●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, November 01, 2021 ●● ● Nov 01 [00:53] *altlink_718 has quit (connection closed) [00:53] *altlink_ad1 (~altlink_ad1@2f7u5j6f87p9g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 01 [01:28] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Nov 01 [02:34] *leah has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:34] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 01 [05:54] *activelow has quit (connection closed) [05:54] *activelow (~activelow@7au7cchx5x986.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 01 [06:31] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:31] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:31] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:38] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Nov 01 [07:51] *liberty_box (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [07:51] *rianne (~rianne@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [07:51] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 01 [09:02] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@cqggrmwgu7gji.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:40] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:40] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:40] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:41] *rianne (~rianne@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:42] *liberty_box (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:43] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 01 [10:29] *leah has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:29] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 01 [11:42] Techrights-sec apparenty it is very hard to buy many kinds of hardware these days, [11:42] Techrights-sec Raspberry Pis for exanple are out of stock most places. [11:42] Techrights-sec And limited quantities anywhere else. [11:42] schestowitz-TR media mentioning it may have already created or spurred a "run" on the shops [11:42] schestowitz-TR but my theory is, this is [11:42] schestowitz-TR 1) good for the env [11:42] schestowitz-TR 2) well overdue [11:42] schestowitz-TR 3) encourages reuse already [11:43] schestowitz-TR rianne and I have enough spare parts of things here [11:43] schestowitz-TR routers, laptops, screens [11:45] Techrights-sec No run. It's partially a chip shortage affecting production but also [11:45] Techrights-sec partially (maybe mostly) all the empty shipping containers piling up [11:45] Techrights-sec in US harbors. [11:45] Techrights-sec The US has nothing to export and they won't send back the empties... [11:45] Techrights-sec So the prices have gone up by an order of magnitude for the containers... [11:45] Techrights-sec https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58479148 [11:45] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.bbc.co.uk | Why even giant ships can't solve the shipping crisis - BBC News [11:47] Techrights-sec The re-use will become a necessity and Canonical and other projects should [11:47] Techrights-sec be ramping up the marketing but for the infiltration of microsofters into [11:47] Techrights-sec their organization. The desktop is where people could currently benefit most [11:47] Techrights-sec from ditching Vista. [11:48] schestowitz-TR we have several crises, predating this one [11:48] Techrights-sec Yes, they are piling up and making the pre-existing crises worse. [11:49] schestowitz-TR choosing NOT to have kids has turned out to be one of the most important decisions; for instance, the self-isolatioin tactics would not be possiblke with school goers [11:50] schestowitz-TR I do NOT want to have 'downtime' for 2 days 2 times a year just for some lousy thing that for my age group likely prevents no fatal risk and does not reduce infectiousness anyway [11:55] Techrights-sec Nope and many illnesses in the world are kept in circulation due to [11:55] Techrights-sec modern day methods of schooling and such. [11:55] Techrights-sec The current vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 only reduce the probability of an [11:55] Techrights-sec individual going to the hospital, no more no less. That's nowhere near enough [11:55] Techrights-sec to inhibit an epidemic, let alone a pandemic. :( [11:55] Techrights-sec However, due (IMHO) to the heavy patents encumbering the vaccines, there [11:55] Techrights-sec is so much money involved that there is little to no incentive to produce [11:55] Techrights-sec a proper vaccine. [11:55] schestowitz-TR Like Goldman Sachs famously said, where's the business value in solving health issues? [11:55] schestowitz-TR did I break the gemini cron job? last update yesterdat. [11:55] Techrights-sec That's also (IMHO) why no articles mention the patent encumberance. [11:56] Techrights-sec yes ● Nov 01 [12:12] Techrights-sec I'll check but it often does not run to completion due to HTTP errors [12:12] Techrights-sec it needs to be made more robust [12:12] Techrights-sec ... failed: 1024 [12:12] Techrights-sec from wget [12:12] Techrights-sec last time, happens with different URLs due to unavailability of the server [12:13] schestowitz-TR I found a little bug, which I fixed, while adding a bulletin line for 13 months ago [12:13] schestowitz-TR I will push the changes to git now to prevent possible overwrite of conflicting versions [12:18] Techrights-sec ack [12:25] schestowitz-TR Thanks for tidying up the script, I may continue to improve them over time, I already can do a lot of IRC over CLI, but need to think of further clarity (GUI is only for "input") [12:32] Techrights-sec gemini-cron-updater.sh can take anywhere from 10 to 15+ minutes to complete [12:32] Techrights-sec sometimes the HTTP server or the network outbound from the RPi are unavailable [12:32] Techrights-sec long enough to cause some problem with the script. [12:32] Techrights-sec One option would be to increase the frequency with which it runs [12:32] Techrights-sec However that puts more wear on the microSD card. [12:33] schestowitz-TR at the moment I use "v2" of the tc script, which I think is in git [12:48] Techrights-sec There is only one version of gemini-cron-updater.sh in Git [12:48] Techrights-sec It does call some other scripts. [12:48] Techrights-sec Probably gemini-fetch-urls-from-rss.pl could be improved by using wget instead [12:48] Techrights-sec As it stands, if it fails then the script has to stop. [12:48] Techrights-sec Last I checked it does not handle the common temporary errors well. [12:48] Techrights-sec IPFS/tc-shaper-v2.sh [12:48] Techrights-sec That script should have tc assigning outgoing HTTP requests a higher priority [12:48] Techrights-sec than the IPFS traffic. [12:48] Techrights-sec ack [12:56] *leah has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:56] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 01 [13:48] schestowitz-TR as it stands, most of the time IPFS objects cannot be retrieved anymore, not sure if due to timeouts or b/w limits [13:50] Techrights-sec How large are the objects? [13:51] schestowitz-TR anywhere between 10k to 700k usually, the latter being techrights channel as html and the bulletins [13:51] Techrights-sec back [13:51] Techrights-sec I would not know [13:59] Techrights-sec rate 250kbit is what's used, so there might not be time to keep up with things [13:59] Techrights-sec can IPFS itself be made more efficient or the objects smaller? ● Nov 01 [14:00] schestowitz-TR I am starting to wonder if compression is used by default, as these objects should be easily compressible (mostly text) [14:01] Techrights-sec I would hope so but I still know nothing about IPFS or its files. [14:27] Techrights-sec From what I gather it is very high bandwidth and slow. [14:28] schestowitz-TR like bitcoin, tons of waste for little practical gain [14:30] Techrights-sec What are the alternatives? If there is anything better and still distributed [14:30] Techrights-sec then maybe it is time to consider switching. [14:30] schestowitz-TR dht is decentralised, unlike p2p, so it's more robust to censorship, just scales poorly [14:34] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [14:36] Techrights-sec Torrent might be an option? [14:37] schestowitz-TR maybe unsuitable for many small files [14:38] Techrights-sec Probably. However, they can be tar'ed and distributed that way or else as [14:38] Techrights-sec directories of files. Some of the conferences distribute files that way. [14:38] Techrights-sec Though they are larger files. [14:38] schestowitz-TR they do that for bandwidth reasons, not robustness [14:40] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@eganakf2bu9k2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 01 [15:21] Techrights-sec From 2006 through 2021, there are 39322 files with an average text-only [15:21] Techrights-sec size of 123886 bytes. Pictures and videos will be much larger of course. [15:21] Techrights-sec in other words approx 120k each of text [15:21] Techrights-sec Maybe tar the previoous day's posts, page prerequisites and all, and [15:21] Techrights-sec use bittorrent without a central server? [15:21] schestowitz-TR I will need to think about it some time. Finalising some big post about github atm... [15:52] schestowitz [22:22] I'll have to look into that. I'm unaware [15:52] schestowitz [22:22] I will do an intro [15:52] schestowitz [22:23] I mentioned in the email about Alex's run in with the Monero community [15:52] schestowitz [22:23] maybe this weekend, I've fallen behind publication schedules already [15:52] schestowitz [22:23] So Alex also worked on MobileCoin [15:52] schestowitz [22:23] the intro can explain what's wrong with Copliot [15:52] schestowitz [22:23] The token attached to Signal in a way that seems unclear even to people that work at Signal [15:52] schestowitz [22:23] not even mentioning any named yet [15:52] schestowitz [22:24] Signal is not trustworthy [15:52] schestowitz [22:24] maybe it was ages ago [15:52] schestowitz [22:24] it's recommended by Musk [15:52] schestowitz [22:24] a fan of US regime change [15:52] schestowitz [22:24] well, I'm aware that Copilot is scraping other people's code and compiling into a service [15:52] schestowitz [22:24] claiming fair use [15:52] schestowitz [22:24] e.g. in Bolivia, to steal natural resources for his company [15:52] schestowitz [22:24] yes, copilot is against enforcement of software licences [15:52] schestowitz [22:25] which seems to be a theme for Alex [15:52] schestowitz [22:25] so people can make proprietary software [15:52] schestowitz [22:25] and extinguish Free/libre software [15:52] schestowitz [22:25] and blame "HEY HI" (AI) [15:52] schestowitz [22:25] it's a legal hack [15:52] schestowitz [22:25] yeah, so Alex has a history with that [15:52] schestowitz [22:25] untested in courts [15:52] schestowitz [22:25] His company Hackpad is founded on some open source work he did [15:52] schestowitz [22:25] Tomboy notes [15:52] schestowitz [22:25] hahaha [15:52] schestowitz [22:26] the thing is he forked Tomboy from another repo [15:53] schestowitz [22:26] Tomboy we protested against for ages [15:53] schestowitz [22:26] you can search techrights on tomboy [15:53] schestowitz [22:26] oh so you know who Alex is now lol [15:53] schestowitz [22:26] it's connected to Nat and Miguel through Mono [15:53] schestowitz [22:26] ding ding [15:53] schestowitz [22:27] we worked hard to eradicate tomboy from gnu/linux distros [15:53] schestowitz [22:27] it was an attack on them [15:53] schestowitz [22:27] now Alex has a bunch of document editing patents that now belong to Dropbox [15:53] schestowitz [22:27] well, this is your guy and he's a sex predator [15:53] schestowitz [22:28] we can leave that until later in the series [15:53] schestowitz [22:28] and start with technical aspects [15:53] schestowitz [22:29] get him to swear a little first [15:53] schestowitz [22:29] *I meant sweat [15:53] schestowitz [22:30] well it's good to confirm my suspicions of plagerism [15:53] schestowitz [22:30] on munprecedented scale [15:53] schestowitz [22:30] I kind of just figured it out on wikipedia rabbit hole [15:53] schestowitz [22:30] all of shithub as we call it [15:53] schestowitz [22:30] github has been the subject of many articles we did [15:55] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:57] schestowitz [23:35] not working direcly [15:57] schestowitz [23:35] for Microsoft [15:57] schestowitz [23:35] they used to operate as a satellite [15:57] schestowitz [23:36] Toby Segura, Joshua Goldbard ring a bell? [15:57] schestowitz [23:38] no [15:57] schestowitz [23:41] Chris Toshok? [15:57] schestowitz [23:42] Toby Segura, Joshua Goldbard are the MobileCoin guys ● Nov 01 [16:00] schestowitz [23:43] I see... [16:00] schestowitz [23:43] if you can extract more info on that [16:00] schestowitz [23:43] that will help us [16:00] schestowitz [23:43] like evidence of their dislikes [16:00] schestowitz [23:43] forums, interviews... [16:00] schestowitz [23:43] already have plenty they're done talking to me [16:00] schestowitz [23:43] back up all the information [16:01] schestowitz [23:43] facebook convos [16:01] schestowitz [23:43] in case they try to take away one copy of it [16:01] schestowitz [23:44] I learn these things the hard way over the decades [16:01] schestowitz [23:44] save local copies of these [16:01] schestowitz [23:44] true, I was worried after the FB blackout [16:01] schestowitz [23:44] screenshots/text contents [16:01] schestowitz [23:44] file them in directories [16:01] schestowitz [23:44] I can coordinate publication [16:01] schestowitz [23:45] early parts I can do on my own, introductory [16:01] schestowitz "Chris Toshok is a friend of Nat [Friedman] and Alex [and] he said something to the effect of Alex not being at parties for the past few years, claiming they don't hang out with him because he's "mentally ill" and everyone knows it [16:01] schestowitz [23:45] sounds like it [16:01] schestowitz [23:49] but yeah, Chris said he hadn't seen Alex at Nat's parties at his house in a few years [16:01] schestowitz [23:49] and it was probably because Alex is crazy [16:01] schestowitz [23:49] which I doubt, because Nat and Alex talked on the phone when we were together a [16:01] schestowitz [23:49] ego issues for sure [16:02] schestowitz [23:49] And Alex had been out of SF for several years [16:52] schestowitz https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/enjoy-our-news-please-support-us-if-youre-able-to [16:52] -altlink_ad1/#boycottnovell- Cloudflare: gamingonlinux.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/enjoy-our-news-please-support-us-if-youre-able-to [16:52] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.gamingonlinux.com | Enjoy our news? Please support us if you're able to | GamingOnLinux [16:52] schestowitz "| [16:52] schestowitz It has again been some time since we reached out to the community, so here's a reminder: we are completely funded by readers and we need your support. [16:53] schestowitz The last year has been a busy one, with lots of big announcements and we continue to be at the front of it all for the Linux gaming audience. We do firmly hope to be here for years to come even as the industry changes around us. We have the Steam Deck upcoming, Proton is constantly improving and lots more to look forward to next year. We don't aim to be the first to report on things, we're not wanting a numbers game - we just try to make nice [16:53] schestowitz regular content for you to read, that perhaps you won't find elsewhere. [16:53] schestowitz " [16:58] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@i8ztuxnn8ze7w.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 01 [17:48] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:48] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:48] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:53] *liberty_box (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:53] *rianne (~rianne@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:55] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 01 [18:51] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:54] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@ms37rr5jwbxx6.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [18:55] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [18:59] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@qp6yf724hvt9q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 01 [19:04] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:04] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:04] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:12] *rianne (~rianne@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:13] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:13] *liberty_box (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:37] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:37] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:37] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:41] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [19:41] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@rdz2nw4cj8wcw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:45] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:54] *leah has quit (connection closed) [19:54] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:57] *leah has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:57] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:58] schestowitz Re: Next Up: Microsoft: Still a National Security Threat [19:58] schestowitz > Its funny, [19:58] schestowitz > [19:58] schestowitz > Both articles were top ranked on Bing last week. Guess where theyre nowhere to be found today.. [19:58] schestowitz For over a decade "bing" was censoring results unflattering to Microsoft: [19:58] schestowitz http://techrights.org/wiki/Bing_Reality_Log [19:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Bing Reality Log - Techrights ● Nov 01 [20:01] schestowitz > Apologies for the delay in replying. [20:01] schestowitz > [20:01] schestowitz > That was an oversight. [20:01] schestowitz > It was the same document. [20:01] schestowitz > One version was uncompressed (about 15 MB) and included by mistake. [20:01] schestowitz > No big deal. [20:12] schestowitz > Urgent need of who is representing Austria in UPC prep committee: [20:12] schestowitz > [20:12] schestowitz > https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2020/20200110.html [20:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.epo.org | EPO - The EPO and representatives from EU Member States call for the speedy implementation of the Unitary Patent package [20:12] schestowitz Maybe I can find out, but not quickly enough. [20:14] schestowitz Re: Please publish this paper in full text and PDF [20:14] schestowitz OK [20:26] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@kh78hi5due368.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 01 [21:55] schestowitz " [21:55] schestowitz Dear friends and colleagues, [21:55] schestowitz Youll no doubt be aware that the prosecution of Julian Assange continued on last week as the US government sought to challenge a decision not to extradite at the British High Court. Julian could be seen on a number of occasions from the videolink at HMP Belmarshat times he coughed and winced in pain, at others he struggled to keep concentration and appeared much thinner. [21:55] schestowitz There are also reports from Stella Moris, Assanges fiance, that it was not because he elected not to come to the court that he was not physically presentshe alleged that Assange asked to appear in person but that the request was rejected. (We have not independently verified this, but will attempt to do so if possible.) [21:55] schestowitz Although a ruling from the hearing is to be delivered shortly (exact timing unclear), Assanges condition reminds us of the urgent need that political and media scrutiny is required of this case and immediatelybut especially so if the High Court does not decide to throw the US appeal out. [21:55] schestowitz During the two-day hearings, the US raised a number of points including a February 8 US diplomatic note sent to the UK assuring that Assange would not be held in restrictive Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) or be detained at the maximum-security ADX Florence in Colorado. The US also raised the issue of professor Michael Kopelmans expert medical evidence where a primary report included misleading statements with respect to the nature of [21:55] schestowitz Stella Moriss relationship to Assange. [21:55] schestowitz In response, the defence explained the context in which the misleading statements aroselinking to the recent Yahoo! News revelations regarding CIA plots to kidnap or assassinate the WikiLeaks publisher that were brought before the court. The Spanish court proceedings against UC Global founder David Morales Guilln and his connections to the CIA were also raised. [21:55] schestowitz Tareq has compiled a comprehensive review of the legal arguments in more detail here. Here are a few of the pieces we also found to be very beneficial: [21:55] schestowitz Appeal Hearing: Prosecutor Attacks Judge's Decision, Which Blocked US From Extraditing Assange The Dissenter, 27 October 2021, Kevin Gosztola and Mohamed El Maazi. [21:55] schestowitz Appeal Hearing: CIA's War On Assange, Their 'Most Prominent Critic,' Takes Center Stage The Dissenter, 28 October 2021, Kevin Gosztola and Mohamed El Maazi. [21:55] schestowitz The Assange Persecution Is Western Savagery At Its Most Transparent 28 October 2021, Caitlin Johnstone. [21:55] schestowitz From Press Freedom To Prison Systems, Everything Assange Touches Gets Illuminated 29 October 2021, Caitlin Johnstone. [21:55] schestowitz The Most Important Battle for Press Freedom in Our Time Scheerpost, 28 October 2021, Chris Hedges. [21:55] schestowitz Please also find the following materials available to you should you wish to dive in deeper: [21:55] schestowitz Skeleton arguments on behalf of the appellant (the US) [21:55] schestowitz Skeleton arguments on behalf of the respondent (Julian Assange) [21:55] schestowitz Sixth supplemental declaration of Gordon D. Kromberg in support of extradition of Julian Assange [21:55] schestowitz Gareth Peirce's statement of 1 December 2020 with respect to professor Michael Kopelman [21:55] schestowitz You may also be interested to know that Australias Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Britains National Union of Journalists (NUJ)funded by the Wau Holland Foundationtook out this full-page advert in The Times of London on the first day of the hearing. [21:55] schestowitz We will be in touch following the ruling. [21:55] schestowitz Best wishes, [21:55] schestowitz Serena, Nicky and Tareq [21:55] schestowitz " ● Nov 01 [22:50] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Nov 01 [23:43] schestowitz-TR I was thinking, one other option we have it, set up another ipfs instance on a high-bw connection, then pin all the [23:43] schestowitz-TR techrights objects on it [23:43] schestowitz-TR of course doing this on my laptop (same network) would defeat the purpose and point, same for the http server