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00:10 schestowitz; Hi, it's midnight here, Friday. Time for community Q & A. :D
00:10 schestowitz; >> Last I checked (IRS is always behind), 95% of the money comes from
00:10 schestowitz; >> corporations. Simon did not even bother refuting this, he just got
00:10 schestowitz; >> all upset about me pointing that out.
00:10 schestowitz; >
00:10 schestowitz; > At the moment the majority of funding to OSI comes from sponsorships by ~50 companies, of various shape, size and form. That's something we want to change, adding more funding sources, including individuals and grants from different sorts of institutions. It will not happen overnight though, it'll take time.
00:10 schestowitz; OK, I am glad we agree on how money is being used and taken by OSI. So I did not get any facts wrong AFAICT.
00:10 schestowitz; >> I welcomed you when you came to OSI. I even got flak for that.
00:10 schestowitz; >
00:10 schestowitz; > I know, I noticed and appreciated the welcome message.
00:10 schestowitz; Glad. I want to work diplomatically. The attacks on RMS last March were the opposite of that.
00:10 schestowitz; >> You did come from the COMMUNITY. I hope you can repair the OSI, but
00:10 schestowitz; >> I dread its current trajectory. The less relevant the OSI becomes,
00:10 schestowitz; >> the less the corporations will need to "support" it. And this is
00:10 schestowitz; >> how popular movements get 'defused'.
00:10 schestowitz; >
00:10 schestowitz; > We'll start new projects and programs soon. I hope we'll get judged over more concrete actions than just a blog post.
00:10 schestowitz; Excellent!
00:10 schestowitz; >> Let's not inflate accusations against me, either. Straw man
00:10 schestowitz; >> arguments are unhelpful.
00:10 schestowitz; >
00:10 schestowitz; > I haven't accused you of anything. If you felt I have, I'm sorry: I had no intention to.
00:10 schestowitz; OK, thanks for clarifying.
00:10 schestowitz; >> GitHub is the #1 threat at the moment (I explained the reasons many
00:10 schestowitz; >> times before).
00:10 schestowitz; >
00:10 schestowitz; > Noted. I'll look on your site for your reasons why you consider GH the #1 threat instead of others like the efforts to destroy the Open Source Definition by shared source companies or patent-asserting behemoths openly hostile to the OSD.
00:10 schestowitz; 'My' account in Twitter can now post again. I wrote a great deal on the subject there and in Techrights (and Identica, Diaspora etc.)
00:10 schestowitz; To quickly tackle your point (above): have you considered the possibility many of the above attacks (e.g. Intellectual Ventures, SCO, Black Duck) are connected to Microsoft itself? Not a loaded question per se. I can give you links.
00:10 schestowitz; >> Twitter suspended me because some person or people filed
00:10 schestowitz; >> complained about my tweets about OSI, conveniently framing that as
00:10 schestowitz; >> "COVID".
00:10 schestowitz; >
00:10 schestowitz; > Again, sorry this happened to you. I realized now that I mis-read your Twitter feed: your account hasn't tweeted for a while now.
00:10 schestowitz; Twitter slid out of control. Next week I might call for a boycott and quit posting copies there. http://techrights.org/2022/01/06/twitter-boycott/
00:10 schestowitz; >> I prefer written communication if that's OK.
00:11 schestowitz; >
00:11 schestowitz; > Sure, as you wish. Fridays are the days I dedicate to answering to community questions, one way or another is fine.
00:11 schestowitz; OK, so take your time. Let's touch bases. I think it would be beneficial for both of us.
00:11 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Time for a Twitter Boycott? | Techrights
00:11 schestowitz; >> Also, I'm not an enemy, mind you, I just see happening right now
00:11 schestowitz; >> what happened in LF and OSDL.
00:11 schestowitz; >
00:11 schestowitz; > Noted. And for the records, I don't consider you an enemy either.
00:11 schestowitz; :-)
00:11 schestowitz; > I wish you a great 2022
00:11 schestowitz; > /stef
00:11 schestowitz; You too!
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02:49 schestowitz-TR; OK
02:49 schestowitz-TR; working on it
02:49 schestowitz-TR; done
02:49 Techrights-sec; afk
02:49 Techrights-sec; Via EXIF probably. libimage-exif-perl or libimage-exiftool-perl
02:49 Techrights-sec; thanks
02:49 Techrights-sec; though I wonder if the metadata can be extracted without having to download
02:49 Techrights-sec; the entire video to the system doing the work of processing everything into
02:49 Techrights-sec; Gemtext
02:49 Techrights-sec; Regardless, the metadata helps in the future, especially if the files
02:50 Techrights-sec; move around and get separated a little from the accompanying HTML
02:50 Techrights-sec; thanks
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02:52 schestowitz-TR; the gif "poster" file will also have a title, not file name as slug
02:52 schestowitz-TR; the meta name/fireld is "title"
02:52 schestowitz-TR; I will do a few videos with it, then see if it goes OK before pushing to git
02:53 Techrights-sec;
02:53 Techrights-sec; ack
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02:58 schestowitz-TR; am adding date
02:58 Techrights-sec; I was thinking there would be a method using exiftools via the shell, but
02:58 Techrights-sec; it is not ready for WebM yet:
02:58 Techrights-sec; $ exiftool edu-tech.webm -xmp-dc:Creator="Roy Schestowitz"
02:58 Techrights-sec; Error: Writing of WEBM files is not yet supported - edu-tech.webm
02:58 Techrights-sec; 0 image files updated
02:58 Techrights-sec; 1 files weren't updated due to errors
02:58 Techrights-sec; ack
02:59 schestowitz-TR; anything else to add?
02:59 Techrights-sec; title, who is speaking (author/creator), maybe date (added already) and
02:59 Techrights-sec; a keyword or two (optional)
02:59 Techrights-sec; title is most important
03:06 Techrights-sec; good point, yes, license and maybe a link to TR
03:07 schestowitz; nice ffmpeg -f concat -i ./recipe.txt -metadata title="$VIDEO_NAME" -metadata author="Techrights" -metadata license="Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0" -metadata author="Roy Schestowitz" -metadata date="$(stat --printf='%y' $VIDEO_FILE.webm | cut -d ' ' -f1)" $VIDEO_FILE.webm
03:08 Techrights-sec; be dc:Identifier containing a URL
03:23 Techrights-sec; hmm. not getting fmpeg to add anything other than title
03:42 Techrights-sec; ack
03:46 Techrights-sec; CC3? Would CC4 be more relevant?
03:46 Techrights-sec; The metadata is visible in VLC.
03:46 schestowitz-TR; I missed whatever you put in the session after "ack"
03:46 schestowitz-TR; I've just pushed to git
03:46 schestowitz-TR; so you can change anything as you see fit there
03:49 Techrights-sec; ok
03:53 schestowitz; <li>
03:53 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-mint-cinnamon-hd-scaling.html">Linux Mint, HD scaling, fractional scaling</a></h5>
03:53 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-mint-cinnamon-hd-scaling.html">Linux )
03:53 schestowitz; <blockquote>
03:53 schestowitz; <p>I tried using the built-in Display setting option, I tried font scaling, I manually made changes to the panel, but in the end, I wasn't that happy. Too many actions, not enough cohesion. There was no one-button solution for me. As it happens, in 2021, the only desktop environment that does scaling well is Plasma, and I'm including Windows into this equation. But that's not why we're here. I actually want to show you what
03:53 schestowitz; you can do when it comes to HD scaling in Mint's Cinnamon desktop. Let's do it.</p></blockquote></li>
03:53 schestowitz; <li>
03:53 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/01/05/why-might-you-run-your-own-dns-server-/">Why might you run your own DNS server?</a></h5>
03:53 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 400 @ https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/01/05/why-might-you-run-your-own-dns-server-/">Why )
03:54 schestowitz; <blockquote>
03:54 schestowitz; <p>One of the things that makes DNS difficult to understand is that its decentralized. There are thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands? I dont know!) of authoritative nameservers, and at least 10 million resolvers. And theyre running lots of different software! All these different servers running software means that theres a lot of inconsistency in how DNS works, which can cause all kinds of frustrating problems.
03:54 schestowitz; </p>
03:54 schestowitz; <p>But instead of talking about the problems, Im interested in figuring out why is it a good thing that DNS is decentralized?</p></blockquote></li>
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09:21 Techrights-sec; tidying and CC by nd 4.0
09:21 Techrights-sec; pushed to git
09:21 Techrights-sec; back in a few hours
09:22 schestowitz; <li>
09:22 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/us/politics/russia-ukraine-cyberattacks.html">U.S. and Britain Help Ukraine Prepare for Potential Russian Cyberassault</a></h5>
09:22 schestowitz; <blockquote>
09:22 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/us/politics/russia-ukraine-cyberattacks.html">U.S )
09:22 schestowitz; <p>Now the United States and Britain have quietly dispatched cyberwarfare experts to Ukraine in hopes of better preparing the country to confront what they think may be the next move by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia as he again menaces the former Soviet republic: Not an invasion with the 175,000 troops he is massing on the border, but cyberattacks that take down the electric grid, the banking system, and other
09:22 schestowitz; critical components of Ukraines economy and government.</p>
09:22 schestowitz; <p>Russias goal, according to American intelligence assessments, would be to make Ukraines president, Volodymyr Zelensky, look inept and defenseless and perhaps provide an excuse for an invasion.</p></blockquote></li>
10:37 Techrights-sec; back
10:37 schestowitz-TR; 0/
10:37 schestowitz-TR; I have made further improvements but have not pushed to git yet
10:37 schestowitz-TR; You were saying, in regards to....
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13:40 schestowitz-TR; I have forwarded the email to zoobab
13:40 schestowitz-TR; Should I reproduced much as the same as techrights post?
13:41 Techrights-sec; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?qid=1593079180383&uri=CELEX%3A52020DC0064
13:41 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-eur-lex.europa.eu | EUR-Lex - 52020DC0064 - EN - EUR-Lex
13:41 Techrights-sec; Not sure. Probably best not to link to the survey itself, but the directive and supplementary info here:
13:41 Techrights-sec; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2018:157:FIN
13:41 Techrights-sec; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?qid=1593079180383&uri=CELEX%3A52020DC0064
13:41 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-eur-lex.europa.eu | EUR-Lex - 52018SC0157 - EN - EUR-Lex
14:07 Techrights-sec; here is the directive, Directive 85/374/EEC
14:07 Techrights-sec; https://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/goods/free-movement-sectors/liability-d
14:07 Techrights-sec; efective-products_en
14:07 Techrights-sec; however, it is not appropriate to make a post about it at this point in time
14:07 Techrights-sec; IMHO
14:07 Techrights-sec; if a post is necessary, then I would build it from these four:
14:07 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/goods/free-movement-sectors/liability-d )
14:07 Techrights-sec; https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/358198.358210
14:07 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-dl.acm.org |
14:07 Techrights-sec; https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2030258
14:07 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-queue.acm.org | The Software Industry IS the Problem - ACM Queue
14:07 Techrights-sec; https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3489045
14:07 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-queue.acm.org | The Software Industry IS STILL the Problem - ACM Queue
14:07 Techrights-sec; http://geer.tinho.net/geer.blackhat.6viii14.txt / https://youtu.be/nT-TGvYOBpI
14:07 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.youtube.com | Cybersecurity as Realpolitik by Dan Geer presented at Black Hat USA 2014 - YouTube
14:07 Techrights-sec; the goal would be to increase general awareness so that informed decisions
14:07 Techrights-sec; can be made
14:07 schestowitz-TR; I am going to write something
14:09 Techrights-sec; ok but rather than a call to action at this time it needs to be an awareness
14:09 Techrights-sec; and bring attention to the four links just posted above. In the fourth link
14:09 Techrights-sec; it is only part 3 which is relevant.
14:12 schestowitz; this is difficult for me to write about
14:12 schestowitz; as I start with no knowledge of what this is about
14:14 Techrights-sec; which is a reason why it is ok to leave it be for now, but what about
14:14 Techrights-sec; some of the others active at TR in the EU?
14:14 schestowitz-TR; I passed that on for now, put notes in my todo with all the links
14:16 Techrights-sec; ok. I would again recommend avoiding linking to the survey itself. Those
14:16 Techrights-sec; for whom it is relevant can find it easily enough or already know about it
14:16 Techrights-sec; there is a risk otherwise that the rest of just make noise
14:17 schestowitz-TR; maybe I can just publish the text of it with my response
14:17 Techrights-sec; not the survey directly
14:17 schestowitz-TR; I can make fun of it
14:20 Techrights-sec; without the proper background reading the survey
14:20 Techrights-sec; is not relevant; with the proper background knowledge it is an opportunity to
14:20 Techrights-sec; nudge things the right direction, perhaps; my recommendation would to not post
14:20 Techrights-sec; about it
14:20 schestowitz-TR; I will look later. getting close to minor burnout tbh, as I was recording, forgot to turn off noise removal
14:21 schestowitz-TR; and then all this in email being opened, with many other messages popping up
14:21 schestowitz-TR; and then chat
14:21 schestowitz-TR; I think "HEY HI" is NS
14:21 schestowitz-TR; *BS
14:21 schestowitz-TR; and would rather write to make fun of buzzwords from EU
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16:29 Techrights-sec; right but the questions in the survey are an attempt at addressing the problems
16:29 Techrights-sec; even if they don't know much about the software design underneath
16:29 Techrights-sec; One aspect which can be worthy of copious amounts of text would be the
16:29 Techrights-sec; question of how much software is actually fit for purpose and what the
16:29 Techrights-sec; protections people should have if they *use it as advertised*.
16:29 Techrights-sec; M$ can't have it both ways. They can't both blame the victim at the same time
16:29 Techrights-sec; as they are telling the victim that the software should be used in the way
16:29 Techrights-sec; they are blaming the victim for using it in.
16:29 Techrights-sec; For example, they design interaces to be clicked on and obfuscate a lot of
16:29 Techrights-sec; important information, including metadata, while embedding scripts and such,
16:29 Techrights-sec; advertising it all as desirable featues. Yet when those features are (mis)used
16:29 Techrights-sec; the usr is blamed instead of the the vendor. Same for attachments. Furthermore
16:29 Techrights-sec; the reason e-mail is used as a surrogate for file sharing is that M$ killed off
16:30 Techrights-sec; Novell NetWare without either replacing the functionality or allowing the
16:30 Techrights-sec; market to fill the vaccuum. So we are left today with 100s of millions if idiot
16:30 Techrights-sec; companies with their idiot bosses and frazzled employees sending attachments
16:30 Techrights-sec; and having multiple, conflicting versions of the same document, and having lost
16:30 Techrights-sec; messages (via M$ Exchange) to add on top of the normal stress.
16:30 Techrights-sec; Vendor lock-in moves further up the stack:
16:30 Techrights-sec; https://www.thurrott.com/hardware/260917/here-come-the-first-pcs-with-microsofts-
16:30 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://www.thurrott.com/hardware/260917/here-come-the-first-pcs-with-microsofts- )
16:30 Techrights-sec; pluton-security-chip
16:30 Techrights-sec; UEFI, TPM 2, Pluton, ...
16:47 schestowitz-TR; I know too little about this "Pluton" BS
16:47 schestowitz-TR; +!
16:55 Techrights-sec; That's been kept out of the daylight for a reason ...
16:55 Techrights-sec; The XBox served only as a testbed for DRM which gradually makes its way into
16:55 Techrights-sec; the mainstream wintel market.
16:55 Techrights-sec; otr: I called that when the XBox first came out but have no links to prove my
16:55 Techrights-sec; otr: point or my prescience
16:55 Techrights-sec; I have to say that it's been obvious from the beginning what the XBox is about.
16:55 Techrights-sec; Notice that is is Ars Techica and ZDNet which are among the very few announcing
16:55 Techrights-sec; Pluton.
16:55 Techrights-sec; https://itigic.com/hsp-pluton-security-processor-inside-cpus/
16:55 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-itigic.com | HSP Pluton, the Security Processor Inside CPUs | ITIGIC
16:55 Techrights-sec; "So it only allows the execution of programs signed by Microsoft itself for the c
16:55 Techrights-sec; onsole."
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18:08 schestowitz-TR; correct me if I am wrong
18:08 schestowitz-TR; when you edited the metadata line
18:08 schestowitz-TR; you cut in half $( ... )
18:08 schestowitz-TR; which I think is why the data is missing from resultant files
18:08 schestowitz-TR; I will test
18:08 Techrights-sec; It's quite likely I introduced some error, but command substitution works even
18:08 Techrights-sec; when split over many lines. So the splitting itself is unlikely the prioblem
18:08 Techrights-sec; but maybe a typo or omission?
18:29 Techrights-sec; found it
18:29 Techrights-sec; will fix
18:29 schestowitz-TR; no, wait
18:29 schestowitz-TR; conflicting changes
18:29 Techrights-sec; ok, within the $( ... ) block keep everything the same but move the pipe | up
18:29 Techrights-sec; to the end of the previous line. It should not matter but does, apparently.
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18:33 Techrights-sec; + -metadata date="$(stat --printf='%y' $VIDEO_FILE.webm | \
18:33 Techrights-sec; + cut -d ' ' -f1)" $VIDEO_FILE.webm
18:33 Techrights-sec; or
18:33 Techrights-sec; + -metadata date="$(stat --printf='%y' $VIDEO_FILE.webm |
18:33 Techrights-sec; + cut -d ' ' -f1)" $VIDEO_FILE.webm
18:33 schestowitz-TR; thanks, adding
18:34 schestowitz-TR; you caught me at the middle of doing 4 things at once, which I ought not do ^_^
18:38 Techrights-sec; multitasking is unproductive, there is always high overhead for it
18:38 schestowitz-TR; usually it is neither intentional nor desired
18:39 schestowitz-TR; happened this afternoon, as I noted
18:39 schestowitz-TR; I went to sleep
18:39 schestowitz-TR; to refresh and re-energise
18:41 schestowitz; managed to make change without conflicts
18:41 schestowitz; push will come if it works OK
18:41 schestowitz; the upcoming video (sort of test, very short)
18:41 schestowitz; will still have the bug of missing data
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18:42 Techrights-sec; exiftool does not show the metadata but VLC will
18:42 schestowitz-TR; I test with 5 or so media players
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18:47 Techrights-sec; ack
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