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00:53 schestowitz; "
00:53 schestowitz; Prioritisation of HR requests: HR Drowning in work
00:53 schestowitz; Dear colleagues,
00:53 schestowitz; In July, our colleagues in HR posted a cry for help on the Intranet, asking staff to be patient as they were experiencing a large volume of incoming requests and enquiries and needed time to process the requests received.
00:53 schestowitz; Over the past months we have met with several HR teams and collected their concerns regarding staffing and IT tools. Instead of enjoying proper working conditions, the workload is piling up, service is delayed and all the conditions for health problems are met. Nevertheless, our HR colleagues continue to strive for quality support.
00:53 schestowitz; With this short publication, we reaffirm our support and our determination to follow up the issues with senior management.
00:53 schestowitz; The Central Staff Committee - CSC
00:53 schestowitz; "
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10:05 schestowitz-TR2; leaving home in 2 hours for solicitors and discounts
10:05 schestowitz-TR2; today will be "slow news" anyway
10:05 schestowitz-TR2; for more than one reason
10:05 schestowitz-TR2; this morning I had to restart the gemini-proxy
10:05 schestowitz-TR2; not a big deal
10:05 schestowitz-TR2; not as system level or mission-critical as agate itself
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14:26 schestowitz-TR2; afternoon
14:26 schestowitz-TR2; I think I did not miss anything in this buffer, nor have you
14:26 schestowitz-TR2; last I got was back in a few hours
14:26 schestowitz-TR2; then,
14:26 schestowitz-TR2; just 10 mins before we left the house
14:26 schestowitz-TR2; I had added an animated gif converted into another version
14:26 schestowitz-TR2; tbh, animated gifs are best handled by leavint them in tact
14:27 schestowitz-TR2; last time it took over a minute to process
14:27 schestowitz-TR2; this time it took less
14:27 schestowitz-TR2; but when I loaded it in my browser the machine ran out of RAM
14:27 schestowitz-TR2; I had to reboot at short notice
14:27 schestowitz-TR2; and quickly removed that image from the site
14:27 schestowitz-TR2; it did not even render correctly
14:27 schestowitz-TR2; I think for animated gifs better to not attempt to resise at all
14:27 schestowitz-TR2; I did not fully recovered my system until we came back from our appointment
14:28 Techrights-sec; If the proxy died, did it leave any information in journalctl?
14:28 Techrights-sec; Large GIF animations are yet another problem to avoid.
14:29 schestowitz-TR2; I did not check the logs
14:29 schestowitz-TR2; it is not a problem that happens a lot
14:29 schestowitz-TR2; and I have a feeling it had something to do with our connection issues around 3am
14:29 schestowitz-TR2; very likely to have been the culprit
14:29 schestowitz-TR2; some unclosed connections
14:29 schestowitz-TR2; re gif, we had already decided we had a problem before my machine suffered sverely
14:29 schestowitz-TR2; no data loss, just waste of time
14:29 schestowitz-TR2; and I wanted to get back home to sort out the rest of the services
14:29 Techrights-sec; It is rather important, if feasible, to know what killed the process.
14:32 Techrights-sec; ack
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; without checking logs, the systems suggest jammed or poor state in process
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; either nginx, proxy, or both
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; btw, I did manage to do videos last night
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; until 3am
14:36 Techrights-sec; ack
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; I only did 2 short ones this morening
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; the programmable billboards in the streets are all "HM"
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; which is predictable
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; we went to one shop
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; and the music in the background, playing loud was
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; Bono, "It's a Beautiful Day"
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; (it was heavy rain outside)
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; it's sunny now
14:36 schestowitz-TR2; anyway, the sort of music to play less than a day after the monarch of 70+ years dies
14:41 Techrights-sec; This is lacking information in the summary about what happened:
14:41 Techrights-sec; gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/09/08/epo-moss-loss/
14:41 Techrights-sec; "why did the above happen?"
14:41 Techrights-sec; What is described above?
14:43 schestowitz-TR2; i thought about gemini when I wrote this
14:43 schestowitz-TR2; 1) we don't know the answer
14:43 schestowitz-TR2; 2) as to what's shown, it just shows new name
14:43 schestowitz-TR2; or names I never heads of
14:43 schestowitz-TR2; *heard
14:44 schestowitz-TR2; I hope some Brits at EPO know more and can tell a backstory if any exists
14:44 schestowitz-TR2; we got some backstories before
14:44 schestowitz-TR2; but I also mentioned this in the video
14:44 schestowitz-TR2; while recording the video I noticed this for the first time
14:44 schestowitz-TR2; asked if someone can explain
14:44 schestowitz-TR2; time will tell...
14:44 Techrights-sec; Ok perhaps a follow up post can mention the names? I presume there
14:44 Techrights-sec; was a quiet swap of representatives. What was the exact timing?
14:45 schestowitz-TR2; we don't know, I just know the date the EPO.org site mentioned changes
14:45 schestowitz-TR2; and Bulgaria too had changes
14:45 schestowitz-TR2; that might be another story
14:45 schestowitz-TR2; we wrote about the Bulgarian reps months ago
14:45 schestowitz-TR2; their names don't ring a belkl, mean nothing to me
14:45 Techrights-sec; hat was the exact timing?
14:45 Techrights-sec; Do you know the names, though? Maybe others might recognize the names, if
14:45 Techrights-sec; they are posted in an article?
14:46 schestowitz-TR2; I shall do a folloup
14:46 schestowitz-TR2; last night was intense
14:46 Techrights-sec; Thanks
14:47 schestowitz-TR2; re gif, 3 options:
14:47 schestowitz-TR2; 1) never add animated gifs
14:47 schestowitz-TR2; 2) never process animated gifs
14:47 schestowitz-TR2; 3) change the processing, either static image or valid animation
14:47 schestowitz-TR2; it filled up my RAM very fast, I could not fkill it fast enough and took me a minute t realise what had happened
14:57 Techrights-sec; ack
14:57 Techrights-sec; I'd recommend option #1 ;/
14:57 Techrights-sec; Regarding the posts from the other day about Android's extreme dominance in
14:57 Techrights-sec; many countries, how many of those countries are vulnerable to zero-rating>
14:57 Techrights-sec; ?
14:58 schestowitz-TR2; good question
14:58 schestowitz-TR2; maybe you can research it, as I don't know
14:58 schestowitz-TR2; I hardly hear that term anymore
15:01 Techrights-sec; Yes it has disappeared from the "news" though I would say there is an increased
15:01 Techrights-sec; risk that the usual suspects exploit corruption and swap surveillance/censorship
15:01 Techrights-sec; to authorities in exchange for being allowed zero-rating.
15:03 schestowitz-TR2; we ought to revisit it a lot as there is a 'big story' there -- one nobody truly tells or talks about
15:03 Techrights-sec; I concur
15:04 schestowitz-TR2; epo was 'put in its place'... 2 "announcements" in 35 days. we still have a big series on the way.
15:04 Techrights-sec; old: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/356371-here-is-the-full-list-of-zero-rated-websites-in-south-africa.html
15:04 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-mybroadband.co.za | Here is the full list of zero-rated websites in South Africa
15:06 Techrights-sec; THere is not likely to be a lot of information and I would suspect that much
15:06 Techrights-sec; of the worst is done (intentionally) without much oversight
15:07 schestowitz-TR2; put another way, they block rival sites
15:07 schestowitz-TR2; to control the www and minds/information
15:07 schestowitz-TR2; I experienced this at a train station once
15:07 Techrights-sec; old: https://openbylaws.org.za/za/act/gn/2020/651/eng/
15:07 Techrights-sec; Yes, that is a more accurate description of zero-rating: blocking rivals
15:07 Techrights-sec; for the sake of control of eyes and minds
15:07 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-openbylaws.org.za | Directions on Zero-rating of Content and Websites for Education and Health - Open By-laws South Africa
15:08 schestowitz-TR2; I had 'net' access, but could only get info from Rupert Murdoch's empire
15:10 Techrights-sec; It is more of a threat to the "global south", which tends to be in a weak
15:10 Techrights-sec; spot regarding connectivity, pricing, and corruption.
15:13 Techrights-sec; cable tv "packages" take that same approach
15:13 Techrights-sec; perhaps that is their model for zero-rating
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