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schestowitz-TRfor a number of days ipfs was not respondingNov 15 09:32
schestowitz-TRI've logged in to the server and it seems like ipfs was simply not runningNov 15 09:32
schestowitz-TRit added new objectsNov 15 09:32
schestowitz-TRbut was not making anything availableNov 15 09:32
schestowitz-TRtoday I booted again (after 100+ days) "cavan"Nov 15 09:32
schestowitz-TRthe power connector is not goodNov 15 09:32
schestowitz-TRit ran out of juice overnightNov 15 09:32
schestowitz-TRso anyway, I'd rejigged my monitoring setup thereNov 15 09:32
schestowitz-TRI'll now observe ipfs fro downtimeNov 15 09:32
TechrightssecbackNov 15 09:37
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schestowitz-TREngland and Wales: Deaths Up 21% Compared to Pre-COVID-19 Levels, Based on Data Released Only Moments Ago https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/11/15/health-crisis/Nov 15 10:25
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com » Blog Archive » England and Wales: Deaths Up 21% Compared to Pre-COVID-19 Levels, Based on Data Released Only Moments AgoNov 15 10:25
TechrightssecSeveral steps forward in moving the link workflow to tr-new.Nov 15 10:55
schestowitz-TRONS Official Data: Deaths Rose in All Age Groups https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/11/15/deaths-rose-in-all-age-groups/Nov 15 11:01
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com » Blog Archive » ONS Official Data: Deaths Rose in All Age GroupsNov 15 11:01
schestowitz-TRi put down a conclusion thereNov 15 11:05
schestowitz-TRI check these every weekNov 15 11:05
schestowitz-TRtl;dr ons insists it's not due to covid or long covid, so one might be led to conclude the vaccinesNov 15 11:05
schestowitz-TRare causing death failure and other damage in ALL age groupsNov 15 11:05
schestowitz-TR(I read males are affected worse by the cardiac aspect of it)Nov 15 11:05
schestowitz-TRmedical science is advancing over time, but then again nhs defunded, so thus al alternative explanationNov 15 11:05
schestowitz-TRaunt goes under the knife AGAIN later todayNov 15 11:05
schestowitz-TRshe will lose weightNov 15 11:05
schestowitz-TRthey caught it a bit lateNov 15 11:05
TechrightssecackNov 15 11:05
TechrightssecIt's almost uniform across age groupsNov 15 11:05
TechrightssecI hope she does okNov 15 11:10
TechrightssecI hope she does okNov 15 11:10
schestowitz-TRBMA chief warns Scotland's GPs are at 'tipping point' - BBC News ⚓ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63628792 ䷉ Source: BBC | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63628792Nov 15 11:10
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.bbc.co.uk | BMA chief warns Scotland's GPs are at 'tipping point' - BBC NewsNov 15 11:10
TechrightssecThe understaffing and underfunding is intentional, the apparent goal is toNov 15 11:13
Techrightssecdrive desperate people away from the NHS and into the private sector.  ThenNov 15 11:13
Techrightssecthe stats will show "increased demand"Nov 15 11:13
schestowitz-TRto repat myself to myself:Nov 15 11:45
schestowitz-TRall this time spent studying (for myself) covid data is time well spentNov 15 11:46
schestowitz-TRbecause a day spent checking how many infections there are (it goes up and down)Nov 15 11:46
schestowitz-TRcan spare a week of pain and zero productivityNov 15 11:46
schestowitz-TR===Nov 15 11:48
schestowitz-TR"everyone is moving to the clown, I do not"Nov 15 11:48
schestowitz-TR"all my friends are using mobile and apps, then their data leaks"Nov 15 11:48
schestowitz-TR"all the people at the shops act like there's no health issue, only I wear a maskNov 15 11:48
schestowitz-TR[05:42] <techrights-news> Good American don’t form their own opinions https://neritam.wordpress.com/2022/11/14/good-american-dont-form-their-own-opinions/Nov 15 11:49
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-neritam.wordpress.com | Good American don’t form their own opinions – neritamNov 15 11:49
TechrightssecackNov 15 11:50
TechrightssecCarlinNov 15 11:58
schestowitz-TRx uses y for z, so y -- not z -- is really bad. also, y is responsible for xNov 15 12:36
schestowitz-TRe.g. wordpress is responsible for nazis that download wordpressNov 15 12:36
schestowitz-TRwordpress is literally "naziware"Nov 15 12:36
schestowitz-TRiirc, ciscoNov 15 12:38
TechrightssecCisco is very, very overpriced and insecureNov 15 13:11
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schestowitz-TRI've just told rianne that when it comes to TMNov 15 13:52
schestowitz-TRlately we've not done UPDATED muchNov 15 13:52
schestowitz-TRas there was nothing to add, or seldom anythingNov 15 13:52
schestowitz-TRiow, if site xyz covered some issue, it's not too likely another site would later do the sameNov 15 13:52
schestowitz-TRthis is unlike only months agoNov 15 13:52
schestowitz-TRa bit of a mysteryNov 15 13:52
schestowitz-TRI've just added some gemini:// links to keep tm buzzingNov 15 13:52
TechrightssecackNov 15 13:53
TechrightssecMaybe it's the result of further cutbacks?Nov 15 13:53
TechrightssecFWIW the web-based mastodon stuff no longer works even a little without         Nov 15 13:53
Techrightssecjavascript.  It's completely f-edNov 15 13:53
TechrightssecThe guy writing the code must be quite a dickheadNov 15 13:53
schestowitz-TRyes, I am aware and am not happyNov 15 13:55
schestowitz-TRit is even worseNov 15 13:55
schestowitz-TRit does not work at all, js set aside, with some decent browsersNov 15 13:55
schestowitz-TRyou would get banned for calling anyone a dickheadNov 15 13:55
schestowitz-TReven criminals like bill gates and xi Nov 15 13:55
schestowitz-TRcocware is for dick picks and "furries"Nov 15 13:55
schestowitz-TRit's not for changing the world for the betterNov 15 13:55
schestowitz-TR*picsNov 15 13:55
TechrightssecackNov 15 13:55
schestowitz-TRhttp://techrights.org/2022/11/14/repost-of-mastodon-vs-ryan-farmer/Nov 15 13:56
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | I Was Already Banned From Mastodon.social After Three Days for Insulting the Chinese Communist Government and Talking About Bill Gates | TechrightsNov 15 13:56
TechrightssecThe way he's writing it, it has been very clear that he is not interested Nov 15 13:59
Techrightsseceven a little at maximizing outreach nor in the original ideals of the WWWNov 15 13:59
TechrightssecCheck the latest from Ryan :(Nov 15 13:59
schestowitz-TRwhich latest? The COVID post that rants about politics?Nov 15 14:07
schestowitz-TRoh, I get it nowNov 15 14:07
schestowitz-TRI connected the first bit and second bitNov 15 14:07
schestowitz-TRthe first bit is about the coder/s of mastodonNov 15 14:07
schestowitz-TRthe second is not related to thatNov 15 14:07
schestowitz-TRit had me confuised, I even refreshed the feeds for thatNov 15 14:07
TechrightssecCOVIDNov 15 14:07
Techrightssecright not connecteddNov 15 14:07
Techrightssecchat is always disjunctNov 15 14:07
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TechrightssecWith Mastodon, it seems to be the only way to find links to Glyn Moody's writingNov 15 14:14
Techrightssecin a timely manner.  Yet the instance he is on is one of the growing numberNov 15 14:14
Techrightssecthat blocks regular web access and insists on abusing the browser as aNov 15 14:14
Techrightsseccrappy VM for wonky, proprietary (or semiproprietary) code.Nov 15 14:14
schestowitz-TRi just use his several rss feedsNov 15 14:25
schestowitz-TRsimple is goodNov 15 14:25
TechrightssecCan you post one?Nov 15 14:26
TechrightssecRSS is far preferable than the timewasting UINov 15 14:26
TechrightssecWhat are the URLs for his feeds?Nov 15 14:26
schestowitz-TRthere is one for opendot dot dot in blogspot but it's rarely active anymoreNov 15 14:27
schestowitz-TRthe copyright blog of his is more activeNov 15 14:27
schestowitz-TRyou are the one who gave me the urlNov 15 14:27
TechrightssecRFERL seems to have more or less been posting filler starting about a week agoNov 15 14:36
schestowitz-TRwhat you are describing is very much applicable to a ton of feeds I followNov 15 14:39
schestowitz-TRinc. "linux" onesNov 15 14:39
schestowitz-TRI've been cussing over that latelyNov 15 14:39
schestowitz-TReven when they are ON-TOPIC linking to them means sending googlejuice to webspamNov 15 14:39
schestowitz-TRand potentially getting penalised by association Nov 15 14:39
schestowitz-TRlinking to spamfarmsNov 15 14:39
schestowitz-TRwhen this repeats a lot I try to write a quick blog post about itNov 15 14:39
schestowitz-TRand then link to that later, each time it's observed againNov 15 14:39
schestowitz-TRe.g. it jungle (ibm propaganda for like a decade, but getting more blatant)Nov 15 14:39
schestowitz-TRthis will be our biggest challenge in the next ten yearsNov 15 14:44
schestowitz-TRyou cannot find many posts to link to or rely on for topics/ideas/sourcing/bakcingNov 15 14:44
schestowitz-TRyou can either go down with the boat (www)Nov 15 14:44
schestowitz-TRor seek alternative, emergent protocolsNov 15 14:44
schestowitz-TRpeople still look for infoNov 15 14:44
schestowitz-TRif you don't give it to them in MSM, they will find alternativesNov 15 14:44
schestowitz-TRand social control media like youtube will suppress the alternativesNov 15 14:44
schestowitz-TRthey are "disinformation"Nov 15 14:44
schestowitz-TRi like irc communitiesNov 15 14:44
schestowitz-TRwe don't need a coc because we don't need to "federate" with other networksNov 15 14:44
schestowitz-TRand most people are not from opposing "camps" pitted to fight one anotherNov 15 14:44
schestowitz-TRso irc is vastly more sustainableNov 15 14:44
schestowitz-TRif someone is a total jerk, people will gang up Nov 15 14:44
TechrightssecI would go as far as to say that most old articles are now gone, not justNov 15 14:45
Techrightsseccouting the ones with new URLs and no forwarding but just plain goneNov 15 14:45
TechrightssecOr copyright strikes :/Nov 15 14:45
TechrightssecTM just timed out.  Checking Nov 15 14:45
TechrightssecJust veeeeerrrrry slowNov 15 14:45
schestowitz-TRyes, tm timed out a bit in the past 24 hoursNov 15 14:47
schestowitz-TRbut it always recovers fastNov 15 14:47
schestowitz-TRnot sure if network-relatedNov 15 14:47
schestowitz-TRi now monitor, on cavan, tm-new top so I can see tor, gemini and ipfs as top processesNov 15 14:47
schestowitz-TRsorryt, I meant tr-newNov 15 14:47
TechrightssecackNov 15 14:47
schestowitz-TRwhen clarify comes (by year's end) we'll do lots of shuffling around hereNov 15 14:49
schestowitz-TRi still have a 12- or 15-meter ethernet cableNov 15 14:49
schestowitz-TRit's bridging top and bottom floor, but can be used for other stuffNov 15 14:49
schestowitz-TRmy sister bought it for me ages agoNov 15 14:49
schestowitz-TR*clarityNov 15 14:49
schestowitz-TRone recent accomplishment for TR was, a lot of political stuff was redirected to a suitably named channelNov 15 14:51
schestowitz-TRand trolls can be dealt with with ultimatumNov 15 14:51
schestowitz-TRstop trolling/conform or stfuNov 15 14:51
schestowitz-TRand so bans are almost never neededNov 15 14:51
schestowitz-TRnor should they beNov 15 14:51
schestowitz-TRmastodon is going to break many heartsNov 15 14:51
schestowitz-TRand waste many people's timeNov 15 14:51
schestowitz-TRthey should know betterNov 15 14:51
schestowitz-TRget a ball and go out or somethingNov 15 14:51
TechrightssecackNov 15 14:52
TechrightssecIt will especially waste time and cause frustration.  The blacklist is centralized and not so much up to the federated instances.  ThatNov 15 14:52
Techrightssec is a severe weakness.Nov 15 14:52
schestowitz-TR"the largest higher education strike in U.S. history" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/14/48000-unionized-university-california-academic-workers-launch-historic-strike | Source: Common DreamsNov 15 15:26
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | 48,000 Unionized University of California Academic Workers Launch 'Historic' StrikeNov 15 15:26
TechrightssecackNov 15 15:29
Techrightssec"... while highly paid administrators live in publicly funded mansions, ..."Nov 15 15:29
Techrightssecadministration costs have been going through the roof, year after year forNov 15 15:29
Techrightssecforty or so yearsNov 15 15:29
Techrightssecm$ and the empire builders exploiting m$ are also part of the problemNov 15 15:29
schestowitz-TRin the UK, [money] "going into administration" does not mean what it may sound likeNov 15 15:32
schestowitz-TRit's when orgs break doen completelyNov 15 15:32
schestowitz-TR*downNov 15 15:32
schestowitz-TRorac is once again using straw man BS; basically asserting that everyone is "quack" and "antivaxx"Nov 15 15:32
schestowitz-TRthat site can be rather strident at timesNov 15 15:32
schestowitz-TRiirc, the author is a former surgeon or somethingNov 15 15:32
TechrightssecackNov 15 15:35
Techrightssecad hominem is a fallacy but remains in use because it is effective; it is Nov 15 15:35
Techrightssecafterall part of the reason we ended up with systemd;  the other part of theNov 15 15:35
Techrightssecreason was appeal to novelty;Nov 15 15:35
schestowitz-TRit is not pleasant trying to reason or debate with people who thro around labelsNov 15 15:35
schestowitz-TRlike "quack", "paraoid", etc.Nov 15 15:35
schestowitz-TRit means no substance gets debatedNov 15 15:35
schestowitz-TRpeople who cannot form an aregument do thisNov 15 15:35
schestowitz-TRanother one: "election denier"Nov 15 15:35
TechrightssecThe "election denier" phenomenom is in part a strawman to deflect from theNov 15 15:46
Techrightssecfundamentally defective nature of the electronic voting systems and to Nov 15 15:46
Techrightssecdiscredit any and all criticism. Nov 15 15:46
schestowitz-TRI was going to mention another example or labelNov 15 15:48
schestowitz-TRspent like 5 minutes trying to recall it after foirgetting while typingNov 15 15:48
schestowitz-TRbut anyway, there are so manyNov 15 15:48
schestowitz-TRusing partisan tactics is an extraNov 15 15:48
schestowitz-TRstigma asideNov 15 15:48
schestowitz-TRI'm about to finalise daily linksNov 15 15:48
schestowitz-TRlots of links today in "merged"Nov 15 15:48
schestowitz-TRtwie already (so far today) I forgot unimportant things that I wanted to sayNov 15 15:48
schestowitz-TRbest to not even bother recalling themNov 15 15:48
schestowitz-TROK, so thehackernews has basically becomes a part-time WEBSPAM site, shilling crap under the guise of 'articles'. Not good at all! https://thehackernews.com/2022/11/deep-packet-inspection-vs-metadata.htmlNov 15 15:48
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-thehackernews.com | Deep Packet Inspection vs. Metadata Analysis of Network Detection & Response (NDR) SolutionsNov 15 15:48
TechrightssecackNov 15 15:53
schestowitz-TRThis seems to be all about Microsoft Windows (Hannotog and Sagerunex) but dishonestly disguised as a "China" problem https://thehackernews.com/2022/11/researchers-say-china-state-backed.html also demonstrates the limits of CAs as a shallow security modelNov 15 15:59
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-thehackernews.com | Researchers Say China State-backed Hackers Breached a Digital Certificate AuthorityNov 15 15:59
TechrightssecIt's also a dodge avoiding looking at the defective nature of how CAs areNov 15 16:06
Techrightssecmade and distributed and deployed, especially in browsers.Nov 15 16:06
schestowitz-TRi might just delete this feed soonNov 15 16:06
schestowitz-TRthe site is run by idiots and spammersNov 15 16:07
schestowitz-TRwho repeat Windows insecurity companies' wordsNov 15 16:07
schestowitz-TRSo many CORPORATIONS calling themselves "researchers" but if you examine the actual quality of the "research" you realise it's just self-promotional marketing, PR, often lies and distortions of dataNov 15 16:09
TechrightssecI've never really found it high enough quality to have in coverage.Nov 15 16:11
TechrightssecIt's mostly a bunch of m$ fanbois Nov 15 16:11
schestowitz-TRgoing to delete this feed nowNov 15 16:11
schestowitz-TRI've seen enough crapNov 15 16:11
schestowitz-TRand I don't want to send traffic to their webspamNov 15 16:11
schestowitz-TRI think I added it to track their mentions of "Linux" originally Nov 15 16:11
schestowitz-TRnot because of the quality of the siteNov 15 16:11
TechrightssecAFAIK they have very rarely mentioned "Linux" and even then never in a favorableNov 15 16:23
Techrightssecdiscussion.Nov 15 16:23
schestowitz-TRyes, but that is why I started following themNov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TRbecqause I wanted to see the FUD tooNov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TRand now go via GulagNov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TReither way, lots of thinking today and still no decent topics to coverNov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TRand some thinking gets "lost in the mail"Nov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TRwhich is kind of annoying tbh (but ought not be)Nov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TRfinalising daily linksNov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TRtrying not to post too many new pages too fast, I changes the pipeline a littleNov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TRrianne was deeply disturbed by that dog torture urlNov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TRshe had enjoyed watching rescued elephants before thatNov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TRat one point www was "like a newspaper" but "this time on a web page"Nov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TRthe quality sank a lotNov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TRnow we have idiots posing as "hacker news"Nov 15 16:27
schestowitz-TRtrying to ride the brand of an unelated site like conde nasty's redditNov 15 16:27
TechrightssecackNov 15 16:28
schestowitz-TRwith all the topic "research" robertson did in reddit (shills of nasty companiesNov 15 16:29
schestowitz-TRguarded by mods of conde nasty, WHICH THE COMPANIES ARE PAYING)Nov 15 16:29
schestowitz-TRhe did not know how to back up his data and lost a ton of his workNov 15 16:29
schestowitz-TRglad to see recent urls aboutNov 15 16:42
schestowitz-TR1) also amazon layoffsNov 15 16:42
schestowitz-TR2) dead amazon productsNov 15 16:42
schestowitz-TR3) some amazon divisions losing moneyNov 15 16:42
schestowitz-TRvindicates me on a lot of fronts, not just outside workNov 15 16:42
schestowitz-TRclown computing is a dumb bubble to technophobes and posersNov 15 16:42
schestowitz-TRtechnophiles know clown is meaningless junkNov 15 16:42
schestowitz-TRlike gadgeteeeringNov 15 16:42
schestowitz-TRthe problem is, incompetent people can rise up to decision-making rolesNov 15 16:42
schestowitz-TRthis is a problem in society outside tech, tooNov 15 16:42
schestowitz-TRElon Musk is the best thing that ever happened to people who want to see Social Control Media, inc. Twitter, going down the drain. It has barely been 3 weeks and it goes down like the Titanic. https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/sudo-syslog-ng-news-mastodon/Nov 15 16:44
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-peter.czanik.hu | Sudo and syslog-ng news on Mastodon | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' CzanikNov 15 16:44
TechrightssecThere were a few articles last week about clown computing not being cost effective or time efficient, rather it turns out to be a cost-Nov 15 17:24
Techrightssec and time-sinkNov 15 17:24
schestowitz-TRproprietary interfaces and staff that eithher does not know how to user them or knows jujst onemNov 15 17:28
schestowitz-TRand hence, with bogus "Certification", becomes a reseller for some foreign brandNov 15 17:28
schestowitz-TRiow, working for "Amazon" or "Microsoft" on your payrollNov 15 17:28
schestowitz-TRfor clown migrationNov 15 17:28
schestowitz-TRand other staff does not know how to use the darn thingNov 15 17:28
schestowitz-TRmoving to another clown or off the clown invalidates all the documentationNov 15 17:28
schestowitz-TRe.g. D-RNov 15 17:28
schestowitz-TRjust got back from a walk around the corner to the shopNov 15 17:28
schestowitz-TRgot two large bottle of squeezed orange juiceNov 15 17:28
schestowitz-TRno time for vitamin deficits ;-)Nov 15 17:29
schestowitz-TRfinalising daily links, this time for realNov 15 17:29
schestowitz-TRcould not think of topics while walking/exercisingNov 15 17:29
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Techrightssec^ topic ?Nov 15 17:50
Techrightssec(and costs are unfavorable to clown as well)Nov 15 17:50
schestowitz-TRon mumble, brbNov 15 17:52
schestowitz-TRit goes like this:Nov 15 18:06
schestowitz-TRazure et alNov 15 18:06
schestowitz-TRa) offer something at a lossNov 15 18:06
schestowitz-TRb) entice usersNov 15 18:06
schestowitz-TRc) vendor lock-inNov 15 18:06
schestowitz-TRd) lose money for a while, repeat (b)Nov 15 18:06
schestowitz-TRe) try to actual make moneyNov 15 18:06
schestowitz-TRusers realise it's starting to get very expensiveNov 15 18:06
schestowitz-TRbut due to (c) it's hard to get OUTNov 15 18:06
TechrightssecYes, it relies heavily on loss leaders and even price dumping.  Nov 15 18:08
TechrightssecThose are only used long enough to decommodify the access and get peopleNov 15 18:08
Techrightssechooked on a proprietary adminstrative interface so that they can't / don't haveNov 15 18:08
TechrightssecSSH even available.Nov 15 18:08
TechrightssecNor do they have a plain old console for out-of-band control. Nov 15 18:08
TechrightssecEach company has a different way to spin up / down VMs and very different waysNov 15 18:08
Techrightssecto set them up.  But others could more accurately describe the situation.Nov 15 18:08
Techrightssecc) decommodify the UINov 15 18:08
schestowitz-TRcompanies that becomew just microsoft or bezos resellers are doomedNov 15 18:11
schestowitz-TRthe company that does the hosting can replace them at any timeNov 15 18:11
schestowitz-TRthey are just serfs and resellersNov 15 18:11
schestowitz-TRgiving the "Services" of outsourcing... to a TEAPNov 15 18:11
schestowitz-TR*TRAPNov 15 18:11
schestowitz-TRrackspace, for instance, can give better supportNov 15 18:11
schestowitz-TRso all those resellers are perewptually at a position of disaverntageNov 15 18:11
schestowitz-TRand at the mercy of the true host Nov 15 18:11
schestowitz-TRgood luck explaining this to people who are clueless but well connectedNov 15 18:11
schestowitz-TRthere is also the element of DE-skillingNov 15 18:11
schestowitz-TRreplacing ACTUAL skills with piece of paper ("certificcation"Nov 15 18:11
TechrightssecThe deskilling also occurs through what the companies have been doing to theNov 15 18:13
Techrightsseceducational system, not just K-12 but especially small colleges and evenNov 15 18:13
Techrightssecmajor universities.  Nov 15 18:13
TechrightssecA "certification" on a CV is usually a red flag and a signal that it is bestNov 15 18:13
Techrightssecto route that particular CV straight to the bit bucket.Nov 15 18:13
TechrightssecIt's only a slight exaggeration to point out that certification looks likeNov 15 18:15
Techrightssecpaying for a piece of paper.  Nov 15 18:15
schestowitz-TRsometimes not even paper anymoreNov 15 18:16
schestowitz-TRjust a screenshotNov 15 18:16
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