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Techrights-sec2can SFTP be used instead?   Jun 11 08:11
Techrights-sec2# df -h /home/roy/temp/Jun 11 08:11
Techrights-sec2Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted onJun 11 08:11
Techrights-sec2/dev/sdb1       7.0G   24K  6.7G   1% /home/roy/tempJun 11 08:11
Techrights-sec2I've put a detachable USB stick there temporarilyJun 11 08:11
schestowitz-TRthe files (2 of them) are not on this machine but the cameraJun 11 08:12
schestowitz-TRthey are old photos anywayJun 11 08:12
Techrights-sec2can they be transferred via an intermediary system?Jun 11 08:12
schestowitz-TRyes, but there is really nothing special about thenJun 11 08:13
schestowitz-TR*themJun 11 08:13
schestowitz-TRI just popped them off the queue when I realised smtp had failedJun 11 08:13
Techrights-sec2okJun 11 08:13
Techrights-sec2STMP fails a lotJun 11 08:13
Techrights-sec2as mentioned many times, e-mail is not a surrogate for a file sharing systemJun 11 08:17
Techrights-sec2but when M$ killed Novell's Netware, they then followed up by attacking andJun 11 08:17
Techrights-sec2destroying even the phrase file sharing such that no business can really doJun 11 08:17
Techrights-sec2it any more, technically, and lack the political will to even try since it    Jun 11 08:17
Techrights-sec2would mean an escape from M$Jun 11 08:17
schestowitz-TRdraftJun 11 08:23
schestowitz-TRrianne got the url working at the end, chocolatre was uppsercase, but should be lowercaseJun 11 08:23
schestowitz-TRshe saw other recipes and is on holiday from work today, so will bake insteadJun 11 08:23
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Techrights-sec2excellentJun 11 08:27
Techrights-sec2this time of year the coconut or lemon pies are quite good to haveJun 11 08:27
Techrights-sec2the lemon (meringue) is work thoughJun 11 08:27
Techrights-sec2i found that if you start the mixer on low while beating the meringue theJun 11 08:27
Techrights-sec2bubbles are smaller and thus the foam sturdierJun 11 08:27
schestowitz-TRdepending on the weather, we might cycle again, she has a percel to sendJun 11 08:28
schestowitz-TRbut too early to tellJun 11 08:28
schestowitz-TRthe video processed overnight, I'll get is out of thee way, then do linksJun 11 08:28
Techrights-sec2bicycling is always goodJun 11 08:35
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schestowitz-TRhttps://nitter.it/JRepin/status/1535558218667241474#mJun 11 11:15
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Jure Repinc (Mastodon: @JRepin@mstdn.io) (@JRepin): "Also, if you are interested in some English texts on copyright/patents/privacy in Slovenia the articles by @schestowitz on Tech Rights are quite a good read: http://techrights.org/index.php?s=Slovenia+Slovenian+Slovene"|nitter.itJun 11 11:15
schestowitz-TRtopics needed ;-)Jun 11 13:13
schestowitz-TRsee latest on wipo and debianJun 11 13:13
schestowitz-TRgetting interestingJun 11 13:13
Techrights-sec2There were some Debian items in the links recentlyJun 11 13:14
schestowitz-TRthere is more today, you can see some background in techrights irc logsJun 11 13:14
Techrights-sec2There were some Debian items in the links recentlyJun 11 13:20
Techrights-sec2Google is misusing its web browser dominance to e=try to eliminateJun 11 13:20
Techrights-sec2certain type of plug-ins like "ad-blockers".  With Baker and Mozilla so damnJun 11 13:20
Techrights-sec2dependent, intentionally, on Google's money Firefox will probably soon toJun 11 13:20
Techrights-sec2^toeJun 11 13:20
Techrights-sec2that lineJun 11 13:20
schestowitz-TRregulag, (re gulga) I saw several articles to that effect in recent days, one sent by youJun 11 13:23
schestowitz-TRI say to people, move to librewolf Jun 11 13:23
schestowitz-TRassuming they use firefoxJun 11 13:23
schestowitz-TRwhat worries me though is that out of the box librewolf subscribes VERY strictly to the CA cartel mindsetJun 11 13:23
Techrights-sec2retreating (by moving to librewolf) won't make a dent in the market shareJun 11 13:26
Techrights-sec2and allows them to continue to corner the browser marketJun 11 13:26
schestowitz-TRbut what, like Gal said years ago, Chrome won [sic] and I think it's too late to expect a Firefox/Gecko reboundJun 11 13:28
schestowitz-TRXUL is mostly dead and buried, thunderbird killed off many useful extensions that I use, and I thinkJun 11 13:28
schestowitz-TRan approach like Gemini is worth investing in, e.g. by creating ore tools for itJun 11 13:28
schestowitz-TRour www proxy, for example, shows you can focus on gemini and still present near pages to the web usersJun 11 13:28
schestowitz-TRwith no extra effortJun 11 13:28
schestowitz-TRyes for the most part FF is goneJun 11 13:30
schestowitz-TRespecially while Baker is still ostensibly at the helmJun 11 13:30
schestowitz-TRyes, Gemini is quite valuableJun 11 13:30
schestowitz-TRapropos your post from the other day: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/06/10/1242257Jun 11 13:30
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-soylentnews.org | The Code: Story of GNU and Linux (2001) Complete Documentary - SoylentNewsJun 11 13:30
Techrights-sec2yes for the most part FF is goneJun 11 13:30
Techrights-sec2especially while Baker is still ostensibly at the helmJun 11 13:30
Techrights-sec2yes, Gemini is quite valuableJun 11 13:30
Techrights-sec2apropos your post from the other day: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/06/10/1242257Jun 11 13:30
schestowitz-TRgo to the official mozilal blog Jun 11 13:31
schestowitz-TRcheck the latest blog postJun 11 13:31
schestowitz-TRthis is what LF does tooJun 11 13:31
schestowitz-TRI'd rather not even say what I thinkJun 11 13:31
schestowitz-TRsame for the sysadmin we have, a brilliant, caring, very nice person... but I'd rather not say anything about other stuffJun 11 13:31
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Techrights-sec2wtf? the mozilla blog is no longer about the WWWJun 11 13:39
schestowitz-TRthey did several blog posts like this the past week aloneJun 11 13:41
schestowitz-TRmaybe they reckon their market share is so small already that they might as well use a niche's identity poilitics Jun 11 13:41
Techrights-sec2it just limits them furtherJun 11 13:41
schestowitz-TR "Mozilla will be represented on the WHATWG Steering Group by Tantek elik going forward." https://annevankesteren.nl/2022/06/after-mozillaJun 11 13:43
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-annevankesteren.nl | After Mozilla — Anne’s BlogJun 11 13:43
schestowitz-TRsee the departure post as well, a day earlierJun 11 13:43
schestowitz-TRread between the linesJun 11 13:43
Techrights-sec2Who / what is tantek elik?Jun 11 13:46
schestowitz-TRytalk chomps the (I think) Turkish characterJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRTantek was well known in the early blog eraJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRhe was well regarded as Mr. TechnoratiJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRwhere we would find other blog posts by topics etc.Jun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRThat Tantek ended up in Mozilla some years ago says a lotJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRabout his demiseJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRlike Sternberg joining MozillaJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRhe left years ago, but wolfssl isn't much betteerJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRbut I guess they needed a salaryJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRand they are given freedom and access through these orgsJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRMozilla lost many others tooJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRiirc, dennies schuberg (de) from joindiaspor also leftJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRSchubertJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TR*DennisJun 11 13:50
schestowitz-TRA lot of the Web is collapsingJun 11 13:51
schestowitz-TRwhile few malicious compsnies pocket some ad revenue here and there  Jun 11 13:51
schestowitz-TRor just weaponise the Web to advance some imperial agendaJun 11 13:51
schestowitz-TRsubsidised by debt or real produce, such as agricultureJun 11 13:51
schestowitz-TRor oil/gaS (rUSSIA)Jun 11 13:51
schestowitz-TRnames are VERY important to rememberJun 11 13:53
schestowitz-TRthey are like ID or barcode for certain topicsaJun 11 13:53
schestowitz-TRif you forget the name, you can struggle to find relevant idea or informationJun 11 13:53
schestowitz-TRlike "what's his name" who said XJun 11 13:53
schestowitz-TR"shit, I don't even know his first name... don't know what to search for... something "politics"... Russia.... TOO BROAD"Jun 11 13:53
schestowitz-TRNames are more uniqueJun 11 13:53
schestowitz-TRit is not your fault when their namne is very common, but making files with lists of people can helpJun 11 13:57
schestowitz-TRabout a decade ago I exported the list of contacts, inc. email (this was POSSIBLE), from linkedinJun 11 13:57
schestowitz-TRThose included some old university friendsJun 11 13:57
schestowitz-TRthe email addresses might perish, but the names aree importantJun 11 13:57
schestowitz-TRwe did not have yearbooks for uniJun 11 13:57
schestowitz-TRa lot of old names and old literature is obsoleteJun 11 14:01
schestowitz-TRbut being able to resurrect hard-to-find old facts helpsJun 11 14:01
schestowitz-TResp. when you are the only/last person left with such data, and can prove somethingJun 11 14:01
schestowitz-TRor make a pointJun 11 14:01
schestowitz-TRtechnical debt is a thing that now impacts "e" librariesJun 11 14:01
schestowitz-TRand almost nobody talks about itJun 11 14:01
schestowitz-TReven physical libraries might perish completerlyJun 11 14:01
schestowitz-TRso unique book IDs and full detailed refs with page numbers and everything might be just that:Jun 11 14:01
schestowitz-TRtitle, page, authorJun 11 14:01
schestowitz-TRbut no actual access to the material citedJun 11 14:01
schestowitzhttps://www.goodreads.com/quotes/24194-never-memorize-something-that-you-can-look-upJun 11 14:02
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.goodreads.com | Quote by Albert Einstein: “Never memorize something that you can look up.”Jun 11 14:02
schestowitz-TRbbig rant: my dad is full of BS on Russia and China, spent an hour arguing politely on the phone todayJun 11 14:05
schestowitz-TRhe seems to forget very easily some key historic events or is not properly familiarJun 11 14:05
schestowitz-TRwith themJun 11 14:05
schestowitz-TRand he's bad at admitting he might be wrongJun 11 14:05
Techrights-sec2probably he is unfamiliar with the historical factsJun 11 14:06
Techrights-sec2digging one's heels in only makes the error worse and that's what social Jun 11 14:06
Techrights-sec2control media exacerbates terribly: people are fed shit at the first possibleJun 11 14:06
Techrights-sec2opportunity and they take it to heart and adopt it as their world view,Jun 11 14:06
Techrights-sec2then as facts come to light they refuse to update their position and worldviewJun 11 14:06
schestowitz-TRit used to be a problem before social control mediaJun 11 14:08
schestowitz-TRwhen it was word of mouthJun 11 14:08
schestowitz-TRbut social control media spreads these thingss quadraticallyJun 11 14:08
schestowitz-TRwhen broadcast TV you could more or less conmtain baseless hearsayJun 11 14:08
schestowitz-TRand peple spoke to one person at a  timeJun 11 14:08
schestowitz-TRi.e. it was linear, not quadraticJun 11 14:08
Techrights-sec2yes but word of mouth was slower, with social control media, variousJun 11 14:10
Techrights-sec2interests can stake out a position very quickly in advance of any upcomingJun 11 14:10
Techrights-sec2debate and effectively poison the wellJun 11 14:10
Techrights-sec2a big difference was that, at least in most countries, when there wereJun 11 14:10
Techrights-sec2only a few channels available only via broadcast television, there was Jun 11 14:10
Techrights-sec2great effort expended to stick to facts and only the facts and avoidJun 11 14:10
Techrights-sec2opinions from anyone even those who were interviewedJun 11 14:10
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Wait! What happened to RSS?! • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/165889Jun 11 14:33
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.tuxmachines.org | Wait! What happened to RSS?! | Tux MachinesJun 11 14:33
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Wait! What happened to RSS?!  Tux Machines  http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/165889Jun 11 14:35
schestowitz-TROSOR sued to have rss feedsJun 11 14:35
schestowitz-TRwhen the drupal 'redesign' totally killed these off I asked givs (some dutch/.belgian name) what would happenJun 11 14:35
schestowitz-TRhe never got back to meJun 11 14:35
schestowitz-TRmind the last sentence there about EU actionJun 11 14:35
schestowitz-TRthe wwww as useless nonsenseJun 11 14:35
schestowitz-TRa bunch of "apps" ("platforms")Jun 11 14:35
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schestowitz-TRhistory shows that when something gets killed off it almost nnever comes back againJun 11 14:36
schestowitz-TRit's not how it worksJun 11 14:36
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schestowitz-TRrss won't make a comeback/rivivalJun 11 14:36
schestowitz-TRrevivalJun 11 14:36
schestowitz-TRtghere would be no mopmentum to itJun 11 14:36
schestowitz-TRit's not "addictive" enoughJun 11 14:36
schestowitz-TRand RSS businesses won't get "angel investors"Jun 11 14:37
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Techrights-sec2too much of what's left ofthe net is not just about centralized service Jun 11 14:47
Techrights-sec2monopolies but also about farming addictive behaviorsJun 11 14:47
Techrights-sec2through intentionally designed addictive interfacesJun 11 14:47
schestowitz-TRit is gamification of sortsJun 11 14:50
schestowitz-TRsome good posts in gemini latelyJun 11 14:51
schestowitz-TRabout people's pov on the wwwJun 11 14:51
schestowitz-TRthey speak of it as outsiders or recovering ex addictsJun 11 14:51
schestowitz-TRthere was a time, not too long ago, when you could run a blog like techrunch and sell it for a long of moneyJun 11 14:51
schestowitz-TRnow you would just shut the same thins for financial reasonJun 11 14:51
schestowitz-TRlike omalik/gigaomJun 11 14:51
schestowitz-TRto name one exampleJun 11 14:51
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Techrights-sec2yes the political dynamics regarding the control of public discourse have Jun 11 14:57
Techrights-sec2changed drastically since the metastasization of social control media Jun 11 14:57
Techrights-sec2througout society and through, especially, the shell that is left ofJun 11 14:57
Techrights-sec2journalismJun 11 14:57
Techrights-sec2gamification is just a way of exploiting addictive behaviors through addictive interfaces and monetizing the farmed "behaviors"Jun 11 14:57
Techrights-sec2which people "emit" thereJun 11 14:57
schestowitz-TR"gamification" is the term used by the perpatrators themselvesJun 11 14:57
schestowitz-TRnot meJun 11 14:57
schestowitz-TRbut I did experiuence game addiction when I was youngJun 11 14:57
schestowitz-TRthe sense of progress or getting the upper handover otherJun 11 14:57
schestowitz-TRand starting to blieve this game you care about so much really matterJun 11 14:57
schestowitz-TRor will received widespread recognitoonJun 11 14:57
schestowitz-TRkind of like twitterJun 11 14:57
schestowitz-TRto many people it is what tiktok is to meJun 11 14:57
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schestowitz-TRa personl with many patents judges others by # of patentsJun 11 15:09
schestowitz-TRa person with many publications assumes the worth of a scholar is weighed sum of pub impact factor erc.Jun 11 15:09
schestowitz-TRa person who write code might assess the importance and size of projects/programsJun 11 15:09
schestowitz-TRa person who thinks some silly corporate game matter to society (like Kim Dotcom) will get obese and lazyJun 11 15:09
schestowitz-TRa person who spends 24/7 in FB thinks a popularity of a person is # of likes, "friends" etc.Jun 11 15:09
schestowitz-TRA saners person has balanceJun 11 15:09
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schestowitz-TR(note: good scholars do a lot of teaching too. Since 2005 many acaemic papers were ready by maybe a few dozens, past ther abstract, so a classromJun 11 15:12
schestowitz-TRlistening for 40 minutes can have more impact than a paper taken 3 months to produce)Jun 11 15:12
schestowitz-TRthat's partly the reaosn academia did not appeal to meJun 11 15:12
schestowitz-TRit felt like a dying profession and dead endJun 11 15:12
schestowitz-TRof course you also get the opccasional "fun" of marking up exams, a motoric, repetitive jobJun 11 15:13
Techrights-sec2since the Bologne Agreement that has been the case, that more or less was Jun 11 15:14
Techrights-sec2a death blow to the institution as it had existed, at least in EuropeJun 11 15:14
schestowitz-TRthey have made some propaganda films like beatiuful mind about john nmash to entice or lure in some people into acadeiaJun 11 15:14
schestowitz-TRbut that is a mostly mythical version of what it's like, even if you make it into the redbrick league in the us of aJun 11 15:14
Techrights-sec2that was not academia, Nash was a street person venerated by MBAs becauseJun 11 15:17
Techrights-sec2he told them what they wanted to promote at that particular moment,  Jun 11 15:17
Techrights-sec2they also lie about him getting a Nobel Prize when in reality he wasJun 11 15:17
Techrights-sec2rewarded with a non-scientific bankster gimmickJun 11 15:17
Techrights-sec2masquerading as an honorJun 11 15:17
schestowitz-TRiirc, his dissertation was astyoundingly shortJun 11 15:18
schestowitz-TRlike 30 pages?Jun 11 15:18
schestowitz-TRand they hail that as a "success" storyJun 11 15:18
Techrights-sec2yep and in some countries that level of superficiality has become the normJun 11 15:19
Techrights-sec2you read them and thing, good start but where is the substance and research?Jun 11 15:19
Techrights-sec2the banksters again hail that as a success story for the same reason Jun 11 15:19
Techrights-sec2the promote their own prize and pretend that it has any intellectual significanceJun 11 15:19
schestowitz-TRTuring Machine => drop dead, after we used you for ENIGMAJun 11 15:20
schestowitz-TRCold War PR => here, have this honour and Hollywood filmJun 11 15:20
schestowitz-TRreading comments on "non-recprocal licencing" and the scoring of that comment in particular, I see social contron media Jun 11 15:25
schestowitz-TRearlier today I linked to an articles about RSSJun 11 15:25
schestowitz-TRI have put that in the FP of TMJun 11 15:25
schestowitz-TRbut towards the end he boasts that he reads 'hacker' 'news' Jun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TRI assume over RSSJun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TRwithout bothering to think who curates itJun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TRthat's not rss feedsJun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TRthat's social control media or "platform"/centrlisation that ALSO has RSS feeds to rope people inJun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TRin geminispaceJun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TRthere would be a new page Jun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TR"Re: Licence"Jun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TRit would contain a proper post and then no score associated with itJun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TRit stands out on its ownJun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TRno moderatorsJun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TRand those who follow that capsule can read it, unadulteratedJun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TRthat's how we did blogging in 2004Jun 11 15:26
schestowitz-TRsometimes with "trackbacks" or "pingbacks'Jun 11 15:26
Techrights-sec2correctJun 11 15:27
Techrights-sec2that would be social control but via RSS as a noveltyJun 11 15:27
schestowitz-TRcombative "ideas wars" might be OKJun 11 15:27
schestowitz-TRpiutting everyone in the same stage does not workJun 11 15:27
schestowitz-TRthe "moderator" is put there by the platform owner, e.g. TV conglemerateJun 11 15:27
Techrights-sec2ackJun 11 15:27
schestowitz-TRand so there's no room for everyoner to speak as equalJun 11 15:27
schestowitz-TRthere can also be mobbing/groupingJun 11 15:27
schestowitz-TRwhich begets self-censorshipJun 11 15:27
schestowitz-TRI said in 2009 ish I'd stop leaving commetns in othwer people's blogsJun 11 15:31
schestowitz-TRimposters became an issueJun 11 15:31
schestowitz-TRand Groklaw's Pamela Jones had the same problemJun 11 15:31
schestowitz-TRso she had said she would not commentJun 11 15:31
schestowitz-TRand any comment is thus presumed imposterJun 11 15:31
schestowitz-TRof course it's tragic what happened to all her workJun 11 15:31
schestowitz-TRsomeone even pretended to be me and called people nazisJun 11 15:31
schestowitz-TRor pretended to be oneJun 11 15:31
schestowitz-TRI recently worried about neonazis in our irc network pushing some limitsJun 11 15:31
schestowitz-TRbut they self-vanishedJun 11 15:31
schestowitz-TRthat puts some people off regardlessJun 11 15:31
Techrights-sec2yes she didJun 11 15:31
Techrights-sec2or at least no comments under a recognized nameJun 11 15:31
Techrights-sec2too bad her site got only partially archivedJun 11 15:31
Techrights-sec2maybe the good parts which remain accessible there would be a good topicJun 11 15:31
Techrights-sec2for a post some timeJun 11 15:31
Techrights-sec2yesJun 11 15:31
schestowitz-TRthe full site DB is still there somewhereJun 11 15:34
schestowitz-TRfrozen in timeJun 11 15:34
schestowitz-TRread-onlyJun 11 15:34
schestowitz-TRbut..Jun 11 15:34
schestowitz-TRI have not kept up with how geeklog is maintained for longterm "longin the tooth" usersJun 11 15:34
schestowitz-TRthere is usually some tightly-knit community that hacks on the code to race past php version upgradesJun 11 15:34
schestowitz-TRI did that a few times myself, even as recently as months agoJun 11 15:34
schestowitz-TRsometimes it's just the same change in many linesJun 11 15:35
schestowitz-TRextends the lifetimeJun 11 15:35
schestowitz-TRthis Groklaw DB also contains ALL the "News Picks" (if that's what she called them, I do not remember anymore)Jun 11 15:35
schestowitz-TRthere must be many thousands there, with her commentary addedJun 11 15:35
schestowitz-TRTechrighs reproduced some, but not allJun 11 15:35
Techrights-sec2yes but abandoned more or lessJun 11 15:35
Techrights-sec2It's going on 10 years now since Groklaw shut down, and the SCO case is stillJun 11 15:35
Techrights-sec2festeringJun 11 15:35
schestowitz-TRwe need to spent less time producing and more time strategising I thinkJun 11 15:37
schestowitz-TRon both technical and editorial groundsJun 11 15:37
schestowitz-TRsometimes the sites become irrelevant or sell out because they are too impulsive Jun 11 15:37
schestowitz-TRmoney, trends, clickbait etc.Jun 11 15:37
schestowitz-TRfsf is become "news desert" (sad to say)Jun 11 15:37
schestowitz-TR*becomingJun 11 15:37
Techrights-sec2yes that has been a problem, and as a paying member I am rather annoyed that Jun 11 15:38
Techrights-sec2they are keeping members in the darkJun 11 15:38
schestowitz-TRfig wrote about it about 3 years agoJun 11 15:38
schestowitz-TR"member fodder" irc was his termJun 11 15:38
Techrights-sec2yes they made a point of not benefiting from or to the membershipJun 11 15:40
Techrights-sec2I probably won't donate to them this year, especially if nothing improvesJun 11 15:40
Techrights-sec2on their part regarding membership news and active work by staffJun 11 15:40
schestowitz-TRLiam Dawe told me (when you suggesting resorting to Patreon) that the one lesson he learned from his experienceJun 11 15:40
schestowitz-TRin GamingOnLinux is that you MUST offer SOME benefits to people who choose to payJun 11 15:40
Techrights-sec2yes there must be some benefits, not necessarily exclusive benefits but     Jun 11 15:41
Techrights-sec2something better than just flushing the money awayJun 11 15:41
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> The Harsh reality of living offgrid. gemini://atyh.net/post-2022-06-11-the-harsh-reality-of-living-offrid.gmi "The most difficult part of living offgrid has nothing to do with the work, equipment, and life habits required to live off grid."Jun 11 15:48
Techrights-sec2ackJun 11 15:55
schestowitz-TRcoming 2 weeks will be busy in epo as meetings approach (3 meetings)Jun 11 16:06
schestowitz-TRso will keep hands free of freesw topics unless there is a lot of unused time at handJun 11 16:06
schestowitz-TRour company's direction (at work) is challenged by me, but another person does the sameJun 11 16:06
schestowitz-TRthey don't seem to grasp the concept of client confidence and skill retentionJun 11 16:06
schestowitz-TRthey want OPTICS, insteadJun 11 16:06
Techrights-sec2ackJun 11 16:06
Techrights-sec2important to collaborate with that other person thenJun 11 16:07
schestowitz-TRno, it would be problematic because she sleeps with someone who is close to the bossJun 11 16:08
schestowitz-TRand is generally doing that for other motivationsJun 11 16:08
schestowitz-TRsorry, not "she"Jun 11 16:08
schestowitz-TRshe goes by "they"Jun 11 16:08
schestowitz-TR(not taking the piss at all btw, perfectly factual; and used the wrong pronoun by accideent. nether technical nor suitably qualified)Jun 11 16:12
Techrights-sec2:/Jun 11 16:12
schestowitz-TR"our system is done, the database if fucked, but at least it is being looked at by one girl, two boys, and one nonbinary..."Jun 11 16:13
schestowitz-TR*downJun 11 16:13
schestowitz-TR*isJun 11 16:13
Techrights-sec2:/Jun 11 16:14
schestowitz-TRI guess it's a successful technique for distracting from and preventing actualJun 11 16:14
schestowitz-TRworkJun 11 16:14
Techrights-sec2I guess it's a successful technique for distracting from and preventing actualJun 11 16:14
Techrights-sec2workJun 11 16:14
schestowitz-TRI think that is just a side effectJun 11 16:15
schestowitz-TRthere have been some altruistic intentionsJun 11 16:15
schestowitz-TRhow they're being co-opted is not the fault of those who meant wellJun 11 16:15
schestowitz-TRand thus we should be careful todinstguish and perprly attributeJun 11 16:15
schestowitz-TRit has been the same at the epoJun 11 16:15
schestowitz-TRthe net effect is Team A and team B are both shit Jun 11 16:17
schestowitz-TRand your colleagues are not as useful as they otherwise would be Jun 11 16:17
schestowitz-TRcollectively, as a community of a company or as an org, you are worse off and weakerJun 11 16:17
schestowitz-TRnobody knows everythingJun 11 16:19
schestowitz-TRposers and imposters can pretend to be everythingJun 11 16:19
schestowitz-TRbut a dgree in "classics" or similar may mean you're not in the right domain or ballparkJun 11 16:19
schestowitz-TRand that putsd a burden on the rest of the teamJun 11 16:19
Techrights-sec2ackJun 11 16:19
schestowitz-TRI'm not a great sys admin or programmerJun 11 16:19
schestowitz-TRI'm "OK"Jun 11 16:19
schestowitz-TRbut I'm better at some other thingsJun 11 16:19
schestowitz-TRso can make up for itJun 11 16:19
schestowitz-TRrianne's programming skills are rather basicJun 11 16:20
schestowitz-TRshe did a cs degreeJun 11 16:20
schestowitz-TRbut she is meticulous at workJun 11 16:20
schestowitz-TRand has access to good equipment and to meJun 11 16:21
schestowitz-TRso I think some colleagues are a little intimidatedJun 11 16:21
schestowitz-TRand that leads to cat fightsJun 11 16:21
Techrights-sec2ackJun 11 16:22
Techrights-sec2cat fights are all too common and, sadly, part of a lot of human natureJun 11 16:22
Techrights-sec2especially women.  men tend to have conflicts but often settle into Jun 11 16:22
Techrights-sec2some stable situation begrudgingly or otherwise rather quickly at least until   Jun 11 16:22
Techrights-sec2something major changes to affect the dynamicsJun 11 16:22
schestowitz-TRright, that suitably describes some of the conflicting (on technical matters) views 3 of us Jun 11 16:23
schestowitz-TRhave, e.g. ansible vs puppet or shitware vs freeswJun 11 16:23
Techrights-sec2ackJun 11 16:23
schestowitz-TRI'm relatively easy to work with, I think, that's why I'm there 11.5 years (could leave many times)Jun 11 16:25
schestowitz-TRand TM and TM age OK, inc. the community (even those who ragequit often come back later)Jun 11 16:25
schestowitz-TRBTW, TM depends a lot on RSSJun 11 16:25
schestowitz-TRif the RSS web culture dies, both TR and TM might sufferJun 11 16:26
schestowitz-TRbut there is no simple solution to that, other than diversifying a bitJun 11 16:26
schestowitz-TR"Social media" or "SEO" are not valid optionsJun 11 16:26
schestowitz-TRthose are controlled by very large companiesJun 11 16:26
schestowitz-TRwith whims of shareholdersJun 11 16:26
Techrights-sec2ackJun 11 16:26
Techrights-sec2social control media works actively against software freedom, noteJun 11 16:26
Techrights-sec2the agenda and owners of reddit as one exampleJun 11 16:26
schestowitz-TRI prefer to call it Internet freedomJun 11 16:27
schestowitz-TRbecause, like swpats, it affects both us the freesw community and the rest of the technical folksJun 11 16:27
schestowitz-TRwith whom we need an alliance on certain matters, hecen ffii Jun 11 16:27
schestowitz-TR*henceJun 11 16:27
Techrights-sec2FFII also seems a bit quiet of lateJun 11 16:28
Techrights-sec2last blog post in 2021 and invisible in the search engine resultsJun 11 16:28
schestowitz-TRpedants' point: never say "Web freedom"; that's a paradox in 2022 or the past 10 yearsJun 11 16:30
schestowitz-TRif not 20+ yearsJun 11 16:30
schestowitz-TRgulag does not like ffii ;-)Jun 11 16:30
schestowitz-TRzoobab told me that his press releases show up first as techrights, before ffiiJun 11 16:30
schestowitz-TRnot my faultJun 11 16:30
schestowitz-TRthat may change in the futureJun 11 16:30
schestowitz-TRjust some knobhead at gulag seeing we don't fancy "gulag" and pulling a knob to derank usJun 11 16:30
schestowitz-TRwe're of no value to "alphabet agency" shareholders anywayJun 11 16:30
schestowitz-TRnot anymoreJun 11 16:30
Techrights-sec2no gulag hates and the othersJun 11 16:31
schestowitz-TRgulag noise: we syndicate microsoft.com as a NEWS siteJun 11 16:33
schestowitz-TRalso "Microsoft on te Issues" (lobbying blog)Jun 11 16:33
schestowitz-TRbut not techrights, ffii etc.Jun 11 16:33
schestowitz-TRmondaq/lexology are OK becayse they are "professional"Jun 11 16:33
schestowitz-TRthey take BRIBES to push liesJun 11 16:33
schestowitz-TRso they have a businessModel(R)Jun 11 16:33
schestowitz-TRhence Professional(TM)Jun 11 16:33
Techrights-sec2sadly bribes are a business plan Jun 11 16:34
schestowitz-TRlarabel and I cheered him being enlisted in Gulag Noise years agoJun 11 16:36
schestowitz-TRto me, those are just more cruft in my rss feeds nowJun 11 16:36
schestowitz-TRbut sometimes I use them to follow through to originals, such as patchsetsJun 11 16:36
schestowitz-TR(i don't envy michael, we've spoken since the BN days. we both work like horses around the clock to produce storiesJun 11 16:40
schestowitz-TRbut the relationship with vendors is like "doping"... and it'll become a major liability down the line as readers leave and sponsorsJun 11 16:40
schestowitz-TRare companies, not people)Jun 11 16:40
schestowitz-TRfossforce killed itselfJun 11 16:40
schestowitz-TRcheck date of last storyJun 11 16:40
schestowitz-TRit tries to come back, shills some corporarte bullshitJun 11 16:40
schestowitz-TRthen coredumpsJun 11 16:40
schestowitz-TRtoo focused on trying to raise money, one war or the otherJun 11 16:40
schestowitz-TRyears ago christine and I were close, blasted LFJun 11 16:40
schestowitz-TRnow the site is a shrine to LFJun 11 16:40
schestowitz-TRlike Putin invaded Ukraine and planted a flag in itJun 11 16:40
Techrights-sec2ackJun 11 16:41
Techrights-sec2yesJun 11 16:41
Techrights-sec2she sold outJun 11 16:41
Techrights-sec2probably had toJun 11 16:41
Techrights-sec2for economic reasonsJun 11 16:41
schestowitz-TRbased on photos poasted a decade ago of her car windows getting smashed by a brick, it's very "hand-to-mouth"Jun 11 16:43
Techrights-sec2most in the US are in that situation and the gutting of their savings in 2008Jun 11 16:44
Techrights-sec2did not advance the standard of living to put it mildlyJun 11 16:44
schestowitz-TRplus medical bills and partented prescription drugsJun 11 16:44
schestowitz-TRthe other day I read that in 2020 it became a $500 BILLION industryJun 11 16:44
schestowitz-TRthose repeat drugsJun 11 16:44
schestowitz-TRthey shoulds be generic reallyJun 11 16:44
schestowitz-TRbut politicians take bribes and with Microsoft Vidal the patents will stayJun 11 16:44
schestowitz-TRsomething "property"Jun 11 16:44
Techrights-sec2still say-for-pay is awfully degradingJun 11 16:45
Techrights-sec2yes and generics are usually unavailable or otherwise blockedJun 11 16:45
schestowitz-TR'coz "counterfeit"Jun 11 16:47
schestowitz-TRor maybe if you know someone in India and can pray it gets through customsJun 11 16:47
schestowitz-TRthe  "counterfeit"Jun 11 16:47
schestowitz-TRpoliceJun 11 16:47
schestowitz-TRprotecting you from drugs... that you can afford and would extend your lifeJun 11 16:47
schestowitz-TRthe "war on (legal) drugs"Jun 11 16:47
Techrights-sec2ack Jun 11 16:48
Techrights-sec2war on inexpensive or effective drugsJun 11 16:48
schestowitz-TRs/or/and/Jun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRthrough the two aren't necessarily coming in conjuctionJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRstory of relevance: my mother had a prescirbed drugJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRand iirc when the patent thing kicked in they stopped making it availableJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRinstead pushing only a more expensive one, which ALSO was worse for herJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRcaused all sorts of issuesJun 11 16:52
Techrights-sec2ackJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRso the more expensive was in fact worseJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRand impose (now) if the previous one, which worked well, got blockedJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRpurely for business reasonsJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRthank you for the innovation, Antonio CamPooniosJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRhe doesn't have to worry about the price of medicationJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRhe just takes REAL drugsJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRthe F* good onesJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRs/impose/imports of the previous oneJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRshe had to contact people with connections in IndiaJun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRand was looking on the Web Jun 11 16:52
schestowitz-TRthey are torturing people for profitJun 11 16:53
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "Honestly speaking I never bothered about any of the Perl releases before. But Perl v5.36 is very special and close to me." https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/get-started-with-perl-v536/Jun 11 16:53
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-theweeklychallenge.org | Get started with Perl v5.36Jun 11 16:53
schestowitz-TRbased on the timestem, 8:42pm just now, Mo Anwar, who wrote this, is no longer in London but somewhere like India?Jun 11 16:55
schestowitz-TRHe wrote many posts about his depression and sobbingJun 11 16:55
Techrights-sec2ackJun 11 16:55
Techrights-sec2I had not seen thoseJun 11 16:55
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Microsoft propagandist, liar, and shill Rob Enderle: "US Tech Market Leadership at a Crossroads" ... wait, what? What tech leadership? Almost EVERYTHING is made in China ALREADY.Jun 11 17:08
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> This market was not known as Facebook and it wasn't headed by Mark Zuckerberg, hence "bad" https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/08/us_feds_raid_dark_web/Jun 11 17:12
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theregister.com | Feds raid dark web market where 24 Americans' data was sold • The RegisterJun 11 17:12
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "Good" spying versus "Bad" information sharing https://miro.medium.com/max/720/1*flkRZlw79d7EYWZkRltD0A.jpegJun 11 17:12
schestowitz-TRapropos pocock on privacy versus debian/fsfe on 'privacy'Jun 11 17:12
schestowitz-TRhttps://nitter.it/zoobab/status/1534792966681894914#mJun 11 22:02
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-zoobab "NO Software Patents" (@zoobab): "UPC: 2/3 majority vote requirement was not followed (art3a Const) in Slovenia? 48 out of 90? https://www.bristowsupc.com/news/slovenia-passes-law-on-ratification-of-the-upc-agreement/"|nitter.itJun 11 22:02
schestowitz-TRhttps://nitter.it/zoobab/status/1535535606301921280#mJun 11 22:02
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-zoobab "NO Software Patents" (@zoobab): "@piratskastranka do you have someone who could check?"|nitter.itJun 11 22:02
schestowitz-TRhttps://nitter.it/JRepin/status/1535556433231716352#mJun 11 22:03
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Jure Repinc (Mastodon: @JRepin@mstdn.io) (@JRepin): "Unfortunately it's true :( The correct link for parliamentary voting documents (in Slovenian) related to this agreement is: http://www.dz-rs.si/wps/portal/Home/zakonodaja/izbran/!ut/p/z1/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfIjo8zivSy9Hb283Q0N3E3dLQwCQ7z9g7w8nAwsnMz1w9EUGAWZGgS6GDn5BhsYGwQHG-pHEaPfAAdwNCBOPx4FUfiNL8gNDQ11VFQEAAXcoa4!/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?uid=C1257A70003EE6A1C1258 ...Jun 11 22:03
schestowitz-TRhttps://nitter.it/JRepin/status/1535558218667241474#mJun 11 22:03
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Jure Repinc (Mastodon: @JRepin@mstdn.io) (@JRepin): "Also, if you are interested in some English texts on copyright/patents/privacy in Slovenia the articles by @schestowitz on Tech Rights are quite a good read: http://techrights.org/index.php?s=Slovenia+Slovenian+Slovene"|nitter.itJun 11 22:03
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