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00:34 schestowitz-TR; I found 3 links about NY
00:34 schestowitz-TR; added to TM to raise awareness
00:34 schestowitz-TR; not related directly to bsd and gnu/linux, but..
00:34 schestowitz-TR; .
00:35 techrightssec2; I'm sure the tie-in is strong, but it is hard to describe. Both come down
00:35 techrightssec2; to control and ownership.
00:38 schestowitz-TR; brb breakfast
00:38 techrightssec2;
00:38 techrightssec2; ack
01:05 techrightssec2; One area of heavy overlap would be the first-sale doctrine:
01:05 techrightssec2; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062822/m2/1/high_res_d/White_Paper_17_USC_109_The_First_Sale_Doctrine-1-.pdf
01:05 techrightssec2; The GPL addresses it clearly but not by name in the various enumerated rights.
01:41 schestowitz-TR; 2.6ml requests in tm-new this month
01:41 schestowitz-TR; less than old, but old has many images and stuff
01:41 schestowitz-TR; going to post daily links in a moment
03:04 schestowitz-TR; "The sad reality is that every major Tech Publication is directly funded by the very same companies that they cover. Publications writing about Microsoft are funded by ad dollars from Microsoft. Publications writing about Enterprise Linux companies are funded by ad dollars from Enterprise Linux Companies." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/help-the-lunduke-journal-speak-truth
03:04 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-lunduke.substack.com | Help The Lunduke Journal "Speak Truth to (Tech) Power"
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06:33 schestowitz; Re: OpenAI Captured by Microsoft
06:33 schestowitz; > https://youtu.be/kC-o8WW3BRw <https://youtu.be/kC-o8WW3BRw>
06:33 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Invidious: https://inv.riverside.rocks/watch?v=kC-o8WW3BRw
06:33 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> inv.riverside.rocks | ChatGPT is more dangerous than you think - Invidious
06:33 schestowitz; >
06:33 schestowitz; > Thoughts?
06:33 schestowitz; >
06:33 schestowitz; > Happy Holidays my friend. Ill be back on my writing bullshit soon.
06:33 schestowitz; "OpenAI Captured by Microsoft" sounds like news from years ago. I recently saw that OpenCV too was getting partly captured.
06:33 schestowitz; Do you know many layoffs are planned or rumoured for next month?
06:33 schestowitz; http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_-_Layoffs#2022
06:33 schestowitz; BTW, I quit my employer this month. See
06:33 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Microsoft - Layoffs - Techrights
06:33 schestowitz; http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source
06:33 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Sirius Open Source - Techrights
06:46 schestowitz-TR; OTA
06:46 schestowitz-TR; it looks like bankruptcy might be imminent
06:46 schestowitz-TR; unpaid bills to hosts, no office, address changes
08:46 techrightssec2; Will Andy's series have two more parts? It seems he has left part 3 at a cliff
08:46 techrightssec2; hanger.
08:49 schestowitz-TR; lt me check
08:49 schestowitz-TR; *let
08:49 schestowitz-TR; the timestam says 24-12
08:49 schestowitz-TR; afetr i had asked him to split it he did
08:49 schestowitz-TR; i compared the snapshot I got 27th to now
08:49 schestowitz-TR; they are identical, not just the date stamp
08:49 schestowitz-TR; so tomorrow if final part
08:49 schestowitz-TR; *is
08:49 schestowitz-TR; I put a video of his lecture in irc last nigtt/today
08:49 schestowitz-TR; did some further digging for better images of his
08:49 schestowitz-TR; one was copyrighted, you see him 15 yeras ago (2007)
08:49 schestowitz-TR; no beard
08:49 schestowitz-TR; "all rights reserved"
08:49 techrightssec2; checking
08:49 techrightssec2; GAFAM also deterimines both the curriculum and teaching methods for more than
08:49 techrightssec2; only CS and ICT, seeing as all courses now are dependent on lab use.
08:54 schestowitz-TR; as you rightly note, A LOT, this imperils local culture, heritage, tradition, professional methods,
08:54 schestowitz-TR; across a spectrum of things
08:54 schestowitz-TR; those "Tech" giantss are a cultural threat greater than tiktok
08:54 schestowitz-TR; tiktok does not have that much impact on corporations, schools, gov.
08:55 schestowitz-TR; mostly pupils and one-time "useds"
08:55 schestowitz-TR; (like drugs; or social "drinking")
08:55 schestowitz-TR; you now have people speaking in foreign accents with nforeign dialect and slang
08:55 schestowitz-TR; dancing the dances of a distant nation
08:55 schestowitz-TR; and behaving towards people are seen on TV (or "social control media"... whhat does tiktok call those?
08:55 schestowitz-TR; "tiks"?)
08:55 schestowitz-TR; "|shorts"?
08:55 schestowitz-TR; so those companies program companies, schools, politicians
08:55 schestowitz-TR; and can cause behaviour and perceptions to adapt
08:55 schestowitz-TR; because those "apps" or "cloud things" in schools
08:55 schestowitz-TR; get to spend more time with people than people nearby
08:55 schestowitz-TR; and actively rob thopse other people access
08:55 schestowitz-TR; so the dining table has "phones"
08:55 schestowitz-TR; from 2 hours face-to-face (family) it's down to 20 minutes
08:55 schestowitz-TR; and the rest occupied with fake friends and "mr algorithm"
08:55 schestowitz-TR; one fucking piece of shit relative of rianne was literally wearing headphones inside the restaurant
08:55 schestowitz-TR; on the dining table (2017, IIRC)
08:57 techrightssec2; I would say that tiktok has an enormous, outsized influence on schools because
08:57 techrightssec2; it has captured one or two entire generations and removed them from the culture
08:57 techrightssec2; their geographical placement would have otherwised allowed / caused them to
08:57 techrightssec2; inherit.
08:57 techrightssec2; ADHD is already pervasive, some of it, in some people, is a learned trait.
08:57 techrightssec2; Whether it can be unlearned is of great concern to the survival of the nation.
08:57 techrightssec2; Not even 20 minutes since many are on their skinnerboxes throughout the meal
08:57 techrightssec2; either actively or it occupies their thoughts while in their pocket.
08:57 techrightssec2; while at the table.
08:57 techrightssec2; EFF calls that "algospeak" rather than making a nod to the established
08:57 techrightssec2; perjorative, "newspeak", coined by Orwell. That hurts by making the old body
08:57 techrightssec2; of literature about the problem less visible while also pretending that it
08:57 techrightssec2; is a new, unexplored problem instead of a dangerous, old problem which has
08:57 techrightssec2; worsened severely.
08:59 schestowitz-TR; this was covered in passing by andy
08:59 schestowitz-TR; how GAFAM (no, Microsoft mostly!) tries to "correct" what words he should use in his message
08:59 schestowitz-TR; next step is using HEY HI to "think" for him
08:59 schestowitz-TR; and "plagiarise" (write) for him
08:59 techrightssec2; Yes, that is one example.
08:59 techrightssec2; Think, maybe, but the bossing around is already here: "newspeak" / "algospeak"
08:59 techrightssec2; Youtube and Tiktok both do it to people.
09:01 schestowitz-TR; you can say "Linux" in youtube titles
09:01 schestowitz-TR; but there will be consequences
09:01 schestowitz-TR; so better not!
09:01 schestowitz-TR; who was that prof who spoke of adapting behaviour based on punishment and cautioning?
09:01 schestowitz-TR; (twitter does lots of this)
09:01 schestowitz-TR; (not just the words, also the positions/stances you're permitted to a) have and b) express)
09:20 schestowitz; [06:33] <schestowitz> BTW, I quit my employer this month. See
09:20 schestowitz; [06:33] <schestowitz> http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source
09:20 schestowitz; > Congrats! Man I love being out of the tech space \U0001f923
09:21 schestowitz; You still know tech. You just get bossed less ;-)
09:21 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Sirius Open Source - Techrights
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09:41 schestowitz-TR; biab
09:41 schestowitz-TR; back in about 40 mins
09:41 schestowitz-TR; workout
09:41 schestowitz-TR; weird sleeping times lately, but it works ok, it gets dark around 4pm anyway
09:42 techrightssec2; ack
09:42 techrightssec2; I would say that the censoring of positions, opinions, and stances is one of th3main activities and goals of soci
09:42 techrightssec2; al control media. There has also been a
09:42 techrightssec2; terrible distraction about that, trying to conflate free speech with illegal
09:42 techrightssec2; and or unpopular and or unethical positions and activities.
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11:31 schestowitz-TR; Nowadays you get people who say stuff like "your job title is outdated" instead of focusing on skills and experience. That's the BUZZWORD/S generation, veneer instead of substance. MBAs and marketing liars dominating over the geeks (1990s). They also push hostile things into companies that harm themselves.
11:32 schestowitz-TR; in a nutshell, the company wanted to pretend to be hip and trendy and "mondern"
11:32 schestowitz-TR; wanting us to learn buzzwords and use crap
11:32 schestowitz-TR; becaue "novel" and "newer"
11:32 schestowitz-TR; and that only accelerated the demise
11:35 schestowitz-TR; After decades in the making it is already stable. Leave it alone. Stop trying to 'fix' (or replace) what's not broken, IBM, Intel, GAFAM https://www.phoronix.com/news/XServer-2022-Development-Pace
11:35 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low - Phoronix
11:35 techrightssec2; appeal to novelty -- yet another fallacy used to promote crap
11:37 schestowitz-TR; I use many x tools
11:37 schestowitz-TR; wayland does NOT have feature paritya
11:37 schestowitz-TR; and it NOT compatible
11:37 schestowitz-TR; but they don't care about moving fast and breaking things
11:37 schestowitz-TR; they make more sales this way
11:37 schestowitz-TR; they even change branch names and break things
11:37 schestowitz-TR; because some fictional peopple said "master" offends them
11:37 schestowitz-TR; I think they just troll the community and project
11:37 schestowitz-TR; because of ICE etc
11:37 schestowitz-TR; projecting, provoking, splitting communities along lines of perceived tolerance
11:40 techrightssec2; Wayland can't even do remote forwarding of graphical applications. That
11:40 techrightssec2; made me lose interest in it. However, that lack of functionality will probably
11:40 techrightssec2; ensure that clowns everywhere push for it.
11:41 psydruid; Wayland doesn't even work on my laptop
11:41 schestowitz-TR; it cripples gnu/linux and more
11:41 schestowitz-TR; it removed something we've had and bragged about for over 2 decades
11:41 schestowitz-TR; and pushes crap like citrix and, as you note, clown
11:41 schestowitz-TR; reddit robertson like wayland
11:41 techrightssec2; It is crippled and will cripple.
11:41 schestowitz-TR; psydruid: buy a new one!!
11:41 schestowitz-TR; one with U/EFI too
11:41 psydruid; Lol
11:41 schestowitz-TR; stop being cheap!!
11:42 schestowitz-TR; BIOS is "legacy" now
11:42 psydruid; I was planning for this to be my last x86 laptop
11:42 techrightssec2; ack
12:00 techrightssec2; x86 is up to half the problem there
12:01 schestowitz-TR; it can and should be undercut
12:01 schestowitz-TR; I see lots of riscv articles lately
12:01 schestowitz-TR; today i sub;ed to adsfruit over rss
12:04 psydruid; the problem with x86 is all the proprietary software that requires it and just doesn't move anywhere else, so people simply stick with it
12:20 techrightssec2; Should the link taxomony change energy to energy/transportation ?
12:21 schestowitz-TR; maybe the title can be expanded to fakecoins
12:21 schestowitz-TR; as some people get confused as to why it's there
12:39 techrightssec2; Fakecoins are a waste of energy. When there are fake coin articles there are
12:39 techrightssec2; usually also some there about what a waste of electricity they are.
12:44 techrightssec2; I hope few scripts break the day after tomorrow.
13:05 schestowitz-TR; i did not know a omglinux site existed
13:05 schestowitz-TR; worth adding via rss?
13:05 schestowitz-TR; is that the shit /. linked to, shilling wsl via some amazon guy?
13:22 techrightssec2; not sure
13:22 techrightssec2; checking
13:22 techrightssec2; I haven't looked at /. for years though, which link ?
13:22 techrightssec2; The first two pages of aricles look ok at OMGLinux, the third page does mentino
13:22 techrightssec2; ^mention
13:22 techrightssec2; one m$ program but the topic there is the GNU/Linux version
13:59 schestowitz-TR; <techrights-news> Dumb, harmful, and misleading clickbait from a Valve shill https://yewtu.be/watch?v=UtA0j4ePAo4
13:59 schestowitz-TR; [TechrightsSocial] yewtu.be | Microsoft Steam Deck. *Ominous musical sting* - Invidious
13:59 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-yewtu.be | Microsoft Steam Deck. *Ominous musical sting* - Invidious
15:01 schestowitz-TR; "My boss lied all of the time. Despite the fact that it was relatively easy to know they were lying, they didn't care. If you called them out on it, they'd either ignore that, change the subject or somehow try to turn it back around on you." https://jaylittle.com/post/view/2022/12/pop-goes-the-gaslighting-weasel
15:01 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-jaylittle.com | Jay Little - Software Obsessionist - Pop Goes the Gaslighting Weasel
15:23 schestowitz-TR; not only timely but very relevant
15:30 schestowitz-TR; lobbying https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/29/after-dumb-lobbying-delays-and-ample-watering-down-ny-passes-landmark-right-to-repair-bill/ | Source: Techdirt
15:30 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-After Dumb Lobbying Delays And Ample Watering Down, NY Passes Landmark Right To Repair Bill | Techdirt
15:31 techrightssec2; Unfortunately it is not a landmark bill but and empty shell.
15:33 schestowitz-TR; life is full of "I wish I had realized that earlier" moment
15:33 schestowitz-TR; it's a very fundamental part of life
15:33 schestowitz-TR; otherwise, people would never date, just marry
15:33 schestowitz-TR; and never change jobs etc.
15:35 schestowitz-TR; ...
15:35 schestowitz-TR; everything other than external mouse was always not acceptable
15:35 schestowitz-TR; I rejected all the other options
15:35 schestowitz-TR; they are just something to be used when a surface is missing, e.g. travel
15:39 schestowitz-TR; on some laptops, like all the 4 in front of me right now, there's about 6-7cm in which you can move
15:39 schestowitz-TR; the small external mice with very high dpi setting
15:39 schestowitz-TR; and then use that as a surface
15:40 schestowitz-TR; though small mice and high dpi have their own limitations, esp. when you need precision
15:40 schestowitz-TR; a scandinavian sotre in bury, greater manchester has a whole range of laptop "bridges"
15:40 schestowitz-TR; they are cheap and go above the lap or table or sofa or bed
15:40 schestowitz-TR; they can also help hold a drink/food
15:40 techrightssec2; I think I've seen photos of those
15:42 schestowitz-TR; beofre I knew they existed or what they were called I improvised by turning shelves into surfaces and putting the
15:42 schestowitz-TR; m on the lap
15:42 schestowitz-TR; I even did this years ago
15:42 schestowitz-TR; many furniture types havs detachable levels
15:42 schestowitz-TR; those lack "feet" through
15:42 schestowitz-TR; one
15:42 schestowitz-TR; option is, lay on armrest
15:42 schestowitz-TR; argos here sells those too, we found them no sooner than 2020
15:43 schestowitz-TR; thew "proper" one
15:43 schestowitz-TR; birthday gift
15:44 schestowitz-TR; "I do not and have never used a smartphone." https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/30/unmediated-community-ten-years-of-the-invisible-army/ | Source: Counter Punch
15:44 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Unmediated Community Ten Years of The Invisible Army - CounterPunch.org
15:46 techrightssec2; ack
15:51 schestowitz-TR; rianne spoke to her cousin today in mumble
15:51 schestowitz-TR; it sounds like prices of flights more then doubled
15:51 schestowitz-TR; never mind safety, inconvenience etc.
15:51 schestowitz-TR; I told her
15:51 schestowitz-TR; good
15:51 schestowitz-TR; the end of an era
15:51 schestowitz-TR; flights SHOULD be expensive like they used to be
15:52 techrightssec2; Flights are terrible for humanity, especially the way Little Bush set the
15:52 techrightssec2; airports up to mistreat people. Nowadays everyone is a prisoner suspected
15:52 techrightssec2; of additional crimes rather than pre-Bush where they were valued customers
15:52 techrightssec2; (for various values).
15:52 techrightssec2; Flights should be *way* more expensive if the fossile carbon emissions are
15:52 techrightssec2; taken into account. But then those are mostly "business-class" emissions
15:52 techrightssec2; though all to much are also vacationers.
15:54 techrightssec2; https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-the-growth-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-commercial-aviation
15:54 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.eesi.org | Issue Brief | The Growth in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Commercial Aviation (2019, revised 2022) | White Papers | EESI
15:56 schestowitz-TR; my last time was berlin
15:56 schestowitz-TR; with no imminent plan, seeing what happens in uk and ireland with death tolls
15:56 schestowitz-TR; regardless of how they "classify" those deaths
15:56 schestowitz-TR; the benefits of good hygiene extend well beyond being covid-free
15:56 schestowitz-TR; washing food, shut lids, clean a lot, mask when out
15:57 techrightssec2; the contrails also have affected the weather. The "old" farmers had observed
15:57 techrightssec2; that, but they are long dead and their observations dismissed at the time.
15:57 techrightssec2; However, "post-911" there have been several reductions in air traffic and
15:57 techrightssec2; the effect of the lack of contrails observed and confirmed.
15:57 schestowitz-TR; the straw man here is "chemtrails"
15:57 schestowitz-TR; seems everything has a straw man now
15:57 schestowitz-TR; g5, covid etc.
15:59 techrightssec2; Yes, "chemtrails" probably is even traceable back to the fossil industry, or
15:59 techrightssec2; at least if that were found I would not be surprised in the least. The other
15:59 techrightssec2; is balthering about carbon sinks and conflating biocarbon cycles with
15:59 techrightssec2; fossil fuel carbon cycles. The two are unrelated but the fossile fuel industry
15:59 techrightssec2; has confused the politicians to the point that they are yammering about
15:59 techrightssec2; the wrong topics and distracting from the *ongoing* fossil carbon emissions
16:01 schestowitz-TR; there is a logical fallacy pattern here
16:01 schestowitz-TR; sex trafficking --> "not new" --> "some cultures" -> "like stealing a bagel"
16:01 schestowitz-TR; there is industrial revolution pollution -> "sun cycles" -> "volcanos" -> there was ice age...
16:01 schestowitz-TR; trivialising the wrong humans do by making it sound inherent, natural, unavoidable
16:03 schestowitz-TR; krebs on sec turns 13th
16:03 schestowitz-TR; congrats on independence, BUT
16:03 schestowitz-TR; why so few articles?
16:03 schestowitz-TR; iirc, he did a lot more
16:03 schestowitz-TR; and over time less and less
16:03 schestowitz-TR; even if in-deapth
16:03 schestowitz-TR; *turns 13, on the 29th
16:16 techrightssec2; Perhaps he has been spending more time investigating. His cycle used to include
16:16 techrightssec2; frequent quiet intervals followed by big news.
16:16 techrightssec2; So maybe all the easy exposs have been used up already and the clumsier
16:16 techrightssec2; criminals already culled, aside from those in Redmond.
18:10 schestowitz-TR; Police has already used drones, robots, and suicide bombs against people in the USA. The media seems to be missing this or leaving it out intentionally. Dorner was one example, but in later examples the police deployed self-exploding robots or bomb delivery robotics. "Stopping" this from "commencing" misses the point that it started years ago. EFF asleep at the wheel.
18:30 schestowitz-TR; adding to automated feeds?
18:59 techrightssec2; Apropos Windows TCO : https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/12/arresting-it-administrators.html
18:59 techrightssec2; They need to go after the managers who signed off on m$ deployments.
18:59 techrightssec2; not just the administrators, though they are guilty too
18:59 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Arresting IT Administrators - Schneier on Security
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