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schestowitz> id rather explore the theme of rewriting history further.Sep 01 06:44
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:44
schestowitz> the halloween documents were fun to research. perhaps a similar foray into the history of free software (to highlight whats lacking now) would be interesting.Sep 01 06:44
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:44
schestowitz> its one thing to say theyre rewriting history and that its wrong to do that. thats my position, and i said it mostly to explain why i criticise the fsf and their de facto monopoly.Sep 01 06:44
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:44
schestowitz> but its another to show the history.Sep 01 06:44
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:44
schestowitz> that might achieve more than just the complaint. i mostly made the complaint to explain why i do what i do, to explain the importance of not letting them have a monopoly on history. the fsf doesnt have a right to forget their mission, that hurts the people who are trying to carry it forward. they can stop fighting, but they need to pass the torch onto their followers if thats what theyre going to do.Sep 01 06:44
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:44
schestowitz> imo we should pay better historical respects to their actions. who knows, a good enough timeline might even expose what the heck happened. people move on with their lives, sometimes without even realising theyve abandoned something along the way. organisations do as well.Sep 01 06:44
schestowitz> when it comes to truth, the fsf has a GOOD track record. better thanSep 01 06:45
schestowitz> anybody. credit is due.Sep 01 06:45
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:45
schestowitz> i know you and i differ (in small ways, because i still pay attention toSep 01 06:45
schestowitz> your output and its not terribly different) but i keep looking for anSep 01 06:45
schestowitz> objective way to point out just what harm the fsf is doing-- and to whom.Sep 01 06:45
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:45
schestowitz> obviously, the greatest harm is being done by microsoft. thats a given,Sep 01 06:45
schestowitz> its basically a statement of fact. we can quibble and say itsSep 01 06:45
schestowitz> subjective, but leans closer to a fact than an opinion. microsoft doesSep 01 06:45
schestowitz> more than any other company, perhaps all put together.Sep 01 06:45
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:45
schestowitz> could they do it without the help of other shills? i dont think eitherSep 01 06:45
schestowitz> of us believe so. shills do less than microsoft does, and some of itSep 01 06:45
schestowitz> unwittingly (not every shill thinks theyre deliberately shilling, and ofSep 01 06:45
schestowitz> course the deliberate kind is worse) but shills play a vital role-- oneSep 01 06:45
schestowitz> for which they (lf for example) will be rewarded short term andSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> ultimately discarded.Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> look at all the open source publications folding. they were corporate--Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> they called it "linux"-- in the short term that was a gain, butSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> ultimately they folded when the hype died down. linux is being sold off,Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> and these publications are a disposable commodity-- a tool that is usedSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> up getting tossed out. (not to its fans, not to historical value, butSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> certainly to the owners.) common theme right now.Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> open source has always rewritten history, as a tactic. offended bySep 01 06:46
schestowitz> pretending that it all started 28 years ago, not 35? do you know howSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> long ive spit on that for? its not just rewriting history, which is badSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> enough by itself, but it is doing it to unfairly compete and forSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> personal gain.Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> i would say the fsf does very little that is "unfair" to "compete." butSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> rewriting history is bad enough, and doing it to allow your ownSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> adversaries to move forward (even if not intentionally) is worse.Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> as the attacks on free software increase, everyone is taking a softerSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> stance-- everybody-- from osi to apache to lf to canonical to red hat--Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> and mostly for different reasons. sometimes it is about threats andSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> harassment, other times it is about bribery, for canonical it really isSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> about constantly whoring themselves out, not unlike with lf. they dontSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> like "politics" because it is too close for comfort to ethics. you dontSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> need to look farther then shuttleworths hilariously dishonestSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> justification of unity lens to prove that.Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> if i guess why the fsf is also taking a softer stance, then i do so,Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> taking their track record into account. what is compromising them? is itSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> the code of conduct, is it an agreement someone other than rms madeSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> regarding ryf? ryf (i always thought, and think it is a great idea) hasSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> even been criticised by the trisquel community (stallman parrots by theSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> bushel) for what it has chosen to endorse.Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> but whatever the reason, youre far more likely to uncover it than i am.Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> if i do, it will probably be while reading a techrights article.Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:46
schestowitz> rewriting history is an attack on truth that helps our adversaries-- ifSep 01 06:46
schestowitz> it was only helping our adversaries theoretically, if it was notSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> actively doing so, that would not be great but it would be better than this.Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> as much as it helped corporations take over when they rewrote history toSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> make "linux" the saving grace, it is helping corporations take over whenSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> the fsf does the same.Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> but does the fsf rewrite history? obviously not, in the same way nor forSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> exactly the same reasons.Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> openrespect, codes of conduct, and all the advice osi gave aboutSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> "playing nice" stifled the free software movement, all along and everySep 01 06:47
schestowitz> step of the way. it is itself dishonest-- as you just said about billSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> gates being painted as a saint in a recent article, you simply say yourSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> opponent isnt being "nice" and now they have to be quiet, not doSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> whatever they were doing-- because it isnt "nice" to criticise monopolies.Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> but the fsf is becoming more "nice." worse than that, we have historicalSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> accounts of the fsf coming out AGAINST things that need to be fought, ifSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> we are going to win.Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> mono needed to be resisted, ooxml needed to be resisted, everything thatSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> needed to be resisted, open source told us to resist less.Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> now the fsf is telling us to resist less.Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> they are changing their tune-- going from telling us that things need toSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> be fought, to telling us many such things DONT need to be fought.Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> it would be misleading if open source did this, but it is moreSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> misleading when trusted advocates of freedom do it.Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> again, there has to be an explanation. but until we have one, the impactSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> of this is bad.Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> it weakens the free software movement, to be told that things we knewSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> (and know) are threats, are not threats. the fsf is doing that.Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:47
schestowitz> if they are allowed, if it goes unaddressed, then they will have anSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> easier time than anybody (because they are trusted) telling everyoneSep 01 06:47
schestowitz> "its ok, dont worry, these arent threats."Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> historically, they were threats. now theyre being swept under the rug.Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> when you rewrite history like that, it hurts everybody who staysSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> committed to history. it makes people committed to truth look foolish.Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> it make it harder to talk honestly about history and about the present.Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> the fsf is doing harm to all of that.Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> its not about attacking the fsf, but about not allowing them to preventSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> other people from seeking and stating the truth.Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> the fsf is acting like a monopoly on history, and they arent beingSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> honest about these issues.Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> considering their track record, painting them as liars is a waste ofSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> time-- one they dont even deserve. when we find out the reasons, chancesSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> are, most people acted honourably and some (perhaps even outsiders)Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> acted dishonourably.Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> so it isnt about "gnu man bad" or removing all credit from the fsf. aSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> historical account will talk about the good and bad, and the fsf isSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> OUTSTANDINGLY, PREDOMINENTLY good!Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> but rewriting history is very harmful, it makes all our jobs impossible,Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> and dont think for a minute that ideologues wont ask you to do thingsSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> they have already made impossible. they will tell you to just find a way.Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> if you are really dedicated to journalism, and some organisation wantsSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> you to rewrite history first and then do your job despite that, youSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> will-- ultimately-- find yourself fixing the damange done to theSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> historical narrative first.Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> because you cannot fix the worlds problems with a perspective that wasSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> sabotaged to mislead.Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> rewriting history is one of the biggest attacks of all. and moralSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> courage doesnt allow it to persist, no matter how much "nice" the fsfSep 01 06:48
schestowitz> dishes out, or demands of us.Sep 01 06:48
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:49
schestowitz> if they are silent, we have to be louder. but we have to point out,Sep 01 06:49
schestowitz> again and again and again, that they are silent.Sep 01 06:49
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:49
schestowitz> my opinion, you dont have to agree. but once you realise (or agree) thatSep 01 06:49
schestowitz> this is about rewriting history, you have to know that history demandsSep 01 06:49
schestowitz> debate-- while the fsf seems to want us to comply in silence.Sep 01 06:49
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:49
schestowitz> it is truly either/or. the best weapon against the rewriting of historySep 01 06:49
schestowitz> is to call out the people doing it, and the fsf is rewriting their own--Sep 01 06:49
schestowitz> writing themselves out of it.Sep 01 06:49
schestowitz> Sep 01 06:49
schestowitz> thats not something we can rightly allow-- if we play along, we areSep 01 06:49
schestowitz> doing the same harm, adding to it. that cheats every person we talk to.Sep 01 06:49
schestowitz> it even cheats the fsf and helps whomever is hurting them.Sep 01 06:49
schestowitz> when it comes to truth, the fsf has a GOOD track record. better thanSep 01 06:49
schestowitz> anybody. credit is due.Sep 01 06:49
schestowitzWould you like that aired as a guest post? Sep 01 06:49
schestowitz> Some nice architecture there.  I wish architectural trends would returnSep 01 07:22
schestowitz> to both beauty and function.  New buildings have had neither for decades.Sep 01 07:22
schestowitzRemember that old buildings you still see today are those that averted or survived demolition, or were worth maintenance costs.Sep 01 07:22
schestowitzSimilarly, we tend to think old music was a lot better because only the best of the best from the old days is still listened to today.Sep 01 07:22
schestowitz>>> Some nice architecture there.  I wish architectural trends would returnSep 01 07:59
schestowitz>>> to both beauty and function.  New buildings have had neither for decades.Sep 01 07:59
schestowitz>> Remember that old buildings you still see today are those that avertedSep 01 07:59
schestowitz>> or survived demolition, or were worth maintenance costs.Sep 01 07:59
schestowitz> Not necessarily.  There is a lot of inertia in real estate.  A lot ofSep 01 07:59
schestowitz> buildings survive simply because they have survived.  It can work theSep 01 07:59
schestowitz> other way to, some institutions have survived because they have ownedSep 01 07:59
schestowitz> real estate, and held on to it, simply because of the raw need toSep 01 07:59
schestowitz> maintain the property.Sep 01 07:59
schestowitz> Sep 01 07:59
schestowitz> Around here and in my home town any remaining nice looking buildings areSep 01 07:59
schestowitz> being knocked down to make space for new ones, which lack function andSep 01 07:59
schestowitz> aesthetics.Sep 01 07:59
schestowitz> Sep 01 07:59
schestowitz>> Similarly, we tend to think old music was a lot better because only theSep 01 07:59
schestowitz>> best of the best from the old days is still listened to today.Sep 01 07:59
schestowitz> I think that's more true for music than for architecture.Sep 01 07:59
schestowitzThe glass and metal building style sickens me too. My dad tells me that even materials of pipes have been cheapened -- to the point of causing much damage. So new houses have a higher risk associated with them.Sep 01 07:59
schestowitzOur home now is one built in the 1970s. We don't have many issued with it. Hours ago I had to change a bulb and fix a large shader. But since moving in (2014) we hardly had any major damage and repairs were needed only for minor things.Sep 01 07:59
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schestowitz"Sep 01 08:27
schestowitzExactly. It seems so clear… that’s how Hitler began too, I was reminded. Went to get permission to disband government because of “the voice of the people” (those saying “Heil”). Welcome to how still-thinking and focusing Americans feel, with no Senate for the past two years, an infant bull(shitter) running amok in a China shop, destroying national and global institutions and having cronies at every level, every step, from Sep 01 08:27
schestowitzcorrupt unqualified “acting heads” to dictators & oligarchs.Sep 01 08:27
schestowitzWelcome to Trump/BoJo world. What’s left of it.Sep 01 08:27
schestowitzSep 01 08:27
schestowitzDon Little - about 7 hours ago Sep 01 08:27
schestowitzThe fact that Trump “approves” of Johnson pretty much sums it all up. Hitler/Mussolini.Sep 01 08:27
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:27
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/15863074#6cc8f890ae47013709837a163ef10931Sep 01 08:28
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:28
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "draw parallels between #Stalin and #Hitler as totalitarian monsters, it was in the interest of humanity to preserve what was progressive about Soviet society despite the clique that ruled from the top." https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/08/30/the-hitler-stalin-pact-reconsidered/Sep 01 08:28
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.counterpunch.org | The Hitler-Stalin Pact, Reconsidered - CounterPunch.orgSep 01 08:28
schestowitzhe Western military support to Poland in 1920 war wasn’t substantial and even today Polish right-wing nationalists see it as an example of the “first betrayal of Poland by the West” (the “second” is…World War II).Sep 01 08:28
schestowitz tomgrzSep 01 08:28
schestowitztomgrz - about 13 hours ago Sep 01 08:28
schestowitzThe Red Army General Tukhachevky’s offensive toward Warsaw was seen in Poland, like Trotsky and Polish Communist Julian Marchlewski predicted, not as an act of social liberation but a new imperial incursion.Sep 01 08:28
schestowitzOf course. An invasion by foreign forces. And the West does nothing.Sep 01 08:28
schestowitz tomgrzSep 01 08:28
schestowitztomgrz - about 13 hours ago Sep 01 08:28
schestowitzPauwels has so little regard for Polish self-determination that he even goes so far as to justify Soviet intervention based on the Monroe doctrineSep 01 08:28
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:28
schestowitzWhy we must oppose >all< superpowers taking over smaller nations "in the name of X"Sep 01 08:28
schestowitzinclduing HKSep 01 08:28
schestowitzincluding HKSep 01 08:28
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/15777236#4140b1f0ae260137b1890cc47a07853cSep 01 08:31
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: This is not news. If you have a system that is unpatched for months, despite many warnings, it is a risk, no matter the OS/kernel. https://linuxtechlab.com/linux-is-being-hit-with-zero-day-exploits-zero-day-attacks/Sep 01 08:31
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzfreemedia@share.naturalnews.com - 10 days ago Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzi like the article. im particularly fond of the idea of domain whitelisting.Sep 01 08:31
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> linuxtechlab.com | Linux Is Being Hit with Zero-Day Exploits/ Zero-Day Attacks - LinuxTechLabSep 01 08:31
schestowitz Will HillSep 01 08:31
schestowitzWill Hill - 7 days ago Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzDomain whitelisting, at best, is what you do when you don’t trust your software and set up another machine or other software to protect it. At worst, it’s another name for censorship.Sep 01 08:31
schestowitz freemedia@share.naturalnews.comSep 01 08:31
schestowitzfreemedia@share.naturalnews.com - 7 days ago Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzDomain whitelisting, at best, is what you do when you don’t trust your softwareSep 01 08:31
schestowitzwhoa whoa whoa whoa–Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzthere are a lot of websites i dont trust, so many that i am often tempted (ive even tried it once) to only allow domains ive whitelisted to connect. its got nothing to do with whether i trust software and everything to do with what i think of those websites.Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzits entirely possible i misunderstand what domain whitelisting is. to me its a couple of words, a “domain” is usually website (or dns) related in any context im familiar with and while i use a hosts file for blacklisting, sometimes im tempted to flip that.Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzas for censorship, it may indeed have that effect if you run a server for other people to use-- but as long as the domains are whitelisted based on dns, and server requests are made by ip, it should only censor what the server can access. relevant if the server is for diaspora or a proxy, not for every kind of server.Sep 01 08:31
schestowitz Will HillSep 01 08:31
schestowitzWill Hill - about 17 hours ago Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzWhat you are doing to protect yourself has little to do with the message of the linked article. The article is all about government and large institutional installs, so domain white listing in this context is all about censoring the network because you don’t trust the software you have installed. The article also goes to great lengths to project Windows style weaknesses, without any references, onto GNU/Linux and tries to convince Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzpeople to buy snake oil from Microsoft and NSA compromised providers like CrowdStrike, RSA and Symantic. That’s the usual “all software is shit” attack Microsoft people use to discourage people. A white list for your own computer might be a good idea but “protection” you will get by following the advice in the article is going to block Wikipedia, and Google services while allowing Microsoft shit like Yahoo email. Trust me, I Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzknow a place that’s done just that.Sep 01 08:31
schestowitz freemedia@share.naturalnews.comSep 01 08:31
schestowitzfreemedia@share.naturalnews.com - about 17 hours ago Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzThe article is all about government and large institutional installs, so domain white listing in this context is all about censoring the network because you don’t trust the software you have installed. The article also goes to great lengths to project Windows style weaknesses, without any references, onto GNU/Linux and tries to convince people to buy snake oil from Microsoft and NSA compromised providers like CrowdStrike, RSA and Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzSymantic.Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzthanks for clarifying, youre right, that sounds unhelpful and pretty stupid. as for how much of it i expected-- its always fun when being cynical isnt enough, wow…Sep 01 08:31
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzmany firewalls are about whitelisting (without calling it that). VPNs also.Sep 01 08:31
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/15664559#815173009eb80137b1c70cc47a07853cSep 01 08:33
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:33
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: They would worry if they saw everyday rhetoric and calls for mass murders in #GAB https://www.twincities.com/2019/08/11/mass-shootings-have-latinos-worried-about-being-targets/Sep 01 08:33
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.twincities.com | Mass shootings have Latinos worried about being targets – Twin CitiesSep 01 08:33
schestowitzmaybe they should buy guns.Sep 01 08:33
schestowitzim not saying thats what it should come down to, im just saying that if a bunch of cunts declare war on them, they will be better off being able to shoot back than sitting ducks.Sep 01 08:33
schestowitzi realise this is weird to countries that dont have guns, but its common sense here. not that sense is common-- anywhere. a good rule of thumb is that if youre worried about people shooting at you, arm yourself. let me know when you have an idea that is more practical than that-- no “wouldnt it be nice” business, if their concerns are realistic then idealism isnt going to help here. alternatively they could do like france in wwii, but Sep 01 08:33
schestowitzits not recommended. what would you do in their place? thats a serious question.Sep 01 08:33
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:33
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/15555398#fcd733809480013734ec7a163eb51328Sep 01 08:33
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:33
schestowitzthis is a purely cosmetic version of progress.Sep 01 08:33
schestowitzi mean, its alright for rallying the troops, but the point of rallying them is to get them to actually do something.Sep 01 08:33
schestowitzstill newsworthy imo.Sep 01 08:33
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: They should all just #deletegithub https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1155778260724305920 1) http://techrights.org/2019/07/28/microsoft-censorship-of-foss/ 2) http://techrights.org/2019/07/27/github-run-by-racist-microsoft/Sep 01 08:33
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: ShutHub = Shut up + GitHub https://t.co/2fTbSGFhWSSep 01 08:33
schestowitz Alexandre OlivaSep 01 08:33
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Reactions to Microsoft Turning GitHub Into a Racist Government’s Censorship Platform (Censorship of FOSS) | TechrightsSep 01 08:33
schestowitzAlexandre Oliva - about a month ago Sep 01 08:33
schestowitzgithup: hang up on githubSep 01 08:33
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Microsoft’s Takeover of GitHub Already an Attack on the Four Freedoms in Service of Empire | TechrightsSep 01 08:33
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:33
schestowitzone year too late to change the hastag ;-)Sep 01 08:33
schestowitzone year too late to change the hashtag ;-)Sep 01 08:33
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/15582571#26024bc096d30137e5b20cc47a07853cSep 01 08:35
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: They need to drop Linux foes from the Board, too https://techreport.com/news/3464145/linux-dropping-floppy-drive-support/ more http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/126408 Sep 01 08:35
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:35
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techreport.com | Linux finally dropping floppy drive support - The Tech ReportSep 01 08:35
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Linus Torvalds prepares to wave goodbye to Linux floppy drives | Tux MachinesSep 01 08:35
schestowitzLinux is staying with the times by dropping support for floppy drives.Sep 01 08:35
schestowitzstupid techreport.com.Sep 01 08:35
schestowitznothing says “staying with the times” like “arbitrarily dropping a very straightforward, minimal (undoubtedly harmless) driver for one of the most fundamental pieces of hardware of all time.” whats the actual advantage of doing this? windows still supports floppies. will this put #gnu linux ahead of microsoft in some way? not bloody likely, techreport! #stupid #dishonesty #corporateSep 01 08:35
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:35
schestowitzThey used to brag Linux supports a lot more hardware than Windows. Greg K-H publicly bragged about it.Sep 01 08:35
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/15440628#d1110e4089510137e59c0cc47a07853cSep 01 08:36
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: They could not help themselves. Had to ruin #wimbledon by talking about #tennis #patents i.e. the profiteers behind this 'sport' that became an industry with 'celebrities' and logos on everything (and everyone) http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-serve-and-volley-of-tennis.htmlSep 01 08:36
schestowitz"it takes balls to patent a sport that was invented over half a millenium ago."Sep 01 08:36
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> ipkitten.blogspot.com | The serve and volley of tennis innovation - The IPKatSep 01 08:36
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/15599139#067c4ca098bc0137580900163e73147fSep 01 08:37
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:37
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@kennychaffin@pluspora.com: **These People Know How to Do it!** https://youtu.be/zIH_DfXJQY4 Sep 01 08:37
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.youtube.com | Innovative Hong Kong protesters use lasers, traffic cones and street signs in battle with police - YouTubeSep 01 08:37
schestowitzNecessity is the mother of invention. (from German: “Not macht erfinderisch”)Sep 01 08:37
schestowitz Kenny ChaffinSep 01 08:37
schestowitzKenny Chaffin - 28 days ago Sep 01 08:37
schestowitz@Krautbrei +1 and thanks for the translation!Sep 01 08:37
schestowitz"Sep 01 08:37
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/15545572#95e2e3d09369013711d8005056264835Sep 01 08:37
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: These serfs gave #google complete control over their life, their livelihood, and they can be 'fired' without notice/explanation (channel suspension) https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5wy8d/the-youtubers-union-is-not-messing-aroundSep 01 08:37
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.vice.com | The YouTubers Union Is Not Messing Around - VICESep 01 08:37
schestowitz"Really cool that there is now a real union for YouTubers. Getting harder and harder for the clueless to disregard it as “not a real job”. :-)"Sep 01 08:37
schestowitz> Just going now to gym RoySep 01 09:03
schestowitzwish you told me earlier. monday 9am is our next time there...Sep 01 09:03
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/SwapBhartiya/status/1167932152652029952Sep 01 10:35
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz Dude, you seem to be obsessed with me...you need to find a different car to chase. I am honored to be… https://t.co/4jDmGNNCDISep 01 10:35
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz Dude, you seem to be obsessed with me...you need to find a different car to chase. I am honored to be… https://t.co/4jDmGNNCDISep 01 10:35
schestowitz"Dude, you seem to be obsessed with me...you need to find a different car to chase. I am honored to be featured on your site on a regular basis, but please spare me. Also, please educate yourself, you are still living in some pre-historic time."Sep 01 10:35
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/kittykitty991/status/1167984870108422144Sep 01 10:36
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@kittykitty991: I agree 100% https://t.co/PikBOI5EzdSep 01 10:36
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: @wikileaks Criminals are criminalising exposing their criminally-minded crimes https://t.co/kIB9YPjNU6Sep 01 10:36
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/fightBackAnon/status/1167999328079638531Sep 01 10:37
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@fightBackAnon: It looks like I have a movie worth seeing https://t.co/Xm53KtLKztSep 01 10:37
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: "I find this film to be, by Hollywood standards, a remarkably accurate account of what has happened to date—”to dat… https://t.co/m0llW56e8SSep 01 10:37
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1168049042175275008Sep 01 10:38
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @FOSSpatents @schestowitz @glynmoody I will believe in its death when I see it.Sep 01 10:38
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1168050154043297793Sep 01 10:38
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @FOSSpatents @schestowitz @glynmoody UPC is very close to the EPLA btw.Sep 01 10:38
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1168050367277322241Sep 01 10:38
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @schestowitz @glynmoody @webmink @fsf and its license is not open source neither.Sep 01 10:38
schestowitzYou defected, mate, and sadly you are in denial about itSep 01 10:48
schestowitz[10:35] [Notice] -TechrightsBN to #boycottnovell- @SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz Dude, you seem to be obsessed with me...you need to find a different car to chase. I am honored to be… https://t.co/4jDmGNNCDISep 01 10:48
schestowitz[10:35] <schestowitz> "Dude, you seem to be obsessed with me...you need to find a different car to chase. I am honored to be featured on your site on a regular basis, but please spare me. Also, please educate yourself, you are still living in some pre-historic time."Sep 01 10:48
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/SwapBhartiya/status/1168123801219010562Sep 01 12:58
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz No. I am a journalist and my focus area has expanded beyond consumer desktop Linux. I now cover emergi… https://t.co/nV5wD59UaESep 01 12:58
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz No. I am a journalist and my focus area has expanded beyond consumer desktop Linux. I now cover emergi… https://t.co/nV5wD59UaESep 01 12:58
schestowitz"No. I am a journalist and my focus area has expanded beyond consumer desktop Linux. I now cover emerging tech and open source is an important piece of it. I am not your guy, so please spare me."Sep 01 12:58
schestowitzYou are a PR guy. You advertised yourself as such.Sep 01 12:58
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/DarkHorse048/status/1168132192570138625Sep 01 13:24
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@DarkHorse048: @HardNewsNetwork @Hard_Bastard @esoteric_ed @bullshit_hero @LeninSidious @ChefLeopard https://t.co/Al3H5RRHjnSep 01 13:24
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: "More than 400 police departments across the country have partnered with Ring, tech giant Amazon’s “smart” doorbell… https://t.co/wgcdQe1LDkSep 01 13:24
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/SwapBhartiya/status/1168137752015265792Sep 01 13:30
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz Good. If that means you won't be obsessed with me anymore, that's awesome? Go find a 'journalist', just leave me alone.Sep 01 13:30
schestowitzAs if "self-censor", don't criticise people who facilitate attacks on Free softwareSep 01 13:30
schestowitzAs in "self-censor", don't criticise people who facilitate attacks on Free softwareSep 01 13:31
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/SwapBhartiya/status/1168138828785303552Sep 01 13:31
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz Also, you are confused...once you said I am in denial and then you said I advertise myself as such. Yo… https://t.co/X6UFb9n07zSep 01 13:31
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz Also, you are confused...once you said I am in denial and then you said I advertise myself as such. Yo… https://t.co/X6UFb9n07zSep 01 13:31
schestowitz"Also, you are confused...once you said I am in denial and then you said I advertise myself as such. You sound like Donald Trump - all cooked up conspiracy theories and no substance. In either case, spare me."Sep 01 13:31
schestowitzWhat you wrote makes no sense and what I said isn't contradictory at allSep 01 13:31
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/SwapBhartiya/status/1168139687946608642Sep 01 13:45
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz Regardless, leave me alone. I am not who you think you are. Go chase some 'free software bloggers'. I am not your guy. Sorry.Sep 01 13:45
schestowitzYou ask me to self-censor myself when you and >you alone<, for example, are pushing MSFT marketing into a site called LINUX.COM. Sorry, you are not only PR but an >affront< to journalism.Sep 01 13:47
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/SwapBhartiya/status/1168144334509789184Sep 01 13:53
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz I didn't ask you to do anything, you are a fucking idiot.Sep 01 13:53
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/SwapBhartiya/status/1168145284649668610Sep 01 14:37
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz Dude, the language you use on your blog is disgusting. Calling you a fucking idiot is way too mild com… https://t.co/SHMfY1bf6sSep 01 14:37
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz Dude, the language you use on your blog is disgusting. Calling you a fucking idiot is way too mild com… https://t.co/SHMfY1bf6sSep 01 14:37
schestowitz"Dude, the language you use on your blog is disgusting. Calling you a fucking idiot is way too mild compared to what you call people."Sep 01 14:37
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/SwapBhartiya/status/1168145458436419584Sep 01 14:38
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz When were you at my home last time that you know I only use Mac? I use mac, Windows, Linux and BSD. Bu… https://t.co/BtAQfdgbChSep 01 14:38
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz When were you at my home last time that you know I only use Mac? I use mac, Windows, Linux and BSD. Bu… https://t.co/BtAQfdgbChSep 01 14:38
schestowitz"When were you at my home last time that you know I only use Mac? I use mac, Windows, Linux and BSD. But it doesn't matter as you are a fucking idiot to cooks thinks up."Sep 01 14:38
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/tecknocrat/status/1168163654316908545Sep 01 15:17
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@tecknocrat: @schestowitz Relax ... your work is done.🥳😎 Have a coffee(port or red wine etc-you chose) put your feet up & watch… https://t.co/GctQTnh725Sep 01 15:17
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@tecknocrat: @schestowitz Relax ... your work is done.🥳😎 Have a coffee(port or red wine etc-you chose) put your feet up & watch… https://t.co/GctQTnh725Sep 01 15:17
schestowitz"Sep 01 15:17
schestowitzRelax ... your work is done.Sep 01 15:17
schestowitzHave a coffee(port or red wine etc-you chose) put your feet up & watch the steam rise from the “Twitter-verse” & know you have done goodSep 01 15:17
schestowitz"Sep 01 15:17
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/jeffreyneillong/status/1168169593572954113Sep 01 15:49
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@jeffreyneillong: #Microsoft , fucking over the world https://t.co/vuBVtkZpYfSep 01 15:49
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #LazyDocker is a user-friendly terminal GUI for Docker https://t.co/DpcxNH3UYZ just needs to #deletegithub and sad… https://t.co/UK59Zb7rCiSep 01 15:49
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/SwapBhartiya/status/1168176195382497287Sep 01 16:06
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz You are as polite as Donald Trump. You both are alike - cook conspiracy theories and give names like m… https://t.co/gmh1sVPOMZSep 01 16:06
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz You are as polite as Donald Trump. You both are alike - cook conspiracy theories and give names like m… https://t.co/gmh1sVPOMZSep 01 16:06
schestowitz"Sep 01 16:07
schestowitzYou are as polite as Donald Trump. You both are alike - cook conspiracy theories and give names like macashay and demonize people. Hate and misinformation is your fuel.Sep 01 16:07
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schestowitz"Sep 01 16:07
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/SwapBhartiya/status/1168181238869499905Sep 01 16:26
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz So you say I am in "denial" about something I "advertise" and still you can't see the contradiction? Y… https://t.co/AAN4m49N8bSep 01 16:26
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SwapBhartiya: @schestowitz So you say I am in "denial" about something I "advertise" and still you can't see the contradiction? Y… https://t.co/AAN4m49N8bSep 01 16:26
schestowitz"So you say I am in "denial" about something I "advertise" and still you can't see the contradiction? You sound very much like Donald Trump."Sep 01 16:26
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/BrideOfLinux/status/1168184311482408960Sep 01 16:31
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@BrideOfLinux: "Microsoft has asked us to do a series of blog posts about open source"??? It appears that @schestowitz is right: W… https://t.co/qmgyb9OgcvSep 01 16:31
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@BrideOfLinux: "Microsoft has asked us to do a series of blog posts about open source"??? It appears that @schestowitz is right: W… https://t.co/qmgyb9OgcvSep 01 16:31
schestowitz""Microsoft has asked us to do a series of blog posts about open source"??? It appears that @schestowitz is right: Why support open source? Strategies from around the world @opensourceway"Sep 01 16:31
schestowitz> Hello,Sep 01 17:00
schestowitz> Sep 01 17:00
schestowitz> I propose an article about Daylight linux version 4.Sep 01 17:00
schestowitzI will do a post about it in http://tuxmachines.org shortly.Sep 01 17:00
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines | Do you waddle the waddle?Sep 01 17:00
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/not_brendon/status/1168207586648383488Sep 01 18:19
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@not_brendon: OMFG people! If you don't wanna use exFAT in-kernel, then don't! Use FUSE or don't use the exFAT filesystem at al… https://t.co/xUPIIlehxzSep 01 18:19
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@not_brendon: OMFG people! If you don't wanna use exFAT in-kernel, then don't! Use FUSE or don't use the exFAT filesystem at al… https://t.co/xUPIIlehxzSep 01 18:19
schestowitz"Sep 01 18:19
schestowitzOMFG people!  If you don't wanna use exFAT in-kernel, then don't!  Use FUSE or don't use the exFAT filesystem at all! Sep 01 18:19
schestowitz Stop with this ridiculousness!  In-kernel support for exFAT is not a fucking aggressive patent takeover! #linuxSep 01 18:19
schestowitz"Sep 01 18:19
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/not_brendon/status/1168208095966838784Sep 01 18:19
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@not_brendon: Also no one is fucking pushing exFAT-as-standard with this. It was already the de-facto standard when literally ev… https://t.co/DWTfVbCctESep 01 18:19
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@not_brendon: Also no one is fucking pushing exFAT-as-standard with this. It was already the de-facto standard when literally ev… https://t.co/DWTfVbCctESep 01 18:19
schestowitzAlso no one is fucking pushing exFAT-as-standard with this.  It was already the de-facto standard when literally every portable storage device had to be exFAT-formatted to be able to be use cross-platform AND have a max filesize > 4GB|""Sep 01 18:19
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/not_brendon/status/1168208422883528704Sep 01 18:19
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@not_brendon: "Linux already has replacements" bitch, where!? It ain't a replacement til I can format a drive in it and plug it… https://t.co/BhyL9vfVhMSep 01 18:19
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@not_brendon: "Linux already has replacements" bitch, where!? It ain't a replacement til I can format a drive in it and plug it… https://t.co/BhyL9vfVhMSep 01 18:19
schestowitz""Linux already has replacements" bitch, where!?  It ain't a replacement til I can format a drive in it and plug it into any system and expect RW support for it!"Sep 01 18:19
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/not_brendon/status/1168210977122373633Sep 01 18:20
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@not_brendon: and the evidence that Microsoft is gonna sue over patents, according to the author? The fact that they are suing f… https://t.co/gooipHMihoSep 01 18:20
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@not_brendon: and the evidence that Microsoft is gonna sue over patents, according to the author? The fact that they are suing f… https://t.co/gooipHMihoSep 01 18:20
schestowitz"Sep 01 18:20
schestowitzMoreSep 01 18:20
schestowitz and the evidence that Microsoft is gonna sue over patents, according to the author?  The fact that they are suing foxconn for unpaid royalties on products infringing on their patents, but without elaborating what patents were infringed.Sep 01 18:20
schestowitz"Sep 01 18:20
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/not_brendon/status/1168212732325310465Sep 01 18:28
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@not_brendon: Considering that foxconn primarily makes hardware, it's likely that these patents are not for Linux or any open sou… https://t.co/pxMBrew2T3Sep 01 18:28
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@not_brendon: Considering that foxconn primarily makes hardware, it's likely that these patents are not for Linux or any open sou… https://t.co/pxMBrew2T3Sep 01 18:28
schestowitz"Considering that foxconn primarily makes hardware, it's likely that these patents are not for Linux or any open source software, therefore not covered by anything to do with the OIN or its members' software patents"Sep 01 18:28
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/not_brendon/status/1168213689608089600Sep 01 18:28
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@not_brendon: basically I'm fucking tired of pedantic, intolerable RMS-wannabe headasses writing tinfoil hat conspiracies cuz som… https://t.co/TZD9q0MWvzSep 01 18:28
schestowitz"basically I'm fucking tired of pedantic, intolerable RMS-wannabe headasses writing tinfoil hat conspiracies cuz someone they don't like contributes to Linux and/or open source."Sep 01 18:28
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@not_brendon: basically I'm fucking tired of pedantic, intolerable RMS-wannabe headasses writing tinfoil hat conspiracies cuz som… https://t.co/TZD9q0MWvzSep 01 18:28
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