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schestowitz-TR2French study links Covid-19 to sharp rise in depression among young people ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230214-french-study-links-covid-19-to-sharp-rise-in-depression-among-young-peopleFeb 15 04:02
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.france24.com | French study links Covid-19 to sharp rise in depression among young peopleFeb 15 04:02
schestowitz-TR2of course the system and social controlmedia have nothing to do with it....Feb 15 04:06
techrightssecMany journalists are probably addicted, both personally and professionally, to Feb 15 04:44
techrightssecabusing social control media.  Therefore they are most unlikely to speak againstFeb 15 04:44
techrightssecit no matter how much trouble it causes in society.Feb 15 04:44
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techrights[sec]                                         │··········Feb 15 05:15
techrights[sec]Processong feeds goes more quickly now, with a lot less clicking and tabbing                         │··········Feb 15 05:15
techrights[sec]The time taken is less as is the cognitive effort.       Feb 15 05:15
schestowitz-pii spent 10 minuets trying to find my passwords for tuxmachines and schestowitz at twitterFeb 15 05:17
schestowitz-pito check if there are any "messages"Feb 15 05:17
schestowitz-pimy move to another system and "fresh" browsers mean I need thoseFeb 15 05:17
schestowitz-pibut after 10 minutes I realsied this wasn't a problemFeb 15 05:17
schestowitz-pithe problem was that I was trying to log inFeb 15 05:17
schestowitz-pithere's no need toFeb 15 05:17
schestowitz-pivery very low s/n ratioFeb 15 05:17
schestowitz-piand that platform will go away anywayFeb 15 05:17
schestowitz-piso I won't be logging in anymoreFeb 15 05:17
schestowitz-piend of storyFeb 15 05:17
techrights[sec]No great loss.  Feb 15 05:21
schestowitz-piquite likely a gain because it helps resist the temptation to even go to that site, everFeb 15 05:25
schestowitz-pisometimes you'd need to spend 5 minutes just to find a one-line that mentions or speaks toFeb 15 05:25
schestowitz-piyouFeb 15 05:25
schestowitz-pia decade ago... that's another storyFeb 15 05:25
schestowitz-pimy password management isn't great, I rarely lose passwords, and anyway I could reset passwordsFeb 15 05:25
schestowitz-piif I really need to. but the point is, i quickly realise I was making a mistake by, afterFeb 15 05:25
schestowitz-pi2-3 weeks of not being logged on there, trying to get back inFeb 15 05:25
schestowitz-pithere's no needFeb 15 05:25
schestowitz-pii also don't know if the twitter API cutoff will impact the bridge that taxmachines uses to Feb 15 05:25
schestowitz-pirelay from diaspora to mastodon and then to twitterFeb 15 05:25
schestowitz-pitwitter is "on life support"Feb 15 05:25
techrights[sec]ood returns.Feb 15 05:25
techrights[sec]It's in the same category of importance as having good backups.Feb 15 05:25
techrights[sec]20+Password management is important.  Improving that will provide good returns.Feb 15 05:29
techrights[sec]It's in the same category of importance as having good backups.Feb 15 05:29
schestowitz-pi20+ years ago I built up passwords collection, password-protected, on a Palm PDAFeb 15 05:29
schestowitz-pinow that gnu/linux distros don't bother compling desktop-side software for "pilot" ot Feb 15 05:29
schestowitz-pisimilar I rely more on direct access to data filesFeb 15 05:29
schestowitz-pithe "online" hype led people to having lots and lots of "accounts"Feb 15 05:29
schestowitz-pione for each "thing"Feb 15 05:29
schestowitz-piI don't think it was this bad decades agoFeb 15 05:29
schestowitz-pias people authenticated some other wayFeb 15 05:29
schestowitz-piand in some cases no "account" was neededFeb 15 05:29
schestowitz-pilike buying something at a physical shopFeb 15 05:29
schestowitz-piit's infeasible to keep track of so many passwords and recovery over email opensFeb 15 05:29
schestowitz-pia jab of insecurity wormsFeb 15 05:29
schestowitz-piand also a "support" burdenFeb 15 05:29
schestowitz-pithe general, generalised lesson here is,Feb 15 05:36
schestowitz-pineed to reduce complexity, give up on things that may be or feel like they are not neededFeb 15 05:36
schestowitz-piif they feel this way, they most likely are (force of habit dynamics)Feb 15 05:36
schestowitz-pithere are more things I can "cut" on... and let the mind focus betterFeb 15 05:36
schestowitz-piwaking up midnight and NOT having to "clean quiterss" is a great mental improvementFeb 15 05:36
schestowitz-pithe application was in control of me, not the other way aroundFeb 15 05:36
schestowitz-piand this was not rational as I was not tracking every relevant feed on the www anywayFeb 15 05:36
schestowitz-piyou can never track everything, only a subsetFeb 15 05:36
schestowitz-pi"inbox zero" mindset probably has some good psychological explanation to itFeb 15 05:36
schestowitz-pisame reason people can become obsessed with cleanliness (personal, home, and more)Feb 15 05:36
schestowitz-pithere's something inherent in the brain, which is better off suppressed/resistedFeb 15 05:36
schestowitz-pias it does not gravittate towards good productivty, rather than illusionary goalsFeb 15 05:36
schestowitz-TR2MIT running pure spam for India companies, Microsoft proxies ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/14/1068365/low-code-and-no-code-a-marked-movement-for-digital-platform-development/ not enough bribes from Bill Gates via his BFF Jeffrey Epstein?Feb 15 05:47
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.technologyreview.com | Low-code and no-code: A marked movement for digital platform development | MIT Technology ReviewFeb 15 05:47
techrightssec Feb 15 06:09
techrightssecgemini://gemini.techrights.org/chat/Feb 15 06:09
techrightssechas not updated since yesterday Feb 15 06:09
techrightsseccheckingFeb 15 06:09
techrightssecthe connectivity is sloooowFeb 15 06:09
schestowitz-piit is doing the nightly backup so i/o is highFeb 15 06:12
schestowitz-piregarding it not running since yesterday, thanks for spotting thatFeb 15 06:12
schestowitz-piconnection dropped and I did not noticeFeb 15 06:12
schestowitz-piit will catch up soonFeb 15 06:12
techrights[sec]okFeb 15 06:12
schestowitz-pii would need to clone the whole system before system updateFeb 15 06:15
schestowitz-piconsidering what happened beforeFeb 15 06:15
schestowitz-piit broke like 3 fairly important thingsFeb 15 06:15
schestowitz-pinot sure whose fault that was at the timeFeb 15 06:15
schestowitz-piok, i think scrollback should be ok againFeb 15 06:15
schestowitz-pigoing to look into infosys corrupting mirFeb 15 06:15
schestowitz-pibiabFeb 15 06:15
schestowitz-pi*nitFeb 15 06:15
schestowitz-pi*mitFeb 15 06:15
schestowitz-pisome good news todayFeb 15 07:42
schestowitz-piagainFeb 15 07:42
schestowitz-piabout microsoftFeb 15 07:42
schestowitz-piposted in short at TRFeb 15 07:42
schestowitz-pimight write more with a video later todayFeb 15 07:42
schestowitz-piworkout in a few minutes, rianne sold in ebayFeb 15 07:42
schestowitz-pigonna need a haircut this week for march 1st (ceremony)Feb 15 07:42
techrights[sec]Excellent.  The layoffs are worth covering since so few other sites even Feb 15 07:43
techrights[sec]mention them.  Feb 15 07:43
schestowitz-pithe way i see it:Feb 15 07:51
schestowitz-pimicrosoft paysFeb 15 07:51
schestowitz-pifor the layoffs NOT to be mentionedFeb 15 07:51
schestowitz-pior BARELY be mentionsFeb 15 07:51
schestowitz-pi*edFeb 15 07:51
schestowitz-pior spun as a positiveFeb 15 07:51
schestowitz-pias the bribes are cheaper than the financial impact of investors and customersFeb 15 07:51
schestowitz-piwalkking awayFeb 15 07:51
schestowitz-pibut that comes to show the insidious role som press can playFeb 15 07:51
schestowitz-piin effect gaming the market iunstead of informing peopleFeb 15 07:51
schestowitz-piengadget is one of several examplesFeb 15 07:51
schestowitz-TR2<techrights-news> Time of lockdowns: "3,828 suicides [...] equivalent to an age-standardised mortality rate of 9.8 deaths per 100,000 people; this is statistically significantly lower than the same period in 2019 and 2018, but statistically similar to 2017." https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/deathsfromsuicidethatoccurredinenglandandwales/apriltodecember2020Feb 15 08:12
schestowitz-TR2[TechrightsSocial] www.ons.gov.uk | Deaths from suicide that occurred in England and Wales - Office for National StatisticsFeb 15 08:12
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.ons.gov.uk | Deaths from suicide that occurred in England and Wales - Office for National StatisticsFeb 15 08:12
schestowitz-TR2<techrights-news> About 120,000 more Brits are dying per year... MOAR than before the pandemic. These "suicides" CANNOT explain _that_ high an increase. "Suicides in England and Wales. 5,583 suicides were registered in 2021 in England and Wales, 6.9% higher than in 2020 (5,224 deaths), and equivalent to an age-standardised mortality rate (ASMR) of 10.7 deaths per 100,000 people."Feb 15 08:12
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schestowitz-pibtw, i am woring super-fast today through linksFeb 15 12:54
schestowitz-piequipped with the two programs/scriptsFeb 15 12:54
schestowitz-pii am still learning how to best 'conjoin' themFeb 15 12:55
schestowitz-pia browser is not a text editor, so it would have to be two processesFeb 15 12:55
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techrightssecThe workflow possible via the new script requires a lot less clicking aroundFeb 15 13:10
techrightssecand tabbing back and fourth.Feb 15 13:10
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