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schestowitz-TRGoogle Has Just Forced the Removal of Video About Large Study Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/06/google-censorship-of-study/Jan 06 01:54
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com » Blog Archive » Google Has Just Forced the Removal of Video About Large Study Regarding COVID-19 VaccinesJan 06 01:54
schestowitz-TRit was only a matter of time! Akll I have left is the description with links in it.,Jan 06 01:55
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schestowitz-TRGoogle/YouTube Censors Expert for Linking to and Explaining New and Soon-Peer-Reviewed Paper, Published a Week Before Boxing Day | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2023/01/05/google-censoring-scientific-papers/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/01/05/google-censoring-scientific-papers/Jan 06 02:42
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Google/YouTube Censors Expert for Linking to and Explaining New and Soon-Peer-Reviewed Paper, Published a Week Before Boxing Day | TechrightsJan 06 02:42
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schestowitz-TRThis Might Help Explain Massive Increase in UK Mortality in Recent Years https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/06/myocarditis-uk/Jan 06 07:00
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com » Blog Archive » This Might Help Explain Massive Increase in UK Mortality in Recent YearsJan 06 07:00
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schestowitz-TR"With some exceptions, the move to digital has made services a lot worse than before, albeit “efficient” (i.e. cheap) to corporations which offload all the tasks to clients." https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/06/apps-and-web-sites-disservice/Jan 06 11:16
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com » Blog Archive » “Apps” and “Web Sites” Aren’t Progress, They’ve Made Customer Service Vastly WorseJan 06 11:16
schestowitz-TRif you check gemini stats, you will see yesterdat the microsoft layoffs post was read a lotgJan 06 11:20
schestowitz-TR*lotJan 06 11:20
schestowitz-TRthat would lower morale in the companyJan 06 11:20
schestowitz-TRstaff retentionJan 06 11:21
techrightssec2CheckingJan 06 11:21
techrightssec2Wow.  That's a high count.Jan 06 11:21
schestowitz-TRi checked because I saw high # of video requests this morningJan 06 11:22
schestowitz-TRanyway, everything is fine Jan 06 11:22
schestowitz-TRirc a bit noisy todayJan 06 11:22
schestowitz-TRnoisy, not busyJan 06 11:22
techrightssec2:/Jan 06 11:22
schestowitz-TRbtw, i have not changed the cron job yey Jan 06 11:28
schestowitz-TRyou wanted to make an adjustment around xmasJan 06 11:28
techrightssec2ack     Jan 06 11:28
techrightssec2There is a work-around in place but work-arounds build up as technical debt.Jan 06 11:28
schestowitz-TRanyway, we were a thorn on msft's side this weekJan 06 11:29
schestowitz-TRthat alone is goodJan 06 11:29
schestowitz-TRi'll keep an even closer eyeJan 06 11:29
schestowitz-TRthe "news" will only "pick this up" when there's no choice but to do soJan 06 11:29
schestowitz-TRi'll slow down the series a bit, or split long stuffJan 06 11:30
techrightssec2There has been little coverage of m$ plagiarism of copyrighted code via theirJan 06 11:34
techrightssec2"OpenAI" scam Copilot.  The DMCA, which they have abused extensively both      Jan 06 11:34
techrightssec2directly and via their marketing arm the BSA, has provisions for severe Jan 06 11:34
techrightssec2penalties for their stripping of both licenses and attribution from the codeJan 06 11:34
techrightssec2they are plagiarizing.  Jan 06 11:34
techrightssec2^ topic ?Jan 06 11:34
schestowitz-TRi still have thousands of lines in notes about copilot and stuffJan 06 11:36
schestowitz-TRaside from "hey hi" hype and view from ebuzz central i think it's not the right timeJan 06 11:36
schestowitz-TRright now to continue with that seriesJan 06 11:36
schestowitz-TRi will focus on epo and the openwashing firstJan 06 11:36
schestowitz-TRi still have thousands of lines in notes about copilot and stuffJan 06 11:36
schestowitz-TRaside from "hey hi" hype and view from ebuzz central i think it's not the right timeJan 06 11:36
schestowitz-TRright now to continue with that seriesJan 06 11:36
schestowitz-TRi will focus on epo and the openwashing firstJan 06 11:36
techrightssec2okJan 06 11:37
techrightssec2maybe just add to the notes Jan 06 11:37
schestowitz-TRi was JUST about to add that to me NOTES, yes!Jan 06 11:37
techrightssec2EPO and sw patents are always top priority so maybe there is a sw patentJan 06 11:38
techrightssec2aspect to their misbehavior.  The stripping of licenses affects sw patent Jan 06 11:38
techrightssec2coverage since some license address sw patents and some don't.  Then thereJan 06 11:38
techrightssec2is the question of what kind of sw patent scams "OpenAI" itself is trying toJan 06 11:38
techrightssec2pull?Jan 06 11:38
schestowitz-TRwhen I stopped tracking news aboutt epo about 11 months ago the quality of coverage was alreadyveru poorJan 06 11:39
schestowitz-TRso it's hard to cover, there's no input worthwhile anymoreJan 06 11:39
schestowitz-TRsome of the better patnt blogs became inactiveJan 06 11:39
schestowitz-TRso mondaq, lexology etc. with iam dominated gulagnoise... I quit even checkingJan 06 11:39
schestowitz<li>Jan 06 11:40
schestowitz                                    <h5><a href="https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/01/05/arduino-brings-birthday-cake-to-life/">Arduino brings birthday cake to life</a></h5>Jan 06 11:40
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-blog.arduino.cc | Arduino brings birthday cake to life | Arduino BlogJan 06 11:40
schestowitz                                    <blockquote>Jan 06 11:40
schestowitz                                        <p>WS2812B individually addressable RGB LEDs, commonly referred to by Adafruit’s “NeoPixel” trade name, are unique because a user can control the color and brightness of every LED in a chain through a single data wire. Each LED passes the data along to the next, with control commands going to the addressed LED. The user can control as many LEDs as they want using only a single digital I/O pin on a Jan 06 11:40
schestowitzmicrocontroller.</p>Jan 06 11:40
schestowitz                                    </blockquote>Jan 06 11:40
schestowitz                                </li>Jan 06 11:40
schestowitz         <li>Jan 06 11:41
schestowitz                                    <h5><a href="https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/01/05/have-you-heard-nicla-voice-is-out-at-ces-2023/">Have you heard? Nicla Voice is out at CES 2023!</a></h5>Jan 06 11:41
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-blog.arduino.cc | Have you heard? Nicla Voice is out at CES 2023! | Arduino BlogJan 06 11:41
schestowitz                                    <blockquote>Jan 06 11:41
schestowitz                                        <p>As announced at CES 2023 in Las Vegas, our tiny form factor family keeps growing: the 22.86 x 22.86 mm Nicla range now includes Nicla Voice, allowing for easy implementation of always-on speech recognition on the edge.</p>Jan 06 11:41
schestowitz                                    </blockquote>Jan 06 11:41
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techrightssec2Google is corrupt on that topic.  I wonder how much of that is due to a conflictJan 06 11:43
techrightssec2of interest.  If the "former" microsofters there in Google's managment areJan 06 11:43
techrightssec2having the rankign algorithms tweaked to promote the fraud sites becauseJan 06 11:43
techrightssec2they are singing the tune the microsofters wish the public to hear?Jan 06 11:43
schestowitz-TRyes, that did cross my mind beforeJan 06 11:44
schestowitz-TRmy latest video probably does a better job explainingJan 06 11:51
schestowitz-TRbut then again it's easier to do after writing then beforeJan 06 11:51
schestowitz-TReither way, there is a pile-up of more scandalsJan 06 11:51
schestowitz-TRsome blurted out in irc todayJan 06 11:51
schestowitz-TRas there was trolling and provocationJan 06 11:51
schestowitz-TRand spinJan 06 11:51
schestowitz-TRmakes one wonder if microsoft has a hidden hand in all thisJan 06 11:51
techrightssec2https://www.thewrap.com/the-view-carly-fiorina-abortion-debate-texas-law/Jan 06 12:17
techrightssec2She's still trolling and imho getting press unwarranted by her trail of Jan 06 12:17
techrightssec2failures including her infamous destruction of HPJan 06 12:17
techrightssec2The press however tries to play public displeasure with her as misogyny ratherJan 06 12:17
techrightssec2that as something earned through her demonstrated combination of Jan 06 12:17
techrightssec2malice and incompetence.Jan 06 12:17
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.thewrap.com | 'The View': Carly Fiorina Says 'Dirty Little Secret' Is 'Neither Side' of Abortion Debate Want Issue ResolvedJan 06 12:17
schestowitz-TRi need to, at long last, remember how to spell her first nameJan 06 12:18
techrightssec2https://time.com/3845767/carly-fiorina-hp/Jan 06 12:29
techrightssec2She was fired by the board after tearing the company to shedsJan 06 12:29
techrightssec2shredsJan 06 12:29
techrightssec2There were a lot of articles about it at the time but they all seem to be Jan 06 12:29
techrightssec2lost, buried, or deleted.  Most of what remains appears feeble attempts atrJan 06 12:29
techrightssec2whitewashing her misadventure as head of HPJan 06 12:29
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Carly Fiorina's Troubled Record at Hewlett-Packard | TimeJan 06 12:29
techrightssec2e.g. https://wgss.wustl.edu/events/trending-topics-carly-fiorinaJan 06 12:29
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-wgss.wustl.edu | Trending Topics: Carly Fiorina | Women, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesJan 06 12:29
techrightssec2which also try to hide her malice and incompetence behind gender issuesJan 06 12:29
schestowitz-TRbattistelli and epo control the media and wikipediaJan 06 12:32
schestowitz-TRso one way or another money changes memories on wwwJan 06 12:32
schestowitz-TRharder when you distribute actual books of magazinesJan 06 12:32
schestowitz-TRyou cannot edit them post-hocJan 06 12:32
schestowitz-TRanyway, one day the wiki pages in TR and articles about novell willJan 06 12:32
schestowitz-TRbe a lot of what's left in www and beyondJan 06 12:32
schestowitz-TRthe shill sites they had have mostly gone underJan 06 12:32
schestowitz-TRhence hovsepian sent his lawyers to meJan 06 12:32
schestowitz-TRhe could not find a jobJan 06 12:32
techrightssec2Wikipedia has long ago become a corporate marketing and political playground,Jan 06 12:33
techrightssec2with very little overlap with empirical facts.Jan 06 12:33
techrightssec2Actually  the facts are there but only the subset that support specific agendasJan 06 12:33
techrightssec2the rest get purged quite thoroughly from the site, starting with the referencesJan 06 12:33
schestowitz-TRyes, nat friedman is a recent exampleJan 06 12:34
schestowitz-TRdistancing himself from the serial strangler and then some moreJan 06 12:34
schestowitz-TRthere are companies that are just serial defacers of wikipediaJan 06 12:34
schestowitz-TRthey found a "business model"Jan 06 12:34
schestowitz-TRbased around vandalism basicallyJan 06 12:34
schestowitz-TR"legalised" vandalismJan 06 12:34
schestowitz-TR(if iut's for rich people, it is legal... like "lobbying")Jan 06 12:34
techrightssec2They have prioritized the money to hire marketeers to camp on specifica pagesJan 06 12:35
techrightssec2and topics there at Wikipedia and ensure that competing information goes down Jan 06 12:35
techrightssec2the "memory hole".Jan 06 12:35
schestowitz-TRthe encylopedia anyone can edit -> the encylopedia anyone CAN edit -> the encylopedia mostly the rich editJan 06 12:36
techrightssec2It's not so much that anyone edit, it is that only certain people have the timeJan 06 12:45
techrightssec2to engage in edit wars or camp out on pages.  Those that hire marketeer to do\that wear down the legitimate contrJan 06 12:45
techrightssec2ibutors over time.  More dangerously, theyJan 06 12:45
techrightssec2wear down the editors who try to monitor the situation but end up just letting Jan 06 12:45
techrightssec2the situation turn into a shouting match and then side, at least partially, withJan 06 12:45
techrightssec2those who are loud enough or microsoftified enough.Jan 06 12:45
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schestowitz-TRftc ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/ftc-ban-noncompete-clauses | Source: Common DreamsJan 06 14:11
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | 'Victory for American Workers': FTC Proposes Ban on Noncompete ClausesJan 06 14:11
techrightssec2That is an excellent first step by the FTCJan 06 14:12
schestowitz-TRwages can rise, esp. as inflation hitsJan 06 14:12
techrightssec2Non-disparagement clauses need to go, too, then we will see more from M$ and co.Jan 06 14:13
techrightssec2Non-competion clauses were only ever a way to abuse and exploit employees.Jan 06 14:13
schestowitz-TRcross-company collusion against vulnerable workersJan 06 14:14
schestowitz-TRbut when the rich do it they don'\t "conspire" or "collude"Jan 06 14:14
schestowitz-TRthey are just "|shrewd" business peoppleJan 06 14:14
techrightssec2Non-competion clauses were only ever a way to abuse and exploit employees andJan 06 14:16
techrightssec2cut wages.  Yes, exactly.Jan 06 14:16
techrightssec2"""the new proposed rule could increase wages by nearly $300 billion per year and expand career opportunities forJan 06 14:16
techrightssec2 about 30 million Americans."""Jan 06 14:16
techrightssec2That's $300 billion which goes directly back into the economy rather thanJan 06 14:16
techrightssec2immediately disappearing into off-shore tax shelters like company "profits" allJan 06 14:16
techrightssec2do, as do executive "compensation"Jan 06 14:16
schestowitz-TRleft a couple of drafts for tomorrowJan 06 16:22
schestowitz-TRadded notes to my github series files, good links thereJan 06 16:22
schestowitz-TRnow i need to race against rss feeds anddaily linksJan 06 16:22
schestowitz-TRbiabJan 06 16:22
techrightssec2Larabel is trolling regards to X11 development, I wonder how much his owners Jan 06 18:12
techrightssec2put him up to that and how much was on his own.Jan 06 18:12
schestowitz-TRsame for Redditson (Brodie), but he seems manipulated rather than bribedJan 06 18:12
schestowitz-TRthey get their info from the conde nast filter, i.e. the Microsoft firehoseJan 06 18:12
schestowitz-TRlarabel has been shilling wayland for about a decade alreadyJan 06 18:12
schestowitz-TRlike team upc, constantly claiming "next year"Jan 06 18:12
schestowitz-TRand implying x is 'dead' because an old but stable thing is almost feature-complete Jan 06 18:12
schestowitz-TRhe is still shilling systemd and microsoftJan 06 18:12
schestowitz-TRi can never forgive him for thisJan 06 18:13
schestowitz-TRI wrote about him 2 days agoJan 06 18:13
schestowitz-TRgoing to sleep iabJan 06 18:13
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