●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, November 08, 2022 ●● ● Nov 08 [00:32] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [00:32] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@s9xek7hahrdji.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 08 [02:01] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:01] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Nov 08 [05:30] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [05:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 08 [07:22] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Nov 08 [08:44] Techrightssec gm [08:55] schestowitz-TR the demise of social control media is a very historically significant event, [08:55] schestowitz-TR not just in the context of tech [08:56] schestowitz-TR "The second-largest funder is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which provides 9.8% of the WHO's funds" https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/11/08/social-control-media-censorship-and-who/ [08:56] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Social Control Media Censorship and WHO [08:58] Techrightssec The big test of the fediverse will be if various companies add their own [08:58] Techrightssec instances. DW, NYT, WP, etc could have instances for their reporters to use. [08:58] Techrightssec rather than trying to pile (inappropriately) into an existing instance. [08:58] Techrightssec Real reporting costs money, which they are no longer willing to spend/ [08:58] Techrightssec It's all bread and circuses these days and "tooting" is cheapest. [08:58] schestowitz-TR they should do reporting [08:58] schestowitz-TR not "tooting" [08:58] schestowitz-TR they are assuming the problem is "twitter" or "musk" ● Nov 08 [09:00] schestowitz-TR reporting costs time, not money [09:00] schestowitz-TR but time can cost money [09:00] schestowitz-TR it saddens me to see many sites in my feeds posting shameless webspam [09:00] schestowitz-TR wastes time and causes regret about linking to them [09:04] Techrightssec ack [09:04] Techrightssec web spam is becoming all too common [09:06] schestowitz-TR "bext vpn" [09:06] schestowitz-TR "casino" [09:06] schestowitz-TR "online essays" [09:07] schestowitz-TR "deal:" [09:07] schestowitz-TR "special offer" [09:07] schestowitz-TR "buy followers today" [09:07] schestowitz-TR "loan now" [09:11] *starstreak has quit (Quit: Leaving) [09:27] schestowitz-TR a mins ago I caught up with clown bubble starting to implode too [09:27] schestowitz-TR as i mentioned before, some pay PER MONTH what would cost them to buy one server with sufficient [09:27] schestowitz-TR capacity to lost maybe a decade [09:27] schestowitz-TR *last ● Nov 08 [10:26] Techrightssec The Register article also points to the possibility of that now that people [10:26] Techrightssec have had quite a few large invoices and notice that they are neither saving [10:26] Techrightssec time, effort, nor money with "clown" services [10:27] schestowitz-TR I see that first-hand [10:27] schestowitz-TR not my own account [10:27] schestowitz-TR imagine paying like $1000 a month for a few VMs that have 0.00 CPU usage 99.9% of the time [10:27] schestowitz-TR and call this "modern" [10:28] schestowitz-TR btw, I was thinking of spilling the pi to take advantage of the 400. the "4" is very busy, the 400 is idle [10:28] schestowitz-TR the splitting would not be hard. [10:29] schestowitz-TR ipfs runs as a background daemon and gets ruin manually\ [10:29] schestowitz-TR *rin [10:29] schestowitz-TR *wun [10:29] schestowitz-TR *run [10:29] schestowitz-TR I should watch the screen while typign really [10:30] Techrightssec The hard part will be to get the managers to admit failure, those that have [10:30] Techrightssec not moved on yet. Many have gotten bonuses for a "successful" cloud migration [10:30] Techrightssec and moved out of reach to other companies based on that "success". [10:30] Techrightssec That'd work. The pi is not so busy CPU-wise it's just that IPFS is hogging [10:30] Techrightssec all the disk IO and there is not (yet) a way to turn it off using sudo or [10:30] Techrightssec whatever for the duration of the Gemini scripts' work. [10:30] Techrightssec Right, but it /hogs/ the disk and nothing else can write properly while IPFS [10:30] Techrightssec is running. [10:31] schestowitz-TR given that ipfs is already serving fully from the server, maybe I should keep ipfs OFF here much of the time [10:31] schestowitz-TR turning it off now.. [10:31] Techrightssec Thanks. ● Nov 08 [11:55] schestowitz-TR ONS Released Complete Mortality Data Moments Ago. It Shows Total Deaths Are 16.23% Above Pre-COVID-19 Levels (for the Week). https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/11/08/2022-total-deaths/ [11:55] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive ONS Released Complete Mortality Data Moments Ago. It Shows Total Deaths Are 16.23% Above Pre-COVID-19 Levels (for the Week). [11:59] Techrightssec ack ● Nov 08 [12:03] schestowitz-TR from the map presented in EP, by the angry MEP, worst increases are not England and Wales [12:03] schestowitz-TR but German, Greece (I think he is Greek, based on the accent, maybe Cypriot), Finland [12:03] schestowitz-TR Like 20%-30% higher [12:03] schestowitz-TR I've still not opened 3 emails about upc, one from Breyer [12:03] schestowitz-TR I save that for... when I'm done with links [12:03] schestowitz-TR in order to reduce 'mental clutter' [12:03] schestowitz-TR IRC is VERY busy today [12:03] Techrightssec ack [12:03] schestowitz-TR but at least on topic [12:03] mjg59_ At least you admit I'm on topic [12:07] schestowitz-TR the MEP's name is pronnounced 'Tehras', i thionk first name christian or something germanic/anglican [12:07] schestowitz-TR but I don't know his background [12:07] schestowitz-TR many other MEPs don't want to bring up the issue [12:07] schestowitz-TR for fear of getting 'canceled' [12:07] schestowitz-TR though a British MP brought it up this past month [12:07] schestowitz-TR and this MP is not a lawyer [12:07] schestowitz-TR he's a scientists [12:07] schestowitz-TR he complained that parents who lost kids are being painted "antivax" [12:07] schestowitz-TR and that many deaths are not correctly registered [12:07] schestowitz-TR I reckon ONS will face pressure to stop publishing data "so often" [12:07] schestowitz-TR like secret agencies delay classification changes untilt he outrage is curtailed [12:38] schestowitz-TR "Some news outlets engage in journalism. Others just engage in hype." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/07/deas-rainbow-fentanyl-moral-panic-is-making-broadcasters-politicians-stupider-than-they-already-are/ | Source: Techdirt\ [12:39] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-DEAs Rainbow Fentanyl Moral Panic Is Making Broadcasters, Politicians Stupider Than They Already Are | Techdirt [12:39] schestowitz-TR sometimes techdirt does the latter, with "fucking" in the headline and other clickbait (sad to say) ● Nov 08 [13:15] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@qqashmmai9reg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:15] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [13:20] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 08 [14:15] schestowitz-TR mumble works very well [14:15] schestowitz-TR we had some guests [14:15] schestowitz-TR testiing images, etc. [14:15] schestowitz-TR commentr per user, authentication for nicks, adjusting volume per person [14:15] schestowitz-TR adjusting echo cancelation [14:15] schestowitz-TR it has all the key features [14:15] schestowitz-TR so it's on almost all the time [14:15] schestowitz-TR i wish we had done that earlier [14:30] Techrightssec excellent [14:30] Techrightssec mumble is a great tool [14:31] schestowitz-TR for now we did not add more categories as the UI is 'difficult' already for some [14:31] schestowitz-TR who are simply not accustomed to it [14:32] starstreak the mumble UI is trash imo [14:33] starstreak it uses qt [14:33] starstreak it also ignores my dark mode theme [14:38] schestowitz-TR i set mubble to ddark theme [14:38] schestowitz-TR if has an option for it [14:38] schestowitz-TR and then followed by restart [14:41] starstreak oh there we go [14:41] starstreak thanks [14:46] schestowitz-TR :-) [14:57] schestowitz-TR links done, next need topics, but first looking into that upc stuff ● Nov 08 [15:01] Techrightssec https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2/the-world-runs-on-linux-(not-windows!):c [15:01] Techrightssec ^ topic ? [15:01] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-odysee.com | The World Runs On Linux (NOT Windows!) [15:02] schestowitz-TR yes, good idea [15:02] schestowitz-TR I got some uspto material from someone [15:02] schestowitz-TR checking upc now.. [15:05] Techrightssec http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-061122.html#tNov%2006%2003:51:43 [15:05] Techrightssec http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-061122.html#tNov%2006%2003:52:36 [15:05] Techrightssec ^ topic ? [15:05] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, November 06, 2022 [15:05] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, November 06, 2022 [15:06] schestowitz-TR oh yes, that is also applicable to pluspora, joindiaspor etc. [15:06] Techrightssec and the "fediverse" [15:07] schestowitz-TR yes, I intentionally named alternative to the fediverse [15:07] schestowitz-TR self-hosting is the way to go [15:07] schestowitz-TR gemini is cheap and easy to maintain [15:07] schestowitz-TR no DB and stuff [15:09] starstreak the fediverse is kinda insane [15:10] schestowitz-TR in many ways, yes [15:10] schestowitz-TR OTAx4 [15:10] starstreak i was scrolling and found this 1000 word essay dissing black people with racial slurs every sentence [15:10] starstreak all the people banned from twitter lol [15:14] *Now talking on #boycottnovell [15:14] *Topic for #boycottnovell is: TechRights.org | Channel #boycottnovell for http://TechRights.org | Free Software Sentry watching and reporting maneuvers of those who oppose software freedom :: please also join channels #techrights and #boycottnovell-social [15:14] *Topic for #boycottnovell set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:22:10 2021 [15:14] *schestowitz (~roy@ubimf8izmv24i.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:14] *irc.techrights.org sets mode +q #boycottnovell schestowitz [15:14] *Now talking on #boycottnovell [15:14] starstreak i use https://pkteerium.xyz/ btw [15:14] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pkteerium.xyz | NO TITLE [15:21] starstreak i love that term, alt reich [15:21] schestowitz-TR OTA=on the air [15:22] schestowitz-TR hardware issues getting worse [15:22] schestowitz-TR third crash in less than a week [15:22] schestowitz-TR investigating [15:34] schestowitz Nov 8 15:11:55 vonick kernel: [110163.092211] nvme 0000:03:00.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Transmitter ID) [15:34] schestowitz Nov 8 15:11:55 vonick kernel: [110163.092216] nvme 0000:03:00.0: device [144d:a804] error status/mask=00001001/00006000 [15:34] schestowitz Nov 8 15:11:55 vonick kernel: [110163.092220] nvme 0000:03:00.0: [ 0] RxErr (First) [15:34] schestowitz Nov 8 15:11:55 vonick kernel: [110163.092230] nvme 0000:03:00.0: [12] Timeout [15:34] schestowitz I know this storage is already bad [15:34] schestowitz seems like it's getting worse [15:35] schestowitz to the point of system crashes [15:43] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:43] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:44] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [15:44] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@qqashmmai9reg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 08 [16:02] Techrightssec what about smartmontools? [16:02] Techrightssec new storage is affordable [16:06] schestowitz root@vonick:/home/roy# ps aux | grep smart [16:06] schestowitz root 5107 0.0 0.0 6072 816 pts/15 S+ 16:06 0:00 grep smart [16:06] schestowitz root@vonick:/home/roy# apt-get install smartmontools [16:06] schestowitz Reading package lists... Done [16:06] schestowitz Building dependency tree [16:06] schestowitz Reading state information... Done [16:06] schestowitz smartmontools is already the newest version (6.6-1). [16:07] schestowitz for some reason it can no longer find these commands [16:07] schestowitz I noticed it moths ago [16:11] schestowitz-TR replacing the drive is one thing [16:11] schestowitz-TR rebuilding the system is another [16:11] schestowitz-TR that drive has system+data on it [16:11] schestowitz-TR I have 5 or 6 topics to record about [16:11] schestowitz-TR but want to make sure it won't crash again [16:19] *Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [16:19] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-5bc.rkc.l1fhkg.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [16:22] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:22] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:25] Techrightssec replacement == not crashing again [16:25] Techrightssec not replacing == data corruption over time [16:25] Techrightssec However do check with smartctl [16:26] schestowitz-TR the strange thing is that the command does not work anymore [16:26] schestowitz-TR and I checked for causes months ago [16:26] schestowitz-TR either way, my important data is out of this machine [16:26] schestowitz-TR since Feb 2022 [16:30] Techrightssec Lost in all the noise about charging a monthly subscription fee for the [16:30] Techrightssec "blue check" on twitter is the observation that the "blue checks" have been [16:30] Techrightssec as much about endorsement as they have been about "verification" [16:30] Techrightssec ^ topic ? [16:32] schestowitz-TR [15:57] https://www.platformer.news/p/musk-discusses-putting-all-of-twitter Does he *want* people to flee? [16:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.platformer.news | Musk discusses putting all of Twitter behind a paywall [16:32] schestowitz-TR [15:57] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- www.platformer.news | Musk discusses putting all of Twitter behind a paywall [16:32] schestowitz-TR [15:58] What next? Channel take-over? [16:38] schestowitz-TR a) waiting to test mumble with a gurst before recording 6 videos (would take server offline) [16:38] schestowitz-TR b) best approach for drive repair is move everything to another machine (all the tasks), then decommision drive [16:38] schestowitz-TR and add a replacement [16:38] schestowitz-TR just waiting for next crash and then debug a bit [16:38] schestowitz-TR wanna be sure that is the culprit [16:38] schestowitz-TR I can send some logs, but maybe premature [16:38] Techrightssec ack [16:39] schestowitz-TR with "ted" it was also a bad drive, but so many other problems piled up so repair was no longer worth it [16:39] schestowitz-TR and would involve repairing maybe 4 things [16:39] Techrightssec ack [16:42] schestowitz-TR The Twitter invasion gemini://gemini.hitchhiker-linux.org/gemlog/the_twitter_invasion.gmi [16:42] schestowitz-TR "Now, as a Geminaut, I'm used to back and forth communication taking a slower pace." gemini://gemini.hitchhiker-linux.org/gemlog/the_twitter_invasion.gmi [16:48] Techrightssec ack ● Nov 08 [17:21] schestowitz-TR Another example of EU abandoning the Web and slapping a bunch of worthless JS crapware on an HTTPS address, instead https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/enisa-news/post-quantum-cryptography-anticipating-threats-and-preparing-the-future [17:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.enisa.europa.eu | NO TITLE [17:45] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:52] *techrights_guest|83 (~519aaba8@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:53] *techrights_guest|83 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) [17:54] Techrightssec ack ● Nov 08 [18:01] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [18:03] schestowitz-TR OTA [18:32] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@4kb9ji7tv5hkk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 08 [19:17] schestowitz-TR done x4 [19:17] schestowitz-TR I merged several topics into singles [19:18] Techrightssec ack [19:22] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [19:28] *Now talking on #boycottnovell [19:28] *Topic for #boycottnovell is: TechRights.org | Channel #boycottnovell for http://TechRights.org | Free Software Sentry watching and reporting maneuvers of those who oppose software freedom :: please also join channels #techrights and #boycottnovell-social [19:28] *Topic for #boycottnovell set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:22:10 2021 [19:28] *schestowitz (~roy@ubimf8izmv24i.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:28] *irc.techrights.org sets mode +q #boycottnovell schestowitz [19:28] *Now talking on #boycottnovell [19:28] *schestowitz has quit (Connection closed) [19:31] schestowitz-TR f*@ [19:31] schestowitz-TR laptop just crashed again [19:31] schestowitz-TR it is getting more frequent [19:34] Techrightssec ack [19:34] Techrightssec smarctl -t short /dev/sda [19:34] Techrightssec smartctl --all /dev/sda [19:34] Techrightssec or the appropriate device path [19:34] schestowitz bash: smartctl: command not found [19:35] psydruid hard drive crash? [19:35] schestowitz[TR] Broadcast message from systemd-journald@vonick (Tue 2022-11-08 19:27:15 GMT): [19:35] schestowitz[TR] systemd[1]: Caught , core dump failed (child 11128, code=killed, status=7/BUS). [19:35] schestowitz[TR] Broadcast message from systemd-journald@vonick (Tue 2022-11-08 19:27:15 GMT): [19:35] schestowitz[TR] systemd[1]: Freezing execution. [19:35] schestowitz[TR] client_loo [19:36] schestowitz-TR psydruid: yeah, seems so [19:37] Techrightssec apt update ; apt install smartmontools [19:37] schestowitz Reading state information... Done [19:37] schestowitz 10 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. [19:37] schestowitz Reading package lists... Done [19:38] schestowitz Building dependency tree [19:38] schestowitz Reading state information... Done [19:38] schestowitz smartmontools is already the newest version (6.6-1). [19:49] schestowitz-TR you know, looking at syslog and dmesg, I'm not even sure the disk is at fault [19:49] schestowitz-TR at one point it even mentions high CPU temps [19:49] schestowitz-TR but I doubt that's the culprits, checking... [19:55] Techrightssec ack [19:56] schestowitz-TR don't want to move to another drive only to realise the issue is (also) elsewhere [19:56] schestowitz-TR I have not been able to run smart for months [19:56] schestowitz-TR the binary cannot be found with 'which' either [19:56] Techrightssec check the smartmon output first, if there are no errors or warnings [19:56] Techrightssec then the problem is unlikely to be the drive [19:57] schestowitz-TR smart did warn that the drive was overused by now, based on number of reads and writes ● Nov 08 [20:09] schestowitz-TR one crash last thurs [20:09] schestowitz-TR then yesterday [20:09] schestowitz-TR then today [20:09] schestowitz-TR then again today [20:09] schestowitz-TR 4 times [20:09] schestowitz-TR i could hope it was bad luck the first time and maybe even the second [20:09] schestowitz-TR the frequency seems to have increased [20:09] schestowitz-TR I checked for all logs from past week for frequency of some errors [20:09] schestowitz-TR that smart was missing for months is not a new thing [20:09] schestowitz-TR and I have no clue why it stopped working [20:09] schestowitz-TR but it would always complain about wear or age [20:09] schestowitz-TR bit giving any very specific error other than this [20:11] Techrightssec ve [20:11] Techrightssec smartctl -t long /dev/sda [20:14] schestowitz-TR the binary smartctl is missing [20:14] schestowitz-TR it is very strange [20:14] schestowitz-TR I want to believe the issue is elsehwere and under my nose [20:14] schestowitz-TR like running out of ram [20:14] schestowitz-TR or something [20:14] schestowitz-TR I will monitor this closely [20:18] schestowitz-TR i am in an ok mood [20:18] schestowitz-TR but having a tough day with the pc [20:18] schestowitz-TR I will be testing some hypotheses but leaving some tasks/jobs down [20:18] schestowitz-TR draft [20:18] schestowitz-TR (doing my best under tough conditions) [20:26] Techrightssec as per usual, expant the acronyms in the body [20:26] Techrightssec if there are solid links backing the assertion that the Unified Patent Court [20:26] Techrightssec is unconsitutional (authoritative sources) then a link would be good [20:26] Techrightssec ack [20:27] schestowitz-TR thanks! fixing... working on next one at the same time [20:27] schestowitz-TR there are other technical issues today, but I can dance around them as long as composure and focus are there [20:32] Techrightssec np [20:33] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:41] *verbose (~verbose@67uqwhvedbvpc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [20:57] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 08 [23:02] *verbose has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)