●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, November 10, 2022 ●● ● Nov 10 [01:06] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:06] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:12] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@qqashmmai9reg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:12] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [01:23] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:23] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:57] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Nov 10 [02:23] *Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [02:31] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-49a.8n8.i4ua3j.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [02:54] schestowitz-TR so my theory was correct [02:54] schestowitz-TR 11k laid off at FB is just round 1 [02:54] schestowitz-TR there might be 3 rounds at least ● Nov 10 [04:22] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [04:23] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@egupbynb2qmf2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 10 [05:32] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [05:33] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [05:35] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@wbbz7p3sasfe2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [05:46] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [05:47] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@qqashmmai9reg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 10 [08:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [08:42] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [08:55] Techrightssec FB doesn't need so many people any more now that the election has been tripped [08:55] Techrightssec up properly. [08:55] Techrightssec Also people realize that although addicted social control media is a waste of [08:55] Techrightssec time. [08:55] Techrightssec http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-091122.html#tNov%2009%2017:28:21 [08:55] Techrightssec Many countries have laws prohibiting making such lists especially when they [08:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:55] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, November 09, 2022 [08:55] Techrightssec encompass politics or ethnicity or religion. FB does this explicitly as well [08:55] Techrightssec as being able to generate more fine-tuned lists by aggregating several of [08:55] Techrightssec the data points they collet on people. [08:55] Techrightssec [citation for the specific laws needed, esp Germany] [08:55] Techrightssec ^ topic ? [08:56] schestowitz-TR thanks, I\ve put that down as a topic [08:56] Techrightssec np [08:57] Techrightssec They not only do they have those lists as explicit data points but also can [08:57] Techrightssec generate them and worse on the fly. [08:58] schestowitz-TR musk says he wants to authenticate users [08:58] schestowitz-TR that would eliminate many dissident accounts overnight [08:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell ● Nov 10 [09:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:03] Techrightssec Musk neither knows what he is doing nor cares. It is a mystery how he or [09:03] Techrightssec his sponsors are going to recover $44bn from what's left of Twitter. [09:03] Techrightssec Maybe throw a few more elections over time. [09:03] Techrightssec Like they've helped do so far. [09:08] Techrightssec Eliminating 'dissident' accounts would be a happy side effect for his sponsors. [09:08] Techrightssec They have an active history in suppressing dissidents, with or without the [09:08] Techrightssec use of tandoori ovens. [09:16] Techrightssec Links scripts can now run on tr-new, but a smooth work flow must be figured out [09:16] Techrightssec first, especially in regards to Git. Maybe Git should be moved to tr-new first? [09:17] schestowitz-TR yes, now is a good time as I have time and we don't make many changes at git [09:18] schestowitz-TR ina dn out of kitchen atm, we got some very cheap pumpkins [09:51] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Nov 10 [10:00] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:05] *starstreak has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Nov 10 [11:23] Techrightssec Tomorrow is Armistice Day [11:23] Techrightssec Could you please add a cname for git.techrights.org pointing at [11:23] Techrightssec news.techrights.org ? [11:23] Techrightssec Thanks [11:24] schestowitz-TR sure, give me 20 mins to finish Daily Links and my mug of tea [11:24] schestowitz-TR anyway, dns will take time to propagate [11:30] schestowitz-TR pc has not crashed for nearly 2 days now [11:30] schestowitz-TR my mom got mumble working [11:30] schestowitz-TR going to do the task while posting some "merged" [11:30] schestowitz-TR multitasking is very difficult [11:31] schestowitz-TR at least irc is calm [11:39] schestowitz We successfully saved the following A record for techrights.org: git.techrights.org. [11:46] Techrightssec thanks [11:46] Techrightssec works from here [11:53] Techrightssec locking the old Git account [11:53] schestowitz-TR great! ● Nov 10 [12:16] Techrightssec Seems to work. Same keys. Point at git.techrights.org now [12:19] *Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [12:19] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-uua.rkc.l1fhkg.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 10 [13:07] schestowitz-TR FCC 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/ [13:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.propublica.org | How the FCC Shields Wireless Providers From Safety Concerns ProPublica [13:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | What Real (Fact-Based) 5G and Privacy Issues the Media Casually Distracts From | Techrights [13:33] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:49] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [13:49] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [13:51] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [13:51] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@qqashmmai9reg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:55] schestowitz-TR in the truthout rss feed, all the titles are not the headline but say "RSS Circle Icon" in merged- [13:55] schestowitz-TR maybe soomething has changed in the site or the software chain ● Nov 10 [14:01] Techrightssec checking the site, the software has not changed in a while [14:04] schestowitz-TR due to new deserts, no sites has been worth adding in a while [14:04] schestowitz-TR some quietly died down, e.g. fossforce [14:04] schestowitz-TR evewn craig murray is not blogging much these days [14:04] schestowitz-TR and when he does, it's not esp. interesting/important [14:04] schestowitz-TR IndyRef, Assange etc. gradually become "old news" [14:04] schestowitz-TR and he himself becomes old [14:04] schestowitz-TR I checked assange news this morning, found a few [14:04] schestowitz-TR not using search but a filter through all my feeds [14:04] schestowitz-TR polsted in ric and some in Links [14:04] Techrightssec I wonder what's up. There are hundreds of defunct sites listed in the OPML file [14:04] Techrightssec here. [14:04] Techrightssec Speaking of Assange, there seems to be news blackout on him. Some trouble [14:04] Techrightssec would then be brewing. It's probably time to check if any updates can be found. [14:07] Techrightssec Interesting, the parser chokes on an embedded SVG which also contains a //title [14:07] Techrightssec XPath. Fortunately another XPath can be found for the feed. [14:08] schestowitz-TR there are no strict standards for those things [14:08] schestowitz-TR same for html [14:08] schestowitz-TR specs [14:08] Techrightssec It shouldn't be a problem it is just that the parser pre-dates that practice [14:08] Techrightssec by many years. [14:10] Techrightssec The W3C Validtaor shows lots of full Errors with that site [14:10] Techrightssec so it's not a surprise that the content can be a be wonky. [14:11] schestowitz-TR this site is generally ok and worth keeping [14:11] schestowitz-TR a lot of that is commondream repsosts, but not all [14:11] schestowitz-TR they rarely say things that are very obv. false or inflammatary [14:11] Techrightssec Yes. [14:15] schestowitz-TR i think that rather than radar detectors now you have some people with "apps" that help report [14:15] schestowitz-TR where to slow down [14:15] schestowitz-TR but i stopped driving ages ago [14:15] schestowitz-TR and lack the incentive to buy a car based on what I read, inc. last week about cars with 3g in them losing functionality after [14:15] schestowitz-TR as little as one decade [14:15] schestowitz-TR rianne's dad still drives a 30 yo clunker [14:19] schestowitz-TR maybe buy a tesla and wait fore the 20th MASS recall of 2022 [14:19] schestowitz-TR maybe after twitter musk will have some loose change left to issue compensation [14:19] schestowitz-TR rather than give the inconvenience of NOT having a car for WEEK [14:19] schestowitz-TR just waiting to get back what you ALREADY paid for [14:19] schestowitz-TR based on false advertising [14:19] schestowitz-TR e.g. brakes that actually work [14:19] schestowitz-TR and stweering wheel that - gasp - allows YOU to control the car [14:19] schestowitz-TR dfc told a story yesterday on how kia takes over the wheel [14:19] schestowitz-TR I thought it was limited to brakes and sometimes throttle [14:19] schestowitz-TR i reckon today's pedal are like "arcade" pedals [14:19] schestowitz-TR nothing physical behind them, just like a fucking button [14:20] schestowitz-TR they gradually turn "CAR SIMULATORS" into actual cars! [14:20] schestowitz-TR That's NOT how it's means to work, the other war around [14:20] schestowitz-TR *meany [14:20] schestowitz-TR *meant [14:28] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:29] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [14:34] Techrightssec Stripe apparently laid off 14% of its work force the other day, too. [14:34] Techrightssec When humanoids like zuckerberg 'take full responsibility', what kind of [14:34] Techrightssec responsibility is it? Where are the penalties, of any kind? [14:35] schestowitz-TR come to mumble [14:36] schestowitz-TR ours (for 2 mins) ● Nov 10 [16:31] schestowitz-TR Gmail 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/ [16:31] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.maketecheasier.com | Google Eliminating Option to Revert to Original Gmail Design - Make Tech Easier [16:39] Techrightssec further web-mail is not e-mail and is not even a suitable client for most work [16:39] Techrightssec flows; it's a toy ● Nov 10 [17:22] schestowitz-TR NHS Approach to 'Solving' COVID-19: Abandon Transparency and Abandon Testing https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/11/10/abandoning-transparency/ [17:22] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive NHS Approach to Solving COVID-19: Abandon Transparency and Abandon Testing [17:23] *Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [17:24] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-eun.oi4.qunln7.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [17:32] schestowitz-TR Now 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/ [17:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-blog.thunderbird.net | Important Message For Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise Users [17:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Microsoft is Trying to Eliminate POP3 and IMAP for E-mail (Attack on Commodity or Standard Protocols) | Techrights [17:40] Techrightssec ack [17:40] Techrightssec :( [17:40] Techrightssec Not a surpise. Google, which is Baker's boss, is fully infiltrated by m= [17:40] Techrightssec microsofters [17:41] Techrightssec It looks like both M$ and Google are trying to close the door and hold [17:41] Techrightssec captive those stuck on their respective "mail" services. [17:54] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [17:54] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Nov 10 [18:29] Techrightssec Git seems to be ok in its new home on tr-new [18:29] Techrightssec I think most or all of the dependencies are in place for the links scripts [18:29] Techrightssec there too [18:30] schestowitz-TR wow, that was fast! [18:30] schestowitz-TR I've nearly cleaned the rss feeds, news id DEAD SLOW [18:30] schestowitz-TR this week more so [18:30] schestowitz-TR so far I have that one topic (FB) and maybe some EPO [18:51] 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.html [18:51] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-blog.irvingwb.com | Irving Wladawsky-Berger: The Changing Structure of Global Supply Chains [18:51] schestowitz-TR [18:44] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- blog.irvingwb.com | Irving Wladawsky-Berger: The Changing Structure of Global Supply Chains [18:51] schestowitz-TR [18:46] 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-years [18:52] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Remembering Evelyn de Rothschild, chairman of The Economist for 17 years | The Economist [18:52] schestowitz-TR [18:46] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- Remembering Evelyn de Rothschild, chairman of The Economist for 17 years | The Economist [18:52] schestowitz-TR [18:47] "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? [18:52] schestowitz-TR [18:47] People online: quote a reputable source! Like one owned by billionaires. [18:52] schestowitz-TR major coincidence: I looked up the name of the guy who runs the economist with a relative [18:52] schestowitz-TR and today they announced that he had died days ago [18:52] schestowitz-TR only 3 hours ago! [18:52] schestowitz-TR just when I looked it up [18:53] schestowitz-TR Microsoft down, Microsoft down, and Microsoft not even listed anymore (going extinct on the Web) https://news.netcraft.com/archives/202 [18:53] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://news.netcraft.com/archives/202 ) [18:53] schestowitz-TR 2/11/10/november-2022-web-server-survey.html ● Nov 10 [19:12] Techrightssec :( [19:12] Techrightssec MSM will never criticize money [19:37] 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??? [19:37] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.maketecheasier.com | Thonny vs. Visual Studio Code: Which One Is Better for the Raspberry Pi User? - Make Tech Easier [19:38] schestowitz-TR if raspi is not PRE-bundling PROPRIETARY, SPYWARE, of MICROSOFT... then it needs to be reported [19:38] schestowitz-TR afaik, debian might have something to say too [19:38] schestowitz-TR (if that's true) [19:40] schestowitz-TR if microsoft now uses this company to make an "installedbase" to spy on [19:40] schestowitz-TR and lock iin a generation of coders [19:40] schestowitz-TR then we need to find out who and when [19:40] schestowitz-TR if.. [19:42] Techrightssec s/not/now/ ?? [19:42] schestowitz-TR yes, critical typo [19:44] Techrightssec remember that m$ and others push crap then walk it back under duress only [19:44] Techrightssec to wait for the fuss to die down and roll back the same changes plus worse [19:44] Techrightssec later when no one is watching any more [19:44] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:44] Techrightssec ack [19:44] Techrightssec s/not/now/ ?? [19:44] Techrightssec remember that m$ and others push crap then walk it back under duress only [19:44] Techrightssec to wait for the fuss to die down and roll back the same changes plus worse [19:44] Techrightssec later when no one is watching any more [19:44] schestowitz-TR is there a quick way to check without installing the OS [19:44] schestowitz-TR ? ● Nov 10 [20:02] Techrightssec checking [20:03] schestowitz-TR it is hard to fit WIndows on these (many spam articles tried promoting that last week!) [20:03] schestowitz-TR so they will try to turn Linux into Microsoft [20:03] schestowitz-TR OLPC XO [20:03] schestowitz-TR but again, worth verifying before writing anything [20:06] Techrightssec http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/binary-arm64/Packages [20:06] Techrightssec someone more familiar with Debian derivatives will have to assess that, but [20:06] Techrightssec it's there :/ [20:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Missing content type. Ignoring. [20:06] schestowitz-TR in repo or IMG? [20:06] schestowitz-TR if only in the repos, then less of a big deal [20:06] schestowitz-TR esp. is the repo is now microsoft.com [20:07] schestowitz-TR NOT [20:07] schestowitz-TR and if not added secretly to existing devices [20:07] schestowitz-TR though obv. it's still proprietary and still CrimeSoft [20:07] Techrightssec but not by default, just the repository [20:07] Techrightssec The repository in question is archive.raspberrypi.org not anything m$ [20:07] Techrightssec that much is good. [20:08] schestowitz-TR in that case, the aforementioned article is, at best, poorly worded [20:08] Techrightssec It seems that the article is based on out of date or just plain wrong assumptions and poorly worded. [20:09] schestowitz-TR a bit of a relief tbh [20:11] Techrightssec What actually is problematic is when official RPi articles go out of their [20:11] Techrightssec way to boost m$ gimmicks or show images featurign m$ logos and displays [20:12] schestowitz-TR one 'solution' is to help accelerate the demmise of the "Vole" [20:12] schestowitz-TR like netcraft [20:12] schestowitz-TR see the damage they dop to OSI [20:12] schestowitz-TR I update my post 5 mins ago [20:12] schestowitz-TR OSI is dead, stick a fork in that POS [20:14] Techrightssec ack [20:15] schestowitz-TR there is nothing to write about :-) [20:15] schestowitz-TR but it's good that we debunk false 'news' [20:15] schestowitz-TR even if just in passing [20:15] schestowitz-TR i'll have enough for more Daily Links soon, I think 4th batch for today [20:20] Techrightssec quality is more important than quality with links, especially since [20:20] Techrightssec they good ones can be combined and used as topics for articles [20:20] schestowitz-TR many are seen through rss [20:20] schestowitz-TR making it compact is useful [20:21] schestowitz-TR A vastly better approach would be to make a Gemini capsule for LWN https://lwn.net/Articles/914410/ [20:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-A pair of new LWN site features [LWN.net] [20:24] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 10 [21:45] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@g3jnesygbvdni.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 10 [22:05] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:28] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 10 [23:21] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [23:21] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@qqashmmai9reg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell