●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, December 11, 2022 ●● ● Dec 11 [04:15] schestowitz-TR no end in sight (yet) to this cold wave [04:15] schestowitz-TR many people here suffer from it [04:15] schestowitz-TR aside from the financial aspect (energy bills) [04:15] schestowitz-TR we have heating in the whole home, but have not turned that on since 2019 [04:15] schestowitz-TR the berlin thermometer says 10 degrees indoors, sometimes 9 [04:15] schestowitz-TR the clobbering on TR has stopped [04:15] schestowitz-TR judging by gemini stats, many people still read old articles, which is very encouraging news! [04:16] schestowitz-TR yesterday I made offsite backups of TM and TR DBs, plus wiki [04:16] schestowitz-TR but for the file system I have no recent backups, so I'm at the mercy of the RAID ● Dec 11 [05:58] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Dec 11 [08:03] schestowitz-TR Question for commissioner Sinkevicius in the ENVI committee https://yewtu.be/watch?v=fojK9nhBSJY by father of Linus Torvalds 12 days ago, about the packaging and packaging waste regulation. [08:03] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-yewtu.be | Question for commissioner Sinkevicius in the ENVI committee - Invidious [08:21] techrightssec2 Be sure to insulate the water pipes adequately! [08:21] techrightssec2 In today's batch of links, there is a Japanese host name in the Instructionals [08:21] techrightssec2 section. Can you double-check that the label is correct? It will be a good [08:21] techrightssec2 additional test of UTF-8 [08:22] techrightssec2 Yes, it's a good sign that even older articles in Gemini are being read. That [08:22] techrightssec2 could indicate that there are discussions going on elsewhere [08:24] schestowitz-TR i don't typically check those things [08:24] schestowitz-TR but I tried to figure out that clobbering activity from the past 1-2 days [08:24] schestowitz-TR it has stopped on its own [08:24] schestowitz-TR if I understand correct, you want me to git pull camelcase, get links, add the howto from an [08:24] schestowitz-TR 'oddball' dns entry, then check that it picks the right label with perl for resultant Batch [08:25] schestowitz-TR *correctly [08:26] techrightssec2 Yes, please, the hostname is already there, it just needs to be checked on your [08:26] techrightssec2 end that the UTF-8 is ok. It is the third instructional in the set. [08:26] techrightssec2 It should have a title and host name composed of the same four Japanese [08:26] techrightssec2 characters but with a .com tacked on for the host name. [08:26] schestowitz-TR unicode in TLD = good for phishers [08:33] schestowitz-TR no label was picked for that domain [08:34] techrightssec2 In some ways, yes, due to similar looking glyphs due to poor typefaces [08:34] techrightssec2 There should be a label there in the latest pull [08:35] schestowitz-TR yes, but it did not get picked up [08:48] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:48] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:49] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [08:49] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@uvxvchtayzkvk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 11 [09:06] techrightssec2 Is line 23 in CamelCase.pm in Japanese? [09:06] techrightssec2 Ok, links-interleave-social-control-media.pl needs work. [09:06] schestowitz-TR the perl mod uses what's in git [09:06] schestowitz-TR it pulls and copies before running anything else [09:07] techrightssec2 Yes it needs work. Checking atm [09:07] schestowitz-TR cheers [09:08] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [09:08] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [09:13] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [09:13] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@uvxvchtayzkvk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:26] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [09:26] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [09:27] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [09:27] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@uvxvchtayzkvk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 11 [10:21] techrightssec2 It'll take some research first ● Dec 11 [11:04] schestowitz-TR it'll be interesting when youtube deletes many accounts like twitter [11:04] schestowitz-TR does [11:04] schestowitz-TR they're never promisiung hosting for eternity [11:04] schestowitz-TR and some accounts don't bring money [11:04] schestowitz-TR it'll be amusing to see the reaction when this happens [11:04] schestowitz-TR having to host lots of old and dubious accounts [11:04] schestowitz-TR just a question of when... [11:17] techrightssec2 Apropos YouTube: [11:17] techrightssec2 https://youtu.be/TbMpHGs3q7k [11:17] techrightssec2 https://odysee.com/@eBuzz_Central:7/microsoft-still-hates-linux-open-source:9 [11:17] techrightssec2 he wastes the second half of the video being played by an m$ astroturfer [11:17] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Invidious: https://inv.bp.mutahar.rocks/watch?v=TbMpHGs3q7k [11:18] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Connection timed out after 10001 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://inv.bp.mutahar.rocks/watch?v=TbMpHGs3q7k ) [11:18] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-odysee.com | Microsoft Still HATES Linux & Open Source [11:19] techrightssec2 He does recover by addressing m$ GitHub [11:21] schestowitz-TR it's nto often you find videos like these [11:21] schestowitz-TR maybe gulag will "take care of that" [11:21] schestowitz-TR IBM, SUSE, and Caninical don't even target vista 8 users who will soon need to change ON on their PC [11:23] techrightssec2 It's quite good but for the above problem. Also he /has to/ parrot the [11:23] techrightssec2 "Windows, too" line and go on about how it is "ok to use Windows" or else [11:23] techrightssec2 he would lose his channel. That has to be kept in mind. [11:23] techrightssec2 Too bad he mistook the astroturfer for a legitimate visitor's comment. ● Dec 11 [12:33] schestowitz-TR like john has to parrot some BS from gulag [12:33] schestowitz-TR even if his videos are factual [12:33] schestowitz-TR more than WHO [12:33] schestowitz-TR anyway, gulag did ban windows, at least partially, about a decade back [12:33] schestowitz-TR it was demeed an unacceptable risk after a breach or several [12:35] techrightssec2 Longer ago than that but they never completed the ban and instead started [12:35] techrightssec2 hiring in micosofter until the workplace had become so contaminated with its [12:35] techrightssec2 toxicity that the problems made international news. Sadly not a single [12:35] techrightssec2 article ever connected the dots. Microsofters might leave the payroll but [12:35] techrightssec2 they never really leave the company and bring its very toxic culture with then [12:35] techrightssec2 ^them [12:35] techrightssec2 into any new workplaces they might enter. [12:37] mjg59_ Google never prevented the use of Windows internaly [12:37] techrightssec2 mistakng astroturfers for legitimate commenters ... [12:37] techrightssec2 ^ topic ? [12:45] schestowitz-TR thanks, I'm not sure I have much to say about that tbh [12:45] schestowitz-TR just cleaned the feeds [12:45] schestowitz-TR worked a bit on drafts today and did other chores [12:45] schestowitz-TR been very productive [12:46] schestowitz-TR preparatory work [12:46] techrightssec2 ack [12:47] schestowitz-TR concern trolling is often mentioned in passing in videois that respond to FUD [12:47] schestowitz-TR and in articles too [12:47] schestowitz-TR it's important to call them out [12:47] schestowitz-TR no need to even respond to concern trolls [12:47] schestowitz-TR btw, zemlin has joined the ranks of concern trolls [12:47] techrightssec2 yep [12:47] techrightssec2 However, many /still/ do not know what it is nor that it is used so exetensively [12:48] schestowitz-TR concern-trolling was used a lot against wikileaks [12:48] schestowitz-TR time-wasting at the very least [12:48] schestowitz-TR and lowering morale ● Dec 11 [13:03] schestowitz-TR it sank upon me today that epo PR has no "spunk" anymore [13:03] schestowitz-TR the staff jokes about all the femmewashing [13:03] schestowitz-TR pointing out with facts that it's just trolling disguised as "feminism" [13:03] schestowitz-TR so when it comes to the swpats battle in europe we do super-well [13:03] schestowitz-TR the upc scandals trickle into some major media [13:03] schestowitz-TR and it's delayed again [13:03] schestowitz-TR and again [13:03] schestowitz-TR and again [13:03] schestowitz-TR so it shows activism does work [13:03] schestowitz-TR btw, rms is styill giving talk [13:03] schestowitz-TR and still shrap in the head [13:03] schestowitz-TR based on what I saw of him this month [13:03] schestowitz-TR we need to hawk any news about upcomign msft layoffs [13:03] schestowitz-TR I am pretty certain they make the lists right now [13:03] schestowitz-TR ahead of xmas [13:03] schestowitz-TR but won't announce it just before holidays [13:10] techrightssec2 ack [13:14] schestowitz-TR important thing is: [13:14] schestowitz-TR 1) don't be trolled [13:14] schestowitz-TR 2) remember the goal (rms) [13:14] schestowitz-TR 3) platform and finances need to be secured [13:14] schestowitz-TR 4) no infighting (common way to destroy orgs, communities... studying differences, then weaponising them) [13:14] schestowitz-TR a decade of hard work secured (3) for at least a decade ahead [13:14] schestowitz-TR (4) seems to have been attempted, but did not succeed [13:14] schestowitz-TR it will be attempted again (reminds me of john at eff) [13:14] schestowitz-TR the living one [13:14] schestowitz-TR toad.com seems to be offline from here [13:24] techrightssec2 ack [13:26] schestowitz-TR Microsoft Windows TCO https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/12/06/rackspace-ransomware/ [13:26] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.helpnetsecurity.com | Rackspace Hosted Exchange outage was caused by ransomware - Help Net Security [13:27] schestowitz-TR rackspace was already struggling [13:27] schestowitz-TR now this [13:37] psydruid Maybe they can peacefully go out of business now [13:45] schestowitz-TR do you know them well? [13:55] techrightssec2 ack [13:55] psydruid A few friends of mine worked there [13:55] schestowitz-TR they got rid of many [13:55] schestowitz-TR lost many clients [13:57] psydruid Last time I talked to someone at Google Cloud Summit that I was invited to they were unsurprisingly shilling cloud environments and signalling that they were winding down their hosting efforts [13:57] psydruid If that is the case, why do you need them as a middleman anymore? ● Dec 11 [14:04] schestowitz-TR it's worse [14:04] schestowitz-TR we had clients that used rackspace [14:04] schestowitz-TR rackspace owns the servers [14:04] schestowitz-TR and has its own support team [14:04] schestowitz-TR so we were there to manage the servers [14:04] schestowitz-TR but, failing that, would escalate to rackspace [14:04] schestowitz-TR of course our role was somewhat obsolete [14:05] schestowitz-TR as the client can go directly to racksp[ace [14:05] schestowitz-TR clown computing = webhosts, sans the "web" sometimes [14:05] schestowitz-TR share hosting -> tenanted accounts [14:05] schestowitz-TR same thing, semantic difference [14:05] schestowitz-TR or technical abstraction level [14:05] schestowitz-TR like GUI for "clown" [14:05] schestowitz-TR instead of cpanel or cli classic [14:06] schestowitz-TR now I can talk about all this [14:06] schestowitz-TR because I resigned this month [14:06] schestowitz-TR and without NDA or gag order per se [14:11] schestowitz-TR https://nitter.pussthecat.org/maffsie/status/1601939848251801601#m [14:11] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.pussthecat.org | ^^ ( #ACAB! #BLM! ) (@maffsie): "weird the article seems to avoid mentioning the employer by name, going as far as to blank it out in the resignation email screenshot, but the alt text for the screenshot (popped up because of a cert error on techrights) and the permalink for the whole post still say Sirius." | Nitter | PussTheCat.org [14:12] schestowitz-TR here comes mjg59_ the "hero" of the "yobs" [14:12] schestowitz-TR https://nitter.pussthecat.org/mjg59/status/1601897519654371329#m [14:12] schestowitz-TR lol [14:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.pussthecat.org | Matthew Garrett (@mjg59): "Huh apparently Roy Schestowitz (@schestowitz) quit his job anyway don't employ him he's awful https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/12/02/sirius-open-source-went-rogue/" | Nitter | PussTheCat.org [14:14] schestowitz LOL! [14:14] schestowitz Microsofters!! [14:14] schestowitz https://twitter.com/marypcbuk/status/1601926447257600000 [14:14] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@marypcbuk: @mjg59 "liberated to work around the clock" [14:14] schestowitz he is entertaining Microsofters [14:14] schestowitz https://twitter.com/steubens7/status/1601905169096388610 [14:14] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@steubens7: @mjg59 @schestowitz very "i didn't change the world changed" [14:15] techrightssec2 ack [14:15] techrightssec2 Yes, IIRC the Rackspace news was also in a recent set of links. [14:36] psydruid lol [14:37] psydruid Matthew Butt Erick on top of his game [14:50] psydruid who can stand this two-faced piece of shit for more than 5 seconds [14:50] schestowitz-TR uefi 'secure' boot [14:50] schestowitz-TR attack on Linux [14:51] schestowitz-TR quite the accomplishment [14:51] schestowitz-TR computers that refuse to boot perfectly ok distros [14:51] schestowitz-TR we can hope microsoft layoffs will be fast enoug [14:51] schestowitz-TR and target the windows divisions [14:51] schestowitz-TR so that software freedom (like freedom to boot your OS of choice) will be maintained [14:52] psydruid I watched the video about Microsoft [14:52] psydruid nothing new for me [14:53] psydruid next year I'll be buying more non-x86 SBCs [14:53] psydruid what he is doing is mostly irrelevant to my needs [14:55] schestowitz-TR mjg59_: you said you run your own masto server [14:55] schestowitz-TR that seems wrong [14:55] schestowitz-TR you use a server controlled by GNOME Foundation guy [14:56] schestowitz-TR robert from their Board [14:56] schestowitz-TR if he throws in the towel, trouble for your presence there [14:56] schestowitz-TR a longstanding problem with fediverse [14:56] schestowitz-TR I lost 3 accounts there this way [14:56] schestowitz-TR they just shut down [14:56] schestowitz-TR and won't even pass the baton ● Dec 11 [16:49] schestowitz-TR Pfizer Lied About Efficacy of the Vaccines It Was Selling, China Takes Different Approach https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/12/11/pfizer-lies/ [16:49] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Pfizer Lied About Efficacy of the Vaccines It Was Selling, China Takes Different Approach ● Dec 11 [17:58] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Dec 11 [18:09] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 11 [20:42] *_Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Dec 11 [21:50] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-7aq.4l5.rq8j89.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 11 [22:32] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:35] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@vef9zdtryz4ck.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [22:39] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [22:40] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@uax6j9r5apawe.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [22:41] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 11 [23:58] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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