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04:22 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> Wow! MIT "technologyreview" now works with banksters on propaganda and spam mills. Terrible. technologyreview is dead; it does the same with Microsoft. Then again, MIT also enabled Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Gates. Bottomless pit. https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/09/1067046/building-the-future-of-banking/
04:22 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.technologyreview.com | Building the future of banking | MIT Technology Review
04:23 techrights[sec]; MIT is up to its ears in Epstein-Gates money and politics
04:23 techrights[sec]; They would not have framed RMS otherwise
04:23 techrights[sec]; one would hope at least that it was "only" corruption
04:23 techrights[sec]; at work
04:25 schestowitz-pi2; rms ddg e-mail: no response yet, i will press agaiu if needed
04:25 schestowitz-pi2; fsf cannot just pretend that ddg is not a problem
04:25 schestowitz-pi2; and even say it's ok to use that
04:25 schestowitz-pi2; rms is giving a talk in 6 or 5 days
04:38 techrights[sec]; An equally big problem as the DDG scene is that the FSF is not involved
04:38 techrights[sec]; in the so-caled "cybersecurity" negotiations going on around the world at
04:38 techrights[sec]; the moment. Maybe the experts are keeping a low profile but none have
04:38 techrights[sec]; blogged about it and all indications are that it is a festival for lobbyists
04:38 techrights[sec]; from trash firms with terrible track records on quality and security.
04:38 techrights[sec]; It seems that they are doubling down on back doors and don't give a rat's asshole that beligerants have no prob
04:38 techrights[sec]; lem getting in as long as they themselve can
04:38 techrights[sec]; get in easily.
04:39 schestowitz-pi2; it is framed like back doors are NEEDED for national security
04:39 schestowitz-pi2; of course it was pointed out sooner or later everyone can leevrage back doors
04:39 schestowitz-pi2; anyway, fsf needs to be more vocal
04:39 schestowitz-pi2; their blog is mostly, come on [date] to librea.chat to talk about some stuff
04:42 techrights[sec]; Yes, see CALEA and CALEA2, both of which legislate backdoors. The matter
04:42 techrights[sec]; however is that these mandate backdoors for anyone, anywhere to get in not
04:42 techrights[sec]; just "the good guys".
04:42 techrights[sec]; There are a lot of laws in the works around the world which will effectively
04:42 techrights[sec]; ban use of FOSS in practice anywhere and in all contexts.
04:42 techrights[sec]; CoCs help set that up.
04:42 techrights[sec]; by paralyzng the communities and tearing down any one who might stand up
04:42 techrights[sec]; for FOSS in the negotiations.
04:42 schestowitz-pi2; can't be "rude" to people who do terrible things
04:42 schestowitz-pi2; on the payroll of criminal firms
04:43 techrights[sec]; It is "rude" to even object to the terrible things in the first place. CoC blocked
04:47 schestowitz-pi2; highlighting the danger of censorship of critics is a CoC violation
04:47 schestowitz-pi2; either way, notice how low-profile (quiet) LF has been
04:47 schestowitz-pi2; rianne and I realise they know public opinion is strongly against them
04:55 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> Phoronix openwashing a proprietary surveillance and mental assault company: "TikTok Owner Bytedance Goes Big On Open-Source Firmware" https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bytedance-CloudFW-Open-Source
04:55 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-TikTok Owner Bytedance Goes Big On Open-Source Firmware - Phoronix
04:56 techrights[sec]; LF has been actively working against FOSS in general and against Linux specifically
04:56 techrights[sec]; Sadly they've earned a dislike from the public, even people not in the know
04:56 techrights[sec]; can see through their behaviors and Zemlin is only digging the hole deeper
04:56 techrights[sec]; apparently on purpose.
05:00 schestowitz-pi2; Linux Patch Updated For Rumble Support On Latest Microsoft Xbox Controllers https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xbox-Controller-Rumble-Linux-v2
05:00 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Linux Patch Updated For Rumble Support On Latest Microsoft Xbox Controllers - Phoronix
05:01 schestowitz-pi2; soon cited and repeated by microsofters at sites like neowin
05:01 schestowitz-pi2; linux.... MICROSOFT. YAY, NEWS!
05:01 schestowitz-pi2; microsofters learned to like phoronix and send traffic to it
05:01 techrights[sec]; yes he sold out as we've commented for a while
05:03 schestowitz-pi2; again, i did not even click, i just see this in Kate, but I did also see some "linux"
05:03 schestowitz-pi2; sections in microsoft sites covering the same
05:03 schestowitz-pi2; phoronix helps them with some benchmarks that say Linux is slow
05:03 schestowitz-pi2; they link to those
05:03 schestowitz-pi2; maybe he just writes for traffic's sake, but
05:03 schestowitz-pi2; 1) what aboutt principles
05:03 schestowitz-pi2; 2) at what overall cost?
05:06 techrights[sec]; I don't click on Phronix links any more, not even once since he sold out to m$
05:06 techrights[sec]; Probably
05:06 techrights[sec]; microsofters don't care about how phoronix ends or when it ends, just that
05:06 techrights[sec]; it can be exploited for their own goals for a while
05:06 techrights[sec]; BTW cURL is having an even on "Zoom" instead of BigBlueButton
05:06 techrights[sec]; wtf?
05:06 techrights[sec]; Even Jitsi-Meet would be a better choice than "Zoom"
05:06 schestowitz-pi2; daniel stenberg doesn't give a shit about freedoim
05:06 schestowitz-pi2; if he chose BBB I'd go, wow, not bad...
05:08 techrights[sec]; I have noticed that in his blogs;
05:09 techrights[sec]; Few get FOSS. If you saw the panel discussion hosted by Rossmann the other day
05:09 techrights[sec]; there was no clue until the last few seconds of the video and rather than
05:09 techrights[sec]; exploring that, they ended the video. Nearly 100% of the population is in the
05:09 techrights[sec]; 1980s mind set of "selling" software.
05:13 schestowitz-pi2; brb protein
05:13 schestowitz-pi2; very interesting discussion btw
05:20 schestowitz-pi2; not many sites are left that speak the language of community and of SF in general
05:20 schestowitz-pi2; not that there were many such sites before
05:20 schestowitz-pi2; but now veyr few are left and they are barely active
05:20 techrights[sec]; Futhermore, several high visibility institutions have done 180-degree turns
05:20 techrights[sec]; and now actively or passively work against their own interests. LF, EFF, FSF,
05:20 techrights[sec]; FSFE, etc
05:21 schestowitz-pi2; rms seems to be belittling microsoft now
05:21 schestowitz-pi2; and his logic is flawed
05:21 schestowitz-pi2; because he misses the point that general-purpose computers
05:21 schestowitz-pi2; now move towards sobstrucitng bsd and gnu/linux from even bootstrapping
05:21 schestowitz-pi2; yet he thinks google and apple are an equal cause for concern
05:21 schestowitz-pi2; i never heard of google phoning an employer to get a "google hater" fired
05:22 techrights[sec]; M$ does operate like a mafia or cult and even after all these decades he seems
05:22 techrights[sec]; to not want to notice that.
05:24 schestowitz-pi2; i hope he will listen and respond regarding DDG
05:24 schestowitz-pi2; it would be disturbing if his stance was an evasion
05:24 schestowitz-pi2; and that in its own right would be worth reporting
05:24 schestowitz-pi2; but first he needs to explain why he uses it
05:24 schestowitz-pi2; i assume he does not understand what he is using
05:24 schestowitz-pi2; and microsoft^H^HDG has bribed enoug orgs to condition
05:24 schestowitz-pi2; him to trust it
05:28 schestowitz-pi2; <schestowitz[TR]> I asked RMS about DDG and tolds him what DDG really is
05:28 schestowitz-pi2; <schestowitz[TR]> he has not responded yet
05:28 schestowitz-pi2; <schestowitz[TR]> people who use X hate to admit using X was a bad idea all along
05:28 schestowitz-pi2; <schestowitz[TR]> and would go rather far to try to justify the self-harming practice
05:29 schestowitz-pi2; <schestowitz[TR]> "I didn't have condition Y before these vaccines, but many people took these vaccines and the government strongly recommended them, so there cannot possible be a connection/correlation. It must be just me, the media doesn't talk about it.."
05:31 techrights[sec]; It's a human weakness that most people succumb to, in that they dig in their
05:31 techrights[sec]; heels rather than change their viewpoint. That is why propaganda and disinformation is so effective. Whatever
05:31 techrights[sec]; gets into people's heads first stays there
05:31 techrights[sec]; no matter how wrong.
05:53 schestowitz-pi2; Fellowship helps K-12 educators teach students about sustainability https://impact.govrel.umich.edu/dow-fellowship-sustainability/
05:53 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-impact.govrel.umich.edu | Get outside: Fellowship helps K-12 educators teach students the importance of sustainability | Michigan Impact
05:53 schestowitz-pi2; teaching buzzwords
05:54 techrights[sec]; https://research.com/education/why-facts-dont-change-our-mind
05:54 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://research.com/education/why-facts-dont-change-our-mind )
05:54 techrights[sec]; https://www.psd.gov.sg/challenge/ideas/big-idea/why-facts-don-t-change-minds
05:54 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.psd.gov.sg | Why Facts Don't Change Minds | Challenge
05:55 schestowitz-pi2; WHO director-general to receive Thomas Francis Jr. Medal on March 13 https://record.umich.edu/articles/who-director-general-to-receive-thomas-francis-jr-medal-on-march-13/
05:55 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-record.umich.edu | WHO director-general to receive Thomas Francis Jr. Medal on March 13 | The University Record
05:57 schestowitz-pi2; corrupt politician gets medal
05:57 schestowitz-pi2; for the very "fine work"
05:57 schestowitz-pi2; maybe part of the recent "diversity" platitudes
05:57 schestowitz-pi2; many posts there and in other unis to that effect
05:57 schestowitz-pi2; trying to alter perceptions
05:57 schestowitz-pi2; mere perceptions
05:57 schestowitz-pi2; like LF
05:57 schestowitz-pi2; one day it's "minorities"
05:57 schestowitz-pi2; the next day it's "we work for Microsoft"
05:57 schestowitz-pi2; rinse, repeat
05:59 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> Young Americans pass on piece of paper, find path without college https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2023/0309/Young-Americans-pass-on-piece-of-paper-find-path-without-college
05:59 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Colleges see low enrollment as students seek alternative paths - CSMonitor.com
06:00 techrights[sec]; Most (all?) universities there have fallen to microsoft and no longer have
06:00 techrights[sec]; either a viable computing infrastructure or the ability to competently teach
06:00 techrights[sec]; computer science; Most but not all of it has devolved from science to training
06:00 techrights[sec]; and that training is specifically on ephemeral m$ gimmicks.
06:00 techrights[sec]; masquerading as useful products but are really malware.
06:01 schestowitz-pi2; /Young-Americans-pass-on-piece-of-paper-find-path-without-college
06:01 schestowitz-pi2; maybe nowadays it's just paper
06:01 schestowitz-pi2; defends on the syllabus
06:01 techrights[sec]; In most cases, especially the lower quality institutions, microsofters
06:01 techrights[sec]; determine the syllabus
06:02 techrights[sec]; in all areas related to ICT and, due to control of the labs, even in most
06:02 techrights[sec]; non-ICT topics too
06:03 schestowitz-pi2; *depends
06:03 schestowitz-pi2; there is a national element to it, not just corporate
06:03 schestowitz-pi2; you can see that in 'satellite' countries
06:03 schestowitz-pi2; even what langs are taught
06:03 techrights[sec]; Yes where entourages show up to kowtow to bill rather than roll him up in a
06:03 techrights[sec]; blanket and beat him.
06:06 schestowitz-pi2; On TikTok and YouTube, Heres Why Quitting Videos Go Viral https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/business/quitting-videos-viral-tiktok-youtube.html
06:06 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.nytimes.com | On TikTok and YouTube, Heres Why Quitting Videos Go Viral - The New York Times
06:06 schestowitz-pi2; BORG Drinking Is Going Viral on TikTok. What on Earth Is It? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/style/borg-drinking-tiktok.html
06:06 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.nytimes.com | BORG Drinking Is Going Viral on TikTok. What on Earth Is It? - The New York Times
06:08 schestowitz-pi2; now i SEE THEM IN DANDEM
06:08 schestowitz-pi2; ONE IS UNDER "BUSINESS"
06:08 schestowitz-pi2; caps a mistake
06:08 schestowitz-pi2; "On TikTok and YouTube, workers are sharing their stories of leaving their jobs, giving thema sense of power
06:09 schestowitz-pi2; over often untenable situations."
06:09 schestowitz-pi2; sounds like a puff piece, two in a row, in tandem
06:09 schestowitz-pi2; michael: yo dawg, i herd the tiktok goes BIG on "open-source"
06:10 schestowitz-pi2; fi press says pres went to "DC"
06:10 schestowitz-pi2; but iirc, prioer to it Washington the state as well
06:10 schestowitz-pi2; anyway, seattle area does have some key things
06:10 schestowitz-pi2; so it would be interesting to know why he flew to the east coat
06:10 schestowitz-pi2; coast
06:11 schestowitz-pi2; could fly to poland instead and deal with real issues
06:11 schestowitz-pi2; not mr. pretzel gates
08:25 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> Beginners uses "apps" (terrible waste of time; inefficient); pros use software; pros with experience avoid all proprietary software and invest their workflow/skills in FREE software; gurus write their own software to suit their own workflow (they're the most efficient bunch). Linux did well partly because of Git.
08:40 techrights[sec]; There are fewer and fewer IT people left let alone skilled IT people. That was
08:40 techrights[sec]; already a problem 10 + years ago. Now it is beyond an acute crisis.
08:41 schestowitz-pi2; i am trying to think of either analogy or similar scenario in history
08:41 schestowitz-pi2; where some skills were denied for the working class
08:41 schestowitz-pi2; as soon as they had become a potential threat to the "equipment owners"
09:59 schestowitz-pi2; there is an epic credit crunch atm
09:59 schestowitz-pi2; and seems like many "young" companies will implode in the coming weeks
09:59 schestowitz-pi2; 2008-like SHTF is here, but we no longer have the journalism of 2008
09:59 schestowitz-pi2; so we are not even hearing the "r" word: recession
09:59 techrights[sec]; and Tiktok
09:59 techrights[sec]; Recession was years ago, I bet all the classical signs of a full-blown
09:59 techrights[sec]; depression are visible now. The defining characterstics have probably been
09:59 techrights[sec]; all changed around to avoid it being mentioned. However, if one goes by
09:59 techrights[sec]; the definition used in past decades, I'
09:59 techrights[sec]; d guess one has been going on for a long while already.
10:13 schestowitz-pi2; <DaemonFC> https://www.wsj.com/articles/banks-brace-for-more-consumers-to-fall-behind-on-their-loans-11675030305
10:13 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Banks Brace for More Consumers to Fall Behind on Their Loans - WSJ
10:13 schestowitz-pi2; -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- Banks Brace for More Consumers to Fall Behind on Their Loans - WSJ
10:16 DaemonFC; "Ashley Tyrner, CEO of FarmboxRx, said she had spoken to several friends whose businesses are backed by venture capital. She described them as being beside themselves over the banks failure. Tyrners chief operating officer tried to withdraw her companys funds on Thursday but failed to do so in time.
10:16 DaemonFC; One friend said they couldnt make payroll today and cried when they had to inform 200 employees because of this issue, Tyrner said."
10:17 schestowitz-pi2; had a long chat over mumble about the economy
10:17 schestowitz-pi2; also got some advice on the pension situation
10:17 schestowitz-pi2; and actioned it
10:17 schestowitz-pi2; what'sgood about it is, i document it in public as the company claims to be "open source"
10:17 schestowitz-pi2; i know many other companies that also compromised if not abandoned FS
10:17 schestowitz-pi2; so there are lessons in there...
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10:36 techrights[sec]; The standard FDIC limit is 250k USD so those businesses will be out a lot of
10:36 techrights[sec]; money
10:38 schestowitz-pi2; i plan to issue a part every 2-3 days re pensions
10:38 schestowitz-pi2; next might be audio... tomorrow
10:38 schestowitz-pi2; i'll also look into the sites and do backup -- very important to never lose what we worked on for many years
10:38 schestowitz-pi2; TM is 20 next summer
10:59 techrights[sec]; It might be good to keep up the pace on the migration of tm-old to tm-new
11:01 schestowitz-pi2; yes, i agree
11:01 schestowitz-pi2; i think at this point it's getting close to, change dns
11:01 schestowitz-pi2; but I want to check many many edge
11:01 schestowitz-pi2; cases
11:01 schestowitz-pi2; there is a question of commitment to susan here
11:01 schestowitz-pi2; she devoted her life to that site, inc. historic reviews
11:01 schestowitz-pi2; and I'd like to think everyone would treat other people's hard work like this
11:01 schestowitz-pi2; you remember MadPenguin and what happened to it
11:19 schestowitz-pi2; seeing the way rianne gets "news", youtube and billbc
11:19 schestowitz-pi2; i realise this is very lego-like children shit like scrolling through cubes with headlines
11:19 schestowitz-pi2; and click-baiting photographs. it seems like an awful way to get zeitgeist/news
11:19 schestowitz-pi2; like something you would present to a chimp in a bio experiment
11:20 techrights[sec]; It's a very inefficient method, by design. The goal is not that of delivering
11:20 techrights[sec]; information but instead that of "engagement" otherwise known as wasting time.
11:24 schestowitz-pi2; scroll, pinch, stare, drool
11:24 schestowitz-pi2; and too many topics, so the mind spills all over the place
11:24 schestowitz-pi2; while emotions run "high"
11:24 schestowitz-pi2; i complained about what twitter had become, a sea of endless shocks or mental riggered
11:24 schestowitz-pi2; totally unrelated topics
11:24 schestowitz-pi2; back around 2017
11:24 schestowitz-pi2; i find it dificult to manage the mind
11:24 schestowitz-pi2; so I learned to "tame" that
11:24 schestowitz-pi2; i like how in kate things get clustered by topic and i hardly need to click anything
11:24 schestowitz-pi2; the full text is right there and no photos steal my attention
11:24 schestowitz-pi2; everything should be possible to convey in words, inc. all the old literatures
11:25 schestowitz-pi2; illusions shatter your chosen mental/visual conceptions
11:25 schestowitz-pi2; and can ruin expectations
11:25 schestowitz-pi2; same for news
11:25 schestowitz-pi2; i didn't care what Justice Jackson looked like
11:25 schestowitz-pi2; i only saw her face after she had joined SCOTUS
11:28 techrights[sec]; Yep
11:36 schestowitz-pi2; https://robertreich.org/post/711428902411763712">Think Grocery Prices Are High Now? Just Wait.
11:36 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-robertreich.org | Robert Reich (Think Grocery Prices Are High Now? Just Wait....)
11:37 schestowitz-pi2; reading and watching it at the moment
11:37 schestowitz-pi2; we hope our 'loopholes' will remain available
11:37 schestowitz-pi2; sunday market
11:39 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> Social control media is the problem. It needs to be abandoned, not changed. RSS/XML/Atom far better "protocols" for avoidance of manipulation. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/03/10/protocol-based-social-media-is-having-a-moment-as-meta-medium-flipboard-and-mozilla-all-get-on-board/ | Source: Techdirt
11:39 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Protocol-Based Social Media Is Having A Moment As Meta, Medium, Flipboard, And Mozilla All Get On Board | Techdirt
11:41 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> Gizmodo and the focus on "privacy" rather than the most toxic aspects of TikTok -- the aspects shared across and amongst other social control media provocateurs https://www.techdirt.com/2023/03/10/gizmodo-found-28000-apps-sending-tiktok-user-data/ | Source: Techdirt
11:41 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Gizmodo Found 28,000 Apps Sending TikTok User Data | Techdirt
11:42 schestowitz-pi2; next thing you know corporate media will call people who reject and avoid their brain damage
11:42 schestowitz-pi2; (social control media etc.) "elitist" -- the same tactics Microsofters use against FS
11:55 techrights[sec]; Name calling works, as stupid as that is, so they us it. Thus we have systemd
11:55 techrights[sec]; infecting all distros of importance
12:08 schestowitz-pi2; http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/03/11/Databases_MongoDB_Woes_and_Two_Postgres_Projects.shtml
12:08 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Databases: MongoDB Woes and Two Postgres Projects
12:08 schestowitz-pi2; see the formatting in 2nd and 3rd links
12:08 schestowitz-pi2; i like it as it's a big step up
12:08 schestowitz-pi2; and does not take much effort :-)
12:08 schestowitz-pi2; authoritative links inline
12:08 schestowitz-pi2; and richer structure
12:08 schestowitz-pi2; gonna finalise daily links in a mo
12:08 schestowitz-pi2; i try to throttle myself down to max 3 posts in 10-20 mins
12:08 schestowitz-pi2; anything faster can overwhelm readers
12:08 schestowitz-pi2; so i've changed my posting workflow a bit since january
12:10 schestowitz-pi2; this mornign i noted (to rianne) that irc has been conflict-free lately
12:10 schestowitz-pi2; and it turns outpeople who don't agree can act like adult
12:11 schestowitz-pi2; CoC and bans would be spurious, IBM pushes CoC a lot in recent days, trying to rationalise it
12:11 schestowitz-pi2; fedoa barely has a community left, so coc is in effect an extension of employment contracts
12:11 schestowitz-pi2; to community, sans the salary
12:11 schestowitz-pi2; http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/03/11/Debian_Project_What_is_the_difference_between_a_Project_and_a_p.shtml
12:11 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Debian Project -- What is the difference between a Project and a proper Association?
12:13 techrights[sec]; The CoC is doing its intended job. :(
12:13 techrights[sec]; It ensures minimal participation and selects the political alliegance of those
12:13 techrights[sec]; it does allow to participate.
12:13 techrights[sec]; There's a world of difference.
12:13 techrights[sec]; A CoC-blocked project is inevitably going on life support unless taken over
12:13 techrights[sec]; and fully controlled by a corporate sponsor
12:15 schestowitz-pi2; the strawman, namecalling, diversion tactis is:
12:15 schestowitz-pi2; consistently potray any antaginism to a CoC as right-wing bigotry
12:15 schestowitz-pi2; and a "safety" issue
12:15 schestowitz-pi2; in reality, it's about controlling the debate and selecting which volunteers to 'fire'
12:15 schestowitz-pi2; based on apachetop a lot of people read irc logs
12:15 schestowitz-pi2; i reckon they focus on particular things in the or find them via searchers
12:15 schestowitz-pi2; when so many sites are dead or webspam i can imagine the logs do come up
12:15 schestowitz-pi2; in results
12:17 schestowitz-pi2; older irc logs, circa 2014-2018 (twitter KILLS API first time aroiund)
12:17 schestowitz-pi2; contain archives of many important tweets, inc. snowden, wikileaks..
12:17 schestowitz-pi2; i nowadays use them also to archive important comments
12:17 schestowitz-pi2; knowing they will be as recoverable as groklaw comments in a few years
12:17 schestowitz-pi2; i think we are the only foss site covering the theme of www languishing
12:17 schestowitz-pi2; domains left to rot etc.
12:48 schestowitz-pi2; the Twitter Files included evidence:
12:48 schestowitz-pi2; that the big pharma advertisers in SaudiTwitter
12:48 schestowitz-pi2; pressured Twitter to obstruct/ban/shadowban
12:48 schestowitz-pi2; people who called for 'IP' (patents) waiver
12:48 schestowitz-pi2; so that might help explain what zoobab and I experienced at the time
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; btw, i never opened the redditson video or that reddit threat
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; i have a stricter policy now about dealing with trash ;-)
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; there's _no lack_ of news in kate
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; usually 10k-20k lines of text
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; i refresh that only once day, some time between misnight and 6am typically
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; then i go through yesterday's news
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; this pevents me stepping over rianne's toes with overlapping stories (dupes)
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; and also helps ensure you see the other stories before me
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; i need to make a hard "break" - a slot in which to work on articles/videos
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; but am still adapting and also weeding out some obviously bad rss feeds
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; there are not many left to add as not many well-funded site are born
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; and those that are new fail to grain audience and shut down soon thereaftermoon
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; btw, rmember mashable? i realise today i've not heard of it in years
12:49 schestowitz-pi2; it was all the rage around 2010
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13:46 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> underpaid https://truthout.org/articles/public-universities-run-on-underpaid-labor-now-grad-workers-are-fighting-back/ | Source: TruthOut
13:46 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-truthout.org | Public Universities Run on Underpaid Labor. Now Grad Workers Are Fighting Back. - Truthout
13:47 schestowitz-pi2; not sure it is feasible for them to do in 1 hour the work expected in 8
13:47 schestowitz-pi2; iow, getting paid more properly for their skills
13:49 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> USA: abortion pills are illegal, semi-automatic rifles with several magazines are legal. FREEDOM!
14:18 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> commondreams shilling TikTok trash... a blow to themselves https://www.commondreams.org/news/willow-project-tiktok-climate-biden | Source: Common Dreams
14:18 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | Echoing Climate TikTok, Al Gore Says Biden OK of Willow Would Be 'Recklessly Irresponsible'
14:19 schestowitz-pi2; tiktok <3 nature
14:19 schestowitz-pi2; more greenwashing please!!
14:59 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> Mixing together "Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care" simply distracts from the battle for abortion rights and alienates both men and women. https://truthout.org/articles/co-dems-introduce-bills-that-would-protect-abortion-and-gender-affirming-care/ | Source: TruthOut
14:59 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-truthout.org | CO Dems Introduce Bills That Would Protect Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care - Truthout
15:00 schestowitz-pi2; abortion a baby and aborting a penis is a very different thing a
15:00 schestowitz-pi2; and done for different reasons
15:00 schestowitz-pi2; imagine a bill for "war in ukraine and bringing down insulin price"
15:01 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> wildlife and BillBC... but BillBC still airing Bill Gates interviews, despite knowing that he enabled Jeffrey Epstein. No lessons learned from Jimmy Savile.. https://truthout.org/articles/bbc-wildlife-docuseries-wont-air-last-episode-over-fears-of-right-wing-backlash/ | Source: TruthOut
15:01 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-truthout.org | BBC Wildlife Docuseries Wont Air Last Episode Over Fears of Right-Wing Backlash - Truthout
15:38 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> Criminals (Microsoft) pretend to care about women, despite their notoriety when it comes to sexism https://siliconangle.com/2023/03/10/r-ladies-aims-bridge-data-science-gender-gap-says-microsoft-cloud-advocate-wids2023/
15:38 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-R-Ladiesaims to bridge data science gender gap, says Microsoft cloud advocate - SiliconANGLE
15:46 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> Russia Lists World Wildlife Fund, Others as Foreign Agents www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-03-10/russia-lists-world-wildlife-fund-others-as-foreign-agents
15:51 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> Just up and quitting: Victorian schools short 1000 teachers https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/just-up-and-quitting-victorian-schools-short-1000-teachers-20230301-p5col9.html
15:51 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theage.com.au | Victoria teacher shortages: Almost 1000 jobs being advertised by government
15:52 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> It is not "brutal"; the West did the same (at least at first!) https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/man-behind-shanghai-s-brutal-covid-zero-laws-becomes-china-s-second-in-charge-20230311-p5craa.html
15:52 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theage.com.au | Li Qiang has become Chinas next premier
16:00 schestowitz-pi2; Lenovo Begins Supporting LinuxBoot Firmware With ByteDance https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lenovo-LinuxBoot-Byt
16:00 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Linux Hardware Reviews & Performance Benchmarks, Open-Source News - Phoronix
16:00 schestowitz-pi2; eDance
16:00 schestowitz-pi2; two tiktok openwashing stories in one day
16:00 schestowitz-pi2; lenovo (china also)
16:00 schestowitz-pi2; and it boils down to few lines of code
16:00 schestowitz-pi2; TikTok Owner Bytedance Goes Big On Open-Source Firmware https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bytedance-CloudFW-Open-
16:00 schestowitz-pi2; Source
16:02 schestowitz-pi2; tbh, i was about to tell you, phoronix has 0 (zero) stgories of relevancre today or past 24 hours
16:02 schestowitz-pi2; or stories of actual importance
16:02 schestowitz-pi2; some yeasrs ago I'd miss a lot by not checking it
16:02 schestowitz-pi2; now it's bland
16:02 schestowitz-pi2; and worse.. you get lots of Microsoft "placements"
16:02 schestowitz-pi2; set aside ads
16:03 techrights[sec]; Yes, there is very clearly a campaign going on to whitewash and promote it
16:03 techrights[sec]; in spite of the severe damage it does to health (mental and physical) and
16:03 techrights[sec]; to culture. The latter is unprecedented in history, short of traditional
16:03 techrights[sec]; genocide.
16:03 schestowitz-pi2; last night (toothbrushing iirc) I though of a aimpls algorithmic way of organising the links for consumption
16:03 schestowitz-pi2; by kate
16:03 schestowitz-pi2; but I will implement tomorrow
16:04 techrights[sec]; What would be the change?
16:17 schestowitz-pi2; it is about how I process rrrrr..09
16:17 schestowitz-pi2; and how I remove dupes cross-days
16:17 schestowitz-pi2; such that I spend less time seeing the same things again
16:17 schestowitz-pi2; i need to automate this
16:18 techrights[sec]; It's in Git now
16:18 techrights[sec]; The browser marks seen links as purple (or whatever color)
16:18 techrights[sec]; For Kate, there is the de-duplication script which might work.
16:18 techrights[sec]; Or a modification of it.
16:19 schestowitz-pi2; sorry, was afk (tea)
16:19 schestowitz-pi2; i partly did the work, but have not finished
16:24 schestowitz-pi2; https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenBSD-Guided-Disk-Encryption
16:24 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-OpenBSD Finally Adds Guided Disk Encryption To Its Installer - Phoronix
16:24 schestowitz-pi2; he copied a mailing list message, added some photograph
16:24 schestowitz-pi2; which as far as I can see if not related to disk encryption
16:24 schestowitz-pi2; it's the same with linux, not just openbsd
16:24 schestowitz-pi2; a long time ago there was a news site called KernelTrap
16:24 schestowitz-pi2; it did this a lot better
16:24 schestowitz-pi2; i am not moaning about someone parking in mailing lists and reorting some changes
16:24 schestowitz-pi2; but adding a top of nasty ads on top and i between (Microsoft shitposts, tiktok)
16:24 schestowitz-pi2; is giving the site a bad rap
16:24 schestowitz-pi2; 15 years ago there were still news sites analysing things like the novell deal,
16:24 schestowitz-pi2; the mono situation, etc
16:39 techrights[sec]; There is little to no analysis any more and most sites have been paid by bill
16:39 techrights[sec]; not to cover technology policy or rights related to the digital era. The
16:39 techrights[sec]; rest, who have not been paid, fall victim to social control media and the
16:39 techrights[sec]; influence that bill has bought there topo
16:39 techrights[sec]; %too
16:42 schestowitz-pi2; got the file, will try using it tonight
16:42 schestowitz-pi2; i wrote one to de-dupe the text as well
16:42 schestowitz-pi2; moments ago
16:42 schestowitz-pi2; all this stuff will mature over time
16:42 schestowitz-pi2; LWN weekly release outside paywall was due
16:56 schestowitz-pi2; lwn weekly done
16:56 schestowitz-pi2; weekend tasks done
16:56 schestowitz-pi2; flatoutlines MERGED, de-duped
16:57 schestowitz-pi2; <techrights-news> Gateway to DRM, censorship of GNU/Linux "apps", and proprietary spyware https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/flathub-linux-desktop-app-store-growing
16:57 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com | Flathub, the Linux desktop app store, is growing up | Open Source Watch
17:02 techrights[sec]; "Snaps" and "Flatpaks" are central to pushing DRM and proprietary garbage into
17:02 techrights[sec]; the distros.
17:03 schestowitz-pi2; plu centralisation, not the debian mirror way
17:04 techrights[sec]; Yes, especially with 'Snaps' which are served out of a single, centralized,
17:04 techrights[sec]; proprietart, closed source site.
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