●● IRC: #techbytes @ FreeNode: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 ●● ● Nov 17 [01:55] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-173-112.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [01:56] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [01:56] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [01:57] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-173-112.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 17 [03:41] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [03:42] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-173-112.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 17 [04:55] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [04:56] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 17 [06:31] *GNUmoon has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) ● Nov 17 [07:23] schestowitz > AHA! *SYNERGY!* I LIKE IT! Johnson, give this man a raise-- I like the [07:23] schestowitz > cut of his jib! [07:23] schestowitz > [07:23] schestowitz >> However I believe we are now at the point of completely needing to [07:23] schestowitz > *overhaul how IP works and interacts with the economy in order to more [07:23] schestowitz > accurately reflect what R&D is about. I would therefore change the [07:23] schestowitz > system so that patent term and patent scope was linked to the most [07:23] schestowitz > efficient economic working of the R&D system. [07:23] schestowitz > * [07:23] schestowitz > [07:23] schestowitz > Yes-- Gentlemen! Let's do THAT! Why didn't anybody think of it before? [07:23] schestowitz > We also need to maximise the deliverables. Is there a way we can do that [07:23] schestowitz > while doubling our market focus? [07:23] schestowitz > [07:23] schestowitz > ----------------- [07:23] schestowitz > [07:23] schestowitz > There is not enough diversity in record players, but I do think we [07:24] schestowitz > should probably rename the thing that places the record needle (called [07:24] schestowitz > an "arm") because it sounds like they're talking about "bearing arms" [07:24] schestowitz > and that's a needlessly violent term. [07:24] schestowitz > [07:24] schestowitz > Maybe we can call it "the record limb." [07:24] schestowitz > [07:24] schestowitz > schestowitz [07:24] schestowitz > > Would you be interested in scheduling an interview with Fortunes 40 [07:24] schestowitz > Nov 15 06:47 [07:24] schestowitz > 15 06:47:21> [07:24] schestowitz > schestowitz [07:24] schestowitz > > Under 40 Maelle Gavet to talk about diversity in tech and how Big Tech [07:24] schestowitz > Nov 15 06:47 [07:24] schestowitz > 15 06:47:23> [07:24] schestowitz > schestowitz [07:24] schestowitz > > will change under a Biden administration? [07:24] schestowitz > Self-hosting plus Cloudflare is too much like Cloudflare minus self-hosting. [07:24] schestowitz > [07:24] schestowitz >> there are a lot of ways of self hosting static and not having [07:24] schestowitz > bandwidth trouble if you are willing todo deals with devils like cloudflare. [07:24] schestowitz > [07:24] schestowitz > -------------------- [07:24] schestowitz > [07:24] schestowitz > So much for first sale doctrine! (I'm not saying that it does apply, but [07:24] schestowitz > I do question the sanity and justice of it not applying. DMCA gives two [07:24] schestowitz > fingers to first sale as well.) [07:24] schestowitz > [07:24] schestowitz > "But it's not a sale though!" Schestowitz's law again-- maybe it's not a [07:24] schestowitz > sale, but that's not what it says on the tin! [07:24] schestowitz > [07:24] schestowitz > oiaohm [07:24] schestowitz > Yes if the software technically leased like Microsoft volume licenses [07:24] schestowitz > you don't in fact own it to sell it. [07:24] schestowitz > Nov 15 14:43 [07:24] schestowitz > [07:24] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: Sunday, November 15, 2020 [07:24] schestowitz > oiaohm [07:24] schestowitz > Some cases it copyright infringment some cases is just straight up [07:24] schestowitz > theift under law. [07:25] schestowitz > Nov 15 14:44 [07:25] schestowitz > [07:25] schestowitz > oiaohm [07:25] schestowitz > schestowitz: to sell something you must legally own it. There are a [07:25] schestowitz > lot of weasel ways a software license can be renting you the software [07:25] schestowitz > instead of giving you legal ownership. [07:25] schestowitz > Nov 15 14:48 [07:25] schestowitz > [07:25] schestowitz > oiaohm [07:25] schestowitz > Breaching those weasel ways is breach of contract before copyright breach. [07:25] schestowitz ---------- [07:25] schestowitz >> This is interesting. Is #rust gradually weaning itself off #microsoft [07:25] schestowitz > #ProprietarySoftware with dev-static? [07:25] schestowitz > [07:25] schestowitz > "Dev-static" sounds like a Red-Hat-style synonym for "mirror of our [07:25] schestowitz > Github repo" to me. [07:25] schestowitz > Censor the internet: "Think of the children!" [07:25] schestowitz > [07:25] schestowitz > Track people like cattle: "Think of your health!" [07:25] schestowitz > [07:25] schestowitz > Turn homes into 1984 homes: "Caring for your grandmother!" [07:25] schestowitz > [07:25] schestowitz > "Amazon is releasing something called Care Hub, which allows people to [07:25] schestowitz > care for their aging family members. It allows you to link accounts with [07:25] schestowitz > elderly family members so you can see things like commands issued, [07:25] schestowitz > lights turned on, etc. The elderly family member can also say, Alexa [07:25] schestowitz > call for help, and it will contact the connected family member." [07:25] schestowitz > [07:25] schestowitz > https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/11/amazon-alexa-care-hub-update-helps-in-caring-for-family-members.html [07:25] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.cnbc.com | Amazon Alexa Care Hub update helps in caring for family members [07:25] schestowitz > [07:29] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 17 [09:12] *Condor has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) ● Nov 17 [11:12] *oiaohm has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [11:13] *oiaohm (~oiaohm@unaffiliated/oiaohm) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 17 [14:57] *GNUmoon has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) ● Nov 17 [21:56] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 17 [22:15] *GNUmoon has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [22:19] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Sheikh_al_Touar/status/1328797954568839177 [22:19] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Sheikh_al_Touar: Inside the EPO During Corona: The Hoax Study From Campinos and Donald Trump Associate (Mercer) Debunked, EPO Mana https://t.co/WF6onqBlyC [22:19] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Sheikh_al_Touar: Inside the EPO During Corona: The Hoax Study From Campinos and Donald Trump Associate (Mercer) Debunked, EPO Mana https://t.co/WF6onqBlyC [22:19] schestowitz " [22:19] schestowitz Inside the EPO During Corona: The Hoax Study From Campinos and Donald Trump Associate (Mercer) Debunked, EPO Management Uninterested Because Facts Are Inconvenient #deception #patents #Europe [22:19] schestowitz Inside the EPO During Corona: The Hoax 'Study' From Campinos and Donald Trump Associate (Mercer)... [22:19] schestowitz The Staff Union of the European Patent Office (SUEPO) highlights the degree of shamelessness, audacity and the sheer nerve EPO administration now has; when objectively refuted and presented with... [22:19] schestowitz techrights.org [22:19] schestowitz Sheikh it Sheikh it [22:19] schestowitz @Sheikh_al_Touar [22:19] schestowitz [22:19] schestowitz 1h [22:19] schestowitz SUEPOs EPO Staff Survey: Confidence in Staff Representatives at All-Time High and Confidence in EPO President at Only 3% #SUEPO #survey #Management #patents #Europe [22:19] schestowitz SUEPO's EPO Staff Survey: Confidence in Staff Representatives at All-Time High and Confidence in... [22:19] schestowitz Early preview following a staff survey showed how awful things had become at the Office even after two years with the supposedly 'nice' and 'improved' President (he's even less popular than his... [22:19] schestowitz techrights.org [22:19] schestowitz Sheikh it Sheikh it [22:19] schestowitz @Sheikh_al_Touar [22:19] schestowitz [22:19] schestowitz 1h [22:19] schestowitz Inside the EPO During Corona: Half a Year Ago EPO Management Was a Superspreader of COVID-19 and It Broke the Law Regarding Masks #coronavirus #Covid_19 #law #Masks #Health #patents #Europe [22:19] schestowitz Inside the EPO During Corona: Half a Year Ago EPO Management Was a 'Superspreader' of COVID-19 and... [22:19] schestowitz The EPO 'droplets' have been spreading due to misguided, unscientific (some might say anti-scientific) EPO management; staff was pressured to come back to office premises and there were clear labour... [22:19] schestowitz techrights.org [22:19] schestowitz Sheikh it Sheikh it [22:19] schestowitz @Sheikh_al_Touar [22:19] schestowitz [22:19] schestowitz 1h [22:19] schestowitz European Patent Office Union (SUEPO) Reiterates Its Allegation, Backed by Professionals, That the Management is Crushing the Office and Its Staff Based on a Manufactured Hoax #SUEPO #deception #patents #Europe [22:19] schestowitz European Patent Office Union (SUEPO) Reiterates Its Allegation, Backed by Professionals, That the... [22:19] schestowitz Professional liars have been commissioned by Office management to mislead the staff (and by doing so crush the staff) [22:19] schestowitz techrights.org [22:19] schestowitz Dr. Roy Schestowitz () [22:19] schestowitz @schestowitz [22:20] schestowitz [22:20] schestowitz 2h [22:20] schestowitz In 29 days #twitter will be dead for anyone not running #proprietarySoftware #javascript or some webproxy like #nitter -- well, good riddance, Twitter! 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