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| acer-box | " | Oct 14 02:12 |
| acer-box | So the FSF is accepting donations from Google and censoring the info. | Oct 14 02:12 |
| acer-box | Fuck. | Oct 14 02:12 |
| acer-box | " | Oct 14 02:12 |
| schestowitz | https://pleroma.site/notice/9nsrhsEJfOfn3c49Lc | Oct 14 02:15 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 02:15 |
| schestowitz | My homeschooled kid could install and set up Trisquel at the age of 3 if I helped him with the username and passwords and write an AI in the Scheme dialect of Lisp by the time he had his first "girlfriend" at the age of 9. | Oct 14 02:15 |
| schestowitz | The US public school system would consider him "shockingly uneducated" about Microsoft and Apple products. The news media would call for tighter regulations on home parenting to prevent such tragedies in the future. | Oct 14 02:15 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 02:15 |
| schestowitz | https://pleroma.site/notice/9nsvL89EiWxjaB6IOe | Oct 14 02:15 |
| schestowitz | "I was doing well, until new admin came in and decided to change things." | Oct 14 02:15 |
| schestowitz | https://pleroma.site/notice/9nsyfuAaBPSWAoKOMC | Oct 14 02:15 |
| schestowitz | "What about Reality Winner?" | Oct 14 02:15 |
| schestowitz | https://pleroma.site/notice/9nt4RHUwCwCgmQgBGa | Oct 14 02:16 |
| schestowitz | "That's when I make the full transition to Linux as my primary OS with another pc running windows for critical apps. That pc won't be connected to the net." | Oct 14 02:16 |
| schestowitz | https://pleroma.site/notice/9ntMQ9047EajJFqXgW | Oct 14 02:16 |
| schestowitz | " open source access as in crowd analysis?" | Oct 14 02:16 |
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| TechrightsBN | Hello World! I'm TechrightsBN running phIRCe v0.75 | Oct 14 02:17 |
| schestowitz | > i am working on an article for you. its not, sorry to say, the one you requested. but i think its worth writing. | Oct 14 02:18 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 14 02:18 |
| schestowitz | > one of the things that determines what i write about is that i already have comments to make on the subject. | Oct 14 02:18 |
| schestowitz | That sounds good. | Oct 14 02:18 |
| schestowitz | Thanks for everything you do. | Oct 14 02:18 |
| schestowitz | >>> People are naive and quite mistaken if they believe that social control | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | >>> media services provide any access to and sharing of uncensored news. | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | >>> Social control media is heavily filtered at several levels. | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | >> Just to be sure, techrights unlike TuxMachines does not need a social | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | >> control media account, right? It would also be inconsistent with what we | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | >> said about it. | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | > TR does not need a social control media account, at least not with how | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | > it is today. In the old days before the trolls a USENET category would | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | > have worked. But now that is not feasible. However, maybe someday | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | > there will be an equivalent minus the trolls. | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | >> I still don't know what will eventually /replace/ social control media. | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | >> We stopped making audio/video as it's time-consuming with not enough | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | >> return for the efforts. | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | > Audio is apparently a lot less time consuming to produce but probably | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | > not worth it anyway. Text, in theory, shows up in search engines and | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | > can be cited easily. Moreover bright people can read far faster than | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | > they can listen and it is easy to skim forward and backward with text | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | > unlike with audio. | Oct 14 02:19 |
| schestowitz | > "Widespread Adoption" (Did you mean: Takeover by Monopolies?) | Oct 14 02:22 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 14 02:22 |
| schestowitz | > By figosdev | Oct 14 02:22 |
| schestowitz | cheers! | Oct 14 02:23 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/15997114#bbd50fc0ba71013709837a163ef10931 | Oct 14 06:55 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Check what Stallman actually said. Nothing like what these headlines claim. Tactless? Sure. Even tasteless. But this is distortion. https://www.newser.com/story/280444/mit-scientist-figures-epstein-victim-was-entirely-willing.html | Oct 14 06:55 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 06:55 |
| schestowitz | Lies, and the Lying Liars who Lyingly tell them. | Oct 14 06:55 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.newser.com | Epstein Victim Likely Was Willing, MIT Scientist Says | Oct 14 06:55 | |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com | Oct 14 06:55 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com - 28 days ago | Oct 14 06:55 |
| schestowitz | o/t, but im pretty disgusted with the guy who wrote “Lies, and the Lying Liars” and in particular, what a scumbag liar he turned out to be. | Oct 14 06:55 |
| schestowitz | https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/nkdny/my_senator_al_frankens_reply_to_sopapipa_letter/ | Oct 14 06:55 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.reddit.com | My senator Al Franken's reply to SOPA/PIPA letter - Sadly, he's lost my future vote. : politics | Oct 14 06:55 | |
| schestowitz | hes nothing but the senator of nbc, and he can shove his entire career up his ass. | Oct 14 06:55 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz | Oct 14 06:55 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz - 27 days ago | Oct 14 06:55 |
| schestowitz | But he knew what he was talking about. | Oct 14 06:55 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 06:55 |
| schestowitz | Now the media is back to Gates... a MONTH late | Oct 14 06:55 |
| schestowitz | casualties of the war on #freesoftware http://techrights.org/2019/04/18/mention-the-war/ | Oct 14 06:58 |
| schestowitz | init (widely protested, often dismissed) | Oct 14 06:58 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | “Mention the War” (of Microsoft Against GNU/Linux) | Techrights | Oct 14 06:58 | |
| schestowitz | LOTS of components that have nothing to do with init (paying attention yet?) | Oct 14 06:58 |
| schestowitz | github (warned against) | Oct 14 06:58 |
| schestowitz | red hat (predicted) | Oct 14 06:58 |
| schestowitz | gnome (warned against, brought entirely on selves) | Oct 14 06:58 |
| schestowitz | gnome 2 (mate mitigates this) | Oct 14 06:58 |
| schestowitz | python 2 (pypy mitigates this) | Oct 14 06:58 |
| schestowitz | richard stallman (predicted) | Oct 14 06:58 |
| schestowitz | linux kernel (maybe) | Oct 14 06:58 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/16171386#a76c7880cad90137525d0cc47a07853c | Oct 14 06:58 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@freemedia@share.naturalnews.com: casualties of the war on #freesoftware http://techrights.org/2019/04/18/mention-the-war/ * init (widely protested, often dismissed) * LOTS of components that have nothing to do with init (paying attention yet?) * github (warned against) * red hat (predicted) * gnome (warned against, brought entirely on selves) * gnome 2 (mate mitigates this) * python 2 (pypy mitigates this) * richard stallman (p | Oct 14 06:58 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | No, the Linux kernel is next. That’s been the goal all along… | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com - 7 days ago | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | i dont doubt youre right-- funny, the fsf doesnt think theres anything wrong so far! | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | unless #punix is a real thing. but im not debating that anymore. it is or it isnt. | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | i dont really give a fuck what the fsf thinks until they pull their thumbs out of their asses and do something to fix something. while the rest of us hold the fucking bag and get the fucking runaround. cause ive spent years complaining about that shit. its pretty fucking tiresome. | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | “do you support free software?” | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | YES! do YOU motherfuckers? plenty of chances to prove the fsf still cares. plenty of chances JUST TAKE ONE AND DO IT already. stop yanking us around with bullshit. sorry about your bro, we love him too. in fact we fucking warned you this coc bullshit would fucking happen, and sure enough-- it did! | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com - 7 days ago | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | No, the Linux kernel is next. | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | lets hope they do something. | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz - 7 days ago | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | The Linux kernel is worth an estimated Four Billion Dollars. Do you think that capitalist enterprises are going to let that kind of value just sit-there, free for everyone? | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com - 7 days ago | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | not at all! dont put too much stock in estimates-- i thought red hat was going to be purchased for 2-8 billion. it went for 34! | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | the trademark is owned by a company that is practically owned by microsoft. microsoft and ibm are pretty cozy on systemd and red hat-- and it isnt even the 20th century! | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz - 7 days ago | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | “Billions and Billions!” ;-) | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com - 7 days ago | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | “…of fuck!” | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 06:59 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/15983472#fb139620b8dd013752330cc47a07853c | Oct 14 07:02 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Spent some time yesterday researching whether to buy bunnies and checked some at a local shop; neither of us had them since we were kids. Is it common for grown people and more importantly >practical< to have rabbits around? Still unsure... | Oct 14 07:02 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:02 |
| schestowitz | theyre never as practical as youd assume. i know someone who owns one, ive known adults (a few) who own one. | Oct 14 07:02 |
| schestowitz | if you are a responsible adult, thats a better caretaker for a bunny than most other people. the biggest thing you have to consider is that with dogs and cats, you can give them up. people abandon bunnies all the time, its tragic, dont get one unless you are certain (as a responsible adult) that youre going to keep it. there arent as many of those animal shelters for bunnies (afaik) as there are for dogs and cats, eh? you get a bunny, you | Oct 14 07:02 |
| schestowitz | get it for life. preferably the same for cats and dogs, but you know. | Oct 14 07:02 |
| schestowitz |  | Oct 14 07:02 |
| schestowitz | Nick Herbert - 30 days ago | Oct 14 07:02 |
| schestowitz | If you get one keep it indoors. They can be quite amazing and adaptable.Very clean and take to a litter tray. Surprisingly intelligent too. | Oct 14 07:02 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:02 |
| schestowitz | No vet care for them, I assume? Or barely? | Oct 14 07:02 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/16014017#b110cbd0bbe90137098d7a163ef10931 | Oct 14 07:03 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Swapnil Bhartiya on RMS 'resigning' (being removed) http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/128122#comment-21707 | Oct 14 07:03 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Stallman Under Fire for Views on Epstein | Tux Machines | Oct 14 07:03 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:03 |
| schestowitz | Well worded. But noncommittal. | Oct 14 07:03 |
| schestowitz |  | Oct 14 07:03 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz - 26 days ago | Oct 14 07:03 |
| schestowitz | I’m also mildly dyslexic. I cannot spell to save my life. ;-) | Oct 14 07:03 |
| schestowitz |  | Oct 14 07:04 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz - 26 days ago | Oct 14 07:04 |
| schestowitz | wildy lexdixic is AOC | Oct 14 07:04 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:04 |
| schestowitz | "theres a lot of (mild) dyslexia in this community. he called it sfc then scf, someone i knew referred to stallman as "rsm" several times this week. i dont feel bad commenting, ive got a little bit of it myself. in fact i was once asked if i designed my programming language "to teach dyslexic people how to code". i was expecting gloating and dishonesty, the most cynical thing i can say about that is i guess hes saving that for another day. | Oct 14 07:04 |
| schestowitz | good, i didnt need to read gloating from bhartiya today. fun fact, "bhartiya" means "indian". "main bhartiya hoon" means "i am indian." swapnil is a very common name, so "swapnil bhartiya" is the indian equivalent of a name like "johnny english". or something extremely generic like "joe smith"." | Oct 14 07:04 |
| schestowitz | "you smell fine to me, tom!" | Oct 14 07:05 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/16016612#5bdfc310bc3b013709937a163ef10931 | Oct 14 07:06 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Swiss #Copyright Law: Downloading Stays Legal, No Site Blocking https://torrentfreak.com/swiss-copyright-law-downloading-stays-legal-no-site-blocking/ | Oct 14 07:06 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> torrentfreak.com | Swiss Copyright Law: Downloading Stays Legal, No Site Blocking - TorrentFreak | Oct 14 07:06 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | Sitting in the heart of Europe geographically but outside the European Union politically, Switzerland is largely free to make its own legislation. - On the copyright front, this has brought the country out of line with standards adopted by its neighbors, something that has drawn criticism from entertainment industry companies, particularly those in the United States. | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | Hartwig Thomas | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | Hartwig Thomas - 20 days ago | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | But: | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | New upload filters more brutal than the EU ones, | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | private collecting of IP addresses by “rights holders” unchecked by authorities, | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | “protection” of all fotos (including those without individual character, which do not qualify as cultural works"), | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | increase of the “protection” duration for related rights from 50 to 70 years (killing off cultural heritage), | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | additional “link tax” regulation, which will become real expensive. | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | So there is no reason for glee or laudatory comments. | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | Oppression but autonomous | Oct 14 07:06 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/15260213#205a54507818013731bb047d7b62795e | Oct 14 07:07 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@florida_ted@diasp.org: ### Where do you stand? > The publication of classified documents is not a crime in the United States, but if Assange is extradited and convicted it will become one. Assange is not an American citizen. WikiLeaks, which he founded and publishes, is not a U.S.-based publication. The message the U.S. government is sending is clear: No matter who or where you are, if you expose the inner workings of empire you will be hunt | Oct 14 07:07 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:07 |
| schestowitz | @Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊), do you have any insights to share? | Oct 14 07:07 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.truthdig.com | The Coming Show Trial of Julian Assange - Truthdig | Oct 14 07:07 | |
| schestowitz | poet1b@pluspora.com | Oct 14 07:07 |
| schestowitz | poet1b@pluspora.com - 4 months ago | Oct 14 07:07 |
| schestowitz | It seems that any attempt at a legitimate charge is not even on their radar. | Oct 14 07:07 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:07 |
| schestowitz | Reporting for Power is OK, but not ABOUT Power, unless it's positive or low-impact negative | Oct 14 07:08 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/16013968#4d1a4a20bbe3013709917a163ef10931 | Oct 14 07:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Text rendering fetishists. I don't understand people who obsess so much over it. The types who buys "MAC"-branded PCs https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/va-qled-text-rendering.html BTW, this is also a #swpats trap | Oct 14 07:10 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.ctrl.blog | Text rendering doesn’t look too good on VA-QLED display panels | Ctrl blog | Oct 14 07:10 | |
| schestowitz | Choice of fonts, and the quality of the rendering on the screen is very important to me. My preferred font for programming is “Latin Modern Mono Light Cond 10 Regular”. A good monitor is a necessity, and anti-aliasing. | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com - 26 days ago | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | some people are very sensitive to noises, to the point where it affects their ability to concentrate. | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | some people are like that with fonts, or lighting. this really isnt a fetish, roy. its a sensory processing thing. | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | i can relate, for me (not to the degree youre talking about, but in a more minor way) its sometimes the difference between reading for a little while and reading a lot. | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | freemedia@share.naturalnews.com - 26 days ago | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | also patents, not brand marketing, are the main factor in what people have to buy if they “care” about something like this. (in other words, if it affects them.) | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz - 26 days ago | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | Ha! I just spent a fair amount of time getting the lighting just right in the new room where my computer stuff is now located! I moved lamps, replaced light bulbs… And no, I’m not just avoiding work. | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | tomgrz - 26 days ago | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | Buying a name is not the same as buying a thing, or a quality. | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | Never thought of it like that... | Oct 14 07:10 |
| schestowitz | "the patents apple and microsoft have held in the past (invalid by nature, yet still effective at times) are the main factor in this however. a real practical issue for free software at one point, plus the inertia resulting from it." | Oct 14 07:11 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/16048628#1e4f09e0bf500137b1c50cc47a07853c | Oct 14 07:12 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Terms can literally 'die' (e.g. the word "gay") when its use in one context exceeds that of another. I think that the term #opensource is nowadays misapplied and misused to the point where it has nothing to do with #softwarefreedom | Oct 14 07:12 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:12 |
| schestowitz | terms can be brought back too. but thats more difficult than falling out of favour in the first place, and given the timeline and my own personal experience, i frequently wonder how long the “golden days of open source” really lasted. | Oct 14 07:12 |
| schestowitz | language is like software, in that it serves a purpose. we should really ask ourselves what purpose the term “open source” is supposed to serve in this century. it was a compromise from the beginning, and compromise is a word that can refer to a good thing, an ideal. | Oct 14 07:13 |
| schestowitz | in the context of too much “compromise”, the word becomes synonymous with failure, loss and a lack of security and integrity. | Oct 14 07:13 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:13 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/15496042#f74284608e9a01374af20ad695c86add | Oct 14 07:13 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: TED = corporate PR for hire. You pay some money and they stage an 'event' (AstroTurf). 1. http://techrights.org/2010/10/06/tedxredmond-and-microsoft/ 2. http://techrights.org/2010/08/09/tedxchange-and-gates/ | Oct 14 07:13 | |
| schestowitz | "TED ≠ TEDx if someone does something it does not equal to doing it exclusively (or being equal to)" | Oct 14 07:13 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | TED Brand is Being Hijacked by Microsoft, Now With TEDxRedmond | Techrights | Oct 14 07:13 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | “The Gates Foundation Has Bought TED (Technology Entertainment and Design)” (Conference) | Techrights | Oct 14 07:13 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/15463269#ef7f84108b6c0137b897005056264835 | Oct 14 07:14 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: System Boot and Security Microconference Accepted into 2019 #Linux Plumbers Conference https://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/blog/2019/system-boot-and-security-microconference-accepted-into-2019-linux-plumbers-conference/ not a #zemlinpac event | Oct 14 07:14 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:14 |
| schestowitz | Which type of startup do you prefer? | Oct 14 07:14 |
| schestowitz | Sysvinit, runit, or Open RC? | Oct 14 07:14 |
| schestowitz |  | Oct 14 07:14 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.linuxplumbersconf.org | System Boot and Security Microconference Accepted into 2019 Linux Plumbers Conference – Linux Plumbers Conference 2019 | Oct 14 07:14 | |
| schestowitz | Arndt Heuvel - 3 months ago | Oct 14 07:14 |
| schestowitz | GNU Shepherd | Oct 14 07:14 |
| schestowitz |  | Oct 14 07:14 |
| schestowitz | sphere@pluspora.com - 3 months ago | Oct 14 07:14 |
| schestowitz | Interesting, I never knew GNU has an init system | Oct 14 07:14 |
| schestowitz | @Arndt Heuvel how’s compatibility with Debian and Fedora? How about programs that are not proprietary and not necessarily GNU but Open source? | Oct 14 07:14 |
| schestowitz | What about compatbility with steam? hahaha sorry for asking too much | Oct 14 07:14 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:14 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/15867500#a74e36f0af0a013705c8002590d8e506 | Oct 14 07:15 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Swapnil tells me that #proprietarysoftware companies such as #microsoft being a threat to #softwareFreedom is "pre-historic times" What happens when proprietary software giants put food on your table (or lap) | Oct 14 07:15 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:15 |
| schestowitz | I’ll believe Microsoft loves my freedom when the company liberates firmware so that it’s easy for me to replace their awful BIOS with Libreboot or some other free software. As things stand, Microsoft firmware is the biggest barrier to software freedom and real privacy. | Oct 14 07:15 |
| schestowitz | Will Hill | Oct 14 07:15 |
| schestowitz | Will Hill - about a month ago | Oct 14 07:15 |
| schestowitz | The company could rebrand Ubuntu, filling it with Microsoft spyware, and call it Windows 11 and still hate people’s freedom the same way they do now. Using free software to spy on people is not a love of freedom. | Oct 14 07:15 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:15 |
| schestowitz | some people are nowadays paid to actively attack software freedom and ridicule those who promote it | Oct 14 07:15 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/15479256#457dca608cbd0137783b0218b72fdf43 | Oct 14 07:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Swapnil puts in LINUX DOT COM completely unrelated crap for #vmware https://www.linux.com/news/vmware-acquire-ai-ml-accelerator-bitfusion weeks ago: http://techrights.org/2019/07/06/a-nonprofit-pr-agency/ | Oct 14 07:16 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.linux.com | VMware To Acquire AI, ML Accelerator Bitfusion - Linux.com | Oct 14 07:16 | |
| schestowitz | Oct 14 07:16 | |
| schestowitz | Classic Plamondon. | Oct 14 07:16 |
| schestowitz | ' | Oct 14 07:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | The Openwashing of VMware, Sponsored by the Linux Foundation (in Turn Sponsored by VMware) | Techrights | Oct 14 07:16 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/15709476#109b5810a2820137e59e0218b72fdf43 | Oct 14 07:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Swapnil doing press-titution again, paints all sorts of #listeningdevices #surveillance companies as #privacy champions who help blind people https://www.tfir.io/2019/08/16/traces-ai-found-a-way-to-protect-your-privacy/ | Oct 14 07:16 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tfir.io | Traces AI Found A Way To Protect Your Privacy - TFiR: Open Source & Emerging Technologies | Oct 14 07:16 | |
| schestowitz | Oct 14 07:16 | |
| schestowitz | Classic Plamondon. | Oct 14 07:16 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 14 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > i believe techrights is an organisation that promotes free software. | Oct 14 07:17 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 14 07:17 |
| schestowitz | > i utlimately need that to be seconded by someone whose opinion counts. this is not for an award or honourific title-- it is closer to a matter of fact. but the wording leaves just enough question for quibbling about details, which is why i like a second opinion. if you are ever of that opinion yourself, i think (this is just an opinion of course) that you should let me know. | Oct 14 07:17 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 14 07:17 |
| schestowitz | Yes, we promote that too. | Oct 14 07:17 |
| schestowitz | > now, if only small-tech would admit the same. or if more people thought so. | Oct 14 07:31 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 14 07:31 |
| schestowitz | > theres no question that theyre an organisation. the question is whether they promote free software. | Oct 14 07:31 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 14 07:31 |
| schestowitz | > sometimes if there is any doubt its the other way around, and thats what needs to be clarified. | Oct 14 07:31 |
| schestowitz | I thought you asked because of the wiki (whether to list techrights itself). | Oct 14 07:31 |
| schestowitz | your work on the wiki has been very polished; it also received the traffic it deserves and people's feedback in sites like Twitter is positive. | Oct 14 07:31 |
| schestowitz | >> your work on the wiki has been very polished; | Oct 14 08:10 |
| schestowitz | > turns out if you replace ''' with === you get a lot of formality in a hurry. thats whats great about code. done right, it saves you a LOT of bullshit. | Oct 14 08:10 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 14 08:10 |
| schestowitz | > i wont be surprised if in the future, wikis polish a lot more crap that we throw at them, if we ask them to. im not saying im throwing crap at them, you get what i mean though. | Oct 14 08:10 |
| schestowitz | Most of the wiki in techrights is indexes, as the time in articles is often necessary when you write about an issue of the day (or year). | Oct 14 08:10 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/GraysonPeddie/status/1183399903340445696 | Oct 14 08:19 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@GraysonPeddie: @linuxtoday If you call the company name "The Linux Foundation" and you brag about having Mac computers, you can ju… https://t.co/6OAhGcrbg5 | Oct 14 08:19 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@GraysonPeddie: @linuxtoday If you call the company name "The Linux Foundation" and you brag about having Mac computers, you can ju… https://t.co/6OAhGcrbg5 | Oct 14 08:19 | |
| schestowitz | "If you call the company name "The Linux Foundation" and you brag about having Mac computers, you can just rename "The Mac Foundation" and forget about Linux as a whole. Besides, The Linux Foundation does not care about desktop Linux anyway." | Oct 14 08:19 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/liarpoliticians/status/1183369845431291906 | Oct 14 08:19 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@liarpoliticians: @linuxtoday People will stick with the older versions then, just as users do for Windows to avoid the Windows 10 spyware OS. | Oct 14 08:19 | |
| schestowitz | "People will stick with the older versions then, just as users do for Windows to avoid the Windows 10 spyware OS." | Oct 14 08:19 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/GamedevingLinux/status/1183392093101871104 | Oct 14 08:19 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@GamedevingLinux: @linuxtoday We all knew this would be coming eventually. Not using it is the first step, and Open Kernels will alwa… https://t.co/61PRQQvj29 | Oct 14 08:19 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@GamedevingLinux: @linuxtoday We all knew this would be coming eventually. Not using it is the first step, and Open Kernels will alwa… https://t.co/61PRQQvj29 | Oct 14 08:19 | |
| schestowitz | "We all knew this would be coming eventually. Not using it is the first step, and Open Kernels will always be available. The last thing Linux needs is a spyware/malware open door scandal. They'll probably create one intentionally, and blame Linux for it." | Oct 14 08:19 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/pavlixnet/status/1183396172549033985 | Oct 14 08:20 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@pavlixnet: @linuxtoday The article doesn't say anything about that. Controversy about Richard M. Stallman and before Linus Tor… https://t.co/iYpSUojDtB | Oct 14 08:20 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@pavlixnet: @linuxtoday The article doesn't say anything about that. Controversy about Richard M. Stallman and before Linus Tor… https://t.co/iYpSUojDtB | Oct 14 08:20 | |
| schestowitz | "The article doesn't say anything about that. Controversy about Richard M. Stallman and before Linus Torvalds is interesting and possibly alarming but the article contains no information and no arguments, not to say those about Linux kernel freedom discussion suggested here." | Oct 14 08:20 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/afunsten/status/1183558254271422464 | Oct 14 08:20 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@afunsten: @linuxtoday Bring back FirefoxOS | Oct 14 08:20 | |
| schestowitz | "Bring back FirefoxOS" | Oct 14 08:20 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/007amnesia/status/1183370072129265666 | Oct 14 08:20 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@007amnesia: @linuxtoday when ibm introduces linuxOne you know SHTF. | Oct 14 08:20 | |
| schestowitz | "when ibm introduces linuxOne you know SHTF." | Oct 14 08:20 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/BrideOfLinux/status/1183763152619618305 | Oct 14 16:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@BrideOfLinux: Not sure what this means, but it's not a surprise that Gates has hung around with scumbags: The New York Times Abou… https://t.co/ixI5eIaZ5V | Oct 14 16:36 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@BrideOfLinux: Not sure what this means, but it's not a surprise that Gates has hung around with scumbags: The New York Times Abou… https://t.co/ixI5eIaZ5V | Oct 14 16:36 | |
| schestowitz | "Not sure what this means, but it's not a surprise that Gates has hung around with scumbags: The New York Times About the Real Epstein-Software Scandal (Nothing to Do With Stallman)" | Oct 14 16:36 |
| schestowitz | "What's the best way to reach you off the record? Startpage. You can reach me at my new protonmail address:" | Oct 14 16:37 |
| schestowitz | my firstname at surname dot com, but no PGP = no real OTR | Oct 14 16:38 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1183658415073222656 | Oct 14 17:11 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @schestowitz "Summary: The evolution of "technical effect"” nonsense at the EPO" The reading of the article probabl… https://t.co/54GgjdkVw2 | Oct 14 17:11 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @schestowitz "Summary: The evolution of "technical effect"” nonsense at the EPO" The reading of the article probabl… https://t.co/54GgjdkVw2 | Oct 14 17:11 | |
| schestowitz | ""Summary: The evolution of "technical effect"” nonsense at the EPO" The reading of the article probably triggered a technical effect in the brain of the reader :-)" | Oct 14 17:11 |
| schestowitz | technically effective | Oct 14 17:12 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Flavia0847/status/1183666980525690881 | Oct 14 17:12 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Flavia0847: @schestowitz Patents seem to end up being about money. Even those that are apparently just 'notions' or wastes of t… https://t.co/3Znut8xnuu | Oct 14 17:12 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Flavia0847: @schestowitz Patents seem to end up being about money. Even those that are apparently just 'notions' or wastes of t… https://t.co/3Znut8xnuu | Oct 14 17:12 | |
| schestowitz | "Patents seem to end up being about money. Even those that are apparently just 'notions' or wastes of time. Hence the lawyers and accountants." | Oct 14 17:12 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Flavia0847/status/1183672698712547328 | Oct 14 17:12 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Flavia0847: If it looks like it's the only game in town, you know where the ticketing gets done. https://t.co/ZpzQLmelU0 | Oct 14 17:12 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: “Quite a few of them are people that would rather replace David with Goliath, just because he’s bigger. Quite a few… https://t.co/3DqOmF2qJn | Oct 14 17:12 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/SleepyPenguin1/status/1183693589936836610 | Oct 14 17:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SleepyPenguin1: @schestowitz I had a terrible time convincing people about Jimmy Seville. 15 years of talking to doctors at Broadm… https://t.co/9gA8rOcD1i | Oct 14 17:16 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SleepyPenguin1: @schestowitz I had a terrible time convincing people about Jimmy Seville. 15 years of talking to doctors at Broadm… https://t.co/9gA8rOcD1i | Oct 14 17:16 | |
| schestowitz | "I had a terrible time convincing people about Jimmy Seville. 15 years of talking to doctors at Broadmoor. Police officers and civil servants. Lot of feeling he belonged in Broadmoor. In the end the whole thing was blocked by peadophiles in Whitehall." | Oct 14 17:17 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/SleepyPenguin1/status/1183694674881585152 | Oct 14 17:17 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SleepyPenguin1: @schestowitz Oh... Gawd... Autospell ! That should be Jimmy Savile.. | Oct 14 17:17 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/BrideOfLinux/status/1183774469652910080 | Oct 14 18:00 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@BrideOfLinux: Some truth here. https://t.co/AVyU7zcW2Z https://t.co/F9eal40ck0 | Oct 14 18:00 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Meme: Richard Stallman Irrelevant | Techrights | Oct 14 18:00 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@BrideOfLinux: Some truth here. https://t.co/AVyU7zcW2Z https://t.co/F9eal40ck0 | Oct 14 18:00 | |
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| schestowitz | "No PGP? I'm surprised. Sent you pw protected message" | Oct 14 18:52 |
| schestowitz | I meant I use PGP and without it it will be on somebody's record. Thanks, I check mail once a day. Will read soon. | Oct 14 18:53 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/LidiaDonnin/status/1183828785763901451 | Oct 14 21:00 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@LidiaDonnin: I agree.Many other voices must join ,asking for Julian's freedom https://t.co/4fF23Wksg3 | Oct 14 21:00 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: @wikileaks This is what every current and former Prime/Foreign/other minister on this planet should have said | Oct 14 21:00 | |
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