●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 ●● ● Feb 15 [00:24] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [00:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [00:41] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Feb 15 [01:39] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Feb 15 [04:02] schestowitz-TR2 French 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-people [04:02] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.france24.com | French study links Covid-19 to sharp rise in depression among young people [04:06] schestowitz-TR2 of course the system and social controlmedia have nothing to do with it.... [04:44] techrightssec Many journalists are probably addicted, both personally and professionally, to [04:44] techrightssec abusing social control media. Therefore they are most unlikely to speak against [04:44] techrightssec it no matter how much trouble it causes in society. [04:46] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [04:46] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [04:48] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [04:48] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@e29ec4gtxas4w.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Feb 15 [05:15] techrights[sec] [05:15] techrights[sec] Processong feeds goes more quickly now, with a lot less clicking and tabbing [05:15] techrights[sec] The time taken is less as is the cognitive effort. [05:17] schestowitz-pi i spent 10 minuets trying to find my passwords for tuxmachines and schestowitz at twitter [05:17] schestowitz-pi to check if there are any "messages" [05:17] schestowitz-pi my move to another system and "fresh" browsers mean I need those [05:17] schestowitz-pi but after 10 minutes I realsied this wasn't a problem [05:17] schestowitz-pi the problem was that I was trying to log in [05:17] schestowitz-pi there's no need to [05:17] schestowitz-pi very very low s/n ratio [05:17] schestowitz-pi and that platform will go away anyway [05:17] schestowitz-pi so I won't be logging in anymore [05:17] schestowitz-pi end of story [05:21] techrights[sec] No great loss. [05:25] schestowitz-pi quite likely a gain because it helps resist the temptation to even go to that site, ever [05:25] schestowitz-pi sometimes you'd need to spend 5 minutes just to find a one-line that mentions or speaks to [05:25] schestowitz-pi you [05:25] schestowitz-pi a decade ago... that's another story [05:25] schestowitz-pi my password management isn't great, I rarely lose passwords, and anyway I could reset passwords [05:25] schestowitz-pi if I really need to. but the point is, i quickly realise I was making a mistake by, after [05:25] schestowitz-pi 2-3 weeks of not being logged on there, trying to get back in [05:25] schestowitz-pi there's no need [05:25] schestowitz-pi i also don't know if the twitter API cutoff will impact the bridge that taxmachines uses to [05:25] schestowitz-pi relay from diaspora to mastodon and then to twitter [05:25] schestowitz-pi twitter is "on life support" [05:25] techrights[sec] ood returns. [05:25] techrights[sec] It's in the same category of importance as having good backups. [05:29] techrights[sec] 20+Password management is important. Improving that will provide good returns. [05:29] techrights[sec] It's in the same category of importance as having good backups. [05:29] schestowitz-pi 20+ years ago I built up passwords collection, password-protected, on a Palm PDA [05:29] schestowitz-pi now that gnu/linux distros don't bother compling desktop-side software for "pilot" ot [05:29] schestowitz-pi similar I rely more on direct access to data files [05:29] schestowitz-pi the "online" hype led people to having lots and lots of "accounts" [05:29] schestowitz-pi one for each "thing" [05:29] schestowitz-pi I don't think it was this bad decades ago [05:29] schestowitz-pi as people authenticated some other way [05:29] schestowitz-pi and in some cases no "account" was needed [05:29] schestowitz-pi like buying something at a physical shop [05:29] schestowitz-pi it's infeasible to keep track of so many passwords and recovery over email opens [05:29] schestowitz-pi a jab of insecurity worms [05:29] schestowitz-pi and also a "support" burden [05:36] schestowitz-pi the general, generalised lesson here is, [05:36] schestowitz-pi need to reduce complexity, give up on things that may be or feel like they are not needed [05:36] schestowitz-pi if they feel this way, they most likely are (force of habit dynamics) [05:36] schestowitz-pi there are more things I can "cut" on... and let the mind focus better [05:36] schestowitz-pi waking up midnight and NOT having to "clean quiterss" is a great mental improvement [05:36] schestowitz-pi the application was in control of me, not the other way around [05:36] schestowitz-pi and this was not rational as I was not tracking every relevant feed on the www anyway [05:36] schestowitz-pi you can never track everything, only a subset [05:36] schestowitz-pi "inbox zero" mindset probably has some good psychological explanation to it [05:36] schestowitz-pi same reason people can become obsessed with cleanliness (personal, home, and more) [05:36] schestowitz-pi there's something inherent in the brain, which is better off suppressed/resisted [05:36] schestowitz-pi as it does not gravittate towards good productivty, rather than illusionary goals [05:47] schestowitz-TR2 MIT 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? [05:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.technologyreview.com | Low-code and no-code: A marked movement for digital platform development | MIT Technology Review ● Feb 15 [06:09] techrightssec [06:09] techrightssec gemini://gemini.techrights.org/chat/ [06:09] techrightssec has not updated since yesterday [06:09] techrightssec checking [06:09] techrightssec the connectivity is sloooow [06:12] schestowitz-pi it is doing the nightly backup so i/o is high [06:12] schestowitz-pi regarding it not running since yesterday, thanks for spotting that [06:12] schestowitz-pi connection dropped and I did not notice [06:12] schestowitz-pi it will catch up soon [06:12] techrights[sec] ok [06:15] schestowitz-pi i would need to clone the whole system before system update [06:15] schestowitz-pi considering what happened before [06:15] schestowitz-pi it broke like 3 fairly important things [06:15] schestowitz-pi not sure whose fault that was at the time [06:15] schestowitz-pi ok, i think scrollback should be ok again [06:15] schestowitz-pi going to look into infosys corrupting mir [06:15] schestowitz-pi biab [06:15] schestowitz-pi *nit [06:15] schestowitz-pi *mit ● Feb 15 [07:42] schestowitz-pi some good news today [07:42] schestowitz-pi again [07:42] schestowitz-pi about microsoft [07:42] schestowitz-pi posted in short at TR [07:42] schestowitz-pi might write more with a video later today [07:42] schestowitz-pi workout in a few minutes, rianne sold in ebay [07:42] schestowitz-pi gonna need a haircut this week for march 1st (ceremony) [07:43] techrights[sec] Excellent. The layoffs are worth covering since so few other sites even [07:43] techrights[sec] mention them. [07:51] schestowitz-pi the way i see it: [07:51] schestowitz-pi microsoft pays [07:51] schestowitz-pi for the layoffs NOT to be mentioned [07:51] schestowitz-pi or BARELY be mentions [07:51] schestowitz-pi *ed [07:51] schestowitz-pi or spun as a positive [07:51] schestowitz-pi as the bribes are cheaper than the financial impact of investors and customers [07:51] schestowitz-pi walkking away [07:51] schestowitz-pi but that comes to show the insidious role som press can play [07:51] schestowitz-pi in effect gaming the market iunstead of informing people [07:51] schestowitz-pi engadget is one of several examples ● Feb 15 [08:12] schestowitz-TR2 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/apriltodecember2020 [08:12] schestowitz-TR2 [TechrightsSocial] www.ons.gov.uk | Deaths from suicide that occurred in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics [08:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.ons.gov.uk | Deaths from suicide that occurred in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics [08:12] schestowitz-TR2 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." 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