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schestowitz-TRso my theory was correctNov 10 02:54
schestowitz-TR11k laid off at FB is just round 1Nov 10 02:54
schestowitz-TRthere might be 3 rounds at leastNov 10 02:54
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TechrightssecFB doesn't need so many people any more now that the election has been tripped  Nov 10 08:55
Techrightssecup properly.    Nov 10 08:55
TechrightssecAlso people realize that although addicted social control media is a waste ofNov 10 08:55
Techrightssectime. Nov 10 08:55
Techrightssechttp://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-091122.html#tNov%2009%2017:28:21Nov 10 08:55
TechrightssecMany countries have laws prohibiting making such lists especially when theyNov 10 08:55
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-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, November 09, 2022Nov 10 08:55
Techrightssecencompass politics or ethnicity or religion.  FB does this explicitly as wellNov 10 08:55
Techrightssecas being able to generate more fine-tuned lists by aggregating several of Nov 10 08:55
Techrightssecthe data points they collet on people.  Nov 10 08:55
Techrightssec[citation for the specific laws needed, esp Germany]Nov 10 08:55
Techrightssec^ topic ?Nov 10 08:55
schestowitz-TRthanks, I\ve put that down as a topicNov 10 08:56
TechrightssecnpNov 10 08:56
TechrightssecThey not only do they have those lists as explicit data points but also canNov 10 08:57
Techrightssecgenerate them and worse on the fly.Nov 10 08:57
schestowitz-TRmusk says he wants to authenticate usersNov 10 08:58
schestowitz-TRthat would eliminate many dissident accounts overnightNov 10 08:58
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TechrightssecMusk neither knows what he is doing nor cares.  It is a mystery how he orNov 10 09:03
Techrightssechis sponsors are going to recover $44bn from what's left of Twitter.Nov 10 09:03
TechrightssecMaybe throw a few more elections over time.Nov 10 09:03
TechrightssecLike they've helped do so far.Nov 10 09:03
TechrightssecEliminating 'dissident' accounts would be a happy side effect for his sponsors.Nov 10 09:08
TechrightssecThey have an active history in suppressing dissidents, with or without theNov 10 09:08
Techrightssecuse of tandoori ovens.Nov 10 09:08
TechrightssecLinks scripts can now run on tr-new, but a smooth work flow must be figured outNov 10 09:16
Techrightssecfirst, especially in regards to Git.  Maybe Git should be moved to tr-new first?Nov 10 09:16
schestowitz-TRyes, now is a good time as I have time and we don't make many changes at gitNov 10 09:17
schestowitz-TRina dn out of kitchen atm, we got some very cheap pumpkinsNov 10 09:18
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TechrightssecTomorrow is Armistice DayNov 10 11:23
TechrightssecCould you please add a cname for git.techrights.org pointing atNov 10 11:23
Techrightssecnews.techrights.org ?Nov 10 11:23
TechrightssecThanksNov 10 11:23
schestowitz-TRsure, give me 20 mins to finish Daily Links and my mug of teaNov 10 11:24
schestowitz-TRanyway, dns will take time to propagateNov 10 11:24
schestowitz-TRpc has not crashed for nearly 2 days nowNov 10 11:30
schestowitz-TRmy mom got mumble workingNov 10 11:30
schestowitz-TRgoing to do the task while posting some "merged"Nov 10 11:30
schestowitz-TRmultitasking is very difficultNov 10 11:30
schestowitz-TRat least irc is calmNov 10 11:31
schestowitzWe successfully saved the following A record for “techrights.org”: “git.techrights.org”.Nov 10 11:39
TechrightssecthanksNov 10 11:46
Techrightssecworks from here Nov 10 11:46
Techrightsseclocking the old Git accountNov 10 11:53
schestowitz-TRgreat!Nov 10 11:53
TechrightssecSeems to work.  Same keys.  Point at git.techrights.org nowNov 10 12:16
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schestowitz-TRFCC and 5G ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/fcc-5g-wireless-safety-cellphones-risk | Source: Pro Publica http://techrights.org/2021/12/27/fact-based-5g-criticism/Nov 10 13:07
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.propublica.org | How the FCC Shields Wireless Providers From Safety Concerns — ProPublicaNov 10 13:07
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | What Real (Fact-Based) 5G and Privacy Issues the Media Casually Distracts From | TechrightsNov 10 13:07
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schestowitz-TRin the truthout rss feed, all the titles are not the headline but say "RSS Circle Icon" in merged-Nov 10 13:55
schestowitz-TRmaybe soomething has changed in the site or the software chainNov 10 13:55
Techrightssecchecking the site, the software has not changed in a whileNov 10 14:01
schestowitz-TRdue to new deserts, no sites has been worth adding in a whileNov 10 14:04
schestowitz-TRsome quietly died down, e.g. fossforceNov 10 14:04
schestowitz-TRevewn craig murray is not blogging much these daysNov 10 14:04
schestowitz-TRand when he does, it's not esp. interesting/important Nov 10 14:04
schestowitz-TRIndyRef, Assange etc. gradually become "old news"Nov 10 14:04
schestowitz-TRand he himself becomes oldNov 10 14:04
schestowitz-TRI checked assange news this morning, found a fewNov 10 14:04
schestowitz-TRnot using search but a filter through all my feedsNov 10 14:04
schestowitz-TRpolsted in ric and some in LinksNov 10 14:04
TechrightssecI wonder what's up.  There are hundreds of defunct sites listed in the OPML fileNov 10 14:04
Techrightssechere.Nov 10 14:04
TechrightssecSpeaking of Assange, there seems to be news blackout on him.  Some trouble Nov 10 14:04
Techrightssecwould then be brewing.  It's probably time to check if any updates can be found.Nov 10 14:04
TechrightssecInteresting, the parser chokes on an embedded SVG which also contains a //titleNov 10 14:07
TechrightssecXPath.  Fortunately another XPath can be found for the feed.Nov 10 14:07
schestowitz-TRthere are no strict standards for those thingsNov 10 14:08
schestowitz-TRsame for htmlNov 10 14:08
schestowitz-TRspecsNov 10 14:08
TechrightssecIt shouldn't be a problem it is just that the parser pre-dates that practiceNov 10 14:08
Techrightssecby many years.  Nov 10 14:08
Techrightssec The W3C Validtaor shows lots of full Errors with that siteNov 10 14:10
Techrightssecso it's not a surprise that the content can be a be wonky. Nov 10 14:10
schestowitz-TRthis site is generally ok and worth keepingNov 10 14:11
schestowitz-TRa lot of that is commondream repsosts, but not allNov 10 14:11
schestowitz-TRthey rarely say things that are very obv. false or inflammataryNov 10 14:11
TechrightssecYes.Nov 10 14:11
schestowitz-TRi think that rather than radar detectors now you have some people with "apps" that help reportNov 10 14:15
schestowitz-TRwhere to slow downNov 10 14:15
schestowitz-TRbut i stopped driving ages agoNov 10 14:15
schestowitz-TRand lack the incentive to buy a car based on what I read, inc. last week about cars with 3g in them losing functionality afterNov 10 14:15
schestowitz-TRas little as one decadeNov 10 14:15
schestowitz-TRrianne's dad still drives a 30 yo clunkerNov 10 14:15
schestowitz-TRmaybe buy a tesla and wait fore the 20th MASS recall of 2022Nov 10 14:19
schestowitz-TRmaybe after twitter musk will have some loose change left to issue compensationNov 10 14:19
schestowitz-TRrather than give the inconvenience of NOT having a car for WEEKNov 10 14:19
schestowitz-TRjust waiting to get back what you ALREADY paid forNov 10 14:19
schestowitz-TRbased on false advertisingNov 10 14:19
schestowitz-TRe.g. brakes that actually workNov 10 14:19
schestowitz-TRand stweering wheel that - gasp - allows YOU to control the carNov 10 14:19
schestowitz-TRdfc told a story yesterday on how kia takes over the wheelNov 10 14:19
schestowitz-TRI thought it was limited to brakes and sometimes throttleNov 10 14:19
schestowitz-TRi reckon today's pedal are like "arcade" pedalsNov 10 14:19
schestowitz-TRnothing physical behind them, just like a fucking buttonNov 10 14:19
schestowitz-TRthey gradually turn "CAR SIMULATORS" into actual cars!Nov 10 14:20
schestowitz-TRThat's NOT how it's means to work, the other war aroundNov 10 14:20
schestowitz-TR*meanyNov 10 14:20
schestowitz-TR*meantNov 10 14:20
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TechrightssecStripe apparently laid off 14% of its work force the other day, too.Nov 10 14:34
TechrightssecWhen humanoids like zuckerberg 'take full responsibility', what kind ofNov 10 14:34
Techrightssecresponsibility is it?  Where are the penalties, of any kind?Nov 10 14:34
schestowitz-TRcome to mumbleNov 10 14:35
schestowitz-TRours (for 2 mins)Nov 10 14:36
schestowitz-TRGmail is not E-mail and it works UNLIKE or AGAINST E-mail. Tell people to dumb GMail and use REAL E-mail. https://www.maketecheasier.com/google-eliminating-original-gmail-design/Nov 10 16:31
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.maketecheasier.com | Google Eliminating Option to Revert to Original Gmail Design - Make Tech EasierNov 10 16:31
Techrightssecfurther web-mail is not e-mail and is not even a suitable client for most workNov 10 16:39
Techrightssecflows; it's a toyNov 10 16:39
schestowitz-TRNHS Approach to 'Solving' COVID-19: Abandon Transparency and Abandon Testing https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/11/10/abandoning-transparency/Nov 10 17:22
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com » Blog Archive » NHS Approach to ‘Solving’ COVID-19: Abandon Transparency and Abandon TestingNov 10 17:22
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schestowitz-TRNow MICROSOFT tells Mozilla how to do Thunderbird https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/11/important-message-for-microsoft-office-365-enterprise-users/ see http://techrights.org/2022/09/25/microsoft-vs-pop-and-imap/Nov 10 17:32
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-blog.thunderbird.net | Important Message For Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise UsersNov 10 17:32
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Microsoft is Trying to Eliminate POP3 and IMAP for E-mail (Attack on Commodity or Standard Protocols) | TechrightsNov 10 17:32
TechrightssecackNov 10 17:40
Techrightssec:(Nov 10 17:40
TechrightssecNot a surpise.  Google, which is Baker's boss, is fully infiltrated by m=Nov 10 17:40
TechrightssecmicrosoftersNov 10 17:40
TechrightssecIt looks like both M$ and Google are trying to close the door and hold Nov 10 17:41
Techrightsseccaptive those stuck on their respective "mail" services.  Nov 10 17:41
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TechrightssecGit seems to be ok in its new home on tr-newNov 10 18:29
TechrightssecI think most or all of the dependencies are in place for the links scriptsNov 10 18:29
Techrightssecthere tooNov 10 18:29
schestowitz-TRwow, that was fast!Nov 10 18:30
schestowitz-TRI've nearly cleaned the rss feeds, news id DEAD SLOWNov 10 18:30
schestowitz-TRthis week more soNov 10 18:30
schestowitz-TRso far I have that one topic (FB) and maybe some EPONov 10 18:30
schestowitz-TR"The golden age of globalisation, in 1990-2010, was something to behold"... debt piling up until explosion while few thieves amass all the capital https://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2022/11/the-restructuring-of-global-supply-chains.htmlNov 10 18:51
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-blog.irvingwb.com | Irving Wladawsky-Berger: The Changing Structure of Global Supply ChainsNov 10 18:51
schestowitz-TR[18:44] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- blog.irvingwb.com | Irving Wladawsky-Berger: The Changing Structure of Global Supply ChainsNov 10 18:51
schestowitz-TR[18:46] <techrights-news> And that's quoting The Economist, which is literally edited by a Rothschild. https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/11/10/remembering-evelyn-de-rothschild-chairman-of-the-economist-for-17-yearsNov 10 18:51
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Remembering Evelyn de Rothschild, chairman of The Economist for 17 years | The EconomistNov 10 18:52
schestowitz-TR[18:46] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- Remembering Evelyn de Rothschild, chairman of The Economist for 17 years | The EconomistNov 10 18:52
schestowitz-TR[18:47] <techrights-news> "Remembering Evelyn de Rothschild, chairman of The Economist for 17 years. The banker, philanthropist and bon viveur died on November 7th" -Rothschild-run paper, The Economist. When will MSM criticise an oligarch posthumously? Oh, "philanthropist"... really?Nov 10 18:52
schestowitz-TR[18:47] <techrights-news> People online: quote a reputable source! Like one owned by billionaires.Nov 10 18:52
schestowitz-TRmajor coincidence: I looked up the name of the guy who runs the economist with a relativeNov 10 18:52
schestowitz-TRand today they announced that he had died days agoNov 10 18:52
schestowitz-TRonly 3 hours ago!Nov 10 18:52
schestowitz-TRjust when I looked it upNov 10 18:52
schestowitz-TRMicrosoft down, Microsoft down, and Microsoft not even listed anymore (going extinct on the Web) https://news.netcraft.com/archives/202Nov 10 18:53
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://news.netcraft.com/archives/202 )Nov 10 18:53
schestowitz-TR2/11/10/november-2022-web-server-survey.htmlNov 10 18:53
Techrightssec:(Nov 10 19:12
TechrightssecMSM will never criticize moneyNov 10 19:12
schestowitz-TR"Both Thonny and Visual Studio Code are built in to the Raspberry Pi OS." https://www.maketecheasier.com/thonny-vs-visual-studio-code-raspberry-pi/ WHAT???Nov 10 19:37
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.maketecheasier.com | Thonny vs. Visual Studio Code: Which One Is Better for the Raspberry Pi User? - Make Tech EasierNov 10 19:37
schestowitz-TRif raspi is not PRE-bundling PROPRIETARY, SPYWARE, of MICROSOFT... then it needs to be reportedNov 10 19:38
schestowitz-TRafaik, debian might have something to say too Nov 10 19:38
schestowitz-TR(if that's true)Nov 10 19:38
schestowitz-TRif microsoft now uses this company to make an "installedbase" to spy onNov 10 19:40
schestowitz-TRand lock iin a generation of codersNov 10 19:40
schestowitz-TRthen we need to find out who and whenNov 10 19:40
schestowitz-TRif..Nov 10 19:40
Techrightssecs/not/now/ ??Nov 10 19:42
schestowitz-TRyes, critical typoNov 10 19:42
Techrightssecremember that m$ and others push crap then walk it back under duress onlyNov 10 19:44
Techrightssecto wait for the fuss to die down and roll back the same changes plus worseNov 10 19:44
Techrightsseclater when no one is watching any moreNov 10 19:44
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TechrightssecackNov 10 19:44
Techrightssecs/not/now/ ??Nov 10 19:44
Techrightssecremember that m$ and others push crap then walk it back under duress onlyNov 10 19:44
Techrightssecto wait for the fuss to die down and roll back the same changes plus worseNov 10 19:44
Techrightsseclater when no one is watching any moreNov 10 19:44
schestowitz-TRis there a quick way to check without installing the OSNov 10 19:44
schestowitz-TR?Nov 10 19:44
TechrightsseccheckingNov 10 20:02
schestowitz-TRit is hard to fit WIndows on these (many spam articles tried promoting that last week!)Nov 10 20:03
schestowitz-TRso they will try to turn Linux into MicrosoftNov 10 20:03
schestowitz-TROLPC XONov 10 20:03
schestowitz-TRbut again, worth verifying before writing anythingNov 10 20:03
Techrightssechttp://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/binary-arm64/PackagesNov 10 20:06
Techrightssecsomeone more familiar with Debian derivatives will have to assess that, butNov 10 20:06
Techrightssecit's there :/Nov 10 20:06
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Missing content type. Ignoring.Nov 10 20:06
schestowitz-TRin repo or IMG?Nov 10 20:06
schestowitz-TRif only in the repos, then less of a big dealNov 10 20:06
schestowitz-TResp. is the repo is now microsoft.com Nov 10 20:06
schestowitz-TRNOTNov 10 20:07
schestowitz-TRand if not added secretly to existing devicesNov 10 20:07
schestowitz-TRthough obv. it's still proprietary and still CrimeSoftNov 10 20:07
Techrightssecbut not by default, just the repository        Nov 10 20:07
TechrightssecThe repository in question is archive.raspberrypi.org not anything m$Nov 10 20:07
Techrightssecthat much is good.  Nov 10 20:07
schestowitz-TRin that case, the aforementioned article is, at best, poorly wordedNov 10 20:08
TechrightssecIt seems that the article is based on out of date or just plain wrong assumptions and poorly worded.Nov 10 20:08
schestowitz-TRa bit of a relief tbhNov 10 20:09
TechrightssecWhat actually is problematic is when official RPi articles go out of theirNov 10 20:11
Techrightssecway to boost m$ gimmicks or show images featurign m$ logos and displaysNov 10 20:11
schestowitz-TRone 'solution' is to help accelerate the demmise of the "Vole"Nov 10 20:12
schestowitz-TRlike netcraftNov 10 20:12
schestowitz-TRsee the damage they dop to OSINov 10 20:12
schestowitz-TRI update my post 5 mins agoNov 10 20:12
schestowitz-TROSI is dead, stick a fork in that POSNov 10 20:12
TechrightssecackNov 10 20:14
schestowitz-TRthere is nothing to write about :-)Nov 10 20:15
schestowitz-TRbut it's good that we debunk false 'news'Nov 10 20:15
schestowitz-TReven if just in passingNov 10 20:15
schestowitz-TRi'll have enough for more Daily Links soon, I think 4th batch for todayNov 10 20:15
Techrightssecquality is more important than quality with links, especially since Nov 10 20:20
Techrightssecthey good ones can be combined and used as topics for articles Nov 10 20:20
schestowitz-TRmany are seen through rssNov 10 20:20
schestowitz-TRmaking it compact is usefulNov 10 20:20
schestowitz-TRA vastly better approach would be to make a Gemini capsule for LWN https://lwn.net/Articles/914410/Nov 10 20:21
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-A pair of new LWN site features [LWN.net]Nov 10 20:21
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