●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, March 10, 2022 ●● ● Mar 10 [04:46] schestowitz https://pod.diaspora.software/posts/4984491 [04:46] schestowitz " [04:46] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pod.diaspora.software | An update on the future of JoinDiaspora.com [04:46] schestowitz but any rough ETA for account migration feature released and distributed to pods? [04:46] schestowitz No, no rough ETA. We're thinking in the timespans of many months, not weeks. [04:46] schestowitz As a side note, the @schestowitz account still cannot export its data, should that be treported by email? [04:46] schestowitz We're aware, no need to report! You'll get an email when it's ready. [04:46] schestowitz " ● Mar 10 [05:24] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Connection closed) [05:24] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Mar 10 [07:02] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:45] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@hngiv8sdpiaf2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [07:45] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@joseon-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 10 [10:14] schestowitz-TR2 what is your take on [10:14] schestowitz-TR2 osi jumping into the let;'s ban ruissia wagon [10:14] schestowitz-TR2 with italo and "ethical" source trolls? [10:14] schestowitz-TR2 worth doing video about? [10:16] *verbose (~verbose@btugzjah3hm4k.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 10 [12:15] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [12:15] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 10 [13:08] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) ● Mar 10 [14:15] schestowitz [SUEPO] Safeguard your rights against the zero adjustment of salaries and pensions in 2022 [14:15] schestowitz Dear colleagues, [14:15] schestowitz The new salary adjustment procedure has caused a loss of purchasing power for all staff and pensioners of the EPO. Its application for 2022 has even resulted in a freeze of salaries and pensions. Looking at the rising cost of living, this zero adjustment - visible in the salary slips and pension statements for January 2022 - is all the more significant. [14:15] schestowitz [14:15] schestowitz The Central Bureau of SUEPO considers the salary adjustment procedure and its implementation for 2022 illegal. Please find in the attachment a model Request for Review (RfR) for active staff and a model RfR for pensioners so that you can safeguard your rights. Even if you already opposed the adjustment in January 2021 using the templates provided by SUEPO, it is advisable to take action again now. The exception clause causing the zero adjustment [14:15] schestowitz has been applied for the first time. [14:15] schestowitz DOWNLOAD RfR for active employees [14:16] schestowitz DOWNLOAD RfR for pensioners [14:16] schestowitz In order to safeguard your rights, you should file the RfR by 15 March 2022 by following the instructions below: [14:16] schestowitz " [14:23] schestowitz-TR2 a [14:23] schestowitz-TR2 ota [14:23] schestowitz-TR2 draft [14:23] schestowitz-TR2 recent articles or videos were so effective [14:23] schestowitz-TR2 that we now get ad hominem trolls in irc [14:23] Techrights-sec typical [14:23] Techrights-sec they can't come with anything better, so it shows where to hit them harder again ● Mar 10 [15:06] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:10] Techrights-sec Spafford and many others also backed down over the years and one of the more [15:10] Techrights-sec harmful turns has been the folding of the EFF. [15:11] schestowitz-TR2 when I see eff links I nowadays get all cynical and/or scepticasl [15:11] schestowitz-TR2 because either they hit thew wrong issue [15:11] schestowitz-TR2 or take a position which does not make sense [15:11] schestowitz-TR2 or both [15:11] Techrights-sec ack [15:11] Techrights-sec I figure they were planning on deposing Barlow when he up and died anyway. [15:12] schestowitz-TR2 think began to sour while he was still there and healthy [15:12] schestowitz-TR2 wrong HR decisions [15:12] schestowitz-TR2 then, friend-brings-a-friend magnifies the issue [15:13] Techrights-sec YEs, infiltration that way. [15:13] Techrights-sec For the most part, the EFF appears rudderless. That was probably one of the [15:13] Techrights-sec goals, so that it stopped addressing the purposes it was founded for. [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 Or, as one can see in the FSF, there is fear associating with tackling key issues [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 but let me set that aside for a moment [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 and try to trace back the modus operandi [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 I think you hire some people who do not care about the org [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 they can be branded as enriching [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 e.g. to the image [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 but not of substance associated with goals [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 nor qualified [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 then they bring in money nfrom the wrong party [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 like mozilla or LF [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 then yoiu become depoendent on that money [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 or else you lose staff, so they fight to keep the money [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 this gives them power [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 e.g. Wim wanting to say why he quit Microsoft [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 surely oracles did not offer him more moneyu [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 they could do that to prevent him leaving [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 so he saw something at microsoft [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 but now, inside LF board, if he speaks out [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 Microsoft can turn around and asay, remove wim [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 or we stop paying linux foundaitoon and retaliate in other nways to [15:17] schestowitz-TR2 e.g. through shithub [15:18] schestowitz-TR2 linus was never supposed to let these chaions of idiots form power around kernel.oirg [15:18] schestowitz-TR2 not it is too late [15:18] schestowitz-TR2 they have him by the b0lls [15:18] Techrights-sec sounds about right [15:18] Techrights-sec LT can *maybe* still take his trademark and walk. It'd be a big deal and a lot [15:18] Techrights-sec of work but maybe less of a problem for him than if he stays on and continues [15:18] Techrights-sec being marginalized further every month. [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 the media would blast him (you can imagine poissible angles) [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 he does not control the media [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 so it would undermine whatever his reasons (stated) [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 and goals [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 the media can misrepresent him [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 maybe some "old" thing or "man" thing [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 with RMS they can choose more political angles [15:21] Techrights-sec With MIT, they had a lot of their own dirt to distract from not just Bill's [15:21] schestowitz-TR2 LT was reduced to almost clerical role, "Release Manager" [15:21] schestowitz-TR2 he does not pay a big role in decisions [15:21] schestowitz-TR2 things like rust are for gulag and its proxy groups to make [15:21] schestowitz-TR2 LT just signs off [15:22] Techrights-sec Nope. That was a reason for their deposing him. [15:22] Techrights-sec Rubberstamp mostly, if things are as they look. [15:23] schestowitz-TR2 I keep forgetting (should memorise this) the proxy group created to paint rust as a "security" thing [15:24] schestowitz-TR2 as nobody would oppose security, esp. not when media portrays even local priv escalation [15:24] schestowitz-TR2 like the equivalent of Windows botnets [15:24] Techrights-sec "security" has been the go-to excuse of microsofters, especially when they [15:24] Techrights-sec do a search-and-destroy campaign against non-M$ software from the desktops [15:24] Techrights-sec of work environments. ● Mar 10 [17:29] *psydroid4 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:29] *psydroid4 has quit (connection closed) [17:31] *psydroid4 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 10 [18:03] *psydroid4 has quit (connection closed) [18:04] *psydroid4 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 10 [19:21] Techrights-sec gemini has not been updating since many hours ago. Trying manually for a [19:21] Techrights-sec second time. The first manual attempt failed with "Could not find feed at URL: "http://techrights.org/feed/" [19:21] schestowitz-TR2 i have just changed trafffic shaping mode to make it easier to complete [19:21] schestowitz-TR2 do you have video topic suggestions? (I might as well ask) [19:21] Techrights-sec thanks [19:21] Techrights-sec not at the moment, there was a video link yesterday about software [19:21] Techrights-sec patents in the 3D community. It was long but it is full of mistakes and [19:21] Techrights-sec misframings, so might provide fodder for a long time. [19:21] Techrights-sec There was another one by Braxman which was very well done and showed a rather [19:22] Techrights-sec thorough understanding of copyright, software freedom, and licensing, but [19:22] Techrights-sec he appeared to intentionally misuse terminology. Perhaps that was to reach [19:22] Techrights-sec a different audience. [19:22] Techrights-sec The M$ clown show, OSI, can be observed in action these days. Similar [19:22] Techrights-sec astroturfers and their catspaws are still trying to derail the FSF. [19:22] Techrights-sec .. as seen on the LibrePlanet list among other places. [19:22] Techrights-sec The braxman one is really quite good if one listens to the definitions he [19:22] Techrights-sec expands on. Therefore I think he has misapplied the terminology intentionally [19:22] Techrights-sec but not out of malice. [19:22] Techrights-sec ack [19:22] Techrights-sec no need to address either directly but the can be used to find point to address [19:22] Techrights-sec indpendently [19:22] schestowitz-TR2 I will check the links, which I saw in passing [19:22] schestowitz-TR2 doing a video bout a video is VERY difficult [19:22] schestowitz-TR2 I think I do not even need to explain why :-D [19:22] schestowitz-TR2 Evern doing an article about a video is hard, unless the video is split into [19:22] schestowitz-TR2 many tiny portions [19:22] schestowitz-TR2 btw, do you use gemini to keep abrast of posts in irc? [19:28] *Techrights-sec has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [19:29] *Techrights-sec (~quassel@joseon-qt7udd.am6e.nqgd.t29qgt.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [19:32] Techrights-sec I try to use it for that [19:33] schestowitz-TR2 I am linking to gemini more often now, building the "planet" little by little to see what [19:33] schestowitz-TR2 capsulkes I like and update habitually [19:34] Techrights-sec mostly I wait for the logs [19:35] schestowitz-TR2 iurc was a massively important investment for us [19:35] schestowitz-TR2 if you look aroiund at blogs, esp. patent and linux ones, they barely get comments anymore [19:35] schestowitz-TR2 and social contreol media no longer makes up for it [19:35] schestowitz-TR2 those are dead ends and make it hard to have meaningful conversations due to delays and UI shittiness [19:36] Techrights-sec yes, people realize the others had turned to shilling [19:36] Techrights-sec the readers fully abandoned them at that point [19:36] Techrights-sec it looks like the patent lobby is putting in a minimal investment in say-for-pay [19:36] Techrights-sec articles without expectation of wide promulgation or readership [19:37] schestowitz-TR2 yesk, that is another important factor [19:37] schestowitz-TR2 I recalled last week [19:37] schestowitz-TR2 when you publish a lonf piece and expect less thaqn 100 people to see it [19:37] schestowitz-TR2 you would barely even bother [19:38] Techrights-sec They probably do not reach even that many nowadays. [19:38] Techrights-sec I'm not quite sure the purpose those servce anymore, maybe just placeholders/ [19:38] Techrights-sec ? [19:39] schestowitz-TR2 yesk, that is another important factor [19:39] schestowitz-TR2 I recalled last week [19:39] schestowitz-TR2 when you publish a lonf piece and expect less thaqn 100 people to see it [19:39] schestowitz-TR2 you would barely even bother [19:39] schestowitz-TR2 go now to linux.com [19:39] schestowitz-TR2 http/https [19:39] schestowitz-TR2 click on any of the latest stories [19:39] schestowitz-TR2 see the eye at top right [19:39] schestowitz-TR2 refresh page [19:39] schestowitz-TR2 so no, it's not even a low count due to caching [19:39] schestowitz-TR2 pathetic! [19:40] Techrights-sec Unappealing titles there. [19:40] Techrights-sec one has some shilling for the anti-foss entity snyk [19:42] schestowitz-TR2 yes, I mentioned them by nmame re "security" "census" or whatever they called it [19:42] schestowitz-TR2 OSI did one recently [19:42] schestowitz-TR2 then LF [19:42] schestowitz-TR2 then Red Hat... also ona Mac [19:42] schestowitz-TR2 you might think these are long reports [19:42] schestowitz-TR2 large file, many pages [19:42] schestowitz-TR2 but after some forward it's justa mindless shopping list [19:42] schestowitz-TR2 cheaply-produced utter junk [19:42] schestowitz-TR2 someone in lxer.com commented on it [19:43] schestowitz-TR2 *foreword [19:43] Techrights-sec not worth the time it took to skim through it :( [19:44] Techrights-sec Yes, there is not really any content in the Linux.com "articles" they look [19:44] Techrights-sec like corporate filler. [19:44] schestowitz-TR2 they hardly even get their money's or time's worth off it anymore [19:47] schestowitz-TR2 let's now assume the people who now run something foundatiion care [19:47] schestowitz-TR2 for that something [19:47] schestowitz-TR2 I recently did an animated meme of zemlin with gates foundation on him [19:47] schestowitz-TR2 saying go away, linux users [19:47] schestowitz-TR2 to them, we are the econoy, microsoft is the friend [19:47] schestowitz-TR2 they only count what smells like cash [19:49] Techrights-sec Which is stupid since they could be doing great things with the site in regards [19:49] Techrights-sec to advancing the kernel. However, the LF has changed goals and is about [19:49] Techrights-sec representing corporate interests within the kernel and not only fails to [19:49] Techrights-sec advance or promote the kernel but actively harms it. [19:49] Techrights-sec Yes they promote even hostile interests within the kernel, instead of advancing [19:49] Techrights-sec the kernel or promoting it to the corporate world. [19:49] Techrights-sec short term cash with strings attached instead of boatloads of cash from [19:49] Techrights-sec independence. [19:50] schestowitz-TR2 they never ever respond to FUD against Linux [19:50] schestowitz-TR2 or patent threats against it [19:50] schestowitz-TR2 BUT WAIT [19:50] schestowitz-TR2 Worst yet: they promote NON-Linux kernekls [19:50] schestowitz-TR2 and perlow wrote a blog post, a long one, to justify this! [19:55] schestowitz-TR2 based on the cimin, the heckler/troll in irc todqay and last night [19:55] schestowitz-TR2 was connected to the gulagtube "influencer circlejerk [19:55] schestowitz-TR2 The 'Linux' games has just done a video together [19:55] schestowitz-TR2 with thwe anti-RMS lobby [19:55] schestowitz-TR2 for the lols I opened tfir at gulagtube, seeing video from 7 days ago with 14 views [19:55] schestowitz-TR2 go "swap" [19:55] schestowitz-TR2 BBB [19:55] schestowitz-TR2 I meant "the Linux Gamer" [19:55] schestowitz-TR2 who now shills Windows too [19:56] Techrights-sec Games? [19:56] Techrights-sec Waste of time. [19:56] Techrights-sec Which games? [19:56] Techrights-sec Has he sold out recently? He was quite good until a few weeks ago and then [19:56] Techrights-sec suddenly he was pushing Windows and not making appealing videos any more. [19:56] Techrights-sec He did quite mysteriously acquire a whole building... [19:57] schestowitz-TR2 not only that; like micro larabel he foolishly bragged about it [19:57] schestowitz-TR2 based on thje timing of the troll in irc [19:57] schestowitz-TR2 I reckon it might be him [19:57] schestowitz-TR2 but I cannot prove it [19:57] Techrights-sec It'd be hard to prove. [19:59] schestowitz-TR2 but doable [19:59] schestowitz-TR2 not easy [19:59] schestowitz-TR2 takes time [19:59] schestowitz-TR2 not privacy-respecting [19:59] schestowitz-TR2 the irc logs and mibbit suffix show ip [19:59] schestowitz-TR2 i think he is based near maine [19:59] schestowitz-TR2 I do not want to check [19:59] schestowitz-TR2 it is n ot honourablea [19:59] schestowitz-TR2 and he was being evasive [19:59] schestowitz-TR2 reminds me of mister wsl, sho still wrote to me in twitter [19:59] schestowitz-TR2 to shill wsl even though he quit working on it [19:59] schestowitz-TR2 he used to come to our irc channels with mysterious names [19:59] Techrights-sec "quit" [19:59] Techrights-sec microsofters never leave the cult ● Mar 10 [20:14] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [20:14] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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