●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 07, 2022 ●● ● Jan 07 [00:10] schestowitz Hi, it's midnight here, Friday. Time for community Q & A. :D [00:10] schestowitz >> Last I checked (IRS is always behind), 95% of the money comes from [00:10] schestowitz >> corporations. Simon did not even bother refuting this, he just got [00:10] schestowitz >> all upset about me pointing that out. [00:10] schestowitz > [00:10] schestowitz > At the moment the majority of funding to OSI comes from sponsorships by ~50 companies, of various shape, size and form. That's something we want to change, adding more funding sources, including individuals and grants from different sorts of institutions. It will not happen overnight though, it'll take time. [00:10] schestowitz OK, I am glad we agree on how money is being used and taken by OSI. So I did not get any facts wrong AFAICT. [00:10] schestowitz >> I welcomed you when you came to OSI. I even got flak for that. [00:10] schestowitz > [00:10] schestowitz > I know, I noticed and appreciated the welcome message. [00:10] schestowitz Glad. I want to work diplomatically. The attacks on RMS last March were the opposite of that. [00:10] schestowitz >> You did come from the COMMUNITY. I hope you can repair the OSI, but [00:10] schestowitz >> I dread its current trajectory. The less relevant the OSI becomes, [00:10] schestowitz >> the less the corporations will need to "support" it. And this is [00:10] schestowitz >> how popular movements get 'defused'. [00:10] schestowitz > [00:10] schestowitz > We'll start new projects and programs soon. I hope we'll get judged over more concrete actions than just a blog post. [00:10] schestowitz Excellent! [00:10] schestowitz >> Let's not inflate accusations against me, either. Straw man [00:10] schestowitz >> arguments are unhelpful. [00:10] schestowitz > [00:10] schestowitz > I haven't accused you of anything. If you felt I have, I'm sorry: I had no intention to. [00:10] schestowitz OK, thanks for clarifying. [00:10] schestowitz >> GitHub is the #1 threat at the moment (I explained the reasons many [00:10] schestowitz >> times before). [00:10] schestowitz > [00:10] schestowitz > Noted. I'll look on your site for your reasons why you consider GH the #1 threat instead of others like the efforts to destroy the Open Source Definition by shared source companies or patent-asserting behemoths openly hostile to the OSD. [00:10] schestowitz 'My' account in Twitter can now post again. I wrote a great deal on the subject there and in Techrights (and Identica, Diaspora etc.) [00:10] schestowitz To quickly tackle your point (above): have you considered the possibility many of the above attacks (e.g. Intellectual Ventures, SCO, Black Duck) are connected to Microsoft itself? Not a loaded question per se. I can give you links. [00:10] schestowitz >> Twitter suspended me because some person or people filed [00:10] schestowitz >> complained about my tweets about OSI, conveniently framing that as [00:10] schestowitz >> "COVID". [00:10] schestowitz > [00:10] schestowitz > Again, sorry this happened to you. I realized now that I mis-read your Twitter feed: your account hasn't tweeted for a while now. [00:10] schestowitz Twitter slid out of control. Next week I might call for a boycott and quit posting copies there. http://techrights.org/2022/01/06/twitter-boycott/ [00:10] schestowitz >> I prefer written communication if that's OK. [00:11] schestowitz > [00:11] schestowitz > Sure, as you wish. Fridays are the days I dedicate to answering to community questions, one way or another is fine. [00:11] schestowitz OK, so take your time. Let's touch bases. I think it would be beneficial for both of us. [00:11] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Time for a Twitter Boycott? | Techrights [00:11] schestowitz >> Also, I'm not an enemy, mind you, I just see happening right now [00:11] schestowitz >> what happened in LF and OSDL. [00:11] schestowitz > [00:11] schestowitz > Noted. And for the records, I don't consider you an enemy either. [00:11] schestowitz :-) [00:11] schestowitz > I wish you a great 2022 [00:11] schestowitz > /stef [00:11] schestowitz You too! [00:11] *leah has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 07 [01:14] *leah (~leah@rxgp6xedv3mwc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 07 [02:20] *leah has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:23] *leah (~leah@avxybab6mpjhq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:31] *leah has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:35] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:49] schestowitz-TR OK [02:49] schestowitz-TR working on it [02:49] schestowitz-TR done [02:49] Techrights-sec afk [02:49] Techrights-sec Via EXIF probably. libimage-exif-perl or libimage-exiftool-perl [02:49] Techrights-sec thanks [02:49] Techrights-sec though I wonder if the metadata can be extracted without having to download [02:49] Techrights-sec the entire video to the system doing the work of processing everything into [02:49] Techrights-sec Gemtext [02:49] Techrights-sec Regardless, the metadata helps in the future, especially if the files [02:50] Techrights-sec move around and get separated a little from the accompanying HTML [02:50] Techrights-sec thanks [02:52] *SomeH4x0r has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:52] schestowitz-TR the gif "poster" file will also have a title, not file name as slug [02:52] schestowitz-TR the meta name/fireld is "title" [02:52] schestowitz-TR I will do a few videos with it, then see if it goes OK before pushing to git [02:53] Techrights-sec [02:53] Techrights-sec ack [02:56] *SomeH4x0r (~someh4xx@c329dvh7zk2iu.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:58] schestowitz-TR am adding date [02:58] Techrights-sec I was thinking there would be a method using exiftools via the shell, but [02:58] Techrights-sec it is not ready for WebM yet: [02:58] Techrights-sec $ exiftool edu-tech.webm -xmp-dc:Creator="Roy Schestowitz" [02:58] Techrights-sec Error: Writing of WEBM files is not yet supported - edu-tech.webm [02:58] Techrights-sec 0 image files updated [02:58] Techrights-sec 1 files weren't updated due to errors [02:58] Techrights-sec ack [02:59] schestowitz-TR anything else to add? [02:59] Techrights-sec title, who is speaking (author/creator), maybe date (added already) and [02:59] Techrights-sec a keyword or two (optional) [02:59] Techrights-sec title is most important ● Jan 07 [03:06] Techrights-sec good point, yes, license and maybe a link to TR [03:07] schestowitz nice ffmpeg -f concat -i ./recipe.txt -metadata title="$VIDEO_NAME" -metadata author="Techrights" -metadata license="Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0" -metadata author="Roy Schestowitz" -metadata date="$(stat --printf='%y' $VIDEO_FILE.webm | cut -d ' ' -f1)" $VIDEO_FILE.webm [03:08] Techrights-sec be dc:Identifier containing a URL [03:23] Techrights-sec hmm. not getting fmpeg to add anything other than title [03:42] Techrights-sec ack [03:46] Techrights-sec CC3? Would CC4 be more relevant? [03:46] Techrights-sec The metadata is visible in VLC. [03:46] schestowitz-TR I missed whatever you put in the session after "ack" [03:46] schestowitz-TR I've just pushed to git [03:46] schestowitz-TR so you can change anything as you see fit there [03:49] Techrights-sec ok [03:53] schestowitz
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    Linux Mint, HD scaling, fractional scaling
    [03:53] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-mint-cinnamon-hd-scaling.html">Linux ) [03:53] schestowitz
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    I tried using the built-in Display setting option, I tried font scaling, I manually made changes to the panel, but in the end, I wasn't that happy. Too many actions, not enough cohesion. There was no one-button solution for me. As it happens, in 2021, the only desktop environment that does scaling well is Plasma, and I'm including Windows into this equation. But that's not why we're here. I actually want to show you what [03:53] schestowitz you can do when it comes to HD scaling in Mint's Cinnamon desktop. Let's do it.

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    Why might you run your own DNS server?
    [03:53] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 400 @ https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/01/05/why-might-you-run-your-own-dns-server-/">Why ) [03:54] schestowitz
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    One of the things that makes DNS difficult to understand is that its decentralized. There are thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands? I dont know!) of authoritative nameservers, and at least 10 million resolvers. And theyre running lots of different software! All these different servers running software means that theres a lot of inconsistency in how DNS works, which can cause all kinds of frustrating problems. [03:54] schestowitz

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    But instead of talking about the problems, Im interested in figuring out why is it a good thing that DNS is decentralized?

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    U.S. and Britain Help Ukraine Prepare for Potential Russian Cyberassault
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    [09:22] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/us/politics/russia-ukraine-cyberattacks.html">U.S ) [09:22] schestowitz

    Now the United States and Britain have quietly dispatched cyberwarfare experts to Ukraine in hopes of better preparing the country to confront what they think may be the next move by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia as he again menaces the former Soviet republic: Not an invasion with the 175,000 troops he is massing on the border, but cyberattacks that take down the electric grid, the banking system, and other [09:22] schestowitz critical components of Ukraines economy and government.

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    Russias goal, according to American intelligence assessments, would be to make Ukraines president, Volodymyr Zelensky, look inept and defenseless and perhaps provide an excuse for an invasion.

    • ● Jan 07 [10:37] Techrights-sec back [10:37] schestowitz-TR 0/ [10:37] schestowitz-TR I have made further improvements but have not pushed to git yet [10:37] schestowitz-TR You were saying, in regards to.... ● Jan 07 [12:49] *tech_exorcist (~tech_exorcist@r8dui6smnhchc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 07 [13:37] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@joseon-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [13:37] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@6pxtd49npuduw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:40] schestowitz-TR I have forwarded the email to zoobab [13:40] schestowitz-TR Should I reproduced much as the same as techrights post? [13:41] Techrights-sec https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?qid=1593079180383&uri=CELEX%3A52020DC0064 [13:41] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-eur-lex.europa.eu | EUR-Lex - 52020DC0064 - EN - EUR-Lex [13:41] Techrights-sec Not sure. Probably best not to link to the survey itself, but the directive and supplementary info here: [13:41] Techrights-sec https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2018:157:FIN [13:41] Techrights-sec https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?qid=1593079180383&uri=CELEX%3A52020DC0064 [13:41] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-eur-lex.europa.eu | EUR-Lex - 52018SC0157 - EN - EUR-Lex ● Jan 07 [14:07] Techrights-sec here is the directive, Directive 85/374/EEC [14:07] Techrights-sec https://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/goods/free-movement-sectors/liability-d [14:07] Techrights-sec efective-products_en [14:07] Techrights-sec however, it is not appropriate to make a post about it at this point in time [14:07] Techrights-sec IMHO [14:07] Techrights-sec if a post is necessary, then I would build it from these four: [14:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/goods/free-movement-sectors/liability-d ) [14:07] Techrights-sec https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/358198.358210 [14:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-dl.acm.org | [14:07] Techrights-sec https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2030258 [14:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-queue.acm.org | The Software Industry IS the Problem - ACM Queue [14:07] Techrights-sec https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3489045 [14:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-queue.acm.org | The Software Industry IS STILL the Problem - ACM Queue [14:07] Techrights-sec http://geer.tinho.net/geer.blackhat.6viii14.txt / https://youtu.be/nT-TGvYOBpI [14:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.youtube.com | Cybersecurity as Realpolitik by Dan Geer presented at Black Hat USA 2014 - YouTube [14:07] Techrights-sec the goal would be to increase general awareness so that informed decisions [14:07] Techrights-sec can be made [14:07] schestowitz-TR I am going to write something [14:09] Techrights-sec ok but rather than a call to action at this time it needs to be an awareness [14:09] Techrights-sec and bring attention to the four links just posted above. In the fourth link [14:09] Techrights-sec it is only part 3 which is relevant. [14:12] schestowitz this is difficult for me to write about [14:12] schestowitz as I start with no knowledge of what this is about [14:14] Techrights-sec which is a reason why it is ok to leave it be for now, but what about [14:14] Techrights-sec some of the others active at TR in the EU? [14:14] schestowitz-TR I passed that on for now, put notes in my todo with all the links [14:16] Techrights-sec ok. I would again recommend avoiding linking to the survey itself. Those [14:16] Techrights-sec for whom it is relevant can find it easily enough or already know about it [14:16] Techrights-sec there is a risk otherwise that the rest of just make noise [14:17] schestowitz-TR maybe I can just publish the text of it with my response [14:17] Techrights-sec not the survey directly [14:17] schestowitz-TR I can make fun of it [14:20] Techrights-sec without the proper background reading the survey [14:20] Techrights-sec is not relevant; with the proper background knowledge it is an opportunity to [14:20] Techrights-sec nudge things the right direction, perhaps; my recommendation would to not post [14:20] Techrights-sec about it [14:20] schestowitz-TR I will look later. getting close to minor burnout tbh, as I was recording, forgot to turn off noise removal [14:21] schestowitz-TR and then all this in email being opened, with many other messages popping up [14:21] schestowitz-TR and then chat [14:21] schestowitz-TR I think "HEY HI" is NS [14:21] schestowitz-TR *BS [14:21] schestowitz-TR and would rather write to make fun of buzzwords from EU [14:30] *tech_exorcist has quit (Quit: see you later) ● Jan 07 [15:22] *schestowitz-TR2 (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #boycottnovell [15:22] *Techrights-sec has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [15:22] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [15:23] *Techrights-sec (~quassel@joseon-55bc2s.am6e.nqgd.t29qgt.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 07 [16:02] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@cqggrmwgu7gji.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [16:29] Techrights-sec right but the questions in the survey are an attempt at addressing the problems [16:29] Techrights-sec even if they don't know much about the software design underneath [16:29] Techrights-sec One aspect which can be worthy of copious amounts of text would be the [16:29] Techrights-sec question of how much software is actually fit for purpose and what the [16:29] Techrights-sec protections people should have if they *use it as advertised*. [16:29] Techrights-sec M$ can't have it both ways. They can't both blame the victim at the same time [16:29] Techrights-sec as they are telling the victim that the software should be used in the way [16:29] Techrights-sec they are blaming the victim for using it in. [16:29] Techrights-sec For example, they design interaces to be clicked on and obfuscate a lot of [16:29] Techrights-sec important information, including metadata, while embedding scripts and such, [16:29] Techrights-sec advertising it all as desirable featues. Yet when those features are (mis)used [16:29] Techrights-sec the usr is blamed instead of the the vendor. Same for attachments. Furthermore [16:29] Techrights-sec the reason e-mail is used as a surrogate for file sharing is that M$ killed off [16:30] Techrights-sec Novell NetWare without either replacing the functionality or allowing the [16:30] Techrights-sec market to fill the vaccuum. So we are left today with 100s of millions if idiot [16:30] Techrights-sec companies with their idiot bosses and frazzled employees sending attachments [16:30] Techrights-sec and having multiple, conflicting versions of the same document, and having lost [16:30] Techrights-sec messages (via M$ Exchange) to add on top of the normal stress. [16:30] Techrights-sec Vendor lock-in moves further up the stack: [16:30] Techrights-sec https://www.thurrott.com/hardware/260917/here-come-the-first-pcs-with-microsofts- [16:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://www.thurrott.com/hardware/260917/here-come-the-first-pcs-with-microsofts- ) [16:30] Techrights-sec pluton-security-chip [16:30] Techrights-sec UEFI, TPM 2, Pluton, ... [16:47] schestowitz-TR I know too little about this "Pluton" BS [16:47] schestowitz-TR +! [16:55] Techrights-sec That's been kept out of the daylight for a reason ... [16:55] Techrights-sec The XBox served only as a testbed for DRM which gradually makes its way into [16:55] Techrights-sec the mainstream wintel market. [16:55] Techrights-sec otr: I called that when the XBox first came out but have no links to prove my [16:55] Techrights-sec otr: point or my prescience [16:55] Techrights-sec I have to say that it's been obvious from the beginning what the XBox is about. [16:55] Techrights-sec Notice that is is Ars Techica and ZDNet which are among the very few announcing [16:55] Techrights-sec Pluton. [16:55] Techrights-sec https://itigic.com/hsp-pluton-security-processor-inside-cpus/ [16:55] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-itigic.com | HSP Pluton, the Security Processor Inside CPUs | ITIGIC [16:55] Techrights-sec "So it only allows the execution of programs signed by Microsoft itself for the c [16:55] Techrights-sec onsole." ● Jan 07 [17:39] *psydroid3 has quit (connection closed) [17:46] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@cqggrmwgu7gji.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:49] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:49] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@cqggrmwgu7gji.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:50] *psydroid3 has quit (connection closed) ● Jan 07 [18:08] schestowitz-TR correct me if I am wrong [18:08] schestowitz-TR when you edited the metadata line [18:08] schestowitz-TR you cut in half $( ... ) [18:08] schestowitz-TR which I think is why the data is missing from resultant files [18:08] schestowitz-TR I will test [18:08] Techrights-sec It's quite likely I introduced some error, but command substitution works even [18:08] Techrights-sec when split over many lines. So the splitting itself is unlikely the prioblem [18:08] Techrights-sec but maybe a typo or omission? [18:29] Techrights-sec found it [18:29] Techrights-sec will fix [18:29] schestowitz-TR no, wait [18:29] schestowitz-TR conflicting changes [18:29] Techrights-sec ok, within the $( ... ) block keep everything the same but move the pipe | up [18:29] Techrights-sec to the end of the previous line. It should not matter but does, apparently. [18:33] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@kb9a22pvam3y4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [18:33] Techrights-sec + -metadata date="$(stat --printf='%y' $VIDEO_FILE.webm | \ [18:33] Techrights-sec + cut -d ' ' -f1)" $VIDEO_FILE.webm [18:33] Techrights-sec or [18:33] Techrights-sec + -metadata date="$(stat --printf='%y' $VIDEO_FILE.webm | [18:33] Techrights-sec + cut -d ' ' -f1)" $VIDEO_FILE.webm [18:33] schestowitz-TR thanks, adding [18:34] schestowitz-TR you caught me at the middle of doing 4 things at once, which I ought not do ^_^ [18:38] Techrights-sec multitasking is unproductive, there is always high overhead for it [18:38] schestowitz-TR usually it is neither intentional nor desired [18:39] schestowitz-TR happened this afternoon, as I noted [18:39] schestowitz-TR I went to sleep [18:39] schestowitz-TR to refresh and re-energise [18:41] schestowitz managed to make change without conflicts [18:41] schestowitz push will come if it works OK [18:41] schestowitz the upcoming video (sort of test, very short) [18:41] schestowitz will still have the bug of missing data [18:41] *tech_exorcist (~tech_exorcist@qztqbsg2acbfy.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [18:42] Techrights-sec exiftool does not show the metadata but VLC will [18:42] schestowitz-TR I test with 5 or so media players [18:45] *tech_exorcist has quit (Quit: see you later) [18:47] Techrights-sec ack ● Jan 07 [20:03] *tech_exorcist (~tech_exorcist@msf33n9mvftba.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 07 [21:42] Techrights-sec afk [21:48] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 07 [22:36] *tech_exorcist has quit (connection closed) [22:43] *tech_exorcist (~tech_exorcist@7au7cchx5x986.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 07 [23:14] *tech_exorcist has quit (Quit: Disconnecting)