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beginning of new day, November 21

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1 AM, November 21

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5 AM, November 21

05:01 Techrightssec; ack

05:06 schestowitz-TR; STOP OUTSOURCING TO GULAG. Sabine Hossenfelder: "I am aware that the RSS feed has stopped working properly. Google seems to not maintain this platform. I will soon move this blog elsewhere." http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2022/11/science-news-nov-9.html

↺ http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2022/11/science-news-nov-9.html

05:06 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-backreaction.blogspot.com | Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Science News Nov 9

05:07 schestowitz-TR; has blogspot f'ed up rss??

05:07 schestowitz-TR; or feedburner or something?

05:07 schestowitz-TR; imagine after 20 years you lose your rss feeds and hence all the followers ever gained

05:07 schestowitz-TR; because gulag hates rss or something

05:10 Techrightssec; ack

05:10 Techrightssec; could be. her blog has not been present in the feed recently.

05:10 Techrightssec; many blogs have gone quiet though

05:11 schestowitz-TR; as they habitually say, "live and learn"

05:11 schestowitz-TR; many got burned by feedburner last year

05:11 schestowitz-TR; some had used it prior to gulag taking over

05:11 schestowitz-TR; there was no clear business model

05:11 schestowitz-TR; a warning sign

05:11 schestowitz-TR; it's not a charity

05:35 schestowitz-TR; been a super-productive weekend

05:35 schestowitz-TR; i think now I can devote all time to TR

05:48 schestowitz-TR; "I have never made a mystery of my personal dislike for the web with its gratuitous ever-growing complexity, inefficiency, lack of expressivity, hostility to the developer and to the general user." https://ageinghacker.net/blog/posts/33/

↺ https://ageinghacker.net/blog/posts/33/

05:48 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ageinghacker.net | Announcing make-gallery, a simple web image gallery generator


6 AM, November 21

06:00 schestowitz-TR; oh, disregard my email, I see there is already a sourcehut ticket for it! cheers!!


9 AM, November 21

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10 AM, November 21

10:05 schestowitz-TR; Sweden https://thedissenter.org/sweden-expands-espionage-law/ | Source: The Dissenter

↺ https://thedissenter.org/sweden-expands-espionage-law/

10:05 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-thedissenter.org | Sweden Expands Espionage Law, Endangers Press Freedom

10:06 Techrightssec; Yes, there was something about that overreaching law the other day in the links

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10:33 Techrightssec; https://siecledigital.fr/2022/11/17/le-ministre-de-leducation-nationale-ne-veut-pas-de-microsoft-office-365-ni-de-google-workspace/

↺ https://siecledigital.fr/2022/11/17/le-ministre-de-leducation-nationale-ne-veut-pas-de-microsoft-office-365-ni-de-google-workspace/

10:33 Techrightssec; ^ topic ?

10:33 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-siecledigital.fr | Le ministre de l'ducation nationale ne veut pas de Microsoft Office 365 ni de Google Workspace

10:35 schestowitz-TR; that's good news

10:35 schestowitz-TR; and one that yes, indeed, I will cover

10:35 schestowitz-TR; wife likes the news too

10:35 schestowitz-TR; i need to check some more info on this

10:35 schestowitz-TR; still catching up with links, but with rain and cold weather I don't expect to be out much

10:35 schestowitz-TR; more topics would help (recording in series is a lot more efficient because of preparatory procedures(

10:40 schestowitz-TR; Freezr "P.E.B.C.A.K.": "I removed Ubuntu from my daughter's laptop and this was good, then I installed Devuan 4 times in a row cause excess of pebcakness" gemini://warp.geminispace.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi

↺ gemini://warp.geminispace.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi

10:42 Techrightssec; apparently flatpak is being used to make a real mess of package repositories

10:42 Techrightssec; and installation, as well as be a vehicle for entrance of proprietary software

10:42 Techrightssec; https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/packaging-modern-linux-apps-is:f

↺ https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/packaging-modern-linux-apps-is:f

10:42 Techrightssec; Brodie does not cover any of that explicitly but given the capabilities and

10:42 Techrightssec; the abuses of those capabilities, there is a real problem now which is looking

10:42 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-odysee.com | Packaging Modern Linux Apps Is Incredibly Difficult

10:42 Techrightssec; worse each month

10:42 Techrightssec; ^ topic ?

10:54 Techrightssec; https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1251662/european-software-patentability-zooming-back-in

↺ https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1251662/european-software-patentability-zooming-back-in

10:54 Techrightssec; ^ topic ?

10:54 Techrightssec; https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tiktok-in-china-versus-the-united-states-60-minutes/

↺ https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tiktok-in-china-versus-the-united-states-60-minutes/

10:54 Techrightssec; health

10:54 Techrightssec; ^ topic ?

10:54 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.mondaq.com | European Software Patentability: Zooming Back In - Patent - European Union

10:54 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cbsnews.com | TikTok in China versus the United States | 60 Minutes - CBS News

10:55 schestowitz-TR; thanks, that's 4


11 AM, November 21

11:09 Techrightssec; np

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11:22 schestowitz-TR; World Cup https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/11/21/letter-from-london-world-cup-blues/ | Source: Counter Punch

↺ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/11/21/letter-from-london-world-cup-blues/

11:22 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Letter from London: World Cup Blues - CounterPunch.org

11:22 schestowitz-TR; based on two long paragraphs, it is good

11:25 schestowitz-TR; arsenal #1, mancity #2, and newcastle #3 are all oil

11:25 schestowitz-TR; IOW, top 3 "english" clubs are atm oil disguised as "sports"

11:25 schestowitz-TR; the same is true in other european countries where the top teams wear oil on their sleeve

11:25 Techrightssec; """

11:25 Techrightssec; more than 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka had died since Qatar won the right to host the ev

11:25 Techrightssec; ent in 2010. Obviously the figure will be larger now.

11:25 Techrightssec; """

11:25 Techrightssec; ack

11:25 Techrightssec; sportswashing

11:27 schestowitz-TR; slots 4-6 include hedge funds

11:27 schestowitz-TR; even boxing has become like this

11:27 schestowitz-TR; MbS used a british boxer to do sportwashing with a title fight hosted in land of the sword

11:27 schestowitz-TR; and he even uttered some "allah" BS after winning the fight despite being (afaik) christian or nonreligious

11:27 schestowitz-TR; makes you wonder if they made a condition or paid for that BS

11:27 Techrightssec; to inure the public to their crimes

11:34 schestowitz-TR; earlier today I read in the links of a danish journalist getting his camera smashed

11:34 schestowitz-TR; for a non-crime

11:34 schestowitz-TR; theis world cup (head cut) charade might lead me to just boycott football as a whole

11:34 schestowitz-TR; it's far too soaked in oil/blood money now

11:34 schestowitz-TR; "they pay our bills, so ignore the crimes"

11:34 schestowitz-TR; in the boxing case, one modus is

11:34 schestowitz-TR; you bribe them to say something like inshalahh

11:34 schestowitz-TR; and then make claims in the press they they converted to islam

11:34 schestowitz-TR; and then hope people who idolised the champion/populist/celeb

11:34 Techrightssec; probably paid for

11:34 Techrightssec; yes smashed

11:34 Techrightssec; the crime of being non-qatari

11:34 Techrightssec; boycotting it all is an option. a compromise would be to watch/support only

11:34 schestowitz-TR; will also convert, except the "also" (there was also a covversion, but not the origiunal one)

11:34 Techrightssec; the teams (if any) which are not paid with blood money

11:34 Techrightssec; ack

11:34 schestowitz-TR; KSA does a lot of this "dawah"

11:34 schestowitz-TR; iirc, they fancied saying John Brennan had converted to islam

11:34 schestowitz-TR; no evidence neeedd for those who like the message

11:34 schestowitz-TR; it's like "fake it till you make it"

11:34 schestowitz-TR; (mo ali was not a muslim at first, he even changed his name, like sinead oconnor)

11:36 schestowitz-TR; in the english league, ethics is hardly an option now

11:36 schestowitz-TR; due to operation costs

11:36 schestowitz-TR; you get a choice between grifters, monopolists, banksters, jihadis, and the odd politician (the former owner of

11:37 schestowitz-TR; the team across the road was a former thai prime minister

11:37 Techrightssec; ack

11:42 Techrightssec; so it might not be a viable option to watch any more

11:45 schestowitz-TR; I ignored it completely 1998-2014

11:45 schestowitz-TR; until it was across the road

11:45 schestowitz-TR; and the chants were loud and clear

11:45 schestowitz-TR; there is one local player ... playing in that team

11:45 schestowitz-TR; sort of like countrries that buy failing nba stars

11:45 schestowitz-TR; or guld sstates naturalising atheletes

11:45 schestowitz-TR; *gulf

11:45 schestowitz-TR; onyl phil foden is local the rest is some sheikh's "fantasy football" but "in real life"

11:49 schestowitz-TR; the management is almost entirely spanish (and their language spoken)

11:49 schestowitz-TR; the ownership if dubai

11:49 schestowitz-TR; but the public face is english

11:49 schestowitz-TR; over time the % of locals goes down

11:49 schestowitz-TR; I remember as a child it was like 50% local, maybe 20% other cities, the rest from overseas

11:49 schestowitz-TR; the richer clubs brought more from overseas

11:49 schestowitz-TR; to sell the logos and the ads on jersies, billboards, and apparel that costs 50 cents to produce in china/bangl

11:49 schestowitz-TR; and 50 pounds at the shops worldwide (status symbol or status by assoiciation)

11:50 Techrightssec; yep and the rest are bought in so it's not about a local identity but

11:50 Techrightssec; about "investors" and abusing foreign talent albeit with sky high financial

11:50 Techrightssec; compensation

11:50 Techrightssec; With that much of the team from abroad, one is not cheering any specific

11:50 Techrightssec; team identity but simply a corporate logo

11:51 schestowitz-TR; the way you put it is not incorrect

11:51 schestowitz-TR; and thus I recently found myself pondering just putting it all aside

11:51 schestowitz-TR; qatar being the last straw for many reasons

11:55 schestowitz-TR; Sinad OConnor, who went insane https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/11/20/i-will-rise-and-i-will-return-the-lucidity-of-sinead-oconno

↺ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/11/20/i-will-rise-and-i-will-return-the-lucidity-of-sinead-oconno

11:55 schestowitz-TR; r/ | Source: Counter Punch

11:55 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-I Will Rise and I Will Return: The Lucidity of Sinad OConnor - CounterPunch.org

11:55 schestowitz-TR; apropos, in today's links, paywalled ;/

11:56 Techrightssec; Which one is paywalled?

11:56 schestowitz-TR; https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/11/20/i-will-rise-and-i-will-return-the-lucidity-of-sinead-oconno

↺ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/11/20/i-will-rise-and-i-will-return-the-lucidity-of-sinead-oconno

11:56 schestowitz; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinad_O%27Connor#Tweets_about_non-Muslims

↺ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinad_O%27Connor#Tweets_about_non-Muslims

11:56 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Sinad O'Connor - Wikipedia


noon, November 21

12:01 schestowitz-TR; one can rely on mentgall ill people to become "bomb mules"

12:01 schestowitz-TR; and likewise high-profile 'punchbags' to do high-profile dawah

12:01 schestowitz-TR; the common denominator is, the mind does not work

12:01 schestowitz-TR; and isn't permitted to, either

12:03 Techrightssec; https://unixsheikh.com/articles/dont-use-reddit-for-linux-or-bsd-related-questions.html

↺ https://unixsheikh.com/articles/dont-use-reddit-for-linux-or-bsd-related-questions.html

12:03 Techrightssec; ^ topic ?

12:03 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-unixsheikh.com | Don't use Reddit for Linux or BSD related questions

12:09 schestowitz-TR; predator drones need to put rainbow falir on them

12:09 schestowitz-TR; that will comfort the women they kill

12:09 schestowitz-TR; *flair

12:09 schestowitz-TR; (sarcasm)

12:09 schestowitz-TR; The US Army has done lots of pinkwashing in recent years

12:09 schestowitz-TR; then you check which countries it exports weapons to...

12:16 schestowitz-TR; gemini.tr:/tmp/*pdf in justa minute...


1 PM, November 21

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13:53 schestowitz-TR; reddit 20min

13:53 schestowitz-TR; 3 more videos (out of 7)

13:53 Techrightssec; ack


2 PM, November 21

14:40 schestowitz-TR; 7 done, now working on text while transcoding

14:40 schestowitz-TR; will keep text short due to time shortages

14:41 Techrightssec; ack

14:41 Techrightssec; WIth the text, don't keep it too short. Remember the GemText audience please

14:41 Techrightssec; Thanks!

14:41 schestowitz-TR; right, maybe concise rather than short


3 PM, November 21

15:32 schestowitz-TR; draft

15:32 schestowitz-TR; thanks, I do an overlapping workflow, so video #2 already processing and text for it is almost ready now

15:32 schestowitz-TR; uploading #1

15:32 schestowitz-TR; (will use thanksgiving to watch up with unread feeds)

15:32 schestowitz-TR; *catch

15:59 Techrightssec; checking

15:59 Techrightssec; s/KB/kB/ iirc the units are case sensitive

15:59 Techrightssec; perhaps it could be pointed out that the search engines *cough*google*cough*

15:59 Techrightssec; are in a strong position to reward fast-loading, small web pages over bloated

15:59 Techrightssec; slow javascript-infested ones. however, they seem to be doing the opposite

15:59 Techrightssec; and promoting the poorest technical quality above all else. maybe that is

15:59 Techrightssec; somehow connected to the push for QUIC and HTTP/3 which is built around

15:59 Techrightssec; advertisment auctions run by javascript-laden pages prior to rendering the

15:59 Techrightssec; actual content.


4 PM, November 21

16:15 Techrightssec; See table #5

16:15 Techrightssec; https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-chapter-4-two-classes-si-units-and-si-prefixes

↺ https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-chapter-4-two-classes-si-units-and-si-prefixes

16:15 Techrightssec; checking

16:15 Techrightssec; What would it take for the EU (or any other part of Europe) to insist on

16:15 Techrightssec; having accountability from the European Patent Office in regards to laws and

16:15 Techrightssec; treaties? If there is a way out, then it should be addressed. The case

16:15 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.nist.gov | NIST Guide to the SI, Chapter 4: The Two Classes of SI Units and the SI Prefixes | NIST

16:15 Techrightssec; for the poor state of the European Patent Office is made yet again, but

16:15 Techrightssec; a call for the desired action is missing.

16:33 schestowitz-TR; thanks, #1 and #2 videos done

16:33 schestowitz-TR; text for #1 ready

16:33 schestowitz-TR; for #3

16:33 schestowitz-TR; in the 3rd and 4th videos I call for action, like informing MEPs

16:33 schestowitz-TR; I agrtee with you

16:33 schestowitz-TR; rms just said epo should not exist

16:33 schestowitz-TR; he said this to epo workers

16:33 schestowitz-TR; and they cheered

16:35 Techrightssec; Friday is "Buy Nothing Day"

16:35 Techrightssec; ^ topic ?

16:35 Techrightssec; Excellent. Though a word or two in Gemini is always good.

16:35 Techrightssec; Sorry to be pushing Gemini so hard. However, TR has a big advantage there

16:35 Techrightssec; at the moment and it is useful not to waste the opportunity while it exists.

16:37 schestowitz-TR; right, I will get back to discussing article through gemini or newswaffle

16:37 schestowitz-TR; showing it in action

16:37 schestowitz-TR; is already a form of 'advertising'

16:37 schestowitz-TR; and I can cover most articles by just showing their text innewswaffle

16:56 schestowitz-TR; might be of use: several old and new pages/articles on buiythingday

16:56 schestowitz-TR; for inclusion in teomorrows videos/articles


5 PM, November 21

17:17 schestowitz-TR; draft

17:17 schestowitz-TR; i've also just added draft for the tiktok pos

17:17 schestowitz-TR; *post

17:18 Techrightssec; checking

17:18 Techrightssec; ack

17:18 Techrightssec; s/imminent/iminent (it's not!)/

17:18 Techrightssec; :)

17:18 Techrightssec; ^imminent

17:19 schestowitz-TR; thanks, added

17:19 schestowitz-TR; one can lose one's m,ind dealing with lies of such proportion

17:19 schestowitz-TR; and EU COMPLICIT!

17:19 schestowitz-TR; zoobab cannot take it well like I do


6 PM, November 21

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18:32 schestowitz-TR; the last two videos/articles added

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