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00:51 schestowitz-TR; 0/
00:51 schestowitz-TR; "Print time was about an hour." https://jmtd.net/log/battery_cover/
00:51 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-jmtd.net | jmtd log 3D-printed replacement battery cover
00:51 schestowitz-TR; tm gzip went ok 5pm, let's see the next 3 dumps just hours away
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07:00 schestowitz-TR; was something missed from the old buffer?
07:02 Techrights-sec; gm
07:02 Techrights-sec; no just a heads up about router work
07:02 schestowitz-TR; all of this morning's 3 gz files are OK
07:05 schestowitz-TR; I've just checked the full dump of the morning in TM
07:05 schestowitz-TR; it is also fine
07:05 schestowitz-TR; my alarm clock seem to have been unreliable lately
07:35 schestowitz-TR; crank alart: in condeReddit, there seems to be conspiracy crackery going on about melinda gates
07:35 schestowitz-TR; and they link to Techrights
07:35 schestowitz-TR; Reddit is a combination of mental illness and censorship
07:35 schestowitz-TR; no idea why this site is taken seriously bya anybody
07:35 schestowitz-TR; maybe like "infowars" and "prisonplanet" is just rides hype, ads, debt
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07:39 schestowitz-TR; headsup: we're about to start an EPO series
07:39 schestowitz-TR; it'll be very well-researched
07:39 schestowitz-TR; also: in IRC logs you will find some redacted comms of interest
07:39 schestowitz-TR; the "lesser" channels
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07:53 Techrights-sec; I saw the lesser channel
07:53 Techrights-sec; yes that's what it sounded like
07:53 Techrights-sec; yes they aim to keep innuendo and lies in circulation
07:55 schestowitz-TR; There are backsstabbers
07:55 schestowitz-TR; incredibly unstable
07:55 schestowitz-TR; and unreliable
07:55 schestowitz-TR; moreover, one might joke it's the behaviour akin to spies
07:55 schestowitz-TR; there will be more in today's logs
07:55 schestowitz-TR; but either way, keeping that in circulation, I think, is important defence
07:55 schestowitz-TR; people like these should not be trusted with anything
07:55 schestowitz-TR; (nb: I've come to the conclusion that "inbox zero" approach when it comes to patents
07:55 schestowitz-TR; is neither necessary nor desirable; the most impact comes from leaks, not public fluff)
07:55 schestowitz-TR; re fsf, the attacks carry on
07:55 schestowitz-TR; but behind the scenes
07:55 schestowitz-TR; more context in next log
07:55 schestowitz-TR; I think some of that is motivated by revenge, trying to overcome rejection
07:55 schestowitz-TR; and now mere trolling
07:55 schestowitz-TR; *not
08:02 schestowitz-TR; (the bytesmedia account gets a ton of real estate spam, I assume for the .co.uk tld)
08:02 schestowitz-TR; yesterday while cycling we went past some homes built 2-3 years ago
08:02 schestowitz-TR; they were all empty
08:02 schestowitz-TR; like a brand-news ghost town
08:02 schestowitz-TR; or unfinished projects
08:02 schestowitz-TR; I reckon they cannot "dispose" of them
08:02 schestowitz-TR; too much buildin
08:02 schestowitz-TR; not enough money in circulation to make use of them
08:02 schestowitz-TR; "toxic" assets
08:02 schestowitz-TR; they're nice homes, good location
08:02 schestowitz-TR; the homke next to ours was put on sale and afaik, based on the public info, they never managed to sell it
08:02 schestowitz-TR; 2 years later still listed as "subject to conditions"
08:02 schestowitz-TR; they're meanwhile occupied it with 5-6 men, in a home made for a family of 2-3
08:02 schestowitz-TR; (which rianne finds disgusting)
08:02 Techrights-sec; yes
08:03 Techrights-sec; housing is a bubble yet it is fed to destroy communities and urban and suburban spaces to the benfit of one or two individuals here a
08:03 Techrights-sec; nd there
08:03 Techrights-sec; there should be a moratorium on building houses that one does not live in
08:03 Techrights-sec; for 3+ years first before "flipping" them
08:03 Techrights-sec; :(
08:04 Techrights-sec; are you sure it's not 12 to a room there in actual practice?
08:07 schestowitz-TR; if one keeps track of faces, which I've not done (I avoid direct eye contact), maybe each room is on "rota" among several
08:07 schestowitz-TR; men. We just know how many "rooms" (living room is a bedroom now) are in there because we not only went there
08:07 schestowitz-TR; several times but also put a bid on it (it was 23k below asking price)
08:07 schestowitz-TR; I think last night I saw an actual f*ing mattress at the back yard
08:07 schestowitz-TR; it was dark, might have been something else
08:07 schestowitz-TR; last night after midnight there was a lot of looud chatting therer
08:07 schestowitz-TR; (nothing in English, obviously)
08:13 schestowitz-TR; can't wait for the housig bubble to burst already
08:13 schestowitz-TR; it would be lovely
08:13 schestowitz-TR; (for us)
08:13 schestowitz-TR; but many powerful interests would delay
08:13 schestowitz-TR; and throw fits
08:13 schestowitz-TR; manchester had many homes built
08:14 schestowitz-TR; many not used
08:14 schestowitz-TR; speculative
08:14 schestowitz-TR; and yet the prices keep going up
08:14 schestowitz-TR; I reckon the worst one can do is scoop them up at current prices
08:14 schestowitz-TR; when we got this one we managed at 116k
08:14 schestowitz-TR; and reckon the "market value" is now about 170k
08:14 schestowitz-TR; but not likely anyone would bid that high
08:14 schestowitz-TR; which means there's a gross discrepency between real value and perceived value
08:14 schestowitz-TR; we worried out bid would be accepted
08:14 schestowitz-TR; but it was strategic
08:14 schestowitz-TR; it was not worth what we offered
08:14 schestowitz-TR; but that helped us lower how much we pay here
08:14 schestowitz-TR; hence, strategic
08:14 Techrights-sec; Some countries like the US have *no* urban planning and it shows in many
08:14 Techrights-sec; ways, all bad.
08:16 Techrights-sec; at least it helped lower the price
08:16 schestowitz-TR; when I last looked in Gulag StreetView, I noticed that cables still do not go underground
08:16 schestowitz-TR; even in areas that do not have earthquakes or floods
08:16 schestowitz-TR; even in relatively "good" areas
08:16 schestowitz-TR; my sister is finding ways to coinvince herself it's "OK" after all
08:16 schestowitz-TR; people are good at doing that
08:19 schestowitz-TR; I've not checked, but I don't suppose many places in the US have underground gas pipes either
08:19 schestowitz-TR; many some trucks and vans take in and out large containers of "natural" gas
08:19 schestowitz-TR; neither is safe, but one is a lot more expensive in the long run
08:21 Techrights-sec; the few areas which have fibre networks do not have ISPs which provide fibre
08:21 Techrights-sec; to the door, the last few meters is almost always copper
08:21 Techrights-sec; regardless of what is running down the road
08:21 Techrights-sec; I notice that the boom in 3D printing that started a few years ago is directly
08:21 Techrights-sec; attributable to some obstructing patents expiring; Patents have substantially
08:22 Techrights-sec; held back innovation accross the industry; there's no telling what
08:22 Techrights-sec; fine advancements are being blocked at the moment because of other patents
08:22 Techrights-sec; the plastic is mostly a novelty activity; the really cool stuff (IMHO) is
08:22 Techrights-sec; happening with metals and sintering
08:22 schestowitz-TR; I saw a new post about 3-d printing yesterday and shared here
08:22 schestowitz-TR; ONE HOUR for a little piece of plastic seems impractical use oft ime tbh
08:22 schestowitz-TR; fun project, sure, but there must be a better way
08:22 schestowitz-TR; not counting the time taken to upload cad files and blog about iut
08:22 schestowitz-TR; *it
08:26 Techrights-sec; Louis Rossmann mentioned 3D printing recently in that Honda was blocking the
08:26 Techrights-sec; use of the name in connection to printing small replacement parts;
08:26 Techrights-sec; Apparently their new cars have a lot of small plastic parts that can and do
08:26 Techrights-sec; break and are outrageously expensive to replace. The 3D designs for those parts avoids the need to go to the dealer and pay 100s, so
08:26 Techrights-sec; sending the design
08:26 Techrights-sec; to a small shop specialized in 3D printing saves time and money
08:26 Techrights-sec; but irks Honda
08:27 schestowitz-TR; "sorry, we don't do Honda, but we print parts for HonDuahl"
08:27 schestowitz-TR; Dreck Hondahl stopped doing kernel stuff
08:27 schestowitz-TR; now he's openwashing bunny
08:27 schestowitz-TR; and went to some "blockchain" company
08:27 schestowitz-TR; he left vmware just before the company launched it's anti-Linux FUD campaigns
08:27 schestowitz-TR; *its
08:27 Techrights-sec; :)
08:27 Techrights-sec; crytpto currency is a waste of electicity and worse bubble than the housing
08:27 Techrights-sec; market
08:29 schestowitz-TR; house builders at least have somethint to show for it
08:29 schestowitz-TR; and unlike cars the homes do age a lot more gracefully
08:29 schestowitz-TR; if done right with decent materials
08:29 schestowitz-TR; (which my dad tells me they no longer do; lots of glass and many pipes of plastic)
08:29 schestowitz-TR; looks good, does not last long. propos honmda using plastic form essential components
08:30 Techrights-sec; openwashing has long been a problem but it has gone mainstream aroudn the
08:30 Techrights-sec; time that the LF got taken over
08:30 Techrights-sec; (back ina bit)
08:46 Techrights-sec; some houses, some are built to fall apart quickly and tend to also
08:46 Techrights-sec; have all kinds of toxic chemicals offgassing for years as a result
08:46 Techrights-sec; of shortcuts in construction materials and methods
08:46 schestowitz-TR; cars have long frustrated me
08:46 schestowitz-TR; some computer programs too
08:46 schestowitz-TR; made to look shiny, you don't really know what you are getting into
08:46 schestowitz-TR; (apropos, ryan got himself a full-time job repairing an old car)
08:47 schestowitz-TR; I think that in the past engineering was favoured over marketing
08:47 schestowitz-TR; now in "IT" it's a lot of hype and whistles
08:47 schestowitz-TR; btw, obs studio is weellm engineerd
08:47 schestowitz-TR; it's fast, seems very robust so far
08:47 schestowitz-TR; but this is why it earned reputation
08:47 schestowitz-TR; with webcamoid I always do "dry runs" before recording
08:47 schestowitz-TR; just to make sure it goes "right"
08:47 schestowitz-TR; now, when it comes to housing I know a lot less
08:47 schestowitz-TR; but my dad is approaching 70 so had plenty of experience
08:47 schestowitz-TR; he says, do not buy new!
08:47 schestowitz-TR; unlike cars, you need to let them run their course for a fe years,
08:47 schestowitz-TR; before things DO work
08:47 schestowitz-TR; unlike with cars
08:47 schestowitz-TR; they break apart when the warranty runs out
08:48 Techrights-sec; not so much new but after a certain year range the houses are of terrible
08:48 Techrights-sec; quality in both workmanship, methods, and materials.
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08:51 schestowitz-TR; like recently-made kettles, to use an analogy
08:51 schestowitz-TR; I trold rianne at the shop yesterday
08:51 schestowitz-TR; that ALL those kettles, ranging in price from 6.50 to 22 before going up to famous brands at far higher prices
08:51 schestowitz-TR; were likely made to last about a year
08:51 schestowitz-TR; after that you're on your own
08:51 schestowitz-TR; it's possible that some decent ones are still made cheaply
08:51 schestowitz-TR; but you cannot quite tell when the brands are not well known
08:51 schestowitz-TR; so THAT is one part of "the system" I do not wish tgo participate in anymore
08:51 schestowitz-TR; like wasting over 100 pounds on 10 years of plastic "kettles"
08:51 schestowitz-TR; televisions used to not only be repairable
08:51 schestowitz-TR; but they would last many years too, even without repairs
08:53 schestowitz-TR; (even the famous brands have temptation to cheapen production and just ride what's left of the brand)
08:53 schestowitz-TR; then you ask, why can't there be companies that make ROBUST things and tackle this market
08:53 schestowitz-TR; they might sell, it would not sell
08:53 schestowitz-TR; because people are poor and on ddebt
08:53 schestowitz-TR; they lok for short term, fast solutions
08:53 schestowitz-TR; and would pick the junk product
08:53 schestowitz-TR; rather than think ahead
08:53 schestowitz-TR; so the robust stuff would fail in the market
08:54 schestowitz-TR; sna dht big brand justmake their stuff in the same factories as the "generic" stuff
08:54 schestowitz-TR; or vice vers
08:54 schestowitz-TR; so you cannot diffrentiate anymore
08:56 schestowitz-TR; our electirc shower broke less than a year after we bought the house
08:56 schestowitz-TR; the company would not offer repairs, or parts
08:56 schestowitz-TR; but tried to sell a whole new shower
08:56 schestowitz-TR; inc. hose and all
08:56 schestowitz-TR; and it would take an electrician to install it
08:56 schestowitz-TR; so instead we use the home boiler
08:56 schestowitz-TR; because, I reckoned, better to service just one large unit
08:56 schestowitz-TR; than a whole bunch of toys you need to cycle through once in a few years
08:56 schestowitz-TR; and I would not buy a new product from a company that refuses to repair relatively new
08:56 schestowitz-TR; products of theirs which fail
08:56 schestowitz-TR; as a matter of principle
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08:57 Techrights-sec; the famous brands are often the worst in quality since the trend has been
08:57 Techrights-sec; to ease back on parts, service, and workmanship and offset that by increased
08:57 Techrights-sec; marketing
08:57 Techrights-sec; definitely
09:02 schestowitz-TR; we have had better fortune with brands from wiwan
09:02 schestowitz-TR; their bikes also
09:02 schestowitz-TR; the germany brand bike I have is made in taiwan iirc
09:02 schestowitz-TR; the laptopos are stirdy
09:08 Techrights-sec; local bicycles can be quite good, dpending on a lot of factors though
09:08 Techrights-sec; however one brand I had considered, once I had enough money for it, had
09:08 Techrights-sec; taken a huge nosedive in qualituy and materials while further increasing
09:08 Techrights-sec; the price so I went with something much more costeffective
09:08 Techrights-sec; the chains and tires and brakepads need replacing often depending on how
09:08 Techrights-sec; hard and often you ride, the freewheel needs occasional replacement. Then
09:08 Techrights-sec; most everything else is rather sturdy and can last for decades with care
09:08 Techrights-sec; and luck
09:08 schestowitz-TR; ours turn 10 next year
09:08 schestowitz-TR; but not used for the past 2.5 years
09:09 schestowitz-TR; still outdoors
09:09 schestowitz-TR; sometimes in terrible, soggy conditions
09:09 schestowitz-TR; I still need to further adjust the brakes on both bikes
09:09 schestowitz-TR; things moved a bit due to falls (wind) and wheel removal for puncture repair
09:09 schestowitz-TR; and sometimes you don't see the issue until you actually ride and one of two brakes is a bit off
09:10 Techrights-sec; yes part of tuning up the bike usually involves riding around the block or less
09:10 Techrights-sec; Honda has been using a combinationof trademarks and patents to shutdown
09:10 Techrights-sec; 3D printing of what should have been frivilously cheap replacement parts
09:12 schestowitz-TR; they could, instead, make more reliable parts
09:12 schestowitz-TR; but aftersale revenue and garnishing might be a bigger component now then before
09:12 schestowitz-TR; like "IT" companies with their "certification" and diplomas mills
09:12 schestowitz-TR; and taxes for "shops"
09:12 schestowitz-TR; either way, a lot of stuff went south in quality
09:12 schestowitz-TR; because the lack of quality becomes its own "market"
09:12 schestowitz-TR; and the govs don't lift a finger to tackle this
09:12 schestowitz-TR; no, EU only pretends
09:16 Techrights-sec; the "certifications" are warningflags to show who is lacking the skills
09:25 schestowitz-TR; [09:14] <schestowitz> Ariadne: headsup, we're about to start a 14-part explosive series about EPO and Belarus
09:25 schestowitz-TR; [09:14] <schestowitz> I don't expect massive backlash
09:25 schestowitz-TR; [09:14] <schestowitz> but it will have big impact
09:25 schestowitz-TR; I might, at one point, dump copies of key files on the pi, just in case...
09:29 Techrights-sec; ack
09:29 Techrights-sec; "Thunderbird failed to find the settings for your email account"
09:29 Techrights-sec; regarding a new profile for bytesmedia
09:30 schestowitz-TR; I have not changed passwords in ages
09:30 schestowitz-TR; the server-side configs ought to be same as before
09:30 schestowitz-TR; I don't know if Thunderbird still has that wizard that tries to 'guess' server
09:30 schestowitz-TR; configs
09:30 schestowitz-TR; that account has been nothing but spam for years but can come in handy later
09:30 schestowitz-TR; and can be shared
09:30 Techrights-sec;
09:30 Techrights-sec; yes it is the "wizard" which is failing
09:30 Techrights-sec; should I try to get it working here?
09:33 schestowitz-TR; you would get 99.9% spam
09:33 schestowitz-TR; for the time being not good use of your time
09:33 schestowitz-TR; (nor mine ;-) but someone has to check because we advertised the address
09:33 schestowitz-TR; in the past)
09:33 schestowitz-TR; a lot of the best stories we have still come through email, sometimes IRC,
09:33 schestowitz-TR; the s/n ratio in news is so appalling that I'm suffering going through the
09:33 schestowitz-TR; feeds
09:34 schestowitz-TR; esp. patent stuff
09:34 schestowitz-TR; with Linux you get the occasional FUD
09:34 schestowitz-TR; lots of it yesterday, hence my video around midnight
09:34 schestowitz-TR; email encryption is why a lot of the "good" stuff comes to my personal
09:34 schestowitz-TR; box although I wonder if the shared account could also leverage pgp
09:34 schestowitz-TR; it would invalidate some assumptions
09:42 Techrights-sec; possibly though managing the key would be a bit of a pain
09:43 schestowitz-TR; thunderbird(tm), unlike enigmail(r), already gets all confused when several differnt addressess (old and new)
09:43 schestowitz-TR; are chained to the same key
09:43 schestowitz-TR; which is why for 1-2 years I've wasted 1-2 hours, in vain, trying to get things to work like they worked for over
09:43 schestowitz-TR; a decade
09:43 Techrights-sec; yes that is happening here now
09:53 Techrights-sec; Baker has completely trashed Thunderbird and is wrecking Firefox
09:53 schestowitz-TR; [19:32] <techrights-news> Mozilla 2002: we hide CODERS. Mozilla 2022: We hire "Customer Experience". Miss Ba[n]ker will cash in big t
09:53 schestowitz-TR; ime for Gulag by the time she kills Firefox completely. https://blog.mozilla.org/sumo/2022/04/22/introducing-dayana-galeano/
09:53 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-blog.mozilla.org | Introducing Dayana Galeano The Mozilla Support Blog
09:53 schestowitz-TR; [19:33] <techrights-news> "The role will initially emphasize support question moderation" https://blog.mozilla.org/sumo/2022/04/22/in
09:53 schestowitz-TR; troducing-dayana-galeano/
09:53 schestowitz-TR; [19:34] <techrights-news> Firefox user to Mozilla: Your code is broken, I cannot get some sites to work. Mozilla/Ba[n]ker: It's OK, w
09:53 schestowitz-TR; e're hire some "customer experience" people to hide users who complain...
09:54 Techrights-sec; ack
09:55 schestowitz-TR; for FSF to grow it needs to add new roles like "customer experience"
09:55 schestowitz-TR; customer
09:55 schestowitz-TR; USPTO said cliewnts/customer too
09:55 schestowitz-TR; last week in "EPO bunnies"
09:55 schestowitz-TR; I showed the EPO adopting similar role names
09:55 schestowitz-TR; maybe EU was right
09:55 schestowitz-TR; maybe EPO really is "company"
09:55 Techrights-sec; the use of the term "customer" exposes the fraudulent attitudes
09:58 schestowitz-TR; Mozilla Corporation ($) was dissolved beause of "bad actors"
09:58 schestowitz-TR; who reacted "poorly" to our well-meaning posts
09:58 schestowitz-TR; the other day they devoted two blog posts to a meke-up artists
09:58 schestowitz-TR; who looks to me like some bald dude
09:58 schestowitz-TR; way to put off not only male users but also female users
09:58 schestowitz-TR; maybe in SF/Bay Area they appeal to more than 1% of the population
09:59 Techrights-sec; the destry=uction of Mozilla from the top inside is intentional
09:59 Techrights-sec; look at who has been funding her
10:01 schestowitz-TR; maybe we need to wait a few years
10:01 schestowitz-TR; as retirement age, I think, is still almost a decade ahead
10:01 schestowitz-TR; where the CEO lands next might provide an elop moment
10:01 Techrights-sec; Mozilla won't last that long and if it does she will see to it that a worse
10:01 Techrights-sec; replacement is found
10:01 Techrights-sec; sorry to be negative but that is the direction they have been taking for more
10:01 Techrights-sec; than a few years
10:06 schestowitz-TR; rianne moved to the lifeboat librewolf last year
10:06 schestowitz-TR; but with mozilla submerged I think EEE over WWW will moved faster
10:06 schestowitz-TR; than librewolf itself can ever catch up with
10:06 schestowitz-TR; gecko is a LOT of code
10:06 schestowitz-TR; probably a lot more than systemd
10:06 schestowitz-TR; amal bendali said both FF and Chrome are over 30m lines of code now
10:06 schestowitz-TR; he should know as he maintains a firefox 'fork
10:06 schestowitz-TR; barry kluwer [spelling] from easyos/puppy wrote some blog posts
10:06 schestowitz-TR; that shed light on how long it takes to compile the darn things
10:06 schestowitz-TR; and how hard it gets
10:06 schestowitz-TR; esp. since you need to wait a long time before being presented with
10:06 schestowitz-TR; build failures
10:06 schestowitz-TR; this is "free software" made less free by overwhelming complexity
10:06 schestowitz-TR; and the very frequent releases (I've come to the conclusion) are strategic
10:06 schestowitz-TR; not just for marketing
10:06 schestowitz-TR; for frustrating forkers and disruptors
10:06 schestowitz-TR; they are always behind and the existing version if always neither
10:06 schestowitz-TR; reliable or stable
10:06 schestowitz-TR; so they compel you to get the "new" firefox or system every month or so
10:06 schestowitz-TR; in the past it was maybe once year or twice
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10:09 Techrights-sec; write-only code bases :(
10:09 Techrights-sec; the complexity is a (for them) serendipitous side effect in that it
10:09 Techrights-sec; prevents forking
10:09 Techrights-sec; it also prevents outside contributions thus managing control like for systemd
10:09 Techrights-sec; which noone would want to fork due to the failed design but would many
10:10 Techrights-sec; would like to mitigate but cannot due to the complexity which then allows
10:10 Techrights-sec; poettering to EWONTFIX everything
10:11 schestowitz-TR; I will keep stressing this point
10:11 schestowitz-TR; i must have brought that up in videos about half a dozen times already
10:11 schestowitz-TR; re patents and 3dprinting, which I've just gone through, the other
10:11 schestowitz-TR; good example of innovation retarded by patents is UAVs (drones)
10:11 schestowitz-TR; until years ago
10:11 schestowitz-TR; those are two strong casepoints
10:11 Techrights-sec; yes there are probabl others but tsince both are hot topics now, they would
10:12 Techrights-sec; be useful in illustrating to the public how badly patents stifle innovation
10:14 schestowitz-TR; for various reasons it is important for techrights to maintain the position that
10:14 schestowitz-TR; SOFTWARE patents are bad, patents in general not up for debate
10:14 schestowitz-TR; the other controversial area are CRITICAL drugs (or vaccines) and patents
10:14 schestowitz-TR; on designs, life/nature, and maybe a few other areas that are controversy
10:14 schestowitz-TR; du jour
10:14 schestowitz-TR; as many patent examiners and attorneys read the site it can at least keep them awake at night,
10:14 schestowitz-TR; tahinking of what the employer is suppressing
10:15 schestowitz-TR; the extravaganza event sponsored by the Linux Foundation" https://fossforce.com/2022/04/what-to-expect-at-austins-open-source-summit-2022/ | Unicorn Media took LF money :/
10:16 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-fossforce.com | What to Expect at Open Source Summit 2022 - FOSS Force
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10:38 Techrights-sec; xyes the focus must be on software patents, even though regular patents are
10:38 Techrights-sec; not really a better proposition
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11:49 schestowitz-TR; "Sweden, which has the seventh highest employment rate in the world, used to have a large, publicly funded employment agency, a state-sponsored job board of sorts. During the last few decades, this agency has seen wave after wave of cuts to the point of uselessness." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/employment-rate
12:04 Techrights-sec; ack
12:04 Techrights-sec; in the late 1990s the far right there moved their stakes several steps further
12:04 Techrights-sec; to the right while renaming the party "The Moderates". Within months, the
12:04 Techrights-sec; rest of the parties repositioned themselves accordingly. So politics there
12:04 Techrights-sec; is fairly right of center.
12:04 Techrights-sec; ^s/fairly/rather/
13:22 schestowitz-TR; I hope my latest memes are not construed as racistl,, offrensive, apatoopnising
13:22 schestowitz-TR; either way, I might soon toss files on the pi as 'insurance'
13:22 schestowitz-TR; once we have several parts ready in the pipeline (still outlining)
13:38 Techrights-sec; anything can be (intentionally) misconstrued, too bad
13:40 schestowitz-TR; Fallacy: Windows Has Majority Market Share (Operating System Market Share Worldwide) Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/n
13:40 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ http://www.tuxmachines.org/n )
13:40 schestowitz-TR; ode/164048
13:40 schestowitz-TR; sorry or typos
13:40 schestowitz-TR; yes, well, I reckon few from Belarus read the site and those who do can laugh at their own expense
13:40 schestowitz-TR; over Luka and Vlad
13:40 schestowitz-TR; and would not be so immature
13:41 schestowitz-TR; you know, I was thinking of the one trying to get close to "hero" RMS
13:41 schestowitz-TR; only to then say "hate his guts" and looking to destory him
13:41 schestowitz-TR; even posthumously
13:41 schestowitz-TR; or gossip mill
13:41 schestowitz-TR; and whether I should alert greg at fsf
13:41 Techrights-sec; np
13:41 Techrights-sec; statscounter is blocked by gratuitous javascript
13:41 Techrights-sec; more than 10% lead for Android over Windows
13:41 schestowitz-TR; starcoiunter is just some pile of junk
13:41 schestowitz-TR; for general trends it does help a bit
13:43 Techrights-sec; M$ software is digital pollution. and physical due to its increase hardware
13:43 Techrights-sec; requirements (landfill) and outsized power / CPU requirements (carbon)
13:44 schestowitz-TR; microsoft: we are NOT POLLUTING! On Earth Day we are GREEN (see last night's video)
13:44 schestowitz-TR; and OUR POLLUTION is actually a ploy to provide HEAT to citizens of cold counties!
13:44 schestowitz-TR; You should THANK US!!
13:50 schestowitz-TR; what you say alarms me as well; I mean, look...
13:50 schestowitz-TR; I am not sysadmin by professional
13:50 schestowitz-TR; I did CS/SE and then a Ph.D.
13:50 schestowitz-TR; I learned sysadmin slowly along the way, out of necessity
13:50 schestowitz-TR; but what I see is a bunch of totally worthless interns
13:50 schestowitz-TR; whose concept of CS is "app", "open account", "clown" GUIs
13:50 schestowitz-TR; outsourcing is viewed as the normal
13:50 schestowitz-TR; and maybe there's brain drain, wherein the "clown" giants already
13:50 schestowitz-TR; 'stole' all the people who actually can design, build and maintain services/systems
13:50 schestowitz-TR; ICBM fires many of them decades prior to retirement age
13:50 schestowitz-TR; because they cost "too much"
13:50 schestowitz-TR; and then hopes that some low -cost replacemrnt can compensate in QUANTITY (of
13:50 schestowitz-TR; hours or people)
13:50 schestowitz-TR; today i spoke to a GAFAM employee
13:50 schestowitz-TR; and explained that the reason they're all herded back into their cages (they
13:50 schestowitz-TR; then adopt sour grapes arguments) is a sort of collusion like "no-poach"
13:50 schestowitz-TR; agreements, so there's nowhere else yo go if you still wish to work from
13:50 schestowitz-TR; home. That's not what employees actually want.
13:51 Techrights-sec; Clearing house to avoid paying out retirement is an old scam going back
13:51 Techrights-sec; at least a hundred years and IBM is not the first to use that method
13:51 Techrights-sec; It's the principle of it, given a choice between honoring agreements and
13:51 Techrights-sec; breaking trust, they always choose the latter
13:51 Techrights-sec; it's less about money than about screwing people over
13:52 schestowitz-TR; I do not know how their "career system" works
13:52 schestowitz-TR; esp. wrt retirement arrangements
13:52 schestowitz-TR; but my understanding is, if they don't reach some age or duration threshold
13:52 schestowitz-TR; then they do not quality to some of the "POTENTIAL" benefit
13:52 schestowitz-TR; which got them 1) to accept a job offer and 2) work VERY HARD at it
13:53 schestowitz-TR; based on false promises, assumptions
13:53 schestowitz-TR; Even EPO pensioners are being screwed over, in absentia, without their input
13:54 Techrights-sec; ack
13:54 Techrights-sec; it is also probably to avoid paying seniority bonuses / premiums as well
13:54 Techrights-sec; that too is an age old business practice
14:01 Techrights-sec; some businesses clear out their senior staff every decade or so for both
14:01 Techrights-sec; (all three) reasons
14:02 schestowitz-TR; Church/clergy/kings: work hard, next you will get Heaven
14:02 schestowitz-TR; Government/businesses/plutocrats: work hard, retirement is always "real soon now!"
14:02 schestowitz-TR; "You're doing great, keep on going, you will be rewarded AT THE END"
14:02 schestowitz-TR; with pink slips and pink unicorns
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15:45 schestowitz-TR; "The US Department of Defense is to construct and try out the largest 3D-printed buildings in the Americas: three barracks in a Lone Star army base." https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/09/army_3d_barracks/
15:45 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theregister.com | Army to build largest 3D-printed buildings in the US The Register
16:15 schestowitz-TR; Microsoft Black Duck focusing on minor flaws in GNU instead of back doors in Microsoft's stuff https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/softw
16:15 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/softw )
16:15 schestowitz-TR; are-security/cyrc-vulnerability-analysis-gzip/
16:15 Techrights-sec; ack
16:15 Techrights-sec; ack
16:15 Techrights-sec; unfortunately that is just M$ Blackduck doing the job it was created to do
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16:19 schestowitz-TR; side note, left out from Daily Links: the parent company is now investogated for working
16:19 schestowitz-TR; with Huawei, "illega" contract
16:19 schestowitz-TR; I think some of that is imperialistic nonsense, even if I dislike the company
16:19 Techrights-sec; interesting
16:22 schestowitz-TR; tbh, atm I am more upset about anti-fsf or anti-fs schizos and trolls
16:22 schestowitz-TR; they feel like they are above criticism for being part of a cult
16:22 schestowitz-TR; and the fsf has foolishly chosen appearsement, out of fear I think
16:23 Techrights-sec; the reason is not important unless it can be used to make them (re)grow a pair
16:23 schestowitz-TR; I will try to jujst focus on EPO this coming week, we work on tons of material
16:23 schestowitz-TR; and it is of political relevance too
16:27 schestowitz-TR; of note: any link (quantity counts too) showing microsoft and proprietary security blunder helps
16:27 schestowitz-TR; because I see a trend in the media
16:27 schestowitz-TR; one way to counter it is repetition with contrary evidence
16:27 schestowitz-TR; and we've been covering that a lot this year
16:27 schestowitz-TR; I will soon put an array of about 15 artiles about proprietary junk
16:28 schestowitz-TR; so basically, if I assert that it's a decoy/distraction
16:28 schestowitz-TR; I can at least say "what da f* is this? And this? and that?"
16:28 schestowitz-TR; or, "why are these things just brushed under a carpet?"
16:28 schestowitz-TR; following CISA is hard
16:28 schestowitz-TR; because they never name WIndows
16:28 schestowitz-TR; I have to read line by line
16:28 schestowitz-TR; for words like DLL or SQL Server
16:29 Techrights-sec; ok
16:29 Techrights-sec; yes or the name of the ransomware which will then refer to DLL or msSQL
16:29 schestowitz-TR; or VBA
16:29 schestowitz-TR; I saw one today, an hour ago
16:51 schestowitz; apolog"Someone who called RMS a "hero" one year ago is intending to launch another attack, like 6 years ago, against RMS. Don't be misled by a facetious agenda. There's a whisper campaign going on in IRC. I do need to mention this upfront to prevent further harm."
16:51 schestowitz; "Someone who called RMS a "hero" one year ago is intending to launch another attack, like 6 years ago, against RMS. Don't be misled by a facetious agenda. There's a whisper campaign going on in IRC. I do need to mention this upfront to prevent further harm."
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16:52 schestowitz; "Attempts to become EF were, to quote, "trolling"."
16:54 schestowitz; ED, not EF.
16:55 Techrights-sec; ack
17:07 schestowitz; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi07iWLeYlI
17:07 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Invidious: https://youtube.076.ne.jp/watch?v=mi07iWLeYlI
17:07 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> youtube.076.ne.jp | Manchester City vs Watford 5 1 Extended Highlights & All Goals 2022 HD - Invidious
17:09 schestowitz; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22a_outi3Cs
17:09 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Invidious: https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=22a_outi3Cs
17:09 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> vid.puffyan.us | Manchester City vs Watford 5 1 Extended Highlights & All Goals 2022 HD - Invidious
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17:43 schestowitz-TR; 0o/
17:43 schestowitz-TR; Looks increasingly likely that the team across the road will win champisonship again,
17:43 schestowitz-TR; 4th time in 5 years
17:43 schestowitz-TR; we pass by the stadium when we enter the canal
17:43 schestowitz-TR; had some wine today, first time in months
17:43 schestowitz-TR; my feed are nearly clean except for patents
17:43 schestowitz-TR; though I no longer have any aspiration to clean this cesspool of lies
17:43 schestowitz-TR; just dabble in that pool for useful picks
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18:05 schestowitz-TR; "Now I seem mostly OK but still have a lack of energy, sometimes I suddenly feel tired after 20 minutes of computer work." https://et
18:05 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Could not resolve host: et; Unknown error ( status 0 @ https://et )
18:05 schestowitz-TR; be.coker.com.au/2022/04/23/got-covid/
18:05 schestowitz-TR; debian dev
18:08 Techrights-sec; ack
18:08 Techrights-sec; flights are just plain unsafe for many other health reasons as well
18:09 schestowitz-TR; "For Covid I had a runny nose for a couple of days which went away then I got congestion in my throat with serious coughing such tha
18:09 schestowitz-TR; t I became unable to speak. Then the coughing went away and I had a really bad headache for a day with almost no other symptoms. Then
18:09 schestowitz-TR; the headache went away and I was coughing a bit the next day. The symptoms seemed to be moving around my body."
18:10 Techrights-sec; all for an unnecessary flight
18:12 schestowitz-TR; yes, and now people try to delude themselves into the idea that masks are
18:12 schestowitz-TR; 1) junk 2) those who want them can wear them (while others have droplets/projectiles)
18:12 schestowitz-TR; I had to argue with a GAFAMIst about it today
18:12 schestowitz-TR; these idiots will live in a cage
18:12 schestowitz-TR; and will die like a caged animal
18:12 Techrights-sec; :(
18:12 Techrights-sec; magical thinking is pervasive among idiots; the worst is that it's not just
18:12 Techrights-sec; they themselves who catch it but that their behavior ensures that the
18:12 Techrights-sec; contagion spreads
18:13 schestowitz-TR; I need to wait till Tuesday for proper nhs numbers again
18:13 schestowitz-TR; so far the only way is up (yaz)
18:13 schestowitz-TR; (excepty for testinging)
18:14 schestowitz-TR; we would rather get tipsy then get covid-19
18:14 schestowitz-TR; one wears off after a few hours and does not induce pain
18:14 schestowitz-TR; *than
18:14 Techrights-sec; ack
18:30 schestowitz-TR; the TM dump for this evening worked OK, gz file OK
18:30 schestowitz-TR; I've added to the cronjobs the test for thew GZ
18:30 schestowitz-TR; all output goes to the same file, which one pane in tmux will tal -f
18:30 schestowitz-TR; tail -f
18:30 Techrights-sec; good
18:32 schestowitz-TR; Iv'e been mostly away from #techrights RIC lately
18:32 schestowitz-TR; focusing on EPO blockbusters instead
18:32 schestowitz-TR; on the pi I have lots of text notes
18:32 schestowitz-TR; I put them on the pi because in case of h/w crash on either side I lose nothing (there is an ssh socket)
18:47 Techrights-sec; ack
18:47 Techrights-sec; # df -Ph /
18:47 Techrights-sec; Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
18:47 Techrights-sec; /dev/root 14G 5.6G 7.7G 43% /
18:53 schestowitz-TR; i've told lxo about potential turncoat, but otr
19:29 Techrights-sec; it is important that they are known
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21:39 schestowitz-TR; I have put 7 files under /tmp in the pi, it's about belarus, just a transient (hence /tmp) backup
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