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04:31 Techrights-sec; afk
04:31 Techrights-sec; gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/20/not-so-smart-cars/
04:31 Techrights-sec; Eventually the supply of old cars will run out and then even those that
04:31 Techrights-sec; have succeeded, until then, in avoiding them will have their hand forced.
04:31 Techrights-sec; The only way out is to influence the supply chain.
04:31 Techrights-sec; Another aspect to cover, one which is as pernicious as the software aspects,
04:31 Techrights-sec; is the push to move all aspects of car use and car maintenance over to
04:31 Techrights-sec; subscription based models.
04:43 Techrights-sec;
04:43 Techrights-sec; Even roadside service subscriptions have replaced the spare tire + jack
04:43 Techrights-sec; I don't mean leasing a car or similar to leasing, but the repair contracts
04:43 Techrights-sec; in place of being able to choose where and when to do maintenance. Also
04:43 Techrights-sec; various functionalties, such as the remote start addressed by Louis in his
04:43 Techrights-sec; video. However, whole cars are being pushed as a subscription "service"
04:43 Techrights-sec; nowadays: https://www.repairsmith.com/i/blog/how-do-car-subscription-services-work/
04:43 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.repairsmith.com | How Do Car Subscription Services Work? | RepairSmith Blog
04:43 Techrights-sec; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_subscription
04:43 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Vehicle subscription - Wikipedia
04:43 Techrights-sec; That's a different matter.
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05:08 Techrights-sec; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.skodaauto.connect&hl=en&gl=US
05:08 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-play.google.com | MyKODA - Apps on Google Play
05:09 schestowitz-TR; what a clusterfuck. You can see it in reviews, too.
05:18 Techrights-sec; yep
05:18 Techrights-sec; btw happy solstice
05:18 Techrights-sec; as for those reviews, I figure with a distribution of scores like that, many
05:18 Techrights-sec; of the +5 votes are probably shills.
05:18 schestowitz-TR; there is a whole industry for that
05:19 Techrights-sec; ack
05:26 Techrights-sec; router maintenance; eta 30 minutes
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06:04 Techrights-sec; maintenance done
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09:08 schestowitz-TR; I should mention this
09:08 schestowitz-TR; even though it was posted in irc logs for full transparency already
09:08 schestowitz-TR; there's this small firm that seems to offer ipfs mirroring (so to speak, metapher) servcie
09:08 schestowitz-TR; they contacted me in twitter
09:08 schestowitz-TR; than in email as well, as I never reply to "tweets"
09:08 schestowitz-TR; maybe they can help sort out othe capacity issues
09:08 schestowitz-TR; e.g. by pinning (or similar) the content
09:08 schestowitz-TR; shall they ever cease to do this, fine
09:08 schestowitz-TR; because the way ipfs works, nothing is essential
09:08 schestowitz-TR; as long as at least one node still has a copy
09:09 Techrights-sec; That would be great.
09:09 Techrights-sec; Any improvement in the current workflow and back end would be very helpful.
09:09 schestowitz-TR; it would potentially reduce somewhat the strain on our home network
09:10 schestowitz-TR; I still have a fibreoptic router installed and ready to use
09:10 schestowitz-TR; based on some readings I did, there's a risk associated
09:10 schestowitz-TR; like downtimes and such
09:10 schestowitz-TR; I don't want to be the first in my whole area to adopt it
09:10 schestowitz-TR; and I already had bad experiences, which is why I bailed out
09:15 Techrights-sec; ack
09:15 Techrights-sec; Fibre would probably help relability and the local services.
09:15 Techrights-sec; Remote sites would not be noticeably faster because of the lag /on/ the
09:15 Techrights-sec; remote servers themselves. Many pages take > 10 seconds to load and then
09:15 Techrights-sec; a second or two on top of that to finish rendering.
09:17 schestowitz-TR; topic change if you don't mind:
09:17 schestowitz-TR; colleague (Hannah) got covid, she's not the first
09:17 schestowitz-TR; we are a small company
09:17 schestowitz-TR; the strain means rianne gets extra paid shifts
09:17 schestowitz-TR; but as you may have noticed, covid slipped out of control here
09:17 schestowitz-TR; and I am guessing right after xmas, just like last year, we'll lock down again
09:17 schestowitz-TR; you know who the gov will blame
09:18 Techrights-sec; ack
09:18 Techrights-sec; be sure that the pay rates are comensurate with overtime work i e 2x or more
09:18 Techrights-sec; The UK is going to have a major problem after Xmas + New Year since there
09:18 Techrights-sec; are no precautions being taken. I expect the US will hit 1M dead soon.
09:21 schestowitz-TR; since 2011 when I joined they always paid the same for extra shift
09:21 schestowitz-TR; yewt worse, the more you are paid, the higher the tax
09:21 schestowitz-TR; so overtime shift are, in a sense, paying less than the normal
09:21 schestowitz-TR; but this is not ogligatory , just an extra
09:21 schestowitz-TR; and I compensate for the BS salary by working less
09:21 schestowitz-TR; or working not hard
09:21 schestowitz-TR; they know they pay way below market value
09:21 schestowitz-TR; and thus cannot complain
09:23 Techrights-sec; What kind of compensation can they give for the shifts then, if not monetary?
09:23 Techrights-sec; A double shift is a real burden even if it does not necessarily feel like it
09:23 Techrights-sec; at the moment.
09:23 schestowitz-TR; I like how someone in ibm the layofff board put it
09:24 schestowitz-TR; about controlling the salary by taking it down a gear
09:24 Techrights-sec; How did IBM do that?
09:25 schestowitz-TR; not IBM, some workers. They just pace down the work
09:26 Techrights-sec; ack
09:26 Techrights-sec; What does your union recommend?
09:26 schestowitz-TR; we don't have a union, but I chat with some colleagues OTR
09:27 Techrights-sec; In some countries it is very useful to have membership.
09:27 schestowitz-TR; I considered joining one when Samreen (aka "Sarin Gas") was harassing workers
09:34 Techrights-sec; ack
09:34 schestowitz-TR; an UNOFFICIAL collective, led by me I think, contributed to her demise
09:36 schestowitz-TR; the person who replaced her is a kind one
09:53 schestowitz; Lederhosen....
09:53 schestowitz; https://www.flickr.com/photos/sassimunich/4243929681/
09:53 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.flickr.com | Flickr
09:54 schestowitz; Miguel de Icaza in the back:
09:54 schestowitz; https://www.flickr.com/photos/sassimunich/4244701434/in/photostream/
09:54 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.flickr.com | Flickr
09:54 schestowitz; Friend and CEO of Stripe Patrick Collison (maybe not sure if this is him)
09:54 schestowitz; https://www.flickr.com/photos/sassimunich/4246408902/in/album-72157623140728850/
09:54 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.flickr.com | Flickr
09:54 schestowitz; https://www.flickr.com/photos/sassimunich/4245640193/in/album-72157623140728850/ (Possibly John Collison on the far left)
09:54 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.flickr.com | Flickr
09:54 schestowitz; Does not look like the guy, but that was 12 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Collison
09:54 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Patrick Collison - Wikipedia
09:55 schestowitz-TR; could use further research on this, as Nat will still serve Microsofft
09:56 Techrights-sec; good
09:56 Techrights-sec; btw there are masks which do a better job of filtering incomming particles than
09:56 Techrights-sec; others
09:56 schestowitz-TR; re masks, we only use them when buying food I think (or few other shops), usually the ones with hardly anybody inside them, or at quiet hours
09:58 schestowitz; "
09:58 schestowitz; A profile of the brothers published in Forbes in 2021 claimed the brothers had "escaped" from Limerick, describing it as a "warzone" because of a gang feud and it was "the 'murder capital' of Europe".[21] It claimed "shootings, pipe bomb attacks, and stabbings" happened there every night.[21] It also claimed that "Some bad neighbourhoods are even walled off by a dirty graffitied 10-foot-high barrier, like the Berlin Wall".[21]
09:58 schestowitz; The article received a lot of publicity online, causing a backlash.[21] Patrick tweeted "Not only mistaken about Limerick but the idea of overcoming anything is crazy. We are who we are because we grew up where we did".[21] John tweeted it was "daft".[21] Patrick O'Donovan called on the magazine and author to apologise to the people of Limerick "or the insult and hurt caused" by it.[21] He also tweeted "I am calling on them to come to
09:58 schestowitz; Limerick where I will gladly set the record straight in respect of what our county and city has to offer as opposed to what your work of fiction depicts," and "Please let me know when suits to visit."[21] Niall Collins tweeted that the article was a "disgraceful description of Limerick, home to so many fine and decent people".[21]
09:58 schestowitz; The article was removed from the website on 9 April 2021.[21]
09:58 schestowitz; "
09:59 schestowitz; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripe_(company)
09:59 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Stripe (company) - Wikipedia
10:06 Techrights-sec; ok avoidance is good mitigation, but multiple methods reinforce each other
10:06 Techrights-sec; back in a few hours
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12:42 Techrights-sec; back
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15:19 Techrights-sec; back
15:19 Techrights-sec; Many forget, or choose to omit intentionally, the fact that GNU/Linux and
15:19 Techrights-sec; the BSDs are in and of themselves an "IDE" if used properly. Thus
15:19 Techrights-sec; M$ VSC and other boondoggles are attempting to solve a problem that does
15:19 Techrights-sec; not exist. M$ VSC is on top of that just a vector for breaking not just things
15:19 Techrights-sec; but ways of thought.
15:19 Techrights-sec; Corey Doctorow, among many others, has also written a lot about the software
15:19 Techrights-sec; in cars and other consumer devices.
15:20 Techrights-sec; s/Corey/Cory/
15:20 Techrights-sec; https://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/the-coming-war-on-general-purp.html
15:20 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-boingboing.net | The Coming War on General Purpose Computation | Boing Boing
15:20 Techrights-sec; https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Coming_War_on_General_Computation
15:20 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikisource.org | The Coming War on General Computation - Wikisource, the free online library
15:20 Techrights-sec; from 28C3 in 2011
15:20 Techrights-sec; also, software showed up in public consciousness, though briefly:
15:20 Techrights-sec; https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15339250/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-vw-diesel-emissions-scandal/
15:20 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.caranddriver.com | Everything You Need to Know about the VW Diesel Emissions Scandal
15:20 Techrights-sec; https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15339250/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-vw-diesel-emissions-scandal/
15:21 schestowitz-TR; are both links at thge bottom meant to be the same?
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15:44 Techrights-sec; https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/business/audi-vw-emissions-scandal.html
15:44 Techrights-sec; fixed
15:44 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.nytimes.com | A Few Dirty Tricks: Documents Show Audis Role in the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal - The New York Times
15:46 schestowitz-TR; ty
15:46 Techrights-sec; np
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17:03 schestowitz; http://wikibin.org/articles/alex-graveley.html
17:03 schestowitz; "
17:03 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-wikibin.org | Alex Graveley
17:03 schestowitz; Alex Graveley (legal name Balabhadra Battacarya Graveley) is a professional software developer based in San Francisco. He is known in the free software community for his work on GNOME, and for creating the Tomboy, Gimmie, and Pyro Desktop projects.
17:03 schestowitz; Graveley has worked for VMware Inc. as an engineer since 2004 on its Linux desktop products. He was technical lead on the VMware Workstation 6.0 software release in May, 2007.
17:03 schestowitz; From 2000 to 2003, Graveley worked for Ximian Inc. on projects including Ximian Desktop, Novell Evolution, and the HTTP client library libsoup.
17:03 schestowitz; He dropped out of high school in the 10th grade, and has spent considerable time traveling abroad in Brazil and Southeast Asia.
17:03 schestowitz; '
17:03 schestowitz; All these projects will need to distance himself from him very soon
17:03 schestowitz; he's a massive liability to them
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