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03:18 schestowitz-TR; aapparently wsl articles of ours (very old) get some chatter and many visits now
05:37 schestowitz-TR; ota
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07:46 schestowitz-TR; Births in England and Wales Down 5.2% Since Pre-Pandemic Years, Baby Deaths Down by a Similar Level https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/12/12/baby-deaths-compared/
07:46 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Births in England and Wales Down 5.2% Since Pre-Pandemic Years, Baby Deaths Down by a Similar Level
07:48 techrightssec2; ack
07:49 schestowitz-TR; they don't need jabs, they are doing OK
07:49 schestowitz-TR; in this age anyway
07:49 schestowitz-TR; *EXPERIMENTAL jabs
07:49 schestowitz-TR; they need jabs
07:49 schestowitz-TR; but not experimental ones
07:56 techrightssec2; There is very much a need for an actual /effective/ vaccine, not an expensive
07:56 techrightssec2; placebo with bad, lasting side effects.
08:49 schestowitz-TR; maybe eben had some extra-marital drinks at the pub or something
08:49 schestowitz-TR; I recently saw a photo of his wife
08:49 schestowitz-TR; maybe they can use that to 'cancel' him
08:49 schestowitz-TR; wow, wikipedia says eben is only 44he lookks a lot older than this
08:49 schestowitz-TR; born 1978
08:49 schestowitz-TR; his dad was a computer science lecturer or something like that IIRC (probably similar)
08:49 techrightssec2; otr: perhaps, there was a "contract" out on Linus to the point the would not
08:49 techrightssec2; otr: be anywhere alone at a conference especially around "new" people
08:49 techrightssec2; otr: Eben's biography shows him having been talented, hard working, combined
08:49 techrightssec2; otr: with being at exactly the right place at the right time several times over
08:49 techrightssec2; otr: however, the RPI is a way out away from Windoze at this moment an
08:49 techrightssec2; otr: recall that M$ paid billions for Mojang, which they have no way to recover,
08:49 techrightssec2; otr: in the apparent move to block gaming on Linux. Mojang cost them ove $2.5
08:49 techrightssec2; otr: billion and there is no visible way to make that back out of Minecraft
08:49 techrightssec2; otr: and derivatives, so it make have been a maneuver to block Linux in exchange
08:49 techrightssec2; otr: for more bailouts and the occasional handout from various (esp. US)
08:49 techrightssec2; otr: governments
08:49 techrightssec2; otr: Keep also in mind what is going on with Vista11 and its blocking of
08:50 techrightssec2; otr: end-user managed software and general-purpose computing through it's
08:50 techrightssec2; otr: its mandatory use of the DRMed "app store", TPM 2.0, Pluton, etc.
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09:29 schestowitz-TR; do you have any tricks for when quitterss won't start properly?
09:29 schestowitz-TR; no -v --version -h--help
09:29 schestowitz-TR; their latest version is 2020
09:29 schestowitz-TR; no safe mode afaict
09:29 schestowitz-TR; I get
09:29 schestowitz-TR; libpng error: PLTE: CRC error
09:29 schestowitz-TR; after that (if run from the CLI) it just sits there with a non-window and 100% CPU
09:29 schestowitz-TR; I could let it just run like this for ages and see if it's trying to present a massive folder
09:29 schestowitz-TR; but it seems to be going nowhere
09:48 techrightssec2; checking
09:48 techrightssec2; Version 0.19.4 (21.04.2020)
09:48 techrightssec2; no sure; it is the best alternative but not reliable; do you have a recent
09:48 techrightssec2; backup of the OPML file you use?
09:48 schestowitz-TR; yes, still trying a bunch of things
09:53 techrightssec2; maybe rename ~/.config/QuiteRss/ and start over?
10:20 schestowitz-TR; haha, following your suggestions worked
10:20 schestowitz-TR; I lost only settings but not the feeds or the state (read/unread)
10:20 schestowitz-TR; thanks! yes, it looks great now
10:20 schestowitz-TR; also, restoring application level settings, shall I wish to do so, won't take long
10:32 techrightssec2; np
10:39 schestowitz-TR; criminals do criminal things
10:39 schestowitz-TR; bill's guardian won't tell the history of LSE downtimes
10:39 schestowitz-TR; something to keep an eye on
10:39 schestowitz-TR; their "get the facts" PR became a public disgrace
10:39 schestowitz-TR; more layoffs coming soon at MSFT
10:39 schestowitz-TR; but they needto be watched
10:39 schestowitz-TR; until the last person flicks the lights off
10:39 schestowitz-TR; then you worry about where the sociopaths end up and what they do there
10:39 schestowitz-TR; which is another challenge
10:39 schestowitz-TR; companies that are magnets for sociopaths breed them and reinforce these feelings
10:39 schestowitz-TR; like schools for MBAs
11:20 techrightssec2; Time to dust off those references to articles about M$ breaking the LSE the
11:20 techrightssec2; first time, forcing them to escape to GNU/Linux, if those articles have not
11:20 techrightssec2; been purged from the net yet. Likely the only way in for them would be to
11:20 techrightssec2; foist Azure on them which will allow them to deflect about the resulting
11:20 techrightssec2; downtime and outages.
11:22 schestowitz-TR; "buy stake" = pay bribe
11:22 schestowitz-TR; like bill gates bought a stake in guardian
11:22 schestowitz-TR; this is classic corruption
11:22 schestowitz-TR; the bribes pay back for themselves when they accomplish the goal
11:22 schestowitz-TR; and the msft whistleblower has still not had an impact
11:22 schestowitz-TR; just some articles and blog posts written
11:22 schestowitz-TR; then it's "old news"
11:22 schestowitz-TR; and back to "business as usual"
11:22 techrightssec2; More like funnelling the bailout money straight into trying to reestablish
11:22 techrightssec2; the old monopoly.
11:23 schestowitz-TR; us taxpayers subsidising the attacks on their own rights to own and use a PC
11:23 schestowitz-TR; as they wish
11:24 techrightssec2; Yes US taxpayers fronted the bill for this sore blow to the LSE
11:24 techrightssec2; and now, with Azure, you have Beijing and the Kremlin all over the
11:24 techrightssec2; inner workings as they please.
11:28 schestowitz-TR; they recently did the same with Met Office
11:28 schestowitz-TR; I posted a link with Ed comment
11:28 schestowitz-TR; they pretend to do "Linux"
11:28 schestowitz-TR; and then re-capture agencies using media moles and other dirty tricks
11:29 schestowitz-TR; my latest video covers how the clown computing ploy works
11:29 schestowitz-TR; marketetd as cheap
11:29 schestowitz-TR; but vendor lockin
11:29 schestowitz-TR; prices go up very fast
11:30 techrightssec2; be sure that the Gemtext coveres at least the gist of how the clown computing
11:30 techrightssec2; ploy is described
12:21 schestowitz-TR; LinutHint latest|
12:21 schestowitz-TR; about 30 new items|
12:21 schestowitz-TR; quarter about discord|
12:21 schestowitz-TR; many on some proprietary crap
12:21 schestowitz-TR; some about Windows
12:21 schestowitz-TR; Some about Git, but for Windows users and GitHub
12:21 schestowitz-TR; the title sya git, but assumes you are microsofter
12:21 schestowitz-TR; like they own the darn thing
12:21 schestowitz-TR; mark shuttleworth and he third in line of succession for Jim AllowHurst
12:21 schestowitz-TR; grinning and ignoring all the crimes
12:30 techrightssec2;
12:30 techrightssec2; :/
12:31 schestowitz-TR; cd C:\ ...
12:31 schestowitz-TR; part of the instreuctions... for Git
12:31 schestowitz-TR; about half a dozen of them today
12:31 schestowitz-TR; this morning
12:31 schestowitz-TR; like I said, I can only be cynical abotu that site now
12:31 schestowitz-TR; it used to be a very good site
12:33 techrightssec2; Unless there is some very important + relevant overriding reason any articles
12:33 techrightssec2; with C:\... D:\... or similar are skipped.
12:33 schestowitz-TR; I skipped almost everything
12:33 schestowitz-TR; anyway, I called them out on similar things before
12:33 schestowitz-TR; at least we do get audience because we cover things as they truly are
12:33 schestowitz-TR; and nobody can gag me now
12:33 schestowitz-TR; now even TheLiar et al
12:34 schestowitz-TR; *not
12:34 techrightssec2; LinuxHint used to be good but there are so many sites failing on the integrity
12:34 techrightssec2; front now.
12:34 techrightssec2; A: B: C: D: etc are from CP/M though and there are occasional articles about it
12:36 schestowitz-TR; drive letters hold progress back
12:36 schestowitz-TR; for several reasons
12:36 schestowitz-TR; it's like sticking to non-metric measurments in systems that are all decimal
12:36 schestowitz-TR; or f***ing DST!
12:36 schestowitz-TR; or babylonian time systems
12:38 schestowitz-TR; anyway, the way i see it is,
12:38 schestowitz-TR; do the right thing, the right people will follow
12:38 schestowitz-TR; or,
12:38 schestowitz-TR; if everyone is doing the wrong things, they may perish sooner or later
12:38 schestowitz-TR; phoronix made some mistakes too, but I hope he can redeem and recover
12:38 schestowitz-TR; he covered microsoft crap days ago
12:38 schestowitz-TR; he's not repenting but doubling down
12:43 schestowitz-TR; alternative perspective is, you cannot or can barely change what other people (or sites) think and say, so do wha
12:43 schestowitz-TR; t's right yourself, then hope even only a few might follow, even just partially
12:43 schestowitz-TR; so it is a multiplier that rolls on and on, hence attacks on influential things like wikileaks
12:48 techrightssec2; ack
12:48 techrightssec2; how so?
12:48 schestowitz-TR; btw, the quiterss issues already seem or feel like blessing in disguise
12:48 schestowitz-TR; waste of time aside (I did exercise while giving it minutes to run before crashes that were impossible
12:48 schestowitz-TR; to even debug), I customised the GUI a lot more to my liking as a result of it being reset tio defaults
12:48 schestowitz-TR; the underlying data remained in tact
12:48 techrightssec2; Oh. Very good. Increased excercise throughout the day is beneficial/
12:53 schestowitz-TR; exercise is one effective way to stay warn when the home in colder than 10c
12:53 schestowitz-TR; but then there is also those 31 packages of protein powder, which you need to do justice to
12:53 schestowitz-TR; by exercising more
12:53 schestowitz-TR; either way, I think I found a way to more effectively cluster related stories and avoid cluttser/visual
12:53 schestowitz-TR; overload
12:53 schestowitz-TR; making better use of screen space
12:53 schestowitz-TR; quiterss has many gui options, some of which inherited from qt
12:53 schestowitz-TR; I tried many other clients, both cli and gui front ends
12:53 schestowitz-TR; this one is easily the best
12:53 schestowitz-TR; yesterday I sae one mentioned for apple devices only
12:53 schestowitz-TR; it semmed very lacking in features
12:53 schestowitz-TR; one can hope rss will make a comeback
12:53 schestowitz-TR; many sobbing people impending
12:53 schestowitz-TR; seeing that their "facebook friends" and "twitter followers"
12:53 schestowitz-TR; and "youtube subscribers" are just transient
12:53 schestowitz-TR; and hostages at the mercy of companies that struggle to stay afloat with income above 0
12:53 schestowitz-TR; I reckon youtube will find some method or reason to plonk old videos of people
12:53 schestowitz-TR; not archive, delete
12:53 schestowitz-TR; it's getting to be a yoke
12:56 techrightssec2; ack
13:00 schestowitz-TR; to use a timely and modern analogy
13:00 schestowitz-TR; "ff 'friene'" = NFT
13:00 schestowitz-TR; *fb
13:00 schestowitz-TR; "twitter follower" = crypto [sic] (many no longer log in, value lost)
13:00 schestowitz-TR; regarding youtube, correct me if I am wrong, but based on what I saw in rianne's case
13:00 schestowitz-TR; many find videos by
13:00 schestowitz-TR; a) going to front page, assuming the recommendations are just "natural"
13:00 schestowitz-TR; b) click or related/recomended (side bar, end of video etc.) videos
13:00 schestowitz-TR; when I still used youtube around 2010 it would just show me what I had subscribed to
13:00 schestowitz-TR; and no continuous play, when it's finished, it's finished
13:00 schestowitz-TR; no infinite scrolling either
13:00 schestowitz-TR; and search results pages end where the results end
13:00 schestowitz-TR; not peppered with some unrelated crap "you might" be interested in (engagement)
13:05 techrightssec2; Google's search engine was much better back then too. This ideology of
13:05 techrightssec2; "engagement" had not yet eliminated the last vestiges of usability and
13:05 techrightssec2; efficiency.
13:07 schestowitz-TR; yes, it's a business
13:07 schestowitz-TR; not a utility
13:07 schestowitz-TR; therein lies the problem
13:07 schestowitz-TR; google.com still works without JS
13:07 schestowitz-TR; I use that with falkon this way if I give up on default searches
13:07 schestowitz-TR; but the results are not too haleful
13:07 schestowitz-TR; curiously enough I see TM and TR a lot
13:07 schestowitz-TR; like today when I search for troubleshooting on quiterss
13:07 schestowitz-TR; "hey! I know those sites!!"
13:08 techrightssec2; Not necessarily a profitable business, if they make ideological decisions which
13:08 techrightssec2; cut deeply into their bottom line in either the short term or the long term.
13:08 techrightssec2; This "engagement" eventually causes people to bore of the service and move on
13:08 techrightssec2; because they eventually realize that it is a time waster.
13:08 techrightssec2; :)
13:09 schestowitz-TR; I assume merged-links are still on the way some time later
13:16 schestowitz-TR; when it comes to photograph
13:16 schestowitz-TR; people who don't live an adventure and move every 2 years find that a lot becomes repetitive and thus
13:16 schestowitz-TR; rather pointless to document like before
13:16 schestowitz-TR; the main thing that changes it the aging of oneself
13:16 schestowitz-TR; photographs used to be expensive and rare
13:16 schestowitz-TR; thus valued in relative terms
13:16 schestowitz-TR; in photo #43 one plant looks too round to be real
13:44 schestowitz-TR; seems many use TM anr TR as hopping poitns for howtos, not just egeneral analysis
13:44 schestowitz-TR; regarding garden, I wanted to say a bunch of unimportant things but forgot
13:44 schestowitz-TR; I checked the css and a bunch of other stuff
13:47 techrightssec2; Excellent. I'll return to looking at the gallery this week. As mentioned,
13:47 techrightssec2; it'll need a little processing of both the file names and the links to the
13:47 techrightssec2; files after being harvested via HTTP.
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15:34 techrightssec2; Bruce Schneier appears to have given up many years ago, just after the
15:34 techrightssec2; Snowden papers were examined
15:35 schestowitz-TR; No, Apple can still access all that data. Bruce Schneier still endorsing shoddy, misleading PR from GAFAM
16:06 psydruid; there was a window of a few years for using new Apple hardware for running GNU/Linux, but that's being closed fast now that powerful SBCs are becoming available
16:07 psydruid; so now it's about pushing the status quo over better options
16:07 psydruid; which sell-outs like Bruce Schneier and Tim Berners-Lee gladly do
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17:05 schestowitz-TR; not sure sellouts
17:05 schestowitz-TR; they did not actively attack the good causes
17:06 schestowitz-TR; they just gave up on them
17:06 schestowitz-TR; guido de icaza went to work for microsoft
17:06 schestowitz-TR; and shills proprietary crap of theirs for python
17:06 schestowitz-TR; that is vastly worse
17:11 schestowitz-TR; techrightssec2:
17:11 schestowitz-TR; just caught up with the lunduke post
17:11 schestowitz-TR; so liz, the wife, got serious abuse
17:11 schestowitz-TR; good thing rianne keeps low profile
17:11 schestowitz-TR; my haters can try to pick on her to try to hurt me, knowing my skin is too thick for them
17:11 schestowitz-TR; TheLiar did this
17:11 techrightssec2; ack
17:11 techrightssec2; Like happened with Bray back in his XML days
17:13 schestowitz-TR; first they picked on the canadian cowboy
17:13 schestowitz-TR; i think he's very hardcore
17:13 schestowitz-TR; didn't relent
17:13 schestowitz-TR; he ragequit amazon for how they treated some 'low level' workers
17:21 psydruid; If you are peddling your fake solution (Solid/Inrupt) instead of Gemini, as Tim Berners-Lee did, you are part of the problem rather than part of the solution
17:22 schestowitz-TR; solid=
17:22 schestowitz-TR; 1) proprietary github
17:22 schestowitz-TR; 2) microsoft github
17:22 psydruid; and that makes you a saboteur and a sell-out, plain and simole
17:22 schestowitz-TR; 3) javascript (bloat, worse)
17:22 psydruid; simple*
17:22 schestowitz-TR; www went wrong
17:22 schestowitz-TR; he wants to make a comeback
17:23 schestowitz-TR; but he's not the only one misapplying JS to make 'better' www
17:23 schestowitz-TR; he's one of many
17:23 schestowitz-TR; and it's the wrong direction
17:23 schestowitz-TR; js is not for page rendering
17:23 psydruid; he should retire and we should never hear from him again
17:23 schestowitz-TR; js is fr programs
17:23 techrightssec2; ack
17:30 techrightssec2; Some brigading seems to be going on over the RPi Trading and RPi Foundation
17:30 techrightssec2; M$ gains from any setbacks so they are the obvious group to blame but there
17:30 techrightssec2; are others too; M$ and Inte benefit from breaking the income cycle which has
17:30 techrightssec2; been plowing lots of money into both development of hardware and
17:30 techrightssec2; outreach / education. M$ spend $2.5 billion to eliminate Mojang and stop
17:31 techrightssec2; Minecraft from growing further as a stepping stone to GNU/Linux and general
17:31 techrightssec2; purpose computing. Now that they have gotten another bailout, how much will
17:31 techrightssec2; they spend to derail the RPi Foundation before it raises an academic generation
17:31 techrightssec2; of skilled people?
17:31 schestowitz-TR; do the same twitter troll pick on moz for hiring from cia?
17:31 schestowitz-TR; or does the pandering from mozilla keep them safe from those nutcases?
17:31 techrightssec2; Those are rhetorical questions but the answer to both is obviously, "no".
17:34 schestowitz-TR; we have a whistleblower from one of those companies
17:34 schestowitz-TR; they help companies attack critics
17:34 schestowitz-TR; or similar
17:34 schestowitz-TR; misusing minorities and women in social control media to censor and to abuse
17:34 schestowitz-TR; it's like censorship-as-a-service
17:34 schestowitz-TR; piggybacking vulnerable groups
17:34 techrightssec2; ack
17:34 techrightssec2; race washing / baiting and femme washing / baiting
17:34 techrightssec2; yes, censorship as a service based on a strawman argument
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