●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, January 05, 2023 ●● ● Jan 05 [00:08] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:11] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@auubhxtweg528.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [00:24] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:24] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:25] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [00:26] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@auubhxtweg528.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:45] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:45] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:51] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [00:51] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@auubhxtweg528.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:58] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Connection closed) ● Jan 05 [02:00] schestowitz-TR COVIDiots: Too Confident https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/05/covidiots-study/ [02:00] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive COVIDiots: Too Confident [02:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [02:28] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 05 [04:23] schestowitz-TR I mentioned this the other [04:23] schestowitz-TR day in IRCF [04:23] schestowitz-TR Simon Sharwood [04:23] schestowitz-TR microsoft troll/provocateur [04:23] schestowitz-TR I confronted him in twitter years ago [04:23] schestowitz-TR this is not a new tactic [04:24] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [04:24] schestowitz-TR "FOSS should block Russia+China" -> FOSS should refuse to be widely adopted [04:24] schestowitz-TR or FOSS should become Fieve Eyes [04:24] schestowitz-TR anyway... [04:26] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [04:26] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@auubhxtweg528.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [04:34] schestowitz-TR it then becomes shit like, "china evil, us moral, even when invading countries for oil" [04:34] schestowitz-TR and rejecting bug reports for actual bugs because you don't agree with politics of the submitters [04:34] schestowitz-TR companies stop assessing the actual licence and instead focus on politics, hire politicians [04:34] schestowitz-TR and dropouts/flunkies, who rely on talented volunteers and "efficient plagiarism" such as shithub [04:34] schestowitz-TR I bet that ethical [sic] bs uses github despite being proiprietary anjd connected to ICE [04:37] schestowitz "When I was a kid it was obviously fun to dunk on Bill Gates because he was rich and Windows was bad, and then I got older and thought that was wrong because tbh all software is bad, but now I wish we'd done it harder so Elon would feel more ashamed" [04:38] schestowitz mjg now insinuating BS to whiten bill [04:38] schestowitz while working for bill, via another company [04:42] schestowitz-TR throwing metaphorical swrnches into FOSS is a very sharwood thing [04:42] schestowitz-TR to rile up and divide communities [04:42] schestowitz-TR I'd say, ignore, move on [04:42] schestowitz-TR i don't like the comments in SN ● Jan 05 [07:53] schestowitz-TR many people look for info on the microsoft layoffs [07:53] schestowitz-TR OTA ● Jan 05 [08:51] schestowitz-TR draft layoffs ● Jan 05 [09:50] schestowitz-TR ONS has JUST released numbers (1-2 mins ago). Checking https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales [09:51] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.ons.gov.uk | Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional - Office for National Statistics [09:51] schestowitz-TR Data Contradiction Means Office for National Statistics (ONS) Began Shamelessly Lying About Number of Dead People https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/05/contradiction-ons/ [09:51] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Data Contradiction Means Office for National Statistics (ONS) Began Shamelessly Lying About Number of Dead People [09:55] schestowitz-TR xmas deaths: 2014-19: 11.5k [09:55] schestowitz-TR 2022: 14.5k [09:55] schestowitz-TR don't worry, just 3k more dead than before.... in one week [09:55] schestowitz-TR nobody will notice, merry xmas! [09:55] techrightssec2 checking [09:55] techrightssec2 There's also the matter of the NDAs and non-disparagement clauses in separation [09:55] techrightssec2 contracts which further suppress public knowledge of what is really going on [09:55] techrightssec2 there in the hive. So until a court rules on the legality of such clauses [09:55] techrightssec2 "former" microsofters are unlikely talk even if they wanted to. Unfortunately [09:55] techrightssec2 too few will want to, due to the cult-like nature of the business and the [09:55] techrightssec2 cult-like devotion required even in the earliest stages of their hiring process. ● Jan 05 [10:05] schestowitz-TR ONS: England and Wales Deaths in Week 51 (Xmas) Rose From 11.5K Before Pandemic to 14.5K in 2022 (26.4% Increase) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/05/xmas-2022-deaths/ [10:05] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive ONS: England and Wales Deaths in Week 51 (Xmas) Rose From 11.5K Before Pandemic to 14.5K in 2022 (26.4% Increase) [10:15] schestowitz-TR it's very upsetting [10:15] schestowitz-TR I don't plan to fly or get ill [10:15] schestowitz-TR the hospitals and ambulances aren't there [10:29] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [10:29] techrightssec2 The ambulances and hospitals have been defunded and understaffed, and the [10:29] techrightssec2 strikes for getting appropriate staffing levels and decent working conditions [10:29] techrightssec2 have been spun in the media as simply a demand for higher wages. [10:29] schestowitz-TR air travel is very dangerous because if you get ill you miss the flight back [10:29] schestowitz-TR and in the past it wasn't like that [10:29] schestowitz-TR some people boarded the plane with flu/cold ● Jan 05 [11:06] schestowitz-TR draft [11:53] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [11:53] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [11:54] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [11:54] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@auubhxtweg528.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 05 [12:12] schestowitz-TR being in front page of linuxtoday and lxer at the same time has no real impact on TR traffic, but I [12:12] schestowitz-TR think that says more about them than about us [12:12] schestowitz-TR the www is changing, it's good to have expanded to more protocols [12:34] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [12:34] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[16:07] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@auubhxtweg528.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [16:07] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [16:43] schestowitz-TR The COVID-19 Statistics Are https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/05/covid-19-statistics-delayed/ [16:43] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive The COVID-19 Statistics Are ● Jan 05 [17:02] schestowitz-TR "Today's update is delayed. The estimated release time is 5.00pm." Already delayed. Already 5pm. Still nothing. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/?dd [17:02] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/?dd ) [17:02] schestowitz-TR At this stage it's no longer possible to even trust our government's count of how many people are dying!! https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/05/contradiction-ons/ [17:02] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Data Contradiction Means Office for National Statistics (ONS) Began Shamelessly Lying About Number of Dead People [17:05] schestowitz-TR "So the data is now belatedly out but its missing data" https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/05/covid-19-statistics-delayed/ [17:07] schestowitz-TR England COVID-19 positivity soared to over 10% again https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/testing?areaType=nation&areaName=England number of tests have crashed. So we're barely even testing anymore. [17:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/testing?areaType=nation&areaName=England ) [17:14] schestowitz-TR Total Patients With COVID-19 in England Similar This Past December to December 2021 https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/05/covid-19-in-england/ soon 1 million English COVID-19 patients. [17:14] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Total Patients With COVID-19 in England Similar This Past December to December 2021