●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: Wednesday, March 03, 2021 ●● ● Mar 03 [04:15] schestowitz__ what would you check if the LEDs on the Pi stop lighting up all of a sudden? I've not attempted a reboot yet... ● Mar 03 [05:16] schestowitz__ never mind, rianne's fault, HAT detached [05:28] schestowitz__ or not... still not working. I'll take a closer look [05:58] schestowitz__ solved now ● Mar 03 [08:15] Techrights-sec if properly mounted the HAT takes skill and effort to detach, it should be on firmly. [08:15] Techrights-sec Also only attach or detach while powered down and unplugged from the power supply [08:15] schestowitz__ yes, I powered it down 3 times [08:15] schestowitz__ lesson learned; always start with the basics, assume something physical may have changed (not due to me) [08:18] Techrights-sec it happens [08:18] Techrights-sec I'm puzzled here as to why my alert-activity and other tmux hooks are not [08:18] Techrights-sec triggering upon activity in this window [08:18] Techrights-sec They used to do so [08:18] Techrights-sec Which services broke? [08:19] schestowitz__ something bluetooth (details in IRC logs) and lightdm, maybe because the screen was no longer attached, or unsued since boot (did not look into it much as it's not related to the lights) [08:22] schestowitz__ I was, at the time, researching whether it's easily doable to convert wiki pages to gemtext (it's not). Then sort of gave up and decided to look into the lights issue, which was harder to figure out than I had imagined because I tried to be quiet and not moving any parts around. Later it became apparent things had been moved a bit, maybe because of the printer. Maybe soon I'll get an external screen for it, one that's never [08:22] schestowitz__ occupied. It already has barrier on it set up. [08:22] Techrights-sec I never figured out how to get lightdm and the desktop to fire up without [08:22] Techrights-sec an active monitor [08:22] Techrights-sec there is some work-around somewhere [08:22] schestowitz__ Yes, I think you have to boot with a screen inserted, otherwise no workaround [08:23] schestowitz__ A real-life problem, unlike... how do I get vscore without going directly to microsoft.com in a Web browser [08:27] schestowitz__ telemetry over tor :-) [08:27] Techrights-sec Tor? [08:28] Techrights-sec Or I2P? [08:32] Techrights-sec If you run the vs stuff that is a different matter. ● Mar 03 [14:52] Techrights-sec It looks like the database dumps from today went all right with the read-only [14:52] Techrights-sec account in the script. ● Mar 03 [17:07] Techrights-sec wp_posts | CREATE TABLE `wp_posts` ( [17:07] Techrights-sec `ID` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, [17:07] Techrights-sec ... [17:07] Techrights-sec KEY `post_author` (`post_author`) [17:07] Techrights-sec ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=140401 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 | [17:07] Techrights-sec DOes that make it incompatible with the Unicode which is in use? [17:07] Techrights-sec > SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character_set%'; [17:07] Techrights-sec +--------------------------+------------------------------+ [17:07] Techrights-sec | Variable_name | Value | [17:07] Techrights-sec +--------------------------+------------------------------+ [17:07] Techrights-sec | character_set_client | utf8mb4 | [17:07] Techrights-sec | character_set_connection | utf8mb4 | [17:07] Techrights-sec | character_set_database | latin1 | [17:07] Techrights-sec | character_set_filesystem | binary | [17:07] Techrights-sec | character_set_results | utf8mb4 | [17:07] Techrights-sec | character_set_server | utf8mb4 | [17:07] Techrights-sec | character_set_system | utf8 | [17:07] Techrights-sec | character_sets_dir | /usr/share/mariadb/charsets/ | [17:07] Techrights-sec +--------------------------+------------------------------+ [17:07] Techrights-sec UTF-8 is supported there, just not in the db [17:07] schestowitz__ It's possible that some are inherited from older systems. in php-nuke (I still use it in some sites) I lost some char-related stuff in upgrades and noticed the issue when it was too late to rollback. [17:10] schestowitz__ I am super-careful not to change anything big in the site without doing it in baby steps, then testing. Some scripts, for example, rely on finding particular text and the URL structure never changed since 2006. Same with post width (for layout of pictures and other stuff). RSS URL also... careful what's changed... like removing mariadb, only to realise it stops backups taking place. Too much "modernisation" has killed sites before [17:10] schestowitz__ (see /. and others which break APIs, feeds etc.) [17:19] Techrights-sec yes, it's a balance [17:20] schestowitz__ last week I did prod kaniini re container migrations, he nodded, but of course nothing happened in days to follow. The will is there, it'll happen eventually, little by little, for sure... ● Mar 03 [22:30] schestowitz__ http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/02/breaking-legality-of-board-of-appeal.html?showComment=1614790938165#c5157498529103381724 [22:30] schestowitz__ " [22:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | BREAKING: The legality of Board of Appeal oral proceedings by video conference has been referred to the EBA - The IPKat [22:30] schestowitz__ If we take, as an example, the case of a criminal trial: imagine you sit, wrongly accused of course, in jail. You are sure the judge will judge you fairly. You are lead to a VC room with a few screens. There is no judge - only the video stream of a judge. Is it a real person, is it a clever bot, is it a deep fake face? You don't know. Are they giving his full attention to your case or are they playing some game on a separate [22:30] schestowitz__ monitor? You don't know. Is the judge aware that you are a person, do they feel your anguish over being wrongly accused? Or are you for them just a small video stream on a low quality monitor...? [22:30] schestowitz__ This may be a bit dystopian and not a stringent legal argument but I hope it illustrates the uneasiness I have over binding final judgments made in a video conference. In video meetings I regularly find myself becoming detached... there is big screen between me and the issue. I don't really feel that involved... it is some issue through the looking-glass, different from when I am sitting in a room with people, trying to find a [22:30] schestowitz__ solution. [22:30] schestowitz__ There is a tradition going back forever of people coming (physically) together to discuss and judge the merits of a case that has a special quality that, in my opinion, cannot be replicated over video streams. [22:31] schestowitz__ " ● Mar 03 [23:19] Techrights-sec the most recent post has the wrong author [23:19] Techrights-sec fixed [23:20] schestowitz__ oops. thanks.