●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, May 10, 2022 ●● ● May 10 [00:15] schestowitz-TR [00:15] ZDNet "Linux" section: only 9 stories in one month. It used to be 2-3 times PER DAY. ZDNet is dying. Good riddance. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ZDNet [00:15] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | ZDNet - Techrights [00:21] schestowitz-TR Webspam: "Before we continue, wed like to tell you about (insert product name here). We host LinuxAndUbuntu on (insert product name here) VPS. Check them out" http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36799/ [00:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-LXer: Native Advertising: WordPress 6.0 Soon To Be Released With these new Features [00:21] schestowitz-TR [00:19] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- LXer: Native Advertising: WordPress 6.0 Soon To Be Released With these new Features [00:21] schestowitz-TR [00:20] When LXer mistakenly posts links to Microsoft puff pieces. "You are right, I removed it." http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36798/ [00:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-LXer: Why is this on LXer?: Windows Insider builds are back for Lenovo PCs in China [00:21] schestowitz-TR [00:20] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- LXer: Why is this on LXer?: Windows Insider builds are back for Lenovo PCs in China ● May 10 [03:14] *Despatche__ has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) [03:50] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:50] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● May 10 [05:07] *techrights_guest|52 (~4ca746c9@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [05:29] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 10 [06:36] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [06:55] Techrights-sec there is a truckload of crap about the DSA with Thierry Breton and Elon Musk [06:55] Techrights-sec but it'll be with tomorrows links. [06:55] Techrights-sec since it appears just now [06:59] schestowitz-TR I have just restarted httpd on tuxmachines [06:59] schestowitz-TR seems like it was down for 5 hours [06:59] schestowitz-TR I am surprised rianne did not notice [06:59] Techrights-sec ack [06:59] Techrights-sec :( [06:59] Techrights-sec I have not monitored it here of late [06:59] schestowitz-TR can you set up alerting? It went down not too long before I went to sleep ● May 10 [07:01] Techrights-sec I can but I'd have to modify the new system; the old stuff has been partially [07:01] Techrights-sec dismantled because the hardware it was on is *waaay* past end of life [07:01] Techrights-sec I can look at that later today [07:07] Techrights-sec any reply regarding the apparent disk errors? [07:08] schestowitz-TR no reply, I will retry [07:11] Techrights-sec ack [07:12] schestowitz-TR checking the latest dumps, drupal is OK, wiki not OK, and wordpress OK [07:53] Techrights-sec ack ● May 10 [08:00] *techrights_guest|52 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) [08:36] schestowitz-TR last night we noticed that the company brought onboard some Windows 'dope' with an Arab name [08:36] schestowitz-TR putting aside the name, seems like another step downwards: [08:37] schestowitz-TR in terms of pay [08:37] schestowitz-TR in terms of skills [08:37] schestowitz-TR so we think we can see where this is going [08:37] schestowitz-TR as I said before, a growing proportion if just a bunch of Windows lusers [08:37] schestowitz-TR with zero computer skills [08:37] schestowitz-TR thinking they can handle "IT" [08:37] schestowitz-TR at best, they can pick up the phone [08:47] schestowitz-TR When I joined in 2011 we had some high-profile people on board [08:47] schestowitz-TR inc. Debian Developers (wne becoming DD meant something, now a political [08:47] schestowitz-TR decision) [08:48] schestowitz-TR So even if they suggest that I do projects, I might turn it down [08:48] schestowitz-TR we have no capable workers anymore [08:48] schestowitz-TR "skeleton crew" as you call it... ● May 10 [09:15] schestowitz-TR IOW, even if we stayed, we doubt that can last very long [09:15] schestowitz-TR we're already down to "d types", after a colleague brough c types with zero qualifications in tech [09:15] schestowitz-TR just because they lived in the same home (lesbian couple) [09:15] Techrights-sec yes, zero skills [09:15] Techrights-sec (back) [09:19] schestowitz-TR rianne has sent me a link from vox [09:19] schestowitz-TR putting aside the "great resignation" canard, she said it suggests many [09:19] schestowitz-TR people who got used to working from home don't wish to get "back" to the office [09:19] schestowitz-TR so they retire [09:19] schestowitz-TR Vox is owned by banksters, but I got the link and added it to Daily Links moments ago [09:19] schestowitz-TR we're discussion option of partial retirement with some job on the side to cover basic expenses [09:19] schestowitz-TR or self employment [09:20] schestowitz-TR *discussing [09:20] schestowitz-TR (nb: I said to rianne months ago it's very improbable I would pursue another job because [09:20] schestowitz-TR a) I would not want to work outside home (might also require buying a car). b) not many jobs [09:20] schestowitz-TR available, except maybe zero-hour or crap ones.. the latter probably does not exist either, it's an [09:20] schestowitz-TR old excuse the rich make about the "lazy" and "spoiled" population) [09:20] Techrights-sec then a "tip jar" should be given more consideration [09:22] schestowitz-TR I started drafting two things to that effect [09:22] schestowitz-TR one for schestowitz.com about why leave the job [09:22] schestowitz-TR like how crap the company became in recent years [09:22] schestowitz-TR I don't need a good reference if I doin't look for another job anyway [09:22] schestowitz-TR the second would poromise more output if we get support from readers [09:22] schestowitz-TR and then can focus on the site 100% [09:22] Techrights-sec ack [09:22] Techrights-sec hiring Windows resellers is a sure sign the company is leaving the market [09:25] schestowitz-TR not Windows resellers [09:25] schestowitz-TR but people who use Ubuntu only in a VM [09:25] schestowitz-TR and get excited about WSL crap [09:25] schestowitz-TR IOW, technically weak people [09:25] schestowitz-TR the company has, to put it in terms I thought og this morning, ridden its past reputation 23 years for more [09:25] schestowitz-TR years now than it can pull that off [09:25] schestowitz-TR IOW, the trail of high-profile clients and goodwill is running thin by now [09:25] schestowitz-TR and almost 50% of the "team" listed in our web site are not even in the company!! [09:25] schestowitz-TR (the BETTER people) [09:27] schestowitz-TR "Between pandemics, historic economic crashes, bull runs, and crashes again, war, climate change, record breaking weather, the ever encroaching threat of climate change, and the general apparent downward spiral of American society in general, it's hard to find anything to be optimistic about." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/932 [09:27] schestowitz-TR one minute ago, just happened to coincide with the topic [09:28] Techrights-sec ack [09:50] schestowitz-TR so far I don't think I ever saw a bad gz file on the TM VM, which resides on the same physical (storage) [09:50] schestowitz-TR device [09:50] schestowitz-TR I did repeat what I said yesterday, but not in direct message so as to avoid "alerts" or "notifications" [09:50] schestowitz-TR (re the dmesg output) [09:50] schestowitz-TR On the TM VM, if I run dmesg I get similar output [09:50] schestowitz-TR I checked about 5 forum pages just now [09:50] schestowitz-TR here is a theory that can be tested [09:50] schestowitz-TR how about if we spread apart the dumps and gz operations? [09:50] schestowitz-TR like adding sleep commands? [09:50] schestowitz-TR based on what I am reading, a large mysql DB can lead to this [09:50] schestowitz-TR I am testing this theory, but actually the afternoon dumps also fail at times when it comes to gzip [09:50] schestowitz-TR so never mind what I said [09:51] Techrights-sec yes it would be the same piece of hardware AFAIK [09:55] schestowitz-TR technically we run a kernel that seems to be not so old [09:55] schestowitz-TR the alpine one [09:55] schestowitz-TR not knowing how the VM "boots" when lxd runs it [09:55] schestowitz-TR some reports that I saw do not rush to blame the hardware [09:55] schestowitz-TR but something in xfs [09:55] schestowitz-TR when did we last check dmesg or, put another way, is it possible that these messages predate the change of storage [09:55] schestowitz-TR device and maybe go a lot further back? [09:55] schestowitz-TR the main variable on the hosting side is not packages installed but the % of disk used [09:55] schestowitz-TR remember that the gz issue started in january [09:55] schestowitz-TR the media was changed completely in debruary [09:55] schestowitz-TR *fe [09:55] schestowitz-TR *feb ● May 10 [10:03] Techrights-sec yes but I am not familiar with the hardware at all, were the old drives [10:03] Techrights-sec brought over into the new machine? [10:03] schestowitz-TR No [10:11] Techrights-sec how would XFS be part of the problem? [10:11] Techrights-sec the kernels in TR and TM are quite old [10:56] schestowitz-TR ota [10:56] schestowitz-TR draft ● May 10 [11:07] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@4a8g8w7h5vvcc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:16] Techrights-sec ack [11:17] Techrights-sec added preliminary multi-site monitoring just now, testing on tm and tr [11:17] schestowitz-TR thanks! [11:23] Techrights-sec arre there hard stats on the demise of zdnet? [11:23] schestowitz-TR oh, did you see my draft? [11:23] schestowitz-TR I was just working on that [11:23] schestowitz-TR see the draft [11:23] schestowitz-TR it was work in progress [11:27] schestowitz-TR poor sjvn [11:27] schestowitz-TR if his pension is not good [11:27] schestowitz-TR maybe he will become TFIR employee :-) [11:28] Techrights-sec checking [11:28] Techrights-sec yes I still feel somewhat bad for him but only based on his exxcellent past [11:28] Techrights-sec work not the stuff he appears forced to produce these recent years [11:28] Techrights-sec speaking of which maybe a word about the rduced quality, especially i ntegards [11:28] Techrights-sec to topics there [11:28] Techrights-sec oh it does but the opponents work extra hard and have a lot of focus to tear [11:29] Techrights-sec things down [11:29] Techrights-sec such a move is dead end, the lose their original audience while never being [11:29] Techrights-sec accepted by the actual microsofters [11:29] schestowitz-TR it does not pay to promote free software [11:29] schestowitz-TR rms owns almost nothing [11:29] schestowitz-TR sjvn and spamnil tried to cross to the other side [11:29] schestowitz-TR michael did it more recently [11:30] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:44] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) [11:45] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 10 [12:35] Techrights-sec as a follow up to monitoring TM : [12:35] Techrights-sec $ ssh tm [12:35] Techrights-sec Unable to negotiate with 23.161.112.115 port 22: no matching host key type found. Their offer: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss [12:36] schestowitz-TR it's possible to enter via the hv [12:36] schestowitz-TR in fact, the only reason ssh is still open on there is for remote backups [12:39] schestowitz-TR "My wife needed to catch a plane this weekend. She hadn't felt quite right while packing, so the night before she left, we picked up two COVID-19 test kits. I had never taken one before, which is an interesting thought to me, since the pandemic has now lasted two and a half years." In 5 months 3 YEARS. How time flies. gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2022/202205/20220509-2022-week-16-17-18-photos.gmi [12:39] schestowitz-TR we did our first test a month ago, just to become familiar with the procedure... 12 have 19 test kits (test units) left [12:48] Techrights-sec checking [12:48] Techrights-sec ok that way works, throuh lxc [12:51] schestowitz-TR I deeply apologise for this situation [12:51] schestowitz-TR if I quit my job, that will be a massive MENTAL thing off my head [12:51] schestowitz-TR set aside actual time made available and more flexible sleeping schedules [12:51] schestowitz-TR I began drafting (cruedly) 3 things [12:51] schestowitz-TR not that I would publish them, they're just speculative [12:51] schestowitz-TR a) why resign b) what it means to the sites (not for my personsl site) [12:51] schestowitz-TR c) something related to rianne (things to discss after Thurs.) [12:51] schestowitz-TR I cannot discuss sooner than the meeting [12:51] schestowitz-TR see, dumb lying incompetent employer says.... BIG NEWS... hang on NINE DAYS [12:52] Techrights-sec no worries [12:52] Techrights-sec ack [12:54] schestowitz-TR (not sure I want to stay, no matter what they offer, in a company that for 4 years compromised and sacrifised [12:54] schestowitz-TR "expensive" A and B type for a couple of D types whose skill is having sex with [redacted]" [12:54] schestowitz-TR because there's not much of a future to such a company no matter what) [12:54] schestowitz-TR bouncing from one shell to the next and piling up debt, even in two continent, likely [12:54] schestowitz-TR means that even employee compensation is voided, but IANAL in the labour sector [12:54] Techrights-sec hence the suggestion to check around for other options [12:57] schestowitz-TR I already checked around, even 2 weeks ago, and spoke to some people around here, also dad [12:57] schestowitz-TR they all say it's very improbable a comparable thing can be found, more so for two people [12:57] schestowitz-TR hence. since 2018 we've been just "milking" [12:57] schestowitz-TR if we can milk for a little while longer, maybe we will [12:57] schestowitz-TR If we collected enough funds to secure the sites for a decade (plus additional costs), then we're [12:57] schestowitz-TR vastly better off than people with mortgage, kids, or both [12:58] Techrights-sec yes but the current situation is not sustanible it wears on you if nothing else [12:58] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● May 10 [13:02] schestowitz-TR oh, silly me, I fogot to mewntion I took today and tomorrow off as holidays [13:02] schestowitz-TR so no shifts until the weekend [13:02] schestowitz-TR you will see the change in productivity [13:02] schestowitz-TR but back to the above-mentioned thing, rianne(dfc mocks walmark for locking up [13:02] schestowitz-TR baby forumula like it was a diamond ring [13:03] schestowitz-TR I don't find that funny at all [13:03] schestowitz-TR babies are the next generation [13:03] schestowitz-TR and if the "greast and bestest country in the while wild/wide world" resorts to this [13:03] schestowitz-TR then we're in a tough place [13:03] schestowitz-TR the young people coming out of the college pipeline do not know computers [13:03] schestowitz-TR some of them barely have a computer [13:03] schestowitz-TR it's smart this and that [13:03] schestowitz-TR and zero skills, actual skills... [13:03] schestowitz-TR like... for them to get VPN working is like a big accomplishment [13:03] schestowitz-TR rianne installed wireguard on debian 11 all on her own and configured it [13:03] schestowitz-TR on the pi400 [13:03] schestowitz-TR while these idiots rejoice getting a VM to boot ubuntu [13:03] schestowitz-TR putin's tech army will hgave a field day [13:04] Techrights-sec congratulations [13:04] Techrights-sec yes and other countries are doing what they can to redce the likelihood [13:04] Techrights-sec of a successful new generation; some of that is on social control media, it [13:04] Techrights-sec suck their attention so that they are learning to be addicted and waste time [13:04] Techrights-sec rather than interacting with people and learning and growing [13:04] Techrights-sec excellent, wireguard is supposed to be quite good [13:04] Techrights-sec every Windoze instance and every social media account makes the job easier [13:04] Techrights-sec for putin's offensive [13:08] schestowitz-TR corporate media and CONTROL 'media' both mock Putin and Russia [13:08] schestowitz-TR reminds of of the "Hitler has one nut" tactics [13:08] schestowitz-TR in reality, Russia remains a very potent threat, even wiuthout bringing out [13:08] schestowitz-TR the nuclear warheads [13:08] schestowitz-TR ukraine is europe's biggest or second-biggest army [13:08] schestowitz-TR the media does not say that [13:08] schestowitz-TR and now they have a proxy war with cannon fodder and destruction from within [13:08] schestowitz-TR if the polls are true, all that social control median "campaigning" failed [13:08] schestowitz-TR and russians mostly support the "secial operations" [13:08] schestowitz-TR IOW,the Internet as a military-grade perception manager is not effective [13:08] schestowitz-TR Russia [13:08] schestowitz-TR has shut off a lot of the "hostile" sites [13:08] schestowitz-TR and is doing a Lukashenko on protesters [13:08] schestowitz-TR so they go under water and quit spreading the messages Purtin does not [13:08] schestowitz-TR want to spread [13:09] schestowitz-TR ack [13:09] schestowitz-TR their lockdown of a "splinternet" has been in the works for a decade at least [13:09] Techrights-sec ack [13:09] Techrights-sec their lockdown of a "splinternet" has been in the works for a decade at least [13:15] schestowitz-TR their candidate is planning to run again in 2 years [13:15] schestowitz-TR and reports said he had contacted musKSA (all of them) to take over Twitter [13:15] schestowitz-TR maybe just in time to drop Russian-type divisive crap [13:15] schestowitz-TR theRealSputnik [13:15] schestowitz-TR I think it'll be increasingly important to convey to all, inc. wife, that [13:15] schestowitz-TR the old "normals" are long buried and any expectation of "old order" [13:15] schestowitz-TR are delusional wrt employment, social norms, travel, etc. [13:15] schestowitz-TR I have not left Manchester (except "city proper") since Jan 2020 [13:15] schestowitz-TR and have no imminent intention to [13:15] schestowitz-TR the COVID-19 pendemic is not the reason, it was a trigger almost [13:15] schestowitz-TR 3 years ago, many people (inc. banksters, energy giants and gates) [13:15] schestowitz-TR latched onto it [13:15] Techrights-sec ack [13:18] schestowitz-TR it is a blessing that our sys owner has a job now, full time I think, and that it's [13:18] schestowitz-TR not Muppet Labs. It's security company, not an evil one either [13:18] schestowitz-TR so financial pressures are not a factor at the moment. Years ago I asked catalyst2 and others [13:18] schestowitz-TR how much dedicated servers are and they sell "managed" (OVERsell) at about 3k a year (pounds) [13:18] schestowitz-TR that was 4 years ago, prices have risen) [13:18] Techrights-sec excellent [13:21] schestowitz-TR -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ww [13:21] schestowitz-TR "This year, 2022, May the 4th was my last day at Mozilla." https://www.otsukare.info/2022/05/04/bye-mozilla [13:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.otsukare.info | Mozilla, Bye! - otsukare [13:22] Techrights-sec wordpress is a liability [13:24] schestowitz-TR transition and migratioin can be made a priority given less mental clutter (2 workers in the home fewers [13:24] schestowitz-TR with a broad range of things to watchon the screen and solve) [13:24] schestowitz-TR LOL /me imagines mr. ubuntu VM trying to actually diagnose and solve issue (gets popcorn) [13:24] schestowitz-TR (we did have some misters like these before... imposters who put a VM in full screen mode) [13:24] schestowitz-TR (they solve NOTHING!!! money down the drain) [13:25] Techrights-sec """ [13:25] Techrights-sec e are here to make the Web more open, not only for making the Web usable on Firefox products. [13:25] Techrights-sec """ [13:25] Techrights-sec ack [13:40] schestowitz-TR btw, zdnet did slow down very very noticably [13:40] schestowitz-TR whereas TM has not because we found lots of news sites and blogs that are active [13:40] schestowitz-TR yesterday 3 batches of Daily Links -- that's a lot for slow-to-start Mondays [13:40] schestowitz-TR as long as I can do at least 2 batches a day, I am happy [13:40] schestowitz-TR articles of our own are a plus/bonus [13:40] schestowitz-TR given how much we worked (job) in recent days [13:40] schestowitz-TR a lot of the patent blogs died [13:40] schestowitz-TR and they really hate it when I point it out [13:40] schestowitz-TR because there is nothing they can do [13:40] schestowitz-TR a few times before they tried to prove me wrong for a few days, then ran out of steam again [13:40] schestowitz-TR some of them before 10 times less active then years back [13:40] schestowitz-TR hence GIGO in Gulag Noise [13:40] schestowitz-TR the spam is what's left [13:40] schestowitz-TR when it's GiGO, it is time to move on and leave the spamfarms [13:40] schestowitz-TR sjvn barely writes 2 per week, somtimes only 1 [13:40] schestowitz-TR and jack wallen was 'borrowed' by zdnet (from the sister site) [13:40] Techrights-sec The RSS/Atom feed collection here has > 40k posts to sift through [13:40] Techrights-sec I focus on the blogs and then some ofthe news site if there is time [13:40] Techrights-sec ack [13:43] schestowitz-TR did you see in last night's IRC log how people in lxer complained in FORUMS that lxer was posting Microsoft [13:43] schestowitz-TR shit? [13:43] schestowitz-TR and then the editor deleted it? [13:43] schestowitz-TR my theory that they piss off their readers is correct [13:43] schestowitz-TR causing emotional annoyance is way to assure people won't eneter l-x-e-r as often in the future [13:43] schestowitz-TR it's an instinct not to rpeeat what causes angst or shock [13:43] Techrights-sec I saw part of that, I hope lxet backpedals on that and that it was a mistake [13:43] Techrights-sec or lapse of judgement rather than a symptom of something more severe [13:43] Techrights-sec right. they can quickly drive away their bread-and-butter community [13:44] schestowitz-TR if you go to their site, click team/people (or other section) to appreciate how out of date the site is, [13:44] schestowitz-TR like TR with only BN content in the sidebar [13:44] schestowitz-TR but maybe if we alter CMS bits we can sort that out [13:46] schestowitz-TR the lxer team is frozen in... pre-2010 days [13:46] schestowitz-TR I think Scott and one of the whittingers are the sole operators [13:46] schestowitz-TR and they recently had a 3-day downtimes due to dns [13:46] schestowitz-TR worse than our 5-hour TM downtime (today) [13:48] Techrights-sec ack [13:48] schestowitz-TR I think it was Bob (the more senor of the two) [13:48] schestowitz-TR he must be like 80 by now [13:50] Techrights-sec there are so few new people entering IT these days [13:52] schestowitz-TR you said "IT" :-) [13:52] schestowitz-TR I mentioned the term in my view this morning [13:52] schestowitz-TR the new "CS"... it's not science anymore... it's "informstion" [13:52] schestowitz-TR passing around data, not much more [13:52] schestowitz-TR not many people conider "IT" itself a ruinous buzzwords [13:52] schestowitz-TR because the term IT or ICT is so widely used now [13:52] schestowitz-TR it started around here maybe 1990s [13:55] Techrights-sec :( [13:55] schestowitz-TR of note: I did not do a job interview for my current job (neither did rianne, they trusted me to train her) [13:55] schestowitz-TR the "interview" was asking me to set up my own account and such, which I did fact [13:55] schestowitz-TR email, jabber, ldap etc. [13:55] schestowitz-TR now the clown idiots have no ldap or iam.. [13:55] schestowitz-TR just open some gulag account [13:55] schestowitz-TR IT skillz: knowing which "APP/S" to download and memorising GUIs [13:55] schestowitz-TR (based on true story) ;-) ● May 10 [15:05] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [15:05] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:21] schestowitz-TR priority/wishlist: stories of people leaving Twitter, esp. those citing good reasons [15:21] schestowitz-TR weakening social control media = curtailing the attacks on democracies [15:21] Techrights-sec ack [15:23] schestowitz-TR Twitter WILL NOT support free speech. Stop believe a CHRONIC liar. MusKSA (it's shared ownership with people who chop down journalists to pieces and cook them!) will manipulate Twitter for PERSONAL GAIN. QUIT NOW. https://etbe.coker.com.au/2022/05/10/elon-free-speech/ [15:23] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-etbe.coker.com.au | Elon and Free Speech etbe - Russell Coker [15:27] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:27] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:27] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:27] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [15:59] schestowitz-TR I hardly know how to answer this question [15:59] schestowitz-TR rant: just wasted over 20 mins helping rianne because paypal decided to add 2FA [15:59] schestowitz-TR security theatre [15:59] schestowitz-TR and we do not have "mobile" [15:59] schestowitz-TR eventually I managed after talking to a call centre of theirs [15:59] schestowitz-TR based on the acceent, somewhere in south asia [15:59] schestowitz-TR paypal is shit [15:59] schestowitz-TR but sadly the compettiion to it seems not much better [15:59] schestowitz-TR rianne needed tp pay for deliverty (parcel/sale today) [15:59] schestowitz-TR she picks up bargain on way back [15:59] schestowitz-TR we might need to use online payments more if we leave the job [15:59] schestowitz-TR (which we decided to do some time ago anyway, just didn't know when) [15:59] Techrights-sec "security" [15:59] Techrights-sec paypal is high risk [15:59] Techrights-sec yes that will probably increase the necessity ● May 10 [16:01] schestowitz-TR it's only 4pm, too early to get angrry, it's my day off work and I want to produce some articles/videos [16:01] schestowitz-TR anyway, another annoying hurdle in life [16:01] schestowitz-TR remember how much time I spent fighting the city council here over trying to impose [16:01] schestowitz-TR "mobile" on EU citizens pursing "permission" to "stay" [16:02] schestowitz-TR *purusing [16:02] schestowitz-TR at the end I filed a major complaint and had them chasing and invetigating [16:02] Techrights-sec yes; be sure to get the two exercise sessions per day [16:04] schestowitz-TR wordpress is good for many things [16:04] schestowitz-TR it's not getting a lot better [16:04] schestowitz-TR it's feature church since 10 years ago [16:04] schestowitz-TR they just need to "keep up"... looking for problems that do not really exist instead of [16:04] schestowitz-TR just leaving the darn thing alne [16:04] schestowitz-TR this is also why web sites and then browsers keep getting worse over time [16:04] schestowitz-TR they need to give the engs SOMETHINGto doi [16:05] schestowitz-TR and they call it INNOVA~1 [16:05] Techrights-sec ack [16:05] Techrights-sec WordPress has a shitload of expensive proprietary plugins of uncertain and [16:05] Techrights-sec very dubious quality [16:07] schestowitz-TR my uncle broke his blog with one [16:07] schestowitz-TR addeda CRM to it, IIRC [16:07] schestowitz-TR and then cried that it stopped working [16:07] schestowitz-TR after he had broken it [16:07] schestowitz-TR I had to fix it the same day/weekend that I bought the new laptop [16:07] schestowitz-TR and it was a major PITA [16:07] schestowitz-TR gonna do some weights [16:07] schestowitz-TR I lost my rhytham due to paypal [16:07] schestowitz-TR bbiab [16:38] *Despatche has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:51] schestowitz-TR COVID-19 in the UK: Going Dark, Hiding the Problem Instead of Solving It http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/05/10/hiding-covid/ [16:51] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive COVID-19 in the UK: Going Dark, Hiding the Problem Instead of Solving It [16:51] schestowitz-TR typos likely, have not proofread it yet [16:51] schestowitz-TR let me know if you read it and see any along the way [16:57] schestowitz-TR Added: "NHS/Tories: Maybe if we stop publish data, then people will stop blasting our fatally stupid policy." http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/05/10/hiding-covid/ [16:57] Techrights-sec ack ● May 10 [17:00] Techrights-sec read quickly but did not notice anything this time [17:02] schestowitz-TR i found one typo (seized) [17:02] schestowitz-TR either way, it's going to be harder for me to do such posts [17:02] schestowitz-TR no data, no analysis possible [17:02] schestowitz-TR I meant, 'only' 2000 people a week die [17:02] schestowitz-TR that's like... less than 9/11 [17:02] schestowitz-TR sod it, go back to work lads [17:02] schestowitz-TR as we say here, "for queen and country" [17:02] schestowitz-TR for mom-of-nadrew and country [17:03] Techrights-sec cutting off the data means cutting off the coverage and resultant discussion [17:04] schestowitz-TR right now bill and lolita foundation assesses the online reactionm [17:04] schestowitz-TR and decides if billBC should run next week's puff pieces with COVID guru bill [17:04] schestowitz-TR or maybe "not yet" [17:04] schestowitz-TR (give the public more time to forgot and make new scapegoats) [17:04] schestowitz-TR if they stop updating, I might put together a formal FOI (like FOIA) demanding access to data [17:04] schestowitz-TR and making my own portal [17:04] schestowitz-TR to keep their feet to the fire [17:05] Techrights-sec are there groups there collaborate with on that? [17:06] schestowitz-TR don't want to be covid alarmist, but if the numbers did in fact go down, then it would be justified [17:06] schestowitz-TR but that is clearly not the case [17:06] schestowitz-TR I think goign through a local MP might work best [17:32] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:14] 50% of the articles in PHORONIX today are about AMD, a company with 15k workers (Intel is almost 120k). What PHORONIX does not tell you: it's SPONSORED by AMD http://techrights.org/2022/02/03/phoronix-went-too-far/ [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:14] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- techrights.org | When Blogs Become Marketing and Benchmarks Become Product Promotions | Techrights [17:42] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | When Blogs Become Marketing and Benchmarks Become Product Promotions | Techrights [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:14] it's like social control media [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:14] things ar enot quite how they seem on the surface [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:14] you need to look below (apropos covid data) [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:15] it'd be much less problematic, though not ideal, if michael were to remind [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:15] people of the connection now to AMD [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:17] sometimes he even does AMD job ads as articles [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:17] even for just one single role [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:17] in a company of that size [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:17] that's like those spammy patent NOISE sites [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:17] where they tell you some low-level person moved from firm A to firm B [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:17] and make it seem like "news", complete with photo, portfolio, and promotional words [17:42] schestowitz-TR [17:17] affirming people's choice os that supposedly impoirtant person and firm [17:42] schestowitz-TR I have an idea [17:42] schestowitz-TR will measure # of iterms in amd categ' before and after estimated time of crate [17:42] schestowitz-TR wait, that's not going to work [17:42] schestowitz-TR there is category singularity [17:42] schestowitz-TR so many amd iterms go under different ctags [17:42] schestowitz-TR thinking... [17:42] schestowitz-TR remember on an empirical basis I know what I'd find [17:42] schestowitz-TR as I see all the headlines there since 15+ years ago [17:42] schestowitz-TR but I need numeric evidence [17:42] schestowitz-TR I might nee to use wayback machine [17:42] Techrights-sec that's a lot of checking [17:42] Techrights-sec see /tmp/techrights-monitor-tr-v3.py on the rpi [17:42] Techrights-sec ^ old topic from earlier [17:42] Techrights-sec going through the wayback machine is slow, but they have to be slow for self [17:42] Techrights-sec defence [17:43] Techrights-sec mouse middle button stopped working; drop-test fixed it :/ [17:43] Techrights-sec hope it does not break soon [17:43] schestowitz-TR when it starts doing this, it's time to purchase the spare [17:45] Techrights-sec this was the newly purchased spare :/ [17:45] Techrights-sec I'm not sure I can find the receipt though [17:46] schestowitz-TR these receipts [17:46] schestowitz-TR for such flaky items [17:46] schestowitz-TR can be just as valuable as the product itself [17:46] schestowitz-TR as they are a ticket for the second product [17:46] schestowitz-TR here I did have to return a few in the diustant past [17:46] schestowitz-TR a [17:46] schestowitz-TR and pick a replacement of roughly the same price [17:46] Techrights-sec yes, agreed, it's just I have to look through a stack of them [17:46] Techrights-sec t [17:47] schestowitz-TR I like playing with data, libreoffice cal time :-p) [17:47] schestowitz-TR wayback machine [17:47] schestowitz-TR *calc [17:52] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [17:52] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● May 10 [18:18] Techrights-sec calc is useful [18:35] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3frtcqsy4ffgn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [18:36] Techrights-sec it TM unavailable again? [18:36] Techrights-sec the one I uploaded is for hardware / peripherals here [18:37] schestowitz-TR i noticed [18:37] schestowitz-TR but.. [18:37] schestowitz-TR heavy load [18:37] schestowitz-TR i might run the script soon [18:37] schestowitz-TR "Ebba Busch is boycotting the Swedish radio because in their Arabic, Somali, and Kurdish transmissions th [18:37] schestowitz-TR ey translated her desire to shoot islamists as her wanting to shoot muslims." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/ebba-radioBBB [18:48] schestowitz-TR rsync becomes a pig when finding two files, large files, of the same name and no matching hash [18:49] Techrights-sec otr: that must be it; but I've not been able to complete the task this evening ● May 10 [19:17] schestowitz-TR ota [19:17] schestowitz-TR it was about AMD [19:17] schestowitz-TR an the phenomenon in general [19:17] schestowitz-TR I want to think people will become more suspicious of what they see on the Web [19:18] Techrights-sec ack [19:18] Techrights-sec yes, good approach especially now with so many "influencers" but those [19:18] Techrights-sec are especially a danger to social control media useds [19:18] schestowitz-TR I did mention social control media and gulagtube along thr way [19:18] schestowitz-TR and microsoft bribing bloggers for "reviews" [19:33] Techrights-sec ack [19:35] schestowitz-TR today's tm remote backup is OK [19:35] schestowitz-TR tm-db-[today].dump.gz [19:35] schestowitz-TR it'\s an hour old [19:35] Techrights-sec not from here, I can't get it to complete [19:35] Techrights-sec maybe SFTP or tar instead of rsync? [19:36] schestowitz-TR rianne back [19:36] schestowitz-TR shel will post in TM shortly [19:36] schestowitz-TR many isles are empty, she says [19:36] schestowitz-TR so much foir "normal" [19:36] schestowitz-TR NHS portal going dark [19:36] schestowitz-TR I reckon many recipes of prpoducts lack supply chain ingredients like oils, inc. palm oil [19:36] schestowitz-TR so cannot make the same product as before [19:36] schestowitz-TR she didn't find much discounted food either [19:38] Techrights-sec ack [19:38] Techrights-sec palm oil is to be avoide for health, environment, and political reasons [19:38] Techrights-sec same here [19:38] Techrights-sec it's really widespread and one has to check the ingredients list carefully [19:39] schestowitz-TR we've bene boycoting all products with palm oil in them for ages [19:39] schestowitz-TR even soaps [19:39] schestowitz-TR they use m,any sneaky names [19:39] schestowitz-TR but we know those ● May 10 [23:02] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)