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schestowitz-TRgm, overslept a lot by accidentJun 08 09:28
schestowitz-TRis irc post on the way?Jun 08 09:28
schestowitz-TRI'm still catching up with many links Jun 08 09:28
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Techrights-seca while back kaniini mentioned "soon"Jun 08 10:27
Techrights-secIs he still ok?Jun 08 10:27
schestowitz-TRsomewhere in canada now, like a nomadJun 08 10:28
Techrights-secokJun 08 10:34
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schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Nordic Ideal ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/finland-sweden-nato/ | Source: The NationJun 08 11:04
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.thenation.com | The End of the Nordic Ideal | The NationJun 08 11:04
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has long contended it has no gang problem." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2022/06/07/sheriff-who-claimed-he-would-clean-up-the-los-angeles-sheriffs-department-gang-problem-has-instead-allowed-it-to-thrive/ | Source: TechdirtJun 08 11:07
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Sheriff Who Claimed He Would Clean Up The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Gang Problem Has Instead Allowed It To Thrive | TechdirtJun 08 11:07
schestowitz-TRI think "chaos theory" is sometimes used in a non-technical context too  Jun 08 11:07
Techrights-secackJun 08 11:16
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schestowitz-TRnot exactly on-topic, I know, but over the years I've heard that a society happy and contented enoughJun 08 11:17
schestowitz-TRwould be be so passive and still look to improveJun 08 11:17
schestowitz-TRif you worsen things, they tackle the worst aspects firstJun 08 11:17
schestowitz-TRso things like "royal" family are not the top priorityJun 08 11:17
Techrights-secperhaps, that's a common theme in some science fictio genresJun 08 11:18
schestowitz-TRa motif is, what are they looking to distract from?Jun 08 11:19
schestowitz-TRusing selective outrage?Jun 08 11:19
schestowitz-TRthen you focus not on what they tell you but on what you insist is more importanytJun 08 11:19
schestowitz-TRnot Apple vs MicrosoftJun 08 11:19
schestowitz-TRbut Freedom versus DRM, back doors etc.Jun 08 11:19
Techrights-sec        not just distract from with small distractions but creation of Jun 08 11:20
Techrights-seclarge intractable crises to prevent addressing class and powerJun 08 11:20
schestowitz-TRthose can be connectedJun 08 11:20
schestowitz-TRso you connect themJun 08 11:21
schestowitz-TRand attribute the crises to those with incentive to create themJun 08 11:21
Techrights-secyes and the crises are increasingly international in nature Jun 08 11:22
schestowitz-TRthe media lost interest in "war on terror"Jun 08 11:25
schestowitz-TRfrom what I can gather, the bloodbaths continueJun 08 11:25
schestowitz-TRwhen russia invaded georgia,iirc not long after gw had invaded iraq, the outrage was minimalJun 08 11:25
schestowitz-TRprior to war on terror there was "cold war"Jun 08 11:25
schestowitz-TRthen ussr became "not so risky"Jun 08 11:25
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "As ordinary workers across the United States watched inflation eat away at modest wage gains in 2021" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/07/report-warns-taxpayer-money-fueling-pandemic-greed-grab-us-ceos | Source: Common DreamsJun 08 11:28
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | Report Warns Taxpayer Money Is Fueling 'Pandemic Greed Grab' by US CEOsJun 08 11:28
Techrights-secackJun 08 11:28
schestowitz-TRmakes it a tad harder to rebel against the status quo ("the system")Jun 08 11:31
schestowitz-TRbut one can manageJun 08 11:31
schestowitz-TRbtw, got some compliments on our journalism this morningJun 08 11:31
schestowitz-TRsoon 34,000 blog postsJun 08 11:32
schestowitz-TRtuxmachines 18 this fridayJun 08 11:32
schestowitz-TRtomorrow a meeting that likely decided, tentatively, what happens nextJun 08 11:32
schestowitz-TRworking 2 nights in a row, than 5 days off, would be a massive improvementJun 08 11:32
schestowitz-TRwe've managed to skirt most price increases using "life hacks"Jun 08 11:32
schestowitz-TRriannr might start growing mushrooms soon, or try to... apparently leftover coffee is good for that so she has been collectingJun 08 11:32
schestowitz-TRitJun 08 11:32
Techrights-secvarious grains are better, there are kits to work from but also an enormousJun 08 11:33
Techrights-secwealth of informtion about how to culture and grow various species.  If you haveJun 08 11:33
Techrights-secspace, you can probably do it.  I recall reading about it at the time whenJun 08 11:33
Techrights-secpeople figured out how to farm shiitakeJun 08 11:33
schestowitz-TRas prices increase, incentive to at least try that will growJun 08 11:33
Techrights-secIt might be an interesting hobbyJun 08 11:39
Techrights-secThe trick is being OCD about keeping all parts of the process sterileJun 08 11:39
schestowitz-TRrianne learns this from youtube channels these daysJun 08 11:40
schestowitz-TR(while youtube lasts...)Jun 08 11:40
Techrights-sec:/ not necessarily an authoritative source, it would depend very highly onJun 08 11:40
Techrights-secwho is actually posting and what their background isJun 08 11:40
schestowitz-TRchange of topic:Jun 08 11:46
schestowitz-TRI still check almost every day if raspios (d11) has updares for linux-image or raspberrypi-kernelJun 08 11:46
schestowitz-TRbecause I choose to assume something went wrong with the last one, which should be 5.15.xJun 08 11:46
schestowitz-TRand so it falls back onto 5.10.xJun 08 11:46
schestowitz-TRwhich is not fully compatible with some of the other "latest" packagesJun 08 11:46
schestowitz-TRthat's an untested theoryJun 08 11:46
schestowitz-TRbut I did see kernel-related warnings when last booting with a "head" attachedJun 08 11:46
schestowitz-TRand moreover the USB clone works OKJun 08 11:46
schestowitz-TRI've made backups, but to other machines and drive, not the full clonbeJun 08 11:46
schestowitz-TRbecause I don't consider anything outside /home to be in a fine state ATMJun 08 11:46
schestowitz-TRin the future I will be even more hesitant to run full system updatesJun 08 11:46
Techrights-secackJun 08 11:46
Techrights-secit's very rare that the ydoJun 08 11:46
schestowitz-TRI do not have a spare machine to test updates onJun 08 11:53
schestowitz-TRand at the moment rianne's pi is a dedicated work machine or vpn workhorseJun 08 11:53
schestowitz-TRdon't want to tinker with itJun 08 11:53
schestowitz-TRit makes life easierJun 08 11:53
schestowitz-TRbear in mind the lack of consolidation means that during third we have THREE phonesJun 08 11:53
schestowitz-TRlandline, ip phone, gulag...Jun 08 11:53
schestowitz-TRthat's "progress" for youJun 08 11:53
schestowitz-TRwhen you put idiots in decision-making positionsJun 08 11:53
schestowitz-TRI have not checked price and availability of raspi4, but will do so briefly nowJun 08 11:53
schestowitz-TRcurious due to "supply" issuesJun 08 11:53
schestowitz-TR(my dad thinking china is staging or faking it... to cause issue...Jun 08 11:53
schestowitz-TRI asked for evidence... he cannot provide any)Jun 08 11:53
schestowitzhttps://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/raspberry-piJun 08 11:55
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-shop.pimoroni.com | Raspberry Pi Boards, Kits, HATs, and Accessories - Next Day Delivery - PimoroniJun 08 11:55
schestowitznotice the pricesJun 08 11:55
schestowitzI think they use bundles to conceal the changesJun 08 11:55
Techrights-secackJun 08 11:55
schestowitz-TRthe way I am reading this (some have 1GB of RAM), the prices may or may not have doubledJun 08 11:57
schestowitz-TRiot's a good thing we stocked up on needed hardware and spare before this BS periodJun 08 11:57
schestowitz-TRwhere you want a simple set of speakers and they offer you one speaker for like 100 poundsJun 08 11:57
Techrights-secackJun 08 12:00
Techrights-secpretty much everything containing an actuall RPi is out of stock, just likeJun 08 12:00
Techrights-seceverywhere elseJun 08 12:00
Techrights-secUkraine products 70% of the world's neon and that is currently essential forJun 08 12:00
Techrights-secthe manufacture of chipsJun 08 12:00
Techrights-sec:/Jun 08 12:02
schestowitz-TRiirc, it was you who passed the link this morning about improvising the manufacturingJun 08 12:04
schestowitz-TRI LOLed at the part about them shipping product with chips missing, promising to add them laterJun 08 12:04
schestowitz-TRI mean, WTF??? How would that actually work? They send someone to your home to "upgrade" with a screwdriver?Jun 08 12:04
schestowitz-TRI joked about this with rianneJun 08 12:04
schestowitz-TRI actually find the whole think amusing rather than sadeningJun 08 12:04
schestowitz-TRbut maybe because atm it feels like misfrotune of othersJun 08 12:04
schestowitz-TResp. people who buy "smart" carsJun 08 12:04
schestowitz-TRin reality, rich people will find a way around the shortagesJun 08 12:04
schestowitz-TRand be a "priority clientele"Jun 08 12:04
schestowitz-TRwhile prices soar, hurting not them but othersJun 08 12:04
Techrights-secthe global supply chain has been maneuvered into a position where there Jun 08 12:06
Techrights-secare multiple single-point-of-failure junctions and now that several are failingJun 08 12:06
Techrights-secit brings down all computer hardware manufacturingJun 08 12:06
Techrights-secit was just a matter of time given the direction things had been headingJun 08 12:06
schestowitz-TRI still need more time to wrap my head around what that meansJun 08 12:08
schestowitz-TRinc. second-hand/"preowned" marketsJun 08 12:08
schestowitz-TRfrom an environmental POV, this has potential for goodJun 08 12:08
schestowitz-TRwe've long hoped air travel would RETURN to being an expensive Jun 08 12:08
schestowitz-TRluxuryJun 08 12:08
schestowitz-TRwhich is really what it ALL ALONG should have beenJun 08 12:08
schestowitz-TRno more treturn flights for some weekend conference of beach tripJun 08 12:08
schestowitz-TRwe need a rebellion against work communting, tooJun 08 12:08
schestowitz-TRiirc, rianne purchased the pi just before the ukraine war and chinese lockdownsJun 08 12:10
schestowitz-TRit did not cost much more than the prior priceJun 08 12:10
schestowitz-TRand the stocks were replenished just days after she had left her emailJun 08 12:10
schestowitz-TRas I expected, activelow seems to have just returned, but with a new nicknameJun 08 12:15
schestowitz-TRafter causing a channel to go bad by de-registeringJun 08 12:15
schestowitz-TRlike matey, he does not wish to be seen as a returneeJun 08 12:15
schestowitz-TRbrandon lozza recently came back too, after many yearsJun 08 12:15
schestowitz-TRpeople come and go, but as long as they're alive and we too are online theyJun 08 12:15
schestowitz-TRcan return at any momentJun 08 12:15
schestowitz-TRmany people from usenet also suddenly appeaerJun 08 12:15
Techrights-secthat kind of stability is an assetJun 08 12:16
schestowitz-TRi think olf it as reward for consistency Jun 08 12:17
Techrights-secyesJun 08 12:18
schestowitz-TRactivelow has just ragequit againJun 08 13:16
schestowitz-TRfor us not being as radicalJun 08 13:16
schestowitz-TRI worry he's getting more extreme over timeJun 08 13:16
schestowitz-TRand it's hard to get him out of itJun 08 13:16
schestowitz-TRisolated and misinformedJun 08 13:16
schestowitz-TRI know his real name, I saw it in his codeJun 08 13:16
schestowitz-TRdays ago conde nast, after 5+ yearsd, did a "report" on vault7 leakerJun 08 13:41
schestowitz-TRit was ad hominemJun 08 13:41
schestowitz-TRschneier linked to itJun 08 13:41
schestowitz-TRwhich does not imply it is goodJun 08 13:41
schestowitz-TRhe linked to a lot of conde nast rubbish these daysJun 08 13:41
Techrights-secok but I have no backround in deradicalization and can only suggest to standJun 08 13:41
Techrights-secfirm against such bullshit; a problem is that such behavior is often usedJun 08 13:41
Techrights-secas an excuse to shoehorn CoCs and cenorshipJun 08 13:41
Techrights-secSchneier seemed to retire in most ways shortly after he processed the SnowdenJun 08 13:41
Techrights-secdocuments.Jun 08 13:41
schestowitz-TRwaitJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRdid bruce "process" these documents?Jun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRI watch that closely at the timeJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRSchnier may have linked to articlesJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRin schneier.orgJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRbut I did not see him directly involv edJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRioerror was def. involved Jun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRmfleeJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRgreenwalfJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRbefore omidyar bought greenwald and his associatesJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRthen shut them all downJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRbased on some contractual basisJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRas I understand itJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRthey wrote in protestJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRand that was the end of thatJun 08 13:44
schestowitz-TRthey vanished along with the materialJun 08 13:44
Techrights-secIIRCJun 08 13:44
Techrights-secIIRC he had copiesJun 08 13:44
Techrights-secafter the big news Jun 08 13:44
Techrights-secomidyar bought him to get the papers and 1) put them on ice and 2) act as a Jun 08 13:44
Techrights-sechoneypot for other whistleblowersJun 08 13:44
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schestowitz-TROk, yes, this makes senseJun 08 13:47
schestowitz-TRand notice how few WBers come out now with materialJun 08 13:47
schestowitz-TRthe other day I think one of the drone strikes WBers was in IRCJun 08 13:47
schestowitz-TRbut I am not sureJun 08 13:47
schestowitz-TRthey confided in meJun 08 13:47
schestowitz-TRbut there is nothing to write about the subject anymoreJun 08 13:47
schestowitz-TRbecause the media stopped particpatingJun 08 13:47
schestowitz-TRas if the drones just stopped existing or turned into kitesJun 08 13:47
Techrights-secack     Jun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRit is particularly upsetting to meJun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRin 2012ish-1015 I wrote heavily about drone strikesJun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRit's still in Daily LinksJun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRother topics of focus in 2011 onwards were NSA mass surveillanceJun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRprior to snowedenJun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRwikileaks was intreumental thereJun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRfor a number of reasonsJun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRin 2015 I decided to stop, I probably still have that piece of paper Jun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRI discussed with rianne about how to shift focusJun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRthe drone strikes thing reached an impasseJun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRas had happened to debates about sw patentsJun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRapropos, crystalmath said in irc we don't write much about freeswJun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRand I showed him fsf had also stoppedJun 08 13:51
schestowitz-TRand he agreesJun 08 13:52
schestowitz-TRfreesw as a topic is being cast asideJun 08 13:52
schestowitz-TRnow it's "hey hi" and "web3" and "somethingverse" and all soerts of totallyJun 08 13:52
schestowitz-TRludicrous stuffJun 08 13:52
Techrights-secyes I recallJun 08 13:52
Techrights-secif anyone is supposed to talk up Software Freedom it should be the FSFJun 08 13:52
Techrights-secI've also noticed their neglect of responsiblity thereJun 08 13:52
schestowitz-TRwhen LF could move in for the kill against Windows (desktop/laptop) it instead sold out Jun 08 13:53
schestowitz-TRsame thing happened to NovellJun 08 13:53
schestowitz-TRone week before the Microsoft deal they got a major OEM to BUNDLE PC with SLED 10Jun 08 13:53
schestowitz-TRI linked to that in irc a few days agoJun 08 13:53
Techrights-secyes they were close; same for Canonical, there were over a half dozen goldenJun 08 13:54
Techrights-secopportunities to make big sales or at least promote the heck out of theirJun 08 13:54
Techrights-secproducts and services but they let it drop *each* and every timeJun 08 13:54
Techrights-secI attributed that to the moles from M$ which Canonical knowingly brought inJun 08 13:54
Techrights-secIt has been acting like an anti-Linux Foundation for a long while nowJun 08 13:58
Techrights-secand appears to have been infiltrated and fully subvertedJun 08 13:58
Techrights-secI don't suppose they still have a charter online for comparison between theirJun 08 13:58
Techrights-secstated goals and their current misdeeds?Jun 08 13:58
schestowitz-TRI actually covered this numerous timesJun 08 13:59
schestowitz-TRe.g. comparing their mention of "community" in the site over the years, using the wayback machineJun 08 13:59
schestowitz-TRmore recently I did another kind of comparisonJun 08 13:59
schestowitz-TRdo yolu wwant the url/s?Jun 08 13:59
schestowitz-TRit would not take long to retreieve, hang on...Jun 08 14:01
schestowitz-TRbtw, I sense that when such orgs turn on the "politics mode" it's a defence staretgy Jun 08 14:01
schestowitz-TRthe PR "consultants" tell them it can associate legit critics with "bigots"Jun 08 14:01
schestowitz-TR"I am SOOOO tol;erant, WHY are you attacking me? [sob]"Jun 08 14:01
Techrights-secokJun 08 14:01
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2019/08/03/no-more-community-in-lf/Jun 08 14:02
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | How the Linux Foundation Devolved From Community-Centric to Microsoft (in GitHub) Projects | TechrightsJun 08 14:02
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2022/03/22/lf-openwashing-services/Jun 08 14:03
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Linux Foundation: From Linux to Openwashing Services | TechrightsJun 08 14:03
Techrights-sechttps://www.linuxfoundation.org/bylaws/Jun 08 14:11
Techrights-secchanged back in 2016 or soJun 08 14:11
Techrights-sechttps://www.information-age.com/linux-foundation-causes-uproar-quietly-removing-community-representation-its-board-123460821/Jun 08 14:11
Techrights-secinteresting possibilityJun 08 14:11
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.linuxfoundation.org | Bylaws - Linux FoundationJun 08 14:11
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.information-age.com | Linux Foundation causes uproar by quietly removing community representation from its board - Information AgeJun 08 14:11
schestowitz-TRhow much time apart from Microsoft sellout?Jun 08 14:12
schestowitz-TRMaybe there was a request associated with that moveJun 08 14:12
schestowitz-TRand it was fulfilled?Jun 08 14:12
schestowitz-TRaround that time OSI was also getting like 90%+ corporate fundedJun 08 14:12
schestowitz-TRnow it is like 97%, based on 2020 filing, probably higher by nowJun 08 14:12
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2022/05/09/microsoft-takes-control-lf/Jun 08 14:12
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Evolution at Linux Foundation: Microsoft Attacks, Microsoft ‘Joins’, Microsoft Takes Control | TechrightsJun 08 14:12
schestowitz see the imageJun 08 14:12
schestowitzpay close attentionJun 08 14:12
Techrights-secyesJun 08 14:15
Techrights-secI see.  (normally I ignore the images)Jun 08 14:17
Techrights-secThe M$ mole also is allowed to shill there tooJun 08 14:17
Techrights-secthat's kind of old and hard to find but there was a lot of talk aboutJun 08 14:17
Techrights-secthe removal of the community seats as a move to preemptively block SandlerJun 08 14:17
Techrights-secand other pro-GPL people from even having a chance at winning a seat.Jun 08 14:17
schestowitz-TRcan you research for any concrete links between the microsoft "loves" Linnux (Foundation) moveJun 08 14:17
schestowitz-TRand the removal of ksandler among other moved?Jun 08 14:17
schestowitz-TR*movesJun 08 14:17
schestowitz-TRsheela zemlin's employment history does not coincide with that year in particular (I have checked already; years ago)Jun 08 14:17
schestowitz-TRspouses are not off-limit, ask Tim BrayJun 08 14:17
Techrights-secTim Bray has been toeing the line in recent years though, it seems his  Jun 08 14:19
Techrights-secmemory is not long in that regard or that they finally did find a way toJun 08 14:19
Techrights-secget to himJun 08 14:19
Techrights-secIt'd probably take 30 minutes of searching to find his old blog post aboutJun 08 14:19
Techrights-sechow M$ went after first him and then his wife's companyJun 08 14:19
schestowitz-TRI can get that in 20 seconds or lessJun 08 14:19
schestowitz-TR"life is complicated" was the title and we have a wiki page for that attack patternJun 08 14:19
Techrights-secI just tried and even a fairly narrow search turned up nothing not evenJun 08 14:24
Techrights-sechis blogJun 08 14:24
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_Retribution_against_individuals_and_organisationsJun 08 14:24
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Microsoft Retribution against individuals and organisations - TechrightsJun 08 14:24
schestowitzhttp://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2007/01/24/MixupJun 08 14:24
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Missing content type. Ignoring.Jun 08 14:24
Techrights-secackJun 08 14:28
schestowitz-TRit would be INVALUABLE if we could proveJun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRthat there ere further strings attacked to MS-LFJun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRor... if someone sent us a tipJun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRlike we got many re shithubJun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRone single source can do infinite damageJun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRlike ed snowdenJun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRbefore omidyar shat on his "stash"Jun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TR(snowden did not keep copies himself, it was not safe)Jun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRhe even handed over his own laptopJun 08 14:34
Techrights-secno it was not safe for him to keep anythingJun 08 14:34
Techrights-secprobably quite a bitJun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRwe do not knowhow much data was on Assange's laptop and other electronic devicesJun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRwhen those were seized b surposed and handed over to the US Jun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRprobably lots of stuff in thereJun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRpro tip: if they take away your shaving kit, act fast :/Jun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRthey might be preparing you for "the role"Jun 08 14:34
schestowitz-TRtypecastingJun 08 14:35
Techrights-secyepJun 08 14:36
Techrights-secand they intentionally roughed him up on the way out so that he'd struggle and Jun 08 14:36
Techrights-secprotest            Jun 08 14:36
Techrights-secvisibly for the waiting camerasJun 08 14:36
Techrights-secperhaps not dissimilar to the military-like raid on Kim Dotcom and the cameraJun 08 14:36
Techrights-seccrews which were given a headsupJun 08 14:36
schestowitz-TRKim (on record): "hey had a knee to my neck" (or chin)Jun 08 14:38
schestowitz-TR*theyJun 08 14:38
schestowitz-TRlife-threatening position Jun 08 14:38
schestowitz-TRthat was before ChauvinJun 08 14:38
schestowitzhttps://yewtu.be/watch?v=KmIPVrkN1hAJun 08 14:41
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-yewtu.be | Kim Dotcom Police Raid Video Released - InvidiousJun 08 14:41
schestowitz-TRa good strategy is not just to record before entryJun 08 14:42
schestowitz-TRbut have a femalke as alibo/eyewitnessJun 08 14:42
schestowitz-TRthey get a bad "press" for roughening up womenJun 08 14:42
schestowitz-TRand so they are less likely to do some thingsJun 08 14:42
schestowitz-TRbut more importantly, you need evidence that you were obedient and politeJun 08 14:42
schestowitz-TRwhen it is therir word against yoursJun 08 14:42
schestowitz-TR https://yewtu.be/watch?v=KmIPVrkN1hAJun 08 14:43
schestowitz-TRtowards the end of the video Kim explained what FBI did simultaneouslyJun 08 14:43
schestowitz-TRin the backgroundJun 08 14:43
schestowitz-TRIt would take longer to get the parts about them physically assaulting himJun 08 14:43
schestowitz-TRafaik, there was either no footage or only the state shields footage of that Jun 08 14:43
schestowitz-TRthat was an "OTR" thingJun 08 14:43
Techrights-sec* or chins :/Jun 08 14:44
Techrights-secackJun 08 14:44
Techrights-secraids like that are not about solving a problem but about show of force andJun 08 14:47
Techrights-sechaving a large chance that some fatal "mistake" might happen with the handlingJun 08 14:47
Techrights-secof the victim / targetJun 08 14:47
schestowitzlast 5 seconds of https://yewtu.be/watch?v=mmObwguVmEIJun 08 14:47
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Techrights-secand as mentioned he has not done anything different AFAIK from the other Jun 08 14:48
Techrights-sec"cloud" servicesJun 08 14:48
Techrights-secthe gate was unlocked yet they jumped over it  Jun 08 14:54
Techrights-secif only they could raid microsofters that way and be rid of the cybersecurityJun 08 14:54
Techrights-secdisaster in a mattetr of hoursJun 08 14:54
schestowitz-TRyou and I know how "the system" works and whyJun 08 14:56
schestowitz-TRI try my best to not challenge the limits too muchJun 08 14:56
schestowitz-TRso I can carry on another 20 yearsJun 08 14:56
schestowitz-TR'doping' = credibility loss for short-term boostJun 08 14:56
Techrights-secyepJun 08 14:56
schestowitz-TRor doing questionable things that can get you in trouble with some lawsJun 08 14:56
schestowitz-TRpeople will try to do both regardlessJun 08 14:56
schestowitz-TRSLAPP Jun 08 14:56
schestowitz-TRad hominemJun 08 14:56
schestowitz-TRbut that does not mean you should make it easier for themJun 08 14:56
schestowitz-TRroughening people up, with physical force or words (provocation, threats)Jun 08 14:58
schestowitz-TRis one way to lower their rational instinctsJun 08 14:58
schestowitz-TRand invoke inpulsive actionsJun 08 14:58
schestowitz-TRI can think of several people this was done toJun 08 14:58
schestowitz-TRand helped discredit themJun 08 14:58
schestowitz-TRthe ad hominem conde nast piece that bruce schneier linked to I did not need to read past the summaryJun 08 14:58
schestowitz-TRthe summar made it clear it was a distraction and typical motivation questioningJun 08 14:58
Techrights-secackJun 08 14:59
schestowitz-TRI used to treat Bruce with respectJun 08 14:59
schestowitz-TRnow it's scepticismJun 08 14:59
schestowitz-TRif noit "ol' fart" cycnicismJun 08 14:59
schestowitz-TRsame as for SJVNJun 08 14:59
Techrights-secBruce deflated rather suddenly but had so much respect from the community thatJun 08 15:00
Techrights-secit took a long time for people to accept that he is gone in practiceJun 08 15:00
schestowitz-TRmaybe some time soon he'll get "bored" and pull a "guido de icaza"Jun 08 15:01
Techrights-secI'm still wondering what they did to Durusau over ODF and open standardsJun 08 15:01
schestowitz-TRhe is in twitterJun 08 15:01
schestowitzhttps://yewtu.be/channel/UCXj2fUcGQk4xbjp8qRudQyAJun 08 15:03
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-yewtu.be | Patrick Durusau - InvidiousJun 08 15:03
schestowitz-TRhere too, recentJun 08 15:03
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2019/06/22/durusau-and-coekaerts/Jun 08 15:04
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Microsoft Apparently Did a Patrick Durusau on Wim Coekaerts to Broaden Its Control Over GNU/Linux | TechrightsJun 08 15:04
Techrights-secackJun 08 15:09
schestowitz-TRmicrosoft is the worstJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRbut I saw other companies, to a lesser degree, doing the same to CS labsJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRGulag, Intel..Jun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRtheir goal is not to advance teaching or researchJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRtheir money is not a "support"Jun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRsorry, it isJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRbut not for the schools but to themselvesJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRthis is an issue politicians won't tackleJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRbecause like those schools they're owned by corporatismJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRand they too get "donations"Jun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRlike Microbell LarabelJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRthey are "slaves"Jun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRof the "masters"Jun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRwhich play political PR gamesJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRand say those words are obsceneJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRas they might cause an emotional reactionJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRapropos, see the latest post from norbert prenningJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRI saw tghat video uyears agoJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRinteresting he would bring it up now all of a suddenJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRI know he has spoken to daniel p latelyJun 08 15:20
Techrights-secackJun 08 15:20
Techrights-secrough video, but not far offJun 08 15:20
schestowitz-TRmaybe the video is a bit ahead of its timeJun 08 15:21
schestowitz-TRit was very popular a couple of years agoJun 08 15:21
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schestowitz-TRI was about to create symlinks for ~gemini so that the Daily IRC Logs do not have a broken URI/L in "Local copy" and "Enter theJun 08 15:29
schestowitz-TR IRC channels now"Jun 08 15:29
schestowitz-TRbut the former, not the latter, is a tricker oneJun 08 15:29
schestowitz-TR*trickierJun 08 15:29
schestowitz-TRand I reckon cobbling together something in perl for this particular post "type" would be simplerJun 08 15:29
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Techrights-secprobably easier in perlJun 08 15:34
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "The word “chaos” is understood as meaning “disorder” and “confusion,” and when it flourishes, it becomes increasingly difficult" ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/06/07/chaos-or-community-2/ | Source: Counter PunchJun 08 15:36
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Chaos or Community - CounterPunch.orgJun 08 15:36
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schestowitz-TRjust chedked what a fraud scamnil becameJun 08 15:39
schestowitz-TRbut unwilling to do any more screenshots, as it would give him more limelight than he deservesJun 08 15:39
schestowitz-TRbut he's scamming companiesJun 08 15:39
schestowitz-TRthey deserve to knowJun 08 15:39
schestowitz-TRLF is complicity in itJun 08 15:39
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Techrights-seccheckingJun 08 15:46
Techrights-seccurrently the following is generated:Jun 08 15:46
Techrights-sec=>      /irc-channel/ Enter the IRC channels nowJun 08 15:46
Techrights-secwhat should be there instead?Jun 08 15:46
schestowitz-TRI think /aboutJun 08 15:46
schestowitz-TRwhere it has details about accessing IRCJun 08 15:47
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schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Not good/disturbing trend here: courier does not knock on door, instead putting through the door a slip thatJun 08 16:04
schestowitz-TRsays the parcel is INSIDE THE BIN! You can easily have it thrown away into a landfill. Lazy approach of nihilists, pushed throuJun 08 16:04
schestowitz-TRgh with "cost-cutting" approaches...Jun 08 16:04
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Dear UK couriers, the BIN is NOT a mail box. It's not secure and periodically it gets emptied into garbage trJun 08 16:04
schestowitz-TRucks. People pay shipping fees for a service, not for you to dump objects of value into BINS. Worse yet, this practice will encJun 08 16:04
schestowitz-TRourage petty thieves to go through your trash, making a mess in pursuit of treasures. This is the new "key under the doormat" lJun 08 16:04
schestowitz-TRunacy.Jun 08 16:04
schestowitz-TRall those f*ersJun 08 16:04
schestowitz-TRhad to do was knock on the f*ing doorJun 08 16:04
schestowitz-TRboth rianne and I had our headphones off for thisJun 08 16:04
schestowitz-TRand I only knew they came because I heard the mouth of the door opening for the slipJun 08 16:04
schestowitz-TR"technological advancement" = bezos et al playing treeasure hunt with things you paid forJun 08 16:06
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Ramifications of Greed: The Bin is Not a Postbox and Mail Should Never be Delivered Into People’s Trashcans https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/06/08/bins-are-not-mailboxes/Jun 08 16:44
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com » Blog Archive » Ramifications of Greed: The Bin is Not a Postbox and Mail Should Never be Delivered Into People’s TrashcansJun 08 16:44
Techrights-sectechnically they are discarding the package they were supposed to have deliveredJun 08 17:23
Techrights-secand falsely claimed to have delivered: committing fraudJun 08 17:23
Techrights-secand or facilitating theftJun 08 17:23
schestowitz-TRack  Jun 08 17:23
schestowitz-TRotaJun 08 17:23
schestowitz-TRotaJun 08 17:40
schestowitz-TRit was about llfJun 08 17:40
schestowitz-TRtyping it up nowJun 08 17:40
Techrights-secackJun 08 17:49
Techrights-secdid you file a business complaint against the delivery company for Jun 08 17:49
Techrights-secdiscarding your package while lying about having delivered it?Jun 08 17:49
Techrights-sec^business complaint with the governmentJun 08 17:49
schestowitz-TRroyal mail is the gov.Jun 08 17:50
schestowitz-TRit would go nowehereJun 08 17:50
schestowitz-TRthey would make up "convincing" excusesJun 08 17:50
schestowitz-TRit's like filing a coc complaints about the coc committeeJun 08 17:50
Techrights-secis there an ombudsman in a different branch that would be covering that topic?Jun 08 17:51
schestowitz-TRombudsman is our former clientJun 08 17:51
schestowitz-TRand it does not yield much resultsJun 08 17:51
schestowitz-TRit's slow, tooJun 08 17:51
Techrights-secthe point is to get the fraud registered and monitored not necessaril instantJun 08 17:52
Techrights-secsatisfaction or justiceJun 08 17:52
schestowitz-TRi'd rather speak of the issue and let others chanse thisJun 08 17:53
schestowitz-TRI spent a long time last year complaining about a "medical" "services" companyJun 08 17:53
schestowitz-TRit got results, but took a lot of energyJun 08 17:53
schestowitz-TRbrb typing re lfJun 08 17:53
schestowitz-TRwill have draft soon, then move on to the next videoJun 08 17:53
schestowitz-TRriannt took charge of tmJun 08 17:53
Techrights-secackJun 08 17:53
schestowitz-TRi have no wine anymore, but we have vodka in case tomorrow I free up time by sem--retiringJun 08 17:54
Techrights-seclog out from root before tipplingJun 08 17:54
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Techrights-secackJun 08 18:49
Techrights-sec1980s?Jun 08 18:49
schestowitz-TRdraftJun 08 18:49
schestowitz-TRwow, I found so many typos that it is embarassingJun 08 18:49
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schestowitz-TRota new epo stuffJun 08 18:54
schestowitz-TRotaJun 08 18:54
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schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> GPL is not a "burden", this is about people trying to make Perl more proprietary-friendly http://blogs.perl.org/users/dean/2022/06/reconsidering-the-licensing-of-perl-code.ht<techrights-news> GPL is not a "burden", this is about people trying to make Perl more proprietary-friendly http://blogs.perl.org/users/dean/2022/06/reconsidering-the-licensing-of-perl-code.htmlmlJun 08 21:57
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