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schestowitz> I replied to the thread on diaspora.Feb 14 02:32
schestowitzThank you, excellent! Made my week!Feb 14 02:32
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Techrights-secexcllent that JD might have a way forwardFeb 14 09:00
schestowitz-TRonly because many of us pushed for itFeb 14 09:00
Techrights-secstill it is good news nonethelessFeb 14 09:03
schestowitz-TRreacording the video last night was a goodoutlet  Feb 14 09:04
schestowitz-TRat the same time it helped me know what was going on in the "IP" worldFeb 14 09:04
schestowitz-TRthe upload will finish in a few minutesFeb 14 09:04
schestowitz-TRit took 12 hours all in allFeb 14 09:04
schestowitz-TRthe text will be more important than the video, which like I said wasFeb 14 09:04
schestowitz-TRa bit of an outletFeb 14 09:04
schestowitz-TRthe draft is in place IF you went to have a peekFeb 14 09:04
Techrights-secackFeb 14 09:07
schestowitz-TRimhoFeb 14 09:09
schestowitz-TRbased on my dadFeb 14 09:09
schestowitz-TRthe lies are not newFeb 14 09:09
schestowitz-TRthe corrupt media is not newsFeb 14 09:09
schestowitz-TRit's a form of bsusiness to themFeb 14 09:09
schestowitz-TRcorrupt alikeFeb 14 09:09
schestowitz-TRnow it is a lot more visibleFeb 14 09:09
schestowitz-TRhaving said that, in areas like patents it became really badFeb 14 09:09
schestowitz-TReven if you do not count gulag's contribution to itFeb 14 09:09
schestowitz-TRin the video I mention how gnu/linux fud evolved tooFeb 14 09:09
schestowitz-TRand how blasting people for liars helps discourage them from doing it againFeb 14 09:09
schestowitz-TRthey need to change their liesFeb 14 09:09
Techrights-secyes, calling them out discourages them but more is needed for the ones that Feb 14 09:11
Techrights-sechave no ethics, calling those out does not do enoughFeb 14 09:11
schestowitz-TRspamnil took the foot off the padealFeb 14 09:11
schestowitz-TRI wanted to tell you yesterdayFeb 14 09:11
schestowitz-TRbut did not want to sound pettyFeb 14 09:11
schestowitz-TReventually i mentioned it in ircFeb 14 09:11
schestowitz-TRa lot of people vanish freom the scene out of shameFeb 14 09:11
Techrights-sec^pedalFeb 14 09:11
Techrights-secLinux.com and OpenSource.com are intentionally wasting away.Feb 14 09:11
Techrights-secTHey push out almost no content, and what content they do push is utter crapFeb 14 09:11
Techrights-secso both factors drive peope away.  Feb 14 09:11
schestowitz-TRatm, imo, we need to get MORE people involved in responding to the BSFeb 14 09:17
schestowitz-TRbecause if eough people cause their shameFeb 14 09:17
schestowitz-TRthey either cdhange Feb 14 09:17
schestowitz-TRor suitFeb 14 09:17
schestowitz-TRboth are good outcomeFeb 14 09:17
schestowitz-TRin the long wer can do ok because we cover things nobody else coversFeb 14 09:17
schestowitz-TRand which need to be coveredFeb 14 09:17
schestowitz-TR8 years ago i told rms that trolling against him had subsided somewhatFeb 14 09:17
schestowitz-TRthe technical and legal arguments were strongFeb 14 09:17
schestowitz-TRthings like don't use github (2015)Feb 14 09:17
schestowitz-TRso they move to create some straw manFeb 14 09:17
schestowitz-TRspinning a pro-ethics person as objectionable, Feb 14 09:17
Techrights-secyes more people pushing back helps, a difficultly there is that there are noFeb 14 09:18
Techrights-secopen forums for discussion. /. was crushed reddet was fucked from day 1, etc.Feb 14 09:18
Techrights-secYes, shills and astroturfers have been used against RMS and others.Feb 14 09:18
Techrights-secuse of strawmen and other forms of distraction is very, very commonFeb 14 09:33
schestowitz-TRi used to hypothesise how i too can be targeted by thisFeb 14 09:35
schestowitz-TRyearsd ago i told rianne theyy can make something up about women;s issuesFeb 14 09:35
schestowitz-TRwhich did happen years laterFeb 14 09:35
schestowitz-TRi can think of 3 hypothetical lines of attackFeb 14 09:35
Techrights-sec:(Feb 14 09:35
Techrights-secThey'll complain about what ever they can get to stick, real or imaginedFeb 14 09:35
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2021/03/05/google-funded-trolls/Feb 14 09:36
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Professional Troll Matthew Garrett Spreads Libel, Defamation and Slander About the Free Software Community to Entertain Microsoft and Friends | TechrightsFeb 14 09:36
Techrights-secackFeb 14 11:16
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Techrights-secI added some timeouts and shorted the old ones in gemini-cron-updater.sh and Feb 14 19:07
Techrights-secthat seems to have dealt with the lockfile problem finally.  It looks likeFeb 14 19:07
Techrights-secsome of the parts of the script were taking *way* too long to interact withFeb 14 19:07
Techrights-secTR over HTTP.  Feb 14 19:07
schestowitz-TRa lot of that boils down to traffic shaping, which prioritises gemini afaikFeb 14 19:07
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