IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, December 17, 2024

beginning of new day, December 17

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00:44 TR News; (NEW): Kali Linux 2024.4 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11, GNOME 47, and New Hacking Tools https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Kali_Linux_2024_4_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_11_GNOME_47_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Kali_Linux_2024_4_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_11_GNOME_47_and_.gmi

00:44 TR Bot; Tux Machines Kali Linux 2024.4 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11, GNOME 47, and New Hacking Tools

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1 AM, December 17

01:06 IsambardPrince; https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/world/middleeast/15prexy.html

01:06 TR Bot; Iraqi Journalist Hurls Shoes at Bush and Denounces Him on TV as a Dog - The New York Times

01:06 IsambardPrince; MinceR, This is what people do in a Free society, MinceR

01:07 IsambardPrince; Draw attention to themselves, as the police beat them to a bloody pulp.

01:07 MinceR; coming soon to a country near you

01:07 MinceR; as they say

01:07 IsambardPrince; It's been here for a while.

01:08 IsambardPrince; Like those cops a while back that beat an elderly woman with dementia for accidentally walking out of a Walmart without paying for something that was like four dollars.

01:08 IsambardPrince; It's not about proportionality, and they don't care if you film them and show it.

01:09 IsambardPrince; Their goal is that people watch and are afraid of them.

01:09 IsambardPrince; Because they know they won't be punished.

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2 AM, December 17

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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-161224.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-161224.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-161224.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-161224.txt

02:46 TR Bot; IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, December 16, 2024

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02:47 TR Bot; IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, December 16, 2024

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02:48 TR Bot; IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, December 16, 2024

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02:49 TR Bot; IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, December 16, 2024

02:49 TR News; Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2024-12-16.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2024-12-16.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-2024-12-16.txt

02:52 IsambardPrince; MinceR, Watching "65" with Mandy. When the geyser boiled all the skin off the T-rex, I said "And that's why you never lower a frozen turkey into a deep fryer."

02:57 IsambardPrince; I have to take Leeloo to the vet tomorrow.

02:58 IsambardPrince; She's the older one and she has more health issues. Bobbi doesn't have anything much going on.

02:59 admfubar; https://www.firstpost.com/tech/youtubes-ai-tool-bombards-comment-sections-of-videos-with-ai-generated-nonsense-to-boost-engagement-13844111.html

02:59 TR Bot; AI tool bombards comment sections of videos with AI-generated nonsense to boost engagement Firstpost

3 AM, December 17

03:02 admfubar; https://www.firstpost.com/tech/openai-gives-chatgpt-new-sets-of-eyes-chatbot-can-now-watch-live-streams-see-your-screen-13844110.html

03:02 TR Bot; gets new sets of eyes, can now watch live streams, and your screen Firstpost

03:08 IsambardPrince; MinceR, Life has gotten severely overpriced.

03:08 MinceR; indeed

03:09 IsambardPrince; I was watching a movie where some guy in Japan complains about 85,000 Yen for an apartment.

03:09 IsambardPrince; Then he looks and says "25,000....for a parking space!?"

03:09 MinceR; especially compared to its value

03:09 MinceR; but it's going to get worse

03:09 IsambardPrince; MinceR, Yeah, when I looked, that's only like $552 or something for the apartment he was complaining about.

03:09 MinceR; per month?

03:09 IsambardPrince; But then I looked at the Yen when the movie was made compared to the USD.

03:10 IsambardPrince; And he was complaining about like $980 or something in USD in 2019.

03:10 IsambardPrince; And more to park.

03:11 IsambardPrince; I don't know. It's hard to compare two national currencies.

03:11 IsambardPrince; Over time.

03:12 IsambardPrince; Inflation in Japan just doesn't really happen from what I can tell.

03:12 IsambardPrince; Even though their central bank has been trying forever.

03:12 IsambardPrince; https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/push_on_a_string.asp

03:12 TR Bot; Pushing On A String: What It Means, How It Works, Example

03:13 IsambardPrince; "Monetary policy sometimes only works in one direction because businesses and households cannot be forced to spend if they do not want to. Increasing the monetary base and bank reserves will not stimulate an economy if banks think it is too risky to lend and the private sector wants to save more because of economic uncertainty."

03:13 IsambardPrince; In Japan, this is apparently what's going on.

03:13 IsambardPrince; In America, we have a dead economy with inflation.

03:14 IsambardPrince; You go, "Why can they make inflation here, and not in Japan?"

03:14 IsambardPrince; Well, the banks are greedy and willing to take enormous risk on individual debtors at horrendous interest rates that aren't even legal in Japan.

03:14 IsambardPrince; :)

03:15 IsambardPrince; So people spend money that's not theirs and then the bank either sues them or they go bankrupt and get more credit cards.

03:16 IsambardPrince; Americans (typically) don't save anything.

03:16 IsambardPrince; They live so close to the edge that there's basically no money in the bank and they max out one credit card after another, all their income goes to things they already bought and the monthly bills.

03:16 IsambardPrince; It's all debt service.

03:23 IsambardPrince; When your entire income is debt service, you have to work more, but then you borrow more because suddenly they up all your limits.

03:23 IsambardPrince; :)

03:25 IsambardPrince; MinceR, I have a theory.

03:25 IsambardPrince; Suicide prevention isn't about saving lives.

03:25 IsambardPrince; It's about forcing people to live so you can collect debt.

03:25 darwin; do young Twitter/X losers believe '140 characters is "wall of text"'?! :O

03:25 IsambardPrince; Interventions themselves create medical debt.

03:41 IsambardPrince; MinceR, That Mexican guy that was in here spraying paint fumes and drywall dust who the landlord had doing plumbing, who dried the drywall with a blowtorch, and then painted....half my bathroom....

03:41 IsambardPrince; Installed an aerator on my kitchen sink with the gasket on the wrong side.

03:42 MinceR; btw i did attempt to use chatgupta once. the answer i got was: "It seems like I cant do more browsing right now. Please try again later. If you'd like, I can try to assist you in a different way!"

03:42 TR News; Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/

03:42 TR Bot; Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights

03:42 TR News; Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 16, 2024 https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_December_16_2024.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_December_16_2024.gmi

03:42 TR Bot; Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 16, 2024

03:42 MinceR; (my query did not require any browsing)

03:43 MinceR; so yeah, once again i got the MICROS~1 "quality" i got used to in the latter decades

03:44 TR News; (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Today_in_Techrights.gmi

03:44 TR Bot; Tux Machines Today in Techrights

03:45 TR News; Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi

03:45 TR Bot; Techrights Over at Tux Machines...

03:46 schestowitz[TR2]; http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-161224.html (MinceRMICROS~1 INNOVA~1: remapping a key )

03:46 TR Bot; IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, December 16, 2024

03:46 schestowitz[TR2]; new key

03:46 schestowitz[TR2]; with another symbol on it

03:46 schestowitz[TR2]; amaaaaaaaaaaaazing

03:46 MinceR; no, they "innovated" the new key a while ago

03:47 schestowitz[TR2]; windows key

03:49 TR News; "If you are over 35, IBM wants you OUT. Update your rezzes, folks, and don't worry bout that stupid sh-t your dum--ss manager assigned you. Start slackin', cuz Arvind's bout to start whackin'." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vVKVukf

03:49 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vVKVukf )

03:49 TR News; "I remember when I worked in that shithole. Every day another marketing sh-t blitz. And the deliverable... GAS! Thank god they booted my competent smart a-s outa there." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vVmP57K

03:49 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vVmP57K )

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03:59 TR News; Techrights The "Latest Technology News" at BetaNews is Slop About Slop https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/The_Latest_Technology_News_at_BetaNews_is_Slop_About_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/The_Latest_Technology_News_at_BetaNews_is_Slop_About_Slop.gmi

03:59 TR Bot; Techrights The "Latest Technology News" at BetaNews is Slop About Slop

4 AM, December 17

04:00 TR News; Support striking IKEA workers https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#15_December_2024_(Support_striking_IKEA_workers)

04:00 TR Bot; 2024: September - December Political Notes

04:01 TR News; Mass layoffs hit Russian IT workers as businesses try to conceal cutbacks amid claims of a robust economy The Bell https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/16/mass-layoffs-hit-russian-it-workers-as-businesses-try-to-conceal-cutbacks-amid-claims-of-a-robust-economy-the-bell

04:01 TR Bot; Mass layoffs hit Russian IT workers as businesses try to conceal cutbacks amid claims of a robust economy The Bell Meduza

04:01 TR News; WB Games Montreal Reportedly Hit With Layoffs https://gamerant.com/wb-games-montreal-layoffs-report/

04:01 TR Bot; WB Games Montreal Reportedly Hit With Layoffs

04:06 TR News; Gerstner was singularly responsible for laying off over 100,000 employees after being appointed IBMs CEO in 1993 https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/social-costs-in-the-age-of-automation-3318113

04:06 TR Bot; Social costs in the age of automation

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04:19 TR News; Techrights DEI Room at fedoraproject.org Pretty Much Dead https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/DEI_Room_at_fedoraproject_org_Pretty_Much_Dead.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/DEI_Room_at_fedoraproject_org_Pretty_Much_Dead.gmi

04:19 TR Bot; Techrights DEI Room at fedoraproject.org Pretty Much Dead

04:20 TR News; [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1146.jpg

04:20 TR News; [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1496.jpg

04:21 TR News; HOT DAY REFLECTIONS gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2024-12-16Hot_Day_Reflections.txt

04:22 TR News; Finished Book Series gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20241216.txt

04:23 TR News; stdout.write("Hello world!") gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2416

04:26 TR News; This is proprietary spyware of Microsoft; absolutely don't install it, there are better options that are free/libre https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2024/12/how-to-install-visual-studio-code-on.html

04:26 TR Bot; How to install Visual Studio Code on Deepin 23

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04:29 IsambardPrince; "65" wasn't bad. It never did say whether those two were supposed to be humans or if humans independently evolved on Earth at some point later.

04:29 TR News; (NEW): Games: Retro, Games on GNU/Linux, and Layoffs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Games_Retro_Games_on_GNU_Linux_and_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Games_Retro_Games_on_GNU_Linux_and_Layoffs.gmi

04:29 TR News; (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_howtos.gmi

04:29 TR Bot; Tux Machines Games: Retro, Games on GNU/Linux, and Layoffs

04:29 TR Bot; Tux Machines today's howtos

04:30 TR News; "Programmers banned. Bankruptcy & Funding problems. Lawsuits galore. 2024 was the worst year for Linux. Ever. And 2025 isn't going to save us." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/no-2025-wont-be-the-year-of-the-linux

04:30 TR Bot; No. 2025 Won't Be The Year of The Linux Desktop.

04:31 TR News; Bryan Lunduke chose MP4 (proprietary) https://lunduke.substack.com/p/drm-free-downloadable-media-is-a https://lunduke.substack.com/p/lundukes-quest-december-16-2024

04:31 TR Bot; DRM-Free, Downloadable Media is a Good Thing

04:31 TR Bot; Lunduke's Quest - December 16, 2024 - by Bryan Lunduke

04:34 TR News; (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged, Open Source Security Podcast, "The Year of The Linux Desktop" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_Open_Source_Security_Podcast_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_Open_Source_Security_Podcast_T.gmi

04:34 TR Bot; Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged, Open Source Security Podcast, "The Year of The Linux Desktop"

04:36 TR News; (NEW): Applications: Gear Lever and GNU libiconv 1.18 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Applications_Gear_Lever_and_GNU_libiconv_1_18.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Applications_Gear_Lever_and_GNU_libiconv_1_18.gmi

04:36 TR Bot; Tux Machines Applications: Gear Lever and GNU libiconv 1.18

04:36 TR News; (NEW): Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi

04:36 TR Bot; Tux Machines Red Hat Leftovers

04:37 IsambardPrince; "Psychiatric workers and police are all men, and one calls a female character "sweetheart." Another calls her a "psycho" as a way to dismiss her."

04:37 IsambardPrince; Common Sense Media's descriptor of Terminator 2.

04:38 IsambardPrince; Not all of the psychiatric hospital workers are men. The one that hits Arnold and breaks his sunglasses was a woman.

04:38 TR News; (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: ESP, Raspberry Pi, and QuartzPro64 RK3588 Developer Board https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP_Raspberry_Pi_and_QuartzPro64_RK3588_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP_Raspberry_Pi_and_QuartzPro64_RK3588_D.gmi

04:38 TR Bot; Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: ESP, Raspberry Pi, and QuartzPro64 RK3588 Developer Board

04:39 TR News; Techrights Content Management Systems (CMS) Bloat/ Static Site Generators (SSG) Trouble https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Bloat_Static_Site_Generators_SSG.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Bloat_Static_Site_Generators_SSG.gmi

04:39 TR Bot; Techrights Content Management Systems (CMS) Bloat/ Static Site Generators (SSG) Trouble

04:40 IsambardPrince; "A dog is killed off-screen, with a yelp heard and a bloody collar shown."

04:40 IsambardPrince; Only in a deleted scene.

04:40 IsambardPrince; The T-1000 deleted scene shows it killing the dog, not because it made any sense to at that point, but apparently out of annoyance.

04:41 TR News; (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Programming_Leftovers.gmi

04:41 TR Bot; Tux Machines Programming Leftovers

04:43 TR News; (NEW): Operating Systems and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Operating_Systems_and_Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Lefto.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Operating_Systems_and_Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Lefto.gmi

04:43 TR Bot; Tux Machines Operating Systems and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

04:43 IsambardPrince; https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-tells-dnc-staffers-after-devastating-layoffs-our-spirit-not-defeated

04:43 TR Bot; Harris tells DNC staffers after devastating layoffs, 'our spirit will not be defeated' | Fox News

04:43 IsambardPrince; "DNC staffers were let go without severance packages after Election Day"

04:44 TR News; EU Envoys to Discuss First Sanctions Targeting Russian Hybrid Threats https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-10/eu-envoys-to-discuss-first-sanctions-targeting-russian-hybrid-threats

04:44 TR Bot; stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-10/eu-envoys-to-discuss-first-sanctions-targeting-russian-hybrid-threats )

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04:45 TR News; Chinas Telco Infiltration = NATO back doors exploited, as expected all along https://danielmiessler.com/p/ul-461

04:45 TR Bot; UL NO. 461: Chinas Telco Infiltration, Russias Darknet Drug Trade, AI-Driven Anti-Drone Warfare, and Apples Next-Gen Body Recognition

04:45 TR News; "AI Alliance" is pure BS https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-11/russia-teams-up-with-brics-to-create-ai-alliance-putin-says

04:45 TR Bot; stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-11/russia-teams-up-with-brics-to-create-ai-alliance-putin-says )

04:45 TR News; Responding to BS with BS is still BS

04:46 TR News; EU Slaps New Sanctions on Russian Shadow Fleet, Chinese Dronemakers https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-11/eu-envoys-agree-15th-sanctions-package-against-russia

04:46 TR Bot; stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-11/eu-envoys-agree-15th-sanctions-package-against-russia )

04:47 TR News; Low Global Demand Creates Opportunity for More US Sanctions on Russian Oil, Yellen Says https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-12-11/low-global-demand-creates-opportunity-for-more-us-sanctions-on-russian-oil-yellen-says

04:47 TR Bot; stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-12-11/low-global-demand-creates-opportunity-for-more-us-sanctions-on-russian-oil-yellen-says )

04:47 TR News; Putins banker feels the heat as Russias elite turn on each other https://www.theage.com.au/business/the-economy/putin-s-banker-feels-the-heat-as-russia-s-elite-turn-on-each-other-20241203-p5kvb7.html

04:47 TR Bot; Putins banker feels the heat as Russias elite turn on each other

04:47 IsambardPrince; https://abc7news.com/post/new-lawsuit-accuses-google-discrimination-laying-off-employees-were-parental-leave/15643338/

04:47 TR Bot; New lawsuit accuses Google of discrimination for laying off employees who were on parental leave - ABC7 San Francisco

04:48 TR News; US debt has passed 36 trillion https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt

04:48 TR Bot; United States Government Debt

04:48 IsambardPrince; Google targets employees with families for layoffs.

04:49 schestowitz[TR2]; of course, companies do this all the time, they just ask HR how to make it less legally risky

04:49 schestowitz[TR2]; they they panic

04:49 schestowitz[TR2]; because people have "fertility"", choice

04:49 schestowitz[TR2]; like, don't have kids

04:49 schestowitz[TR2]; and some even shoot CEOs

04:50 TR News; Dutch bank denies service to 3-year-old over Russian citizenship https://nltimes.nl/2024/12/12/dutch-bank-denies-service-3-year-old-russian-citizenship

04:50 TR Bot; Dutch bank denies service to 3-year-old over Russian citizenship | NL Times

04:50 IsambardPrince; They need to make it less risky to have kids of they want more people to take the chance.

04:51 IsambardPrince; Right now it's just something that distracts you from work, costs money, and means you don't get to sleep.

04:51 IsambardPrince; What good are they?

04:51 TR News; pulling plug https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tvo-russians-at-war-documents-1.7410239

04:51 TR Bot; TVO was ready to defend controversial Russians at War film before pulling plug, documents show | CBC News

04:53 TR News; 'You May Face Harassment Or Detention' https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/officials-warn-americans-not-travel-russia-you-may-face-harassment-detention-1729515

04:53 TR Bot; Officials Warn Americans To Not Travel To Russia: 'You May Face Harassment Or Detention' | IBTimes UK

04:54 schestowitz[TR2]; "distracts you from work" is not the issue

04:54 schestowitz[TR2]; work is not life

04:54 schestowitz[TR2]; the issue is,

04:55 schestowitz[TR2]; this system refuses to tol;erate concepts such as word-life balance

04:55 schestowitz[TR2]; and it hurts the system

04:55 schestowitz[TR2]; because it makes worker incapacitated

04:55 schestowitz[TR2]; mental and physical issues

04:55 schestowitz[TR2]; and then they say "workers shortage"

04:55 schestowitz[TR2]; and bring people from very poor countries

04:55 schestowitz[TR2]; to do a poor job

04:59 TR News; Techrights Links 17/12/2024: Many Abuses by Microsoft and War Updates From Ukraine https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Links_17_12_2024_Many_Abuses_by_Microsoft_and_War_Updates_From_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Links_17_12_2024_Many_Abuses_by_Microsoft_and_War_Updates_From_.gmi

04:59 TR Bot; Techrights Links 17/12/2024: Many Abuses by Microsoft and War Updates From Ukraine

5 AM, December 17

05:02 TR News; "In this episode of The Cyber Show, we channel the hustle of the 2002 film 'Paid in Full' into the world of digital payments. Martin Petrov of Integrity360, a 20-year veteran in the field" https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=36

05:02 TR Bot; The Cyber Show - Episodes

05:03 TR News; Andy will have a piece in Techrights this week, maybe today

05:04 TR News; A big boost in FSF fund-raising this past day. Quickly approaching 200k.

05:05 IsambardPrince; <schestowitz[TR2]> and bring people from very poor countries

05:05 IsambardPrince; <schestowitz[TR2]> to do a poor job

05:05 IsambardPrince; That's how I would describe Walmart.

05:05 IsambardPrince; The number of white people working there is like, comically low.

05:05 IsambardPrince; Unless you're in an area where there's nobody else to hire.

05:05 TR News; This week and next week Manchester is at 13 degrees, even on Xmas Eve! Unreal! https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2643123 get your xmas t-shirts ready...

05:05 TR Bot; Manchester - BBC Weather

05:05 IsambardPrince; They strongly prefer people from countries, like the Philippines and Mexico, where they don't know they have rights in the workplace.

05:06 IsambardPrince; Then they can take advantage of that.

05:06 IsambardPrince; Like "Oh, you didn't know you could file these papers to use that law when you need a medical leave?"

05:06 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2], FMLA didn't even exist until 1993. It was new when my mom had to use it because of my brother being born.

05:07 IsambardPrince; Without Bill Clinton pushing for it, and Democrats passing it, they would have just fired her.

05:07 IsambardPrince; Because she needed "too much time off".

05:07 TR News; GNU/Linux estimates rising as the month goes on. 4.5% by end of year? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202412

05:07 TR Bot; Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats

05:07 IsambardPrince; The Republicans fought tooth and nail against that law.

05:08 IsambardPrince; Companies figure out the minimum amount they can do to comply with a law, and make it as bewildering as possible to file for your legal right, and they never ever educate you that you have a right.

05:08 IsambardPrince; If you don't know you have it, you can't use it.

05:09 IsambardPrince; If you have to climb a mountain to ask for it, few will.

05:09 TR News; The only African country where Windows is sometimes seen as bigger than Android is a very tiny country https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/equatorial-guinea/#monthly-200902-202412

05:09 TR Bot; Operating System Market Share Equatorial Guinea | Statcounter Global Stats

05:09 IsambardPrince; In some ways, I'm glad that we have Governor Pritzker.

05:09 IsambardPrince; We're seeing a huge comprehensive health insurance reform here in a couple of weeks.

05:09 IsambardPrince; But not in the nation over all.

05:10 IsambardPrince; It's states that have to pass laws now. The federal government has been taken over by gangsters who don't want anything except trillion dollar "defense" bills and taxpayer-funded looting that goes into industry that's not sustainable.

05:10 IsambardPrince; Like SpaceX and Tesla.

05:10 IsambardPrince; Or Intel.

05:11 IsambardPrince; Intel is the new General Motors debacle.

05:11 TR News; "With the Windows compatibility layer Wine now in a code freeze, they're focusing purely on bug fixes and not new features ready for the Wine 10.0 release early next year." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/windows-compatibility-layer-wine-10-0-second-release-candidate-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

05:11 TR Bot; compatibility layer Wine 10.0 second Release Candidate out now | GamingOnLinux

05:11 IsambardPrince; When General Motors failed, the government stepped in and "rescued it" then left the same idiots running it that stole from it, mistreated workers, and didn't use any long term planning the last time.

05:11 IsambardPrince; And now they're in trouble again.

05:11 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2], Intel will be next.

05:12 IsambardPrince; "We have to save it. JOBS!"

05:12 TR News; "After two years of work the Xfce team have release Xfce 4.20 which amongst many other things, now has very experimental Wayland support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/xfce-420-desktop-released-with-experimental-wayland-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

05:12 TR Bot; 4.20 desktop released with experimental Wayland support | GamingOnLinux

05:13 IsambardPrince; What little GM was required to do while the government was setting the agenda, they dumped as soon as they could.

05:13 TR News; (NEW): Wine 10.0-rc2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/15/Wine_10_0_rc2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/15/Wine_10_0_rc2.gmi

05:13 TR Bot; Tux Machines Wine 10.0-rc2

05:13 IsambardPrince; They announced that they would go all electric, then when Trump got elected, they announced that they wouldn't have anything electric and would go back to gas guzzling trucks.

05:13 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2], ^

05:13 TR News; "Linux Mint 22.1 is coming soon with a Beta release now available for testing, which includes the brand new Cinnamon 6.4 desktop release." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/linux-mint-22-1-beta-released-with-cinnamon-6-4-desktop-and-lots-of-wayland-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

05:13 TR Bot; Mint 22.1 Beta released with Cinnamon 6.4 desktop and lots of Wayland improvements | GamingOnLinux

05:13 IsambardPrince; Businesses this size just say what they have to in order to appease whoever is running the country this month.

05:14 IsambardPrince; And then that's not really what they do later if they don't want to.

05:14 IsambardPrince; As soon as GM announced that they won't commit to EVs, they knocked $20,000 off their electric pickup trucks to clear inventory.

05:15 TR News; (NEW): Linux Mint 22.1 Xia Beta Is Now Available for Download with Cinnamon 6.4 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/11/Linux_Mint_22_1_Xia_Beta_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_with_Cin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/11/Linux_Mint_22_1_Xia_Beta_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_with_Cin.gmi

05:15 TR Bot; Tux Machines Linux Mint 22.1 Xia Beta Is Now Available for Download with Cinnamon 6.4

05:15 TR News; "The KDE team continuing building up the next version of the popular KDE Plasma desktop environment, with Plasma 6.3.0 getting some great additions." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/kde-plasma-6-3-will-have-much-better-fractional-scaling/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

05:15 TR Bot; Plasma 6.3 will have much better fractional scaling | GamingOnLinux

05:15 IsambardPrince; Eventually people will drive off with them and when they can't get them serviced anywhere or plug them in anywhere, they'll have a $75,000 brick.

05:16 TR News; "The cross-platform free and open source Godot Engine has another showreel up, giving you a nice look at what some developers have been making with it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/godot-engines-2024-showreel-shows-a-lot-of-fun-stuff-for-the-open-source-game-engine/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

05:16 TR Bot; Engine's 2024 Showreel shows a lot of fun stuff for the open source game engine | GamingOnLinux

05:16 TR News; (NEW): This Week in Plasma: Better fractional scaling https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/14/This_Week_in_Plasma_Better_fractional_scaling.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/14/This_Week_in_Plasma_Better_fractional_scaling.gmi

05:16 TR Bot; Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: Better fractional scaling

05:16 TR News; "Pocketpair have announced the big free update for Palworld named Feybreak is set for launch on December 23, as they continue battling Nintendo. If you missed it they're also doing a Terraria crossover." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/palworld-feybreak-major-update-launches-december-23/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

05:16 TR Bot; Feybreak major update launches December 23 | GamingOnLinux

05:17 TR News; "While they're finishing up work on the final bits of The Long Dark, Hinterland recently revealed the next game with BLACKFROST: The Long Dark 2." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/chilly-survival-game-blackfrost-the-long-dark-2-announced/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

05:17 TR Bot; survival game BLACKFROST: The Long Dark 2 announced | GamingOnLinux

05:17 TR News; "The 16-bit style RPG Chained Echoes, set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits, is set to get a big expansion in 2025." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/chained-echoes-ashes-of-elrant-expansion-announced/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

05:17 TR Bot; Echoes: Ashes of Elrant expansion announced | GamingOnLinux

05:18 TR News; "3 reasons behind the unsettling glorification of Luigi Mangione" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/luigi-mangione-tiktoks-glorification-explanation-1.7410769

05:18 TR Bot; 3 reasons behind the unsettling glorification of Luigi Mangione | CBC News

05:19 TR News; "No More Robots and Teenage Astronauts recently revealed Little Rocket Lab, a cozy take on the production-line automation genre and it looks lovely." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/little-rocket-lab-is-probably-the-cutest-production-line-automation-sim-ever/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

05:19 TR Bot; Rocket Lab is probably the cutest production-line automation sim ever | GamingOnLinux

05:19 TR News; "Ready for a new horror co-op adventure? KLETKA just entered Early Access on Steam with Native Linux support and it's quite an unnerving experience to explore it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/horror-scavenging-game-kletka-is-like-lethal-company-but-an-elevator-wants-to-eat-you/ | Source: GamingOnLinux

05:19 TR Bot; scavenging game KLETKA is like Lethal Company but an elevator wants to eat you | GamingOnLinux

05:21 darwin; the quality of Debian/Devuan is just so bad in comparison/contrast to UNIX/*BSD/Opensolaris/Illumos and Slackware. Our family PC with Devuan hasn't even had the correct time since daylight saving time (DST) ended

05:21 TR News; (NEW): Games: KLETKA, Little Rocket Lab, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Games_KLETKA_Little_Rocket_Lab_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Games_KLETKA_Little_Rocket_Lab_and_More.gmi

05:21 TR Bot; Tux Machines Games: KLETKA, Little Rocket Lab, and More

05:28 TR News; "Soylent Update - December 2024" https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl?sid=24/12/13/155209 "As you will all be aware there has been much happening behind the scenes at SoylentNews. This is an update on activities which you possibly haven't noticed."

05:28 TR Bot; Soylent Update - December 2024 - SoylentNews

05:28 TR News; "Speaking Out Only When It's Convenient To Do So" https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2/speaking-out-only-when-it's-convenient:a dealing with threats for speaking about FOSS; however, he mistakes hostile astroturfers for real feedback

05:30 TR Bot; ( status 524 @ https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2/speaking-out-only-when-it's-convenient:a )

05:30 TR News; "4 secs to bruteforce wifi with a laptop GPU! WiFi WPA2 vs hashcat, hcxdumptool and gpu" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/4-secs-to-bruteforce-wifi-with-a-laptop:2 iophk: interesting but wastes an inordinate amount of time and effort trying to get the task done with Windows instead of sticking with Kali Linux

05:32 TR Bot; ( status 524 @ https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/4-secs-to-bruteforce-wifi-with-a-laptop:2 )

05:32 TR News; iophk: the campaign to capture files (not just file formats) continues against the world https://www.pcworld.com/article/2550678/microsoft-365-fees-adding-up-get-a-permanent-office-license-for-cheap.html ("Microsoft 365 fees adding up? Get a permanent Office license for cheap") http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/15/Microsoft_and_the_Sunk_Cost_Fallacy.shtml

05:32 TR Bot; 365 fees adding up? Get a permanent Office license for cheap | PCWorld

05:32 TR Bot; Techrights Microsoft and the Sunk Cost Fallacy

05:32 TR News; "OpenAI Whistleblower Found Dead in San Francisco Apartment" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/12/15/1844240 http://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/

05:32 TR Bot; OpenAI Whistleblower Found Dead in San Francisco Apartment - SoylentNews

05:32 TR Bot; Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XXVII The Future of OpenAI May Depend on the Fate of GitHub's Copilot in Court ($9 Billion in Damages)

05:34 IsambardPrince; https://abc7news.com/post/shooting-reported-christian-school-madison-wisconsin-police/15663775/

05:34 TR Bot; Madison, Wisconsin school shooting today: Alleged Abundant Life Christian School shooter ID'd as Natalie Rupnow; 2 killed, 5 hurt - ABC7 San Francisco

05:34 IsambardPrince; "The school does not have metal detectors or a school resource officer, but has other security protocols in place, including cameras, she said."

05:34 IsambardPrince; Yay, cameras.

05:34 TR News; "It was a bad time. My heart goes out to all those who got the tap on the shoulder. Gerstner and the leadership had to make hard decisions to save the company -- it was close to running out of money. To learn more about those decisions, check out Gerstner's book "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?"" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl

05:34 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl )

05:36 TR News; "For over a decade, The Pirate Bay has been accepting Bitcoin donations." https://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bays-million-dollar-bitcoin-donations-hidden-goldmine-or-spent-treasure-241216/ | Source: Torrent Freak

05:36 TR Bot; Pirate Bay's Million-Dollar Bitcoin Donations: Hidden Goldmine or Spent Treasure? * TorrentFreak

05:37 TR News; "Judge Keeps CIA Employee Facing Espionage Act Charges In Jail" https://thedissenter.org/in-unprecedented-move-judge-keeps-cia-employee-facing-espionage-act-charges-in-jail/ | Source: The Dissenter

05:37 TR Bot; Judge Keeps Accused CIA Leaker In Jail

05:37 TR News; "Gray Areas" https://therevelator.org/aquarium-trade-gray-areas/ | Source: The Revelator

05:37 TR Bot; Time to Confront the Aquarium Trades Gray Areas The Revelator

05:38 TR News; "discussing the work of the Identity Project and the evolution of ID-based surveillance and control: [...]" https://papersplease.org/wp/2024/12/16/the-expansion-of-demands-for-identification/ | Source: Papers Please

05:38 TR Bot; Identification as the enabler of ID-based surveillance and control Papers, Please!

05:47 TR News; Techrights Instead of Promoting GNU/Linux (or Ubuntu) Ahead of Vista 10's EoL Canonical is Marketing Microsoft's Proprietary Software https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Instead_of_Promoting_GNU_Linux_or_Ubuntu_Ahead_of_Vista_10_s_Eo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Instead_of_Promoting_GNU_Linux_or_Ubuntu_Ahead_of_Vista_10_s_Eo.gmi

05:47 TR Bot; Techrights Instead of Promoting GNU/Linux (or Ubuntu) Ahead of Vista 10's EoL Canonical is Marketing Microsoft's Proprietary Software

7 AM, December 17

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08:10 IsambardPrince; https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/16/2292059/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Israeli-strike-destroys-huge-ammo-dump-near-Tartus

08:10 TR Bot; Russian stuff blowing up: Israeli strike destroys huge ammo dump near Tartus

08:10 IsambardPrince; MinceR, Israel blew up a huge Russian ammo dump in Syria.

08:10 IsambardPrince; That explosion was pretty satisfying.

08:20 cmb; https://www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/

08:20 TR Bot; Never Forgive Them

08:34 TR News; Grammar Correction using Python https://idroot.us/grammar-correction-using-python/

08:35 TR Bot; Grammar Correction using Python - idroot

08:35 IsambardPrince; https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2024/12/16/employee-transported-to-hospital-after-accidentally-shooting-himself-at-gun-store-in-mchenry/

08:35 TR Bot; Employee transported to hospital after accidentally shooting himself at gun store in McHenry

08:35 TR News; How to use MOTD in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 GNU/Linux or any version https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-use-motd-in-ubuntu-22-04-20-04-linux-or-any-version/

08:35 TR Bot; How to use MOTD in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 Linux or any version

08:37 TR News; "At various times Ive defined myself as a digital archivist or unproductive hoarder" https://rubenerd.com/is-it-worth-saving/ | Source: Ruben Schade

08:37 TR Bot; Is stuff online worth saving?

08:38 IsambardPrince; https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2024/12/16/woman-arrested-after-stabbing-adult-daughter-with-steak-knife-leaving-child-covered-in-blood-in-waukegan/

08:38 TR Bot; Woman arrested after stabbing adult daughter with steak knife, leaving child covered in blood in Waukegan

08:38 TR News; "290 communication satellites that will operate" https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/16/24322358/iris2-starlink-rival-europe-date-cost | Source: The Verge

08:38 TR Bot; Europes Starlink competitor is go - The Verge

08:38 TR News; "Nokias 5G Cloud RAN" https://itwire.com/business-it-news/business-technology/nokia-and-elisa-deploy-5g-cloud-ran-with-red-hat-openshift.html | Source: IT Wire

08:38 TR Bot; - Nokia and Elisa deploy 5G Cloud RAN with Red Hat OpenShift

08:39 TR News; "The report was released late Sunday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension, or HELP, Committee, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/16/amazon-safety-bernie-sanders-investigation/ | Source: The Washington Post

08:39 TR Bot; stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/16/amazon-safety-bernie-sanders-investigation/ )

08:40 TR News; "For years, worker advocates and some government officials have argued that Amazons strict production quotas lead to high rates of injury for its warehouse employees." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/business/economy/amazon-warehouse-injuries.html | Source: New York Times

08:40 TR Bot; Amazon Disregarded Internal Warnings on Injuries, Senate Investigation Claims - The New York Times

08:40 TR News; "buy now, pay later" https://futurism.com/the-byte/klarna-ceo-ai-replacing-workers | Source: Futurism

08:40 TR Bot; CEO Says He Hasnt Hired Anyone in a Year as He Replaces Human Workers With AI

08:40 IsambardPrince; https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2024/12/16/man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-female-family-member-after-thanksgiving-gathering-in-round-lake-beach/

08:40 TR Bot; Man accused of sexually assaulting female family member after Thanksgiving gathering in Round Lake Beach

08:40 TR News; "For the press heading into a second Trump administration, there's a balancing act between being prepared and being fearful." https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-12-16/journalists-anticipate-a-renewed-hostility-toward-their-work-under-the-incoming-trump-administration | Source: US News And World Report

08:40 TR Bot; stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-12-16/journalists-anticipate-a-renewed-hostility-toward-their-work-under-the-incoming-trump-administration )

08:41 TR News; "While she warned against emulating Marshalls risky research, McCauley said his commitment illustrated an important lesson." https://record.umich.edu/articles/graduates-encouraged-to-value-truth-in-a-rapidly-changing-world/ | Source: University of Michigan

08:41 TR Bot; Graduates encouraged to value truth in a rapidly changing world | The University Record

08:41 IsambardPrince; "Officers reviewed the victims phone and found two messages from Torres.

08:41 IsambardPrince; He said he was sorry for what happened, would not be drinking again and that he was moving to Texas, according to Laughlin.

08:41 IsambardPrince; Laughlin said Torres also later told the family member who caught him that it was a mistake what had happened.

08:41 IsambardPrince; Torres was charged with attempted criminal sexual assault, a Class 2 felony. An arrest warrant was issued for him on December 6.

08:41 IsambardPrince; Investigators learned that Torres bought tickets to Mexico and had planned to leave within a few days, Laughlin said.

08:41 IsambardPrince; Police arrested Torres just after midnight on December 7 at OHare International Airport. He had a flight to Guadalajara, Mexico."

08:41 TR News; "News organizations are bracing for the incoming Trump administration to go after journalists sources and take legal action against them." https://www.semafor.com/article/12/15/2024/axios-braces-for-future-trump-legal-action | Source: Semafor Inc

08:41 TR Bot; braces for future Trump legal action | Semafor

08:42 TR News; "The US lost its lead in semiconductors. It may never regain it" https://techcentral.co.za/us-lost-lead-semiconductors-intel-tsmc/256889/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)

08:42 TR Bot; The US lost its lead in semiconductors. It may never regain it - TechCentral

08:42 TR News; "The applicant lives in Malm and works at Copenhagen University in Denmark, with a salary of over 30,000 Danish kronor thats equivalent to over 46,000 Swedish kronor." https://www.thelocal.se/20241216/swedish-court-rules-that-foreign-income-can-count-towards-permanent-residency | Source: The Local SE

08:42 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelocal.se/20241216/swedish-court-rules-that-foreign-income-can-count-towards-permanent-residency )

08:44 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2], Maybe if they use "responsible" encryption responsibly, they'll be safe.

08:44 IsambardPrince; The Clipper Chip is back.

08:44 schestowitz[TR2]; define responsible

08:44 TR News; "The vehicles obtained through this funding will serve to replace aging diesel vehicles" https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/state-to-deploy-electric-recycling-trucks-in-southeast-michigan-replacing-diesel-fleet/ | Source: Michigan Advance

08:44 TR Bot; State to deploy electric recycling trucks in Southeast Michigan, replacing diesel fleet Michigan Advance

08:44 TR News; "Hawk Tuah Girl" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/viral-star-crypto-scapegoat-haliey-welch-dead-going-tuah-prison-lying-low-1729548 | Source: International Business Times

08:44 TR Bot; From Viral Star to Crypto Scapegoat: Is Haliey Welch Dead, Going 'Tuah' Prison or Lying Low? | IBTimes UK

08:44 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2], WHATSAAAAAAAP?

08:44 IsambardPrince; :P

08:45 schestowitz[TR2]; haha

08:45 darwin; i erased Arch, Debian, Fedora, Kubuntu, Mint, Neon, RedHat, SUSE, Xubuntu, and don't want to use them again

08:45 schestowitz[TR2]; no thanks

08:45 schestowitz[TR2]; everyone in my family and riianne's uses mumble

08:45 darwin; some months/years ago you had a lawsuit, and I'm trying to find the articles

08:45 darwin; it was when people sued a major laptop manufacturer for them not allowing other OS install, and you or users won

08:46 darwin; someone on LinuxQuestions made false claim manufacturers are allowed to do that

08:46 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2], I switched to Tox for a while with some of my contacts after Skype was bought by Microsoft.

08:46 schestowitz[TR2]; https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/06/Why_We_Are_Suing_Matthew_J_Garrett_for_Harassment_and_Why_It_s_.shtml

08:46 TR Bot; Techrights Why We Are Suing Matthew J. Garrett for Harassment and Why It's Important to Everybody in the Community

08:46 schestowitz[TR2]; darwin: http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/09/06/Why_Suing_Matthew_J_Garrett_After_Abusing_and_Harassing_My_Husb.shtml

08:46 TR Bot; Tux Machines Why Suing Matthew J. Garrett After Abusing and Harassing My Husband and I for Well Over a Decade Became Imperative

08:47 TR News; "The incidents, which occurred on December 15, left one sailor dead and forced the evacuation of 26 crew members" https://www.rferl.org/a/sailor-death-russian-oil-tankers-kerch-straight-vologoneft-greenpeace-environment/33241441.html | Source: RFERL

08:47 TR Bot; Environmentalists Warn Of Disaster As Russian Officials Race To Grounded Tankers In Kerch Strait

08:47 darwin; no, the one about the laptops

08:48 schestowitz[TR2]; no idea. whose?

08:48 TR News; "A former FBI informant is set to plead guilty on Monday to lying about a phony bribery scheme" https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/16/former-fbi-informant-plead-guilty-lying-phony-bribery-scheme-involving-bidens/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press

08:48 TR Bot; Former FBI informant pleads guilty about scheme involving Bidens

08:48 darwin; i don't know, but you mentioned the users won

08:48 TR News; "Both Aksai Chin and South Tibet lie on Chinas border with India, and are also claimed by New Delhi" https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/16/china-customs-seizes-hong-kong-geography-textbook-accused-of-wrongly-depicting-chinese-borders/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press

08:48 TR Bot; China Customs seizes HK textbook over wrongly showing China borders

08:49 TR News; "In a nearly three-hundred page technical report published this month" https://futurism.com/neoscope/scientists-horrified-mirror-life | Source: Futurism

08:49 TR Bot; Scientists Horrified by "Mirror Life" That Could Wipe Out Biology As We Know It

08:50 TR News; "The incidents turned a once-obscure agency with bipartisan credibility into a conservative bogeyman" https://www.wired.com/story/cisa-cuts-trump-2/ | Source: Wired

08:50 TR Bot; Top Cybersecurity Agency in the US Is Bracing for Donald Trump | WIRED

08:51 TR News; "Because weve done so much to encourage automation over the past decade" https://letsencrypt.org/2024/12/11/eoy-letter-2024/ | Source: Let's Encrypt

08:51 TR Bot; A Note from our Executive Director - Let's Encrypt

08:52 TR News; "and even two-factor auth" https://frederikbraun.de/home-assistant-can-not-be-secured-for-internet-access.html | Source: Frederik Braun

08:52 TR Bot; Frederik Braun: Home assistant can not be secured for internet access

08:52 darwin; China will create mirror life and use it to kill who they want

08:53 TR News; "The report is significant because it shows that although Cellebrite devices are typically designed to unlock or extract data from phones that authorities have physical access to" https://www.404media.co/cellebrite-unlocked-this-journalists-phone-cops-then-infected-it-with-malware/ | Source: 404 Media

08:53 TR Bot; Cellebrite Unlocked This Journalists Phone. Cops Then Infected it With Malware

08:53 TR News; "Recent reports have revealed similar practices in Russia and China, and on Monday Amnesty International exposed a series of incidents in Serbia in which activists and journalists found their phones compromised" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/16/authorities-abroad-use-phone-cracking-tools-install-spyware-report-says/ | Source: The Washington Post

08:53 TR Bot; stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/16/authorities-abroad-use-phone-cracking-tools-install-spyware-report-says/ )

08:54 TR News; "Amnesty Internationals 87-page document surveys the broader picture of digital spying on civil society in Serbia." https://cyberscoop.com/amnesty-international-exposes-serbian-polices-use-of-spyware-on-journalists-activists/ | Source: Scoop News Group

08:54 TR Bot; International exposes Serbian polices use of spyware on journalists, activists | CyberScoop

08:55 TR News; "Russia's communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said on Friday it had blocked access to the Viber messaging app, the latest in a line of social media services to be banned by Russian authorities." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/russian-watchdog-blocks-viber-messaging-app/articleshow/116307970.cms | Source: India Times

08:55 TR Bot; Russian watchdog blocks Viber messaging app - The Economic Times

08:57 TR News; "Worse still" https://www.wired.com/story/digital-license-plate-jailbreak-hack/ | Source: Wired

08:57 TR Bot; Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets | WIRED

08:57 TR News; "Apps infused with AI are being marketed to schools across the world and governments are rushing to embrace the technology, despite experts raising serious doubts" https://phys.org/news/2024-12-schools-ai-apps-experts.html | Source: Omicron Limited

08:57 TR Bot; ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2024-12-schools-ai-apps-experts.html )

08:58 TR News; "The lawsuit has intensified scrutiny over Tesla's marketing of its semi-autonomous features, which critics argue exaggerates their capabilities." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tesla-autopilot-under-fire-family-files-suit-against-elon-musk-claims-misleading-features-caused-1729418 | Source: International Business Times

08:58 TR Bot; Tesla Autopilot Under Fire: Family Files Suit Against Elon Musk, Claims Misleading Features Caused Death | IBTimes UK

08:58 TR News; "The maker of Moxie, an "AI"-powered educational robot for kids, is going out of business and the $800 bots will die with it." https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/moxie_cloud_services_lessons/ | Source: The Register UK

08:58 TR Bot; $800 'AI' robot for kids bites the dust along with its maker The Register

08:58 TR News; "Can artificial intelligence (AI) tell whether you're happy, sad, angry or frustrated?" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/tech-companies-claim-ai-can-recognise-human-emotions-but-the-science-doesnt-stack-up/articleshow/116314645.cms | Source: India Times

08:58 TR Bot; Tech companies claim AI can recognise human emotions but the science doesn't stack up - The Economic Times

08:59 TR News; "Language models are designed to estimate how likely it would be to see a particular sequence of words." https://techcentral.co.za/how-the-ai-behind-chatgpt-actually-works/256897/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)

08:59 TR Bot; How the AI behind ChatGPT actually works - TechCentral

9 AM, December 17

09:00 TR News; "What she ultimately concluded, the now 63-year-old said in her first media interview" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-16/the-college-admissions-scandal-imploded-her-life-donna-heinel-now-says-usc-scapegoated-her | Source: Los Angeles Times

09:00 TR Bot; She went to prison in Varsity Blues admissions scandal. Now she says she was a scapegoat - Los Angeles Times

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09:03 TR News; "These are some of my works commissioned by various NASA facilities." http://www.donaldedavis.com/PARTS/allyours.html |

09:03 TR Bot; Public Domain paintings by Don Davis

09:04 TR News; "Through these partnerships, he brought Indian classical music to a global audience." https://www.dw.com/en/zakir-hussain-legendary-indian-musician-dies-at-73/a-71063746 | Source: Deutsche Welle

09:04 TR Bot; Hussain, legendary Indian musician dies at 73 DW 12/16/2024

09:04 TR News; "Social media erased the need to build a website to express yourself online." https://aftermath.site/website-musk-twitter-facebook-internet | Source: Aftermath Site LLC

09:04 TR Bot; For The Love of God, Make Your Own Website - Aftermath

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09:07 TR News; "I have been using Inline::C to leverage a large amount of C code" https://perladvent.org/2024/2024-12-16.html | Source: Perl

09:07 TR Bot; Perl Advent Calendar 2024 - Merry Inline C(hristmas)

09:07 TR News; Source

09:08 TR News; "Test::PDL arrived in PDL v2.094" https://pdl.perl.org/advent/blog/2024/12/16/matrix-mult/ | Source: Perl Data Language

09:08 TR Bot; Day 16: These are Testing Times, Indeed! - PDL Advent calendar 2024

09:09 TR News; "In C++, it might be reasonable to represent a URL using a class or a struct made of several strings" https://lemire.me/blog/2024/12/16/accessing-the-attributes-of-a-struct-in-c-as-array-elements/ | Source: Daniel Lemire

09:09 TR Bot; ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2024/12/16/accessing-the-attributes-of-a-struct-in-c-as-array-elements/ )

09:11 TR News; "{mapBliss} is a package initially developed in my attempt to copy the offerings made available by a site" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/robservations-50-a-journey-across-the-united-states-with-mapbliss/ | Source: Rlang

09:11 TR Bot; #50: a journey across the United States with {mapBliss} | R-bloggers

09:11 TR News; "The page was on a branch" https://jamesg.blog/2024/12/16/advent-of-patterns-change-overview/ | Source: James G

09:11 TR Bot; Advent of Patterns: Change overview | James' Coffee Blog

09:12 darwin; do you wish you bought $50,000 worth of bitcoin when they were worth about 5 each?

09:15 TR News; "(The messy details, including ample tweet and Slack screenshots, are over on CourtListener.)" https://tedium.co/2024/12/14/wordpress-wp-engine-reaction/ | Source: Tedium

09:15 TR Bot; The WP Engine Injunction: Rolling Back Logins, But Not Hurt Feelings

09:18 schestowitz[TR2]; darwin: it's still a scam

09:18 schestowitz[TR2]; many people buy those through exchanges

09:18 schestowitz[TR2]; they take real money

09:18 schestowitz[TR2]; and steal that nmoney

09:18 schestowitz[TR2]; that's the surplus in bitcoin

09:18 schestowitz[TR2]; stealing people's money

09:18 schestowitz[TR2]; it is a pysramid scheme

09:18 schestowitz[TR2]; in the past few eyars many people lost their "coins"

09:18 schestowitz[TR2]; as exchnages collapsed

09:19 schestowitz[TR2]; they could not convert that back into "Real Money"

09:19 TR News; "This is excellent news." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/12/mastodon-now-sends-referer-headers-hurrah/ | Source: Terence Eden

09:19 TR Bot; Mastodon Now Sends Referer Headers! Hurrah! Terence Edens Blog

09:24 TR News; "An unnamed Raspberry Pi 500 modder speaking to developer and TechTuber Jeff Geerling" https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-500-keyboard-pc-has-been-modded-with-an-nvme-m-2-slot-leveraging-the-devices-conspicuously-empty-pcb-header | Source: Tom's Hardware

09:24 TR Bot; Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard PC has been modded with an NVMe M.2 slot leveraging the device's conspicuously empty PCB header | Tom's Hardware

09:24 TR News; "These may be the misperceptions of an ungrateful, entitled nerdery too used to a good thing" https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/opinion_column_future_raspberry_pi/ | Source: The Register UK

09:24 TR Bot; Sweet Raspberry taste of success masks a missed opportunity The Register

09:24 IsambardPrince; Right. Then they can get you in trouble with the IRS.

09:24 IsambardPrince; Because they don't give you all the info you need to file your taxes.

09:25 IsambardPrince; or THEY don't file the form and give it to you in time.

09:25 schestowitz[TR2]; BTC relies on USD seeming dodgy

09:25 schestowitz[TR2]; like, they push this thing

09:25 schestowitz[TR2]; with trump

09:25 schestowitz[TR2]; "us currency will collapse"

09:25 schestowitz[TR2]; then people ask

09:25 schestowitz[TR2]; "what to do? what to do? what to do? what to do?"

09:26 schestowitz[TR2]; and they say

09:26 schestowitz[TR2]; "buy gold..,. FROM ME"

09:26 schestowitz[TR2]; "buy BTC..,. FROM ME"

09:26 schestowitz[TR2]; from my web site

09:26 schestowitz[TR2]; (o

09:26 schestowitz[TR2]; (of course there is no gold)

09:26 schestowitz[TR2]; it's just some token

09:26 schestowitz[TR2]; and online account

09:26 schestowitz[TR2]; samee for BTC

09:26 schestowitz[TR2]; nobody audits them

09:27 TR News; "In this article well investigate how a particular Wi-Fi connected sensor" https://embeddedartistry.com/blog/2024/11/04/reclaim-your-data-freeing-a-wi-fi-sensor-from-the-cloud/ |

09:27 TR Bot; Reclaim Your Data: Freeing a Wi-Fi Sensor from the Cloud - Embedded Artistry

09:27 schestowitz[TR2]; with gold,

09:27 schestowitz[TR2]; you can have something physical

09:27 schestowitz[TR2]; and put it under your bricks at home

09:27 schestowitz[TR2]; with BTC

09:27 schestowitz[TR2]; haha

09:27 schestowitz[TR2]; BTC

09:27 schestowitz[TR2]; either yoiu say, i have them on this hard drive

09:27 schestowitz[TR2]; which is... laughable

09:27 schestowitz[TR2]; like putting in a passphrase gives you "money"

09:28 schestowitz[TR2]; or you have some FTC uusername

09:28 schestowitz[TR2]; *FTX

09:28 schestowitz[TR2]; until there is no more FTX

09:29 TR News; "Some may want to point out: unused RAM is wasted RAM" https://dan.langille.org/2024/12/14/kernel-swap_pager-cannot-allocate-bio/ | Source: Dan Langille

09:29 TR Bot; kernel: swap_pager: cannot allocate bio Dan Langille's Other Diary

09:31 TR News; "I updated my main.yml with that syntax, and It Worked." https://rubenerd.com/fixing-an-old-ansible-role-with-multiple-oss/ | Source: Ruben Schade

09:31 TR Bot; Updating an old Ansible role with multiple OS support

09:32 TR News; "At this point I've skimmed a number of relatively serious union type proposals for Go" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoUnionTypesStartWithGoals | Source: University of Toronto

09:32 TR Bot; Chris's Wiki :: blog/programming/GoUnionTypesStartWithGoals

09:32 TR News; "One of the principles of web accessibility is to be perceivable." https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2024/16/ | Source: Markup from Hell

09:32 TR Bot; You dont need the isOpen class - HTMHell

09:33 darwin; it's not a pyramid scheme. I mined bitcoin (BTC) in the early days

09:33 darwin; pyramid schemes are centralized. BTC and most cryptocurrencies are decentralized

09:34 darwin; pyramid schemes pay people higher up. BTC pays individual sellers and miners

09:34 darwin; it has some problems but pyamind/triangle isn't one of them

09:35 darwin; the problem with exchanges is like a bank got robbed that didn't have government insurance. Nothing to do with the particular currencies, really, nor their reliability

09:36 darwin; even mainstream media reported BTC was the best investment of the 2010s

09:37 darwin; i don't sell it. I just used to mine it, until one of my miners caught on fire due to damaged power cable

09:37 darwin; a power extension cable that wasn't shipped right

09:39 darwin; when I say 'sellers' I mean someone buys another good or service from them with BTC, not people selling BTC. The miners basically get a small percentage because when they run servers, that keeps the network running... and they don't need to signup with anyone else to mine, just get equipment, similar to when city-states used to mint coins

09:39 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2], Here's what's happening.

09:39 IsambardPrince; The media either won't report on him or will merely quote him, to avoid SLAPP.

09:39 IsambardPrince; Especially after the ABC thing.

09:40 IsambardPrince; The Democrats just lost big time and have no leader, or what passes as leadership is going on 90 and just fell and had an emergency hip replacement.

09:40 IsambardPrince; So the party scatters and it becomes everyone for themselves, and you have people like Fetterman going rogue.

09:41 IsambardPrince; The oligarchs are paying him and dining with him, to try to avoid being regulated, and to get their mega-mergers through.

09:41 IsambardPrince; This is how democracies crumble.

09:41 schestowitz[TR2]; http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/16/Elementary_OS_A_Linux_Distro_Easy_To_Use_and_Easy_on_the_Eyes.shtml

09:41 TR Bot; Tux Machines Elementary OS: A Linux Distro Easy To Use and Easy on the Eyes

09:41 IsambardPrince; Pritzker tried to set up a Democratic Party Governors thing to resist Trump, and nobody joined it.

09:42 IsambardPrince; They're all just hoping he doesn't invade their states with the military.

09:42 TR News; (NEW): I converted this Mini PC from Windows to Linux, and it came alive. Here's how https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/I_converted_this_Mini_PC_from_Windows_to_Linux_and_it_came_aliv.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/I_converted_this_Mini_PC_from_Windows_to_Linux_and_it_came_aliv.gmi

09:42 TR Bot; Tux Machines I converted this Mini PC from Windows to Linux, and it came alive. Here's how

09:44 TR News; iophk: many sites are /still/ misrepresenting Bytedance's Tiktok as a communications medium and, more bizarrely, one which has anything to do with free speech.

09:44 IsambardPrince; The Supreme Court doesn't have any enforcement mechanism for its rulings.

09:45 IsambardPrince; If Trump doesn't get what he wants from them, he'll ignore them and call them weak and ask them what they plan to do about it.

09:47 TR News; Debian for a FEE! "This means that Valkey users can now benefit from the following features offered with Ubuntu Pro" https://ubuntu.com//blog/valkey-ubuntu-pro | Source: Ubuntu

09:47 TR Bot; Valkey security patching and support with Ubuntu Pro | Ubuntu

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09:57 TR News; (NEW): Happy Birthday To My Beloved Husband https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Happy_Birthday_To_My_Beloved_Husband.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Happy_Birthday_To_My_Beloved_Husband.gmi

09:57 TR Bot; Tux Machines Happy Birthday To My Beloved Husband

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09:58 darwin; do some posters/chatters act bad on The Internet? When my first Internet Service Provider (ISP) signed me up, they knew what they were talking about. They gave me software for email, file transfer protocol (FTP) & FTP searches, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), network news transfer protocol (NNTP, Usenet), telnet, Wide Area Information Search (WAIS), world wide web (WWW). They were responsible, but newer, larger ISPs aren't so knowledgeable/responsible

09:58 darwin; and lead people to believe 'Internet is WWW'

10 AM, December 17

10:02 darwin; also gopher

10:02 IsambardPrince; https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/15/2291886/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Two-Russian-oil-tankers-sink-in-Kerch-Strait

10:02 TR Bot; Russian stuff blowing up: Two Russian oil tankers sink in Kerch Strait

10:04 TR News; Enhancing Kubernetes API Server Efficiency with API Streaming https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/12/17/kube-apiserver-api-streaming/

10:04 TR Bot; Enhancing Kubernetes API Server Efficiency with API Streaming | Kubernetes

10:06 TR News; that

10:06 TR News; "also wondering if I should start a Kickstarter mailing list." https://mwl.io/archives/23924

10:06 TR Bot; Something coming or some THING Michael W Lucas

10:07 TR News; Boost Your Productivity with These Free Open-Source Stay Focus Tools https://medevel.com/boost-your-productivity-with-these-free-open-source-stay-focus-tools/

10:07 TR Bot; Boost Your Productivity with These Free Open-Source Stay Focus Tools

10:07 TR News; Keep Your Kids Safe Online with These 15 Essential Tools https://medevel.com/keep-your-kids-safe-online/

10:07 TR Bot; Keep Your Kids Safe Online with These 15 Essential Tools

10:08 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2], Maricel "invests" in bitcoin.

10:08 IsambardPrince; If she hasn't already had it stolen somehow, eventually she will.

10:10 TR News; "Were all in brave Navalnys debt" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/23/greetings-friends

10:10 TR Bot; Greetings, Friends! The Annual Holiday Poem by Ian Frazier | The New Yorker

10:15 TR News; LRZ Adopts Nvidia Engines For 250 Million Blue Lion Supercomputer In 2027 https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/16/lrz-adopts-nvidia-engines-for-e250-million-blue-lion-supercomputer-in-2027/

10:15 TR Bot; LRZ Adopts Nvidia Engines For 250 Million Blue Lion Supercomputer In 2027

10:16 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2], The problem the left has with immigration is this.

10:17 IsambardPrince; There really are desirable and undesirable immigrants, broadly speaking.

10:17 TR News; "The QuartzPro64 is a developer board featuring the Rockchip RK3588 system-on-chip" https://linuxgizmos.com/quartzpro64-rk3588-developer-board-now-available-at-199-99/ | Source: Linux Gizmos

10:17 TR Bot; ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/quartzpro64-rk3588-developer-board-now-available-at-199-99/ )

10:17 IsambardPrince; You're not going to get many desirable ones from Yemen and Somalia.

10:17 IsambardPrince; More likely some illiterate criminal or terrorist.

10:18 IsambardPrince; While it's true that if you let in immigrants from Japan or Finland or anywhere, you may not always get their best, the average will be better.

10:18 TR News; Latent Growth Curve Models using the Lavaan Package in R workshop https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/latent-growth-curve-models-using-the-lavaan-package-in-r-workshop/

10:18 TR Bot; Growth Curve Models using the Lavaan Package in R workshop | R-bloggers

10:18 IsambardPrince; Immigration changes your country to be less like yours and more like theirs, so you need to be careful you're not letting in pirates, terrorists, street shitters, rapists, drug cartels, and murderers.

10:19 TR News; Satellite mapping of surface waters in R https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/satellite-mapping-of-surface-waters-in-r/

10:19 TR Bot; mapping of surface waters in R | R-bloggers

10:19 IsambardPrince; Again, when you let them in from Somalia, you tend to get more of that.

10:19 IsambardPrince; The Catholic Church is largely responsible for a lot of this mess.

10:20 TR News; US hits North Korea with new sanctions https://rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/16/north-korea-sanctions-missile-russia-ukraine/

10:20 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/16/north-korea-sanctions-missile-russia-ukraine/ )

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10:30 TR News; (NEW): I Don't See a Reason to Switch to Windows from Linux Anymore in 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/I_Don_t_See_a_Reason_to_Switch_to_Windows_from_Linux_Anymore_in.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/I_Don_t_See_a_Reason_to_Switch_to_Windows_from_Linux_Anymore_in.gmi

10:30 TR Bot; Tux Machines I Don't See a Reason to Switch to Windows from Linux Anymore in 2025

10:33 TR News; "Mass layoffs hit Russian IT workers as businesses try to conceal cutbacks amid claims of a robust economy" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/16/mass-layoffs-hit-russian-it-workers-as-businesses-try-to-conceal-cutbacks-amid-claims-of-a-robust-economy-the-bell | Source: Meduza

10:33 TR Bot; Mass layoffs hit Russian IT workers as businesses try to conceal cutbacks amid claims of a robust economy The Bell Meduza

10:35 TR News; Has Hey Hi (AI) Already Gone Through All The Music? Former Proprietary Chaffbot Company Co-Founder Says Yes https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/has-ai-already-gone-through-all-the-music/

10:36 TR Bot; ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/has-ai-already-gone-through-all-the-music/ )

10:36 TR News; How to Use na.omit in R: A Comprehensive Guide to Handling Missing Values https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/how-to-use-na-omit-in-r-a-comprehensive-guide-to-handling-missing-values/

10:36 TR Bot; to Use na.omit in R: A Comprehensive Guide to Handling Missing Values | R-bloggers

10:38 TR News; PureOS Crimson Development Report: November 2024 https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-november-2024/ | Source: Purism

10:38 TR Bot; PureOS Crimson Development Report: November 2024 Purism

10:39 TR News; "AI use cases" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-use-cases-preparing-your-first-ai-pilot-project | Source: Red Hat Official

10:39 TR Bot; AI use cases: Preparing for your first AI pilot project

10:40 TR News; (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi

10:40 TR Bot; Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software

10:40 TR News; "Currently,mod_md is the only ACME client implementation completely supported and provided by Red Hat." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/automatically-acquire-and-renew-certificates-using-modmd-and-automated-certificate-management-environment-acme-identity-management-idm | Source: Red Hat Official

10:40 TR Bot; Automatically acquire and renew certificates using mod_md and Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) in Identity Management (IdM)

10:41 TR News; Swaziland: GNU/Linux Leaps to 7.24%, Based on statCounter https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Swaziland_GNU_Linux_Leaps_to_7_24_Based_on_statCounter.shtml

10:41 TR Bot; Techrights Swaziland: GNU/Linux Leaps to 7.24%, Based on statCounter

10:41 TR News; Botswana: New Highs for GNU/Linux, All-Time Lows for Abusive Monopolist Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Botswana_New_Highs_for_GNU_Linux_All_Time_Lows_for_Microsoft.shtml

10:41 TR Bot; Techrights Botswana: New Highs for GNU/Linux, All-Time Lows for Microsoft

10:42 TR News; DEI Room at fedoraproject.org Pretty Much Dead https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/DEI_Room_at_fedoraproject_org_Pretty_Much_Dead.shtml

10:42 TR Bot; Techrights DEI Room at fedoraproject.org Pretty Much Dead

10:42 TR News; Underpaid and Inexperienced Workers Overwhelm the EPO, Granting Many Invalid Patents and Placing Pressure on Veteran Examiners https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Underpaid_and_Inexperienced_Workers_Overwhelm_the_EPO_Granting_.shtml

10:42 TR Bot; Techrights Underpaid and Inexperienced Workers Overwhelm the EPO, Granting Many Invalid Patents and Placing Pressure on Veteran Examiners

10:43 TR News; ad

10:43 TR News; Litigation financier HPCF entity, Piranha, ad related patent monopoly challenge instituted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/13/litigation-financier-hpcf-entity-piranha-ad-related-patent-challenge-instituted

10:43 TR Bot; Litigation financier HPCF entity, Piranha, ad related patent challenge instituted Unified Patents

10:43 TR News; Cloud Byte clown storage patent monopoly challenged https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/16/cloud-byte-patent-challenged

10:43 TR Bot; Cloud Byte cloud storage patent challenged Unified Patents

10:44 TR News; The report confirms what we have called out on Patent Progress for months that third-party funding in patent monopoly cases is a rapidly-growing practice, which must be addressed through adequate disclosure [&#8230;]

10:45 TR News; New GAO Report Highlights Growing Threat of Third-Party Funding in Patent Cases https://patentprogress.org/2024/12/new-gao-report-highlights-growing-threat-of-third-party-funding-in-patent-cases/

10:45 TR Bot; New GAO Report Highlights Growing Threat of Third-Party Funding in Patent Cases - Patent Progress

10:45 TR News; In Some Parts of the World, Like Central America and South America, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is Irrelevant on the Web (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/In_Some_Parts_of_the_World_Like_Central_America_and_South_Ameri.shtml

10:45 TR Bot; Techrights In Some Parts of the World, Like Central America and South America, Microsoft is Irrelevant on the Web

10:45 TR News; The "Latest Technology News" at BetaNews is Slop About Slop https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/The_Latest_Technology_News_at_BetaNews_is_Slop_About_Slop.shtml

10:45 TR Bot; Techrights The "Latest Technology News" at BetaNews is Slop About Slop

10:46 TR News; Microsoft's backdoored Windows Fell From 98% to Less Than 15% (in 15 Years in Africa) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Microsoft_s_Windows_Fell_From_98_to_Less_Than_15_in_15_Years_in.shtml

10:46 TR Bot; Techrights Microsoft's Windows Fell From 98% to Less Than 15% (in 15 Years in Africa)

10:46 TR News; A Birthday Wish https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/A_Birthday_Wish.shtml

10:46 TR Bot; Techrights A Birthday Wish

10:47 TR News; [Meme] Definitely Not Your Role Models https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Meme_Definitely_Not_Your_Role_Models.shtml

10:47 TR Bot; Techrights [Meme] Definitely Not Your Role Models

10:47 TR News; Changes or Variation of Logo at the FSF as 40th Anniversary is Near (Months Away) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Changes_or_Variation_of_Logo_at_the_FSF_as_40th_Anniversary_is_.shtml

10:47 TR Bot; Techrights Changes or Variation of Logo at the FSF as 40th Anniversary is Near (Months Away)

10:47 TR News; The Media Failed to Hold GAFAM Accountable (and Now It Suffers From It and For It) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/The_Media_Failed_to_Hold_GAFAM_Accountable_and_Now_It_Suffers_F.shtml

10:47 TR Bot; Techrights The Media Failed to Hold GAFAM Accountable (and Now It Suffers From It and For It)

10:48 TR News; Push Back and Become More Vocal for LLM Abuse and Misuse to Stop https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Push_Back_and_Become_More_Vocal_for_LLM_Abuse_and_Misuse_to_Sto.shtml

10:48 TR Bot; Techrights Push Back and Become More Vocal for LLM Abuse and Misuse to Stop

10:48 TR News; Mobile Usage Nearly 90% in Maharlika (Philippines)? https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Mobile_Usage_Nearly_90_in_Maharlika_Philippines.shtml

10:48 TR Bot; Techrights Mobile Usage Nearly 90% in Maharlika (Philippines)?

10:48 TR News; Reminder: The Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Person Who Used Proprietary Chaffbot Company for En Masse GPL Violations Told the Whistleblower to Kill Herself https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Reminder_The_Microsoft_Person_Who_Used_OpenAI_for_En_Masse_GPL_.shtml

10:48 TR Bot; Techrights Reminder: The Microsoft Person Who Used OpenAI for En Masse GPL Violations Told the Whistleblower to Kill Herself

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10:48 TR News; Content Management Systems (CMS) Bloat/ Static Site Generators (SSG) Trouble https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Bloat_Static_Site_Generators_SSG.shtml

10:48 TR Bot; Techrights Content Management Systems (CMS) Bloat/ Static Site Generators (SSG) Trouble

10:53 *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@tuzytkrdqu5wy.irc) has joined #techrights

10:57 TR News; (NEW): Rspamd 3.11 Brings Modernized Elasticsearch Integration https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Rspamd_3_11_Brings_Modernized_Elasticsearch_Integration.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Rspamd_3_11_Brings_Modernized_Elasticsearch_Integration.gmi

10:57 TR Bot; Tux Machines Rspamd 3.11 Brings Modernized Elasticsearch Integration

10:57 TR News; "A desktop environment includes everything you need to interact with your computer, such as the graphical user interface, file manager, window manager, and other utilities." https://www.tecmint.com/install-and-switch-desktop-environments-in-fedora/ | Source: TecMint

10:58 TR Bot; How to Install and Switch Desktop Environments in Fedora

10:58 TR News; "CrowdSupply recently featured the Hornet Nest Alarm Panel, a PoE-enabled security panel that integrates traditional wired alarm systems with modern smart home platforms like Home Assistant." https://linuxgizmos.com/open-source-hornet-nest-alarm-panel-for-home-assistant-and-esphome/ | Source: Linux Gizmos

10:58 TR Bot; ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/open-source-hornet-nest-alarm-panel-for-home-assistant-and-esphome/ )

11 AM, December 17

11:04 TR News; (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Android_Leftovers.gmi

11:04 TR Bot; Tux Machines Android Leftovers

11:04 TR News; "Espressif Systems announced the ESP32-P4 over a year ago. While the chip is not yet available for retail" https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-olimex-showcases-development-board-design-based-on-esp32-p4-risc-v-soc-2/ | Source: Linux Gizmos

11:04 TR Bot; ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-olimex-showcases-development-board-design-based-on-esp32-p4-risc-v-soc-2/ )

11:04 TR News; Latvian scientist has groundbreaking research published in 'Nature' https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/16.12.2024-latvian-scientist-has-groundbreaking-research-published-in-nature.a580338/

11:04 TR Bot; Latvian scientist has groundbreaking research published in 'Nature' / Article

11:05 TR News; How Did We End Up with Such an Opaque and Costly Health-Care System? https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/how-did-we-end-up-with-such-an-opaque-and-costly-health-care-system

11:05 TR Bot; How Did We End Up with Such an Opaque and Costly Health-Care System? | The New Yorker

11:06 TR News; About:Community: Contributor spotlight Mayank Bansal https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2024/12/16/contributor-spotlight-mayank-bansal/

11:06 TR Bot; Contributor spotlight Mayank Bansal about:community

11:06 TR News; PHP backdoor looks to be work of Chinese-linked APT group https://cyberscoop.com/glutton-php-backdoor-winnti-apt-41-china/

11:06 TR Bot; backdoor looks to be work of Chinese-linked APT group | CyberScoop

11:07 TR News; Georgia protests: digital safety tips for peaceful gatherings https://www.accessnow.org/georgia-protests-digital-safety-tips/

11:07 TR Bot; Georgia protests: digital safety tips for peaceful gatherings - Access Now

11:08 TR News; Strike bans in Turkey during Erdoan's rule https://bianet.org/haber/strike-bans-in-turkey-during-erdogan-s-rule-302724

11:08 TR Bot; Strike bans in Turkey during Erdoan's rule

11:08 TR News; Metal workers defy Erdoans strike ban after failed negotiations https://bianet.org/haber/metal-workers-defy-erdogans-strike-ban-after-failed-negotiations-302721

11:08 TR Bot; Metal workers defy Erdoans strike ban after failed negotiations

11:10 TR News; Privacy camp in 2025 https://edri.org/our-work/privacy-camp-in-2025/

11:10 TR Bot; Privacy camp in 2025 - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

11:11 TR News; Enhancing Patient Privacy with Open-Source Data Anonymization Tools : ARX Data Anonymization Tool https://medevel.com/enhancing-patient-privacy-data-anon-tools/

11:11 TR Bot; Enhancing Patient Privacy with Open-Source Data Anonymization Tools : ARX Data Anonymization Tool

11:11 TR News; Privacy and autonomy: Redefining boundaries for Indigenous communities http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5506/privacy-and-autonomy-redefining-boundaries-indigenous-communities

11:11 TR Bot; Privacy and autonomy: Redefining boundaries for Indigenous communities | Privacy International

11:12 TR News; PI submission to EDPB on Hey Hi (AI) models http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5495/pi-submission-edpb-ai-models

11:12 TR Bot; PI submission to EDPB on AI models | Privacy International

11:12 TR News; Escape the Giants: 10 Self-Hosted Note-Taking Apps to Replace Notion and Evernote https://medevel.com/escape-the-giants-10-note-taking-apps/

11:12 TR Bot; Escape the Giants: 10 Self-Hosted Note-Taking Apps to Replace Notion and Evernote

11:19 TR News; (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_howtos.1.gmi

11:19 TR Bot; Tux Machines today's howtos

11:20 TR News; (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Security_Leftovers.gmi

11:20 TR Bot; Tux Machines Security Leftovers

11:21 TR News; Rspamd 3.11 Brings Modernized Elasticsearch Integration https://linuxiac.com/rspamd-3-11-brings-modernized-elasticsearch-integration/

11:21 TR Bot; Rspamd 3.11 Brings Modernized Elasticsearch Integration

11:27 TR News; (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, PureOS, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_PureOS_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_PureOS_and_More.gmi

11:27 TR Bot; Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, PureOS, and More

11:29 TR News; (NEW): Programming, Development, and Web https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Programming_Development_and_Web.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Programming_Development_and_Web.gmi

11:29 TR Bot; Tux Machines Programming, Development, and Web

11:30 TR News; (NEW): GNU/Linux, Red Hat, and Free Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/GNU_Linux_Red_Hat_and_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/GNU_Linux_Red_Hat_and_Free_Software.gmi

11:30 TR Bot; Tux Machines GNU/Linux, Red Hat, and Free Software

11:34 cmb; "<IsambardPrince> The Democrats just lost big time and have no leader". And I'm fixing to change my party registration, because I don't want to be affiliated with a bunch of losers who seem to care more about getting MTF transgender into womens' bathrooms and sports than it cares about the average American.

11:41 TR News; Techrights Links 17/12/2024: More "Tesla Autopilot" and "Hey Hi" (AI) Blunders https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Links_17_12_2024_More_Tesla_Autopilot_and_Hey_Hi_AI_Blunders.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Links_17_12_2024_More_Tesla_Autopilot_and_Hey_Hi_AI_Blunders.gmi

11:41 TR Bot; Techrights Links 17/12/2024: More "Tesla Autopilot" and "Hey Hi" (AI) Blunders

11:43 cmb; "You've paid with groceries twice in 4 months using affirm.com, Mr. Brannon? Tough luck. All we care about is pumping kids full of drugs to fuck them up sexually, cutting off pee-pees, and making sure people with dicks (also called men by the rational) can use the women's bathroom. The economy is doing splendidly under Biden, so you can go back under your rock,." (I'm an angry Harris voter).

11:49 schestowitz[TR2]; Harris was a safety net

11:49 schestowitz[TR2]; because the polls showed Biden losing big time

11:50 cmb; Biden had no business running a second time. Well, I say running, but it's more like he was annointed.

11:51 TR News; Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/1002338/

11:51 TR Bot; updates for Monday [LWN.net]

11:51 cmb; s/annointed/anointed/

11:53 TR News; "There are people out there who ask Why do I need a personal wiki when my collection of text files are fine? It is not assumed that a system will revolve around a single program such as Obsidian or Emacs org-mode, although many people quite reasonably swear by org-mode and put their entire lives into it." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/productivity-systems/

11:54 schestowitz[TR2]; the country would look different if Sanders was not sabotaged by DNC in 15/16

11:54 schestowitz[TR2]; almost a decade ago

11:54 schestowitz[TR2]; he would tax ther rich, increase wages for people

11:54 schestowitz[TR2]; foreign policy would be different, too

11:54 TR News; SpellBinding: CESINPF Wordo: TWINE gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-12-17.gmi

11:55 TR News; Clumsy and Random gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/12/17/clumsy-random.gmi

11:56 cmb; Yes it would.

11:56 cmb; Or even go a bit further back to 2004. Things probably would have been a lot different with Howard Dean.

11:57 TR News; "The Streisand effect is a popular adage that suggests the attempts to censor information will energize the public to consume that heretical material in greater numbers than if the information was left alone." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2417

11:59 TR News; The sleazy mobsters who attack the FSF this month are only making stronger ongoing court cases against these sleazy mobsters. It's a giant own goal.

11:59 schestowitz[TR2]; Gore won in 2000

11:59 schestowitz[TR2]; but conceded too early

noon, December 17

12:00 cmb; That too.

12:08 TR News; Techrights Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part X https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Technology_rights_or_responsibilities_Part_X.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Technology_rights_or_responsibilities_Part_X.gmi

12:08 TR Bot; Techrights Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part X

12:08 TR News; The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Best GNU/Linux VPS Provider https://linuxstans.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-choosing-the-best-linux-vps-provider/

12:08 TR Bot; to connect to linuxstans.com port 443 after 10000 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://linuxstans.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-choosing-the-best-linux-vps-provider/ )

12:30 TR News; Dirk Eddelbuettel: #45: Some r-ci Updates http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2024/12/16#045_r-ci_updates

12:30 TR Bot; Thinking inside the box

12:31 TR News; IDAD 2024 - Dec. 20: For freedom, against restriction https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/idad_2024_dec_20_freedom_against_restriction

12:31 TR Bot; IDAD 2024 - Dec. 20: For freedom, against restriction | Defective by Design

12:31 TR News; 15 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Diff Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-console-based-diff-tools/

12:31 TR Bot; Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Diff Tools - LinuxLinks

12:32 TR News; Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Fashion Company Apple Intelligence https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-apple-intelligence/

12:32 TR Bot; Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Intelligence - LinuxLinks

12:32 TR News; Resources monitor system resources https://www.linuxlinks.com/resources-monitor-system/

12:32 TR Bot; - monitor system resources - LinuxLinks

12:32 TR News; Rickrack color palette generator https://www.linuxlinks.com/rickrack-color-palette-generator/

12:32 TR Bot; - color palette generator - LinuxLinks

12:33 TR News; Primer Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub s design system https://www.linuxlinks.com/primer-github-design-system/

12:33 TR Bot; - GitHub's design system - LinuxLinks

12:36 TR News; How to Build a NAS Server with Raspberry Pi And Samba https://www.maketecheasier.com/build-nas-server-with-raspberry-pi/

12:36 TR Bot; How to Build a NAS Server with Raspberry Pi And Samba - Make Tech Easier

12:38 TR News; PCLinuxOS Recent Updates https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5880

12:38 TR Bot; Updates PCLinuxOS

12:39 TR News; Easily Run backdoored Windows Apps on GNU/Linux Using These Tools https://www.maketecheasier.com/run-windows-apps-on-linux/

12:39 TR Bot; Easily Run Windows Apps on Linux Using These Tools - Make Tech Easier

12:40 TR News; Apps Updates Round-up: Audacity 3.7.1, Octave 9.3, Scrcpy 3.1 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/12/apps-updates-audacity-scrcpy/

12:40 TR Bot; Apps Updates Round-up: Audacity 3.7.1, Octave 9.3, Scrcpy 3.1 | UbuntuHandbook

12:40 TR News; Getting beyond ProcessExecutionErrors when installing Ubuntu on arm64 https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/getting-beyond-processexecutionerrors-when-installing-ubuntu-on-arm64

12:40 TR Bot; Getting beyond ProcessExecutionErrors when installing Ubuntu on arm64 | Jeff Geerling

12:41 TR News; Latest LF SPAM at linux.com https://www.linux.com/news/wanted-skilled-cybersecurity-it-pros/

12:41 TR Bot; Give Yourself the Gift of Learning this Year! - Linux.com

12:43 TR News; Linux Mastodon App Tuba Adds Post Scheduling, Drafts + More https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/linux-mastodon-client-tuba-update-drafts

12:43 TR Bot; Linux Mastodon App Tuba Adds Post Scheduling, Drafts + More - OMG! Ubuntu

12:44 TR News; I Don't See a Reason to Switch to backdoored Windows from GNU/Linux Anymore in 2025 https://itsfoss.com/not-switching-to-windows/

12:44 TR Bot; I Don't See a Reason to Switch to Windows from Linux Anymore in 2025

12:45 TR News; Krita Monthly Update - Edition 21 https://krita.org/en/posts/2024/monthly-update-21/

12:45 TR Bot; Krita Monthly Update - Edition 21 | Krita

12:46 TR News; OSI is a force for the colonialists. LF is the same. They employ people willing to burn villagers and villagers for the colonisers. That's what they get paid for.

12:47 TR News; Kali GNU/Linux 2024.4 Released, Bids Farewell to 32-Bit Systems https://linuxiac.com/kali-linux-2024-4-released-bids-farewell-to-32-bit-systems/

12:47 TR Bot; Kali Linux 2024.4 Released, Bids Farewell to 32-Bit Systems

12:48 TR News; Kali GNU/Linux 2024.4 Release (Python 3.12, Goodbye i386, Raspberry Pi Imager & Kali NetHunter) https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2024-4-release/

12:48 TR Bot; Kali Linux 2024.4 Release (Python 3.12, Goodbye i386, Raspberry Pi Imager & Kali NetHunter) | Kali Linux Blog

12:52 TR News; (NEW): Applications: Apps Updates Round-up, Mastodon App Tuba, and Krita Monthly Update https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Applications_Apps_Updates_Round_up_Mastodon_App_Tuba_and_Krita_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Applications_Apps_Updates_Round_up_Mastodon_App_Tuba_and_Krita_.gmi

12:52 TR Bot; Tux Machines Applications: Apps Updates Round-up, Mastodon App Tuba, and Krita Monthly Update

12:57 TR News; Onceagain,China pushes for economic stimulus,hoping for a different result https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-long-xi-trying-boost-chinas-economy-stimulus-not-reforms/

12:57 TR Bot; Onceagain,China pushes for economic stimulus,hoping for a different result - Atlantic Council

1 PM, December 17

13:01 psydruid; > [notice] techrights.org | Techrights Instead of Promoting GNU/Linux (or Ubuntu) Ahead of Vista 10's EoL Canonical is Marketing Microsoft's Proprietary Software

13:01 psydruid; Canonical, Red Hat and SUSE are Microsoft's lapdogs

13:02 schestowitz[TR2]; Yus

13:02 schestowitz[TR2]; where are regulators?

13:02 schestowitz[TR2]; Microsoft bribes rivals

13:03 psydruid; paid off by the Microsoft Foundation

13:03 schestowitz[TR2]; and they stop competing

13:03 schestowitz[TR2]; competition crimes

13:03 schestowitz[TR2]; and they participate

13:03 schestowitz[TR2]; MS (Mark S) profits from iit

13:03 schestowitz[TR2]; at our expense

13:03 schestowitz[TR2]; anmd debian's

13:03 schestowitz[TR2]; biab

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15:27 TR News; Pricing for key chipmaking material hits 13-year high following Chinese export restrictions China's restrictions on Gallium exports hit hard https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/pricing-for-key-chipmaking-material-hits-13-year-high-following-chinese-export-restrictions-chinas-restrictions-on-gallium-exports-hit-hard

15:27 TR Bot; Pricing for key chipmaking material hits 13-year high following Chinese export restrictions China's restrictions on Gallium exports hit hard | Tom's Hardware

15:28 TR News; Chinas Shanghai and Hangzhou warn of heavy air pollution ahead https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-shanghai-and-hangzhou-warn-of-heavy-air-pollution-ahead

15:28 TR Bot; Chinas Shanghai and Hangzhou warn of heavy air pollution | The Straits Times

15:30 TR News; China says planned US tariff hikes pile errors onto errors https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-planned-us-tariff-hikes-pile-errors-onto-errors

15:30 TR Bot; China says planned US tariff hikes pile errors onto errors | The Straits Times

15:31 TR News; Biden Administration Takes First Step to Retaliate Against China Over [Cr]ack https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/politics/biden-administration-retaliation-china-hack.html

15:31 TR Bot; Biden Administration Takes First Step to Retaliate Against China Over Hack - The New York Times

15:31 TR News; Malaysia launches first locally made electric vehicle https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-launches-first-locally-made-electric-vehicle

15:31 TR Bot; Malaysia launches first locally made electric vehicle | The Straits Times

15:39 TR News; The Red Ring of Death (RROD) https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/a-red-ring-light-show-for-your-xbox-360/ | Source: Hackaday

15:39 TR Bot; Red Ring Light Show For Your Xbox 360 | Hackaday

15:40 TR News; A Few Minutes of Exercise Today Could Do Wonders For Your Brain Tomorrow https://www.sciencealert.com/a-few-minutes-of-exercise-today-could-do-wonders-for-your-brain-tomorrow

15:40 TR Bot; Few Minutes of Exercise Today Could Do Wonders For Your Brain Tomorrow : ScienceAlert

15:42 TR News; Event Wrap: APIGA Australia 2024 https://blog.apnic.net/2024/12/17/event-wrap-apiga-australia-2024/

15:42 TR Bot; Event Wrap: APIGA Australia 2024 | APNIC Blog

15:43 TR News; Meet Docmost: Self-Hosted Collaborative Wiki and Documentation Tool https://medevel.com/docmost-app/

15:43 TR Bot; Meet Docmost: Self-Hosted Collaborative Wiki and Documentation Tool

15:43 TR News; AI Hype or Hope? Insights from a Doctor, Developer, and Everyday User https://medevel.com/ai-hype-or-hope/

15:43 TR Bot; AI Hype or Hope? Insights from a Doctor, Developer, and Everyday User

15:46 MinceR; https://sbaziotis.com/compilers/common-misconceptions-about-compilers.html

15:46 TR Bot; Common Misconceptions about Compilers

15:50 TR News; Seasons Greetings! Three new LibreOffice Guides released https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/12/16/seasons-greetings-three-new-libreoffice-guides-released/

15:50 TR Bot; Season's Greetings! Three new LibreOffice Guides released - The Document Foundation Blog

15:51 TR News; How to Download YouTube Videos and Playlists with youtube-dl on Windows, Linux, and macOS (Tutorial) https://medevel.com/how-to-download-youtube-videos/

15:51 TR Bot; How to Download YouTube Videos and Playlists with youtube-dl on Windows, Linux, and macOS (Tutorial)

15:52 TR News; "UN Cybercrime Treaty Goes Before the UN General Assembly" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/still-flawed-and-lacking-safeguards-un-cybercrime-treaty-goes-un-general-assembly | Source: EFF | "treaty authorizes open-ended evidence gathering powers for crimes with little nexus to core cybercrimes"

15:52 TR Bot; Still Flawed and Lacking Safeguards, UN Cybercrime Treaty Goes Before the UN General Assembly, then States for Adoption | Electronic Frontier Foundation

15:53 TR News; "Saving the Internet in Europe" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/saving-internet-europe-how-eff-works-europe but intentionally ignores EPO corruption

15:53 TR Bot; Saving the Internet in Europe: How EFF Works in Europe | Electronic Frontier Foundation

15:54 TR News; Late Night Linux Episode 312 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-312/

15:54 TR Bot; Late Night Linux Episode 312 Late Night Linux

15:55 TR News; Extracting Data from OECD Databases in R: Using the oecd and rsdmx Packages https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/extracting-data-from-oecd-databases-in-r-using-the-oecd-and-rsdmx-packages/

15:55 TR Bot; Data from OECD Databases in R: Using the oecd and rsdmx Packages | R-bloggers

15:56 TR News; "Crazy how 50 used to be the age where age discrimination started. Then it was 40. Now it's 35? Companies taking that mythical "3-5 years of experience" as a hard range now? As in, less than 3 we don't want you, more than 5 we don't want you." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vVKVukf

15:56 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vVKVukf )

15:58 schestowitz[TR2]; https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl

15:58 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl )

15:58 schestowitz[TR2]; "

15:58 schestowitz[TR2]; When I first joined IBM, I believed this was a rare and necessary thing. A shared sacrifice.

15:58 schestowitz[TR2]; Having been at Ibm now for 30 years, I realize this was the beginning of the end of everything that IBM had of value. It wasn't a one time thing, it was now a culture of continual layoff and financial engineering. This type of decision making by Gertsner led to stealing our pensions and eliminating 401 K matches. It underpins the mass layoffs in the US and the forced death march to India.

15:58 schestowitz[TR2]; What happened back then?After losing their monopoly on the IBM PC market, Akers and his cronies sold all of the mainframe licenses for a quick buck and then a couple of years later realized there was no new licensing income. Doh! This was shareholder value at its finest and predictably it made the company worse in the long run. The top level execs got rich, and the rest of us lost our livelihoods.

15:58 schestowitz[TR2]; And just like today, what led to IBM's problems in '93 were some terrible decisions made by the CEO and senior executives under Akers. You can substitute Arvind for Akers. There is no functional difference.

15:58 schestowitz[TR2]; Privatize the profits and socialize the risk. Same as it ever was.

15:58 schestowitz[TR2]; "

15:59 TR News; Monthly News November 2024 https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4787

15:59 TR Bot; NO TITLE

4 PM, December 17

16:01 TR News; Linux Mint Monthly News November 2024 https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4787

16:02 TR News; There are two very different things called "package managers" https://hisham.hm/2024/12/16/there-are-two-very-different-things-called-package-managers/

16:02 TR Bot; are two very different things called "package managers" hisham.hm

16:05 TR News; Destination Linux 400: Celebrating 400 Episodes of DL with a Jill's Treasure Hunt, Gaming, Cybersecurity, and more https://destinationlinux.net/400 https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-400/

16:05 TR Bot; Celebrating 400 Episodes of DL with a Jill's Treasure Hunt, Gaming, Cybersecurity, and more - Destination Linux - TuxDigital

16:05 TR News; #036 | S4 | In The Chair | Paid in Full https://cybershow.uk/media/episodes/paid-in-full.mp3

16:06 TR News; How to Install VMware Workstation on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://linuxiac.com/install-vmware-workstation-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts/

16:06 TR Bot; How to Install VMware Workstation on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

16:09 TR News; Preventing Critical Server Security Issues With GNU/Linux Live Patching https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/preventing-critical-server-security-issues-with-linux-live-patching-177467.html

16:09 TR Bot; Prevent Server Security Issues With Linux Live Patching

16:10 TR News; Linux 6.13-rc3 fixes expensive CPUID handling on Sapphire Rapids CPUs an issue resulting in Skylake CPUs being 4X faster for CPUID-related updates https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/linux-6-13-rc3-fixes-expensive-cpuid-handling-on-sapphire-rapids-cpus-an-issue-resulting-in-skylake-cpus-being-4x-faster-for-cpuid-related-updates

16:10 TR Bot; Linux 6.13-rc3 fixes expensive CPUID handling on Sapphire Rapids CPUs an issue resulting in Skylake CPUs being 4X faster for CPUID-related updates | Tom's Hardware

16:11 TR News; (NEW): Linux 6.13-rc3 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/16/Linux_6_13_rc3.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/16/Linux_6_13_rc3.gmi

16:11 TR Bot; Tux Machines Linux 6.13-rc3

16:14 TR News; AntiX Kernel upgrades available https://antixlinux.com/kernel-upgrades-available/

16:14 TR Bot; Kernel upgrades available antiX Linux

16:15 TR News; 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 15th, 2024 https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-december-15th-2024

16:15 TR Bot; Weekly Roundup: December 15th, 2024 - 9to5Linux

16:15 TR News; Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.8 Is One of the First Distros to Ship with Xfce 4.20 https://9to5linux.com/slackware-based-porteux-1-8-is-one-of-the-first-distros-to-ship-with-xfce-4-20

16:15 TR Bot; PorteuX 1.8 Is One of the First Distros to Ship with Xfce 4.20 - 9to5Linux

16:15 TR News; GNU Taler news: GNU Taler 0.14 released https://taler.net/en/news/2024-25.html

16:15 TR Bot; GNU Taler

16:17 TR News; Xfce 4.20 Released, This is Whats New https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/xfce-4-20-released-this-is-whats-new

16:17 TR Bot; Xfce 4.20 Released, This is What's New - OMG! Ubuntu

16:17 TR News; Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 870 https://ubuntu-news.org/2024/12/16/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-870/

16:17 TR Bot; Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 870

16:18 TR News; The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 870 https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2024/12/16/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-870/

16:18 TR Bot; Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 870

16:19 TR News; Talking up oneself, via an actor https://rubenerd.com/talking-up-oneself-via-an-actor/

16:19 TR Bot; Talking up oneself, via an actor

16:19 TR News; "For years, the home-oxygen industry has failed in myriad ways the million-plus Americans who struggle to breathe. Lincare, the countrys largest distributor of breathing equipment" https://www.propublica.org/article/soar-act-lincare-philips-respironics-oxygen-medicare-patients | Source: Pro Publica

16:19 TR Bot; Why Oxygen Companies, Medicare Patients Are Jointly Lobbying Congress ProPublica

16:21 TR News; Serbian Government Using Top Tech To Spy On Journalists, Amnesty Says https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-spy-journalists-activists-phones/33241638.html

16:21 TR Bot; Serbian Government Using Top Tech To Spy On Journalists, Amnesty Says

16:21 TR News; Daily Cartoon: Monday, December 16th https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/monday-december-16th-santa-surveillance People prefer your traditional surveillance to the drones.

16:21 TR Bot; Daily Cartoon: Monday, December 16th | The New Yorker

16:21 TR News; Ex-Bangladeshi leader orchestrated mass disappearances, inquiry finds https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/ex-bangladeshi-leader-orchestrated-mass-disappearances-inquiry-finds

16:21 TR Bot; Former Bangladeshi leader orchestrated mass disappearances, inquiry finds | The Straits Times

16:22 TR News; Qt Creator 15 - CMake Update https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-15-cmake-update

16:22 TR Bot; Qt Creator 15 - CMake Update

16:22 TR News; Merlin Makes Its Positions Crystal Clear on Hey Hi (AI) and Fair Use https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/independent-digital-licensing-partner-merlin-states-position-on-ai/

16:22 TR Bot; ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/independent-digital-licensing-partner-merlin-states-position-on-ai/ )

16:23 TR News; Sequoia PGP: A Sapling Matures: Meet sq 1.0 https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2024/12/16/202412-sq-1.0/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1002411/

16:23 TR Bot; Blog - Sequoia PGP: A Sapling Matures: Meet sq 1.0

16:23 TR Bot; sapling matures: meet sq 1.0 [LWN.net]

16:24 TR News; Raspberry Pi Kiosk https://www.binaryemotions.com/raspberry-pi-kiosk/

16:24 TR Bot; Raspberry Pi Kiosk Binary Emotions

16:24 TR News; (NEW): Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Fedora_Asahi_Remix_41_Released_for_Apple_Silicon_Macs_with_KDE_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Fedora_Asahi_Remix_41_Released_for_Apple_Silicon_Macs_with_KDE_.gmi

16:24 TR Bot; Tux Machines Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.2

16:25 TR News; The Rust Programming Language Blog: November project goals update https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/12/16/project-goals-nov-update.html

16:25 TR Bot; November project goals update | Rust Blog

16:27 TR News; have been on bearblog for a while now gemini://ava.smol.pub/bearblog

16:28 TR News; Versatile https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/versatile-yet-grounded-the-rotodyne-revisited/ | Source: Hackaday

16:28 TR Bot; Yet Grounded: The Rotodyne Revisited | Hackaday

16:29 TR News; "Emulating The Battery Controller In An Ancient Acer PDA" https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/emulating-the-battery-controller-in-an-ancient-acer-pda/ | Source: Hackaday

16:29 TR Bot; The Battery Controller In An Ancient Acer PDA | Hackaday

16:29 TR News; Raku Weekly 2024.51 Bus++ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2024/12/16/2024-51-bus/

16:29 TR Bot; 2024.51 Bus++ Rakudo Weekly News

16:30 TR News; Commissioner Roswall's keynote address at an event Towards a circular single market: Strengthening EU economic security and competitiveness' https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_24_6466

16:30 TR Bot; Press corner | European Commission

16:31 schestowitz[TR2]; MinceR: does orban pursue a Single Market?

16:31 schestowitz[TR2]; (with Moscow)

16:31 schestowitz[TR2]; ssoon we'll see if he believed in Freedom of Movement for Russian and North Korean troops

16:31 MinceR; does he even know what that is?

16:31 schestowitz[TR2]; maybe not

16:31 schestowitz[TR2]; sorry

16:31 schestowitz[TR2]; i asked too much]

16:32 schestowitz[TR2]; jeep-see kind see, monkey do

16:32 MinceR; lol

16:32 schestowitz[TR2]; *king

16:33 schestowitz[TR2]; you really ought to call him, Orban shenko

16:33 schestowitz[TR2]; or something like this

16:33 MinceR; i'd rather not call him at all

16:33 schestowitz[TR2]; unlike romania's and moldova's current leadership, he sees no urgency

16:33 MinceR; i'd rather leave humanity behind and forget this entire episode

16:33 schestowitz[TR2]; as if, it's ok, come on in, master

16:33 schestowitz[TR2]; he's just a corridor

16:34 schestowitz[TR2]; to austraia

16:34 schestowitz[TR2]; iirc, slovakia is also a neighbou

16:34 schestowitz[TR2]; did not check the map

16:34 schestowitz[TR2]; slovenia is the northern one, iirc

16:35 schestowitz[TR2]; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary#/media/File:EU-Hungary.svg

16:35 TR Bot; Hungary - Wikipedia

16:35 schestowitz[TR2]; so he has fico also

16:36 schestowitz[TR2]; after january 20 putin has 5 former members of ussr

16:36 schestowitz[TR2]; georgia, sk, hu, bl, ua

16:38 schestowitz[TR2]; and the russian economy is so so good atm

16:38 schestowitz[TR2]; many bankruptcies and inflation at 20%

16:38 schestowitz[TR2]; not that hungary had good inflation rates in recent years

16:39 TR News; Openwashing: Using open-source AI, sophisticated cyber ops will proliferate https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/using-open-source-ai-sophisticated-cyber-ops-will-proliferate/

16:39 TR Bot; Using open-source AI, sophisticated cyber ops will proliferate | The Strategist

16:40 MinceR; no, slovakia is the northern neighbor

16:40 MinceR; and they've committed to supporting putler already

16:43 TR News; Hornet Nest Alarm Panel An Home Assistant-compatible, ESP32 home security automation platform with PoE and 42-zone support (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/17/hornet-nest-alarm-panel-home-assistant-esp32-home-security-automation-platform-poe-42-zone-support/

16:43 TR Bot; Hornet Nest Alarm Panel - An Home Assistant-compatible, ESP32 home security automation platform with PoE and 42-zone support (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software

16:43 schestowitz[TR2]; MinceR: slovenia also? didn't know

16:43 MinceR; no, not slovenia

16:44 MinceR; slovenia is to the southwest and afaik they're not ruscist yet

16:44 schestowitz[TR2]; not yet

16:44 schestowitz[TR2]; wait for tiktok

16:44 schestowitz[TR2]; to do its tiktoookism

16:44 schestowitz[TR2]; tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok

16:44 MinceR; tiktok is but one of the weapons the chinese empire uses

16:45 TR News; "From Friday, December 19 till Tuesday, December 23, midnight to midnight inclusive, The Amazing Advetures of Dashing Prince Dietrich is going to be free for grabs in the Amazon Kindle store." https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GF0GF9S/ via https://www.dedoimedo.com/rss_feed.xml

16:45 -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Amazon.com

16:47 schestowitz[TR2]; MinceR: can you name others?

16:47 schestowitz[TR2]; eonomic warfare

16:47 schestowitz[TR2]; that one everyone knows of

16:47 schestowitz[TR2]; italy and africa are in it

16:47 schestowitz[TR2]; maybe more of P.I.G.S.

16:47 schestowitz[TR2]; you said china and orban had become close

16:48 schestowitz[TR2]; but what e lse?

16:48 TR News; State of the Word 2024: Legacy, Innovation, and Community https://wordpress.org/news/2024/12/state-of-the-word-2024-legacy-innovation-and-community/

16:48 TR Bot; State of the Word 2024: Legacy, Innovation, and Community WordPress News

16:48 MinceR; schestowitz[TR2]: faecesbook and xitter are two

16:49 schestowitz[TR2]; ;fl[

16:49 MinceR; oh, and youtube

16:49 schestowitz[TR2]; pro-China?

16:49 schestowitz[TR2]; they are more pro-US

16:49 MinceR; though allegedly they've stopped serving political ads in the EU due to regulations

16:49 MinceR; who are more pro-US?

16:49 schestowitz[TR2]; they cull some disinfo farms, excerpt nATO ones

16:50 schestowitz[TR2]; those are more class warfare

16:50 schestowitz[TR2]; the us ones

16:50 schestowitz[TR2]; geopolitical less so, imho

16:50 MinceR; no, melon believes in the ruscist cause and uses xitter in its service

16:50 MinceR; and fuckerberg happily takes money in exchange for data on users and assistance on brainwashing them

16:50 MinceR; see the cambridge analytica case as an example

16:50 TR News; Ancient Tablet Etched With Mysterious Language Found in Georgia https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-tablet-etched-with-mysterious-language-found-in-georgia

16:50 TR Bot; Tablet Etched With Mysterious Language Found in Georgia : ScienceAlert

16:51 MinceR; and goolag also happily takes money for spreading ruscist propaganda as long as they aren't forced to be relatively transparent about it

16:51 schestowitz[TR2]; if true, it's a game changer

16:51 schestowitz[TR2]; re youtube

16:52 schestowitz[TR2]; either way, use invidious

16:52 schestowitz[TR2]; as temporary workaround

16:52 schestowitz[TR2]; and tell people to stop uuploading there

16:53 MinceR; at some point, youtube started showing ads bought by fidesz - hungarian pedophile alliance before videos, these were paid by taxes taken from citizens by threat of violence

16:53 MinceR; then youtube started threatening to block users who use adblockers

16:54 MinceR; then the EU came up with some sort of regulation on political ads, then goolag got pissy, so they allegedly aren't pushing fidesz-hpa's ads anymore

16:54 MinceR; but when they started threatening to block service, i moved to invidious+yt-dlp so i wouldn't know

16:54 MinceR; fuck goolag with their lies about "doing no evil"

16:55 MinceR; fidesz - hungarian pedophile alliance still vetoes stuff in the EU to serve the genocidal savages' agenda

16:55 MinceR; and they still redirect resources to help fund putler's genocidal campaign

16:55 MinceR; (e.g. by refusing to build infrastructure to get gas from other sources)

16:55 MinceR; afaik hungarians also pay artificially inflated prices for orcish gas

16:57 TR News; Short-Lived Certificates Coming to Lets Encrypt https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/short-lived-certificates-coming-to-lets-encrypt.html

16:57 TR Bot; Certificates Coming to Let's Encrypt - Schneier on Security

16:57 TR News; China's dual 16-core Hygon CPU server rack barely outperforms a quad-core Skylake Core i7-6700HQ mobile CPU in Geekbench Hey Hi (AI) https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinas-dual-16-core-hygon-cpu-server-rack-barely-outperforms-a-quad-core-skylake-core-i7-6700hq-mobile-cpu-in-geekbench-ai

16:57 TR Bot; China's dual 16-core Hygon CPU server rack barely outperforms a quad-core Skylake Core i7-6700HQ mobile CPU in Geekbench AI | Tom's Hardware

16:58 schestowitz[TR2]; "orcish gas"

16:58 schestowitz[TR2]; ORCA Gas, Inc.

16:58 MinceR; bloody gas

16:59 schestowitz[TR2]; time for enema

16:59 TR News; Raspberry Pi CM5 gets carrier boards with built-in PoE/PoE+ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/17/raspberry-pi-cm5-gets-carrier-boards-poe-poe-plus/

16:59 TR Bot; Raspberry Pi CM5 gets carrier boards with built-in PoE/PoE+ - CNX Software

5 PM, December 17

17:01 TR News; STM32-powered MM6108-EKH05 Wi-Fi HaLow evaluation kit supports Bluetooth, Camera, and Qwicc/MikroBus modules https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/16/stm32-powered-mm6108-ekh05-wi-fi-halow-evaluation-kit-supports-bluetooth-camera-and-qwicc-mikrobus-modules/

17:01 TR Bot; STM32-powered MM6108-EKH05 Wi-Fi HaLow evaluation kit supports Bluetooth, Camera, and Qwicc/MikroBus modules - CNX Software

17:07 TR News; Let's cross compile from FreeBSD/amd64 to macOS/aarch64 https://briancallahan.net/blog/20241216.html

17:07 TR Bot; Let's cross compile from FreeBSD/amd64 to macOS/aarch64 - Dr. Brian Robert Callahan

17:09 TR News; "What do you get when you combine a Raspberry Pi 4B, a Kaypro keyboard, and a 9 Apple ], you get the coolest AVR development workstation Ive seen in a while." https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-curvy-centerfold/ | Source: Hackaday

17:09 TR Bot; With Kristina: The One With The Curvy Centerfold | Hackaday

17:10 TR News; Hyprland 0.46 is out

17:10 TR News; Git 2.48-rc0 is also out

17:11 TR News; Opposition leaders bodyguards assault journalists in orum https://bianet.org/haber/opposition-leaders-bodyguards-assault-journalists-in-corum-302728

17:11 TR Bot; Opposition leaders bodyguards assault journalists in orum

17:11 TR News; CISA lays out how agencies, industry should respond to major cyber incidents https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2024/12/cisa-lays-out-how-agencies-industry-should-respond-to-major-cyber-incidents/

17:11 TR Bot; CISA lays out how agencies, industry should respond to major cyber incidents

17:12 TR News; When Rights Become Privileges: Is the Constitution Becoming Optional? https://off-guardian.org/2024/12/16/when-rights-become-privileges-is-the-constitution-becoming-optional/

17:12 TR Bot; When Rights Become Privileges: Is the Constitution Becoming Optional? OffGuardian

17:13 MinceR; it isn't

17:13 MinceR; it has become optional a while ago

17:13 TR News; This isn't about security, it's about monopoly; this group is a front for colonisers in "security" clothing https://openssf.org/blog/2024/12/16/sigstorecon-2024-advancing-software-supply-chain-security/

17:13 TR Bot; SigstoreCon 2024: Advancing Software Supply Chain Security Open Source Security Foundation

17:13 TR News; Jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai surprised that election officers were not on US sanctions list, court hears https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/16/jailed-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-surprised-that-election-officers-were-not-on-us-sanctions-list-court-hears/

17:13 TR Bot; Jimmy Lai 'surprised' HK election officers were not on US sanctions list

17:15 TR News; They make money out of their own FUD; this is marketing with conflict of interest https://cloudnativenow.com/news/survey-surfaces-raft-of-cloud-native-application-security-challenges/

17:15 TR Bot; Survey Surfaces Raft of Cloud Native Application Security Challenges - Cloud Native Now

17:17 TR News; "With two distinct tracks, the event featured an incredible lineup of sessions and discussions. Heres a glimpse into my personal highlights and takeaways from this remarkable gathering." https://whatamithinks.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/gnome-asia-2024/

17:17 TR Bot; GNOME Asia 2024 | ami

17:18 TR News; Planet GNOME is syndicating Microsoft employees pushing Microsoft products and EEE. Not good!

17:19 TR News; Pinal County Sheriffs Office Admits It Failed to Properly Comply with Arizona Public Records Law https://americanoversight.org/pinal-county-sheriffs-office-admits-it-failed-to-properly-comply-with-arizona-public-records-law/

17:19 TR Bot; Pinal County Sheriffs Office Admits It Failed to Properly Comply with Arizona Public Records Law - American Oversight

17:20 TR News; The Terrifying Complexity of Tech Oligarchs Obeisance to OrangeNazi https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/12/16/the-terrifying-complexity-of-tech-oligarchs-obeisance-to-trump/

17:20 TR Bot; The Terrifying Complexity of Tech Oligarchs' Obeisance to Trump - emptywheel

17:21 TR News; How Empower Has Become Ubers Rival in Washington D.C. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/technology/empower-ride-hailing-washington-dc.html

17:21 TR Bot; How Empower Has Become Ubers Rival in Washington D.C. - The New York Times

17:29 TR News; Authorities arrest influential Tibetan internet entrepreneur https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2024/12/16/authorities-arrest-internet-entrepreneur/

17:29 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2024/12/16/authorities-arrest-internet-entrepreneur/ )

17:30 TR News; Worms at Chernobyl Appear Mysteriously Unscathed by Radiation https://www.sciencealert.com/worms-at-chernobyl-appear-mysteriously-unscathed-by-radiation

17:30 TR Bot; at Chernobyl Appear Mysteriously Unscathed by Radiation : ScienceAlert

17:30 darwin; 'actionable, a. Subject or liable to an action at law; of such a character that an action on account of it will lie'--Oxford English Dictionary (second edition). This has become some new definition buzzword on version control systems (VCS, GitHub, etc.)

17:31 schestowitz[TR2]; wontaction

17:34 schestowitz[TR2]; ime, at work, the work is not used by geesks

17:34 schestowitz[TR2]; but the PHBs who "manage" them

17:35 darwin; i've only heard it like "you wrote too much so it's not 'actionable'" after on comp.* Usenet & freenode/libera & OFTC, even if you described in great detail, some developers said 'you described nothing' even if you clarified several more times. I guess I should do something in the middle, so on Libera they'll say it's too short and on VCS they'll say it's too long

17:35 schestowitz[TR2]; wontfix = too lazy to take action

17:36 TR News; DRM-Free, Downloadable Media is a Good Thing https://lunduke.substack.com/p/drm-free-downloadable-media-is-a

17:36 TR Bot; DRM-Free, Downloadable Media is a Good Thing

17:36 MinceR; https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/338/229/495/916/817/original/0e2b43eb0e4c5bb6.png

17:37 TR News; Elementary OS 8: Beauty and the Flatpak Beast With Screenshots https://fossforce.com/2024/12/elementary-os-8-beauty-and-the-flatpak-beast-with-screenshots/

17:37 TR Bot; Elementary OS 8: Beauty and the Flatpak Beast - With Screenshots - FOSS Force

17:38 darwin; some of it has to do with personality, like formal/mathematical and natural scientists want different details the others exclude, then say the others described nothing, or in certain places non-native English speakers might generally do well, but not know other connotations/definitions/denotations/usage, so also say others described nothing. It's worst when non-native English speakers expect different detail

17:38 TR News; Post Covid-19 lockdown disease surge tied to waning antibody levels https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/post-covid-19-lockdown-disease-surge-tied-to-waning-antibody-levels

17:38 TR Bot; Post-Covid-19 lockdown disease surge tied to waning antibody levels | The Straits Times

17:38 TR News; 3D-Printed Boat https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/3d-printed-boat-feeds-the-fishes/ | Source: Hackaday

17:38 TR Bot; Boat Feeds The Fishes | Hackaday

17:39 TR News; "new feature in KiCad 8" https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/sony-vaio-revived-how-does-one-start/ | Source: Hackaday

17:39 TR Bot; Vaio Revived: How Does One Start? | Hackaday

17:41 TR News; TTAB Dubiously Finds that Vertical Light Beams atop Guitar-Shaped Building Fail to Function as a Source Indicator http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/12/ttab-dubiously-finds-that-vertical.html

17:41 TR Bot; The TTABlog: TTAB Dubiously Finds that Vertical Light Beams atop Guitar-Shaped Building Fail to Function as a Source Indicator

17:42 TR News; Arduino https://hackaday.com/2024/12/16/using-a-smartphone-as-a-touchscreen-for-arduino/ | Source: Hackaday

17:42 TR Bot; A Smartphone As A Touchscreen For Arduino | Hackaday

17:42 TR News; Turn your old Android smartphone into an Arduino screen with the RemoteXY app https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/12/17/turn-your-old-android-smartphone-into-an-arduino-screen-with-the-remotexy-app/

17:42 TR Bot; Turn your old Android smartphone into an Arduino screen with the RemoteXY app | Arduino Blog

17:45 TR News; TikTok asks US Supreme Court to avert law that could ban Chinese weapon inside people's pockets https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241217-tiktok-supreme-court-block-us-ban http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/29/Fentanylware_TikTok_Just_Doing_Exactly_What_It_Was_Supposed_to_.shtml

17:45 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241217-tiktok-supreme-court-block-us-ban )

17:45 TR Bot; Techrights Fentanylware (TikTok) Just Doing Exactly What It Was Supposed to Do

17:45 TR News; How to Download Fentanylware (TikTok) Videos with Free Open-Source Tools on Windows, Linux, and macOS (Tutorial) https://medevel.com/how-to-download-tiktok-videos/

17:45 TR Bot; How to Download TikTok Videos with Free Open-Source Tools on Windows, Linux, and macOS (Tutorial)

17:46 TR News; First Amendment protections for a company that actively attacks the First Amendment? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/politics/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-first-amendment.html https://techrights.org/o/2023/08/26/fentanylware-threat-to-freedom/

17:46 TR Bot; TikTok Asks Supreme Court to Block Law Banning Its U.S. Operations - The New York Times

17:46 TR Bot; Bytedance/TikTok is a Threat to Freedom, Including Free Speech

17:47 TR News; "The petition challenges the constitutionality of legislation signed in April requiring Fentanylware (TikTok) to sever ties with its Chinese parent company ByteDance or cease US operations by January..." https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/tiktok-seeks-supreme-court-intervention-to-block-us-ban/

17:47 TR Bot; TikTok seeks Supreme Court intervention to block US ban - JURIST - News

17:47 TR News; Trump Says He Has a Warm Spot for Fentanylware (TikTok) and Will Try to Save It But the Ban Is Happening One Day Prior to His Inauguration https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/trump-tiktok-warm-spot-ban/

17:47 TR Bot; ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/trump-tiktok-warm-spot-ban/ )

17:48 TR News; And a Warm Spot for those who control the "app" to prop up pro-Russia/China politicians

17:48 TR News; TikTok CEO meets with Trump as company hopes Supreme Court will block upcoming ban https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/16/tiktok-ceo-meets-trump-company-hopes-supreme-court-will-block-upcoming-ban/

17:48 TR Bot; CEO meets with Trump as company hopes Supreme Court will block upcoming ban - SiliconANGLE

17:49 TR News; The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 223: Looking Back at the Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/12/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-223-looking-back-at-the-year-in-canadian-digital-law-and-policy/

17:49 TR Bot; The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 223: Looking Back at the Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policy - Michael Geist

17:50 TR News; Western self-sufficiency in computer chips is just not going to happen https://theconversation.com/western-self-sufficiency-in-computer-chips-is-just-not-going-to-happen-245783

17:50 TR Bot; Western self-sufficiency in computer chips is just not going to happen

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17:52 TR News; How to Install Flask on Ubuntu. https://medium.com/@mynameischandangupta1/how-to-install-flask-on-ubuntu-84bce8419dc0

17:52 TR Bot; to Install Flask on Ubuntu.. Prerequisites: | by Chandan Gupta (KeepMovingForward) | Dec, 2024 | Medium

17:52 TR News; medium.com is just a man in the middle, just like its name suggests. It's a censorship platform.

17:53 TR News; But medium.com might be good enough if 1) you have nothing important/interesting to say 2) you never break news 3) you don't mind it all going offline when the company does

17:54 TR News; foundational

17:54 TR News; "Two years in development, Xfce 4.20 serves as the latest stable release of the revered lightweight desktop environment. New features, visual changes, and a sizeable set of foundational prep work furthering support for Wayland are included." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/xfce-4-20-released-this-is-whats-new

17:54 TR Bot; Xfce 4.20 Released, This is What's New - OMG! Ubuntu

17:54 TR News; "The Herk Orion is a capable Ryzen-powered Mini PC in its own right, but ditching Windows for a Linux OS has opened up a whole new level of performance." https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-converted-this-mini-pc-from-windows-to-linux-and-it-came-alive-heres-how/

17:54 TR Bot; converted this Mini PC from Windows to Linux, and it came alive. Here&apos;s how | ZDNET

17:55 TR News; How to Share Files Between Mac and Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-share-files-between-mac-and-linux/

17:55 TR Bot; How to Share Files Between Mac and Linux

17:56 TR News; "Linux Mint 22.1 is coming soon with a Beta release now available for testing, which includes the brand new Cinnamon 6.4 desktop release." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/linux-mint-22-1-beta-released-with-cinnamon-6-4-desktop-and-lots-of-wayland-improvements/

17:56 TR Bot; Mint 22.1 Beta released with Cinnamon 6.4 desktop and lots of Wayland improvements | GamingOnLinux

17:57 TR News; betanews.com/2024/12/16/why-porteux-linux-1-8-is-a-faster-and-lighter-alternative-to-microsofts-bloated-windows-11/

17:57 TR News; "With updates aligned to recent Slackware changes, PorteuX 1.8 ensures a cutting-edge platform for Linux users. It offers a faster, more secure, and modular alternative to Windows 11, providing greater flexibility and freedom. PorteuX 1.8 is available now here and remains entirely free." https://

17:58 TR News; No, this is just Microsoft and Windows disguised as "Linux" to spy on everything and prevent GNU/Linux adoption. This is EEE. https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-mix-and-match-windows-and-linux-with-wsl/

17:58 TR Bot; How to Mix And Match Windows and Linux With WSL

6 PM, December 17

18:01 TR News; (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_howtos.2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_howtos.2.gmi

18:01 TR Bot; Tux Machines today's howtos

18:03 TR News; (NEW): Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, Arduino, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_Arduino_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Open_Hardware_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_Arduino_and_More.gmi

18:03 TR Bot; Tux Machines Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, Arduino, and More

18:06 TR News; (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux, Destination Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_Destination_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_Destination_Linux.gmi

18:06 TR News; (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi

18:06 TR Bot; Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux, Destination Linux

18:06 TR Bot; Tux Machines Programming Leftovers

18:07 psydruid; > [notice] Ancient Tablet Etched With Mysterious Language Found in Georgia : ScienceAlert

18:07 psydruid; Intel's final professor will be called Blasphemy Lake

18:08 TR News; (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi

18:08 TR Bot; Tux Machines Security Leftovers

18:08 schestowitz[TR2]; psydroid2: not ricky?

18:10 TR News; (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/today_s_leftovers.gmi

18:10 TR Bot; Tux Machines today's leftovers

18:11 TR News; Techrights Gemini Links 17/12/2024: The Streisand Effect and Productivity-systems Desiderata https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Gemini_Links_17_12_2024_The_Streisand_Effect_and_Productivity_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Gemini_Links_17_12_2024_The_Streisand_Effect_and_Productivity_s.gmi

18:11 TR Bot; Techrights Gemini Links 17/12/2024: The Streisand Effect and Productivity-systems Desiderata

18:12 psydruid; schestowitz[TR2]: Ricky Lake will be there to report on Intel's demise in a special 2-hour long show

18:14 schestowitz[TR2]; :D

18:14 schestowitz[TR2]; and suffer burn-ouy

18:14 schestowitz[TR2]; *out

18:15 TR News; Techrights Links 17/12/2024: More China Sanctions, GOP Scheming to Prop Up Fentanylware (TikTok) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Links_17_12_2024_More_China_Sanctions_GOP_Scheming_to_Prop_Up_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Links_17_12_2024_More_China_Sanctions_GOP_Scheming_to_Prop_Up_F.gmi

18:15 TR Bot; Techrights Links 17/12/2024: More China Sanctions, GOP Scheming to Prop Up Fentanylware (TikTok)

18:15 schestowitz[TR2]; https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11331243/Ricki-Lake-says-shes-happiest-place-life-suicide-ex-husband-Christian-Evans.html

18:15 TR Bot; Ricki Lake opens up on remarriage after suicide of Christian Evans | Daily Mail Online

18:17 schestowitz[TR2]; https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/10159363/ricki-lake-tragic-life-story/

18:17 TR Bot; How Ricki Lakes tragic life story including her husbands suicide is like something from her 90s chat show The Sun | The Sun

18:17 schestowitz[TR2]; "RICKI LAKES life story reads like the titles of the most dramatic episodes of her iconic Nineties chat show.

18:17 schestowitz[TR2]; How a dog saved my life after the suicide of my husband! Why I left my marriage and job after nearly dying on 9/11!"

18:18 schestowitz[TR2]; My childhood was stolen because I was sexually assaulted in my home but my parents never spoke about it! I burnt my own house down but escaped the inferno topless!

18:19 psydruid; lol

18:21 MinceR; https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/286/708/315/860/061/original/0c0b5b58614b405b.png

18:21 TR News; "The sweet spot being approx 300k per employee. Given IBMs 2024 revenue of 63.5 billion that says IBM should be aiming for 212k of worldwide employees. In other words IBM still has to shrink by a fair amount." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl

18:21 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl )

18:22 TR News; Amazon is now subjecting more and more units, everywhere in the world - even external firms - to RTO policies. Return to office every day (even if you always worked from home) or RESIGN. Many will resign.

18:24 TR News; (source: Amazon staff)

18:26 TR News; However, this is NOT unexpected https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Meme_Jeff_Bezos_Working_From_Home.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Remote_From_Home_Tech_Workers_Are_More_Productive_for_a_Lot_of_.shtml

18:26 TR Bot; Techrights [Meme] Jeff Bezos Working From Home

18:26 TR Bot; Techrights 'Remote' (From Home) Tech Workers Are More Productive for a Lot of Reasons

18:27 TR News; The "news" is, RTO is effective for most Amazon stuff Jan 1 2025, for some only March 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/13/Microsoft_Layoffs_Outsourcing_and_R_T_O_as_Cover_for_Mass_Layof.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/01/R_T_O_is_Another_Name_or_Acronym_for_Voluntary_Layoffs.shtml IBM, Microsoft, and "Meta" (Facecrooks) do the same

18:27 TR Bot; Techrights Microsoft: Layoffs, Outsourcing, and R.T.O. as Cover for Mass Layoffs Without Severance Pay

18:27 TR Bot; Techrights R.T.O. is Another Name (or Acronym) for Voluntary Layoffs

18:27 TR News; Which basically means that the "IT" industry continues to deteriorate and remaining workers have it worse

18:28 TR News; When so many compete for the same position and would settle for lower pay no wonder working conditions worsen so rapidly. There's no talent shortage, it's an oversupply, but they try to cheapen what's left of it and therefore many opt out, e.g. retire

18:29 TR News; This means IT systems, too, will get worse over time, e.g. trains not running on time

18:30 TR News; IT is an acronym that stands for Idiotic Technologies

18:31 TR News; Modern tech: "I work in IT". Modern chef: I work on the pressure cooker, I work in the microwave.

18:31 TR News; Modern tech: "I work in IT". Modern chef: I work on the pressure cooker, I work in the microwave.

18:31 TR News; Also modern tech: I studied biology, which makes me a security guru... I even got some "mates" to call me that in Wikipedia

18:33 TR News; Wikipedia is the Web's largest Web site that every PR agency can edit :) http://techrights.org/o/2022/10/07/nat-friedman-wikipedia-spam/

18:33 TR Bot; Nat Friedman Seems to Be Employing a PR Agency to Turn a Wikipedia Page About Him Into Hagiography and Hide His Strong Links to the Serial Strangler Alex Graveley

18:33 TR News; Even Bill's https://techrights.org/o/2008/12/05/waggener-edstrom-wikipedia/

18:33 TR Bot; Microsoft Agents from Waggener Edstrom Airbrush Wikipedia, Glorify Paymaster

18:34 TR News; <li><h5><a href=""></a></h5>

18:34 TR News; Does "editing Wikipedia" already get included in the Public Relations syllabus?

18:35 TR News; 7 nights from Xmas day, 13 degrees _at night_ in north England https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2643123

18:35 TR Bot; Manchester - BBC Weather

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7 PM, December 17

19:13 TR News; Old: Mike Magee is dead https://channeleye.co.uk/mike-magee-is-dead/ site's founder

19:13 TR Bot; Mike Magee is dead Channel EYE

19:14 MinceR; (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/ug2klMZ = https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/gallery/ug2klMZ

19:14 TR Bot; Cat - Album on Imgur

19:14 TR Bot; Today&apos;s Cat - rimgo

19:15 TR News; (NEW): System76 Refreshes Their AMD-Powered Pangolin Linux Laptop with 2K Display https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/System76_Refreshes_Their_AMD_Powered_Pangolin_Linux_Laptop_with.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/System76_Refreshes_Their_AMD_Powered_Pangolin_Linux_Laptop_with.gmi

19:15 TR Bot; Tux Machines System76 Refreshes Their AMD-Powered Pangolin Linux Laptop with 2K Display

19:16 TR News; Very good interview with him https://kasacomms.com/meet-the-journalist-mike-magee/

19:16 TR Bot; Meet the journalist Mike Magee | Kasa Communications

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19:26 schestowitz[TR2]; hi

19:26 zxrom; Hello! Are there any people here familiar with Btrieve?

19:26 MinceR; i've encountered the name before

19:26 schestowitz[TR2]; see other channel

19:27 zxrom; MinceR, This is a DBMS that runs on different platforms, including Netware.

19:29 schestowitz[TR2]; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btrieve

19:29 TR Bot; Btrieve - Wikipedia

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19:44 TR News; Explaining how churning out many stories per day is not healthy due to screen time and how people who attack the messenger say "tabloid" https://kasacomms.com/meet-the-journalist-mike-magee/

8 PM, December 17

20:00 TR News; Techrights Why I Continue to Believe That at the End Software Freedom Will Win https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Why_I_Continue_to_Believe_That_at_the_End_Software_Freedom_Will.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Why_I_Continue_to_Believe_That_at_the_End_Software_Freedom_Will.gmi

20:00 TR Bot; Techrights Why I Continue to Believe That at the End Software Freedom Will Win

20:12 admfubar; https://www.firstpost.com/tech/congo-sues-apple-in-europe-accuses-it-of-criminal-conduct-for-using-conflict-minerals-in-devices-13845257.html

20:12 TR Bot; sues Apple in Europe, accuses it of criminal conduct for using conflict minerals in devices Firstpost

20:13 admfubar; https://www.firstpost.com/tech/apple-intelligence-hallucinates-falsely-credits-bbc-for-fake-news-broadcaster-lodges-complaint-13845214.html

20:13 TR Bot; Intelligence hallucinates, falsely credits BBC for fake news, broadcaster lodges complaint Firstpost

20:20 schestowitz[TR2]; about time

20:31 admfubar; https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/12/federal-trade-commission-announces-bipartisan-rule-banning-junk-ticket-hotel-fees

20:31 TR Bot; Federal Trade Commission Announces Bipartisan Rule Banning Junk Ticket and Hotel Fees | Federal Trade Commission

20:37 admfubar; https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/16/youtube-tv-raises-prices-again-days-after-hinting-it-wouldnt/

20:37 TR Bot; TV Raises Prices Again, Days After Hinting It Wouldnt | Techdirt

20:42 admfubar; https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/16/self-made-millionaire-fails-yet-again-to-talk-a-court-into-defending-his-right-to-post-videos-of-people-peeing-on-facebook/

20:42 TR Bot; Millionaire Fails Yet Again To Talk A Court Into Defending His Right To Post Videos Of People Peeing On Facebook | Techdirt

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20:44 admfubar; https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/11/dodgy-k-street-lobbying-firm-used-by-att-and-verizon-under-fire-for-hacking-into-environmental-activist-email-accounts/

20:44 TR Bot; K Street Lobbying Firm Used By AT&T And Verizon Under Fire For Hacking Into Environmental Activist Email Accounts | Techdirt

20:54 admfubar; https://theintercept.com/2024/12/11/trump-justice-department-spied-journalists-congress/

20:54 TR Bot; This Is How Trumps Department of Justice Spied on Journalists

20:56 admfubar; https://theintercept.com/2024/12/09/youtube-cryptic-video-luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-brian-thompson/

20:56 TR Bot; Dont Believe This Cryptic Video Purportedly Uploaded by Luigi Mangione

9 PM, December 17

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21:01 TR News; Techrights [Meme] They Don't Want the Public to Know What "Responsible Encryption" Really Means https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Meme_They_Don_t_Want_the_Public_to_Know_What_Responsible_Encryp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Meme_They_Don_t_Want_the_Public_to_Know_What_Responsible_Encryp.gmi

21:01 TR Bot; Techrights [Meme] They Don't Want the Public to Know What "Responsible Encryption" Really Means

21:02 TR News; The Linux Foundation's Certificate Authority (CA) Significantly and Suspiciously Raises the Number of Certificates It Issues (Quantity Increase/Inflation) by Lessening Their Lifetime in the Name of 'Security' (That Barely Makes Sense!) https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/The_Linux_Foundation_s_Certificate_Authority_CA_Significantly_a.shtml

21:02 TR Bot; Techrights The Linux Foundation's Certificate Authority (CA) Significantly and Suspiciously Raises the Number of Certificates It Issues (Quantity Increase/Inflation) by Lessening Their Lifetime in the Name of 'Security' (That Barely Makes Sense!)

21:06 admfubar; and the wiener is?? https://www.firstpost.com/tech/chatgpt-search-now-open-to-all-users-as-openai-plans-to-take-on-google-13845248.html

21:06 TR Bot; Search now open to all users as OpenAI plans to take on Google Firstpost

21:09 MinceR; bng.com pointing to chatgpt.com in 10... 9...

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21:10 admfubar; https://www.firstpost.com/tech/apple-may-fix-magic-mouse-charging-port-in-2025-26-13844822.html

21:10 TR Bot; made a massive blunder 15 years ago. They may finally address it soon Firstpost

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10 PM, December 17

22:00 *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@75exj7a8kgfy2.irc) has joined #techrights

22:01 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2], I posted on Reddit when someone in GenZ asked why the 2020s are the worst decade this century.

22:01 IsambardPrince; "Things get worse with more people.

22:01 IsambardPrince; I told my Dad a version of what I see happening in an E-Mail.

22:01 IsambardPrince; "America is a form of insanity. Capitalism is a form of insanity.

22:01 IsambardPrince; If aliens landed here and you had to explain a system that produces millions of people who have no function and who nobody bothers to educate, and then another part of the system that creates millions of tonnes of food and consumer goods that nobody can afford that get thrown away, and stores like Walmart paying a private army of goons and putting anti-theft stickers on parmesan fucking cheese, and courts that spend all day

22:01 IsambardPrince; convicting people who can't afford bread, and everything around us being some sort of a scam or advertisement for a scam, while about 100 people in a country of 340 million had all the money, and we were ruining the planet that we were trapped on because some people think ecocide is fine because Jesus will save them, they'd blow up the Earth to make sure that we never got out and took these "funny" ideas anywhere else."

22:01 IsambardPrince; It's not just an American thing. Russia is controlled by Putin, and his jackbooted thugs, who is backed by the Russian counterparts to people like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.

22:01 IsambardPrince; In many ways, Putin is a member of the "Republican Party" of Russia, which is why he has so many Republicans admiring him here.

22:01 IsambardPrince; To the conservatives, life is so cheap that they consider millions of people to have been born for no other reason than to eat a bullet in some godforsaken part of the world. The Capitalists blame Communists, but in reality they both have the same view on the cheapness and disposable nature of human life.

22:01 IsambardPrince; There's no tactical or practical reason for Putin to have even taken the land he did in Ukraine. He did it because conservatives are stupid and like to hurt people.

22:01 IsambardPrince; Putin is getting over 1,700 Russians killed every day in Ukraine trying to take about half a square mile of land each 1,700 or so...

22:01 IsambardPrince; I really do think that Trump will destroy the US dollar. We'll be getting a year's worth of inflation every month.

22:01 IsambardPrince; In Russia they had to increase interest rates to 15 or 20%. The economy is contracting, they're stuck in a war that nobody will end, and the rent on an apartment in Moscow and most of the cities goes up 4-7% each month.

22:01 IsambardPrince; Not 4-7% per year... 4-7% per MONTH.

22:01 IsambardPrince; So if you want a vision of the future for America think something like this."

22:06 IsambardPrince; schestowitz[TR2], Putting a TPM in the fruit flies.

22:07 schestowitz[TR2]; omg, ther ovaries

22:07 schestowitz[TR2]; the man ovaries!

22:08 IsambardPrince; A fruit fly working on a fruit fly.

22:08 IsambardPrince; In an Inception-like story about the fruit flies.

22:10 IsambardPrince; Flying as straight as the fruit flies.

22:10 schestowitz[TR2]; yo dawk -> yo fly

22:10 schestowitz[TR2]; u da fly

22:11 IsambardPrince; Help meeeeeee

22:11 IsambardPrince; Helllllp meeeeeeeeeeeeee

22:11 IsambardPrince; :D

22:11 schestowitz[TR2]; honey, i shrank sthe d**

22:13 IsambardPrince; Putting the kettle in one transporter and himself in the other.

22:13 IsambardPrince; Coming out as half kettle, half man, and half fruit fly.

22:13 admfubar; https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/the-last-acorn-bbc-computer-wasnt-a-bbc-micro/

22:13 TR Bot; Last Acorn BBC Computer Wasnt A BBC Micro | Hackaday

22:29 admfubar; https://www.wired.com/story/drug-dealers-have-moved-onto-social-media/

22:29 TR Bot; Dealers Have Moved on to Social Media | WIRED

22:32 admfubar; antibodies for old bodies, now if they come up with something for busy bodies... https://www.wired.com/story/antibodies-could-soon-help-slow-the-aging-process/

22:32 TR Bot; Could Soon Help Slow the Aging Process | WIRED

22:34 admfubar; https://www.wired.com/story/digital-license-plate-jailbreak-hack/

22:34 TR Bot; Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets | WIRED

22:34 TR News; Techrights Saving What's Left of Decent and Independent Journalism on the Web https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Saving_What_s_Left_of_Decent_and_Independent_Journalism_on_the_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Saving_What_s_Left_of_Decent_and_Independent_Journalism_on_the_.gmi

22:34 TR Bot; Techrights Saving What's Left of Decent and Independent Journalism on the Web

22:35 admfubar; https://www.wired.com/story/mega-farms-are-driving-the-threat-of-bird-flu/

22:35 TR Bot; Are Driving the Threat of Bird Flu | WIRED

22:36 admfubar; https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-recall-credit-card-social-security-numbers/

22:36 TR Bot; AI Recall Tool Is Still Sucking Up Credit Card and Social Security Numbers | WIRED

22:36 schestowitz[TR2]; of course

22:36 schestowitz[TR2]; because "HEY HI"

22:36 schestowitz[TR2]; something something

22:36 schestowitz[TR2]; "HEY HI"

22:37 schestowitz[TR2]; "no more questions !!"

22:43 psydruid; unsurprisingly Intel has optimised its drivers for its new graphics cards more for Windows 11 than for GNU/Linux

22:43 psydruid; which shows once again where the company's priorities lie

22:45 admfubar; https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/internet-exposed-hmis-pose-cybersecurity-risks-water-and-wastewater-systems

22:45 TR Bot; Internet-Exposed HMIs Pose Cybersecurity Risks to Water and Wastewater Systems | CISA

22:46 TR News; Vista 11 was a failure

22:47 MinceR; the people seem to like failures, though

22:49 psydruid; the more you fail, the more you succeed

22:51 TR News; Techrights In Some Countries, Such as Greece, Almost 80% of Windows Users Are on Vista 10 and About 85% Need to Move to GNU/Linux for Security Patches https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/In_Some_Countries_Such_as_Greece_Almost_80_of_Windows_Users_Are.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/In_Some_Countries_Such_as_Greece_Almost_80_of_Windows_Users_Are.gmi

22:51 TR Bot; Techrights In Some Countries, Such as Greece, Almost 80% of Windows Users Are on Vista 10 and About 85% Need to Move to GNU/Linux for Security Patches

11 PM, December 17

23:01 admfubar; https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=spinal+tap+this+goes+to+11&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4xgx4k83zzc

23:01 TR Bot; spinal tap this goes to 11 at DuckDuckGo

23:07 admfubar; https://walledculture.org/how-modern-mountweasels-could-block-generative-ai-and-undermine-access-to-knowledge/

23:07 TR Bot; stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://walledculture.org/how-modern-mountweasels-could-block-generative-ai-and-undermine-access-to-knowledge/ )

23:09 TR News; Techrights [Meme] When the People Who Falsely Accuse You of Pedophilia Turn Out to be Projecting https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Meme_When_the_People_Who_Falsely_Accuse_You_of_Pedophilia_Turn_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Meme_When_the_People_Who_Falsely_Accuse_You_of_Pedophilia_Turn_.gmi

23:09 TR Bot; Techrights [Meme] When the People Who Falsely Accuse You of Pedophilia Turn Out to be Projecting

23:11 TR News; Firefox ported to Haiku https://www.osnews.com/story/141351/firefox-ported-to-haiku/

23:11 TR Bot; ported to Haiku OSnews

23:12 admfubar; https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/shockingly-real-ai-santa-is-free-to-use-will-put-mall-santas-everywhere-out-of-jobs

23:12 TR Bot; 'Shockingly real' AI Santa is free to use, will put Mall Santas everywhere out of jobs | Tom's Hardware

23:16 TR News; GNU/Linux rises in Jamaica https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/jamaica/#monthly-200902-202412

23:16 TR Bot; Desktop Operating System Market Share Jamaica | Statcounter Global Stats

23:19 TR News; Advent of Code 2024, Day 17 gemini://dkalak.de/aoc/17.gmi

23:20 TR News; "The move has begun. I bought a whole bunch of cleaning supplies, and vacuumed and mopped the new place, and got some towels and lights (and soda to the fridge) to establish some basic functionality into the place." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2418

23:21 TR News; Bing falling in Jamaica https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/jamaica/#monthly-200902-202412

23:21 TR Bot; Search Engine Market Share Jamaica | Statcounter Global Stats

23:22 TR News; Microsoft shareholders vote against company investing in bitcoin

23:22 TR News; Microsoft Says The Quiet Part Loud About Xbox https://kotaku.com/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-ps5-exclusives-streaming-1851722886

23:22 TR Bot; Microsoft Is Redefining What It Means To Be An Xbox Fan

23:24 TR News; "Gerstner going away package was 230 million dollars, he was a thief." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl

23:24 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl )

23:24 admfubar; https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/asia_tech_news_roundup/

23:24 TR Bot; Infosys founder again calls for 70-hour working week The Register

23:25 TR News; "Compare Gerstner with Jobs. Steve Jobs came in when Apple was 45 days from bankruptcy, did layoffs and canceled a ton of important projects and focused the company on the Mac, and later came out with iPod, iPhone, etc." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl

23:25 TR News; "Even after Jobs was gone, the company continued to have even greater success and the workers are relatively happy. Again, compare this with IBM and Gerstner, because both started in a similar situation." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl

23:26 admfubar; https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/12/aclu_ai_police_report/

23:26 TR Bot; ACLU condemns police use of AI to draft reports The Register

23:27 TR News; "So did I. I got a raise, but I did not want to be at the band 11 level. At the end of the quarter, my accounts were removed and changed to poor ones. I got a PiP 90 days later. I worked with the TSL and ATL on the accounts, but both had a bad history with IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/PlQ3zjR

23:27 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/PlQ3zjR )

23:27 TR News; "I tried to fix them, making every effort to get to my metrics, but I could not, and I was PiP'd." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/PlQ3zjR

23:27 TR News; "It was impossible to get those metrics, and it usually takes almost a year, but they gave me 90 days, and I agree with my wife and others at IBM - I was set up to fail because FY23 was a great year for me commission-wise and I guess they felt I was too costly for IBM as an employee. It has been hard to find a new home; either I am overqualified or too expensive." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/PlQ3zjR

23:28 TR News; "It's true! All the sn-t-nose data scientists who were harbingers of tomorrow have become dinobabies! Time to leave the nest kiddies!!!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vVKVukf

23:28 TR Bot; ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vVKVukf )

23:31 TR News; Another birhday passed. Next year Techrights turns 19. http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Techrights-Turns-18

23:31 TR Bot; Techrights Turns 18

23:33 TR News; "Developer Alyssa Rosenzweig from the Asahi team blogged about the big gaming improvements that I covered here on GamingOnLinux back in October, and this release brings it all together along with the new and improved conformant Vulkan 1.4 driver." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/fedora-asahi-remix-41-brings-aaa-gaming-to-apple-silicon-with-linux/

23:33 TR Bot; Asahi Remix 41 brings AAA gaming to Apple Silicon with Linux | GamingOnLinux

23:34 TR News; "Based on the Fedora Linux 41 operating system series and using the KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment by default, Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is here to introduce x86/x86-64 emulation integration including support for AAA games to Apple Silicon based on the new conformant Vulkan 1.4 driver." https://9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-remix-41-released-for-apple-silicon-macs-with-kde-plasma-6-2

23:34 TR Bot; Asahi Remix 41 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.2 - 9to5Linux

23:36 TR News; "Offensive Security announced today the release and general availability of Kali Linux 2024.4 as the latest stable ISO snapshot of this Debian-based rolling release distro for ethical hacking and penetration testing." https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2024-4-released-with-linux-kernel-6-11-gnome-47-and-new-hacking-tools

23:36 TR Bot; Linux 2024.4 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11, GNOME 47, and New Hacking Tools - 9to5Linux

23:37 TR News; (NEW): I'm a Linux power user, and I recommend this distro to newbies and experts alike | ZDNET https://tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/I_m_a_Linux_power_user_and_I_recommend_this_distro_to_newbies_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/17/I_m_a_Linux_power_user_and_I_recommend_this_distro_to_newbies_a.gmi

23:37 TR Bot; Tux Machines I'm a Linux power user, and I recommend this distro to newbies and experts alike | ZDNET

23:37 TR News; Unionizing https://jacobin.com/2024/12/whole-foods-amazon-philadelphia-union/

23:37 TR Bot; Whole Foods Workers in Philadelphia Are Unionizing

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