambardPrince; Drill baby, drill!

22:30 IsambardPrince; "Bitcoin is having its worst week since the fall of FTX"

22:31 IsambardPrince; MARISOL is going for a ride again I suppose.

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22:31 IsambardPrince; Investing all their money in magic beans instead of paying her 14 maxed out credit cards or an extra mortgage payment here or there, or finishing off a car loan.

22:31 IsambardPrince; What a fucking moron.

22:31 IsambardPrince; There's nothing you're going to invest in that's going to match what maxed out credit cards are costing you.

22:32 IsambardPrince; That's the magic of compounding.

22:32 admfubar; https://techxplore.com/news/2024-08-explosion-social-media-channels-faith.html

22:32 TR Bot; Get set for explosion of new social media channels as influencers lose faith in established platforms

22:32 IsambardPrince; Mark Cuban even said it. Before you invest in anything, if you have credit cards pay them off.

22:32 IsambardPrince; Nothing you invest in is going to beat out credit card debt.

22:34 admfubar; https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-08-05-federal-judge-google-is-monopoly/

22:34 TR Bot; Federal Judge: Google Is a Monopoly - The American Prospect

22:34 IsambardPrince; Bitcoin is extremely volatile and it can never appreciate in value enough to offset not paying off a credit card.

22:34 IsambardPrince; If she wasn't so stupid she'd drain the bitcoin wallet and pay her credit cards.

22:35 admfubar; https://prospect.org/power/2024-08-02-wall-street-hits-the-locker-room/

22:35 TR Bot; Wall Street Hits the Locker Room - The American Prospect

22:35 IsambardPrince; Because unless the $40-50k she claims she has in a bitcoin wallet starts growing by 30% a year, she's not going to beat what those cards are doing to her.

22:36 IsambardPrince; I'd take her more seriously if she had bitcoin investments and the only thing she was in debt for was an old mortgage at 3-4%.

22:36 IsambardPrince; But that's not the case.

22:37 IsambardPrince; Most mortgages precompute the interest so there's no point trying to pay them off faster because they'll get their interest anyway.

22:38 IsambardPrince; When you take out a mortgage for 30 years and pay it in 15 the only thing you did was make 15 more years of interest payments than you would have, at half a percent higher interest.

22:38 IsambardPrince; The only mortgage I would even look at right now if I was interested and could afford one was a 20 year fixed.

22:38 IsambardPrince; For some reason those are running 2/10th of a percentage point below the 15.

22:39 IsambardPrince; And it gives you a lower monthly payment so you have more wiggle room if unexpected things start happening to your budget.

22:40 ciphrCat; well, if youre on the ball you move your credit card debt around in a way that exploits promo rates.

22:40 IsambardPrince; It's enough interest spread that it sort of makes the extra 5 years less painful anyway.

22:40 IsambardPrince; ciphrCat: Moving the card debt around just costs you 3-5% every time you do it.

22:41 ciphrCat; i've never seen a refinancing fee for transferring debt

22:41 IsambardPrince; Taking out a balance transfer card only makes sense if you're already in a pickle and are trying to buy yourself 2 years.

22:41 ciphrCat; you have a right to pay your debt off at any time with credit cards

22:41 IsambardPrince; A balance transfer has a 3-5% fee charged up front the minute you transfer the debt to another card.

22:41 IsambardPrince; Even if the intro rate is 0% APR.

22:42 ciphrCat; sure, it only works for a brief time, so you have to be diligent to hop every 6-12 months

22:42 IsambardPrince; There's BT cards out there with 21 to 24 months.

22:42 IsambardPrince; They pay no rewards and they have a higher interest rate than most cards.

22:42 IsambardPrince; Their goal is to get your debt into their bank, charge you so much that it's profitable even if you pay it all off during the intro.

22:43 IsambardPrince; And VERY profitable if you don't.

22:43 IsambardPrince; ciphrCat: The only way a BT card makes any sense in my opinion is if you have to finance a little bit of a car note.

22:43 IsambardPrince; You can put some of it on a credit card and pay it off in the 21-24 months with no interest as long as it's paid.

22:44 IsambardPrince; But using it for the down payment to get a car loan is fucking stupid.

22:44 IsambardPrince; Because then you'll have car payments but $5,000-6,000 of it is on a credit card that's going to murder you if you don't pay it back quickly.

22:47 TR News; Techrights New Study: Social Control Media Going Out of Fashion as More People Recognise It For What It Really Is https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/New_Study_Social_Control_Media_Going_Out_of_Fashion_as_More_Peo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/New_Study_Social_Control_Media_Going_Out_of_Fashion_as_More_Peo.gmi

22:47 TR Bot; Techrights New Study: Social Control Media Going Out of Fashion as More People Recognise It For What It Really Is

22:48 TR News; Nothing in 2+ weeks. Did YouTube suspend him? https://yewtu.be/channel/UCF9IOB2TExg3QIBupFtBDxg

22:48 TR Bot; Dr. John Campbell - Invidious

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23:11 IsambardPrince; ciphrCat: You can pay it off any time you want but if you've already used the balance transfer, the bank that acquired it has already charged you $3-$5 per $100 that you moved over.

23:12 IsambardPrince; While that is better than 2 years of 22% on a normal or 30% APR on a horrible credit card, it still makes them some money.

23:12 IsambardPrince; They're taking it up front because they don't want you to throw the amount you plan to pay it off with in an account and make interest the entire time.

23:12 IsambardPrince; And effectively pay negative 5%.

23:13 IsambardPrince; The bank is hedging some of their inflation loss.

23:13 IsambardPrince; Not all off it, but on the average most people don't actually fix anything they're doing wrong.

23:13 IsambardPrince; They just make minimum payments on it for 2 years and end up in the mess they were already in.

23:18 TR News; Techrights Almost 4 Months Since Richard Stallman Gave a Public Talk (Latest Two Attempts Got 'Canceled') https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Almost_4_Months_Since_Richard_Stallman_Gave_a_Public_Talk_Lates.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/Almost_4_Months_Since_Richard_Stallman_Gave_a_Public_Talk_Lates.gmi

23:18 TR Bot; Techrights Almost 4 Months Since Richard Stallman Gave a Public Talk (Latest Two Attempts Got 'Canceled')

23:40 TR News; Techrights statCounter Sees GNU/Linux Share in Australia Doubling in 3 Years https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_Share_in_Australia_Doubling_in_3_Yea.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/05/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_Share_in_Australia_Doubling_in_3_Yea.gmi

23:40 TR Bot; Techrights statCounter Sees GNU/Linux Share in Australia Doubling in 3 Years

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