●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, March 02, 2023 ●● ● Mar 02 [02:54] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.15 [SeaMonkey 2.53.15/20230121223026]) [02:56] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@4wdz55cy37z58.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:57] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [02:57] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@4wdz55cy37z58.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 02 [03:26] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:46] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@amrs5w4z676gy.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 02 [06:20] techrights[sec] People /still/ don't see ByteDance for what it is, even in spite of [06:20] techrights[sec] the CBS 60 Minutes segement covering it. [06:20] techrights[sec] https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/S0bgsSTHv87osLyzWtLXib0kgmTYBc1B/ [06:20] techrights[sec] https://theglobalherald.com/news/tiktok-in-china-versus-the-united-states-60-minutes/ [06:20] techrights[sec] It's not a privacy matter, it's more health matter. More than that, it [06:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Watch 60 Minutes: The question about TikTok - Full show on CBS [06:20] techrights[sec] is a culture, value, mores, and customs matter. The kids which have been [06:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-theglobalherald.com | TikTok in China versus the United States | 60 Minutes - The Global Herald [06:20] techrights[sec] programmed by ByteDance via Tiktok may speak English natively but are not [06:20] techrights[sec] American [06:21] techrights[sec] It (ByteDance) does need to be banned. ● Mar 02 [07:30] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:31] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [07:42] techrights[sec] More precisely it is psychological warfare, out to harm and destroy. [07:42] techrights[sec] It gets ignore because it is "on a phone" [07:42] schestowitz-pi2 no wonder thy hire lobbyists, rebranded, and bought puff pieces lately [07:51] schestowitz-pi2 "This reflects a loss of 4,638,508 sites, 240,148 domains and 13,907 computers". The Web is shrinking. Many sites go offline. https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2023/02/28/february-2023-web-server-survey.html [07:51] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.netcraft.com | February 2023 Web Server Survey | Netcraft News ● Mar 02 [09:37] schestowitz-pi2 i think i got into the rhythm and am posting more articles, linsk etc. [09:37] schestowitz-pi2 while culling bad ones [09:37] schestowitz-pi2 i must admit: it's MENTALLY DIFFICULT to not have RSS reader in the routine [09:37] schestowitz-pi2 for the sole reason that I used one for 20 years [09:37] schestowitz-pi2 now, I always feel like I "need to check out RSS feeds" [09:37] schestowitz-pi2 but remind myself rssoql/thunderbird/quiterss are no more [09:37] schestowitz-pi2 *rssowl (iirc, the first one I used) [09:37] schestowitz-pi2 so everything goes through kate by defauly [09:37] schestowitz-pi2 editor and command lane [09:38] schestowitz-pi2 *line [09:38] schestowitz-pi2 kate has a command lne component too, but I prefer terminals detached [09:38] schestowitz-pi2 vonick has about 20 terminals, two for password management [09:38] techrights[sec] The new work flow cuts way down on unscheduled surfing, at least for me. [09:42] schestowitz-pi2 in a sense, the programs have turned the www into gemini [09:42] schestowitz-pi2 or plain text with mild formatting [09:42] schestowitz-pi2 mind as in, just some formatting and hypertext, href [09:43] schestowitz-pi2 that in itself can be more readable then a web page because i don't need to click or hover on links [09:43] schestowitz-pi2 i can see right there in the text where they'd go [09:43] schestowitz-pi2 years ago I did wonder if I could quickly extrtact richer text than what I got off quiterss (uses blink or simi [09:43] schestowitz-pi2 lar) [09:43] schestowitz-pi2 today i configured the desk to dim down all screens except one when afk [09:43] schestowitz-pi2 turns out we pay for power almost half what some other couples pay [09:43] schestowitz-pi2 but i want to stretch it further so that never again i'll do a job i don't like for companies I cannot trust [09:43] schestowitz-pi2 i'd work casually, upon needs, there's a new report saying for "Software Development" 40% of workers [09:43] schestowitz-pi2 will one day be "remote" [09:43] schestowitz-pi2 the important thing is to keep the skills and practice them [09:46] schestowitz-pi2 m [09:46] schestowitz-pi2 the unlterior goal is to transition from "i earn, you earn" to "i work all year long, you are free to do projec [09:46] schestowitz-pi2 ts" [09:47] schestowitz-pi2 iow, competing over salaries vs. competing over freedom/happiness (very few jobs mean "freedom") [09:55] techrights[sec] The push for new PCs is about getting TPM2.0 out among the population in [09:55] techrights[sec] great enough concentrations as to be able to force more software compliance [09:55] techrights[sec] Less freedom becomes even theorertically possible with each step in that [09:55] techrights[sec] direction. [09:56] schestowitz-pi2 TPM2 is being pushed by Club Gulagboy into Linux [09:56] schestowitz-pi2 Torvalds can no longer speak his mind out [09:56] schestowitz-pi2 that's "hate" [09:59] schestowitz-pi2 "reason: Because a Chinese company owns TikTok a smart phone app for creating and sharing short videos the Chinese government may be using it to spy" https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/02/the-proposed-tiktok-ban-goes-too-far-the-current-tiktok-ban-doesnt-go-far-enough/ | Source: Counter Punch [09:59] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-The Proposed TikTok Ban Goes Too Far. The Current TikTok Ban Doesn't Go Far Enough. - CounterPunch.org [09:59] schestowitz-pi2 the worst part about brexit and cambridge analytica is... PRIVACY? ● Mar 02 [10:20] schestowitz-pi2 some computing freedom might "always" be possib [10:20] schestowitz-pi2 but "powers that be" will keep it niche, with things like Chrome OS to neutralise [10:20] schestowitz-pi2 it as means of compromise [10:20] schestowitz-pi2 Windows is still bleeding (see TR post) [10:31] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.15 [SeaMonkey 2.53.15/20230121223026]) [10:32] techrights[sec] Yes, Windows is declining, they're way below the point where they can [10:32] techrights[sec] demand monopoly rents. Thus the overwhelming majority of their income [10:32] techrights[sec] from Windows has vanished. Their only other traditional area of income [10:32] techrights[sec] has been their monopoly rents from the productivity software via their [10:32] techrights[sec] control of the ever-changing proprietary formats it spreads and exploits. [10:32] techrights[sec] There have been a lot "bill sez" lately [10:33] schestowitz-pi2 the corporate media is of course all over this [10:33] schestowitz-pi2 reporting the "facts" [10:33] schestowitz-pi2 or bagging money from "bill h. sez" and microSoft [10:33] schestowitz-pi2 i hope more people nowadays know how to respond to the billness puff pieces [10:33] schestowitz-pi2 even if almost no site allows comments anymore [10:33] schestowitz-pi2 the criminal will be gone in a decade or two [10:43] techrights[sec] Hopefully sooner [10:52] schestowitz-pi2 With the Lord Mayor of Manchester https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/03/02/lord-mayor-of-manchester/ [10:52] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive With the Lord Mayor of Manchester ● Mar 02 [11:24] techrights[sec] checking [11:24] techrights[sec] Good photos [11:24] techrights[sec] Quite an honor that the lordmayor was there [11:25] schestowitz-pi2 apparently it's quite the exception (they said) [11:25] schestowitz-pi2 and they also did the group photo [11:25] schestowitz-pi2 mike is rianne's referee [11:26] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@cbcfptirpkfqa.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:34] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3khny76cn5jaq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 02 [12:26] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.15 [SeaMonkey 2.53.15/20230121223026]) [12:58] schestowitz-pi2 Sometimes it seems like Techdirt isn't just running Microsoft ads but it also habitually lobbying for GAFAM interests, including for Microsoft, while bagging "deregulation" Koch money https://www.techdirt.com/2023/03/01/microsoft-inks-10-year-deal-to-bring-xbox-games-to-nintendo-consoles/ [12:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Microsoft Inks 10 Year Deal To Bring Xbox Games To Nintendo Consoles | Techdirt ● Mar 02 [13:02] techrights[sec] What happened? He used to be quite good on /tech/ matters? [13:10] techrights[sec] However, I stopped reading the site ages ago as fewer and fewer of the articles [13:10] techrights[sec] were either good or relevant, unlike when he started out. [13:13] schestowitz-pi2 techdirt history [13:13] schestowitz-pi2 90s: short pists by young man, some links to long articles outside [13:13] schestowitz-pi2 *posts [13:13] schestowitz-pi2 2000s: longer posts by one man, very high volume, focusing on copyrights [13:14] schestowitz-pi2 2010: a team of people, many covering politics, don't always agree with them [13:14] schestowitz-pi2 2015: bad words in headlines, koch money (shiva "help"), pushing to deregulate everything [13:14] schestowitz-pi2 "leave FB alone"... leave tiktok alone... microsoft doing better now [13:14] schestowitz-pi2 i am still in love with the old techdirt [13:14] schestowitz-pi2 so it has ok karma, like sjvn had until ~3 years ago [13:14] techrights[sec] I forgot about the Koch money :( [13:29] schestowitz-pi2 this is where T.D. and reason.com go off the rails [13:29] schestowitz-pi2 except. reason is worse [13:29] schestowitz-pi2 it attacks net neutrality and some decent politicians [13:29] schestowitz-pi2 esp. in the past 2 weeks [13:29] schestowitz-pi2 i stopped even staring at it [13:29] schestowitz-pi2 as it published some truly disgusting thing [13:29] schestowitz-pi2 so i feel more gulty linking to that domain [13:29] schestowitz-pi2 *thingsa [13:29] schestowitz-pi2 *things [13:29] schestowitz-pi2 (reason.com taks koch money, reasons means whatever kochs call "freedom"... libertarian think tanks) [13:29] schestowitz-pi2 Federalist Society.. same ones pushing for patent maximalists while at the same time shouting [13:29] schestowitz-pi2 "DEF ● Mar 02 [14:16] schestowitz-pi2 i was just thinking [14:16] schestowitz-pi2 (and hoping) that rather than or not only [14:16] schestowitz-pi2 banningtiktokfor kids' use [14:16] schestowitz-pi2 they will compel politicians to not use FB etc. for "privacy" reasons [14:16] schestowitz-pi2 no high-profile people active in social control media [14:16] schestowitz-pi2 can help wean billions off it [14:22] techrights[sec] Weaning billions of it would be a good thing but as long as they are distracted [14:22] techrights[sec] by the strawman of privacy they will not address the even more severe problem [14:22] techrights[sec] of maniuplation and intentional damage to mental and physical health. [14:23] schestowitz-pi2 it is currently about whose manipulation [14:23] schestowitz-pi2 not the manipulation itself [14:23] schestowitz-pi2 and certainly not a matter of public health [14:23] schestowitz-pi2 like the "residue" or "side effects" of "info" ny algorithms [14:23] schestowitz-pi2 misframed as "by peer" [14:23] techrights[sec] Yes and it appears they'd really prefer to keep attention off the manipulation. [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 twitter timeline (not sure about other sucj sites) [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 1) people to follow, chronology and subs honours [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 nothing "injected" from outside who you follow, no "algo" [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 2)manipulationstarting [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 3) shadowbanning [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 there are many other aspects [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 it sort of peaked around 2015, i think [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 it manipulated less [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 after 2016 lots of mass culls [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 and optimising for "engagement" [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 ads [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 sort of like gulag youtube in more recent years [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 in 2010 i watched lots of youtube [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 it only presented to me new stuff from channels i had subscribed to [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 this limited "provocation" and time-wasting [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 youtube quality was also higher back then [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 now a lot of youtube is the "bitchute of tiktok" [14:46] schestowitz-pi2 iow, people crapflooding youtube with useless crap they make for the "opium" platform [14:47] techrights[sec] The biggest turning point against Twitter was the move to aglorithmic sorting [14:47] techrights[sec] of messages away from chronological order. ● Mar 02 [15:09] schestowitz-pi2 (NEW): Meeting Manchester's Mayor Yesterday http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/03/02/Meeting_Manchester_s_Mayor_Yesterday.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/03/02/Meeting_Manchester_s_Mayor_Yesterday.gmi [15:09] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Meeting Manchester's Mayor Yesterday [15:27] schestowitz-pi2 ACLU: banning TikTok would violate the First Amendment https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/02/aclu-banning-tiktok-would-violate-the-first-amendment/ [15:27] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.jurist.org | ACLU: banning TikTok would 'violate the First Amendment' - JURIST - News [15:36] schestowitz-pi2 Lithuania wont ban TikTok from official devices https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1925533/lithuania-won-t-ban-tiktok-from-official-devices [15:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania wont ban TikTok from official devices - LRT [15:36] techrights[sec] Someone has infiltrated the ACLU and inverted them? [15:36] techrights[sec] They're taking the opposite stance, one against the public health of the nation. [15:36] techrights[sec] s/the/an/ [15:36] techrights[sec] s/an/a/ [15:39] schestowitz-pi2 we're at the cusp of debate consensus being soldified [15:39] schestowitz-pi2 and i think it already gravitates towards [15:39] schestowitz-pi2 tiktok=militarised=ban it [15:39] schestowitz-pi2 and any other claim would seem insane [15:39] schestowitz-pi2 this is where they rebrand, lobby, and buy "happy stories" [15:39] schestowitz-pi2 critical time [15:40] techrights[sec] Yes, there is currently a flood of "happy" stories about social control media [15:40] techrights[sec] going on. It'd say, without much evidence, that it sure seems related to the [15:40] techrights[sec] ongoing debate about ByteDance [15:43] schestowitz-pi2 i saw the link above hours before you had sent it [15:43] schestowitz-pi2 seeing it now again as I am catching up [15:43] schestowitz-pi2 the weekend is, near so i can complete the catchup [15:43] schestowitz-pi2 we're going to the library soon [15:43] schestowitz-pi2 12 min walk [15:43] schestowitz-pi2 rianne drops off her resume there [15:43] schestowitz-pi2 then I check the tesco 200m from there [15:43] schestowitz-pi2 they are showing her around [15:44] schestowitz-pi2 we're trying to establish a plan to 67 [15:44] schestowitz-pi2 wherein we are mostly free and happy [15:44] schestowitz-pi2 no more 24/7 shifts [15:44] schestowitz-pi2 they are building a massive arena across the road from here, next to the stadium [15:44] schestowitz-pi2 that too can open up some "walking distance" opportunities [15:44] schestowitz-pi2 like a few hours a night [15:44] schestowitz-pi2 my sleep, diet, family life improve, aside from online activities [15:47] schestowitz-pi2 next to rianne sat a young gentleman from HK, tall and maybe 25 years old [15:47] schestowitz-pi2 i think they managed to "suck" some talent out of PRC [15:47] schestowitz-pi2 after that in the restaurant chinese... btw... [15:47] schestowitz-pi2 a friend noted that had hire some guy form HK [15:47] schestowitz-pi2 who said that over there they worked 8am till 8pm [15:47] schestowitz-pi2 at the office [15:47] schestowitz-pi2 some stayed in the office till 11pm [15:47] schestowitz-pi2 6 times a week [15:47] schestowitz-pi2 sounds no better than japan and s korea [15:47] schestowitz-pi2 now he can work from home 4 hours a day and is very pleased [15:47] schestowitz-pi2 they do highway engineering and such [15:48] techrights[sec] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/996_working_hour_system [15:48] techrights[sec] aka modern slavery [15:48] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | 996 working hour system - Wikipedia [15:50] techrights[sec] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-23/tang-ping-lying-flat-generation-rejecting-chinas-work-culture/100477716 [15:50] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.abc.net.au | 'Lying flat': The millennials quitting China's '996' work culture to live 'free of anxiety' - ABC News [15:52] schestowitz-pi2 for full time work i am "done" [15:52] schestowitz-pi2 casual? ok [15:52] schestowitz-pi2 things will come by, over time, but i don't need to hoard [15:52] schestowitz-pi2 living large => slavery [15:52] schestowitz-pi2 opposite => more personal freedom [15:52] schestowitz-pi2 we still have (some level of) national insurance to "fall back" on [15:52] schestowitz-pi2 no eye-watering hospital bills [15:52] techrights[sec] Exactly [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 btw, look up microsoft github 996 [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 and "censorship" [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 many people forgot about this [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 also "gvreat cannon of china" (ddos, iirc via brwoser extensions) [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 in china, gulag search is small [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 and bing is not small [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 because his billness made a pact with .... his kind of people [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 from what i recall, when not cheating on his wife with lolita express [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 he may have gone with some adults of chinese lineage [15:55] techrights[sec] Yes, a distraction; [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 but I am not sure [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 the latter is mostly used as a distraction from his complicity in outright [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 crimes [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 and maxwell is back in the news again, pleading her innocent while india media [15:55] schestowitz-pi2 is in "spread buttcheeks, publish bill sez" [15:58] techrights[sec] "bill sez" puff pieces do double service: they distract and they launder [15:59] schestowitz-pi2 they're done for a fee [15:59] schestowitz-pi2 i think more people now resist this BS ● Mar 02 [16:02] schestowitz-pi2 Young Chinese feeling 'political depression' amid hopelessness about future https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/political-depression-02282023090024.html [16:02] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.rfa.org | Young Chinese feeling 'political depression' amid hopelessness about future Radio Free Asia [16:06] techrights[sec] nder [16:06] techrights[sec] One can hope, but there was a time 20 - 25 years ago when /everyone/ knew [16:06] techrights[sec] what Bill was about. [16:06] techrights[sec] https://youtu.be/H27rfr59RiE [16:06] techrights[sec] *All* the tech magazines and any newspaper which even had a tech column knew [16:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Invidious: https://y.com.sb/watch?v=H27rfr59RiE [16:06] techrights[sec] about him. [16:06] techrights[sec] If the same situation were today, he'd be described "as a meme" [16:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> y.com.sb | Homer Simpson and Bill Gates buy out - Invidious ● Mar 02 [17:00] schestowitz-pi2 the library is nice, connected to a school [17:00] schestowitz-pi2 lots of PCs there [17:00] schestowitz-pi2 so i assume a lot of activity is people "online" [17:00] schestowitz-pi2 the books are "modern" or contemporary ventilation OK [17:00] schestowitz-pi2 sanitary [17:00] schestowitz-pi2 back to the news now... [17:01] techrights[sec] https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20221016-let-it-rot-once-flourishing-middle-class-faces-end-of-chinese-dream [17:01] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.france24.com | Let it rot: Once-flourishing middle class faces end of Chinese Dream [17:03] schestowitz-pi2 Many in Hong Kong continue to wear masks despite end of mandate https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/many-in-hong-kong-keep-wearing-masks-despite-end-of-945-day-long-mandate [17:03] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.straitstimes.com | Many in Hong Kong continue to wear masks despite end of mandate | The Straits Times [17:03] schestowitz-pi2 we were the only ones in the library wearing masks [17:07] schestowitz-pi2 That seems like a smart move from Japan. Why the negative tone? Because this paper is owned and controlled by PAP and its ilk? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-s-birth-rate-plunges-to-a-record-low-in-7th-year-of-decline [17:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.straitstimes.com | Japans birth rate plunges to a record low in 7th year of decline | The Straits Times [17:10] schestowitz-pi2 cphpost publishing spam, as do some other sites, might need to add a filter for these to my scripts as even just scrolling past them is unnecessary distraction (notice URL): https://cphpost.dk/2023-03-02/sponsored/a-new-fitness-supplement-sarms/ [17:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-cphpost.dk | A New Fitness Supplement: SARMs - The Post The Post [17:21] techrights[sec] checking [17:21] techrights[sec] It'd be hard to filter from the feed itself though there is /sponsor/ in the [17:21] techrights[sec] URL path [17:23] schestowitz-pi2 it's the first time i see them do this [17:23] schestowitz-pi2 techdirt has that, the-scientist has loads of these [17:23] schestowitz-pi2 aap in michaelwest is not a solved issue [17:23] schestowitz-pi2 algorithmically, not with the gui in quiterss ("filter") [17:23] schestowitz-pi2 but i still have an abundance of "signal" [17:23] schestowitz-pi2 with 1000+ feeds and two ways to see them [17:24] techrights[sec] Let me check on the Michael West links... [17:26] schestowitz-pi2 you've fixed it already, i follow that via "merged" [17:26] schestowitz-pi2 today i did lots of catching up with stories [17:26] schestowitz-pi2 phipps just covered FRAND/SEP in OSI's site [17:26] schestowitz-pi2 rianne added this despite it being OSI [17:26] schestowitz-pi2 he's still the least sinister person in OSI [17:26] techrights[sec] I thought the automated script now skips the AAP posts there [17:26] techrights[sec] FRAND is pure toxic waste [17:27] schestowitz-pi2 yes, it is fixed there [17:27] schestowitz-pi2 but i use two modes, even three [17:28] schestowitz-pi2 the falkon stuff is best for "sweeping" [17:28] schestowitz-pi2 it shows only headlines and is concise [17:28] techrights[sec] and amounts to shilling for software patents [17:28] techrights[sec] In -merged AAP posts are culled from Michael West's feed. [17:36] schestowitz-pi2 The title here is misinformation which serves Microsoft https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/pop-os-new-text-editor/ [17:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.linuxtoday.com | Pop!_OS Is Working on a New Text Editor Based on Vim, VS Code [17:37] schestowitz-pi2 "Based on Vim, VS Code" [17:38] techrights[sec] The python script cannot process content. That'd be a waste of time and [17:38] techrights[sec] effort each time it was run unless there was some major change to the work [17:38] techrights[sec] flow such that it would make sense. [17:38] techrights[sec] It's slow as it is and making a full HTTP request for each item in the feed [17:38] techrights[sec] would take tens of minutes to complete each time. That's just fetching. [17:38] techrights[sec] Then parsing the HTML would slow that down further. [17:38] techrights[sec] A more serious problem is that there were 202 links in the latest post [17:38] techrights[sec] containing links. Regardless of what's in them, that's way too many for [17:38] techrights[sec] a single post. [17:39] schestowitz-pi2 what's a good number or "sweet spot"? [17:39] schestowitz-pi2 100? [17:39] schestowitz-pi2 i try to focus on technical things and judge by importance, i.e. no sport, gossip... [17:57] techrights[sec] I'm not sure. Maybe 100 or less for now. [17:57] techrights[sec] The thing is that there are quotes included along with the titles so [17:57] techrights[sec] even 100 is a lot to wade through. Quality is better than quantity. [17:59] schestowitz-pi2 ok, i will finalise my current batch [17:59] schestowitz-pi2 it's mostly gnu/linux [17:59] schestowitz-pi2 if we have MOAR of those links, the better [17:59] schestowitz-pi2 as they're not so easy to find anymore [17:59] schestowitz-pi2 and you can see sites like linuxtoday slowing down to like 4 posts per day, half of which howtos [17:59] schestowitz-pi2 and missing some very important news of the day [17:59] schestowitz-pi2 the quality, i think, is in the topology and clustering [17:59] schestowitz-pi2 both in TM and TR [17:59] schestowitz-pi2 other sites lack the tools and workflow to organise them similarly [17:59] schestowitz-pi2 some tried and gave up [17:59] schestowitz-pi2 and we have 3 people working on it, if not more if you count marius ● Mar 02 [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 so emergent news can come within <1 hour, almost real time [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 even when we're outside the house [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 the problem witn long Daily Links is, [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 the entaiol a lag between breaking news and appearance in TR [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 so breaking them down into smaller batches means latency is lower [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 biab, finalising [18:06] techrights[sec] ity. [18:06] techrights[sec] Given the work flow as it is, there is not a way to shorten the cycle that I [18:06] techrights[sec] can think of. [18:08] schestowitz-pi2 with the new cms we can tailor-make and change workflowsf [18:08] schestowitz-pi2 for irc, links, short posts, in-depth [18:08] schestowitz-pi2 but the transition takes planning [18:08] schestowitz-pi2 today rianne did a "blog" in TM [18:08] techrights[sec] I think so. [18:08] techrights[sec] Nice. [18:09] schestowitz-pi2 eeting Manchester's Mayor Yesterday http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/03/02/Meeting_Manchester_s_Mayor_Yesterday.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/03/02/Meeting_Manchester_s_Mayor_Yesterday.gmi [18:09] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Meeting Manchester's Mayor Yesterday [18:09] schestowitz-pi2 you might also say she is gemlogging now [18:10] techrights[sec] Which one? It is not distinguished by title. [18:15] techrights[sec] Checking [18:15] techrights[sec] Excellent! [18:16] schestowitz-pi2 the important thing is that she's almost always happy [18:16] schestowitz-pi2 it's all about perspective [18:16] schestowitz-pi2 and it helps keep oneself focused, motivated [18:16] schestowitz-pi2 no social control media [18:16] schestowitz-pi2 not comparing to anyone [18:17] techrights[sec] Great news. [18:17] techrights[sec] Social control media is about dissatisfaction by exploiting negative emotions. [18:17] techrights[sec] Happiness is inversely proportional to exposure to it. [18:17] techrights[sec] there are other factors in happiness, of course, but exposure to social control [18:17] techrights[sec] media is a guaranteed path to misery [18:18] schestowitz-pi2 is it fair to say "happy" people buy less? [18:18] schestowitz-pi2 or is another work more suitable here? [18:18] schestowitz-pi2 *word [18:20] techrights[sec] Probably [18:20] techrights[sec] Fear and jealousy are usually the main emotions used to drive advertising and [18:20] techrights[sec] thus sales. [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 social control media is for people who want to show, not do [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 esp. the facebook branch [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 i think tiktok rewards westerners for mischivious, unruly behaviour [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 sort of like youtube [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 had a chat about it with mike yesterday [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 people making a "scene", giving the cops extra job [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 just so that they can cause drama and make videos [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 provocation [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 re "fear and jealousy", they are connected in the sense that the latter is relatd to "social anxiety" [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 class consciousness [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 fear of losing connection due to perceived "poverty" ('failure') [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 but that's going into psychological philosophy [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 ryan has been clinically sad lately [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 he chats with me more privately sometimes [18:22] schestowitz-pi2 same with trmanco [18:32] techrights[sec] The "mischevious" aspect of tiktok is actually highly destructive to the [18:32] techrights[sec] individual and society, on purpose. ByteDance is a propganda company, and [18:32] techrights[sec] up front about that. The damage to the individual is both physical and to [18:32] techrights[sec] the psyche. It's warfare. Psychological warfare but warfare nonetheless. [18:32] techrights[sec] Worse, it is aimed at pre-teens [18:32] techrights[sec] and thus the real damage escapes the attention of ignorant adults who dismiss [18:32] techrights[sec] the attack as "just a phone" or "just playing on the phone" [18:32] schestowitz-pi2 i did not watch the documentary, only read articlkes about it (at the time) [18:32] schestowitz-pi2 if they actually do call it spinach and opium, then it sounds like they [18:32] schestowitz-pi2 justify this by recalling the opium wars I and II by the british [18:32] schestowitz-pi2 but that was so long ago [18:33] techrights[sec] With enough exposure, they become culturally removed from the preceding [18:33] techrights[sec] generations and no longer culturally part of the nation they reside in despite [18:33] techrights[sec] speaking the local language(s). [18:33] techrights[sec] A more recent article called it digital fentanyl, as a nod to both the harm [18:33] techrights[sec] and to the origin. If ByteDance is digital fentanyl, then M$ is digital [18:33] techrights[sec] krokodil. :( [18:33] techrights[sec] People might make some money selling it, but anyone on the receiving end is [18:33] techrights[sec] worse off and for businesses the injection will prove very harmful if not [18:33] techrights[sec] outright fatal. [18:35] schestowitz-pi2 at the library i spoke to one staffer, who was nice and helpful [18:35] schestowitz-pi2 i checked their computer terminals but could not figure out the OS [18:35] schestowitz-pi2 as there is just a login screen [18:57] techrights[sec] Likely Vista10 there unless they are modern and use LTSP [18:57] techrights[sec] the latter is increasingly rare though. ● Mar 02 [21:17] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@ahzjkf8umhje6.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [21:17] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.15 [SeaMonkey 2.53.15/20230121223026]) [21:18] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@h3zweagrqmpmk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [21:23] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [21:23] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Mar 02 [22:53] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) ● Mar 02 [23:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell