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04:43 schestowitz-TR; troll tactic: camp in and disrupt all irc channels in a network, 2/47
04:43 schestowitz-TR; 24/7
04:43 schestowitz-TR; read all source fcode for cheap mshots
04:43 schestowitz-TR; and aggravate the sys admin
04:43 schestowitz-TR; to undermine the site
04:43 schestowitz-TR; over totally unrelated things
04:43 schestowitz-TR; imagne what fsf and eff were subjected to
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04:49 Techrights-sec; yes, that is how they roll
04:49 Techrights-sec; gm
04:49 schestowitz-TR; deeivide and rulke, find divisive things
04:49 schestowitz-TR; or accenttuate
04:50 schestowitz-TR; to cause conflicts
04:50 schestowitz-TR; the gulliable fall for it
04:50 Techrights-sec; They enhance division and differences.
04:50 Techrights-sec; It is not just the Kremlin which uses that tactic.
04:51 schestowitz-TR; there are many putins
04:51 schestowitz-TR; anyway, I stood my ground on these issues
04:51 schestowitz-TR; attempts to get out to kick people out
04:51 schestowitz-TR; and to shun them
04:51 schestowitz-TR; based on totally unrelated stuff
04:51 schestowitz-TR; like I said, t he tactics are very obvious
04:51 schestowitz-TR; but the gullible fail to see through
04:51 schestowitz-TR; remember I quit twitter days after the ukraine invasion
04:52 Techrights-sec; Harmfully, journalism has deteriorated into a "both sides" thing rather than
04:52 Techrights-sec; looking for the facts. Society has been exposed to that long enough
04:52 Techrights-sec; that it has become the expected approach everywhere.
04:52 schestowitz-TR; this is the mindset reduced to like and dislike button
04:52 schestowitz-TR; choose one
04:53 Techrights-sec; """That reminds me of a quote attributed to journalism professor Jonathan Foster: If someone says its raining and another person says its dry, its not y
04:53 Techrights-sec; our job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the [expletive] window and find out which is true. """
04:53 Techrights-sec; https://betterutah.org/trust-in-the-media-a-conversation-with-former-journalism-professor-doris-schmidt/
04:53 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-betterutah.org | Trust in the Media: a conversation with former journalism professor Doris Schmidt. Alliance for a Better Utah
04:54 schestowitz-TR; I've managed to cover all 3 topics
04:54 schestowitz-TR; but not in video
04:54 schestowitz-TR; I have a heavy garment on atm to keep me from the cold
04:54 schestowitz-TR; but maybe videos will be done sunday
04:54 schestowitz-TR; I still have rss to go through
04:55 schestowitz-TR; I also did a few posts re covid-19 in my personal site
04:55 schestowitz-TR; it seems our decision to NOT get infected was the right one
04:55 schestowitz-TR; and doable owing to 100% home-working
04:55 schestowitz-TR; maybe I'll go check plates some times
04:55 schestowitz-TR; to find sometthing similar
04:55 schestowitz-TR; those are heavy bowl-like plates
04:55 schestowitz-TR; finding discounts is not east these dayst
04:55 schestowitz-TR; the pound fell too, so any imported product is expensive
04:55 Techrights-sec; "false balance"
04:59 schestowitz-TR; this is exactly what happened!
04:59 schestowitz-TR; And keeps happening
04:59 schestowitz-TR; I say, if that was me, Id be in BIG troiuble
04:59 schestowitz-TR; I get in trouble for even merely leaving a bottle in the 'wrong' place
04:59 schestowitz-TR; like close to the edge
04:59 schestowitz-TR; she broke my coffeee dispenser
04:59 schestowitz-TR; but thankfully I found a replacement
04:59 schestowitz-TR; when I didn't full seal some taramansalata sauce and she dropped and it spilled
04:59 schestowitz-TR; it was not the fall to blame
04:59 schestowitz-TR; but me for not fully sealing it (it was almost empty already... anyway)
04:59 schestowitz-TR; in the kitchen, the lady is AlwaysRight(r) ;-)
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05:06 schestowitz-TR; been a while since I pressed ctrl+c
05:06 schestowitz-TR; so the frequency is lessened
05:06 schestowitz-TR; I saw eveyrthing anyway
05:06 schestowitz-TR; was about to say, and copy-paste taramansalata (don't do that again, roy!!)
05:06 schestowitz-TR; that incident is like Microsoftism
05:06 schestowitz-TR; I did a post about it
05:06 schestowitz-TR; Taramansalata sauce almost empty
05:06 schestowitz-TR; top of plastic container not sealed fully
05:06 schestowitz-TR; Fridge opened, all good
05:06 schestowitz-TR; then she pulls something
05:06 schestowitz-TR; the sauce drops
05:06 schestowitz-TR; and spills very slsightly (it's almost empty already)
05:06 schestowitz-TR; and it is my fauls
05:06 schestowitz-TR; Microsoft: has NSA deals
05:06 schestowitz-TR; makes buggy code
05:06 schestowitz-TR; bug found
05:06 schestowitz-TR; bug exploited
05:06 schestowitz-TR; Microsoft sits on its hands for month
05:06 schestowitz-TR; then it's the fault of tyhe user
05:06 schestowitz-TR; oif KJorth Korea
05:06 schestowitz-TR; of Open Source
05:06 schestowitz-TR; the admin
05:06 schestowitz-TR; and the attackers
05:06 schestowitz-TR; not Microsoft's Microsoft is just the victim ;)
05:06 schestowitz-TR; I hope myannotation of the news was at least helpful
05:06 schestowitz-TR; as was the title
05:06 schestowitz-TR; didn't spend much time on it, maybe worth doing a viddeo on later
05:08 Techrights-sec; Yes, revisiting that work flow is a good topic, especially nowadays
05:08 schestowitz-TR; here is another funny one
05:08 schestowitz-TR; when using coffee granulates or instant
05:08 schestowitz-TR; there is a glass jar
05:08 schestowitz-TR; sometimes I faster it like 80% of the way
05:08 schestowitz-TR; but that's bad bad
05:08 schestowitz-TR; even if she never drinks any coffee
05:08 schestowitz-TR; or makes any
05:08 schestowitz-TR; because it MIGHT... one day, fall...
05:08 schestowitz-TR; but it never does and I'm the only one handling it
05:08 schestowitz-TR; that's also Microsoftism
05:08 schestowitz-TR; OPEN SOURCE and Go are BAD: they can be used to craft malware!
05:08 schestowitz-TR; Malware like Windows ;-)
05:09 schestowitz-TR; /f/faster/fasten/
05:09 schestowitz-TR; never mind typos
05:10 Techrights-sec; M$ is working hard to have their shills get the phrase "open source" and various
05:10 Techrights-sec; types of malware listed in the same headlinrs, as often as they can.
05:11 schestowitz-TR; earlier today I wwent through soem LF shite and noticed
05:11 schestowitz-TR; just how often they use the new FUD phase "supply chain"
05:11 schestowitz-TR; a decade ago they never used that term
05:11 schestowitz-TR; it's just a token foir "some open source software" that's "malicious" , untrustworthy
05:11 schestowitz-TR; unlike secret code from NSA/Microsoft
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05:11 schestowitz-TR; that's NOT a supply chain!
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05:13 Techrights-sec; ack
05:13 Techrights-sec; They do have their lobbyists in DC in droves these days ...
05:14 Techrights-sec; np
05:14 schestowitz-TR; different groups, different standards
05:14 schestowitz-TR; techrights: piublishes police and court docs on Rich Allen Jones, MS Peter (FBI), and Garaveley
05:15 schestowitz-TR; trolls: spread false rumours in IRC
05:15 schestowitz-TR; (many examnples of this, better not name names... as it would further harm them)
05:15 schestowitz-TR; the new "bill" relies on the bogus supply chain narrative
05:15 schestowitz-TR; see my lastest post
05:15 schestowitz-TR; of zemlin
05:15 schestowitz-TR; or the talk
05:15 schestowitz-TR; he brags about how they are paid to street the induystry
05:15 schestowitz-TR; so now, oin security, they change theb narrative
05:15 schestowitz-TR; who fdor?
05:15 schestowitz-TR; check LF members' list
05:15 schestowitz-TR; *steer, not street
05:18 schestowitz-TR; the better the coverage, and the "warmer" we get
05:18 schestowitz-TR; the more attacks shall intensify
05:18 schestowitz-TR; I reckon
05:18 schestowitz-TR; certainly was true in relation to epo
05:18 schestowitz-TR; when they lawyered up and assigned spies to our irc channels
05:18 schestowitz-TR; just likem "any patent office" would do ;-)
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05:20 Techrights-sec; Nothing about a bill but the 5% of the budget which actually goes to Linux
05:20 Techrights-sec; is shocking.
05:22 schestowitz-TR; The "little bit of" Linux Foundation
05:22 schestowitz-TR; they probably handle more money around Microsoft and GitHub than around kernel.org and the 2 or 3 kernel hackers they emmploy
05:22 schestowitz-TR; Linus is the 1%
05:22 schestowitz-TR; he bags 1% of the LINUX Inc. revenue
05:22 Techrights-sec; checking
05:25 schestowitz-TR; no, did not find the time but reckoned reads who see this might pursue
05:25 schestowitz-TR; I want to record some stuff later in daylight and also clean rss feds
05:25 schestowitz-TR; I also think it's a shame they use zip files for text
05:25 schestowitz-TR; esp. if they groupo things
05:25 schestowitz-TR; almost like te intention is to PREVENT any search engines from picking that up
05:25 schestowitz-TR; IOW, minimise discoverability
05:25 schestowitz-TR; better to even PDF without OCR all ther submissions
05:25 schestowitz-TR; and then give a catalogue of the PDFs with names of submitter
05:25 schestowitz-TR; but then again, EC has no buidget ;-)
05:25 schestowitz-TR; all the budget goes to JS toys
05:25 schestowitz-TR; and people whose job is to cover up abuse like the EPO's
05:36 schestowitz-TR; yuo know
05:36 schestowitz-TR; I nwas just thinking
05:36 schestowitz-TR; demanding that rms go see therapists
05:36 schestowitz-TR; would be worse than cruel
05:36 schestowitz-TR; like asking a person without legs to go seek help
05:36 schestowitz-TR; to grow a pair of legs
05:36 schestowitz-TR; all because rms stares at people
05:36 schestowitz-TR; which is widely known to be a symptom that is both harmless and hard to overcome
05:36 schestowitz-TR; and later they call him "ableist" because he saupports abortion
05:36 schestowitz-TR; while anyone who does NOT support abortion gets blasted by the very same group
05:36 schestowitz-TR; so they cannot be pleased
05:36 schestowitz-TR; fwiw, phipps regrets his remarks about rms that are classic ableism
05:36 schestowitz-TR; but he cannto take that back
05:36 schestowitz-TR; also, rms was right on what he had mocked him for
05:36 schestowitz-TR; phipps was wrong
05:36 schestowitz-TR; so maybe it takes a "retard" sometimes to foresee the very obvious.
05:38 schestowitz-TR; to use another analogy, showing an offensive sign to a blind person
05:38 schestowitz-TR; maybe they want to do some "shock therapy" for RMS... and he him shout (he has a phobia about head under water too)
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06:07 schestowitz-TR; <techrights-news> Number of Newly-Vaccinated Brits Reaching a Standstill as COVID-19 Surges Across the Country https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/10/02/number-of-newly-vaccinated-brits-reaching-a-standstill-as-covid-19-surges-across-the-country/
06:07 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Number of Newly-Vaccinated Brits Reaching a Standstill as COVID-19 Surges Across the Country
06:13 Techrights-sec; ack
06:14 schestowitz-TR; i may have mentioned this alrewady
06:14 schestowitz-TR; here or to rianne only
06:14 schestowitz-TR; the factual bits
06:14 schestowitz-TR; friend got the jabs
06:14 schestowitz-TR; got covid19 afterwards
06:14 schestowitz-TR; took is very hard
06:14 schestowitz-TR; former mr. fitness, almost hsopitalised
06:14 schestowitz-TR; despite the shots
06:14 schestowitz-TR; both cloest friends in manc severe knee issues afetr the shots
06:14 schestowitz-TR; knee specialist blames the shots
06:14 Techrights-sec; ack
06:14 schestowitz-TR; one was on crutches for a long time
06:14 schestowitz-TR; the other needed special treatment
06:14 schestowitz-TR; and he's a professional runner
06:14 schestowitz-TR; in his borough he's the fastest in ALL ages. and he's 50.
06:14 schestowitz-TR; the latest (oct 1st) video from john campbell speaks of the very low quality of research on this 3 years later
06:14 schestowitz-TR; so many unknown and few answers
06:14 schestowitz-TR; *unknowns
06:14 schestowitz-TR; in spite of massive budget
06:14 schestowitz-TR; it has become like theology
06:15 Techrights-sec; One must not speak against the Large Companies
06:15 schestowitz-TR; that gets you a "strike" in GulagTube
06:15 schestowitz-TR; or suspension from twitter (hi)
06:15 schestowitz-TR; like mentioning their patents
06:16 Techrights-sec; ... especially their patents
06:17 schestowitz-TR; that's where the biggest money is
06:17 schestowitz-TR; turning a 50 cent publiy-funded shot into $50 per dose treatment for private profits
06:17 schestowitz-TR; with NO END IN SIGHT!
06:42 Techrights-sec; It's also a zero-sum game, money siphoned off into the patents prevents
06:42 Techrights-sec; funding of better, more effective replacements.
06:54 schestowitz; > hello:
06:54 schestowitz; >
06:54 schestowitz; > i read your latest blog about the total corporate takeover of linux:
06:54 schestowitz; >
06:54 schestowitz; > http://techrights.org/2022/09/29/video-on-sourceware
06:54 schestowitz; >
06:54 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) is Facilitating a Hostile Takeover by Corporations (Privatising Free Software) | Techrights
06:54 schestowitz; > this has been going on for a decade or more by lwn.net, linux
06:54 schestowitz; > foundation, microsoft, etc.
06:54 schestowitz; >
06:54 schestowitz; > it's time to take back linux from these corporate paid idiots! lwn.net
06:54 schestowitz; > editor corbet is #1!
06:54 schestowitz; >
06:54 schestowitz; > i've been censored and blocked by him for years for commenting on how
06:54 schestowitz; > firefox is spyware!
06:54 schestowitz; >
06:54 schestowitz; > any comments against the google spy machine have also been censored by
06:55 schestowitz; > corbet for years!
06:55 schestowitz; >
06:55 schestowitz; > it's time for lwn2.net and i'm an expert web developer who can do it!
06:55 schestowitz; >
06:55 schestowitz; > email back or be left behind! i don't do chat boxes run by dumb millennials!
06:55 schestowitz; >
06:55 schestowitz; > t. rex
06:55 schestowitz; > la, ca, usa
06:55 schestowitz; Hi,
06:55 schestowitz; What you saw about LWN I heard from other people.
06:55 schestowitz; I think LWN used to be miles better, but in recent years it was a filter of news/noise.
06:55 schestowitz; Regards,
06:55 schestowitz; PS - I don't know who you are, which in itself might be OK, but I don't wish to be associated directly with an incognito either. I can assess based on evidence and facts and pass on what I can verify to readers.
06:55 schestowitz; re: lwn.net corbet is #1 enemy of foss!
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08:18 schestowitz-TR; I think EFF is doing a fine job putting people off the brand
08:18 schestowitz-TR; for some few people's benefit
08:20 schestowitz-TR; I think EFF is doing a fine job putting people off the brand
08:20 schestowitz-TR; for some few people's benefit
08:20 schestowitz-TR; lots to be found in today's irc log so far
08:20 schestowitz-TR; high s/n ratio
08:20 schestowitz-TR; but the thing is, I am trying to think what videos will focus on, checking pointers
08:20 schestowitz-TR; rianne is cleaning rsss feeds atm
08:27 Techrights-sec; ack
08:36 Techrights-sec; Putting people off the brand, off the concept of digital rights is an ambition
08:36 Techrights-sec; of the younger crowd there or at least their handlers.
08:36 Techrights-sec; Perhaps only the handlers are aware of the goal and the staff unaware they
08:36 Techrights-sec; are being used.
08:38 schestowitz-TR; i feel bad for people who donated a portion of the salary to eff (cohnPAC)
08:38 schestowitz-TR; which now sits on a big mountain of money
08:38 schestowitz-TR; partly mark cuban, partly EFF donors
08:39 schestowitz-TR; even some Gulag money for lobbying ("intern")
08:39 schestowitz-TR; it defeats the purpose
08:39 schestowitz-TR; in OSI, only 3% or maybe less by now is supperters' money
08:39 schestowitz-TR; I consider them fools
08:39 schestowitz-TR; if only they saw the bigger picture
08:39 schestowitz-TR; "yo buddies, get a subscription for larabel to watch your intel BROCHURES... WITHOUT ads on the side" ;-)
08:42 Techrights-sec; Back when they were doing worthy things, I donated. But that was years ago.
08:42 Techrights-sec; They're not so much fools as malicious as far as I can tell. They are
08:42 Techrights-sec; intentionally avoiding many of what were there core digital rights topics and
08:42 Techrights-sec; priorities. When they do make an effort, they ensure that it is done in a
08:42 Techrights-sec; divisive, exclusionary manner such as to render the results quite ineffective
08:42 Techrights-sec; or even moot. It's like they aim for a half measure even while knowing that
08:42 Techrights-sec; many of these are all-or-nothing. So in choosing half measures, the ensure
08:42 Techrights-sec; that a lot of resources are expended to acomplish, in the end, NOTHING.
08:43 Techrights-sec; There are occasional positive actions:
08:43 Techrights-sec; https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/09/victory-court-unseals-records-showing-patent-trolls-shakedown-efforts
08:43 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.eff.org | Victory! Court Unseals Records Showing Patent Trolls Shakedown Efforts | Electronic Frontier Foundation
08:44 schestowitz-TR; maybe that's what vera, alex, and faniel nazer left as legacy
08:44 schestowitz-TR; if they are still there
08:44 schestowitz-TR; I think none is there anymore3~
08:44 schestowitz-TR; maybe vera ranieri is
08:44 schestowitz-TR; so those who stayed cannot see the forst for the tree
08:45 Techrights-sec; However, they seem focused on the individual case(s) and not the bigger
08:45 Techrights-sec; long term strategy against software patents themselves. Half-measures designed
08:45 Techrights-sec; to waste resources and at the end of the day produce no results.
08:45 Techrights-sec; So it's good that they are following that one case, but it's only fruitful
08:45 Techrights-sec; if they can fit it in as part of a long term strategy.
08:45 Techrights-sec; They don't want to.
08:45 Techrights-sec; And their corporate handlers certainly won't remedy that.
08:46 schestowitz-TR; yes, but to be fair, it is a longsstanding issue
08:46 schestowitz-TR; and 15 years ago techrights explained why "patent busting" one at a time was not the most productive approach
08:46 schestowitz-TR; they took mmoney from novell while novell bragged about having the highest (software) patentr per capita ratio
08:55 Techrights-sec; ack
09:00 schestowitz-TR; there is a "Big Dervy" today across the road from us
09:00 schestowitz-TR; *Derby
09:00 schestowitz-TR; ManCity vs United
09:00 schestowitz-TR; probably some police involved with horses to break fights
09:00 schestowitz-TR; I think that happened after Dortmond lost here
09:00 schestowitz-TR; I saw several polie cars not far from my window and very loud people
09:00 schestowitz-TR; I will need to take a nap soon, been up since 9:30pm
09:01 schestowitz-TR; finishing off daily links first
09:01 schestowitz-TR; been a productive night, irc was high s/n
09:01 schestowitz-TR; worth a read
09:10 Techrights-sec; checking
09:11 schestowitz-TR; going to do a stroll around the stadoiium and a local shop
09:11 schestowitz-TR; first daily links
09:11 schestowitz-TR; and something else I wanted to say but forgot...
09:11 schestowitz-TR; oh, I know, was gonna say ML would likely be a good topic
09:11 schestowitz-TR; as I've worked on those things for 20+ years
09:11 schestowitz-TR; btw, some people in your opml file have since become msft employees or even "evangelists"
09:13 Techrights-sec; The file is large enough that there are certainly sellouts. A couple might
09:13 Techrights-sec; be there due to a single post which had not identified them clearly as
09:13 Techrights-sec; corrupt / malicious. There are categories within the feed list as well.
09:13 schestowitz-TR; it's sitll wayyyyyy better s/n than things I USED to do in weekends
09:13 schestowitz-TR; several incarnations of those
09:16 Techrights-sec; ack
09:22 schestowitz-TR; an analogy that helps us,
09:22 schestowitz-TR; a security 'guru' who lacks formal training
09:22 schestowitz-TR; is like me claiming to be a GP because I "can learn along the way" and have a phd
09:22 schestowitz-TR; how about epo director with british army experience
09:22 schestowitz-TR; army..., patents... same thing
09:22 schestowitz-TR; from "for queen and country" to "for huawei and microsoft"
09:22 schestowitz-TR; bbl
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10:19 schestowitz-TR; found lots of things
10:19 schestowitz-TR; lucky morning
10:19 schestowitz-TR; turns out they built lots of new decent buildings 300m radius from us
10:19 schestowitz-TR; i took an alt route in the sun\
10:19 schestowitz-TR; while it lasts
10:20 Techrights-sec; ack
10:23 Techrights-sec; Thinking about the "supply chain" noise against FOSS, the real supply chain
10:23 Techrights-sec; problems are hardware. Everything was outsourced to the vatrious Chinas,
10:23 Techrights-sec; creating more or less a single point of failure. Now the parts to make the parts
10:23 Techrights-sec; to make components to make computers are not available. The fault lies rather
10:23 Techrights-sec; squarely on those that pushed for outsourcing and dismantled domestic production
10:23 Techrights-sec; and manufacturing. So by having the press bleat aspersions against FOSS
10:23 Techrights-sec; they distract from their own misdeeds.
10:25 schestowitz-TR; they talk about this issue too, but not using the same language
10:25 schestowitz-TR; and other contextx
10:25 schestowitz-TR; in fact, LF et al like to ignrore those aspects altogether
10:25 schestowitz-TR; shilling NSA/Microsoft GitHub ahile at the same time cautioning
10:25 schestowitz-TR; about "supply chain"
10:25 schestowitz-TR; you know, I reckoned that apple going on about "india" is way to distract from the massive fall in sale, and,
10:25 schestowitz-TR; accordingly, production.
10:25 schestowitz-TR; that theme overlaps the other and thus people focus on the national aspect rather than economic aspect
10:25 schestowitz-TR; but that's just a theory
10:25 schestowitz-TR; one story needs to sound "similar enough" to the other
10:25 schestowitz-TR; maybe even provide "cover"
10:25 schestowitz-TR; like, reduced production, because "we are moving"
10:25 schestowitz-TR; imagine if shareholders of Apple realise the TRUT worth of this "brand-as-a-company"
10:25 schestowitz-TR; in times when people abandon brands and become practical
10:27 Techrights-sec; Yes, Apple sales have been plummeting, but that's not so important for them
10:27 Techrights-sec; except for image. People still believe that it is a company which makes things
10:27 Techrights-sec; rather than what it really is, which is an investment firm. Sure the used to
10:27 Techrights-sec; make things but that's not where the money has been for a long time. Sure the
10:27 Techrights-sec; quality was quite good, if one considered the unit as a whole, back in Steve
10:27 Techrights-sec; Jobs' day, but he is dead and gone and their products are craptastic spyware
10:27 Techrights-sec; and way, way overpriced craptastic spyware at that.
10:27 Techrights-sec; Few shareholders care about any aspects of reality. Not at Apple, not at any
10:27 Techrights-sec; other company. The share price is what they track, and that is completely
10:27 Techrights-sec; divested from the world. LARPers, the lot of them, but with real money.
10:29 schestowitz-TR; some unknown "events" will inevitably lead toa chain reactionb and collapse of GAFAM shares i.e. 20% of S&P '500' (where 5 is fictional 'tech'^H^H'defende'
10:29 schestowitz-TR; firms)
10:29 Techrights-sec; One would think, but then again a proper readjustment has been overdue for about
10:29 Techrights-sec; 20 years yet the bubble just continues to inflate.
10:29 Techrights-sec; while still very clearly being nothing more than a bubble.
10:32 schestowitz-TR; pyramid schemes are like that because they need to keep up with the perceived overall value
10:32 schestowitz-TR; btw, for arguments' sake, iirc icbm was worth like 300 milliuon a decade ago
10:32 schestowitz-TR; it was actually valued HIGHER than Microsoft
10:32 schestowitz-TR; I still remember where I lived at the tikme
10:32 schestowitz-TR; and techrights must have mentioned it several times
10:32 schestowitz-TR; and IBM was worth more than apple
10:32 schestowitz-TR; how the FORK*, during downturn, can a firm be worth trillions?
10:32 schestowitz-TR; *billion, not 300 million
10:34 Techrights-sec; Yes, a pyramid scheme is what it most closely resembles.
10:34 Techrights-sec; The definition of "worth" is a major factor in that assessment.
10:35 schestowitz-TR; the reason the scheme cannot AAFFORD even the mere perception of deflation is,
10:35 schestowitz-TR; like with stadia
10:35 schestowitz-TR; it's cheicken and egg... with both developers and customers
10:35 schestowitz-TR; if it's seen to be a dead end, it then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy
10:35 schestowitz-TR; banks don't let you wiuthdraw 'your' money
10:35 schestowitz-TR; theory about run on the bank
10:38 schestowitz-TR; banks with the central banksa minting (printing) are a lot like other pyramid schemes
10:38 schestowitz-TR; except
10:38 schestowitz-TR; 1) tougher regulations (better than none at all)
10:38 schestowitz-TR; 2) full gov. support, globally
10:38 schestowitz-TR; but it is still a system of connections and nepotism
10:38 schestowitz-TR; like WIPO-"approved" 'IP'
11:11 schestowitz-TR; your latest opml (and by extension mine) includes analystics india mag, which is a longstanding
11:11 schestowitz-TR; microsoft booster that hispoorically had a hostile site
11:11 schestowitz-TR; technically and content-wise
11:11 schestowitz-TR; loook at the past week's headline, it still looks like they're run by low-grade
11:11 schestowitz-TR; bullshit artists
11:11 schestowitz-TR; with"quantum", openwashing, appeal to monopoly,spying, "hey hi"...
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11:12 schestowitz-TR; rule of thumb: linking to good article in shit site sends traffic/googlejuice to the shit ;-)
11:15 Techrights-sec; Yes, that is generally to be avoided but ...
11:16 schestowitz-TR; it is less tempting to link to the "good" stuff if it's not even visible ^_^ ;-)
11:16 schestowitz-TR; the www is a big place
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11:20 Techrights-sec; The WWW seems orders of magnitude smaller now than a few years ago, and not
11:20 Techrights-sec; in a good way. There are so few decent articles or even blog posts any more.
11:20 Techrights-sec; Heck there aren't even that many articles overall, not to even mention ones
11:20 Techrights-sec; that are worth discussing or even reading.
11:20 schestowitz-TR; no, very few articles on tech from tech-dedicated sites
11:20 schestowitz-TR; those that exist are webspam/sponsored shit like "review" for the sponsor, which makes the 'reviewed' product
11:20 schestowitz-TR; it has gottten this bad
11:20 Techrights-sec; Yes mostly either formally sponsored or lower key say-for-pay crap like
11:20 Techrights-sec; what sjvn has become, and the others before him who have since disappeared
11:20 Techrights-sec; due to thereby becoming irrelevant.
11:20 schestowitz-TR; some left with dignity on a higher note
11:20 schestowitz-TR; bbl
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14:41 schestowitz-TR; $2M per year could fund a lot of kernel development including refactoring
14:41 schestowitz-TR; or a lot of license enforcement / corporate orientation or both.
14:42 Techrights-sec; $2M per year could fund a lot of kernel development including refactoring
14:42 Techrights-sec; or a lot of license enforcement / corporate orientation or both.
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16:39 schestowitz-TR; london town hall: outsourced to amazon
16:39 schestowitz-TR; access model yesterday: access aws machine, then everyone uses a private key locally stored on the share account ^_^
16:39 schestowitz-TR; now (fixed): two hopes with users'/ individual private keys
16:40 schestowitz-TR; this is a world leading municipality
16:40 schestowitz-TR; and they moved from decent tech to shit and smart staff to clowns
16:40 Techrights-sec; ack
16:40 schestowitz-TR; /s/hopes/hops/
16:40 schestowitz-TR; yesterday the gateway was down entirely LOL
16:40 schestowitz-TR; caused the clown is so so so reliable
16:40 schestowitz-TR; (not our choice, theirs)
16:40 schestowitz-TR; *cause
16:40 schestowitz-TR; of course I always oppose when someone says AWS or Gulag
16:40 schestowitz-TR; but clowns get ahead
16:40 schestowitz-TR; one colleague says, "Google is your friend"
16:40 schestowitz-TR; Rianne and i always laugh at that
16:40 schestowitz-TR; imagine if someone at chile said, "CIA is your friend"
16:40 schestowitz-TR; or a Nord says, "CCP is your friend"
16:41 schestowitz-TR; when I say "HIRE THIS MAN!!!"
16:41 schestowitz-TR; It's a pop culture reference
16:41 schestowitz-TR; when you hire someone incompetence as rewards for stupid things
16:41 schestowitz-TR; *incomptent
19:19 schestowitz-TR; "I personally think the admin UI of WordPress is stuck firmly in 2004. It can also be slow and clunky to navigate around. Then theres hosting. Its not difficult to host a WordPress site, but Id rather not have to put up with it." https://kevquirk.com/my-blogging-utopia/
19:19 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-kevquirk.com | My Blogging Utopia - Kev Quirk
19:20 schestowitz-TR; had it stayed stuck in 2004
19:20 schestowitz-TR; when I installed it on several sites
19:20 schestowitz-TR; it would likely be even better
19:20 schestowitz-TR; but there's this 'syndrome' where people want to keep busy so they add more and more and more
19:20 schestowitz-TR; when is it "enough"?
19:31 Techrights-sec; ack
19:32 schestowitz-TR; blogging platforms are the new "format-shifting" turf
19:32 schestowitz-TR; unlike paper, software "tech" changes fast and is more complex
19:32 schestowitz-TR; tim bray wrote about paper form high-quality mags
19:33 schestowitz-TR; i can't call it [topic] because there's reeally not enough to say
19:33 schestowitz-TR; I said it just now because of ruben's blog post about archiving what one cares about
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21:16 schestowitz-TR; Almost 3 Years After Breakout, 208,000 British Deaths Linked to COVID-19 https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/10/02/208000-british-death/
21:16 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Almost 3 Years After Breakout, 208,000 British Deaths Linked to COVID-19
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