●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 ●● ● Nov 15 [01:33] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:33] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:43] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@9zgmcm9suq87q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:43] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 15 [06:11] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [06:52] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Nov 15 [08:47] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:48] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Nov 15 [09:09] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [09:32] *scientes100 (~c62ebe51@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:32] schestowitz-TR for a number of days ipfs was not responding [09:32] schestowitz-TR I've logged in to the server and it seems like ipfs was simply not running [09:32] schestowitz-TR it added new objects [09:32] schestowitz-TR but was not making anything available [09:32] schestowitz-TR today I booted again (after 100+ days) "cavan" [09:32] schestowitz-TR the power connector is not good [09:32] schestowitz-TR it ran out of juice overnight [09:32] schestowitz-TR so anyway, I'd rejigged my monitoring setup there [09:32] schestowitz-TR I'll now observe ipfs fro downtime [09:37] Techrightssec back [09:40] *scientes61 (~c62ebe51@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:42] *scientes100 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:44] *scientes61 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Nov 15 [10:25] schestowitz-TR England 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/ [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 Ago [10:55] Techrightssec Several steps forward in moving the link workflow to tr-new. ● Nov 15 [11:01] schestowitz-TR ONS Official Data: Deaths Rose in All Age Groups https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/11/15/deaths-rose-in-all-age-groups/ [11:01] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive ONS Official Data: Deaths Rose in All Age Groups [11:05] schestowitz-TR i put down a conclusion there [11:05] schestowitz-TR I check these every week [11:05] schestowitz-TR tl;dr ons insists it's not due to covid or long covid, so one might be led to conclude the vaccines [11:05] schestowitz-TR are causing death failure and other damage in ALL age groups [11:05] schestowitz-TR (I read males are affected worse by the cardiac aspect of it) [11:05] schestowitz-TR medical science is advancing over time, but then again nhs defunded, so thus al alternative explanation [11:05] schestowitz-TR aunt goes under the knife AGAIN later today [11:05] schestowitz-TR she will lose weight [11:05] schestowitz-TR they caught it a bit late [11:05] Techrightssec ack [11:05] Techrightssec It's almost uniform across age groups [11:10] Techrightssec I hope she does ok [11:10] Techrightssec I hope she does ok [11:10] schestowitz-TR BMA 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-63628792 [11:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.bbc.co.uk | BMA chief warns Scotland's GPs are at 'tipping point' - BBC News [11:13] Techrightssec The understaffing and underfunding is intentional, the apparent goal is to [11:13] Techrightssec drive desperate people away from the NHS and into the private sector. Then [11:13] Techrightssec the stats will show "increased demand" [11:45] schestowitz-TR to repat myself to myself: [11:46] schestowitz-TR all this time spent studying (for myself) covid data is time well spent [11:46] schestowitz-TR because a day spent checking how many infections there are (it goes up and down) [11:46] schestowitz-TR can spare a week of pain and zero productivity [11:48] schestowitz-TR === [11:48] schestowitz-TR "everyone is moving to the clown, I do not" [11:48] schestowitz-TR "all my friends are using mobile and apps, then their data leaks" [11:48] schestowitz-TR "all the people at the shops act like there's no health issue, only I wear a mask [11:49] schestowitz-TR [05:42] Good American dont form their own opinions https://neritam.wordpress.com/2022/11/14/good-american-dont-form-their-own-opinions/ [11:49] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-neritam.wordpress.com | Good American dont form their own opinions neritam [11:50] Techrightssec ack [11:58] Techrightssec Carlin ● Nov 15 [12:36] schestowitz-TR x uses y for z, so y -- not z -- is really bad. also, y is responsible for x [12:36] schestowitz-TR e.g. wordpress is responsible for nazis that download wordpress [12:36] schestowitz-TR wordpress is literally "naziware" [12:38] schestowitz-TR iirc, cisco ● Nov 15 [13:11] Techrightssec Cisco is very, very overpriced and insecure [13:35] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [13:35] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@3f4eq2qd8h8ka.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:36] *Despatche has quit (connection closed) [13:52] schestowitz-TR I've just told rianne that when it comes to TM [13:52] schestowitz-TR lately we've not done UPDATED much [13:52] schestowitz-TR as there was nothing to add, or seldom anything [13:52] schestowitz-TR iow, if site xyz covered some issue, it's not too likely another site would later do the same [13:52] schestowitz-TR this is unlike only months ago [13:52] schestowitz-TR a bit of a mystery [13:52] schestowitz-TR I've just added some gemini:// links to keep tm buzzing [13:53] Techrightssec ack [13:53] Techrightssec Maybe it's the result of further cutbacks? [13:53] Techrightssec FWIW the web-based mastodon stuff no longer works even a little without [13:53] Techrightssec javascript. It's completely f-ed [13:53] Techrightssec The guy writing the code must be quite a dickhead [13:55] schestowitz-TR yes, I am aware and am not happy [13:55] schestowitz-TR it is even worse [13:55] schestowitz-TR it does not work at all, js set aside, with some decent browsers [13:55] schestowitz-TR you would get banned for calling anyone a dickhead [13:55] schestowitz-TR even criminals like bill gates and xi [13:55] schestowitz-TR cocware is for dick picks and "furries" [13:55] schestowitz-TR it's not for changing the world for the better [13:55] schestowitz-TR *pics [13:55] Techrightssec ack [13:56] schestowitz-TR http://techrights.org/2022/11/14/repost-of-mastodon-vs-ryan-farmer/ [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 | Techrights [13:59] Techrightssec The way he's writing it, it has been very clear that he is not interested [13:59] Techrightssec even a little at maximizing outreach nor in the original ideals of the WWW [13:59] Techrightssec Check the latest from Ryan :( ● Nov 15 [14:07] schestowitz-TR which latest? The COVID post that rants about politics? [14:07] schestowitz-TR oh, I get it now [14:07] schestowitz-TR I connected the first bit and second bit [14:07] schestowitz-TR the first bit is about the coder/s of mastodon [14:07] schestowitz-TR the second is not related to that [14:07] schestowitz-TR it had me confuised, I even refreshed the feeds for that [14:07] Techrightssec COVID [14:07] Techrightssec right not connectedd [14:07] Techrightssec chat is always disjunct [14:08] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [14:08] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [14:13] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [14:13] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@3f4eq2qd8h8ka.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [14:14] Techrightssec With Mastodon, it seems to be the only way to find links to Glyn Moody's writing [14:14] Techrightssec in a timely manner. Yet the instance he is on is one of the growing number [14:14] Techrightssec that blocks regular web access and insists on abusing the browser as a [14:14] Techrightssec crappy VM for wonky, proprietary (or semiproprietary) code. [14:25] schestowitz-TR i just use his several rss feeds [14:25] schestowitz-TR simple is good [14:26] Techrightssec Can you post one? [14:26] Techrightssec RSS is far preferable than the timewasting UI [14:26] Techrightssec What are the URLs for his feeds? [14:27] schestowitz-TR there is one for opendot dot dot in blogspot but it's rarely active anymore [14:27] schestowitz-TR the copyright blog of his is more active [14:27] schestowitz-TR you are the one who gave me the url [14:36] Techrightssec RFERL seems to have more or less been posting filler starting about a week ago [14:39] schestowitz-TR what you are describing is very much applicable to a ton of feeds I follow [14:39] schestowitz-TR inc. "linux" ones [14:39] schestowitz-TR I've been cussing over that lately [14:39] schestowitz-TR even when they are ON-TOPIC linking to them means sending googlejuice to webspam [14:39] schestowitz-TR and potentially getting penalised by association [14:39] schestowitz-TR linking to spamfarms [14:39] schestowitz-TR when this repeats a lot I try to write a quick blog post about it [14:39] schestowitz-TR and then link to that later, each time it's observed again [14:39] schestowitz-TR e.g. it jungle (ibm propaganda for like a decade, but getting more blatant) [14:44] schestowitz-TR this will be our biggest challenge in the next ten years [14:44] schestowitz-TR you cannot find many posts to link to or rely on for topics/ideas/sourcing/bakcing [14:44] schestowitz-TR you can either go down with the boat (www) [14:44] schestowitz-TR or seek alternative, emergent protocols [14:44] schestowitz-TR people still look for info [14:44] schestowitz-TR if you don't give it to them in MSM, they will find alternatives [14:44] schestowitz-TR and social control media like youtube will suppress the alternatives [14:44] schestowitz-TR they are "disinformation" [14:44] schestowitz-TR i like irc communities [14:44] schestowitz-TR we don't need a coc because we don't need to "federate" with other networks [14:44] schestowitz-TR and most people are not from opposing "camps" pitted to fight one another [14:44] schestowitz-TR so irc is vastly more sustainable [14:44] schestowitz-TR if someone is a total jerk, people will gang up [14:45] Techrightssec I would go as far as to say that most old articles are now gone, not just [14:45] Techrightssec couting the ones with new URLs and no forwarding but just plain gone [14:45] Techrightssec Or copyright strikes :/ [14:45] Techrightssec TM just timed out. Checking [14:45] Techrightssec Just veeeeerrrrry slow [14:47] schestowitz-TR yes, tm timed out a bit in the past 24 hours [14:47] schestowitz-TR but it always recovers fast [14:47] schestowitz-TR not sure if network-related [14:47] schestowitz-TR i now monitor, on cavan, tm-new top so I can see tor, gemini and ipfs as top processes [14:47] schestowitz-TR sorryt, I meant tr-new [14:47] Techrightssec ack [14:49] schestowitz-TR when clarify comes (by year's end) we'll do lots of shuffling around here [14:49] schestowitz-TR i still have a 12- or 15-meter ethernet cable [14:49] schestowitz-TR it's bridging top and bottom floor, but can be used for other stuff [14:49] schestowitz-TR my sister bought it for me ages ago [14:49] schestowitz-TR *clarity [14:51] schestowitz-TR one recent accomplishment for TR was, a lot of political stuff was redirected to a suitably named channel [14:51] schestowitz-TR and trolls can be dealt with with ultimatum [14:51] schestowitz-TR stop trolling/conform or stfu [14:51] schestowitz-TR and so bans are almost never needed [14:51] schestowitz-TR nor should they be [14:51] schestowitz-TR mastodon is going to break many hearts [14:51] schestowitz-TR and waste many people's time [14:51] schestowitz-TR they should know better [14:51] schestowitz-TR get a ball and go out or something [14:52] Techrightssec ack [14:52] Techrightssec It will especially waste time and cause frustration. The blacklist is centralized and not so much up to the federated instances. That [14:52] Techrightssec is a severe weakness. ● Nov 15 [15:26] 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 Dreams [15:26] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | 48,000 Unionized University of California Academic Workers Launch 'Historic' Strike [15:29] Techrightssec ack [15:29] Techrightssec "... while highly paid administrators live in publicly funded mansions, ..." [15:29] Techrightssec administration costs have been going through the roof, year after year for [15:29] Techrightssec forty or so years [15:29] Techrightssec m$ and the empire builders exploiting m$ are also part of the problem [15:32] schestowitz-TR in the UK, [money] "going into administration" does not mean what it may sound like [15:32] schestowitz-TR it's when orgs break doen completely [15:32] schestowitz-TR *down [15:32] schestowitz-TR orac is once again using straw man BS; basically asserting that everyone is "quack" and "antivaxx" [15:32] schestowitz-TR that site can be rather strident at times [15:32] schestowitz-TR iirc, the author is a former surgeon or something [15:35] Techrightssec ack [15:35] Techrightssec ad hominem is a fallacy but remains in use because it is effective; it is [15:35] Techrightssec afterall part of the reason we ended up with systemd; the other part of the [15:35] Techrightssec reason was appeal to novelty; [15:35] schestowitz-TR it is not pleasant trying to reason or debate with people who thro around labels [15:35] schestowitz-TR like "quack", "paraoid", etc. [15:35] schestowitz-TR it means no substance gets debated [15:35] schestowitz-TR people who cannot form an aregument do this [15:35] schestowitz-TR another one: "election denier" [15:46] Techrightssec The "election denier" phenomenom is in part a strawman to deflect from the [15:46] Techrightssec fundamentally defective nature of the electronic voting systems and to [15:46] Techrightssec discredit any and all criticism. [15:48] schestowitz-TR I was going to mention another example or label [15:48] schestowitz-TR spent like 5 minutes trying to recall it after foirgetting while typing [15:48] schestowitz-TR but anyway, there are so many [15:48] schestowitz-TR using partisan tactics is an extra [15:48] schestowitz-TR stigma aside [15:48] schestowitz-TR I'm about to finalise daily links [15:48] schestowitz-TR lots of links today in "merged" [15:48] schestowitz-TR twie already (so far today) I forgot unimportant things that I wanted to say [15:48] schestowitz-TR best to not even bother recalling them [15:48] schestowitz-TR OK, 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.html [15:48] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-thehackernews.com | Deep Packet Inspection vs. Metadata Analysis of Network Detection & Response (NDR) Solutions [15:53] Techrightssec ack [15:59] schestowitz-TR This 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 model [15:59] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-thehackernews.com | Researchers Say China State-backed Hackers Breached a Digital Certificate Authority ● Nov 15 [16:06] Techrightssec It's also a dodge avoiding looking at the defective nature of how CAs are [16:06] Techrightssec made and distributed and deployed, especially in browsers. [16:06] schestowitz-TR i might just delete this feed soon [16:07] schestowitz-TR the site is run by idiots and spammers [16:07] schestowitz-TR who repeat Windows insecurity companies' words [16:09] schestowitz-TR So 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 data [16:11] Techrightssec I've never really found it high enough quality to have in coverage. [16:11] Techrightssec It's mostly a bunch of m$ fanbois [16:11] schestowitz-TR going to delete this feed now [16:11] schestowitz-TR I've seen enough crap [16:11] schestowitz-TR and I don't want to send traffic to their webspam [16:11] schestowitz-TR I think I added it to track their mentions of "Linux" originally [16:11] schestowitz-TR not because of the quality of the site [16:23] Techrightssec AFAIK they have very rarely mentioned "Linux" and even then never in a favorable [16:23] Techrightssec discussion. [16:27] schestowitz-TR yes, but that is why I started following them [16:27] schestowitz-TR becqause I wanted to see the FUD too [16:27] schestowitz-TR and now go via Gulag [16:27] schestowitz-TR either way, lots of thinking today and still no decent topics to cover [16:27] schestowitz-TR and some thinking gets "lost in the mail" [16:27] schestowitz-TR which is kind of annoying tbh (but ought not be) [16:27] schestowitz-TR finalising daily links [16:27] schestowitz-TR trying not to post too many new pages too fast, I changes the pipeline a little [16:27] schestowitz-TR rianne was deeply disturbed by that dog torture url [16:27] schestowitz-TR she had enjoyed watching rescued elephants before that [16:27] schestowitz-TR at one point www was "like a newspaper" but "this time on a web page" [16:27] schestowitz-TR the quality sank a lot [16:27] schestowitz-TR now we have idiots posing as "hacker news" [16:27] schestowitz-TR trying to ride the brand of an unelated site like conde nasty's reddit [16:28] Techrightssec ack [16:29] schestowitz-TR with all the topic "research" robertson did in reddit (shills of nasty companies [16:29] schestowitz-TR guarded by mods of conde nasty, WHICH THE COMPANIES ARE PAYING) [16:29] schestowitz-TR he did not know how to back up his data and lost a ton of his work [16:42] schestowitz-TR glad to see recent urls about [16:42] schestowitz-TR 1) also amazon layoffs [16:42] schestowitz-TR 2) dead amazon products [16:42] schestowitz-TR 3) some amazon divisions losing money [16:42] schestowitz-TR vindicates me on a lot of fronts, not just outside work [16:42] schestowitz-TR clown computing is a dumb bubble to technophobes and posers [16:42] schestowitz-TR technophiles know clown is meaningless junk [16:42] schestowitz-TR like gadgeteeering [16:42] schestowitz-TR the problem is, incompetent people can rise up to decision-making roles [16:42] schestowitz-TR this is a problem in society outside tech, too [16:44] schestowitz-TR Elon 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/ [16:44] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-peter.czanik.hu | Sudo and syslog-ng news on Mastodon | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik ● Nov 15 [17:24] Techrightssec There were a few articles last week about clown computing not being cost effective or time efficient, rather it turns out to be a cost- [17:24] Techrightssec and time-sink [17:28] schestowitz-TR proprietary interfaces and staff that eithher does not know how to user them or knows jujst onem [17:28] schestowitz-TR and hence, with bogus "Certification", becomes a reseller for some foreign brand [17:28] schestowitz-TR iow, working for "Amazon" or "Microsoft" on your payroll [17:28] schestowitz-TR for clown migration [17:28] schestowitz-TR and other staff does not know how to use the darn thing [17:28] schestowitz-TR moving to another clown or off the clown invalidates all the documentation [17:28] schestowitz-TR e.g. D-R [17:28] schestowitz-TR just got back from a walk around the corner to the shop [17:28] schestowitz-TR got two large bottle of squeezed orange juice [17:29] schestowitz-TR no time for vitamin deficits ;-) [17:29] schestowitz-TR finalising daily links, this time for real [17:29] schestowitz-TR could not think of topics while walking/exercising [17:33] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:43] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [17:43] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [17:44] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@3f4eq2qd8h8ka.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:44] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [17:50] Techrightssec ^ topic ? [17:50] Techrightssec (and costs are unfavorable to clown as well) [17:52] schestowitz-TR on mumble, brb ● Nov 15 [18:06] schestowitz-TR it goes like this: [18:06] schestowitz-TR azure et al [18:06] schestowitz-TR a) offer something at a loss [18:06] schestowitz-TR b) entice users [18:06] schestowitz-TR c) vendor lock-in [18:06] schestowitz-TR d) lose money for a while, repeat (b) [18:06] schestowitz-TR e) try to actual make money [18:06] schestowitz-TR users realise it's starting to get very expensive [18:06] schestowitz-TR but due to (c) it's hard to get OUT [18:08] Techrightssec Yes, it relies heavily on loss leaders and even price dumping. [18:08] Techrightssec Those are only used long enough to decommodify the access and get people [18:08] Techrightssec hooked on a proprietary adminstrative interface so that they can't / don't have [18:08] Techrightssec SSH even available. [18:08] Techrightssec Nor do they have a plain old console for out-of-band control. [18:08] Techrightssec Each company has a different way to spin up / down VMs and very different ways [18:08] Techrightssec to set them up. But others could more accurately describe the situation. [18:08] Techrightssec c) decommodify the UI [18:11] schestowitz-TR companies that becomew just microsoft or bezos resellers are doomed [18:11] schestowitz-TR the company that does the hosting can replace them at any time [18:11] schestowitz-TR they are just serfs and resellers [18:11] schestowitz-TR giving the "Services" of outsourcing... to a TEAP [18:11] schestowitz-TR *TRAP [18:11] schestowitz-TR rackspace, for instance, can give better support [18:11] schestowitz-TR so all those resellers are perewptually at a position of disaverntage [18:11] schestowitz-TR and at the mercy of the true host [18:11] schestowitz-TR good luck explaining this to people who are clueless but well connected [18:11] schestowitz-TR there is also the element of DE-skilling [18:11] schestowitz-TR replacing ACTUAL skills with piece of paper ("certificcation" [18:13] Techrightssec The deskilling also occurs through what the companies have been doing to the [18:13] Techrightssec educational system, not just K-12 but especially small colleges and even [18:13] Techrightssec major universities. [18:13] Techrightssec A "certification" on a CV is usually a red flag and a signal that it is best [18:13] Techrightssec to route that particular CV straight to the bit bucket. [18:15] Techrightssec It's only a slight exaggeration to point out that certification looks like [18:15] Techrightssec paying for a piece of paper. [18:16] schestowitz-TR sometimes not even paper anymore [18:16] schestowitz-TR just a screenshot ● Nov 15 [19:30] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@yy57h8wu6ksfy.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 15 [23:25] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell