●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 ●● ● Aug 17 [00:23] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:31] *DaemonFC (~DaemonFC@8zei7kwztakdy.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:43] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:43] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:45] *rianne_ (~rianne@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:45] *liberty_box (~liberty@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Aug 17 [01:33] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:33] *DaemonFC (~DaemonFC@8zei7kwztakdy.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:37] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:58] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:59] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 17 [02:00] *rianne_ (~rianne@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:01] *liberty_box (~liberty@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:18] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:18] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 17 [03:41] *activelow has quit (Quit: leaving) [03:43] schestowitz > Roygood afternoon. [03:43] schestowitz > [03:43] schestowitz > Reaching out with the open source contribution to bare metal as a [03:43] schestowitz > service news slated to cross the wire tomorrow in the event you can [03:43] schestowitz > write a short news item on the announcement. [03:43] schestowitz > [03:43] schestowitz > Happy to help further upon request. [03:43] schestowitz > [03:43] schestowitz > Thanks, [03:43] schestowitz > [03:43] schestowitz > MK [03:43] schestowitz > [03:43] schestowitz > UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL AUGUST 17 [03:43] schestowitz > [03:43] schestowitz > [03:43] schestowitz > Spectro Cloud Announces Open Source Contribution That Makes Bare Metal [03:43] schestowitz > Kubernetes Accessible and Manageable For The Enterprise [03:43] schestowitz > [03:43] schestowitz > * [03:43] schestowitz > [03:43] schestowitz > New Spectro Cloud open source project bridges the gap between bare [03:43] schestowitz > metal environments and modern Kubernetes management platforms [03:43] schestowitz > [03:43] schestowitz > [03:43] schestowitz > * [03:43] schestowitz > [03:43] schestowitz > Latest contribution to the open source community allows any team to [03:43] schestowitz > use Cloud Native Computing Foundations (CNCF) Cluster API to easily [03:43] schestowitz > provision and manage Kubernetes clusters on bare metal servers, [03:43] schestowitz > leveraging Canonicals Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS) interface [03:44] schestowitz > [03:44] schestowitz > [03:44] schestowitz > * [03:44] schestowitz > [03:44] schestowitz > The project allows organizations to increase performance of [03:44] schestowitz > containerized applications and reduce cost and performance overhead [03:44] schestowitz > from hypervisors without compromising manageability ● Aug 17 [05:50] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) ● Aug 17 [07:57] *rianne_ (~rianne@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [07:57] *liberty_box (~liberty@qhduu73fcjmdn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Aug 17 [08:23] Techrights-sec what statistics are available for the number of investigative reporters [08:23] Techrights-sec employed in the 2020s as opposed to the 1990s? What fraction are left? [08:23] Techrights-sec When and how much were the declines? [08:24] schestowitz I don't know as I only started following the media closely in the 2000s ● Aug 17 [09:56] *DaemonFC (~DaemonFC@v6p6n6rscvgbc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Aug 17 [10:01] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:10] *activelow (~activelow@t4isndj2qm3zi.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Aug 17 [11:21] Techrights-sec https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/07/13/u-s-newsroom-employment-has-fallen-26-s [11:21] Techrights-sec ince-2008/ [11:21] Techrights-sec It seems to be accelerating: [11:21] Techrights-sec https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/05/21/a-third-of-large-u-s-newspapers-experie [11:21] Techrights-sec nced-layoffs-in-2020-more-than-in-2019/ [11:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.pewresearch.org | U.S. newsroom employment has fallen 26% since 2008 | Pew Research Center [11:21] Techrights-sec But I'm not finding the older data, which might show that the current trends [11:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.pewresearch.org | More large U.S. newspapers had layoffs in 2020 than in 2019 | Pew Research Center [11:21] Techrights-sec are longer and worse than shown above. [11:21] Techrights-sec Yep: *ouch* [11:21] Techrights-sec https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/employment-trends-in-newspaper-publishing-and-other-me [11:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/employment-trends-in-newspaper-publishing-and-other-me ) [11:21] Techrights-sec dia-1990-2016.htm [11:21] Techrights-sec It is like I suspected. [11:21] Techrights-sec 455000 in 1990 [11:22] Techrights-sec 85000 in 2020 (rounded up) [11:22] Techrights-sec So not even 20% remain. No wonder there is no coverage of anything [11:22] Techrights-sec (oops not quite the same data, so not relevant for /direct/ comparison) [11:22] Techrights-sec (but it could be normalized) [11:22] Techrights-sec https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/jun/06/almost-60-of-us-newspaper-jobs- [11:22] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/jun/06/almost-60-of-us-newspaper-jobs- ) [11:22] Techrights-sec vanish-in-26-years [11:22] Techrights-sec It's also just for the one country, not globally. [11:22] *DaemonFC (~DaemonFC@sgaznr5ps9x7i.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:22] schestowitz-TR was there anything before the pew research link? I cannot scroll that far up [11:24] Techrights-sec Yes, it was a speculation about the decline in the number of investigative [11:24] Techrights-sec reporters. I was then able to find some data for the US [11:24] Techrights-sec However, I would speculate further that the decline is global and maybe [11:24] Techrights-sec worst in Europe. [11:25] schestowitz-TR I need to increase window size. I missed everything before https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/07/13/u-s-newsroom-employment-has-fallen-26-s [11:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.pewresearch.org | U.S. newsroom employment has fallen 26% since 2008 | Pew Research Center [11:28] Techrights-sec Pick a size. Is 80x49 ok? [11:29] schestowitz-TR Let's try taller [11:30] schestowitz-TR I just hope I did not miss something important. I was asleep. [11:32] Techrights-sec No, just a few lines. [11:47] schestowitz
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    PineNote is a $399 E-ink Tablet that Runs Linux
    [11:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/08/pine64-pinenote-e-ink-tablet-running-linux">PineNote ) [11:47] schestowitz
    [11:47] schestowitz

    The PineNote has a 10.1-inch e-ink panel with a 60Hz refresh rate, a resolution of 14041872, and the ability to display 16 levels of greyscale. The e-ink panel is covered by scratch resistant and glare reducing hardened glass.

    [11:47] schestowitz

    Both regular touch and EMR pen input are supported by the capacity glass layer. Pine64 will sell an EMR stylus designed for the device, though any pen that supports Wacoms EMR standard and is supported by the Linux kernel could be compatible (they expect a list of compatible devices to appear online closer to the PineNotes regular release).

    • ● Aug 17 [12:12] schestowitz https://twitter.com/hhmakhijani/status/1427531957315850240 [12:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@hhmakhijani: @schestowitz https://t.co/xiktbiFemG [12:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> store.pothi.com | New Approach To World Peace | Pothi.com [12:12] schestowitz \https://twitter.com/queglay/status/1427353320264388621 [12:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@queglay: @schestowitz Where is the mention of the relationship with the NSA? [12:12] schestowitz https://twitter.com/SyS_Config/status/1427332226895777806 [12:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SyS_Config: @schestowitz Full Stop! Thanx to You I downloaded Latest Linux Mint Rel. Uma..after learning Win 10 doesnt suppor https://t.co/04A4qd0CDt [12:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@SyS_Config: @schestowitz Full Stop! Thanx to You I downloaded Latest Linux Mint Rel. Uma..after learning Win 10 doesnt suppor https://t.co/04A4qd0CDt [12:12] schestowitz " [12:12] schestowitz Full Stop! Thanx to You I downloaded Latest Linux Mint Rel. Uma..after learning Win 10 doesnt support DVD CD burners on my Dell precision 4800, last Full Classic keyboard making it useless for vid work.Tell the others its game over. cya on the other side [12:13] schestowitz https://linuxmint.com [12:13] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-linuxmint.com | Main Page - Linux Mint [12:13] schestowitz ' [12:13] schestowitz https://twitter.com/ravinderram4/status/1427285544707399684 [12:13] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@ravinderram4: @schestowitz download iso and make bootable. simple it is [12:13] schestowitz https://twitter.com/kittyhundal/status/1427279452015312904 [12:13] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@kittyhundal: So the Israeli gov has turned the Israeli population into the world's lab rats for Covid "vaccinations" which would https://t.co/XMlLxBottW [12:13] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@kittyhundal: So the Israeli gov has turned the Israeli population into the world's lab rats for Covid "vaccinations" which would https://t.co/XMlLxBottW [12:13] schestowitz " [12:13] schestowitz So the Israeli gov has turned the Israeli population into the world's lab rats for Covid "vaccinations" which would make the Palestinians the world "controls". [12:13] schestowitz The Palestinians dodged a bullet IMHO. ● Aug 17 [13:18] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 17 [14:17] *sears_hardware has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:18] *sears_hardware (~search_social@akqta89mfqm5k.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Aug 17 [15:11] Techrights-sec accidentally pressed ctrl-c in the wrong window ... again###### [15:11] Techrights-sec there ought to be a way to trap such signals [15:11] Techrights-sec anyway, going by employment numbers shown here: [15:11] Techrights-sec https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/employment-trends-in-newspaper-publishing-and-other-me [15:11] Techrights-sec dia-1990-2016.htm [15:11] Techrights-sec the field did peak 2000-2001 and has been in serious decline since [15:11] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/employment-trends-in-newspaper-publishing-and-other-me ) [15:11] Techrights-sec Another thing to examine would be ownership of media firms. [15:11] Techrights-sec Consolidation has gotten way out of control since a few decades back [15:11] Techrights-sec and is absolutely ridiculous now. [15:12] schestowitz-TR was something typed prior to the accidental keypresses? Or a long silence? [15:13] *psydruid has quit (connection closed) [15:14] Techrights-sec probably something but not important. I was working on the above. [15:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:30] Techrights-sec Newspapers have been in decline since the early 1990s. But overall [15:30] Techrights-sec journalism employment peaked in July 2000, with a slight plateau before [15:30] Techrights-sec and after. [15:31] schestowitz-TR Did you read articles from last year about the role of defunding by hedge funds and the like? [15:36] Techrights-sec Yes, but cannot recall the details. [15:36] schestowitz-TR speaking in a cruse and self-serving/selfish manner, I suppose techrights can benefit from it only by identifying the more glaring gaps, then filling them without any competition, e.g. re EPO [15:37] schestowitz-TR *cude [15:37] schestowitz-TR *crude [15:39] Techrights-sec To a certain extent. However, it seems that the volume of news has been [15:39] Techrights-sec replaced by a similar or larger amount of disinformation. So it is [15:39] Techrights-sec hard to reach anyone thses days. If one is just counting remaining [15:39] Techrights-sec news sources then TR stands out. If one also takes into account all the [15:39] Techrights-sec disinformation sites posing as news sites then TR (and the others remaining) [15:39] Techrights-sec get diminished by the noise. [15:40] schestowitz-TR or maybe we are very wrong and Microsoft DOES love Linux. BTW, Cimpanu was fired it seems... [15:44] schestowitz-TR M$ hates Linux and FOSS more than ever. [15:44] schestowitz-TR I saw the note that Cimpanu was fired. Maybe ZDNet is on the way out? [15:44] schestowitz-TR Two decades ago they were actually decent, but not for a long time. THe [15:44] schestowitz-TR last one there was SJVN and once he flipped, there was no reason to [15:44] schestowitz-TR click on a ZDNet article ever again. For my part it has only happened [15:44] Techrights-sec M$ hates Linux and FOSS more than ever. [15:44] Techrights-sec I saw the note that Cimpanu was fired. Maybe ZDNet is on the way out? [15:44] Techrights-sec Two decades ago they were actually decent, but not for a long time. THe [15:44] Techrights-sec last one there was SJVN and once he flipped, there was no reason to [15:44] Techrights-sec click on a ZDNet article ever again. For my part it has only happened [15:44] Techrights-sec a few times since then and even then only by accident. [15:44] schestowitz-TR a few times since then and even then only by accident. [15:44] schestowitz-TR The "articles" are junk there nowadays. [15:44] Techrights-sec The "articles" are junk there nowadays. [15:47] schestowitz-TR FOSS Force became Byfield, and rarely even that (no posts in ages) [15:51] Techrights-sec The more noise M$ makes about Azure the worse it is probably positioned. [15:51] Techrights-sec Tragic [15:51] Techrights-sec Byfield was anti-ODF if I recall correctly. Being against Open Standards, [15:51] Techrights-sec is in someways even worse than being only against FOSS. [15:51] schestowitz-TR nowadays he only uses the site to attack RMS, i.e. the ONLY thing "FOSS Force" as a site is used for it attacking the F in its name [15:55] Techrights-sec Yes, as mentioned and discussed many times, there are a lot of people who [15:55] Techrights-sec have issues with RMS or anyone else who throw around the F-word. [15:55] Techrights-sec The Moglen video linked the other day really dug in on that. RMS and FSF [15:55] Techrights-sec have done all the heavy lifting in regards to Freedom, while many others [15:55] Techrights-sec have sold out or sold short for small amounts of money. 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